80 FR 76719 - Alcentra Capital Corporation, et al.; Notice of Application
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 237 (December 10, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 237 (December 10, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-31070 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 76719-76723] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-31070] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. IC-31927; File No. 812-14374] Alcentra Capital Corporation, et al.; Notice of Application December 4, 2015. 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 to permit certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Applicants request an order to permit business development companies (``BDCs'') and certain closed-end management investment companies to co-invest in portfolio companies with each other and with affiliated investment funds. Applicants: Alcentra Capital Corporation (the ``Company''); BNY Mellon Alcentra Multi-Strategy Credit Fund, Inc. (``BAMSCF,'' and together with the Company, the ``Existing Regulated Funds''); Alcentra BDC Equity Holdings, LLC (the ``Subsidiary''); Alcentra Middle Market Fund IV, L.P. (the ``Existing Co-Investment Affiliate''); Alcentra NY, LLC (``Alcentra NY''); Alcentra Limited (together with Alcentra NY, the ``Alcentra Advisers''), and The Dreyfus Corporation (``Dreyfus''). DATES: Filing Dates: The application was filed on October 16, 2014 and amended on April 2, 2015 and August 6, 2015. 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 December 29, 2015, and should be accompanied by proof of service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of service. Hearing requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, 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: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F St. NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants: Alcentra Capital Corporation, 200 Park Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10166. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vanessa M. Meeks, Senior Counsel, or Melissa R. Harke, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825 (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 http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090. Applicants' Representations 1. The Existing Regulated Funds were each organized as a corporation under the General Corporate Laws of the State of Maryland. The Company operates as an externally-managed, non-diversified, closed- end management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company (``BDC'') under the Act.\1\ BAMSCF is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Act. The Company's investment objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation primarily by making direct investments in lower middle-market companies in the form of subordinated debt and, to a lesser extent, senior debt and minority equity investments. BAMSCF's investment objective is to seek total return consisting of capital appreciation and income. A majority of the board of directors (``Board'') \2\ of the Company are persons who are not ``interested persons,'' as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the Act (the ``Independent Directors''). It is anticipated that the BAMSCF Board will be comprised entirely of Independent Directors. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ 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 sections 55(a)(1) through 55(a)(3) of the Act and makes available significant managerial assistance with respect to the issuers of such securities. \2\ ``Board'' refers to the board of directors of any Regulated Fund (as defined below). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub (as defined below), the sole business purpose of which is to hold one or more investments on behalf of the Company. The Subsidiary is a Delaware entity. 3. The Existing Co-Investment Affiliate is a Delaware limited partnership. In reliance on the exclusion from the definition of ``investment company'' provided by section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act, none of the Co-Investment Affiliates (as defined below) will be registered under the Act. 4. Alcentra NY is a Delaware limited liable company that is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers Act''). Alcentra NY serves as investment adviser to the Company pursuant to an investment advisory agreement and also serves as investment adviser to the Existing Co-Investment Affiliate. Alcentra Limited is incorporated in the United Kingdom and Wales and is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act. Alcentra Limited is proposed to serve as a sub-adviser to BAMSCF. Dreyfus is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York that is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act. Dreyfus is proposed to serve as investment manager to BAMSCF. 5. Applicants seek an order (``Order'') to permit a Regulated Fund \3\ (or a [[Page 76720]] Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) (as defined below) and one or more other Regulated Funds (or a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) and/or one or more Co-Investment Affiliates \4\ 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 sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) and rule 17d-1. ``Co- Investment Transaction'' means any transaction in which a Regulated Fund (or a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) participated together with one or more other Regulated Funds (or a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) and/or one or more Co-Investment Affiliates in reliance on the requested Order. ``Potential Co-Investment Transaction'' means any investment opportunity in which a Regulated Fund (or a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) could not participate together with one or more other Regulated Funds (or a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) and/or one or more Co- Investment Affiliates without obtaining and relying on the Order.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ ``Regulated Funds'' means the Existing Regulated Funds and any future closed-end investment companies that (a) are registered under the Act or have elected to be regulated as a BDC under the Act, (b) will be advised by an Adviser, and (c) that intend to participate in the Co-Investment Program. ``Adviser'' means (a) Alcentra NY, Alcentra Limited, or Dreyfus or (b) any other existing or future investment adviser that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with Alcentra NY, Alcentra Limited or Dreyfus, and is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act. The Alcentra Advisers and Dreyfus are direct or indirect wholly- owned subsidiaries of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (``BNY Mellon''). All references herein to the term ``Adviser'' include successors-in-interest to the Adviser. A successor-in-interest is limited to any entity resulting from a reorganization of the Adviser into another jurisdiction or a change in the type of business organization. \4\ ``Co-Investment Affiliates'' means the Existing Co- Investment Affiliate and any Future Co-Investment Affiliate. ``Future Co-Investment Affiliate'' means any entity (i) whose investment adviser is an Adviser, (ii) that would be an investment company but for Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act and (iii) that intends to participate in the Co-Investment Program. \5\ All existing entities that currently intend to rely on the Order have been named as applicants. Any other existing or future entity that relies on the Order in the future will comply with the terms and conditions of the application. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Applicants state that a Regulated Fund may, from time to time, form one or more Wholly-Owned Investment Subs.\6\ Such a subsidiary would be prohibited from investing in a Co-Investment Transaction with any Co-Investment Affiliate or another Regulated Fund because it would be a company controlled by the Regulated Fund for purposes of sections 17(d) and 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 the Regulated Fund that owns it and that the Wholly-Owned Investment Sub's participation in any such transaction be treated, for purposes of the requested Order, as though the 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 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 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 a 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ ``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 (and, in the case of any SBIC Subsidiaries (as defined below), to maintain a license under the SBA Act (as defined below) and issue debentures guaranteed by the SBA (as defined below)); (iii) with respect to which the Board of a Regulated Fund has the sole authority to make all determinations with respect to the Wholly-Owned Investment Sub's participation under the conditions to the Application; and (iv) that would be an investment company but for Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act. ``SBIC Subsidiary'' means a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub that is licensed by the Small Business Administration (the ``SBA'') to operate under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, the (``SBA Act'') as a small business investment company (an ``SBIC''). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. In selecting investments for the Regulated Funds, an Adviser will consider only the investment objective, investment policies, investment position, capital available for investment and other factors relevant to each Regulated Fund. Each of the Co-Investment Affiliates has or will have investment objectives and strategies that are similar to or overlap with the Objectives and Strategies \7\ of each Regulated Fund. To the extent there is an investment opportunity that falls within the Objectives and Strategies of one or more Regulated Funds and the investment objectives and strategies of one or more of the Co- Investment Affiliates, the Advisers would expect such Regulated Funds and Co-Investment Affiliates to co-invest with each other, with certain exceptions based on available capital or diversification.\8\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ ``Objectives and Strategies,'' with respect to each Regulated Fund, means the Regulated Fund's 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 ``1933 Act''), or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Regulated Fund's report to stockholders. \8\ The Regulated Funds, however, will not be obligated to invest, or co-invest, when investment opportunities are referred to them. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. After making the determinations required in conditions 1 and 2(a), other than in the case of pro rata Dispositions (as defined below) and Follow-On Investments,\9\ as provided in conditions 7 and 8, the applicable Adviser(s) will present each Potential Co-Investment Transaction and the proposed allocation to the directors of the Board that are eligible to vote under section 57(o) of the Act (the ``Eligible Directors''). The ``required majority,'' as defined in section 57(o) of the Act (``Required Majority''),\10\ of a Regulated Fund will approve each Co-Investment Transaction prior to any investment by the Regulated Fund. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ ``Follow-On Investment'' means any additional investment in an existing portfolio company, the exercise of warrants, conversion privileges or other similar rights to acquire additional securities of the portfolio company. \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). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. All subsequent activity, meaning either to (a) sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of an investment (collectively, a ``Disposition'') or (b) complete a Follow-On Investment, in respect of an investment acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction will also be made in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the application. 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 Co-Investment Affiliate and Regulated Fund in such Disposition or Follow-On Investment 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 [[Page 76721]] 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. 10. No Independent Director of a Regulated Fund will have a financial interest in any Co-Investment Transaction, other than indirectly through share ownership in one of the Regulated Funds. 11. Under condition 14, if an Adviser, its principals, or any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser or its principals, and the Co-Investment Affiliates (collectively, the ``Holders'') own in the aggregate more than 25 percent of the outstanding voting shares of a Regulated Fund (the ``Shares''), then the Holders will vote such Shares as directed by an independent third party when voting on matters specified in the condition. Applicants believe that this condition will ensure that the Independent Directors will act independently in evaluating the Co- Investment Program, because the ability of the Adviser or its principals to influence the Independent Directors by a suggestion, explicit or implied, that the Independent Directors can be removed will be limited significantly. Applicants represent that the Independent Directors will evaluate and approve any such voting trust or proxy adviser, taking into account its qualifications, reputation for independence, cost to the Regulated Fund's 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 other Regulated Funds and Co-Investment Affiliates may be deemed to be a person related to a 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 any Order of the Commission granting the requested relief will be subject to the following conditions: 1. Each time an Adviser considers a Potential Co-Investment Transaction for a Co-Investment Affiliate or another Regulated Fund that falls within a Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies, the applicable Adviser(s) will make an independent determination of the appropriateness of the investment for the Regulated Fund in light of the Regulated Fund's then-current circumstances. 2. (a) If the applicable Adviser(s) deems a Regulated Fund's participation in any Potential Co-Investment Transaction to be appropriate for the Regulated Fund, the applicable Adviser(s) will then determine an appropriate level of investment for the Regulated Fund. (b) If the aggregate amount recommended by the applicable Adviser(s) 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 Co- Investment Affiliates, collectively, in the same transaction, exceeds the amount of the investment opportunity, the amount proposed to be invested by each such party 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(s) 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(s) will distribute written information concerning the Potential Co-Investment Transaction, including the amount proposed to be invested by each Regulated Fund and each Co- Investment Affiliate 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 Co-Investment Affiliates 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 stockholders and do not involve overreaching in respect of the Regulated Fund or its stockholders on the part of any person concerned; (ii) the Potential Co-Investment Transaction is consistent with: (A) The interests of the Regulated Fund's stockholders; and (B) the Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies; (iii) the investment by the other Regulated Funds or any Co- Investment Affiliates 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 any other Regulated Fund or Co- Investment Affiliate; provided that, if any other Regulated Fund or Co- Investment Affiliate, but not the Regulated Fund itself, gains the right to nominate a director for election to a [[Page 76722]] 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(s) agree to, and do, provide periodic reports to the Board of the Regulated Fund 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 participate in the governance or management of the portfolio company; and (C) any fees or other compensation that any other Regulated Fund, or any Co-Investment Affiliate, or any affiliated person of either receives in connection with the right of any other Regulated Fund or a Co-Investment Affiliate 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 Co-Investment Affiliates (which 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 Co-Investment Affiliates, 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(s) 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 and Co-Investment Affiliates 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 below,\11\ a Regulated Fund will not invest in reliance on the Order in any issuer in which another Regulated Fund, Co-Investment Affiliate, or any affiliated person of another Regulated Fund or Co- Investment Affiliate is an existing investor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \11\ This exception applies only to Follow-On Investments by a Regulated Fund in issuers in which that Regulated Fund already holds investments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Co- Investment Affiliate. The grant to a Co-Investment Affiliate 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 Co-Investment Affiliate 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 Adviser(s) 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 any participating Co- Investment Affiliates and any other 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 Co-Investment Affiliate and Regulated 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 applicable Adviser(s) will provide its written recommendation as to the Regulated Fund's participation to the Regulated Fund's 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 Co-Investment Affiliate and each Regulated Fund will bear its own expenses in connection with any such Disposition. 8. (a) If any Co-Investment Affiliate 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 Adviser(s) 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 Co-Investment Affiliate and each Regulated Fund in such investment is proportionate to its outstanding investments in the issuer immediately preceding the Follow-On Investment; (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); and (iii) the Board of the Regulated Fund is provided on a quarterly basis with a list of all Follow-On Investments made in accordance with this condition. In all other cases, the applicable Adviser(s) 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. [[Page 76723]] (c) If, with respect to any Follow-On Investment: (i) The amount of the Follow-On Investment is not based on the Co- Investment Affiliates' and the Regulated Funds' outstanding investments immediately preceding the Follow-On Investment; and (ii) the aggregate amount recommended by the applicable Adviser(s) to be invested by each Regulated Fund in the Follow-On Investment, together with the amount proposed to be invested by the participating Co-Investment Affiliates in the same transaction, exceeds the amount of the opportunity, then the amount to be invested by each such party 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. (d) The acquisition of Follow-On Investments as permitted by this condition will be considered a Co-Investment Transaction for all purposes and subject to the other conditions set forth in the application. 9. The Independent 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 the Co-Investment Affiliates and the other Regulated Funds that the Regulated Fund considered but declined to participate in, so that the Independent 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 Independent 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 Independent 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 any Co-Investment Affiliate. 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 1933 Act) will, to the extent not payable by the Advisers under their respective advisory agreements with the Co-Investment Affiliates and the Regulated Funds, be shared by the participating Co-Investment Affiliates and the participating Regulated Funds in proportion to the relative amounts of the securities held or being 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 Co-Investment Affiliates and Regulated Funds on a pro rata basis based on the amount they each 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 the 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 Co-Investment Affiliates and Regulated Funds based on the amount each invests in such Co- Investment Transaction. None of the Co-Investment Affiliates, the Regulated Funds, the Advisers nor any affiliated person of the Regulated Funds or Co-Investment Affiliates 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 Co-Investment Affiliates and the Regulated 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 the Advisers, investment advisory fees paid in accordance with their respective investment advisory agreements with the Regulated Funds and Co-Investment Affiliates). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \12\ Applicants are not requesting and the staff is not providing any relief for transaction fees received in connection with any Co-Investment Transaction. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. If the Holders own in the aggregate more than 25 percent of the Shares of a Regulated Fund, then the Holders will vote such Shares as directed by an independent third party (such as the trustee of a voting trust or a proxy adviser) when voting on (1) the election of directors; (2) the removal of one or more directors; or (3) any matters requiring approval by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities, as defined in section 2(a)(42) of the Act. For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, under delegated authority. Robert W. Errett, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-31070 Filed 12-9-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
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proposed rule change between the Fund IV, L.P. (the ‘‘Existing Co- end management investment company
Commission and any person, other than Investment Affiliate’’); Alcentra NY, registered under the Act. The
those that may be withheld from the LLC (‘‘Alcentra NY’’); Alcentra Limited Company’s investment objective is to
public in accordance with the (together with Alcentra NY, the generate both current income and
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be ‘‘Alcentra Advisers’’), and The Dreyfus capital appreciation primarily by
available for Web site viewing and Corporation (‘‘Dreyfus’’). making direct investments in lower
printing in the Commission’s Public DATES: Filing Dates: The application was middle-market companies in the form of
Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., filed on October 16, 2014 and amended subordinated debt and, to a lesser
Washington, DC 20549, on official on April 2, 2015 and August 6, 2015. extent, senior debt and minority equity
business days between the hours of Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An investments. BAMSCF’s investment
10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the order granting the requested relief will objective is to seek total return
filing also will be available for be issued unless the Commission orders consisting of capital appreciation and
inspection and copying at the principal a hearing. Interested persons may income. A majority of the board of
office of the Exchange. All comments request a hearing by writing to the directors (‘‘Board’’) 2 of the Company are
received will be posted without change; Commission’s Secretary and serving persons who are not ‘‘interested
the Commission does not edit personal applicants with a copy of the request, persons,’’ as defined in section 2(a)(19)
identifying information from personally or by mail. Hearing requests of the Act (the ‘‘Independent
submissions. You should submit only should be received by the Commission Directors’’). It is anticipated that the
information that you wish to make by 5:30 p.m. on December 29, 2015, and BAMSCF Board will be comprised
available publicly. All submissions should be accompanied by proof of entirely of Independent Directors.
should refer to File Number SR–MIAX– service on applicants, in the form of an 2. The Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned
2015–65 and should be submitted on or affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of Investment Sub (as defined below), the
before December 31, 2015. service. Hearing requests should state sole business purpose of which is to
the nature of the writer’s interest, the hold one or more investments on behalf
For the Commission, by the Division of
Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated reason for the request, and the issues of the Company. The Subsidiary is a
authority.17 contested. Persons who wish to be Delaware entity.
Robert W. Errett, notified of a hearing may request 3. The Existing Co-Investment
notification by writing to the Affiliate is a Delaware limited
Deputy Secretary.
Commission’s Secretary. partnership. In reliance on the exclusion
[FR Doc. 2015–31065 Filed 12–9–15; 8:45 am]
from the definition of ‘‘investment
BILLING CODE 8011–01–P ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities
company’’ provided by section 3(c)(1) or
and Exchange Commission, 100 F St.
3(c)(7) of the Act, none of the Co-
NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.
Investment Affiliates (as defined below)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Applicants: Alcentra Capital
will be registered under the Act.
COMMISSION Corporation, 200 Park Avenue, 7th 4. Alcentra NY is a Delaware limited
Floor, New York, NY 10166. liable company that is registered as an
[Release No. IC–31927; File No. 812–14374]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: investment adviser under the
Alcentra Capital Corporation, et al.; Vanessa M. Meeks, Senior Counsel, or Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the
Notice of Application Melissa R. Harke, Branch Chief, at (202) ‘‘Advisers Act’’). Alcentra NY serves as
551–6825 (Chief Counsel’s Office, investment adviser to the Company
December 4, 2015. Division of Investment Management). pursuant to an investment advisory
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agreement and also serves as investment
Commission (‘‘Commission’’). following is a summary of the adviser to the Existing Co-Investment
ACTION: Notice of application for an application. The complete application Affiliate. Alcentra Limited is
order under sections 17(d) and 57(i) of may be obtained via the Commission’s incorporated in the United Kingdom
the Investment Company Act of 1940 Web site by searching for the file and Wales and is registered as an
(the ‘‘Act’’) and rule 17d–1 under the number, or for an applicant using the investment adviser under the Advisers
Act to permit certain joint transactions Company name box, at http:// Act. Alcentra Limited is proposed to
otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d) www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by serve as a sub-adviser to BAMSCF.
and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d–1 calling (202) 551–8090. Dreyfus is a corporation organized
under the Act. under the laws of the State of New York
Applicants’ Representations
that is registered as an investment
SUMMARY: Applicants request an order to 1. The Existing Regulated Funds were adviser under the Advisers Act. Dreyfus
permit business development each organized as a corporation under is proposed to serve as investment
companies (‘‘BDCs’’) and certain closed- the General Corporate Laws of the State manager to BAMSCF.
end management investment companies of Maryland. The Company operates as 5. Applicants seek an order (‘‘Order’’)
to co-invest in portfolio companies with an externally-managed, non-diversified, to permit a Regulated Fund 3 (or a
each other and with affiliated closed-end management investment
investment funds. company that has elected to be 2 ‘‘Board’’ refers to the board of directors of any
Applicants: Alcentra Capital regulated as a business development Regulated Fund (as defined below).
Corporation (the ‘‘Company’’); BNY company (‘‘BDC’’) under the Act.1 3 ‘‘Regulated Funds’’ means the Existing
Regulated Funds and any future closed-end
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Mellon Alcentra Multi-Strategy Credit BAMSCF is a non-diversified, closed- investment companies that (a) are registered under
Fund, Inc. (‘‘BAMSCF,’’ and together the Act or have elected to be regulated as a BDC
with the Company, the ‘‘Existing 1 Section 2(a)(48) defines a BDC to be any closed- under the Act, (b) will be advised by an Adviser,
Regulated Funds’’); Alcentra BDC end investment company that operates for the and (c) that intend to participate in the Co-
Equity Holdings, LLC (the purpose of making investments in securities Investment Program. ‘‘Adviser’’ means (a) Alcentra
described in sections 55(a)(1) through 55(a)(3) of the NY, Alcentra Limited, or Dreyfus or (b) any other
‘‘Subsidiary’’); Alcentra Middle Market Act and makes available significant managerial existing or future investment adviser that controls,
assistance with respect to the issuers of such is controlled by or is under common control with
17 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). securities. Continued
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(c) If, with respect to any Follow-On Investment Transaction (including, of directors; (2) the removal of one or
Investment: without limitation, the expenses of the more directors; or (3) any matters
(i) The amount of the Follow-On distribution of any such securities requiring approval by the vote of a
Investment is not based on the Co- registered for sale under the 1933 Act) majority of the outstanding voting
Investment Affiliates’ and the Regulated will, to the extent not payable by the securities, as defined in section 2(a)(42)
Funds’ outstanding investments Advisers under their respective advisory of the Act.
immediately preceding the Follow-On agreements with the Co-Investment For the Commission, by the Division of
Investment; and Affiliates and the Regulated Funds, be Investment Management, under delegated
(ii) the aggregate amount shared by the participating Co- authority.
recommended by the applicable Investment Affiliates and the Robert W. Errett,
Adviser(s) to be invested by each participating Regulated Funds in Deputy Secretary.
Regulated Fund in the Follow-On proportion to the relative amounts of the [FR Doc. 2015–31070 Filed 12–9–15; 8:45 am]
Investment, together with the amount securities held or being acquired or BILLING CODE 8011–01–P
proposed to be invested by the disposed of, as the case may be.
participating Co-Investment Affiliates in 13. Any transaction fee 12 (including
the same transaction, exceeds the break-up or commitment fees but SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
amount of the opportunity, then the excluding broker’s fees contemplated by COMMISSION
amount to be invested by each such section 17(e) or 57(k) of the Act, as
party will be allocated among them pro applicable) received in connection with [SEC File No. 270–54, OMB Control No.
rata based on each participating party’s 3235–0056]
a Co-Investment Transaction will be
capital available for investment in the distributed to the participating Co-
asset class being allocated, up to the Submission for OMB Review;
Investment Affiliates and Regulated Comment Request
amount proposed to be invested by Funds on a pro rata basis based on the
each. amount they each invested or Upon Written Request Copies Available
(d) The acquisition of Follow-On committed, as the case may be, in such From: Securities and Exchange
Investments as permitted by this Co-Investment Transaction. If any Commission, Office of FOIA Services,
condition will be considered a Co- transaction fee is to be held by an 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC
Investment Transaction for all purposes Adviser pending consummation of the 20549–2736.
and subject to the other conditions set transaction, the fee will be deposited Extension:
forth in the application. into an account maintained by the Form 8–A.
9. The Independent Directors of each
Adviser at a bank or banks having the Notice is hereby given that, pursuant
Regulated Fund will be provided
qualifications prescribed in section to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
quarterly for review all information
26(a)(1) of the Act, and the account will (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities
concerning Potential Co-Investment
earn a competitive rate of interest that and Exchange Commission
Transactions and Co-Investment
will also be divided pro rata among the (‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the
Transactions, including investments
participating Co-Investment Affiliates Office of Management and Budget this
made by the Co-Investment Affiliates
and Regulated Funds based on the request for extension of the previously
and the other Regulated Funds that the
amount each invests in such Co- approved collection of information
Regulated Fund considered but declined
Investment Transaction. None of the Co- discussed below.
to participate in, so that the
Investment Affiliates, the Regulated Form 8–A (17 CFR 249.208a) is a
Independent Directors may determine
Funds, the Advisers nor any affiliated registration statement used to register a
whether all investments made during
person of the Regulated Funds or Co- class of securities under Section 12(b) or
the preceding quarter, including those
Investment Affiliates will receive Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange
investments that the Regulated Fund
additional compensation or Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l(b) and 78l(g))
considered but declined to participate
remuneration of any kind as a result of (‘‘Exchange Act’’). Section 12(a) (15
in, comply with the conditions of the
or in connection with a Co-Investment U.S.C. 78l(a)) of the Exchange Act
Order. In addition, the Independent
Transaction (other than (a) in the case makes it unlawful for any member,
Directors will consider at least annually
of the Co-Investment Affiliates and the broker, or dealer to effect any
the continued appropriateness for the
Regulated Funds, the pro rata transaction in any security (other than
Regulated Fund of participating in new
transaction fees described above and an exempted security) on a national
and existing Co-Investment
fees or other compensation described in securities exchange unless such security
Transactions.
10. Each Regulated Fund will condition 2(c)(iii)(C), and (b) in the case has been registered under the Exchange
maintain the records required by section of the Advisers, investment advisory Act (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.). Exchange
57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the fees paid in accordance with their Act Section 12(b) establishes the
Regulated Funds were a BDC and each respective investment advisory registration procedures. Exchange Act
of the investments permitted under agreements with the Regulated Funds Section 12(g) requires an issuer that is
these conditions were approved by the and Co-Investment Affiliates). not a bank or bank holding company to
14. If the Holders own in the aggregate register a class of equity securities (other
Required Majority under section 57(f) of
more than 25 percent of the Shares of than exempted securities) within 120
the Act.
11. No Independent Director of a a Regulated Fund, then the Holders will days after its fiscal year end if, on the
vote such Shares as directed by an
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Regulated Fund will also be a director, last day of its fiscal year, the issuer has
general partner, managing member or independent third party (such as the total assets of more than $10 million
principal, or otherwise an ‘‘affiliated trustee of a voting trust or a proxy and the class of equity securities is
person’’ (as defined in the Act), of any adviser) when voting on (1) the election ‘‘held of record’’ by either (i) 2,000
Co-Investment Affiliate. 12 Applicants are not requesting and the staff is
persons, or (ii) 500 persons who are not
12. The expenses, if any, associated not providing any relief for transaction fees
accredited investors. An issuer that is a
with acquiring, holding or disposing of received in connection with any Co-Investment bank or a bank holding company, must
any securities acquired in a Co- Transaction. register a class of equity securities (other
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| 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 to permit certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act. | |
| Contact | Vanessa M. Meeks, Senior Counsel, or Melissa R. Harke, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6825 (Chief Counsel's Office, Division of Investment Management). | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 76719 |
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