81_FR_29014 81 FR 28924 - Capitala Finance Corp., et al.; Notice of Application

81 FR 28924 - Capitala Finance Corp., et al.; Notice of Application

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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

Page Range28924-28928
FR Document2016-10889

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28924-28928]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10889]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. IC-32102; File No. 812-14544]


Capitala Finance Corp., et al.; Notice of Application

May 4, 2016.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice of application for an order under sections 17(d) and 
57(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') and rule 17d-
1 under the Act permitting certain joint transactions otherwise 
prohibited by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and under rule 
17d-1 under the Act.

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

Applicants:  Capitala Finance Corp. (the ``Company''), Capitala Private 
Credit Fund I, L.P. (the ``Private Fund''), CapitalSouth Partners Fund 
II Limited Partnership (``Fund II SBIC''), CapitalSouth Partners SBIC 
Fund III, L.P. (``Fund III SBIC''), and Capitala Investment Advisors, 
LLC (the ``BDC Adviser''), on behalf of itself and its successors.\1\
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    \1\ The term ``successor,'' as applied to each Adviser (defined 
below), means an entity that results from a reorganization into 
another jurisdiction or change in the type of business organization.

Filing Dates:  The application was filed on September 10, 2015 and 
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amended on February 26, 2016 and April 28, 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 31, 2016, and should be accompanied by proof of 
service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a 
certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing 
requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts 
bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason 
for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be 
notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the 
Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Brent J. Fields, Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange 
Commission, 100 F St. NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants: 4201 
Congress St., Suite 360, Charlotte, NC 28209.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay-Mario Vobis, Senior Counsel, at 
(202) 551-6728, or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821 
(Chief Counsel's Office, Division of Investment Management).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the 
application. The complete application may be obtained via the 
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or for an 
applicant using the Company name box, at http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090.

Applicants' Representations

    1. The Company, a Maryland corporation, is organized as a closed-
end management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a 
BDC within the meaning of section 2(a)(48) of the Act.\2\ Applicants 
state that the Company seeks to generate both current income and 
capital appreciation through investments in traditional mezzanine and 
senior subordinated loans; first-lien, senior secured positions in 
``stretch'' senior secured loans; as well as equity interests, either 
in the form of detachable ``penny'' warrants or equity co-investments 
made pari passu with financial sponsors. The board of directors 
(``Board'') of the Company is comprised of five directors, three of 
whom are not ``interested persons'' within the meaning of section 
2(a)(19) of the Act (the ``Non-Interested Directors'').
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    \2\ Section 2(a)(48) defines a BDC to be any closed-end 
investment company that operates for the purpose of making 
investments in securities described in sections 55(a)(1) through 
55(a)(3) of the Act and makes available significant managerial 
assistance with respect to the issuers of such securities.
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    2. The Private Fund is organized as a limited partnership under 
Delaware law, and would be an investment company but for the exclusion 
from the definition of investment company provided by section 3(c)(7) 
of the Act. Applicants state that the Private Fund's investment 
objectives and policies are substantially similar to the Objectives and 
Strategies of the Company.\3\
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    \3\ ``Objectives and Strategies'' means a Regulated Fund's 
(defined below) investment objectives and strategies, as described 
in the Regulated Fund's registration statement on Form N-2, other 
filings the Regulated Fund has made with the Commission under the 
Securities Act of 1933 (the ``Securities Act''), or under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Regulated Fund's reports to 
shareholders.
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    3. Fund II SBIC and Fund III SBIC (the ``Existing SBIC 
Subsidiaries'') are Wholly-Owned Investment Subs \4\ of the Company. 
Fund II SBIC was organized as a limited partnership under the laws of 
the state of North Carolina and Fund III SBIC was organized as a 
limited partnership under the laws of the state of Delaware. Both were 
organized to make mezzanine investments, primarily in later-stage, 
middle-market companies located in the southeastern and middle-Atlantic 
regions of the United States, and have elected to be regulated as a BDC 
within the meaning of section 2(a)(48) of the Act.
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    \4\ The term ``Wholly-Owned Investment Sub'' means an entity (i) 
that is wholly-owned by a Regulated Fund (with the Regulated Fund at 
all times holding, beneficially and of record, 100% of the voting 
and economic interests); (ii) whose sole business purpose is to hold 
one or more investments on behalf of the Regulated Fund (and, in the 
case of an SBIC Subsidiary, maintain a license under the SBA Act and 
issue debentures guaranteed by the SBA); (iii) with respect to which 
the Regulated Fund's Board has the sole authority to make all 
determinations with respect to the entity's participation under the 
conditions of the application; and (iv) that would be an investment 
company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act. An SBIC 
Subsidiary may be a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub if it satisfies the 
conditions in this definition. The term ``SBIC Subsidiary'' means an 
entity that is licensed by the Small Business Administration (the 
``SBA'') to operate under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 
as amended, (the ``SBA Act'') as a small business investment 
company.

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    4. BDC Adviser, a Delaware limited liability company, is registered 
with the Commission as an investment adviser under the Investment 
Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers Act'') and serves as investment 
adviser to the Company and the Private Fund.
    5. Applicants seek an order (``Order'') to permit one or more 
Regulated Funds \5\ and/or one or more Affiliated Funds \6\ to 
participate in the same investment opportunities through a proposed co-
investment program (the ``Co-Investment Program'') where such 
participation would otherwise be prohibited under section 57(a)(4) and 
rule 17d-1 by (a) co-investing with each other in securities issued by 
issuers in private placement transactions in which an Adviser 
negotiates terms in addition to price;\7\ and (b) making additional 
investments in securities of such issuers, including through the 
exercise of warrants, conversion privileges, and other rights to 
purchase securities of the issuers (``Follow-On Investments''). ``Co-
Investment Transaction'' means any transaction in which a Regulated 
Fund (or its Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) participated together with 
one or more other Regulated Funds and/or one or more Affiliated Funds 
in reliance on the requested Order. ``Potential Co-Investment 
Transaction'' means any investment opportunity in which a Regulated 
Fund (or its Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) could not participate 
together with one or more Affiliated Funds and/or one or more other 
Regulated Funds without obtaining and relying on the Order.\8\
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    \5\ ``Regulated Fund'' means the Company and any Future 
Regulated Fund. ``Future Regulated Fund'' means any closed-end 
management investment company (a) that is registered under the Act 
or has elected to be regulated as BDC, (b) whose investment adviser 
is an Adviser, and (c) that intends to participate in the Co-
Investment Program. The term ``Adviser'' means (a) BDC Adviser and 
(b) any future investment adviser that controls, is controlled by or 
is under common control with BDC Adviser and is registered as an 
investment adviser under the Advisers Act.
    \6\ ``Affiliated Fund'' means the Private Fund and any Future 
Affiliated Fund. ``Future Affiliated Fund'' means any entity (a) 
whose investment adviser is an Adviser, (b) that would be an 
investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act, 
and (c) that intends to participate in the Co-Investment Program.
    \7\ The term ``private placement transactions'' means 
transactions in which the offer and sale of securities by the issuer 
are exempt from registration under the Securities Act.
    \8\ 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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    6. Applicants state that the Company has formed, and any of the 
Regulated Funds may, from time to time, form one or more Wholly-Owned 
Investment Subs. Such a subsidiary would be prohibited from investing 
in a Co-Investment Transaction with any Affiliated Fund or Regulated 
Fund because it would be a company controlled by its parent Regulated 
Fund for purposes of section 57(a)(4) and rule 17d-1. Applicants 
request that each Wholly-Owned Investment Sub be permitted to 
participate in Co-Investment Transactions in lieu of its parent 
Regulated Fund and that the Wholly-Owned Investment Sub's participation 
in any such transaction be treated, for purposes of the requested 
Order, as though the parent Regulated Fund were participating directly. 
Applicants represent that this treatment is justified because a Wholly-
Owned Investment Sub would have no purpose other than serving as a 
holding vehicle for the Regulated Fund's investments and, therefore, no 
conflicts of interest could arise between the Regulated Fund and the 
Wholly-Owned Investment Sub. The Regulated Fund's Board would make all 
relevant determinations under the conditions with regard to a Wholly-
Owned Investment Sub's participation in a Co-Investment Transaction, 
and the Regulated Fund's Board would be informed of, and take into 
consideration, any proposed use of a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub in the 
Regulated Fund's place. If the Regulated Fund proposes to participate 
in the same Co-Investment Transaction with any of its Wholly-Owned 
Investment Subs, the Board will also be informed of, and take into 
consideration, the relative participation of the Regulated Fund and the 
Wholly-Owned Investment Sub.
    7. When considering Potential Co-Investment Transactions for any 
Regulated Fund, the applicable Adviser will consider only the 
Objectives and Strategies, investment policies, investment positions, 
capital available for investment as described in the application 
(``Available Capital''), and other pertinent factors applicable to that 
Regulated Fund. The Board of each Regulated Fund, including the Non-
Interested Directors has (or will have prior to relying on the 
requested Order) determined that it is in the best interests of the 
Regulated Fund to participate in the Co-Investment Transaction.\9\
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    \9\ The Regulated Funds, however, will not be obligated to 
invest, or co-invest, when investment opportunities are referred to 
them.
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    8. Other than pro rata dispositions and Follow-On Investments as 
provided in conditions 7 and 8, and after making the determinations 
required in conditions 1 and 2(a), the Adviser will present each 
Potential Co-Investment Transaction and the proposed allocation to the 
directors of the Board eligible to vote under section 57(o) of the Act 
(``Eligible Directors''), and the ``required majority,'' as defined in 
section 57(o) of the Act (``Required Majority'') \10\ will approve each 
Co-Investment Transaction prior to any investment by the participating 
Regulated Fund.
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    \10\ In the case of a Regulated Fund that is a registered 
closed-end fund, the Board members that make up the Required 
Majority will be determined as if the Regulated Fund were a BDC 
subject to section 57(o).
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    9. With respect to the pro rata dispositions and Follow-On 
Investments provided in conditions 7 and 8, a Regulated Fund may 
participate in a pro rata disposition or Follow-On Investment without 
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if, among other 
things: (i) The proposed participation of each Regulated Fund and 
Affiliated Fund in such disposition is proportionate to its outstanding 
investments in the issuer immediately preceding the disposition or 
Follow-On Investment, as the case may be; and (ii) the Board of the 
Regulated Fund has approved that Regulated Fund's participation in pro 
rata dispositions and Follow-On Investments as being in the best 
interests of the Regulated Fund. If the Board does not so approve, any 
such disposition or Follow-On Investment will be submitted to the 
Regulated Fund's Eligible Directors. The Board of any Regulated Fund 
may at any time rescind, suspend or qualify its approval of pro rata 
dispositions and Follow-On Investments with the result that all 
dispositions and/or Follow-On Investments must be submitted to the 
Eligible Directors.
    10. No Non-Interested Director of a Regulated Fund will have a 
financial interest in any Co-Investment Transaction, other than through 
share ownership in one of the Regulated Funds.
    11. Applicants also represent that if an Adviser or its principals, 
or any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with 
an Adviser or its principals, and the Affiliated Funds (collectively, 
the ``Holders'') own in the aggregate more than 25% of the outstanding 
voting shares of a Regulated Fund (the ``Shares''), then the Holders 
will vote such Shares as required under condition 14.

Applicants' Legal Analysis

    1. Section 57(a)(4) of the Act prohibits certain affiliated persons 
of a BDC from participating in joint transactions with the BDC or a 
company controlled by a BDC in contravention of rules as prescribed by 
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section 57(b)(2) of the Act, any person who is directly or indirectly 
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with a BDC is 
subject to section 57(a)(4). Applicants submit that each of the 
Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds could be deemed to be a person 
related to each Regulated Fund in a manner described by section 57(b) 
by virtue of being under common control. Section 57(i) of the Act 
provides that, until the Commission prescribes rules under section 
57(a)(4), the Commission's rules under section 17(d) of the Act 
applicable to registered closed-end investment companies will be deemed 
to apply to transactions subject to section 57(a)(4). Because the 
Commission has not adopted any rules under section 57(a)(4), rule 17d-1 
also applies to joint transactions with Regulated Funds that are BDCs. 
Section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act are applicable to 
Regulated Funds that are registered closed-end investment companies.
    2. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act prohibit 
affiliated persons of a registered investment company from 
participating in joint transactions with the company unless the 
Commission has granted an order permitting such transactions. In 
passing upon applications under rule 17d-1, the Commission considers 
whether the company's participation in the joint transaction is 
consistent with the provisions, policies, and purposes of the Act and 
the extent to which such participation is on a basis different from or 
less advantageous than that of other participants.
    3. Applicants state that in the absence of the requested relief, 
the Regulated Funds would be, in some circumstances, limited in their 
ability to participate in attractive and appropriate investment 
opportunities. Applicants believe that the proposed terms and 
conditions will ensure that the Co-Investment Transactions are 
consistent with the protection of each Regulated Fund's shareholders 
and with the purposes intended by the policies and provisions of the 
Act. Applicants state that the Regulated Funds' participation in the 
Co-Investment Transactions will be consistent with the provisions, 
policies, and purposes of the Act and on a basis that is not different 
from or less advantageous than that of other participants.

Applicants' Conditions

    Applicants agree that the Order will be subject to the following 
conditions:
    1. Each time an Adviser considers a Potential Co-Investment 
Transaction for an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Fund that falls 
within a Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies, the 
Regulated Fund's Adviser will make an independent determination of the 
appropriateness of the investment for such Regulated Fund in light of 
the Regulated Fund's then-current circumstances.
    2. (a) If the Adviser deems a Regulated Fund's participation in any 
Potential Co-Investment Transaction to be appropriate for the Regulated 
Fund, it will then determine an appropriate level of investment for the 
Regulated Fund.
    (b) If the aggregate amount recommended by the applicable Adviser 
to be invested by the applicable Regulated Fund in the Potential Co-
Investment Transaction, together with the amount proposed to be 
invested by the other participating Regulated Funds and Affiliated 
Funds, collectively, in the same transaction, exceeds the amount of the 
investment opportunity, the investment opportunity will be allocated 
among them pro rata based on each participant's Available Capital, up 
to the amount proposed to be invested by each. The applicable Adviser 
will provide the Eligible Directors of each participating Regulated 
Fund with information concerning each participating party's Available 
Capital to assist the Eligible Directors with their review of the 
Regulated Fund's investments for compliance with these allocation 
procedures.
    (c) After making the determinations required in conditions 1 and 
2(a), the applicable Adviser will distribute written information 
concerning the Potential Co-Investment Transaction (including the 
amount proposed to be invested by each participating Regulated Fund and 
Affiliated Fund) to the Eligible Directors of each participating 
Regulated Fund for their consideration. A Regulated Fund will co-invest 
with one or more other Regulated Funds and/or one or more Affiliated 
Funds only if, prior to the Regulated Fund's participation in the 
Potential Co-Investment Transaction, a Required Majority concludes 
that:
    (i) the terms of the Potential Co-Investment Transaction, including 
the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to the Regulated 
Fund and its shareholders and do not involve overreaching in respect of 
the Regulated Fund or its shareholders on the part of any person 
concerned;
    (ii) the Potential Co-Investment Transaction is consistent with:
    (A) the interests of the shareholders of the Regulated Fund; and
    (B) the Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies;
    (iii) the investment by any other Regulated Funds or Affiliated 
Funds would not disadvantage the Regulated Fund, and participation by 
the Regulated Fund would not be on a basis different from or less 
advantageous than that of other Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds; 
provided that, if any other Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund, but not 
the Regulated Fund itself, gains the right to nominate a director for 
election to a portfolio company's board of directors or the right to 
have a board observer or any similar right to participate in the 
governance or management of the portfolio company, such event shall not 
be interpreted to prohibit the Required Majority from reaching the 
conclusions required by this condition (2)(c)(iii), if:
    (A) the Eligible Directors will have the right to ratify the 
selection of such director or board observer, if any;
    (B) the applicable Adviser agrees to, and does, provide periodic 
reports to the Regulated Fund's Board with respect to the actions of 
such director or the information received by such board observer or 
obtained through the exercise of any similar right to participate in 
the governance or management of the portfolio company; and
    (C) any fees or other compensation that any Affiliated Fund or any 
Regulated Fund or any affiliated person of any Affiliated Fund or any 
Regulated Fund receives in connection with the right of an Affiliated 
Fund or a Regulated Fund to nominate a director or appoint a board 
observer or otherwise to participate in the governance or management of 
the portfolio company will be shared proportionately among the 
participating Affiliated Funds (who each may, in turn, share its 
portion with its affiliated persons) and the participating Regulated 
Funds in accordance with the amount of each party's investment; and
    (iv) the proposed investment by the Regulated Fund will not benefit 
the Advisers, the Affiliated Funds or the other Regulated Funds or any 
affiliated person of any of them (other than the parties to the Co-
Investment Transaction), except (A) to the extent permitted by 
condition 13, (B) to the extent permitted by section 17(e) or 57(k) of 
the Act, as applicable, (C) indirectly, as a result of an interest in 
the securities issued by one of the parties to the Co-Investment 
Transaction, or (D) in the case of fees or other compensation described 
in condition 2(c)(iii)(C).
    3. Each Regulated Fund has the right to decline to participate in 
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Co-Investment Transaction or to invest less than the amount proposed.
    4. The applicable Adviser will present to the Board of each 
Regulated Fund, on a quarterly basis, a record of all investments in 
Potential Co-Investment Transactions made by any of the other Regulated 
Funds or Affiliated Funds during the preceding quarter that fell within 
the Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies that were 
not made available to the Regulated Fund, and an explanation of why the 
investment opportunities were not offered to the Regulated Fund. All 
information presented to the Board pursuant to this condition will be 
kept for the life of the Regulated Fund and at least two years 
thereafter, and will be subject to examination by the Commission and 
its staff.
    5. Except for Follow-On Investments made in accordance with 
condition 8,\11\ a Regulated Fund will not invest in reliance on the 
Order in any issuer in which another Regulated Fund, Affiliated Fund, 
or any affiliated person of another Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund 
is an existing investor.
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    \11\ This exception applies only to Follow-On Investments by a 
Regulated Fund in issuers in which that Regulated Fund already holds 
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    6. A Regulated Fund will not participate in any Potential Co-
Investment Transaction unless the terms, conditions, price, class of 
securities to be purchased, settlement date, and registration rights 
will be the same for each participating Regulated Fund and Affiliated 
Fund. The grant to an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Fund, but 
not the Regulated Fund, of the right to nominate a director for 
election to a portfolio company's board of directors, the right to have 
an observer on the board of directors or similar rights to participate 
in the governance or management of the portfolio company will not be 
interpreted so as to violate this condition 6, if conditions 
2(c)(iii)(A), (B) and (C) are met.
    7. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any Regulated Fund elects to sell, 
exchange or otherwise dispose of an interest in a security that was 
acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction, the applicable Advisers will:
    (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the Co-
Investment Transaction of the proposed disposition at the earliest 
practical time; and
    (ii) formulate a recommendation as to participation by each 
Regulated Fund in the disposition.
    (b) Each Regulated Fund will have the right to participate in such 
disposition on a proportionate basis, at the same price and on the same 
terms and conditions as those applicable to the participating 
Affiliated Funds and Regulated Funds.
    (c) A Regulated Fund may participate in such disposition without 
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The proposed 
participation of each Regulated Fund and each Affiliated Fund in such 
disposition is proportionate to its outstanding investments in the 
issuer immediately preceding the disposition; (ii) the Board of the 
Regulated Fund has approved as being in the best interests of the 
Regulated Fund the ability to participate in such dispositions on a pro 
rata basis (as described in greater detail in the application); and 
(iii) the Board of the Regulated Fund is provided on a quarterly basis 
with a list of all dispositions made in accordance with this condition. 
In all other cases, the Adviser will provide its written recommendation 
as to the Regulated Fund's participation to the Eligible Directors, and 
the Regulated Fund will participate in such disposition solely to the 
extent that a Required Majority determines that it is in the Regulated 
Fund's best interests.
    (d) Each Affiliated Fund and each Regulated Fund will bear its own 
expenses in connection with any such disposition.
    8. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any Regulated Fund desires to make 
a Follow-On Investment in a portfolio company whose securities were 
acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction, the applicable Advisers will:
    (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the Co-
Investment Transaction of the proposed transaction at the earliest 
practical time; and
    (ii) formulate a recommendation as to the proposed participation, 
including the amount of the proposed Follow-On Investment, by each 
Regulated Fund.
    (b) A Regulated Fund may participate in such Follow-On Investment 
without obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The 
proposed participation of each Regulated Fund and each Affiliated Fund 
in such investment is proportionate to its outstanding investments in 
the issuer immediately preceding the Follow-On Investment; and (ii) the 
Board of the Regulated Fund has approved as being in the best interests 
of the Regulated Fund the ability to participate in Follow-On 
Investments on a pro rata basis (as described in greater detail in the 
application). In all other cases, the Adviser will provide its written 
recommendation as to the Regulated Fund's participation to the Eligible 
Directors, and the Regulated Fund will participate in such Follow-On 
Investment solely to the extent that a Required Majority determines 
that it is in the Regulated Fund's best interests.
    (c) If, with respect to any Follow-On Investment:
    (i) The amount of the opportunity is not based on the Regulated 
Funds' and the Affiliated Funds' outstanding investments immediately 
preceding the Follow-On Investment; and
    (ii) the aggregate amount recommended by the applicable Adviser to 
be invested by the applicable Regulated Fund in the Follow-On 
Investment, together with the amount proposed to be invested by the 
other participating Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds, collectively, 
in the same transaction, exceeds the amount of the investment 
opportunity; then the investment opportunity will be allocated among 
them pro rata based on each participant's Available Capital, up to the 
maximum amount proposed to be invested by each.
    (d) The acquisition of Follow-On Investments as permitted by this 
condition will be considered a Co-Investment Transaction for all 
purposes and subject to the other conditions set forth in this 
application.
    9. The Non-Interested Directors of each Regulated Fund will be 
provided quarterly for review all information concerning Potential Co-
Investment Transactions and Co-Investment Transactions, including 
investments made by other Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds that the 
Regulated Fund considered but declined to participate in, so that the 
Non-Interested Directors may determine whether all investments made 
during the preceding quarter, including those investments that the 
Regulated Fund considered but declined to participate in, comply with 
the conditions of the Order. In addition, the Non-Interested Directors 
will consider at least annually the continued appropriateness for the 
Regulated Fund of participating in new and existing Co-Investment 
Transactions.
    10. Each Regulated Fund will maintain the records required by 
section 57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the Regulated Funds were a 
BDC and each of the investments permitted under these conditions were 
approved by the Required Majority under section 57(f) of the Act.
    11. No Non-Interested Director of a Regulated Fund will also be a 
director, general partner, managing member or principal, or otherwise 
an ``affiliated person'' (as defined in the Act) of an Affiliated Fund.

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    12. The expenses, if any, associated with acquiring, holding or 
disposing of any securities acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction 
(including, without limitation, the expenses of the distribution of any 
such securities registered for sale under the Securities Act) will, to 
the extent not payable by the Advisers under their respective 
investment advisory agreements with Affiliated Funds and the Regulated 
Funds, be shared by the Regulated Funds and the Affiliated Funds in 
proportion to the relative amounts of the securities held or to be 
acquired or disposed of, as the case may be.
    13. Any transaction fee \12\ (including break-up or commitment fees 
but excluding broker's fees contemplated section 17(e) or 57(k) of the 
Act, as applicable), received in connection with a Co-Investment 
Transaction will be distributed to the participating Regulated Funds 
and Affiliated Funds on a pro rata basis based on the amounts they 
invested or committed, as the case may be, in such Co-Investment 
Transaction. If any transaction fee is to be held by an Adviser pending 
consummation of the transaction, the fee will be deposited into an 
account maintained by such Adviser at a bank or banks having the 
qualifications prescribed in section 26(a)(1) of the Act, and the 
account will earn a competitive rate of interest that will also be 
divided pro rata among the participating Regulated Funds and Affiliated 
Funds based on the amounts they invest in such Co-Investment 
Transaction. None of the Affiliated Funds, the Advisers, the other 
Regulated Funds or any affiliated person of the Regulated Funds or 
Affiliated Funds will receive additional compensation or remuneration 
of any kind as a result of or in connection with a Co-Investment 
Transaction (other than (a) in the case of the Regulated Funds and the 
Affiliated Funds, the pro rata transaction fees described above and 
fees or other compensation described in condition 2(c)(iii)(C); and (b) 
in the case of an Adviser, investment advisory fees paid in accordance 
with the agreement between the Adviser and the Regulated Fund or 
Affiliated Fund.
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    \12\ Applicants are not requesting and the staff is not 
providing any relief for transaction fees received in connection 
with any Co-Investment Transaction.
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    14. If the Holders own in the aggregate more than 25% of the Shares 
of a Regulated Fund, then the Holders will vote such Shares as directed 
by an independent third party when voting on (1) the election of 
directors; (2) the removal of one or more directors; or (3) any other 
matter under either the Act or applicable State law affecting the 
Board's composition, size or manner of election.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Robert W. Errett,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-10889 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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28924 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices delivering to investors the information Investment Advisors, LLC (the ‘‘BDC Company seeks to generate both current required under Rule 10b–10 would be Adviser’’), on behalf of itself and its income and capital appreciation $8,417,166,447. successors.1 through investments in traditional An agency may not conduct or FILING DATES: The application was filed mezzanine and senior subordinated sponsor, and a person is not required to on September 10, 2015 and amended on loans; first-lien, senior secured positions respond to, a collection of information February 26, 2016 and April 28, 2016. in ‘‘stretch’’ senior secured loans; as under the PRA unless it displays a HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: well as equity interests, either in the currently valid OMB control number. An order granting the requested relief form of detachable ‘‘penny’’ warrants or The public may view background will be issued unless the Commission equity co-investments made pari passu documentation for this information orders a hearing. Interested persons may with financial sponsors. The board of collection at the following Web site: request a hearing by writing to the directors (‘‘Board’’) of the Company is www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be Commission’s Secretary and serving comprised of five directors, three of directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the applicants with a copy of the request, whom are not ‘‘interested persons’’ Securities and Exchange Commission, personally or by mail. Hearing requests within the meaning of section 2(a)(19) of Office of Information and Regulatory should be received by the Commission the Act (the ‘‘Non-Interested Directors’’). Affairs, Office of Management and by 5:30 p.m. on May 31, 2016, and 2. The Private Fund is organized as a Budget, Room 10102, New Executive should be accompanied by proof of limited partnership under Delaware Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, service on applicants, in the form of an law, and would be an investment or by sending an email to: Shagufta_ affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of company but for the exclusion from the Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the definition of investment company Dyson, Director/Chief Information Act, hearing requests should state the provided by section 3(c)(7) of the Act. Officer, Securities and Exchange nature of the writer’s interest, any facts Applicants state that the Private Fund’s Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, bearing upon the desirability of a investment objectives and policies are 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC hearing on the matter, the reason for the substantially similar to the Objectives 20549, or by sending an email to: PRA_ request, and the issues contested. and Strategies of the Company.3 Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be Persons who wish to be notified of a 3. Fund II SBIC and Fund III SBIC (the submitted to OMB within 30 days of hearing may request notification by ‘‘Existing SBIC Subsidiaries’’) are this notice. writing to the Commission’s Secretary. Wholly-Owned Investment Subs 4 of the Dated: May 4, 2016. ADDRESSES: Brent J. Fields, Secretary, Company. Fund II SBIC was organized Robert W. Errett, U.S. Securities and Exchange as a limited partnership under the laws Deputy Secretary. Commission, 100 F St. NE., Washington, of the state of North Carolina and Fund [FR Doc. 2016–10888 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am] DC 20549–1090. Applicants: 4201 III SBIC was organized as a limited BILLING CODE 8011–01–P Congress St., Suite 360, Charlotte, NC partnership under the laws of the state 28209. of Delaware. Both were organized to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay- make mezzanine investments, primarily SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Mario Vobis, Senior Counsel, at (202) in later-stage, middle-market companies COMMISSION 551–6728, or Mary Kay Frech, Branch located in the southeastern and middle- Chief, at (202) 551–6821 (Chief Atlantic regions of the United States, [Release No. IC–32102; File No. 812–14544] Counsel’s Office, Division of Investment and have elected to be regulated as a Capitala Finance Corp., et al.; Notice of Management). BDC within the meaning of section Application SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2(a)(48) of the Act. following is a summary of the May 4, 2016. 3 ‘‘Objectives and Strategies’’ means a Regulated application. The complete application AGENCY: Securities and Exchange may be obtained via the Commission’s Fund’s (defined below) investment objectives and Commission (‘‘Commission’’). strategies, as described in the Regulated Fund’s Web site by searching for the file registration statement on Form N–2, other filings ACTION: Notice of application for an number, or for an applicant using the the Regulated Fund has made with the Commission order under sections 17(d) and 57(i) of Company name box, at http:// under the Securities Act of 1933 (the ‘‘Securities the Investment Company Act of 1940 www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by Act’’), or under the Securities Exchange Act of (the ‘‘Act’’) and rule 17d–1 under the 1934, and the Regulated Fund’s reports to calling (202) 551–8090. shareholders. Act permitting certain joint transactions 4 The term ‘‘Wholly-Owned Investment Sub’’ otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d) Applicants’ Representations means an entity (i) that is wholly-owned by a and 57(a)(4) of the Act and under rule 1. The Company, a Maryland Regulated Fund (with the Regulated Fund at all 17d–1 under the Act. times holding, beneficially and of record, 100% of corporation, is organized as a closed- the voting and economic interests); (ii) whose sole end management investment company business purpose is to hold one or more SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants that has elected to be regulated as a BDC investments on behalf of the Regulated Fund (and, request an order to permit a business within the meaning of section 2(a)(48) of in the case of an SBIC Subsidiary, maintain a development company (‘‘BDC’’) and the Act.2 Applicants state that the license under the SBA Act and issue debentures certain closed end investment guaranteed by the SBA); (iii) with respect to which the Regulated Fund’s Board has the sole authority companies to co-invest in portfolio 1 The term ‘‘successor,’’ as applied to each to make all determinations with respect to the companies with each other and with Adviser (defined below), means an entity that asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES entity’s participation under the conditions of the affiliated investment funds. results from a reorganization into another application; and (iv) that would be an investment jurisdiction or change in the type of business company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act. APPLICANTS: Capitala Finance Corp. (the organization. An SBIC Subsidiary may be a Wholly-Owned ‘‘Company’’), Capitala Private Credit 2 Section 2(a)(48) defines a BDC to be any closed- Investment Sub if it satisfies the conditions in this Fund I, L.P. (the ‘‘Private Fund’’), end investment company that operates for the definition. The term ‘‘SBIC Subsidiary’’ means an CapitalSouth Partners Fund II Limited purpose of making investments in securities entity that is licensed by the Small Business described in sections 55(a)(1) through 55(a)(3) of the Administration (the ‘‘SBA’’) to operate under the Partnership (‘‘Fund II SBIC’’), Act and makes available significant managerial Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as CapitalSouth Partners SBIC Fund III, assistance with respect to the issuers of such amended, (the ‘‘SBA Act’’) as a small business L.P. (‘‘Fund III SBIC’’), and Capitala securities. investment company. 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices 28925 4. BDC Adviser, a Delaware limited Subs. Such a subsidiary would be Transaction and the proposed allocation liability company, is registered with the prohibited from investing in a Co- to the directors of the Board eligible to Commission as an investment adviser Investment Transaction with any vote under section 57(o) of the Act under the Investment Advisers Act of Affiliated Fund or Regulated Fund (‘‘Eligible Directors’’), and the ‘‘required 1940 (the ‘‘Advisers Act’’) and serves as because it would be a company majority,’’ as defined in section 57(o) of investment adviser to the Company and controlled by its parent Regulated Fund the Act (‘‘Required Majority’’) 10 will the Private Fund. for purposes of section 57(a)(4) and rule approve each Co-Investment 5. Applicants seek an order (‘‘Order’’) 17d–1. Applicants request that each Transaction prior to any investment by to permit one or more Regulated Funds 5 Wholly-Owned Investment Sub be the participating Regulated Fund. and/or one or more Affiliated Funds 6 to permitted to participate in Co- 9. With respect to the pro rata participate in the same investment Investment Transactions in lieu of its dispositions and Follow-On Investments opportunities through a proposed co- parent Regulated Fund and that the provided in conditions 7 and 8, a investment program (the ‘‘Co- Wholly-Owned Investment Sub’s Regulated Fund may participate in a pro Investment Program’’) where such participation in any such transaction be rata disposition or Follow-On participation would otherwise be treated, for purposes of the requested Investment without obtaining prior prohibited under section 57(a)(4) and Order, as though the parent Regulated approval of the Required Majority if, rule 17d–1 by (a) co-investing with each Fund were participating directly. among other things: (i) The proposed other in securities issued by issuers in Applicants represent that this treatment participation of each Regulated Fund private placement transactions in which is justified because a Wholly-Owned and Affiliated Fund in such disposition an Adviser negotiates terms in addition Investment Sub would have no purpose is proportionate to its outstanding to price;7 and (b) making additional other than serving as a holding vehicle investments in the issuer immediately investments in securities of such for the Regulated Fund’s investments preceding the disposition or Follow-On issuers, including through the exercise and, therefore, no conflicts of interest Investment, as the case may be; and (ii) of warrants, conversion privileges, and could arise between the Regulated Fund the Board of the Regulated Fund has other rights to purchase securities of the and the Wholly-Owned Investment Sub. approved that Regulated Fund’s issuers (‘‘Follow-On Investments’’). ‘‘Co- The Regulated Fund’s Board would participation in pro rata dispositions Investment Transaction’’ means any make all relevant determinations under and Follow-On Investments as being in transaction in which a Regulated Fund the conditions with regard to a Wholly- the best interests of the Regulated Fund. (or its Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) Owned Investment Sub’s participation If the Board does not so approve, any participated together with one or more in a Co-Investment Transaction, and the such disposition or Follow-On other Regulated Funds and/or one or Regulated Fund’s Board would be Investment will be submitted to the more Affiliated Funds in reliance on the informed of, and take into Regulated Fund’s Eligible Directors. The requested Order. ‘‘Potential Co- consideration, any proposed use of a Board of any Regulated Fund may at any Investment Transaction’’ means any Wholly-Owned Investment Sub in the time rescind, suspend or qualify its investment opportunity in which a Regulated Fund’s place. If the Regulated approval of pro rata dispositions and Regulated Fund (or its Wholly-Owned Fund proposes to participate in the Follow-On Investments with the result Investment Sub) could not participate same Co-Investment Transaction with that all dispositions and/or Follow-On together with one or more Affiliated any of its Wholly-Owned Investment Investments must be submitted to the Funds and/or one or more other Subs, the Board will also be informed Eligible Directors. Regulated Funds without obtaining and of, and take into consideration, the 10. No Non-Interested Director of a relying on the Order.8 relative participation of the Regulated Regulated Fund will have a financial 6. Applicants state that the Company Fund and the Wholly-Owned interest in any Co-Investment has formed, and any of the Regulated Investment Sub. Transaction, other than through share Funds may, from time to time, form one 7. When considering Potential Co- ownership in one of the Regulated or more Wholly-Owned Investment Investment Transactions for any Funds. Regulated Fund, the applicable Adviser 11. Applicants also represent that if 5 ‘‘Regulated Fund’’ means the Company and any will consider only the Objectives and an Adviser or its principals, or any Future Regulated Fund. ‘‘Future Regulated Fund’’ person controlling, controlled by, or means any closed-end management investment Strategies, investment policies, company (a) that is registered under the Act or has investment positions, capital available under common control with an Adviser elected to be regulated as BDC, (b) whose for investment as described in the or its principals, and the Affiliated investment adviser is an Adviser, and (c) that application (‘‘Available Capital’’), and Funds (collectively, the ‘‘Holders’’) own intends to participate in the Co-Investment in the aggregate more than 25% of the Program. The term ‘‘Adviser’’ means (a) BDC other pertinent factors applicable to that outstanding voting shares of a Regulated Adviser and (b) any future investment adviser that Regulated Fund. The Board of each controls, is controlled by or is under common Fund (the ‘‘Shares’’), then the Holders Regulated Fund, including the Non- control with BDC Adviser and is registered as an will vote such Shares as required under investment adviser under the Advisers Act. Interested Directors has (or will have condition 14. 6 ‘‘Affiliated Fund’’ means the Private Fund and prior to relying on the requested Order) any Future Affiliated Fund. ‘‘Future Affiliated determined that it is in the best interests Applicants’ Legal Analysis Fund’’ means any entity (a) whose investment of the Regulated Fund to participate in 1. Section 57(a)(4) of the Act prohibits adviser is an Adviser, (b) that would be an the Co-Investment Transaction.9 investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or certain affiliated persons of a BDC from 3(c)(7) of the Act, and (c) that intends to participate 8. Other than pro rata dispositions participating in joint transactions with asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES in the Co-Investment Program. and Follow-On Investments as provided the BDC or a company controlled by a 7 The term ‘‘private placement transactions’’ in conditions 7 and 8, and after making BDC in contravention of rules as means transactions in which the offer and sale of the determinations required in securities by the issuer are exempt from registration prescribed by the Commission. Under under the Securities Act. conditions 1 and 2(a), the Adviser will 8 All existing entities that currently intend to rely present each Potential Co-Investment 10 In the case of a Regulated Fund that is a upon the requested Order have been named as registered closed-end fund, the Board members that applicants. Any other existing or future entity that 9 The Regulated Funds, however, will not be make up the Required Majority will be determined subsequently relies on the Order will comply with obligated to invest, or co-invest, when investment as if the Regulated Fund were a BDC subject to the terms and conditions of the application. opportunities are referred to them. section 57(o). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 May 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1

28926 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices section 57(b)(2) of the Act, any person Fund that falls within a Regulated (iii) the investment by any other who is directly or indirectly controlling, Fund’s then-current Objectives and Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds controlled by, or under common control Strategies, the Regulated Fund’s Adviser would not disadvantage the Regulated with a BDC is subject to section 57(a)(4). will make an independent Fund, and participation by the Applicants submit that each of the determination of the appropriateness of Regulated Fund would not be on a basis Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds the investment for such Regulated Fund different from or less advantageous than could be deemed to be a person related in light of the Regulated Fund’s then- that of other Regulated Funds or to each Regulated Fund in a manner current circumstances. Affiliated Funds; provided that, if any described by section 57(b) by virtue of 2. (a) If the Adviser deems a Regulated other Regulated Fund or Affiliated being under common control. Section Fund’s participation in any Potential Fund, but not the Regulated Fund itself, 57(i) of the Act provides that, until the Co-Investment Transaction to be gains the right to nominate a director for Commission prescribes rules under appropriate for the Regulated Fund, it election to a portfolio company’s board section 57(a)(4), the Commission’s rules will then determine an appropriate level of directors or the right to have a board under section 17(d) of the Act of investment for the Regulated Fund. observer or any similar right to applicable to registered closed-end (b) If the aggregate amount participate in the governance or investment companies will be deemed recommended by the applicable Adviser management of the portfolio company, to apply to transactions subject to to be invested by the applicable such event shall not be interpreted to section 57(a)(4). Because the Regulated Fund in the Potential Co- prohibit the Required Majority from Commission has not adopted any rules Investment Transaction, together with reaching the conclusions required by under section 57(a)(4), rule 17d–1 also the amount proposed to be invested by this condition (2)(c)(iii), if: applies to joint transactions with the other participating Regulated Funds (A) the Eligible Directors will have the Regulated Funds that are BDCs. Section and Affiliated Funds, collectively, in the right to ratify the selection of such 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d–1 under same transaction, exceeds the amount of director or board observer, if any; the Act are applicable to Regulated the investment opportunity, the (B) the applicable Adviser agrees to, Funds that are registered closed-end investment opportunity will be and does, provide periodic reports to investment companies. allocated among them pro rata based on the Regulated Fund’s Board with respect 2. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule each participant’s Available Capital, up to the actions of such director or the 17d–1 under the Act prohibit affiliated to the amount proposed to be invested information received by such board persons of a registered investment by each. The applicable Adviser will observer or obtained through the company from participating in joint provide the Eligible Directors of each exercise of any similar right to transactions with the company unless participating Regulated Fund with participate in the governance or the Commission has granted an order information concerning each management of the portfolio company; permitting such transactions. In passing participating party’s Available Capital to and upon applications under rule 17d–1, the assist the Eligible Directors with their (C) any fees or other compensation Commission considers whether the review of the Regulated Fund’s that any Affiliated Fund or any company’s participation in the joint investments for compliance with these Regulated Fund or any affiliated person transaction is consistent with the allocation procedures. of any Affiliated Fund or any Regulated provisions, policies, and purposes of the (c) After making the determinations Fund receives in connection with the Act and the extent to which such required in conditions 1 and 2(a), the right of an Affiliated Fund or a participation is on a basis different from applicable Adviser will distribute Regulated Fund to nominate a director or less advantageous than that of other written information concerning the or appoint a board observer or otherwise participants. 3. Applicants state that in the absence Potential Co-Investment Transaction to participate in the governance or of the requested relief, the Regulated (including the amount proposed to be management of the portfolio company Funds would be, in some invested by each participating Regulated will be shared proportionately among circumstances, limited in their ability to Fund and Affiliated Fund) to the the participating Affiliated Funds (who participate in attractive and appropriate Eligible Directors of each participating each may, in turn, share its portion with investment opportunities. Applicants Regulated Fund for their consideration. its affiliated persons) and the believe that the proposed terms and A Regulated Fund will co-invest with participating Regulated Funds in conditions will ensure that the Co- one or more other Regulated Funds and/ accordance with the amount of each Investment Transactions are consistent or one or more Affiliated Funds only if, party’s investment; and with the protection of each Regulated prior to the Regulated Fund’s (iv) the proposed investment by the Fund’s shareholders and with the participation in the Potential Co- Regulated Fund will not benefit the purposes intended by the policies and Investment Transaction, a Required Advisers, the Affiliated Funds or the provisions of the Act. Applicants state Majority concludes that: other Regulated Funds or any affiliated that the Regulated Funds’ participation (i) the terms of the Potential Co- person of any of them (other than the in the Co-Investment Transactions will Investment Transaction, including the parties to the Co-Investment be consistent with the provisions, consideration to be paid, are reasonable Transaction), except (A) to the extent policies, and purposes of the Act and on and fair to the Regulated Fund and its permitted by condition 13, (B) to the a basis that is not different from or less shareholders and do not involve extent permitted by section 17(e) or overreaching in respect of the Regulated 57(k) of the Act, as applicable, (C) asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES advantageous than that of other participants. Fund or its shareholders on the part of indirectly, as a result of an interest in any person concerned; the securities issued by one of the Applicants’ Conditions (ii) the Potential Co-Investment parties to the Co-Investment Applicants agree that the Order will Transaction is consistent with: Transaction, or (D) in the case of fees or be subject to the following conditions: (A) the interests of the shareholders of other compensation described in 1. Each time an Adviser considers a the Regulated Fund; and condition 2(c)(iii)(C). Potential Co-Investment Transaction for (B) the Regulated Fund’s then-current 3. Each Regulated Fund has the right an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Objectives and Strategies; to decline to participate in any Potential VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 May 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices 28927 Co-Investment Transaction or to invest on a proportionate basis, at the same Fund’s participation to the Eligible less than the amount proposed. price and on the same terms and Directors, and the Regulated Fund will 4. The applicable Adviser will present conditions as those applicable to the participate in such Follow-On to the Board of each Regulated Fund, on participating Affiliated Funds and Investment solely to the extent that a a quarterly basis, a record of all Regulated Funds. Required Majority determines that it is investments in Potential Co-Investment (c) A Regulated Fund may participate in the Regulated Fund’s best interests. Transactions made by any of the other in such disposition without obtaining (c) If, with respect to any Follow-On Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds prior approval of the Required Majority Investment: during the preceding quarter that fell if: (i) The proposed participation of each (i) The amount of the opportunity is within the Regulated Fund’s then- Regulated Fund and each Affiliated not based on the Regulated Funds’ and current Objectives and Strategies that Fund in such disposition is the Affiliated Funds’ outstanding were not made available to the proportionate to its outstanding investments immediately preceding the Regulated Fund, and an explanation of investments in the issuer immediately Follow-On Investment; and why the investment opportunities were preceding the disposition; (ii) the Board (ii) the aggregate amount not offered to the Regulated Fund. All of the Regulated Fund has approved as recommended by the applicable Adviser information presented to the Board being in the best interests of the to be invested by the applicable pursuant to this condition will be kept Regulated Fund the ability to participate Regulated Fund in the Follow-On for the life of the Regulated Fund and in such dispositions on a pro rata basis Investment, together with the amount at least two years thereafter, and will be (as described in greater detail in the proposed to be invested by the other subject to examination by the application); and (iii) the Board of the participating Regulated Funds and Commission and its staff. Regulated Fund is provided on a Affiliated Funds, collectively, in the 5. Except for Follow-On Investments quarterly basis with a list of all same transaction, exceeds the amount of made in accordance with condition 8,11 dispositions made in accordance with the investment opportunity; then the a Regulated Fund will not invest in this condition. In all other cases, the investment opportunity will be reliance on the Order in any issuer in Adviser will provide its written allocated among them pro rata based on which another Regulated Fund, recommendation as to the Regulated each participant’s Available Capital, up Affiliated Fund, or any affiliated person Fund’s participation to the Eligible to the maximum amount proposed to be of another Regulated Fund or Affiliated Directors, and the Regulated Fund will invested by each. participate in such disposition solely to (d) The acquisition of Follow-On Fund is an existing investor. the extent that a Required Majority Investments as permitted by this 6. A Regulated Fund will not determines that it is in the Regulated condition will be considered a Co- participate in any Potential Co- Fund’s best interests. Investment Transaction for all purposes Investment Transaction unless the (d) Each Affiliated Fund and each and subject to the other conditions set terms, conditions, price, class of Regulated Fund will bear its own forth in this application. securities to be purchased, settlement 9. The Non-Interested Directors of date, and registration rights will be the expenses in connection with any such disposition. each Regulated Fund will be provided same for each participating Regulated quarterly for review all information 8. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any Fund and Affiliated Fund. The grant to concerning Potential Co-Investment Regulated Fund desires to make a an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Transactions and Co-Investment Follow-On Investment in a portfolio Fund, but not the Regulated Fund, of Transactions, including investments company whose securities were the right to nominate a director for made by other Regulated Funds or acquired in a Co-Investment election to a portfolio company’s board Affiliated Funds that the Regulated Transaction, the applicable Advisers of directors, the right to have an Fund considered but declined to will: observer on the board of directors or (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participate in, so that the Non-Interested similar rights to participate in the participated in the Co-Investment Directors may determine whether all governance or management of the Transaction of the proposed transaction investments made during the preceding portfolio company will not be at the earliest practical time; and quarter, including those investments interpreted so as to violate this (ii) formulate a recommendation as to that the Regulated Fund considered but condition 6, if conditions 2(c)(iii)(A), (B) the proposed participation, including declined to participate in, comply with and (C) are met. the amount of the proposed Follow-On the conditions of the Order. In addition, 7. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any Investment, by each Regulated Fund. the Non-Interested Directors will Regulated Fund elects to sell, exchange (b) A Regulated Fund may participate consider at least annually the continued or otherwise dispose of an interest in a in such Follow-On Investment without appropriateness for the Regulated Fund security that was acquired in a Co- obtaining prior approval of the Required of participating in new and existing Co- Investment Transaction, the applicable Majority if: (i) The proposed Investment Transactions. Advisers will: participation of each Regulated Fund 10. Each Regulated Fund will (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that and each Affiliated Fund in such maintain the records required by section participated in the Co-Investment investment is proportionate to its 57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the Transaction of the proposed disposition outstanding investments in the issuer Regulated Funds were a BDC and each at the earliest practical time; and immediately preceding the Follow-On of the investments permitted under (ii) formulate a recommendation as to Investment; and (ii) the Board of the these conditions were approved by the asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES participation by each Regulated Fund in Regulated Fund has approved as being Required Majority under section 57(f) of the disposition. in the best interests of the Regulated the Act. (b) Each Regulated Fund will have the Fund the ability to participate in 11. No Non-Interested Director of a right to participate in such disposition Follow-On Investments on a pro rata Regulated Fund will also be a director, 11 This exception applies only to Follow-On basis (as described in greater detail in general partner, managing member or Investments by a Regulated Fund in issuers in the application). In all other cases, the principal, or otherwise an ‘‘affiliated which that Regulated Fund already holds Adviser will provide its written person’’ (as defined in the Act) of an investments. recommendation as to the Regulated Affiliated Fund. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 May 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1

28928 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices 12. The expenses, if any, associated any other matter under either the Act or derivative securities products traded on with acquiring, holding or disposing of applicable State law affecting the the SROs that are not deemed to be any securities acquired in a Co- Board’s composition, size or manner of proposed rule changes and to determine Investment Transaction (including, election. whether an SRO has properly availed without limitation, the expenses of the For the Commission, by the Division of itself of the permission granted by Rule distribution of any such securities Investment Management, under delegated 19b–4(e). The Commission reviews SRO registered for sale under the Securities authority. compliance with Rule 19b-4(e) through Act) will, to the extent not payable by Robert W. Errett, its routine inspections of the SROs. the Advisers under their respective Deputy Secretary. The respondents to the collection of investment advisory agreements with [FR Doc. 2016–10889 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am] information are SROs (as defined by the Affiliated Funds and the Regulated BILLING CODE 8011–01–P Act), all of which are national securities Funds, be shared by the Regulated exchanges. As of January, 2016 there are Funds and the Affiliated Funds in eighteen entities registered as national proportion to the relative amounts of the SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE securities exchanges with the securities held or to be acquired or COMMISSION Commission. The Commission receives disposed of, as the case may be. an average total of 2,088 responses per 13. Any transaction fee 12 (including Submission for OMB Review; year, which corresponds to an estimated break-up or commitment fees but Comment Request annual response burden of 2,088 hours. excluding broker’s fees contemplated At an average hourly cost of $64, the Upon Written Request, Copies Available section 17(e) or 57(k) of the Act, as aggregate related internal cost of From: Securities and Exchange applicable), received in connection with compliance with Rule 19b–4(e) is Commission, Office of FOIA Services, a Co-Investment Transaction will be $133,632 (2,088 burden hours 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC distributed to the participating multiplied by $64/hour). 20549–2736. Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds Compliance with Rule 19b-4(e) is on a pro rata basis based on the amounts Extension: Rule 19b–4(e) and Form 19b–4(e); SEC File mandatory. Information received in they invested or committed, as the case response to Rule 19b-4(e) shall not be No. 270–447, OMB Control No. 3235– may be, in such Co-Investment 0504. kept confidential; the information Transaction. If any transaction fee is to collected is public information. be held by an Adviser pending Notice is hereby given that pursuant An agency may not conduct or consummation of the transaction, the to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 sponsor, and a person is not required to fee will be deposited into an account (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities and Exchange Commission respond to, a collection of information maintained by such Adviser at a bank or under the PRA unless it displays a banks having the qualifications (‘‘Commission’’) has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget currently valid OMB control number. prescribed in section 26(a)(1) of the Act, The public may view background and the account will earn a competitive (‘‘OMB’’) a request for approval of extension of the previously approved documentation for this information rate of interest that will also be divided collection at the following Web site, pro rata among the participating collection of information provided for in Rule 19b–4(e) (17 CFR 240.19b–4(e)) www.reginfo.gov. Comments should be Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds directed to: (i) Desk Officer for the based on the amounts they invest in under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C 78a et seq.) (the ‘‘Act’’). Securities and Exchange Commission, such Co-Investment Transaction. None Office of Information and Regulatory Rule 19b–4(e) permits a self- of the Affiliated Funds, the Advisers, Affairs, Office of Management and regulatory organization (‘‘SRO’’) to list the other Regulated Funds or any Budget, Room 10102, New Executive and trade a new derivative securities affiliated person of the Regulated Funds Office Building, Washington, DC 20503, product without submitting a proposed or Affiliated Funds will receive or by sending an email to: Shagufta_ rule change pursuant to Section 19(b) of additional compensation or Ahmed@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) Pamela the Act (15 U.S.C. 78s(b)), so long as remuneration of any kind as a result of Dyson, Director/Chief Information such product meets the criteria of Rule or in connection with a Co-Investment Officer, Securities and Exchange 19b–4(e) under the Act. However, in Transaction (other than (a) in the case Commission, c/o Remi Pavlik-Simon, order for the Commission to maintain an of the Regulated Funds and the accurate record of all new derivative 100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 20549 Affiliated Funds, the pro rata securities products traded on the SROs, or send an email to: PRA_Mailbox@ transaction fees described above and Rule 19b–4(e) requires an SRO to file a sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to fees or other compensation described in summary form, Form 19b–4(e), to notify OMB within 30 days of this notice. condition 2(c)(iii)(C); and (b) in the case the Commission when the SRO begins of an Adviser, investment advisory fees Dated: May 4, 2016. trading a new derivative securities Robert W. Errett, paid in accordance with the agreement product that is not required to be between the Adviser and the Regulated Deputy Secretary. submitted as a proposed rule change to Fund or Affiliated Fund. the Commission. Form 19b–4(e) should [FR Doc. 2016–10886 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am] 14. If the Holders own in the aggregate be submitted within five business days BILLING CODE 8011–01–P more than 25% of the Shares of a after an SRO begins trading a new Regulated Fund, then the Holders will derivative securities product that is not asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES vote such Shares as directed by an SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE required to be submitted as a proposed independent third party when voting on COMMISSION rule change. In addition, Rule 19b–4(e) (1) the election of directors; (2) the requires an SRO to maintain, on-site, a removal of one or more directors; or (3) Submission for OMB Review; copy of Form 19b–4(e) for a prescribed Comment Request 12 Applicants are not requesting and the staff is period of time. not providing any relief for transaction fees This collection of information is Upon Written Request, Copies Available received in connection with any Co-Investment designed to allow the Commission to From: Securities and Exchange Transaction. maintain an accurate record of all new Commission, Office of FOIA Services, VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 May 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00111 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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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 permitting certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and under rule 17d-1 under the Act.
DatesThe application was filed on September 10, 2015 and
ContactKay-Mario Vobis, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551-6728, or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821 (Chief Counsel's Office, Division of Investment Management).
FR Citation81 FR 28924 
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