Item 1. Business.
(a) General development of business. Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund (the "Partnership") is a limited partnership organized on August 21, 1991 under the partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership commenced trading operations on December 2, 1991. Between September 26, 1991 and December 2, 1991, 2,000 redeemable units of Limited Partnership Interest ("Redeemable Units") were sold at $1,000 per Redeemable Unit. The proceeds of the offering were held in an escrow account until December 2, 1991, at which time they were turned over to the Partnership for trading. From December 2, 1991 to January 25, 2001, the Partnership engaged directly in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of commodity interests including futures contracts, options and forward contracts. The Partnership has invested all of its assets in the JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company (the "Master"). The commodity interests traded by the Master are volatile and involve a high degree of market risk. Redemptions of Redeemable Units for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, and 2001 are reported in the Statements of Partners' Capital on page under "Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."
Effective January 26, 2001, the Partnership allocated substantially all of its capital to the Master. With this cash, the Partnership purchased 31,509.8853 Units of the Master with a fair value of $31,509,885. The Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by John W. Henry & Company, Inc. ("JWH") (the "Advisor") using the Strategic Allocation Program, JWH's proprietary trading program, to invest together in one trading vehicle. Citigroup Managed Futures LLC, formerly Smith Barney Futures Management LLC, acts as the general partner (the "General Partner") of the Partnership. The General Partner is the managing member (the "Managing Member") of the Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by JWH, including the Partnership (collectively, the "Feeder Funds"), are permitted to be a non-managing member of the Master. The General Partner and JWH believe that trading through this master/feeder structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process. Expenses to investors as a result of investment in the Master are approximately the same and redemption rights are not affected.
At December 31, 2003 and 2002 the Partnership owns 17.84% and 29.68%, respectively of the Master. It is the Partnership's 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.
The Partnership's commodity broker is Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ("CGM"), formerly Salomon Smith Barney Inc. CGM is an affiliate of the General Partner. The General Partner is wholly owned by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. ("CGMHI"),formerly Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc., which is the sole owner of CGM. CGMHI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. ("Citigroup").
The Master's trading of futures, forwards and options contracts, if applicable, on commodities is done on United States of America and foreign commodity exchanges. It engages in such trading through a commodity brokerage account maintained with CGM.
The Partnership will be liquidated upon the first to occur of the following: December 31, 2011; if the Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit falls below $350 per Redeemable Unit as of the end of business on any business day or upon the earlier occurrence of certain other circumstances set forth in the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership (the "Limited Partnership Agreement").
Under the Limited Partnership Agreement, the General Partner has sole responsibility for the administration of the business and affairs of the Partnership, but may delegate trading discretion to one or more trading Advisors. The Partnership pays the General Partner a monthly administrative fee in return for its services to the Partnership equal to 1/12 of 1% (1% 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 redemptions and incentive fees. 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 the Advisor, who will make all commodity trading decisions for the Partnership. The Advisor is not affiliated with the General Partner or CGM. The Advisor is not responsible for the organization or operation of the Partnership.
Pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement, the Partnership is obligated to pay the Advisor a monthly management fee 1/6 of 1% (2% per year) of month-end Net Assets managed by the Advisor. 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 redemptions and incentive fees. In addition, the Partnership is obligated to pay the Advisor an incentive fee, payable quarterly, equal to 20% of the New Trading Profits allocated pro-rata by the Master, as defined in the Management Agreement.
Prior to January 26, 2001, the customer agreement between the Partnership and CGM (the "Customer Agreement") provided that the Partnership pay CGM a monthly brokerage fee equal to 1/2 of 1% of month-end Net Assets (6% per year), in lieu of brokerage commissions on a per trade basis (the "Brokerage Fee"). Month-end Net Assets for the purpose of calculating brokerage commissions are Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to the reduction of accrued expenses and redemptions payable. CGM pays a portion of its brokerage fees to its financial consultants who have sold Redeemable Units of the Partnership. This fee did not include National Futures Association ("NFA") fees, exchange, clearing fees, give-up, user fees and floor Brokerage Fees which were borne by the Partnership. Effective January 26, 2001, the Partnership is obligated to pay the Brokerage Fee based on month-end Net Assets allocated pro-rata from the Master. Effective January 26, 2001, all exchange, clearing, user, give-up, floor brokerage and NFA fees will be borne by the Master and allocated pro-rata to the Partnership through its investment in the Master. Brokerage Fees will be paid for the life of the Partnership, although the rate at which such fees are paid may be changed. The Customer Agreement between the Master 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.
In addition, CGM pays the Partnership interest on 80% of the average daily equity maintained in cash in its account during each month at the rate equal to the average noncompetitive yield of 13-week U.S. Treasury Bills as determined at the weekly auctions thereof during the month. Effective January 26, 2001, CGM will pay the Partnership interest on 80% of the average daily equity allocated pro-rata to the Partnership by the Master during each month at the rate of the average non-competitive yield of 13-week U.S. Treasury Bills as determined at the weekly auctions thereof during the month.
(b) Financial information about segments. The Partnership's business consists of only one segment, speculative trading of commodity interests. The Partnership does not engage in sales of goods or services. The Partnership's net income (loss) from operations for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 is set forth under "Item 6. Selected Financial Data." The Partnership's capital as of December 31, 2003 was $25,688,421.
(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 and through the Partnership's investment in the Master does not engage in sales of goods or services or own any long lived assets, and therefore this item is not applicable.
(e) The Partnership does not have an Internet address. The Partnership will provide paper copies of its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to these reports free of charge upon request.
Item 2.
Item 2. Properties.
The Partnership does not own or lease any properties. The General Partner operates out of facilities provided by its affiliate, CGM.
Item 3.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
This section describes the major pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, to which Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. ("CGMHI") or its subsidiaries 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.
Citigroup Managed Futures LLC. ("CGM") is a New York corporation with its principal place of business at 388 Greenwich Street, 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 or any of its individual principals and no such actions are currently pending, except as follows.
In December 1996, a complaint seeking unspecified monetary damages was filed by Orange County, California against numerous brokerage firms, including Salomon Smith Barney, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. (County of Orange et al. v. Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. et al.) The complaint alleged, among other things, that the brokerage firms recommended and sold unsuitable securities to Orange County. Salomon Smith Barney and the remaining brokerage firms settled with Orange County in mid 1999. Salomon Smith Barney paid $1,333,333 to settle this matter.
In June 1998, complaints were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in two actions (Board of Liquidations, City Debt of the City of New Orleans v. Smith Barney Inc. et ano. and The City of New Orleans v. Smith Barney Inc. et ano.), in which the City of New Orleans sought a determination that Smith Barney Inc. and another underwriter would be responsible for any damages that the City may incur in the event the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") denies tax exempt status to the City's General Obligation Refunding Bonds Series 1991. The complaints were subsequently amended. Salomon Smith Barney has asked the court to dismiss the amended complaints. The court denied the motion but stayed the case. Subsequently, the City withdrew its lawsuit.
In November 1998, a class action complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (Dwight Brock as Clerk for Collier County v. Merrill Lynch, et al.). The complaint alleged that, pursuant to a nationwide conspiracy, 17 broker-dealer defendants, including Salomon Smith Barney, charged excessive mark-ups in connection with advanced refunding transactions. Among other relief, plaintiffs sought compensatory and punitive damages, restitution and/or rescission of the transactions and disgorgement of alleged excessive profits. In October 1999, the plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint. In November 1999, Salomon Smith Barney moved to dismiss the amended complaint. In May 2001, the parties reached and the court preliminarily approved a tentative settlement. Salomon Smith Barney paid $1,063,457 to settle this matter and in September 2001, the court approved the settlement.
In connection with the Louisiana and Florida matters, the IRS and the SEC conducted an industry-wide investigation into the pricing of Treasury securities in advanced refunding transactions. In April 2000, Salomon Smith Barney and several other broker-dealers entered into a settlement with the IRS and the SEC. Thereafter, the plaintiffs filed voluntary discontinuances.
In December 1998, Salomon Smith Barney was one of 28 market making firms that reached a settlement with the SEC in the matter titled In the Matter of Certain Market Making Activities on NASDAQ. As part of the settlement of that matter, Salomon Smith Barney, without admitting or denying the factual allegations, agreed to an order that required that it: (i) cease and desist from committing or causing any violations of Sections 15(c)(1) and (2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rules 15c1-2, 15c2-7 and 17a-3 thereunder, (ii) pay penalties totaling approximately $760,000 and (iii) submit certain policies and procedures to an independent consultant for review.
In April 2002, numerous class action complaints were filed against Salomon Smith Barney and other investment banks in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging violations of certain federal securities laws (including Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) with respect to the allocation of shares for certain initial public offerings and related aftermarket transactions and damage to investors caused by allegedly biased research analyst reports. On February 19, 2003, the court issued an opinion denying the defendants' motion to dismiss the complaints.
In April 2002, Citigroup and, in one case, Salomon Smith Barney were named as defendants along with, among others, commercial and/or investment banks, certain current and former Enron officers and directors, lawyers and accountants in two alleged consolidated class action complaints that were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas seeking unspecified damages. One action, brought on behalf of individuals who purchased Enron securities (Newby, et al. v. Enron Corp., et al.), alleges violations of Sections 11 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the other action, brought on behalf of current and former Enron employees (Tittle, et al. v. Enron Corp., et al.), alleges violations of ERISA and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, as well as negligence and civil conspiracy. On May 8, 2002, Citigroup and Salomon Smith Barney filed motions to dismiss the complaints. On December 19, 2002, the motions to dismiss the Newby complaint were denied. On September 30, 2003, all of the claims against Citigroup in the Tittle litigation were dismissed.
Several additional actions, previously identified, have been consolidated with the Newby action and are stayed, except with respect to certain discovery, until after the Court's decision on class certification. In addition, on April 17, 2003, an action was brought by two investment firms in connection with purchases of Osprey Trust certificates for alleged violations of federal securities laws and state securities and other laws. Also, in July 2003, an action was brought by purchasers in the secondary market of Enron bank debt against Citigroup, Citibank, Citigroup Global Markets, and others, alleging claims for common law fraud, conspiracy, gross negligence, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.
Since April 2002, Salomon Smith Barney and several other broker dealers have received subpoenas and/or requests for information from various governmental and self-regulatory agencies and Congressional committees, including the NASD Inc. which has raised issues about Salomon Smith Barney's internal e-mail retention practices and research on Winstar Communications, Inc. With respect to Winstar, Salomon Smith Barney has entered into a settlement agreement. Salomon Smith Barney agreed to pay a penalty in the amount of $5 million and did not admit to any wrongdoing. With respect to other such matters, on December 20, 2002, Salomon Smith Barney and a number of other broker/dealers reached a settlement-in-principle with the SEC, the NASD, the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") and the Attorney General of New York of all issues raised in their research, initial public offerings allocation and spinning-related inquiries. In addition, with respect to issues raised by the NASD, the NYSE and the SEC about Salomon Smith Barney's and other firms' e-mail retention practices, Salomon Smith Barney and several other broker/dealers and the NASD, the NYSE and the SEC entered into a settlement agreement in December 2002.
Salomon Smith Barney agreed to pay a penalty in the amount of $1.65 million and did not admit any wrongdoing.
Since May 2002, Citigroup, Salomon Smith Barney and certain principals and current and former employees have been named as defendants in a number of alleged class action complaints filed by purchasers of various securities alleging they violated federal securities law, including Sections 10 and 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by issuing research reports without reasonable basis and failing to disclose conflicts of interest in connection with published investment research, including Global Crossing, WorldCom, Inc., AT&T, Winstar, Rhythm Net Connections, Level 3 Communications, MetroMedia Fiber Network, XO Communications and Williams Communications Group Inc. Nearly all of these actions are pending before a single judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for coordinated proceedings. The court has consolidated these actions into nine separate categories corresponding to the companies named above.
Additional actions have been filed against Citigroup and certain of its affiliates, including Salomon Smith Barney, and certain of their current and former directors, officers and employees, along with other parties, including: (1) three alleged class actions filed in state courts and federal courts on behalf of persons who maintained accounts with Salomon Smith Barney asserting, among other things, common law claims, claims under state statutes, and claims under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, for allegedly failing to provide objective and unbiased investment research and investment management, seeking, among other things, return of fees and commissions; (2) approximately fifteen actions filed in different state courts by individuals asserting, among other claims, common law claims and claims under state securities laws, for allegedly issuing research reports without a reasonable basis in fact and for allegedly failing to disclose conflicts of interest with companies in connection with published investment research, including Global Crossing and WorldCom, Inc.; (3) approximately five actions filed in different state courts by pension and other funds asserting common law claims and statutory claims under, among other things, state and federal securities laws, for allegedly issuing research reports without a reasonable basis in fact and for allegedly failing to disclose conflicts of interest with companies in connection with published investment research, including WorldCom, Inc. and Qwest Communications International Inc.; and (4) more than two hundred arbitrations asserting common law claims and statutory claims under, among other things, state and federal securities laws, for allegedly issuing research reports without a reasonable basis in fact and for allegedly failing to disclose conflicts of interest with companies in connection with published investment research.
In July 2002, Citigroup, Salomon Smith Barney and various of its affiliates and certain of their officers and other employees were named as defendants, along with, among others, commercial and/or investment banks, certain current and former Enron officers and directors, lawyers and accountants in an alleged class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of the Yosemite Notes and Enron Credit-Linked Notes, among other securities (Hudson Soft Co., Ltd v. Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, et al.). The complaint alleges violations of RICO and of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and seeks unspecified damages.
Additional actions have been filed against Citigroup and certain of its affiliates, along with other parties, including (i) three actions brought in
state courts by state pension plans for alleged violations of state securities law and common law fraud and unjust enrichment; (ii) an action by banks that participated in two Enron revolving credit facilities, alleging fraud, gross negligence and breach of implied duties in connection with the defendants' administration of a credit facility with Enron; (iii) an action brought by several funds in connection with secondary market purchases of Enron Corp. debt securities alleging violations of federal securities law, including Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, and claims for fraud and misrepresentation; (iv) a series of alleged class actions by purchasers of New Power Holdings common stock alleging violations of federal securities law, including Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (v) an action brought by two investment funds in connection with purchases of Enron-related securities for alleged violations of state securities and unfair competition statutes; (vi) an action brought by several investment funds and fund owners in connection with purchases of notes of the Osprey I and Osprey II Trusts for alleged violation of state and federal securities laws and claims for common law fraud, misrepresentation and conspiracy; (vii) an action brought by several investment funds and fund owners in connection with purchases of notes of the Osprey I and Osprey II Trusts for alleged violation of state and federal securities laws and state unfair competition laws and claims for common law fraud and misrepresentation; (viii) an action brought by the Attorney General of Connecticut in connection with various commercial and investment banking services provided to Enron; (ix) an alleged class action brought by clients of Salomon Smith Barney in connection with research reports concerning Enron, alleging breach of contract; (x) actions brought by several investment funds in connection with the purchase of notes and/or certificates of the Osprey Trusts, the Marlin Trust, and the Marlin Water trust, as well as the purchase of other Enron or Enron-related securities, alleging violation of state and federal securities laws, and common law civil conspiracy and fraud; (xi) an action brought by a retirement and health benefits plan in connection with the purchase of certain Enron notes, alleging violation of federal securities law, including Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, violations of state securities and unfair competition law, and common law fraud and breach of fiduciary duty; and (xii) an action brought by two broker/dealers in connection with the purchase of certain notes, alleging violation of federal and state securities laws. Several of these cases have been consolidated with the Newby action and stayed pending the Court's decision on the pending motions of certain defendants to dismiss Newby. On April 17, 2003, the motion to dismiss the complaints in the putative class actions relating to the New Power Holdings common stock was denied.
Additionally, Citigroup and certain of its affiliates, including Salomon Smith Barney, have provided substantial information to, and have entered into substantive discussions with, the SEC regarding certain of their transactions with Enron and a transaction with Dynegy Inc. Citigroup and certain of its affiliates, including Salomon Smith Barney, also have received subpoenas and requests for information from various other regulatory and governmental agencies and Congressional committees, as well as from the Special Examiner in the Enron bankruptcy, regarding certain transactions and business relationships with Enron and its affiliates. Citigroup and its affiliates, including Salomon Smith Barney, are cooperating fully with all such requests.
On July 28, 2003, Citigroup entered into a final settlement agreement with the SEC to resolve the SEC's outstanding investigations into Citigroup transactions with Enron and Dynegy. Pursuant to the settlement, Citigroup has, among other terms, (1) consented to the entry of an administrative cease and desist order, which bars Citigroup from committing or causing violations of provisions of the federal securities laws, and (2) agreed to pay $120 million ($101.25 million allocable to Enron and $18.75 million allocable to Dynegy).
Citigroup entered into this settlement without admitting or denying any wrongdoing or liability, and the settlement does not establish wrongdoing or liability for purposes of any other proceeding. On July 28, 2003, Citibank, N.A. entered into an agreement with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") and Citigroup entered into an agreement with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ("FED") to resolve their inquiries into certain of Citigroup's transactions with Enron. Pursuant to the agreements, Citibank and Citigroup have agreed to submit plans to the OCC and FED, respectively, regarding the handling of complex structured finance transactions. Also on July 28, 2003, Citigroup entered into a settlement agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to resolve its investigation into certain of Citigroup's transactions with Enron; pursuant to the settlement, Citigroup has agreed to pay $25.5 million and to abide by its agreements with the SEC, OCC and FED.
Citigroup and Salomon Smith Barney are involved in a number of lawsuits arising out of the underwriting of debt securities of WorldCom, Inc. These lawsuits include alleged class actions filed in July 2002 by alleged purchasers of WorldCom debt securities in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Above Paradise Investments Ltd. V. Worldcom, Inc., et al.; Municipal Police Employees Retirement System Of Louisiana V. Worldcom, Inc., et al.), and in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (Longacre Master Fund V. Worldcom, Inc., et al.). These alleged class action complaints assert violations of federal securities law, including Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, and seek unspecified damages from the underwriters.
On October 11, 2002, the Above Paradise and Municipal Police Employees lawsuits filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York were superseded by the filing of a consolidated alleged class action complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (In Re Worldcom, Inc. Securities Litigation). In the consolidated complaint, in addition to the claims of violations by the underwriters of the federal securities law, including Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, the plaintiffs allege violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, by Salomon Smith Barney arising out of alleged conflicts of interest of Salomon Smith Barney and certain of its principals. The plaintiffs continue to seek unspecified compensatory damages. In addition to the consolidated class action complaint, the Southern District of Mississippi class action has been transferred by the Judicial Panel on MultiDistrict Litigation to the Southern District of New York for centralized pre-trial proceedings with other WorldCom-related actions. On May 19, 2003, the motion to dismiss the amended complaint in the WorldCom, Inc. Securities Litigation was denied.
In addition to the several alleged class actions that have been commenced, certain individual actions have been filed in various federal and state courts against Citigroup and Salomon Smith Barney, along with other parties, concerning WorldCom debt securities including individual state court actions brought by approximately 18 pension funds and other institutional investors in connection with the underwriting of debt securities of WorldCom alleging violations of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and, in one case, violations of various state securities laws and common law fraud. Citigroup and/or Salomon Smith Barney are now named in approximately 35 of these individual state court actions. Most of these actions have been removed to federal court and have been transferred to the Southern District of New York for centralized pre-trial proceedings with other WorldCom-related actions. On October 24, 2003, the court granted plaintiffs' motion to have this matter certified as a class action.
An alleged class action on behalf of participants in WorldCom's 401(k) salary savings plan and those WorldCom benefit plans covered by ERISA alleging violations of ERISA and common law fraud, which was commenced in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, also has been transferred by the Judicial Panel on MultiDistrict Litigation to the Southern District of New York for centralized pre-trial proceedings with other WorldCom-related actions. In December 2002, the claims against Salomon Smith Barney and the other underwriters were dismissed without prejudice.
On or about January 27, 2003, the lead plaintiff in a consolidated alleged class action in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (In Re AT&T Corporation Securities Litigation) sought permission to amend its complaint on behalf of purchasers of AT&T common stock asserting claims against, among others, AT&T Corporation, to add as named defendants Citigroup, Salomon Smith Barney and certain executive officers and current and former employees, asserting claims under federal securities laws for allegedly issuing research reports without a reasonable basis in fact and for allegedly failing to disclose conflicts of interest with AT&T in connection with published investment research. By order dated March 27, 2003, the court denied plaintiffs' request to amend their complaint to add as defendants Citigroup, Salomon Smith Barney and certain of their executive officers and current and former employees.
On or about January 28, 2003, the lead plaintiff in a consolidated alleged class action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (In Re Global Crossing, Ltd. Securities Litigation) filed a consolidated complaint on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Global Crossing and its subsidiaries, which names as defendants, among others, Citigroup, Salomon Smith Barney and certain executive officers and current and former employees, asserting claims under federal securities laws for allegedly issuing research reports without a reasonable basis in fact and for allegedly failing to disclose conflicts of interest with Global Crossing in connection with published investment research.
On March 5, 2003, an action was brought on behalf of the purchasers of the Yosemite Notes and Enron Credit Linked Notes, alleging violation of federal securities laws.
On April 9, 2003, an action was brought by a group of related mutual funds that purchased certain Yosemite Notes, alleging violations of state securities laws and common law claims.
On April 28, 2003, Citigroup Global Markets (formerly known as Salomon Smith Barney) announced final agreements with the SEC, the NASD, the NYSE and the New York Attorney General (as lead state among the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) to resolve on a civil basis all of their outstanding investigations into its research and IPO allocation and distribution practices. As part of the settlements, Salomon Smith Barney has consented to the entry of (1) an injunction under the federal securities laws to be entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, barring Salomon Smith Barney from violating provisions of the federal securities laws and related NASD and NYSE rules relating to research, certain IPO allocation practices, the safeguarding of material nonpublic information and the maintenance of required books and records, and requiring Salomon Smith Barney to
adopt and enforce new restrictions on the operation of research; (2) an NASD Acceptance Waiver and Consent requiring Salomon Smith Barney to cease and desist from violations of corresponding NASD rules and requiring Salomon Smith Barney to adopt and enforce the same new restrictions; (3) an NYSE Stipulation and Consent requiring Salomon Smith Barney to cease and desist from violations of corresponding NYSE rules and requiring Salomon Smith Barney to adopt and enforce the same new restrictions; and (4) an Assurance of Discontinuance with the New York Attorney General containing substantially the same or similar restrictions. As required by the settlements, Salomon Smith Barney expects to enter into related settlements with each of the other states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Consistent with the settlement-in-principle announced in December 2002, these settlements require Salomon Smith Barney to pay $300 million for retrospective relief, plus $25 million for investor education, and commit to spend $75 million to provide independent third-party research to its clients at no charge. Salomon Smith Barney reached these final settlement agreements without admitting or denying any wrongdoing or liability. The settlements do not establish wrongdoing or liability for purposes of any other proceeding. The $300 million was accrued during the fourth quarter of 2002.
On June 23, 2003, the West Virginia Attorney General filed an action against Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. and nine other firms that were parties to the April 28, 2003 settlement with the SEC, the NASD, the NYSE and the New York Attorney General (the "Research Settlement"). The West Virginia Attorney General alleges that the firms violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act in connection with their research activities and seeks monetary penalties.
In May 2003, the SEC, NYSE and NASD issued a subpoena and letters to Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. requesting documents and information with respect to their continuing investigation of individuals in connection with the supervision of the research and investment banking departments of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. Other parties to the Research Settlement have received similar subpoena and letters.
In April 2003, to effectuate the Research Settlement, the SEC filed a Complaint and Final Judgment in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Also in April 2003, the NASD accepted the Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent entered into with Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. in connection with the Research Settlement; and in May 2003, the NYSE advised Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. that the Hearing Panel's Decision, in which it accepted the Research Settlement, had become final. Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. is currently in discussion with various of the states with respect to completion of the state components of the Research Settlement. Payment will be made in conformance with the payment provisions of the Final Judgment. On October 31, 2003, the Final Judgment was entered against Salomon Smith Barney and nine other investment banks. In addition, Salomon Smith Barney has entered into separate settlement agreements with numerous states and certain U.S. territories.
On June 6, 2003, the complaint in a pre-existing putative class action pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, brought by purchasers of publicly traded debt and equity securities of Dynegy, Inc., was amended to add Citigroup, Citibank and Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., as well as other banks, as defendants. The plaintiffs allege violations of the federal securities laws against the Citigroup defendants.
On July 6, 2003, an adversary proceeding was filed by the Official
Committee of Unsecured Creditors on behalf of Adelphia against certain lenders and investment banks, including Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., Citibank, N.A., Citicorp USA, Inc., and Citigroup Financial Products, Inc. (together, the Citigroup Parties). The Complaint alleges that the Citigroup Parties and numerous other defendants committed acts in violation of the Bank Company Holding Act and the common law. The complaint seeks equitable relief and an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages.
In addition, Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (predecessor of Citigroup Global Markets Inc.) is among the underwriters named in numerous civil actions brought to date by investors in Adelphia debt securities in connection with Adelphia securities offerings between September 1997 and October 2001. Three of the complaints also assert claims against Citigroup Inc. and Citibank, N.A. All of the complaints allege violations of federal securities laws, and certain of the complaints also allege violations of state securities laws and the common law. The complaints seek unspecified damages.
On August 15, 2003, a purported class action was brought by purchasers of Enron stock alleging state law claims of negligent misrepresentation, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting a breach of fiduciary duty.
On August 29, 2003, an investment company filed a lawsuit alleging that Citigroup, Citigroup Global Markets and several other defendants (including, among others, Enron's auditor, financial institutions, outside law firms and rating agencies) engaged in a conspiracy, which purportedly caused plaintiff to lose credit (in the form of a commodity sales contract) it extended to an Enron subsidiary in purported reliance on Enron's financial statements. On September 24, 2003, Enron filed a preferential proceeding in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings to recover alleged preferential payments and fraudulent transfers involving Citigroup, Citigroup Global Markets and other entities, and to disallow or to subordinate bankruptcy claims that Citigroup, Citigroup Global Markets and other entities have filed against Enron.
In the course of its business, Citigroup Global Markets, as a major futures commission merchant and broker-dealer, is a party to various claims and routine regulatory investigations and proceedings that the General Partner believes do not have a material effect on the business of Citigroup Global Markets.
Item 4.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There were no matters submitted to the security holders for a vote during the last fiscal year covered by this report.
PART II
Item 5.
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Security Holder Matters.
(a) Market Information. The Partnership has issued no stock. There is no public trading market for the Redeemable Units of Limited Partnership Interest.
(b) Holders. The number of holders of Redeemable Units of Partnership Interest as of December 31, 2003 was 291.
Distribution. The Partnership did not declare a distribution in 2003 or 2002.
Use of Proceeds. There were no additional sales of Redeemable Units in the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001.
Item 6.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Net realized and unrealized trading gains (losses), interest income, net income (loss) and increase (decrease) in Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 and total assets at December 31, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 were as follows:
* The amount shown per Redeemable Unit in 2000 does not correspond with the net loss as shown on the Statement of Income and Expenses for the year ended December 31, 2000 because of the timing of redemptions of the Partnership's Redeemable Units in relation to the fluctuating values of the Partnership's commodity interests.
Item 7.
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Overview
The Partnership, through its investment in the Master, aims to achieve substantial capital appreciation through speculative trading in U.S. and international markets for currencies, interest rates, stock indices, agricultural, energy products and precious and base metals. The Partnership has invested all of its assets in the Master. The Master may employ futures, options on futures, and forward, spot and swap contracts in those markets.
The General Partner/Managing Member manages all the business affairs of the Partnership/Master. The General Partner has delegated its responsibility for the investment of the Partnership's assets to JWH. The Partnership has invested these assets in the Master. The General Partner employs a team of approximately 15 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 state-of-the-art 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/Master, the General Partner considered past performance, trading style, volatility of markets traded and fee requirements.
Responsibilities of the General Partner/Managing Member include:
o due diligence examinations of the Advisor;
o selection, appointment and termination of the Advisor;
o negotiation of the management agreement; and
o monitoring the activity of the Advisor.
In addition, the General Partner/Managing Member 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 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/Managing Member shall seek the best prices and services available in its commodity futures brokerage transactions. The General Partner/Managing Member reviews at least annually, the brokerage rates charged to commodity pools similar to the Partnership/Master to determine that the brokerage fee the Partnership/Master pays is competitive with other rates.
The Advisor specializes in managing institutional and individual capital in the global futures, interest rate and foreign exchange markets. Since 1981, JWH has developed and implemented proprietary trend-following trading techniques that focus on long-term trends.
JWH trades its Strategic Allocation Program ("SAP") on behalf of the Partnership, through its investment in the Master. SAP's objective is capital appreciation with the reduction of the volatility and risk of loss that typically would be associated with an investment in any one JWH investment program.
JWH currently operates 11 investment programs including SAP. Any or all of the other ten programs may be included in SAP from time to time. Each investment program has distinctive style, timing, and market characteristics. SAP program selection and allocations are made at the discretion of the JWH Investment Policy Committee.
As of December 31, 2003, the Master's assets were allocated among the JWH programs as follows:
The allocation of SAP's assets among the investment programs, as well as the selection of the programs used for SAP, is dynamic. While JWH's individual investment programs are technical, trend-following programs, the selection of programs as well as the allocation of assets among the programs in SAP are entirely discretionary.
As a managed futures Partnership, the Partnership's performance is dependent upon the successful trading of the Partnership's/Master's Advisor to achieve the Partnership's/Master's objectives. It is the business of the General Partner/Managing Member to monitor the Advisor's performance to assure compliance with the Partnership's/Master's trading policies and to determine if the Advisor's performance is meeting the Partnership's/Master's objectives. Based on 2003 results, the General Partner/Managing Member continues to believe the Advisor and the trading of SAP have met the Partnership's objectives and expects to continue to allocate the Partnership's/Master's 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 and interest receivable. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in commodity futures trading, relatively small price movements may result in substantial losses to the Master. Such substantial losses could lead to a material loss in liquidity.
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 an 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) An Advisor will not initiate additional positions in any commodity if these positions would result in aggregate positions requiring a margin of more than 66 2/3% of the Master's 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 except short-term borrowings if the Master takes delivery of any cash commodities.
(vi) The Advisors may, from time to time, employ trading strategies such as spreads or straddles on behalf of the Master. The term "spread" or "straddle" describes a commodity futures trading strategy involving the simultaneous buying and selling of futures contracts on the same 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. The Partnership is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments, through its investment in the Master.
In the normal course of business, the Master is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments. These financial instruments 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 flows, or to purchase or sell other financial instruments at specified terms at specified future dates, or, in the case of derivative commodity interests, 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 option contracts. OTC contracts are negotiated between contracting parties and include forwards, swaps and certain options. Each of these instruments is subject to various risks similar to those relating 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.
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. Credit risk with respect to exchange traded instruments is reduced to the extent that an exchange or clearing organization acts as counterparty to the transactions. The Master's risk of loss in the event of counterparty default is typically limited to the amounts recognized in the statement of financial condition and not represented by the contract or notional amounts of the instruments. The Master has credit risk and concentration risk because the sole counterparty or broker with respect to the Master's assets is CGM.
The General Partner/Managing Member monitors and controls the Master's 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. These monitoring systems allow the General Partner/Managing Member 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, 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 financial statements.)
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 Master's liquidity increasing or decreasing in any material way. The Limited Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner may, in its discretion, cause the Partnership 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 $350 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 Partnership's capital consists of the capital contributions of the partners as increased or decreased by gains or losses on trading and by expenses, interest income, redemptions of Redeemable Units and distributions of profits, if any. Gains or losses on trading cannot be predicted. Market moves 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, commissions, advisory fees and administrative fees. The level of these expenses is dependent upon the level of trading and the ability of the Advisors to identify and take advantage of price movements in the commodity markets, in addition to 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 redeem all or some of his Redeemable Units at the Net Asset Value as of the last day of any month on fifteen days' written notice to the General Partner. For the year ended December 31, 2003, 650.6429 Redeemable Units were redeemed totaling $2,036,315. For the year ended December 31, 2002, 3,649.3014 Redeemable Units were redeemed totaling $8,892,925. For the year ended December 31, 2001, 1,751.6591 Redeemable Units were redeemed totaling $3,760,741.
Redeemable Units of Limited Partnership Interest 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 well as to those persons who are not accredited investors but who have either a net worth (exclusive of home, furnishings and automobile) either individually or jointly with the investor's spouse of at least three times his investment in the Partnership (the minimum investment for which is $50,000) or gross income for the two previous years and projected gross income for the current fiscal year of not less than three times his investment in the Partnership for each year.
(c) Results of Operations.
For the year ended December 31, 2003, the Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit increased 3.3% from $2,724.46 to $2,814.20. For the year ended December 31, 2002, the Net Asset Value Per Redeemable Unit increased 31.7% from $2,068.62 to $2,724.46. For the year ended December 31, 2001, the Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit decreased 3.0% from $2,133.36 to $2,068.62.
The Partnership, through its investment in the Master, experienced net trading gains of $3,645,441 before commissions and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2003. Gains were attributable to the trading of currencies, livestock, metals and stock indices and were partially offset by losses incurred in the trading of energy, grains, U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates and softs.
In 2003, the markets had periodic strong trends and then just as strong reversals resulting in a mixed year for the Partnership's overall performance.
Of the nine JWH programs traded on behalf of the Partnership, the programs that concentrate in interest rate and currencies programs ended the year with positive returns based on strong performance for the month of December. Unfortunately, many of these programs were off their high watermarks set earlier in 2003. After a strong period of trending behavior in the first half of the year, many programs gave up their gains during the third quarter due to changing directions in the dollar and interest rates and the high level of volatility in the energy complex.
The Financial & Metals (F&M) Portfolio was the best performing program for the year, as much as a result of the trading model used as the markets traded. Traditionally this program has been volatile because of its focus on financial markets and its use of a three-phase models; but historically it has been rewarded for its aggressive market positioning. The diversified programs employed by the Advisor trade several sectors, including agricultural and energy markets, and some financial programs also actively trade the energy complex. In both these cases, the inclusion of these sectors was a drag on overall performance. Energy markets showed extremely choppy behavior, especially in the second half of the year, while the agricultural sector was driven lower by losses in the soft commodities of coffee, sugar, and cotton.
Over the course of the year, on a very broad basis, the year 2003 can be divided into three periods: the time surrounding the Iraq War (January through May), the transition to higher world growth (June through October), and the renewed dollar decline (November and December).
The Iraq war was the focus for much of the first half of the year. Like any uncertain event, there is the market reaction to the impending event, the event itself when uncertainty is resolved and the response to the event. The first two months of the year represented the pre-war uncertainty. With uncertainty concerning when hostilities would begin and the possible impact of these events, investors showed a desire to move to a defensive and conservative stance. Equity markets sold-off, the dollar sold-off, gold prices rose, bond markets rallied, and the energy markets exhibited a risk premium concerning potential supply disruptions. This was a continuation of many of the trends carried over from 2002. During the first two months of the year, the Advisor's programs had solid performance, up over 23%.
Just prior to the inception of the hostilities, JWH reduced leverage in all programs by 50 percent, in expectation of higher volatility in the markets. Markets were more volatile with a reduction of liquidity in response to events in March. During this period, bond markets sold-off, the dollar stabilized,
crude oil prices declined significantly, and the stock market started to rally. Even with this reduced leverage the markets were volatile and prior trends disrupted leading to losses for the month of March. Positions returned to normal leverage in all programs in April and May saw a substantial recovery of Partnership performance with profits coming from short dollar, long interest rate and long commodity positions. The Advisor's performance during these periods was consistent with their past actions in uncertain and potentially highly volatile markets. The General Partner was aware of and acknowledged the Advisor's actions as appropriate for the conditions of the economic and political environment.
In a transition to economic recovery and growth, the major markets began to reflect changed expectations in the middle of June. The announcements of consistent, positive macroeconomic news led to the unexpected pronouncement of no further easing actions by the ECB and the Fed. News of stronger growth, especially in the U.S., suggested that the deflationary story may have been over-done; consequently, there was a trend change, interest rates moved up off 40 year lows. Additionally, the dollar actually rallied on the positive US economic news, reversing the slide from earlier in the year. In both cases, the program saw a giveback in JWH trading profits, as the markets transitioned to new trends.
While there were gains in stock index trading, JWH's exposure in these markets has been relatively low; so they were not able to make a sustainable impact on performance. In addition to this negative market action, there were further increases in volatility for the energy sector and growing volatility within a relatively tight range for many agricultural markets. The third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter were unprofitable for many of the Advisors trading programs. This was the result of a transition to higher worldwide economic growth.
The final period of 2003 was the renewed dollar decline beginning in late November. Regardless of the strong growth exhibited in the United States in the third quarter, the best in 20 years, the dollar began a new significant slide against both the euro and yen. This led to significant fourth quarter profits, which boosted performance for many of the JWH programs. It is notable how smooth the declining trend in the dollar was relative to many markets that ended the year not much differently from where they began. During this period, other market sectors were unable to find very strong trends, as the dollar concerns did not carry over to equities or fixed income. With limited news in other markets, there were no changes in trading ranges.
In the General Partner's 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 Advisor's programs. The General Partner continues to monitor the Advisor's performance on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis to assure these objectives are met.
The Partnership, through its investment in the Master, experienced net trading gains of $10,013,813 before commissions and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2002. Gains were attributable to the trading of indices, currencies, energy, grains, livestock, U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates and were partially offset by losses incurred in the trading of metals and softs.
The Partnership, through its investment in the Master experienced net trading gains of $1,209,927 before commissions and expenses for the period from January 26, 2001 to December 31, 2001. Gains were attributable to the trading of U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates futures contracts and were partially offset by losses incurred in the trading of currencies, metals and indices.
It should be noted that commodity markets are highly volatile. Broad price fluctuations and rapid inflation increase the risks involved in commodity trading, but also increase the possibility of profit. The profitability of the Partnership and the Master depends on the existence of major price trends and the ability of the Advisor to 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.
(d) Operational Risk
The Partnership, through its investment in the Master, is directly exposed ot 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, through its investment in the 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 Partnership's and the Master's ability to gather, process, and communicate information efficiently and securely, without interruption, with customers, among Redeemable Units 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 management's authorization, and that financial information utilized by management and communicated to external parties, including the Partnership's Redeemable Unit holders, creditors, and regulators, is free of material errors.
(e) Critical Accounting Policies.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the financial statements and accompanying notes.
All commodity interests (including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments) are used for trading purposes. The commodity interests are recorded on trade date and open contracts are recorded in the statements of financial condition at fair value on the last business day of the period, which represents market value for those commodity interests for which market quotations are readily available or other measures of fair value deemed appropriate by management of the General Partner for those commodity interests and foreign currencies for which market quotations are not readily available, including dealer quotes for swaps and certain option contracts. Investments in commodity interests denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing on the last business day of the period. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized values on commodity interests and foreign currencies are recognized in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur and are included in net gains (losses) on trading of commodity interests.
Foreign currency contracts are those contracts where the Partnership agrees to receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an agreed-upon price on an agreed future date. Foreign currency contracts are valued daily, and the Partnership's net equity therein, representing unrealized gain or loss on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the reporting dates, is included in the statements of financial condition. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized values on foreign currency contracts are recognized in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur and are included in the statements of income and expenses and partners' capital.
The General Partner believes that the accounting policies that will be most critical to the Partnership's financial condition and results of operations relate to the valuation of the Partnership's/Master's positions. The majority of the Master's positions will be exchange-traded futures contracts, which will be valued daily at settlement prices published by the exchanges. If applicable, the Partnership's spot and forward foreign currency contracts will also be valued at published daily settlement prices or at dealers' quotes. The General Partner expects that under normal circumstances substantially all of the Partnership's/Master's assets will be valued by objective measures and without difficulty.
Item 7A.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Introduction
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 Partnership's 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 Partnership's and the Master's main line of business.
The risk to the limited partners that have purchased interests in the Partnership is limited to the amount of their capital contributions to the
Partnership and their share of the 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 Master's open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow. The Master's and the Partnership's 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 Master's open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which it trades.
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 Master's 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 Master's 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 Master's 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 Master's losses in any market sector will be limited to Value at Risk or by the Master's attempts to manage its market risk.
Quantifying the Master's Trading Value at Risk.
The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Master's and the Partnership's 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 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). 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 Master's and the Partnership's risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by the Advisor is quantified below in terms of Value at Risk. Due to the Master's mark-to-market accounting, any loss in the fair value of the Master's open positions is directly reflected in the Master's earnings (realized or unrealized) and cash flow.
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 (almost exclusively currencies in the case of the Master), 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 Master's futures and forward positions does not have any optionality component. However, the Advisor trades 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 Master's 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 category's aggregate Value at Risk. The diversification effects resulting from the fact that the Master's positions are rarely, if ever, 100% positively correlated have not been reflected.
The Master's Trading Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors.
The following table indicates the trading Value at Risk associated with the Master's open positions by market category as of December 31, 2003 and the highest and lowest 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, 2003, the Master's total capitalization was $145,076,617.
* monthly average based on month-end value at risk
As of December 31, 2002, the Master's total capitalization was $90,459,415.
* quarterly average based on month-end value at risk
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 Master's 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 - -- gives 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 considered to be immaterial.
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 Master's market sensitive instruments.
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures.
The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Master's 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 of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Master's 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 Master's 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 Master's 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 Partnership.
The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Master as of December 31, 2003, by market sector.
Interest Rates. Interest rate movements directly affect the price of the futures positions held by the Master and indirectly the value of its stock index and currency positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries materially impact the Partnership's and the Master's profitability. The Master's primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in the United States and the other G-8 countries. However, the Master also takes futures positions on the government debt of smaller nations-- e.g., Australia
Currencies. The Master's currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations which disrupt the historical pricing relationships between different currencies and currency pairs. These fluctuations are influenced by interest rate changes as well as political and general economic conditions. The General Partner does not anticipate that the risk profile of the Master's currency sector will change significantly in the future. The currency trading Value at Risk figure includes foreign margin amounts converted into U.S. dollars with an incremental adjustment to reflect the exchange rate risk inherent to the U.S. dollar-based Master in expressing Value at Risk in a functional currency other than U.S. dollars.
Stock Indices. The Master's primary equity exposure is to equity price risk in the G-8 countries. The stock index futures traded by the Master are limited to futures on broadly based indices. As of December 31, 2003, the Partnership's and the Master's primary exposures were in the Eurex (Germany) and Chicago Mercantile Exchange (United States). The General Partner anticipates little, if any, trading in non-G-8 stock indices. The Master is primarily exposed to the risk of adverse price trends or static markets in the major U.S., European and Japanese indices. (Static markets would not cause major market changes but would make it difficult for the Partnership, through the Master, to avoid being "whipsawed" into numerous small losses.)
Metals. The Master's primary metal market exposure is to fluctuations in the price of gold and silver. Although the Advisor will from time to time trade base metals such as aluminum and copper, the principal market exposures of the Master have consistently been in the precious metals, gold and silver. The General Partner anticipates that gold and silver will remain the primary metals market exposure for the Master.
Softs. The Master's primary commodities exposure is to agricultural price movements, which are often directly affected by severe, or unexpected weather conditions. Coffee, cotton and sugar accounted for the substantial bulk of the Master's commodity exposure as of December 31, 2003.
Energy. The Master's primary energy market exposure is to gas and oil price movements, often resulting from political developments in the Middle East. Oil prices can be volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market.
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Non-Trading Risk Exposure.
The following were the only non-trading risk exposures of the Master as of December 31, 2003.
Foreign Currency Balances. The Master's primary foreign currency balances are in Japanese yen, Euro dollar and Swiss francs. The Advisor regularly converts foreign currency balances to U.S. dollars in an attempt to control the Master's non-trading risk.
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure.
The General Partner monitors and controls the Master's and the Partnership's 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 and the Partnership are subject.
The General Partner monitors the Master's performance and the concentration of its open positions, and consults with the Advisor concerning the Master's 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 Advisor's own risk control policies while maintaining a general supervisory overview of the Master's 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 Advisor's research of risk management often suggests ongoing modifications to its trading programs.
As part of the General Partner's risk management, the General Partner periodically meets with the Advisor to discuss its risk management and to look for any material changes to the Advisor's portfolio balance and trading techniques. The Advisor is required to notify the General Partner of any material changes to its programs.
Item 8.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
SHEARSON MID-WEST FUTURES FUND
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Oath or Affirmation
Independent Auditors' Report. -
Statements of Financial Condition at December 31, 2003 and 2002.
Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001.
Statements of Partners' Capital for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001.
Notes to Financial Statements. -
Selected Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data.
Financial Statements of the Master:
Oath or Affirmation.
Independent Auditors' Report. -
Statements of Financial Condition at December 31, 2003 and 2002.
Condensed Schedules of Investments at December 31, 2003 and 2002. -
Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and for the period January 26, 2001 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 2001.
Statements of Members' Capital for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and for the period January 26, 2001 (commencement of Trading operations) to December 31, 2001.
Notes to Financial Statements. -
Selected Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data.
To the Limited Partners of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund
To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the information contained herein is accurate and complete.
/s/ Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. By: Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Chief Financial Officer and Director Citigroup Managed Futures LLC General Partner, Shearson Midwest Futures Fund
Citigroup Managed Futures LLC 399 Park Avenue 7th Floor New York, N.Y. 10022 212-559-2011
Independent Auditors' Report
To the Partners of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund:
We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund (the Partnership), as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related statements of income and expenses, and partners' capital for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnership's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. The statements of income and expenses and partners' capital of the Partnership for the year ended December 31, 2001 were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 28, 2002 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.
We conducted our audits 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. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the results of its operations and its partners' capital for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ KPMG LLP KPMG LLP New York, New York February 27, 2004
Report of Independent Auditors
To the Partners of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund:
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of income and expenses and members' capital present fairly, in all material respects, the results of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund's operations for the year ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the management of the General Partner; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which 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 the management of the General Partner, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, New York February 28, 2002
Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund Statements of Financial Condition December 31, 2003 and 2002
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001
* For the period from January 1, 2001 to January 25, 2001 (Note 1). See accompanying notes to financial statements.
Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund Statements of Partners' Capital for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002, and 2001
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund Notes to Financial Statements
1. Partnership Organization:
Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund (the "Partnership") is a limited partnership which was organized on August 21, 1991 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 futures contracts, options and forward contracts. The Partnership commenced trading on December 2, 1991. From December 2, 1991 to January 25, 2001, the Partnership engaged directly in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of commodity interests. The commodity interests that were traded by the Partnership are volatile and involve a high degree of market risk. The Partnership was authorized to sell up to 40,000 redeemable units of Limited Partnership Interest ("Redeemable Units") during its initial offering period.
Effective January 26, 2001, the Partnership allocated substantially all of its capital to the JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC, a New York Limited Liability Company (the "Master"). With this cash, the Partnership purchased 31,509.8853 Units of the Master with a fair value of $31,509,885. The Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by John W. Henry & Company, Inc. ("JWH") using the Strategic Allocation Program, JWH's proprietary trading program, to invest together in one trading vehicle. Citigroup Managed Futures LLC, formerly Smith Barney Futures Management LLC, acts as the general partner (the "General Partner") of the Partnership. The General Partner is the managing member of the Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by JWH, including the Partnership (collectively, the "Feeder Funds"), are permitted to be a non-managing member of the Master. The General Partner and JWH believe that trading through this master/feeder structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading process. Expenses to investors as a result of investment in the Master are approximately the same and redemption rights are not affected.
The financial statements of the Master, including the condensed schedules of investments, are contained elsewhere in this report and should be read together with the Partnership's financial statements.
At December 31, 2003 and 2002, the Partnership owns 17.84% and 29.68%, respectively of the Master. It is the Partnership's 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.
The Partnership's commodity broker is Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ("CGM"), formerly Salomon Smith Barney Inc. CGM is an affiliate of the General Partner. The General Partner is wholly owned by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. ("CGMHI"), formerly Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc., which is the sole owner of CGM. CGMHI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. ("Citigroup").
The General Partner and each limited partner share in the profits and losses of the Partnership 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, if any, net of distributions.
The Partnership will be liquidated upon the first to occur of the following: December 31, 2011; when the Net Asset Value of a Redeemable Unit decreases to less than $350 per Redeemable Unit as of the close of business on any business day; or under certain other circumstances as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement.
2. Accounting Policies:
a. The value of the Partnership's investment in the Master reflects the Partnership's proportional interest in the members' capital of the Master. All of the income and expenses and unrealized and realized gains and losses from the commodity transactions of the Master are allocated pro rata among the investors at the time of such determination. All commodity interests (including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments) held by the Master and prior to January 26, 2001 by the Partnership are used for trading purposes. The commodity interests are recorded on trade date and open contracts are recorded in the statements of financial condition at fair value on the last business day of the year, which represents market value for those commodity interests for which market quotations are readily available. Investments in commodity interests denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing on the last business day of the year. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses) on open positions are recognized in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur and are included in net gains (losses) on trading of commodity interests.
b. Income taxes have not been provided as each partner is individually liable for the taxes, if any, on their share of the Partnership's income and expenses.
c. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
d. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.
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 1/12 of 1% (1% 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 redemptions and incentive fees. This fee may be increased or decreased at the discretion of the General Partner.
b. Management Agreement:
The Management Agreement that the General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, entered into with the Advisor, provides that the Advisor has sole discretion in determining the allocation of the assets of the Partnership by the General Partner. The Partnership is obligated to pay the Advisor a monthly management fee equal to 1/6 of 1% (2% per year) of month-end Net Assets allocated pro-rata by the Master. 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 redemptions and incentive fees. In addition, the Partnership is obligated to pay the Advisor an incentive fee, payable quarterly, equal to 20% of the New Trading Profits allocated pro-rata by the Master, as defined in the Management Agreement.
c. Customer Agreement:
Prior to January 26, 2001, the Partnership entered into a Customer Agreement with CGM whereby CGM provided services which included, among other things, the execution of transactions for the Partnership's account in accordance with orders placed by the Advisor. The Partnership was obligated to pay a monthly brokerage fee to CGM equal to 1/2 of 1% of month-end Net Assets (6% per year), in lieu of brokerage commissions on a per trade basis (the "Brokerage Fee"). Month-end Net Assets, for the purpose of calculating brokerage commissions are Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to the reduction of accrued expenses and redemptions payable. A portion of this fee is paid to employees of CGM who have sold Redeemable Units of the Partnership. This fee did not include exchange, clearing, user, give-up, floor brokerage and National Futures Association fees which were borne by the Partnership. Effective January 26, 2001, the Partnership is obligated to pay the Brokerage Fee based on month-end Net Assets allocated pro-rata from the Master. All exchange, clearing, user, give-up, floor brokerage and National Futures Association fees will be borne by the Master and allocated pro-rata to the Partnership through its investment in Master. Effective January 26, 2001, cash margin requirements were maintained by the Master. For the period from January 1, 2001 to January 25, 2001, CGM paid the Partnership interest on 80% of the average daily equity maintained in cash in its account during each month at the rate of the average non-competitive yield of 13-week U.S. Treasury bills as determined at the weekly auctions thereof during the month. Effective January 26, 2001, CGM pays the Partnership interest on 80% of the average daily equity allocated pro-rata to the Partnership by the Master during each month at the rate of the average non-competitive yield of 13-week U.S. Treasury bills as determined at the weekly auctions thereof during the month. Interest income allocated from Master in 2001 was not reclassified on the statements of income and expenses. The Customer Agreement between the Master and CGM gives the Master the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses. The Customer Agreement may be terminated upon notice by either party.
4. Trading Activities:
The results of the Master's trading activities and prior to January 26, 2001, the Partnership's trading activities are shown in the statements of income and expenses.
5. Distributions and Redemptions:
Distributions of profits, if any, will be made at the sole discretion of the General Partner; however, a limited partner may redeem all or some of their Redeemable Units at the Net Asset Value as of the last day of any month ending at least one month after trading commenced on fifteen days written notice to the General Partner.
The Partnership is permitted to withdraw all or a portion of its interest in the Master as of each month-end in order to meet its obligations with respect to the redemption rights of limited partners.
6. Financial Highlights:
Changes in the Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit of Partnership interest for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001 were as follows:
* Includes brokerage commissions ** Excludes brokerage commissions *** Interest income less total expenses (exclusive of incentive fees)
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 the Partnership's 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 and options, whose values are based upon an underlying asset, index, or reference rate, and generally represent future commitments to exchange currencies or cash flows, 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 option contracts. OTC contracts are negotiated between contracting parties and include forwards and certain options. 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 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.
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. Credit risk with respect to exchange traded instruments is reduced to the extent that an exchange or clearing organization acts as a counterparty to the transactions. The Partnership's/Master's 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 Partnership, through the Partnership's investment in the Master, has concentration risk because the sole counterparty or broker with respect to the Master's assets is CGM.
The General Partner monitors and controls the Partnership's/Master's 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 are subject. These monitoring systems 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, forwards and options positions by sector, margin requirements, gain and loss transactions and collateral positions.
The majority of these instruments mature within one year of December 31, 2003. However, due to the nature of the Partnership's/Master's business, these instruments may not be held to maturity.
Selected unaudited quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 are summarized below:
To the Members of JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC
To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the information contained herein is accurate and complete.
/s/ Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. By: Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Chief Financial Officer and Director Citigroup Managed Futures LLC Managing Member, JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC
Citigroup Managed Futures LLC 399 Park Avenue 7th Floor New York, N.Y. 10022 212-559-2011
Independent Auditors' Report
To the Members of JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC:
We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC (the Company), including the condensed schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related statements of income and expenses, and members' capital for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. The financial statements of the Company for the period from January 26, 2001 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 2001 were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 28, 2002 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.
We conducted our audits 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. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the results of its operations and its members' capital for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ KPMG LLP KPMG LLP New York, New York February 27, 2004
Report of Independent Auditors
To the Members of JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC:
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of income and expenses and members' capital present fairly, in all material respects, the results of JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC's operations for the period from January 26, 2001 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the management of the General Partner; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which 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 the management of the General Partner, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP New York, New York February 28, 2002
JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC Statements of Financial Condition December 31, 2003 and 2002
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC Condensed Schedule of Investments December 31, 2003
Percentages are based on Members' capital unless otherwise indicated. See accompanying notes to financial statements
JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC Condensed Schedule of Investments December 31, 2002
Percentages are based on Members' capital unless otherwise indicated. * Due to rounding. See accompanying notes to financial statements.
JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the period from January 26, 2001 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 2001
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC Statement of Members' Capital for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the period from January 26, 2001 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 2001
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC Notes to Financial Statements
1. General:
JWH Strategic Allocation Master Fund LLC (the "Master") is a limited liability company formed under the New York Limited Liability Company Law. The Master's purpose is to engage in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of commodity interests including futures contracts, options and forward contracts. The Master is authorized to sell an unlimited number of member interests.
Effective January 26, 2001, Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund ("Mid-West") and Smith Barney Mid-West Futures Fund L.P. II ("Mid-West II") allocated substantially all of their capital to the Master. With this cash, Mid-West and Mid-West II purchased a total of 74,020.3930 Units of the Master with a fair value of $74,020,393. The Master was formed to permit commodity pools managed now or in the future by John W. Henry & Company, Inc. (the "Advisor") using the Strategic Allocation Program, the Advisor's proprietary trading program, to invest together in one vehicle.
The Master operates under a "master/feeder fund" structure where its investors consist of Mid-West, Mid-West II, The Aspetuck Fund L.P., The Saugatuck Fund L.P., JWH Global Strategies Limited and SSB Diversified 2000 Fund L.P. (each a "Member", collectively the "Feeder Funds") with 17.84%, 18.11%, 5.91%, 21.06%, 18.13% and 18.95% investments in the Master for 2003 and with 29.68%, 31.19%, 6.17%, 30.76%, 2.20%, and 0% investments in the Master for 2002.
Citigroup Managed Futures LLC, formerly Smith Barney Futures Management LLC, acts as the managing member (the "Managing Member") of the Master. The Managing Member administers the business affairs of the Master including selecting one or more advisors to make trading decisions for the Master. The Master's commodity broker is Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ("CGM"), formerly Salomon Smith Barney Inc. CGM is an affiliate of the Managing Member. The Managing Member is wholly owned by Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. ("CGMHI"), formerly Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc., which is the sole owner of CGM. CGMHI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc. ("Citigroup").
2. Accounting Policies:
a. All commodity interests (including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments) are used for trading purposes. The commodity interests are recorded on trade date and open contracts are recorded in the statements of financial condition at fair value on the last business day of the year, which represents market value for those commodity interests for which market quotations are readily available. Investments in commodity interests denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing on the last business day of the year. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized values on open positions are recognized in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur and are included in net gains (losses) on trading of commodity interests.
b. 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 are allocated pro rata among the Feeder Funds at the time of such determination. Income taxes have not been provided as each member is individually liable for the taxes, if any, on their share of the Master's income and expenses.
c. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
d. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.
3. Agreements:
a. Managing Member Agreement:
The Managing Member administers the business affairs of the Master.
b. Management Agreement:
The Managing Member, on behalf of the Master, has entered into a Management Agreement with the Advisor, a registered commodity trading advisor. The Advisor is not affiliated with the Managing Member 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 allocated to it by the Managing Member. All management fees in connection with the Management Agreement are borne by the Feeder Funds.
c. Customer Agreement:
The Master has entered into a Customer Agreement with CGM whereby CGM provides services which include, among the other things, the execution of transactions for the Master's account in accordance with orders placed by the Advisor. All exchange, clearing, user, give-up, floor brokerage and National Futures Association fees are borne by the Master. All other fees including CGM's direct brokerage commission shall be borne by the Feeder Funds. All of the Master's assets are deposited in the Master's account at CGM. The Master's cash is deposited by CGM in segregated bank accounts to the extent required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations. At December 31, 2003 and 2002, the amount of cash held by the Master for margin requirements was $31,852,745 and $15,044,312, respectively. The Customer Agreement between the Master and CGM gives the Master the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses. 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 instruments. The results of the Master's trading activities are shown in the statements of income and expenses.
All of the commodity interests owned by the Master are held for trading purposes. The average fair value for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002, based on a monthly calculation, was $7,057,885 and $9,163,093, respectively.
5. Distributions and Redemptions:
Distributions of profits, if any, will be made at the sole discretion of the Managing Member and at such time as the Managing Member may decide. A Member may require the Master to redeem their Units at their Net Asset Value as of the last day of each month. The Managing Member, in its sole discretion, may permit redemptions more frequently than monthly.
6. Financial Highlights:
Changes in the Net Asset Value per Unit of Member interest for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the period from January 26, 2001 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 2001 were as follows:
The above ratios may vary for individual investors based on the timing of capital transactions during the year.
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 and options, whose values are based upon an underlying asset, index, or reference rate, and generally represent future commitments to exchange currencies or cash flows, 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 option contracts. OTC contracts are negotiated between contracting parties and include forwards and certain options. 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 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.
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. Credit risk with respect to exchange traded instruments is reduced to the extent that an exchange or clearing organization acts as a counterparty to the transactions. The Master's 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 Master has concentration risk because the sole counterparty or broker with respect to the Master's assets is CGM.
The Managing Member monitors and controls the Master's 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. These monitoring systems allow the Managing Member 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, forwards and options positions by sector, margin requirements, gain and loss transactions and collateral positions.
The majority of these instruments mature within one year of December 31, 2003. However, due to the nature of the Master's business, these instruments may not be held to maturity.
Selected unaudited quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 are summarized below:
Item 9.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was previously the principal accountant for the Partnership. On July 9, 2002, that firm was dismissed as principal accountant and KPMG LLP was engaged as principal accountant. 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, 2001, and through July 9, 2002, there were no disagreements with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 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 year.
The audit report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP on the financial statements of the Partnership as of and for the year ended December 31, 2001 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.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Based on their evaluation of the Partnership's disclosure controls and procedures as of year end the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that such controls and procedures are effective.
There were no significant changes in the Partnership's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect such controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation as of year end.
PART III
Item 10.
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, Citigroup Managed Futures LLC. Investment decisions are made by John W. Henry & Company, Inc. (the "Advisor").
The Partnership has not adopted a code of ethics that applies to officers because it has no officers.
Item 11.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The Partnership has no directors or officers. Its affairs are managed by Citigroup Managed Futures LLC, its General Partner, which receives compensation for its services, as set forth under "Item 1. Business." 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." During the year ended December 31, 2003, CGM earned $1,713,983 in brokerage commissions and clearing fees. The Advisor earned $567,899 in management fees during 2003. The General Partner earned $283,948 in administrative fees during 2003. The Advisor earned an incentive fee of $77,162 in the year ended December 31, 2003.
Item 12.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
(a) Security ownership of certain beneficial owners. 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 Partnership's affairs are managed by the General Partner. The General Partner owns Units of general partnership interest equivalent to 40.4850 (0.4%) Redeemable Units of Limited Partnership Interest as of December 31, 2003.
(c) Changes in control. None.
Item 13.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Citigroup Managed Futures LLC, would be considered promoters for purposes of item 404(d) 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.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
(a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by KPMG for the audit of the Partnership's annual financial statements, review of financial statements included in the Partnership's Forms 10-Q and other services normally provided in connection with regulatory filings or engagements are as follows:
2002 $15,807 2003 $11,005
(b) Audit-Related Fees. None
(3) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by KPMG for tax compliance and tax advice given in the preparation of the Partnership's Schedule K1s, the preparation of the Partnership's Form 1065 and preparation of all State Tax Returns are as follows:
2002 $4,809 2003 $4,809
(c) All Other Fees. None.
(d) Not Applicable.
(e) Not Applicable.
PART IV
Item 15.
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.
(a) (1) Financial Statements:
Statements of Financial Condition at December 31, 2003 and 2002.
Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001.
Statements of Partners' Capital for the years ended December 31, 2003, 2002 and 2001.
Notes to Financial Statements
(2) Financial Statement Schedules: Financial Data Schedule for the year ended December 31, 2003.
(3) Exhibits:
3.1 - Certificate of Limited Partnership (previously filed).
3.2 - Limited Partnership Agreement (previously filed).
10.1 - Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General Partner and John W. Henry & Company, Inc. (previously filed).
10.2 - Customer Agreement between Partnership and Smith Barney Shearson Inc. (previously filed).
10.3 - Form of Subscription Agreement (previously filed).
10.4 - Letter dated February 16, 1995 from General Partner to John W. Henry & Company, Inc. extending Management Agreement (previously filed).
10.5 - Letters extending Management Agreement with John W. Henry & Company, Inc. for 1997 (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997 and incorporated herein by reference).
10.6 - Letter extending Management Agreement with John W. Henry & Company, Inc. for 1998 (previously filed).
10.7 - Letter extending Management Agreement with John W. Henry & Company, Inc. for 1999 (previously filed).
10.8 - Letter extending Management Agreement with John W. Henry & Company, Inc. for 2000 (previously filed).
10.9 - Letter extending Management Agreement with John W. Henry & Company, Inc. for 2001 (previously filed).
10.10- Letter extending Management Agreement with John W. Henry & Company, Inc. for 2002 (previously filed).
10.11- Letter extending Management Agreement with John W. Henry & Company, Inc. for 2003 (filed herein).
16.1 - Letter from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (filed herein).
The exhibits required to be filed by Item 601 of Regulations S-K are incorporated herein by reference.
31.1 - Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Certification of President and Director).
31.2 - Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Director).
32.1 - Section 1350 Certifications (Certification of President and Director).
32.2 - Section 1350 Certification (Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Director)
(b) Report on Form 8-K: None Filed.
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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this annual report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York and State of New York on the 15th day of March 2004.
SHEARSON MID-WEST FUTURES FUND L.P.
By: Citigroup Managed Futures LLC (General Partner)
By /s/ David J. Vogel David J. Vogel, President & Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this annual report on Form 10-K has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ David J. Vogel /s/ Shelley Ullman David J. Vogel Director Director, Principal Executive Officer and President
/s/ Maureen O'Toole /s/ Steve J. Keltz Maureen O'Toole Secretary and Director Director
/s/ Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Chief Financial Officer and Director
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, David J. Vogel, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Annual report on Form 10-K of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund (the "registrant");
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: March 15, 2004 /s/ David J. Vogel David J. Vogel Citigroup Managed Futures LLC President and Director
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION I, David J. Vogel, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Annual report on Form 10-K of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund (the "registrant");
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: March 15, 2004 /s/ Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Citigroup Managed Futures LLC Chief Financial Officer and Director
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund (the "Partnership") on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, David J. Vogel, President and Director of Citigroup Managed Futures LLC, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Partnership.
/s/ David J. Vogel David J. Vogel Citigroup Managed Futures LLC President and Director
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund (the "Partnership") on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr., Chief Financial Officer and Director of Citigroup Managed Futures LLC, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Partnership.
/s/ Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Citigroup Managed Futures LLC Chief Financial Officer and Director
Smith Barney Futures Management LLC 388 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor New York, New York 10013-2396
June 11, 2002
John W. Henry & Company, Inc. 301 Yamato Road, Suite 2200 Boca Raton, Fl. 33431-4931
Attn: Mr. Ken Webster
Re: Management Agreement Renewals
Dear Mr. Webster:
We are writing with respect to your management agreements concerning the commodity pools to which reference is made below (the "Management Agreements"). We are extending the term of the Management Agreements through June 30, 2003 and all other provisions of the Management Agreements will remain unchanged.
o Shearson Mid-West Futures Fund o Shearson Lehman Select Advisors Futures Fund L.P. o JWH Strategic Allocation Master FD LLC o Smith Barney Mid-West Futures Fund L.P. II o Smith Barney Westport Futures Fund L.P. o Hutton Investors Futures Fund, L.P. II (HIFF II) o AURORA 2001
Please acknowledge receipt of this modification by signing one copy of this letter and returning it to the attention of Mr. Daniel McAuliffe at the address above or fax to 212-723-8985. If you have any questions I can be reached at 212-723-5435.
Very truly yours,
SMITH BARNEY FUTURES MANAGEMENT LLC
By: /s/ Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. ------------------------- Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Chief Financial Officer & Director
JOHN W. HENRY & COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ Ken Webster ------------------------- Print Name: Ken Webster