81_FR_29000 81 FR 28910 - Triloma EIG Global Energy Fund, et al.; Notice of Application

81 FR 28910 - Triloma EIG Global Energy Fund, et al.; Notice of Application

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 90 (May 10, 2016)

Page Range28910-28915
FR Document2016-10960

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28910-28915]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. IC-32106; File No. 812-14429]


Triloma EIG Global Energy Fund, et al.; Notice of Application

May 5, 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 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.

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Summary of Application: Applicants request an order to permit certain 
business development companies (``BDC'') and closed-end management 
investment companies to co-invest in portfolio companies with each 
other and with affiliated investment funds.

Applicants: Triloma EIG Global Energy Fund (the ``Perpetual Fund''), 
Triloma EIG Global Energy Term Fund I (the ``Term Fund'' and, together 
with the Perpetual Fund, the ``Existing Regulated Entities''); Triloma 
Energy Advisors, LLC (``Triloma''); EIG Credit Management Company, LLC 
(``EIG''); EIG Asset Management, LLC, EIG Funds Management, LLC, EIG 
Management Company, LLC, EIG Global Energy (Asia) Limited, EIG Harbour 
Energy Advisor, L.P. (collectively, together with EIG, the ``Existing 
EIG Advisors''); EIG-Gateway Direct Investments, L.P., EIG Energy Fund 
XVI, L.P., EIG Energy Fund XVI-B, L.P., EIG Energy Fund XVI-E, L.P., 
EIG Energy Fund XVI (Cayman), L.P., EIG Energy Fund XVI (Scotland), 
L.P., EIG-Keats Energy Partners, L.P., EIG Global Private Debt Fund-A, 
L.P., EIG Global Private Debt Fund-A (UL), L.P., EIG Global Private 
Debt Sub Fund-B, L.P., EIG Global Private Debt Sub B (UL), L.P., EIG 
Global Private Debt Finco-B, LLC, EIG Global Private Debt Finco-B (UL), 
LLC, and Harbour Energy Ltd. (collectively, the ``Existing Affiliated 
Investors'').

Filing Dates: The application was filed on March 6, 2015, and amended 
on November 12, 2015, February 24, 2016, and April 29, 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 May 27, 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: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F 
St. NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants: Triloma and the 
Existing Regulated Entities: 201 N. New York Avenue, Suite 250, Winter 
Park, FL 32789; the Existing EIG Advisors and the Existing Affiliated 
Investors: 1700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Shapiro, Senior Counsel, at 
(202) 551-7758 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 http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090.

Applicants' Representations

    1. Term Fund was organized under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act 
for the purpose of operating as an externally-managed, non-diversified, 
closed-end management investment company. Term Fund is a registered 
investment company under the Act. Term Fund's Objectives and Strategies 
\1\ are to provide shareholders with current income, capital 
preservation and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation by 
investing primarily in a global portfolio of privately originated 
energy company and project debt. Term Fund has a five member Board,\2\ 
of which three members are Independent Trustees,\3\ one member is 
considered an ``interested person'' of Triloma, within the meaning of 
section 2(a)(19) of the Act, and one member is considered an 
``interested person'' of EIG.
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    \1\ ``Objectives and Strategies'' means a Regulated Entity's (as 
defined below) investment objectives and strategies, as described in 
the Regulated Entity's registration statement on Form N-2, other 
filings the Regulated Entity 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 Entity's reports 
to shareholders.
    \2\ The term ``Board'' refers to the board of directors or 
trustees of any Regulated Entity.
    \3\ The term ``Independent Trustees'' refers to the trustees or 
directors of any Regulated Entity that are not ``interested 
persons'' of the Regulated Entity within the meaning of section 
2(a)(19) of the Act.
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    2. Perpetual Fund was organized under the Delaware Statutory Trust 
Act for the purpose of operating as an externally-managed, non-
diversified, closed-end management investment company. Perpetual Fund 
is a registered investment company under the Act. Perpetual Fund has 
the same Objectives and Strategies as Term Fund. Perpetual Fund will be 
governed by a Board comprised of the same trustees (including 
Independent Trustees) that serve as the Board of Term Fund.
    3. Triloma is a Florida limited liability company and is registered 
as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the 
``Advisers Act''). Triloma serves as the investment adviser to the 
Existing Regulated Entities. Triloma also provides administrative 
services to the Existing Regulated Entities under an administrative 
services agreement.
    4. EIG is a Delaware limited liability company and is registered as 
an investment adviser under the Advisers Act. EIG serves as the sub-
adviser to the Existing Regulated Entities. EIG is an indirectly owned 
subsidiary of EIG Global Energy Partners, LLC (``EIG Partners'').
    5. Each Existing Affiliated Investors is a privately-offered fund 
that would be an investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) 
of the Act. An Existing EIG Advisor serves as the investment adviser to 
each Existing Affiliated Investor. Each Existing EIG Advisor is either, 
directly or indirectly, controlled by EIG Partners or under common 
control with EIG and is registered as an investment adviser under the 
Advisers Act.
    6. Applicants seek an order (``Order'') to permit one or more 
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Investors \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 
sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) and the rules under the Act. For purposes 
of the application, ``Co-Investment Transaction'' means any transaction 
in which a Regulated Entity (or its Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary, 
as defined below) participated together with one or more other 
Regulated Entities and/or one or more Affiliated Investors in reliance 
on the requested Order. ``Potential Co-Investment Transaction'' means 
any investment opportunity in which a Regulated Entity (or its Wholly-
Owned Investment Subsidiary) could not participate together with one or 
more Affiliated Investors and/or one or more other Regulated Entities 
without obtaining and relying on the Order.\6\ The term ``Advisor'' 
means any Triloma Advisor or any EIG Advisor.
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    \4\ ``Regulated Entity'' means any of the Existing Regulated 
Entities and any Future Regulated Entity. ``Future Regulated 
Entity'' means a closed-end management investment company (a) that 
is registered under the Act or has elected to be regulated as a BDC 
under the Act, (b) whose investment adviser is a Triloma Advisor and 
(c) whose investment sub-adviser is an EIG Advisor. ``Triloma 
Advisor'' means Triloma or any future investment adviser that (i) 
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with Triloma, 
(ii) is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act 
and (iii) is not a Regulated Entity or a subsidiary of a Regulated 
Entity. ``EIG Advisor'' means any Existing EIG Advisor or any future 
investment adviser that (i) controls, is controlled by or is under 
common control with EIG, (ii) is registered as an investment adviser 
under the Advisers Act, and (iii) is not a Regulated Entity or a 
subsidiary of a Regulated Entity.
    \5\ ``Affiliated Investors'' means the Existing Affiliated 
Investors and any Future Affiliated Investor. ``Future Affiliated 
Investor'' means an entity (a) whose investment adviser is an EIG 
Advisor and (b) that would be an investment company but for section 
3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act.
    \6\ 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 Entity may, from time to time, 
form a Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary.\7\ Such a subsidiary would 
be prohibited from investing in a Co-Investment Transaction with any 
Affiliated Investor because it would be a company controlled by its 
parent Regulated Entity for purposes of section 57(a)(4) and rule 17d-
1. Applicants request that each Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary be 
permitted to participate in Co-Investment Transactions in lieu of its 
parent Regulated Entity and that the Wholly-Owned Investment 
Subsidiary's participation in any such transaction be treated, for 
purposes of the requested Order, as though the parent Regulated Entity 
were participating directly. Applicants represent that this treatment 
is justified because a Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary would have no 
purpose other than serving as a holding vehicle for the Regulated 
Entity's investments and, therefore, no conflicts of interest could 
arise between the Regulated Entity and the Wholly-Owned Investment 
Subsidiary. The Regulated Entity's Board would make all relevant 
determinations under the conditions with regard to a Wholly-Owned 
Investment Subsidiary's participation in a Co-Investment Transaction, 
and the Regulated Entity's Board would be informed of, and take into 
consideration, any proposed use of a Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary 
in the Regulated Entity's place. If the Regulated Entity proposes to 
participate in the same Co-Investment Transaction with any of its 
Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiaries, the Board will also be informed 
of, and take into consideration, the relative participation of the 
Regulated Entity and the Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary.
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    \7\ The term ``Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary'' means an 
entity (i) that is wholly-owned by a Regulated Entity (with such 
Regulated Entity 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 Entity (and, in the case of an entity that is licensed by 
the Small Business Administration to operate under the Small 
Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended (the ``SBA Act''), as a 
small business investment company (an ``SBIC''), to maintain a 
license under the SBA Act and issue debentures guaranteed by the 
Small Business Administration); (iii) with respect to which the 
Regulated Entity'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 section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act. All 
subsidiaries participating in the Co-Investment Program will be 
Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiaries and will have Objectives and 
Strategies that are either substantially the same as, or a subset 
of, their parent Regulated Entity's Objectives and Strategies. A 
subsidiary that is an SBIC may be a Wholly-Owned Investment 
Subsidiary if it satisfies the conditions in this definition.
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    8. It is anticipated that an EIG Advisor will periodically 
determine that certain investments the EIG Advisor recommends for a 
Regulated Entity would also be appropriate investments for one or more 
other Regulated Entities and/or one or more Affiliated Investors. Such 
a determination may result in the Regulated Entity, one or more other 
Regulated Entities and/or one or more Affiliated Investors co-investing 
in certain investment opportunities. For each such investment 
opportunity, the Advisors to each Regulated Entity will independently 
analyze and evaluate the investment opportunity as to its 
appropriateness for such Regulated Entity taking into consideration the 
Regulated Entity's Objectives and Strategies.
    9. Applicants state that Triloma serves as the Existing Regulated 
Entities' investment adviser and administrator and either it or another 
Triloma Advisor will serve in the same capacity to any Future Regulated 
Entity, and that EIG serves as the Existing Regulated Entities' sub-
adviser and either it or another EIG Advisor will serve in the same 
capacity to any Future Regulated Entity. Applicants represent that 
although an EIG Advisor will identify and recommend investments \8\ for 
each Regulated Entity, prior to any investment by the Regulated Entity, 
the EIG Advisor will present each proposed investment to the Triloma 
Advisor which has the authority to approve or reject all investments 
proposed for the Regulated Entity by the EIG Advisor.
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    \8\ Applicants represent that the Triloma Advisors will not 
source any Potential Co-Investment Transactions under the requested 
Order.
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    10. Applicants state that each EIG Advisor has (or will have, in 
the case of future advisers) an investment committee through which it 
will carry out its obligation under condition 1 to make a determination 
as to the appropriateness of a Potential Co-Investment Transaction for 
each Regulated Entity. Applicants represent that each EIG Advisor, as a 
registered investment adviser, has (or will have, in the case of future 
advisers) developed a robust allocation process that is designed to 
allocate investment opportunities fairly and equitably among its 
clients over time. Applicants state that, in the case of a Potential 
Co-Investment Transaction, the applicable EIG Advisor would apply its 
allocation policies and procedures in determining the proposed 
allocation for the Regulated Entity consistent with the requirements of 
condition 2(a).
    11. Applicants state that, once the applicable EIG Advisor 
determined a proposed allocation for a Regulated Entity, such EIG 
Advisor would notify the applicable Triloma Advisor of the Potential 
Co-Investment Transaction and the EIG Advisor's recommended allocation 
for such Regulated Entity. Applicants further state that the applicable 
Triloma Advisor would then present the Potential Co-Investment 
Transaction and the EIG Advisor's proposed allocation to the Triloma 
Advisor's investment committee for its approval. Applicants represent 
that the Triloma Advisor's investment committee would review the EIG 
Advisor's recommendation for the Regulated Entity and would have the 
ability to ask questions of the EIG Advisor and request additional 
information from the EIG Advisor. Applicants further submit that if the 
Triloma Advisor's investment committee approved the investment for the 
Regulated Entity, the investment and all relevant allocation 
information would then be presented to the Regulated Entity's Board for 
its approval in accordance with the conditions to the application. 
Applicants state that they believe the investment process between the 
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the Regulated Entity's Board (which is in addition to, rather than in 
lieu of, the procedures required under the conditions of the 
application), is significant and provides for additional procedures and 
processes to ensure that the Regulated Entity is being treated fairly 
in respect of Potential Co-Investment Transactions.
    12. If the Advisors to a Regulated Entity determine that a 
Potential Co-Investment Opportunity is appropriate for the Regulated 
Entity (and the applicable Triloma Advisor approves the investment for 
such Regulated Entity), and one or more other Regulated Entities and/or 
one or more Affiliated Investors may also participate, the Advisors 
will present the investment opportunity to the Eligible Trustees \9\ of 
the Regulated Entity prior to the actual investment by the Regulated 
Entity. As to any Regulated Entity, a Co-Investment Transaction will be 
consummated only upon approval by a required majority of the Eligible 
Trustees of such Regulated Entity within the meaning of section 57(o) 
of the Act (``Required Majority'').\10\
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    \9\ ``Eligible Trustees'' means the trustees or directors of a 
Regulated Entity that are eligible to vote under section 57(o) of 
the Act.
    \10\ In the case of a Regulated Entity that is a registered 
closed-end fund, the trustees or directors that make up the Required 
Majority will be determined as if the Regulated Entity were a BDC 
subject to section 57(o). As defined in section 57(o), ``required 
majority'' means ``both a majority of a business development 
company's directors or general partners who have no financial 
interest in such transaction, plan, or arrangement and a majority of 
such directors or general partners who are not interested persons of 
such company.''
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    13. With respect to the pro rata dispositions and follow-on 
Investments provided in conditions 7 and 8, a Regulated Entity 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 Entity and 
Affiliated Investor 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) each 
Regulated Entity's Board has approved that Regulated Entity's 
participation in pro rata dispositions and follow-on investments as 
being in the best interests of the Regulated Entity. If the Board does 
not so approve, any such disposition or follow-on investment will be 
submitted to the Regulated Entity's Eligible Trustees. The Board of any 
Regulated Entity 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 Trustees.
    14. No Independent Trustee of a Regulated Entity will have a 
financial interest in any Co-Investment Transaction.
    15. Under condition 15, if an Advisor or its principals, or any 
person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the 
Advisor or its the principals, and any Affiliated Investors 
(collectively, the ``Holders'') own in the aggregate more than 25% of 
the outstanding voting securities of a Regulated Entity (``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 
Trustees will act independently in evaluating the Co-Investment 
Program, because the ability of the Advisor or its principals to 
influence the Independent Trustees by a suggestion, explicit or 
implied, that the Independent Trustees can be removed will be limited 
significantly. Applicants represent that the Independent Trustees shall 
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 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act prohibit 
participation by a registered investment company and an affiliated 
person in any ``joint enterprise or other joint arrangement or profit-
sharing plan,'' as defined in the rule, without prior approval by the 
Commission by order upon application. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule 
17d-1 under the Act are applicable to Regulated Entities that are 
registered closed-end investment companies. Similarly, with regard to 
BDCs, section 57(a)(4) of the Act makes it unlawful for any person who 
is related to a BDC in a manner described in section 57(b), acting as 
principal, knowingly to effect any transaction in which the BDC (or a 
company controlled by such BDC) is a joint or a joint and several 
participant with that person in contravention of rules as prescribed by 
the Commission. Because the Commission has not adopted any rules 
expressly under section 57(a)(4), section 57(i) provides that the rules 
under section 17(d) applicable to registered closed-end investment 
companies (e.g., rule 17d-1) are, in the interim, deemed to apply to 
transactions subject to section 57(a). Rule 17d-1, as made applicable 
to BDCs by section 57(i), prohibits any person who is related to a BDC 
in a manner described in section 57(b), as modified by rule 57b-1, from 
acting as principal, from participating in, or effecting any 
transaction in connection with, any joint enterprise or other joint 
arrangement or profit-sharing plan in which the BDC (or a company 
controlled by such BDC) is a participant, unless an application 
regarding the joint enterprise, arrangement, or profit-sharing plan has 
been filed with the Commission and has been granted by an order entered 
prior to the submission of the plan or any modification thereof, to 
security holders for approval, or prior to its adoption or modification 
if not so submitted.
    2. 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 submit that Each Regulated Entity may be deemed to be 
an ``affiliated person'' of each other Regulated Entity within the 
meaning of section 2(a)(3) of the Act. Applicants state that the 
Regulated Entities, by virtue of each having a Triloma Advisor, may be 
deemed to be under common control, and thus affiliated persons of each 
other under section 2(a)(3)(C) of the Act. Section 17(d) and section 
57(b) apply to any investment adviser to a closed-end fund or a BDC, 
respectively, including the sub-adviser. Thus, an EIG Advisor and any 
Affiliated Investors that it advises could be deemed to be persons 
related to Regulated Entities in a manner described by sections 17(d) 
and 57(b) and therefore prohibited by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) and 
rule 17d-1 from participating in the Co-Investment Program. Applicants 
further submit that, because the EIG Advisors are ``affiliated 
persons'' of other EIG Advisors, Affiliated Investors advised by any of 
them could be deemed to be persons related to Regulated Entities (or a 
company controlled by a Regulated Entity) in a manner described by 
sections 17(d) and 57(b) and also prohibited from participating in the 
Co-Investment Program.
    4. Applicants state that they expect that that co-investment in 
portfolio companies by a Regulated Entity, one or more other Regulated 
Entities and/or one or more Affiliated Investors will increase 
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    5. Applicants submit that the fact that the Required Majority will 
approve each Co-Investment Transaction before investment (except for 
certain dispositions or follow-on investments, as described in the 
conditions), and other protective conditions set forth in the 
application, will ensure that each Regulated Entity will be treated 
fairly. Applicants state that each Regulated Entity's 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 
further state that the terms and conditions proposed herein will ensure 
that all such transactions are reasonable and fair to each Regulated 
Entity and the Affiliated Investors and do not involve overreaching by 
any person concerned, including Triloma or EIG.

Applicants' Conditions

    Applicants agree that the Order will be subject to the following 
conditions:
    1. Each time an EIG Advisor considers a Potential Co-Investment 
Transaction for an Affiliated Investor or another Regulated Entity that 
falls within a Regulated Entity's then-current Objectives and 
Strategies, the Advisors to the Regulated Entity will make an 
independent determination of the appropriateness of the investment for 
the Regulated Entity in light of the Regulated Entity's then-current 
circumstances.
    2. a. If the Advisors to a Regulated Entity deem participation in 
any Potential Co-Investment Transaction to be appropriate for the 
Regulated Entity, the Advisors will then determine an appropriate level 
of investment for such Regulated Entity.
    b. If the aggregate amount recommended by the Advisors to a 
Regulated Entity to be invested by the Regulated Entity in the 
Potential Co-Investment Transaction, together with the amount proposed 
to be invested by the other participating Regulated Entities and 
Affiliated Investors, collectively, in the same transaction, exceeds 
the amount of the investment opportunity, the amount of the investment 
opportunity will be allocated among the Regulated Entities and such 
Affiliated Investors, pro rata based on each participant's Available 
Capital \11\ for investment in the asset class being allocated, up to 
the amount proposed to be invested by each. The Advisors to each 
participating Regulated Entity will provide the Eligible Trustees of 
each participating Regulated Entity with information concerning each 
participating party's Available Capital to assist the Eligible Trustees 
with their review of the Regulated Entity's investments for compliance 
with these allocation procedures.
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    \11\ ``Available Capital'' means (a) for each Regulated Entity, 
the amount of capital available for investment determined based on 
the amount of cash on hand, existing commitments and reserves, if 
any, the targeted leverage level, targeted asset mix and other 
investment policies and restrictions set from time to time by the 
Board of the applicable Regulated Entity or imposed by applicable 
laws, rules, regulations or interpretations and (b) for each 
Affiliated Investor, the amount of capital available for investment 
determined based on the amount of cash on hand, existing commitments 
and reserves, if any, the targeted leverage level, targeted asset 
mix and other investment policies and restrictions set by the 
Affiliated Investor's directors, general partners or adviser or 
imposed by applicable laws, rules, regulations or interpretations.
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    c. After making the determinations required in conditions 1 and 
2(a) above, the Advisors to the Regulated Entity will distribute 
written information concerning the Potential Co-Investment Transaction, 
including the amount proposed to be invested by each Regulated Entity 
and any Affiliated Investor, to the Eligible Trustees of each 
participating Regulated Entity for their consideration. A Regulated 
Entity will co-invest with one or more other Regulated Entities and/or 
an Affiliated Investor only if, prior to the Regulated Entities' and 
the Affiliated Investors' 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 
Entity and its shareholders and do not involve overreaching in respect 
of the Regulated Entity or its shareholders on the part of any person 
concerned;
    (ii) the Potential Co-Investment Transaction is consistent with:
    (a) The interests of the Regulated Entity's shareholders; and
    (b) the Regulated Entity's then-current Objectives and Strategies;
    (iii) the investment by any other Regulated Entity or an Affiliated 
Investor would not disadvantage the Regulated Entity, and participation 
by the Regulated Entity would not be on a basis different from or less 
advantageous than that of any other Regulated Entity or Affiliated 
Investor; provided, that if another Regulated Entity or Affiliated 
Investor, but not the Regulated Entity 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 a Required 
Majority from reaching the conclusions required by this condition 
2(c)(iii), if:
    (a) The Eligible Trustees will have the right to ratify the 
selection of such director or board observer, if any; and
    (b) the Advisors to the Regulated Entity agree to, and do, provide 
periodic reports to the Regulated Entity'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 
participate in the governance or management of the portfolio company; 
and
    (c) any fees or other compensation that any other Regulated Entity 
or any Affiliated Investor or any affiliated person of any other 
Regulated Entity or an Affiliated Investor receives in connection with 
the right of one or more Regulated Entities or Affiliated Investors 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 
Investors (who may, in turn, share their portion with their affiliated 
persons) and any participating Regulated Entity in accordance with the 
amount of each party's investment; and
    (iv) the proposed investment by the Regulated Entity will not 
benefit the Advisors, any other Regulated Entity or the Affiliated 
Investors 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 under sections 
17(e) and 57(k) of the Act, as applicable, (C) in the case of fees or 
other compensation described in condition 2(c)(iii)(c), or (D) 
indirectly, as a result of an interest in the securities issued by one 
of the parties to the Co-Investment Transaction.
    3. Each Regulated Entity will have the right to decline to 
participate in any Potential Co-Investment Transaction or to invest 
less than the amount proposed.
    4. The Advisors will present to the Board of each Regulated Entity, 
on a quarterly basis, a record of all investments in Potential Co-
Investment Transactions made by any of the other Regulated Entities or 
any of the Affiliated Investors during the preceding quarter that fell 
within the Regulated Entity's then-current Objectives and Strategies 
that were not made available to the Regulated Entity, and an 
explanation of why the investment opportunities were not offered to the 
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information presented to the Board pursuant to this condition will be 
kept for the life of the Regulated Entity 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,\12\ a Regulated Entity will not invest in reliance on the 
Order in any issuer in which another Regulated Entity or an Affiliated 
Investor or any affiliated person of another Regulated Entity or an 
Affiliated Investor is an existing investor.
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Regulated Entity in issuers in which that Regulated Entity already 
holds investments.
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    6. A Regulated Entity 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 Entity and Affiliated 
Investor. The grant to one or more Regulated Entities or Affiliated 
Investors, but not the Regulated Entity itself, 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 Regulated Entity or Affiliated Investor elects to sell, 
exchange or otherwise dispose of an interest in a security that was 
acquired by one or more Regulated Entities and/or Affiliated Investors 
in a Co-Investment Transaction, the Advisors will:
    (i) Notify each Regulated Entity 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 Entity in the disposition.
    b. Each Regulated Entity 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 Affiliated Investors 
and any other Regulated Entity.
    c. A Regulated Entity may participate in such disposition without 
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The proposed 
participation of each Regulated Entity and each Affiliated Investor in 
such disposition is proportionate to its outstanding investments in the 
issuer immediately preceding the disposition; (ii) the Regulated 
Entity's Board has approved as being in the best interests of the 
Regulated Entity the ability to participate in such dispositions on a 
pro rata basis (as described in greater detail in the application); and 
(iii) the Regulated Entity's Board is provided on a quarterly basis 
with a list of all dispositions made in accordance with this condition. 
In all other cases, the Advisors will provide their written 
recommendation as to the Regulated Entity's participation to the 
Eligible Trustees, and the Regulated Entity will participate in such 
disposition solely to the extent that a Required Majority determines 
that it is in the Regulated Entity's best interests.
    d. Each Regulated Entity and each Affiliated Investor will bear its 
own expenses in connection with the disposition.
    8. a. If any Regulated Entity or Affiliated Investor desires to 
make a ``follow-on investment'' (i.e., an additional investment in the 
same entity, including through the exercise of warrants or other rights 
to purchase securities of the issuer) in a portfolio company whose 
securities were acquired by the Regulated Entity and the Affiliated 
Investor in a Co-Investment Transaction, the Advisors will:
    (i) Notify each Regulated Entity 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 Entity.
    b. A Regulated Entity may participate in such follow-on investment 
without obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The 
proposed participation of each Regulated Entity and each Affiliated 
Investor in such investment is proportionate to its outstanding 
investments in the issuer immediately preceding the follow-on 
investment; and (ii) the Regulated Entity's Board has approved as being 
in the best interests of such Regulated Entity 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 Advisors 
will provide their written recommendation as to such Regulated Entity's 
participation to the Eligible Trustees, and the Regulated Entity will 
participate in such follow-on investment solely to the extent that the 
Required Majority determines that it is in such Regulated Entity's best 
interests.
    c. If, with respect to any follow-on investment:
    (i) The amount of a follow-on investment is not based on the 
Regulated Entities' and the Affiliated Investors' outstanding 
investments immediately preceding the follow-on investment; and
    (ii) the aggregate amount recommended by the Advisors to be 
invested by the Regulated Entity in the follow-on investment, together 
with the amount proposed to be invested by the other participating 
Regulated Entities and the Affiliated Investors 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 Available Capital 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 be subject to the other conditions set forth in the 
application.
    9. The Independent Trustees of each Regulated Entity will be 
provided quarterly for review all information concerning Potential Co-
Investment Transactions and Co-Investment Transactions, including 
investments made by other Regulated Entities or Affiliated Investors 
that a Regulated Entity considered but declined to participate in, so 
that the Independent Trustees may determine whether all investments 
made during the preceding quarter, including those investments which 
the Regulated Entity considered but declined to participate in, comply 
with the conditions of the Order. In addition, the Independent Trustees 
will consider at least annually the continued appropriateness for such 
Regulated Entity of participating in new and existing Co-Investment 
Transactions.
    10. Each Regulated Entity will maintain the records required by 
section 57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the Regulated Entities were a 
BDC and each of the investments permitted under these conditions were 
approved by a Required Majority under section 57(f).
    11. No Independent Trustee of a Regulated Entity will also be a 
trustee, director, general partner, managing member or principal, or 
otherwise an ``affiliated person'' (as defined in the Act) of any 
Affiliated Investor.
    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) shall, to the 
extent not payable by the

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Advisors under their respective advisory agreements with the Regulated 
Entities and the Affiliated Investors, be shared by the Regulated 
Entities and the Affiliated Investors 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 (including break-up or commitment fees but 
excluding brokers' fees contemplated by section 17(e) or 57(k) of the 
Act, as applicable) \13\ received in connection with a Co-Investment 
Transaction will be distributed to the participating Regulated Entities 
and Affiliated Investors on a pro rata basis based on the amount they 
invested or committed, as the case may be, in such Co-Investment 
Transaction. If any transaction fee is to be held by an Advisor pending 
consummation of the transaction, the fee will be deposited into an 
account maintained by the Advisor 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 Entities and 
Affiliated Investors based on the amount they invest in the Co-
Investment Transaction. None of the other Regulated Entities, 
Affiliated Investors, the Advisors nor any affiliated person of the 
Regulated Entities or the Affiliated Investors 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 Entities and the Affiliated Investors, 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 
Advisors, investment advisory fees paid in accordance with the 
Regulated Entities' and the Affiliated Investors' investment advisory 
agreements).
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providing any relief for transaction fees received in connection 
with any Co-Investment Transaction.
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    14. The Advisors to the Regulated Entities and Affiliated Investors 
will maintain written policies and procedures reasonably designed to 
ensure compliance with the foregoing conditions. These policies and 
procedures will require, among other things, that each of the Advisors 
to each Regulated Entity will be notified of all Potential Co-
Investment Transactions that fall within a Regulated Entity's then-
current Objectives and Strategies and will be given sufficient 
information to make its independent determination and recommendations 
under conditions 1, 2(a), 7 and 8.
    15. If the Holders own in the aggregate more than 25 percent of the 
shares of a Regulated Entity, then the Holders will vote such shares as 
directed by an independent third party when voting on (1) the election 
of directors or trustees; (2) the removal of one or more directors or 
trustees; 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. 2016-10960 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                                 by 5:30 p.m. on May 27, 2016, and                          ‘‘interested person’’ of Triloma, within
                                                    COMMISSION                                              should be accompanied by proof of                          the meaning of section 2(a)(19) of the
                                                                                                            service on applicants, in the form of an                   Act, and one member is considered an
                                                    [Release No. IC–32106; File No. 812–14429]
                                                                                                            affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of                ‘‘interested person’’ of EIG.
                                                    Triloma EIG Global Energy Fund, et al.;                 service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the                       2. Perpetual Fund was organized
                                                    Notice of Application                                   Act, hearing requests should state the                     under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act
                                                                                                            nature of the writer’s interest, any facts                 for the purpose of operating as an
                                                    May 5, 2016.                                            bearing upon the desirability of a                         externally-managed, non-diversified,
                                                    AGENCY:  Securities and Exchange                        hearing on the matter, the reason for the                  closed-end management investment
                                                    Commission (‘‘Commission’’).                            request, and the issues contested.                         company. Perpetual Fund is a registered
                                                    ACTION: Notice of application for an                    Persons who wish to be notified of a                       investment company under the Act.
                                                    order under sections 17(d) and 57(i) of                 hearing may request notification by                        Perpetual Fund has the same Objectives
                                                    the Investment Company Act of 1940                      writing to the Commission’s Secretary.                     and Strategies as Term Fund. Perpetual
                                                    (the ‘‘Act’’) and rule 17d–1 under the                  ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities                      Fund will be governed by a Board
                                                    Act to permit certain joint transactions                and Exchange Commission, 100 F St.                         comprised of the same trustees
                                                    otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d)                  NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.                            (including Independent Trustees) that
                                                    and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d–1                  Applicants: Triloma and the Existing                       serve as the Board of Term Fund.
                                                    under the Act.                                          Regulated Entities: 201 N. New York                           3. Triloma is a Florida limited
                                                                                                            Avenue, Suite 250, Winter Park, FL                         liability company and is registered as an
                                                    SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:     Applicants                  32789; the Existing EIG Advisors and                       investment adviser under the
                                                    request an order to permit certain                      the Existing Affiliated Investors: 1700                    Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the
                                                    business development companies                          Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 800,                          ‘‘Advisers Act’’). Triloma serves as the
                                                    (‘‘BDC’’) and closed-end management                     Washington, DC 20006.                                      investment adviser to the Existing
                                                    investment companies to co-invest in                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                       Regulated Entities. Triloma also
                                                    portfolio companies with each other and                 Robert Shapiro, Senior Counsel, at (202)                   provides administrative services to the
                                                    with affiliated investment funds.                       551–7758 or Mary Kay Frech, Branch                         Existing Regulated Entities under an
                                                    APPLICANTS: Triloma EIG Global Energy                   Chief, at (202) 551–6821 (Chief                            administrative services agreement.
                                                    Fund (the ‘‘Perpetual Fund’’), Triloma                                                                                4. EIG is a Delaware limited liability
                                                                                                            Counsel’s Office, Division of Investment
                                                    EIG Global Energy Term Fund I (the                                                                                 company and is registered as an
                                                                                                            Management).
                                                    ‘‘Term Fund’’ and, together with the                                                                               investment adviser under the Advisers
                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                    Perpetual Fund, the ‘‘Existing Regulated                                                                           Act. EIG serves as the sub-adviser to the
                                                                                                            following is a summary of the                              Existing Regulated Entities. EIG is an
                                                    Entities’’); Triloma Energy Advisors,                   application. The complete application
                                                    LLC (‘‘Triloma’’); EIG Credit                                                                                      indirectly owned subsidiary of EIG
                                                                                                            may be obtained via the Commission’s                       Global Energy Partners, LLC (‘‘EIG
                                                    Management Company, LLC (‘‘EIG’’);                      Web site by searching for the file
                                                    EIG Asset Management, LLC, EIG Funds                                                                               Partners’’).
                                                                                                            number, or for an applicant using the                         5. Each Existing Affiliated Investors is
                                                    Management, LLC, EIG Management                         Company name box, at http://                               a privately-offered fund that would be
                                                    Company, LLC, EIG Global Energy                         www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by                        an investment company but for section
                                                    (Asia) Limited, EIG Harbour Energy                      calling (202) 551–8090.                                    3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act. An Existing
                                                    Advisor, L.P. (collectively, together with
                                                                                                            Applicants’ Representations                                EIG Advisor serves as the investment
                                                    EIG, the ‘‘Existing EIG Advisors’’); EIG-
                                                                                                              1. Term Fund was organized under                         adviser to each Existing Affiliated
                                                    Gateway Direct Investments, L.P., EIG
                                                                                                            the Delaware Statutory Trust Act for the                   Investor. Each Existing EIG Advisor is
                                                    Energy Fund XVI, L.P., EIG Energy Fund
                                                                                                            purpose of operating as an externally-                     either, directly or indirectly, controlled
                                                    XVI–B, L.P., EIG Energy Fund XVI–E,
                                                                                                            managed, non-diversified, closed-end                       by EIG Partners or under common
                                                    L.P., EIG Energy Fund XVI (Cayman),
                                                                                                            management investment company.                             control with EIG and is registered as an
                                                    L.P., EIG Energy Fund XVI (Scotland),
                                                                                                            Term Fund is a registered investment                       investment adviser under the Advisers
                                                    L.P., EIG-Keats Energy Partners, L.P.,
                                                                                                            company under the Act. Term Fund’s                         Act.
                                                    EIG Global Private Debt Fund-A, L.P.,                                                                                 6. Applicants seek an order (‘‘Order’’)
                                                    EIG Global Private Debt Fund-A (UL),                    Objectives and Strategies 1 are to
                                                                                                            provide shareholders with current                          to permit one or more Regulated
                                                    L.P., EIG Global Private Debt Sub Fund-                                                                            Entities 4 and/or one or more Affiliated
                                                    B, L.P., EIG Global Private Debt Sub B                  income, capital preservation and, to a
                                                    (UL), L.P., EIG Global Private Debt                     lesser extent, long-term capital
                                                                                                                                                                       not ‘‘interested persons’’ of the Regulated Entity
                                                    Finco-B, LLC, EIG Global Private Debt                   appreciation by investing primarily in a                   within the meaning of section 2(a)(19) of the Act.
                                                    Finco-B (UL), LLC, and Harbour Energy                   global portfolio of privately originated                      4 ‘‘Regulated Entity’’ means any of the Existing

                                                    Ltd. (collectively, the ‘‘Existing                      energy company and project debt. Term                      Regulated Entities and any Future Regulated Entity.
                                                    Affiliated Investors’’).                                Fund has a five member Board,2 of                          ‘‘Future Regulated Entity’’ means a closed-end
                                                                                                            which three members are Independent                        management investment company (a) that is
                                                    FILING DATES: The application was filed                                                                            registered under the Act or has elected to be
                                                    on March 6, 2015, and amended on                        Trustees,3 one member is considered an                     regulated as a BDC under the Act, (b) whose
                                                    November 12, 2015, February 24, 2016,                                                                              investment adviser is a Triloma Advisor and (c)
                                                                                                               1 ‘‘Objectives and Strategies’’ means a Regulated       whose investment sub-adviser is an EIG Advisor.
                                                    and April 29, 2016.                                     Entity’s (as defined below) investment objectives          ‘‘Triloma Advisor’’ means Triloma or any future
                                                    HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An
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                                                                                                            and strategies, as described in the Regulated              investment adviser that (i) controls, is controlled by
                                                    order granting the requested relief will                Entity’s registration statement on Form N–2, other         or is under common control with Triloma, (ii) is
                                                                                                            filings the Regulated Entity has made with the             registered as an investment adviser under the
                                                    be issued unless the Commission orders                  Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the           Advisers Act and (iii) is not a Regulated Entity or
                                                    a hearing. Interested persons may                       ‘‘Securities Act’’), or under the Securities Exchange      a subsidiary of a Regulated Entity. ‘‘EIG Advisor’’
                                                    request a hearing by writing to the                     Act of 1934, and the Regulated Entity’s reports to         means any Existing EIG Advisor or any future
                                                                                                            shareholders.                                              investment adviser that (i) controls, is controlled by
                                                    Commission’s Secretary and serving                         2 The term ‘‘Board’’ refers to the board of directors
                                                                                                                                                                       or is under common control with EIG, (ii) is
                                                    applicants with a copy of the request,                  or trustees of any Regulated Entity.                       registered as an investment adviser under the
                                                    personally or by mail. Hearing requests                    3 The term ‘‘Independent Trustees’’ refers to the       Advisers Act, and (iii) is not a Regulated Entity or
                                                    should be received by the Commission                    trustees or directors of any Regulated Entity that are     a subsidiary of a Regulated Entity.



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                                                    Investors 5 to participate in the same                     Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary                   recommend investments 8 for each
                                                    investment opportunities through a                         be permitted to participate in Co-                   Regulated Entity, prior to any
                                                    proposed co-investment program (the                        Investment Transactions in lieu of its               investment by the Regulated Entity, the
                                                    ‘‘Co-Investment Program’’) where such                      parent Regulated Entity and that the                 EIG Advisor will present each proposed
                                                    participation would otherwise be                           Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary’s                 investment to the Triloma Advisor
                                                    prohibited under sections 17(d) and                        participation in any such transaction be             which has the authority to approve or
                                                    57(a)(4) and the rules under the Act. For                  treated, for purposes of the requested               reject all investments proposed for the
                                                    purposes of the application, ‘‘Co-                         Order, as though the parent Regulated                Regulated Entity by the EIG Advisor.
                                                    Investment Transaction’’ means any                         Entity were participating directly.                     10. Applicants state that each EIG
                                                    transaction in which a Regulated Entity                    Applicants represent that this treatment             Advisor has (or will have, in the case of
                                                    (or its Wholly-Owned Investment                            is justified because a Wholly-Owned                  future advisers) an investment
                                                    Subsidiary, as defined below)                              Investment Subsidiary would have no                  committee through which it will carry
                                                    participated together with one or more                     purpose other than serving as a holding              out its obligation under condition 1 to
                                                    other Regulated Entities and/or one or                     vehicle for the Regulated Entity’s                   make a determination as to the
                                                    more Affiliated Investors in reliance on                   investments and, therefore, no conflicts             appropriateness of a Potential Co-
                                                    the requested Order. ‘‘Potential Co-                       of interest could arise between the                  Investment Transaction for each
                                                    Investment Transaction’’ means any                         Regulated Entity and the Wholly-Owned                Regulated Entity. Applicants represent
                                                    investment opportunity in which a                          Investment Subsidiary. The Regulated                 that each EIG Advisor, as a registered
                                                    Regulated Entity (or its Wholly-Owned                      Entity’s Board would make all relevant               investment adviser, has (or will have, in
                                                    Investment Subsidiary) could not                           determinations under the conditions                  the case of future advisers) developed a
                                                    participate together with one or more                      with regard to a Wholly-Owned                        robust allocation process that is
                                                    Affiliated Investors and/or one or more                    Investment Subsidiary’s participation in             designed to allocate investment
                                                    other Regulated Entities without                           a Co-Investment Transaction, and the                 opportunities fairly and equitably
                                                    obtaining and relying on the Order.6                       Regulated Entity’s Board would be                    among its clients over time. Applicants
                                                    The term ‘‘Advisor’’ means any Triloma                     informed of, and take into                           state that, in the case of a Potential Co-
                                                    Advisor or any EIG Advisor.                                consideration, any proposed use of a                 Investment Transaction, the applicable
                                                       7. Applicants state that a Regulated                    Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary                   EIG Advisor would apply its allocation
                                                    Entity may, from time to time, form a                      in the Regulated Entity’s place. If the              policies and procedures in determining
                                                    Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary.7                       Regulated Entity proposes to participate             the proposed allocation for the
                                                    Such a subsidiary would be prohibited                      in the same Co-Investment Transaction                Regulated Entity consistent with the
                                                    from investing in a Co-Investment                          with any of its Wholly-Owned                         requirements of condition 2(a).
                                                    Transaction with any Affiliated Investor                   Investment Subsidiaries, the Board will                 11. Applicants state that, once the
                                                    because it would be a company                              also be informed of, and take into                   applicable EIG Advisor determined a
                                                    controlled by its parent Regulated Entity                  consideration, the relative participation            proposed allocation for a Regulated
                                                    for purposes of section 57(a)(4) and rule                  of the Regulated Entity and the Wholly-              Entity, such EIG Advisor would notify
                                                    17d–1. Applicants request that each                        Owned Investment Subsidiary.                         the applicable Triloma Advisor of the
                                                                                                                  8. It is anticipated that an EIG Advisor          Potential Co-Investment Transaction
                                                       5 ‘‘Affiliated Investors’’ means the Existing
                                                                                                               will periodically determine that certain             and the EIG Advisor’s recommended
                                                    Affiliated Investors and any Future Affiliated                                                                  allocation for such Regulated Entity.
                                                    Investor. ‘‘Future Affiliated Investor’’ means an          investments the EIG Advisor
                                                    entity (a) whose investment adviser is an EIG              recommends for a Regulated Entity                    Applicants further state that the
                                                    Advisor and (b) that would be an investment                would also be appropriate investments                applicable Triloma Advisor would then
                                                    company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act.
                                                                                                               for one or more other Regulated Entities             present the Potential Co-Investment
                                                       6 All existing entities that currently intend to rely
                                                                                                               and/or one or more Affiliated Investors.             Transaction and the EIG Advisor’s
                                                    upon the requested Order have been named as
                                                    applicants. Any other existing or future entity that       Such a determination may result in the               proposed allocation to the Triloma
                                                    subsequently relies on the Order will comply with          Regulated Entity, one or more other                  Advisor’s investment committee for its
                                                    the terms and conditions of the application.               Regulated Entities and/or one or more                approval. Applicants represent that the
                                                       7 The term ‘‘Wholly-Owned Investment
                                                                                                               Affiliated Investors co-investing in                 Triloma Advisor’s investment
                                                    Subsidiary’’ means an entity (i) that is wholly-                                                                committee would review the EIG
                                                    owned by a Regulated Entity (with such Regulated           certain investment opportunities. For
                                                    Entity at all times holding, beneficially and of           each such investment opportunity, the                Advisor’s recommendation for the
                                                    record, 100% of the voting and economic interests);        Advisors to each Regulated Entity will               Regulated Entity and would have the
                                                    (ii) whose sole business purpose is to hold one or
                                                                                                               independently analyze and evaluate the               ability to ask questions of the EIG
                                                    more investments on behalf of the Regulated Entity                                                              Advisor and request additional
                                                    (and, in the case of an entity that is licensed by the     investment opportunity as to its
                                                    Small Business Administration to operate under the         appropriateness for such Regulated                   information from the EIG Advisor.
                                                    Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended          Entity taking into consideration the                 Applicants further submit that if the
                                                    (the ‘‘SBA Act’’), as a small business investment
                                                                                                               Regulated Entity’s Objectives and                    Triloma Advisor’s investment
                                                    company (an ‘‘SBIC’’), to maintain a license under                                                              committee approved the investment for
                                                    the SBA Act and issue debentures guaranteed by             Strategies.
                                                    the Small Business Administration); (iii) with                9. Applicants state that Triloma serves           the Regulated Entity, the investment
                                                    respect to which the Regulated Entity’s Board has          as the Existing Regulated Entities’                  and all relevant allocation information
                                                    the sole authority to make all determinations with
                                                                                                               investment adviser and administrator                 would then be presented to the
                                                    respect to the entity’s participation under the                                                                 Regulated Entity’s Board for its approval
                                                                                                               and either it or another Triloma Advisor
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                                                    conditions of the application; and (iv) that would
                                                    be an investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or        will serve in the same capacity to any               in accordance with the conditions to the
                                                    3(c)(7) of the Act. All subsidiaries participating in      Future Regulated Entity, and that EIG                application. Applicants state that they
                                                    the Co-Investment Program will be Wholly-Owned
                                                                                                               serves as the Existing Regulated Entities’           believe the investment process between
                                                    Investment Subsidiaries and will have Objectives                                                                the EIG Advisors and the Triloma
                                                    and Strategies that are either substantially the same      sub-adviser and either it or another EIG
                                                    as, or a subset of, their parent Regulated Entity’s        Advisor will serve in the same capacity              Advisors, prior to seeking approval from
                                                    Objectives and Strategies. A subsidiary that is an         to any Future Regulated Entity.
                                                    SBIC may be a Wholly-Owned Investment                                                                             8 Applicants represent that the Triloma Advisors

                                                    Subsidiary if it satisfies the conditions in this
                                                                                                               Applicants represent that although an                will not source any Potential Co-Investment
                                                    definition.                                                EIG Advisor will identify and                        Transactions under the requested Order.



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                                                    the Regulated Entity’s Board (which is                   with the result that all dispositions and/           made applicable to BDCs by section
                                                    in addition to, rather than in lieu of, the              or follow-on investments must be                     57(i), prohibits any person who is
                                                    procedures required under the                            submitted to the Eligible Trustees.                  related to a BDC in a manner described
                                                    conditions of the application), is                         14. No Independent Trustee of a                    in section 57(b), as modified by rule
                                                    significant and provides for additional                  Regulated Entity will have a financial               57b–1, from acting as principal, from
                                                    procedures and processes to ensure that                  interest in any Co-Investment                        participating in, or effecting any
                                                    the Regulated Entity is being treated                    Transaction.                                         transaction in connection with, any
                                                    fairly in respect of Potential Co-                         15. Under condition 15, if an Advisor              joint enterprise or other joint
                                                    Investment Transactions.                                 or its principals, or any person                     arrangement or profit-sharing plan in
                                                       12. If the Advisors to a Regulated                    controlling, controlled by, or under                 which the BDC (or a company
                                                    Entity determine that a Potential Co-                    common control with the Advisor or its               controlled by such BDC) is a participant,
                                                    Investment Opportunity is appropriate                    the principals, and any Affiliated                   unless an application regarding the joint
                                                    for the Regulated Entity (and the                        Investors (collectively, the ‘‘Holders’’)            enterprise, arrangement, or profit-
                                                    applicable Triloma Advisor approves                      own in the aggregate more than 25% of                sharing plan has been filed with the
                                                    the investment for such Regulated                        the outstanding voting securities of a               Commission and has been granted by an
                                                    Entity), and one or more other Regulated                 Regulated Entity (‘‘Shares’’), then the              order entered prior to the submission of
                                                    Entities and/or one or more Affiliated                   Holders will vote such Shares as                     the plan or any modification thereof, to
                                                    Investors may also participate, the                      directed by an independent third party               security holders for approval, or prior to
                                                    Advisors will present the investment                     when voting on matters specified in the              its adoption or modification if not so
                                                    opportunity to the Eligible Trustees 9 of                condition. Applicants believe that this              submitted.
                                                    the Regulated Entity prior to the actual                 condition will ensure that the                          2. In passing upon applications under
                                                    investment by the Regulated Entity. As                   Independent Trustees will act                        rule 17d–1, the Commission considers
                                                    to any Regulated Entity, a Co-                           independently in evaluating the Co-                  whether the company’s participation in
                                                    Investment Transaction will be                           Investment Program, because the ability              the joint transaction is consistent with
                                                    consummated only upon approval by a                      of the Advisor or its principals to                  the provisions, policies, and purposes of
                                                    required majority of the Eligible                        influence the Independent Trustees by a
                                                                                                                                                                  the Act and the extent to which such
                                                    Trustees of such Regulated Entity                        suggestion, explicit or implied, that the
                                                                                                                                                                  participation is on a basis different from
                                                    within the meaning of section 57(o) of                   Independent Trustees can be removed
                                                                                                                                                                  or less advantageous than that of other
                                                    the Act (‘‘Required Majority’’).10                       will be limited significantly. Applicants
                                                                                                                                                                  participants.
                                                       13. With respect to the pro rata                      represent that the Independent Trustees
                                                                                                             shall evaluate and approve any such                     3. Applicants submit that Each
                                                    dispositions and follow-on Investments                                                                        Regulated Entity may be deemed to be
                                                    provided in conditions 7 and 8, a                        independent third party, taking into
                                                                                                             account its qualifications, reputation for           an ‘‘affiliated person’’ of each other
                                                    Regulated Entity may participate in a                                                                         Regulated Entity within the meaning of
                                                    pro rata disposition or follow-on                        independence, cost to the shareholders,
                                                                                                             and other factors that they deem                     section 2(a)(3) of the Act. Applicants
                                                    Investment without obtaining prior                                                                            state that the Regulated Entities, by
                                                    approval of the Required Majority if,                    relevant.
                                                                                                                                                                  virtue of each having a Triloma Advisor,
                                                    among other things: (i) The proposed                     Applicants’ Legal Analysis                           may be deemed to be under common
                                                    participation of each Regulated Entity                                                                        control, and thus affiliated persons of
                                                    and Affiliated Investor in such                             1. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule
                                                                                                             17d–1 under the Act prohibit                         each other under section 2(a)(3)(C) of
                                                    disposition is proportionate to its                                                                           the Act. Section 17(d) and section 57(b)
                                                                                                             participation by a registered investment
                                                    outstanding investments in the issuer                                                                         apply to any investment adviser to a
                                                                                                             company and an affiliated person in any
                                                    immediately preceding the disposition                                                                         closed-end fund or a BDC, respectively,
                                                                                                             ‘‘joint enterprise or other joint
                                                    or follow-on investment, as the case                                                                          including the sub-adviser. Thus, an EIG
                                                                                                             arrangement or profit-sharing plan,’’ as
                                                    may be; and (ii) each Regulated Entity’s                                                                      Advisor and any Affiliated Investors
                                                                                                             defined in the rule, without prior
                                                    Board has approved that Regulated                                                                             that it advises could be deemed to be
                                                                                                             approval by the Commission by order
                                                    Entity’s participation in pro rata                                                                            persons related to Regulated Entities in
                                                                                                             upon application. Section 17(d) of the
                                                    dispositions and follow-on investments                                                                        a manner described by sections 17(d)
                                                                                                             Act and rule 17d–1 under the Act are
                                                    as being in the best interests of the                                                                         and 57(b) and therefore prohibited by
                                                                                                             applicable to Regulated Entities that are
                                                    Regulated Entity. If the Board does not                  registered closed-end investment                     sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) and rule
                                                    so approve, any such disposition or                      companies. Similarly, with regard to                 17d–1 from participating in the Co-
                                                    follow-on investment will be submitted                   BDCs, section 57(a)(4) of the Act makes              Investment Program. Applicants further
                                                    to the Regulated Entity’s Eligible                       it unlawful for any person who is                    submit that, because the EIG Advisors
                                                    Trustees. The Board of any Regulated                     related to a BDC in a manner described               are ‘‘affiliated persons’’ of other EIG
                                                    Entity may at any time rescind, suspend                  in section 57(b), acting as principal,               Advisors, Affiliated Investors advised
                                                    or qualify its approval of pro rata                      knowingly to effect any transaction in               by any of them could be deemed to be
                                                    dispositions and follow-on investments                   which the BDC (or a company                          persons related to Regulated Entities (or
                                                       9 ‘‘Eligible Trustees’’ means the trustees or
                                                                                                             controlled by such BDC) is a joint or a              a company controlled by a Regulated
                                                    directors of a Regulated Entity that are eligible to     joint and several participant with that              Entity) in a manner described by
                                                    vote under section 57(o) of the Act.                     person in contravention of rules as                  sections 17(d) and 57(b) and also
                                                                                                             prescribed by the Commission. Because                prohibited from participating in the Co-
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                                                       10 In the case of a Regulated Entity that is a

                                                    registered closed-end fund, the trustees or directors    the Commission has not adopted any                   Investment Program.
                                                    that make up the Required Majority will be
                                                    determined as if the Regulated Entity were a BDC
                                                                                                             rules expressly under section 57(a)(4),                 4. Applicants state that they expect
                                                    subject to section 57(o). As defined in section 57(o),   section 57(i) provides that the rules                that that co-investment in portfolio
                                                    ‘‘required majority’’ means ‘‘both a majority of a       under section 17(d) applicable to                    companies by a Regulated Entity, one or
                                                    business development company’s directors or              registered closed-end investment                     more other Regulated Entities and/or
                                                    general partners who have no financial interest in
                                                    such transaction, plan, or arrangement and a
                                                                                                             companies (e.g., rule 17d–1) are, in the             one or more Affiliated Investors will
                                                    majority of such directors or general partners who       interim, deemed to apply to transactions             increase favorable investment
                                                    are not interested persons of such company.’’            subject to section 57(a). Rule 17d–1, as             opportunities for each Regulated Entity.


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                                                       5. Applicants submit that the fact that              class being allocated, up to the amount                   portfolio company, such event shall not
                                                    the Required Majority will approve each                 proposed to be invested by each. The                      be interpreted to prohibit a Required
                                                    Co-Investment Transaction before                        Advisors to each participating Regulated                  Majority from reaching the conclusions
                                                    investment (except for certain                          Entity will provide the Eligible Trustees                 required by this condition 2(c)(iii), if:
                                                    dispositions or follow-on investments,                  of each participating Regulated Entity                       (a) The Eligible Trustees will have the
                                                    as described in the conditions), and                    with information concerning each                          right to ratify the selection of such
                                                    other protective conditions set forth in                participating party’s Available Capital to                director or board observer, if any; and
                                                    the application, will ensure that each                  assist the Eligible Trustees with their                      (b) the Advisors to the Regulated
                                                    Regulated Entity will be treated fairly.                review of the Regulated Entity’s                          Entity agree to, and do, provide periodic
                                                    Applicants state that each Regulated                    investments for compliance with these                     reports to the Regulated Entity’s Board
                                                    Entity’s participation in the Co-                       allocation procedures.                                    with respect to the actions of such
                                                    Investment Transactions will be                            c. After making the determinations                     director or the information received by
                                                    consistent with the provisions, policies                required in conditions 1 and 2(a) above,                  such board observer or obtained through
                                                    and purposes of the Act and on a basis                  the Advisors to the Regulated Entity                      the exercise of any similar right to
                                                    that is not different from or less                      will distribute written information                       participate in the governance or
                                                    advantageous than that of other                         concerning the Potential Co-Investment                    management of the portfolio company;
                                                    participants. Applicants further state                  Transaction, including the amount                         and
                                                    that the terms and conditions proposed                  proposed to be invested by each                              (c) any fees or other compensation
                                                    herein will ensure that all such                        Regulated Entity and any Affiliated                       that any other Regulated Entity or any
                                                    transactions are reasonable and fair to                 Investor, to the Eligible Trustees of each                Affiliated Investor or any affiliated
                                                    each Regulated Entity and the Affiliated                participating Regulated Entity for their                  person of any other Regulated Entity or
                                                    Investors and do not involve                            consideration. A Regulated Entity will                    an Affiliated Investor receives in
                                                    overreaching by any person concerned,                   co-invest with one or more other                          connection with the right of one or more
                                                    including Triloma or EIG.                               Regulated Entities and/or an Affiliated                   Regulated Entities or Affiliated Investors
                                                                                                            Investor only if, prior to the Regulated                  to nominate a director or appoint a
                                                    Applicants’ Conditions                                  Entities’ and the Affiliated Investors’                   board observer or otherwise to
                                                       Applicants agree that the Order will                 participation in the Potential Co-                        participate in the governance or
                                                    be subject to the following conditions:                 Investment Transaction, a Required                        management of the portfolio company
                                                       1. Each time an EIG Advisor considers                Majority concludes that:                                  will be shared proportionately among
                                                    a Potential Co-Investment Transaction                      (i) The terms of the Potential Co-                     the participating Affiliated Investors
                                                    for an Affiliated Investor or another                   Investment Transaction, including the                     (who may, in turn, share their portion
                                                    Regulated Entity that falls within a                    consideration to be paid, are reasonable                  with their affiliated persons) and any
                                                    Regulated Entity’s then-current                         and fair to the Regulated Entity and its                  participating Regulated Entity in
                                                    Objectives and Strategies, the Advisors                 shareholders and do not involve                           accordance with the amount of each
                                                    to the Regulated Entity will make an                    overreaching in respect of the Regulated                  party’s investment; and
                                                    independent determination of the                        Entity or its shareholders on the part of                    (iv) the proposed investment by the
                                                    appropriateness of the investment for                   any person concerned;                                     Regulated Entity will not benefit the
                                                    the Regulated Entity in light of the                       (ii) the Potential Co-Investment                       Advisors, any other Regulated Entity or
                                                    Regulated Entity’s then-current                         Transaction is consistent with:                           the Affiliated Investors or any affiliated
                                                    circumstances.                                             (a) The interests of the Regulated                     person of any of them (other than the
                                                       2. a. If the Advisors to a Regulated                 Entity’s shareholders; and                                parties to the Co-Investment
                                                    Entity deem participation in any                           (b) the Regulated Entity’s then-current                Transaction), except (A) to the extent
                                                    Potential Co-Investment Transaction to                  Objectives and Strategies;                                permitted by condition 13, (B) to the
                                                    be appropriate for the Regulated Entity,                   (iii) the investment by any other                      extent permitted under sections 17(e)
                                                    the Advisors will then determine an                     Regulated Entity or an Affiliated                         and 57(k) of the Act, as applicable, (C)
                                                    appropriate level of investment for such                Investor would not disadvantage the                       in the case of fees or other
                                                    Regulated Entity.                                       Regulated Entity, and participation by                    compensation described in condition
                                                       b. If the aggregate amount                           the Regulated Entity would not be on a                    2(c)(iii)(c), or (D) indirectly, as a result
                                                    recommended by the Advisors to a                        basis different from or less advantageous                 of an interest in the securities issued by
                                                    Regulated Entity to be invested by the                  than that of any other Regulated Entity                   one of the parties to the Co-Investment
                                                    Regulated Entity in the Potential Co-                   or Affiliated Investor; provided, that if                 Transaction.
                                                    Investment Transaction, together with                   another Regulated Entity or Affiliated                       3. Each Regulated Entity will have the
                                                    the amount proposed to be invested by                   Investor, but not the Regulated Entity                    right to decline to participate in any
                                                    the other participating Regulated                       itself, gains the right to nominate a                     Potential Co-Investment Transaction or
                                                    Entities and Affiliated Investors,                      director for election to a portfolio                      to invest less than the amount proposed.
                                                    collectively, in the same transaction,                  company’s board of directors or the                          4. The Advisors will present to the
                                                    exceeds the amount of the investment                    right to have a board observer, or any                    Board of each Regulated Entity, on a
                                                    opportunity, the amount of the                          similar right to participate in the                       quarterly basis, a record of all
                                                    investment opportunity will be                          governance or management of the                           investments in Potential Co-Investment
                                                    allocated among the Regulated Entities                                                                            Transactions made by any of the other
                                                                                                                                                                      Regulated Entities or any of the
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                                                    and such Affiliated Investors, pro rata                 time to time by the Board of the applicable
                                                    based on each participant’s Available                   Regulated Entity or imposed by applicable laws,           Affiliated Investors during the
                                                                                                            rules, regulations or interpretations and (b) for each
                                                    Capital 11 for investment in the asset                  Affiliated Investor, the amount of capital available
                                                                                                                                                                      preceding quarter that fell within the
                                                                                                            for investment determined based on the amount of          Regulated Entity’s then-current
                                                      11 ‘‘Available Capital’’ means (a) for each           cash on hand, existing commitments and reserves,          Objectives and Strategies that were not
                                                    Regulated Entity, the amount of capital available for   if any, the targeted leverage level, targeted asset mix   made available to the Regulated Entity,
                                                    investment determined based on the amount of cash       and other investment policies and restrictions set
                                                    on hand, existing commitments and reserves, if any,     by the Affiliated Investor’s directors, general
                                                                                                                                                                      and an explanation of why the
                                                    the targeted leverage level, targeted asset mix and     partners or adviser or imposed by applicable laws,        investment opportunities were not
                                                    other investment policies and restrictions set from     rules, regulations or interpretations.                    offered to the Regulated Entity. All


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                                                    information presented to the Board                      investments in the issuer immediately                    (i) The amount of a follow-on
                                                    pursuant to this condition will be kept                 preceding the disposition; (ii) the                   investment is not based on the
                                                    for the life of the Regulated Entity and                Regulated Entity’s Board has approved                 Regulated Entities’ and the Affiliated
                                                    at least two years thereafter, and will be              as being in the best interests of the                 Investors’ outstanding investments
                                                    subject to examination by the                           Regulated Entity the ability to                       immediately preceding the follow-on
                                                    Commission and its staff.                               participate in such dispositions on a pro             investment; and
                                                       5. Except for follow-on investments                  rata basis (as described in greater detail               (ii) the aggregate amount
                                                    made in accordance with condition 8,12                  in the application); and (iii) the                    recommended by the Advisors to be
                                                    a Regulated Entity will not invest in                   Regulated Entity’s Board is provided on               invested by the Regulated Entity in the
                                                    reliance on the Order in any issuer in                  a quarterly basis with a list of all                  follow-on investment, together with the
                                                    which another Regulated Entity or an                    dispositions made in accordance with                  amount proposed to be invested by the
                                                    Affiliated Investor or any affiliated                   this condition. In all other cases, the               other participating Regulated Entities
                                                    person of another Regulated Entity or an                Advisors will provide their written                   and the Affiliated Investors in the same
                                                    Affiliated Investor is an existing                      recommendation as to the Regulated                    transaction, exceeds the amount of the
                                                    investor.                                               Entity’s participation to the Eligible                opportunity; then the amount invested
                                                       6. A Regulated Entity will not                       Trustees, and the Regulated Entity will               by each such party will be allocated
                                                    participate in any Potential Co-                        participate in such disposition solely to             among them pro rata based on each
                                                    Investment Transaction unless the                       the extent that a Required Majority                   participant’s Available Capital for
                                                    terms, conditions, price, class of                      determines that it is in the Regulated                investment in the asset class being
                                                    securities to be purchased, settlement                  Entity’s best interests.                              allocated, up to the amount proposed to
                                                    date, and registration rights will be the                  d. Each Regulated Entity and each                  be invested by each.
                                                    same for each participating Regulated                   Affiliated Investor will bear its own                    d. The acquisition of follow-on
                                                    Entity and Affiliated Investor. The grant               expenses in connection with the                       investments as permitted by this
                                                    to one or more Regulated Entities or                    disposition.                                          condition will be considered a Co-
                                                    Affiliated Investors, but not the                          8. a. If any Regulated Entity or                   Investment Transaction for all purposes
                                                    Regulated Entity itself, of the right to                Affiliated Investor desires to make a                 and be subject to the other conditions
                                                    nominate a director for election to a                   ‘‘follow-on investment’’ (i.e., an                    set forth in the application.
                                                    portfolio company’s board of directors,                 additional investment in the same                        9. The Independent Trustees of each
                                                    the right to have an observer on the                    entity, including through the exercise of             Regulated Entity will be provided
                                                                                                            warrants or other rights to purchase                  quarterly for review all information
                                                    board of directors or similar rights to
                                                                                                            securities of the issuer) in a portfolio              concerning Potential Co-Investment
                                                    participate in the governance or
                                                                                                            company whose securities were                         Transactions and Co-Investment
                                                    management of the portfolio company
                                                                                                            acquired by the Regulated Entity and                  Transactions, including investments
                                                    will not be interpreted so as to violate
                                                                                                            the Affiliated Investor in a Co-                      made by other Regulated Entities or
                                                    this condition 6, if conditions
                                                                                                            Investment Transaction, the Advisors                  Affiliated Investors that a Regulated
                                                    2(c)(iii)(a), (b) and (c) are met.
                                                                                                            will:                                                 Entity considered but declined to
                                                       7.a. If any Regulated Entity or
                                                                                                               (i) Notify each Regulated Entity of the            participate in, so that the Independent
                                                    Affiliated Investor elects to sell,
                                                                                                            proposed transaction at the earliest                  Trustees may determine whether all
                                                    exchange or otherwise dispose of an
                                                                                                            practical time; and                                   investments made during the preceding
                                                    interest in a security that was acquired                   (ii) formulate a recommendation as to              quarter, including those investments
                                                    by one or more Regulated Entities and/                  the proposed participation, including                 which the Regulated Entity considered
                                                    or Affiliated Investors in a Co-                        the amount of the proposed follow-on                  but declined to participate in, comply
                                                    Investment Transaction, the Advisors                    investment, by each Regulated Entity.                 with the conditions of the Order. In
                                                    will:                                                      b. A Regulated Entity may participate              addition, the Independent Trustees will
                                                       (i) Notify each Regulated Entity that                in such follow-on investment without                  consider at least annually the continued
                                                    participated in the Co-Investment                       obtaining prior approval of the Required              appropriateness for such Regulated
                                                    Transaction of the proposed disposition                 Majority if: (i) The proposed                         Entity of participating in new and
                                                    at the earliest practical time; and                     participation of each Regulated Entity                existing Co-Investment Transactions.
                                                       (ii) formulate a recommendation as to                and each Affiliated Investor in such                     10. Each Regulated Entity will
                                                    participation by each Regulated Entity                  investment is proportionate to its                    maintain the records required by section
                                                    in the disposition.                                     outstanding investments in the issuer                 57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the
                                                       b. Each Regulated Entity will have the               immediately preceding the follow-on                   Regulated Entities were a BDC and each
                                                    right to participate in such disposition                investment; and (ii) the Regulated                    of the investments permitted under
                                                    on a proportionate basis, at the same                   Entity’s Board has approved as being in               these conditions were approved by a
                                                    price and on the same terms and                         the best interests of such Regulated                  Required Majority under section 57(f).
                                                    conditions as those applicable to the                   Entity the ability to participate in                     11. No Independent Trustee of a
                                                    Affiliated Investors and any other                      follow-on investments on a pro rata                   Regulated Entity will also be a trustee,
                                                    Regulated Entity.                                       basis (as described in greater detail in              director, general partner, managing
                                                       c. A Regulated Entity may participate                the application). In all other cases, the             member or principal, or otherwise an
                                                    in such disposition without obtaining                   Advisors will provide their written                   ‘‘affiliated person’’ (as defined in the
                                                    prior approval of the Required Majority                 recommendation as to such Regulated                   Act) of any Affiliated Investor.
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                                                    if: (i) The proposed participation of each              Entity’s participation to the Eligible                   12. The expenses, if any, associated
                                                    Regulated Entity and each Affiliated                    Trustees, and the Regulated Entity will               with acquiring, holding or disposing of
                                                    Investor in such disposition is                         participate in such follow-on                         any securities acquired in a Co-
                                                    proportionate to its outstanding                        investment solely to the extent that the              Investment Transaction (including,
                                                      12 This exception applies only to follow-on
                                                                                                            Required Majority determines that it is               without limitation, the expenses of the
                                                    investments by a Regulated Entity in issuers in         in such Regulated Entity’s best interests.            distribution of any such securities
                                                    which that Regulated Entity already holds                  c. If, with respect to any follow-on               registered for sale under the 1933 Act)
                                                    investments.                                            investment:                                           shall, to the extent not payable by the


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                                                    Advisors under their respective                         and recommendations under conditions                  shares of the Funds; and (f) certain
                                                    advisory agreements with the Regulated                  1, 2(a), 7 and 8.                                     Funds (‘‘Feeder Funds’’) to create and
                                                    Entities and the Affiliated Investors, be                  15. If the Holders own in the aggregate            redeem Creation Units in-kind in a
                                                    shared by the Regulated Entities and the                more than 25 percent of the shares of a               master-feeder structure.
                                                    Affiliated Investors in proportion to the               Regulated Entity, then the Holders will               APPLICANTS: Columbia Management
                                                    relative amounts of the securities held                 vote such shares as directed by an                    Investment Advisers, LLC (the ‘‘Initial
                                                    or to be acquired or disposed of, as the                independent third party when voting on                Adviser’’), a Minnesota limited liability
                                                    case may be.                                            (1) the election of directors or trustees;            company registered as an investment
                                                       13. Any transaction fee (including                   (2) the removal of one or more directors              adviser under the Investment Advisers
                                                    break-up or commitment fees but                         or trustees; or (3) any matters requiring             Act of 1940, Columbia ETF Trust I (the
                                                    excluding brokers’ fees contemplated by                 approval by the vote of a majority of the             ‘‘Trust’’), a Massachusetts business trust
                                                    section 17(e) or 57(k) of the Act, as                   outstanding voting securities, as defined             registered under the Act as an open-end
                                                    applicable) 13 received in connection                   in section 2(a)(42) of the Act.                       management investment company with
                                                    with a Co-Investment Transaction will                     For the Commission, by the Division of              multiple series, and Columbia
                                                    be distributed to the participating                     Investment Management, under delegated                Management Investment Distributors,
                                                    Regulated Entities and Affiliated                       authority.                                            Inc. (the ‘‘Distributor’’), a Delaware
                                                    Investors on a pro rata basis based on                  Robert W. Errett,                                     corporation and broker-dealer registered
                                                    the amount they invested or committed,                  Deputy Secretary.                                     under the Securities Exchange Act of
                                                    as the case may be, in such Co-                                                                               1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’).
                                                                                                            [FR Doc. 2016–10960 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am]
                                                    Investment Transaction. If any
                                                                                                            BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                DATES: FILING DATES: The application
                                                    transaction fee is to be held by an
                                                                                                                                                                  was filed on September 28, 2015, and
                                                    Advisor pending consummation of the
                                                                                                                                                                  amended on January 19, 2016, April 15,
                                                    transaction, the fee will be deposited                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                               2016, April 27, 2016, and May 5, 2016.
                                                    into an account maintained by the                       COMMISSION
                                                    Advisor at a bank or banks having the                                                                         HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:
                                                    qualifications prescribed in section                    [Investment Company Act Release No.                   An order granting the requested relief
                                                    26(a)(1) of the Act, and the account will               32107; 812–14552]                                     will be issued unless the Commission
                                                    earn a competitive rate of interest that                                                                      orders a hearing. Interested persons may
                                                    will also be divided pro rata among the                 Columbia ETF Trust I, et al.; Notice of               request a hearing by writing to the
                                                    participating Regulated Entities and                    Application                                           Commission’s Secretary and serving
                                                    Affiliated Investors based on the amount                                                                      applicants with a copy of the request,
                                                                                                            May 5, 2016.
                                                    they invest in the Co-Investment                                                                              personally or by mail. Hearing requests
                                                                                                            AGENCY: Securities and Exchange                       should be received by the Commission
                                                    Transaction. None of the other                          Commission (‘‘Commission’’).
                                                    Regulated Entities, Affiliated Investors,                                                                     by 5:30 p.m. on May 27, 2016, and
                                                                                                            ACTION: Notice.                                       should be accompanied by proof of
                                                    the Advisors nor any affiliated person of
                                                    the Regulated Entities or the Affiliated                                                                      service on applicants, in the form of an
                                                                                                            SUMMARY:    Notice of an application for              affidavit, or for lawyers, a certificate of
                                                    Investors will receive additional                       an order under section 6(c) of the
                                                    compensation or remuneration of any                                                                           service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the
                                                                                                            Investment Company Act of 1940 (the                   Act, hearing requests should state the
                                                    kind as a result of or in connection with               ‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from sections
                                                    a Co-Investment Transaction (other than                                                                       nature of the writer’s interest, any facts
                                                                                                            2(a)(32), 5(a)(1), 22(d), and 22(e) of the            bearing upon the desirability of a
                                                    (a) in the case of the Regulated Entities               Act and rule 22c–1 under the Act, under
                                                    and the Affiliated Investors, the pro rata                                                                    hearing on the matter, the reason for the
                                                                                                            sections 6(c) and 17(b) of the Act for an             request, and the issues contested.
                                                    transaction fees described above and                    exemption from sections 17(a)(1) and
                                                    fees or other compensation described in                                                                       Persons who wish to be notified of a
                                                                                                            17(a)(2) of the Act, and under section                hearing may request notification by
                                                    condition 2(c)(iii)(c) and (b) in the case              12(d)(1)(J) for an exemption from
                                                    of the Advisors, investment advisory                                                                          writing to the Commission’s Secretary.
                                                                                                            sections 12(d)(1)(A) and 12(d)(1)(B) of
                                                    fees paid in accordance with the                                                                              ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and
                                                                                                            the Act. The requested order would
                                                    Regulated Entities’ and the Affiliated                  permit (a) index-based series of certain              Exchange Commission, 100 F Street NE.,
                                                    Investors’ investment advisory                          open-end management investment                        Washington, DC 20549–1090;
                                                    agreements).                                            companies (‘‘Funds’’) to issue shares                 Applicants: Columbia ETF Trust I and
                                                       14. The Advisors to the Regulated                    redeemable in large aggregations only                 Columbia Management Investment
                                                    Entities and Affiliated Investors will                  (‘‘Creation Units’’); (b) secondary market            Distributors, Inc., 225 Franklin Street,
                                                    maintain written policies and                           transactions in Fund shares to occur at               Boston, Massachusetts 02110; Columbia
                                                    procedures reasonably designed to                       negotiated market prices rather than at               Management Investment Advisers, LLC,
                                                    ensure compliance with the foregoing                    net asset value (‘‘NAV’’); (c) certain                100 Park Avenue, 8th Floor, New York,
                                                    conditions. These policies and                          Funds to pay redemption proceeds,                     New York 10017.
                                                    procedures will require, among other                    under certain circumstances, more than                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill
                                                    things, that each of the Advisors to each               seven days after the tender of shares for             Ehrlich, Senior Counsel at (202) 551–
                                                    Regulated Entity will be notified of all                redemption; (d) certain affiliated                    6819, or David J. Marcinkus, Branch
                                                    Potential Co-Investment Transactions                    persons of a Fund to deposit securities               Chief, at (202) 551–6821 (Division of
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                                                    that fall within a Regulated Entity’s                   into, and receive securities from, the                Investment Management, Chief
                                                    then-current Objectives and Strategies                  Fund in connection with the purchase                  Counsel’s Office).
                                                    and will be given sufficient information                and redemption of Creation Units; (e)                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                    to make its independent determination                   certain registered management                         following is a summary of the
                                                       13 Applicants are not requesting and the
                                                                                                            investment companies and unit                         application. The complete application
                                                    Commission is not providing any relief for
                                                                                                            investment trusts outside of the same                 may be obtained via the Commission’s
                                                    transaction fees received in connection with any        group of investment companies as the                  Web site by searching for the file
                                                    Co-Investment Transaction.                              Funds (‘‘Funds of Funds’’) to acquire                 number, or for an applicant using the


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice 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.
DatesThe application was filed on March 6, 2015, and amended on November 12, 2015, February 24, 2016, and April 29, 2016.
ContactRobert Shapiro, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551-7758 or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821 (Chief Counsel's Office, Division of Investment Management).
FR Citation81 FR 28910 

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