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): ~~January~~February 198, 2018

ASPECT FUTURESACCESS LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-51085	20-1227650
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC
250 Vesey Street, 11^th Floor
New York, NY 10281
(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (609) 274-5838

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~~Item~~Indicate ~~5.03.~~by ~~Amendments~~check tomark ~~Articles~~whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of ~~Incorporation~~the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or ~~Bylaws;~~Rule ~~Change~~12b-2 inof ~~Fiscal~~the ~~Year~~Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

~~(a) Aspect~~ Emerging ~~FuturesAccess~~growth ~~LLC~~company (the “Registrant” or “Fund”) has been governed and operated pursuant to its Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement dated as of November 30, 2012, as amended by Amendments dated as of September 30, 2013, March 31, 2015, August 30, 2017 and October 12, 2017 (the “Operating Agreement”). Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC is the sponsor and manager (the “Sponsor”) of the Registrant. Capitalized terms used herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Operating Agreement unless otherwise defined.☐

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(2) The Amendment reflects recent changes in tax law relating to the audit of partnership tax returns (the “Revised Partnership Audit Procedures”) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The Revised Partnership Audit Procedures introduce the concept of a “partnership representative,” which replaces the role of a “tax matters partner”. The Amendment appoints the Sponsor as the “partnership representative” of the Fund, effectively continuing the Sponsor’s role as the Fund’s representative in a tax audit as “tax matters partner,” but with the responsibilities and authorities provided by the Revised Partnership Audit Procedures. The partnership representative acts on behalf of the Fund in the event of an audit of the Fund by the Internal Revenue Service and the partnership representative has power to bind the Fund and its partners, including making an election to have any Fund tax adjustment taken into account directly by the persons who were investors in the year to which such adjustment relates. Alternatively, the Fund may make any payments required under the Revised Partnership Audit Procedures directly, and the partnership representative, in its reasonable discretion, may allocate the cost of such payment among current or former investors.

The Amendment also clarifies that redemptions reduce the Tax Account pertaining to the Units.

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

(a)(1) Aspect FuturesAccess LLC (the “Registrant”), Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC (“MLAI”) and Aspect Capital Limited (the “Trading Advisor”) are parties to an Advisory Agreement dated as of May 28, 2004 (the “Original Advisory Agreement”), as amended by a letter agreement dated February 6, 2012, an amendment to the Advisory Agreement dated as of December 4, 2014 and an amendment to the Advisory Agreement dated as of April 28, 2015 (the amendments collectively, the “Prior Amendments”, and the Original Advisory Agreement as amended by the Prior Amendments, the “Advisory Agreement”). MLAI is the sponsor and manager of the Registrant.

On February 8, 2018, the Registrant, MLAI and the Trading Advisor executed an amendment to the Advisory Agreement (the “Amendment”). The effective date of the Amendment is September 1, 2017. The Amendment is being filed as an exhibit to this report.

(2) The Amendment provides for certain agreements with respect to the Trading Advisor, the Registrant and MLAI, including:

(i) Termination of the Prior Amendments and generally consolidating the Prior Amendments as part of the Amendment, except for certain provisions of the Prior Amendments pertaining to the management fee rate to the extent superseded by modification to such provisions under the Amendment (outlined in paragraph (ii) below).

(ii) Providing for the Registrant to pay the Trading Advisor a monthly management fee at a 1% per annum rate. (The rate was previously 2% per annum.)

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.	Description
3.02(i)	Amendment dated January 19, 2018 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC
10.1	Amendment to Advisory Agreement dated as of September 1, 2017 among Aspect Capital Limited, Aspect FuturesAccess LLC and Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC.
3.02(ii)	Amendment dated October 12, 2017 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC
3.02(iii)	Amendment dated August 30, 2017 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC.
3.02(iv)	Amendment dated March 31, 2015 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC.
3.02(v)	Amendment dated September 30, 2013 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC.
3.02(vi)	Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC dated as of November 30, 2012.

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.

ASPECT FUTURESACCESS LLC By: Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC, its manager By: /s/ Barbra E. Kocsis Name: Barbra E. Kocsis Position: Chief Financial Officer

Date: ~~January~~February 2514, 2018

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