Terra Income Fund 6, Inc., et al.; Notice of Application, 70210-70214 [2016-24428]
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Terra Income Fund 6, Inc., et al.; Notice
of Application
October 4, 2016.
Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
ACTION: Notice of application for an
order under sections 17(d) and 57(i) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940
(the ‘‘Act’’) and rule 17d–1 under the
Act permitting certain joint transactions
otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d)
and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d–1
under the Act.
AGENCY:
Applicants
request an order to permit a business
development company (‘‘BDC’’) and
certain closed-end investment
companies to co-invest in portfolio
companies with each other and with
affiliated investment funds.
APPLICANTS: Terra Income Fund 6, Inc.
(‘‘Terra 6’’), Terra Secured Income
Fund, LLC (‘‘TSIF’’), Terra Secured
Income Fund 2, LLC (‘‘TSIF 2’’), Terra
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SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:
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Secured Income Fund 3, LLC (‘‘TSIF
3’’), Terra Secured Income Fund 4, LLC
(‘‘TSIF 4’’), Terra Secured Income Fund
5, LLC (‘‘TSIF 5’’), Terra Property Trust,
Inc. (‘‘Terra REIT’’), Terra Secured
Income Fund 5 International (‘‘Terra
International’’), and Terra Income
Advisors, LLC (‘‘Terra Income
Advisors’’), on behalf of itself and its
successors.1
FILING DATES: The application was filed
on April 29, 2015 and amended on
November 3, 2015, May 11, 2016 and
September 14, 2016.
HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An
order granting the requested relief will
be issued unless the Commission orders
a hearing. Interested persons may
request a hearing by writing to the
Commission’s Secretary and serving
applicants with a copy of the request,
personally or by mail. Hearing requests
should be received by the Commission
by 5:30 p.m. on October 31, 2016, and
should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, in the form of an
affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of
service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the
Act, hearing requests should state the
nature of the writer’s interest, any facts
bearing upon the desirability of a
hearing on the matter, the reason for the
request, and the issues contested.
Persons who wish to be notified of a
hearing may request notification by
writing to the Commission’s Secretary.
ADDRESSES: Brent J. Fields, Secretary,
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F St. NE., Washington,
DC 20549–1090. Applicants: Bruce D.
Batkin, 805 Third Avenue, 8th Floor,
New York, NY 10022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: KayMario Vobis, Senior Counsel, at (202)
551–6728, or Mary Kay Frech, Branch
Chief, at (202) 551–6821 (Chief
Counsel’s Office, Division of Investment
Management).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following is a summary of the
application. The complete application
may be obtained via the Commission’s
Web site by searching for the file
number, or for an applicant using the
Company name box, at https://
www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by
calling (202) 551–8090.
Applicants’ Representations
1. Terra 6 is a Maryland corporation
organized as a closed-end management
investment company that has elected to
be regulated as a BDC within the
1 The term ‘‘successor’’ means an entity that
results from a reorganization into another
jurisdiction or change in the type of business
organization.
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meaning of section 2(a)(48) of the Act.2
Terra 6 is a specialty finance company
formed to invest primarily in
commercial real estate loans to, and
preferred equity investments in, U.S.
companies qualifying as ‘‘eligible
portfolio companies’’ under the Act.
Terra 6 may also purchase other select
commercial real estate-related debt
securities of private companies. Terra
6’s Objectives and Strategies 3 are to pay
attractive and stable cash distributions
and to preserve, protect and return
capital contributions to stockholders.
The board of directors (‘‘Board’’) of
Terra 6 is comprised of five directors,
three of whom are not ‘‘interested
persons,’’ within the meaning of section
2(a)(19) of the Act (the ‘‘Non-Interested
Directors’’), of Terra 6.
2. Each of TSIF, TSIF 2, TSIF 3, TSIF
4 and TSIF 5 is organized as a Delaware
limited liability company and would be
an investment company but for section
3(c)(5)(C) of the Act. Each of TSIF, TSIF
2, TSIF 3, TSIF 4 and TSIF 5 was
formed to originate, fund, acquire and
structure real estate-related loans,
including mezzanine loans, first and
second mortgage loans, subordinated
mortgage loans, bridge loans, preferred
equity investments and other loans
related to high quality commercial real
estate in the United States. TSIF, TSIF
2, TSIF 3 and TSIF 4 currently exist as
wholly-owned subsidiaries of TSIF 5.
3. Terra REIT is a Maryland
corporation that intends to qualify to be
taxed as a REIT and would be an
investment company but for section
3(c)(5)(C) of the Act. Terra REIT exists
as a wholly-owned subsidiary of TSIF 5
and holds the portfolio assets of each of
TSIF, TSIF 2, TSIF 3, TSIF 4 and TSIF
5.
4. Terra International is a Cayman
Islands exempted company and would
be an investment company but for
section 3(c)(1) of the Act. Terra
International was formed to acquire real
estate-related loans, including
mezzanine loans, first and second
mortgage loans, subordinated mortgage
loans, bridge loans and other loans
2 Section 2(a)(48) defines a BDC to be any closedend investment company that operates for the
purpose of making investments in securities
described in section 55(a)(1) through 55(a)(3) of the
Act and makes available significant managerial
assistance with respect to the issuers of such
securities.
3 ‘‘Objectives and Strategies’’ means, with respect
to a Regulated Fund (defined below), the
investment objectives and strategies, as described in
the Regulated Fund’s registration statement on
Form N–2, other filings the Regulated Fund has
made with the Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the ‘‘Securities Act’’), or under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Regulated
Fund’s reports to shareholders.
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related to high quality commercial real
estate in the United States.
5. Terra Income Advisors, a Delaware
limited liability company, is registered
with the Commission as an investment
adviser under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Advisers Act’’) and
serves as investment adviser to Terra 6
and Terra International, as well as TSIF
5 and its wholly-owned subsidiaries
TSIF, TSIF 2, TSIF 3, TSIF 4, and Terra
REIT.
6. Applicants seek an order (‘‘Order’’)
to permit one or more Regulated Funds 4
and/or one or more Affiliated Funds 5 to
participate in the same investment
opportunities through a proposed coinvestment program (the ‘‘CoInvestment Program’’) where such
participation would otherwise be
prohibited under section 57(a)(4) and
rule 17d–1 by (a) co-investing with each
other in securities issued by issuers in
private placement transactions in which
an Adviser negotiates terms in addition
to price; 6 and (b) making additional
investments in securities of such
issuers, including through the exercise
of warrants, conversion privileges, and
other rights to purchase securities of the
issuers (‘‘Follow-On Investments’’). ‘‘CoInvestment Transaction’’ means any
transaction in which a Regulated Fund
(or its Wholly-Owned Investment Sub)
participated together with one or more
other Regulated Funds and/or one or
more Affiliated Funds in reliance on the
requested Order. ‘‘Potential CoInvestment Transaction’’ means any
investment opportunity in which a
Regulated Fund (or its Wholly-Owned
Investment Sub, as defined below)
could not participate together with one
or more Affiliated Funds and/or one or
4 ‘‘Regulated Fund’’ means Terra 6 and any
Future Regulated Fund. ‘‘Future Regulated Fund’’
means any closed-end management investment
company (a) that is registered under the Act or has
elected to be regulated as a BDC, (b) whose
investment adviser is an Adviser, and (c) that
intends to participate in the Co-Investment
Program. The term ‘‘Adviser’’ means Terra Income
Advisors and/or any future investment adviser that
controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with Terra Income Advisors and is
registered as an investment adviser under the
Advisers Act.
5 Terra International together with TSIF, TSIF 2,
TSIF 3, TSIF 4, TSIF 5, Terra REIT and any Future
Affiliated Funds are the ‘‘Affiliated Funds.’’
‘‘Future Affiliated Fund’’ means any entity (a)
whose investment adviser is an Adviser, (b) that
would be an investment company but for sections
3(c)(1), 3(c)(5)(C), or 3(c)(7) of the Act, and (c) that
intends to participate in the Co-Investment
Program.
6 The term ‘‘private placement transactions’’
means transactions in which the offer and sale of
securities by the issuer are exempt from registration
under the Securities Act.
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more other Regulated Funds without
obtaining and relying on the Order.7
7. Applicants state that a Regulated
Fund may, from time to time, form one
or more Wholly-Owned Investment
Subs.8 Such a subsidiary would be
prohibited from investing in a CoInvestment Transaction with any
Affiliated Fund or Regulated Fund
because it would be a company
controlled by its parent Regulated Fund
for purposes of section 57(a)(4) and rule
17d–1. Applicants request that each
Wholly-Owned Investment Sub be
permitted to participate in CoInvestment Transactions in lieu of its
parent Regulated Fund and that the
Wholly-Owned Investment Sub’s
participation in any such transaction be
treated, for purposes of the requested
Order, as though the parent Regulated
Fund were participating directly.
Applicants represent that this treatment
is justified because a Wholly-Owned
Investment Sub would have no purpose
other than serving as a holding vehicle
for the Regulated Fund’s investments
and, therefore, no conflicts of interest
could arise between the Regulated Fund
and the Wholly-Owned Investment Sub.
The Regulated Fund’s Board would
make all relevant determinations under
the conditions with regard to a WhollyOwned Investment Sub’s participation
in a Co-Investment Transaction, and the
Regulated Fund’s Board would be
informed of, and take into
consideration, any proposed use of a
Wholly-Owned Investment Sub in the
Regulated Fund’s place. If the Regulated
Fund proposes to participate in the
same Co-Investment Transaction with
any of its Wholly-Owned Investment
Subs, the Board will also be informed
of, and take into consideration, the
relative participation of the Regulated
Fund and the Wholly-Owned
Investment Sub.
8. When considering Potential CoInvestment Transactions for any
Regulated Fund, the applicable Adviser
will consider only the Objectives and
Strategies, investment policies,
7 All existing entities that currently intend to rely
upon the requested Order have been named as
applicants. Any other existing or future entity that
subsequently relies on the Order will comply with
the terms and conditions of the application.
8 The term ‘‘Wholly-Owned Investment Sub’’
means an entity (i) that is wholly-owned by a
Regulated Fund (with the Regulated Fund at all
times holding, beneficially and of record, 100% of
the voting and economic interests); (ii) whose sole
business purpose is to hold one or more
investments on behalf of the Regulated Fund; (iii)
with respect to which the Regulated Fund’s Board
has the sole authority to make all determinations
with respect to the entity’s participation under the
conditions of the application; and (iv) that would
be an investment company but for sections 3(c)(1),
3(c)(5)(C), or 3(c)(7) of the Act.
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investment positions, capital available
for investment, and other pertinent
factors applicable to that Regulated
Fund. The Regulated Funds’ Advisers
expect that any portfolio company that
is an appropriate investment for a
Regulated Fund should also be an
appropriate investment for one or more
other Regulated Funds and/or one or
more Affiliated Funds, with certain
exceptions based on available capital or
diversification.9
9. Other than pro rata dispositions
and Follow-On Investments as provided
in conditions 7 and 8, and after making
the determinations required in
conditions 1 and 2(a), the Adviser will
present each Potential Co-Investment
Transaction and the proposed allocation
to the directors of the Board eligible to
vote under section 57(o) of the Act
(‘‘Eligible Directors’’), and the ‘‘required
majority,’’ as defined in section 57(o) of
the Act (‘‘Required Majority’’) 10 will
approve each Co-Investment
Transaction prior to any investment by
the participating Regulated Fund.
10. With respect to the pro rata
dispositions and Follow-On Investments
provided in conditions 7 and 8, a
Regulated Fund may participate in a pro
rata disposition or Follow-On
Investment without obtaining prior
approval of the Required Majority if,
among other things: (i) The proposed
participation of each Regulated Fund
and Affiliated Fund in such disposition
is proportionate to its outstanding
investments in the issuer immediately
preceding the disposition or Follow-On
Investment, as the case may be; and (ii)
the Board of the Regulated Fund has
approved that Regulated Fund’s
participation in pro rata dispositions
and Follow-On Investments as being in
the best interests of the Regulated Fund.
If the Board does not so approve, any
such disposition or Follow-On
Investment will be submitted to the
Regulated Fund’s Eligible Directors. The
Board of any Regulated Fund may at any
time rescind, suspend or qualify its
approval of pro rata dispositions and
Follow-On Investments with the result
that all dispositions and/or Follow-On
Investments must be submitted to the
Eligible Directors.
11. No Non-Interested Director of a
Regulated Fund will have a financial
interest in any Co-Investment
Transaction, other than through share
9 The Regulated Funds, however, will not be
obligated to invest, or co-invest, when investment
opportunities are referred to them.
10 In the case of a Regulated Fund that is a
registered closed-end fund, the Board members that
make up the Required Majority will be determined
as if the Regulated Fund were a BDC subject to
section 57(o).
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ownership in one of the Regulated
Funds.
12. Applicants also represent that if
an Adviser or its principals, or any
person controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with an Adviser
or its principals, and the Affiliated
Funds (collectively, the ‘‘Holders’’) own
in the aggregate more than 25% of the
outstanding voting shares of a Regulated
Fund (the ‘‘Shares’’), then the Holders
will vote such Shares as required under
condition 14. Applicants believe this
condition will ensure that the NonInterested Directors will act
independently in evaluating the CoInvestment Program, because the ability
of the Advisers or the Principals to
influence the Non-Interested Directors
by a suggestion, explicit or implied, that
the Non-Interested Directors can be
removed will be limited significantly.
Applicants represent that the NonInterested Directors will evaluate and
approve any such independent third
party, taking into account its
qualifications, reputation for
independence, cost to the shareholders,
and other factors that they deem
relevant.
Applicants’ Legal Analysis
1. Section 57(a)(4) of the Act prohibits
certain affiliated persons of a BDC from
participating in joint transactions with
the BDC or a company controlled by a
BDC in contravention of rules as
prescribed by the Commission. Under
section 57(b)(2) of the Act, any person
who is directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control
with a BDC is subject to section 57(a)(4).
Applicants submit that each of the
Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds
could be deemed to be a person related
to each Regulated Fund in a manner
described by section 57(b) by virtue of
being under common control. Section
57(i) of the Act provides that, until the
Commission prescribes rules under
section 57(a)(4), the Commission’s rules
under section 17(d) of the Act
applicable to registered closed-end
investment companies will be deemed
to apply to transactions subject to
section 57(a)(4). Because the
Commission has not adopted any rules
under section 57(a)(4), rule 17d–1 also
applies to joint transactions with
Regulated Funds that are BDCs. Section
17(d) of the Act and rule 17d–1 under
the Act are applicable to Regulated
Funds that are registered closed-end
investment companies.
2. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule
17d–1 under the Act prohibit affiliated
persons of a registered investment
company from participating in joint
transactions with the company unless
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the Commission has granted an order
permitting such transactions. In passing
upon applications under rule 17d–1, the
Commission considers whether the
company’s participation in the joint
transaction is consistent with the
provisions, policies, and purposes of the
Act and the extent to which such
participation is on a basis different from
or less advantageous than that of other
participants.
3. Applicants state that in the absence
of the requested relief, the Regulated
Funds would be, in some
circumstances, limited in their ability to
participate in attractive and appropriate
investment opportunities. Applicants
believe that the proposed terms and
conditions will ensure that the CoInvestment Transactions are consistent
with the protection of each Regulated
Fund’s shareholders and with the
purposes intended by the policies and
provisions of the Act. Applicants state
that the Regulated Funds’ participation
in the Co-Investment Transactions will
be consistent with the provisions,
policies, and purposes of the Act and on
a basis that is not different from or less
advantageous than that of other
participants.
Applicants’ Conditions
Applicants agree that the Order will
be subject to the following conditions:
1. Each time an Adviser considers a
Potential Co-Investment Transaction for
an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated
Fund that falls within a Regulated
Fund’s then-current Objectives and
Strategies, the Regulated Fund’s Adviser
will make an independent
determination of the appropriateness of
the investment for such Regulated Fund
in light of the Regulated Fund’s thencurrent circumstances.
2. (a) If the Adviser deems a Regulated
Fund’s participation in any Potential
Co-Investment Transaction to be
appropriate for the Regulated Fund, it
will then determine an appropriate level
of investment for the Regulated Fund.
(b) If the aggregate amount
recommended by the applicable Adviser
to be invested by the applicable
Regulated Fund in the Potential CoInvestment Transaction, together with
the amount proposed to be invested by
the other participating Regulated Funds
and Affiliated Funds, collectively, in the
same transaction, exceeds the amount of
the investment opportunity, the
investment opportunity will be
allocated among them pro rata based on
each participating party’s capital
available for investment in the asset
class being allocated, up to the amount
proposed to be invested by each. The
applicable Adviser will provide the
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Eligible Directors of each participating
Regulated Fund with information
concerning each participating party’s
available capital to assist the Eligible
Directors with their review of the
Regulated Fund’s investments for
compliance with these allocation
procedures.
(c) After making the determinations
required in conditions 1 and 2(a), the
applicable Adviser will distribute
written information concerning the
Potential Co-Investment Transaction
(including the amount proposed to be
invested by each participating Regulated
Fund and Affiliated Fund) to the
Eligible Directors of each participating
Regulated Fund for their consideration.
A Regulated Fund will co-invest with
one or more other Regulated Funds and/
or one or more Affiliated Funds only if,
prior to the Regulated Fund’s
participation in the Potential CoInvestment Transaction, a Required
Majority concludes that:
(i) The terms of the Potential CoInvestment Transaction, including the
consideration to be paid, are reasonable
and fair to the Regulated Fund and its
shareholders and do not involve
overreaching in respect of the Regulated
Fund or its shareholders on the part of
any person concerned;
(ii) the Potential Co-Investment
Transaction is consistent with:
(A) The interests of the shareholders
of the Regulated Fund; and
(B) the Regulated Fund’s then-current
Objectives and Strategies;
(iii) the investment by any other
Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds
would not disadvantage the Regulated
Fund, and participation by the
Regulated Fund would not be on a basis
different from or less advantageous than
that of other Regulated Funds or
Affiliated Funds; provided that, if any
other Regulated Fund or Affiliated
Fund, but not the Regulated Fund itself,
gains the right to nominate a director for
election to a portfolio company’s board
of directors or the right to have a board
observer or any similar right to
participate in the governance or
management of the portfolio company,
such event shall not be interpreted to
prohibit the Required Majority from
reaching the conclusions required by
this condition (2)(c)(iii), if:
(A) the Eligible Directors will have the
right to ratify the selection of such
director or board observer, if any;
(B) the applicable Adviser agrees to,
and does, provide periodic reports to
the Regulated Fund’s Board with respect
to the actions of such director or the
information received by such board
observer or obtained through the
exercise of any similar right to
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participate in the governance or
management of the portfolio company;
and
(C) any fees or other compensation
that any Affiliated Fund or any
Regulated Fund or any affiliated person
of any Affiliated Fund or any Regulated
Fund receives in connection with the
right of an Affiliated Fund or a
Regulated Fund to nominate a director
or appoint a board observer or otherwise
to participate in the governance or
management of the portfolio company
will be shared proportionately among
the participating Affiliated Funds (who
each may, in turn, share its portion with
its affiliated persons) and the
participating Regulated Funds in
accordance with the amount of each
party’s investment; and
(iv) the proposed investment by the
Regulated Fund will not benefit the
Advisers, the Affiliated Funds or the
other Regulated Funds or any affiliated
person of any of them (other than the
parties to the Co-Investment
Transaction), except (A) to the extent
permitted by condition 13, (B) to the
extent permitted by sections 17(e) or
57(k) of the Act, as applicable, (C)
indirectly, as a result of an interest in
the securities issued by one of the
parties to the Co-Investment
Transaction, or (D) in the case of fees or
other compensation described in
condition 2(c)(iii)(C).
3. Each Regulated Fund has the right
to decline to participate in any Potential
Co-Investment Transaction or to invest
less than the amount proposed.
4. The applicable Adviser will present
to the Board of each Regulated Fund, on
a quarterly basis, a record of all
investments in Potential Co-Investment
Transactions made by any of the other
Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds
during the preceding quarter that fell
within the Regulated Fund’s thencurrent Objectives and Strategies that
were not made available to the
Regulated Fund, and an explanation of
why the investment opportunities were
not offered to the Regulated Fund. All
information presented to the Board
pursuant to this condition will be kept
for the life of the Regulated Fund and
at least two years thereafter, and will be
subject to examination by the
Commission and its staff.
5. Except for Follow-On Investments
made in accordance with condition 8,11
a Regulated Fund will not invest in
reliance on the Order in any issuer in
which another Regulated Fund,
11 This exception applies only to Follow-On
Investments by a Regulated Fund in issuers in
which that Regulated Fund already holds
investments.
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Affiliated Fund, or any affiliated person
of another Regulated Fund or Affiliated
Fund is an existing investor.
6. A Regulated Fund will not
participate in any Potential CoInvestment Transaction unless the
terms, conditions, price, class of
securities to be purchased, settlement
date, and registration rights will be the
same for each participating Regulated
Fund and Affiliated Fund. The grant to
an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated
Fund, but not the Regulated Fund, of
the right to nominate a director for
election to a portfolio company’s board
of directors, the right to have an
observer on the board of directors or
similar rights to participate in the
governance or management of the
portfolio company will not be
interpreted so as to violate this
condition 6, if conditions 2(c)(iii)(A), (B)
and (C) are met.
7. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any
Regulated Fund elects to sell, exchange
or otherwise dispose of an interest in a
security that was acquired in a CoInvestment Transaction, the applicable
Advisers will:
(i) Notify each Regulated Fund that
participated in the Co-Investment
Transaction of the proposed disposition
at the earliest practical time; and
(ii) formulate a recommendation as to
participation by each Regulated Fund in
the disposition.
(b) Each Regulated Fund will have the
right to participate in such disposition
on a proportionate basis, at the same
price and on the same terms and
conditions as those applicable to the
participating Affiliated Funds and
Regulated Funds.
(c) A Regulated Fund may participate
in such disposition without obtaining
prior approval of the Required Majority
if: (i) The proposed participation of each
Regulated Fund and each Affiliated
Fund in such disposition is
proportionate to its outstanding
investments in the issuer immediately
preceding the disposition; (ii) the Board
of the Regulated Fund has approved as
being in the best interests of the
Regulated Fund the ability to participate
in such dispositions on a pro rata basis
(as described in greater detail in the
application); and (iii) the Board of the
Regulated Fund is provided on a
quarterly basis with a list of all
dispositions made in accordance with
this condition. In all other cases, the
Adviser will provide its written
recommendation as to the Regulated
Fund’s participation to the Eligible
Directors, and the Regulated Fund will
participate in such disposition solely to
the extent that a Required Majority
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determines that it is in the Regulated
Fund’s best interests.
(d) Each Affiliated Fund and each
Regulated Fund will bear its own
expenses in connection with any such
disposition.
8. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any
Regulated Fund desires to make a
Follow-On Investment in a portfolio
company whose securities were
acquired in a Co-Investment
Transaction, the applicable Advisers
will:
(i) Notify each Regulated Fund that
participated in the Co-Investment
Transaction of the proposed transaction
at the earliest practical time; and
(ii) formulate a recommendation as to
the proposed participation, including
the amount of the proposed Follow-On
Investment, by each Regulated Fund.
(b) A Regulated Fund may participate
in such Follow-On Investment without
obtaining prior approval of the Required
Majority if: (i) The proposed
participation of each Regulated Fund
and each Affiliated Fund in such
investment is proportionate to its
outstanding investments in the issuer
immediately preceding the Follow-On
Investment; and (ii) the Board of the
Regulated Fund has approved as being
in the best interests of the Regulated
Fund the ability to participate in
Follow-On Investments on a pro rata
basis (as described in greater detail in
the application). In all other cases, the
Adviser will provide its written
recommendation as to the Regulated
Fund’s participation to the Eligible
Directors, and the Regulated Fund will
participate in such Follow-On
Investment solely to the extent that a
Required Majority determines that it is
in the Regulated Fund’s best interests.
(c) If, with respect to any Follow-On
Investment:
(i) The amount of the opportunity is
not based on the Regulated Funds’ and
the Affiliated Funds’ outstanding
investments immediately preceding the
Follow-On Investment; and
(ii) the aggregate amount
recommended by the applicable Adviser
to be invested by each Regulated Fund
in the Follow-On Investment, together
with the amount proposed to be
invested by the participating Affiliated
Funds in the same transaction, exceeds
the amount of the opportunity; then the
amount invested by each such party will
be allocated among them pro rata based
on each participant’s capital available
for investment in the asset class being
allocated, up to the amount proposed to
be invested by each.
(d) The acquisition of Follow-On
Investments as permitted by this
condition will be considered a Co-
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Investment Transaction for all purposes
and subject to the other conditions set
forth in the application.
9. The Non-Interested Directors of
each Regulated Fund will be provided
quarterly for review all information
concerning Potential Co-Investment
Transactions and Co-Investment
Transactions, including investments
made by other Regulated Funds or
Affiliated Funds that the Regulated
Fund considered but declined to
participate in, so that the Non-Interested
Directors may determine whether all
investments made during the preceding
quarter, including those investments
that the Regulated Fund considered but
declined to participate in, comply with
the conditions of the Order. In addition,
the Non-Interested Directors will
consider at least annually the continued
appropriateness for the Regulated Fund
of participating in new and existing CoInvestment Transactions.
10. Each Regulated Fund will
maintain the records required by section
57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the
Regulated Funds were a BDC and each
of the investments permitted under
these conditions were approved by the
Required Majority under section 57(f) of
the Act.
11. No Non-Interested Director of a
Regulated Fund will also be a director,
general partner, managing member or
principal, or otherwise an ‘‘affiliated
person’’ (as defined in the Act) of an
Affiliated Fund.
12. The expenses, if any, associated
with acquiring, holding or disposing of
any securities acquired in a CoInvestment Transaction (including,
without limitation, the expenses of the
distribution of any such securities
registered for sale under the Securities
Act) will, to the extent not payable by
the Advisers under their respective
investment advisory agreements with
Affiliated Funds and the Regulated
Funds, be shared by the Regulated
Funds and the Affiliated Funds in
proportion to the relative amounts of the
securities held or to be acquired or
disposed of, as the case may be.
13. Any transaction fee 12 (including
break-up or commitment fees but
excluding broker’s fees contemplated by
section 17(e) or 57(k) of the Act, as
applicable), received in connection with
a Co-Investment Transaction will be
distributed to the participating
Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds
on a pro rata basis based on the amounts
they invested or committed, as the case
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not providing any relief for transaction fees
received in connection with any Co-Investment
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may be, in such Co-Investment
Transaction. If any transaction fee is to
be held by an Adviser pending
consummation of the transaction, the
fee will be deposited into an account
maintained by such Adviser at a bank or
banks having the qualifications
prescribed in section 26(a)(1) of the Act,
and the account will earn a competitive
rate of interest that will also be divided
pro rata among the participating
Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds
based on the amounts they invest in
such Co-Investment Transaction. None
of the Affiliated Funds, the Advisers,
the other Regulated Funds or any
affiliated person of the Regulated Funds
or Affiliated Funds will receive
additional compensation or
remuneration of any kind as a result of
or in connection with a Co-Investment
Transaction (other than (a) in the case
of the Regulated Funds and the
Affiliated Funds, the pro rata
transaction fees described above and
fees or other compensation described in
condition 2(c)(iii)(C); and (b) in the case
of an Adviser, investment advisory fees
paid in accordance with the agreement
between the Adviser and the Regulated
Fund or Affiliated Fund).
14. If the Holders own in the aggregate
more than 25% of the Shares of a
Regulated Fund, then the Holders will
vote such Shares as directed by an
independent third party when voting on
(1) the election of directors; (2) the
removal of one or more directors; or (3)
any other matter under either the Act or
applicable State law affecting the
Board’s composition, size or manner of
election.
For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment Management, under delegated
authority.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
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Self-Regulatory Organizations; BOX
Options Exchange LLC; Notice of
Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of
a Proposed Rule Change To Amend
the Fee Schedule To Adopt Participant
Fees on the BOX Market LLC (‘‘BOX’’)
Options Facility
Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Terms of the Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change
The Exchange is filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission
(‘‘Commission’’) a proposed rule change
to amend the Fee Schedule to adopt
Participant Fees on the BOX Market LLC
(‘‘BOX’’) options facility. While changes
to the fee schedule pursuant to this
proposal will be effective upon filing,
the changes will become operative on
October 1, 2016. The text of the
proposed rule change is available from
the principal office of the Exchange, at
the Commission’s Public Reference
Room and also on the Exchange’s
Internet Web site at https://
boxexchange.com.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
In its filing with the Commission, the
Exchange included statements
concerning the purpose of and basis for
the proposed rule change and discussed
any comments it received on the
proposed rule change. The text of these
statements may be examined at the
places specified in Item IV below. The
Exchange has prepared summaries, set
forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of
the most significant aspects of such
statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s
Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule
Change
1. Purpose
The Exchange proposes to amend the
Fee Schedule for trading on BOX to
establish two Participant Fees; a
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October 4, 2016.
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‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on
September 28, 2016, BOX Options
Exchange LLC (the ‘‘Exchange’’) filed
with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the
proposed rule change as described in
Items I, II, and III below, which Items
have been prepared by the Exchange.
The Exchange filed the proposed rule
change pursuant to Section
19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act,3 and Rule
19b–4(f)(2) thereunder,4 which renders
the proposal effective upon filing with
the Commission. The Commission is
publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change
from interested persons.
Sfmt 4703
U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
CFR 240.19b–4.
3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(2).
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
[Release No. IC-32303; File No. 812-14452]
Terra Income Fund 6, Inc., et al.; Notice of Application
October 4, 2016.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').
ACTION: Notice of application for an order under sections 17(d) and
57(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') and rule 17d-
1 under the Act permitting certain joint transactions otherwise
prohibited by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d-1
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SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants request an order to permit a
business development company (``BDC'') and certain closed-end
investment companies to co-invest in portfolio companies with each
other and with affiliated investment funds.
APPLICANTS: Terra Income Fund 6, Inc. (``Terra 6''), Terra Secured
Income Fund, LLC (``TSIF''), Terra Secured Income Fund 2, LLC (``TSIF
2''), Terra Secured Income Fund 3, LLC (``TSIF 3''), Terra Secured
Income Fund 4, LLC (``TSIF 4''), Terra Secured Income Fund 5, LLC
(``TSIF 5''), Terra Property Trust, Inc. (``Terra REIT''), Terra
Secured Income Fund 5 International (``Terra International''), and
Terra Income Advisors, LLC (``Terra Income Advisors''), on behalf of
itself and its successors.\1\
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\1\ The term ``successor'' means an entity that results from a
reorganization into another jurisdiction or change in the type of
business organization.
FILING DATES: The application was filed on April 29, 2015 and amended
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on November 3, 2015, May 11, 2016 and September 14, 2016.
HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the requested
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing.
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's
Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally
or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by
5:30 p.m. on October 31, 2016, and should be accompanied by proof of
service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a
certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing
requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts
bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason
for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be
notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the
Commission's Secretary.
ADDRESSES: Brent J. Fields, Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 100 F St. NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants: Bruce
D. Batkin, 805 Third Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay-Mario Vobis, Senior Counsel, at
(202) 551-6728, or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821
(Chief Counsel's Office, Division of Investment Management).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the
application. The complete application may be obtained via the
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or for an
applicant using the Company name box, at https://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090.
Applicants' Representations
1. Terra 6 is a Maryland corporation organized as a closed-end
management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a BDC
within the meaning of section 2(a)(48) of the Act.\2\ Terra 6 is a
specialty finance company formed to invest primarily in commercial real
estate loans to, and preferred equity investments in, U.S. companies
qualifying as ``eligible portfolio companies'' under the Act. Terra 6
may also purchase other select commercial real estate-related debt
securities of private companies. Terra 6's Objectives and Strategies
\3\ are to pay attractive and stable cash distributions and to
preserve, protect and return capital contributions to stockholders. The
board of directors (``Board'') of Terra 6 is comprised of five
directors, three of whom are not ``interested persons,'' within the
meaning of section 2(a)(19) of the Act (the ``Non-Interested
Directors''), of Terra 6.
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\2\ Section 2(a)(48) defines a BDC to be any closed-end
investment company that operates for the purpose of making
investments in securities described in section 55(a)(1) through
55(a)(3) of the Act and makes available significant managerial
assistance with respect to the issuers of such securities.
\3\ ``Objectives and Strategies'' means, with respect to a
Regulated Fund (defined below), the investment objectives and
strategies, as described in the Regulated Fund's registration
statement on Form N-2, other filings the Regulated Fund has made
with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
``Securities Act''), or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
and the Regulated Fund's reports to shareholders.
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2. Each of TSIF, TSIF 2, TSIF 3, TSIF 4 and TSIF 5 is organized as
a Delaware limited liability company and would be an investment company
but for section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Act. Each of TSIF, TSIF 2, TSIF 3,
TSIF 4 and TSIF 5 was formed to originate, fund, acquire and structure
real estate-related loans, including mezzanine loans, first and second
mortgage loans, subordinated mortgage loans, bridge loans, preferred
equity investments and other loans related to high quality commercial
real estate in the United States. TSIF, TSIF 2, TSIF 3 and TSIF 4
currently exist as wholly-owned subsidiaries of TSIF 5.
3. Terra REIT is a Maryland corporation that intends to qualify to
be taxed as a REIT and would be an investment company but for section
3(c)(5)(C) of the Act. Terra REIT exists as a wholly-owned subsidiary
of TSIF 5 and holds the portfolio assets of each of TSIF, TSIF 2, TSIF
3, TSIF 4 and TSIF 5.
4. Terra International is a Cayman Islands exempted company and
would be an investment company but for section 3(c)(1) of the Act.
Terra International was formed to acquire real estate-related loans,
including mezzanine loans, first and second mortgage loans,
subordinated mortgage loans, bridge loans and other loans
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related to high quality commercial real estate in the United States.
5. Terra Income Advisors, a Delaware limited liability company, is
registered with the Commission as an investment adviser under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers Act'') and serves as
investment adviser to Terra 6 and Terra International, as well as TSIF
5 and its wholly-owned subsidiaries TSIF, TSIF 2, TSIF 3, TSIF 4, and
Terra REIT.
6. Applicants seek an order (``Order'') to permit one or more
Regulated Funds \4\ and/or one or more Affiliated Funds \5\ to
participate in the same investment opportunities through a proposed co-
investment program (the ``Co-Investment Program'') where such
participation would otherwise be prohibited under section 57(a)(4) and
rule 17d-1 by (a) co-investing with each other in securities issued by
issuers in private placement transactions in which an Adviser
negotiates terms in addition to price; \6\ and (b) making additional
investments in securities of such issuers, including through the
exercise of warrants, conversion privileges, and other rights to
purchase securities of the issuers (``Follow-On Investments''). ``Co-
Investment Transaction'' means any transaction in which a Regulated
Fund (or its Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) participated together with
one or more other Regulated Funds and/or one or more Affiliated Funds
in reliance on the requested Order. ``Potential Co-Investment
Transaction'' means any investment opportunity in which a Regulated
Fund (or its Wholly-Owned Investment Sub, as defined below) could not
participate together with one or more Affiliated Funds and/or one or
more other Regulated Funds without obtaining and relying on the
Order.\7\
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\4\ ``Regulated Fund'' means Terra 6 and any Future Regulated
Fund. ``Future Regulated Fund'' means any closed-end management
investment company (a) that is registered under the Act or has
elected to be regulated as a BDC, (b) whose investment adviser is an
Adviser, and (c) that intends to participate in the Co-Investment
Program. The term ``Adviser'' means Terra Income Advisors and/or any
future investment adviser that controls, is controlled by or is
under common control with Terra Income Advisors and is registered as
an investment adviser under the Advisers Act.
\5\ Terra International together with TSIF, TSIF 2, TSIF 3, TSIF
4, TSIF 5, Terra REIT and any Future Affiliated Funds are the
``Affiliated Funds.'' ``Future Affiliated Fund'' means any entity
(a) whose investment adviser is an Adviser, (b) that would be an
investment company but for sections 3(c)(1), 3(c)(5)(C), or 3(c)(7)
of the Act, and (c) that intends to participate in the Co-Investment
Program.
\6\ The term ``private placement transactions'' means
transactions in which the offer and sale of securities by the issuer
are exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
\7\ All existing entities that currently intend to rely upon the
requested Order have been named as applicants. Any other existing or
future entity that subsequently relies on the Order will comply with
the terms and conditions of the application.
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7. Applicants state that a Regulated Fund may, from time to time,
form one or more Wholly-Owned Investment Subs.\8\ Such a subsidiary
would be prohibited from investing in a Co-Investment Transaction with
any Affiliated Fund or Regulated Fund because it would be a company
controlled by its parent Regulated Fund for purposes of section
57(a)(4) and rule 17d-1. Applicants request that each Wholly-Owned
Investment Sub be permitted to participate in Co-Investment
Transactions in lieu of its parent Regulated Fund and that the Wholly-
Owned Investment Sub's participation in any such transaction be
treated, for purposes of the requested Order, as though the parent
Regulated Fund were participating directly. Applicants represent that
this treatment is justified because a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub would
have no purpose other than serving as a holding vehicle for the
Regulated Fund's investments and, therefore, no conflicts of interest
could arise between the Regulated Fund and the Wholly-Owned Investment
Sub. The Regulated Fund's Board would make all relevant determinations
under the conditions with regard to a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub's
participation in a Co-Investment Transaction, and the Regulated Fund's
Board would be informed of, and take into consideration, any proposed
use of a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub in the Regulated Fund's place. If
the Regulated Fund proposes to participate in the same Co-Investment
Transaction with any of its Wholly-Owned Investment Subs, the Board
will also be informed of, and take into consideration, the relative
participation of the Regulated Fund and the Wholly-Owned Investment
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\8\ The term ``Wholly-Owned Investment Sub'' means an entity (i)
that is wholly-owned by a Regulated Fund (with the Regulated Fund at
all times holding, beneficially and of record, 100% of the voting
and economic interests); (ii) whose sole business purpose is to hold
one or more investments on behalf of the Regulated Fund; (iii) with
respect to which the Regulated Fund's Board has the sole authority
to make all determinations with respect to the entity's
participation under the conditions of the application; and (iv) that
would be an investment company but for sections 3(c)(1), 3(c)(5)(C),
or 3(c)(7) of the Act.
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8. When considering Potential Co-Investment Transactions for any
Regulated Fund, the applicable Adviser will consider only the
Objectives and Strategies, investment policies, investment positions,
capital available for investment, and other pertinent factors
applicable to that Regulated Fund. The Regulated Funds' Advisers expect
that any portfolio company that is an appropriate investment for a
Regulated Fund should also be an appropriate investment for one or more
other Regulated Funds and/or one or more Affiliated Funds, with certain
exceptions based on available capital or diversification.\9\
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them.
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9. Other than pro rata dispositions and Follow-On Investments as
provided in conditions 7 and 8, and after making the determinations
required in conditions 1 and 2(a), the Adviser will present each
Potential Co-Investment Transaction and the proposed allocation to the
directors of the Board eligible to vote under section 57(o) of the Act
(``Eligible Directors''), and the ``required majority,'' as defined in
section 57(o) of the Act (``Required Majority'') \10\ will approve each
Co-Investment Transaction prior to any investment by the participating
Regulated Fund.
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closed-end fund, the Board members that make up the Required
Majority will be determined as if the Regulated Fund were a BDC
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10. With respect to the pro rata dispositions and Follow-On
Investments provided in conditions 7 and 8, a Regulated Fund may
participate in a pro rata disposition or Follow-On Investment without
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if, among other
things: (i) The proposed participation of each Regulated Fund and
Affiliated Fund in such disposition is proportionate to its outstanding
investments in the issuer immediately preceding the disposition or
Follow-On Investment, as the case may be; and (ii) the Board of the
Regulated Fund has approved that Regulated Fund's participation in pro
rata dispositions and Follow-On Investments as being in the best
interests of the Regulated Fund. If the Board does not so approve, any
such disposition or Follow-On Investment will be submitted to the
Regulated Fund's Eligible Directors. The Board of any Regulated Fund
may at any time rescind, suspend or qualify its approval of pro rata
dispositions and Follow-On Investments with the result that all
dispositions and/or Follow-On Investments must be submitted to the
Eligible Directors.
11. No Non-Interested Director of a Regulated Fund will have a
financial interest in any Co-Investment Transaction, other than through
share
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ownership in one of the Regulated Funds.
12. Applicants also represent that if an Adviser or its principals,
or any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with
an Adviser or its principals, and the Affiliated Funds (collectively,
the ``Holders'') own in the aggregate more than 25% of the outstanding
voting shares of a Regulated Fund (the ``Shares''), then the Holders
will vote such Shares as required under condition 14. Applicants
believe this condition will ensure that the Non-Interested Directors
will act independently in evaluating the Co-Investment Program, because
the ability of the Advisers or the Principals to influence the Non-
Interested Directors by a suggestion, explicit or implied, that the
Non-Interested Directors can be removed will be limited significantly.
Applicants represent that the Non-Interested Directors will evaluate
and approve any such independent third party, taking into account its
qualifications, reputation for independence, cost to the shareholders,
and other factors that they deem relevant.
Applicants' Legal Analysis
1. Section 57(a)(4) of the Act prohibits certain affiliated persons
of a BDC from participating in joint transactions with the BDC or a
company controlled by a BDC in contravention of rules as prescribed by
the Commission. Under section 57(b)(2) of the Act, any person who is
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with a BDC is subject to section 57(a)(4). Applicants submit
that each of the Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds could be deemed
to be a person related to each Regulated Fund in a manner described by
section 57(b) by virtue of being under common control. Section 57(i) of
the Act provides that, until the Commission prescribes rules under
section 57(a)(4), the Commission's rules under section 17(d) of the Act
applicable to registered closed-end investment companies will be deemed
to apply to transactions subject to section 57(a)(4). Because the
Commission has not adopted any rules under section 57(a)(4), rule 17d-1
also applies to joint transactions with Regulated Funds that are BDCs.
Section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act are applicable to
Regulated Funds that are registered closed-end investment companies.
2. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act prohibit
affiliated persons of a registered investment company from
participating in joint transactions with the company unless the
Commission has granted an order permitting such transactions. In
passing upon applications under rule 17d-1, the Commission considers
whether the company's participation in the joint transaction is
consistent with the provisions, policies, and purposes of the Act and
the extent to which such participation is on a basis different from or
less advantageous than that of other participants.
3. Applicants state that in the absence of the requested relief,
the Regulated Funds would be, in some circumstances, limited in their
ability to participate in attractive and appropriate investment
opportunities. Applicants believe that the proposed terms and
conditions will ensure that the Co-Investment Transactions are
consistent with the protection of each Regulated Fund's shareholders
and with the purposes intended by the policies and provisions of the
Act. Applicants state that the Regulated Funds' participation in the
Co-Investment Transactions will be consistent with the provisions,
policies, and purposes of the Act and on a basis that is not different
from or less advantageous than that of other participants.
Applicants' Conditions
Applicants agree that the Order will be subject to the following
conditions:
1. Each time an Adviser considers a Potential Co-Investment
Transaction for an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Fund that falls
within a Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies, the
Regulated Fund's Adviser will make an independent determination of the
appropriateness of the investment for such Regulated Fund in light of
the Regulated Fund's then-current circumstances.
2. (a) If the Adviser deems a Regulated Fund's participation in any
Potential Co-Investment Transaction to be appropriate for the Regulated
Fund, it will then determine an appropriate level of investment for the
Regulated Fund.
(b) If the aggregate amount recommended by the applicable Adviser
to be invested by the applicable Regulated Fund in the Potential Co-
Investment Transaction, together with the amount proposed to be
invested by the other participating Regulated Funds and Affiliated
Funds, collectively, in the same transaction, exceeds the amount of the
investment opportunity, the investment opportunity will be allocated
among them pro rata based on each participating party's capital
available for investment in the asset class being allocated, up to the
amount proposed to be invested by each. The applicable Adviser will
provide the Eligible Directors of each participating Regulated Fund
with information concerning each participating party's available
capital to assist the Eligible Directors with their review of the
Regulated Fund's investments for compliance with these allocation
procedures.
(c) After making the determinations required in conditions 1 and
2(a), the applicable Adviser will distribute written information
concerning the Potential Co-Investment Transaction (including the
amount proposed to be invested by each participating Regulated Fund and
Affiliated Fund) to the Eligible Directors of each participating
Regulated Fund for their consideration. A Regulated Fund will co-invest
with one or more other Regulated Funds and/or one or more Affiliated
Funds only if, prior to the Regulated Fund's participation in the
Potential Co-Investment Transaction, a Required Majority concludes
that:
(i) The terms of the Potential Co-Investment Transaction, including
the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to the Regulated
Fund and its shareholders and do not involve overreaching in respect of
the Regulated Fund or its shareholders on the part of any person
concerned;
(ii) the Potential Co-Investment Transaction is consistent with:
(A) The interests of the shareholders of the Regulated Fund; and
(B) the Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies;
(iii) the investment by any other Regulated Funds or Affiliated
Funds would not disadvantage the Regulated Fund, and participation by
the Regulated Fund would not be on a basis different from or less
advantageous than that of other Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds;
provided that, if any other Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund, but not
the Regulated Fund itself, gains the right to nominate a director for
election to a portfolio company's board of directors or the right to
have a board observer or any similar right to participate in the
governance or management of the portfolio company, such event shall not
be interpreted to prohibit the Required Majority from reaching the
conclusions required by this condition (2)(c)(iii), if:
(A) the Eligible Directors will have the right to ratify the
selection of such director or board observer, if any;
(B) the applicable Adviser agrees to, and does, provide periodic
reports to the Regulated Fund's Board with respect to the actions of
such director or the information received by such board observer or
obtained through the exercise of any similar right to
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participate in the governance or management of the portfolio company;
and
(C) any fees or other compensation that any Affiliated Fund or any
Regulated Fund or any affiliated person of any Affiliated Fund or any
Regulated Fund receives in connection with the right of an Affiliated
Fund or a Regulated Fund to nominate a director or appoint a board
observer or otherwise to participate in the governance or management of
the portfolio company will be shared proportionately among the
participating Affiliated Funds (who each may, in turn, share its
portion with its affiliated persons) and the participating Regulated
Funds in accordance with the amount of each party's investment; and
(iv) the proposed investment by the Regulated Fund will not benefit
the Advisers, the Affiliated Funds or the other Regulated Funds or any
affiliated person of any of them (other than the parties to the Co-
Investment Transaction), except (A) to the extent permitted by
condition 13, (B) to the extent permitted by sections 17(e) or 57(k) of
the Act, as applicable, (C) indirectly, as a result of an interest in
the securities issued by one of the parties to the Co-Investment
Transaction, or (D) in the case of fees or other compensation described
in condition 2(c)(iii)(C).
3. Each Regulated Fund has the right to decline to participate in
any Potential Co-Investment Transaction or to invest less than the
amount proposed.
4. The applicable Adviser will present to the Board of each
Regulated Fund, on a quarterly basis, a record of all investments in
Potential Co-Investment Transactions made by any of the other Regulated
Funds or Affiliated Funds during the preceding quarter that fell within
the Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies that were
not made available to the Regulated Fund, and an explanation of why the
investment opportunities were not offered to the Regulated Fund. All
information presented to the Board pursuant to this condition will be
kept for the life of the Regulated Fund and at least two years
thereafter, and will be subject to examination by the Commission and
its staff.
5. Except for Follow-On Investments made in accordance with
condition 8,\11\ a Regulated Fund will not invest in reliance on the
Order in any issuer in which another Regulated Fund, Affiliated Fund,
or any affiliated person of another Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund
is an existing investor.
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\11\ This exception applies only to Follow-On Investments by a
Regulated Fund in issuers in which that Regulated Fund already holds
investments.
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6. A Regulated Fund will not participate in any Potential Co-
Investment Transaction unless the terms, conditions, price, class of
securities to be purchased, settlement date, and registration rights
will be the same for each participating Regulated Fund and Affiliated
Fund. The grant to an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Fund, but
not the Regulated Fund, of the right to nominate a director for
election to a portfolio company's board of directors, the right to have
an observer on the board of directors or similar rights to participate
in the governance or management of the portfolio company will not be
interpreted so as to violate this condition 6, if conditions
2(c)(iii)(A), (B) and (C) are met.
7. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any Regulated Fund elects to sell,
exchange or otherwise dispose of an interest in a security that was
acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction, the applicable Advisers will:
(i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the Co-
Investment Transaction of the proposed disposition at the earliest
practical time; and
(ii) formulate a recommendation as to participation by each
Regulated Fund in the disposition.
(b) Each Regulated Fund will have the right to participate in such
disposition on a proportionate basis, at the same price and on the same
terms and conditions as those applicable to the participating
Affiliated Funds and Regulated Funds.
(c) A Regulated Fund may participate in such disposition without
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The proposed
participation of each Regulated Fund and each Affiliated Fund in such
disposition is proportionate to its outstanding investments in the
issuer immediately preceding the disposition; (ii) the Board of the
Regulated Fund has approved as being in the best interests of the
Regulated Fund the ability to participate in such dispositions on a pro
rata basis (as described in greater detail in the application); and
(iii) the Board of the Regulated Fund is provided on a quarterly basis
with a list of all dispositions made in accordance with this condition.
In all other cases, the Adviser will provide its written recommendation
as to the Regulated Fund's participation to the Eligible Directors, and
the Regulated Fund will participate in such disposition solely to the
extent that a Required Majority determines that it is in the Regulated
Fund's best interests.
(d) Each Affiliated Fund and each Regulated Fund will bear its own
expenses in connection with any such disposition.
8. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any Regulated Fund desires to make
a Follow-On Investment in a portfolio company whose securities were
acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction, the applicable Advisers will:
(i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the Co-
Investment Transaction of the proposed transaction at the earliest
practical time; and
(ii) formulate a recommendation as to the proposed participation,
including the amount of the proposed Follow-On Investment, by each
Regulated Fund.
(b) A Regulated Fund may participate in such Follow-On Investment
without obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The
proposed participation of each Regulated Fund and each Affiliated Fund
in such investment is proportionate to its outstanding investments in
the issuer immediately preceding the Follow-On Investment; and (ii) the
Board of the Regulated Fund has approved as being in the best interests
of the Regulated Fund the ability to participate in Follow-On
Investments on a pro rata basis (as described in greater detail in the
application). In all other cases, the Adviser will provide its written
recommendation as to the Regulated Fund's participation to the Eligible
Directors, and the Regulated Fund will participate in such Follow-On
Investment solely to the extent that a Required Majority determines
that it is in the Regulated Fund's best interests.
(c) If, with respect to any Follow-On Investment:
(i) The amount of the opportunity is not based on the Regulated
Funds' and the Affiliated Funds' outstanding investments immediately
preceding the Follow-On Investment; and
(ii) the aggregate amount recommended by the applicable Adviser to
be invested by each Regulated Fund in the Follow-On Investment,
together with the amount proposed to be invested by the participating
Affiliated Funds in the same transaction, exceeds the amount of the
opportunity; then the amount invested by each such party will be
allocated among them pro rata based on each participant's capital
available for investment in the asset class being allocated, up to the
amount proposed to be invested by each.
(d) The acquisition of Follow-On Investments as permitted by this
condition will be considered a Co-
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Investment Transaction for all purposes and subject to the other
conditions set forth in the application.
9. The Non-Interested Directors of each Regulated Fund will be
provided quarterly for review all information concerning Potential Co-
Investment Transactions and Co-Investment Transactions, including
investments made by other Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds that the
Regulated Fund considered but declined to participate in, so that the
Non-Interested Directors may determine whether all investments made
during the preceding quarter, including those investments that the
Regulated Fund considered but declined to participate in, comply with
the conditions of the Order. In addition, the Non-Interested Directors
will consider at least annually the continued appropriateness for the
Regulated Fund of participating in new and existing Co-Investment
Transactions.
10. Each Regulated Fund will maintain the records required by
section 57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the Regulated Funds were a
BDC and each of the investments permitted under these conditions were
approved by the Required Majority under section 57(f) of the Act.
11. No Non-Interested Director of a Regulated Fund will also be a
director, general partner, managing member or principal, or otherwise
an ``affiliated person'' (as defined in the Act) of an Affiliated Fund.
12. The expenses, if any, associated with acquiring, holding or
disposing of any securities acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction
(including, without limitation, the expenses of the distribution of any
such securities registered for sale under the Securities Act) will, to
the extent not payable by the Advisers under their respective
investment advisory agreements with Affiliated Funds and the Regulated
Funds, be shared by the Regulated Funds and the Affiliated Funds in
proportion to the relative amounts of the securities held or to be
acquired or disposed of, as the case may be.
13. Any transaction fee \12\ (including break-up or commitment fees
but excluding broker's fees contemplated by section 17(e) or 57(k) of
the Act, as applicable), received in connection with a Co-Investment
Transaction will be distributed to the participating Regulated Funds
and Affiliated Funds on a pro rata basis based on the amounts they
invested or committed, as the case may be, in such Co-Investment
Transaction. If any transaction fee is to be held by an Adviser pending
consummation of the transaction, the fee will be deposited into an
account maintained by such Adviser at a bank or banks having the
qualifications prescribed in section 26(a)(1) of the Act, and the
account will earn a competitive rate of interest that will also be
divided pro rata among the participating Regulated Funds and Affiliated
Funds based on the amounts they invest in such Co-Investment
Transaction. None of the Affiliated Funds, the Advisers, the other
Regulated Funds or any affiliated person of the Regulated Funds or
Affiliated Funds will receive additional compensation or remuneration
of any kind as a result of or in connection with a Co-Investment
Transaction (other than (a) in the case of the Regulated Funds and the
Affiliated Funds, the pro rata transaction fees described above and
fees or other compensation described in condition 2(c)(iii)(C); and (b)
in the case of an Adviser, investment advisory fees paid in accordance
with the agreement between the Adviser and the Regulated Fund or
Affiliated Fund).
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\12\ Applicants are not requesting and the staff is not
providing any relief for transaction fees received in connection
with any Co-Investment Transaction.
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14. If the Holders own in the aggregate more than 25% of the Shares
of a Regulated Fund, then the Holders will vote such Shares as directed
by an independent third party when voting on (1) the election of
directors; (2) the removal of one or more directors; or (3) any other
matter under either the Act or applicable State law affecting the
Board's composition, size or manner of election.
For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management,
under delegated authority.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-24428 Filed 10-7-16; 8:45 am]
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