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RIN II - 094 Alpha Group Capital LLC
MEMORANDUM
RIN II Ltd.
(a Cayman islands exempted company)
Preferred Shares
February 2018
RREEF America L.L.C.
345 Park Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10154
Tel.
Fax.
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763316-4-6
February 2018
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RIN II Ltd.
$[75,000,000] in Preferred Shares
RIN II Ltd. (the "Issuer"), an exempted company incorporated with limited
liability in the Cayman Islands, intends to issue
preferred shares at a subscription price of $1.00 per share (the "Preferred
Shares"). The Issuer also intends (i) to enter
into a secured facility initially up to U.S.$168,425,000, which may be
increased to an amount up to $463,168,750 subject to
satisfaction of certain conditions described herein (the "Initial Facility")
and (ii) ultimately to refinance the Initial Facility as
described herein. In order to effect such refinancing, the Issuer is
expected to co-issue with RIN II LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the "Co-Issuer" and together with the Issuer, the "Co-
Issuers"), certain securities (the "Refinancing
Securities"), the proceeds of which will repay the Initial Facility (such
note issuance, the "Refinancing"). Any Refinancing
Securities, together with the Preferred Shares, are referred to herein as
the "Securities", and each of the Initial Facility and
the Refinancing are each referred to herein as a "Facility". The Preferred
Shares are being offered hereby and constitute
equity interests of the Issuer. Neither Facility is being offered pursuant
to this memorandum. The Portfolio is expected to
consist of primarily infrastructure finance loans and is expected to be
managed by RREEF America L.L.C. ("RREEF"), in its
capacity as portfolio advisor to the Issuer (the "Portfolio Advisor").
HEREIN ARE
SALE DATE.
CONSTITUTE AN
SALE OF THE
ANY
JURISDICTION.
This confidential private placement memorandum (this "Memorandum") is being
circulated to a limited number of
sophisticated prospective investors (each investor in Preferred Shares, an
"Investor") on a confidential basis for the
purpose of evaluating an investment in the Preferred Shares. This Memorandum
may not be reproduced or distributed, in
whole or in part, nor may its contents be disclosed or used, for any other
purpose without the prior written consent of the
Issuer. Capitalized terms used in this Memorandum have the meanings given to
them herein, in particular in Section 11,
"Summary of Principal Terms" and the Appendix, "Glossary."
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Deutsche.AM Distributors, Inc. ("DDI") and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
("DBSI"), affiliates of the Portfolio Advisor, have
been appointed by the Issuer as its non-exclusive Placement Agents in
connection with the private offer and sale of
Preferred Shares on behalf of the Issuer.
RREEF is the brand name for the real estate division of the asset management
affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG ("Deutsche
Bank" and, together with its affiliates,
the "Deutsche Bank Group").
In the United States this relates to the asset
management activities of RREEF America L.L.C.; in Germany: RREEF Investment
GmbH, RREEF Management GmbH and
RREEF Special Invest GmbH; in Australia: Deutsche Asset Management
(Australia) Limited (ABN 63 116 232 154), an
Australian financial services license holder; in Hong Kong: Deutsche Asset
Management (Hong Kong) Limited; in Japan:
Deutsche Securities Inc.1; in Singapore: Deutsche Asset Management (Asia)
Limited (Company Reg. No. 198701485N); in
the United Kingdom: Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (Global) Limited,
Deutsche Alternative Asset Management
(UK) Limited and Deutsche Asset Management (UK) Limited; and in Denmark,
Finland, Norway and Sweden: Deutsche
1 Financial advisory (not investment advisory) and distribution services
only.
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Alternative Asset Management (UK) Limited and Deutsche Alternative Asset
Management (Global) Limited in addition to
other regional entities in Deutsche Bank Group. Investments in the Preferred
Shares are not deposits with or other liabilities
of Deutsche Bank, or of any other entity in Deutsche Bank Group, and are
subject to investment risk, including possible
delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. None of
Deutsche Bank, the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the
Portfolio Advisor, the Placement Agents or any other entity in the Deutsche
Bank Group or any of their respective affiliates
guarantees any particular rate of return on the Preferred Shares, nor do
they guarantee the repayment of any investments
made in the Preferred Shares.
UNDER THE
SHARES WILL BE
ONLY TO (I)
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
"ACCREDITED INVESTORS" (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)
THAT ARE ALSO
"QUALIFIED PURCHASERS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(C)(7) OF THE
UNITED STATES
NOT EXPECTED
THAT THE PREFERRED SHARES WILL BE REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 12(G) OR ANY
The Preferred Shares may not be sold, transferred, assigned, exchanged, made
subject
pledged, hypothecated, encumbered, made subject
to a grant of participation in,
to any derivatives contract, swap, structured note or any other
arrangement, directly, indirectly or synthetically, or otherwise disposed of
(collectively, "Transferred") except (i) pursuant to
an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, exemption from
registration under the Investment Company Act
and registration or exemption under any other applicable securities laws and
(ii) as otherwise permitted under the Issuer's
Articles, the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement and the PS Purchase
Agreement.
The Preferred Shares have not been recommended by any U.S. federal or state
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or non-U.S. securities commission or
regulatory authority and none of the foregoing authorities has confirmed the
accuracy or determined the adequacy of this
Memorandum. Any representation to the contrary is unlawful.
Prospective Investors should pay particular attention to the information in
Section 12, "Certain Risk Factors" and Section 13,
"Conflicts of Interest" of this Memorandum. Investment in the Preferred
Shares 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
Preferred Shares.
Investors in the Preferred Shares must be prepared to bear these risks for
an extended period of time.
No assurance can be given that the Issuer's investment objective will be
achieved or that investors will receive a return of
their capital.
In making an investment decision, each investor must rely on its own
examination of the Preferred Shares, and the terms of
this offering, including the merits and risks involved. This Memorandum is
not intended to, and must not be taken solely as
the basis for, an investment decision with respect to a purchase of
Preferred Shares. Prospective Investors should not
construe the contents of this Memorandum as legal, tax, investment or
accounting advice, and each prospective Investor is
urged to consult with its own advisors with respect to legal, tax,
regulatory, financial and accounting consequences of its
investment in the Preferred Shares.
By investing in the Preferred Shares, each prospective Investor will
represent to the Issuer that such investor complies with
the criteria and requirements described herein and specified in the Issuer's
documents referred to herein. The Issuer
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intends not to accept a subscription from any person or entity that does not
represent that such standards are met. In the
case of purchases of Preferred Shares by fiduciary accounts, the foregoing
standards must be met either by the fiduciary
account or by such person who directly or indirectly supplies the funds to
the fiduciary account for the purchase of the
Preferred Shares. The Preferred Shares are offered subject to the right of
the Issuer or the Placement Agents to reject any
subscription in whole or in part for any reason or no reason at all. The
information in this Memorandum is subject
change.
to
Investors in the Preferred Shares may not be able to liquidate their
investment in the Preferred Shares in the event of an
emergency or for any other reason because there is not now any market for
Preferred Shares and it is not anticipated that
one will develop. In addition, the Preferred Shares have not been and will
not be registered under the Securities Act, and
may not be Transferred except pursuant to an exemption from registration of
the Preferred Shares under the Securities Act
and an exemption from registration of the Issuer under the Investment
Company Act. Various U.S. state laws and non-U.S.
laws relating to the sale of securities may also require compliance before
any transfer
of Preferred Shares is
affected. Transferability of the Preferred Shares is subject to certain
further restrictions in the Articles, the PS Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement and the PS Purchase Agreement (see Section 11,
"Summary of Principal Terms—Preferred
Shares—Purchase Restrictions"). Each prospective Investor in the Preferred
Shares must be prepared to hold its
investment for the life of the Preferred Shares (see Section 12, "Certain
Risk Factors").
No person has been authorized in connection herewith to give any information
or make any representations other than as
contained in this Memorandum and any representation or information not
contained herein may not be relied upon as having
been authorized by Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor, Deutsche
Bank Group, the Placement Agents or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, members, partners, shareholders
or affiliates. Neither the delivery of this
Memorandum nor any sale made under it will
subsequent to the date on the front cover of this Memorandum, or, if
earlier, the date when such information is referenced.
Certain economic and market information contained in this Memorandum has
been obtained from published sources and/or
prepared by other parties and in certain cases has not been updated through
the date of this Memorandum. All data in this
Memorandum is as of the date set forth on the front cover of this Memorandum
unless otherwise noted. While such sources
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are believed to be reliable, none of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the
Portfolio Advisor, Deutsche Bank Group, the Placement
Agents or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, partners,
members, shareholders or affiliates assumes any
responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information.
In considering any prior performance information contained in this
Memorandum, prospective Investors should bear in mind
that past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results, and
there can be no assurance that the investment team
of the Portfolio Advisor or the Issuer will achieve comparable results or
that targeted returns or asset allocations will be
met. There can be no assurance that the Issuer will be able to achieve its
investment objective.
This Memorandum is to be used by the prospective Investor to which it
is furnished solely in connection with its
consideration of a potential investment the Preferred Shares described
herein. The information contained herein should be
treated in a confidential manner and may not be reproduced or used in whole
or in part for any other purpose, nor may it be
disclosed, without the prior written consent of the Issuer, the Portfolio
Advisor or the Placement Agents. Each prospective
Investor receiving a copy of this Memorandum, by accepting such delivery,
will be deemed to have agreed not to disclose or
use any of the information provided in this Memorandum except for the
purpose of an evaluation by it of an investment in
the Preferred Shares, will further agree not to distribute that information
to any other person or entity, and will agree to
return its copy of this Memorandum promptly upon request by the Issuer.
Notwithstanding anything in this Memorandum to the contrary, to comply with
U.S. Treasury Regulation Sections 1.6011
4(b)(3) and 301.6111-2(c), and any state or local law or regulation
incorporating all or part of such sections, each recipient
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imply that any information contained herein is correct as of any date
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(and each employee, representative or other agent of such recipient) of this
Memorandum may disclose to any and all
persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. federal income tax
treatment, tax structure and tax strategies of the Issuer or
any transactions undertaken by the Issuer, it being understood and agreed
that, for this purpose, (i) the name of, or any
other identifying information regarding (a) the Issuer or any existing or
future investor (or any affiliate thereof) in the
Preferred Shares, or (b) any investment or transaction entered into by the
Issuer; (ii) any performance information relating to
the Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor or their respective investments; and (iii)
any performance or other information relating to
previous investments managed by the Portfolio Advisor or any of its
affiliates, do not constitute such tax treatment, tax
structure or tax strategy information.
Each prospective Investor is invited to meet with representatives of the
Issuer and the Portfolio Advisor and to discuss with,
ask questions of and receive answers from, such representatives concerning
the terms and conditions of the offering of
Preferred Shares 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 herein.
This Memorandum summarizes certain provisions of the Securities, the Initial
Facility, the PS Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement, the Portfolio Advisory Agreement and other Transaction
Agreements. The summaries do not purport to be
complete and are subject
to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the provisions of
the actual documents
(including definitions of terms). Copies of the above documents are
available on request from the Placement Agents, the
Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor or the PS Issuing and Paying Agent.
The distribution of this Memorandum and the offer and sale of the Preferred
Shares 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 of the United
States or other U.S. or non-U.S. jurisdiction to any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such
state or jurisdiction. This offering does not constitute an offer of the
Preferred Shares to the public, and no action has been
or will be taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdiction where
action would be required for that purpose. The Preferred
Shares 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 in such
jurisdiction.
Prospective Investors should inform themselves as to the legal requirements
and tax consequences within the jurisdictions
of their citizenship, residence, domicile and place of business with respect
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to the acquisition, holding or disposal of the
Preferred Shares, and any foreign exchange restrictions that may be relevant
thereto.
No representation or warranty of any kind is intended or should be inferred
with respect to the economic return or the tax
consequences from an investment in the Preferred Shares. No assurance can be
given that existing laws will not be
changed or interpreted adversely. Other than where expressly stated herein
with respect to the Issuer, no representation or
warranty, express or implied, is or will be given by the Issuer, the Co-
Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor, the Placement Agents,
Deutsche Bank Group or their respective affiliates, advisers, directors,
employees or agents and, without prejudice to any
liability for, or remedy in respect of, fraudulent misrepresentation, no
responsibility or liability or duty of care is or will be
accepted by the Issuer,
the Co-Issuer,
respective affiliates, advisers,
the Portfolio Advisor,
directors, employees or agents as to the fairness, accuracy, completeness,
currency,
reliability or reasonableness of the information or opinions contained in
this Memorandum or any other written or oral
information made available to any prospective Investor or its advisers in
connection with any proposed investment in the
Preferred Shares or otherwise in connection with this Memorandum.
In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing, no representation or warranty is given as to the achievement
or reasonableness of any future projections,
forecasts, targeted or illustrative returns.
The Issuer does not currently plan to, but may in the future, enter into
swaps, commodity futures, options on futures,
commodity options contracts and/or other instruments subject to the
jurisdiction of the CFTC ("Regulated CFTC
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Instruments").
If the Issuer does trade such instruments, it will only do so in a manner
that either (a) does not cause the
Issuer to be a "commodity pool" under the CEA and the regulations
promulgated thereunder (the "CFTC Regulations") or
(b) permits the Portfolio Advisor intends to qualify for exemptions from
registration requirements under the CFTC
Regulations applicable to a commodity pool operator ("CPO") and a commodity
trading advisor ("CTA"), as applicable, and
will file a notice of exemption with the National Futures Association in
accordance with the CFTC Regulation 4.13(a)(3) and
rely on exemptive relief pursuant to 4.14(a)(5), respectively (the "CFTC
Exemptions").
If necessary, the Portfolio Advisor
intends to qualify for the CFTC Exemptions with respect to the Issuer on the
basis that (i) the Preferred Shares are exempt
from registration under the Securities Act and are not offered and sold
through a public offering in the United States; (ii)(a) at
all times the aggregate initial margin and premiums required to establish
positions in the Regulated CFTC Instruments,
determined at the time the most recent position was established, will not
exceed 5% of the liquidation value of the Issuer or
(b) the aggregate net notional value of the Issuer's positions in Regulated
CFTC Instruments, determined at the time the
most recent position was established, will not exceed 100% of the Issuer's
liquidation value; (iii) purchasers of the Preferred
Shares will be generally limited to "accredited investors" as that term is
defined in Section 501 of Regulation D under the
Securities Act, or trusts formed by an accredited investor for the benefit
of a family member, "knowledgeable employees" as
that term is defined in Regulation Section 3c-5(a)(4) under the Investment
Company Act, or "qualified eligible persons" as
that term is defined in CFTC Regulation Section 4.7(a)(2)(viii)(a); and (iv)
the Issuer will not be marketed as, a vehicle for
trading in the commodity futures or commodity options markets.
Therefore, unlike a registered CPO, the Portfolio Advisor is not required to
provide to the investors a disclosure document or
certified annual reports prepared in accordance with the relevant CFTC
Regulations.
In addition, the Portfolio Advisor is not
required to comply with the disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping
requirements applicable to a registered CPO and CTA.
Subject to any amendments to the CEA or the CFTC Regulations, including the
CFTC Exemptions, the Portfolio Advisor will
seek to either comply with the CEA and the CFTC Regulations without relying
on any exemption or rely on other
exemption(s) (as amended) to the CEA and/or the CFTC Regulations (which may
prevent the Issuer from trading in
Regulated CFTC Instruments in order to satisfy the condition(s) for the
relevant exemption).
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This Memorandum has not been reviewed or approved by the CFTC.
The Retention Holder will represent and undertake to the Issuer, the
Security Party, the Portfolio Administrator and the
Placement Agents to hold the Retention Interests on the terms set out in the
EU Risk Retention Letters entered into in
connection with the Refinancing.
Each prospective investor is required to independently assess and determine
whether the information provided herein and
in any reports provided to investors in relation to this transaction are
sufficient to comply with the EU Retention
Requirements or any other regulatory requirement. None of the Issuer, the
Portfolio Advisor, the Placement Agents, the
Retention Holder, the Portfolio Administrator, the Security Party, their
respective affiliates or any other Person makes any
representation, warranty or guarantee that any such information is
sufficient for such purposes or any other purpose and no
such Person shall have any liability to any prospective investor or any
other Person with respect to the insufficiency of such
information or any failure of the transactions contemplated hereby to
satisfy the EU Retention Requirements or any other
applicable legal,
regulatory or other requirements other than in the case of the Retention
Holder pursuant to and in
accordance with the EU Risk Retention Letter. Each prospective investor in
the Preferred Shares which is subject to the EU
Retention Requirements or any other regulatory requirement should consult
with its own legal, accounting and other
advisers and/or its national regulator to determine whether, and to what
extent, such information is sufficient for such
purposes and any other requirements of which it is uncertain. See Section
12, "Certain Risk Factors — Risks Relating to the
Preferred Shares — European Risk Retention Rules" and Section 14, "Certain
Legal, ERISA and Tax Matters — European
Risk Retention" and "- Retention Requirements Under the EU Risk Retention
Rules" below.
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PRIIPS Regulation / Prohibition on Sales to EEA Retail Investors
The Preferred Shares are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made
available to and should not be offered, sold or
otherwise made available to any retail
investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA").
For these purposes, a retail
investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as
defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive
2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning
of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended, the
"Insurance Mediation Directive" ), where that customer would not qualify as
a professional client as defined in point (10) of
Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently no key information document required
by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as
amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Refinancing
Securities or otherwise making them available to
retail
investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the
Refinancing Securities or otherwise
making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful
under the PRIIPS Regulation.
MiFID II product governance / Professional investors and ECPs only target
market
Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process, the
target market assessment in respect of the
Preferred Shares has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for
the Preferred Shares is eligible counterparties and
professional clients only, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) all
channels for distribution of the Preferred Shares to eligible
counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person
subsequently offering, selling or recommending the
Preferred Shares (a "distributor") should take into consideration the
manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a
distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own
target market assessment in respect of the Preferred
Shares (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers'
target market assessment) and determining appropriate
distribution channels.
No invitation may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe
for the Preferred Shares.
STATES OF THE
UNITED STATES.
The Preferred Shares are offered pursuant to a claim of exemption under
section 517.061 of the Florida Securities and
Investor Protection Act and have not been registered under said act in the
state of Florida. All Florida residents who are not
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institutional investors described in section 517.061(7) of the Florida
Securities and Investor Protection Act have the right to
void their purchase of the Preferred Shares, without penalty, within three
days after the first tender of consideration.
The Preferred Shares have not been registered under the Georgia Uniform
Securities Act of 2008, and may not be sold or
Transferred except in a transaction which is exempt under such act or
pursuant to an effective registration under such act.
"Forward-Looking Statements"
Certain statements in this Memorandum (including those relating to current
and future market conditions and trends in
respect thereof) that are not historical facts constitute "forward-looking
statements" for purposes of U.S. securities laws.
These include statements regarding future results or expectations with
respect
to the Portfolio, are based on current
expectations, estimates, projections, opinions and/or beliefs and can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology
such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "anticipate", "project",
"estimate", "intend", "continue", "target", or "believe" or the
negatives thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology.
Such forward-looking statements are based on
facts and conditions as they exist at the time such statements are made,
various operating assumptions and predictions as
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to future facts and conditions, which may be difficult to accurately make
and involve the assessment of events beyond the
control of the Issuer or the Portfolio Advisor. Caution must be exercised in
relying on forward-looking statements. Due to
various risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in Section 12,
"Certain Risk Factors" and Section 13, "Conflicts of
Interest", actual events or results or the actual performance of the
Portfolio may differ materially from those reflected or
contemplated in such forward-looking statements.
made as of the date hereof, and none of the Issuer,
The forward-looking statements contained in this Memorandum are
the Co-Issuer,
the Portfolio Advisor or the Placement Agents
undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect
subsequent events, new information or
circumstances arising after the date hereof.
In this Memorandum, "$", "USD" and "dollars" refers to the lawful currency
of the United States, and "United States", "U.S"
and "US" refers to the United States of America.
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Contents
Section
Page
Executive
Summary
2
Summary of Key
Terms
.. 7
Investment
Highlights
9
Investment
Opportunity
11
Investment
Strategy
16
Investment
Criteria
19
Investment
Process
21
Infrastructure Debt Investment
Characteristics
25
Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure
Platform
28
Transaction Structure Prior to
Refinancing
38
Transaction Structure Following Potential
Refinancing
38
Summary of Principal
Terms
43
Certain Risk
Factors
95
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Conflicts of
Interest
121
Certain Legal, ERISA and Tax
Matters
128
Appendix:
Glossary
148
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Section 1
Executive Summary
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Executive Summary
RIN II Ltd. (the "Issuer" or "RIN II"), an exempted company incorporated
with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, is a new
investment fund managed by RREEF America L.L.C. (the "Portfolio Advisor"),
an investment advisor subsidiary of
Deutsche Asset Management ("DeAM"). The Issuer's objective will be to
generate attractive risk adjusted returns by making
investments in private infrastructure debt. RIN II will be a successor
investment fund to RIN Ltd. ("RIN I"), which is currently
managed by the Portfolio Advisor. RIN II intends to follow a strategy
similar to that of RIN I. RIN I has invested
approximately $450 million across 38 distinct Obligors, from inception in
November 4, 2014 through November 30, 2017,
and has and will continue to invest and reinvest in private infrastructure
debt through its RIN II Reinvestment Period. In
addition, the Portfolio Advisor has demonstrated the ability to source
attractive loans in the primary market, with 77% of RIN
I's portfolio (as of November 30, 2017) comprised of loans sourced in the
primary market.2
The Issuer's investments will be funded by equity capital received from
investors in the Preferred Shares being offered
hereby and from debt financing, which is expected to occur in two phases, as
described below. RIN II will seek to generate
a Target Equity IRR of 12%-15%3 comprised predominantly of current yield for
the Preferred Shares. For individual portfolio
investments, the target rate of return will be commensurate with the
assessed degree of risk.
To provide a significant alignment of interest with investors in Preferred
Shares and to comply with any applicable risk
retention requirements then in effect, the Retention Holder intends to
purchase, and retain, not less than 5% (or any other
amount that is sufficient for the Issuer to comply with the requirements
imposed pursuant to the US (to the extent applicable)
and EU Risk Retention Rules) of the Preferred Shares, the loans comprising
the Initial Facility and the Issuer's securities
issued pursuant to the Refinancing during the life of such Refinancing
Securities.
Initially, on the date of issuance of the Preferred Shares, the Issuer will
enter into the Initial Facility in a maximum aggregate
outstanding principal amount up to $168,425,000, which may be increased up
to an amount up to $463,168,750 subject to
satisfaction of certain conditions described herein. During the term of the
Initial Facility, the Preferred Share Purchasers will
be required to fund their Capital Commitment in capital contributions.
During an 18 month ramp-up period (the "Ramp-Up Period"), subject to the
availability of financing under the Initial Facility,
the Issuer intends to accumulate a portfolio of private infrastructure loans
of at least $375 million which represents 75% of
the portfolio's targeted aggregate principal amount of approximately $500
million (the "Target Principal Balance"). During
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the Ramp-Up Period, the portfolio will be funded by the proceeds of the
Initial Facility and the Contributions.
After the Preferred Share Issuance Date and during the term of the Initial
Facility, the Issuer may issue Additional Preferred
Shares in accordance with the terms of the PS Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement and the PS Purchase Agreement.
Following the Ramp-Up Period, the Issuer intends to enter into a Refinancing
of the Initial Facility by issuing tranched,
floating rate (and possibly fixed-rate) Refinancing Securities and, subject
to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set
forth in the Transaction Agreements, issue additional debt and/or increase
the Aggregate Capital Commitment (as defined
below). However, the occurrence of such Refinancing and the issuance of
additional debt and/or increase in the Aggregate
Capital Commitment will depend on market conditions, the satisfaction of
requisite approvals and a number of other factors.
2 Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
3 The target return of the Preferred Shares is net of the Issuer's Advisory
Fees, expenses, performance fees, portfolio company taxes, taxes
payable by the Issuer and related withholding taxes from portfolio
investments. There can be no assurance that the assumptions underlying the
target returns of the Preferred Shares will prove to be accurate. There can
be no assurance that any favorable return of the Preferred Shares
will be met or that significant losses on the Preferred Shares will be
avoided. The projections contained herein are subject to a number of
assumptions and uncertainties and may or may not be realized, including that
a CLO refinancing is completed on favorable terms. Please refer
to Section 12 "Certain Risk Factors" and Section 13 "Conflicts of Interest"
for further important information relating to target returns of the
Preferred Shares.
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DeAM's global infrastructure platform (the "Platform") has a 23-year track
record of delivering strong, stable returns for
investors. The Platform is the specialist infrastructure funds management
business of DeAM, one of the world's leading
investment management institutions with over $810 billion of assets under
management 4 .
The Platform employs
38 dedicated investment professionals5 and manages approximately $22.3
billion of assets, with offices in London, New
York and Chicago.
DeAM manages multiple credit-oriented funds across asset classes,
securitization vehicles.
Investment Strategy
The Issuer's investment strategy will seek to achieve attractive risk-
adjusted returns through investments in private
infrastructure debt in the primary and secondary markets. The Portfolio
Advisor believes that substantial opportunities in
private infrastructure debt will persist over the intermediate- to long-term
due to the following drivers:
Expected increased demand:
I. Long-term need for infrastructure investments requires substantial
dedicated private debt capital;
II. Financially strained public authorities are increasingly turning to the
private sector for capital; and
III. Private investors continue increasing their allocations to
infrastructure to take advantage of stable long-term returns
offered by sector investments with low business risk relative to investments
in other private corporates.
Expected constrained supply:
I. Banks facing capital constraints from greater regulation and refocusing
strategies accordingly; and
II.
Institutional investor capital vehicles are often too limited in scale and
flexibility to efficiently aggregate sufficient
private infrastructure debt capital.
The strategy capitalizes on the growing demand for, and limited supply of,
private debt to provide financing or refinancing
("Event-Driven" financings) to infrastructure businesses, a dynamic that is
expected by the Issuer and the Portfolio Advisor
to provide a meaningful scarcity premium in the form of attractive loan
margins. The Portfolio Advisor will seek for the
Issuer to capture the scarcity premium through primary market and selective
secondary market loan investments.
To execute the investment strategy, the Portfolio Advisor, on behalf of the
Issuer, will seek to purchase primary market loan
investments from multiple sources.
The Portfolio Advisor will utilize its primary market relationship network
and the
Platform's infrastructure investment management experience to identify
attractive seasoned loan opportunities as it seeks to
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build an investment portfolio for the Issuer (the "Portfolio") with a target
Ba3/B1 credit profile on average. The Portfolio
Advisor also intends to purchase seasoned loans in the secondary market on
behalf of the Issuer. The Portfolio Advisor
believes the selective investment strategy that it intends to utilize on
behalf of the Issuer, combined with the seniority and
security typically associated with the senior secured loan asset class,
should allow RIN II to achieve a lower risk profile
compared to an investment in senior unsecured, subordinated debt, or equity
of comparable assets.
Further compared to typical non-financial corporates, infrastructure
financings tend to have a meaningful capital expenditure
element. As an example, as of November 30, 2017, greater than 57% of RIN I's
portfolio is comprised of borrowers that
either (i) have issued debt where the use of proceeds has been used to fund
capital expenditures or (ii) a meaningful
percentage of internally generated cash flow is used to fund capital
expenditures.
including private funds and
In both instances the Portfolio Advisor
4 As of June 30, 2017.
5 As of June 30, 2017.
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believes that this dynamic is credit accretive to lenders as funding capital
expenditures, rather than distributing excess cash
flow to Sponsors, enhances the borrower's asset base and a loan's equity
cushion.
Investment Criteria
In executing the Issuer's investment strategy, the Portfolio Advisor will
seek attractive risk-adjusted returns with an emphasis
on capital preservation by monitoring and administrating the Portfolio of
Collateral Obligations consistent with the Issuer's
return objectives, the Investment Guidelines for the Initial Facility (see
Schedule II), the Investment Criteria and other criteria
and restrictions applicable to the Issuer and the Portfolio Advisor under
the Transaction Agreements. The Portfolio Advisor
intends to utilize the following approach when considering investments:
I
Invest in debt of operating infrastructure assets — Invest in the debt of
privately owned or operated infrastructure
assets that exhibit one or more of the following attributes: generate stable
and predictable cash flow, demonstrate a
solid operational track record, have strong competitive market positioning,
have substantial asset coverage, and
benefit from experienced management;
II. Pursue disciplined investment approach — Employ a selection process
based on intensive due diligence and
fundamental credit
analysis (including an assessment
preservation;
III. Evaluate risk-adjusted return — Evaluate investments based on relative
value and utilize multiple methodologies, such
as discounted cash flow analysis, expected returns for comparable cash and
synthetic credit profiles, secondary
market executed trades and asset coverage analysis; and
IV. Construct diverse portfolio — Build an expected portfolio of at least 30
assets and seek diversification by sub-sector
and tenor. No single investment will comprise more than 5% of the total
Collateral Obligations, determined as set
forth in Section 6, "Investment Criteria".
Ramp-Up Period
The Portfolio Advisor, on behalf of the Issuer, will seek to accumulate
Collateral Obligations during the Ramp-Up Period in
an amount up to the Target Principal Balance. Pursuant to the terms of the
Initial Facility, the PS Issuing and Paying
Agency Agreement and the PS Purchase Agreement, Contributions will be
required to be made over time as described in
Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms—Capital Calls."
Intended Refinancing
Once the Issuer has accumulated Collateral Obligations in an aggregate
amount equal to or approaching the Target
Principal Balance, the Issuer intends to refinance the Initial Facility
through a Refinancing effected by issuing tranched rated
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Refinancing Securities.
The Issuer's goal is to issue at least $[425] million in principal amount of
rated Refinancing
Securities to repay the Initial Facility, pay transaction expenses, and
provide additional funds for investment by the Issuer.
The Issuer contemplates that it may seek to increase the Aggregate Capital
Commitment at the time of a Refinancing,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions and requirements set forth in
the Transaction Agreements and the receipt of
requisite approvals.
It is expected by the Issuer that Deutsche Bank or an affiliate thereof will
seek to retain at least 5% of each of the Initial
Facility and the Refinancing, and Deutsche Bank and/or an affiliate thereof
will seek to retain its 5% stake in the Preferred
Shares. No assurance can be made that the intended Refinancing will occur on
such terms (or at all) (see Section 12,
"Certain Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Preferred Shares—Refinancing
Risks").
Any principal repayments received during the term of the Refinancing are
intended to be invested by the Issuer within the
initial phase of up to a five-year reinvestment period commencing with the
Refinancing (the "RIN II Reinvestment Period").
During the RIN II Reinvestment Period, it
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of underlying collateral value) to emphasize capital
is expected that the Issuer will continue from time to time to purchase
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infrastructure loans.
The foregoing investment strategy will be subject
requirements, parameters and transaction structure of any Refinancing.
to, and will be superseded by,
the detailed
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Section 2
Summary of Key Terms
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Summary of Key Terms
Set forth below are certain key terms of the Issuer, the Initial Facility
and the Preferred Shares. The information below is
qualified in its entirety by Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms" and
the applicable Transaction Agreements.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
specified in Section 11, or in the Appendix,
"Glossary".
Issuer
RIN II Ltd., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the
Cayman
Islands, as issuer of the Preferred Shares, as borrower under the Initial
Facility, and
as co-issuer of the Refinancing
Co-Issuer
Portfolio Advisor
Initial Facility Lenders
RIN II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as co-issuer of the
Refinancing
RREEF America L.L.C.
Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays") and Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Branch
("Deutsche Bank"), as sole initial lenders under the Initial Facility
Barclays is expected to hold 95% of the Initial Facility, and Deutsche Bank
is
expected to hold 5% of the Initial Facility
Initial Facility Par Amount
Preferred Share Aggregate
Capital Commitment
Ramp-Up Period
Target Equity IRR
Investment Objective
Base Advisory Fee
Subordinated Advisory Fee
Incentive Fee Hurdle
Incentive Advisory Fee
$168,425,000, which may be increased to $463,168,750 as described in Section
11,
"Summary of Principal Terms—Loans Under the Initial Facility."
Up to $75.0 million
Up to [18] months (subject to extension in accordance with the terms of the
Initial
Facility)
Net target equity IRR of 12%-15%6
Achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns through investments in private USD
loans to
infrastructure businesses operating primarily in the United States
Prior to Refinancing: [35] bps per annum of the Fee Basis Amount
Following the Refinancing: [15] bps per annum of the Fee Basis Amount
Prior to Refinancing: [0] bps per annum of the Fee Basis Amount.
Following the Refinancing: [30] bps per annum of the Fee Basis Amount.
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11% Target Equity IRR
20% after exceeding the Incentive Fee Hurdle
6 Please refer to footnote 3.
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Section 3
Investment Highlights
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Investment Highlights
The Preferred Shares of RIN II are intended to provide Investors with a
number of benefits:
Benefits of Private
Infrastructure Debt
I The Preferred Shares provide attractive access to private infrastructure
loans that
frequently offer the following:
- Preferred position in capital structure with substantial equity cushion
- Stable expected returns realized through a contractually pre-determined
interest
payment and principal repayment profile
- Security interest in collateral of critical infrastructure
- Historically low default and high recovery rates7
Favorable Risk Adjusted
Returns and Relative Value
I Potential for significant positive spread between investment margins and
lower cost
funding
- Target asset credit yields of on average LIBOR + 3.25%-4.25%
- Seek attractive value relative to broadly syndicated loan market
Low Correlation
IILow correlation relative to sector equity investments as debt investments
tend to exhibit
lower cash flow volatility than equity investments given their preferred
position in the
capital structure
I Low correlation among individual infrastructure assets10
Experienced Portfolio
Advisor and Leading
Platform
I The Platform has a 23-year track record of delivering strong, stable
returns for investors
I Portfolio Advisor team with complementary skill sets and collective
infrastructure
experience of approximately 78 years8
- Completed $37.0 billion of financing transactions across 96 infrastructure
businesses9
- Ratio of seven investment professionals to 38 portfolio investments
facilitates thorough
private equity style due diligence and daily investment monitoring
7 Source: 'Infrastructure Default and Recovery Rates 1983-2016', Moody's,
July 2017.
8 For further information regarding the Portfolio Advisor team, see Section
9, "Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure Platform-Portfolio
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Advisor Team Member Biographies".
9 As of November 13, 2017. Based on Team members' professional activities,
including experience at prior employers. Transaction numbers are
based on the collective team's experience; this includes acting in varying
capacities such as a lead arranger and or a financial counterparty.
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Section 4
Investment Opportunity
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Investment Opportunity
The Portfolio Advisor believes there is a significant opportunity to achieve
attractive risk-adjusted returns through the
Issuer's investment strategy as the long-term need for dedicated private
infrastructure debt capital is expected to be driven
by the following trends:
Long-term need for infrastructure investment
As infrastructure funding needs increase, more private capital, both equity
and debt, will be required to replace and
augment inadequate public funding. The need for infrastructure investment
has been growing globally due to
demographic and macroeconomic trends coupled with historical underinvestment.
Traditionally, most U.S. infrastructure funding has been provided by the
public sector. The level of such funding from
the public sector has declined over time. According to a report by The
American Society of Civil Engineers ("ASCE")
the total shortfall in infrastructure funding over the next 10 years is
estimated to be $1.4 trillion10 (i.e. approximately
$140 billion per annum) as illustrated in Exhibit 2 below.
Exhibit 2: Infrastructure funding gap over the next 10 years
$tn
0 0
0 5
1 0
1 5
2 0
2 5
3 0
3.5
$3.3 trillion
$1.4 trillion
funding gap over
10 years
$1.9 trillion
Total Needs
Available Funding
Surface Transportation
Airports
Inland Waterways & Marine Ports
Source: "Failure to Act" by the American Society of Civil Engineers report,
2016
In addition to public spending on infrastructure assets, the following
trends are likely to drive future deal flow assuming
requisite available private Event-Driven financing:
• Unbundling of regulated transmission and distribution networks from
generation and supply (electricity and natural
gas);
• Operating renewable energy assets with appropriately seasoned track
records for financing;
• Continuing divestitures and privatizations of seaports, toll roads,
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airports and telecommunication assets;
• Consolidating fragmented ownership of existing private infrastructure
assets; and
• Maintaining and upgrading existing privately owned or operated
infrastructure assets.
Electricity
Water/Waste Water Infrastructure
10 Source: "Failure to Act" by the American Society of Civil Engineers
report, 2016
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Financially strained public sector increasingly turning to the private sector
The Portfolio Advisor intends to capitalize on increasing private sector
equity investment through Sponsors in infrastructure
as they seek to acquire private and public sector infrastructure assets.
Public finances are strained and are expected to
remain under pressure over the coming decade in most U.S. states due to
demographics, declining tax revenues, and
increasing demand for social expenditures. As of October 2016, state
governments faced a combined $5.6 trillion in
unfunded liabilitiesll, as illustrated in Exhibit 3 below.
Consequently, the public sector is increasingly seeking to transfer the
costs and benefits of infrastructure ownership to
the private sector. Privatization is a means of monetizing the value of an
asset, thereby generating proceeds that can
be used to finance ongoing spending needs and reduce budget
Privatization is gaining momentum in the
United States, with 37 U.S. states passing or pursuing some
privatization-enabling legislation in the past few
years.12
Exhibit 3: Unfunded Liabilities by US State ($bn)
$1,000
$200
$400
$600
$800
$0
Source: American Legislative Exchange Council,
on State Budget Solutions' calculations.
11 Source: American Legislative Exchange Council,
based on State Budget Solutions' calculations.
12 Source: "The Trump Agenda: Dawn of a New Infrastructure
Sachs, 2017.
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California
Illinois
Texas
New York
Ohio
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Florida
Michigan
Massachusetts
Georgia
Minnesota
Washington
Virginia
Colorado
deficits.
form of
October 2016. Data is based
October 2016. Data is
Era?" by Goldman
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Missouri
Connecticut
Oregon
North Carolina
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Arizona
Alabama
South Carolina
Nevada
Mississippi
Indiana
New Mexico
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Iowa
Arkansas
Kansas
Utah
Hawaii
Alaska
West Virginia
Montana
Rhode Island
Maine
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Idaho
Wyoming
South Dakota
Delaware
North Dakota
Vermont
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Private investors increasingly allocating capital to infrastructure
Infrastructure equity funds currently have $72 billion of dry powder to
deploy in North Americal3. This creates a potential
demand for acquisition financing in the infrastructure sector of
approximately $144 billion over the next five (5) years 14,
while the U.S. infrastructure debt maturity wall is estimated to exceed $100
billion through 2022 as shown in Exhibit 4.
Exhibit 4: Current Infrastructure Debt Market Dynamics
Undeployed North America Sponsor Equity ($
billions)15
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Nov-17
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0
2018
2019
Expected Refinancing
2020
2021
Expected Acquisition Financing
2022
Estimated US Debt Demand 2018-2022 ($ billions)15
Shortfall in dedicated infrastructure debt
Infrastructure businesses are very capital intensive and the trends
illustrated above reflect the need for these businesses to
access substantial private capital (both equity and debt) to fund their
development, maintenance, upgrade and expansion.
Absent adequate private Event-Driven financing, Sponsors may not achieve
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efficient capital structures resulting in fewer
transactions and limiting their ability to deploy equity.
In many instances, Sponsors are challenged to obtain appropriate acquisition
financing resulting in inefficient "equity heavy"
capital structures. The $72 billion of undeployed Sponsor equity in North
America, together with the upcoming refinancing
wall of over $100 billion over the next five years, is expected to create a
supply/demand imbalance between the supply of
available private equity and the amount of available debt financing.
13 Source: Prequin's private infrastructure fundraising data as of November
1, 2017.
14 Source: Prequin's private infrastructure fundraising data as of November
1, 2017.
15 Source: DeAM's estimates of expected acquisition and refinancing activity
over the next 5 years. Expected acquisition financing amounts based
on analysis of funds allocated to the infrastructure sector and expected
acquisition capital structure of 2:1 debt to equity based on Prequin's
private infrastructure fundraising data as of November 1, 2017. Expected
refinancing amounts based on proprietary DeAM database as of
November 1, 2017.
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Exhibit 5: Historical Infrastructure Debt Issuance ($ billions)16
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
0
2014
2015
2016
Nov-17
Historically, the majority of debt capital used to finance private sector
acquisitions of infrastructure assets has been
provided by the bank loan market, with European banks playing a dominant
role
financing has been exacerbated by increasingly constrained bank lending
i
esulting from:
Insufficient private Event-Driven
Increased bank capital cost from regulatory pressure (e.g., Basel II & III
risk-based capital requirements), particularly for
loans below investment grade or with intermediate to long tenor
I Bank withdrawal — Many European lenders continue to shrink their balance
sheets and re-focus on domestic markets
16 Source: Proprietary DeAM database as of November 1, 2017.
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Section 5
Investment Strategy
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Investment Strategy
The investment strategy seeks attractive risk-adjusted returns through
investments in private infrastructure debt in the
primary and secondary markets. The Portfolio Advisor has sourced and intends
to source further primary market USD loans
for economic infrastructure businesses seeking Event-Driven financings from
various sources.
Advisor will direct the Issuer to purchase further Collateral Obligations in
the secondary market.
In addition, the Portfolio
The Portfolio Advisor seeks to generate returns, predominantly from current
income, with a Target Equity IRR of 1296-15%
through the two-phase strategyl7.
Primary Market Strategy
I. The Portfolio Advisor believes that it will be well positioned to
purchase additional appropriately structured
and priced Collateral Obligations that finance private sector transactions
and public asset privatization. In
particular, the Portfolio Advisor intends to leverage its knowledge of and
expertise in infrastructure financing and
Sponsor relationships to select the most attractive opportunities.
II. The Portfolio Advisor believes that the market dynamics of substantial
Sponsor demand for private
infrastructure financing, concurrent with reduced bank lending, have
generally resulted in infrastructure debt
offering higher spreads, less leverage, and greater lender protections
compared to the broader leverage
finance market. Such market dynamics coupled with strong credit
characteristics in the asset class present an
opportunity to realize attractive returns by providing private
infrastructure financing.
III. The Portfolio Advisor believes sub-investment grade debt will continue
to play a meaningful
role in
infrastructure financing going forward. Since 201418 over $176 billion of
sub-investment grade infrastructure debt
has been issued.
IV. The Portfolio Advisor estimates that approximately $70 billionl9 of
dedicated infrastructure debt capital will
be required to finance U.S. private sector
approximately $72 billion 20 of undeployed equity
approximately $144 billion.
transactions over the next five years.
creating potential demand for
transactional
V. The Portfolio Advisor estimates that the U.S. infrastructure debt
maturity wall is estimated to be greater than
$100 billion2l over the next five years. The refinancing wall offers the
opportunity for the Portfolio Advisor to
refinance debt of borrower types with which they have significant experience.
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US Sponsors have
financing of
17 The target return of the Preferred Shares is net of the Issuer's Advisory
Fees, expenses, performance fees, portfolio company taxes, taxes
payable by the Issuer and related withholding taxes from portfolio
investments. There can be no assurance that the assumptions underlying the
target returns of the Preferred Shares will prove to be accurate. There can
be no assurance that any favorable return of the Preferred Shares
will be met or that significant losses on the Preferred Shares will be
avoided. The projections contained herein are subject to a number of
assumptions and uncertainties and may or may not be realized, including that
a CLO refinancing is completed on favorable terms. Please refer
to Section 12, "Certain Risk Factors" and Section 13, "Conflicts of
Interest" for further important information relating to target returns of the
Preferred Shares.
18 Source: Proprietary DeAM database as of November 1, 2017.
19Source: DeAM's estimates of expected acquisition and refinancing activity
over the next 5 years. Expected acquisition financing amounts based
on analysis of funds allocated to the infrastructure sector and expected
acquisition capital structure of 2:1 debt to equity based on Prequin's
private infrastructure fundraising data as of November 1, 2017. Expected
refinancing amounts based on proprietary DeAM database as of
November 1, 2017.
20 Source: Prequin's private infrastructure fundraising data as of November
1, 2017.
21 Source: Proprietary DeAM database as of November 1, 2017.
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Secondary Market Strategy
The Portfolio Advisor believes that there are currently available,
performing secondary market investment opportunities that
can be sourced for the Issuer, thereby presenting attractive risk-adjusted
opportunities.
I. The Portfolio Advisor estimates that the U.S. infrastructure secondary
market loan universe is greater than
$100 billion22. This enables the Portfolio Advisor to optimize the
investment Portfolio through the purchase of loans
with the necessary tenor and sector characteristics that improve the
Portfolio's diversification and risk adjusted
returns.
II. The Portfolio Advisor believes that it is well positioned to capitalize
on such opportunities by leveraging its
knowledge, expertise and market relationships. The Portfolio Advisor
believes that it has the necessary expertise
and knowledge to evaluate the credit risk of secondary market opportunities.
The Portfolio Advisor has identified
specific opportunities and believes that it has the necessary market
relationships to source such investments directly.
The Portfolio Advisor intends to deploy additional capital expeditiously
based on opportunities that it views as
attractive and currently available.
22 Source: Proprietary DeAM database as of November 1, 2017.
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Section 6
Investment Criteria
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Investment Criteria
The Portfolio Advisor emphasizes capital preservation by utilizing prudent
investment criteria and risk management
practices appropriate for the Issuer's investment objectives.
The following describes the Portfolio Advisor's general
framework for considering investments:
I
Invest in private infrastructure assets — The Portfolio Advisor generally
invests in the debt of privately owned or
operated infrastructure assets that generate stable long-term cash flows.
Infrastructure assets considered for
investment will frequently have a favorable competitive position driven by
regulation, concession agreements or other
significant barriers to entry. These assets will typically be obligations of
providers of essential services that enjoy
consistent and inelastic demand. Generally, the Portfolio Advisor looks to
invest in fixed, long-life assets that provide
strong asset coverage. In addition, the Portfolio Advisor focuses on assets
with solid operational track records and
experienced management.
II. Pursue disciplined investment approach — The Portfolio Advisor employs a
selection process based on intensive
due diligence and fundamental credit analysis to emphasize capital
preservation. In the case of loans sourced in the
primary market,
the Portfolio Advisor analyzes a potential borrower's credit attributes to
evaluate the financing
structure and credit profile appropriate for that borrower. The Portfolio
Advisor assesses potential risks of each
prospective investment and develops an independent view of each potential
borrower based on market, economic
and financial research using a variety of analyses.
III. Evaluate risk-adjusted return — The Portfolio Advisor evaluates
investments based on risk-adjusted return profiles.
The Portfolio Advisor believes that the attractiveness of an investment
depends on the expected return as well as the
credit quality of the borrower and the soundness of the financing structure.
The Portfolio Advisor evaluates
investments using a relative value analysis that will utilize multiple
methodologies such as discounted cash flow
analysis, expected returns for comparable cash and synthetic credit
profiles, secondary market executed trades and
asset coverage analysis.
IV. Construct diverse portfolio — The Portfolio Advisor expects to
accumulate a portfolio of at least 30 assets and seek
diversification by sub-sector and tenor. No single investment should
comprise more than 5% of the Target Principal
Balance.
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Section 7
Investment Process
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Investment Process
The Portfolio Advisor has a developed process for effective selection,
purchase and monitoring of investments that it
employs for the Issuer.
Investment
Sourcing
Initial
Review
Due
Diligence
Negotiation
Investment
Approval
Asset Selection
and Oversight
Origination
Due Diligence Process
Investing and
Portfolio
Monitoring
Origination
The Portfolio Advisor intends to accumulate up to approximately $[500]
million in aggregate Principal Balance of Collateral
Obligations through various investment channels as referred to in Exhibit 6
below. The Portfolio Advisor expects that it will
continue to favor investing in the primary market based on its view that
such loans will generally offer higher risk-adjusted
returns than secondary market investments.
Exhibit 6: Investment Channels
Primary Market
Secondary Market
Primary Market Loans
I Broad demand from financial sponsors for
acquisition and refinancing debt capital
I Strong lender protections relative to broadly
syndicated loan market
I Benefits from net positive loan issuance for
infrastructure assets
Portfolio
Secondary Market Loans
I Sourced through banks and other lenders
I Differentiated source of investments with
different market dynamics than broadly
syndicated loans
I Potential source of initial investment
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opportunities for the Issuer
The Portfolio Advisor expects that the Issuer will benefit from its existing
relationships with Sponsors, banks and other
advisors that collectively may provide wide market coverage as shown in
Exhibit 7 below.
Exhibit 7: Investment Sources
Sponsors and Operators
Lenders
Other Advisors
Originate investments directly from source
Target involvement at early stages of transactions and on a bi-lateral
basis
- Over 100 Sponsors with U.S. infrastructure investment needs
H Seek introduction to dealflow through other lenders and introductions to
Sponsors that the Team is not familiar with
- Lenders include banks and loan investment funds
- Over 10-15 lenders with active U.S. lending activities
Seek introduction to dealflow and Sponsors through other advisors
Includes law firms, accounting firms, due diligence providers and other
transaction advisory firms
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The Portfolio Advisor will continue to screen for investment opportunities
that meet the Eligibility Criteria and then prioritize
them on a relative value basis with the aim of constructing an optimal
Portfolio that maintains compliance with its investment
guidelines and investment criteria.
Due Diligence Process
The Portfolio Advisor, on behalf of the Issuer,
markets.
In general, the Portfolio Advisor will continue to seek to identify
financing opportunities early in the transaction process,
which may allow the Portfolio Advisor to have more influence on investment
terms than it would for secondary market
financing opportunities. The Portfolio Advisor expects to perform detailed
due diligence and financial modeling to review
investment opportunities.
The Issuer's investment process will be designed to efficiently and
comprehensively assess the merits and risks of
investment opportunities. The investment process generally will emphasize
fundamental credit analysis, focusing on asset
valuation, cash flow generation relative to leverage, asset coverage and
principal preservation. Exhibit 8 below illustrates a
typical execution process.
Exhibit 8: Investment Process
Formal approval to invest
sought from IC
intends to purchase Collateral Obligations in the primary and secondary
Initial Review
Detailed Due Diligence
I Screen and diligence to
decide whether to initially
pursue or decline a
transaction
I Assess investment
merits including infra
sub-sector trends,
transaction risks, quality
of sponsor /
management, and
potential risk-adjusted
return
I Analyze industry trends
and competitive
positioning
I Build and stress financial
model
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I Scrutinize structure and
covenants
I Meet with sponsor and /
or management
Structuring
I Focus on key structuring
terms that most directly
reduce risk and improve
recovery scenarios in a
default
I Review legal
documentation for terms
addressing key credit
issues
Investment Committee
and Closing
I Deal team presents
investment analysis and
recommendation to
Investment Committee
I Discuss merits and
considerations of
potential investment
I Consider portfolio
construction
I Unanimous IC approval
required
I Make and close
investment
Oversight of the investment process will be the responsibility of an
Investment Committee (the "IC") of the Portfolio Advisor
with respect to the Issuer comprised of experienced infrastructure debt
professionals. See Section 9, "Deutsche Asset
Management Infrastructure Platform".
Asset Selection and Oversight
Each further investment in Collateral Obligations will be required to
conform with the Eligibility Criteria and the Investment
Criteria required by the applicable Facility, and if the Refinancing occurs,
the Portfolio as a whole will be required by its
terms to conform with other investment guidelines. The Portfolio Advisor
will continue to primarily pursue a hold-to-maturity
strategy and seek to manage the Portfolio to maximize returns for the
Preferred Shareholders within the constraints of the
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