82_FR_24519 82 FR 24418 - Corporate Capital Trust, Inc., et al.

82 FR 24418 - Corporate Capital Trust, Inc., et al.

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 101 (May 26, 2017)

Page Range24418-24424
FR Document2017-10795

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 101 (Friday, May 26, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 101 (Friday, May 26, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24418-24424]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10795]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 32642; 812-14408]


Corporate Capital Trust, Inc., et al.

May 22, 2017.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice.

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

Summary of Application:  Applicants request an order to permit business 
development companies (``BDCs'') and closed-end management investment 
companies to co-invest in portfolio companies with each other and with 
certain affiliated investment funds and accounts.\1\
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    \1\ The requested order (``Order'') would supersede an exemptive 
order issued by the Commission on May 21, 2013 (In the Matter of 
Corporate Capital Trust, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos. 
30494 (Apr. 25, 2013) (notice) and 30526 (May 21, 2013) (order)) 
(the ``Prior Order''), with the result that no person will continue 
to rely on the Prior Order if the Order is granted.

Applicants:  Corporate Capital Trust, Inc. (``CCT I''); Corporate 
Capital Trust II (``CCT II''); KKR Income Opportunities Fund (``KIO,'' 
and together with CCT I and CCT II, the ``Existing Regulated 
Entities''); CNL Fund Advisors Company (``CFA''); CNL Fund Advisors II, 
LLC (``CFA II''); KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC (``KKR Credit''); the 
investment advisory subsidiaries and relying advisers of KKR Credit set 
forth on Schedule A to the application (collectively, with KKR Credit, 
the ``Existing KKR Credit Advisers''); KKR Capital Markets Holdings 
L.P. and its capital markets subsidiaries and other indirect, wholly- 
or majority-owned subsidiaries of KKR & Co. L.P. (``KKR'') set forth on 
Schedule A to the application (collectively, the ``KCM Companies''); 
\2\ KKR Financial Holdings LLC (``KFN'') and its wholly-owned 
subsidiaries set forth on Schedule A to the application (together with 
wholly-owned subsidiaries of KFN that may be formed in the future, the 
``KFN Subsidiaries.''); the Existing Affiliated Funds set forth on 
Schedule A to the application \3\; and Prisma Capital Partners LP (the 
``Existing KKR Primary Adviser'').
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    \2\ These entities are all indirect, wholly- or majority-owned 
subsidiaries of KKR and, from time to time, may hold various 
financial assets in a principal capacity (in such capacity, 
``Existing KKR Proprietary Accounts'').
    \3\ The Existing Affiliated Funds, together with their direct 
and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries, are entities (i) (A) whose 
primary investment adviser is an Existing KKR Credit Adviser or (B) 
whose primary investment adviser is the Existing KKR Primary Adviser 
and whose sub-adviser is an Existing KKR Credit Adviser (``Sub-
Advised Affiliated Fund'') and (ii) that either (A) would be an 
investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act or 
(B) may rely on the rule 3a-7 exemption from investment company 
status. Certain Existing Affiliated Funds are collateralized loan 
obligation (``CLO'') entities that rely on rule 3a-7 under the Act 
in addition to section 3(c)(7) thereof. These Existing Affiliated 
Funds are all advised by Existing KKR Credit Advisers.

Filing Dates:  The application was filed on December 24, 2014, and 
amended on June 1, 2015, December 7, 2015, July 14, 2016, and May 8, 
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2017.

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 June 16, 2017, and

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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: CCT I, CCT II, CFA, and 
CFA II, 450 S. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801; KIO, KKR Credit, KKR 
the KCM Companies, KFN, the KFN Subsidiaries, the Existing Affiliated 
Funds, and the Existing KKR Primary Adviser, 555 California Street, 
50th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel, 
at (202) 551-6812 or David J. Marcinkus, 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. CCT I, a Maryland corporation, and CCT II, a Delaware statutory 
trust, are closed-end management investment companies that have elected 
to be regulated as BDCs under the Act.\4\ Each of CCT I and CCT II's 
investment objective is to provide shareholders with current income 
and, to a lesser extent, long-term capital appreciation. CCT I and CCT 
II each have a five-member Board, of which three members are 
Independent Directors.\5\
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    \4\ 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.
    \5\ ``Board'' means the board of directors of CCT I, CCT II, 
KIO, and any other Regulated Entity.
    ``Independent Directors'' means the independent directors of CCT 
I, CCT II, KIO, and the independent directors or trustees of any 
other Regulated Entity who are not ``interested persons'' within the 
meaning of section 2(a)(19) of the Act.
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    2. KIO, a Delaware statutory trust, is a non-diversified, closed-
end management investment company registered under the Act. KIO's 
primary investment objective is to seek a high level of current income 
with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. KIO has a four 
member Board, of which three members are Independent Directors.
    3. Each of CFA and CFA II is a subsidiary of CNL Financial Group, 
LLC and is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment 
Advisers Act of 1940 (the ``Advisers Act''). CFA serves as CCT I's 
investment adviser. CFA II serves as CCT II's investment adviser. A CFA 
Adviser (as defined below) will serve as the investment adviser and 
administrator to each Regulated Entity with KKR Credit as Sub-Adviser.
    4. KKR is a global investment firm structured as a holding company 
that conducts its business through various subsidiaries, which include 
investment advisers and broker-dealers. KKR also holds various 
financial assets in a principal capacity. KKR Credit, a subsidiary of 
KKR, is a Delaware limited liability company registered as an 
investment adviser under the Advisers Act. KKR Credit serves as 
investment adviser to KIO and as sub-adviser to CCT I and CCT II. The 
CFA Advisers and the KKR Credit Advisers are not affiliated persons or 
affiliated persons of affiliated persons (as defined in the Act), 
except for the affiliation that arises as a result of serving as the 
advisers of any Regulated Entity with KKR Credit as Sub-Adviser.
    5. The Existing KKR Primary Adviser is registered as an investment 
adviser under the Advisers Act and serves as the primary investment 
adviser to the Sub-Advised Affiliated Funds. A KKR Primary Adviser will 
serve as the primary investment adviser to any Sub-Advised Affiliated 
Fund.
    6. KFN, a majority-owned subsidiary of KKR, is a specialty finance 
company that is externally advised by an Existing KKR Credit Adviser. 
KFN, which was acquired by KKR on April 30, 2014, is a holding company 
that engages in its specialty finance business through the wholly-owned 
KFN Subsidiaries, which rely on one or more exemptions or exceptions 
from the definition of an investment company.
    7. The KCM Companies are indirect, wholly- or majority-owned 
subsidiaries of KKR and, from time to time, may hold various financial 
assets in a principal capacity (in such capacity, together with KFN and 
the KFN Subsidiaries, the ``Existing KKR Proprietary Accounts,'' and, 
together with any Future KKR Proprietary Account, the ``KKR Proprietary 
Accounts''). Each KKR Proprietary Account, other than the KCM 
Companies, is or will be advised by a KKR Credit Adviser.
    8. Applicants seek an order to permit one or more Regulated 
Entities \6\ and/or one or more Affiliated Investors \7\ 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) of the Act 
and rule 17d-1 thereunder.
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    \6\ ``Regulated Entity'' means any of the Existing Regulated 
Entities and any Future Regulated Entity.
    ``Future Regulated Entity'' means any closed-end management 
investment company formed in the future (a) that is registered under 
the Act or has elected to be regulated as a BDC, (b)(i) whose 
investment adviser is KKR Credit or (ii) whose investment adviser is 
a CFA Adviser and whose sub-adviser is KKR Credit.
    ``Regulated Entity with KKR Credit as Sub-Adviser'' means a 
Regulated Entity whose investment adviser is a CFA Adviser and whose 
sub-adviser is KKR Credit.
    ``CFA Adviser'' means CFA, CFA II, or any future investment 
adviser that (i) controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with CFA, (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.
    ``KKR Credit Adviser'' means any Existing KKR Credit Adviser or 
any future investment adviser that (i) is controlled by, or a 
relying adviser of, KKR Credit, (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.
    ``Adviser'' means any KKR Credit Adviser or any CFA Adviser. The 
term Adviser does not include any KKR Primary Adviser.
    ``KKR Primary Adviser'' means the Existing KKR Primary Adviser 
or any future investment adviser that (i) is controlled by KKR, (ii) 
is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and 
(iii) is not a KKR Credit Adviser.
    \7\ ``Affiliated Investor'' means (a) any Existing Affiliated 
Fund, (b) any Future Affiliated Fund, (c) any Existing KKR 
Proprietary Account; or (d) any Future KKR Proprietary Account.
    ``Future Affiliated Fund'' means an entity formed in the future 
(a)(i) whose primary investment adviser is a KKR Credit Adviser or 
(ii) whose primary adviser is a KKR Primary Adviser and whose sub-
adviser is a KKR Credit Adviser (``a ``Sub-Advised Affiliated 
Fund''), and (b)(i) that would be an investment company but for 
section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act or (ii) with respect to CLO 
entities, may rely on Rule 3a-7 under the 1940 Act in addition to 
Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act.
    ``Future KKR Proprietary Account'' means an indirect, wholly- or 
majority-owned subsidiary of KKR that is formed in the future and, 
from time to time, may hold various financial assets in a principal 
capacity.
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    9. For purposes of the requested Order, ``Co-Investment 
Transaction'' means any transaction in which a Regulated Entity (or its 
Blocker Subsidiary) participated together with one or more other 
Regulated Entities and/or one or more Affiliated Investors in reliance 
on the requested Order or the Prior Order. ``Potential Co-Investment 
Transaction'' means any investment opportunity in which a Regulated 
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participate together with one or more Affiliated Investors and/or one 
or more other Regulated Entities without obtaining and relying on the 
Order.\8\ Neither any CFA Adviser nor any KKR Primary Adviser will be 
the source of any Potential Co-Investment Transaction.
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    \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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    10. Applicants state that a Regulated Entity may, from time to 
time, form a special purpose subsidiary (a ``Blocker Subsidiary'').\9\ 
A Blocker Subsidiary would be prohibited from investing in a Co-
Investment Transaction with any Affiliated Investor or Regulated Entity 
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 a Blocker Subsidiary be permitted to participate in Co-Investment 
Transactions in lieu of its parent Regulated Entity and that the 
Blocker Subsidiary's participation in any such transaction be treated, 
for purposes of the requested Order, as though the parent Regulated 
Entity were participating directly.
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    \9\ ``Blocker Subsidiary'' means an entity (i) whose sole 
business purpose is to hold one or more investments on behalf of the 
Regulated Entity; (ii) that is wholly-owned by a Regulated Entity 
(with the Regulated Entity at all times holding, beneficially and of 
record, 100% of the voting and economic interests); (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 
does not pay a separate advisory fee, including any performance-
based fee, to any person; and (v) that is an entity that would be an 
investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act.
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    11. Applicants note that CFA is responsible for the overall 
management of CCT I, while KKR Credit is responsible for the day-to-day 
management of CCT I's investment portfolio. CFA II is responsible for 
the overall management of CCT II, while KKR Credit is responsible for 
the day-to-day management of CCT II's investment portfolio. Applicants 
represent that although KKR Credit will identify and recommend 
investments for the Regulated Entities with KKR Credit as Sub-Adviser, 
the CFA Advisers will have ultimate authority to approve or reject the 
investments proposed by KKR Credit, subject to the oversight of the 
Board of each Regulated Entity.
    12. Applicants state that opportunities for Potential Co-Investment 
Transactions may arise when advisory personnel of a KKR Credit Adviser 
become aware of investment opportunities that may be appropriate for a 
Regulated Entity, one or more other Regulated Entities and/or one or 
more Affiliated Investors. In such cases, Applicants state that the 
Adviser to a Regulated Entity will be notified of such Potential Co-
Investment Transactions and of KKR Credit's recommended allocation. 
Applicants submit that the Adviser will then independently analyze and 
evaluate the investment opportunity as to its appropriateness for each 
Regulated Entity for which it serves as investment adviser, taking into 
consideration the Regulated Entity's Objectives and Strategies \10\ and 
any Board-Established Criteria.\11\ Applicants represent that, if the 
CFA Adviser to a Regulated Entity determines that the opportunity is 
appropriate for the Regulated Entity, the CFA Adviser will present the 
investment opportunity to the CFA Adviser's investment committee for 
its approval. If the CFA Adviser's investment committee approves the 
investment for the Regulated Entity, the CFA Adviser will present the 
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'') \12\ will approve such 
Co-Investment Transaction prior to any investment by the participating 
Regulated Entity.
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    \10\ ``Objectives and Strategies'' means a Regulated Entity's 
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, as amended (the ``1933 Act''), or under the Securities 
and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Regulated Entity's 
reports to shareholders.
    \11\ ``Board-Established Criteria'' means criteria that the 
Board of a Regulated Entity may establish from time to time to 
describe the characteristics of Potential Co-Investment Transactions 
regarding which each Adviser to the Regulated Entity should be 
notified under condition 1. The Board-Established Criteria will be 
consistent with a Regulated Entity's Objectives and Strategies. If 
no Board-Established Criteria are in effect, then each Adviser to a 
Regulated Entity will be notified of all Potential Co-Investment 
Transactions that fall within the Regulated Entity's then-current 
Objectives and Strategies. Board-Established Criteria will be 
objective and testable, meaning that they will be based on 
observable information, such as industry/sector of the issuer, 
minimum EBITDA of the issuer, asset class of the investment 
opportunity or required commitment size, and not on characteristics 
that involve a discretionary assessment. Each Adviser to a Regulated 
Entity may from time to time recommend criteria for the Board's 
consideration, but Board-Established Criteria will only become 
effective if approved by a majority of the Independent Directors. 
The Independent Directors of a Regulated Entity may at any time 
rescind, suspend, or qualify its approval of any Board-Established 
Criteria, though applicants anticipate that, under normal 
circumstances, the Board would not modify these criteria more often 
than quarterly.
    \12\ In the case of a Regulated Entity that is a registered 
closed-end fund, the Board members that make up the Required 
Majority will be determined as if the Regulated Entity were a BDC 
subject to section 57(o).
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    13. Applicants state that KKR Credit has an investment committee 
through which KKR Credit will carry out its obligation under condition 
1 to make a determination as to the appropriateness of the Potential 
Co-Investment Transaction for any Regulated Entity. Applicants 
represent that in the case of a Potential Co-Investment Transaction, 
KKR Credit would apply its allocation policies and procedures in 
determining the proposed allocation for the Regulated Entity consistent 
with the requirements of condition 2(a). Applicants further note that 
each CFA Adviser and KKR Credit has adopted its own allocation policies 
and procedures that take into account the allocation policies and 
procedures for the Regulated Entities. Applicants believe that while 
each KKR Credit client may not participate in each investment 
opportunity, over time each KKR Credit client would participate in 
investment opportunities fairly and equitably.
    14. Applicants submit that, if a Potential Co-Investment 
Transaction were within the investment objectives and strategies of a 
Sub-Advised Affiliated Fund, the KKR Credit Adviser would have primary 
responsibility for the investment, including making the initial 
investment recommendation. Applicants further note that the KKR Credit 
Adviser will be responsible for complying with the conditions of the 
Order that relate to any Sub-Advised Affiliated Fund. Applicants state 
that if the KKR Credit Adviser and KKR Primary Adviser agree that the 
Sub-Advised Affiliated Fund should invest in the Potential Co-
Investment Transaction and at what size of investment, the KKR Credit 
Adviser would then determine an allocation for the Regulated Entities 
and Affiliated Investors, including the Sub-Advised Affiliated Fund.
    15. Applicants acknowledge that some of the Affiliated Investors 
may not be funds advised by a KKR Credit Adviser because they are KKR 
Proprietary Accounts. The KKR Proprietary Accounts are either entities 
that are advised by a KKR Credit Adviser pursuant to an investment 
management agreement or, in the case of KCM Companies, are broker-
dealers that may hold financial assets in a principal capacity. 
Applicants do not believe the participation of these KKR Proprietary 
Accounts in Co-Investment Transactions should raise issues under the 
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of this Application because KKR's and a KKR Credit Adviser's allocation 
policies and procedures provide that investment opportunities are 
offered to client accounts before they are offered to KKR Proprietary 
Accounts, even if the KKR Proprietary Accounts are the first to learn 
of an investment opportunity.
    16. Under condition 16, if an Adviser or its principals, or any 
person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the 
Adviser or its principals, and any Affiliated Investor (collectively, 
the ``Holders'') own in the aggregate more than 25 percent of the 
outstanding voting shares of a Regulated Entity (``Shares''), 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) all other matters under either the Act or 
applicable state law affecting the Board's composition, size or manner 
of election.
    17. No Independent Director of a Regulated Entity will have a 
financial interest in any Co-Investment Transaction, other than 
indirectly through share ownership in one of the Regulated Entities.

Applicants' Legal Analysis

    1. Section 57(a)(4) of the Act prohibits certain affiliated persons 
of a BDC from participating in joint transactions with the BDC or a 
company controlled by a BDC in contravention of rules as prescribed by 
the Commission. Under section 57(b)(2) of the Act, any person who is 
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common 
control with a BDC is subject to section 57(a)(4). 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 
applies.
    2. Rule 17d-1 under the Act prohibits 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 considering whether to grant an application under 
rule 17d-1, the Commission considers whether the participation by the 
company 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 of the Affiliated Investors and the 
Regulated Entities could be deemed to be a person related to each other 
Regulated Entity in a manner described by section 57(b) by virtue of 
being under common control. In addition, section 57(b) applies to any 
investment adviser to a Regulated Entity, including sub-advisers. 
Applicants submit that KKR Credit, in its role as sub-adviser to CCT I 
and CCT II, could be deemed to be a person related to CCT I and CCT II 
in a manner described in section 57(b). Therefore, KKR Credit and any 
person under common control with KKR Credit (such as the Regulated 
Entities and the Affiliated Investors) could be prohibited from 
participating in the Co-Investment Program with CCT I and CCT II by 
section 57(a)(4) and Rule 17d-1.
    4. 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.
    5. Applicants state that in the absence of the requested relief, 
the Regulated Entities 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 Entity's shareholders 
and with the purposes intended by the policies and provisions of the 
Act. Applicants state that the Regulated Entities' 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 a KKR Credit Adviser 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 and Board-Established Criteria, each Adviser to a 
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 each Adviser to a Regulated Entity deems participation in 
any Potential Co-Investment Transaction to be appropriate for the 
Regulated Entity, the Adviser (or Advisers, if there are more than one) 
will then determine an appropriate level of investment for such 
Regulated Entity.
    (b) If the aggregate amount recommended by the Adviser (or 
Advisers, if there are more than one) 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 for 
investment in the asset class being allocated, up to the amount 
proposed to be invested by each.\13\ The Adviser (or Advisers, if there 
are more than one) to a Regulated Entity will provide the Eligible 
Directors of a Regulated Entity with information concerning each 
participating party's Available Capital to assist the Eligible 
Directors with their review of the Regulated Entity's investments for 
compliance with these allocation procedures.
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    \13\ ``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 (excluding KKR Proprietary Accounts), 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 Investors' 
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 Adviser to the Regulated Entity (or Advisers, if there 
are more than one) 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 Directors for their consideration. A Regulated Entity

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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 
and Board-Established Criteria;
    (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 Directors will have the right to ratify the 
selection of such director or board observer, if any; and
    (B) the Adviser to the Regulated Entity (or Advisers, if there are 
more than one) agrees to, and does, 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 Adviser to the Regulated Entity (or Advisers, if there are 
more than one), any other Regulated Entity, any KKR Primary Adviser 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) or 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. A 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 Adviser to the Regulated Entity (or Advisers, if there are 
more than one) 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 and Board-
Established Criteria that were not made available to the Regulated 
Entity, and an explanation of why the investment opportunities were not 
offered to the Regulated Entity. All 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,\14\ 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 
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 applicable Adviser(s) 
will: \15\
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deemed to be an Adviser for purposes of Conditions 7(a)(i) and 
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    (i) notify each Regulated Entity of the proposed disposition at the 
earliest practical time; and
    (ii) formulate a recommendation as to participation by the 
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 Adviser to the Regulated Entity (or Advisers, 
if there are more than one) will provide their written recommendation 
as to the Regulated Entity's participation to the Eligible Directors, 
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.

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    (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 in a portfolio company whose securities 
were acquired by the Regulated Entity and the Affiliated Investor in a 
Co-Investment Transaction, the applicable Adviser(s) will:
    (i) Notify the 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 the 
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 Adviser to the 
Regulated Entity (or Advisers, if there are more than one) will provide 
their written recommendation as to such Regulated Entity's 
participation to the Eligible Directors, and the Regulated Entity will 
participate in such Follow-On Investment solely to the extent that a 
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 Adviser (or Advisers 
if there are more than one) to a Regulated Entity to be invested by the 
Regulated Entity in the Follow-On Investment, together with the amount 
proposed to be invested by the other Regulated Entities and the 
participating 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 subject to the other conditions set forth in the 
application.
    9. The Independent Directors 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 the Regulated Entity considered but declined to participate in, so 
that the Independent Directors may determine whether all investments 
made during the preceding quarter, including those investments that the 
Regulated Entity considered but declined to participate in, comply with 
the conditions of the Order. In addition, the Independent Directors 
will consider at least annually (a) the continued appropriateness for 
the Regulated Entity of participating in new and existing Co-Investment 
Transactions, and (b) the continued appropriateness of any Board-
Established Criteria.
    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) of the Act.
    11. No Independent Director of a Regulated Entity will also be a 
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 applicable Adviser(s) 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 broker's fees contemplated by section 17(e) or 57(k) of the 
Act, as applicable) \16\ 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 Adviser pending 
consummation of the transaction, the fee will be deposited into an 
account maintained by the Adviser at a bank or banks having the 
qualifications prescribed in section 26(a)(1) of the Act, and the 
account will earn a competitive rate of interest that will also be 
divided pro rata among the participating 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 applicable Adviser(s), any KKR Primary 
Adviser 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 Advisers and KKR Primary 
Advisers, 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 KKR Proprietary Accounts will not be permitted to invest in 
a Potential Co-Investment Transaction, except to the extent the demand 
from the Regulated Entities and the other Affiliated Investors is less 
than the total investment opportunity.
    15. The Advisers 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 Advisers 
to each Regulated Entity will be notified of all Potential Co-
Investment Transactions that fall within such Regulated Entity's then-
current Objectives and Strategies and Board-Established Criteria and 
will be given sufficient information to make its independent 
determination and recommendations under conditions 1, 2(a), 7 and 8.
    16. If the Holders own in the aggregate more than 25 percent of the 
Shares of a Regulated Entity, then the Holders

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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) all other matters 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.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-10795 Filed 5-25-17; 8:45 am]
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     messaging as the HAL, SAL, and COA                      permitted by its rules, to the auction                APPLICANTS:    Corporate Capital Trust,
     mechanisms.13                                           response time.20                                      Inc. (‘‘CCT I’’); Corporate Capital Trust
        To substantiate that its members can                   Based on the Exchange’s statements,                 II (‘‘CCT II’’); KKR Income
     receive, process, and communicate a                     the Commission believes that market                   Opportunities Fund (‘‘KIO,’’ and
     response back to the Exchange within                    participants should continue to have                  together with CCT I and CCT II, the
     100 milliseconds, the Exchange states                   opportunities to compete to trade with                ‘‘Existing Regulated Entities’’); CNL
     that it surveyed its top 15 AIM and SAM                 the exposed order by submitting                       Fund Advisors Company (‘‘CFA’’); CNL
     responders.14 According to the                          responses to the auctions within an                   Fund Advisors II, LLC (‘‘CFA II’’); KKR
     Exchange, each of the 15 TPHs it                        exposure period of no less than 100                   Credit Advisors (US) LLC (‘‘KKR
     surveyed indicated that they can                        milliseconds and no more than 1                       Credit’’); the investment advisory
     receive, process, and communicate a                     second.21 Accordingly, for the reasons                subsidiaries and relying advisers of KKR
     response back to the Exchange within                    discussed above, the Commission                       Credit set forth on Schedule A to the
     100 milliseconds.15 In addition, the                    believes that the Exchange’s proposal is              application (collectively, with KKR
     Exchange states that it reviewed all AIM                consistent with the Act.                              Credit, the ‘‘Existing KKR Credit
     and SAM responses that resulted in                                                                            Advisers’’); KKR Capital Markets
                                                             IV. Conclusion
     traded orders in December 2016, and its                                                                       Holdings L.P. and its capital markets
     review indicated that approximately                       It is Therefore Ordered, pursuant to                subsidiaries and other indirect, wholly-
     63% of AIM responses and 63% of SAM                     Section 19(b)(2) of the Act,22 that the               or majority-owned subsidiaries of KKR
     responses resulting in price improving                  proposed rule change (SR–CBOE–2017–                   & Co. L.P. (‘‘KKR’’) set forth on
     executions at the conclusion of the                     029) be, and hereby is, approved.                     Schedule A to the application
     auction occurred within 100                               For the Commission, by the Division of              (collectively, the ‘‘KCM Companies’’); 2
     milliseconds of the initial order.16                    Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated            KKR Financial Holdings LLC (‘‘KFN’’)
     Furthermore, with regard to the impact                  authority.23                                          and its wholly-owned subsidiaries set
     of the proposal on system capacity, the                 Eduardo A. Aleman,                                    forth on Schedule A to the application
     Exchange states that it has analyzed its                Assistant Secretary.                                  (together with wholly-owned
     capacity and represents that it has the                 [FR Doc. 2017–10790 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am]           subsidiaries of KFN that may be formed
     necessary systems capacity to handle                    BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                in the future, the ‘‘KFN Subsidiaries.’’);
     the potential additional traffic                                                                              the Existing Affiliated Funds set forth
     associated with the additional                                                                                on Schedule A to the application 3; and
     transactions that may occur with the                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE                               Prisma Capital Partners LP (the
     implementation of the proposed                          COMMISSION                                            ‘‘Existing KKR Primary Adviser’’).
     reduction in the AIM and SAM duration
                                                             [Investment Company Act Release No.                   FILING DATES: The application was filed
     to no less than 100 milliseconds.17 The
                                                             32642; 812–14408]                                     on December 24, 2014, and amended on
     Exchange also represents that its
                                                                                                                   June 1, 2015, December 7, 2015, July 14,
     systems will be able to sufficiently                    Corporate Capital Trust, Inc., et al.                 2016, and May 8, 2017.
     maintain an audit trail for order and
     trade information with the reduction in                 May 22, 2017.                                         HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING:
     the AIM and SAM duration.18                             AGENCY: Securities and Exchange                       An order granting the requested relief
        Upon effectiveness of the proposed                   Commission (‘‘Commission’’).                          will be issued unless the Commission
     rule change, and at least six weeks prior               ACTION: Notice.                                       orders a hearing. Interested persons may
     to implementation of the proposed rule                                                                        request a hearing by writing to the
     change, the Exchange will issue a                          Notice of application for an order                 Commission’s Secretary and serving
     circular to TPHs, informing them of the                 under sections 17(d) and 57(i) of the                 applicants with a copy of the request,
     implementation date of the reduction of                 Investment Company Act of 1940 (the                   personally or by mail. Hearing requests
     the AIM and SAM duration from 1                         ‘‘Act’’) and rule 17d–1 under the Act to              should be received by the Commission
     second to the auction time designated                   permit certain joint transactions                     by 5:30 p.m. on June 16, 2017, and
     by the Exchange to allow TPHs to                        otherwise prohibited by sections 17(d)
     perform any necessary systems                           and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d–1                May 21, 2013 (In the Matter of Corporate Capital
                                                             under the Act.                                        Trust, et al., Investment Company Act Release Nos.
     changes.19 The Exchange also represents                                                                       30494 (Apr. 25, 2013) (notice) and 30526 (May 21,
     that it will issue a circular at least four             SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicants                    2013) (order)) (the ‘‘Prior Order’’), with the result
     weeks prior to any future changes, as                   request an order to permit business                   that no person will continue to rely on the Prior
                                                             development companies (‘‘BDCs’’) and                  Order if the Order is granted.
                                                                                                                     2 These entities are all indirect, wholly- or
       13 See  id.                                           closed-end management investment
                                                                                                                   majority-owned subsidiaries of KKR and, from time
       14 See  Notice, supra note 3, at 18050.               companies to co-invest in portfolio                   to time, may hold various financial assets in a
        15 See id.
                                                             companies with each other and with                    principal capacity (in such capacity, ‘‘Existing KKR
        16 See id. In addition to the 63% of AIM
                                                             certain affiliated investment funds and               Proprietary Accounts’’).
     responses and 63% of SAM responses that occur
     within 100 milliseconds of the initial order,
                                                             accounts.1                                              3 The Existing Affiliated Funds, together with

                                                                                                                   their direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries,
     approximately 20% of AIM responses and 15% of                                                                 are entities (i) (A) whose primary investment
                                                               20 See id.
     SAM responses that resulted in price improving                                                                adviser is an Existing KKR Credit Adviser or (B)
     executions at the conclusion of the auction               21 The  Commission notes that the ability to        whose primary investment adviser is the Existing
     occurred in the final 800–1000 milliseconds (i.e.,      designate such an exposure time period is             KKR Primary Adviser and whose sub-adviser is an
     within 200 milliseconds of the end of the RFR). See     consistent with the rules of other options            Existing KKR Credit Adviser (‘‘Sub-Advised
     id. The Exchange believes that the timing of these      exchanges. See supra note 7. See also NASDAQ          Affiliated Fund’’) and (ii) that either (A) would be
     responses indicates that TPHs have configured their     Phlx Rule 1080(n)(ii)(A)(4), NASDAQ BX Options        an investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or
     trading systems to either respond immediately to an     Rules Chapter VI, Section 9(ii)(A)(3), Nasdaq ISE     3(c)(7) of the Act or (B) may rely on the rule 3a–
     AIM or SAM auction, or to wait until the end of         Rule 716, Supplementary Material .04, and Nasdaq      7 exemption from investment company status.
     an auction period to reduce the risk of the market      ISE Rule 723(c)(1).                                   Certain Existing Affiliated Funds are collateralized
     moving. See id.                                           22 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(2).
                                                                                                                   loan obligation (‘‘CLO’’) entities that rely on rule
        17 See id.                                             23 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12).
                                                                                                                   3a–7 under the Act in addition to section 3(c)(7)
        18 See id.                                             1 The requested order (‘‘Order’’) would supersede   thereof. These Existing Affiliated Funds are all
        19 See id.                                           an exemptive order issued by the Commission on        advised by Existing KKR Credit Advisers.



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     should be accompanied by proof of                        investment objective is to seek a high               Companies, is or will be advised by a
     service on applicants, in the form of an                 level of current income with a                       KKR Credit Adviser.
     affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of              secondary objective of capital                         8. Applicants seek an order to permit
     service. Pursuant to rule 0–5 under the                  appreciation. KIO has a four member                  one or more Regulated Entities 6 and/or
     Act, hearing requests should state the                   Board, of which three members are                    one or more Affiliated Investors 7 to
     nature of the writer’s interest, any facts               Independent Directors.                               participate in the same investment
     bearing upon the desirability of a                          3. Each of CFA and CFA II is a                    opportunities through a proposed co-
     hearing on the matter, the reason for the                subsidiary of CNL Financial Group, LLC               investment program (the ‘‘Co-
     request, and the issues contested.                       and is registered as an investment                   Investment Program’’) where such
     Persons who wish to be notified of a                     adviser under the Investment Advisers                participation would otherwise be
     hearing may request notification by                      Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Advisers Act’’). CFA              prohibited under sections 17(d) and
     writing to the Commission’s Secretary.                   serves as CCT I’s investment adviser.                57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d–1
     ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities                    CFA II serves as CCT II’s investment                 thereunder.
     and Exchange Commission, 100 F St.                       adviser. A CFA Adviser (as defined                     9. For purposes of the requested
     NE., Washington, DC 20549–1090.                          below) will serve as the investment                  Order, ‘‘Co-Investment Transaction’’
     Applicants: CCT I, CCT II, CFA, and                      adviser and administrator to each                    means any transaction in which a
     CFA II, 450 S. Orange Avenue, Orlando,                   Regulated Entity with KKR Credit as                  Regulated Entity (or its Blocker
     FL 32801; KIO, KKR Credit, KKR the                       Sub-Adviser.                                         Subsidiary) participated together with
     KCM Companies, KFN, the KFN                                 4. KKR is a global investment firm                one or more other Regulated Entities
     Subsidiaries, the Existing Affiliated                    structured as a holding company that                 and/or one or more Affiliated Investors
     Funds, and the Existing KKR Primary                      conducts its business through various                in reliance on the requested Order or the
     Adviser, 555 California Street, 50th                     subsidiaries, which include investment               Prior Order. ‘‘Potential Co-Investment
     Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104.                          advisers and broker-dealers. KKR also                Transaction’’ means any investment
     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                              holds various financial assets in a                  opportunity in which a Regulated Entity
     Courtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel,                    principal capacity. KKR Credit, a                    (or its Blocker Subsidiary) could not
     at (202) 551–6812 or David J.                            subsidiary of KKR, is a Delaware limited
     Marcinkus, Branch Chief, at (202) 551–                   liability company registered as an                      6 ‘‘Regulated Entity’’ means any of the Existing

                                                              investment adviser under the Advisers                Regulated Entities and any Future Regulated Entity.
     6821 (Chief Counsel’s Office, Division of                                                                        ‘‘Future Regulated Entity’’ means any closed-end
     Investment Management).                                  Act. KKR Credit serves as investment
                                                                                                                   management investment company formed in the
                                                              adviser to KIO and as sub-adviser to                 future (a) that is registered under the Act or has
     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                              CCT I and CCT II. The CFA Advisers                   elected to be regulated as a BDC, (b)(i) whose
     following is a summary of the
                                                              and the KKR Credit Advisers are not                  investment adviser is KKR Credit or (ii) whose
     application. The complete application                                                                         investment adviser is a CFA Adviser and whose
                                                              affiliated persons or affiliated persons of
     may be obtained via the Commission’s                                                                          sub-adviser is KKR Credit.
                                                              affiliated persons (as defined in the                   ‘‘Regulated Entity with KKR Credit as Sub-
     Web site by searching for the file
                                                              Act), except for the affiliation that arises         Adviser’’ means a Regulated Entity whose
     number, or for an applicant using the
                                                              as a result of serving as the advisers of            investment adviser is a CFA Adviser and whose
     Company name box, at http://                                                                                  sub-adviser is KKR Credit.
                                                              any Regulated Entity with KKR Credit as
     www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by                                                                              ‘‘CFA Adviser’’ means CFA, CFA II, or any future
                                                              Sub-Adviser.
     calling (202) 551–8090.                                     5. The Existing KKR Primary Adviser               investment adviser that (i) controls, is controlled
                                                                                                                   by, or is under common control with CFA, (ii) is
     Applicants’ Representations                              is registered as an investment adviser               registered as an investment adviser under the
       1. CCT I, a Maryland corporation, and                  under the Advisers Act and serves as                 Advisers Act, and (iii) is not a Regulated Entity or
                                                              the primary investment adviser to the                a subsidiary of a Regulated Entity.
     CCT II, a Delaware statutory trust, are                                                                          ‘‘KKR Credit Adviser’’ means any Existing KKR
     closed-end management investment                         Sub-Advised Affiliated Funds. A KKR
                                                                                                                   Credit Adviser or any future investment adviser that
     companies that have elected to be                        Primary Adviser will serve as the                    (i) is controlled by, or a relying adviser of, KKR
     regulated as BDCs under the Act.4 Each                   primary investment adviser to any Sub-               Credit, (ii) is registered as an investment adviser
     of CCT I and CCT II’s investment                         Advised Affiliated Fund.                             under the Advisers Act, and (iii) is not a Regulated
                                                                 6. KFN, a majority-owned subsidiary               Entity or a subsidiary of a Regulated Entity.
     objective is to provide shareholders                                                                             ‘‘Adviser’’ means any KKR Credit Adviser or any
                                                              of KKR, is a specialty finance company
     with current income and, to a lesser                                                                          CFA Adviser. The term Adviser does not include
                                                              that is externally advised by an Existing
     extent, long-term capital appreciation.                                                                       any KKR Primary Adviser.
                                                              KKR Credit Adviser. KFN, which was                      ‘‘KKR Primary Adviser’’ means the Existing KKR
     CCT I and CCT II each have a five-
                                                              acquired by KKR on April 30, 2014, is                Primary Adviser or any future investment adviser
     member Board, of which three members                                                                          that (i) is controlled by KKR, (ii) is registered as an
                                                              a holding company that engages in its
     are Independent Directors.5                                                                                   investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and (iii)
       2. KIO, a Delaware statutory trust, is                 specialty finance business through the               is not a KKR Credit Adviser.
     a non-diversified, closed-end                            wholly-owned KFN Subsidiaries, which                    7 ‘‘Affiliated Investor’’ means (a) any Existing

     management investment company                            rely on one or more exemptions or                    Affiliated Fund, (b) any Future Affiliated Fund, (c)
     registered under the Act. KIO’s primary                  exceptions from the definition of an                 any Existing KKR Proprietary Account; or (d) any
                                                              investment company.                                  Future KKR Proprietary Account.
                                                                 7. The KCM Companies are indirect,                   ‘‘Future Affiliated Fund’’ means an entity formed
       4 Section 2(a)(48) defines a BDC to be any closed-
                                                                                                                   in the future (a)(i) whose primary investment
     end investment company that operates for the             wholly- or majority-owned subsidiaries               adviser is a KKR Credit Adviser or (ii) whose
     purpose of making investments in securities              of KKR and, from time to time, may                   primary adviser is a KKR Primary Adviser and
     described in sections 55(a)(1) through 55(a)(3) of the   hold various financial assets in a                   whose sub-adviser is a KKR Credit Adviser (‘‘a
     Act and makes available significant managerial                                                                ‘‘Sub-Advised Affiliated Fund’’), and (b)(i) that
     assistance with respect to the issuers of such
                                                              principal capacity (in such capacity,
                                                                                                                   would be an investment company but for section
     securities.                                              together with KFN and the KFN                        3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act or (ii) with respect to
       5 ‘‘Board’’ means the board of directors of CCT I,     Subsidiaries, the ‘‘Existing KKR                     CLO entities, may rely on Rule 3a–7 under the 1940
     CCT II, KIO, and any other Regulated Entity.             Proprietary Accounts,’’ and, together                Act in addition to Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act.
       ‘‘Independent Directors’’ means the independent        with any Future KKR Proprietary                         ‘‘Future KKR Proprietary Account’’ means an
     directors of CCT I, CCT II, KIO, and the                                                                      indirect, wholly- or majority-owned subsidiary of
     independent directors or trustees of any other
                                                              Account, the ‘‘KKR Proprietary                       KKR that is formed in the future and, from time to
     Regulated Entity who are not ‘‘interested persons’’      Accounts’’). Each KKR Proprietary                    time, may hold various financial assets in a
     within the meaning of section 2(a)(19) of the Act.       Account, other than the KCM                          principal capacity.



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     participate together with one or more                     opportunities that may be appropriate                   approve such Co-Investment
     Affiliated Investors and/or one or more                   for a Regulated Entity, one or more other               Transaction prior to any investment by
     other Regulated Entities without                          Regulated Entities and/or one or more                   the participating Regulated Entity.
     obtaining and relying on the Order.8                      Affiliated Investors. In such cases,                       13. Applicants state that KKR Credit
     Neither any CFA Adviser nor any KKR                       Applicants state that the Adviser to a                  has an investment committee through
     Primary Adviser will be the source of                     Regulated Entity will be notified of such               which KKR Credit will carry out its
     any Potential Co-Investment                               Potential Co-Investment Transactions                    obligation under condition 1 to make a
     Transaction.                                              and of KKR Credit’s recommended                         determination as to the appropriateness
       10. Applicants state that a Regulated                   allocation. Applicants submit that the                  of the Potential Co-Investment
     Entity may, from time to time, form a                     Adviser will then independently                         Transaction for any Regulated Entity.
     special purpose subsidiary (a ‘‘Blocker                   analyze and evaluate the investment                     Applicants represent that in the case of
     Subsidiary’’).9 A Blocker Subsidiary                      opportunity as to its appropriateness for               a Potential Co-Investment Transaction,
     would be prohibited from investing in a                   each Regulated Entity for which it                      KKR Credit would apply its allocation
     Co-Investment Transaction with any                        serves as investment adviser, taking into               policies and procedures in determining
     Affiliated Investor or Regulated Entity                   consideration the Regulated Entity’s                    the proposed allocation for the
     because it would be a company                             Objectives and Strategies 10 and any                    Regulated Entity consistent with the
     controlled by its parent Regulated Entity                 Board-Established Criteria.11 Applicants                requirements of condition 2(a).
     for purposes of section 57(a)(4) and rule                 represent that, if the CFA Adviser to a                 Applicants further note that each CFA
     17d–1. Applicants request that a Blocker                  Regulated Entity determines that the                    Adviser and KKR Credit has adopted its
     Subsidiary be permitted to participate in                 opportunity is appropriate for the                      own allocation policies and procedures
     Co-Investment Transactions in lieu of its                 Regulated Entity, the CFA Adviser will                  that take into account the allocation
     parent Regulated Entity and that the                      present the investment opportunity to                   policies and procedures for the
     Blocker Subsidiary’s participation in                     the CFA Adviser’s investment                            Regulated Entities. Applicants believe
     any such transaction be treated, for                      committee for its approval. If the CFA                  that while each KKR Credit client may
     purposes of the requested Order, as                       Adviser’s investment committee                          not participate in each investment
     though the parent Regulated Entity were                   approves the investment for the                         opportunity, over time each KKR Credit
     participating directly.                                   Regulated Entity, the CFA Adviser will                  client would participate in investment
       11. Applicants note that CFA is                         present the Potential Co-Investment                     opportunities fairly and equitably.
     responsible for the overall management                    Transaction and the proposed allocation                    14. Applicants submit that, if a
     of CCT I, while KKR Credit is                             to the directors of the Board eligible to               Potential Co-Investment Transaction
     responsible for the day-to-day                            vote under section 57(o) of the Act                     were within the investment objectives
     management of CCT I’s investment                          (‘‘Eligible Directors’’), and the ‘‘required            and strategies of a Sub-Advised
                                                               majority,’’ as defined in section 57(o) of              Affiliated Fund, the KKR Credit Adviser
     portfolio. CFA II is responsible for the
                                                               the Act (‘‘Required Majority’’) 12 will                 would have primary responsibility for
     overall management of CCT II, while
                                                                                                                       the investment, including making the
     KKR Credit is responsible for the day-                       10 ‘‘Objectives and Strategies’’ means a Regulated   initial investment recommendation.
     to-day management of CCT II’s                             Entity’s investment objectives and strategies, as       Applicants further note that the KKR
     investment portfolio. Applicants                          described in the Regulated Entity’s registration        Credit Adviser will be responsible for
     represent that although KKR Credit will                   statement on Form N–2, other filings the Regulated
                                                               Entity has made with the Commission under the           complying with the conditions of the
     identify and recommend investments
                                                               Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ‘‘1933          Order that relate to any Sub-Advised
     for the Regulated Entities with KKR                       Act’’), or under the Securities and Exchange Act of     Affiliated Fund. Applicants state that if
     Credit as Sub-Adviser, the CFA                            1934, as amended, and the Regulated Entity’s
                                                                                                                       the KKR Credit Adviser and KKR
     Advisers will have ultimate authority to                  reports to shareholders.
                                                                  11 ‘‘Board-Established Criteria’’ means criteria     Primary Adviser agree that the Sub-
     approve or reject the investments
                                                               that the Board of a Regulated Entity may establish      Advised Affiliated Fund should invest
     proposed by KKR Credit, subject to the                    from time to time to describe the characteristics of    in the Potential Co-Investment
     oversight of the Board of each Regulated                  Potential Co-Investment Transactions regarding          Transaction and at what size of
     Entity.                                                   which each Adviser to the Regulated Entity should
                                                               be notified under condition 1. The Board-               investment, the KKR Credit Adviser
       12. Applicants state that opportunities
                                                               Established Criteria will be consistent with a          would then determine an allocation for
     for Potential Co-Investment                               Regulated Entity’s Objectives and Strategies. If no     the Regulated Entities and Affiliated
     Transactions may arise when advisory                      Board-Established Criteria are in effect, then each
                                                                                                                       Investors, including the Sub-Advised
     personnel of a KKR Credit Adviser                         Adviser to a Regulated Entity will be notified of all
                                                               Potential Co-Investment Transactions that fall          Affiliated Fund.
     become aware of investment
                                                               within the Regulated Entity’s then-current                 15. Applicants acknowledge that
                                                               Objectives and Strategies. Board-Established            some of the Affiliated Investors may not
       8 All existing entities that currently intend to rely
                                                               Criteria will be objective and testable, meaning that
     upon the requested Order have been named as               they will be based on observable information, such
                                                                                                                       be funds advised by a KKR Credit
     applicants. Any other existing or future entity that      as industry/sector of the issuer, minimum EBITDA        Adviser because they are KKR
     subsequently relies on the Order will comply with         of the issuer, asset class of the investment            Proprietary Accounts. The KKR
     the terms and conditions of the application.              opportunity or required commitment size, and not
       9 ‘‘Blocker Subsidiary’’ means an entity (i) whose
                                                                                                                       Proprietary Accounts are either entities
                                                               on characteristics that involve a discretionary
     sole business purpose is to hold one or more              assessment. Each Adviser to a Regulated Entity may
                                                                                                                       that are advised by a KKR Credit
     investments on behalf of the Regulated Entity; (ii)       from time to time recommend criteria for the            Adviser pursuant to an investment
     that is wholly-owned by a Regulated Entity (with          Board’s consideration, but Board-Established            management agreement or, in the case of
     the Regulated Entity at all times holding,                Criteria will only become effective if approved by      KCM Companies, are broker-dealers that
     beneficially and of record, 100% of the voting and        a majority of the Independent Directors. The
     economic interests); (iii) with respect to which the      Independent Directors of a Regulated Entity may at      may hold financial assets in a principal
     Regulated Entity’s Board has the sole authority to        any time rescind, suspend, or qualify its approval      capacity. Applicants do not believe the
     make all determinations with respect to the entity’s      of any Board-Established Criteria, though applicants    participation of these KKR Proprietary
     participation under the conditions of the                 anticipate that, under normal circumstances, the        Accounts in Co-Investment Transactions
     application; and (iv) that does not pay a separate        Board would not modify these criteria more often
     advisory fee, including any performance-based fee,        than quarterly.                                         should raise issues under the conditions
     to any person; and (v) that is an entity that would          12 In the case of a Regulated Entity that is a

     be an investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or       registered closed-end fund, the Board members that      as if the Regulated Entity were a BDC subject to
     3(c)(7) of the Act.                                       make up the Required Majority will be determined        section 57(o).



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     of this Application because KKR’s and                      3. Applicants submit that each of the              independent determination of the
     a KKR Credit Adviser’s allocation                       Affiliated Investors and the Regulated                appropriateness of the investment for
     policies and procedures provide that                    Entities could be deemed to be a person               the Regulated Entity in light of the
     investment opportunities are offered to                 related to each other Regulated Entity in             Regulated Entity’s then-current
     client accounts before they are offered to              a manner described by section 57(b) by                circumstances.
     KKR Proprietary Accounts, even if the                   virtue of being under common control.                    2. (a) If each Adviser to a Regulated
     KKR Proprietary Accounts are the first                  In addition, section 57(b) applies to any             Entity deems participation in any
     to learn of an investment opportunity.                  investment adviser to a Regulated                     Potential Co-Investment Transaction to
        16. Under condition 16, if an Adviser                Entity, including sub-advisers.                       be appropriate for the Regulated Entity,
     or its principals, or any person                        Applicants submit that KKR Credit, in                 the Adviser (or Advisers, if there are
     controlling, controlled by, or under                    its role as sub-adviser to CCT I and CCT              more than one) will then determine an
     common control with the Adviser or its                  II, could be deemed to be a person                    appropriate level of investment for such
     principals, and any Affiliated Investor                 related to CCT I and CCT II in a manner               Regulated Entity.
     (collectively, the ‘‘Holders’’) own in the              described in section 57(b). Therefore,                   (b) If the aggregate amount
     aggregate more than 25 percent of the                   KKR Credit and any person under                       recommended by the Adviser (or
     outstanding voting shares of a Regulated                common control with KKR Credit (such                  Advisers, if there are more than one) to
     Entity (‘‘Shares’’), then the Holders will              as the Regulated Entities and the                     a Regulated Entity to be invested by the
     vote such Shares as directed by an                      Affiliated Investors) could be prohibited             Regulated Entity in the Potential Co-
     independent third party when voting on                  from participating in the Co-Investment               Investment Transaction, together with
     (1) the election of directors; (2) the                  Program with CCT I and CCT II by                      the amount proposed to be invested by
     removal of one or more directors; or (3)                section 57(a)(4) and Rule 17d–1.                      the other participating Regulated
     all other matters under either the Act or                  4. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule               Entities and Affiliated Investors,
     applicable state law affecting the                      17d–1 under the Act prohibit affiliated               collectively, in the same transaction,
     Board’s composition, size or manner of                  persons of a registered investment                    exceeds the amount of the investment
     election.                                               company from participating in joint                   opportunity, the amount of the
        17. No Independent Director of a                     transactions with the company unless                  investment opportunity will be
     Regulated Entity will have a financial                  the Commission has granted an order                   allocated among the Regulated Entities
     interest in any Co-Investment                           permitting such transactions. In passing              and such Affiliated Investors, pro rata
     Transaction, other than indirectly                      upon applications under rule 17d–1, the               based on each participant’s Available
     through share ownership in one of the                   Commission considers whether the                      Capital for investment in the asset class
     Regulated Entities.                                     company’s participation in the joint                  being allocated, up to the amount
     Applicants’ Legal Analysis                              transaction is consistent with the                    proposed to be invested by each.13 The
                                                             provisions, policies, and purposes of the             Adviser (or Advisers, if there are more
        1. Section 57(a)(4) of the Act prohibits             Act and the extent to which such                      than one) to a Regulated Entity will
     certain affiliated persons of a BDC from                participation is on a basis different from            provide the Eligible Directors of a
     participating in joint transactions with                or less advantageous than that of other               Regulated Entity with information
     the BDC or a company controlled by a                    participants.                                         concerning each participating party’s
     BDC in contravention of rules as                           5. Applicants state that in the absence            Available Capital to assist the Eligible
     prescribed by the Commission. Under                     of the requested relief, the Regulated                Directors with their review of the
     section 57(b)(2) of the Act, any person                 Entities would be, in some                            Regulated Entity’s investments for
     who is directly or indirectly controlling,              circumstances, limited in their ability to            compliance with these allocation
     controlled by, or under common control                  participate in attractive and appropriate             procedures.
     with a BDC is subject to section 57(a)(4).              investment opportunities. Applicants                     (c) After making the determinations
     Section 57(i) of the Act provides that,                 believe that the proposed terms and                   required in conditions 1 and 2(a) above,
     until the Commission prescribes rules                   conditions will ensure that the Co-                   the Adviser to the Regulated Entity (or
     under section 57(a)(4), the                             Investment Transactions are consistent                Advisers, if there are more than one)
     Commission’s rules under section 17(d)                  with the protection of each Regulated                 will distribute written information
     of the Act applicable to registered                     Entity’s shareholders and with the                    concerning the Potential Co-Investment
     closed-end investment companies will                    purposes intended by the policies and                 Transaction, including the amount
     be deemed to apply to transactions                      provisions of the Act. Applicants state               proposed to be invested by each
     subject to section 57(a)(4). Because the                that the Regulated Entities’ participation            Regulated Entity and any Affiliated
     Commission has not adopted any rules                    in the Co-Investment Transactions will                Investor, to the Eligible Directors for
     under section 57(a)(4), rule 17d–1                      be consistent with the provisions,                    their consideration. A Regulated Entity
     applies.                                                policies, and purposes of the Act and on
        2. Rule 17d–1 under the Act prohibits                a basis that is not different from or less              13 ‘‘Available Capital’’ means (a) for each
     affiliated persons of a registered                      advantageous than that of other                       Regulated Entity, the amount of capital available for
     investment company from participating                   participants.                                         investment determined based on the amount of cash
     in joint transactions with the company                                                                        on hand, existing commitments and reserves, if any,
                                                             Applicants’ Conditions                                the targeted leverage level, targeted asset mix and
     unless the Commission has granted an                                                                          other investment policies and restrictions set from
     order permitting such transactions. In                    Applicants agree that the Order will                time to time by the Board of the applicable
     considering whether to grant an                         be subject to the following conditions:               Regulated Entity or imposed by applicable laws,
     application under rule 17d–1, the                         1. Each time a KKR Credit Adviser                   rules, regulations or interpretations, and (b) for each
                                                                                                                   Affiliated Investor (excluding KKR Proprietary
     Commission considers whether the                        considers a Potential Co-Investment                   Accounts), the amount of capital available for
     participation by the company is                         Transaction for an Affiliated Investor or             investment determined based on the amount of cash
     consistent with the provisions, policies,               another Regulated Entity that falls                   on hand, existing commitments and reserves, if any,
     and purposes of the Act and the extent                  within a Regulated Entity’s then-current              the targeted leverage level, targeted asset mix and
                                                                                                                   other investment policies and restrictions set by the
     to which such participation is on a basis               Objectives and Strategies and Board-                  Affiliated Investors’ directors, general partners, or
     different from or less advantageous than                Established Criteria, each Adviser to a               adviser or imposed by applicable laws, rules,
     that of other participants.                             Regulated Entity will make an                         regulations or interpretations.



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     will co-invest with one or more other                   the participating Affiliated Investors                date, and registration rights will be the
     Regulated Entities and/or an Affiliated                 (who may, in turn, share their portion                same for each participating Regulated
     Investor only if, prior to the Regulated                with their affiliated persons) and any                Entity and Affiliated Investor. The grant
     Entities’ and the Affiliated Investors’                 participating Regulated Entity in                     to one or more Regulated Entities or
     participation in the Potential Co-                      accordance with the amount of each                    Affiliated Investors, but not the
     Investment Transaction, a Required                      party’s investment; and                               Regulated Entity itself, of the right to
     Majority concludes that:                                   (iv) the proposed investment by the                nominate a director for election to a
        (i) The terms of the Potential Co-                   Regulated Entity will not benefit the                 portfolio company’s board of directors,
     Investment Transaction, including the                   Adviser to the Regulated Entity (or                   the right to have an observer on the
     consideration to be paid, are reasonable                Advisers, if there are more than one),                board of directors or similar rights to
     and fair to the Regulated Entity and its                any other Regulated Entity, any KKR                   participate in the governance or
     shareholders and do not involve                         Primary Adviser or the Affiliated                     management of the portfolio company
     overreaching in respect of the Regulated                Investors or any affiliated person of any             will not be interpreted so as to violate
     Entity or its shareholders on the part of               of them (other than the parties to the Co-            this condition 6, if conditions
     any person concerned;                                   Investment Transaction), except (A) to                2(c)(iii)(A), (B) and (C) are met.
        (ii) the Potential Co-Investment                     the extent permitted by condition 13,                     7. (a) If any Regulated Entity or
     Transaction is consistent with:                         (B) to the extent permitted under                     Affiliated Investor elects to sell,
        (A) The interests of the Regulated                   sections 17(e) or 57(k) of the Act, as                exchange or otherwise dispose of an
     Entity’s shareholders; and                              applicable, (C) in the case of fees or                interest in a security that was acquired
        (B) the Regulated Entity’s then-current              other compensation described in                       by one or more Regulated Entities and/
     Objectives and Strategies and Board-                    condition 2(c)(iii)(C), or (D) indirectly,            or Affiliated Investors in a Co-
     Established Criteria;                                   as a result of an interest in the securities          Investment Transaction, the applicable
        (iii) the investment by any other                                                                          Adviser(s) will: 15
                                                             issued by one of the parties to the Co-
     Regulated Entity or an Affiliated                                                                                 (i) notify each Regulated Entity of the
                                                             Investment Transaction.
     Investor would not disadvantage the                                                                           proposed disposition at the earliest
                                                                3. A Regulated Entity will have the
     Regulated Entity, and participation by                                                                        practical time; and
                                                             right to decline to participate in any
     the Regulated Entity would not be on a                                                                            (ii) formulate a recommendation as to
                                                             Potential Co-Investment Transaction or
     basis different from or less advantageous                                                                     participation by the Regulated Entity in
                                                             to invest less than the amount proposed.
     than that of any other Regulated Entity                                                                       the disposition.
                                                                4. The Adviser to the Regulated Entity
     or Affiliated Investor; provided that, if                                                                         (b) Each Regulated Entity will have
                                                             (or Advisers, if there are more than one)
     another Regulated Entity or Affiliated                                                                        the right to participate in such
                                                             will present to the Board of each
     Investor, but not the Regulated Entity                                                                        disposition on a proportionate basis, at
                                                             Regulated Entity, on a quarterly basis, a
     itself, gains the right to nominate a                                                                         the same price and on the same terms
                                                             record of all investments in Potential
     director for election to a portfolio                                                                          and conditions as those applicable to
                                                             Co-Investment Transactions made by
     company’s board of directors or the                                                                           the Affiliated Investors and any other
                                                             any of the other Regulated Entities or
     right to have a board observer or any                                                                         Regulated Entity.
                                                             any of the Affiliated Investors during                    (c) A Regulated Entity may participate
     similar right to participate in the
                                                             the preceding quarter that fell within                in such disposition without obtaining
     governance or management of the
                                                             the Regulated Entity’s then-current                   prior approval of the Required Majority
     portfolio company, such event shall not
                                                             Objectives and Strategies and Board-                  if:
     be interpreted to prohibit a Required
                                                             Established Criteria that were not made                   (i) The proposed participation of each
     Majority from reaching the conclusions
                                                             available to the Regulated Entity, and an             Regulated Entity and each Affiliated
     required by this condition (2)(c)(iii), if:
                                                             explanation of why the investment                     Investor in such disposition is
        (A) The Eligible Directors will have
                                                             opportunities were not offered to the                 proportionate to its outstanding
     the right to ratify the selection of such
                                                             Regulated Entity. All information                     investments in the issuer immediately
     director or board observer, if any; and
        (B) the Adviser to the Regulated                     presented to the Board pursuant to this               preceding the disposition;
     Entity (or Advisers, if there are more                  condition will be kept for the life of the                (ii) the Regulated Entity’s Board has
     than one) agrees to, and does, provide                  Regulated Entity and at least two years               approved as being in the best interests
     periodic reports to the Regulated                       thereafter, and will be subject to                    of the Regulated Entity the ability to
     Entity’s Board with respect to the                      examination by the Commission and its                 participate in such dispositions on a pro
     actions of such director or the                         staff.                                                rata basis (as described in greater detail
     information received by such board                         5. Except for Follow-On Investments                in the application); and
     observer or obtained through the                        made in accordance with condition 8,14                    (iii) the Regulated Entity’s Board is
     exercise of any similar right to                        a Regulated Entity will not invest in                 provided on a quarterly basis with a list
     participate in the governance or                        reliance on the Order in any issuer in                of all dispositions made in accordance
     management of the portfolio company;                    which another Regulated Entity or an                  with this condition. In all other cases,
     and                                                     Affiliated Investor, or any affiliated                the Adviser to the Regulated Entity (or
        (C) any fees or other compensation                   person of another Regulated Entity or                 Advisers, if there are more than one)
     that any other Regulated Entity or any                  Affiliated Investor is an existing                    will provide their written
     Affiliated Investor or any affiliated                   investor.                                             recommendation as to the Regulated
     person of any other Regulated Entity or                    6. A Regulated Entity will not                     Entity’s participation to the Eligible
     an Affiliated Investor receives in                      participate in any Potential Co-                      Directors, and the Regulated Entity will
     connection with the right of one or more                Investment Transaction unless the                     participate in such disposition solely to
     Regulated Entities or Affiliated Investors              terms, conditions, price, class of                    the extent that a Required Majority
     to nominate a director or appoint a                     securities to be purchased, settlement                determines that it is in the Regulated
     board observer or otherwise to                                                                                Entity’s best interests.
                                                               14 This exception applies only to Follow-On
     participate in the governance or                        Investments by a Regulated Entity in issuers in         15 Any KCM Company that is not advised by an
     management of the portfolio company                     which that Regulated Entity already holds             Adviser is itself deemed to be an Adviser for
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        (d) Each Regulated Entity and each                   allocated, up to the amount proposed to               with a Co-Investment Transaction will
     Affiliated Investor will bear its own                   be invested by each.                                  be distributed to the participating
     expenses in connection with the                            (d) The acquisition of Follow-On                   Regulated Entities and Affiliated
     disposition.                                            Investments as permitted by this                      Investors on a pro rata basis based on
        8. (a) If any Regulated Entity or                    condition will be considered a Co-                    the amount they invested or committed,
     Affiliated Investor desires to make a                   Investment Transaction for all purposes               as the case may be, in such Co-
     Follow-On Investment in a portfolio                     and subject to the other conditions set               Investment Transaction. If any
     company whose securities were                           forth in the application.                             transaction fee is to be held by an
     acquired by the Regulated Entity and                       9. The Independent Directors of each               Adviser pending consummation of the
     the Affiliated Investor in a Co-                        Regulated Entity will be provided                     transaction, the fee will be deposited
     Investment Transaction, the applicable                  quarterly for review all information                  into an account maintained by the
     Adviser(s) will:                                        concerning Potential Co-Investment                    Adviser at a bank or banks having the
        (i) Notify the Regulated Entity of the               Transactions and Co-Investment                        qualifications prescribed in section
     proposed transaction at the earliest                    Transactions, including investments                   26(a)(1) of the Act, and the account will
     practical time; and                                     made by other Regulated Entities or                   earn a competitive rate of interest that
        (ii) formulate a recommendation as to                Affiliated Investors that the Regulated               will also be divided pro rata among the
     the proposed participation, including                   Entity considered but declined to                     participating Regulated Entities and
     the amount of the proposed Follow-On                    participate in, so that the Independent               Affiliated Investors based on the amount
     Investment, by the Regulated Entity.                    Directors may determine whether all                   they invest in the Co-Investment
        (b) A Regulated Entity may participate               investments made during the preceding                 Transaction. None of the other
     in such Follow-On Investment without                    quarter, including those investments                  Regulated Entities, Affiliated Investors,
     obtaining prior approval of the Required                that the Regulated Entity considered but              the applicable Adviser(s), any KKR
     Majority if:                                            declined to participate in, comply with               Primary Adviser nor any affiliated
        (i) The proposed participation of each               the conditions of the Order. In addition,             person of the Regulated Entities or the
     Regulated Entity and each Affiliated                    the Independent Directors will consider               Affiliated Investors will receive
     Investor in such investment is                          at least annually (a) the continued                   additional compensation or
     proportionate to its outstanding                        appropriateness for the Regulated Entity              remuneration of any kind as a result of
     investments in the issuer immediately                   of participating in new and existing Co-              or in connection with a Co-Investment
     preceding the Follow-On Investment;                     Investment Transactions, and (b) the                  Transaction (other than (a) in the case
     and                                                     continued appropriateness of any                      of the Regulated Entities and the
        (ii) the Regulated Entity’s Board has                Board-Established Criteria.                           Affiliated Investors, the pro rata
     approved as being in the best interests                    10. Each Regulated Entity will                     transaction fees described above and
     of such Regulated Entity the ability to                 maintain the records required by section              fees or other compensation described in
     participate in Follow-On Investments on                 57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the                 condition 2(c)(iii)(C), and (b) in the case
     a pro rata basis (as described in greater               Regulated Entities were a BDC and each                of the Advisers and KKR Primary
     detail in the application). In all other                of the investments permitted under                    Advisers, investment advisory fees paid
     cases, the Adviser to the Regulated                     these conditions were approved by a                   in accordance with the Regulated
     Entity (or Advisers, if there are more                  Required Majority under section 57(f) of              Entities’ and the Affiliated Investors’
     than one) will provide their written                    the Act.                                              investment advisory agreements).
     recommendation as to such Regulated                        11. No Independent Director of a                      14. The KKR Proprietary Accounts
     Entity’s participation to the Eligible                  Regulated Entity will also be a director,             will not be permitted to invest in a
     Directors, and the Regulated Entity will                general partner, managing member or                   Potential Co-Investment Transaction,
     participate in such Follow-On                           principal, or otherwise an ‘‘affiliated               except to the extent the demand from
     Investment solely to the extent that a                  person’’ (as defined in the Act) of any               the Regulated Entities and the other
     Required Majority determines that it is                 Affiliated Investor.                                  Affiliated Investors is less than the total
     in such Regulated Entity’s best interests.                 12. The expenses, if any, associated               investment opportunity.
        (c) If, with respect to any Follow-On                with acquiring, holding or disposing of                  15. The Advisers to the Regulated
     Investment:                                             any securities acquired in a Co-                      Entities and Affiliated Investors will
        (i) The amount of a Follow-On                        Investment Transaction (including,                    maintain written policies and
     Investment is not based on the                          without limitation, the expenses of the               procedures reasonably designed to
     Regulated Entities’ and the Affiliated                  distribution of any such securities                   ensure compliance with the foregoing
     Investors’ outstanding investments                      registered for sale under the 1933 Act)               conditions. These policies and
     immediately preceding the Follow-On                     shall, to the extent not payable by the               procedures will require, among other
     Investment; and                                         applicable Adviser(s) under their                     things, that each of the Advisers to each
        (ii) the aggregate amount                            respective advisory agreements with the               Regulated Entity will be notified of all
     recommended by the Adviser (or                          Regulated Entities and the Affiliated                 Potential Co-Investment Transactions
     Advisers if there are more than one) to                 Investors, be shared by the Regulated                 that fall within such Regulated Entity’s
     a Regulated Entity to be invested by the                Entities and the Affiliated Investors in              then-current Objectives and Strategies
     Regulated Entity in the Follow-On                       proportion to the relative amounts of the             and Board-Established Criteria and will
     Investment, together with the amount                    securities held or to be acquired or                  be given sufficient information to make
     proposed to be invested by the other                    disposed of, as the case may be.                      its independent determination and
     Regulated Entities and the participating                   13. Any transaction fee (including                 recommendations under conditions 1,
     Affiliated Investors in the same                        break-up or commitment fees but                       2(a), 7 and 8.
     transaction, exceeds the amount of the                  excluding broker’s fees contemplated by                  16. If the Holders own in the aggregate
     opportunity, then the amount invested                   section 17(e) or 57(k) of the Act, as                 more than 25 percent of the Shares of
     by each such party will be allocated                    applicable) 16 received in connection                 a Regulated Entity, then the Holders
     among them pro rata based on each
     participant’s Available Capital for                       16 Applicants are not requesting and the            transaction fees received in connection with any
     investment in the asset class being                     Commission is not providing any relief for            Co-Investment Transaction.



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     24424                           Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 101 / Friday, May 26, 2017 / Notices

     will vote such Shares as directed by an                 program eligibility and compliance with               DEPARTMENT OF STATE
     independent third party when voting on                  the requirements. The forms identified
                                                                                                                   [Public Notice: 10006]
     (1) the election of directors; (2) the                  below are used to collect the
     removal of one or more directors; or (3)                information outlined in the regulations.              Determination and Certification Under
     all other matters under either the Act or                 SBA has made a few changes to the                   Section 40A of the Arms Export
     applicable state law affecting the                                                                            Control Act
                                                             forms, in part to address feedback from
     Board’s composition, size or manner of
                                                             the 7(a) lenders and others who
     election.                                                                                                       Pursuant to section 40A of the Arms
                                                             routinely use the forms. These changes                Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2781), and
       For the Commission, by the Division of                are intended to improve usability of the
     Investment Management, under delegated                                                                        Executive Order 13637, as amended, I
                                                             forms and generally include: Clarifying               hereby determine and certify to the
     authority.
                                                             questions and instructions for                        Congress that the following countries
     Eduardo A. Aleman,
                                                             responding, providing additional                      are not cooperating fully with United
     Assistant Secretary.
                                                             information, such as definitions of                   States antiterrorism efforts:
     [FR Doc. 2017–10795 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am]
                                                             terms, removing certain questions
     BILLING CODE 8011–01–P                                                                                        Eritrea
                                                             entirely, or adding them to another form              Iran
                                                             where they are more appropriate. Form                 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
                                                             1919—Borrower Information Form—                          (DPRK, or North Korea)
     SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION                           was of particular concern to users. SBA               Syria
                                                             has reformatted it into two distinct                  Venezuela
     Reporting and Recordkeeping
     Requirements Under OMB Review                           sections. One section is to be completed                This determination and certification
                                                             by the small business loan applicant,                 shall be transmitted to the Congress and
     AGENCY:    Small Business Administration.               and a separate section completed by                   published in the Federal Register.
     ACTION:   30-Day notice.                                each of the applicant’s associates/                     Dated: May 1, 2017.
                                                             principals. The current form’s layout                 Rex Tillerson,
     SUMMARY:    The Small Business
                                                             sometimes resulted in multiple
     Administration (SBA) is publishing this                                                                       Secretary of State.
     notice to comply with requirements of                   associates or principals unnecessarily
                                                                                                                   [FR Doc. 2017–10948 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am]
     the Paperwork Reduction Act, which                      providing the same information
                                                                                                                   BILLING CODE P
     requires agencies to submit proposed                    pertaining to the applicant business.
     reporting and recordkeeping                             This change should resolve that
     requirements to OMB for review and                      confusion.                                            DEPARTMENT OF STATE
     approval, and to publish a notice in the                Solicitation of Public Comments                       [Public Notice: 10004]
     Federal Register notifying the public
     that the agency has made such a                           SBA is requesting comments on (a)                   U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
     submission. This notice also allows an                  Whether the collection of information is              Notice of Teleconference Meeting
     additional 30 days for public comments.                 necessary for the agency to properly
     DATES: Submit comments on or before                     perform its functions; (b) whether the                   The U.S. National Commission for
     June 26, 2017.                                          burden estimates are accurate; (c)                    UNESCO will hold a conference call on
     ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to                     whether there are ways to minimize the                Friday, June 9, 2017 from 11:00 a.m.
     the information collection by name and/                 burden, including through the use of                  until 12:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
     or OMB Control Number and should be                     automated techniques or other forms of                This will be a single issue, technical
     sent to: Agency Clearance Officer, Curtis                                                                     teleconference meeting to consider the
                                                             information technology; and (d) whether
     Rich, Small Business Administration,                                                                          recommendations of the Commission’s
                                                             there are ways to enhance the quality,
     409 3rd Street SW., 5th Floor,                                                                                National Committee for the
                                                             utility, and clarity of the information.
     Washington, DC 20416; and SBA Desk                                                                            Intergovernmental Oceanographic
     Officer, Office of Information and                      Summary of Information Collection                     Commission (IOC). There will be no
     Regulatory Affairs, Office of                                                                                 other items on the agenda. The
                                                               Title: Borrower Information Form,                   Commission will accept brief oral
     Management and Budget, New
                                                             Lenders Application for Guaranty, and                 comments during a portion of this
     Executive Office Building, Washington,
                                                             7(a) Loan Post Approval Action                        conference call. The public comment
     DC 20503.
                                                             Checklist.                                            period will be limited to approximately
     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                               Description of Respondents: 7(a)                    10 minutes in total, with two minutes
     Curtis Rich, Agency Clearance Officer,
                                                             Program Participants.                                 allowed per speaker. For more
     (202) 205–7030 curtis.rich@sba.gov.
                                                                                                                   information, or to arrange to participate
        Copies: A copy of the Form OMB 83–                     Form Number: SBA Forms 1919,                        in the conference call, individuals must
     1, supporting statement, and other                      1920, 1971, 2237, and 2449.                           make arrangements with the Executive
     documents submitted to OMB for
                                                               Total Estimated Annual Responses:                   Director of the National Commission by
     review may be obtained from the
                                                             110,000.                                              June 6, 2017.
     Agency Clearance Officer.
                                                               Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden:                    The National Commission may be
     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
                                                             27,959.                                               contacted via email at DCUNESCO@
     7(a) of the Small Business Act                                                                                state.gov or Telephone (202) 663–2407.
     authorizes the Small Business                           Curtis B. Rich,
     Administration to guaranty loans in                                                                           Paul Mungai,
                                                             Management Analyst.
     each of the 7(a) Programs. The                                                                                Acting Executive Director, U.S. National
     regulations at 13 CFR part 120, which                   [FR Doc. 2017–10896 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am]           Commission for UNESCO, Department of
     cover this loan program, require certain                BILLING CODE 8025–01–P                                State.
     information from loan applicants and                                                                          [FR Doc. 2017–10768 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am]
     lenders that is used to determine                                                                             BILLING CODE 4710–19–P




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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.
DatesThe application was filed on December 24, 2014, and amended on June 1, 2015, December 7, 2015, July 14, 2016, and May 8,
ContactCourtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551-6812 or David J. Marcinkus, Branch Chief, at (202) 551- 6821 (Chief Counsel's Office, Division of Investment Management).
FR Citation82 FR 24418 

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