Securities and Exchange Commission
- [Investment Company Act Release No. 35957; 812-15964]
AGENCY:
Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”).
ACTION:
Notice.
Notice of an application under section 6(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) for an exemption from sections 18(a)(2), 18(c),18(i) and 61(a) of the Act.
Summary of Application:
Applicants request an order to permit certain closed-end investment companies that have elected to be regulated as business development companies to issue multiple classes of shares with varying sales loads and asset-based distribution and/or service fees.
Applicants:
CIFC Direct Lending Evergreen Fund LP and CIFC Private Credit Management LLC.
Filing Date:
The application was filed on December 29, 2025.
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 on any application by emailing the SEC's Secretary at Secretarys-Office@sec.gov and serving the Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. The email should include the file number referenced above. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m., Eastern time on March 16, 2026, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the 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 emailing the Commission's Secretary.
ADDRESSES:
The Commission: Secretarys-Office@sec.gov. Applicants: Asha Richards, Senior Managing Director and General Counsel, CIFC Private Credit Management LLC, 1 SE 3rd Avenue, Suite 1660, Miami, Florida 33131 with copies to Richard Horowitz, Esq., Dechert LLP, 1095 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036, and Alexander Karampatsos, Esq., Dechert LLP, 1900 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachel Loko, Senior Special Counsel, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment Management, Chief Counsel's Office).