UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) ~~OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934~~

~~Date~~OF ofTHE ~~Report~~SECURITIES ~~(Date~~EXCHANGE ofACT ~~earliest~~OF ~~event~~1934 ~~reported): November 16, 2016~~

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 1, 2016

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM TECHNICAL L.P.

(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

Delaware

000-26338

13-3782231

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

c/o Ceres Managed Futures LLC

522 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10036

(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 672-4468

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 54.0201. ~~Departure~~Changes ofin ~~Directors~~Registrant’s orCertifying ~~Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Accountant.

~~The~~(a) ~~Registrant~~On ~~does~~December ~~not~~1, ~~have~~2016, athe ~~board~~ Board of ~~directors.~~Directors ~~The~~of ~~Registrant’s general partner,~~ Ceres Managed Futures LLC (the “General Partner”), the general partner of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Technical L.P. (the “Registrant”), dismissed Deloitte & Touche LLP is(“Deloitte”) ~~managed~~as bythe aregistered ~~board~~public accounting firm for the Registrant, effective as of ~~directors~~the close of business on the day the Registrant’s audited financial statements for the 2016 fiscal year end are filed, which is expected to be on or before March 31, 2017.

~~Effective~~The ~~November~~audit reports of Deloitte on the Registrant’s financial statements as of and for the two most recent fiscal years (ending December 1631, ~~2016~~2015 and December 31, ~~Matthew~~2014) R.did ~~Graver~~not ~~was~~contain ~~appointed~~an asadverse opinion or a ~~director~~disclaimer of ~~the~~opinion, ~~General~~nor ~~Partner~~were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

~~Matthew~~During ~~R. Graver, age 48, has been a director of~~ the ~~General~~Registrant’s ~~Partner~~two ~~and~~most ~~listed~~recent asfiscal ayears ~~principal~~(ending ~~since November 2016. Since January 2008, Mr.~~December ~~Graver has served as Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management~~31, a2015 ~~financial services firm,~~ and ~~Chief~~December ~~Operating Officer for Morgan Stanley AIP Fund of Hedge Funds~~31, a2014) ~~business~~and ~~unit~~during ~~offering~~the ~~managed~~period ~~portfolios~~from ~~of hedge funds.~~the ~~Since~~end ~~November~~of ~~2015,~~the ~~Mr. Graver~~most ~~has~~recently ~~been~~completed ~~listed~~fiscal asyear athrough ~~principal~~the ~~and~~date ~~director~~ of ~~Morgan~~this ~~Stanley~~Form ~~AIP Cayman GP Ltd.~~8-K, athere ~~commodity~~were ~~pool~~no ~~operator.~~disagreements ~~From~~between ~~January~~the ~~2005~~Registrant ~~to January 2008, Mr. Graver served as Executive Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management~~ and ~~from~~Deloitte ~~August~~on ~~2003~~any tomatter ~~January 2005, Mr. Graver served as Vice President~~ of ~~Morgan~~accounting ~~Stanley~~principles ~~Investment~~or ~~Management. From August 2003 to January 2008~~practices, ~~Mr. Graver’s~~financial ~~primary~~statement ~~responsibilities~~disclosure ~~included~~or ~~serving~~auditing ~~as Head~~scope ofor ~~Operational~~procedure, ~~Due Diligence for Morgan Stanley AIP Fund of Hedge Funds in~~ which ~~role~~disagreements, heif ~~oversaw~~not ~~due~~resolved ~~diligence~~to ~~into~~the ~~operational~~satisfaction ~~factors~~ of ~~alternative~~Deloitte, ~~investment~~would ~~entities.~~have ~~From~~caused ~~July~~it ~~1997~~ to ~~July~~make ~~2003, Mr. Graver was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an international auditing and professional services firm, where he served as~~ a ~~senior~~reference ~~audit~~to ~~manager~~the ~~and~~subject ~~was~~matter ~~responsible~~thereof ~~for~~in ~~managing~~its ~~independent~~report ~~audits~~on ofthe financial ~~services~~statements ~~firms.~~of ~~From~~the ~~June~~Registrant ~~1993~~for tosuch ~~June 1997, Mr~~periods. ~~Graver~~During ~~was~~the Registrant’s ~~employed~~two bymost ~~PNC~~recent ~~Bank,~~fiscal ayears ~~bank~~(ending ~~offering~~December 31, ~~consumer~~2015 and ~~corporate~~December ~~services~~31, ~~where~~2014) ~~he served as a mutual fund accounting manager~~ and ~~was~~during ~~responsible~~the ~~for~~period ~~managing~~from anthe ~~accounting~~end ~~team~~of ~~that~~the ~~performed~~most ~~daily~~recently ~~accounting~~completed ~~functions~~fiscal ~~and valuation~~year ~~calculations~~through ~~for~~the adate ~~group~~ of ~~mutual~~this ~~funds.~~Form ~~From July 1989 through June 1993~~8-K, ~~Mr. Graver~~there ~~was~~were ~~employed~~no ~~by Coopers & Lybrand LLP, a predecessor accounting firm to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where he was a senior audit associate~~“reportable ~~and~~events” ~~was~~(as ~~responsible~~defined ~~for performing audits of financial services firms. Mr. Graver earned his Bachelor of Science degree~~ in ~~Accounting~~Regulation inS-K ~~May 1989 from Pennsylvania State University and Masters of Business Administration from Villanova University in May 2002~~Item 304(a)(1)(v)).

The General Partner, on behalf of the Registrant, has provided Deloitte with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that Deloitte furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Registrant set forth above. A copy of Deloitte’s letter dated December 7, 2016 is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Form 8-K.

(b) On December 1, 2016, the Board of Directors of the General Partner, on behalf of the Registrant, approved the engagement of Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Registrant. During the Registrant’s two most recent fiscal years (ending December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014) and the interim period prior to engaging EY, neither the Registrant, the General Partner, nor anyone on their behalf, consulted EY, on behalf of the Registrant, regarding the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction (either completed or proposed), the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Registrant’s financial statements, or any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the instructions thereto, or a “reportable event,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report:


Exhibit Number		Description

16.1		Letter from Deloitte & Touche LLP, dated December 7, 2016.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM TECHNICAL L.P.

By:		Ceres Managed Futures LLC,
		General Partner

By:		/s/ Patrick T. Egan
		Patrick T. Egan
		President and Director

Date: ~~November~~ 18December 7, 2016

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