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Proprietary and Confidential — Private Placement Memorandum
Glendower Access Secondary Opportunities IV (U.S.), L.P.
An "Access Fund" into Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV,
LP
Offering of
Limited Partner Interests
January 2018
Important Disclosures
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This confidential private placement memorandum (as amended or supplemented
from time to time, this
"Memorandum") is furnished on a confidential basis by iCapital Advisors, LLC
or an affiliate (the "Investment
Manager") to a limited number of sophisticated investors ("Investors") for
the purpose of providing certain
information about an investment in limited partner interests (the
"Interests") in Glendower Access Secondary
Opportunities IV (U.S.), L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Access
Fund"). The Access Fund expects
to invest substantially all of its assets in Glendower Capital Secondary
Opportunities Fund IV, LP, an English
private fund limited partnership (together with its parallel funds and
alternative investment vehicles, if
applicable, the "Underlying Fund").
The Confidential Private Placement Memorandum of the Underlying Fund dated
October 2017 (as supplemented
by the Supplement to the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated
November 2017 and as may be
amended, restated and/or further supplemented from time to time, the
"Underlying Fund PPM") is attached
hereto on a confidential basis as Appendix A and is incorporated herein by
reference. The investment and
business objective of the Access Fund is to acquire a direct limited partner
interest in the Underlying Fund. The
Underlying Fund PPM is an integral part of this Memorandum, therefore,
prospective investors should carefully
read the Underlying Fund PPM. This Memorandum is qualified in its entirety
by the Underlying Fund PPM and
the limited partnership agreement of the Underlying Fund (as may be amended
or otherwise supplemented from
time to time, the "Underlying Fund LPA"), which shall be provided upon
request by Glendower Access
Secondary Opportunities IV GP LLC (the "General Partner") or Investment
Manager. In the event of any
conflict or inconsistency between such reference or terms described in this
Memorandum relating to the
Underlying Fund and the Underlying Fund PPM, the Underlying Fund PPM shall
control. In the event of any
conflict or inconsistency between such reference or terms described in the
Underlying Fund PPM and the
Underlying Fund LPA, the Underlying Fund LPA shall control. Neither the
Interests nor the interests in the
Underlying Fund have been recommended, approved or disapproved by the U.S.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"), or by any other U.S. federal or state securities
commission, regulatory authority, or
any non-U.S. securities commission or regulatory authority. Furthermore, the
foregoing authorities have not
confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of this Memorandum. Any
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representation to the contrary
may be a criminal offense.
Neither the Interests nor the interests in the Underlying Fund have been
registered under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the securities laws of any
U.S. state or the securities laws of any
other country or jurisdiction, nor is such registration contemplated. The
Interests will be offered and sold in the
U.S. in reliance upon the exemptions provided in the Securities Act and/or
Regulation D promulgated thereunder
and other exemptions of similar import in the laws of the states and
jurisdictions where the offering will be made,
and in compliance with any applicable U.S. state or other securities laws.
The Interests may not be sold or
transferred (i) except as permitted under the Partnership Agreement and (ii)
in compliance with all applicable
U.S. federal, state and non-U.S. securities laws and any contractual
restrictions imposed by the Underlying Fund.
It is not expected that the Interests or the interests in the Underlying
Fund will be registered under the Securities
Act, or any other securities laws. Neither the Access Fund nor the
Underlying Fund will be registered as an
investment company under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "Investment Company
Act"). Consequently, investors will not be afforded the protections of the
Investment Company Act. The
Interests are being offered pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act.
Each investor must be a U.S. person that is (x) an "accredited investor" as
defined within the meaning of
Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, (y) a
"qualified purchaser" as defined in
Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act and (z) a "qualified client,"
as defined in the U.S. Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"). There is no public
market for the Interests, and no
such market is expected to develop in the future. Neither the General
Partner nor the Investment Manager is
authorized or expected to become authorized under the European Union's
Directive 2011/61/EU on Alternative
Investment Fund Managers (the "AIFM Directive") as of the date of this
Memorandum, and the substantive
requirements applicable to an authorized "Alternative Investment Fund
Manager" ("AIFM") under the AIFM
Directive or any national implementing law are not applicable to the General
Partner or the Investment Manager.
Neither the General Partner nor the Investment Manager will market interests
(or permit interests to be marketed
on their behalf) to any prospective investor located, resident or domiciled
or with a registered office in or
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organize under the laws of a relevant member state (each, a "Member State")
of the European Economic Area
("EEA")1 when such marketing is reasonably likely to give rise to the
application of any requirement of the
AIFM Directive to the General Partner or the Investment Manager. In the
event a prospective investor
inadvertently receives this Memorandum while located in the EEA, the
prospective investor should disregard
this Memorandum and return the Memorandum to the applicable Placement Agent
(as defined below).
Investment in the Access Fund is suitable only for sophisticated investors
and requires the financial ability and
willingness to accept the high risks and lack of liquidity inherent in an
investment in the Access Fund. Investors
in the Access Fund must be prepared to bear such risks for an extended
period of time. No assurance can be
given that the Access Fund's investment objectives will be achieved, that
investors will receive a return of their
capital or that substantial losses will be avoided. Investors could lose the
entire value of their investment.
Purchasers of Interests will not be limited partners of the Underlying Fund,
will have no direct interest in
the Underlying Fund, will have no voting rights in the Underlying Fund and
will have no standing or
recourse, and may not bring an action against, the Underlying Fund or the
general partner of the
Underlying Fund (the "Glendower GP") and their respective affiliates or any
of their respective advisors,
officers, directors, employees, partners or members (together with the
Glendower GP, Glendower Capital,
LLP and Glendower Capital (U.S.), LLC, "Glendower") for any breach of the
Underlying Fund LPA. To
the fullest extent permitted by law, the Access Fund may bring legal action
against the Underlying Fund
or Glendower only at the initiative of the General Partner or the Investment
Manager, as a delegate of
the General Partner. None of the Underlying Fund or Glendower: (i) is
responsible for the organization,
operation or management of the Access Fund; (ii) has participated in, or is
responsible for, the offering of
Interests; (iii) has participated, or will participate, in the preparation
of, or shall be responsible for, the
contents of any of this Memorandum (other than Appendix A), the Partnership
Agreement, the
subscription agreement and related documents thereto, (the "Subscription
Agreement") or any related
agreements, instruments or accompanying sales documentation; (iv) makes any
representation with
respect to the adequacy or sufficiency of the information contained in this
Memorandum to any investor
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in the Access Fund regarding the Underlying Fund or
responsibility to update any
information contained herein for the purpose of the
(v) has endorsed or made any
recommendations, representations or warranties with
Interests; or (vi) is acting as a
fiduciary or is providing investment advice with respect to the Interests.
Furthermore, Glendower has
not made any representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to
the fairness, correctness,
accuracy, reasonableness or completeness of any of the information contained
in this Memorandum, and
it expressly disclaims any responsibility or liability therefor. Glendower
has no responsibility to update
any of the information provided in this Memorandum. The information
contained herein relating to the
Underlying Fund, including, the information contained in the appendices
hereto, was obtained from
Glendower. Such information contained in this Memorandum does not purport to
be complete and is
subject to the more detailed information
operational documents of
the Underlying Fund, which documents may
modified from time to
time. None of the Placement Agents, the Access Fund, the General Partner
the Investment Manager
participated in the preparation of such documents or any underlying
information obtained from such
documents or conducted any due diligence or verification efforts with
respect thereto, and none of them
makes any representation regarding, and each
liability or responsibility
to any Investor in the Access Fund for, such
information relating to the
Underlying Fund set forth therein or omitted
Interests is not, and should not
be considered, an offering of interests in the
Access Fund is being
established to invest in the Underlying Fund,
affiliate of the Underlying Fund
or Glendower and an investment in the Access
investment in the Underlying
Fund. Furthermore, the offering of Interests
considered, an offering of direct or
1 The following countries are in the EEA: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
undertakes any
offering of Interests;
respect to the
in the Underlying Fund PPM and the
be amended, restated or otherwise
or
of them expressly disclaims any
information or any other
therefrom. The offering of
Underlying Fund. Although the
the Access Fund is not an
Fund is different from an
is not, and should not be
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indirect interests in other funds managed or under the control of Glendower.
Moreover, none of the
limited partners of the Access Fund (the "Limited Partners"), the General
Partner, Investment Manager
or any of their respective affiliates has either (i) the right to
participate in the control, management or
operations of the Underlying Fund or (ii)
commit the Underlying Fund,
Glendower or any of their respective affiliates.
the right to participate in the
control, management or operations of the Access
any of their respective
affiliates or (ii) the power to legally bind or commit the Access Fund, the
General Partner or any of their
respective affiliates except in certain limited circumstances set forth in
the Underlying Fund LPA. If the
Access Fund fails to make a capital contribution with respect to its
investment in the Underlying Fund
when due, whether as a result of a default of a Limited Partner or
otherwise, the Underlying Fund may
(but is not required to) exercise various remedies against the Access Fund
and/or its Limited Partners on
a look through basis, including forfeiture of all of its investment in the
Underlying Fund. Both the Access
Fund and the Underlying Fund impose administrative or management fees,
custodial accounting and
other service fees, performance allocations and other expenses that will
reduce returns and returns to
Limited Partners are likely to be lower than those from a direct investment
in the Underlying Fund.
Nothing contained in this paragraph or elsewhere in this Memorandum shall
constitute a waiver by any
investor or potential investor in the Access Fund of any of its legal rights
under applicable U.S. federal
securities laws or any other laws whose applicability is not permitted to be
contractually waived. By
subscribing for an interest in the Access Fund, each Limited Partner will be
deemed to agree that
Glendower will be a third-party beneficiary of this paragraph.
The historical investment performance incorporated herein provides no
assurance of the future performance of
the Underlying Fund or of the future performance of the Access Fund and is
not indicative of future results.
There can be no assurance that the Underlying Fund will achieve comparable
results. Return calculations in the
Underlying Fund PPM include valuations for unrealized investments. Actual
realized returns on unrealized
investments will depend on, among other factors, future operating results,
market conditions at the time of
disposition, legal and contractual restrictions on transfer that may limit
the power to legally bind or
No Glendower entity has (i)
Fund, the General Partner or
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liquidity, any related transaction costs
and the timing and manner of disposition, all of which may differ from the
assumptions and valuations used in
the historical investment performance data incorporated herein. Accordingly,
the actual realized returns on
unrealized investments may differ materially from the returns incorporated
herein. There can be no assurance
that the Underlying Fund will be able to implement its investment strategy,
achieve its investment objective or
avoid substantial losses.
This Memorandum contains forward-looking statements, which can be identified
by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as "may," "seek," "expect," "estimate," or "believe" or the
negatives thereof or other variations
thereon or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are statements
that are not historical facts,
including statements about beliefs and expectations. Any statement in this
Memorandum that contains
intentions, beliefs, expectations or predictions (and the assumptions
underlying them) is a forward-looking
statement. These assumptions are based on plans, estimates, and projections,
as they are currently available.
Forward-looking statements therefore speak only as of the date they are
made, and none of the Underlying Fund,
Glendower, the Access Fund, the General Partner, the Investment Manager or
any of their respective affiliates
undertakes to update any of them in light of new information or future
events. Forward-looking statements
involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors
could therefore cause actual results of
the Underlying Fund and the Access Fund to differ materially from those
contained in any forward-looking
statement.
The terms of the Underlying Fund have not been finalized and may be subject
to change in connection with
continuing negotiation with prospective investors. The final terms of the
Underlying Fund may be different
from those summarized herein or provided in the materials incorporated by
reference herein. A prospective
investor should not invest unless it is able to sustain the loss of all or a
significant portion of its investment.
In making an investment decision, investors must rely on their own
examination of the Access Fund and the
terms of the offering, including the merits and risks involved, not all of
which are discussed in this Memorandum.
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Prospective investors should not construe the contents of this Memorandum as
legal, tax, investment, or
accounting advice. Each prospective investor is urged to consult with its
own advisors with respect to the legal,
tax, regulatory, financial, and accounting consequences of an investment in
the Access Fund.
This Memorandum is not a prospectus and does not purport to contain all
information an investor may require
to form an investment decision. It is not intended to be relied upon solely
in relation to, and must not be taken
solely as the basis for, an investment decision. This Memorandum contains a
summary of the Partnership
Agreement, the Subscription Agreement and certain other documents referred
to herein. However, the
summaries set forth in this Memorandum do not purport to be complete and are
subject to and qualified in their
entirety by reference to the Partnership Agreement, Subscription Agreement
and such other documents, copies
of which will be provided to any prospective investor upon request and which
should be reviewed for complete
information concerning the rights, privileges, and obligations of investors
in the Access Fund. In the event that
the descriptions or terms in this Memorandum are inconsistent with or
contrary to the descriptions in or terms of
the Partnership Agreement or such other documents, the Partnership Agreement
and such other documents shall
control. The General Partner reserves the right to modify the terms of the
offering and the Interests described in
this Memorandum. The Interests are offered subject to the General Partner's
ability to reject any prospective
investor's commitment, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion.
By executing a Subscription Agreement, an Investor (i) agrees to be, and
upon acceptance of such subscription
by the General Partner shall be, bound as a Limited Partner of the Access
Fund by the terms, provisions and
requirements applicable to interests and Limited Partners of the Access Fund
as set forth in the Partnership
Agreement, as such Partnership Agreement may be amended or supplemented from
time to time, and (ii)
acknowledges the terms, provisions and requirements set forth herein and
therein that are applicable to the
Access Fund, the General Partner and the Investment Manager, as the case may
be.
Notwithstanding anything in this Memorandum to the contrary, to comply with
U.S. Treasury Regulations
Section 1.6011-4(b)(3)(i), each investor (and any employee, representative,
or other agent of such investor) may
disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S.
federal, state, or local income tax
treatment and tax structure of the Access Fund or any transactions
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undertaken by the Access Fund, it being
understood and agreed, for this purpose, (i) the name of, or any other
identifying information regarding (A) the
Access Fund or any existing or future investor (or any affiliate thereof) in
the Access Fund, or (B) any investment
or transaction entered into by the Access Fund, and (ii) any performance
information relating to the Access Fund
or its investments.
You are hereby informed that (a) the information contained in this
Memorandum is not intended or written to be
used, and cannot be used, by an investor for the purpose of avoiding
penalties that the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service may attempt to impose on such investor, (b) the information was
written to support the promotion or
marketing of the transactions or marketing of the transactions or matters
addressed by the written information
and (c) investors should seek advice based on their particular circumstances
from an independent tax advisor.
During the course of the offering and prior to a purchase of Interests by a
prospective investor, each offeree of
the Interests and its purchaser representative(s), if any, are invited to
meet with representatives of the Access
Fund and to discuss with, ask questions of, and receive answers from such
representatives concerning the terms
and conditions of the offering, and to obtain any additional information, to
the extent that such representatives
possess such information or can acquire it without unreasonable effort or
expense, necessary to verify the
information contained in this Memorandum. Subject to the foregoing, any
representation or information not
contained herein must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the
Underlying Fund, Glendower, the
Access Fund, the General Partner, the Investment Manager, the Placement
Agents, or any of their respective
affiliates since no person has been authorized to make any such
representations or to provide any such
information. The delivery of this Memorandum does not imply that the
information contained herein is correct
as of any date subsequent to the date on the cover hereof or, if earlier,
the date when such information is
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referenced. Neither Glendower nor the Underlying Fund is responsible for
updating any information provided
in this Memorandum.
The minimum subscription for Interests is $250,000, although the General
Partner may accept subscriptions to
the Access Fund for lesser amounts in its sole discretion. The distribution
of this Memorandum and the offer
and sale of the Interests in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law.
This Memorandum does not constitute
an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy in any state or
other jurisdiction to any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such state or jurisdiction.
Accordingly, the Interests may not be
offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and this Memorandum may not be
distributed, in any jurisdiction, except
in accordance with the legal requirements applicable to such jurisdiction.
This Memorandum contains confidential, proprietary, trade secret, and other
commercially sensitive
information and should be treated in a confidential manner. The acceptance
of this document constitutes an
agreement to: (i) keep confidential all the information contained in this
Memorandum and the Underlying Fund
PPM, as well as any information derived from the information contained in
this Memorandum (collectively,
"Confidential Information") and not disclose any such Confidential
Information to any other person, (ii) not
use any of the Confidential Information for any purpose other than to
evaluate an investment in the Access Fund,
(iii) not use the Confidential Information for purposes of trading any
security or other financial interests on the
basis of any such information and (iv) promptly return this Memorandum and
any copies hereof to the General
Partner upon the General Partner's request, in each case subject to the
confidentiality provisions more fully set
forth in this Memorandum and any written agreement between the recipient and
the General Partner or
Investment Manager, if any.
For additional information, please contact:
Investor Relations
Institutional Capital Network, Inc
(212) 994-7333
[email protected]
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AN INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN
EXAMINATION OF THE ACCESS FUND AND THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, INCLUDING THE
MERITS AND RISKS INVOLVED. THE INTERESTS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED BY ANY
U.S. FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY.
FURTHERMORE, THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THE ACCURACY
OR DETERMINED THE ADEQUACY OF THIS MEMORANDUM. ANY REPRESENTATION TO
THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
THIS MEMORANDUM SUPERSEDES ANY AND ALL TERM SHEETS, PITCH BOOKS,
PRELIMINARY INVESTMENT PROPOSALS OR ANY OTHER OFFERING LITERATURE
DELIVERED TO A PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR PRIOR TO THE DATE OF DELIVERY OF THIS
MEMORANDUM TO SUCH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING.
NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN AS CONTAINED IN
THIS MEMORANDUM AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION
MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE ACCESS FUND, THE
GENERAL PARTNER, THE INVESTMENT MANAGER, GLENDOWER, OR ANY OF THEIR
AFFILIATES (OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES,
MEMBERS, PARTNERS, SHAREHOLDERS OR AGENTS). ANY PURCHASE OF INTERESTS
MADE BY ANY INVESTOR ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS NOT
CONTAINED HEREIN OR INCONSISTENT HEREWITH SHALL BE SOLELY AT THE RISK OF
SUCH INVESTOR.
EACH RECIPIENT OF THIS MEMORANDUM ACKNOWLEDGES THAT PROSPECTIVE LIMITED
PARTNERS IN THE UNDERLYING FUND HAVE RECEIVED CERTAIN MATERIALS PREPARED
BY GLENDOWER THAT MAY CONTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE
UNDERLYING FUND AND ITS PORTFOLIO, WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS
MEMORANDUM. SUCH INFORMATION, HAD IT BEEN PROVIDED TO THE INVESTOR, MAY
HAVE BEEN MATERIAL TO THE INVESTOR'S DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO INVEST IN
THE ACCESS FUND. BY ACCEPTING THIS MEMORANDUM, EACH INVESTOR AGREES TO
THE FOREGOING.
THE INTERESTS ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR
EXEMPTION THEREFROM. INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY BE
REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE
PERIOD OF TIME.
EACH HOLDER OF INTERESTS WILL BE REQUIRED UPON REQUEST BY THE GENERAL
PARTNER TO CERTIFY AS TO THE BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SUCH INTERESTS AND ANY
INTEREST THEREIN IN ORDER TO ASSURE THAT THE ASSETS OF THE ACCESS FUND WILL
NOT BE PLAN ASSETS UNDER THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF
1974, AS AMENDED. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INTERESTS THAT MAY
BE PURCHASED WITH CERTAIN TYPES OF FUNDS MAY BE LIMITED, AND EACH INVESTOR
WHO BECOMES A LIMITED PARTNER OF THE ACCESS FUND AND ANY SUBSEQUENT
TRANSFEREE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
REGARDING THE SOURCE OF FUNDS USED TO ACQUIRE THE INTERESTS. TO BE
EFFECTIVE, ALL TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS MUST BE RECORDED IN THE LIST OF
PARTNERS OF THE ACCESS FUND MAINTAINED BY THE GENERAL PARTNER.
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EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT
ALTHOUGH THE ACCESS FUND IS PERMITTED TO DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TRADE
COMMODITY FUTURES, SWAPS AND/OR OTHER COMMODITY INTERESTS (COLLECTIVELY,
"COMMODITY INTERESTS"), THE GENERAL PARTNER IS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
WITH THE U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION ("CFTC") AS A COMMODITY
POOL OPERATOR ("CPO") AND PLANS TO FILE WITH THE NATIONAL FUTURES
ASSOCIATION (THE "NFA") A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE
CFTC AS A CPO PURSUANT TO CFTC RULE 4.13(a)(3). THEREFORE, UNLIKE A
REGISTERED
CPO, THE GENERAL PARTNER IS NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS
WITH A CFTC COMPLIANT DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT, NOR IS IT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
INVESTORS WITH CERTIFIED ANNUAL REPORTS THAT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF
CFTC RULES APPLICABLE TO A REGISTERED CPO. IN ADDITION, BY VIRTUE OF ITS
RELIANCE ON CFTC RULE 4.14(a)(3), THE GENERAL PARTNER WILL BE EXEMPT PURSUANT
TO CFTC RULE 4.14(a)(5) FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE CFTC AS A COMMODITY
TRADING ADVISOR ("CTA") WITH RESPECT TO ADVICE THAT IT PROVIDES TO THE ACCESS
FUND, AND AS SUCH IT WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO SATISFY CERTAIN DISCLOSURE AND
OTHER REQUIREMENTS UNDER CFTC RULES. THE CFTC DOES NOT PASS UPON THE
MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN A POOL OR UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF AN
OFFERING MEMORANDUM. CONSEQUENTLY, THE CFTC HAS NOT REVIEW OR APPROVED
THIS OFFERING OR THIS MEMORANDUM.
THE GENERAL PARTNER WILL RELY UPON THE EXEMPTION FROM CPO REGISTRATION
UNDER CFTC RULE 4.13(a)(3) (AND, CORRELATIVELY, THE EXEMPTION UNDER CFTC RULE
4.14(a)(5)) BECAUSE (AMONG MEETING OTHER REQUIREMENTS): (I) THE INTERESTS IN
THE
ACCESS FUND ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ARE
OFFERED AND SOLD WITHOUT MARKETING TO THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED STATES; (II)
PARTICIPATION IN THE ACCESS FUND IS LIMITED TO "ACCREDITED INVESTORS" (AS
DEFINED IN REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND "QUALIFIED PURCHASERS"
(AS DEFINED IN THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT), AND (III) (A) AT ALL TIMES THE
AMOUNT OF COMMODITY INTEREST POSITIONS TO WHICH THE ACCESS FUND IS
DIRECTLY AND/OR INDIRECTLY EXPOSED DOES NOT EXCEED THE FOLLOWING LEVELS
SPECIFIED IN CFTC REGULATION 4.13(a)(3)(ii): EITHER (X) THE AGGREGATE INITIAL
MARGIN AND PREMIUMS REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH COMMODITY INTEREST POSITIONS
WILL NOT EXCEED 5% OF THE LIQUIDATION VALUE OF THE ACCESS FUND; AND/OR (Y)
THE AGGREGATE NET NOTIONAL VALUE OF COMMODITY INTEREST POSITIONS OF THE
ACCESS FUND WILL NOT EXCEED 100% OF THE LIQUIDATION VALUE OF THE ACCESS
FUND'S PORTFOLIO; AND/OR (B) THE GENERAL PARTNER DOES NOT KNOW AND COULD
NOT REASONABLY KNOW THAT THE ACCESS FUND'S INDIRECT EXPOSURE TO
COMMODITY INTERESTS DERIVED FROM CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNDERLYING FUND IN
WHICH THE ACCESS FUND INVESTS EXCEED THE LEVELS SPECIFIED IN CFTC
REGULATION 4.13(a)(3)(ii), EITHER CALCULATED DIRECTLY, OR THROUGH THE USE OF
CFTC GUIDANCE ESTABLISHED IN APPENDIX A OF PART 4 OF THE CFTC'S REGULATIONS
BEFORE SUCH APPENDIX WAS RESCINDED. TO THE EXTENT THE EXEMPTION CRITERIA
CHANGES IN THE FUTURE, THE GENERAL PARTNER MAY SEEK TO COMPLY WITH ANY
APPLICABLE DIFFERENT CRITERIA AND/OR OTHER EXEMPTIONS.
AS A RESULT OF THE GENERAL PARTNER'S RELIANCE ON THE EXEMPTION FROM CPO
REGISTRATION UNDER CFTC RULE 4.13(a)(3), AN INVESTOR THAT HAS 25% OR GREATER
INTEREST IN THE ACCESS FUND AND OWNS OR CONTROLS COMMODITY FUTURES OR
FUTURES OPTION CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO CFTC POSITION LIMITS WILL BE REQUIRED TO
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AGGREGATE SUCH POSITIONS, FOR CFTC POSITION LIMIT AND LARGE TRADER
REPORTING PURPOSES, WITH ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT POSITIONS OF THE ACCESS FUND
IN SUCH CONTRACTS. IN THE FUTURE, SIMILAR AGGREGATION REQUIREMENTS WILL BE
APPLICABLE TO POSITIONS IN CERTAIN SWAPS THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY EQUIVALENT
TO COMMODITY FUTURES AND FUTURES OPTIONS POSITIONS. PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS
SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN LEGAL ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE POTENTIAL
APPLICATION OF POSITION AGGREGATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO THEIR
OWNERSHIP OR CONTROL OF COMMODITY INTEREST CONTRACTS.
THE INVESTMENT MANAGER HAS FILED WITH THE NFA A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FROM
REGISTRATION WITH THE CFTC AS A CTA PURSUANT TO CFTC RULE 4.14(a)(8). THE
INVESTMENT MANAGER QUALIFIES FOR THE EXEMPTION UNDER CFTC RULE 4.14(a)(8) ON
THE BASIS THAT (A) IT IS REGISTERED AS AN INVESTMENT ADVISER UNDER THE
ADVISERS ACT, (B) ITS ADVICE IS DIRECTED SOLELY TO, AND FOR THE SOLE USE OF
ENTITIES ENUMERATED IN CFTC RULE 4.14(a)(8), INCLUDING A CPO WHO HAS CLAIMED
AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER CFTC RULE 4.13(a)(3), (C) IT PROVIDES
COMMODITY INTEREST TRADING ADVICE SOLELY INCIDENTAL TO ITS BUSINESS OF
PROVIDING SECURITIES OR OTHER INVESTMENT ADVICE AND (D) IT IS NOT OTHERWISE
HOLDING ITSELF OUT AS A CTA.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
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SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL TERMS OF THE ACCESS
FUND
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CERTAIN RISK FACTORS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST
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IV. TAX, REGULATORY AND CERTAIN ERISA
CONSIDERATIONS
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I.
II.
III.
Appendix A: Confidential Private Placement Memorandum of Glendower Capital
Secondary Opportunities
Fund IV, LP (as supplemented by the Supplement to the Confidential Private
Placement Memorandum dated
November 2017).
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INTRODUCTION
Glendower Access Secondary Opportunities IV (U.S.), L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Access
Fund"), has been formed to invest substantially all of its investable assets
in Glendower Capital Secondary
Opportunities Fund IV, LP, an English private fund limited partnership
(together with its parallel funds and
alternative investment vehicles, if applicable, the "Underlying Fund"). The
principal investment objective
of the Underlying Fund is to generate attractive risk-adjusted investment
returns, principally in the form of
capital appreciation, through the acquisition, holding and disposition of a
diverse portfolio of investments
including large and mid-market buyout, growth capital, venture capital,
special situations, turnaround,
mezzanine, distressed opportunities, real estate and infrastructure assets
primarily on the secondary market.
The investments are expected to be in established generalist and specialist
private equity funds on the
secondary market and in private equity funds or portfolios of private equity
assets on the secondary market
through bespoke liquidity solutions.
The Access Fund expects to invest substantially all of its investable assets
in the Underlying Fund.
Accordingly, prospective investors should carefully read the Confidential
Private Placement Memorandum
of the Underlying Fund (the "Underlying Fund PPM"), including the sections
relating to, and describing,
the risk factors and potential conflicts of interest of the Underlying Fund,
which is hereby incorporated by
reference into this Memorandum and attached hereto as Appendix A and the
limited partnership agreement
of the Underlying Fund, which shall be provided upon request by the General
Partner or Investment
Manager. By making the Access Fund available, neither the General Partner,
the Investment Manager nor
any of their respective affiliates is providing investment advice or making
any recommendation as to the
advisability of an investment in the Access Fund or the Underlying Fund.
The Access Fund is offering Interests to Investors that are "U.S. Persons"
as defined in Rule 902 under the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). If an
Investor is a Non-U.S. person for
U.S. tax purposes or becomes a Non-U.S. person for U.S. tax purposes after
investing in the Access Fund,
adverse tax consequences could result for the Investor.
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SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL TERMS OF THE ACCESS FUND
To understand this investment opportunity, a prospective investor should
read both this summary of terms
of Glendower Access Secondary Opportunities IV (U.S.), L.P. (the "Access
Fund") and the summary of
terms and conditions of Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV,
LP (together with its parallel
investment funds and alternative investment funds, if applicable, the
"Underlying Fund") in the attached
Confidential Private Placement Memorandum of the Underlying Fund dated
October 2017 (together with
the first supplement thereto, and as it may be further amended and/or
supplemented from time to time, the
"Underlying Fund PPM") and the limited partnership agreement of the
Underlying Fund, which shall be
provided upon request by the General Partner or Investment Manager.
The following information is presented as a summary of principal terms of
the Access Fund and an
investment in the Interests. This summary (and terms of the Access Fund
described elsewhere in this
Memorandum) is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Access Fund's
Amended and Restated Limited
Partnership Agreement (as amended,
to time, the "Partnership
Agreement"), and the subscription
with respect thereto (the
"Subscription Agreement,"
"Agreements"), copies of
which will be provided to
of such Agreements should
be reviewed carefully. In the
summary and the Agreements,
the Agreements will control.
The Access Fund
The General Partner
Glendower Access Secondary Opportunities IV (U.S.), L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (the "Access Fund").
The general partner of the Access Fund is Glendower Access Secondary
Opportunities IV GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
"General Partner"). The General Partner is responsible for the overall
management of the Access Fund, as described further in the Partnership
Agreement. Unless otherwise specified, all actions referred to herein as
being taken by the Access Fund will be performed by the General Partner
or its delegates (including the Investment Manager as defined below).
All references herein to the General Partner refer to the General Partner
or the entities (such as the Investment Manager) to which the General
Partner has delegated its authority as permitted under the Partnership
Agreement.
The Investment Manager
restated or otherwise modified from time
agreement and the related documentation
and together with the Partnership Agreement, the
each prospective investor upon request. The forms
event of a conflict between the terms of this
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investment manager (the "Investment Manager") for the Access Fund,
pursuant to an Investment Management Agreement (as defined below)
with the General Partner. The General Partner will delegate the day-today
operations of the Access Fund to the Investment Manager. The
Investment Manager may assign its rights and obligations under the
Investment Management Agreement to any of its affiliates without
consent of the Limited Partners. Pursuant to a delegation from the
General Partner, the Investment Manager will generally have full
investment discretion over the assets of the Access Fund and full
authority to conduct the day-to-day business and operations of the
Access Fund. The Investment Manager will receive a management fee
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(the "Management Fee") in respect of the Access Fund, payable
quarterly in advance by the Access Fund. See "Management Fee."
This Memorandum refers to the investment management agreement for
the Access Fund as the "Investment Management Agreement." The
Investment Manager is responsible for exercising the Access Fund's
rights with respect to its interest in the Underlying Fund. Except as
described herein, the Investment Manager is not required to consult with,
or obtain the approval of, any Limited Partner in exercising the Access
Fund's rights in the Underlying Fund. See "Certain Risk Factors and
Potential Conflicts of Interest."
Neither the Investment Manager, the General Partner nor any of
their respective affiliates will be involved in, will oversee, or will
have any responsibility for, the business, operations, investments or
investment decisions of Glendower or the Underlying Fund.
Purpose; Underlying Fund The purpose and business of the Access Fund is to
invest substantially
all of its investable assets in Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities
Fund IV, LP, an English private fund limited partnership (together with
its parallel funds and alternative investment vehicles, if applicable, the
"Underlying Fund"), as an equity holder thereof in accordance with the
terms set forth in the Underlying Fund's constituent documents.
The principal investment objective of the Underlying Fund is to generate
attractive risk-adjusted investment returns, principally in the form of
capital appreciation, through the acquisition, holding, financing,
refinancing and disposition of a diverse portfolio of investments
including buyout, growth capital, venture capital, special situations,
turnaround, mezzanine, distressed opportunities, real estate and
infrastructure assets on the secondary market. The investments are
expected to be in established generalist and specialist private equity fund
structures on the secondary market and in private equity fund structures
or portfolios of private equity assets on the secondary market through
bespoke liquidity solutions.
The summary terms and conditions of an investment in the Underlying
Fund are as set forth in the Underlying Fund PPM, a copy of which is
attached hereto as Appendix A.
To help manage cash flows and ensure sufficient amount of the Limited
Partner's Subscriptions (as defined below) are available to pay expenses
of the Access Fund, the General Partner may, in its sole discretion,
choose not to commit up to 10% of the Limited Partners' Subscriptions
to the Access Fund for investment into the Underlying Fund. However,
the General Partner is not required to set aside any such amounts, and
may commit up to 100% of the Limited Partners' Subscriptions to the
Underlying Fund. If the General Partner over-commits the Access Fund
to the Underlying Fund (i.e., commits an amount to the Underlying
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Fund, which together with any expenses of the Access Fund, is greater
than the total amount of the Limited Partners' Subscriptions to the
Access Fund) the General Partner may need to fund Access Fund
expenses or future capital calls by the Underlying Fund through the
distributions received from the Underlying Fund (in such case the
Limited Partners will be allocated income without corresponding cash
to pay taxes on such income) or through borrowings. See "Borrowing."
Offering; Investment in the
Access Fund
Limited partner interests of the Access Fund ("Interests") are being
offered and sold in a private placement to certain U.S. investors
("Limited Partners", and, together with the General Partner,
"Partners").
The Access Fund is designed for investors ("Investors") that are either
(A) U.S. taxable investors or (B) investors that are pension plans, Keogh
plans, individual retirement accounts, tax-exempt institutions and other
tax-exempt limited partners ("U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors") that are
willing to receive material amounts of "unrelated business taxable
income" (as defined under Sections 512 and 514 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code")) ("UBTI"). The Access Fund
is not designed for (i) U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors that are not willing to
receive material amounts of UBTI or (ii) investors that are not "U.S.
persons" (as described in "Tax, Regulatory and Certain ERISA
Considerations — Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations")
("Non-U.S. Investors"). If a Limited Partner is a Non-U.S. Investor or
becomes a Non-U.S. Investor for U.S. tax purposes after investing in the
Access Fund, adverse tax consequences could result for the Limited
Partner. Those U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors that do not wish to receive
any UBTI and are willing to forgo claiming U.S. treaty benefits and NonU.S.
Investors should consider investing in the Offshore Access Fund
(as defined below). See "Tax, Regulatory and Certain ERISA
Considerations — Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations" and
"— Certain ERISA Considerations." Prospective investors should consult
their own advisors regarding the U.S. and foreign tax consequences of
an investment in the Access Fund or the Feeder Fund.
Minimum Subscription
The minimum capital commitment ("Subscription") by a Limited
Partner will be $250,008, although the General Partner reserves the right
to accept a Subscription of lesser amounts. Investors investing in the
Access Fund rather than directly through the Underlying Fund will be
subject to an additional layer of expenses.
The minimum commitment to the Underlying Fund per investor is
$5,008,080, although the Glendower GP may accept a lesser amount.
Investors seeking to make a Subscription equal to or greater than
$5,008,080 should consider investing directly in the Underlying Fund.
See "Management Fee." The General Partner will not have a
Subscription.
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Initia and Subsequent
Closings
The Access Fund may hold multiple closings. The General Partner will
provide prospective Limited Partners with notice of the anticipated date
of the initial closing (the "Initial Closing") of the Access Fund. The
General Partner may admit additional Investors into the Access Fund or
allow existing Limited Partners to increase their Subscriptions in
subsequent closings until the final closing of the Access Fund (each such
closing, a "Subsequent Closing" and the final Subsequent Closing, the
"Final Closing"). Subsequent closings may be held after the Initial
Closing until the date that is 3 months following the last date on which
the Underlying Fund may hold a closing (it being understood that the
Glendower GP is not required to accept any such additional commitment
from the Access Fund). Each investor that becomes a Limited Partner
(or that is already a Limited Partner and increases its Subscription) at
any closing subsequent to the Initial Closing will be required to make a
capital contribution at admission equal to (i) the amount of the
contribution required by the Underlying Fund from the Access Fund
attributable to such Investor's new or increased Subscription (which may
include an interest component at a rate per annum equal to the higher of
(A) LIBOR plus 2% and (B) 8% for the period or such other amount as
set forth in the Underlying Fund LPA), if any, if the Access Fund makes
a corresponding increase in its commitment to the Underlying Fund, (ii)
its proportionate share of all funded expenses of the Access Fund
(excluding the Management Fee) and, to the extent not duplicative of (i)
above, its proportionate share of all funded Subscriptions of Investors
admitted in prior closings, including if applicable, in connection with
Subscriptions (or portions thereof) that are not correspondingly invested
in the Underlying Fund, (iii) the amount of the Management Fee that
would have been payable in respect of such Investor had such Investor
subscribed for an Interest at the Initial Closing and (iv) an amount
computed as interest on the amounts set forth under (i) through (iii)
above at a rate per annum equal to the higher of (A) LIBOR plus 2% and
(B) 8% for the period from the due date or dates on which the other
Partners were required to make their earlier contributions to the date of
such contribution. Amounts paid by any Limited Partner as interest on
(ii) above, shall be paid to the Access Fund for the account of Limited
Partners that participated in prior closings and any amounts paid by any
Limited Partner as interest on (iii) above, shall be paid to the Investment
Manager and not to the Access Fund or any other Limited Partner. Any
contributions by a Limited Partner to the Access Fund to fund late
closing interest under (iv) shall not reduce the unpaid portion of such
Limited Partner's Subscription (i.e., a Limited Partner will be required
to contribute amounts in addition to its Subscription to fund any late
closing interest, if applicable) and any such interest amounts credited to
the account of Limited Partners shall not increase the unpaid
Subscriptions of such Limited Partners who receive such interest.
Failure to pay subsequent interest as calculated in (iv) above will be
considered a default under the Partnership Agreement.
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The Access Fund will make its investment in the Underlying Fund at
closings of the Underlying Fund on or after the Initial Closing, and if
any Limited Partner increases its Subscription or any additional Limited
Partners are admitted to the Access Fund at a Subsequent Closing, the
Access Fund may make additional investments in the Underlying Fund,
upon subsequent closings of the Underlying Fund, at the discretion of
the Investment Manager, contemporaneously with or subsequent to the
date of any increase in Subscriptions or admission of additional Limited
Partners. In the event that a Subsequent Closing occurs after the Access
Fund's initial investment in the Underlying Fund, existing Investors'
interests in the Underlying Fund may be diluted to the extent that the
Access Fund does not subsequently make a corresponding additional
investment in the Underlying Fund. The General Partner is under no
obligation to make a corresponding additional investment in the
Underlying Fund in connection with any Subsequent Closing.
Investors admitted at Subsequent Closings will participate in the Access
Fund's existing investments in the Underlying Fund, which may dilute
the Interests of existing Limited Partners and may indirectly participate
in the existing investments of the Underlying Fund, to the extent the
Access Fund is permitted by the general partner of the Underlying Fund
(the "Glendower GP") to participate in such existing investments,
which may dilute the Interests of existing Limited Partners and partners
of the Underlying Fund, including the Access Fund. For the avoidance
of doubt, investments made and disposed of prior to a particular
Subsequent Closing will not be allocated to any Investors admitted at
such Subsequent Closing. Although Investors admitted at Subsequent
Closings will make capital contributions such that all Investors will have
made proportional capital contributions (based on their Subscriptions) to
the Access Fund, there can be no assurances that the amount paid by
such Investors will reflect the fair value of their pro rata share of the
Underlying Fund at the time of the Subsequent Closings.
Term
The term of the Access Fund is currently expected to end within one year
following the dissolution of the Underlying Fund, but may be extended
for two additional one-year periods beyond the one-year anniversary of
the dissolution of the Underlying Fund at the discretion of the General
Partner or may be terminated, liquidated and dissolved earlier in certain
limited situations outlined in the Partnership Agreement.
Parallel Access Funds and
Feeder Funds
The General Partner may form one or more limited partnerships or other
investment vehicles to invest in parallel with the Access Fund (each, a
"Parallel Access Fund") and/or feeder funds, including the Offshore
Access Fund (as defined below) (collectively, "Feeder Funds") in order
to comply with securities laws or to address tax, legal, regulatory or other
issues of investors in such entity or program. The Access Fund, any
Parallel Access Fund and any Feeder Fund (including the Offshore
Access Fund) shall share common fees and expenses related to their
operation and investments in proportion to the capital invested by each
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entity, directly or indirectly, in the Underlying Fund, to the extent
practicable.
In particular, the General Partner or the Investment Manager will form
Glendower Access Secondary Opportunities IV (International), L.P. (the
"Offshore Access Fund", and together with the Access Fund, the
"Access Funds") for certain qualified U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors not
willing to receive material amounts of UBTI and certain qualified NonU.S.
Investors. The Offshore Access Fund is expected to be a Cayman
Islands exempted limited partnership and other than assets used to cover
Offshore Access Fund expenses, the Offshore Access Fund will invest
all of the Subscriptions made by the limited partners of the Offshore
Access Fund in the Access Fund.
Although Parallel Access Funds or Feeder Funds are expected to invest
on similar terms and conditions to the Access Fund, such Parallel Access
Funds or Feeder Funds may have the same or different terms (including
terms that are more favorable) than those described herein, provided,
that any such Parallel Access Funds or Feeder Funds will only accept
subscriptions from "qualified purchasers," as defined in the U.S.
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment
Company Act"), and interests will be offered and sold only to investors
who are "accredited investors" within the meaning given to such term in
Regulation D under the Securities Act.
Capital Calls
Each Limited Partner's capital contributions will be payable when called
by the General Partner to meet anticipated Access Fund expenses and
liabilities and to make contributions to the Underlying Fund. Each
Limited Partner's capital contribution shall generally be due upon
7 business days' written notice, except in certain limited circumstances
where the General Partner deems it prudent to require capital
contributions to be made on shorter notice. The General Partner may
require each Limited Partner to make a capital contribution to the Access
Fund on the date it is admitted to the Access Fund. The General Partner
will provide written notice of the exact size and timing of any such initial
capital contribution in advance of the Initial Closing of the Access Fund.
A Limited Partner who fails to make its capital contributions in a timely
manner including in connection with recalls of Distributions or who
otherwise fails to make a payment required by the Access Fund
(including (i) expenses incurred in respect of transfers (ii) expenses
incurred by the General Partner or the Access Fund to the extent that any
tax information or return is required to be prepared by the General
Partner or the Access Fund because of the identity, jurisdiction or action
of the Limited Partner (including the election not to receive Schedule K1
electronically) and (iii) any applicable interest charged in connection
with a Subsequent Closing) may suffer substantial penalties with respect
to its Interest, including, a total forfeiture of such Interest. In addition,
any (i) material breach by a Limited Partner of its representations and
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warranties in its Subscription Agreement and (ii) any failure by a
Limited Partner to provide information as requested by the General
Partner or Investment Manager in connection with anti-money
laundering or similar programs, will be considered a default under the
Partnership Agreement.
In the event that the Access Fund fails to make a capital contribution to
the Underlying Fund as a result of the failure of a Limited Partner to
make a capital contribution to the Access Fund, the Underlying Fund
may impose certain remedies against the Access Fund, including,
potentially causing the Access Fund to forfeit all or a portion of its
interest in the Underlying Fund.
With respect to any capital contribution (or portion thereof) that is
subject to a default (the "Defaulted Amount"), the General Partner may
call additional capital from the Limited Partners that have already made
the applicable capital contribution (not in excess of their unfunded
Subscriptions) to the extent necessary to fund the Defaulted Amount.
Bifurcated Default
If the Access Fund fails to contribute all or any portion of any call
amount set forth in a funding notice received from the Underlying Fund
(an "Access Fund Default"), and such failure results from the failure of
one or more Limited Partners (each such Limited Partner, a "Defaulting
Access Fund Investor") to make full payment in respect of any capital
call issued by the Access Fund, then Glendower has agreed to only treat
the Access Fund as a "Defaulting Partner" (as defined in the limited
partnership agreement of the Underlying Fund, (as may be amended or
otherwise supplemented from time to time, the "Underlying Fund LPA"))
with respect to the portion of the Access Fund's interest in the
Underlying Fund that has defaulted. In addition, the General Partner has
agreed that, if the Glendower GP so requests upon any Access Fund
Default, the General Partner, or the Investment Manager on its behalf,
shall cause the Access Fund to assign to the Underlying Fund, and the
General Partner will delegate to the Underlying Fund, the authority to
exercise directly for the direct benefit of the Underlying Fund, all of the
rights and remedies provided in the Partnership Agreement against a
Defaulting Access Fund Investor as if they were a Defaulting Partner,
and the General Partner will provide such assistance as is reasonably
requested by the Glendower GP in connection with the exercise of any
remedies against the Defaulting Access Fund Investor.
In addition, in applying and interpreting the provisions of the Partnership
Agreement, in order to equitably determine the rights and obligations of
any Limited Partner with respect to the Underlying Fund, the General
Partner may treat any Limited Partner as if it was a separate limited
partner of the Underlying Fund, any default penalties imposed by the
Glendower GP may be allocated solely by the General Partner to the
applicable Defaulting Access Fund Investor to the maximum extent
possible.
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The General Partner shall have the sole discretion to apply the default
provisions to each investor in any Feeder Fund on a look-through basis
as if such investor was a direct limited partner of the Access Fund instead
of applying such provisions directly to such Feeder Fund.
Distributions
Distributions from the Underlying Fund received by the Access Fund
will generally be distributed to the Limited Partners (including any
Feeder Funds) pro rata based on their respective Subscriptions to the
Access Fund (excluding any Defaulting Partners, if applicable) as
promptly as practicable. The Access Fund will be entitled to withhold
from any Distribution amounts necessary to create, in the General
Partner's sole discretion, reserves for the payment of Access Fund
expenses and liabilities, to make anticipated capital contributions to the
Underlying Fund or for any other purpose permitted under the
Partnership Agreement.
Liquidating distributions will be made in accordance with positive
capital account balances.
Capital Accounts;
Allocations
It is intended that capital accounts will be maintained in accordance with
U.S. federal income tax guidelines. In general, items of income, gain,
loss and deduction will be allocated to the Limited Partners' capital
accounts in a manner consistent with the distribution procedures outlined
above.
Organizational and
Offering Expenses
The Access Fund, and the Limited Partners in the Access Fund
(including any Feeder Fund) will bear all organizational and offering
expenses incurred by the General Partner and/or the Investment Manager
("Organizational Expenses") (including legal, travel, accounting, tax
advisory expenses, start-up filing, capital-raising and other expenses,
organizational and other start-up expenses of the General Partner, and
custodial and administrative costs) in connection with the formation of
the Access Fund, any Feeder Fund and the offering of the Interests. For
the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing Organizational Expenses do not
include expenses incurred by Placement Agents (as defined below).
Access Fund Expenses
The Access Fund will pay the costs and expenses of the Access Fund,
including: the Management Fee; Organizational Expenses; liquidation
expenses of the Access Fund; any sales or other taxes, fees or
government charges which may be assessed against the Access Fund;
expenses and fees related to accounting, audits of the Access Fund's
books and records and preparation of the Access Fund's tax returns and
other third-party provider expenses, including expenses related to tax
reporting including under the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance
provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act
("FATCA") and under the Common Reporting Standard ("CRS"); costs
of preparing and distributing financial statements and other reports to
and other communications with the Partners, as well as costs of all
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governmental returns, reports and filings of the Access Fund; any costs
or expenses in connection with the Access Fund's admission to the
Underlying Fund (including, the legal costs of completing subscription
booklets and the Access Fund's side letter, if any, with the Underlying
Fund and any subsequent closing interest charged to the Access Fund);
extraordinary one-time expenses of the Access Fund; all expenses
relating to litigation and threatened litigation involving the Access Fund,
including indemnification expenses; commissions or brokerage fees or
similar charges incurred in connection with the purchase or sale of
securities; expenses attributable to normal and extraordinary investment
banking, commercial banking, accounting, appraisal, legal and recording
fees and expenses, administrative (including any fees and expenses of
the Administrator or Custodian related to the Access Fund or the General
Partner), custodial and registration services provided to the Access Fund
and any expenses attributable to consulting services, including in each
case services with respect to the proposed purchase or sale of securities
by the Access Fund that are not reimbursed by the issuer of such
securities or others (whether or not any such purchase or sale is
consummated); fees and expenses incurred in connection with or
otherwise relating to the preparation of form documentation in respect
of Transfers; fees and expenses incurred in respect of any arrangement
to provide additional liquidity to Limited Partners and facilitate the
process for Limited Partners to sell all or any portion of their Interests;
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Investment Manager, such as
travel, research and other expenses related to the ongoing monitoring on
behalf of the Access Fund in respect of the Underlying Fund and the
management of the Access Fund (including the costs and expenses
(including travel-related expenses) of hosting meetings of the Partners,
or otherwise holding meetings or conferences with Limited Partners,
whether individually or in a group) attending meetings with the
Placement Agents, whether internal or provided by a third party service
provider, utilized for risk management, measurement and valuation
purposes); any expenses incurred in connection with any Credit Facility
or regulatory obligation; and premiums for liability or other insurance to
protect the Access Fund, the General Partner, the Investment Manager
and any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, officers,
directors, employees, agents or affiliates in connection with the activities
of the Access Fund, the General Partner or the Investment Manager.
Access Fund expenses will also include any costs and expenses
associated with the ongoing operations of any alternative investment
vehicles (including administrative fees and expenses; legal and
recording fees and expenses; any fees and expenses of consultants,
economists, outside counsel, accountants and other third-party service
providers; any taxes (including withholding taxes), fees or other
governmental charges levied against such alternative investment
vehicles, including tax preparation expenses; expenses relating to any
audit, investigation, governmental inquiry or public relations
undertaking and litigation, insurance, indemnification and extraordinary
expenses). In addition to the foregoing, Access Fund expenses will
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include, and therefore Limited Partners will be responsible for, all of the
operating expenses of the General Partner. Moreover, expenses of or
relating to a Feeder Fund shall be paid by, and treated as expenses of,
the Access Fund to the extent that they would be considered expenses of
the Access Fund if they were incurred by the Access Fund (and indirectly
borne by the limited partners of the Feeder Fund through the Feeder
Fund's Interest as a Limited Partner of the Access Fund); provided,
however, that operating expenses that are uniquely related to a specific
Feeder Fund will be determined with respect to, and paid separately by,
such Feeder Fund, in each case as determined by the General Partner in
its sole discretion. Any contributions by Limited Partners to the Access
Fund to fund their share of Access Fund expenses shall reduce the unpaid
portion of such Limited Partner's Subscription (i.e., a Limited Partner
will not be required to contribute amounts in addition to its Subscription
to fund their share of Access Fund expenses).
In addition to the foregoing costs and expenses, Limited Partners
(including any Feeder Funds) will indirectly bear the cost of the Access
Fund's pro rata share of management fees, carried interest,
organizational expenses, taxes, indemnification and other costs and
expenses payable by the Access Fund as a limited partner of the
Underlying Fund.
Any Feeder Fund would pay its allocable share of Access Fund
expenses by virtue of being a Limited Partner of the Access Fund. To
the extent expenses that constitute Access Fund expenses are incurred
by the General Partner or Investment Manager on the joint behalf of
the Access Fund and/or any Parallel Access Funds established in
connection with the Access Fund to acquire interests in the Underlying
Fund, the Investment Manager will allocate such expenses between the
Access Fund and such Parallel Access Funds as it reasonably deems
appropriate.
Management Fee
A separate fee for management services provided by the Investment
Manager shall be assessed separately for each Limited Partner (the
Limited Partner's "Management Fee"). The Management Fee amount
contributed by each Limited Partner to the Access Fund shall reduce the
unpaid portion of such Limited Partner's Subscription (i.e., a Limited
Partner will not be required to contribute amounts in addition to its
Subscription to fund the Management Fee). The Access Fund shall pay
the aggregate amount of such Management Fee assessed with respect to
the Limited Partners to the Investment Manager.
Commencing upon the "Initial Closing" of the Underlying Fund (as
defined in the Underlying Fund LPA) and for each fiscal quarter
thereafter through the first date on which the "investment period" of the
Underlying Fund has permanently expired, the Management Fee of a
Limited Partner shall be an amount equal to the product of the
Management Fee Rate (as defined below) applicable to such Limited
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Partner multiplied by the Subscription of such Limited Partner. After
the end of the "investment period" of the Underlying Fund, through the
second anniversary of the termination of the "investment period" of the
Underlying Fund, the Management Fee of a Limited Partner for each
fiscal quarter shall be an amount equal to the product of the Management
Fee Rate applicable to such Limited Partner multiplied by such Limited
Partner's proportionate share (based upon Subscriptions) of the Access
Fund's proportionate share of capital contributions in respect of all
"Invested Capital" (as defined in the Underlying Fund LPA) of the
Underlying Fund. Thereafter, until the last day of the term of the Access
Fund, the Management Fee of a Limited Partner shall be calculated
based on Invested Capital in accordance with
(C)
below.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investment Manager in its sole
discretion may elect to waive or otherwise reduce the Management Fee
attributable to any Limited Partner.
The "Management Fee Rate" for a Limited Partner (A) during the
"investment period" of the Underlying Fund is 1.00% per annum (or
0.25% per quarter); provided, that the Management Fee Rate for (i) a
Limited Partner whose Subscription equals or exceeds $3,000,000 but is
less than $5,000,000 shall be 0.75% per annum (i.e., 0.1875% per
quarter); and (ii) a Limited Partner whose Subscription equals or exceeds
$5,000,000 shall be 0.25% per annum (i.e., 0.0625% per quarter); (B)
from the first date on which the "investment period" of the Underlying
Fund has permanently expired until the second anniversary of such date
is 0.75% per annum (i.e., 0.1875% per quarter); provided, that the
Management Fee Rate for (i) a Limited Partner whose Subscription
equals or exceeds $3,000,000 but is less than $5,000,000 shall be 0.60%
per annum (i.e., 0.15% per quarter); and (ii) a Limited Partner whose
Subscription equals or exceeds $5,000,000 shall be 0.25% per annum
(i.e., 0.0625% per quarter); and (C) thereafter, the greater of 90% of a
Limited Partner's Management Fee for the immediately preceding year
or 0.25% per annum (i.e., 0.0625% per quarter) of such Limited
Partner's Invested Capital.
The Management Fee that is charged by the Access Fund to a Limited
Partner shall be paid to the Investment Manager. The Investment
Manager will pay a material portion of the amount received to the
Placement Agents in exchange for certain servicing functions rendered
by the Placement Agents. The portion of the Management Fee received
may differ among Placement Agents.
The Management Fee will be payable in advance on a quarterly basis
from the Initial Closing.
The foregoing fee is exclusive of the amount of the Underlying Fund
Management Fee payable in respect of the Access Fund as a limited
partner of the Underlying Fund. In addition, the Limited Partners will
indirectly pay carried interest to the Glendower GP by virtue of the
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Access Fund being a limited partner of the Underlying Fund. See
"Access Fund Expenses" and "Underlying Fund Management Fee."
Placement Agent;
Placement Fee
The Access Fund will utilize Raymond James & Associates, Inc. or
Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (each separately and
collectively referred to as "Raymond James") or an affiliate thereof, to
serve as a placement agent, and may also utilize additional placement
agents (each, of Raymond James or such other placement agent, a
"Placement Agent"), in its sole discretion.
At the time of the relevant closing of the Access Fund, each Limited
Partner shall be required to directly pay their applicable Placement
Agent or its affiliate a one-time upfront sales charge or placement fee (a
"Placement Fee") in connection with such Limited Partner's
Subscription. The Placement Fee will equal up to 2.0% of the Limited
Partner's Subscription, as determined by the applicable Placement
Agent, and shall not be considered a capital contribution to the Access
Fund or part of such Limited Partner's Subscription. All expenses
(including marketing costs) of the Placement Agents shall be borne by
the Placement Agents. Each Placement Agent, in its sole discretion, will
have the right to waive all or any portion of the Placement Fee payable
by any particular Limited Partner.
The fees payable to the Placement Agent that refers an Investor will be
disclosed to such Investor prior to its admission to the Access Fund.
Marketing and Fund
Servicing Fees
Raymond James will, and other Placement Agents may, also act as
placement agent or in a similar capacity for the Underlying Fund, and
receive a placement fee from the Glendower GP or an affiliate based on
the Access Fund's aggregate capital commitment to the Underlying
Fund. Raymond James will, and other Placement Agents may, also
receive a placement fee for each referred direct investor commitment to
the Underlying Fund.
Underlying Fund
Management Fee
As described in detail in Section 6 - "General Partner's Share" in the
Underlying Fund PPM (attached hereto in Appendix A), Glendower will
be entitled to receive a management fee (the "Underlying Fund
Management Fee"), payable on January 1, April 1, July 1, October 1,
at an annual rate of initially 1.10% (which reflects a 0.15% discount
given to the Access Fund by the Underlying Fund, and which is not
therefore referred to in the Underlying Fund PPM) of the Access Funds'
capital commitment to the Underlying Fund, calculated as described in
more detail in the Underlying Fund PPM and the Underlying Fund LPA,
which shall be provided upon request by the General Partner or Investment
Manager.
Investors making a Subscription equal to or greater than $5 million
should consider investing directly in the Underlying Fund.
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Underlying Fund Carried
Interest
As described in detail in Section 6 — "Distributions" in the Underlying
Fund PPM (attached hereto in Appendix A), the Glendower GP is
entitled to receive "carried interest" distributions equal to 12.5% of the
Underlying Fund's net profits subject to an eight percent (8%) preferred
return with a full catch up provision for the Glendower GP. The actual
amount of any such carried interest payment is based in part upon the
Underlying Fund's achievement of certain returns. The foregoing
description is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the
Underlying Fund LPA, and prospective investors must review the
Underlying Fund documents for a detailed description of the manner in
which the Underlying Fund intends to make carried interest
distributions.
Indemnification
The Investment Manager, the General Partner, any affiliate thereof and,
the respective partners, members, stockholders, officers, directors,
managers, employees, or agents of any of the foregoing and the
Administrator, will be indemnified by the Access Fund out of the assets
of the Access Fund, including the capital calls from the Limited Partners
(which capital calls for indemnification expenses are outside of a
Limited Partner's Subscription), and from the proceeds of liability
insurance and any assets from any recalled Distributions (see "— Capital
Calls"), against certain expenses or losses. In addition, as an investor in
the Underlying Fund, the Access Fund (and indirectly the Limited
Partners (including any Feeder Funds)) will be obligated to fund certain
indemnification obligations of the Underlying Fund, and such amounts
will be callable from Limited Partners of the Access Fund to the full
extent of the Access Fund's obligations to the Underlying Fund,
including through the recall of distributions.
Withdrawal and Transfer
Limited Partners may not withdraw from the Access Fund prior to its
dissolution, provided that a Limited Partner may, with the consent of the
General Partner in accordance with the terms of the Partnership
Agreement, transfer its Interests to a Feeder Fund. In addition, Limited
Partners may not sell, assign or transfer any of their Interests, rights or
obligations in the Access Fund except with the consent of the General
Partner, and such consent may be withheld or delayed in the sole and
absolute discretion of the General Partner. Should the General Partner
consent to a sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of a Limited
Partner's Interest, the transferring Limited Partner or its transferee will
be required to pay Transfer Expenses (as defined in the Partnership
Agreement), which shall be at least $5,008 and shall be sufficient to pay
all costs incurred in connection with any such transfer. Any transferring
Limited Partner and such Limited Partner's transferee shall, jointly and
severally, be required to reimburse the Partnership, at the request of the
General Partner, for any expenses reasonably incurred by the Partnership
in connection with such Transfer. The General Partner may require the
complete or partial withdrawal of a Limited Partner in certain limited
instances (as described in the Partnership Agreement). Transfer
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unpaid portion of such Limited Partner's Subscription. Failure to pay
any applicable Transfer Expenses will be considered a default under the
Partnership Agreement and any amount due may be deducted directly
from distributions payable to the Limited Partner or transferee.
Reports and Meetings
Annually, the Access Fund will furnish audited financial statements to
all Limited Partners. In addition, each Limited Partner will be provided
annually with an U.S. Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") Schedule K-1
(or equivalent report). On a quarterly basis, each Limited Partner will
receive a quarterly report and unaudited statement of capital account of
the Access Fund. None of the General Partner, the Investment Manager
or any of their respective affiliates will take any responsibility for the
accuracy or completeness of information provided by, or based upon
information provided by, the Underlying Fund.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Limited Partners will be
treated as partners investing in a partnership, the Access Fund. The
Access Fund's ability to report to Limited Partners
information
regarding its income, gains, losses and deductions is dependent upon its
receipt of such information from the Underlying Fund. The Access Fund
anticipates that it will not be able to deliver Schedules K-1 in respect of
a particular year to Limited Partners prior to April 15 of the following
year. Accordingly, Limited Partners will be required to obtain
extensions for filing their federal, state and local income tax returns.
If the Access Fund does not receive all of the required information in a
timely manner, it may need to rely on estimates in preparing its tax return
and any schedules thereto (including Schedules K-1).
United States Federal
Income Tax Aspects of the
Access Fund
The Access Fund expects to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. The Access Fund has been structured for Limited
Partners that are U.S. residents subject to U.S. federal income tax and
certain U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors that are willing to receive material
amounts of UBTI. While the Access Fund is available to U.S. TaxExempt
Investors, the Access Fund will not take any steps to avoid
adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to such persons. Thus,
by investing in the Access Fund, a U.S. Tax-Exempt Investor should
expect to recognize material amounts of UBTI, which will require the
filing of tax returns and payment of taxes. The Access Fund is not
designed for U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors that are not willing to receive
material amounts of UBTI. U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors that do not wish
to receive any UBTI and are willing to forgo claiming U.S. treaty
benefits should consider investing in the Offshore Access Fund. The
Access Fund is not being offered to Non-U.S. Investors and Non-U.S.
Investors shall not be eligible to invest in the Access Fund. Non-U.S.
Investors should, if eligible, instead consider an investment in the
Offshore Access Fund.
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rospec ive investors are urged to consult their tax advisors with specific
reference to their own situations as they relate to an investment in the
Access Fund.
Certain ERISA
Considerations
The General Partner intends to conduct the operations of the Access
Fund so that it will be an appropriate investment for employee benefit
plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
and (unless the context otherwise requires) the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time, or any successor
statute thereto ("ERISA"). The Access Fund may require certain
representations or assurances from investors subject to ERISA to
determine compliance with ERISA provisions.
The General Partner will use commercially reasonable efforts so that (a)
less than 25% of the total value of each class of equity interests
(disregarding equity interests held by the General Partner or its affiliates)
in the Access Fund is held by "benefit plan investors," defined in
accordance with Section 3(42) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder,
and therefore (b) the assets of the Access Fund will not constitute plan
assets subject to the fiduciary standards of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA.
Accordingly, the General Partner may not approve the purchase of an
Interest by or proposed transfer of an Interest to a person that has
represented that it is a "benefit plan investor" or to a Controlling Person
to the extent that such purchase or transfer would result in "benefit plan
investors" owning 25% or more of the value of the interests in the Access
Fund immediately after such purchase or proposed transfer (such
percentage determined in accordance with Section 3(42) of ERISA).
Limited Partner Giveback To the extent the Access Fund incurs any
indemnification or other
liability or is otherwise required to return distributions to the Underlying
Fund in accordance with the Underlying Fund LPA (including in respect
of any indemnification or other liability incurred by the Access Fund in
its capacity as a limited partner of the Underlying Fund), each Limited
Partner may be required to return distributions received from the Access
Fund to fund its proportionate share of such liability or obligation;
provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such returns from any
Limited Partner shall not exceed the aggregate amount of distributions
received by such Limited Partner (it being understood that additional
amounts may be called from Limited Partners in respect of
indemnification expenses, which amounts are outside of a Limited
Partner's Subscription).
Amendments; Voting
The Partnership Agreement may generally be amended with the consent
of the General Partner and a majority-in-interest of the Limited Partners,
subject to certain limitations set forth in the Partnership Agreement. The
Partnership Agreement sets forth certain other procedures for
its
amendment, including provisions regarding negative consent and also
allowing the General Partner to amend the Partnership Agreement
without the consent of the Limited Partners in certain circumstances,
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Including (i) to the extent such amendment does not subject any Limited
Partner to any material adverse economic consequences or diminish or
waive in any material respect the duties and obligations of the General
Partner to the Access Fund or the Limited Partners, (ii) to cure any
ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision in the Partnership
Agreement which may be inconsistent with any other provision therein
or to correct any clerical errors or omissions in order that the Partnership
Agreement shall accurately reflect the agreement among the Partners,
(iii) is necessary in order to comply with any fiscal, statutory or official
requirement (whether or not having the force of law) and (iv) to address
changes in financial, regulatory or tax legislation, which amendment
may include reorganizing or reconstituting the Access Fund, but only to
the extent such amendment does not materially adversely affect the
economic returns of the Limited Partners. The General Partner and the
Investment Manager intends to cause the Access Fund to vote its interest
in the Underlying Fund as a single interest.
The General Partner and the Investment Manager will not consult the
Limited Partners when voting the interests of the Access Fund and will
endeavor to vote in a way that benefits the Access Fund as a whole. As
such, a Limited Partner's individual interest may differ from that of the
Access Fund and therefore the vote may not be consistent with how the
Limited Partner would have voted if provided with the opportunity. The
Limited Partners of the Access Fund will not have the right to vote
on any matters requiring the vote of the Access Fund in its capacity
as an investor in the Underlying Fund.
Borrowing
The Access Fund may enter into a credit facility (a "Credit Facility")
with a third party, which Credit Facility may be secured by drawdowns
of Subscriptions, for purposes of temporarily funding all, or any portion
of, any anticipated capital calls by the Underlying Fund in respect of the
Limited Partners' Subscriptions or expenses or liabilities of the Access
Fund in advance of receipt of such amounts from the Limited Partners
and to cover the Access Fund's over-commitment to the Underlying
Fund or defaults by Limited Partners. See "Capital Calls" and
"Purpose; Underlying Fund."
Such borrowings may require the Investment Manager, on behalf of the
General Partner, to pledge all or a portion of the property of the Access
Fund and/or the Subscriptions to the Access Fund to secure such a loan.
In such event, the Access Fund may also be required to delegate the
rights to issue drawdown notices and to receive capital contributions to
a third party. Limited Partners may be required to provide banks or other
financial institutions with financial information and other
documentation reasonably required to obtain borrowings.
Repayment of the principal and the interest (and any related fees and
expenses) amount of any such borrowings will be made from the Limited
Partners' Subscriptions.
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Subject to the limitations set forth in the relevant Underlying Fund LPA,
the Underlying Fund may incur indebtedness, provide credit support and
guarantee the obligations of portfolio companies and certain other
obligations at both the Underlying Fund-level and with respect to
obligations of their respective portfolio companies.
Borrowings by the Underlying Fund may make it more difficult for the
Access Fund to enter into a Credit Facility or otherwise borrow funds.
If the Access Fund is not able to borrow sufficient funds to fund any
fund obligations in advance of receipt of such amounts from Limited
Partners or to cover defaults, the Access Fund may no longer be able to
fully meet its capital contribution obligations towards the Underlying
Fund and may be treated as a defaulting investor for purposes of the
Underlying Fund LPA with respect to the Access Fund's entire interest.
In particular, the Access Fund may be unable to borrow sufficient funds
or obtain favorable terms due to the Underlying Fund's borrowing of
funds pursuant to a Credit Facility or other loans from a third party.
Investor Eligibility
Each investor must be an "accredited investor" (as defined within the
meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the
Securities Act), a "qualified client" (as defined in Rule 205-3 of the
Investment Company Act) and a "qualified purchaser" (as defined in
Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act).
Confidentiality
Confidential information provided to the Limited Partners may not be
disclosed to any person other than to its officers, fiduciaries, employees,
agents, consultants, auditors, counsel or other professional advisors, who
have a business need to know such confidential information, who have
been informed of the confidential nature of such confidential
information, and who are, either by the nature of their positions or duties
or pursuant to written agreement, subject to substantially equivalent
restrictions with respect to the use and disclosure of the confidential
information as are set forth in the Partnership Agreement
Notwithstanding anything in this Memorandum to the contrary, to
comply with U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(3)(i), each
investor (and any employee, representative, or other agent of such
investor) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any
kind, the U.S. federal, state, or local income tax treatment and tax
structure of the Access Fund or any transactions undertaken by the
Access Fund, it being understood and agreed, for this purpose, (i) the
name of, or any other identifying information regarding (A) the Access
Fund or any existing or future investor (or any affiliate thereof) in the
Access Fund, or (B) any investment or transaction entered into by the
Access Fund, and (ii) any performance information relating to the
Access Fund or its investments.
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nvestor Information
For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the Underlying Fund LPA, the
General Partner may be required to provide certain Limited Partner
information to the Glendower GP for a variety of reasons. In addition,
the General Partner may provide certain information to the other Limited
Partners, as well as to the Access Fund's accountants, attorneys and
other service providers as necessary to effect, administer and enforce the
Access Fund and its Partners' rights and obligations, or as otherwise may
be required by applicable law, rule or regulation.
Legal Counsel
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP ("Cleary Gottlieb") serves as
U.S. legal counsel to the General Partner, the Investment Manager and
certain of their affiliates. Maples and Calder has been retained as
Cayman Islands legal counsel to the Access Funds, General Partner,
Investment Manager and certain of their affiliates. Cleary Gottlieb and
Maples and Calder, which do not represent the Underlying Fund or
Glendower, also advise the General Partner, the Investment Manager
and certain of their affiliates on their respective obligations to the Access
Funds. However, no attorney-client relationship exists between either
Cleary Gottlieb or Maples and Calder and any other person solely by
reason of such other person making an investment in the Access Fund.
Each investor should consult with its own counsel as to the legal and tax
aspects of an investment in the Access Fund and its suitability for such
investor.
Auditor, Administrator
and Custodian
KPMG or another nationally recognized auditing firm will act as
Auditor. An independent third party will act as Administrator and
Custodian.
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III. CERTAIN RISK FACTORS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Potential investors should carefully consider the risks of an investment in
the Access Fund, which include,
but are not limited to, the risks outlined below as well as the detailed
discussion with regard to risks and
conflicts of interest generally applicable to the Underlying Fund set forth
in the Underlying Fund PPM
(attached hereto in Appendix A). All private fund investments involve a risk
of loss of capital. No
assurances can be given that the Underlying Fund or the Access Fund will
achieve their investment
objectives or that Limited Partners will not suffer loss. By making the
Access Fund available, neither the
General Partner, the Investment Manager nor any of their respective
affiliates is providing investment
advice or making any recommendation as to the advisability of an investment
in the Access Fund or the
Underlying Fund. An investment in the Access Fund is highly speculative and
involves certain risks and
conflicts of interest that prospective investors should consider carefully
before subscribing. The following
discusses certain risks and is not exhaustive, and other risks and conflicts
not discussed below may arise in
connection with the management and operation of the Access Fund.
Business and Market Risks. The investments made by the Underlying Fund and
indirectly by the Access
Fund may involve a high degree of business and financial risk that can
result in substantial losses. In
particular, these risks could arise from changes in the financial condition
or prospects of the entity in which
the investment is made, changes in national or international economic and
market conditions, and changes
in laws, regulations, fiscal policies or political conditions of countries
in which investments are made,
including the risks of war and the effects of terrorist attacks. The impact
of such events or other instances
of war or natural disaster, is unclear but could have material adverse
effects on general economic conditions
and market liquidity, resulting in a partial or total loss of capital, and
Investors should not invest unless they
can readily bear the consequences of such loss.
Placement Agents. The Placement Agents, including Raymond James, will
receive, in respect of an
Investor introduced to the Access Fund, a Placement Fee in an amount up to
2.0% of such Investor's
Subscription, directly from such Investor for advisory services. The
Placement Fee may differ among
Placement Agents. In addition, depending upon each such Limited Partner's
assets under management,
among other factors, certain of these Limited Partners may compensate a
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particular Placement Agent at
higher levels than other such Limited Partners Accordingly, the Placement
Agents and/or their respective
affiliates may receive higher levels of compensation in connection with
investments by some Limited
Partners than they receive in connection with investments by other Limited
Partners. Any such Placement
Fee may be waived or reduced in respect of any particular Investor without
thereby entitling any other
Investor to a similar waiver or reduction. In addition, the Placement Agents
will receive from the
Investment Manager a portion of the Management Fee on an ongoing basis. As
the Placement Agents will
receive ongoing compensation in respect of the Interests, they will have a
conflict of interest in the form of
an additional financial incentive to the Placement Agents and their
respective equity owners and investment
representatives to refer Investors to the Access Fund and in consulting with
Investors as to the purchase of
Interests. Given the existence of the compensation arrangements described
above, the Placement Agents
may benefit financially from referring Investors to the Access Fund rather
than to other products that may
also be appropriate for particular Investors.
In addition, Raymond James will, and other Placement Agents may, also
receive a placement fee or other
fee from Glendower based on the aggregate capital commitment of the Access
Fund to the Underlying Fund,
which would further incentivize the Placement Agents to refer Investors to
the Access Fund. Finally,
Raymond James will, and other Placement Agents may, also receive a placement
or other fee from
Glendower on each referred "direct investor commitment" to the Underlying
Fund. Such fee will result in
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Raymond James and the other the Placement Agents having additional conflicts
of interest with respect to
the purchase of Interests by Investors.
Risks Associated with Investing in the Access Fund. The Access Fund is an
investment vehicle being
formed to facilitate the investment of certain categories of investors into
the Underlying Fund. The Access
Fund's sole objective is to invest in the Underlying Fund and, other than
such investment, the Access Fund
is not expected to have any material operations. Substantially all of the
capital contributions to the Access
Fund will be contributed by the Access Fund to the Underlying Fund, and the
Limited Partners will receive
an indirect interest in the Underlying Fund Because the sole purpose of the
Access Fund is to acquire an
interest in the Underlying Fund, all of the risk factors and disclosures of
potential conflicts set forth in the
Underlying Fund PPM will be relevant when considering an investment in the
Access Fund. Therefore,
prospective Investors must also carefully review the Underlying Fund PPM,
including the more detailed
and comprehensive summary of risks related to an investment in the
Underlying Fund.
In addition to the risks and conflicts of interest described in the
Underlying Fund PPM, which generally
apply to the Access Fund and the Interests, Investors should note, among
other things, the Access Fund will
be a newly formed entity (i) that will not be registered under the
Investment Company Act, (ii) that will
issue illiquid securities that are not registered under the Securities Act
or any other laws, (iii) that will not
register under the Exchange Act, (iv) the Interests of which will be subject
to restrictions on transfer and
will have no public market, (v) which will not be permitted to make full or
partial withdrawals from the
Underlying Fund pursuant to the terms of the Underlying Fund's governing
agreement (except in very
limited circumstances) and (vi) with respect to which, investors may lose
the entire amount of their
investment.
In addition, there can be no assurance that the Underlying Fund will realize
its rate of return objectives, will
realize similar returns to past funds or investments sponsored by Glendower
or its affiliates or will return
any investor capital. The returns of the Access Fund will depend almost
entirely on the performance of its
investment in the Underlying Fund and there can be no assurance that the
Underlying Fund will be able to
implement its investment objective and strategy or avoid substantial losses.
Certain ongoing operating
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expenses of the Access Fund, which will be in addition to those expenses
borne by the Access Fund as an
investor in the Underlying Fund (e.g., carried interest, management fees,
Underlying Fund expenses,
organizational expenses and other expenses and liabilities borne by
investors in the Underlying Fund),
generally will be borne by the Access Fund and the Limited Partners,
resulting in Investors in the Access
Fund paying multiple layers of expense that will have a corresponding impact
on the returns to the Limited
Partners. Such additional expenses of the Access Fund will reduce the Access
Fund's performance relative
to the Underlying Fund. Pending investment in the Underlying Fund, the
Access Fund may invest a portion
of its assets in short-term interest bearing accounts which would not meet
the Underlying Fund's overall
return objectives.
Although the Access Fund will be an investor in the Underlying Fund,
investors in the Access Fund will
not themselves be limited partners of the Underlying Fund and will not be
entitled to enforce any rights
against the Underlying Fund or the Glendower GP or any of their affiliates,
assert claims against the
Underlying Fund, Glendower or their affiliates or have any voting rights in
the Underlying Fund. An
investor in the Access Fund will have only those rights provided for in the
Partnership Agreement, and will
not be permitted to attend the annual meeting of investors of the Underlying
Fund. The General Partner is
not the general partner or manager of the Underlying Fund. None of the
Access Fund, the General Partner
or any of their affiliates will take part in the management of the
Underlying Fund or have control over its
management strategies and policies. The Access Fund is subject to the risk
of bad judgment, negligence,
or misconduct of the general partner or manager of the Underlying Fund and
its affiliates. There have been
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a number of instances in recent years in which pooled investment vehicles
investing in third-party funds
have incurred substantial losses due to sponsor misconduct. The Partnership
Agreement will provide for
indemnification of the General Partner, the Investment Manager, the
Administrator, the Custodian and
certain of their affiliates and certain other indemnified parties and any
such indemnification (and the
expense thereof) will be in addition to any indemnification granted under
the Underlying Fund constituent
documents. Investors in the Access Fund may be required to return amounts
distributed to them by the
Access Fund to fund the Access Fund's and/or the Underlying Fund's indemnity
obligations and other
liabilities as well as amounts recalled by the Underlying Fund for
reinvestment in accordance with the
Underlying Fund LPA, subject to certain exceptions and restrictions set
forth in the Partnership Agreement.
In addition, capital contributions to fund the Access Fund's indemnity
obligations are outside of a Limited
Partner's Subscription. Investors in the Access Fund may receive in-kind
distributions to the extent the
Underlying Fund distributes securities in-kind to its investors and the
securities or other assets so received
in an in-kind distribution may not be marketable or otherwise freely
tradable. With respect to any such
securities or other assets distributed in-kind, the risk of loss and delay
in liquidating these securities or
assets will be borne by the Limited Partners of the Access Fund, with the
result that such Limited Partners
may receive less cash than reflected in the fair value of such securities as
determined by the General Partner
pursuant to the Partnership Agreement.
By making the Access Fund available, neither the General Partner, the
Investment Manager nor any of their
affiliates is providing investment advice or making any recommendation as to
the advisability of an
investment in the Access Fund or the Underlying Fund. None of the General
Partner, the Investment
Manager, nor any of their respective affiliates and personnel are required
to devote all or any specified
portion of their time to managing the Access Fund's affairs, or from
engaging in any other business
activities, whether or not competitive with the Access Fund. Each
prospective investor in the Access
Fund should consult with its own counsel and advisors as to all legal, tax,
financial and related risks
and conflicts concerning an investment in the Access Fund.
The General Partner cannot currently predict the timing and amounts of the
capital contributions that will
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be required to be made by Limited Partners to the Access Fund. Such capital
contributions may be called
on an irregular basis. The General Partner may require each Limited Partner
to make a capital contribution
to the Access Fund on the date it is admitted to the Access Fund. The
General Partner will provide written
notice of the exact size and timing of such initial capital contribution, if
any, in advance of such Initial
Closing of the Access Fund.
Co-Investment Opportunities. The Glendower GP may offer co-investment
opportunities with respect to
certain investments to be made by the Underlying Fund and may allocate any
such opportunities among
interested parties in the Glendower GP's sole discretion. The Access Fund
will not participate in coinvestment
opportunities, which may result in lower total returns realized by the
Access Fund relative to
other investors in the Underlying Fund who participate in co-investment
opportunities.
Compensation. iCapital Securities, LLC often receives a placement fee as a
result of its placement of
certain investors in certain private investment funds available via the
iCapital Network ("iCapital Funds").
The prospect of receiving such compensation creates an incentive for
iCapital Securities, LLC to place
investors in the iCapital Funds from which it receives a placement fee or
may in the future receive such a
fee over other investment vehicles from which it does not receive a
placement fee. With respect to this
Access Fund, the Investment Manager will be entitled to receive an ongoing
investor servicing fee from
Glendower for services performed in respect of the Access Fund and its
investment in the Underlying Fund
based on the total capital commitment of the Access Fund to the Underlying
Fund. Such fee will result in
the Investment Manager having additional conflicts of interest with respect
to the purchase of Interests by
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Investors. The General Partner and the Investment Manager will retain and
compensate registered
investment advisers or Placement Agents for the purpose of marketing and
selling the Interests. Any such
arrangement may incentivize a registered investment adviser or a Placement
Agent to recommend the
Interests to investors where they might not otherwise make such
recommendation or to recommend the
Interests to investors over another investment. Certain management persons
of the General Partner and the
Investment Manager (or their respective affiliates) are also involved with
soliciting investment advisers to
participate in the iCapital Network and in performing diligence on such
investment advisers with which to
launch access vehicles, such as the Access Fund. Such relationships may
create potential conflicts of
interest. The General Partner and the Investment Manager address these
conflicts by providing in their
Code of Ethics that all supervised persons have a duty to act in the best
interests of each investor and by
providing training to supervised persons with respect to conflicts of
interest and how such conflicts are
resolved under the General Partner and the Investment Manager's policies and
procedures. Furthermore,
compensation for management persons is not based on any transaction-based
compensation received by the
General Partner (or its affiliates).
Other Funds or Managed Account Agreements with Similar Strategies. The
General Partner and/or
Glendower may, in each of their sole discretion, manage other funds, and/or
enter into management or
advisory agreements with respect to managed accounts or other similar
arrangements (collectively,
"Managed Accounts") that provide an investment strategy and program similar
to that of the Underlying
Fund or conduit fund into such funds. As a result of such other funds and
Managed Accounts, certain
investors with access to investment programs similar to that of the
Underlying Fund may receive additional
benefits (including, but not limited to, reduced fee obligations, the
ability to withdraw from a Managed
Account or other fund on shorter notice and/or expanded informational
rights) that Limited Partners in the
Access Fund will not receive. Neither the Access Fund nor the Underlying
Fund will be required to notify
any or all of the Limited Partners in the Access Fund of any such Managed
Account or other funds or any
of the rights and/or terms or provisions thereof, nor will the Access Fund
or the Underlying Fund be required
to offer such different rights and/or terms to any or all of the Limited
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Partners in the Access Fund. The
General Partner and/or Glendower may enter into such Managed Accounts with
any party as it may
determine in its sole discretion at any time. To the extent that the General
Partner or its affiliates invests in
any Managed Account with a similar strategy or that competes with the
Underlying Fund or any investment
of the Underlying Fund, the General Partner or its affiliates will not be
obligated to take into account the
interests of the Access Fund and may take positions and actions that are
potentially contrary or adverse to
the interests of the Access Fund and the Limited Partners. The Partners will
have no recourse against the
Access Fund, the General Partner, Glendower and/or any of their affiliates
with respect to any of the
foregoing.
Valuation of the Assets of the Access Fund. The Investment Manager will
value the securities held by the
Access Fund. When no market exists, or it is not possible for the Investment
Manager to obtain market
quotations for the securities or investments held by the Access Fund, the
Investment Manager will generally
value such securities and investments in good faith and based on the
valuation of such assets received from
the Underlying Fund, or if the Underlying Fund does not provide the
Investment Manager with such a
valuation, based on other information it considers relevant. Because there
is significant uncertainty as to
the valuation of illiquid investments, the values of such investments may
not necessarily reflect the values
that could actually be realized by the Access Fund. Under certain conditions
the Access Fund may be forced
to sell investments at lower prices than it had expected to realize or defer-
-potentially for a considerable
period of time—sales that it had planned to make. In addition, under limited
circumstances, the Investment
Manager may not have access to all material information relevant to a
valuation analysis with respect to
investments. As a result, the valuation of the Access Fund's investments,
and as a result the valuation of
the Interests themselves, may be based on imperfect information and is
subject to inherent uncertainties.
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Fidelity Relationship. The Investment Manager has entered into collaboration
and services agreements
with Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and National Financial Services LLC
(collectively, referred to as
"Fidelity") pursuant to which the Investment Manager compensates Fidelity
for providing certain
administrative services in respect of investors who custody their investment
in one or more iCapital Funds
with Fidelity. The Fidelity investors subject to such arrangements will not
bear any Fidelity custodial fees
in respect of these assets. The fee, paid by an affiliate of the Investment
Manager, is typically a percentage
of the net asset value an investor has in applicable iCapital Funds.
Further, the Investment Manager's
affiliate, Institutional Capital Network, Inc., has committed to an annual
marketing spend with Fidelity
through which it will promote the iCapital network to Fidelity's platform of
registered investment advisers
and brokers. The existence of such compensation arrangements could create a
potential conflict of interest.
Any such compensation arrangement could create an incentive for Fidelity or
any third party registered
investment adviser or broker to recommend the interests in the iCapital
Funds to investors where they might
not otherwise make such recommendation.
Educational Programs. The Investment Manager may, from time to time, offer
(and, under certain
circumstances, subsidize) certain educational and professional certification
programs for financial advisers
that recommend products included on the Institutional Capital Network
platform. The provision of such
programs may create a conflict of interest because the offering of such
programs may incentivize the
advisers that participate in such programming to recommend iCapital and
interests in iCapital Funds over
a manager or administrative agent who has not provided such educational
opportunities. A prospective
investor should carefully consider such conflict when determining whether to
subscribe for interests.
Default. If a Limited Partner fails to make a required capital contribution
to the Access Fund on its due
date (including, recalls of distributed capital), regardless of the reason
(including legal or other prohibitions),
the General Partner may impose substantial penalties on such Limited Partner
and use any available
remedies to enforce the contribution obligation, including, a total
forfeiture of such Limited Partner's
Interest. If the Access Fund fails to make a capital contribution with
respect to its investment in the
Underlying Fund when due, whether as a result of a default of a Limited
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Partner or otherwise,
the
Underlying Fund may exercise various remedies against the Access Fund,
including forfeiture of all, or a
part of, its investment in the Underlying Fund, which will have a material
negative impact on the return of
the Access Fund as a whole (including Limited Partners that have not
defaulted on their commitment to the
Access Fund).
ERISA. Although the General Partner will use commercially reasonable efforts
to limit investment in the
Access Fund by benefit plan investors such that their investment in the
Access Fund will not be "significant"
for purposes of ERISA, there is no assurance that the assets of the Access
Fund will not be deemed to be
"plan assets" under ERISA. If the Access Fund's assets are treated as "plan
assets", certain additional
ERISA issues described under "Certain ERISA Considerations" below should be
considered. Accordingly,
certain transfers of interests in the Access Fund may be prohibited so as to
avoid the assets of the Access
Fund being deemed to be "plan assets" within the meaning of ERISA. In
addition, the General Partner could
be required to liquidate Access Fund investments at a disadvantageous time,
resulting in lower proceeds to
the Access Fund than might have been the case without the need for such
compliance, to cause certain
Limited Partners to liquidate their investments in the Access Fund, and/or
to take such other actions
permitted under the Partnership Agreement as it considers necessary for that
purpose. Each benefit plan
investor should consult his or her legal advisor concerning the consequences
under ERISA of an investment
in the Access Fund before making an investment in the Access Fund.
In addition, the provision of managerial assistance to a portfolio company
could result in the Access Fund
being characterized as a "trade or business" for purposes of ERISA
controlled group liability, and, in cases
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w ere
e Access Fund has a significant ownership interest (generally 80% or
more) in such portfolio
company, there is a potential risk that the Access Fund and any portfolio
company could be subject to
controlled group liability under ERISA. These liabilities generally include
funding obligations to singleemployer
pension plans and withdrawal liability from union-sponsored multiemployer
pension plans. In
July 2013, the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that
the portfolio company
management activities of a private equity fund could cause the fund to be
regarded for ERISA controlled
group liability purposes as engaging in a "trade or business" (the "2013 Sun
Capital Case"). Further, in
March 2016, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts held
that affiliated private equity
funds investing in the same portfolio company may form a "partnership-in-
fact." The District Court found
that the affiliated funds forming the de facto partnership would be subject
to controlled group liability if
the funds together held 80% or more of the portfolio company in question
(together with the 2013 Sun
Capital Case, the "Sun Capital Cases"). Although the extent of the impact of
the holdings in the Sun
Capital Cases is unclear, the possibility of trade or business
characterization remains a risk for the Access
Fund and private equity funds generally, especially in the First Circuit.
Furthermore, the ownership interest
of the Access Fund in some or all of its portfolio companies could be
sufficient to create a controlled group
relationship, especially if the ownership interests of related and/or
parallel funds are aggregated when
applying the controlled group ownership tests. Although many practitioners
believe that such aggregation
should not be required, there is some risk that a court might find
otherwise, especially in the District of
Massachusetts. To the extent relevant, the Access Fund currently intends to
take the position that it is not
engaged in a trade or business for ERISA controlled group liability
purposes, that related and/or parallel
funds will not have formed a de facto partnership and that ownership
interests of any such related and/or
parallel funds are not to be aggregated when applying the controlled group
ownership tests.
No Recourse Against the Underlying Fund. Limited Partners of the Access Fund
will not be limited
partners of the Underlying Fund, will have no direct interest in the
Underlying Fund and will have no
standing or recourse against the Underlying Fund, Glendower, their
respective affiliates or any of their
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respective advisors, officers, directors, employees, partners or members.
Lack of Transferability or Redemption of Interests. In light of the fact
that there are restrictions on
withdrawals, transfers and redemptions, and the Interests are not registered
under the U.S. federal or state
securities laws or similar laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction, an investment
in the Access Fund will be an
illiquid investment. There will not be any market for the Interests
Investments in the Access Fund should
therefore be considered only by persons financially able to maintain their
investment for an extended period
of time, who can afford a loss of all or a substantial part of their
investment and have the financial ability
to satisfy capital calls. Even if the Access Fund's investment in the
Underlying Fund proves successful, it
is unlikely to produce a realized return to Limited Partners for a period of
years.
No Rights to Vote or Participate. In the event that there is an issue to be
voted upon by the investors of
the Underlying Fund, the General Partner and/or the Investment Manager, and
not the Limited Partners,
will determine how the Access Fund's interest in the Underlying Fund will be
voted.
the Access Fund, the General Partner or the Limited Partners will have an
opportunity to participate in the
control, management or operations of the Underlying Fund.
Investment Concentration. The Access Fund will invest solely in the
Underlying Fund (and in coinvestments,
if any, with the Underlying Fund or its respective affiliates). Because the
sole purpose of the
Access Fund is to acquire an interest in the Underlying Fund, all investment
risks set forth in the Underlying
Fund PPM will be relevant when considering an investment in the Access Fund.
The Underlying Fund may
only make a limited number of investments and accordingly a significant
portion of the Underlying Fund's
aggregate commitments may be invested in any one industry, region or
country. As a result, any single loss
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incurre by the Underlying Fund's investments may have a significant adverse
impact on the Underlying
Fund and the Access Fund.
Diverse Partnership. Investors in the Access Fund may include U.S. taxable
and tax-exempt investors, and
may include persons or entities organized in various jurisdictions or who
otherwise have different
characteristics or interests. As a result, conflicts of interest may arise
in connection with decisions made by
the Investment Manager that may be more beneficial for one type of investor
than for another type of
investor. In its management of the Access Fund, the Investment Manager will
consider the investment
objectives of the Access Fund as a whole and not the investment objectives
of any investor individually.
Certain Information Regarding the Underlying Fund Will Not be Disclosed to
Limited Partners.
Glendower, the Underlying Fund and their respective affiliates will have
certain confidential information
relating to the Underlying Fund and its portfolio that has not and will not
be disclosed to the Limited
Partners of the Access Fund.
Terms of the Underlying Fund The terms of the Underlying Fund are subject
to change. There can be no
assurances that the partners of the Underlying Fund will not further amend
the Underlying Fund's governing
agreement. Neither the Access Fund nor the General Partner will have the
ability to unilaterally block any
amendment of the Underlying Fund's governing agreement. None of Glendower,
the Underlying Fund or
the General Partner will have any liability or responsibility to any Limited
Partner for any changes to the
terms of the Underlying Fund. The General Partner is under no obligation to
revise or supplement this
Memorandum, notwithstanding any amendments to the Underlying Fund's
governing agreement and
neither the Underlying Fund nor Glendower is under an obligation to revise
or supplement this
Memorandum or the Underlying Fund PPM.
Side Letters. The Access Fund and/or the General Partner acting in its
capacity as general partner of the
Access Fund may enter into other written agreements ("Side Letters") with
one or more Limited Partners
of the Access Fund (and the Underlying Fund or the Glendower GP may do the
same with respect to limited
partners of the Underlying Fund). These Side Letters may entitle a Limited
Partner to make an investment
in the Access Fund on terms other than those described herein, in the
Partnership Agreement, and in the
subscription agreements relating to the purchase of the Interests (each, a
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"Subscription Agreement"). Any
such terms, including with respect to (i) reporting obligations of the
Access Fund, (ii) transfers to affiliates,
(iii) withdrawal rights due to adverse tax or regulatory events, (iv)
consent rights to certain Partnership
Agreement amendments, (v) payment of Management Fee, or (vi) any other
matters, may be more favorable
than those offered to any other Limited Partners. If the Access Fund and/or
the General Partner acting in its
capacity as general partner of the Access Fund enter into a Side Letter
entitling a Limited Partner to
withdraw from the Access Fund, any election to withdraw by such Limited
Partner may increase any other
Limited Partners' pro rata Interest.
The Underlying Fund and/or the Glendower GP may also enter into Side Letters
with the limited partners
of the Underlying Fund (including the Access Fund) entitling certain limited
partners to preferential terms
in connection with their investment in the Underlying Fund. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in
the Underlying Fund PPM or the Underlying Fund LPA, Limited Partners will
not be entitled to the benefit
of any Side Letters, and the Access Fund will not distribute copies of any
Side Letters that it receives in its
capacity as a limited partner of the Underlying Fund to its Limited Partners.
No Guarantee Qualified Matching Service Will be Available. The Partnership
Agreement prohibits
transfers of Interests without the consent of the General Partner, which may
be granted or withheld in the
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so e iscretion of the General Partner (regardless of whether a Qualified
Matching Service is available). In
addition, the constituent documents of the Underlying Fund do not allow for
transfers of Interests without
the prior written consent of the Glendower GP.
Repayment of Distributions. The Access Fund may be required to repay to the
Underlying Fund or to pay
creditors of the Underlying Fund, as applicable, distributions previously
received by it. In addition, the
Access Fund may be required to pay to the Underlying Fund amounts that are
required to be withheld by
the Underlying Fund for tax purposes. The Access Fund may require Limited
Partners to return to the
Access Fund all or part of any distribution by the Access Fund to the
Limited Partners in order to satisfy
all or any portion of the Access Fund's indemnification and other
obligations to the Underlying Fund or
otherwise. Similarly, Limited Partners may also be required to repay or pay
such amount to the Access
Fund if the Access Fund is unable otherwise to meet its obligations.
Reinvestment. The Glendower GP has the right
to recall capital contributions, including, during the
investment period of the Underlying Fund (the "Investment Period"), capital
contributions applied to an
investment that has been disposed of within 24 months of such investment and
following the termination
of the Investment Period, an amount equal to any and all distributions made
to the limited partners for the
purpose of funding existing obligations to make contributions or advances in
respect of investments and
any follow-on investments. Accordingly, the Access Fund may be required to
make capital contributions
in excess of its commitment, and to the extent such recalled or retained
amounts are reinvested in
investments, the Access Fund will remain subject to investment and other
risks associated with such
investments.
Indemnity Obligation. The Access Fund will be required to indemnify the
General Partner, the Investment
Manager, the administrator and certain of their affiliates and
representatives (including any sub-advisor or
other similar service provider) for liabilities incurred in connection with
the affairs of the Access Fund.
Any such indemnification (and the expenses thereof) will be in addition to
the indemnification granted
under the Partnership Agreement in respect of the Access Fund's indemnity
obligations and any
indemnification granted under the Underlying Fund's governing documents (and
the investments of the
Underlying Fund), including the obligation to return distributions to fund
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any such Underlying Fund
indemnification (with the Limited Partners in turn being required to return
distributions). The Access
Fund's indemnification obligations under the Partnership Agreement may be
funded by capital calls from
the Limited Partners or through the return of Distributions previously made
to the Limited Partners. A
Limited Partner's obligation to fund capital calls in respect of the Access
Fund's indemnification
obligations are apart from an Investor's Subscription, and therefore will
not be capped. In addition, the
Access Fund's assets, including any investments held by the Access Fund
(including cash or cash
equivalents), are available to satisfy all liabilities and other obligations
of the Access Fund, including
indemnification obligations. The obligation to fund an indemnification claim
will survive the dissolution
of the Access Fund.
Multiple Layers of Expenses. The Access Fund and the Underlying Fund each
have expenses and
management costs that will be borne, directly (in the case of expenses and
costs of the Access Fund) or
indirectly (in the case of expenses and costs of the Underlying Fund), by
the Access Fund. Further,
distributions from the Underlying Fund to the Access Fund will be subject to
the carried interest of the
Glendower GP. In addition, certain expenses will be apart from a Limited
Partner's Subscription, including
indemnification expenses and certain other required payments, including
transfer expenses, interest
expenses in connection with subsequent closings, certain tax preparation and
other expenses attributable to
specific limited partners. A Limited Partner's obligation to fund these
expenses will not be capped.
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Investors in Subsequent Closings. Investors subscribing for Interests on a
Subsequent Closing may
participate in existing investments of the Underlying Fund diluting the
Interests of the other Investors
therein. Although such Investors will generally contribute their pro rata
share of prior capital calls, there
can be no assurance that this payment will reflect the fair value of the
Underlying Fund's existing
investments at the time such additional Interests are subscribed for.
Furthermore, in the event that an
investment of the Underlying Fund has been the subject of a disposition
prior to the date of any Subsequent
Closing, Investors at such Subsequent Closing may not be permitted to
participate in such investment, as
determined by the Investment Manager.
Public Disclosure. Some of the Interests may be held by investors, such as
public pension plans and listed
investment vehicles, which are subject to public disclosure requirements.
The amount of information about
their investments that is required to be disclosed has increased in recent
years, and that trend may continue.
To the extent that disclosure of confidential information relating to the
Access Fund or the Underlying Fund
results from interests being held by public investors, the Access Fund may
be adversely affected. The
General Partner may, in order to prevent any such potential disclosure,
withhold information otherwise to
be provided to such public investors. Conversely, potential future
regulatory changes applicable to
investment advisors and/or the accounts they advise could result in the
Access Fund becoming subject to
additional disclosure requirements, the specific nature of which is as yet
uncertain.
Borrowings. The General Partner may choose to commit all of the Limited
Partners' Subscriptions to the
Access Fund for investment into the Underlying Fund, in which case, the
General Partner may need to fund
Access Fund expenses or future capital calls by the Underlying Fund (to the
extent all of the Limited
Partners' Subscriptions have previously been called) through the
distributions received from the Underlying
Fund (in which case the Limited Partners will be allocated income without
corresponding cash to pay taxes
on such income) or through borrowings.
The Access Fund may borrow money in an aggregate amount of up to 20% of the
total Subscriptions to the
Access Fund, including pursuant to a Credit Facility or other loans from a
third party. Such borrowing
provides the advantages of leverage, but exposes the Access Fund to capital
risk and higher current
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expenses. The Access Fund may provide collateral to the banks from which it
borrows by pledging some
or all of the assets of the Access Fund (the "Access Fund Assets") and/or
the Subscriptions to the Access
Fund. In such event, the Access Fund may also be required to delegate the
rights to issue drawdown notices
and to receive capital contributions to a third party. This procedure
exposes the Access Fund to the risk that
for whatever reason, including, the default, insolvency, negligence,
misconduct or fraud of such banks, the
Access Fund will not reacquire the ownership of such Access Fund Assets upon
the repayment by the
Access Fund of such loans. Also, the Access Fund will be unable to reacquire
such Access Fund Assets if
the Access Fund defaults on such loans. The Access Fund's failure or
inability to reacquire such Access
Fund Assets from the banks in whose name the Access Fund Assets are pledged
in support of a loan could
involve the Access Fund in protracted litigation and, potentially, result in
the complete loss of such Access
Fund Assets. While the Investment Manager will cause the Access Fund to
borrow money only from banks
it believes to be creditworthy, there can be no absolute certainty that such
banks will return such Access
Fund Assets to the Access Fund upon the repayment of such loans.
The Underlying Fund may also borrow funds including pursuant to a credit
facility or other loans from a
third party. Such borrowings may require the Glendower GP or an affiliate to
pledge all or a portion of the
property of the Underlying Fund and/or the commitments to the Underlying
Fund (including the Access
Fund's commitment to the Underlying Fund). The borrowing by the Underlying
Fund may make it more
difficult for the Access Fund to enter into a Credit Facility or otherwise
borrow funds. If the Access Fund
is not able to borrow sufficient funds to fund any obligations in advance of
receipt of amounts from Limited
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Partners or to cover defaults, the Access Fund may no longer be able to
fully meet its capital contribution
obligations towards the Underlying Fund and may be treated as a defaulting
investor for purposes of the
Underlying Fund LPA.
Cash Management; Over-commitment. To help manage cash flows and ensure
sufficient amount of the
Limited Partner's subscriptions are available to pay expenses of the Access
Fund, the General Partner may,
in its sole discretion, choose not to commit up to 10% of the Limited
Partners' Subscriptions to the Access
Fund for investment into the Underlying Fund. However, the General Partner
is not required to set aside
any such amounts, and may commit up to 100% of the Limited Partners'
Subscriptions to the Underlying
Fund. If the General Partner over-commits the Access Fund to the Underlying
Fund (i.e., commits an
amount to the Underlying Fund, which together with any expenses of the
Access Fund, is greater than the
total amount of the Limited Partners' Subscriptions to the Access Fund) the
General Partner may need to
fund Access Fund expenses or future capital calls by the Underlying Fund
through the distributions received
from the Underlying Fund (in such case the Limited Partners will be
allocated income without
corresponding cash to pay taxes on such income) or through borrowings.
However, if there is a delay in the
return of capital, or insufficient capital is returned from the Underlying
Fund and the Access Fund is not
able to borrow sufficient funds, the Access Fund may no longer be able to
fully meet its capital contribution
obligations towards the Underlying Fund.
Lack of Diversification. The Access Fund only intends to invest in the
Underlying Fund. Accordingly,
the assets of the Access Fund are subject to greater risk of loss than if
they were more widely diversified.
Poor performance on the part of the Underlying Fund will cause poor
performance of the Access Fund. If
the Access Fund if not able to raise enough capital, it will also invest
less in the Underlying Fund than
originally contemplated.
Forward-Looking Statements. Statements contained in this Memorandum that are
not historical facts are
based on current expectations, estimates, projections, opinions and/or
beliefs of the General Partner and the
Investment Manager. Such statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors,
and undue reliance should not be placed thereon. Moreover, certain
information contained in this
Memorandum constitutes "forward-looking" statements, which often can be
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identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "seek," "should,"
"expect," "anticipate," "project,"
"estimate," "intend," "continue," "target," "plan," or "believe," or the
negatives thereof or other variations
thereon or comparable terminology. Due to various risks and uncertainties,
including those set forth herein,
actual events or results or the actual performance of the Access Fund and
the Underlying Fund may differ
materially from those reflected or contemplated in such forward-looking
statements.
Disqualification of Certain "Bad Actors" from Rule 506 Offerings. The
Interests are offered in reliance
upon the exemptions from registration provided in the Securities Act and/or
Regulation D promulgated
thereunder. The Access Fund would be disqualified from relying on Rule 506
of Regulation D ("Rule
506") for any offer or sale of Interests if certain "bad actors" are
involved in such offering, unless the
disqualification could not have been identified by the Access Fund in the
exercise of reasonable care or has
been waived by the SEC staff. The Access Fund has implemented certain
procedures to prevent any
"Covered Person" (as defined in Rule 506(d)) subject to a "disqualifying
event" (as defined in Rule
506(d)(1) of Regulation D) from participating in the offering of Interests
or investing in the Access Fund.
Covered Persons include, but are not limited to, the General Partner, the
Placement Agents and beneficial
owners of 20% or more of the Access Fund's voting equity securities. The
General Partner may, in its sole
discretion, involuntarily redeem all or a portion of a Limited Partner's
Interest to satisfy the conditions set
forth in Rule 506. Nevertheless there is a risk that the Access Fund will be
required to terminate the offering
of Interests in the event that an affiliate, Limited Partner holding 20% or
more of the Access Fund's voting
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equity securities, or anyone else who otherwise qualifies as a Covered
Person becomes subject to a
disqualifying event.
The Access Fund will be required to make representations to the Glendower GP
that the Access Fund and
anyone that is treated as a beneficial owner under Rule 506, has not been
subject to a disqualifying event.
To the extent that any of the foregoing persons is not able to make such
representation, or becomes subject
to a disqualifying event, the Glendower GP may refuse to accept any or all
of the Access Fund's
subscription, or require the Access Fund to provide documentation and
information regarding the
disqualifying event.
General Legal and Regulatory Risks. Legal and regulatory changes could occur
during the term of the
Access Fund, which may adversely affect the Access Fund or the Underlying
Fund and its investments. The
regulatory environment for private investment funds of a type similar to the
Access Fund or the Underlying
Fund is evolving. In particular, there have been significant movements
towards greater governmental
scrutiny and/or potential regulation of the private investment funds
industry. It is uncertain as to what form
and in what jurisdictions such enhanced scrutiny and/or regulation on the
private investment funds industry
may ultimately take. However, increased regulatory oversight may impose
administrative burdens on the
General Partner, Investment Manager and Glendower, including, without
limitation, responding to
investigations and implementing new policies and procedures. Such burdens
and regulatory scrutiny or
initiatives may divert the General Partner, Investment Manager and
Glendower's time, attention and
resources from portfolio management activities, and may also adversely
affect the private investment funds
industry, including the value or investments of the Underlying Fund and the
Access Fund. Furthermore,
such scrutiny may increase the exposure of the Underlying Fund, Glendower,
the Access Fund, the General
Partner and the Investment Manager to potential liabilities and to legal,
compliance and other related costs.
Also, the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform and Consumer
Protection Act (the "DoddFrank
Act") has resulted in extensive rulemaking and regulatory changes that
affect private fund managers,
the funds that they manage and the financial industry as a whole. Pursuant
to the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC
has adopted rules that will require additional reporting by registered
investment advisers to private funds,
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which will add costs to the legal, operations and compliance obligations of
the Investment Manager, and
increase the amount of time that the Investment Manager spends on
noninvestment-related activities, all of
which could adversely impact the Access Fund's investment returns.
The Dodd-Frank Act affects a broad range of financial market intermediaries
and other market participants
with whom the Underlying Fund interacts or may interact. Regulatory changes
that will affect other market
participants are likely to change the way in which the Underlying Fund
conducts business with
counterparties. Parts of the Dodd-Frank Act, such as the "Volcker Rule," may
affect the number and type
of participants in the markets in which the Underlying Fund may trade. It is
difficult to anticipate the impact
of these and other regulatory changes on the Underlying Fund, Glendower, the
Access Fund, the General
Partner and the Investment Manager. It may take years to understand the
impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on
the financial industry as a whole, and therefore, the continued uncertainty
may make markets more volatile,
and it may be more difficult for Glendower to execute the investment
strategy of the Underlying Fund, all
of which could adversely impact the Access Fund's investment returns.
New Market Structure Requirements Applicable to Derivatives. The Dodd-Frank
Act enacted, and the
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and SEC have issued or
proposed rules to
implement, both broad new regulatory requirements and broad new structural
requirements applicable to
over the counter ("OTC") derivative markets and, to a lesser extent, listed
commodity futures (and futures
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options) markets. Similar changes are in the process of being adopted in the
European Union, Japan, and
other major financial markets.
These changes include, but are not limited to: requirements that many
categories of the most liquid OTC
derivatives (currently limited to specified interest rate swaps and index
credit default swaps) be executed
on qualifying, regulated exchanges and be submitted for clearing; real-time
public and regulatory reporting
of specified information regarding OTC derivative transactions; enhanced
documentation requirements;
margin requirements for uncleared swaps; position limits; and recordkeeping
requirements.
While these changes are intended to mitigate systemic risk and to enhance
transparency and execution
quality in the OTC derivative markets, the impact of these changes is not
known at this time. For instance,
cleared OTC derivatives are subject to margin requirements established by
regulated clearinghouses,
including daily exchanges of cash variation (or mark-to-market) margin and
an upfront posting of cash or
securities initial margin to cover the clearinghouse's potential future
exposure to the default of a party to a
particular OTC derivative transaction. Furthermore, "financial end users,"
such as the Underlying Fund,
that enter into OTC derivatives that are not cleared are generally required
to exchange margin to
collateralize such derivatives. Under the new rules, the level of margin
that will be required to be exchanged
in connection with uncleared derivatives will in many cases be substantially
greater than the level currently
required by market participants or clearinghouses.
These changes could significantly increase the costs to the Underlying Fund
of utilizing OTC derivatives,
reduce the level of exposure the Underlying Fund is able to obtain (whether
for risk management or
investment purposes) through OTC derivatives, and reduce the amounts
available to the Underlying Fund
to make non-derivative investments. These changes could also impair
liquidity in certain OTC derivatives
and adversely affect the quality of execution pricing obtained by the
Underlying Fund, all of which could
adversely impact the Underlying Fund's, and as a result the Access Fund's,
investment returns.
Furthermore, the margin requirements for cleared and uncleared OTC
derivatives may require that
Glendower, in order to maintain its exemption from commodity pool operator
("CPO") registration under
CFTC Rule 4.13(a)(3), limit the Underlying Fund's ability to enter into
hedging transactions or to obtain
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synthetic investment exposures, in either case adversely affecting the
Underlying Fund's ability to mitigate
risk.
Position Limits. The Dodd-Frank Act significantly expanded the scope of the
CFTC's authority and
obligation to require reporting of, and adopt limits on, the size of
positions that market participants may
own or control in commodity futures and
The Dodd-Frank Act also
narrowed existing exemptions from such
risk management transactions.
In accordance with the requirements of
required to establish, and the
CFTC has proposed but not yet adopted,
limits on additional listed futures
and options on physical commodities and economically equivalent OTC
derivatives; position limits
applicable to swaps that are economically equivalent to United States listed
futures and futures options
contracts, including contracts on non-physical commodities, such as rates,
currencies, equities and credit
default swaps; and aggregate position limits for a broad range of
derivatives contracts based on the same
underlying commodity, including swaps and futures and futures options
contracts. A person (including
Glendower, the General Partner and the Investment Manager) is generally
required to aggregate positions
it owns or controls (including held indirectly through entities in which a
person has a 10% or greater
ownership interest) for purposes of current and proposed position limits,
subject to certain exemptions for,
among other things, independently traded positions.
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position limits for a broad range of
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The full impact of these recent changes is not known at this time.
Individually and collectively, current and
proposed position limits and associated aggregation requirements could
increase the costs to the Underlying
Fund of maintaining positions in commodity futures and futures option
contracts and swaps, and reduce the
level of exposure the Underlying Fund is able to obtain (whether for risk
management or investment
purposes) through commodity futures and futures option contracts and swaps.
These requirements could
also impair liquidity in certain swaps and adversely affect the quality of
execution pricing obtained by the
Underlying Fund, all of which could adversely impact the Underlying Fund's
investment returns.
Access Fund Counsel. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP currently serves
as U.S. counsel for the
Access Fund. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP renders legal services to
the Investment Manager and
the General Partner and does not represent the interests of any Limited
Partners in the Access Fund. Maples
and Calder currently serves as Cayman Islands counsel for the Investment
Manager and the General Partner.
Maples and Calder renders legal services to the Investment Manager and the
General Partner and does not
represent the interests of any Limited Partners in the Access Fund. No
independent counsel has been
retained to act for prospective investors. Prospective investors should seek
their own legal, tax and financial
advice before making an investment in the Access Fund.
Recent Changes in U.S. Tax Law. New legislation known as "An Act to provide
for reconciliation
pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2018" (the "2017 Tax
Legislation") was enacted on December 22, 2017.
The 2017 Tax Legislation could have a significant impact on the taxation of
a Limited Partner's
investment in the Access Fund and in the Access Fund's investment in the
Underlying Fund. Changes
include, among other things, (i) limitations on the deductibility of net
interest expense, (ii) changes in the
corporate tax rate, (iii) an expansion of the definition of controlled
foreign corporation and a deemed
repatriation of deferred earnings of a 1096-owned foreign corporation, each
of which may result in
phantom income for Limited Partners that are U.S. taxable persons, (iv)
changes to the taxation of income
derived outside the United States and (v) immediate expensing of
expenditures for certain tangible
property, all of which could affect the tax liability of the entities in
which the Underlying Fund invests, as
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well as any returns attributable thereto. In addition, changes that could
affect a particular Limited
Partner's investment in the Access Fund include (i) limitations on the
deductibility of state and local
income taxes, (ii) the suspension of the deduction for investment expenses
and all miscellaneous itemized
deductions; (iii) a reduced tax rate for certain partnership income, not
including capital gains, qualified
dividends or most interest income and (iv) changes in the tax treatment of a
disposition of an interest in
the Access Fund so that gain or loss from such disposition by a non-U.S.
partner is treated as effectively
connected income to the extent a sale of the underlying partnership assets
would have resulted in income
effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, and a potential
withholding tax on any disposition of
such a partnership interest. Finally, the 2017 Tax Legislation increased the
holding period required in
order for professionals to treat carried interest as capital gain, which may
increase the amount of taxes
such professionals would be required to pay with respect to their carried
interest in the case of amounts
realized on investments held for three years or less.
Such changes, together with the 2017 Tax Legislation's potential effect on
the economy more generally,
could have a substantial and possibly adverse effect on investment
valuations and the after-tax returns of
the Access Fund. In particular, the 2017 Tax Legislation may have a
significant impact on the profitability
and financial condition of entities in which the Underlying Fund invests. If
so, this could have an impact
on the returns of the Underlying Fund and the Access Fund. The reforms may
also affect the competitive
landscape of the private funds sector. At this time, it is not possible to
predict the full effect of this
legislation on the Underlying Fund, its potential investments, or the Access
Fund. Prospective investors
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should consult their own tax advisors regarding the implications of the 2017
Tax Legislation and other
potential changes in tax laws, including in light of their own particular
circumstances.
Annual Income Tax Information. Limited Partners may be required to obtain
extensions for filing U.S.
federal, state and local income tax returns. Each Limited Partner will be
furnished information on an IRS
Form 1065 Schedule K-1 for preparation of such Limited Partner's individual
U.S. federal income tax
return. The furnishing of such information is subject to, among other
things, the timely receipt by the
Access Fund of information from the Underlying Fund.
Taxes in Excess of Distributions; "Phantom" or "Dry" Income. A Limited
Partner will be taxed on its
share of taxable income from the Access Fund, regardless of whether the
Access Fund makes any
distributions. Such taxable income is commonly referred to as "phantom" or
"dry" income. Moreover,
Limited Partners may be allocated taxable income from the Access Fund for a
tax year, even though they
only receive distributions in such tax year intended to be treated as a
return of capital.
Tax-Exempt Investors and UBTI. Tax-exempt investors (including IRAs) should
expect to recognize
UBTI from the Access Fund, which will create a requirement to make tax
filings and pay taxes.
Non-U.S. Investors and ECI, U.S. Federal Income Tax Withholding and Branch
Profits Taxes. NonU.S.
investors should expect to recognize ECI through the Access Fund. Non-U.S.
investors also should
expect to be subject to U.S. federal income tax withholding, and may be
subject to the U.S. branch profits
tax, on their shares of income from the Access Fund.
FATCA. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ("FATCA") requires all
entities in a broadly defined
class of foreign financial institutions ("FFIs") to comply with a
complicated and expansive reporting
regime or be subject to 30% U.S. federal income tax withholding on certain
U.S. payments (and beginning
in 2019, 30% U.S. federal income tax withholding on gross proceeds from the
sale of U.S. stocks and
securities) and requires non-U.S. entities that are not FFIs to either
certify they have no substantial U.S.
beneficial ownership or to report certain information with respect to their
substantial U.S. beneficial
ownership or be subject to 30% U.S. federal income tax withholding on
certain U.S. payments (and
beginning in 2019, a 30% U.S withholding tax on gross proceeds from the
sale of U.S. stocks and
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securities). FATCA also contains complex provisions requiring participating
FFIs to withhold on certain
"foreign pass thru payments" made to nonparticipating FFIs and to holders
that fail to provide the required
information. The definition of a "foreign pass thru payment" is still
reserved under the current regulations;
however, the term generally refers to payments that are from non-U.S.
sources but that are "attributable to"
certain U.S. payments and gross proceeds as described above. Withholding on
these payments is not set to
apply until 2019. The Access Fund may invest in FFIs through the Underlying
Fund. The reporting
obligations imposed under FATCA require FFIs to enter into agreements with
the IRS to obtain and disclose
information about certain investors to the IRS or, if subject to an
Intergovernmental Agreement (an "IGA"),
register with the IRS. IGAs are generally intended to result in the
automatic exchange of tax information
through reporting by an FFI to the government or tax authorities of the
country in which such FFI is
domiciled, followed by the automatic exchange of the reported information
with the IRS. These reporting
requirements may apply to underlying entities in which the Access Fund is
deemed to invest and the Access
Fund will not have control over whether such entities comply with the
reporting regime. Any amounts
withheld pursuant to FATCA that are allocable to a Limited Partner may, in
accordance with the Partnership
Agreement, be deemed to have been distributed to such Limited Partner to the
extent the taxes reduce the
amount otherwise distributable to such Limited Partner. Prospective
investors should consult their own tax
advisors regarding all aspects of FATCA as it affects their particular
circumstances.
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Partnership Audit Legislation. Under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015,
legislation was enacted that
significantly changes the rules for U.S. federal income tax audits of
partnerships (the "BBA Rules"). Such
audits will continue to be conducted at the partnership level, but with
respect to U.S. federal income tax
returns for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and, unless a
partnership qualifies for and
affirmatively elects an alternative procedure, any adjustments to the amount
of tax due (including interest
and penalties) will be payable by the partnership. Under the elective
alternative procedure, a partnership
would issue information returns to persons who were partners in the audited
year, who would then be
required to take the adjustments into account in calculating their own tax
liability, and the partnership
would not be liable for the adjustments. If the Access Fund does not or is
not able to make such an
election, then (1) the then current Partners of the Access Fund, in the
aggregate, could indirectly bear
income tax liabilities in excess of the aggregate amount of taxes that would
have been due had the Access
Fund elected the alternative procedure, and (2) a given Partner may
indirectly bear taxes attributable to
income allocable to other Partners or former Partners, including taxes (as
well as interest and penalties)
with respect to periods prior to such Partner's ownership of Interests.
Amounts available for distribution
to the Partners may be reduced as result of the Access Fund's obligations to
pay any taxes associated with
an adjustment. While we cannot provide any assurance, the General Partner
generally intends to seek to
ensure that the BBA Rules do not materially modify the current allocation of
tax costs among Partners.
Under the Partnership Agreement, current and former Partners may be required
to indemnify the Access
Fund for any tax costs that are allocable to them. In addition, if any taxes
(including any interest and
penalties) are borne directly by a "tax partnership" in which the Access
Fund invests (directly or
indirectly), the General Partner generally intends to appropriately allocate
the burden of such taxes among
the Partners and any former Partners. We cannot provide assurance that the
Access Fund will be eligible
to make an election under the alternative procedure or that it will, in
fact, make such an election for any
given adjustment. Furthermore, the Underlying Fund must comply with the BBA
Rules as well, and
therefore the Limited Partners may indirectly suffer adverse consequences as
a result. Many issues and
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the overall effect of the BBA Rules on the Access Fund and the Underlying
Fund are uncertain, and
prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors regarding all
aspects of this legislation as it
affects their particular circumstances.
Other Tax Risks. An investment in the Access Fund involves complex U.S.
federal, state and local and
foreign income tax considerations that will differ for each Limited Partner.
Prospective Limited Partners
are advised to seek the advice of a qualified expert on matters of U.S.
federal, state and local and foreign
taxation of the Access Fund and ownership of the Interests. In judging
whether to invest in the Access
Fund, a prospective Limited Partner should consider the tax consequences
thereof which include, but are
not limited to:
W the possibility of adverse changes in applicable tax laws;
W the possibility that a Limited Partner may be required to file tax
returns and pay tax in jurisdictions
in which the Access Fund's Assets are deemed to be located and where the
Access Fund is
considered to be conducting business;
iy the possibility that the Interests could decline in value with a Limited
Partner realizing a capital
loss if the Access Fund is liquidated or the Limited Partner disposes of its
Interests, with limitations
on the deductibility of any such capital loss;
IV the possibility of substantial taxation of the Access Fund or Limited
Partners, including imposition
of state, local and foreign taxes (including withholding taxes), alternative
minimum taxes and the
net investment income tax; and
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flG the possibility that the allocations of the Access Fund's income, gain,
loss and deduction to the
Limited Partners will not be respected.
It is possible that an audit of the Access Fund's (or the Underlying Fund's)
income tax returns by the IRS
or other tax authority, if conducted, may result in a material increase in
taxable income (or a decreased loss)
to a Limited Partner than what was initially reported to the Limited Partner
by the Access Fund. Such an
audit may also result in an audit of a Limited Partner's personal income tax
returns. Limited Partners will
not be indemnified for any taxes, penalties and interest that arise in
connection with any audit. A Limited
Partner must report each Access Fund item of income, gain, loss, deduction
or credit for U.S. federal income
tax purposes consistent with such item's treatment on the Access Fund's U.S.
federal income tax returns.
In the event of an audit, the tax treatment of all Access Fund items may be
determined at the Access Fund
level in a single proceeding rather than in separate proceedings with each
Limited Partner. The General
Partner will take primary responsibility for contesting U.S. federal income
tax adjustments proposed by the
IRS, to extend the statute of limitations as to all investors and, in
certain circumstances, the General Partner
may be able to bind investors to a settlement with the IRS. Each Limited
Partner's participation in
administrative or judicial proceedings relating to the Access Fund items
would be restricted.
See Section IV, "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations" for a more
detailed discussion of the
significant tax considerations relevant to an investment in an Interest.
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IV. TAX, REGULATORY AND CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following discussion is a brief summary of certain U.S. federal income
tax considerations that may be
applicable to an investment in the Access Fund. This discussion is based
upon the Code, existing U.S.
Treasury Regulations, and judicial decisions and administrative
interpretations thereunder, all as of the date
of this Memorandum, all of which are subject to change, possibly with
retroactive effect, or are subject to
different interpretations. We cannot assure you that the IRS will not take a
different position regarding one
or more of the tax considerations described below. We have not obtained and
do not intend to obtain a
ruling from the IRS or an opinion of counsel with respect to the U.S.
federal tax considerations resulting
from acquiring, holding or disposing of the Limited Partnership Interests.
This discussion does not address all U.S. federal income tax considerations
that may be important to a
particular Limited Partner in light of the Limited Partner's circumstances
or to certain categories of Limited
Partners that may be subject to special rules (such as financial
institutions, insurance companies, dealers in
securities, U.S. expatriates, Limited Partners whose functional currency is
not the U.S. dollar, or persons
who hold the Interests as part of a hedge, conversion transaction, straddle
or other risk reduction transaction
or otherwise as part of a "synthetic asset"). This discussion is limited to
beneficial owners who purchase
the Interests for cash at original issuance from the Access Fund. This
discussion also does not address the
tax considerations arising under the laws of any foreign, state or local
jurisdiction or the U.S. federal income
tax consequences to tax-exempt entities and non-U.S. persons of an
investment in the Access Fund. In
addition, this discussion should be read in conjunction with the discussion
of tax considerations contained
in the Underlying Fund PPM, as the tax consequences described therein could
have a material impact on
Limited Partners and their investment in the Access Fund.
The U.S. federal income tax considerations discussed in this summary are
applicable to Limited Partners
who or that are U.S. persons. Limited Partners who are not U.S. persons
should consult their own tax
advisors regarding the United States income tax consequences of an
investment in the Access Fund. For
purposes of this summary, a "U.S. person" generally is for U.S. federal
income tax purposes (1) an
individual citizen or resident of the United States; (2) a corporation (or
other entity treated as a corporation
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for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the
laws of the United States, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia; (3) an estate the income of which
is subject to U.S. federal income
taxation regardless of its source; or (4) a trust which either (i) is
subject to the primary supervision of a
court within the United States and one or more U.S. persons have the
authority to control all substantial
decisions of the trust or (ii) has a valid election in effect under
applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations to be
treated as a U.S. person. If an entity treated as a partnership for U.S.
federal income tax purposes holds the
Interests, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the partnership and an
equity holder of the partnership
generally depends upon the status of the equity holder and the activities of
the partnership. If you are an
equity holder in such a partnership holding the Interests, you should
consult your own tax advisors.
This summary is based on the assumptions that each Limited Partner (i) will
provide all appropriate
certifications to the Access Fund in a timely fashion to minimize
withholding, including backup
withholding and withholding under FATCA, on its distributive share of the
Access Fund's income; (ii) will
hold its Interests as a capital asset for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
and (iii) holds its Interests for its
own account and not as an agent or nominee for another person. Each
prospective Limited Partner should
also note that this summary does not address the interaction of U.S. federal
tax laws and any income or
estate tax treaties between the United States and any other jurisdiction.
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No assurance can be given that the IRS will concur with the tax consequences
set forth below. Each
prospective investor is advised to consult its own tax and financial
advisors as to the U.S. federal income
tax consequences of an investment in the Access Fund and as to applicable
state, local, estate, foreign or
other tax laws.
THIS SUMMARY IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS,
LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE TO ANY PROSPECTIVE LIMITED PARTNER. PROSPECTIVE
LIMITED PARTNERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT
TO THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES AND ANY OTHER POTENTIAL
TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, LOCALITY OR OTHER
RELEVANT TAXING JURISDICTION ARISING FROM THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR
DISPOSAL OF INTERESTS.
Status for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes. It is expected that the Access
Fund and the Underlying
Fund (together, the "Funds") each will be treated as a partnership for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
As a partnership, a Fund generally will not be responsible for the payment
of any U.S. federal income taxes
associated with its operations (although it may be required to withhold or
pay taxes under the BBA Rules
or on behalf of its partners in certain circumstances). Instead, the taxable
income or loss of a Fund for a
taxable year (including the Access Fund's share of such items from the
Underlying Fund) will pass through
and be included in the computation of the taxable income and loss of the
Limited Partners (subject to the
limitations discussed below) regardless of whether a Fund distributes any
amounts to its partners.
Accordingly, it is possible that a Limited Partner will have a greater
amount of taxable income allocable to
it from the Access Fund for a taxable year than the amount of cash
distributed to it from the Access Fund
and may be required to pay taxes on its share of the Access Fund's taxable
income using cash from other
sources.
A Fund could fail to qualify as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax
purposes in future years as a result
of a variety of developments including, (i) modifications of the law
governing the classification of entities
as partnerships and (ii) characterization of a Fund as a "publicly traded
partnership" as a result of the volume
and nature of contributions of capital and redemptions and transfers of
partnership interests. Failure to
qualify as a partnership generally would result in a Fund's treatment as a
corporation for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. As a corporation, a Fund would generally be subject to
an entity-level U.S. federal
income tax, and all or a portion of its distributions (other than upon
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liquidation of a Fund or a partner's
interests in the Fund) could be characterized as dividends. If a Fund was
treated as a "publicly traded
partnership," then it would be taxable as a corporation unless 90% or more
of its gross income for each
taxable year consisted of "qualifying income" including interest, dividends
and gain from the sale of capital
assets. If a Fund is treated as a "publicly traded partnership," we cannot
assure you that the Fund would
meet this 90% test. Thus, if a Fund is treated as a "publicly traded
partnership," it may qualify as a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
In addition, while we expect that the Underlying Fund will qualify as a
partnership for U.S. federal income
tax purposes as well, we can provide no assurance to this effect. Assuming
the Underlying Fund is so
treated, the Access Fund generally will be deemed to realize its pro rata
share of income, gain, deduction
or loss realized by the Underlying Fund for such purposes. If instead the
Underlying Fund was treated as
a corporation for such purposes, each Limited Partner will bear its pro rata
share of corporate taxes borne
by the Underlying Fund.
The following discussion assumes each Fund will qualify as a partnership for
U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
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UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, REFERENCES IN THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION OF
THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACCESS FUND'S INVESTMENTS, ACTIVITIES,
INCOME, GAIN AND LOSS INCLUDE INDIRECT INVESTMENTS, ACTIVITIES, INCOME,
GAIN AND LOSS OF THE ACCESS FUND AS A RESULT OF THE ACCESS FUND'S STATUS
AS A LIMITED PARTNER OF THE UNDERLYING FUND.
Limited Partner's Tax Basis in its Interests. A Limited Partner's tax basis
in its Interests would include
the amount of money and/or the tax basis of property (if any) that the
Limited Partner contributes to the
Access Fund, increased principally by the Limited Partner's distributive
share of any Access Fund income
and certain Access Fund liabilities (if any), and decreased, but not below
zero, principally by (i) the amount
of cash distributions from the Access Fund to the Limited Partner and the
adjusted tax basis of any
distributions in-kind from the Access Fund to the Limited Partner, (ii) the
amount of the Limited Partner's
distributive share of the Access Fund's losses and (iii) the Limited
Partner's share of a reduction in certain
Access Fund liabilities, if any. We can provide no assurance with respect to
the amount of Fund liabilities
that would be allocated to any Limited Partner for this purpose.
Distributions. A cash distribution to a Limited Partner generally will be
taxable only to the extent that it
exceeds the Limited Partner's tax basis in its Interests. The amount of the
distribution, if any, that is in
excess of tax basis will be considered to be gain from the sale of the
Interests and generally taxable as a
capital gain except to the extent attributable to certain ordinary income
items of the Access Fund. Subject
to certain exceptions, a Limited Partner generally would recognize loss with
respect to its Interests only
upon the receipt of a distribution consisting solely of cash in an amount
that was less than the Limited
Partner's tax basis in its Interests and which occurred in connection with a
complete liquidation of the
Limited Partner's Interests.
Distributions of property other than cash, whether in complete or partial
liquidation of a Limited Partner's
Interests, generally would not result in the recognition of taxable income
or loss to the Limited Partner
(except to the extent such distribution is treated as made in exchange for
such Limited Partner's share of
the Access Fund's unrealized receivables). However, that gain generally must
be recognized by a Limited
Partner where the distribution consists of marketable securities unless the
distributing partnership is an
"investment partnership" and the recipient is an "eligible partner," both as
defined in Section 731(c) of the
Code. Each Fund will determine at the appropriate time whether it qualifies
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as an "investment partnership."
Assuming it so qualifies, if a partner is an "eligible partner," which term
should include a Limited Partner
whose contributions to the Fund consisted solely of cash, the non-
recognition rule described herein should
apply.
Allocations of Income and Loss to Limited Partners. Pursuant to the
Partnership Agreement, items of the
Access Fund's income gain, loss and deduction are allocated so as to take
into account the varying interests
of the Partners in the Access Fund. U.S. Treasury Regulations provide that
allocations of items of
partnership income, gain, loss, deduction or credit will be respected for
tax purposes if such allocations
have "substantial economic effect" or are determined to be in accordance
with the partners' interests in a
partnership. The Access Fund believes that, for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, allocations pursuant to
the Partnership Agreement should be given effect, and the General Partner
intends to prepare the Access
Fund's U.S. federal income tax returns based on such allocations. We can
provide no assurance that a
Fund's allocations will be respected. If a Fund's allocations are
successfully challenged and re-determined
by the IRS, such redetermination could be less favorable than the
allocations set forth in the applicable
limited partnership agreement.
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Sale of Interests. A Limited Partner generally will recognize capital gain
or loss on the sale of Interests,
except for any gain attributable to unrealized receivables or inventory
items (which are broadly defined for
this purpose) held by the Access Fund at the time of the sale. The
difference between the amount realized
upon a sale of Interests and the Limited Partner's adjusted tax basis in the
Interests would determine the
amount of gain or loss recognized. For this purpose, the amount realized
would include the Limited
Partner's share of any Access Fund liabilities, as discussed above.
In general, the sale of Interests by a Limited Partner will not affect the
Access Fund's ongoing operations.
If, however, Interests representing 50% or more of the Access Fund were to
be sold within a twelve-month
period, then the Access Fund would terminate for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. The Partnership
Agreement generally prohibits transfers of Interests without the consent of
the General Partner.
Tax Basis Adjustments. The Partnership Agreement does not require the
General Partner to make an
election under Section 754 of the Code to adjust the tax basis of its assets
upon the sale or other disposition
of Interests or upon the distribution to Partners of cash or assets in-kind,
nor does it prohibit the General
Partner from doing so. Any such election, once made, cannot be revoked
without the IRS' consent. The
actual effect of any such election may depend upon whether the Underlying
Fund also makes such an
election. As a result of the complexity and added expense of the tax
accounting required to implement such
an election, the General Partner presently does not intend to make such an
election. If the Access Fund
makes the election or otherwise must make an adjustment to the tax bases on
in its assets, any transferee of
Interests must reimburse the Fund its costs incurred to make any tax basis
adjustments required pursuant to
the election.
A Fund generally would be required to adjust the tax basis of its assets in
the same manner as if a
Section 754 election were in effect upon (i) transfers of interests in that
Fund at a time when the adjusted
tax basis of its assets exceeds their fair market value by more than
$250,000 and (ii) distributions of cash
or property to a partner that would have produced a downward adjustment in
the tax basis of the assets of
the Fund of more than $250,000 had a Section 754 election been in effect. In
lieu of the adjustment
described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence, if a Fund qualifies to
make an election to be an "electing
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investment partnership," as defined in Section 743 of the Code, the Fund
could elect to preclude the
transferee of the Fund's interests from deducting its allocable share of any
loss realized by the Fund on the
sale or exchange of the Fund's assets to the extent the transferor Partner
realized a loss on the original
transfer of its interests in such Fund. Each Fund would determine at the
appropriate time whether it qualifies
to make an election to be an "electing investment partnership," and we can
be no assurance that it would so
qualify. In addition, because of the limited relief provided by such
election and the complexity required to
determine the amount of loss that the transferee partner could not deduct,
even if the corresponding Fund
so qualifies, such Fund may determine that such election should not be made.
Limitation on Deductibility of Interest Expense. For non-corporate
taxpayers, Section 163(d) of the Code
limits the deduction for "investment interest" (i.e., interest or short sale
expenses for "indebtedness properly
allocable to property held for investment"). Investment interest is not
deductible in the current year to the
extent that it exceeds the taxpayer's "investment income," consisting of net
gain and ordinary income
derived from investments in the current year. Long-term capital gain is
excluded from investment income
for this purpose unless the taxpayer elects to pay tax on such amount at
ordinary income tax rates. The
deduction for any investment interest that is disallowed under Section
163(d) of the Code for any year may
generally be carried forward and used in subsequent years, subject to the
limitations of Section 163(d) in
the subsequent years.
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or purposes of this provision, income of the Access Fund may be treated as
investment income, and the
investment interest limitation may apply to a non-corporate Limited
Partner's share of any interest expense
attributable to the Access Fund's operations. In such case, a non-corporate
Limited Partner could be denied
a deduction for all or part of that portion of its distributive share of the
Access Fund's ordinary losses
attributable to interest expenses. The investment interest limitation may
also apply to interest paid by a
non-corporate Limited Partner on money borrowed to finance its investment in
the Access Fund.
Prospective Limited Partners are advised to consult with their own tax
advisors with respect to the
application of the investment interest limitation in their particular tax
situations.
Application of Rules for Income and Losses from Passive Activities. The Code
restricts the deductibility
of losses from a "passive activity" against certain income that is not
derived from a passive activity. This
restriction applies to individuals, certain trusts, estates, personal
service corporations and certain closely
held corporations. Depending on the nature of the investments of a Fund,
losses flowing through the Access
Fund to Limited Partners may be subject to these passive activity, loss
limitation rules.
At-Risk Limitations. A Limited Partner that is subject to the "at-risk
limitations" (generally, non-corporate
taxpayers and closely held corporations) may not deduct losses of the Access
Fund to the extent that they
exceed the amount such Limited Partner has "at risk" with respect to its
Interests at the end of the year.
Generally, a Limited Partner's investment in the Access Fund would be
considered "at risk" to the extent it
is made with cash, with property, or with the proceeds of a loan for which
the Limited Partner is personally
liable or which is secured by personal assets other than an interest in the
Access Fund (to the extent of the
net fair market value of the Limited Partner's interest in those assets).
Such amount will be increased by
the Limited Partner's share of subsequent income of the Access Fund and
contributions to the Access Fund
and decreased by the Limited Partner's share of the Access Fund's losses and
distributions (including
withdrawal distributions). Deductions or losses of the Access Fund
previously disallowed under the at-risk
rules may be used to offset gain on the Limited Partner's sale or exchange
of its Interests, including any
amounts treated as gain in connection with a distribution in excess of the
Limited Partner's tax basis in its
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Interests. If the amount that a Limited Partner is considered to have at
risk in the Access Fund falls below
zero (e.g., because of a distribution to the Limited Partner), the
difference between the at-risk amount and
zero may be included in income to the extent that losses of the Access Fund
were previously deducted by
that Limited Partner, and the amount so included in income will be treated
as a deduction generated by the
Access Fund in the following taxable year.
Deductibility of Access Fund Expenses by Non-Corporate Limited Partners.
Prospective investors who
are individuals or certain closely held corporations should be aware that
they could be subject to various
limitations on their ability to use their allocable share of deductions and
losses of the Partnership against
other income.
For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1,
2026, non-corporate taxpayers
will be unable to take any deductions relating to "investment interest" and
"miscellaneous itemized
investment expenses." For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025,
such deductions will be
available to non-corporate taxpayers, subject to certain limitations.
The consequences of the investment expense limitations will vary depending
upon the particular tax
situation of each taxpayer. Accordingly, non-corporate Limited Partners
should consult their own tax
advisors with respect to the application of these limitations.
A Limited Partner will not be permitted to deduct syndication expenses and
other expenses associated with
the purchase of Interests, including placement fees, paid by such Limited
Partner or the Access Fund. Any
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such amounts paid by a Limited Partner will be included in the adjusted tax
basis of its Interests. Start-up
and organizational expenses are generally amortized for U.S. federal income
tax purposes over a fifteen
(15) year period.
Limitation on Deductibility of Capital Losses. Capital losses generally may
be deducted only to the extent
of capital gains, except for non-corporate taxpayers who are allowed to
deduct $3,000 of capital losses per
year against ordinary income without regard to capital gains. Corporate
taxpayers may carry back unused
capital losses for three years and may carry forward such losses for five
years; non-corporate taxpayers may
carry forward unused capital losses indefinitely.
Tax Treatment of Investments. In general and except as discussed below, the
Access Fund expects that its
gains will be treated as capital gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Capital gain on assets held for
more than one year generally qualify as long-term capital gain.
The Access Fund will recognize ordinary income from the interest income and
fees it receives from lending
money. Any gain or loss realized on the disposition of debt investments may,
depending upon the
circumstances of the holder at the time of any such sale, be treated as
ordinary or capital. The actual
character of the Access Fund's gain or loss on the disposition of loans will
depend on several considerations,
including whether the holder is treated as a trader or investor, on the one
hand, or a dealer, on the other
hand. A trader and an investor are persons who buy and sell securities for
their own accounts. A dealer, in
contrast, is a person who engages in transactions with "customers" rather
than for investment or speculation.
If the IRS were to characterize any part of a Fund's activities as those of
a dealer, such Fund's gain or loss
on any "dealer" property would be ordinary income or loss.
The Access Fund expects to recognize ordinary income from accruals of
interest on debt investments. The
Access Fund may be deemed to hold debt investments with original issue
discount ("OID"), which for this
purpose includes "payments-in-kind," or PIK, interest. In such case, the
Access Fund would be required to
include amounts in taxable income on a current basis even though receipt of
such amounts may occur in a
subsequent year. The Access Fund may also be deemed to hold loans with
"market discount." Upon
disposition of such an obligation, the Access Fund generally would be
required to treat gain recognized as
ordinary income to the extent of the market discount that accrued during the
period the debt obligation was
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held by the Access Fund. Elections also may be made where market discount is
included in income by the
holder during the term of ownership.
In addition, the Access Fund may be deemed to hold "contingent payment debt
instruments." In general,
all of the Access Fund's income and gains on a contingent payment debt
instrument will be ordinary income,
including gain on the sale of exchange of a contingent payment debt
instrument, regardless of whether the
Access Fund holds the instrument as a capital asset. Furthermore, all of the
interest income on a contingent
payment debt instrument will be treated as OID, regardless of whether the
instrument has regular coupons.
We cannot predict what portion of the Access Fund's portfolio would consist
of contingent payment debt
instruments.
Furthermore, there are a number of uncertainties in the U.S. federal income
tax law relating to debt
restructuring. In general, a "significant modification" of a debt obligation
acquired by the Access Fund at
a discount is treated as a taxable event to the Access Fund, with the
resulting gain or loss measured by the
difference between the principal amount of the debt after the modification
and the Access Fund's tax basis
in such debt before the modification. However, other than for certain "safe
harbor" modifications specified
in U.S. Treasury Regulations, the determination of whether a modification is
"significant" is based on all
of the facts and circumstances. Therefore, it is possible that the IRS could
take the position that the
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res ruc uring of a debt obligation acquired by the Access Fund at a discount
amounts to a "significant
modification" that should be treated as a taxable event even if the Access
Fund did not so treat the
restructuring on its U.S. federal income tax return.
Furthermore, the Access Fund may be deemed to invest in derivatives with
complex or uncertain U.S.
federal income tax consequences to Limited Partners.
In addition, the Access Fund may invest in any entity treated as partnership
for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, and the Access Fund's U.S. federal income tax consequences will
depend on the nature of the
investments and activities of such entity.
Furthermore, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before
January 1, 2026, noncorporate
taxpayers generally will be allowed a deduction in an amount equal to 20% of
the domestic
"qualified business income" they received through a partnership. Qualified
business income generally does
not include investment income or income from services businesses, including
investment management
businesses, and therefore the 20% deduction is unlikely to be available in
respect of income allocable to a
Limited Partner from its investment in the Access Fund.
Finally, U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors (as defined herein) should be aware that
certain investments of the
Access Fund may cause them to have material amounts of UBTI, which is
subject to federal income taxation
and may be subject to state and local taxation as well. See discussion below
under "Tax-Exempt Investors."
Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors regarding the
application of these rules to their
investment in the Access Fund.
Work-Outs.
It is possible that a company in which the Access Fund invests will face
financial difficulty,
requiring the holder to work-out or otherwise restructure its investment in
the company. It is not possible
to predict the terms of any such restructuring and accordingly any such
restructuring could give rise to
adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences to the Access Fund (and
therefore the Limited Partners).
Passive Foreign Investment Companies. The Access Fund may invest in a non-
U.S. corporation that is
classified as a "passive foreign investment company" ("PFIC"), which would
cause Limited Partners to be
subject to taxation under Sections 1291 through 1298 of the Code. In
general, a non-U.S. corporation is
classified as a PFIC if (i) 75% or more of its gross income constitutes
"passive income" (generally, interest,
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dividends, royalties, rent and similar income, and gains on disposition of
assets that generate such income),
or (ii) 50% or more of its assets produce passive income or are held for the
production of such income.
If the Access Fund invests in a company that is classified as a PFIC, the
Limited Partners may be subject
to increased tax liability upon the Access Fund's disposition of that
company's stock or upon the receipt of
certain distributions. In certain cases, a Fund may be able to make an
election to have an alternative tax
treatment apply with respect to a PFIC.
We cannot predict at this time whether any company in which the Access Fund
invests may be subject to
the PFIC regime, nor can it predict the effect of any applicable elections
which may be made by a Fund.
The application of the PFIC rules to the Access Fund and its Limited
Partners is complex. Limited Partners
should consult their own tax advisors about the applicability and U.S.
federal income tax consequences of
the PFIC rules to their investment in the Access Fund.
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Controlled Foreign Corporations Special rules apply to U.S. persons who
own, directly or indirectly and
applying certain attribution rules, 10% or more of the total combined voting
power or total value of all
classes of stock of a non-U.S. corporation (each, a "United States
Shareholder") that is a "controlled
foreign corporation" ("CFC"). A non-U.S. corporation generally will be a CFC
if United States
Shareholders collectively own more than 50% of the total combined voting
power or total value of the
corporation's stock on any day during any taxable year.
If the Access Fund invests in a CFC and is a United States Shareholder, its
Limited Partners who are U.S.
persons will be subject to tax under the CFC rules. As a result, each such
Limited Partner must include in
its gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes its distributive share
of certain earnings and profits
of the CFC. In addition, under Section 1248 of the Code, each such Limited
Partner must treat a portion of
its distributive share of any gain realized by the Access Fund upon
disposition of the stock of the CFC as
dividend income to the extent of certain earnings and profits of the CFC
attributable to such stock. Further,
if a Limited Partner disposes of its Interests, the Limited Partner may be
required to recognize ordinary
income under Section 751 of the Code equal to its distributive share of any
Section 1248 income that would
have been triggered if the Access Fund had sold its interest in the CFC at
fair market value.
Moreover, under the 2017 Tax Legislation, the deferred earnings of certain
foreign corporations will be
deemed repatriated, and treated as if they were distributed to their United
States Shareholders. Consequently,
if the Access Fund invests in a foreign corporation and is a United States
Shareholder, its Limited Partners
who are U.S. Persons may be deemed to receive their distributive share of
certain accumulated earnings
and profits of such foreign corporation.
The application of the CFC and deemed repatriation rules to the Access Fund
and Limited Partners is
complex. Limited Partners should consult their own tax advisors about the
applicability and U.S. federal
income tax consequences of the CFC and deemed repatriation rules to their
investment in the Access Fund.
Foreign Currency Gain or Loss. A Limited Partner's distributive share of any
profit or loss realized by
the Access Fund on the conversion of U.S. dollars into non-U.S. currency, or
of non-U.S. currency into
U.S. dollars, generally will be treated as ordinary income or loss rather
than capital gain or loss. Further,
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if the Access Fund invests in a debt investment or
obligor under a debt instrument
or enters into certain other transactions, any of
terms of a currency other than its
functional currency, fluctuations in the value of
its functional currency generally
will result in foreign currency gain or loss. Any
loss realized by the Access Fund
generally will be treated as ordinary income or
gain or loss, and any Limited Partner
will be subject to tax on its allocable share
Tax-Exempt Investors. The Underlying Fund may
entities that are treated as flowthrough
for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii)
income if they borrow
funds, or (iii) generate some income,
transaction fees, each of which
may cause investors that are U.S. Tax
amounts of UBTI. A U.S. TaxExempt
Investor's allocable share of Access
subject to federal
income taxation and might
U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors
only invest in the Access
amounts of UBTI.
Potential U.S. Tax-Exempt
may use leverage that
would be treated as acquisition
of the income from the Access
Fund being taxable as UBTI to U.S.
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effectively becomes the
which is denominated in
that currency relative to
foreign currency gain or
loss rather than capital
of such income or loss.
(i) invest in operating
generate unrelated debt-financed
for example, from break-up fees or
-Exempt Investors to incur material
Fund income constituting UBTI would be
be subject to state and local taxation as well.
should
Fund if they are willing to receive material
Investors should be aware that the Underlying Fund
indebtedness resulting in a
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Additionally, if a U.S. Tax-Exempt Investor incurs debt to finance its
Interest, all or a portion of the income
or gain attributed to the Interest would be included in UBTI, regardless of
whether such income or gain
would otherwise be excluded as dividends, interest or income which is not
normally UBTI.
U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors that are "charitable remainder trusts" are subject
to a 100% excise tax on their
UBTI.
Further, certain U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors may be subject to an excise tax
if the Access Fund engages in
a "prohibited tax shelter transaction" or a "subsequently listed
transaction" as defined in Section 4965 of
the Code. If the Access Fund engages in a prohibited tax shelter
transaction, U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors
may be subject to substantial penalties if they fail to comply with special
disclosure requirements, and their
managers may also be subject to substantial penalties. Prospective investors
are urged to consult their own
tax advisors regarding the applicability of these rules to an investment in
the Access Fund.
The Interests are being offered only to U.S. taxable investors and U.S. Tax-
Exempt Investors that are willing
to receive material amounts of UBTI. U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors that are not
willing to receive material
amounts of UBTI should not invest in the Access Fund A Feeder Fund may be
organized to accommodate
certain qualified U.S. Tax-Exempt Investors who do not wish to receive UBTI.
United States Foreign Tax Credits. Subject to applicable limitations, a
Limited Partner that is subject to
U.S. federal income taxation generally should be entitled to elect to treat
foreign taxes withheld from such
Limited Partner's share of the Access Fund's dividend and interest income as
foreign income taxes eligible
for credit against such Limited Partner's U.S. federal income tax liability.
Capital gains recognized by the
Access Fund, however, generally are considered to be from sources within the
United States, which may
effectively limit the amount of foreign tax credit allowed to the Limited
Partner. Complex tax rules may
limit the availability or use of foreign tax credits, depending on each
Limited Partner's particular
circumstances. Because of these limitations, Limited Partners may be unable
to claim a credit for the full
amount of their proportionate shares of any foreign taxes paid by or
allocable to the Access Fund. Limited
Partners that do not elect to treat their shares of foreign taxes as
creditable generally may claim a deduction
against U.S. federal taxable income for such taxes (subject to applicable
limitations on losses and
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deductions). Because the availability of a credit or deduction depends on
the particular circumstances of
each Limited Partner, Limited Partners are advised to consult their own tax
advisors.
Tax Returns; Audit. The Access Fund is required to file annual information
returns reporting its income,
expenses and other tax items and the amounts of such items properly
allocable to the Partners. The Access
Fund's tax returns are subject to review by the IRS and other taxing
authorities, which may dispute the
Access Fund's tax positions. Any recharacterizations or adjustments
resulting from an audit may require
each Limited Partner to file amended tax returns and/or pay additional
income taxes, interest or penalties
and possibly may result in an audit of the Limited Partner's own tax return.
The General Partner, as the Access Fund's tax matters partner and
partnership representative, will have
considerable authority with respect to the tax treatment of Access Fund
items and the procedural rights of
the Limited Partners. Following an audit of a Fund, under the BBA Rules, the
Access Fund may be required
to pay taxes on behalf of its partners or its own behalf.
In addition, the BBA Rules will apply to the Underlying Fund and any
entities treated as partnerships for
U.S. federal income tax purposes in which the Underlying Fund acquires an
interest. Accordingly, the
Access Fund may bear a portion of the tax liability resulting from any audit
adjustment of the Underlying
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un or a partnership in which the Underlying Fund invests (even if, with
respect to such partnership, the
Underlying Fund was not a partner of the partnership during the tax year
under audit).
United States Tax Reporting by Limited Partners that are Owners of Non-U.S.
Entities. United States tax
rules impose information reporting requirements on U.S. persons that own,
either directly or indirectly
under certain attribution rules, more than certain threshold amounts of
stock in a non-U.S. corporation.
These persons must disclose, among other things, various transactions
between themselves and those nonU.S.
corporations. For this purpose, stock ownership is determined with regard to
certain stock attribution
rules, and each Limited Partner is treated as owning part or all of the
stock owned directly or indirectly by
the Access Fund. In certain circumstances, these rules may require Limited
Partners to file reports annually.
A significant monetary penalty may be imposed on a Limited Partner that
fails to satisfy any applicable
reporting requirements.
A Limited Partner will be responsible for determining whether it is required
to file any information returns
or statements or otherwise report any information with respect to any non-
U.S. entities as a result of owning
Interests, and for satisfying any such filing or reporting requirements. The
Access Fund may not be able to
provide a Limited Partner with information requested by the Limited Partner
in connection with completing
any filing requirements due to confidentiality restrictions, unavailability
of the information requested or
other reasons.
Specifically, U.S. individuals (and possibly certain entities) are generally
required to file certain
information with their annual U S. federal income tax return regarding
interests they hold in foreign
entities or accounts worth more than $50,000 at any time during the year.
If the General Partner were to
offer a structure where Limited Partners own their investment in the Access
Fund through a non-U.S.
entity, it is possible any such Limited Partners would be subject to such
information reporting. In addition,
a separate obligation to file an annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial
Accounts (an "FBAR")
applies to any U.S. person who has a financial interest in, or signature or
other authority over, non-U.S.
financial accounts worth more than $10,000 at any time during the year.
Under the FBAR regulations,
ownership by a U.S. person of an interest in a foreign private fund entity
is not currently subject to FBAR
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reporting, but the regulations continue to reserve on the application of the
FBAR rules to such interest.
Potential investors should discuss the application of the above rules with
their own advisers in light of
their individual circumstances.
Qualified Dividend Income. Subject to certain elections, "qualified dividend
income" is generally taxable
to non-corporate taxpayers at reduced U.S. federal income tax rates. A
Limited Partner's qualified dividend
income may include the Limited Partner's indirect allocable share of certain
dividends received by the
Access Fund from U.S. corporations and qualified foreign corporations.
Subject to certain limitations,
qualified foreign corporations include those incorporated in a possession of
the United States and foreign
corporations eligible for benefits under a comprehensive income tax treaty
identified by the IRS, but do not
include foreign corporations that are treated as "passive foreign investment
companies" for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. A dividend of a foreign corporation may also be treated
as qualified dividend income
if the stock with respect to which the dividend is paid is readily tradable
on an established securities market
in the United States.
In order for Limited Partners to qualify for the lower tax rate with respect
to their indirect allocable share
of qualified dividends, however, the Access Fund must hold the shares of
stock producing the dividend for
at least 61 days during the 121-day period beginning on the date that is 60
days before the date such shares
become ex-dividend. For preferred stock, the required periods are increased
from 61 days to 91 days and
from 121 days to 181 days if the dividends are attributable to periods
totaling more than 366 days; if the
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pre erre dividends are attributable to periods totaling less than 367 days,
the 60 day holding period
discussed herein applies. A dividend is not qualified dividend income to the
extent that the Access Fund is
under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale or otherwise) to make
related payments with respect
to positions in substantially similar or related property. If the Access
Fund realizes qualified dividend
income, the Access Fund will report to its Limited Partners their respective
shares of such income.
Notwithstanding the above, a Limited Partner's allocable share of qualified
dividend income will not
qualify for the reduced rate to the extent such Limited Partner elects to
include such dividend income as
investment income for purposes of the investment interest expense deduction
discussed below. A Limited
Partner's foreign tax credit may be limited to the extent it relates to
qualified dividend income taxed at the
reduced rates of tax.
Dividends-Received Deduction. A portion of income from the Access Fund
allocable to corporate Limited
Partners may qualify for the "dividends-received deduction." The dividends-
received deduction applies to
certain dividends received from certain corporations.
Medicare Tax. A 3.8% Medicare contribution tax generally is imposed on the
net investment income of
U.S. individuals, estates and trusts whose income exceeds certain threshold
amounts. For U.S. individuals,
this threshold generally will be exceeded if an individual has adjusted
gross income that exceeds $200,000
($250,000 if married and filing jointly/$125,000 if married and filing
separately). For this purpose, net
investment income generally is expected to include a Limited Partner's
distributive share of the Access
Fund's income and net gains, as well as net capital gains attributable to a
sale of the Limited Partner's
Interests, over deductions properly allocable to such income and net gains.
Prospective Limited Partners
that are U.S. individuals, estates or trusts are urged to consult their tax
advisors regarding the applicability
of the Medicare tax in their particular circumstances.
Taxation of Interests—Other Taxes. The Access Fund and Limited Partners may
be subject to other taxes,
such as the alternative minimum tax and foreign, state and local income
taxes (including withholding taxes)
and estate, inheritance or intangible property taxes that may be imposed by
various jurisdictions, including
the State and City of New York, where the Access Fund's principal office is
currently located, and any
other state in which the Access Fund is deemed to conduct business or hold
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assets. For taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026, substantial
limitations will apply to
investors' ability to deduct their allocable share of any such state and
local taxes. Each prospective investor
should consider the potential consequences of such taxes on an investment in
the Access Fund. It is the
responsibility of each prospective investor to satisfy itself as to, among
other things, the legal and tax
consequences of an investment in the Access Fund under state law, including
the laws of the state(s) of its
domicile and its residence, by obtaining advice from its own tax advisor,
and to file all appropriate tax
returns that may be required.
The Access Fund will treat any tax withheld from or otherwise payable with
respect to income allocable to
the Access Fund as cash received by the Access Fund and will treat each
Limited Partner as receiving as a
distribution the portion of such tax that is attributable to such Limited
Partner and therefore shall reduce
distributions otherwise to be made to such Limited Partner. Similar
provisions would apply in the case of
taxes required to be withheld by the Access Fund or when the Access Fund
must pay taxes on behalf of the
Limited Partners.
Possible Legislative or Other Changes. The Code, with respect to all of the
foregoing matters and other
matters that may affect the Access Fund or its Limited Partners, is subject
to change by Congress. In recent
years, there have been significant changes in the Code, some of which are
being reconsidered by Congress
and interpretations of which are being considered by the IRS and the courts.
It is not possible at this time
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to predict whether, or to what extent, any changes in the Code or
interpretations thereof will occur.
Prospective Limited Partners should note that the Access Fund will not
undertake to advise Limited Partners
of any legislative or other developments No rulings have been or will be
requested from the IRS.
Furthermore, any changes in the Partnership Agreement or the operations of
the Access Fund could affect
the tax consequences described above. Prospective Limited Partners should
consult their own tax advisors
regarding pending and proposed legislation or other changes.
The foregoing is a summary of some of the important U.S. federal income tax
rules and considerations
affecting the Limited Partners and the Fund's operations and does not
purport to be a complete analysis of
all relevant tax rules and considerations, nor does it purport to be a
complete listing of all potential tax risks
inherent in purchasing or holding an interest in the Access Fund.
Prospective investors in the Access Fund
are urged to consult their own tax advisors.
CERTAIN REGULATORY MATTERS
Securities Act of 1933. The offer and sale of the Interests will not be
registered under the Securities Act,
or any other federal, state or foreign securities laws, including state blue
sky laws. The Interests are offered
in reliance upon the exemptions from registration provided in the Securities
Act and/or Regulation D
promulgated thereunder, and similar regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
applicable to transactions not involving a public offering. Each investor
will be required in the Subscription
Agreement pursuant to which it subscribes for an Interest to make customary
private placement
representations and warranties, including representations as to its status
as an "accredited investor" under
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.
Each investor must be prepared to bear the economic risk of the investment
in the Interests for an indefinite
period because the Interests cannot be sold unless they are subsequently
registered under the Securities Act
or an exemption for such registration is available. It is extremely unlikely
that the Interests will ever be
registered under the Securities Act. The Interests may not be transferred or
resold except as permitted under
the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws, pursuant to
registration or exemption therefrom.
As described elsewhere in this Memorandum, the transferability of the
Interests will be further restricted
by the terms of the Partnership Agreement.
Mandated Disclosure of Certain Events. Investors are hereby notified of the
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following with respect to
Raymond James, who will act as a Placement Agent with respect to offering of
the Interests:
Beginning in 2011, without admitting or denying any allegations, Raymond
James Financial Services, Inc.
("Raymond James") settled with most of the states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, and the District of
Columbia allegations that they failed to supervise and/or engaged in
dishonest or unethical practices (or
substantially equivalent non-fraud based terms under relevant state
statutes) related to the sale of auction
rate securities (ARS). The basis of the allegations was that Raymond James
offered and sold to some of
their customers ARS while not accurately characterizing or while failing to
adequately disclose the true
nature and risks associated with these investments. Although Raymond James'
ARS trade confirmations
disclosed the risk that ARS auctions could fail and that Raymond James were
not obliged to ensure their
success, at the point-of-sale, some of Raymond James' financial advisers
inaccurately described ARS. As
a condition of the settlement, Raymond James offered to purchase eligible
ARS from eligible customers
and to pay fines. Raymond James have completed all undertakings required
under the settlement orders.
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U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. It is not expected that the Access
Fund will be required to register
the Interests under Section 12(g) or any other provision of the Exchange
Act. The Access Fund does not
expect to have any class of equity security held of record by two thousand
(2,000) or more persons and
expects to meet the other exemptions available under the Exchange Act. As a
result, the Access Fund would
not be subject to the periodic reporting and related requirements of the
Exchange Act and investors should
only expect to receive the information and reports required to be delivered
pursuant to the Partnership
Agreement.
Investment Company Act of 1940. It is anticipated that the Access Fund will
be excepted from the
definition of "investment company" in reliance on the exception contained in
Section 3(c)(7) of the
Investment Company Act and, thus, exempt from the registration requirements
of the Investment Company
Act. Accordingly, the Access Fund expects that it will sell Interests only
to "qualified purchasers" as
defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act. This exception is
available only to an issuer
which is not making and does not presently propose to make a public offering
of its securities. With respect
to the determination that an investor meets the definition of "qualified
purchaser" in connection with the
exception contained in Section 3(c)(7), the Access Fund will obtain and rely
on appropriate representations
and undertakings from investors in order to ensure that the Access Fund
meets the conditions of the relevant
exception on an ongoing basis. The General Partner reserves the right to
prevent the ownership of Interests
by any person if the effect of such ownership would preclude the Access Fund
from relying on Section
3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act or otherwise require the Access Fund
to register as an "investment
company" under the Investment Company Act.
Commodity Exchange Act of 1974. The General Partner (i) will qualify for an
exemption from registration
as a CPO with respect to the Access Fund pursuant to CFTC Rule 4.13(a)(3)
under the Commodity
Exchange Act of 1974, as amended, and plans to file a notice to claim such
exemption with the National
Futures Association ("NFA") and (ii) qualifies for an exemption from
registration with the CFTC as a
commodity trading advisor ("CTA") under CFTC Rule 4.14(a)(5). The Investment
Manager is exempt
from registration as a CTA under CFTC Rule 4.14(a)(8) and has filed a notice
to claim such exemption
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with the NFA. Accordingly, the General Partner and the Investment Manager
will not be subject to certain
regulatory requirements with respect to the Access Fund (which are intended
to provide certain regulatory
safeguards to investors) that would otherwise be applicable absent such
exemptions. If any future
regulatory change causes the General Partner or Investment Manager to lose
any applicable exemption,
there could be a material adverse effect on the Access Fund.
Certain Legal Considerations. The offer and sale of the Interests in certain
jurisdictions may be restricted
by law, and an investment in the Access Fund may involve legal requirements,
non-U.S. exchange
restrictions and tax considerations unique to the Investor. None of the
Placement Agents, the Investment
Manager, the General Partner or any of their respective affiliates makes any
representation with respect to
whether any Limited Partner is permitted to hold such Interests. Interests
that are acquired by any person,
or in any transaction, in violation of applicable law, as determined by the
General Partner in its sole
discretion, may be mandatorily redeemed. Prospective investors should
consult their own legal and tax
advisors regarding such considerations prior to making an investment
decision.
Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Requirements.
In response
to increased regulatory
requirements with respect to the sources of funds used in investments and
other activities, the General
Partner may require prospective investors to provide documentation
verifying, among other things, such
investor's and any of its beneficial owners' identities and source and use
of funds used to purchase an
Interest. The General Partner may decline to accept a subscription if this
information is not provided or on
the basis of such information that is provided.
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Furthermore, in response to increased regulatory concerns with respect to
the sources of funds used in
investments and other activities, the Glendower GP may request the Access
Fund in its capacity as limited
partner to provide additional documentation verifying, among other things,
its source of funds used to
purchase the investments. Each Investor will be required to make such
representations to the Access Fund
as the General Partner, the Investment Manager, and the Access Fund shall
require in connection with
applicable anti-money laundering programs, including, representations to the
Access Fund that such
investor is not, and is not acting on behalf of, a prohibited country,
territory, individual or entity listed on
the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC")
website, and that it is not
directly or indirectly affiliated with any country, territory, individual or
entity named on an OFAC list or
prohibited by any OFAC sanctions programs. Such Investor will also represent
to the Access Fund that
amounts contributed by it to the Access Fund were not directly or indirectly
derived from activities that
may contravene U.S. federal, state or international laws and regulations,
including, any applicable antimoney
laundering laws and regulations.
Requests for documentation and additional information may be made at any
time during which an investor
holds an Interest. The General Partner will take such steps as it determines
are necessary to comply with
applicable law, regulations, orders, directives or special measures to
implement anti-money laundering law.
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. Neither the General Partner
nor the Investment
Manager is authorized or expected to become authorized under the European
Union's Directive 2011/61/EU
on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (the "AIFM Directive") as of the
date of this Memorandum,
and the substantive requirements applicable to an authorized "Alternative
Investment Fund Manager"
("AIFM") under the AIFM Directive or any national implementing law are not
applicable to the General
Partner or the Investment Manager. Neither the General Partner nor the
Investment Manager will market
Interests (or permit Interests to be marketed on their behalf) to any
prospective investor located, resident or
domiciled or with a registered office in or organized under the laws of a
relevant member state (each, a
"Member State") of the European Economic Area ("EEA")2, when such marketing
is reasonably likely to
give rise to the application of any requirement of the AIFM Directive to the
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Access Fund or the General
Partner or the Investment Manager.
CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
The General Partner intends to organize and operate the Access Fund so that
an investment in the Access
Fund will be a permissible investment for pension, profit sharing and other
retirement plans which are
subject to ERISA. As explained below, the General Partner expects that the
ownership of the Access Fund
by benefit plan investors shall be limited, so that the assets of the Access
Fund will not be "plan assets"
within the meaning of ERISA.
A fiduciary of a U.S. pension, profit sharing, or other employee benefit
plan or trust subject to ERISA (each
such plan or trust, an "ERISA Plan") should consider fiduciary standards
under ERISA in the context of
the ERISA Plan's particular circumstances before authorizing an investment
of a portion of such ERISA
Plan's assets in the Access Fund. The fiduciary standards include the
prudence, diversification, and
governance requirements of Section 404(a)(1) of ERISA. ERISA Plan
fiduciaries must give appropriate
consideration to, among other things, the role that an investment in the
Access Fund has in the ERISA
Plan's investment portfolio, taking into account the ERISA Plan's purposes,
the risk of loss and the potential
2 The following countries are in the EEA: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Republic of Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia,
Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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return in respect of such investment, the composition of the ERISA Plan's
portfolio, the liquidity and
current return of the total portfolio relative to the anticipated cash flow
needs of the ERISA Plan and the
projected return of the portfolio relative to the ERISA Plan's funding
objectives. A fiduciary of an ERISA
Plan should also consider whether an investment in the Access Fund might
constitute or give rise to a
"prohibited transaction" under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of Code.
The trustee or other person who is contemplating an investment of a portion
of the assets of an individual
retirement account ("IRA") described in Section 408 of the Code that is not
subject to Title I of ERISA, or
any pension, profit sharing, Keogh or other retirement employee benefit plan
that is not subject to Title I of
ERISA but is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, or of an investment
fund or other collective
investment vehicle that contains assets of one or more such accounts or
plans (each such plan, an
"Individual Plan", and each Individual Plan to which Section 4975 of the
Code applies and each ERISA
Plan, a "Plan") in the Interests should carefully consider, taking into
account the facts and circumstances
of the Individual Plan, whether: such investment is consistent with the
Individual Plan's needs for sufficient
liquidity to pay benefits when due, given that there is not expected to be a
market in which to sell or
otherwise dispose of the Interests; such trustee or other person has
authority to make such investment under
the appropriate governing instrument; and the acquisition or holding of an
the Interest in the Access Fund
will result in a non-exempt "prohibited transaction" under Section 4975 of
the Code.
On June 9, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor promulgated new rules (the
"2017 Fiduciary Rule") that
substantially broaden the types of activities that create a fiduciary
relationship between certain persons,
including marketing professionals, and a Plan. Subject to certain
conditions, the 2017 Fiduciary Rule
includes an exception (the "Seller's Exclusion") for (1) sophisticated
institutional ERISA Plans and (2)
smaller ERISA Plans and Individual Plans that are represented by a
sophisticated independent fiduciary.
The General Partner intends to rely on the Seller's Exclusion in connection
with any investment decision
made by any Plan with respect to the Access Fund. However, if it were
determined that the Seller's
Exclusion did not apply to a Plan's investment in the Access Fund and that
the General Partner, Investment
Manager or one of its affiliates (the "Sponsor") had provided "investment
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advice" to such Plan with respect
to such investment decision, the Sponsor may be considered a fiduciary under
the 2017 Fiduciary Rule. If
the Sponsor is found to be a fiduciary to a Plan investor, the fiduciary
responsibility provisions of ERISA
and the Code will generally apply and certain arrangements between the
Sponsor and the Access Fund
and/or the Plan may violate ERISA's "prohibited transactions" rules. Due to
the 2017 Fiduciary Rule's
relatively recent effectiveness, there is still uncertainty as to the manner
in which the U.S. Department of
Labor interprets many aspects of the 2017 Fiduciary Rule.
Under ERISA and the regulations promulgated by the United States Department
of Labor, investments by
a Plan in the Access Fund may cause the General Partner to be subject to
fiduciary responsibility rules
under ERISA. If the Access Fund's Assets are treated as "plan assets" of an
ERISA Plan or the Sponsor is
considered a fiduciary as a result of the Plan's investment in the Access
Fund, the fiduciary standards and
prohibited transaction rules referred to above would apply to the Access
Fund's holdings and the General
Partner's ability to invest Access Fund Assets. The Access Fund's Assets
will not be treated as "plan assets"
of a Plan, however, if investment by "benefit plan investors" (as defined in
ERISA) in the Access Fund is
not "significant" for purposes of ERISA, meaning that less than 25% of each
class of equity interest in the
Access Fund is held by "benefit plan investors," which includes any Plan and
any entities holding plan
assets (to the extent of the percentage of equity interests held by benefit
plan investors). Equity interests
held by the General Partner or its affiliates are disregarded for purposes
of applying the 25% ownership
rule.
The General Partner will use commercially reasonable efforts so that (a)
less than 25% of the total value of
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eac c ass of equity interests (disregarding equity interests held by the
General Partner or its affiliates) in
the Access Fund is held by "benefit plan investors," defined in accordance
with Section 3(42) of ERISA
and the regulations thereunder, and therefore (b) the assets of the Access
Fund will not constitute plan assets
subject to the fiduciary standards of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA. The
General Partner will rely on the
representations of the investors as to their benefit plan investor status in
making the determination of
whether the subscriptions of benefit plan investors will be limited. If the
assets of the Access Fund were
deemed to be "plan assets" under ERISA, (i) the prudence and other
requirements of Title I of ERISA
would apply to investments made by the Access Fund, (ii) the General Partner
and any additional
investment advisors would be plan "fiduciaries" under ERISA with respect to
ERISA Plan investors, and
ERISA Plan investors or other employee benefit plan investors may have
improperly delegated fiduciary
responsibility to the General Partner, and (iii) the Access Fund may be
required to withdraw from an
Underlying Fund and may incur significant liability to the Underlying Fund.
On the Form 5500 Annual Return ("Form 5500"), ERISA Plan investors may be
required to report certain
compensation paid by the Access Fund (or by third-parties) to the Access
Fund's service providers as
"reportable indirect compensation" on Schedule C to the Form 5500. To the
extent any compensation
arrangements described herein constitute reportable indirect compensation
required to be reported on
Schedule C to the Form 5500, any such descriptions are intended to satisfy
the disclosure requirements for
the alternative reporting option for "eligible indirect compensation," as
defined for purposes of Schedule C
to the Form 5500.
Although federal, state and local governmental pension plans are not subject
to ERISA, applicable
provisions of federal and state law may restrict the type of investments
such a plan may make or otherwise
have an impact on such a plan's ability to invest in the Access Fund.
Accordingly, state and local
governmental pension plans considering an investment in the Access Fund
should consult with their counsel
regarding their proposed investment in the Access Fund.
WHETHER OR NOT THE UNDERLYING ASSETS OF THE ACCESS FUND ARE DEEMED
PLAN ASSETS UNDER APPLICABLE REGULATIONS, AN INVESTMENT IN THE ACCESS
FUND BY AN ERISA PLAN IS SUBJECT TO ERISA AND INVESTMENTS BY OTHER TYPES
OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
UNDER APPLICABLE LAW. ACCORDINGLY, FIDUCIARIES OF ERISA PLANS SHOULD
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CONSULT WITH THEIR OWN COUNSEL AS TO THE CONSEQUENCES UNDER ERISA OR
APPLICABLE LAW OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE INTERESTS.
THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION OF ERISA AND CODE ISSUES SHOULD NOT BE
CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. FIDUCIARIES OF PLANS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR
OWN COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO ISSUES ARISING UNDER ERISA AND THE CODE AND
MAKE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT DECISION REGARDING AN INVESTMENT IN THE
ACCESS FUND.
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Proprietary and Confidential — Supplement to the Private Placement Memorandum
GLENDOWER ACCESS SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES IV (U.S.), L.P.
AN "ACCESS FUND" INTO GLENDOWER CAPITAL SECONDARY
OPPORTUNITIES FUND IV, L.P.
OFFERING OF
LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS
March 2018
This supplement (the "Supplement") may only be distributed in conjunction
with the Confidential Private
Placement Memorandum dated January 2018 (the "Memorandum") relating to the
offering of limited
partnership interests (the "Interests") in Glendower Access Secondary
Opportunities IV (U.S.), L.P. (the
"Access Fund"), which is hereby incorporated by reference. Potential
investors considering the purchase
of Interests in the Access Fund should carefully review this Supplement and
the Memorandum.
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Glendower Access Secondary Opportunities IV (U.S.), L.P.
Limited Partnership Interests
This supplement (the "Supplement") is intended to modify and update the
Confidential Private Placement
Memorandum (the "Memorandum") of Glendower Access Secondary Opportunities IV
(U.S.), L.P. (the
"Access Fund"). The Access Fund is expected to invest substantially all of
its assets in Glendower Capital
Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP, an English private fund limited
partnership (together with any
parallel funds thereto, the "Underlying Fund"). To the extent that any
statement or information contained
in the Memorandum is inconsistent with this Supplement, such statement or
information is hereby amended
by this Supplement. The Memorandum remains in effect except to the extent
supplemented or modified
herein, and nothing herein modifies or changes or should be deemed to modify
or change in any way the
information contained in the section entitled "Important Disclosures" in the
Memorandum. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them
in the Memorandum. All
references in the Memorandum to "this Memorandum" shall refer to the
Memorandum as supplemented
hereby. This Supplement has been furnished on a confidential basis and may
not be reproduced or used for
any other purposes. Each person accepting this Supplement hereby agrees to
return it to the General Partner
promptly at the request of the General Partner or if such person determines
not to invest in the Access Fund,
including indirectly through Glendower Access Secondary Opportunities IV
(International), L.P. (the
"Feeder Fund" and together with the Access Fund, the "Access Funds").
Notwithstanding anything
contained herein (and in the Subscription Agreement, the Partnership
Agreement, and any other related
documents) to the contrary, each Investor (and each employee,
representative, or other agent of each such
Investor) may disclose to their advisors (including, without limitation,
their attorneys and accountants) or
to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or other U.S. taxing authority, without
limitation of any kind, the tax
treatment and tax structure of the transaction and all materials of any kind
(including opinions or other tax
analyses) that are provided to Investors relating to such tax treatment and
tax structure, provided, however,
that no Investor (and no employee, representative or other agent thereof)
shall disclose any other
information that is not relevant to understanding the tax treatment or tax
structure of such transaction
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(including the identity of the party and any information that could lead
another to determine the identity of
any party) or any other information to the extent that such disclosure could
reasonably result in violation of
any U.S. federal or state securities law.
This Supplement is intended to modify and update the Memorandum to provide
updated information
regarding certain changes to the terms of the Access Fund.
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Changes to Summary of Principal Terms of the Access Fund
The following information set forth in the Summary of Principal Terms of the
Access Fund is hereby
amended with the changes as marked below:
Access Fund Expenses:
The Access Fund will pay the costs and expenses of the Access Fund,
including: the Management Fee;
Organizational Expenses; liquidation expenses of the Access Fund; any sales
or other taxes, fees or
government charges which may be assessed against the Access Fund; expenses
and fees related to
accounting, audits of the Access Fund's books and records and preparation of
the Access Fund's tax returns
and other third-party provider expenses, including expenses related to tax
reporting including under the U.S.
Foreign Account Tax Compliance provisions of the Hiring Incentives to
Restore Employment Act
("FATCA") and under the Common Reporting Standard ("CRS"); costs of
preparing and distributing
financial statements and other reports to and other communications with the
Partners, as well as costs of all
governmental returns, reports and filings of the Access Fund; any costs or
expenses in connection with the
Access Fund's admission to the Underlying Fund (including, the legal costs
of completing subscription
booklets and the Access Fund's side letter, if any, with the Underlying Fund
and any subsequent closing
interest charged to the Access Fund); extraordinary one-time expenses of the
Access Fund; all expenses
relating to litigation and threatened litigation involving the Access Fund,
including indemnification
expenses; commissions or brokerage fees or similar charges incurred in
connection with the purchase or
sale of securities; expenses attributable to normal and extraordinary
investment banking, commercial
banking, accounting, appraisal, legal and recording fees and expenses,
administrative (including any fees
and expenses of the Administrator or Custodian related to the Access Fund or
the General Partner), custodial
and registration services provided to the Access Fund and any expenses
attributable to consulting services,
including in each case services with respect to the proposed purchase or
sale of securities by the Access
Fund that are not reimbursed by the issuer of such securities or others
(whether or not any such purchase or
sale is consummated); fees and expenses incurred in connection with or
otherwise relating to the preparation
of form documentation in respect of Transfers; fees and expenses incurred in
respect of any arrangement to
provide additional liquidity to Limited Partners and facilitate the process
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for Limited Partners to sell all or
any portion of their Interests; reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the
Investment Manager, such as travel,
research and other expenses related to the ongoing monitoring on behalf of
the Access Fund in respect of
the Underlying Fund and the management of the Access Fund (including the
costs and expenses (including
travel-related expenses) of hosting meetings of the Partners, or otherwise
holding meetings or conferences
with Limited Partners, whether individually or in a group) attending
meetings with the Placement Agents,
whether internal or provided by a third party service provider, utilized for
risk management, measurement
and valuation purposes); any expenses incurred in connection with any Credit
Facility or regulatory
obligation; and premiums for liability or other insurance to protect the
Access Fund, the General Partner,
the Investment Manager and any of their respective partners, members,
stockholders, officers, directors,
employees, agents or affiliates in connection with the activities of the
Access Fund, the General Partner or
the Investment Manager. Access Fund expenses will also include any costs and
expenses associated with
the ongoing operations of any alternative investment vehicles (including
administrative fees and expenses;
legal and recording fees and expenses; any fees and expenses of consultants,
economists, outside counsel,
accountants and other third-party service providers; any taxes (including
withholding taxes), fees or other
governmental charges levied against such alternative investment vehicles,
including tax preparation
expenses; expenses relating to any audit, investigation, governmental
inquiry or public relations
undertaking and litigation, insurance, indemnification and extraordinary
expenses). In addition to the
foregoing, Access Fund expenses will include, and therefore Limited Partners
will be responsible for, all
of the operating expenses of the General Partner. Moreover, expenses of or
relating to a Feeder Fund shall
be paid by, and treated as expenses of, the Access Fund to the extent that
they would be considered expenses
of the Access Fund if they were incurred by the Access Fund (and indirectly
borne by the limited partners
of the Feeder Fund through the Feeder Fund's Interest as a Limited Partner
of the Access Fund); provided,
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however, that operating expenses that are uniquely related to a specific
Feeder Fund will be determined
with respect to, and paid separately by, such Feeder Fund, in each case as
determined by the General Partner
in its sole discretion. Any contributions by Limited Partners to the Access
Fund to fund their share of
Access Fund expenses shall reduce the unpaid portion of such Limited
Partner's Subscription (i.e., a
Limited Partner will not be required to contribute amounts in addition to
its Subscription to fund their share
of Access Fund expenses)., except as otherwise provided herein or in the
Partnership Agreement.
In addition to the foregoing costs and expenses, Limited Partners (including
any Feeder Funds) will
indirectly bear the cost of the Access Fund's pro rata share of management
fees, carried interest,
organizational expenses, taxes, indemnification and other costs and expenses
payable by the Access Fund
as a limited partner of the Underlying Fund.
Any Feeder Fund would pay its allocable share of Access Fund expenses by
virtue of being a Limited
Partner of the Access Fund. To the extent expenses that constitute Access
Fund expenses are incurred by
the General Partner or Investment Manager on the joint behalf of the Access
Fund and/or any Parallel
Access Funds established in connection with the Access Fund to acquire
interests in the Underlying Fund,
the Investment Manager will allocate such expenses between the Access Fund
and such Parallel Access
Funds as it reasonably deems appropriate.
Indemnification:
The Investment Manager, the General Partner, any affiliate thereof and, the
respective partners, members,
stockholders, officers, directors, managers, employees, or agents of any of
the foregoing and the
Administrator, will be indemnified by the Access Fund out of the assets of
the Access Fund, including the
capital calls from the Limited Partners (which capital calls for
indemnification expenses are outside of a
Limited Partner's Subscription), and from the proceeds of liability
insurance and any assets from
anycertain recalleds of Distributions (see "— Capital Calls" and "Limited
Partner Giveback"), against
certain expenses or losses.
In addition, as an investor in the Underlying Fund, the Access Fund (and
indirectly the Limited Partners (including any Feeder Funds)) will be
obligated to fund certain
indemnification obligations of the Underlying Fund, and such amounts will be
callable from Limited
Partners of the Access Fund to the full extent of the Access Fund's
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obligations to the Underlying Fund,
including through the recall of dDistributions as described in Limited
Partner Giveback below.
Limited Partner Giveback:
To the extent the Access Fund incurs any indemnification or other liability
or is otherwise required to return
distributions to the Underlying Fund in accordance with the Underlying Fund
LPA (including in respect
of any indemnification or other liability incurred by the Access Fund in its
capacity as a limited partner of
the Underlying Fund), each Limited Partner may be required to return
distributions received from the
Access Fund to fund its proportionate share of such liability or obligation;
provided, however, that the
aggregate amount of such returns from any Limited Partner shall not exceed
the aggregate amount of25%
of all distributions received by such Limited Partner (it being understood
that additional amounts may be
called fromfrom the Access Fund, unless the Access Fund is otherwise
required to return Distributions to
the Underlying Fund pursuant to the Underlying Fund LPA (in which case a
Limited Partner would be
required to bear its proportionate share of such return obligation);
provided further that no Limited Partner
shall be required to return distributions to the Access Fund after the 18-
month anniversary of the last day
of the Term (provided that if at the end of such period there are any
proceedings or claims outstanding, the
General Partner shall notify the Limited Partners and the obligation to
indemnify shall be extended until
the date such proceedings or claims are ultimately resolved and
distributions are returned to the Limited
Partners in respect of indemnification expenses, which amounts are outside
of a Limited Partner's
Subscriptionthereof).
Changes to III Certain Risk Factors and Potential Conflicts of Interest
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The following information set forth in the fourth paragraph of "Certain Risk
Factors and Potential
Conflicts of Interest — Risks Associated with Investing in the Access Fund"
is hereby amended with the
changes as marked below:
Although the Access Fund will be an investor in the Underlying Fund,
investors in the Access Fund will
not themselves be limited partners of the Underlying Fund and will not be
entitled to enforce any rights
against the Underlying Fund or the Glendower GP or any of their affiliates,
assert claims against the
Underlying Fund, Glendower or their affiliates or have any voting rights in
the Underlying Fund. An
investor in the Access Fund will have only those rights provided for in the
Partnership Agreement, and will
not be permitted to attend the annual meeting of investors of the Underlying
Fund. The General Partner is
not the general partner or manager of the Underlying Fund. None of the
Access Fund, the General Partner
or any of their affiliates will take part in the management of the
Underlying Fund or have control over its
management strategies and policies. The Access Fund is subject to the risk
of bad judgment, negligence,
or misconduct of the general partner or manager of the Underlying Fund and
its affiliates. There have been
a number of instances in recent years in which pooled investment vehicles
investing in third-party funds
have incurred substantial losses due to sponsor misconduct. The Partnership
Agreement will provide for
indemnification of the General Partner, the Investment Manager, the
Administrator, the Custodian and
certain of their affiliates and certain other indemnified parties and any
such indemnification (and the
expense thereof) will be in addition to any indemnification granted under
the Underlying Fund constituent
documents. Investors in the Access Fund may be required to return amounts
distributed to them by the
Access Fund to fund the Access Fund's and/or the Underlying Fund's indemnity
obligations and other
liabilities as well as amounts recalled by the Underlying Fund for
reinvestment in accordance with the
Underlying Fund LPA, subject to certain exceptions and restrictions set
forth in the Partnership Agreement.
In addition, capital contributions to fund the Access Fund's indemnity
obligations are outside of a Limited
Partner's Subscription. Investors in the Access Fund may receive in-kind
distributions to the extent the
Underlying Fund distributes securities in-kind to its investors and the
securities or other assets so received
in an in-kind distribution may not be marketable or otherwise freely
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tradable. With respect to any such
securities or other assets distributed in-kind,
in liquidating these securities or
assets will be borne by the Limited Partners
result that such Limited Partners
may receive less cash than reflected in the
determined by the General Partner
pursuant to the Partnership Agreement.
The following information set forth in "Certain
Conflicts of Interest — Repayment
of Distributions" is hereby amended with
The Access Fund may be required to repay
creditors of the Underlying
Fund, as applicable, distributions
the Access Fund may be required
to pay to the Underlying Fund amounts
the Underlying Fund for tax
purposes. TheSubject to certain
the Access Fund may require
Limited Partners to return to the Access
distributions made by the Access Fund to
the Limited Partners in order to satisfy
Fund's indemnification and other
obligations to the Underlying Fund or otherwise.
may also be required to repay
or pay such amount to the Access Fund if the Access
to meet its obligations.
The following information set forth in "Certain Risk
Conflicts of Interest — Indemnity
Obligation" is hereby amended with the changes as
The Access Fund will be required to indemnify the
Investment Manager, the
administrator and certain of their
any sub-advisor or other similar
service provider) for liabilities
the Access Fund. Any such
indemnification (and the expenses
indemnification granted under the
5
the risk of loss and delay
of the Access Fund, with the
fair value of such securities as
Risk Factors and Potential
the changes as marked below:
to the Underlying Fund or to pay
previously received by it. In addition,
that are
restrictions in
required to be withheld by
the Partnership Agreement,
Fund all or part of any
all or
affiliates
incurred in
and
any portion of the Access
Similarly, Limited Partners
Fund is unable otherwise
Factors and Potential
marked below:
General Partner, the
representatives (including
connection with the affairs of
thereof) will be in addition to the
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Partners ip Agreement in respect of the Access Fund's indemnity obligations
and any indemnification
granted under the Underlying Fund's governing documents (and the investments
of the Underlying Fund),
including the obligation to return distributions to fund any such Underlying
Fund indemnification (with the
Limited Partners in turn being required to return distributions). The Access
Fund's indemnification
obligations under the Partnership Agreement may be funded by capital calls
from the Limited Partners or
through the return of Distributions previously made to the Limited Partners.
A Limited Partner's obligation
to fund capital calls in respect of the Access Fund's indemnification
obligations are apart from an Investor's
Subscription, and therefore will not be capped subject to certain exceptions
and restrictions set forth in the
Partnership Agreement. In addition, the Access Fund's assets, including any
investments held by the Access
Fund (including cash or cash equivalents), are available to satisfy all
liabilities and other obligations of the
Access Fund, including indemnification obligations. The obligation to fund
an indemnification claim will
survive the dissolution of the Access Fund.
The following information set forth in "Certain Risk Factors and Potential
Conflicts of Interest — Multiple
Layers of Expenses" is hereby amended with the changes as marked below:
The Access Fund and the Underlying Fund each have expenses and management
costs that will be borne,
directly (in the case of expenses and costs of the Access Fund) or
indirectly (in the case of expenses and
costs of the Underlying Fund), by the Access Fund. Further, distributions
from the Underlying Fund to the
Access Fund will be subject to the carried interest of the Glendower GP. In
addition, certain expenses will
be apart from a Limited Partner's Subscription, including indemnification
expenses and certain other
required payments, including transfer expenses, interest expenses in
connection with subsequent closings,
certain tax preparation and other expenses attributable to specific limited
partners. A Limited Partner's
obligation to fund these expenses will not be capped
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Appendix A
Underlying Fund Confidential Private Placement Memorandum
Proprietary and Confidential
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Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Confidential Private Placement Memorandum
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO POTENTIAL INVESTORS
GLENDOWER CAPITAL SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES FUND IV, LP
$1,750,000,000
LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CONFIDENTIAL PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM, DATED
MARCH 2018 (THIS "MEMORANDUM"), IS BEING CIRCULATED TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF
QUALIFIED
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVALUATING AN INVESTMENT IN THE
LIMITED
PARTNER INTERESTS (THE "INTERESTS") OF GLENDOWER CAPITAL SECONDARY
OPPORTUNITIES
FUND IV, LP (THE "FUND"). THIS MEMORANDUM IS BEING CIRCULATED BY GLENDOWER
CAPITAL
LLP (THE "MANAGER") WHICH IS AUTHORIZED AND REGULATED BY THE UK FINANCIAL
CONDUCT
AUTHORITY (THE "FCA"). THIS MEMORANDUM AMENDS, RESTATES AND REPLACES THE
CONFIDENTIAL PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM OF THE FUND, DATED OCTOBER 2017,
AND
THE SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
THIS MEMORANDUM CONSTITUTES A FINANCIAL PROMOTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE UK
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 ("FSMA"). THIS MEMORANDUM AND THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED OR DISTRIBUTED, NOR MAY
ITS
CONTENTS BE DISCLOSED, TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THE
PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR'S DECISION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF INTERESTS WITHOUT
THE
PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE MANAGER. BY ACCEPTING DELIVERY OF THIS
MEMORANDUM,
EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR AGREES TO THE FOREGOING.
THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT LIMIT THE DISCLOSURE OF THE TAX TREATMENT OR TAX
STRUCTURE OF THE FUND (OR ANY TRANSACTIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE FUND). AS USED
IN
THIS PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "TAX TREATMENT" REFERS TO THE PURPORTED OR CLAIMED
U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX TREATMENT AND THE TERM "TAX STRUCTURE" REFERS TO ANY
FACT
THAT MAY BE RELEVANT TO UNDERSTANDING THE PURPORTED OR CLAIMED U.S. FEDERAL
INCOME TAX TREATMENT, PROVIDED THAT, FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, (A) EXCEPT
TO THE
EXTENT OTHERWISE ESTABLISHED IN PUBLISHED GUIDANCE BY THE U.S. INTERNAL
REVENUE
SERVICE, TAX TREATMENT AND TAX STRUCTURE SHALL NOT INCLUDE THE NAME OF,
CONTACT
INFORMATION FOR, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION REGARDING THE
FUND
OR ANY OF ITS INVESTMENTS (INCLUDING THE NAMES OF ANY EMPLOYEES OR AFFILIATES
THEREOF) AND (B) NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL LIMIT THE ABILITY OF A
PROSPECTIVE
INVESTOR TO MAKE ANY DISCLOSURE TO THE INVESTOR'S TAX ADVISERS OR TO THE U.S.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR ANY OTHER TAXING AUTHORITY.
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IN MAKING AN INVESTMENT DECISION, INVESTORS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN
EXAMINATION OF
THE FUND AND THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, INCLUDING THE MERITS AND RISKS
INVOLVED.
THE INTERESTS HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED, APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE FCA,
ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR STATE AUTHORITY OR ANY OTHER NON-U.S. SECURITIES
COMMISSION OR
REGULATORY AUTHORITY. FURTHERMORE, THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT
CONFIRMED THE ACCURACY OR DETERMINED THE ADEQUACY OF THIS MEMORANDUM. ANY
REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. SEE "APPENDIX 1:
NOTICES TO
INVESTORS IN SPECIFIC JURISDICTIONS" FOR LEGENDS RELATING TO THOSE
JURISDICTIONS IN
WHICH THE INTERESTS SHALL BE OFFERED AND, BY ACCEPTING THIS MEMORANDUM, EACH
PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR AGREES TO BE BOUND BY EACH RELEVANT LEGEND AND
CORRESPONDING RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN APPENDIX 1.
THIS MEMORANDUM IS BEING COMMUNICATED IN THE UK ONLY TO INVESTORS WHO ARE
CONSIDERED TO BE "PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS" OR WHO MAY, ON REQUEST, BE TREATED AS
"PROFESSIONAL CLIENTS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ANNEX II TO THE MARKETS IN
FINANCIAL
INSTRUMENTS DIRECTIVE (2014/65/EU) ("PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS"). THIS
MEMORANDUM
MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT PROFESSIONAL
INVESTORS. ANY INTERESTS TO WHICH THIS MEMORANDUM RELATES ARE AVAILABLE ONLY
TO
PROFESSIONAL INVESTORS. THIS MEMORANDUM IS NOT AN APPROVED PROSPECTUS FOR THE
PURPOSES OF SECTION 85 OF FSMA.
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THE FUND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED AS AN INVESTMENT COMPANY UNDER THE
U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED. THE INTERESTS OFFERED HEREBY
HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS
AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS OR THE
LAWS
OF ANY NON-U.S. JURISDICTION. THE INTERESTS WILL BE OFFERED AND SOLD FOR
INVESTMENT
ONLY TO QUALIFYING RECIPIENTS OF THIS MEMORANDUM PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION
FROM
THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY SECTION 4(A)-
(2)
THEREOF AND REGULATION D PROMULGATED THEREUNDER AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE U.S. AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE
OFFERING
WILL BE MADE. THERE WILL BE NO PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE INTERESTS AND THERE IS
NO
OBLIGATION ON THE PART OF ANY PERSON TO REGISTER THE INTERESTS UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.
THE INTERESTS MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE NON-U.S. SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO
REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THE INTERESTS
WILL
BE FURTHER RESTRICTED BY THE TERMS OF THE FUND'S LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
(THE "FUND PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT"). INVESTORS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY
BE
REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE INTERESTS FOR AN
INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
THE INTERESTS ARE OFFERED SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE AND ANY SUBSCRIPTION FOR
INTERESTS BY AN INVESTOR MAY BE REJECTED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART. AN INVESTMENT
IN THE
INTERESTS WILL INVOLVE SIGNIFICANT RISKS DUE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO THE
NATURE OF
THE INVESTMENTS THE FUND INTENDS TO MAKE AND THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT
THE
FUND'S RATE OF RETURN OBJECTIVES WILL BE REALIZED OR THAT THERE WILL BE ANY
RETURN
OF CAPITAL. SEE "SECTION 7: RISK FACTORS" AND "SECTION 8: CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST".
INVESTORS SHOULD HAVE THE FINANCIAL ABILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT THE
RISKS
AND LACK OF LIQUIDITY THAT ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE INVESTMENT DESCRIBED
HEREIN.
INVESTORS IN THE FUND MUST BE PREPARED TO BEAR SUCH RISKS FOR AN INDEFINITE
PERIOD
OF TIME.
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD NOT CONSTRUE THE CONTENTS OF THIS MEMORANDUM AS
LEGAL, TAX, INVESTMENT OR OTHER ADVICE. EACH PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR SHOULD
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MAKE ITS
OWN INQUIRIES AND CONSULT ITS ADVISERS AS TO THE FUND AND THIS OFFERING AND
AS TO
LEGAL, TAX, FINANCIAL AND OTHER RELEVANT MATTERS CONCERNING AN INVESTMENT IN
THE
INTERESTS AND THE SUITABILITY OF THE INVESTMENT FOR SUCH INVESTOR.
IN CONSIDERING THE PRIOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN (INCLUDING
IN
RESPECT OF DB SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES FUND A, L.P., DB SECONDARY
OPPORTUNITIES
FUND B, L.P. AND DB SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES FUND C, L.P., DB SECONDARY
OPPORTUNITIES FUND D, L.P., SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES FUND II, LP AND SECONDARY
OPPORTUNITIES FUND III, LP (TOGETHER, THE "SOF FUNDS"), PROSPECTIVE
INVESTORS SHOULD
BEAR IN MIND THAT PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE
RESULTS AND THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE FUND WILL ACHIEVE COMPARABLE
RESULTS. UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, ALL REFERENCES TO RATES OF RETURN OR
INTERNAL RATES OF RETURN IN THIS MEMORANDUM ARE TO RATES OF RETURN ON
INVESTMENTS ON A GROSS BASIS AND, AS SUCH, EXCLUDE THE EFFECT OF PRIORITY
PROFIT
SHARE, MANAGEMENT FEES AND EXPENSES, CARRIED INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES.
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS MAY, UPON REQUEST, OBTAIN A HYPOTHETICAL ILLUSTRATION
OF
THE EFFECT OF FEES, EXPENSES, CARRIED INTEREST AND OTHER CHARGES ON THE
RETURNS,
BUT SHOULD NOTE THAT ANY SUCH ILLUSTRATION IS HYPOTHETICAL AND, AS SUCH, IS
LIKELY
TO PRODUCE DIFFERENT RESULTS FROM THOSE ACTUALLY OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE
APPLICATION OF THE RELEVANT FEES, EXPENSES, CARRIED INTEREST AND OTHER
CHARGES.
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
MANAGER TO DISCUSS THE PROCEDURES AND METHODOLOGIES USED TO CALCULATE THE
INVESTMENT RETURNS AND OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED, BUT SHOULD NOTE THAT THEIR
INVESTMENT MUST BE BASED SOLELY ON THE INFORMATION IN THIS MEMORANDUM IN ITS
FINAL
FORM AND IN THE FUND PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. IN PARTICULAR, PROSPECTIVE
INVESTORS
SHOULD TAKE NOTE THAT, AS DESCRIBED IN "HISTORY" IN SECTION 1: EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY OF
THIS MEMORANDUM, NOT ALL MEMBERS OF THE INVESTMENT AND OPERATIONS TEAMS THAT
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MANAGED THE SOF FUNDS AT DEUTSCHE BANK HAVE JOINED THE MANAGER AND GLENDOWER
CAPITAL (U.S.), LLC (THE "U.S. ADVISER"). ACCORDINGLY, IN EVALUATING THE PAST
PERFORMANCE OF THE SOF FUNDS, PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD NOTE THAT THE
PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE MANAGER AND THE U.S. ADVISER WERE FORMALLY PART
OF DEUTSCHE BANK, A LARGE INSTITUTION, AND, IN CONNECTION WITH THE
INVESTMENTS
COMPRISING THE TRACK RECORD OF THE SOF FUNDS, SUCH PERSONS FUNCTIONED AS PART
OF A LARGER GROUP WITHIN DEUTSCHE BANK AND THE SUCCESS OR OTHERWISE OF THE
SOF
FUNDS SHOULD NOT BE SOLELY ATTRIBUTED TO THE PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE
MANAGER AND THE U.S. ADVISER.
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MEMORANDUM CONSTITUTES "FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS," WHICH CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE USE OF FORWARD-LOOKING
TERMINOLOGY
SUCH AS "MAY," "WILL," "SHOULD," "EXPECT," "ANTICIPATE," "PROJECT,"
"ESTIMATE," "INTEND,"
"CONTINUE" OR "BELIEVE" OR THE NEGATIVES THEREOF OR OTHER VARIATIONS THEREON
OR
OTHER COMPARABLE TERMINOLOGY. DUE TO VARIOUS RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES,
INCLUDING
THOSE DESCRIBED IN THIS MEMORANDUM, ACTUAL EVENTS OR RESULTS OR THE ACTUAL
PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE REFLECTED OR
CONTEMPLATED IN SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. NO REPRESENTATION OR
WARRANTY IS MADE AS TO FUTURE PERFORMANCE OR SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS.
THIS MEMORANDUM HAS BEEN PREPARED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE LEGAL AND TAX
STRUCTURE REQUIRED TO CONDUCT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FUND HAS ALREADY BEEN
FULLY
IMPLEMENTED AND THAT ALL REGULATORY, TAX AND OTHER CLEARANCES HAVE BEEN
OBTAINED. THE STRUCTURE WILL HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED PRIOR TO THE FIRST
CLOSING OF
THE FUND. IN PARTICULAR, THIS MEMORANDUM MAKES REFERENCE TO THE MANAGER BEING
AUTHORIZED AND REGULATED AS AN "ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUND MANAGER" BY THE
FCA.
AS OF THE DATE HEREOF, THE MANAGER IS AWAITING FINAL CONFIRMATION OF ITS
AUTHORIZATION FROM THE FCA. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, THE FIRST CLOSING OF
THE
FUND WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE MANAGER HAS RECEIVED THE NECESSARY
AUTHORIZATIONS.
THIS MEMORANDUM DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN ANY
JURISDICTION
TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER OR
SOLICITATION
IN SUCH STATE OR JURISDICTION. THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING AND THE INTERESTS
DESCRIBED HEREIN MAY BE MODIFIED AT ANY TIME. IN THE EVENT THAT THE
DESCRIPTIONS OR
TERMS IN THIS MEMORANDUM ARE INCONSISTENT WITH OR CONTRARY TO THE FUND
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS UPON
REQUEST), THE FUND PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
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NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING TO GIVE ANY
INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION OTHER THAN AS CONTAINED IN THIS
MEMORANDUM OR THE DEFINITIVE SUBSCRIPTION DOCUMENTS, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE,
SUCH
INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED HEREIN OR THEREIN MUST NOT BE
RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE MANAGER, THE FUND, ITS GENERAL
PARTNER (THE "GENERAL PARTNER") OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MEMORANDUM HAS BEEN COMPILED AS OF THE DATE
HEREOF UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED HEREIN, AND NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS
MEMORANDUM AT ANY TIME, NOR ANY SALE HEREUNDER, SHALL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
CREATE AN IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF
ANY
TIME SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH DATE. CERTAIN ECONOMIC AND MARKET INFORMATION
CONTAINED HEREIN HAS BEEN OBTAINED FROM PUBLISHED SOURCES PREPARED BY OTHER
PARTIES. WHILE SUCH SOURCES ARE BELIEVED TO BE RELIABLE, SUCH INFORMATION
HAS NOT
BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED AND NONE OF THE GENERAL PARTNER, THE FUND, THE
MANAGER, THE U.S. ADVISER OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES ASSUMES ANY
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF SUCH INFORMATION. NEITHER
CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED ("CREDIT SUISSE") NOR ANY OF ITS
AFFILIATES
HAS INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE
INFORMATION
OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE GENERAL PARTNER, THE FUND OR THE MANAGER, AND
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF
SUCH INFORMATION OR ANY FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN
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THIS MEMORANDUM.
EACH OF GLENDOWER CAPITAL, LLP AND THE GENERAL PARTNER IS EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION WITH THE U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (THE "CFTC")
AND IS
NOT REGISTERED WITH THE CFTC AS A COMMODITY POOL OPERATOR ("CPO"), PURSUANT
TO AN
EXEMPTION UNDER CFTC REGULATION SECTION 4.13(A)(3) FOR POOLS (A) WHOSE
INTERESTS
ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND ARE OFFERED AND
SOLD
WITHOUT MARKETING TO THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED STATES, (B) WHOSE PARTICIPANTS
ARE
LIMITED TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND (C) WHOSE INVESTMENTS IN COMMODITY
INTEREST
POSITIONS ARE LIMITED SUCH THAT EITHER (1) THE AGGREGATE INITIAL MARGIN,
PREMIUMS
AND REQUIRED MINIMUM DEPOSIT FOR RETAIL FOREX TRANSACTIONS (AS DEFINED IN
CFTC
REGULATION SECTION 5.1(M)) REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH SUCH POSITIONS, DETERMINED
AT THE
TIME OF THE MOST RECENTLY ESTABLISHED POSITION, DOES NOT EXCEED 5% OF THE
LIQUIDATION VALUE OF THE POOL'S PORTFOLIO, AFTER TAKING INTO ACCOUNT
UNREALIZED
PROFITS AND UNREALIZED LOSSES ON ANY SUCH POSITIONS IT HAS ENTERED INTO,
PROVIDED
THAT, IN THE CASE OF AN OPTION THAT IS IN-THE-MONEY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE,
THE INTHE-MONEY
AMOUNT AS DEFINED IN CFTC REGULATION SECTION 190.01 MAY BE EXCLUDED IN
COMPUTING SUCH 5% OR (2) AN AGGREGATE NET NOTIONAL VALUE OF SUCH POSITIONS,
DETERMINED AT THE TIME OF THE MOST RECENTLY ESTABLISHED POSITION, DOES NOT
EXCEED 100% OF THE LIQUIDATION VALUE OF THE POOL'S PORTFOLIO, AFTER TAKING
INTO
ACCOUNT UNREALIZED PROFITS AND UNREALIZED LOSSES ON ANY SUCH POSITIONS IT HAS
ENTERED INTO. THEREFORE, UNLIKE A REGISTERED CPO, NEITHER THE MANAGER NOR THE
GENERAL PARTNER IS REQUIRED TO DELIVER A DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT (AS DEFINED IN
THE
CFTC REGULATIONS) AND A CERTIFIED ANNUAL REPORT TO INVESTORS.
THE CFTC DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN A POOL OR UPON THE
ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF AN OFFERING MEMORANDUM. CONSEQUENTLY, THE CFTC HAS
NOT REVIEWED OR APPROVED THIS OFFERING OR THIS MEMORANDUM.
THIS MEMORANDUM WAS PREPARED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FUND AND IS BEING
FURNISHED BY CREDIT SUISSE AS PLACEMENT AGENT SOLELY FOR USE BY PROSPECTIVE
INVESTORS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING. CREDIT SUISSE IS ACTING AS
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AGENT FOR THE GENERAL PARTNER, AND, IN THAT CAPACITY, IS NOT ACTING AS
INVESTMENT
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SIMILAR FUNDS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE. POTENTIAL INVESTORS MUST MAKE THEIR OWN
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AWARE THAT CREDIT SUISSE WILL RECEIVE A PLACEMENT FEE FROM THE GENERAL
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(OR ITS AFFILIATE) THAT IS GENERALLY BASED UPON THE AMOUNT OF INTERESTS IN
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SUBSCRIBED FOR BY THE INVESTORS. CREDIT SUISSE IS NOT ACTING AND WILL NOT
ACT AS A
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Glendower Capital, LLP
16 Berkeley Street
London, W1J 8DZ
United Kingdom
Attention: Carlo
Email:
Glendower api a
410 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
United States of America
Attention: Joshua C. Glaser
Email:
Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited
17 Columbus Courtyard
London, E14 4DA
United Kingdom
Attention: Michael J. Murphy
Email:
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Table of Contents
Section 1: Executive
Summary
1
Section 2: Investment
Performance
7
Section 3: Summary of Principal
Terms
12
Section 4: Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV,
LP
14
Section 5: Fund
Management
30
Section 6: Summary of Terms and
Conditions
35
Section 7: Risk
Factors
48
Section 8: Conflicts of
Interest
66
Section 9: Certain Legal, ERISA and Tax
Considerations
70
Appendices
87
Appendix 1 Notices to Investors in Specific
Jurisdictions
88
Appendix 2 Privacy
Notice
99
Appendix 3 Anti-Money
Laundering
101
Appendix 4 Key
Definitions
102
Appendix 5 Important Performance
Information
108
Appendix 6
Directory
111
Appendix 7 Board of Directors of the General
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Executive Summary
Overview
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP ("SOF IV" or the
"Fund") is being formed by Glendower Capital,
LLP ("Glendower Capital", "Glendower" or the "Manager"), an independent
investment firm, privately held by its
partners and focused on secondary private markets. Glendower was formed by
the secondary opportunities team that
spun-out from Deutsche Asset Management on August 1, 2017.
The Fund is seeking US$1.75 billion in aggregate commitments with the aim of
generating attractive risk-adjusted
investment returns, principally in the form of capital appreciation, through
the acquisition, holding and disposition of a
diverse portfolio of investments including large and mid-market buyout,
growth capital, venture capital, special situations,
turnaround, mezzanine, distressed opportunities, real estate and
infrastructure assets primarily on the secondary market.
The Fund will target globally, but primarily in the U.S. and Europe, (i) the
acquisition of interests in established generalist
and specialist private equity fund structures (including funds of funds,
feeder funds and other similar structures) on the
secondary market (each such fund or structure, a "Fund Secondary" and,
together, "Fund Secondaries"), (ii) the
acquisition of investment interests in private equity fund structures or
portfolios of private equity assets on the secondary
market through bespoke liquidity solutions (each such investment interest, a
"GP-led Secondary" and, together, "GP-led
Secondaries"), and (iii) co-investments in individual portfolio companies
alongside private equity fund sponsors (each
such co-investment, a "Single Asset Deal").
SOF IV will be the fourth dedicated secondary fund led by Carlo Pirzio-
Biroli and Charles Smith (the "Managing
Partners") and invested by Glendower Capital's team of investment
professionals. As described in "History"
(immediately below), this will be the first dedicated secondary fund raised
outside of Deutsche Asset Management by the
Managing Partners and the Glendower SOF Team (as defined below) and managed
by Glendower Capital.
History
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli and Charles Smith, Managing Partners of Glendower, co-
founded Deutsche Asset Management's
Secondary Opportunities Fund investment program (the "SOF Business") in 2006
after having worked together from
2003 to 2006 to restructure and wind down Deutsche Bank's €5.1 billion
proprietary balance sheet private equity
portfolio.1 Chi Cheung and Deirdre Davies (Partners of Glendower) and
Francesco Rigamonti (Senior Advisor to
Glendower) were part of the team initially assembled by the Managing
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Partners in 2003 in London. The team was
subsequently expanded to include Adam Graev and Joshua Glaser (Partners of
Glendower) in 2007 and 2013,
respectively, in New York, as well as certain junior professionals, to
become the "SOF Team" and, on and from August 1,
2017, the "Glendower SOF Team".2 From 2006 to 2017 the Managing Partners led
the SOF Team in establishing,
fundraising and investing SOF, SOF D, SOF II and SOF III (collectively the
"SOF Funds" or the "SOF Program") with
aggregate commitments of US$3 billion. More specifically:
\Z SOF,3 the initial SOF Program secondary fund that was formed in 2006 and
held a final close in early 2007 with a
US$565 million pool of commitments.
)Z SOF D,4 a top-up secondary fund that was formed in 2010 with a US$147
million pool of commitments.
1 The Deutsche Bank proprietary private equity restructuring took place
between 2003 and 2006. Carlo Pirzio-Biroli and Charles Smith played a role
alongside other Deutsche Bank colleagues in the transactions that
contributed to the disposition of Deutsche Bank's proprietary private equity
portfolio.
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli and Charles Smith were not involved in all such
transactions and the efforts described in this Memorandum in respect of the
proprietary private equity restructuring are attributable to the whole
Deutsche Bank team rather than any individual within it.
2
References to the "Glendower SOF Team" may also include investment
professionals and other personnel that are subsequently hired by the
Manager.
3 SOF is a pool of capital dedicated to the secondary market, closed in
2007, which was structured through three separate investment vehicles, DB
Secondary Opportunities Fund A, L.P. ("SOF A"), DB Secondary Opportunities
Fund B, L.P. ("SOF B") and DB Secondary Opportunities Fund C, L.P.
("SOF C"), collectively "SOF".
4 DB Secondary Opportunities Fund D, L.P. ("SOF D") is a pool of capital
dedicated to the secondary market, closed in 2010. SOF D is a Euro
denominated fund. US$ values have been converted to Euros at the September
30, 2017 rate of 1.1822.
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\Z SOF II,5 the second secondary fund that was formed in 2011 and held a
final close in 2012 with a US$614 million
pool of commitments.
\Z SOF III,6 the third secondary fund that held a single close in late 2014
with a US$1,654 billion pool of commitments.
On August 1, 2017 all investment professionals and key operations
professionals of the SOF Team spun-out and formed
Glendower Capital to continue the secondary investment strategy developed at
Deutsche Asset Management. As part of
the spin-out, certain arrangements are in place between,
inter alia, Deutsche Asset Management and Glendower Capital
in order to provide operational continuity to the SOF Funds throughout their
remaining term. Pursuant to these
arrangements Glendower Capital will continue to provide investment advice
and the Managing Partners will provide
investment management services to Deutsche Asset Management with respect to
the SOF Funds and assist Deutsche
Asset Management with the day-to-day management and realization of the
portfolio investments. Deutsche Asset
Management will have no future role with Glendower Capital, other than in
relation to the SOF Funds.
As further disclosed in Appendix 5 (Important Performance Information) any
track record or other financial
information in respect of the SOF Funds relates to the SOF Funds raised
prior to the spin-out of Glendower
Capital from Deutsche Asset Management. Accordingly, when considering the
track record and other financial
information contained herein, each prospective investor should have regard
to the fact that other employees of
Deutsche Asset Management who have not joined Glendower Capital were
involved in the investment
committees of the SOF Funds and the investment decision-making process in
respect of the investments made
by the SOF Funds.7
Investment Highlights
The Manager believes that its market focus and strategic approach to
transaction sourcing and disciplined investment
process will generate high quality secondary private equity investment
opportunities for the Fund.
Benefits of secondary market investing
Capitalize on information asymmetries to re-price existing mature assets.
Mitigate blind pool risk by focusing on mature portfolio assets and
valuations.
\Z Mitigate the J-curve due to a shorter duration of investments and earlier
cash distributions.
Complement investors' portfolio construction by accelerating deployment
of capital and providing diversified exposure
across vintage (including older vintage years), strategy, industry and
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geography.
Compelling investment opportunity
The secondary market has transitioned from a cyclical distressed play to
an institutionalized market where US$58
billion8 was transacted in 2017 by a wide range of sellers, including
pension funds, sovereign wealth funds,
endowments and foundations, asset managers, financial institutions and
family offices.
\Z With US$125 billion of near-term capital available for investment
(commonly referred to as 'dry powder') available for
secondaries vs 2017 annual volume of US$58 billion, the supply-demand
balance in the secondary market remains
more favorable at 2.2x than other asset classes such as buyouts (3.7x).9
)Z Secondary market pricing has normalized and remains stable at ca. 90% of
Fair Market Value ("FMV") since 201010
within the range acceptable to both buyers and sellers leading to record
secondary transaction volumes.11
5 Secondary Opportunities Fund II, LP ("SOF II") is a pool of capital
dedicated to the secondary market that held its first closing in 2011.
6 Secondary Opportunities Fund III, LP ("SOF III") is a pool of capital
dedicated to the secondary market that held its first and final closing in
2014.
7 Past performance is not a prediction of the future performance of SOF, SOF
D, SOF II or SOF III but is included to demonstrate the track record of the
Glendower SOF Team and there can be no assurance that SOF IV will achieve
comparable results or that any target results will be achieved.
8 Source: Glendower Capital based on Greenhill Secondary Market Trends &
Outlook, January 2018.
9 Source: Glendower Capital based on 2018 Preqin Global Private Equity &
Venture Capital Report, Bain & Company Global Private Equity Report 2018
and Greenhill Secondary Market Trends & Outlook, January 2018.
10 Source: Greenhill Secondary Market Trends & Outlook, January 2018.
11 Source: Glendower Capital based on Greenhill Secondary Market Trends &
Outlook, January 2018.
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Bespoke liquidity solutions or GP-led Secondary deals, another key target
area for the Fund, are an evolving and
growing segment of the market. Today they represent just under 25%12 of the
market and include spin-in/spin-outs, tailend
funds (i.e., funds raised at least 10 years ago) restructuring, asset
liquidations, and LP tenders.
Distinctive investment strategy
The Manager intends to replicate the consistent, distinctive investment
strategyl3 pursued by the SOF Team (while at
Deutsche Asset Management14) in each of the SOF Funds. This strategy is
built around five main pillars:
)Z A focus on less competitive transactions such as smaller US$5-100 million
Fund Secondaries, US$100-250 million
GP-led Secondaries and larger, more complex deals where the Glendower SOF
Team has an angle. As of
September 30, 2017, the SOF Funds had completed 82 transactions with an
average deal size of US$40 million.
\Z Pursuing a selective, true value approach through bottom-up, in-depth
fundamental analysis rather than deal
structuring / leveraging. Positioned as a mid-sized alpha value investor vs
larger levered beta players, the SOF
Team has screened approximately 3,000 potential deals since 2007 valued at
around US$400 billion in the aggregate
and have transacted around 1% of this deal-flow by value.
)Z Buying margin of safety and mitigating blind pool risk by purchasing
mature fund interests at a discount to FMV. The
SOF Team has historically purchased at an average 20% discount to FMV over
350 fund interests which were around
80% funded and typically past their investment period at the time of
purchase.15
)Z Pursuing an efficient portfolio management approach. The SOF Team has
historically (i) not utilized leverage at
transaction level and limited at portfolio level, (ii) systematically
implemented currency hedging to mitigate 50 to 60%
of market volatility, (iii) consistently diversified the SOF portfolios
across a maximum of 30 to 40 transactions to
mitigate over 90% of non-market deal risk.
Pursuing a portfolio construction according to a barbell approach
adjusted to market cycles. Since inception, the
SOF Team has completed around 58% of its transactions in Fund Secondaries
and 42% in GP-led Secondaries and
Single Asset Deals16 adjusting to focus on the former during market
corrections and on the latter during normalized
market conditions.
It is expected that the Fund will opportunistically pursue transactions in a
broad range of private equity fund investments
(including funds of funds, feeder funds and other similar structures),
portfolios of direct private equity assets, and coinvestments
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in individual assets alongside private equity sponsors where the Glendower
SOF Team has an angle. More
specifically:
.>Z Informational advantage, by leveraging the Glendower SOF Team's
relationships with over 180 Fund Sponsors17 and
its investments in more than 350 fund interests worldwide.18
\Z Relationship with sellers, by working directly with sellers to address
their objectives, which often include nonmonetary
factors such as confidentiality, speed of transaction, and certainty of
execution.
.>Z Opportunity to solve for complexity, by leveraging the Glendower SOF
Team's transactional expertise to structure
more complex transactions at a smaller size than other larger secondary
funds.
12 Source: Glendower Capital based on Greenhill Secondary Market Trends &
Outlook, January 2018.
13 Past performance is not a prediction of the future performance of SOF,
SOF D, SOF II or SOF III but is included to demonstrate the track record of
the
Glendower SOF Team and there can be no assurance that SOF IV will achieve
comparable results or that any target results will be achieved.
14 Prospective investors should note that while at Deutsche Asset
Management, the SOF Team were able to make use of platform personnel and
resources in connection with the SOF Program that will not be available to
the Glendower SOF Team in connection with the management and
operation of SOF IV.
15 Source: Glendower Capital's proprietary information.
16 Represents % of aggregate invested capital in the SOF Funds as of
September 30, 2017. Past portfolio construction of the SOF Funds is not a
prediction of the Fund's portfolio construction.
17 Source: Glendower Capital's proprietary information.
18 Source: Glendower Capital's proprietary information.
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Established track recordl9, 20
As of September 30, 2017 the SOF Program has delivered a strong performance
with aggregate gross performance
since inception of 1.6x gross multiple and 28% IRR (Internal Rate of Return)
and 1.5x TVPI (Total Value to Paid-in
Capital), 0.9x DPI (Distributions to Paid-in Capital) and 23% Net IRR to
investors. More specifically:
SOF (2006, US$565 million, in harvesting stage) has generated top decile
performance in the 2006 vintage peer
group, with 2.1x gross multiple and 29% gross IRR and a 1.8x TVPI, 1.8x DPI
and 22% Net IRR.
t SOF D (2010, US$147 million, in harvesting stage) has generated top
decile performance with a 3.0x gross multiple
and 37% gross IRR and a 2.3x TVPI, 2.1x DPI and 29% Net IRR.
)Z SOF II (2011, US$614 million, in maturing stage) has generated top
quartile performance with a 1.7x gross multiple
and 23% gross IRR and a 1.5x TVPI, 1.2x DPI and a 20% Net IRR.
.>Z SOF III (2014, US$1,654 billion, in early stage — completing investment
period) has generated top quartile
performance with a 1.4x gross multiple and 31% gross IRR and a 1.3x TVPI,
0.3x DPI and 30% Net IRR.
Experienced, independent team dedicated to secondaries
\Z Newly established, independent firm wholly owned by its Partners.
• Glendower Capital acts as adviser and sub-delegated manager to the SOF
Funds, generating meaningful fee income
for Glendower Capital.
\Z Privately owned by its partners who worked together for 15 years2l before
spinning-out from Deutsche Asset
Management in 2017.
)Z London and New York offices with established operational, integrated,
self-contained processes developed by the
SOF Team over 10 years.
)Z Seasoned international 23-strong team (16 investment professionals with a
12-year average of relevant experience)
targeted to grow to 26-28 by mid 2018.
\Z Extensive database and relationships having invested around US$3 billion
in over 350 fund interests in more than 80
deals and having screened thousands of funds over 10 years.22
Unique sell-side experience, having participated in the restructuring of
Deutsche Bank's €5.1 billion proprietary
private equity portfolio from 2003 to 2006.23
Disciplined and selective investment process
\Z Targets attractive risk-adjusted returns in excess of 20% Net IRR (after
all fees, expenses and carried interest) on a
portfolio-wide basis.24
19 Source: Cambridge Associates Secondaries Benchmark statistics as of
September 30, 2017. This information reflects a comparison of the
performance of the SOF Funds against one benchmark only. SOF Funds'
performance may differ when compared to other benchmark data.
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Performance of the SOF Funds is not included in the data set used to
calculate the benchmark data. Please refer to Section 2, Exhibit 2 for
further
information.
20 The performance figures have not been audited and are based on the
unaudited aggregated performance results of SOF, SOF D and SOF II and SOF
III, collectively the SOF Funds, as of September 30, 2017 and should be read
and reviewed in conjunction with Appendix 5: Important Performance
Information which sets forth, amongst other things, important information
regarding the performance described above. Further, note that the
calculation methodology adopted to calculate Net IRR in respect of the SOF
Funds is impacted by the SOF Funds' use of subscription line facilities.
The SOF Funds use (and SOF IV is expected to use) such facilities to manage
capital drawdowns, as described in "Drawdowns and use of
subscription line facilities" in Section 7: Risk Factors. The SOF Funds'
performance data is not expected to be representative of the investment
returns that will be experienced by investors in the Fund. Gross returns are
gross of fees, expenses and carried interest, which are not charged at the
investment level. Investors should consult with their own advisors as to the
appropriate factors to be considered in evaluating this information. Past
performance of the SOF Funds is not a prediction of their future performance
or that of the Fund.
21 Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, Charles Smith, Chi Cheung and Deirdre Davies have
worked together since 2003. Adam Graev became part of the SOF Team in
2007 and Joshua Glaser in 2013.
22 Source: Glendower Capital's proprietary information.
23 The Deutsche Bank proprietary private equity restructuring took place
between 2003 and 2006. Charles Smith and Carlo Pirzio-Biroli played a role
alongside other Deutsche Bank colleagues in the transactions that
contributed to the disposition of Deutsche Bank's proprietary private equity
portfolio.
Charles Smith and Carlo Pirzio-Biroli were not involved in all such
transactions and the efforts described in this Memorandum in respect of the
proprietary private equity restructuring are attributable to the whole
Deutsche Bank team rather than any individual within it
24 There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective or its target return.
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t Leverages informational advantage from relationships with over 180 Fund
Sponsors.25
tZ Conducts a rigorous value driven, asset-by-asset, bottom-up analysis
focused on:
— Operational, financial and market risk analysis for each underlying
portfolio company26
— Cash flow analysis at portfolio level
— Review of fund and portfolio company management
— Analysis of the impact of terms and structure on net returns
— Critical assessment of the prospects for liquidity
\Z Identifies investment opportunities where there is an alignment of
interest between the Fund Sponsor and its
investors and the majority of value is in identifiable, attractive assets
with reasonable leverage and attractive "see
through" entry multiple at secondary pricing.
Strong alignment of interests
The interests of the Glendower SOF Team will be strongly aligned with the
investors in the Fund:
.>Z The senior members of Glendower Capital intend to commit a minimum of
1.0% of the Fund.
.>Z The partners and professionals of Glendower Capital will be entitled to
receive all the Carried Interest generated by
the Fund.
.>Z The Investment Committee of the Fund will consist solely of individuals
from Glendower Capital.
tZ Deutsche Bank will not be involved in the management of SOF IV, or any
future funds managed or advised by
Glendower Capital. Accordingly, Deutsche Bank will not receive any carried
interest or general partner's share (or
the equivalent thereof) generated by SOF IV.
The key terms of the Fund are highlighted in Section 3: Summary of Principal
Terms and set out in more detail in
Section 6: Summary of Terms and Conditions. Certain risks and potential
conflicts of interest associated with the Fund
are highlighted in Section 7: Risk Factors and Section 8: Conflicts of
Interest, which Investors should consider carefully.
25 Source: Glendower Capital's proprietary information
26 To the extent that such information is available.
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Investment Performance
Secondaries Performance Highlights
The Glendower SOF Team has delivered strong buyout-like returns27 to
investors in the SOF Funds with an attractive
risk profile, early cash flows, and negligible loss ratio. The performance
of the SOF Funds in terms of the key closed-end
funds metrics such as Net IRR, TVPI, and DPI is strong in absolute terms,
compares favorably with its peers and shows
strong consistency across fund vintages.28
Through September 30, 2017, the SOF Program had invested29 US$3.3 billion in
82 transactions resulting in distributions
of over US$1.8 billion and had generated a 1.5x Net Multiple and a 23% Net
IRR to investors. The mature funds in the
SOF Program (SOF, SOF D, and SOF II) had generated a 1.7x Net Multiple and
over 20% Net IRR.
Exhibit 1: Performance of SOF Funds as of September 30, 201730, 31, 32, 33
Fund
SOF
Vintage
(development stage)
Fund size
Transactions, funds, companies #
Gross multiple
Gross IRR
Net multiple (TVPI4)
Net distributed (DPI4)
Net IRR
Peak net contributed capital
2006
(harvesting)
US$565m
21 / 154 / 1,774
2.1x
29%
1.8x
1.8x
22%
26%
SOF D
2010
(harvesting)
US$147m
1 / 28 / 193
3.0x
37%
2.3x
2.1x
29%
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51%
SOF II
2011
(maturing)
US$614m
29 / 75 / 737
1.7x
23%
1.5x
1.2x
20%
42%
SOF III
2014
(early stage)
US$1,654m
35 / 149 / 2,837
1.4x
31%
1.3x
0.3x
30%
44%
1.6x
28%
1.5x
0.9x
23%
US$2,980m
Total
27 For discussion purposes only Source: Glendower Capital based on Preqin
benchmark data for the median TVPI and Net IRR achieved by buyout
funds for vintages of 1997 to 2017. Average buyout TVPI = 1.59x; Average Net
IRR = 15.5%. Data as of September 30, 2017. For further
benchmarking of Glendower Capital to buyout returns, please refer to Exhibit
3
28 Past performance is not a prediction of the future performance of SOF,
SOF D, SOF II or SOF III but is included to demonstrate the track record of
the
Glendower SOF Team and there can be no assurance that SOF IV will achieve
comparable results or that any target results will be achieved.
29
"Invested" is defined as the sum of the purchase price and remaining
unfunded obligation as of the time of closing, or time of expected closing
for
pending deals.
30 The performance figures have not been audited and should be read and
reviewed in conjunction with Appendix 5: Important Performance Information
which sets forth, amongst other things, important information regarding the
performance described above. The SOF Funds' performance data is not
expected to be representative of the investment returns that will be
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experienced by investors in the Fund. Past performance of the SOF Funds is
not a
prediction of future performance. Both SOF and SOF D are invested in the
DaVinci Portfolio — a well diversified portfolio of 28 private equity funds
purchased through an SPV, providing exposure to buyout, special situations,
venture capital and real estate strategies in North America, Europe and
Asia. The number of funds and companies is an estimate and shows the
aggregate of each deal at closing and may include some double counting.
TVPI = Total Value to Paid in Capital; DPI = Distributions to Paid in
Capital; IRR = Internal Rate of Return.
31 SOF D is a Euro denominated fund. US$ valued have been converted at
September 30, 2017 EUR/US$ rate of 1.1822.
32 Both SOF and SOF D are invested in the DaVinci Portfolio — a well
diversified portfolio of 28 private equity funds purchased through an SPV,
providing
exposure to buyout, special situations, venture capital and real estate
strategies in North America, Europe and Asia. The number of funds and
companies is a best estimate and shows the aggregate of each deal at closing
and may include some double counting.
33 TVPI = Total Value to Paid in Capital; DPI = Distributions to Paid in
Capital; IRR = Internal Rate of Return.
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Section 2: Investment Performance
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
In Exhibit 2 each of SOF, SOF D, SOF II and SOF III is benchmarked against
its vintage peer group reported in the
Cambridge Associates Secondaries Benchmark statistics (September 30, 2017).
The SOF Funds present comparatively
strong Net IRR, DPI and TVPI across each vintage year.
Exhibit 2: SOF Funds performance versus Cambridge Associates Secondary Fund
Benchmark34, 35, 36, 37
In Exhibit 3, each of SOF, SOF D, SOF II and SOF III is benchmarked against
its vintage group of top quartile buyout
funds reported in the Cambridge Associates Global Buyout Benchmark as of
September 30, 2017. Again, the SOF
Funds present comparatively strong Net IRR, DPI and TVPI across each vintage
year.
Exhibit 3: Buyout-like returns with a secondary risk profile38
TVPI37
2.5x
SOF D
30%
SOF
2.Ox
SOF II
SOF
1.5x
SOF III
1.Ox
1.5x
SOF II
15%
1.Ox
10%
0.5x
0.5x
SOF III
5%
0.Ox
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
0.Ox
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
0%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
20%
SOF II
2.Ox
SOF
25%
SOF D
SOF D
SOF III
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DPI37
2.5x
Net IRR37
35%
Buy out Top Quartile
SOF Program
34 Source: Cambridge Associates Secondaries Benchmark statistics as of
September 30, 2017. SOF Funds are shown benchmarked against their
vintage year peer group. SOF and SOF D performance is not included in the
data set used to calculate the benchmark data. Note that the performance
figures in respect of SOF and SOF D have not been audited and should be read
and reviewed in conjunction with Appendix 5: Important Performance
Information. Past performance of SOF Funds is not a prediction of future
performance.
35
Information presented in Exhibit 2 is based on the unaudited results of SOF,
SOF D, SOF II and SOF III as of September 30, 2017.
36 Past performance is not a prediction of the future performance of SOF,
SOF D, SOF II or SOF III but is included to demonstrate the track record of
the
Glendower SOF Team. There can be no assurance that SOF IV will achieve
comparable results or that any target results will be achieved.
37 DPI = Distributions to Paid-In Capital; RVPI = Residual Value to Paid-In
Capital; TVPI = Total Value to Paid-in Capital.
38 Source: Cambridge Associates Global Buyout Benchmark as of September 30,
2017. This information reflects a comparison of SOF, SOF D, SOF II &
SOF III performance against one benchmark only. Past performance is not a
prediction of the future performance of SOF, SOF D, SOF II, SOF III or
any other Glendower funds and there can be no assurance that SOF IV will
achieve comparable results or that any target results will be achieved, but
is included to demonstrate the track record of the Glendower SOF Team.
Information presented in this chart is based on the unaudited results of SOF,
SOF D, SOF II and SOF III as of September 30, 2017 and should be read and
reviewed in conjunction and should be read and reviewed in conjunction
with Appendix 5:
Important Performance Information which sets forth, amongst other things,
important information regarding the performance
described above.
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Section 2: Investment Performance
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
In Exhibit 4, each of SOF, SOF II and SOF III is compared against each other.
The SOF Funds, each of a different size, raised in a different vintage and
invested across diverse economic cycles, show
strong consistency in terms of Net Contributed Capital, Net IRR, TVPI and
DPI development. All funds peak below 50%
in terms of Net Contributed Capital at around 16 quarters from inception.
Net IRR, initially artificially high, levels off over
time and converges at around 20% after 20 quarters. Capital tends to be
returned in around 24 quarters, or 6 years.
Lastly, TVPI tends to converge to the 1.65 - 1.85x range by the time funds
are liquidated. The similar profiles exhibited
below are ascribed to the consistency of the investment strategy which the
Glendower SOF Team has adhered to since
2006.39
Exhibit 4: Consistency of SOF Funds performance40
39 Past performance is not a prediction of future performance and therefore
there can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve comparable results or
that any target results will be achieved.
40 Net Contributed Capital as % Fund Size, Net IRR Development, TVPI (Total
Value to Paid in Capital), DPI (Distributions to Paid-in Capital), as of
September 30, 2017. Performance figures have been calculated based on the
unaudited performance results of SOF, SOF II and SOF III as of
September 30, 2017 and should be read and reviewed in conjunction with
Appendix 5: Important Performance Information which sets forth, among
other things, important information regarding the performance information
described in Exhibit 4. Past performance is not a predictor of future returns
and there can be no assurance that SOF IV will achieve comparable results or
that any target results will be achieved. Performance information on
SOF D has not been included on this slide because SOF D is a single
transaction / top-up fund raised in 2010 to underwrite pari-passu the DaVinci
transaction with SOF. Glendower does not expect that similar transactions
will be available to SOF IV.
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Section 2: Investment Performance
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Lastly, in Exhibit 5 the SOF Program is compared against public market
indexes including the MCSI World Index, Russell
2000 Index and the Thomson Reuters Private Equity Buyout Index. In all
cases, each of SOF, SOF D, SOF II and SOF
III compares favorably to public markets.
Exhibit 5: SOF Program compares favorably to public markets4l
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
29%
30%
22%
23%
21%
20%
18%
15% 15%
12%
9%
7%
3%
0%
SOF (2006)
SOF D (2010)
Glendower Net IRR MSCI World
SOF II (2011)
Russell 2000
SOF III (2014)
Thomson Reuters
SOF Program
12%
12%
12%
12%
9%
15%
41 MCSI World Index and Russell 2000 Index returns are based on total
return. Thomson Reuters Private Equity Buyout Index returns are based on
price.
These benchmark indices do not represent an appropriate benchmark to compare
a Glendower investor's performance, but rather is disclosed solely to
allow for comparison to that of certain well-known and widely recognized
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indices. Methodology: The Long Nickels method has been used to calculate
the PMEs. Net cash flows for the SOF Funds are replicated in each index. For
example, (i) when capital is drawn from an investor, an equivalent
amount is invested in the index on the specific date; and (ii) when capital
is distributed to an investor, capital is "withdrawn" from the index on the
same
date. A theoretical terminal value is generated based on the growth of the
total index. Net IRR is calculated using the cashflows replicated in the
index
and the theoretical terminal value. Recallable distributions have been
treated using the "all in method".
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Section 3: Summary of Principal Terms
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ection : Summary of Principal Terms
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Summary of Principal Terms
The following is a summary of the terms and conditions of an investment in
the Fund. This summary should be read in
conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, the
Summary of Terms and Conditions, Risk Factors and
Conflicts of Interest contained in Section 6, Section 7 and Section 8,
respectively, of this Memorandum, the Fund
Partnership Agreement and the deeds of adherence relating to the purchase of
Interests, all of which are available upon
request and should be reviewed carefully prior to making an investment
decision.
Fund Name
Investment Strategy
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP.
The Fund will seek to generate attractive, risk adjusted investment returns,
principally in
the form of capital appreciation, through the acquisition of a diverse
portfolio of private
equity assets on the secondary market.
Target Size
US$1.75 billion.
Minimum Commitment US$5 million.
Fund Structure
Manager
English private fund limited partnership.
Glendower Capital, LLP, which is authorized and regulated in the UK by the
FCA. The
Manager will appoint its affiliate, Glendower Capital (U.S.), LLC, to
provide investment
advice to the Manager in connection with the investment management of the
Fund.
Term
Investment Period
Target First Closing
7 years from the date of the last closing of the Fund (expected to take
place no later than
18 months after the First Closing), with up to five one-year extensions.
4 years from the last closing of the Fund.
As soon as practicable.
General Partner's Share The General Partner will receive from the Fund an
annual profit share as follows:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
during the Investment Period, 1.25% per annum of aggregate Commitments;
for the two years following the expiration of the Investment Period, 1.00%
per
annum of Invested Capital;
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for each successive year thereafter, the greater of 90% of the annual profit
share
for the immediately preceding year and 0.25% per annum of aggregate Invested
Capital.
Distributions and
Carried Interest
Clawback
Preferred return: 8%.
Carried interest: 12.5% with a 100% catch-up.
Yes.
Organizational Expenses The Fund will bear up to US$2.5 million.
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Section 4: Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities
Fund IV, LP
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Section 4. Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
SOF IV is being established by Glendower Capital as the successor fund to
the SOF Funds to pursue the same
investment strategy as the SOF Funds in the secondary market and will follow
processes established by the Glendower
SOF Team in the SOF Program.42
Investment Strategy
In line with the focused and disciplined investment strategy that has
generated strong returns in the SOF Funds to date,43
the Fund will target the acquisition, holding and disposition of a diverse
portfolio of investments including buyout, growth
capital, venture capital, special situations, turnaround, mezzanine and
distressed opportunities, real estate and
infrastructure assets on the secondary market.
The Fund will target globally, but primarily in the U.S. and Europe, three
types of investment:
1. Fund Secondaries, the purchase of LP interests in existing private equity
funds;
2. GP-led Secondaries, which can often involve greater complexity than
traditional Fund Secondaries, and include
spin-in/spin-outs, tail-end restructuring, asset liquidations and LP
tenders; and
3. Single Asset Deals into individual private equity companies, either at
the time of the original acquisition, or later
from an investor seeking early liquidity.
The Manager will primarily allocate capital between these three strategies
depending on its assessment of the relative
attractiveness of the transactions available at any point in time. During
the Investment Period the relative weightings of
each of the three strategies may vary as the Manager's assessment of their
relative attractiveness changes.
The Fund will focus on smaller Fund Secondaries of US$5 million to US$100
million sourced from a mix of small
institutions, family offices and private investors coupled with the
opportunistic pursuit of larger transactions sourced from
financial institutions, corporate and alternative funds. This will, in the
Manager's view, enable the Manager to select the
most attractive investment opportunities on a global basis.
The Fund will target GP-led Secondaries of US$100 million to US$250 million,
focusing on funds with attractive assets
managed by fundamentally sound managers who have 'hit a bump in the road,'
or have investors who have lost patience
or changed strategy and are therefore looking for liquidity. The Manager
believes it will be one of few Managers who
have the capabilities to execute such transactions at this size range — most
Managers target larger transactions to justify
the higher level of resources necessary to execute GP-led Secondaries.
The Fund will opportunistically invest into Single Asset Deals where the
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Manager believes it has identified a situation
where its capital can add value to the transaction or help unlock a
situation.
In addition to the three strategies described above, the Fund will have the
ability to allocate up to 15% of aggregate
commitments to select primary fund investments and other opportunities to
invest in funds where less than 50% of
aggregate capital commitments of the relevant fund have been drawn down.
The Fund will target attractive, risk-adjusted returns in excess of 20% Net
IRR (after fees, expenses and carried interest)
on a portfolio basis.44
42 Prospective investors should note that while at Deutsche Asset
Management, the SOF Team was able to make use of platform personnel and
resources in connection with the SOF Program that will not be available to
the Glendower SOF Team in connection with the management and
operation of SOF IV.
43 Past performance of the SOF Funds is not a prediction of future
performance of either the SOF Funds or the Fund. Actual returns on unrealized
investments may differ materially from returns indicated herein.
44 There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
objective or its target return.
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Section 4. Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
The Manager believes it will be able to source less intermediated deal flow
and work directly with sellers to address their
objectives, which often include non-monetary factors such as
confidentiality, speed of transaction and certainty of
execution.
Differentiated Sourcing
The Glendower SOF Team maintains an extensive network of relationships and
referral sources amongst fund investors,
fund sponsors, managers, portfolio companies, intermediaries/placement
agents, investment banks and other
counterparties in the financial industry which they can leverage to source
proprietary, less intermediated, deal flow.
The Manager believes that its global sourcing approach is critical to
achieving attractive risk-adjusted returns for the
Fund by allocating capital to what the Manager considers to be the best
investment opportunities on a global basis.
Since inception, the SOF Program has benefitted from a diversified pool of
sellers as well as assets. More specifically:
\Z The secondary investments represented in the SOF Funds are comprised of
assets located in (by fair market value)
North America 47%, Europe 47%, Asia and Pacific 3% and the rest of the world
4%.45
\Z Sellers of the assets purchased by the SOF Funds were located in (by
value) North America 43%, Western Europe
55% and the rest of the world 3%.46
The Manager expects to leverage non-monetary factors, such as
confidentiality, trust, speed and certainty of execution.
In Glendower's experience, these factors become particularly relevant to
sellers in distressed financial conditions or who
are keen to mitigate execution risk in rapidly changing markets. In sourcing
transactions for the Fund, the Manager
expects the Glendower SOF Team to focus on sellers who ascribe value to non -
monetary factors that the Fund may be
in a position to offer.
Exhibit 6: Established and disciplined sourcing and deal selection process.
A wide funnel and a narrow filter.47
Access to extensive industry network
developed over 15 years
• GPs, LPs, Advisory Board members
• Close private banking relationships: DB
Wealth Management, Raymond James,
Alex Brown
• Law firms, sourcing agents, banks
Proactive top-down approach
• Engage directly with potential seller
universe: banks, insurance companies,
pension funds
• Off-the-shelf pricing for closely monitored
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library of >100 funds
Investor of reference in GP-led and
Single Asset Deals
• Completed over 30 deals since 2007
• Substantial follow-on deal flow
subsequent to first transaction
—3,000 potential deals screened since 2007, for c.US$400bn
Significant buy & sell side experience
• 100 transactions over 10 years for US$3bn
• Invested in over 350 funds globally
• Wind-down of US$6bn DB PE proprietary portfolio
Filters
Filters
Filters
Unique GP-restructuring and spin-off experience
• As seller, as buyer, own spin-off
Disciplined deal-by-deal underwriting of target
unlevered returns to SOF LPs
• Value investing, bottom-up approach
Transacted 1% by value across
c.100 transactions
45 Source: Glendower Capital proprietary information. Data as of September
30, 2017.
46 Source: Glendower Capital proprietary information. Data as of September
30, 2017.
47 Source: Glendower Capital proprietary information. Data as of March 19,
2018.
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ec ion . Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Attractiveness of Secondary Opportunities for Investors
The Manager believes that secondary investments can form an important
element of a diversified private equity portfolio:
Secondaries complement investment portfolio construction: a secondary
investment program can be designed to
complement a primary investment program by filling the gaps in an investor's
investment portfolio and providing
exposure to older vintages or different strategies or geographies.
\Z Secondaries provide the opportunity to pursue an attractive risk-reward
profile.
Exhibit 7: Attractiveness of Secondary Opportunities for Investors48
In '000
Pricing
Flexibility
Mitgate Blind
Pool Risk
Mitigate
3-Curve
Complement
Portfolio
Construction
— Re-price existing funded assets
— Capitalise on pricing inefficiencies
— Knowledge of existing underlying companies
— Mature assets typically yield more predictable cash
flows
— Shorter duration of investments
— Earlier cash distributions
— Accelerate deployment of capital
— Provides back-seasoned diversified exposure
across vintage, strategy, industry and geography.
1,000
1,200
1,400
200
400
600
800
(800)
(600)
(400)
(200)
1
Hypothetic
al timing of
secondary
transaction
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Timeframe of secondary investment
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11
Years
Capital calls and management fees
Distributions
Cumulative cash flows
More specifically, the Manager believes that secondary investments offer the
potential for an attractive risk-reward profile
due to:
\Z Pricing flexibility: capacity to re-price existing assets to reflect
current performance and economic environment and to
opportunistically target price inefficiencies resulting from market
dislocation and supply-demand imbalances in the
private equity market.
\Z Mitigation of blind pool risk: a secondary manager is typically able to
analyze existing assets and will therefore have
greater visibility on cash-flows.
\Z Mitigation of 3-curve effect: typically secondary investments are drawn
down more quickly and return capital more
quickly than primary funds and therefore suffer less from the 3-curve effect.
Secondary Market Investment Opportunity
Introduction
Fundamentally, private equity assets — when held through funds, funds of
funds, feeder funds or other similar holding
structures — are illiquid investments with long holding periods (typically
10 to 12 years for fund interests) during which
time investors have no, or limited, rights to liquidity and investors
receive limited information about the performance of
the underlying portfolio companies. An investor in such a structure that
requires liquidity prior to the sale of the
underlying assets by the fund has limited alternatives to selling the
interest on the secondary market.
A range of dynamics in the private equity industry, such as an evolving
regulatory environment, ongoing limited partner
portfolio management becoming standard and a rising number of GP-led
Secondaries, can create attractive opportunities
to purchase private equity assets on a secondary basis.
48 This information is for discussion purposes. The graph is an example for
illustrative purposes and the actual cash flow profile of any given
investment
may vary substantially.
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Section 4. Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Secondary market overview
The secondary private equity market has expanded and evolved dramatically
over the last two decades. The market is
large, dynamic and acknowledged by private equity firms and limited partners
alike as a liquidity enabler for private
equity investors globally. In its early years, the secondary market was
typically a much more niche market and limited to
the sale and purchase of limited partnership interests in private equity
funds. Today, the market has expanded to include
bespoke liquidity solutions such as LP tenders, GP recapitalizations and
structured and hybrid transactions. At the same
time, the global private equity market has increased significantly to US$2.8
trillion.49 The expansion of secondary
solutions and a large, growing primary private equity market have propelled
the secondary market to record volumes in
recent years.
Over the previous three years the secondary market has consistently
transacted an average of US$40 billion a year and
in 2017 showed another significant jump in volume to US$58 billion.50
Glendower believes that the record volumes are
being driven primarily by: (i) increases in the number of transactions, and
(ii) a greater number of small to medium-sized
deals transacted by a diverse set of participants. Glendower expects that
many of the critical drivers of volumes over the
last few years, such as the growth of GP-led Secondaries and active
portfolio management by investors, will continue to
underpin the secondary market and represent mainstay sources of supply in
this dynamic market.
Glendower believes that the fundamental drivers of supply remain intact and
future market activity will be driven by a
number of factors, including a stable pricing environment, continued
prominence of GP-led Secondaries and healthy
buyer demand. Active portfolio management via LP portfolio sales represented
the majority of market volumes in 2017
and this trend should continue with sellers actively engaging in the market
for a variety of reasons, including: (i) change
in strategy, (ii) portfolio diversification, (iii) liquidity issues and (iv)
tax planning. GP-led Secondaries now account for a
significant amount of volume in the secondary market and contributed US$14
billion51 in 2017 (24% of total volume).
Glendower expects this once-emerging trend to now be a steady source of
supply as transaction structures and market
participants continue to evolve and mature.
Exhibit 8: PE Secondary Market Volumes 2006 — 201752
US$bn
60
50
6x
40
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30
25
21
20
13
10
10
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
GP-led Secondary
2012
2013
Fund Secondary
2014
2015
2016
2017
9
16
26
28
42
40
37
58
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
The volume of private equity assets has grown significantly as more
investors have entered the asset class, existing
investors have increased allocations to private equity and larger
commitments of capital have been made to increasingly
larger investment funds. According to Preqin, the global private equity AUM
in 1H17 amounts to US$2.8 trillion of which
49 Source: 2018 Preqin Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Report.
50 Source: Greenhill Secondary Pricing Trends & Analysis, January 2018.
51 Greenhill Secondary Pricing Trends & Analysis, January 2018.
52 Glendower Capital analysis based on Greenhill Secondary Market Trends &
Outlook, January 2018; Greenhill GP Solutions Discussion Materials, May
2017; and Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Guide to Secondary Market, June
2017.
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the NAV represents US$1.8 trillion and unfunded amounts to US$1.0 trillion.
The growth of the primary private equity
market together with an increased propensity to trade will be the two key
drivers of the continued growth of the
secondary market as a derivative of the primary market.
Exhibit 9: Total PE assets have risen to US$2.8 trillion53
US$bn
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Unrealised portfolio value
Dry powder
2x
Exhibit 10: Annual Secondary volumes now 1-2% of total
PE54
0.2%
0.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.0%
1.2%
1.4%
1.6%
1.8%
2.0%
2.2%
2x
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
As % of total PE assets
Secondary market pricing — stable and driven by rational participants
Pricing in the Secondary market is a key factor that sellers consider when
evaluating a decision to potentially transact. In
2017, the average headline high bid across all strategies remained strong at
93% of NAV.55 While pricing increased
slightly from the prior year, a closer review of pricing data revealed that
younger funds with available dry powder received
stronger pricing. Tail-end funds typically have few remaining unrealized
assets with little projected uplift in value. This
results in wider discounts than funds of more recent vintages whose assets
still have potential for growth.
While overall buyout funds traded at 99% of NAV in 2017 (skewed positively
by high demand for more recent vintage
funds), other funds, and one-off transactions (i.e., smaller portfolio deals
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without structure) traded at significantly larger
discounts. There is an even greater price gap for perceived "out-of-favor"
funds and lower-quality managers. It is
Glendower's opinion that staying focused on bottom-up fund and asset
selection, often resulting in acquiring one or only
a few funds from a given seller, may result in the ability to generate
stronger performance than larger portfolio purchases.
The Manager believes that buying a large diversified portfolio in an
auction, with the use of significant leverage and/or
transaction structuring, is effectively purchasing a levered private equity
index with diminished ability to generate alpha.
It is important to note that while the Greenhill data of headline pricing
captures bids received by sellers, it does not
necessarily mean that most funds trade in the 90% range of NAV. The
aggregate pricing data masks the broadening
spread of discounts paid in the underlying deals which can be skewed by a
number of factors, including large portfolio
trades that often achieve strong pricing.
It is also worthwhile to note that the pricing data is as of the Record Date,-
56 and does not factor in transaction structuring,
53 2018 Preqin Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Report.
54 Glendower Capital based on 2018 Preqin Global Private Equity & Venture
Capital Report; Greenhill Secondary Market Trends & outlook, January
2018; and Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Guide to the Secondary Market,
June 2017.
55 Greenhill Secondary Market Trends & Outlook, January 2018
56 Private equity funds typically report information to their investors,
including the net asset value of their investment, on a quarterly basis.
Secondary
market transactions are typically priced with reference to the net asset
value of an LP interest as of a specific reporting date, the "Record Date".
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cash flows between signing and closing and mark-to-market pricing — which
taken together often result in higher effective
discounts at closing for buyers.
Exhibit 11: Secondary Market Pricing (2005 - 2017)57
Secondary market pricing has rebounded from the high discounts and low
volumes of 2009 to remain stable at around
10% discount to NAV from 2014 to date. The Manager believes that the
secondary market transacts in a healthy manner
when headline pricing to the seller is in the 10% to 20% discount to
reference date NAV range. For example, in 2009
secondary volumes were very low because the high discount (to already low
net asset values) being demanded by
buyers did not match seller expectations, even those sellers in a certain
amount of distress. From 2010 to today,
secondary market pricing has recovered to within a transactable range,
resulting in a more robust market.
57 Glendower Capital analysis and estimates based on Greenhill Secondary
Market Trends & Outlook, January 2018; Cogent Partners Secondary Market
Trends & Outlook, July 2014; Cogent Partners Secondary Market Update, March
2009; and Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Guide to the Secondary
Market, June 2017.
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Secondary market supply/demand remains balanced
Glendower believes that the secondary market supply / demand is balanced
with an active set of both buyers and sellers.
Greenhill estimates the available dry powder in the Secondary market at ca.
US$125 billion. If compared with 2017
annual volume of US$58 billion, this represents a 2.2x ratio: Glendower
believes that this represents a reasonable
supply/demand balance of approximately two years of deal flow at current
market volumes, a more favorable balance
than in comparison to traditional private equity.
Exhibit 12: Strong Secondary Capital supply58
US$bn
100
120
140
20
40
60
80
0
Dry Powder
Annual Deal Volume
125
Exhibit 13: Dry powder/deal volume remains balanced59
US$bn
Glendower Capital estimates that
2.2x annual deal volume is
available to deploy in Secondaries
58
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
0
Buyout
Secondaries
3.7x
Dry Powder
Deal volume
2.2x
Glendower believes the increase in absolute dry powder in the secondary
market over the last few years has led some
buyers - in an attempt to keep pace with capital deployment desires
to
modify their investment discipline. Glendower
emphasizes rigorous asset selection and has historically maintained a very
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disciplined approach in its opportunity
selection, transacting approximately 19660 of total transaction volume by
value since inception.
Diverse and growing seller universe
Seller composition in 2017 was highly diverse, with no institutional
category accounting for more than a quarter of total
deals by number. According to Greenhill, all types of sellers participated
in the secondary market in the first half of the
year. This reflects the evolution of the secondary market which now
represents an efficient portfolio management tool
that is used by market participants to strategically rebalance private
equity portfolios. The varied seller make-up contrasts
to the past where volumes were concentrated in financial institutions and
pension plans. Glendower expects selling
activity to remain broad-based with particular strength from (i) GPs, (ii)
public pensions, and (iii) funds-of-funds as they
continuously rebalance their portfolios and seek to liquidate older vintage
vehicles.
58 Glendower Capital based on Greenhill Cogent Secondary Market Trends &
Outlook, January 2018.
59 2018 Preqin Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Report, Bain &
Company Global Private Equity Report 2018 and Greenhill Cogent Secondary
Market Trends & Outlook, January 2018.
60 Deal flow information represents the aggregate deal flow by value
reviewed by the Glendower SOF Team between January 1, 2006 and September
30, 2017. Historical deal flow characteristics do not provide a prediction
of future deal flow trends and there can be no guarantee that future deal
flow
will be comparable to historic deal flow.
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Exhibit 14: 2017: Seller composition breakdown6l
Exhibit 15: Funds marketed by vintage58
100%
20%
General
Partners
24%
Endowments &
Foundations
16%
Family Office /
Other
6%
80%
60%
58%
40%
Financial
Institutions
12%
Asset Manager / FoF
18%
0%
2016
Public
Pensions /
SWF
24%
2017
20%
22%
18%
<2006 Pre-crisis
43%
2006-08 Pre-crisis
39%
>2008 Post-crisis
Emergence of tail-end sales
There has been a recent emergence of traditional secondary buyers and funds-
of-funds entering the market as sellers.
While these seller types may be emerging, motivations for doing so are not
new and are consistent with the broader
asset management sub-segment, where sellers are looking to wind down older
vehicles to either lock in gains, return
capital to LPs, or both. Glendower estimates that here is a significant
supply of secondary opportunities in pre-crisis
bubble funds as evidenced by ca. US$600 billion of private equity assets
still locked in 2003-2008 vintage funds.
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Exhibit 16: PE Assets by Fund Vintage Year62
US$bn
US$600 billion
250
226
200
201
186
150
149
137
100
92
50
48
5
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
Pre Crisis Bubble
2007
2008
2009
Crisis
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Post Crisis
2015
11
20
2016
67
129
144
193
61 Greenhill Cogent Secondary Market Trends & Outlook, January 2018.
62 2017 Preqin Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Report — Private
Equity and Venture Capital Unrealized Value by Fund Vintage Year as of
June 2016.
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Growth and prominence of GP-led Secondaries
The volume of GP-led Secondaries in 2017 was US$14 billion, representing
approximately 24% of total Secondary
market deal volumes.63 These transactions included recaps and
restructurings, tender offers, direct secondaries and
spin-outs. Historically, transactions involving buyout funds have dominated
the landscape (70% of all GP-led
Secondaries volume in 201664); however, there was significant growth in the
real assets space with infrastructure funds
representing 15%, followed by real estate, energy and venture.
Exhibit 17: GP-led Secondaries Transaction Volume (2006 — 2017)65
US$bn
10
11
12
13
14
15
0
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
% of Secondary
market deal volume
30%
14.0
25%
18%
CAGR
8.2
7.1
15%
9.0
20%
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
10%
2.4
1.9
0.6
0%
2006
2007
2008
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2009
GP-led secondaries
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
GP-led secondaries as % of total
A number of factors are driving the trend for the general partners of
underlying funds to organize liquidity solutions on
behalf of their investors:
t The global financial crisis left many GPs delaying exits by several years
resulting in a build-up of inventory of assets
for sale. Today, there is US$0.6 trillion of unrealized private equity
assets locked in vintages 2008 and earlier.
LPs are taking a more proactive approach to rebalancing their portfolios,
which have included growing demands for
the liquidity that GPs have long promised.
A greater and growing number of high-quality managers are now utilizing
the Secondary market to solve unique
issues among their funds (i.e., end of fund life planning, additional
capital to support existing portfolio companies,
release of capital for latest offering etc.).
t Continued evolution and refinement of transaction structures.
Glendower believes that this reality has led to an influx of GP-led
liquidity offerings and restructurings. Once mere
63 Greenhill Cogent Secondary Market Trends & Outlook, January 2018.
64 Greenhill Cogent Secondary Market Trends & Outlook, January 2017.
65 Glendower Capital based on Greenhill Secondary Market Trends & Outlook,
January 2018 and Evercore H1 2017 Secondary Market Survey Results.
2017
2.7
2.7
1.6
1.1
1.9
5%
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curiosities, Glendower observes that GP-led Secondaries have quickly grown
to be an important aspect of the market,
one that Glendower expects to continue to actively drive volumes in the
future. Glendower believes that it is only a matter
of time before large brand name GPs utilize the Secondary market to achieve
liquidity solutions for their older funds.
While there has been a large influx of GP-led opportunities, Glendower has
not observed that this automatically
translates to closed deals. In fact, various market intermediaries have
noted increased instances of failed transactions.
GP-led Secondaries are inherently complex with many stakeholders involved.
Glendower continues to believe the
common themes among successful GP-led Secondaries include early and open
communication with existing LPs, quality
assets that are fairly valued, well-aligned managers and the creation of a
set of options for existing investors that are
more attractive than the status quo.
The increased transaction risk and structuring sophistication that
characterize GP-led Secondaries require more
advanced secondary transactional expertise, larger teams and mid-to-large
fund sizes to underwrite deals that are more
concentrated than traditional LP portfolios. Glendower has taken a cautious,
value-oriented approach to GP-led
Secondaries and focuses on opportunities where there is strong alignment
with the manager, diversified portfolio,
attractive cash flow positive assets, near-term liquidity and a compelling
rationale for the GP to seek a comprehensive
liquidity solution for existing LPs. It is important to focus on deals that
have the right dynamics to lead to a successful
outcome for all involved parties.
Exhibit 18: Glendower expects an increasing prevalence of GP-led Secondaries
with "Top Quartile" GPs66
66 Glendower Capital market intelligence.
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The Competitive Environment
The secondary market is made up of a range of funds targeting secondary
opportunities varying in size from under
US$100 million up to the largest, at US$10.8 billion, that closed in 2016.67
Secondaries funds are further differentiated
by their geographic focus and increasingly by their sourcing and investment
strategy.
The Fund will be positioned in the mid-sized segment of the market, which
the Manager estimates currently comprises
secondaries funds between US$1 billion and US$3 billion in size. The Manager
believes this is a particularly attractive
segment of the market because funds in this size bracket are able to build
diversified portfolios while also being
extremely selective over which transactions to pursue.
In contrast, funds below US$1 billion are forced to compete in the very
competitive market for small fund interests, and
are often focused on particular geographies or strategies, reducing such a
fund's ability to mitigate risk through
diversification. Conversely, funds with sizes of greater than US$3 billion
inevitably build extremely diversified portfolios
which act as private equity indices and therefore have difficulty in
generating out performance.
Exhibit 19: Glendower Competitive Landscape: Well Positioned to Pursue its
Strategy68
Fund Size
(US$000)
L
• Levered beta play
• PE market
indexing
• Global sourcing
• Volume-driven
3,000
•
M
Alpha play
• Value investing
• Global sourcing
• Selective sourcing
1,000
SOF II
S
• Smaller deals
• Local sourcing
• Very competitive
SOF I
>50 players
100
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1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
Fund Vintages
<$1bn
$1-3bn
>$3bn
Glendower Capital
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
SOF III
SOF IV
—10 players
10,000
—10 players
Sourcing strategies
Many of the larger funds source investments through auctions designed to
sell large portfolios where the seller is looking
to significantly reduce its private equity exposure. These sellers have
historically included financial institutions that are
compelled to sell by incoming regulations, and pension plans looking to
actively manage their private equity portfolios.
Financial institutions have now largely finished selling their portfolios,
but pension plans remain large investors in private
equity and will continue to sell periodically to manage their exposure.
Following the sale of these large portfolios, the mix of sellers has changed
towards alternative asset managers, family
offices and endowments and foundations. The Manager expects the Fund to be
ideally positioned to selectively acquire
some of the remaining assets and positions held by these potential sellers.
These transactions tend to be more
complicated to execute or less conventional in asset type (real estate,
infrastructure, mezzanine and special situations).
The Manager's expertise in structuring relatively complex transactions,
together with its target deal size of under US$100
67 Source: Glendower Capital market intelligence.
68 Source: Preqin database and Glendower Capital's own analysis.
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million, make it a potential buyer of choice in these transactions.
Maturity of fund interests
The mid-sized fund segment of the market is further differentiated through
the maturity of fund interests targeted.
Some strategies target interests in immature buyout funds which are between
15% and 50% drawn down. These
strategies do a primary style analysis of the blind pool portion of the
portfolio — focusing on the capability of the Fund
Sponsor to invest the remaining commitments well, alongside a secondary
pricing analysis of the existing assets.
Complementary to this, some secondaries funds target interests in Fund
Sponsors that are considered by their primary
fund investment businesses to be of high quality on the basis that these
interests, even if bought at close to par value,
represent a compelling purchase.
In contrast to these approaches, the Fund will focus only on mature fund
interests (at least 50% drawn, typically over
80% drawn). This approach provides the Manager with visibility on the
underlying assets and reduces reliance on the
Fund Sponsor to select strong investment opportunities (reduces 'blind pool
risk').
Investment Process
Overview
The Glendower SOF Team has developed a robust and selective investment
process to support its focused and
disciplined investment strategy.
Exhibit 20: Secondaries Investment Process
Deal
origination
and sourcing
fi Top down
identification of
attractive assets
fF Focus on key
seller verticals
fi Proactive calling
efforts
fr Logging of all
potential deals into
pipeline
Screening
and due
diligence
ff, Weekly review of
pipeline
fi Staffing and
prioritisation
fF Detailed bottomup
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due diligence
fr Transaction
negotiation and
structuring
Investment
decision &
closing
fr Approval by
Investment
Committee
ff Final negotiations
ff Signing of
transaction
ff GP consent / other
closing conditions
ff FX hedging
fr Closing
Monitoring
and risk
mgmt
fr Review of
realisations and
updates on
performance at
weekly meeting
fr Ongoing
evaluation of sale
opportunities
fr Formal quarterly
valuation and
performance
review
Investment
realisation
fr Review cashflows
from underlying
funds
fr Evaluate and
execute
realisations where
we have discretion
fr Pipeline
fr Valuation model
fr IC memo
fr PSA and
subscription
documents
fr Valuation memo
fr Quarterly review
fr IC memo
fr Sale documents
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Deal origination and sourcing
The Glendower SOF Team will seek to purchase funds in exclusive or minimally
competitive negotiated transactions
through its own extensive network of industry relationships, which includes
financial sponsors, Fund Sponsors, portfolio
companies, intermediaries/placement agents, and investment banks.
The Glendower SOF Team will seek to proactively identify private equity
funds through a combination of top-down and
bottom-up analysis.
Top-down identification of assets: an extensive private equity database
listing certain funds is maintained with recent
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pricing that is expected to enable the Glendower SOF Team to pro-actively
source these opportunities in the market and
respond quickly to any potential seller. Top-down asset selection and
approach utilizes the following principles:
\Z Majority of value in identifiable, attractive assets.
\Z Focus on quality assets.
\Z Fund Sponsor/LP alignment of interest, e.g., fund is distributing, or is
expected to distribute, carried interest.
\Z Reasonable leverage at portfolio and underlying company levels.
\Z Attractive "see through" entry multiple at today's pricing.
Screening and due diligence
The Manager proposes to implement an investment process that adopts a
rigorous and disciplined value-focused,
bottom-up due diligence69
approach coupled with top-down asset selection to identify quality
investment opportunities.
The Manager intends to implement a rigorous, value-focused bottom-up due
diligence focused on:
Operational, financial and market risk analysis for each underlying
portfolio company.
Cash flow analysis at portfolio level.
Review of fund and portfolio company management.
\Z Analysis of the impact of terms and structure on net returns.
\Z Critical assessment of the prospects for liquidity.
As required, independent analysis on tax, legal and accounting issues, as
well as other specialist external advice, where
necessary, will support the investment decision process. In minority co-
investments, while leveraging the due diligence
completed by the transaction's main lead investor, the Glendower SOF Team
will perform its own due diligence in an
attempt to verify the key assumptions underpinning the investment case.
Investment decision and closing
On successful completion of the due diligence process and negotiation of key
terms, an investment memorandum will be
presented to the Investment Committee (as described in Section 5: Fund
Management of this Memorandum) to be
considered for approval. The Investment Committee's role will include
deciding, on the basis of information and advice
arising from the investment evaluation process and the results of the full
due diligence process, whether the Fund should
proceed with the proposed investment.
If approved by the Investment Committee, the next stage will involve the
Glendower SOF Team completing the
transaction on behalf of the Fund in accordance with the agreed terms. This
process typically involves finalizing
negotiations with sellers, signing a purchase and sale agreement, finalizing
negotiations with any lenders to the
transaction if required, and closing the acquisition directly or via
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intermediate investment vehicles, where appropriate.
The Glendower SOF Team will also analyze the currency exposure of the
portfolio being purchased and implement
appropriate foreign exchange hedges.
Monitoring and risk management
After acquiring an investment for the Fund, and where considered by the
Manager to be appropriate, the Glendower SOF
Team will actively manage the investment including, for example, utilizing
selective hedging to mitigate the potential
impact of foreign exchange movements.
69 To the extent information is available from the underlying fund.
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Ongoing deal management will usually rest with the Glendower SOF Team
members who completed the investment.
The Manager recognizes that relationship building is important and therefore
believes in continuity of representation, but
may change representation in certain circumstances, including if the
investment under-performs as against its business
plan.
During the life of the investment, the Manager expects that the Glendower
SOF Team will:
.>Z Attend annual partnership meetings for underlying funds, participate in
conference calls with Fund Sponsors and
otherwise liaise with them.70
\Z Review financial information to assess whether there are constraints on
the capacity of the investee business or
management to perform to the business plan.
.>Z Monitor both industry and general market developments to assess whether
there is any impact on each investee
company.
.>Z Form a view as to what actions, steps or remedial processes are necessary
and work out how to influence key
decision makers at the relevant underlying fund to take the necessary
actions, steps or remedial processes.
.>Z Prepare valuations and reviews for the Fund's quarterly valuation meeting
and investor report.
Z Regular monitoring of the Fund's investments:
— weekly transaction review meetings — the Glendower SOF Team will monitor
the Fund's portfolio, review
significant developments in respect of its investments, monitor cash
activity of the underlying funds (i.e.,
distributions and capital calls) and assess opportunities to potentially add
value to an investment or exit an
investment.
— quarterly reviews — on a quarterly basis and in advance of the quarterly
valuation meeting, the Glendower SOF
Team will review the Fund's portfolio and discuss developments in the
portfolio and valuation changes and
agree valuations for the quarterly valuation meeting.
\Z Review of foreign exchange hedging requirements.
Investment realization
In general, the Fund will realize its investment in an underlying fund as
investments of the underlying fund are realized.
However, the Manager expects that the Glendower SOF Team will review the
marketplace on an ongoing basis to seek
to identify pricing anomalies and opportunities to realize Fund investments
in the secondary market.
The Manager intends that any proposal to dispose of a Fund Secondary, a GP-
led Secondary or a Single Asset Deal will
go through the due diligence, recommendation and approval stages as set
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forth above in respect of investment
acquisitions. In particular, on successful completion of the due diligence
process and negotiation of key terms, a
divestment memorandum will be prepared by the Glendower SOF Team and
presented to the Investment Committee for
approval.
The Investment Committee's role will include deciding, on the basis of
information and advice arising from the divestment
evaluation process and the due diligence process, whether the Fund should
proceed with the proposed divestment.
70 The extent of the Glendower SOF Team's interaction with Fund Sponsors,
including by attending partnership meetings, will depend on the particular
Fund Sponsor and the underlying fund.
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Section 5: Fund Management
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Fund Management
Glendower Capital
Glendower Capital is an independent investment firm, privately owned by its
partners and focused on secondary private
markets formed by the secondary opportunities team that spun-out from
Deutsche Asset Management on August 1,
2017. The senior team led by Carlo Pirzio-Biroli and Charles Smith has
worked together for 15 years at Deutsche Bank
in its asset management division. The secondaries business, co-founded by
Carlo and Charles in 2006, has raised and
invested four vehicles (SOF, SOF D, SOF II, and SOF III) with US$3 billion
of commitments in total.
Glendower Capital has two office locations in London and New York, with a 23-
strong team expected to grow to 26-28 by
the first half of 2018. The 16 investment professionals have an average of
12 years of relevant experience.
Glendower Capital operates according to the same sourcing, underwriting,
portfolio management and fund administration
processes that the SOF Team developed in a self-contained and integrated
manner when it was established in 2006.71
Glendower Capital leverages an extensive database and network of
relationships developed over 15 years in the
secondary market with investments in over 350 fund interests globally.
Management of the Fund
The General Partner of the Fund will be indirectly owned by the partners of
Glendower Capital and its board of directors
will be comprised of entirely independent directors. Brief biographies of
the proposed directors of the General Partner
are set out in Appendix 7: Board of Directors of the General Partner.
SOF IV will be managed and operated by Glendower Capital from within the UK.
Glendower Capital is authorized as an
AIFM by the FCA and will act as the AIFM to SOF IV and assume responsibility
as such.
Investment Team
The Glendower SOF Team is comprised of 16 investment professionals dedicated
to originating, valuing and managing
secondary investments. Five of the team members, Carlo Pirzio-Biroli,
Charles Smith, Chi Cheung, Adam Graev and
Francesco Rigamonti,72 have worked together since 2007 and together with
Emilio Olmos, the Principal (Rikesh
Mohandoss) and the five Vice Presidents can all act in a lead capacity on
investments.
Investment Committee
An investment committee (the "Investment Committee") will be established in
respect of the Fund to evaluate and
approve investments for the Fund. The Investment Committee, in addition to
other matters, will (i) evaluate the
investment universe for the Fund, (ii) review detailed analysis of target
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investments, (iii) formulate strategies to acquire,
divest or manage portfolio investments, and (iv) advise on the investment
strategy of the Fund. The members of the
Investment Committee will be Carlo Pirzio-Biroli, Charles Smith, Adam Graev,
Chi Cheung and Emilio Olmos, provided
that Glendower Capital can change the composition and voting process of the
Investment Committee at any time at its
discretion. The quorum for the Investment Committee will be three, with
decisions being made on a unanimous basis.
71 Prospective investors should note that while at Deutsche Asset
Management, the SOF Team were able to make use of platform personnel and
resources in connection with the SOF Program that will not be available to
the Glendower SOF Team in connection with the management and
operation of SOF IV.
72 Francesco Rigamonti will act as a senior advisor to Glendower Capital and
is not a partner, officer or employee of Glendower Capital.
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Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
From time to time, and as appropriate, the Manager may invite additional
persons as observers to the Investment
Committee.
SOF IV Investment Committee Members
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli (52), Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer.
Based in London, Carlo is a Managing
Partner & Chief Executive Officer of Glendower Capital. Prior to Glendower,
Carlo spent 15 years at Deutsche Bank
where he co-founded and has led the SOF Business since 2006. From 2003 to
2006 he participated in the restructuring
and sale of Deutsche Bank's € 6 billion private equity portfolio. From 2012
to 2016 Carlo served as the Global Head of
DB Private Equity with US$13 billion AUM in primary fund of funds, secondary
funds and co-investments. Before
Deutsche Bank, Carlo was the CEO of a publicly listed venture fund of funds;
an executive at General Electric in the
U.S.; a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group in New York and served as
a junior officer in the Italian Navy. Carlo is
a qualified civil structural engineer (PEng). Carlo is a structural civil
engineer by education and training and a qualified
professional engineer. Carlo holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and
an MSc in Civil Engineering from the
University of Rome, Italy.
Charles Smith (49), Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer. Based in
London, Charles is a Managing
Partner & Chief Investment Officer of Glendower Capital. Prior to Glendower,
Charles spent 25 years at Deutsche Bank
where he co-founded and has led the SOF Business since 2006. Prior to
setting up the SOF Business, from 2003 to
2006, Charles was the Head of UK Corporate Investments, responsible for the
restructuring and sale of Deutsche Bank's
€6 billion proprietary private equity portfolio. Before that, Charles was a
Managing Director in the bank's M&A team
based in London focused on originating and executing transactions in the
Technology, Media and Telecoms sectors.
Charles holds an MA in Natural Sciences and Management Studies from
Cambridge University. He is a Chartered
Management Accountant (ACMA).
Adam Graev (44), Partner. Based in New York, Adam is a Partner of Glendower
Capital. Prior to Glendower, Adam
spent ten years at Deutsche Bank where he was responsible for the secondary
private equity business in the Americas
and led the implementation and management of secondary transactions. Prior
to joining Deutsche Bank, Adam led
private equity secondary and co-investment deals at Pomona Capital. Before
then, Adam led direct private equity
investments in venture, growth equity and buyouts at Lehman Brothers Private
Equity and the Chatterjee Group, an
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affiliate of Soros Fund Management. Adam began his career as a financial
analyst in technology investment banking at
Cowen & Co. Adam holds a BA from Colgate University.
Chi Cheung (40), Partner. Based in London, Chi is a Partner of Glendower
Capital. Prior to Glendower, Chi spent 19
years at Deutsche Bank where he was a founding member of the SOF Business in
2006, and most recently, he was
responsible for the secondary private equity business in Europe and led the
implementation and management of
secondary transactions. Chi joined Deutsche Bank in 2000 working as an
Associate in Global Corporate Finance
focusing on TMT and real estate advisory, and from 2003 to 2006 he
participated in the restructuring and sale of
Deutsche Bank's €6 billion private equity portfolio. Previously, Chi
completed a two-year apprenticeship with Deutsche
Bank. Chi holds an MA in Economics from Cambridge University.
Emilio Olmos (42), Managing Director. Based in London, Emilio is responsible
for the origination, valuation, execution
and monitoring of secondary investments in Southern Europe, the Middle East
and Asia. Prior to Glendower, Emilio was
a Portfolio Manager at ADIA, where he spent over five years focusing on
secondary transactions. Previously, he was a
Director in the UBS Secondary Advisory team. Prior to that, Emilio was a
Vice President at Deutsche Bank in the SOF
team, which he joined as an Associate in 2007 shortly after its inception.
Before that Emilio worked at Credit Suisse in its
investment banking division, and started his career as a Strategy Analyst at
Lafarge. Emilio holds an MSc from HEC
Paris and an MEng from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain.
Glendower Capital Professionals
Deirdre Davies (43), Partner and Chief Operating Officer. Based in London,
Deirdre is responsible for the operations
of the Fund and the business. Prior to Glendower, Deirdre spent 15 years at
Deutsche Bank where she was a founding
member of the SOF Business in 2006 and was responsible for the operations
(across legal, compliance and fund
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finance) and investor relations for the secondary private equity business.
Previously, she was at KPMG in South Africa.
Deirdre holds a BCom from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She
is a Chartered Accountant (CA, SA).
Joshua Glaser (43), Partner. Based in New York, Joshua is responsible for
leading the firm's client coverage and
fundraising. Prior to Glendower, Joshua was a Managing Director at Deustche
Asset Management where he served as
Co-Head of Investment Specialists, Alternatives (Americas), responsible for
managing the fundraising of alternative
investment products. Before then, Joshua led fundraising and investor
relations for Paul Capital, serving as Director of
Investor Relations. Prior to Paul Capital, Joshua was a Director with Forum
Capital, a boutique private equity placement
group. Joshua began his career as a financial analyst in investment banking
at CIBC Oppenheimer, and its predecessor,
Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. Joshua holds a BS from Tufts University.
Francesco Rigamonti (46), Senior Advisor. Based in Milan, Francesco works
with Glendower Capital on specific
secondary and co-investment opportunities. Francesco spent 17 years at
Deutsche Bank where he was a founding
member of the SOF Business in 2006, and most recently, he was responsible
for co-investments. Francesco joined
Deutsche Bank in 2000 with responsibility for corporate development in Italy
and participated in the restructuring and
sale of Deutsche Bank's €6billion private equity portfolio. Previously he
worked at Gallo & Co., an Italian merchant bank,
where he focused on restructurings. Francesco holds an MBA from the
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
and an MA in Business and Economics from the Catholic University of Milan,
Italy.
The senior team is supported by a team of associate to principal level
professionals who are responsible for the analysis
of transaction opportunities, supporting the senior professionals in the
origination and execution of transactions and
supporting the investment team in client relations, finance and operations.
Rikesh Mohandoss (36), Principal. Based in New York, Rikesh is responsible
for the origination, valuation, execution
and monitoring of secondary investments. Prior to Glendower, Rikesh spent
eight years at Deutsche Bank and most
recently spent the past five years originating, valuing, executing and
monitoring secondary investments in North America
for the SOF Business. Rikesh joined Deutsche Bank in 2009 working as an
Associate in Global Corporate Finance
focusing on TMT advisory. From 2004 to 2007, Rikesh was an Assistant Vice
President in Credit Risk Management at
Bank of America and started his career in 2003 as an analyst at Federal Home
Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie
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Mac) in 2003. Rikesh holds a BBA from The George Washington University and a
MBA from Columbia Business School.
Katherine Weaver (39), Principal, Funds CFO Based in New York, Katie is the
Chief Financial Officer for Fund
Finance. Prior to Glendower, Katie spent 10 years at Deutsche Bank in the
SOF fund finance team, first as financial
controller and then as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to Deutsche Bank,
Katie was a controller at Brookfield Office
Properties and a financial accountant at Trizec Properties. She began her
career as an associate in Audit and
Assurance at Deloitte & Touche. Katie holds a BBA and MAcc in Accounting
from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Victoria Loidl (32), Vice President. Based in London, Victoria is
responsible for the origination, valuation, execution
and monitoring of secondary investments. Prior to joining Glendower Capital,
Victoria spent five years at Deutsche Asset
Management valuing, executing and monitoring secondary investments for the
SOF Business. From 2009 to 2012,
Victoria worked as Analyst at HSBC where she worked within the Investment
Banking Division, advising clients globally
on mergers & acquisitions and capital market transactions. Victoria
graduated from the London School of Economics
with a BA in Management in 2009.
Devrup Banerjee (30), Vice President. Based in London, Devrup is responsible
for the origination, valuation, execution
and monitoring of secondary investments. Prior to Glendower, Devrup spent
five years at Deutsche Asset Management
valuing, executing and monitoring secondary investments for the SOF
Business. From 2008 to 2012, Devrup worked at
Goldman Sachs as part of the Natural Resources team within the Investment
Banking Division, advising clients globally
on mergers & acquisitions and capital market transactions. Devrup graduated
from the University of Oxford with an MA
in Economics and Management in 2008.
Aldrich Chan (31), Vice President. Based in New York, Aldrich is responsible
for the origination, valuation, execution
and monitoring of secondary investments. Prior to joining Glendower Capital,
Aldrich spent four years at Deutsche Asset
Management valuing, executing and monitoring secondary investments for the
SOF Business. He began his career at
UBS Investment Bank's Global Mergers & Acquisitions Investment Banking
group. Aldrich received his BS in Finance,
summa cum laude, from New York University's Stern School of Business. He is
currently an MBA candidate at the
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University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
Philippe Ferneini (34), Vice President. Based in London, Philippe is
responsible for the origination, valuation,
execution and monitoring of secondary investments. Prior to joining
Glendower Capital, Philippe spent four years at
Deutsche Asset Management valuing, executing and monitoring secondary
investments for the SOF Business. He
worked for 3 years at Credit Suisse as an investment banking Associate in
the Global Industrials Group and for two years
at Booz & Company as a Senior Consultant in the Financial Services Practice.
Philippe holds an MBA from the
University of Chicago Booth School
(Diplome d'Ingenieur) from Telecom
ParisTech.
Elena Smirnova (31), Vice President
for the origination, valuation, execution
and monitoring of secondary investments. Prior to joining Glendower Capital,
Elena spent two years at Deutsche Asset
Management valuing, executing and monitoring secondary investments for the
SOF Business. From 2012 to 2015 Elena
worked in HSBC's Financial Institutions Advisory unit, where she focused on
origination and execution of strategic
events. Elena first joined HSBC in 2010 in their Global Banking and Markets
business. Elena graduated from the
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
with a first class degree in Business
Administration and Management in 2008 and holds an MSc in Global Banking and
Finance from the European Business
School in London.
Louise Schoeman (36), Vice President — Finance. Based in London, Louise is
responsible for the set up and
operations of the finance platform for
in the set up and ongoing requirements
for the compliance and risk management
Glendower Capital, Louise was Finance
Director for London's Air Ambulance, a
with the SOF team previously from 2011
2013 as a business manager, having started her career as an accountant at
Grant Thornton in Pretoria before moving to
London in 2007. Louise graduated from the University of Pretoria with a BCom
(Hons) in Accounting Sciences in 2003,
and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2007.
Jonathan Roome (25), Associate. Based in London, Jonathan supports the
transaction team across all secondary
investment related functions, including evaluation and monitoring of
investments. Prior to joining Glendower Capital,
Jonathan spent two years at Deutsche Asset Management supporting the
transaction team in valuing, executing and
of Business and a Master of Engineering
. Based in London, Elena is responsible
the management company structure and
functions for the platform. Prior to
registered charity. Louise worked
to
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monitoring secondary investments for the SOF Business. Jonathan graduated
from the London School of Economics
and Political Sciences with a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 2015,
having achieved first class honors.
Douglas O'Connell (24), Associate. Based in New York, Doug supports the
transaction team across all secondary
investment related functions, including evaluation and monitoring of
investments. Prior to joining Glendower Capital,
Doug worked at Metropolitan Real Estate, part of The Carlyle Group, and
spent two years at Deutsche Asset
Management supporting the hedge fund secondary transaction team in valuing,
executing and monitoring secondary
deals. Doug graduated in 2015 from Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of
Business with a Bachelor of Science in
Finance, having achieved University Honors.
Rafael Enriquez-Hesles (24), Associate. Based in New York, Rafael supports
the transaction team across all
secondary investment related functions, including evaluation and monitoring
of investments. Prior to joining Glendower
Capital, Rafael spent three years at Stifel in the Diversified Industrials
Investment Banking Group working on mergers &
acquisitions and capital market transactions globally. Rafael graduated from
Bucknell University with a Bachelor of
Science in Civil Engineering and a Bachelor of Management in 2015.
Sheldon Lee (26), Analyst. Based in London, Sheldon supports the transaction
team across all secondary investment
related functions, including evaluation and monitoring of investments. Prior
to Glendower, Sheldon spent two years at
Citibank in Corporate and Investment Banking. Sheldon holds a MSc in
Industrial Management from KTH Institute of
Technology, and holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Ecole Nationale
Superieure des Mines de Nancy.
In addition to the existing team it is expected that the following team
members will be recruited over the coming six
months: Investment Team Associate, London; Tax Vice President, New York; and
a Fund Controller Associate, New
York.
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Summary of Terms and Conditions
The following is a summary of the principal terms of the Fund. This summary
is qualified in its entirety by reference to
the Fund Partnership Agreement and the deeds of adherence relating to the
purchase of Interests, both of which are
available upon request and should be reviewed carefully prior to making an
investment decision. The offer made hereby
is subject to modification, prior sale and withdrawal. To the extent that
there is any inconsistency between this
Memorandum and the Fund Documents, the provisions of the Fund Documents will
prevail.
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The Fund
Investment Objective
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP, an English private
fund limited
partnership.
The Fund will seek to generate attractive risk adjusted investment returns,
principally in the
form of capital appreciation, through the acquisition, holding, financing,
refinancing and
disposition of a diverse portfolio of investments including buyout, growth
capital, venture
capital, special situations, turnaround, mezzanine, distressed
opportunities, real estate and
infrastructure assets on the secondary market. The Fund will target
globally, but primarily in
the U.S. and Europe (i) the acquisition of interests in established
generalist and specialist
private equity fund structures (including funds of funds, feeder funds and
other similar
structures) primarily on the secondary market (each such fund or structure,
a "Fund
Secondary"), (ii) the acquisition of investment interests in private equity
fund structures or
portfolios of private equity assets on the secondary market through bespoke
liquidity solutions
(each such investment interest, a "GP-led Secondary"), and (iii) co
investments in individual
portfolio companies alongside private equity fund sponsors (each such co-
investment, a
"Single Asset Deal"). Fund Secondaries, GP-led Secondaries and Single Asset
Deals may
be made in vehicles established in any jurisdiction. The Manager expects
that the majority of
the Fund's portfolio investments, by committed capital, will be held for at
least four years.
The General Partner
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Glendower Capital SOF IV (GP) Limited, a special purpose entity established
in the Cayman
Islands as an exempted limited company, will serve as a general partner of
the Fund (the
"General Partner"). The General Partner, on behalf of the Fund, will appoint
the Manager to
manage the Fund's investment strategy, as described below.
Glendower Capital SOF IV (Alternate GP), LLP, an English limited liability
partnership (the
"Second GP"), will also serve as a general partner of the Fund but, in
accordance with the
Fund Documents, will have no authority to manage, operate or administer the
business or
affairs of the Fund other than as may be required by law.
The Manager
Glendower Capital, LLP, an English limited liability partnership (the
"Manager") is authorized
and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (including under
the EU
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (the "AIFMD") and its
implementing
legislation in the UK) will provide portfolio management, risk management
and administrative
services to the Fund, including investigating, analyzing, structuring and
negotiating potential
investments, monitoring the performance of portfolio investments and
advising the Fund as to
disposition opportunities. The Manager will make all investment and
disposition decisions.
The Manager will be the Fund's "AIFM" (as defined in the AIFMD) and will
assume
responsibility as such.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Manager, to the exclusion
of the General
Partner and the Second GP, will take all actions in respect of the Fund that
constitute
regulated activities for the purposes of the UK Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000.
The General Partner will be responsible for the Manager's fees which it will
satisfy from the
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General Partner's Share.
The Adviser
The Manager will appoint its affiliate, Glendower Capital (U.S.), LLC
("Glendower U.S."), to
provide investment advice to the Manager in connection with the investment
management of
the Fund.
The Manager will be responsible for Glendower U.S.'s fees pursuant to a sub-
advisory
agreement.
Commitments
The Fund is seeking aggregate commitments to the Fund ("Commitments") of
US$1.75 billion, although the General Partner may accept aggregate
Commitments less than,
or in excess of, this amount, provided that aggregate Commitments do not
exceed
US$2.5 billion (not including the Team Investment (as defined below)).
In order to subscribe for an Interest, a prospective Limited Partner must
execute a deed of
adherence and provide documentation to the General Partner in order to
satisfy its "customer
due diligence" obligations. The General Partner may accept or reject a
subscription for an
Interest.
Minimum Commitment The minimum Commitment for a limited partner of the Fund
(collectively, the "Limited
Partners" and, together with the General Partner and the Second GP, the
"Partners") is
US$5 million, although the General Partner may accept Commitments of lesser
amounts.
Each Limited Partner will make a capital contribution to the Fund equal to
0.01% of its
Commitment. The remaining 99.99% of its Commitment may be drawn down by the
Manager
from time to time in the form of advances to the Fund (each, an "Advance").
Glendower Capital
Investment
Certain individuals that are partners or employees of the Manager and
Glendower U.S. will
invest in the Fund (the "Team Investment") indirectly through the Special
Limited Partner (as
defined below). The Team Investment will be equal to, at least, 1% of the
aggregate
Commitments.
Closings
The General Partner will hold an initial closing of the Fund (the "First
Closing") as soon as
practicable. From time to time after the First Closing one or more
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additional closings may be
held as necessary to admit additional Limited Partners (each, and the First
Closing, a
"Closing"). The final Closing of the Fund is to take place no later than 15
months after the
First Closing (the "Final Admission Date"), provided that, if on the 15
month anniversary of
the First Closing, aggregate Commitments and commitments to any Parallel
Fund (as defined
below) are: (i) less than US$1.75 billion then the Final Admission Date
shall be automatically
extended to the 18 month anniversary of the First Closing or (ii) US$1.75
billion or more then
the General Partner may extend the Final Admission Date with the consent of
the Fund
Advisory Committee (as defined below).
Subsequent Closing
Partners
Limited Partners admitted to the Fund subsequent to the First Closing (each
a "Subsequent
Closing Partner") generally will participate in the investments, if any,
made by the Fund prior
to their admission. Each Subsequent Closing Partner will generally
contribute to the Fund an
amount equal to its proportionate share of all funded Commitments of the
Partners admitted
in prior Closings, plus an additional amount computed as interest thereon at
the higher of the
preferred return rate of 8% and three-month USD LIBOR plus 2% from the date
of each
applicable funding, with such appropriate adjustments as may be necessary to
take into
account distributions made to Partners admitted in prior Closings.
Drawdowns
Advances will be drawn down on an as needed basis to make investments and to
pay the
General Partner's Share and Fund liabilities and expenses at any time,
generally upon
12 business days' prior written notice.
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Investment Period
The Fund's investment period will commence on the date of the First Closing,
and will expire
at the end of the calendar quarter in which the earliest of the following
occurs (the
"Investment Period"):
(i)
the date on which 100% of aggregate Commitments have been invested,
committed for
investment, used to pay expenses and liabilities, or formally reserved for
such purpose,
and
(ii)
four years from the Final Admission Date.
The Fund may draw down Commitments to make investments at any time during the
Investment Period (subject to any suspension of the Investment Period
following a key
person event (as described below)) After the end of the Investment Period,
the Fund will not
make new portfolio investments, but may (a) fund existing obligations to
make contributions
or advances in respect of any investment, (b) complete investments that were
in process as
of the end of the Investment Period, (c) fund follow-on investments with
respect to existing
Fund Secondaries, Single Asset Deals or GP-led Secondaries, in an aggregate
amount not to
exceed 20% of aggregate Commitments, and (d) continue to draw down
Commitments to pay
liabilities and ongoing operating expenses, including the General Partner's
Share.
Reinvestment
The following amounts will be added back to unfunded Commitments and may be
drawn
down again by the Fund: (i) distributions from any portfolio investment
received by the Fund
within twenty-four months of the date on which such investment was made, but
only to the
extent of capital invested by the Fund in such investment; (ii) following
the termination of the
Investment Period and subject to the limitations described in "Investment
Period" above, an
amount equal to any and all distributions made to the Partners, but only for
the purpose of
funding any obligation of the Fund and any follow-on investments with
respect to existing
Fund Secondaries, GP-led Secondaries and Single Asset Deals; and (iii)
distributions made
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to the Partners to the extent of funded Advances used to fund drawings of
the General
Partner's Share (as defined below) or pay organizational expenses or Fund
expenses.
Key Person Event
The Fund's initial key persons will be Charles Smith, Carlo Pirzio-Biroli,
Adam Graev and Chi
Cheung (with such persons, and any replacement key persons, being the "Key
Persons").
The General Partner may, from time to time, nominate one or more qualified
replacements for
such Key Persons. Such a nominated qualified replacement will become a Key
Person with
the consent of the Fund Advisory Committee.
The Investment Period will be automatically suspended if (i) either Charles
Smith or Carlo
Pirzio-Biroli and (ii) any other Key Person cease to devote substantially
all their business time
to the affairs of the Fund, any co-investment fund, Parallel Fund (as
defined below) or
Alternative Vehicle (as defined below), the SOF Program, any Complementary
Fund (as
defined below), any successor fund and Glendower (the "Permitted
Activities"). The
Investment Period may be reinstated (a) at any time with the consent of 664j%
in interest of
the Limited Partners, or (b) if the requisite number of qualified
replacements for the Key
Persons are approved within 120 days of the Investment Period being
suspended.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Investment Period will also be
automatically suspended if
both of Carlo Pirzio-Biroli and Charles Smith cease to devote substantially
all of their
business time to the Permitted Activities. Following such a suspension, the
Investment
Period may be reinstated at any time with the consent of 66ges in interest of
the Limited
Partners.
If the Investment Period is suspended due to either of the circumstances
described above, it
will terminate automatically if not reinstated after 12 months.
Diversification
Absent the consent of the Fund Advisory Committee (i) no more than 5% of the
Investment
Restriction Base will be invested in any individual Single Asset Deal, (ii)
no more than 20% of
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the Investment Restriction Base will be invested in any single Fund
Secondary or GP-led
Secondary, (iii) no more than 20% of the Investment Restriction Base
invested in Single
Asset Deals will be made on a primary basis, (iv) no more than 12.5% of the
Investment
Restriction Base will be invested in any blind pool investment fund on a
primary basis or
where less than 50% of aggregate capital commitments of such fund have been
drawn down,
and (v) no more than 10% of the Investment Restriction Base will be invested
in any portfolio
investments with a focus on real estate investments.
"Investment Restriction Base" means (a) prior to the Final Admission Date,
an amount
equal to the greater of (i) US$1.75 billion and (ii) the aggregate
Commitments accepted as at
the date of determination and (b) following the Final Admission Date, an
amount equal to the
aggregate Commitments.
Indebtedness
The Fund, either directly or through intermediate holding vehicles under its
control, is
expected to borrow on a short-term basis in order to facilitate the closing
of an investment in
advance of a drawdown. The Manager generally expects such borrowings to be
outstanding
for less than 180 days.
The Fund, either directly or through intermediate holding vehicles under its
control, is also
expected to borrow on a short-term basis in order to fund the payment of the
Fund's
expenses or the General Partner's Share in advance of a drawdown. The
Manager generally
expects to repay such borrowings from drawdowns or distributions from
investments.
The Fund, either directly or through intermediate holding vehicles under its
control, may also
borrow on a long-term basis to create leveraged capital structures in
portfolio investments
with appropriate cash flow characteristics. The Fund will not borrow for
such purpose
amounts that in aggregate exceed 25% of the aggregate Commitments.
The Fund may also make use of leverage in connection with hedging
arrangements
(including the use of FX forwards and swaps).
Assets of the Fund may be posted as collateral against such borrowings
including its
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investments, and by pledges of unfunded Commitments. Such borrowings may be
incurred
on a portfolio-wide basis or against specific securities and may be secured
by drawdowns of
Commitments.
Hedging
The Fund may engage in hedging transactions, such as hedging for currency,
interest rate
and equity market risks. Hedging techniques could involve a variety of
derivative transactions,
including transactions in forward contracts and swaps.
General Partner's
Share
The Fund will allocate to the General Partner and the Second GP a profit
share (the "General
Partner's Share"). Advances will be made against the General Partner's Share
quarterly
from drawdowns of the Limited Partners' unfunded Commitments or from other
proceeds
received by the Fund.
For each Limited Partner (other than a Feeder Fund (as defined below)) and
each investor in
a Feeder Fund:
(i) during the Investment Period, 1.25% per annum (reduced by the Applicable
Points) of
(a) the Commitment of such Limited Partner or (b) the commitment (or
equivalent) of
such Feeder Fund investor;
(ii)
for the two years following the expiration of the Investment Period, 1.00%
per annum
(reduced by the Applicable Points) of the aggregate, as of the end of the
Investment
Period, of such Limited Partner's or such Feeder Fund investor's (a) drawn
down
Commitment (or equivalent), that is, at the date of determination, invested
in portfolio
investments, and (b) undrawn Commitment (or equivalent) that the Manager has
reasonably reserved for portfolio investments (a Limited Partner's or an
investor in a
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Feeder Fund's "Invested Capital"); and
(iii) for each successive year thereafter, until the last day of the term
(including any
extension thereof), the lesser of (a) 90% of the General Partner's Share
attributable to
each Limited Partner or such Feeder Fund investor, for the immediately
preceding year
(but not less than 0.25% of the Invested Capital of such Limited Partner),
and (b) 1.25%
per annum (as reduced by the Applicable Points) calculated with respect to
each
Limited Partner's pro rata share (based on the Invested Capital of the
Fund's most
recently reported net asset value).
The General Partner's Share in respect of each Legacy Investor shall be
equal to the general
partner's share attributable to such Legacy Investor in respect of its
commitment to SOF III.
Neither the General Partner nor the Second GP will receive any General
Partner's Share with
respect to the Special Limited Partner.
The General Partner's Share is subject to reduction as provided below in
"Transaction, Break
Up and Other Fees."
"Applicable Points" means with respect to (a) a Limited Partner (other than
a Feeder Fund)
and its Commitment or (b) an investor in a Feeder Fund and its commitment
(or equivalent) to
such Feeder Fund: (i) for a Commitment (or equivalent) that is less than
US$50 million, zero
basis points, (ii) for a Commitment (or equivalent) that is US$50 million or
more but less than
US$100 million, five basis points, (iii) for a Commitment (or equivalent)
that is US$100 million
or more but less than US$150 million, ten basis points, (iv) for a
Commitment (or equivalent)
that is US$150 million or more but less than US$200 million, 15 basis
points, and (v) for a
Commitment (or equivalent) that is US$200 million or more, 20 basis points.
"Legacy Investor" means (i) each Limited Partner that made a direct
commitment to SOF III
and makes a Commitment (or commitment to a Feeder Fund) at the First Closing
or (ii), at the
discretion of the Manager, a Limited Partner that made a direct commitment
to SOF III and
makes a Commitment to the Fund (or commitment to a Feeder Fund) at the
Closing
immediately following the First Closing, provided that such following
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Closing occurs on or
before 31 May 2018.
Distributions
Net proceeds attributable to the disposition of a portfolio investment,
distributions in kind of
securities, and any dividends, interest or other income received with
respect to a portfolio
investment will be distributed to all Partners participating in such
portfolio investment and
other income received by the Fund will be distributed to all Partners. Each
Partner's
proportionate share thereof generally will be distributed as follows:
(i)
First, 100% to such Partner until the cumulative distributions to such
Partner equal the
sum of the Advances of such Partner as of that time;
(ii) Second, 100% to such Partner until the cumulative distributions to such
Partner are
sufficient to provide such Partner with an 8% annualized effective internal
rate of return
on the Advances of such Partner;
(iii) Third, 100% to the special limited partner of the Fund (the "Special
Limited Partner")
until the Special Limited Partner has received, in respect of such Partner,
12.5% of the
excess of (i) the cumulative distributions made to such Partner and to the
Special
Limited Partner in respect of such Partner over (ii) the Advances of such
Partner; and
(iv) Thereafter, 87.5% to such Partner and 12.5% to the Special Limited
Partner.
"Carried Interest" means the amounts distributed to the Special Limited
Partner pursuant to
clauses (iii) and (iv) above.
Distributions prior to the dissolution of the Fund will be made in cash or
marketable securities.
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Upon dissolution of the Fund, distributions may also include restricted
securities or other
assets of the Fund.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Fund may make tax distributions to the
Partners in respect
of gain and other income from portfolio investments in accordance with the
manner in which
such gain and other income is allocated to the Partners.
Distributions to the General Partner and the Special Limited Partner will
not be subject to
Carried Interest.
Special Limited
Partner Clawback
Upon termination of the Fund, the Special Limited Partner will be required
to return to the
Fund distributions of Carried Interest previously received to the extent
that they exceed the
amounts that should have been distributed to the Special Limited Partner as
Carried Interest
(as described in "Distributions" above) applied on an aggregate basis
covering all
transactions of the Fund. In no event, however, will the Special Limited
Partner be required
to return more than the cumulative Carried Interest distributions received
by the Special
Limited Partner, net of amounts in respect of taxes thereon.
Organizational
Expenses
The Fund will bear all legal and other expenses incurred in the formation of
the Fund and the
offering of the Interests therein (other than any placement fees), up to an
aggregate amount
not to exceed US$2,500,000, plus amounts in respect of applicable value
added tax.
Organizational expenses in excess of this amount, and any placement fees,
will be paid by
the Fund but borne by the General Partner through a 100% offset against the
General
Partner's Share.
Operating and
Other Expenses
Each of the Manager, the General Partner and the Second GP will pay all
normal operating
expenses incidental to the provision of its day-to-day services to the Fund,
including its own
overheads. The Fund will pay all costs, expenses and liabilities in
connection with its
operations, including: fees, costs and expenses of third parties, including
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without limitation
tax advisors and counsel, related to the purchase, structuring, holding and
sale of portfolio
investments (to the extent not reimbursed); expenses incurred in connection
with transactions
not consummated; insurance premiums; taxes; fees and expenses of
accountants, counsel,
administrators, depositaries, appraisers and consultants, including tax
filings and accounts;
costs and expenses of the Fund Advisory Committee and the annual meeting;
litigation
expenses and other extraordinary expenses.
Any costs incurred in relation to transactions which are not completed will
be borne by the
Fund. The Manager may in its sole discretion structure a co-investment
opportunity such that
the proposed participants in such co-investment opportunity do not bear any
broken deal
expenses, with the result that the Fund will bear all such broken deal
expenses; provided, if
so structured, such participants will not be entitled to receive any break-
up or similar fee
income, if any, that may be earned with respect to such transaction.
Transaction, Break-Up
and Other Fees
In connection with any portfolio investment, the Manager and its affiliates
may charge
portfolio companies directors' fees, transaction fees, monitoring fees,
advisory fees, break-up
fees and other similar investment-related fees for services provided by the
members of the
secondary investment team of the Manager. 100% of all such fees, net of any
related
expenses, amounts in respect of VAT or unreimbursed expenses incurred by the
Manager or
its affiliates in connection with unconsummated transactions, will be
applied to reduce the
General Partner's Share otherwise payable. All such fees will be allocated
among the Fund
and any related co-investing entities on the basis of capital committed by
each to the relevant
investment. General Partner's Share reductions will be carried forward if
necessary.
Fund Advisory
Committee
The Fund will establish an advisory committee consisting of at least three
voting members
appointed by the Manager (the "Fund Advisory Committee"). Each voting member
of the
Fund Advisory Committee shall be a representative of a Limited Partner or an
investor in any
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Feeder Fund or Parallel Fund (other than any Limited Partner or investor
affiliated with the
General Partner, the Second GP or the Manager). Feeder Funds and Parallel
Funds will not
have separate advisory committees. The Manager shall have the right to
appoint one or
more representatives of the Manager to serve as non-voting members, and as
the chairman,
of the Fund Advisory Committee. The Fund Advisory Committee will meet at
least annually
following the Final Admission Date,
the discretion of the
Manager, and as required to consult
conflicts of interest and
certain other matters. The Fund will
members for
their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
Successor Funds
Without the consent of 66?1% in interest of the Limited Partners, none of the
General Partner,
the Second GP, Glendower Capital, LLP or any affiliate of Glendower Capital,
LLP will close
another multiple third party investor fund having a substantially similar
investment objective
and strategy as the Fund until the earlier of:
(i) the date when 75% of aggregate Commitments have been invested, committed
or
reserved for investment or allocated or reserved to meet the obligations of
the Fund;
(ii) the end of the Investment Period; or
(iii) the termination of the Fund.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Glendower Capital, LLP or any of its
Affiliates may, at any
time, close other multiple
objectives and strategies
that overlap with the Fund
opportunities relating to
specific asset categories
Allocation of
Investment
Opportunities
Subject to the "Successor
and its affiliates
may sponsor or advise various investment
Funds, and
separate accounts (together with the Fund,
of which may
have overlapping investment strategies and
or before the Final Admission Date at
with the Manager as to potential
reimburse the Fund Advisory Committee
third party investor funds with investment
but are dedicated to pursuing investment
or strategies (each, a "Complementary Fund").
Funds" restrictions described above, the Manager
vehicles, including Complementary
the "Investment Platforms"), some
investment committee members with
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those of the
Fund. The Manager will allocate investment opportunities among the
Investment Platforms
on an equitable basis in its good faith discretion and in accordance with
its internal
investment allocation guidelines. These are based on the applicable
investment guidelines of
such Investment Platforms, portfolio diversification requirements,
regulatory requirements and
other appropriate factors.
Transfers and
Withdrawals
Reporting, Valuations
and Annual Meeting
Limited Partners generally may not sell, assign, transfer or pledge their
Interests except as
permitted by the Fund Partnership Agreement which will require,
consent of the Manager. Limited Partners generally may not withdraw from the
Fund.
Limited Partners will receive audited annual accounts (also comprising a
Manager's report
and such disclosures as are required by the AIFMD) prepared in accordance
with U.S. GAAP
or International Financial Reporting Standards as well as unaudited
quarterly financial
statements (in respect of the second and third quarters of each fiscal year
only) and
unaudited quarterly capital accounts. Limited Partners will also receive
such periodic
disclosures as are required in accordance with the AIFMD (including changes
to leverage,
liquidity and risk management provisions).
The Fund will hold annual meetings to provide Limited Partners with the
opportunity to review
and discuss with the Manager and its employees the Fund's investment
activities and
portfolio.
Disclosure of changes
to the leverage
provisions
Limited Partners will receive unaudited quarterly financial reports
regarding the Fund which
will include the amount of leverage that has been utilized by the Fund
Any amendments to the leverage provisions of the Fund will require an
amendment to the
Fund Partnership Agreement. See "Amendments to Fund Partnership Agreement"
below for
inter alia, the prior written
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further details.
Co-investment
Alternative Vehicles
The Manager may offer co-investment opportunities to any Limited Partner in
its sole
discretion.
The Manager will have the right in connection with any investment to direct
the Advances of
some or all of the Limited Partners to be made through one or more
alternative investment
vehicles (each, an "Alternative Vehicle") if, in the judgment of the
Manager, the use of such
vehicle or vehicles represents an appropriate structure for the Fund and
would facilitate
participation in certain types of investments. Any Alternative Vehicle
generally will be
governed by terms and conditions substantially similar to those of the Fund
(except as may
be advisable because of such legal, regulatory or tax constraints) and will
be managed by the
General Partner, the Manager or an affiliate thereof. The profits and losses
of an Alternative
Vehicle generally will be aggregated with those of the Fund for purposes of
determining
distributions by the Fund and such Alternative Vehicle, unless the General
Partner or the
Manager elects otherwise in its sole discretion based on a determination
that such
aggregation could increase the risk of any adverse tax or other consequences.
Parallel Funds
The General Partner or the Manager may establish one or more parallel funds
(each a
"Parallel Fund") to accommodate the investment requirements of certain
investors. Any
Parallel Fund documentation will contain terms and conditions substantially
similar to those of
the Fund and will be managed by the General Partner, the Manager or an
affiliate thereof.
Any Parallel Fund will be responsible for its pro rata share of expenses.
Feeder Funds
The General Partner or the Manager may establish one or more feeder funds
which will
invest in the Fund or a Parallel Fund (each, a "Feeder Fund") to accommodate
the
investment requirements of certain investors. In certain respects, investors
in a Feeder Fund
will be treated as having invested directly in the Fund or the relevant
Parallel Fund, as the
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case may be.
Side Letters
The General Partner or the Manager, without any further act, approval or
vote of any Partner,
may enter into side letters or other written agreements with one or more
Limited Partners
which have the effect of establishing additional rights (including, for
example, reducing the
General Partner's Share chargeable with respect to such Limited Partner), or
altering or
supplementing the terms of the Fund Partnership Agreement (each, a "Side
Letter"). A Side
Letter may include additional rights that are, or alter or supplement the
terms of the Fund
Partnership Agreement in a manner that is, more favorable to the recipient
than those offered
to any other Limited Partner, including with respect to (i) economic
arrangements (including
alternative fee or other compensation arrangements), (ii) opting out of
particular investments,
(iii) reporting obligations of the Fund, (iv) transfer to affiliates, (v) co-
investment opportunities,
(vi) withdrawal events, (vii) consent rights to certain Fund Partnership
Agreement
amendments, (viii) indemnification arrangements, (ix) dispute resolution
processes, or (x) any
other matters described therein. If a Side Letter is entered into entitling
a Limited Partner to
opt out of a particular investment or withdraw from the Fund, any election
to opt out or
withdraw by such Limited Partner may increase each other Limited Partner's
pro rata interest
in that particular investment (in the case of an opt-out) or all future
investments (in the case of
a withdrawal), which may have an adverse effect on such Limited Partner's
investment
results.
Any additional rights established, or any terms of the Fund Partnership
Agreement altered or
supplemented, in a Side Letter with a Limited Partner will govern solely
with respect to such
Limited Partner (but not any of such Limited Partner's assignees or
transferees unless so
specified in such side letter or otherwise agreed by the Manager)
notwithstanding any other
provision of the Fund Partnership Agreement. Any additional rights
established, or any terms
of the Fund Partnership Agreement altered or supplemented, in a Side Letter
with a Limited
Partner may generally be elected by any other Limited Partner having a
Commitment equal to
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or greater than the Commitment of the Limited Partner to which such Side
Letter was
provided. Such election, however, will only be made after the Final
Admission Date.
Indemnification
None of the General Partner, the Manager, the Second GP, their respective
affiliates, the
Fund Advisory Committee members or the directors, officers, partners,
members, employees
or agents of any of them (each a "Covered Person") will be liable to the
Fund or the Limited
Partners for any good faith act or omission relating to the Fund, except for
(i) any such act or
omission constituting an uncured material violation of the Fund Partnership
Agreement,
conviction of a felony, willful violation of law, bad faith, gross
negligence, fraud, willful
misconduct or reckless disregard of duties by such Covered Person, or (ii)
any claim or
proceeding commenced by a Limited Partner against the Manager for any
misrepresentation
in the Fund's marketing information (including information, advice,
materials, documents and
this Memorandum communicated by the Manager or a person on behalf of, and as
approved
by, the Manager, where such misrepresentation has had a direct material
adverse impact on
such Limited Partner, in each case as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
The Fund will indemnify each Covered Person against all claims, damages,
liabilities, costs
and expenses, including legal fees, to which such Covered Person may be or
become subject
by reason of their activities on behalf of the Fund, or otherwise relating
to the Fund
Partnership Agreement, except to the extent that such claims, damages,
liabilities, costs or
expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from such
person's own uncured material violation of the Fund Partnership Agreement,
conviction of a
felony, willful violation of law, bad faith, gross negligence, fraud,
willful misconduct or reckless
disregard of duties.
For Cause Removal of
the General Partner
The General Partner may be removed by a majority in interest of the Limited
Partners where
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it has been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the
General Partner,
the Manager or the Second GP has engaged in certain removal conduct. The
Manager and
Second GP will automatically be removed upon the removal of the General
Partner.
No Fault Removal of
the General Partner
The General Partner may be removed at any time following the second
anniversary of the
Final Admission Date, with the written consent of 66% in interest of the
Limited Partners.
The Manager and Second GP will automatically be removed upon the removal of
the General
Partner.
The General Partner will, on the date of its removal, receive an amount
equal to the General
Partner's Share received by the General Partner in the eight calendar
quarters immediately
preceding the General Partner's removal.
Amendments to Fund
Partnership
Agreement
Subject to certain exceptions as more fully described in the Fund
Partnership Agreement, the
Fund Partnership Agreement (including the Fund's investment strategy or
investment policy)
may generally only be amended with the written consent of a majority in
interest of the
Limited Partners and the General Partner, provided that where such amendment
would
materially and adversely affect a Limited Partner in a way which
discriminates against such
Limited Partner vis-a-vis the other Limited Partners or increase the
Commitment of a Limited
Partner, the consent of the affected Limited Partner will also be required.
The General
Partner will notify the Limited Partners within a reasonable period of time
following any
material amendments
Default
A Limited Partner that defaults in respect of its obligation to make
Advances or other
contributions to the Fund will be subject to customary default provisions,
including forfeiture of
a substantial portion of its Interest, and payment of interest on the
defaulted amount at a rate
equal to the higher of (i) three-month USD LIBOR plus 2%, and (ii) 8%.
Term
The term of the Fund will be 7 years from the Final Admission Date, subject
to the term being
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extended (i) by the Manager for up to three successive periods of one-year
each, and
(ii) thereafter, by the Manager, with the consent of the Fund Advisory
Committee, for up to
two additional successive periods of one-year each.
Currency
Tax Considerations
The Fund will be denominated in U.S. dollars.
For UK tax purposes, the Fund should be treated as tax transparent and
should not,
therefore, be separately taxable. Each UK investor
its own share of
income, gain, losses, deductions and
The Manager intends that the Fund be
federal income tax
purposes. As a partnership, the Fund
federal income tax,
and each Partner subject to U.S tax
computing its U.S. federal
income tax liability its allocable
deduction and credit
of the Fund, regardless of whether
by the Fund to
such Partner.
It is expected that annual U.S. federal tax information from portfolio
investments will not be received in sufficient time to permit the Fund to
incorporate such
information into its annual U.S. federal tax information and to distribute
such information to its
investors prior to when their tax return reporting obligations become due.
As a result,
investors will likely be required to obtain extensions for filing U.S.
federal, state and local
income tax returns each year.
The taxation of partners and partnerships is extremely complex. Prospective
investors, in particular prospective non-U.S. and U.S. tax-exempt investors,
are
strongly urged to consult their own tax advisers concerning the tax
consequences in
light of their particular circumstances of making an investment in the Fund.
ERISA Considerations Investment in the Fund is generally open to
institutions, including pension plans, subject to
the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA"). The
General Partner will use its reasonable best efforts to conduct the affairs
and operations of
the Fund so as to limit investment in the Fund by "benefit plan
investors" (within the meaning
will be liable for tax on
tax credits of the Fund.
treated as a partnership for U.S.
generally will not be subject to U.S.
will be required to include in
share of the items of income, gain, loss,
and to what extent distributions are made
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of Department of Labor regulations as modified by section 3(42) of ERISA) to
less than 25%
of each class of equity interests in the Fund.
Each prospective investor subject to ERISA is urged to consult its own
advisers as to
the provisions of ERISA applicable to an investment in the Fund.
Risk Factors and
Potential Conflicts of
Interest
Special Counsel to the
General Partner and
the Manager
An investment in the Fund involves significant risks and potential conflicts
of interest.
Each prospective investor should carefully consider and evaluate such risks
and
conflicts prior to purchasing an Interest.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is retained as English and U.S. counsel by the
General Partner
and the Manager in connection with the Fund. To the fullest extent permitted
by law, it does
not represent or owe any duty to any Limited Partner or the Limited Partners
as a group in
connection with such retention.
Auditors to the
General Partner
Any of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, KPMG or Ernst &
Young
LLP.
The auditors will be retained by the General Partner in connection with the
Fund. To the
fullest extent permitted by law, they do not represent or owe any duty to
any Limited Partner
or the Limited Partners as a group in connection with such retention.
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Depositary
Aztec Financial Services (UK) Limited, an AIFMD-compliant depositary, will
be appointed by
the Fund prior to the First Closing. The First Closing will not occur prior
to the date on which
such AIFMD-compliant depositary has been formally appointed as the Fund's
depositary and
fund administrator.
Global Placement
Agent
Credit Suisse Asset Management Limited.
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Risk Factors
An investment in the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk and should
be considered only by Investors whose
financial resources are sufficient to enable them to assume such risk (and
the possible loss of some or all of their
investment) and who have no immediate need for liquidity in their
investment. Investors should carefully evaluate the
following risk factors associated with an investment in the Fund. Past
performance of the SOF Funds cannot be taken as
an indication of the performance of the Fund. Investors should make their
own assessment of the risks and rewards of
an investment in the Fund.
Part A — Risks Related to an Investment in Secondary Private Equity
Pooled investments in secondaries
In many cases, the Manager expects that the Fund will have the opportunity
to acquire a portfolio of investment funds or
direct investments from a seller on an "all or nothing" basis. Certain of
the investment funds or direct investments in the
portfolio may be less attractive than others, and certain of the sponsors of
such investment funds (or in some cases, the
controlling investors in the portfolio companies) may be more familiar to
the Manager than others, or may be more
experienced or highly regarded than others. In such cases, it may not be
possible for the Fund to carve out from such
purchases those investments which the Fund considers (for commercial, tax,
legal or other reasons) to be less attractive.
Complex nature of due diligence and valuation process for GP-led Secondaries
In traditional secondaries investments, secondaries investors typically
provide liquidity to primary investors in private
equity funds, and secondaries investors are able to rely on conducting due
diligence on financial statements and periodic
company updates originated by a common investment manager. By contrast,
because many portfolios of direct
investments being targeted by the Fund may be collections of the private
equity assets of a seller other than private
equity funds managed by a common investment manager, many GP-led Secondaries
may lack the benefit of financial
statements and periodic company updates that would be originated by a common
investment manager. This may affect
the ability of the Fund to conduct fundamental due diligence on the
portfolio companies comprising such investment
portfolios.
Termination of the Fund's interest in an underlying fund
The general partner or manager of an underlying fund may, among other
things, terminate the Fund's interest in such
underlying fund if the Fund fails to satisfy any capital call by that
underlying fund or if the general partner or manager of
that underlying fund determines that the continued participation of the Fund
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in the underlying fund would have a material
adverse effect on the underlying fund or its assets. The Fund may fail to
meet a capital call if an Investor fails to honor a
capital call by the Fund and such shortfall cannot be made up by the other
Investors, a new investor, a borrowing, the
Manager or otherwise.
Reliance on management of portfolio companies
While it is the intent of the Fund to invest in underlying funds with proven
investment fund managers and companies with
proven operating management in place, there can be no assurance that such
management will continue to operate
successfully. Although the Fund will monitor the performance of each
underlying fund and investment, it will rely upon
management to operate the underlying funds and portfolio companies on a day-
to-day basis.
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Leverage
The leveraged capital structure of some vintage funds and portfolio
companies in which the Fund may directly or
indirectly invest will increase the exposure of such investments to adverse
financial or economic conditions such as
significantly rising interest rates, severe economic downturns or
deterioration in the condition of the investment or its
corresponding market. Under such conditions, the value of the Fund's direct
or indirect investment in a portfolio company
could be significantly reduced or even eliminated. There may be a
substantial amount of indebtedness in connection with
such portfolio company investments. Global financial markets have
experienced a variety of difficulties and changed
economic conditions in recent years. These developments and new
developments, if they occur, could have a significant
effect upon the availability and terms of financing, as well as the purchase
and sale price of assets, and accordingly,
could adversely affect the Fund's or an underlying fund's ability to make or
dispose of investments, the type of
investments that may be made and the returns received with respect to such
investments.
Investments in troubled and leveraged companies
The Fund may invest indirectly, through the underlying funds, in securities
of financially troubled companies and
securities of highly leveraged companies. While these investments are likely
to be particularly risky, they also may offer
the potential for correspondingly high returns. Under certain circumstances,
payments to the underlying funds and
distributions by the underlying funds to their investors, including to the
Fund, may be reclaimed on bankruptcy or
insolvency if any such payment is later determined to have been a
preferential payment.
Venture capital investments
The Fund may invest in interests in limited partnerships devoted to early
stage venture capital investments, which is a
segment of the venture capital business with the highest degree of
investment risk. Typically, the portfolio companies in
which such limited partnerships invest have no operating history, unproven
technology, untested management and
unknown future capital requirements. These companies often face intense
competition, often from established
companies with much greater financial, manufacturing and technical
resources, more marketing and service capabilities,
and a greater number of qualified personnel. To the extent there is a public
market for the securities of these companies,
they may be subject to abrupt and erratic market price movements. The
indirect investments by the Fund in limited
partnerships focused on investments of this type will be highly speculative
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and may result in the loss of the Fund's entire
capital contributions in respect of such investments There can be no
assurance that any such losses will be offset by
gains (if any) realized in other portfolio companies of the Fund.
Valuation
Market events and valuation issues may impact the Fund and the underlying
funds. The valuation methodology and
timing may vary between the investments made by the Fund and therefore
impact the valuation analysis of the Fund.
Lack of liquidity of the Fund's investments
The return of capital on investments and the realization of gains, if any,
will generally occur only upon the partial or
complete disposition of an investment. Investments will generally be highly
illiquid compared to other asset classes, and
it is unlikely that there will be a public market for most of the
investments made.
No established market for secondaries investments
There is no established market for secondaries investments and although
there has been an increasing volume of sales
of secondaries investments, no liquid market is expected to develop for
secondaries. Moreover, the market for
secondaries has been evolving and is likely to continue to evolve. The
Manager expects that the Fund may acquire
interests in investment funds and direct private equity investments in
portfolio companies on an opportunistic basis from
existing investors in such funds (and not from the issuers of such
interests) and from existing holders of direct
investments (and not from the portfolio companies directly). There can be no
assurance that the Fund will be able to
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identify sufficient secondaries investment opportunities or that it will be
able to acquire sufficient secondaries investments
on attractive terms.
Risks of investing on a secondary basis in real estate and real estate-
related assets
Secondary investments in investment funds that invest in real estate and
real estate-related assets are subject to various
risks, including adverse changes in national or international economic
conditions, adverse local market conditions, the
financial conditions of tenants, buyers and sellers of properties, changes
in the availability or terms of financing, changes
in interest rates, exchange rates, real estate tax rates and other operating
expenses, environmental laws and
regulations, zoning laws and other governmental rules and fiscal policies,
energy prices, changes in the relative
popularity of certain property types or the availability of purchasers to
acquire properties, risks due to dependence on
cash flow, risks and operating problems arising out of the presence of
certain construction materials, as well as acts of
God, uninsurable losses, war, terrorism, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes
or floods and other factors which are
beyond the control of an investor.
Multiple levels of expense
The Fund and the underlying private equity funds in which it invests impose
management and/or administrative costs,
expenses and performance allocations. This will result in greater expense to
the Investors than if such costs, expenses
and allocations were not charged by the Fund and Investors were able to
invest directly in the underlying private equity
funds in which the Fund invests or the portfolio companies of those
underlying funds.
Contingent liabilities associated with investment fund interests acquired in
secondary
transactions
Where the Fund acquires an interest in an investment fund in a secondaries
transaction, such Fund may acquire
contingent liabilities of the seller of the interest More specifically,
where the seller has received distributions from the
relevant private equity fund and, subsequently, that private equity fund
recalls one or more of these distributions, the
Fund (as the purchaser of the interest to which such distributions are
attributable and not the seller) may be obliged to
return monies equivalent to such distributions to the private equity fund
While the Fund may, in turn, make a claim
against the seller for any such monies so paid to the private equity fund,
there can be no assurances that the Fund would
prevail on such claim.
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The underlying funds in which the Fund will invest generally invest wholly
independently of one another and may at times
hold economically offsetting positions. To the extent that such underlying
funds hold such positions, considered as a
whole they may not achieve any gain of loss despite incurring fees and
expenses in connection with such positions. In
addition, a manager of such an underlying fund may be compensated based on
the performance of its investments.
Accordingly, there may often be times when a particular manager may receive
incentive compensation in respect of its
investments for a period even though the overall value of such underlying
funds depreciated during such period.
Investors will not have any direct interest in a portfolio investment
The offering of the Interests does not constitute a direct or indirect
offering of interests in portfolio investments. Investors
will not be limited partners in the underlying funds in which the Fund will
invest, will have no direct interest in such
underlying funds and will have no voting rights in, or standing or recourse
against, any such funds. Moreover, none of
the Investors will have the right to participate in the control, management
or operations of any such underlying fund or
have any discretion over the management of any such underlying fund by
reason of their investment in the Fund.
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Limited ability to negotiate secondary transaction terms
Where the Fund makes an investment on a secondary basis, the Fund will
generally not have the ability to negotiate the
amendments to the constitutional documents of an underlying fund, enter into
side letters or otherwise negotiate the legal
or economic terms of the interest in the underlying fund being acquired.
Investments longer than term
The Fund may make investments that may not be exited or realized in full
prior to the date that the Fund will be
liquidated, either by expiration of the Fund's term or otherwise. Although
the Manager expects that target investments
will be disposed of or otherwise realized prior to liquidation, the Fund may
have to sell, distribute, or otherwise dispose of
investments at a disadvantageous time as a result of its liquidation.
Part B — Risks Related to an Investment in the Fund
Nature of Fund investments
An investment in the Fund requires a long-term commitment, with no certainty
of return or of an Investor receiving any
distributions from the Fund. There most likely will be little or no near-
term cash flow available to Investors. Many of the
Fund's investments will be highly illiquid, and there can be no assurance
that the Fund will be able to realize such
investments in a timely manner. Consequently, dispositions of such
investments may require a lengthy time period or
may result in distributions in kind to the Investors. Additionally, the Fund
will typically acquire securities that cannot be
sold except pursuant to a registration statement filed under the Securities
Act or in a private placement or other
transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act and that
complies with any applicable non-U.S. securities
laws. The securities in which the Fund will directly or indirectly invest
generally will be the most junior in what typically
will be a complex capital structure, and thus subject to the greatest risk
of loss. Certain of the Fund's investments may
be in businesses with little or no operating history. Since the Fund may
only make a limited number of investments, and
since the Fund's investments generally will involve a high degree of risk,
poor performance by a few of the investments
could severely affect the total returns to the Limited Partners. The
performance of portfolio investments of the SOF
Funds is not necessarily indicative of the results that will be achieved by
the Fund.
Restrictions on transfer and withdrawal
An investment in the Fund is suitable only for sophisticated investors who
have the financial resources necessary to
withstand the risk of a potential loss of their entire investment. There is
no public market for the Interests, and none is
expected to develop. The Fund Documents contain restrictions on the
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transferability of the Interests and the withdrawal
of Investors. The Interests are not transferable except with the consent of
the General Partner or the Manager, which
may be withheld in their absolute discretion, and are subject to the terms
and conditions of the Fund Documents.
Investors may not withdraw capital from the Fund. Consequently, Investors
should not expect to be able to liquidate their
investments prior to the end of the Fund's term.
Performance risk
The performance of the Fund may not meet the Fund's target return. None of
the Fund, the Manager, the U.S. Adviser,
the General Partner or the Second GP guarantees any level of return to
Investors or the repayment of capital from the
Fund. Past performance of the SOF Funds cannot be taken as an indication of
the future performance of the Fund. The
Fund will make investments based on estimates or projections of internal
rates of return and current returns, which in
turn will be based on, among other considerations, assumptions regarding the
performance of the Fund assets, the
amount and terms of available financing and the manner and timing of
dispositions, including possible asset recovery
and remediation strategies, all of which are subject to significant
uncertainty. In addition, events or conditions which
have not been anticipated may occur and may have a significant effect on the
actual rate of return received on the
Fund's investments. The assumptions made by the Manager may not prove to be
valid, and may be based in part upon
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projections of future events which are difficult to predict and beyond the
control of the Fund and the Manager. Investors
have no assurance that actual internal rates of return and current returns
will equal or exceed the projected rates of
return or that any capital will be returned to them.
Poor performance by a few of the Fund's investments could substantially
affect the total return to Investors. The Fund
may, directly or indirectly, invest in private equity businesses which are
believed to be sound and offer good prospects
for growth. Such businesses may have little or no operating history. There
can be no assurance that any business in
which the Fund invests will perform to expectations.
Losses borne exclusively by the Fund and its Partners
The Manager and its affiliates will not be liable for any losses that the
Fund may incur. Any such losses will be borne
exclusively by the Fund and, in turn, by the Fund's Partners.
Additional risk of loss as a result of the use of leverage
The Fund may at any time, subject to the restrictions in the Fund Documents,
borrow funds to make investments on a
leveraged basis. The interest expense and other costs incurred in connection
with such borrowing may not be recovered
by income from investments purchased by the Fund. Gains realized with
borrowed funds may cause the value of the
portfolio held by the Fund to increase at a faster rate than would be the
case without borrowings. If, however, investment
results fail to cover the cost of borrowings, the value of the portfolio
held by the Fund could decrease faster than if there
had been no such borrowings. Additionally, if the investments fail to
perform to expectations, the interest of Investors in
the Fund would be subordinated to such leverage, which would compound any
such adverse consequences. Further, to
the extent income received from investments is used to make interest and
principal payments on the Fund's borrowings,
Investors may be allocated income, and therefore tax liability, in excess of
cash received by them in distributions.
Investors will be aware that the stability of certain financial markets has
deteriorated in recent years. These and other
unforeseeable factors may affect the ability of the Manager to find and/or
secure finance for suitable investment
opportunities for the Fund.
Drawdowns and use of subscription line facilities
The Fund may fund the making of portfolio investments with proceeds from
drawdowns under one or more revolving
credit facilities (the collateral for which can be, for example, the undrawn
capital commitments of Investors) prior to
calling Commitments. Drawdowns, including those used to pay interest on
subscription line facilities and other
indebtedness, may from time to time be "batched" together into larger, less
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frequent capital calls or closings, with the
Fund's interim capital needs being satisfied by the Fund borrowing money
from such credit facilities. Any such interim
borrowings incurred are expected to be temporary and short-term in nature.
The interest expense and other costs of any
such borrowings will be fund expenses and, accordingly, decrease net
multiples of the Fund. It is expected that interest
will accrue on any such outstanding borrowings at a rate lower than the
preferred return, which will begin accruing when
drawdowns to repay borrowings used to fund such portfolio investments or
interim expenditures are actually made to the
Fund. The use of borrowing in this manner may therefore have the effect of
accelerating the Special Limited Partner's
entitlement to carried interest by decreasing the amount of preferred return
that is required to be distributed to Investors.
In light of the foregoing, the Manager has an incentive to cause the Fund to
borrow in this manner in lieu of drawing
down Commitments. As a general matter, use of borrowings in lieu of drawing
down Commitments amplifies IRRs (either
negative or positive) to Investors.
Investment history
Although the information herein and in other materials provided to the
Investor in connection with the marketing of the
Interests has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, none of
the Fund, the Manager or their respective
affiliates guarantee its accuracy, completeness or fairness. The performance
data relating to the SOF Funds presented
herein and in the materials provided in connection with the marketing of the
Interests is as of June 30, 2017 (unless
noted otherwise) and may no longer be representative of the current
position. Such data has not been audited or
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otherwise verified by any outside party and should not be construed as
representative of the returns that may be
achieved in the future. The return data does not reflect a composite and has
not been presented in accordance with
Association for Investment Management Research (AIMR) standards. No
assurance can be given that the past
investments made by any of the SOF Funds would be suitable for the Fund.
Past performance is not an indication of
future results and no representation or warranty is made as to the returns
which may be experienced by Investors.
Availability of investments and competitive nature of the Fund's business
The business of the Fund is highly competitive. The success of the Fund
depends on the ability of the Manager to
identify and select appropriate investment opportunities as well as the
Fund's ability to acquire such investments in a
competitive environment. The Fund will be competing for investment
opportunities against other investors, including
private equity funds and hedge funds. The availability of investments and/or
the price of such investments will be affected
by these competitors for such investments, many of which (i) have financial
and strategic resources significantly in
excess of those of the Fund, (ii) may make competing offers for investment
opportunities that are identified by the Fund,
and (iii) may be willing to offer terms more favorable than those offered by
the Fund. Competition for investment
opportunities may increase, thus reducing the number of opportunities
available to the Fund and adversely affecting the
terms upon which investments can be made. Consequently, the Manager may be
unable to identify a sufficient number
of investment opportunities for the Fund and the Fund may be unable to
acquire investments on attractive terms. There
is no guarantee that suitable investments will be or can be secured, or that
they will be successful, or that they will meet
the Fund's requirements in respect of diversity. There can be no assurance
that the Manager will be able to identify and
consummate a sufficient number of investments to permit the Fund either to
invest all of its capital, to diversify its
investments to the extent anticipated, or to meet the Fund's return
objectives. Also, the Fund may incur bid costs on
transactions that may not be successful, and consequently the Fund may not
be able to recover such costs, which would
adversely affect returns. No assurance is given that the Fund's investment
objective will be achieved.
Dependence on the Manager, key personnel and service providers
Investors will have no opportunity to control the day-to-day operations of
the Fund, including investment and disposition
decisions. In order to safeguard their limited liability for the debts and
obligations of the Fund, Investors must rely
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entirely on the General Partner, and by virtue of the relevant agreements,
the Manager, and their respective personnel to
supervise, conduct and manage the affairs of the Fund.
The success of the Fund depends in substantial part on the skill and
expertise of the Key Persons and other investment
executives of the Manager and the U.S. Adviser. There can be no assurance
that such persons will continue to be
associated with the Manager or the U.S. Adviser (as the case may be)
throughout the life of the Fund. The loss of the
skill and expertise of such persons could have a material adverse effect on
the Fund. In addition, Investors should be
aware that the Manager and certain personnel of the Manager (including the
Key Persons) will continue to devote such
time and attention to the management of the SOF Funds as is required to
discharge their duties relating to the ongoing
activities of the SOF Funds.
The Fund is reliant on the performance of its depositary for its successful
operation, and may be materially affected by a
failure in the depositary's performance.
Lack of operating history
Although members of the Manager's investment team have had extensive
experience investing in the private equity
sector, the Fund, the Manager, the U.S. Adviser, the General Partner and the
Second GP are newly formed entities with
no operating history upon which to evaluate the Fund's likely performance.
Investors must rely upon the Manager to
identify, structure and implement investments consistent with the Fund's
investment objectives and policies.
Prior affiliation with Deutsche Bank
As described in "History" in Section 1: Executive Summary of this
Memorandum, not all members of the investment and
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operations teams that were involved in the management of the SOF Funds at
Deutsche Bank have joined the Manager
and the U.S. Adviser. Accordingly, in evaluating the past performance of the
SOF Funds, prospective investors should
note that the partners and employees of the Manager and the U.S. Adviser
were formally part of Deutsche Bank, a large
institution, and, in connection with the investments comprising the track
record of the SOF Funds, such persons
functioned as part of a larger group within Deutsche Bank and the success or
otherwise of the SOF Funds should not be
solely attributed to the partners and employees of the Manager and the U.S.
Adviser.
Liquidity risk
The Fund's investments are typically expected to be highly illiquid
investments that are not listed on a stock exchange or
for which there may only be a limited number of potential buyers. Political
and regulatory considerations (including
limitations on ownership and approval rights) could also affect the ability
of the Fund to buy or sell investments on
favorable terms. As a result, there can be no assurance that the Fund will
be able to realize cash from such investments
in a timely manner, and dispositions of such investments may require a
lengthy time period or may result in distributions
in kind to Investors. Moreover, the realizable value of a highly illiquid
investment may be less than its intrinsic value or
the valuation assigned to it by the Fund.
Distributions in kind
Although, under normal circumstances, it is intended that the Fund will make
distributions in cash, it is possible that upon
the liquidation of the Fund and in certain other circumstances as set out in
the Fund Documents distributions may be
made in kind (or in specie) and could consist of securities for which there
is not a readily available public market,
securities that are subject to legal and contractual transfer restrictions
or securities of entities unable to make
distributions.
Investor risk
Investors will be obliged to meet drawdown notices promptly, and failure to
do so may subject an Investor to severe
consequences as set out in the Fund Documents, including without limitation
forfeiture of its Interest. Should an Investor
fail to provide the money drawn down from it promptly, the Fund may be
unable to consummate the investment for which
the money was to be provided or may be unable to meet other obligations when
due. As a result, the Fund may be
subjected to significant penalties (which could materially and adversely
affect the returns to Investors) and money
provided by the other Investors may be returned to them without having been
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invested and will be subject to recall. If a
defaulting Investor's Interest is forfeited, the total Commitments may be
reduced, which will limit both the number of
investments the Fund can still make, and the diversity of its investments
including those that it has already made.
Further, in the event that an Investor fails to comply with its obligations
under the Fund Partnership Agreement to provide
certain information, and comply with certain procedures, to enable the Fund
to comply with the recently enacted U.S.
Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, such failure may subject an
Investor to severe consequences as set out in
the Fund Documents.
Amounts and timings of payments to the Fund are uncertain
Drawdowns may occur at any point, and for any amount (up to an Investor's
undrawn commitment to the Fund), during
the life of the Fund, including after the termination of the Investment
Period.
Risks associated with unspecified transactions
There are risks and uncertainties to Investors with respect to the selection
of investments. Investors will not have an
opportunity to evaluate for themselves the relevant economic, financial and
other information regarding the investments
to be made by the Fund and, accordingly, will be dependent upon the judgment
and ability of the Manager in sourcing
suitable transactions and in investing and managing the assets of the Fund.
No assurance can be given that the Fund
will be successful in obtaining suitable investments at attractive prices or
that it will be able to fully invest Commitments.
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Valuation risk
The Fund will be relying upon the Manager for valuation of its investments.
The Fund's investments in many cases will
be difficult to value due to various factors, including the nature of
private equity assets, the absence of readily
ascertainable market values and comparables, and limited sources of useful
valuation information. In addition, the
valuation of an investment may not always be consistent with, and therefore
may be higher than, the price at which the
investment could be sold on any particular valuation date. Such valuations
will be subject to inherent uncertainty, and
will be made under a number of assumptions which may not ultimately be
realized. There can be no assurance that the
valuations will in fact represent the actual value of the investments or the
amounts that could at such time or may
ultimately be realized with respect to the investments. Valuation
uncertainties may be compounded if there are problems
with the economies of the markets in which the Fund operates.
Absence of Investment Company Act protection
The Fund is not required to, and will not, register as an investment company
under the U.S. Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"), and, accordingly, the
provisions of the Investment Company Act
(which, among other things, require investment companies to have a majority
of disinterested directors, require securities
held in custody to at all times be individually segregated from the
securities of any other person and marked to clearly
identify such securities as the property of such investment company and
regulate the relationship between the adviser
and the investment company) are not applicable.
Tax risks
The Fund and/or the Investors could become subject to additional or
unforeseen taxation in jurisdictions in which the
Fund operates or invests. In addition, withholding taxes and other local
source taxes may be imposed on the Fund's
earnings. These taxes may not be creditable or deductible by the Fund or its
subsidiaries or the Investors. While it is
intended that the activities of the Fund, the General Partner, the Second
GP, the Manager and their respective offices
should not create a permanent establishment or other form of taxable
presence of the Fund or any of its subsidiaries in
any jurisdiction in which the Fund or any of its subsidiaries, or the
General Partner, the Second GP, the Manager or any
of their respective offices, operates or invests, there is a risk that the
relevant tax authorities in one or more of such
jurisdictions could take a contrary view. If for any reason the Fund or any
of its subsidiaries is held to have a permanent
establishment or other such presence in any such jurisdiction, the Fund or
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such subsidiary could be subject to significant
taxation in such jurisdiction.
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (the "OECD")
together with the G20 countries has
committed to reduce perceived abusive global tax avoidance, referred to as
base erosion and profit shifting ("BEPS"). As
part of this commitment, an action plan has been developed to address BEPS
with the aim of securing revenue by
realigning taxation with economic activities and value creation by creating
a single set of consensus based international
tax rules. As part of the BEPS project it is anticipated that new rules
dealing with the operation of double tax treaties, the
definition of permanent establishments and how hybrid instruments are taxed
will be introduced.
Depending on if and how these proposals are implemented, they may have a
material impact on how returns to Investors
are taxed. Such implementation may also give rise to additional reporting
and disclosure obligations for Investors. Some
OECD countries, including the UK, have begun the process of implementing the
BEPS proposals.
In addition to national implementation of BEPS, the European Council has
adopted Anti-Tax Avoidance Directives that
address many of the same issues. The measures included in the Anti-Tax
Avoidance Directives are required to be
implemented into the national law of each EU Member State, to take effect
from no later than either January 1, 2019,
January 1, 2020 or January 1, 2022 depending on the provision and the Member
State.
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Global taxes
The Manager may make certain decisions to maximize pre-tax returns that
result in tax-exempt Investors incurring
greater tax costs than might otherwise be the case. For example, in some
cases, the Manager may forego certain
actions with regard to acquisition, financing, management and disposition of
investments that would reduce taxes
because such actions would reduce overall pre-tax returns to all the
Investors.
Investments and holding structures will be considered on their merits by the
Manager but without regard to the taxation,
legal or other circumstances of the Investors.
Change in tax law
There may be changes in the tax laws or interpretations of tax laws in
jurisdictions in which the Fund or any of its
subsidiaries operates, is managed, is advised, is promoted or invests, or in
which Investors are resident, that are adverse
to the Fund, its subsidiaries, or the Investors. Changes to taxation
treaties or interpretations of taxation treaties between
one or more such jurisdictions and the countries through which the Fund or
any of its subsidiaries holds investments or in
which an Investor is resident may adversely affect the Fund's ability to
efficiently realize income or capital gains.
Consequently, it is possible that the Fund or its subsidiaries may face
unfavorable tax treatment in such jurisdictions that
may materially adversely affect the value of the Fund's investments.
Tax treatment
There can be no assurance that the structure of the Fund or of any
investments will be tax-efficient for any particular
Investor. Investors are urged to consult their own tax advisers with
reference to their specific tax situations.
Phantom income
There can be no assurance that the Fund will have sufficient cash flow to
permit the Fund to make distributions to
Investors in amounts necessary to enable them to pay all tax liabilities
resulting from their ownership of Interests. See
also Section 9: Certain Legal, ERISA and Tax Considerations.
Risks from changes in the taxation of carried interest
The ability of the Manager to achieve the investment objectives of the Fund
depends, to a substantial degree, on the
ability of the Manager and its affiliates to retain and motivate its
investment professionals and other key personnel, and to
recruit talented new personnel. The ability of the Manager and its
affiliates to recruit, retain and motivate their
professionals is dependent on their ability to offer highly attractive
incentive opportunities. Legislation has recently been
enacted in the U.S. which treats certain capital gain income that is
recognized by an investment partnership and
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allocable to a partner affiliated with the sponsor of the partnership (i.e.,
carried interest) as short-term capital gain
generally taxed at ordinary rates to such partner for U.S. federal income
tax purposes. It is currently unclear the impact
this legislation will have on the Manager and its affiliates or any
professionals of such organizations, however, it is
possible this legislation (or if additional similar legislation were
enacted, such other legislation) would materially increase
their tax liability with respect to their entitlement to carried interest.
This may adversely affect the Manager's and its
affiliates' ability to attract and retain certain investment professionals,
which may have an adverse effect on their ability to
achieve the investment objectives of the Fund.
Corporate offense of failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion
The UK Criminal Finances Act 2017 introduced, with effect from September 30,
2017, a corporate offence of failure to
prevent the criminal facilitation of tax evasion. The offence can be
committed by bodies corporate and partnerships,
wherever incorporated or formed and could therefore impact the Fund and its
investments. The offence is committed
when an associated person of the body corporate or partnership commits
criminal facilitation of tax evasion when acting
in the capacity of an associated person. The offense is wide in scope and
catches facilitation of foreign tax evasion as
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well as UK tax evasion. It is a complete defense if the body corporate or
partnership has reasonable procedures in place
designed to prevent persons associated with it from committing tax evasion
facilitation offences.
The Manager intends to (i) implement reasonable procedures to prevent
associated persons from committing criminal
facilitation of tax evasion, and (ii) consider the offence in respect of the
Fund's investments. It is nevertheless possible
that an English court would not find these procedures reasonable and the
Manager could be found guilty of this criminal
offence and subject to unlimited financial penalties.
Co-investment risks, counterparty risks and investments via other entities
The Fund may make investments via other entities and in a joint venture, co-
investment or partnership arrangement with
other parties. This may involve alternative investment vehicles (where the
Fund may cause the Investors to transfer a
portion of their Commitments to such entities), partnerships, joint
ventures, companies, trusts or other entities. Such
arrangements may involve additional risks (such as the risk that the Manager
will not be as familiar with the operation of
such entities, or the risk of higher costs associated with their formation,
structuring or operation, or relationships with
co-venturers deteriorating) and the Fund's investment via such entities may
be impacted by other parties if made on a
joint venture, co-investment or partnership basis (e.g., where a co-
venturer, co-investor or partner defaults on its funding
obligations, or is in a position to take action contrary to the Fund's
objectives due to having economic or business
interests or goals that are not consistent with those of the Fund, or where
the Fund is liable for actions of such
co-venturer, co-investor or partner). Additionally, to the extent that a co-
venturer, co-investor or partner operates a
project, the Fund will bear the risk of actions or omissions by such co-
venturer, co-investor or partner. While the
Manager will seek to limit the extent to which such factors can affect the
Fund, such actions or omissions may not be
sufficient to protect the Fund from loss. There is a risk that co-venturers,
co-investors, partners or counterparties may
default on their contractual obligations to the Fund or the Fund's
investments. Any such default would likely have an
adverse effect on the value of the Fund's investments and on the returns to
Investors. In addition, the Fund may coinvest
with other parties through partnerships, joint ventures or other entities.
Under such circumstances, there is the
possibility that the entity in which the Fund's investment is made or such
co-investor may have economic or business
interests or goals that are not entirely consistent with those of the Fund.
In addition, the Fund may, in certain
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circumstances, be liable for actions of its co-investors.
Dilution from subsequent closings
Investors subscribing for Interests after the First Closing will participate
in existing investments of the Fund, diluting the
interest of existing Investors therein. Although such Investors will
contribute their pro rata share of prior Fund
drawdowns (plus interest), there can be no assurance that this payment will
reflect the fair value of the Fund's existing
investments at the time such additional Interests are subscribed for.
Indemnification
The Fund will indemnify, and hold harmless, the General Partner, the Second
GP, the Manager, the U.S. Adviser and
each of their respective affiliates who have acted directly or indirectly on
behalf of the Fund; each of the current and
former officers, directors, employees, managers, agents of any of the
General Partner, the Second GP, the Manager, the
U.S. Adviser and each of their respective affiliates who have acted directly
or indirectly on behalf of the Fund; each
person serving, or who has served, as a member of the Fund Advisory
Committee (and, with respect to claims or
damages arising out of or relating to such service only, the Investor that
such person represents and each of such
Investor's officers, directors, employees, partners, members, managers,
agents and other representatives); and any
other third party designated by the General Partner as a covered person who
serves at the request of the General
Partner or the Manager directly or indirectly on behalf of the Fund from and
against any liabilities, actions, proceedings,
claims, costs, demands and expenses to which they may become subject by
reason of their activities on behalf of the
Fund, unless such liabilities, actions, proceedings, claims, costs, demands
and expenses result from certain conduct of
such indemnified person as specified in the Fund Partnership Agreement.
Indemnification of these indemnified persons
may impair the financial condition of the Fund and its ability to acquire
investments or otherwise achieve its investment
objective or meet its obligations. Furthermore, the Investors may be
required to return certain distributions for the
purpose of satisfying any claim under such indemnity, subject to certain
limitations.
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Short-term investments
Amounts drawn down from Investors will be invested by the Fund in short-term
instruments pending investment in
secondaries transactions. During such interim periods, these short-term
investments may produce lower returns for
Investors than the returns earned by direct investors in the underlying
private equity funds in which the Fund invests (or
by direct investors in portfolio companies) for the same period.
Follow-on investments
The Fund may be called upon to provide follow-up funding for portfolio
companies or have the opportunity to increase its
investment in such portfolio companies. There can be no assurance that the
Manager will wish to make follow-on
investments or that the Fund will have sufficient funds to do so. Any
decision by the Manager not to make follow-on
investments or its inability to make them may have a substantial negative
impact on a portfolio company in need of such
an investment or may diminish the Fund's ability to influence the portfolio
company's future development.
Risks upon disposition of investments
In connection with the disposition of an investment in a portfolio company
or otherwise, the Fund may be required to
make representations about the business and financial affairs of the
portfolio company typical of those made in
connection with the sale of any business, or may be responsible for the
contents of disclosure documents under
applicable securities laws. The Fund may also be required to indemnify the
purchasers of such investment or
underwriters to the extent that any such representations or disclosure
documents turn out to be incorrect, inaccurate or
misleading. These arrangements may result in contingent liabilities, which
might ultimately have to be funded by the
Investors. The Fund Partnership Agreement contains provisions to the effect
that if there is any such claim in respect of
a portfolio company, it may be funded by the Investors to the extent that
they have received distributions from the Fund,
subject to certain limitations.
Furthermore, the Investors may, under certain circumstances, be required to
return certain distributions for the purpose
of satisfying certain other obligations and liabilities of the Fund of which
they are Investors.
Recourse to all assets
The assets of the Fund, including any investments made by the Fund, are
available to satisfy all liabilities and other
obligations of the Fund. If the Fund becomes subject to a liability, parties
seeking to have the liability satisfied may have
recourse to the Fund's assets generally and not be limited to any particular
assets, such as the asset representing the
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investment giving rise to the liability. This may result in the Fund
disposing of assets it holds in order to satisfy liabilities
arising from other assets.
Defaulting Investors are subject to the discretion of the Manager
If an Investor fails to meet drawdown notices, the Manager may delay,
suspend or forfeit such Investor's right to receive
payments from the Fund or the return of Commitments to such defaulting
Investor.
Expedited transactions
Investment analyses and decisions by the Manager may frequently be required
to be undertaken on an expedited basis
to take advantage of investment opportunities. In such cases, the
information available to the Manager at the time of an
investment decision may be limited, and the Manager may not have access to
detailed information regarding the
investment opportunity. Therefore, no assurance can be given that the
Manager will have knowledge of all relevant
circumstances that may adversely affect an investment. In addition, the
Manager may rely upon independent
consultants in connection with its evaluation of proposed investments;
however, no assurance can be given that these
consultants will accurately evaluate such investments, and the Fund may
incur liability as a result of such consultants'
actions.
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Emerging markets risk
The Fund may hold interests in investments of the underlying funds in
countries that are considered "emerging markets".
Investors should consider a number of risks associated with investments in
emerging markets countries. For example,
investments may be subject to changing political environments, regulatory
restrictions, and changes in government
institutions and policies, any of which could adversely affect private
investments. In addition, changes in policy with
regard to taxation, fiscal and monetary policies, repatriation of profits,
and other economic regulations are possible, any
of which could have an adverse effect on private investments. Laws and
regulations in emerging markets, particularly
those relating to foreign investment and taxation, may be subject to change
or evolving interpretation. In addition, to the
extent that the Fund indirectly holds assets in local currencies in
countries outside the United States, the Fund will be
exposed to a degree of currency risk that may adversely affect performance.
In addition, investments may be made in
countries where generally accepted accounting standards and practices differ
significantly from those practiced in the
United States, the United Kingdom and certain other European countries. The
evaluation of potential investments and
the ability to perform due diligence may be affected. The Fund and/or the
Investors could become subject to additional
or unforeseen taxation in jurisdictions in which they have indirect
investments. Changes to taxation treaties (or their
interpretation) between the jurisdictions in which Investors are tax
resident and the countries in which the Fund has direct
or indirect investments may adversely affect their ability to efficiently
realize income or capital gains. Moreover, certain of
the transactions of underlying funds or their fund investments may be
undertaken through local brokers, banks or other
organizations outside the United States and the United Kingdom, and the
underlying funds and their fund investments
will be subject to the risk of default, insolvency or fraud of such
organizations. The countries in which the Fund has
indirect investments may control, in varying degrees, the repatriation of
capital and profits that results from foreign
investments. There can be no assurance that the underlying funds and their
fund investments will be permitted to
repatriate capital or profits, if any, over the life of their activities.
No separate counsel
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP will act as special counsel to the Manager and the
General Partner and may act as counsel to
underlying private equity funds in which the Fund invests in connection with
their organization, offering and ongoing
investment activities. The Fund, the Manager and the General Partner have
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acknowledged and agreed that, in certain
instances, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, as counsel to an underlying private
equity fund in which the Fund invests, may
have to withdraw as counsel to the Manager and the General Partner if a
conflict arises between the Fund and such
underlying fund. In such an instance, the Fund would be required to retain
additional counsel. Separate counsel has not
been engaged to act on behalf of Investors in the Fund. To the fullest
extent permitted by law, Debevoise & Plimpton
LLP does not represent or owe any duty to any Investor or to the Investors
as a group in connection with its role as
special counsel to the Manager and the General Partner.
Diverse investor group
Investors may have conflicting investment, tax and other interests with
respect to their investments in the Fund. As a
consequence and in connection with decisions made by the Fund, including
with respect to the nature or structuring of
investments, decisions may be more beneficial for one Investor than for
another Investor, especially with respect to
Investors' particular tax situations. In selecting and structuring
investments appropriate for the Fund, the Manager will
consider the investment and tax objectives of the Fund and its Investors as
a whole, not the investment, tax or other
objectives of any specific Investor.
Sovereign status of certain investors
Certain Investors may enjoy sovereign or other immunities and privileges
under English or foreign law and may claim to
be or insist on being restricted in their ability to submit to the
jurisdiction of particular courts and tribunals, including those
designated in the Fund Documents. These factors may make it substantially
more difficult for the Manager and the other
parties to the Fund Documents to enforce the contractual obligations of such
an Investor, including for example its
obligations to comply with any drawdown notice, which may have adverse
consequences for the Fund and the other
Investors.
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Side letters
The General Partner or the Manager may enter into other written agreements
with one or more Limited Partners which
have the effect of establishing additional rights or alerting or
supplementing the terms of the Fund Partnership Agreement
(each, a "Side Letter"). Any such Side Letter may entitle a Limited Partner
to make an investment in the Fund on terms
other than those described herein, in the Fund Partnership Agreement and in
the deeds of adherence relating to the
purchase of Interests. Any such terms, including with respect to (i)
reporting obligations of the Fund, (ii) transfers to
affiliates, (iii) withdrawal rights due to adverse tax or regulatory events,
(iv) consent rights to certain Fund Partnership
Agreement amendments, (v) payment of fees, or (vi) any other matters, may be
more favorable than those offered to any
other Limited Partners. If the General Partner or the Manager enters into a
Side Letter entitling a Limited Partner to be
excused from an investment of the Fund, other Investors may be required to
increase their funded commitment by their
pro rata share of the unfunded amount.
Part C — General Risks
General market risk
General movements in local and international stock markets, prevailing
economic conditions, investor sentiment and
interest rates could all affect the market price of the listed securities of
entities in which the Fund holds indirect interests.
Investors will be aware that, in recent years, the stability of certain
financial markets has significantly deteriorated, certain
market participants are in financial distress, the availability of credit
has significantly declined in certain markets and the
value of financial assets has become more volatile and, in certain
circumstances, has generally fallen. These and other
unforeseeable factors may adversely affect the value of the Fund's
investments.
Economic conditions
General: The Fund's activities and results may be affected by a number of
economic factors that are outside the control
of the Fund, the Manager, the U.S. Adviser, the General Partner and the
Second GP. These factors include interest
rates, inflation, deflation, general levels of economic activity, the price
of securities and participation by other investors in
the financial markets. There is no assurance that lenders will continue to
provide financing at current or historic valuation
levels to private equity. Instability in the securities, currency, commodity
and other markets may also increase the risks
inherent in the Fund's investments.
Interest rates: Certain underlying investment assets of the Fund may be
highly leveraged. Movements in the level of
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interest rates may affect the returns from these assets more significantly
than investments in other types of assets. In
particular, the type of debt, maturity profile, interest rates and covenants
in place are among the factors which could
affect the timing and magnitude of returns.
Inflation and deflation: Inflation or deflation may affect the Fund's
investments adversely in a number of ways.
During periods of rising inflation, interest and dividend rates of any
instruments in which the Fund has invested, or which
investments or entities related to investments may have issued, could
increase, which would tend to reduce returns to
Investors. Inflationary expectations or periods of rising inflation could
also be accompanied by rising prices of
commodities that are critical to the operation of certain assets (e.g.,
infrastructure) or to the return expected with respect
to such assets. During periods of high inflation, capital tends to flee to
other assets, such as (historically) gold, which
may adversely affect the prices at which the Fund is able to sell certain
investments. Certain underlying investments
may have fixed income streams and, therefore, there may be limited cash
available for distribution. The market value of
such investments may decline in value in times of higher inflation rates.
Some of the Fund's underlying investments may
have income linked to inflation through contractual rights or other means.
However, as inflation may affect both income
and expenses, any increase in income may not be sufficient to cover
increases in expenses.
During periods of deflation, the demand for the products and/or services
provided by the businesses or assets in which
the Fund may have indirectly invested could fall, reducing the revenues
generated by, and so the value of, such
investments and therefore reducing returns to Investors. Where the operating
costs and expenses associated with any
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such investments do not fall by a corresponding amount, the rate of return
to Investors could be further reduced. Periods
of deflation are often characterized by a tightening of money supply and
credit, which could limit the amounts available to
the Fund with which to make and/or leverage investments, and so limit the
number and size of investments that the Fund
may make and affect the rate of return to Investors. Such economic
constraints could also make certain assets in which
the Fund may invest and related businesses more illiquid, preventing the
Fund from divesting such assets efficiently and
so reducing the return to Investors from such investments. Deflation may
also make it more difficult for investments
which are leveraged at the asset level to meet or service their debt
obligations, due to reductions in revenues and
increases in the size of the debt relative to the overall value of an
investment.
Currency risks
Commitments will be denominated, and drawdowns and distributions made, in
U.S. dollars but the Fund may make and
realize investments in currencies other than U.S. dollars and, as a result,
the value of investments may go up or down
solely as a result of changes in currency exchange rates. The Fund will
incur costs in connection with conversions
between various currencies. The Manager will attempt to maximize U.S. dollar
revenues and sales proceeds, and the
Fund and its underlying investments may engage in hedging transactions to
reduce currency risk. There can be no
assurance, however, that such hedging transactions, if the Fund chooses to
enter into them, will fully protect against the
risk of currency fluctuations. Moreover, hedging transactions themselves may
involve additional risks and result in
transaction costs. Investors should be aware that if their reference
currency is a currency other than U.S. dollars, their
investment in the Fund may be adversely affected by any reduction in the
value of the U.S. dollar relative to their
reference currency. They may also incur the further transaction costs of
converting U.S. dollars into another currency.
Such Investors are strongly urged to consult their financial advisers with a
view to determining whether they should enter
into hedging transactions to offset these risks.
Status of debt markets and availability of financing
In recent years, disruptions in the debt markets have caused a significant
decrease in the availability of financing, an
increase in interest rates (despite decreases in base rates) and a
tightening of lending and underwriting standards for
investments in general. Such conditions may impair the Fund's ability to
obtain financing or refinancing to fund the
acquisition of investments, or such financing may be available to the Fund
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on less favorable terms. In addition, because
purchasers of investments held directly or indirectly by the Fund typically
require acquisition financing to fund a portion of
the purchase price, these conditions may adversely affect the availability
of favorable exit opportunities for such
investments. This could have a serious adverse effect on the Fund's ability
to implement its investment strategy and
generate returns. The continuation or worsening of the disruptions in the
debt markets could have an adverse impact on
the availability of credit to businesses generally. Under the U.S. Dodd -
Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, and under other international bank regulatory frameworks,
such as Basel III, banking organizations and
other financial institutions are required to hold additional regulatory
capital and to meet more stringent liquidity, leverage
and other similar tests. The timing, scope and cumulative effect of these
regulatory developments is not fully known, but
they may result in lenders being less willing and able to extend credit to
borrowers like the Fund and/or increased costs
to lenders, which are passed on to borrowers such as the Fund.
Legal, tax and regulatory risks of private funds
Legal, tax and regulatory changes could occur that may adversely affect the
Fund. The legal, tax and regulatory
environment for funds that invest in alternative investments is evolving,
and changes in the regulation and market
perception of such funds, including changes to existing laws and regulations
and increased criticism of the private equity
and alternative asset industry by some politicians, regulators and market
commentators, may adversely affect the ability
of the Fund to pursue its investment strategy and the value of investments
held by the Fund. In recent years, market
disruptions and the dramatic increase in the capital allocated to
alternative investment strategies have led to increased
governmental as well as self-regulatory scrutiny of the alternative
investment fund industry in general. Recently, there
has been significant discussion regarding greater governmental scrutiny and/-
or potential regulation of the private
investment industry, as private equity and other private investment firms
become more significant participants in the
broad-based economy. It is in many cases uncertain what form such enhanced
scrutiny and/or regulation on the private
equity industry ultimately may take and in what jurisdictions such measures
may be implemented. Therefore, there can
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be no assurance as to whether any such regulatory scrutiny or initiatives
will have an adverse impact on the private
investment industry, including the ability of the Fund to achieve its
objectives. It is impossible to predict what, if any,
changes may be instituted with respect to the regulations applicable to the
Fund, the Manager, the U.S. Adviser, the
General Partner, the Second GP and their respective affiliates, the markets
in which they operate and invest or the
counterparties with which they do business, or what effect such legislation
or regulations might have. There can be no
assurance that the Fund, the Manager, the U.S. Adviser, the General Partner,
the Second GP and their respective
affiliates will be able, for financial reasons or otherwise, to comply with
future laws and regulations, and any regulations
which restrict the ability of the Fund to implement its investment strategy.
Brexit
The UK has formally notified the European Council of its intention to leave
the European Union ("Brexit"). Under the
process for leaving the European Union contemplated in article 50 of the
Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union, the UK will remain a member state until a withdrawal agreement is
entered into, or failing that, two years following
the notification of the intention to leave. The terms and precise timetable
of withdrawal are unknown at this time.
Furthermore, as a result of Brexit, other European countries may seek to
conduct referenda with respect to their
continuing membership with the European Union. Given these possibilities and
others that are not anticipated, at this
time, it is difficult to predict how the UK withdrawal from the European
Union will be implemented and what the economic,
tax, fiscal, legal, regulatory and other implications will be for the asset
management industry, the broader European and
global financial markets generally and for private funds such as the Fund
and the Fund's investments. This uncertainty is
likely to continue to impact the global economic climate and may impact
opportunities, pricing, availability and cost of
bank financing, regulation, values or exit opportunities of companies or
assets based, doing business, or having service
or other significant relationships in, the UK or the European Union,
including companies or assets held or considered for
prospective investment by the Fund.
The future application of European Union-based legislation to the private
fund industry in the UK and the European
Union will ultimately depend on how the UK renegotiates its relationship
with the European Union. There can be no
assurance that any renegotiated terms or regulations will not have an
adverse impact on the Fund and its investments,
including the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
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Brexit may result in significant market dislocation,
heightened counterparty risk, an adverse effect on the management of market
risk and, in particular, asset and liability
management due in part to redenomination of financial assets and
liabilities, and increased legal, regulatory or
compliance burden for Investors, the Manager and/or the Fund, each of which
may have a negative impact on the
operations, financial condition, returns or prospects of the Fund.
Brexit may also have an adverse effect on the tax treatment of the Fund and
its investments. In particular, the European
Union directives preventing withholding taxes being imposed on intra-group
dividends, interest and royalties may no
longer apply to payments made into and out of the UK, meaning that instead
the UK's double tax treaty network would
need to be relied upon. Further, there may be changes to the operation of
VAT.
While the most immediate impacts on corporate transactions will likely be
related to changes in market conditions, the
development of new regulatory regimes and parallel competition law
enforcement may have an adverse impact on
transactions, particularly those occurring in, or impacted by conditions in,
the UK and Europe.
Anti-money laundering compliance
The General Partner, the Second GP or the Manager may be required by law,
regulation or government authority or
where it is in the best interests of the Fund, in each case as a whole, to
disclose information in respect of the identity of
Investors. In addition, the General Partner, the Second GP or the Manager
may be required by law, regulation or
government authority to disclose certain information about the Fund and its
arrangements with Investors, including
disclosing the existence of, disclosing copies of, and reporting certain
information about, any side letters or other
arrangements that the Fund enters into with Investors that allow Investors
to invest in the Fund under terms that vary
from those applicable to other Investors.
The General Partner, the Second GP or the Manager may be required by law,
regulation or government authority to
suspend the account of an Investor or take other anti-money laundering
steps. Where the General Partner, the Second
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GP or the Manager is required to take such action, the relevant Investor
must indemnify the Fund against any loss
suffered.
Risks related to electronic communications
The Manager, the General Partner and the Fund's service providers may
provide to each Investor statements, reports
and other communications relating to the Fund and/or each such Investor's
Interest in electronic form, such as email or
via a password protected website ("Electronic Communications"). Electronic
Communications may be modified,
corrupted or contain viruses or malicious code, and may not be compatible
with an Investor's electronic systems. In
addition, reliance on Electronic Communications involves the risk of
inaccessibility, power outages or slowdowns for a
variety of reasons. These periods of inaccessibility may delay or prevent
receipt of reports or other information by one or
more of the Investors.
Cybersecurity
The Manager, the U.S. Adviser, the General Partner and the Fund's service
providers and other market participants
increasingly depend on complex information technology and communications
systems to conduct business functions.
These systems are subject to a number of different threats or risks that
could adversely affect the Fund and/or the
Investors, despite the efforts of the Manager, the U.S. Adviser, the General
Partner and the service providers to adopt
technologies, processes and practices intended to mitigate these risks and
protect the security of their computer
systems, software, networks and other technology assets, as well as the
confidentiality, integrity and availability of
information belonging to the Fund and the Investors. For example,
unauthorized third parties may attempt to improperly
access, modify, disrupt the operations of, or prevent access to, these
systems of the Manager, the U.S. Adviser, the
General Partner, the Fund's service providers, counterparties or data within
these systems. Third parties may also
attempt to fraudulently induce employees, customers, third-party service
providers or other users of the Manager's
systems to disclose sensitive information in order to gain access to the
Manager's data or that of the Investors. A
successful penetration or circumvention of the security of the Manager's
systems could result in the loss or theft of an
Investor's data or funds, the inability to access electronic systems, loss
or theft of proprietary information or corporate
data, physical damage to a computer or network system or costs associated
with system repairs. Such incidents could
cause the Manager, the U.S. Adviser, the General Partner, the Fund or their
respective service providers to incur
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regulatory penalties, reputational damage, additional compliance costs or
financial loss.
Pay-to-play laws, regulations and policies
A number of U.S., state and municipal pension plans have adopted so-called
"pay-to-play" laws, regulations or policies
that prohibit, restrict or require disclosure of payments to (and/or certain
contacts with) state officials by individuals and
entities seeking to do business with state entities, including investments
by public retirement plans. The SEC has also
adopted rules that, among other things, prohibit an investment adviser from
providing advisory services for compensation
with respect to a government plan investor for two years after such
investment adviser or certain of its executives or
employees make a contribution to certain elected officials or candidates. If
the Manager, the U.S. Adviser, Credit Suisse
Asset Management Limited (in its capacity as the placement agent) or their
respective affiliates fail to comply with such
pay-to-play laws, regulations or policies, such non-compliance could have an
adverse effect on the Fund.
Forward looking information
This Memorandum and other materials prepared and provided to the Investor in
connection with the marketing of the
Interests may contain projections, forecasts, targeted returns, illustrative
returns, estimates, objectives, beliefs and
similar information. Forward looking information is provided for
illustrative purposes only and is not intended to serve as,
and must not be relied upon by any Investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a
prediction or a definitive statement of fact
or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible
to predict and will differ from assumptions.
Many actual events and circumstances are beyond the control of the Fund.
Some important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in any forward looking
information include changes in interest rates and
changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and
legal conditions. The performance of the Fund
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may be materially different from the forward looking information.
THE FOREGOING LIST OF RISK FACTORS DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE A COMPLETE OR
CONCLUSIVE
EXAMINATION OF THE RISKS RELATED TO AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUND. POTENTIAL
INVESTORS SHOULD
READ THIS MEMORANDUM IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR
PROFESSIONAL
ADVISERS BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER TO INVEST IN THE FUND.
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Conflicts of Interest
General
Investors should be aware that there will be situations where the Manager
and its affiliates may encounter potential
conflicts of interest in connection with the Fund's investment activities.
The following discussion details certain potential
conflicts of interest that should be carefully considered before making an
investment in the Fund. By acquiring an Interest
and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Investor will be
deemed to have acknowledged the existence
of any such actual and potential conflicts of interest and to have waived
any claim with respect to any liability arising from
the existence of any such conflict of interest.
The Fund will be dependent on the Manager to identify and manage all such
conflicts of interest. The General Partner
and the Manager will consult with the Fund Advisory Committee with respect
to material issues involving actual or
potential significant conflicts of interest, methods of valuation and
certain other matters in accordance with the Fund
Partnership Agreement, unless the General Partner and the Manager have been
advised by counsel that disclosure of
such potential or actual conflict of interest is, or may reasonably be,
prohibited for regulatory or legal reasons (in which
case, where the conflict cannot be satisfactorily resolved, the applicable
transaction may not be consummated).
The following non-exhaustive discussion sets forth certain potential
conflicts of interest. In the Fund Documents,
Investors will be required to acknowledge and consent to the existence of
the conflicts of interest described.
Conflicts among certain Investors
Investors may have conflicting investment, tax and other interests with
respect to their investments in the Fund. As a
consequence and in connection with decisions made by the Fund, including
with respect to the nature or structuring of
investments, decisions may be more beneficial for one Investor than for
another Investor, especially with respect to
particular tax situations of the Investors. In selecting and structuring
investments appropriate for the Fund, the Manager
will consider the investment and tax objectives of the Fund and the
Investors as a whole, not the investment, tax or other
objectives of any specific Investor.
Broken deal expenses and abort fees
Any broken deal expenses or abort fees relating to any investment
opportunity that is not consummated will be allocated
entirely to the Fund and not to any other co-investor unless such co-
investor has agreed otherwise.
Investment by members of the management team
Partners and employees of the Manager and the U.S. Adviser may invest
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personal funds directly or indirectly into the
Fund or through other parallel investment entities. As such, their decisions
may be influenced by the presence of their
investment, and may not be completely unbiased.
Carried Interest
The entitlement of certain partners and employees of the Manager and the
U.S. Adviser to receive the economic benefit
of the Carried Interest received by the Special Limited Partner may create
an incentive for the Manager to make more
speculative investments on behalf of the Fund than it would otherwise make
in the absence of such Carried Interest. The
existence of Carried Interest and its tax treatment may result in conflicts
of interest between the Manager and Investors
with respect to the management and disposition of investments and the
determination of the order, timing and amount of
distributions by the Fund.
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The fact that the Carried Interest is linked to the performance of the Fund
may create an incentive for the Manager to
cause the Fund to make investments that are more speculative than would be
the case in the absence of
performance-based compensation, or to take action that may increase the
short-term, as opposed to long-term, value of
investments.
Fund Advisory Committee
The Fund will be dependent on the Manager to identify conflicts of interest.
A Fund Advisory Committee will be
established comprising representatives of certain Investors selected by the
Manager.
The Manager intends to consult the Fund Advisory Committee, as appropriate,
with respect to material issues involving
actual or potential conflicts of interest between the interests of the Fund
and the Manager and its affiliates (unless the
General Partner or the Manager has been advised by counsel that disclosure
of such conflicts or potential conflicts is, or
is reasonably likely to be, prohibited for regulatory or legal reasons, in
which case, where the conflict cannot be
satisfactorily resolved, the applicable transaction may not be consummated).
The Fund Advisory Committee will be
comprised of members representing specific Investors and will not owe any
duties to other Investors, whether individually
or as a group.
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Certain Legal, ERISA and Tax Considerations
The AIFMD73
Valuation
The Manager has decided that the nature of the investments that will be held
by the Fund is such that there is no need
for an external valuer. The Fund's valuations will be prepared in accordance
with the UK AIFM Regulation on a fair value
principle, based on U.S. GAAP and Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC")
820 Fair Value Measurement. ASC 820
establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes sources and valuation
techniques. Accordingly, the Fund will be valued
at an 'exit price' which is the value that would be received on selling the
investment in an orderly transaction, between
market participants at the measurement date. The Manager will establish a
valuation committee (the "Valuation
Committee") to perform an assessment of valuations provided by the relevant
investment specialists, together with
acquisition information that has been gathered to understand each individual
Investment. Deirdre Davies, the Manager's
Chief Operating Officer, chairs the Valuation Committee and is also
responsible for the Manager's valuation policy and
procedures. Ms. Davies is not responsible for the Manager's deal activity or
portfolio management, is functionally
independent from the Manager's portfolio management activities, and the
Manager has put in place such measures as it
considers reasonably necessary to mitigate conflicts of interest that may
arise in connection with the valuation of the
Fund's investments. Therefore, in the Manager's view, Ms. Davies has
sufficient independence to oversee the valuation
policy and procedures in accordance with the Manager's compliance
obligations. The Valuation Committee members, its
terms of reference and the Manager's valuation policy will be periodically
assessed and internally audited to ensure
compliance with the principles of the AIFMD.
Fair treatment of Investors
Please see Section 8: Conflicts of Interest for a summary of the policies
established by the Manager in relation to
conflicts of interest. In addition, as described more fully in Section 6:
Summary of Terms and Conditions, the Manager
has a clear and defined approach to side letter arrangements. Further,
amendments to the Fund Partnership Agreement
which would materially and adversely affect a Limited Partner in a way which
discriminates against such Limited Partner
vis-à-vis the other Limited Partners or increase the Commitment of a Limited
Partner will require the consent of the
affected Limited Partner.
Liquidity management
As the Fund is a "closed-ended AIF" (as defined in the AIFMD) and the
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Investors will not have any redemption rights in
respect of their Interests, there is no meaningful liquidity risk to manage.
Manager's professional liability risk
Glendower holds a professional indemnity insurance policy. This insurance
policy covers the professional indemnity
insurance requirements of the AIFMD in respect of Glendower acting as the
Fund's AIFM.
Governing law and legal implications of the contractual relationship
The Fund will be an English limited partnership, registered under the
Limited Partnerships Act 1907 and designated as a
73 The Manager may provide further information as required under article 23
of the AIFMD in a supplement to this Memorandum.
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ec ion 9: Certain Legal, ERISA and Tax Considerations
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
"private fund limited partnership". The Fund Partnership Agreement will be
governed by English law and all parties to the
agreement will irrevocably agree that the courts of England and Wales have
non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any
disputes which may arise out of or in connection with the Fund Partnership
Agreement and the documents to be entered
into pursuant to it.
Investors will offer to subscribe for Interests pursuant to a deed of
adherence governed by the laws of England and
Wales and all parties to the deed of adherence will irrevocably agree that
the courts of England and Wales have nonexclusive
jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise out of or in connection
with the deed of adherence.
Investors whose offers to subscribe for Interests are accepted by the
General Partner and the Manager will become
limited partners in an English private fund limited partnership and will
become party to the Fund Partnership Agreement
constituting the Fund. Investors' interests in the Fund will be as limited
partners and will not be certificated but will be
recorded on the register of limited partners maintained by the Fund.
Investors will have no opportunity to control the dayto-day
operations of the Fund, including investment and disposition decisions.
A judgment of a non-English court will create an obligation that is
actionable in England. To enforce that obligation, an
Investor would need to commence proceedings in the courts of England, in
which the judgment is sued upon as a debt.
For a foreign judgment to be recognized by the English courts it must, inter
alia, be final and conclusive in the court
which pronounced it, it must
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