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): ~~February~~ April 811, 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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~~Indicate~~Item by5.03. ~~check~~Amendments ~~mark~~to ~~whether~~Articles ~~the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405~~ of ~~the~~Incorporation ~~Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter)~~ or ~~Rule~~Bylaws; ~~12b-2~~Change ofin ~~the~~Fiscal ~~Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240~~Year.~~12b-2 of this chapter).~~

~~Emerging~~(a) Aspect ~~growth~~FuturesAccess ~~company~~LLC ☐(the “Registrant”) 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, October 12, 2017 and January 19, 2018 (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.

If(1) On anApril ~~emerging growth company~~11, ~~indicate~~2018 ~~by check mark if~~ the ~~registrant~~Sponsor ~~has~~adopted ~~elected~~an ~~not~~amendment to ~~use~~ the ~~extended~~Operating ~~transition~~Agreement ~~period~~(the ~~for~~“Amendment”). The ~~complying~~effective ~~with~~date ~~any~~of ~~new~~the orAmendment ~~revised~~is ~~financial accounting~~April ~~standards~~9, ~~provided~~2018. The ~~pursuant~~Amendment toand ~~Section~~the ~~13(a)~~Operating ofAgreement ~~the~~are ~~Exchange~~being ~~Act.~~filed ☐as exhibits.

(2) The Amendment revised the Operating Agreement provisions regarding the Sponsor’s deposit of the Registrant’s cash. The Amendment provides that the cash may deposited in interest bearing and non-interest bearing accounts. The Amendment removes reference to the following as alternatives for the deposit or investment of cash: margin, discretionary and cash management accounts, money market funds, treasury bills or other short-term interest bearing instruments.

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
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.

Exhibit No.

Description

43.02(i) Amendment dated April 11, 2018 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC

3.02(ii)

Amendment dated January 19, 2018 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LL

3.02(iii)

Amendment dated October 12, 2017 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC

3.02(iv)

Amendment dated August 30, 2017 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC.

3.02(v)

Amendment dated March 31, 2015 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC.

3.02(vi)

Amendment dated September 30, 2013 to the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Aspect FuturesAccess LLC.

3.02(vii)

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~~Title: Chief Financial Officer

Date: ~~February~~April 1417, 2018

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