UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the year ended December 31, 1998
Commission File Number 333-24923
SMITH BARNEY WESTPORT FUTURES FUND L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 13-3939393
State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
c/o Smith Barney Futures Management Inc.
390 Greenwich St. - 1st Fl.
New York, New York 10013
(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)
(212) 723-5424
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Units of Limited
Partnership
Interest
(Title of Class)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
form 10-K [X]
As of February 28, 1999 Limited Partnership Units with an aggregate value of
$1,076.64 were outstanding and held by non-affiliates.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
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PART I
Item 1. Business.
(a) General development of business. Smith Barney Westport Futures Fund
L.P. ("Partnership") is a limited partnership organized on March 21, 1997 under
the Partnership laws of the State of New York. The Partnership commenced trading
operations on August 1, 1997. The Partnership engages in speculative trading of
commodity interests, including futures contracts, options and forward contracts.
A Registration Statement on Form S-1 relating to the public offering
became effective on May 30, 1997. Beginning May 30, 1997, 120,000 Units of
Limited Partnership Interest ("Units") were publicly offered at $1,000 per Unit
for a period of ninety days, subject to increase for up to an additional sixty
days at the sole discretion of the General Partner. Between May 30, 1997
(commencement of the offering period) and July 31, 1997, 40,035 Units were sold
at $1,000 per Unit. Proceeds of the offering were held in an escrow account and
were transferred, along with the General Partner's contribution of $404,000 to
the Partnership's trading account on August 1, 1997 when the Partnership
commenced trading. Sales of additional Units and additional General Partner's
contributions and redemptions of Units for the period ended December 31, 1998
are reported in the Statement of Partners' Capital on page F-6 under "Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data."
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The General Partner has agreed to make capital contributions, if
necessary, so that its general partnership interest will be equal to the greater
of (i) an amount to entitle it to 1% of each material item of Partnership
income, loss, deduction or credit and (ii) the greater of (a) 1% of the
partners' contributions to the Partnership or (b) $25,000. The Partnership will
be liquidated upon the first of the following to occur: December 31, 2017; the
net asset value of a Unit decreases to less than $400 as of the close of any
business day; or under certain circumstances as defined in the Limited
Partnership Agreement of the Partnership (the "Limited Partnership Agreement").
Smith Barney Futures Management Inc. acts as the general partner (the
"General Partner") of the Partnership. On September 1, 1998, the Partnership's
commodity broker, Smith Barney Inc., merged with Salomon Brothers Inc and
changed its name to Salomon Smith Barney Inc. ("SSB"). SSB is an affiliate of
the General Partner. The General Partner is wholly owned by Salomon Smith Barney
Holdings, Inc. ("SSBH"), which is the sole owner of SSB. On October 8, 1998,
Travelers Group Inc. merged with Citicorp Inc. and changed its name to Citigroup
Inc. SSBH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc.
The Partnership's trading of futures contracts on commodities is done
primarily on United States and foreign commodity exchanges. It engages in such
trading through a commodity brokerage account maintained with SSB.
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The General Partner has entered into a Management Agreement (the
"Management Agreement") with John W. Henry & Company, Inc. ("JWH"), (the
"Advisor") who will make all commodity trading decisions for the Partnership.
The Advisor is not affiliated with the General Partner or SSB. 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: (i) a monthly management fee equal to 1/3 of 1%
(4% per year) of month-end Net Assets of the Partnership allocated to the
Advisor as of the end of each month and (ii) an incentive fee payable quarterly,
equal to 19% of the New Trading Profits (as defined in the Management Agreement)
of the Partnership.
The Partnership has entered into a Customer Agreement with SSB (the
"Customer Agreement") which provides that the Partnership will pay SSB a monthly
brokerage fee equal to 13/24 of 1% of month-end Net Assets allocated to the
Advisors (6.5% per year) in lieu of brokerage commissions on a per trade basis.
SSB also pays a portion of its brokerage fees to its financial consultants who
have sold Units and who are registered as associated persons with the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC"). The Partnership pays for National
Futures Association ("NFA") fees, exchange and clearing fees, give-up and user
fees and floor brokerage fees. The Customer Agreement between the Partnership
and SSB gives the Partnership the legal right to net unrealized gains and
losses.
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In addition, SSB pays the Partnership interest on 80% of the average
daily equity maintained in cash in its account during each month at a 30-day
U.S. Treasury bill rate determined weekly by SSB based on the average
non-competitive yield on 3-month U.S. Treasury bills maturing in 30 days from
the date on which such weekly rate is determined. However, SSB began paying
interest to the Partnership only after the amount of interest accrued equaled
the total amount of offering and organizational expenses paid by SSB in
connection with the Partnership's offering plus interest at the prime rate
quoted by the Chase Manhattan Bank.
(b) Financial information about industry segments. The Partnership's
business consists of only one segment, speculative trading of commodity
interests (including, but not limited to, futures contracts, options and forward
contracts on U.S. Treasury Bills, other financial instruments, foreign
currencies, stock indices and physical commodities). The Partnership does not
engage in sales of goods or services. The Partnership's net income from
operations for the year ended December 31, 1998 and the period from August 1,
1997 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 1997 is set forth
under "Item 6. Selected Financial Data." The Partnership capital as of December
31, 1998 was $123,538,960.
(c) Narrative description of business.
See Paragraphs (a) and (b)above.
(i) through (x) - Not applicable.
(xi) through (xii) - Not applicable.
(xiii) - The Partnership has no employees.
(d) Financial Information About Foreign and Domestic Operations and
Export Sales. The Partnership does not engage in sales of goods or services, and
therefore this item is not applicable.
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Item 2. Properties.
The Partnership does not own or lease any properties. The General
Partner operates out of facilities provided by its affiliate, SSB.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
There are no material legal proceedings pending against the Partnership
or the General Partner.
This section describes the major legal proceedings, other than ordinary
routine litigation incidental to the business, to which SSBH, the parent company
of this General Partner or its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their
property is subject.
In September 1992, Harris Trust and Savings Bank (as trustee for
Ameritech Pension Trust ("APT"), Ameritech Corporation, and an officer of
Ameritech filed suit against Salomon Brothers Inc. ("SBI") and Salomon Brothers
Realty Corporation ("SBRC") in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of Illinois (Harris Trust Savings Bank, not individually but solely as trustee
for the Ameritech Pension Trust, Ameritech Corporation and John A. Edwardson v.
Salomon Brothers Inc and Salomon Brothers Realty Corp.). The second amended
complaint alleges that three purchases by APT from defendants of participation
interests in net cash flow or resale proceeds of three portfolios of motels
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owned by Motels of America, Inc. ("MOA"), as well as a fourth purchase by APT of
a similar participation interest with respect to a portfolio of motels owned by
Best Inns, Inc. ("Best"), violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
("ERISA"), and that the purchase of the participation interests for the third
MOA portfolio and for the Best portfolio violated the Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organization Act ("RICO") and state law. SBI had acquired the
participation interests in transactions in which it purchased as principal
mortgage notes issued by MOA and Best to finance purchases of motel portfolios;
95% of three such interests and 100% of one such interest were sold to APT for
purchase prices aggregating approximately $20.9 million. Plaintiffs' second
amended complaint seeks (a) judgment on the ERISA claims for the purchase prices
of the four participation interests (approximately $20.9 million), for
rescission and for disgorgement of profits, as well as other relief, and (b)
judgment on the claims brought under RICO and state law in the amount of $12.3
million, with damages trebled to $37 million on the RICO claims and punitive
damages in excess of $37 million on certain of the state law claims as well as
other relief. The court dismissed the RICO, breach of contract, and unjust
enrichment claims. The court also found that defendants did not qualify as an
ERISA fiduciary and dismissed the claims based on that allegation. Defendants
moved for summary judgment on the sole remaining claim. The motion was denied,
and defendants appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Defendants are awaiting a decision.
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Both the Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service have
advised SBI that they were or are reviewing the transactions in which APT
acquired such participation interests. With respect to the Internal Revenue
Service review, SSBH, SBI and SBRC have consented to extensions of time for the
assessment of excise taxes that may be claimed to be due with respect to the
transactions for the years 1987, 1988 and 1989. In August 1996, the IRS sent
SSBH, SBI and SBRC what appeared to be draft "30-day letters" with respect to
the transactions and SSBH, SBI and SBRC were given an opportunity to comment on
whether the IRS should issue 30-day letters, which would actually commence the
assessment process. In October 1996, SSBH, SBI and SBRC submitted a memorandum
setting forth reasons why the IRS should not issue 30-day letters with respect
to the transactions.
In December 1996, a complaint seeking unspecified monetary damages was
filed by Orange County, California against numerous brokerage firms, including
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.).
Plaintiff alleges, among other things, that defendants recommended and sold to
plaintiff unsuitable securities and that such transactions were outside the
scope of plaintiff's statutory and constitutional authority (ultra vires).
Defendants' motion for summary judgment was granted with respect to the ultra
vires claims in February 1999. The court allowed the filing of an amended
complaint asserting claims based on alleged breaches of fiduciary duty.
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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 seeks a
declaratory judgment that Smith Barney Inc. and another underwriter are
responsible for any damages that the City may incur in the event the Internal
Revenue Service denies tax exempt status to the City's General Obligation
Refunding Bonds Series 1991. The Company filed a motion to dismiss the
complaints in September 1998, and the complaints were subsequently amended. The
Company has filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaints. In November 1998,
a purported class action complaint was filed in the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Florida (Dwight Brock as Clerk for Collier County v.
Merrill Lynch, et al.). The complaint alleges that, pursuant to a nationwide
conspiracy, 17 broker-dealer defendants, including SSB, charged excessive
mark-ups in connection with advanced refunding transactions. The Company intends
to contest this complaint vigorously.
Environmental Matters
In July 1996, the City and County of Denver ("Denver") enacted an
ordinance imposing a substantial fee on any radioactive waste or
radium-contaminated material disposed of in the City of Denver. Under this
ordinance, Denver assessed a subsidiary of Salomon, the S.W. Shattuck Chemical
Company, Inc. ("Shattuck"), $9.35 million for certain disposal already carried
out. Shattuck sued to enjoin imposition of the fee on constitutional grounds.
The United States also sued, seeking to enjoin imposition of the fee on
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constitutional grounds. Denver counterclaimed and moved to add SSBH as a
defendant for past costs. These cases have been consolidated before the U.S.
District Court in Colorado, which granted Shattuck's motion for a preliminary
injunction enjoining Denver from enforcing the ordinance during the pendency of
the litigation. The parties have reached a settlement.
The Company and various subsidiaries have also been named as defendants
in various matters incident to and typical of the businesses in which they are
engaged. These include numerous civil actions, arbitration proceedings and other
matters in which the Company's broker-dealer subsidiaries have been named,
arising in the normal course of business out of activities as a broker and
dealer in securities, as an underwriter of securities, as an investment banker
or otherwise. In the opinion of the Company's management, none of these actions
is expected to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial
condition of the Company and its subsidiaries.
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.
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PART II
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 market for the Units of Limited
Partnership Interest.
(b) Holders. The number of holders of Units of Limited
Partnership Interest as of December 31, 1998 was 3,800.
(c) Distribution. The Partnership did not declare a distribution
in 1998 or 1997.
(d) Use of Proceeds. There were no additional sales during the
last six months ended December 31, 1998. For the twelve
months ended December 31, 1998, there were additional sales
of 20,887.2038 Units totaling $20,778,000 and contributions
by the General Partner representing 210.0035 Unit
equivalents totaling $209,000. Proceeds from the sale of
additional Units are used in the trading of commodity
interests including futures contracts, options and forward
contracts.
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data. The Partnership commenced trading operations on
August 1, 1997. Realized and unrealized trading gains, interest income, net
income and increase in net asset value per Unit for the year ended December 31,
1998 and the period from August 1, 1997 (commencement of trading operations) to
December 31, 1997 and total assets at December 31, 1998 and 1997 were as
follows:
1998 1997
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Realized and unrealized
trading gains net of brokerage
commissions and clearing fees
of $8,058,297 and $2,127,374,
respectively $ 11,456,921 $ 5,051,247
Interest income 4,191,852 1,161,609
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$ 15,648,773 $ 6,212,856
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Net income
$ 9,558,956 $ 4,152,296
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Increase in net asset
value per unit $83.01 $ 29.05
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Total assets $125,412,315 $103,029,348
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.
(a) Liquidity. The Partnership does not engage in sales of goods or
services. Its only assets are its equity in its commodity futures trading
account, consisting of cash and cash equivalents, net unrealized appreciation
(depreciation) on open futures contracts and receivables. Because of the low
margin deposits normally required in commodity futures trading, relatively small
price movements may result in substantial losses to the Partnership. Such
substantial losses could lead to a material decrease in liquidity. To minimize
this risk, the Partnership will follow certain policies including:
(1) Partnership funds are invested only in futures contracts which
are traded in sufficient volume to permit, in the opinion of the Advisor, ease
of taking and liquidating positions.
(2) No Advisor initiates additional positions in any commodity if
such additional positions would result in aggregate positions for all
commodities requiring as margin more than 66-2/3% of the Partnership's assets
allocated to the Advisor. For the purpose of this limitation, forward contracts
in currencies will be deemed to have the same margin requirements as the same or
similar futures contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
(3) The Partnership will not employ the trading technique commonly
known as "pyramiding", in which the speculator uses unrealized profits on
existing positions as margin for the purchase or sale of additional positions in
the same or related commodities.
(4) The Partnership will not utilize borrowing except short-term
borrowing if the Partnership takes delivery of any cash commodities, provided
that neither the deposit of margin with a commodity broker nor obtaining and
drawing on a line of credit with respect to forward contracts shall constitute
borrowing.
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(5) The Advisor may, from time to time, employ trading strategies
such as spread or straddles on behalf of the Partnership. 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.
(6) The Partnership will not permit the churning of its commodity
trading accounts.
The Partnership is party to financial instruments with off-balance
sheet risk, including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity
instruments, in the normal course of its business. These financial instruments
include forwards, futures and options, whose value is 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. Each of these
instruments is subject to various risks similar to those relating to the
underlying financial instruments including market and credit risk. The General
Partner monitors and controls 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 Partnership is subject. (See
also Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data., for further
information on financial instrument risk included in the notes to financial
statements.)
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Other than the risks inherent in commodity futures trading, the
Partnership knows of no trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties
which will result in or which are reasonably likely to result in the
Partnership's liquidity increasing or decreasing in any material way. The
Limited Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner may, at its
discretion, cause the Partnership to cease trading operations and liquidate all
open positions upon the first to occur of the following: (i) December 31, 2017;
(ii) the vote dissolve the Partnership by limited partners owning more than 50%
of the Units; (iii) assignment by the General Partner of all of its interest in
the Partnership or withdrawal, removal, bankruptcy or any other event that
causes the General Partner to cease to be a general partner under the New York
Revised Limited Partnership Act unless the Partnership is continued as described
in the Limited Partnership Agreement; (iv) Net Asset Value per Unit falls to
less than $400 as of the end of any trading day; or (v) the occurrence of any
event which shall make it unlawful for the existence of the Partnership to be
continued.
(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
commodity trading, and by expenses, interest income, redemptions of Units and
distributions of profits, if any. Gains or losses on commodity futures trading
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cannot be predicted. Market moves in commodities are dependent upon fundamental
and technical factors which the Partnership may or may not be able to identify.
Partnership expenses will consist of, among other things, commissions,
management fees and incentive fees. The level of these expenses is dependent
upon the level of trading gains or losses 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 SSB is dependent upon interest rates over which the
Partnership has no control.
Distributions of profits, if any, will be made at the sole discretion
of the General Partner and at such times as the General Partner may decide. A
limited partner may require the Partnership to redeem his Units at their Net
Asset Value as of the last day of a month on 10 days' notice to the General
Partner. For the purpose of a redemption, any accrued liability for
reimbursement of offering and organization expenses for the Initial Offering
Period will not reduce Net Asset Value per Unit. There is no fee charged to
limited partners in connection with redemptions. For the year ended December 31,
1998, 8,330.0357 Units were redeemed totaling $8,272,603 For the period ended
December 31, 1997, 10 Units were redeemed totaling $9,689.
The Partnership ceased to offer Units effective March 1, 1998. For
the year ended December 31, 1998, there were additional sales of 20,887.2038
Units totaling $20,788,000 and contributions by the General Partner representing
210.0035 Unit equivalents totaling $209,000. For the period ended December 31,
1997, there were additional sales of 59,076.5475 Units totaling $56,807,000 and
contributions by the General Partner representing 597.9801 Units equivalents
totaling $575,000.
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(c) Results of Operations.
For the year ended December 31, 1998 the Net Asset Value per Unit
increased 8.2% from $1,011.49 to $1,094.50. For the period from August 1, 1997
(commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 1997, the net asset value
per Unit increased 3.0% from $982.44 to $1,011.49. There were no operations in
1996. The net asset value of $982.44 at commencement of trading operations is
reflective of charging offering and organizational expenses against the initial
capital of the Partnership for financial reporting purposes.
The Partnership experienced net trading gains of $19,515,218 before
commissions and expenses in 1998. These gains were primarily attributable to the
trading of energy, grains, U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates and livestock and
were partially offset by losses experienced in the trading of currencies,
metals, softs and indices.
The Partnership experienced net trading gains of $7,178,621 before
commissions and expenses in 1997. These gains were primarily attributable to the
trading of U.S. and non-U.S. interest rates, metals and currencies and were
partially offset by losses experienced in the trading of energy products,
grains, indices and softs.
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Commodity futures 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 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 Company is directly exposed to market risk and credit risk, which
arise in the normal course of its business activities. Slightly less direct, but
of critical importance, are risks pertaining to operational and back office
support. This is particularly the case in a rapidly changing and increasingly
global environment with increasing transaction volumes and an expansion in the
number and complexity of products in the marketplace.
Such risks include:
Operational/Settlement Risk - the risk of financial and opportunity loss and
legal liability attributable to operational problems, such as inaccurate pricing
of transactions, untimely trade execution, clearance and/or settlement, or the
inability to process large volumes of transactions. The Company 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.
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Technological Risk - the risk of loss attributable to technological limitations
or hardware failure that constrain the Company's ability to gather, process, and
communicate information efficiently and securely, without interruption, with
customers, among units within the Company, and in the markets where the Company
participates.
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 Company's
stockholder, creditors, and regulators, is free of material errors.
Risk of Computer System Failure (Year 2000 Issue)
The Year 2000 issue is the result of existing computers in many
businesses using only two digits to identify a year in the date field. These
computers and programs, often referred to as "information technology," were
designed and developed without considering the impact of the upcoming change in
the century. If not corrected, many computer applications could fail or create
erroneous results at the Year 2000. Such systems and processes are dependent on
correctly identifying dates in the next century.
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The General Partner administers the business of the
Partnership through various systems and processes maintained by SSBH and SSB. In
addition, the operation of the Partnership is dependent on the capability of the
Partnership's Advisor, the brokers and exchanges through which the Advisor
trades, and other third parties to prepare adequately for the Year 2000 impact
on their systems and processes. The Partnership itself has no systems or
information technology applications relevant to its operations.
The General Partner, SSB, SSBH and their parent organization
Citigroup Inc. have undertaken a comprehensive, firm-wide evaluation of both
internal and external systems (systems related to third parties) to determine
the specific modifications needed to prepare for the year 2000. The combined
Year 2000 program in SSB is expected to cost approximately $140 million over the
four years from 1996 through 1999, and involve over 450 people at the peak
staffing level. SSB expects to complete all compliance and certification work by
June 1999. At this time, over 95% of SSBH systems have completed the correction
process and are Year 2000 compliant. Over 73% of the systems have completed
certification testing. The Year 2000 project at SSBH remains on schedule.
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The systems and components supporting the General Partner's
business that require remediation have been identified and modifications have
been made to bring them into Year 2000 compliance. Testing of these systems was
completed in the fourth quarter of 1998. Final testing and certification are
expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 1999.
This expenditure and the General Partner's resources dedicated
to the preparation for Year 2000 do not and will not have a material impact on
the operation or results of the Partnership. The General Partner has requested
and received statements from the Advisor that it has undertaken its own
evaluation and remediation plans to identify any of its computer systems that
are Year 2000 vulnerable. The Advisor has confirmed it is taking immediate
actions to remedy those systems as necessary. The General Partner will continue
to inquire into and to confirm the Advisor's readiness for Year 2000.
The most likely and most significant risk to the Partnership
associated with the lack of Year 2000 readiness is the failure of outside
organizations, including the commodities exchanges, clearing organizations, or
regulators with which the Partnership interacts to resolve their Year 2000
issues in a timely manner. This risk could involve the inability to determine
the value of the Partnership at some point in time and would make effecting
purchases or redemptions of Units in the Partnership infeasible until such
valuation was determinable.
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SSB has successfully participated in industry-wide testing including:
The Streetwide Beta Testing organized by the Securities Industry Association
(SIA), a government securities clearing test with the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, The Depository Trust Company, and The Bank of new York, and Futures
Industry Association participants test. SSBH is also participating in the
streetwide testing which commenced in March 1999.
It is possible that problems may occur that would require some time
to repair. Moreover, it is possible that problems will occur outside SSBH for
which SSBH could experience a secondary effect. Consequently, SSBH is preparing
comprehensive, written contingency plans so that alternative procedures and a
framework for critical decisions are defined before any potential crisis occurs.
The goal of Year 2000 contingency planning is a set of alternate
procedures to be used in the event of a critical system failure or a failure by
a supplier or counterparty. Planning work was completed in December 1998, and
testing of alternative procedures will be conducted in the first half of 1999.
European Economic and Monetary Union
European Economic and Monetary Union ("EMU") is an historic event in
Europe involving the unification of currency in eleven major countries. The new
unified currency, called the Euro, is expected to compete on a global scale with
the U.S. Dollar and the Japanese Yen. Introduction of the Euro began on January
1, 1999, when the European Central Bank assumed control of the monetary policy
for participating nations. Exchange rates between the participating countries
were fixed and the Euro is available for electronic payments. Also on January 1,
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1999, various issuers re-denominated their securities and harmonized bond
payment conventions. A three-year transition period began on January 1, 1999,
after which Euro notes and coins will be issued by the European Central Bank and
national currencies will be phased out.
The Company completed a successful conversion to the Euro and has
commenced trading and settlement in the new currency with no major exceptions.
As the preceding risks are largely interrelated, so are the Company's
actions to mitigate and manage them. The Company's Chief Administrative Officer
is responsible for, among other things, oversight of global operations and
technology. An essential element in mitigating the risks noted above is the
optimization of information technology and the ability to manage and implement
change. To be an effective competitor in an information-driven business of a
global nature requires the development of global systems and databases that
ensure increased and more timely access to reliable data.
(e) New Accounting Pronouncements
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS
133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities ("SFAS 133").
SFAS 133 requires that an entity recognize all derivatives in the statement of
financial condition and measure those instruments at fair value. SFAS 133 is
effective for fiscal year beginning after June 15, 1999 SFAS 133 is expected to
have no material impact on the financial statements of the Partnership as all
commodity interests are recorded at fair value, with changes therein reported in
the statement of income and expenses.
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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Introduction
The Partnership 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. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is
integral, not incidental, to the Partnership's main line of business.
Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of
the Partnership's open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash
flow. 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 Partnership's open positions and the liquidity
of the markets in which it trades.
The Partnership 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 Partnership's past performance is not necessarily indicative of its future
results.
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Value at Risk is a measure of the maximum amount which the Partnership
could reasonably be expected to lose in a given market sector. However, the
inherent uncertainty of the Partnership's speculative trading and the recurrence
in the markets traded by the Partnership of market movements far exceeding
expectations could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the
indicated Value at Risk or the Partnership'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
included in this section should not be considered to constitute any assurance or
representation that the Partnership's losses in any market sector will be
limited to Value at Risk or by the Partnership's attempts to manage its market
risk.
Quantifying the Partnership's Trading Value at Risk
The following quantitative disclosures regarding 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).
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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
Partnership's mark-to-market accounting, any loss in the fair value of the
Partnership's open positions is directly reflected in the Partnership's earnings
(realized or unrealized). Exchange maintenance margin requirements have been
used by the Partnership 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 Partnership), 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.
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In quantifying the Partnership'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
Partnership's positions are rarely, if ever, 100% positively correlated have not
been reflected. The Partnership's Trading Value at Risk in Different Market
Sectors
The following table indicates the trading Value at Risk associated with
the Partnership's open positions by market category as of December 31, 1998. All
open position trading risk exposures of the Partnership have been included in
calculating the figures set forth below. As of December 31, 1998, the
Partnership's total capitalization was $123,538,960.
December 31, 1998
% of Total
Market Sector Value at Risk Capitalization
Currencies
- -OTC Contracts $3,194,235 2.59%
Energy 1,837,200 1.49%
Grains 260,400 0.21%
Interest Rate U.S. 1,376,784 1.10%
Interest Rate Non-U.S. 5,654,499 4.58%
Livestock 23,000 0.02%
Metals 860,850 0.70%
Softs 848,530 0.69%
Indices 1,325,021 1.07%
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Total $15,380,519 12.45%
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Material Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk
The face value of the market sector instruments held by the
Partnership is typically many times the applicable margin requirement (margin
requirements generally range between 2% and 15% of contract face value) as well
as the capitalization of the Partnership. The magnitude of the Partnership'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 Partnership to incur severe losses over a short period of time. The
foregoing Value at Risk table -- as well as the past performance of the
Partnership -- give no indication of this "risk of ruin."
Non-Trading Risk
The Partnership has non-trading market risk on its foreign cash
balances not needed for margin. However, these balances (as well as any market
risk they represent) are immaterial.
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 Partnership's
market sensitive instruments.
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Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures
The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Partnership's
market risk exposures - except for (i) those disclosures that are statements of
historical fact and (ii) the descriptions of how the Partnership manages its
primary market risk exposures - constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act. The Partnership's primary market risk exposures as well as the
strategies used and to be used by the General Partner and the Advisors for
managing such exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and
risks, any one of which could cause the actual results of the Partnership'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 Partnership.
There can be no assurance that the Partnership'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.
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The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the
Partnership as of December 31, 1998, by market sector.
Interest Rates. Interest rate risk is the principal market exposure of
the Partnership. Interest rate movements directly affect the price of the
futures positions held by the Partnership 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 profitability. The Partnership's primary interest rate exposure is
to interest rate fluctuations in the United States and the other G-7 countries.
However, the Partnership also takes futures positions on the government debt of
smaller nations -- e.g., Australia. The General Partner anticipates that G-7
interest rates will remain the primary market exposure of the Partnership for
the foreseeable future. The changes in interest rates which have the most effect
on the Partnership are changes in long-term, as opposed to short-term, rates.
Consequently, even a material change in short-term rates would have little
effect on the Partnership were the medium- to long-term rates to remain steady.
Currencies. The Partnership'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 Partnership's currency sector will change significantly in
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the future, although it is difficult at this point to predict the effect of the
introduction of the Euro on the Advisors' currency trading strategies. 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 dollar-based Partnership in expressing Value at Risk in a
functional currency other than dollars.
Stock Indices. The Partnership's primary equity exposure is to equity
price risk in the G-7 countries. The stock index futures traded by the
Partnership are by law limited to futures on broadly based indices. As of
December 31, 1998, the Partnership's primary exposures were in the S&P 500,
Financial Times (England), Nikkei (Japan) and Hang Seng (Hong Kong) stock
indices. The General Partner anticipates little, if any, trading in non-G-7
stock indices. The Partnership 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 to avoid being "whipsawed" into numerous small losses.)
Metals. The Partnership's primary metal market exposure is to
fluctuations in the price of gold and silver. Although certain of the Advisors
will from time to time trade base metals such as aluminum and copper, the
principal market exposures of the Partnership have consistently been in the
precious metals, gold and silver. The Advisors' gold trading has been
increasingly limited due to the long-lasting and mainly non-volatile decline in
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the price of gold over the last 10-15 years. However, silver prices have
remained volatile over this period, and the Advisors have from time to time
taken substantial positions as they have perceived market opportunities to
develop. The General Partner anticipates that gold and silver will remain the
primary metals market exposure for the Partnership.
Commodities. The Partnership's primary commodities exposure is to
agricultural price movements which are often directly affected by severe or
unexpected weather conditions. Coffee, Cocoa, Cotton and Sugar accounted for the
substantial bulk of the Partnership's commodity exposure as of December 31,
1998.
Energy. The Partnership's primary energy market exposure is to gas and
oil price movements, often resulting from political developments in the Middle
East. Oil prices are currently depressed, but they 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
Partnership as of December 31, 1998.
Foreign Currency Balances. The Partnership's primary foreign currency
balances are in Japanese yen, German marks, British pounds and French francs.
The Advisor regularly converts foreign currency balances to dollars in an
attempt to control the Partnership's non-trading risk.
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Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure
The General Partner monitors the Partnership's performance and the
concentration of its open positions, and consults with the Advisor concerning
the Partnership'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 programs traded on behalf of the Partnership.
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 Partnership'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.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
SMITH BARNEY WESTPORT FUTURES FUND L.P.
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page
Number
Oath or Affirmation F-2
Report of Independent Accountants. F-3
Financial Statements:
Statement of Financial Condition at
December 31, 1998 and 1997. F-4
Statement of Income and Expenses
for the year ended December 31, 1998
and the period from August 1, 1997
(commencement of trading operations)
to December 31, 1997. F-5
Statement of Partners' Capital
for the year ended December 31, 1998
and the period from March 21, 1997
(date Partnership was organized) to
December 31, 1997. F-6
Notes to Financial Statements. F-7 - F-11
F-1
Continued
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To The Limited Partners of
Smith Barney Westport Futures Fund L.P.
To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the information
contained herein is accurate and complete.
By: Daniel A. Dantuono, Chief Financial Officer
Smith Barney Futures Management Inc.
General Partner, Smith Barney Westport
Futures Fund L.P.
Smith Barney Futures Management Inc.
390 Greenwich Street
1st Floor
New York, N.Y. 10013
212-723-5424
F-2
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Report of Independent Accountants
To the Partners of
Smith Barney Westport Futures Fund L.P.:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of financial condition and the
related statements of income and expenses and of partners' capital present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Smith Barney
Westport Futures Fund L.P. at December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the results of its
operations for the year ended December 31, 1998 and the period from March 21,
1997 (date Partnership was organized) to December 31, 1997, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. 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 audits. We
conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards 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 audits provide a reasonable basis for the
opinion expressed above.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
February 26, 1999
F-3
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Smith Barney Westport Futures Fund L.P.
Statement of Financial Condition
December 31, 1998 and 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997
<S> <C> <C>
Assets:
Equity in commodity futures trading
account:
Cash (Note 3c) $111,085,504 $ 94,452,401
Net unrealized appreciation on
open futures contracts 14,006,626 8,075,897
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125,092,130 102,528,298
Interest receivable 320,185 339,134
Due from SSB -- 161,916
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$125,412,315 $103,029,348
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Liabilities and Partners' Capital:
Liabilities:
Accrued expenses:
Commissions $ 679,317 $ 558,075
Management fees 415,487 341,439
Incentive fees 139,743 834,386
Other 86,837 39,841
Redemptions Payable 551,971 --
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1,873,355 1,773,741
Partners' capital (Notes 1 and 7):
General Partner, 1,212.9836 and
1,002.9801 Unit equivalents
outstanding in 1998 and 1997,
respectively 1,327,611 1,014,504
Limited Partners, 111,659.7156 and
99,102.5475 Units of Limited
Partnership Interest outstanding
in 1998 and 1997, respectively 122,211,349 100,241,103
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123,538,960 101,255,607
------------ ------------
$125,412,315 $103,029,348
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</TABLE>
See notes to financial statements.
F-4
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Smith Barney Westport
Futures Fund L.P.
Statement of Income and Expenses
for the Year Ended December 31, 1998
and from August 1, 1997
(commencement of trading operations)
to December 31, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998 1997
<S> <C> <C>
Income:
Net gains on trading of
commodity interests:
Realized gains (losses) on
closed positions $ 13,584,489 $ (897,276)
Change in unrealized gains
on open positions 5,930,729 8,075,897
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19,515,218 7,178,621
Less, Brokerage commissions
including clearing fees of
$121,580 and $30,840,
respectively (Note 3c) (8,058,297) (2,127,374)
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Net realized and unrealized gains 11,456,921 5,051,247
Interest income (Notes 3c and 6) 4,191,852 1,161,609
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15,648,773 6,212,856
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Expenses:
Management fees (Note 3b) 4,397,499 1,229,565
Incentive fees (Note 3b) 1,372,182 834,386
Organization expense (Note 6) -- (49,441)
Other expenses 320,136 46,050
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6,089,817 2,060,560
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Net income $ 9,558,956 $ 4,152,296
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Net income per Unit of Limited
Partnership Interest and
General Partner Unit
equivalent (Notes 1 and 7) $ 83.01 $ 29.05
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</TABLE>
See notes to financial statements.
F-5
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Smith Barney Westport
Futures Fund L.P.
Statement of Partners' Capital
for the Year Ended December 31, 1998 and
for the Period from March 21, 1997
(date Partnership was organized) to December 31, 1997
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Limited General
Partners Partner Total
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Initial capital contributions $ 1,000 $ 1,000 $ 2,000
Proceeds from offering of
40,035 Units of Limited
Partnership Interest and
General Partner's
contribution representing
404 Unit equivalents
(Note 1) 40,035,000 404,000 40,439,000
Offering and organization
costs (Note 6) (702,890) (7,110) (710,000)
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Opening Partnership capital
for operations 39,333,110 397,890 39,731,000
Net income 4,110,682 41,614 4,152,296
Sale of 59,076.5475 Units of
Limited Partnership Interest
and General Partner's
contribution representing
597.9801 Unit equivalents 56,807,000 575,000 57,382,000
Redemption of 10 Units of
Limited Partnership Interest (9,689) -- (9,689)
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Partners' capital at December31, 1997 100,241,103 1,014,504 101,255,607
Net income 9,454,849 104,107 9,558,956
Sale of 20,887.2038 Units of
Limited Partnership Interest
and General Partner's
contribution representing
210.0035 Unit equivalents 20,788,000 209,000 20,997,000
Redemption of 8,330.0357 Units
of Limited Partnership Interest (8,272,603) -- (8,272,603)
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Partners' capital at December 31, 1998 $ 122,211,349 $ 1,327,611 $ 123,538,960
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</TABLE>
See notes to financial statements.
F-6
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Smith Barney Westport
Futures Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
1. Partnership Organization:
Smith Barney Westport Futures Fund L.P. (the "Partnership") is a limited
partnership which was organized on March 21, 1997 under the partnership laws
of the State of New York to engage in the speculative trading of a
diversified portfolio of commodity interests including futures contracts,
options and forward contracts. The commodity interests that are traded by
the Partnership are volatile and involve a high degree of market risk.
Between May 30, 1997 (commencement of the offering period) and July 31,
1997, 40,035 Units of Limited Partnership Interest ("Units") were sold at
$1,000 per Unit. The proceeds of the initial offering were held in an escrow
account until August 1, 1997, at which time they were turned over to the
Partnership for trading.
Smith Barney Futures Management Inc. acts as the general partner (the
"General Partner") of the Partnership. On September 1, 1998, the
Partnership's commodity broker, Smith Barney Inc., merged with Salomon
Brothers Inc and changed its name to Salomon Smith Barney Inc. ("SSB").
SSB is an affiliate of the General Partner. The General Partner is wholly
owned by Salomon Smith Barney Holdings, Inc. ("SSBH"), which is the sole
owner of SSB. On October 8, 1998, Travelers Group Inc. merged with Citicorp
Inc. and changed its name to Citigroup Inc. SSBH is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Citigroup Inc.
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 his 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, 2017; the net asset value of a Unit decreases to less than $400
as of a close of any business day; or under certain other circumstances as
defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement.
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 statement 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 commodity interests 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 his share of the Partnership's income
and expenses.
c. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of 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.
F-7
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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.
b. Management Agreement:
The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, has entered into a
Management Agreement with John W. Henry & Company, Inc. ("JWH") (the
"Advisor"), a registered commodity trading advisor. The Advisor is not
affiliated with the General Partner or SSB and is not responsible for the
organization or operation of the Partnership. The Partnership will pay
the Advisor a monthly management fee equal to 1/3 of 1% (4% per year) of
month-end Net Assets allocated to the Advisor. In addition, the
Partnership is obligated to pay the Advisor an incentive fee payable
quarterly equal to 19% of the New Trading Profits, as defined, earned by
the Advisor for the Partnership.
c. Customer Agreement:
The Partnership has entered into a Customer Agreement which provides that
the Partnership will pay SSB a monthly brokerage fee equal to 13/24 of 1%
(6.5% per year) of month-end Net Assets, as defined, in lieu of brokerage
commissions on a per trade basis. The Partnership will pay for National
Futures Association ("NFA") fees, exchange, clearing, user, give-up and
floor brokerage fees. SSB will pay a portion of brokerage fees to its
financial consultants who have sold Units in this Partnership. All of the
Partnership's assets are deposited in the Partnership's account at SSB.
The Partnership's cash is deposited by SSB in segregated bank accounts to
the extent required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations.
At December 31, 1998 and 1997, the amount of cash held for margin
requirements was $16,572,755 and $16,993,115, respectively. SSB has
agreed to pay the Partnership interest on 80% of the average daily equity
maintained in cash in its account during each month at a 30-day U.S.
Treasury bill rate determined weekly by SSB based on the average
noncompetitive yield on 3-month U.S. Treasury bills maturing in 30 days
from the date on which such weekly rate is determined. The Customer
Agreement between the Partnership and SSB gives the Partnership the legal
right to net unrealized gains and losses. The Customer Agreement may be
terminated upon notice by either party.
4. Trading Activities:
The Partnership was formed for the purpose of trading contracts in a variety
of commodity interests, including derivative financial instruments and
derivative commodity interests. The results of the Partnership's trading
activity are shown in the statement of income and expenses. All of the
commodity interests owned by the Partnership are held for trading purposes.
The fair value of these commodity interests including options thereon, if
applicable, at December 31, 1998 and 1997 was $14,006,626 and $8,075,897,
respectively, and the average fair value during the years then ended, based
on a monthly calculation, was $8,486,541 and $5,627,034, respectively.
5. Distributions and Redemptions:
Distributions of profits, if any, will be made at the sole discretion of the
General Partner and at such times as the General Partner may decide.
Beginning at the end of six full months after the commencement of trading, a
limited partner may require the Partnership to redeem his Units at their Net
Asset Value as of the last day of a month on 10 days' notice to the General
Partner. For the purpose of a redemption, any accrued liability for
reimbursement of offering and organization expenses for the Initial Offering
Period will not reduce Net Asset Value per Unit. There is no fee charged to
limited partners in connection with redemptions.
F-8
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6. Offering and Organization Costs:
Offering and organization expenses estimated at $710,000 relating to the
issuance and marketing of Units during the initial offering period were
initially paid by SSB and were charged against the initial capital of the
Partnership. Actual offering and organization expenses totaled $653,455. The
accrued liability for reimbursement of offering and organization expenses
will not reduce Net Asset Value per Unit for any purpose (other than
financial reporting), including calculation of advisory and brokerage fees
and the redemption value of Units. Interest earned by the Partnership was
used to reimburse SSB for the offering and organization expenses of the
Partnership plus interest at the prime rate quoted by the Chase Manhattan
Bank.
As of December 31, 1997, the Partnership had reimbursed SSB for $653,455 of
offering and organization expenses and $7,104 of interest and the difference
between these amounts and the original estimate which was charged to
Partners' capital is reflected in the statement of income and expenses.
7. Net Asset Value Per Unit:
Changes in the net asset value per Unit of Partnership interest for the year
ended December 31, 1998 and for the period from August 1, 1997 (commencement
of trading operations) to December 31, 1997 were as follows:
1998 1997
Net realized and unrealized gains $ 99.60 $ 31.94
Interest income 36.00 14.20
Expenses (52.59) (17.09)
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Increase for period 83.01 29.05
Net asset value per Unit,
beginning of period 1,011.49 982.44
--------- ---------
Net asset value per Unit,
end of period $ 1,094.50 $ 1,011.49
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8. Financial Instrument Risks:
The Partnership is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet
risk, including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity
instruments, in the normal course of its business. These financial
instruments may include forwards, futures and options, whose value is 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 specific terms at specified future
dates, or, in the case of derivative commodity instruments, to have a
reasonable possibility to be settled in cash 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 Partnership 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.
F-9
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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 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 Partnership has concentration risk because the sole
counterparty or broker with respect to the Partnership's assets is SSB. The
General Partner monitors and controls 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 Partnership
is 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 notional or contractual amounts of these instruments, while
appropriately not recorded in the financial statements, reflect the extent
of the Partnership's involvement in these instruments. At December 31, 1998,
the Partnership's commitment to purchase and sell these instruments was
$569,987,109 and $702,053,713, respectively, as detailed below. All of these
instruments mature within one year of December 31, 1998. However, due to the
nature of the Partnership's business, these instruments may not be held to
maturity. At December 31, 1998, the fair value of the Partnership's
derivatives, including options thereon, if applicable, was $14,006,626, as
detailed below.
December 31, 1998
Notional or Contractual
Amount of Commitments
To Purchase To Sell Fair Value
Currencies:
-OTC Contracts $ 77,542,386 $ 91,808,666 $ 1,211,814
Energy -- 18,185,351 1,145,305
Grains 603,576 8,712,792 233,971
Interest Rate U.S. 77,561,344 157,448,825 (1,070,088)
Interest Rate Non-U.S 385,420,059 396,323,347 12,130,991
Livestock -- 999,770 31,370
Metals 32,900 21,894,725 351,385
Softs 13,292,992 6,680,237 307,943
Indices 15,533,852 -- (336,065)
------------ ------------ ------------
Total $569,987,109 $702,053,713 $ 14,006,626
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At December 31, 1997, the notional or contractual amounts of the
Partnership's commitments to purchase and sell these instruments was
$513,151,141 and $482,486,909, respectively, and the fair value of the
Partnership's derivatives, including options thereon, if applicable, was
$8,075,897, as detailed below.
December 31, 1997
Notional or Contractual
Amount of Commitments
To Purchase To Sell Fair Value
Currencies:
-OTC Contracts $ 79,702,539 $171,012,164 $1,553,893
Energy -- 26,340,080 1,632,990
Grains 1,480,470 7,170,325 89,273
Interest Rate U.S. 146,479,725 -- 763,150
Interest Rate
Non-U.S 261,861,726 222,578,459 901,690
Metals 10,746,480 29,465,693 2,571,779
Softs 12,880,201 9,320,777 146,373
Indices -- 16,599,411 416,749
------------ ------------ ----------
Total $513,151,141 $482,486,909 $8,075,897
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9. New Accounting Pronouncements:
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS 133,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities ("SFAS 133").
SFAS 133 requires that an entity recognize all derivatives in the statement
of financial condition and measure those instruments at fair value. SFAS 133
is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999. SFAS 133 is
expected to have no material impact on the financial statements of the
Partnership as all commodity interests are recorded at fair value, with
changes therein reported in the statement of income and expenses.
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and
Financial Disclosure.
During the last two fiscal years and any subsequent interim period, no
independent accountant who was engaged as the principal accountant to audit the
Partnership's financial statements has resigned or was dismissed.
PART III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
The Partnership has no officers or directors and its affairs are
managed by its General Partner, Smith Barney Futures Management Inc. Investment
decisions are made by John W. Henry & Company, Inc.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The Partnership has no directors or officers. Its affairs are managed
by Smith Barney Futures Management Inc., its General Partner. SSB, an affiliate
of the General Partner, is the commodity broker for the Partnership and receives
brokerage commissions for such services, as described under "Item 1. Business."
Brokerage commissions and clearing fees of $8,058,297 were paid for the year
ended December 31, 1998. Management fees and incentive fees of $4,397,499 and
$1,372,182, respectively, were paid to the Advisor for the year ended December
31, 1998.
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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.
(a). Security ownership of certain beneficial owners. As of
March 1, 1999, the Partnership knows of no person who beneficially owns more
than 5% of the 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 1,212.9836 Units (1.1%) of Limited Partnership Interest as of
December 31, 1998.
(c). Changes in control. None.
Item 13. Certain Relationship and Related Transactions.
Smith Barney Inc. and Smith Barney Futures Management Inc. 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" and "Item 11. Executive Compensation."
PART IV
Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.
(a) (1) Financial Statements:
Statement of Financial Condition at December 31, 1998
and 1997.
Statement of Income and Expenses for the year ended December
31, 1998 and for the period from August 1, 1997 (commencement
of trading operations) to December 31, 1997.
Statement of Partners' Capital for the year ended December 31,
1998 and for the period from March 21, 1997 (date Partnership
was organized) to December 31, 1997.
(2) Financial Statement Schedules: Financial Data Schedule for the
period ended December 31, 1998.
(3) Exhibits:
3.1 - Limited Partnership Agreement (filed as Exhibit 3.1
to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-24923) and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2 - Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership
as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of New York (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Filed No.
333-24923) and incorporated herein by reference).
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10.1- Customer Agreement between the Partnership and Smith
Barney (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-24923) and
incorporated herein by reference).
10.2- Subscription Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-24923) and incorporated herein by reference).
10.3- Escrow Instructions relating to escrow of subscription
funds (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-24923) and
incorporated herein by reference).
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10.4- Management Agreement among the Partnership, the General
Partner and John W Henry & Company Inc(filed as Exhibit
10.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No
333-24923) and incorporated herein by reference).
10.5- Letter extending the Management Agreement between the
General Partner and John W. Henry & Company,Inc. (filed
herein)
(b) Reports on 8-K: None Filed.
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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
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement
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 24th day of March 1999.
SMITH BARNEY WESTPORT FUTURES FUND L.P.
By: Smith Barney Futures Management Inc.
(General Partner)
By /s/ David J. Vogel
David J. Vogel, President & Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ David J. Vogel /s/ Jack H. Lehman III
David J. Vogel, Jack H. Lehman III
Director, Principal Executive Chairman and Director
Officer and President
/s/ Michael Schaefer /s/ Daniel A. Dantuono
Michael Schaefer Daniel A. Dantuono
Director Treasurer, Chief Financial
Officer and Director
/s/ Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. /s/ Steve J. Keltz
Daniel R. McAuliffe, Jr. Steve J. Keltz
Director Secretary and Director
/s/ Shelley Ullman
Shelley Ullman
Director
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June 22, 1998
John W. Henry & Company
One Glendinning Place
Westport, Ct. 06880
Attn: Ms. Beth Kenton
Re: Management Agreement Renewal
Smith Barney Westport Futures Fund L.P.
Dear Ms. Kenton:
We are writing with respect to your management agreement concerning the
commodity pool to which reference is made above (the "Management Agreement"). We
would like to extend the term of the Management Agreement through June 30, 1999
and make the attached modification on Rider 1. All other provisions of the
Management Agreement will remain unchanged.
Please indicate your agreement to and acceptance of this modification by signing
one copy of this letter and returning it to the attention of Mr. Daniel Dantuono
at the address above or fax to 212-723-8985. If you have any questions I can be
reached at 212-723-5416.
Very truly yours,
SMITH BARNEY FUTURES MANAGEMENT INC.
By:
Daniel A. Dantuono
Chief Financial Officer,
Director & Treasurer
AGREED AND ACCEPTED
JOHN W. HENRY & COMPANY
By:
Print Name:
DAD/sr
