DEAN WITTER PORTFOLIO STRATEGY FUND LP
8-K, EX-10.1, 2001-01-03
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                  AMENDMENT TO

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED

                              MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

        WHEREAS,  DEMETER MANAGEMENT  CORPORATION,  a Delaware  corporation (the
"General  Partner")  on behalf of DEAN WITTER  PORTFOLIO  STRATEGY  FUND L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (the  "Partnership"),  and JOHN W. HENRY & COMPANY,
INC., a Florida  corporation (the "Trading  Advisor"),  have agreed to amend the
Amended  and  Restated  Management  Agreement,  dated  as of May 12,  1997  (the
"Management  Agreement"),  among the Partnership,  the General Partner,  and the
Trading  Advisor,  to change the management fee and the incentive fee payable to
the Trading Advisor.

        WHEREAS,  all provisions contained in the Management Agreement remain in
full force and effect and are modified  only to the extent  necessary to provide
for the amendment set forth below.

        NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby amend the Management Agreement
as follows:

        1.  The  monthly  management  fee rate of 1/3 of 1% (a 4%  annual  rate)
referred to in Section 7(a) of the Management Agreement is hereby changed to 1/6
of 1% (a 2% annual rate).

        2. The  quarterly  incentive  fee  percentage  of 15% referred to in the
first paragraph of Section 7(b) of the Management Agreement is hereby changed to
20%.

        3. The foregoing changes shall take effect as of December 1, 2000.



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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  this Amendment to the Management Agreement has been
executed  for and on behalf of the  undersigned  as of the 30th day of November,
2000.

                                        DEAN WITTER PORTFOLIO STRATEGY FUND L.P.

                                        By:   Demeter Management Corporation,
                                              General Partner


                                        By:   /s/Robert E. Murray
                                           -------------------------------------
                                              Name:  Robert E. Murray
                                              Title:  President



                                        DEMETER MANAGEMENT CORPORATION


                                        By:   /s/Robert E. Murray
                                           -------------------------------------
                                              Name:  Robert E. Murray
                                              Title:  President



                                        JOHN W. HENRY & COMPANY, INC


                                        By:   /s/D.M. Kozak
                                           ---------------------------------
                                              Name:  David M. Kozak
                                              Title:  Sr. Vice President






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