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Exhibit No. 1.01
SELLING AGENT AGREEMENT
_______________, 2002
Quadriga Asset Management, Inc.
180 North LaSalle Street
Suite #2416
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Quadriga Superfund, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership issuing
Series A
and Series B units (the "Company"), whose general partner is
Quadriga Capital
Management, Inc. ("QCM"), hereby confirms its agreement with
Quadriga Asset
Management, Inc. ("QAM", "Agent" or "you"), as follows:
Introductory
The Company is offering (the "Offering") for sale of its newly
issued units
of business trust (the "Units"). It is acknowledged that QCM
may, in its sole
discretion, regardless of any priorities or preferences, accept
or reject
subscriptions in whole or in part in the Offering and terminate
the Offering at
any time. Once made, subscriptions are irrevocable provided that
a subscriber
may revoke his subscription within 10 business days prior to the
applicable
Closing (defined below), whichever comes first, by the
subscriber delivering
written notice to QCM.
The term "Initial Offering Period" is the period commencing on
the date of
the Prospectus and ending on April 30, 2003 (unless extended by
QCM upon
amendment of the Registration Statement (defined below)) or such
earlier date as
QCM has accepted subscriptions for at least $2,000,000 in either
Series. During
the Initial Offering Period, Agent will offer Units for sale at
an "Initial
Closing" at a price equal to $1,000 per Unit, which Initial
Closing will not
take place unless QCM has accepted subscriptions for at least
2,000 Units in any
single Series. If the minimum number of Units is not sold during
the Initial
Offering Period, the Offering will terminate and all
subscription amounts
(together with any interest earned thereon) will be refunded to
subscribers, as
described in the Prospectus.
Units which remain unsold following the Initial Closing will be
offered for
sale in a continuing offering (the "Continuing Offering") at
monthly closings
("Monthly Closings;" the Initial Closing or any Monthly Closing,
each a
"Closing") to be held on the last day of each month at a price
per Unit equal to
100% of the Net Asset Value, as defined in the Company's
restated trust
agreement (the "Trust Agreement"), as of the close of business
on the date of
such Monthly Closing.
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The minimum initial subscription for an investor is $5,000. Once
an
investor has been admitted to the Company, there is no minimum
for additional
subscriptions, except that they must be in multiples of
$1,000.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the
"Commission") a Registration Statement on Form S-1 containing a
prospectus
relating to the Offering for the registration of the Units under
the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"). The Registration
Statement, as amended
and as declared effective by the Commission, is hereinafter
referred to as the
"Registration Statement." The prospectus on file with the
Commission at the time
the Registration Statement initially becomes effective is
hereinafter called the
"Prospectus," except that if the Company files a Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424
of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933
Act (the "1933 Act
Regulations") which differs from the Prospectus on file at the
time the
Registration Statement initially becomes effective, or if the
Company files an
amendment to the Registration Statement subsequent to the time
it initially
becomes effective and such amendment contains a Prospectus which
differs from
the Prospectus on file at the time the Registration Statement
initially becomes
effective, the term "Prospectus" refers to the Prospectus filed
pursuant to Rule
424 or contained in such amendment to the Registration Statement
from and after
the time said Prospectus is filed with or transmitted to the
Commission for
filing.
Any terms not expressly defined herein have the same definition
and meaning
as is set forth in the Prospectus.
SECTION 1. APPOINTMENT OF AGENT
Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company hereby
appoints Quadriga Asset Management, Inc. as its exclusive
marketing agent to
consult with and advise the Company, and, on a "best efforts"
basis, to assist
the Company with the solicitations of subscriptions for Units in
connection with
the Company's offering of the Units in the Offering. Agent will
offer and sell
Units in compliance with the requirements set forth in the
Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, the Subscription Agreement and this
Agreement.
On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements
herein
contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, Quadriga
Asset Management, Inc. accepts such appointment and agrees to
consult with and
advise the Company as to matters relating to the Offering and
agrees to use its
best efforts to solicit subscriptions for Units in accordance
with this
Agreement; provided, however, that the Agent will not be
responsible for
obtaining subscriptions for any specific number of Units, will
not be required
to purchase any Units and will not be obligated to take any
action which is
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inconsistent with any applicable law, regulation, decision or
order or decree,
directive, agreements or memorandum of or with any court,
regulatory body,
administrative agency, or other government body. Units will be
offered by means
of Subscription Agreements and Subscription Agreement for
Existing Investors or
Subscribers, substantially in the respective forms set forth as
Exhibit C and D
to the Prospectus (each a "Subscription Agreement").
The parties agree that Units may be sold by the Agent or by
other
broker-dealers appointed by the Agent (each an "Additional
Selling Agent"),
provided that each such other broker-dealer executes a Selected
Additional
Selling Agent Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A. The Selling
Agent and each Additional Selling Agent will notify the Company
of the identity
of the registered representative of the Agent or Additional
Selling Agent, as
the case may be, credited with the sale of each Unit (such
registered
representative being referred to as the "Responsible Broker" and
such Unit being
referred to as a "Credited Unit").
The Selling Agent and each Additional Selling Agent will agree
diligently
to make inquiries of each prospective purchaser of Units
concerning the
suitability of such an investment for such person and to retain
in its records
and make available to the Company for a period of a least six
years, information
establishing that an investment in Units is suitable for each
purchaser of Units
solicited by them.
SECTION 2. COMPENSATION OF THE SELLING AGENT, ADDITIONAL SELLING
AGENTS AND
RESPONSIBLE BROKERS
As compensation for the Agent's services under this Agreement or
an
Additional Selling Agent's services under an Additional Selling
Agent Agreement,
the Company will pay to the Agent or such Additional Selling
Agent, as the case
may be, an annual 4% selling commission payable at the rate of
1/12 of 4% per
month of the month-end net asset value of the Company.
To be eligible to receive such selling commission, the
Responsible Broker
must, at the date of payment, be a registered representative of
a broker-dealer
that is registered with the Commission and is a member of the
National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or be an
associated person
of a futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity
Futures Trading
Commission (the "CFTC") (such requirements being referred to as
the "Eligibility
Requirements").
Once you or an Additional Selling Agent sell Units to a
particular
investor, you or such Additional Selling Agent will be entitled
to a selling
commission on any Units subsequently purchased by that investor,
and such units
will be deemed Credited Units of the Responsible Broker, for
which he will
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be entitled to a selling commission so long as he satisfies the
Eligibility
Requirements.
The appointment of the Agent hereunder will terminate upon
completion or
termination of the Offering.
SECTION 3. CLOSING DATES, RELEASE OF FUNDS
(a) The Initial Closing, if any, for the acceptance of
subscriptions for
Units of Currency is currently scheduled to be held on or before
December 31,
2002. Monthly Closings in the Continuing Offering for Units will
be held as of
the last day of each month.
(b) Subject to its right to reject any subscription in its sole
discretion
in whole or in part at any time prior to acceptance, the QCM, on
behalf of the
Company, will accept subscriptions for Units properly made and
cause proper
entry to be made in the Unit register to be maintained by the
QCM. No
certificate evidencing Units will be issued to any subscriber;
rather, Agent
will deliver confirmations in its customary form to subscribers
whose
subscriptions have been accepted by the QCM at each Closing.
(c) At each Closing, the delivery, receipt, and acceptance of
subscriptions
for Units will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this
Agreement, including payment of the full subscription price for
Units and
delivery of a properly completed Subscription Agreement by each
subscriber.
(d) Upon the satisfaction of such terms and conditions, the
aggregate
subscription price for Units will be paid and delivered to the
Company at each
Closing.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Company and QCM represent and warrant to the Agent as
follows:
(a) The Company intends to file the Registration Statement with
the
Commission or before March 1, 2002. The Company also intends to
file copies of
the Registration Statement with (i) the CFTC under the Commodity
Exchange Act
(the "CEA") and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
by the CFTC
(the "CFTC Rules"); (ii) NASD Regulation, Inc. ("NASD-R")
pursuant to its
Conduct Rules; and (iii) the National Futures Association (the
"NFA") in
accordance with NFA Compliance Rule 2-13. At the time the
Registration Statement
becomes effective and at all times thereafter, including the
Initial Closing and
each Monthly Closing, the Registration Statement shall comply in
all material
respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act
Regulations, the
CEA, the CFTC Rules, and the rules of NASD-R and NFA. The
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Registration Statement and the Prospectus contain all statements
and information
required to be included therein by the CEA and the CFTC Rules.
The Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, and any Sales Information (as such
terms are defined
previously herein or in Section 7 hereof) authorized by the
Company for use in
connection with the Offering does not contain an untrue
statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they
were made, not misleading, and, if applicable, at such later
time as any
Prospectus was filed with or mailed to the Commission for
filing, the Prospectus
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading,
provided, however, that
the representations and warranties in this Section 4(a) will not
apply to
statements in or omissions from such Registration Statement,
Prospectus or any
Sales Information made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information
furnished to the Company by the Agent expressly regarding the
Agent for use in
the Prospectus or Sales Information, which information includes
the disclosure
included in the Prospectus under the caption "THE SELLING
AGENTS." The Sales
Information will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1973 Act
Regulations, the CEA,
the CFTC Rules and the Rules of NASD-R and the NFA.
(b) The Trust Agreement provides for the subscription for and
sale of the
Units; all action required to be taken by QCM and the Company as
a condition to
the sale of the Units to qualified subscribers therefor has
been, or prior to
each Closing will have been, taken; and, upon payment of the
consideration
therefor specified in each accepted Subscription Agreement, the
Units will
constitute valid interests in the Company for which Units were
subscribed.
(c) The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing as
a business
trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
with full power
and authority to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus, and has
been duly qualified to do business under the laws of, and is in
good standing as
such in, every jurisdiction where the conduct of its business
requires such
qualification, except where the failure to so qualify would not
have a material
adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, or the
business,
operations or income of the Company (a "Material Adverse
Effect").
(d) QCM is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and
in good
standing under the laws of Grenada, and is qualified to do
business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation under the laws of each
jurisdiction in
which the nature or conduct of its business requires such
qualification and
where the failure to be so qualified could materially adversely
affect QCM's
ability to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Trust
Agreement or as
described in the Prospectus.
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(e) Each of the Company and QCM has full power and authority,
as
applicable, under applicable law, to conduct its business and
perform its
respective obligations, as applicable, under this Agreement and
all other
agreements referred to in the Prospectus or the Registration
Statement to which
the Company or QCM is a party.
(f) QCM will have a net worth at each Closing sufficient in
amount and
satisfactory in form to meet the net worth requirements set
forth in the
Prospectus.
(g) The Company does not own, directly or indirectly, other than
in the
ordinary course of its business, equity securities or any equity
interest in any
business enterprises.
(h) KPMG LLP, the firm which have issued its reports on certain
financial
statements included in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, are
independent certified public accountants within the meaning of
the Code of
Professional Conduct of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants
and are independent accountants as required by the 1933 Act and
the 1933 Act
Regulations.
(i) This Agreement, and all other agreements referred to in the
Prospectus
or the Registration Statement to which the Company or QCM is a
party have each
been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by QCM
on behalf of the
Company and QCM, as applicable, and each constitutes a valid and
binding
agreement of the Company and QCM, as applicable, enforceable
against the Company
and QCM, as applicable, in accordance with its terms except to
the extent
limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium
and other laws of
general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors'
rights and by general equitable principles and except as rights
to indemnity
hereunder may be limited by applicable securities laws. The
Company has full
power and lawful authority to issue and sell the Units to be
sold by it
hereunder on the terms and conditions set forth herein, all
necessary corporate
proceedings therefor have been duly and validly taken, and no
consent, approval,
authorization or other order of any governmental authority is
required in
connection with such authorization, execution and delivery or
with the
authorization, issue and sale of the Units, except such as may
be required under
the 1933 Act or state securities laws.
(j) The Units have been duly and validly authorized and, when
issued and
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will be duly and validly
issued, fully
paid and nonassessable. The Units are not subject to preemptive
rights of any
security holder of the Company.
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(k) The consummation of the transactions herein contemplated and
the
fulfillment of the terms of this Agreement, and all other
agreements referred to
in the Prospectus or the Registration Statement to which the
Company or QCM is a
party, to be performed by the Company and QCM, as applicable,
will not conflict
in any material respect with or result in a material breach of
any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a material default under, or
result in the
creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon
any of the
property or assets of the Company or QCM pursuant to the terms
of any indenture,
mortgage, deed of Company, agreement for money borrowed or any
other material
agreement or instrument to which the Company or QCM is a party,
or by which the
Company or QCM may be bound, or to which any of the property or
assets of the
Company or QCM are subject, nor will such action result in any
violation of the
provisions of the charter or the bylaws, certificate of limited
Company or
Company agreement, as applicable, of the Company or QCM, or any
statute or any
order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or QCM of
any court or any
regulatory authority or other governmental body having
jurisdiction over the
Company or QCM, assuming satisfaction by the Agent of the terms
of this
Agreement and full compliance by the Agent and any other
broker-dealers and
their associated persons with all applicable statutes, orders,
rules, or
regulations in connection with the Offering.
(l) The financial statements of the Company and QCM, together
with the
related notes thereto, set forth in the Registration Statement
and the
Prospectus, fairly present the financial position and results of
operations of
the Company and QCM on the basis stated in the Registration
Statement, at the
respective dates and for the respective periods to which they
apply. Such
statements and related notes are accurate, complete and correct,
comply as to
form in all material respects with all applicable accounting
requirements,
including the 1933 Act Regulations, have been prepared in
accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), which were
consistently
applied throughout the periods involved, except as otherwise
disclosed therein.
Since the date of the statements of financial condition included
in the
Registration Statement, except as contemplated in the
Prospectus, no events have
occurred that have had a Material Adverse Effect. The summaries
of such
financial statements and other financial, statistical and pro
forma information
and related notes set forth in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus are
(i) accurate and correct and fairly present the information
purported to be
shown thereby at the dates and for the periods indicated on a
basis consistent
with the audited financial statements of the Company and QCM and
(ii) in
compliance in all material respects with the requirements of the
1933 Act and
the 1933 Act Regulations.
(m) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, there
is not now pending or, to the knowledge of QCM, threatened, any
action, suit or
proceeding, before or by any court, governmental agency or body
or
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self-regulatory organization to which QCM, any "principals" of
QCM, as defined
in CFTC Rule 4.10(e) ("QCM Principals") or the Company is a
party, which might
result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor is QCM aware of any
facts which would
form the basis for the assertion of any material claim or
liability that are not
disclosed in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and
neither QCM nor any
QCM Principal has received any notice of an investigation by the
Commission, the
CFTC, NASD-R or the NFA regarding noncompliance by QCM, the QCM
Principals or
the Company with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the
Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), any other federal
securities laws,
rules or regulations, the CEA, the CFTC Rules, or the rules of
NASD-R or the
NFA, which action, suit, proceeding, or investigation resulted
or might
reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change
in the
condition, financial or otherwise, business or prospects of QCM
or of the
Company, or which could be material to an investor's decision to
invest in any
of the Company.
(n) QCM and each "principal" of QCM, as defined in CFTC Rule
3.1(a), have
all federal, state, and foreign governmental, regulatory,
self-regulatory, and
exchange approvals, licenses, registrations, and memberships,
and have
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