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 report (Date of earliest event reported): September 15, 2018

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY

SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

000-26280

13-3782225

(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

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

The Registrant does not have a board of directors. The Registrant’s general partner, Ceres Managed Futures LLC (the “General Partner”), is managed by a board of directors.

Effective September 15, 2018, M. Paul Martin no longer serves as a director of the General Partner.

Effective September 15, 2018, Etsuko Jennings was appointed as a director of the General Partner.

Etsuko Jennings, age 60, has been a director of the General Partner since September 2018. She has been a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management since January 2007 and is currently head of the Operational Risk group for Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Global Risk and Analysis division, responsible for ongoing analysis as well as reporting and mitigation of operational risk. She joined Morgan Stanley in 1985 and has approximately 22 years of investment experience. Previously, she managed a variety of strategic initiatives in the Global Operations group. Before that, Ms. Jennings was a member of the firm’s IT department in New York, Tokyo and London where she developed and managed trading and accounting systems. She received a B.A. from Keio University’s School of Letters/International Program in Japan and an M.A. in international relations from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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 STRATEGIC L.P.

By:		Ceres Managed Futures LLC, General Partner

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

Date: September 20, 2018

MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC LP 8-K