EX-10.2



 Exhibit 10.2 
 ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT 
 This Agreement
(“Agreement”) is made as of April 3, 2013 by and between CARLYLE GMS FINANCE, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and CARLYLE GMS FINANCE ADMINISTRATION L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Administrator”). 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the Company is a newly organized closed-end management investment company that intends to elect to be treated as a business
development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Administrator to provide administrative services to the Company in the manner and on the terms hereinafter set forth; and 

WHEREAS, the Administrator is willing to provide administrative services to the Company on the terms and conditions hereafter set forth.

 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants hereinafter contained and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Administrator hereby agree as follows: 
  

	1.	Duties of the Administrator 

 (a) Employment of Administrator. The Company hereby retains the Administrator to act as administrator of the Company, and to furnish, or arrange for others to furnish, the administrative services,
personnel and facilities described below, subject to review by and the overall control of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), for the period and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The
Administrator hereby accepts such retention and agrees during such period to render, or arrange for the rendering of, such services and to assume the obligations herein set forth subject to the reimbursement of costs and expenses provided for below.
The Administrator and such others shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be independent contractors and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized herein, have no authority to act for or represent the Company in any way or
otherwise be deemed agents of the Company. 
 (b) Services. The Administrator shall perform (or oversee, or arrange for,
the performance of) the administrative services necessary for the operation of the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator shall provide the Company with office facilities, equipment and clerical, bookkeeping and
record keeping services at such facilities; perform, or oversee the performance of, the Company’s required administrative services, which will include, among other things, providing assistance in accounting, legal, compliance, operations,
technology and investor relations; and such other services as the Administrator, subject to review by the Board, shall from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Administrator shall
also, on behalf of the Company, conduct relations with custodians, depositories, transfer agents, dividend disbursing agents, other stockholder servicing agents, accountants, attorneys, underwriters, brokers and








 
dealers, corporate fiduciaries, insurers, banks and such other persons in any such other capacity deemed to be necessary or desirable. The Administrator shall make reports to the Board of its
performance of its obligations hereunder and furnish advice and recommendations with respect to such other aspects of the business and affairs of the Company as it shall determine to be necessary or desirable; provided that nothing herein shall be
construed to require the Administrator to, and the Administrator shall not, provide any advice or recommendation relating to the securities and other assets that the Company should purchase, retain or sell or any other investment advisory services
to the Company. The Administrator shall be responsible for the financial and other records that the Company is required to maintain under the Investment Company Act and shall prepare, print and disseminate reports to stockholders, and reports and
other materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). In addition, the Administrator will assist the Company in determining and publishing the Company’s net asset value and net asset value per
share, overseeing the preparation and filing of the Company’s tax returns, and generally overseeing the payment of the Company’s expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered to the Company by others.

 (c) For the avoidance of any doubt, the parties agree that the Administrator is authorized to enter into sub-administration
agreements as the Administrator determines necessary in order to carry out the services set forth in paragraph 1(b) of this Agreement, subject to the prior approval of the Company. 

 

	2.	Records 

 The
Administrator agrees to maintain and keep all books, accounts and other records of the Company that relate to activities performed by the Administrator hereunder and will maintain and keep such books, accounts and records in accordance with the
Investment Company Act. In compliance with the requirements of Rule 31a-3 under the Investment Company Act, the Administrator agrees that all records which it maintains for the Company shall at all times remain the property of the Company, shall be
readily accessible during normal business hours, and shall be promptly surrendered upon the termination of the Agreement or otherwise on written request. The Administrator further agrees that all records which it maintains for the Company pursuant
to Rule 31a-1 under the Investment Company Act will be preserved for the periods prescribed by Rule 31a-2 under the Investment Company Act unless any such records are earlier surrendered as provided above. Records shall be surrendered in usable
machine-readable form. The Administrator shall have the right to retain copies of such records subject to observance of its confidentiality obligations under this Agreement. 

 

	3.	Confidentiality 


The parties hereto agree that each shall treat confidentially all information provided by each party to the other regarding its business
and operations. All confidential information provided by a party hereto, including nonpublic personal information (regulated pursuant to Regulation S-P), shall be used by any other party hereto solely for the purpose of rendering services pursuant
to this Agreement and, except as may be required in carrying out this Agreement, shall not be disclosed to any third party, without the prior consent of such providing party. The foregoing shall not be applicable to any information that is publicly
available when provided or thereafter becomes publicly available other than through a breach of this Agreement, 







 
or that is required to be disclosed by any regulatory authority, any authority or legal counsel of the parties hereto, by judicial or administrative process or otherwise by applicable law or
regulation. 
  

	4.	Compensation; Allocation of Costs and Expenses 

 In full consideration of the provision of the services of the Administrator, the Company shall reimburse the Administrator for the costs and expenses incurred by the Administrator in performing its
obligations and providing personnel and facilities hereunder. The Company will bear all costs and expenses that are incurred in its operation, administration and transactions and not specifically assumed by Carlyle GMS Investment Management L.L.C.
(the “Adviser”), pursuant to that certain Investment Advisory Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2013 by and between the Company and the Adviser (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”). Costs and
expenses to be borne by the Company include, but are not limited to, those relating to: the Company’s initial organization costs and offering costs incurred prior to the filing of its election to be treated as a BDC (the amount in excess of
$1,500,000 to be paid by the Adviser); the costs associated with any offerings of the Company’s common stock and other securities; calculating individual asset values and the Company’s net asset value (including the cost and expenses of
any independent valuation firms); expenses, including travel expenses, incurred by the Adviser, or members of the investment team, or payable to third parties, performing due diligence on prospective portfolio companies and, if necessary, expenses
of enforcing the Company’s rights; the base management fee and any incentive fees payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement; certain costs and expenses relating to distributions paid on the Company’s shares; administration fees
payable under this Agreement and sub-administration agreements, including related expenses; debt service and other costs of borrowings or other financing arrangements; the allocated costs incurred by the Adviser in providing managerial assistance to
those portfolio companies that request it; amounts payable to third parties relating to, or associated with, making or holding investments; the costs associated with subscriptions to data service, research-related subscriptions and expenses and
quotation equipment and services used in making or holding investments; transfer agent and custodial fees; costs of hedging; commissions and other compensation payable to brokers or dealers; federal and state registration fees; any U.S.
federal, state and local taxes, including any excise taxes; independent director fees and expenses; costs of preparing financial statements and maintaining books and records, costs of preparing tax returns, costs of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as
amended (“Sarbanes-Oxley”), compliance and attestation and costs of filing reports or other documents with the SEC (or other regulatory bodies) and other reporting and compliance costs, including registration and listing
fees, and the compensation of professionals responsible for the preparation or review of the foregoing; the costs of any reports, proxy statements or other notices to the Company’s stockholders (including printing and mailing costs), the costs
of any stockholders’ meetings and the compensation of investor relations personnel responsible for the preparation of the foregoing and related matters; the costs of specialty and custom software for monitoring risk, compliance and overall
portfolio, including any development costs incurred prior to the Company’s filing of its election to be treated as a BDC; the Company’s fidelity bond; directors and officers/errors and omissions liability insurance, and any other insurance
premiums; indemnification payments; direct fees and expenses associated with independent audits, agency, consulting and legal costs; and all other expenses incurred by either the Administrator or the Company in connection with administering its
business, including payments under this Agreement for administrative services 







 
that will be equal to an amount that reimburses the Administrator for its costs and expenses and the Company’s allocable portion of overhead incurred by the Administrator in performing its
obligations under this Agreement, including compensation paid to or compensatory distributions received by its officers (including its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer) and any of their respective staff who provide services to
the Company, operations staff who provide services to the Company, and any internal audit staff, to the extent internal audit performs a role in the Company’s Sarbanes-Oxley internal control assessment. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything
else herein, the Administrator agrees that it will waive its right to be reimbursed under this Agreement in the event that such reimbursement would cause any distributions to the Company’s stockholders to constitute a return of capital.

  

	5.	Limitation of Liability of the Administrator; Indemnification 

 (a) The Administrator (and its officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members, and any other person or entity affiliated with the Administrator, including without limitation
its sole member, the Adviser to the extent that they are providing services for or otherwise acting on behalf of the Administrator, Adviser or the Company) shall not be liable to the Company for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the
Administrator in connection with the performance of any of its duties or obligations under this Agreement or otherwise as administrator for the Company, and the Company shall indemnify, defend and protect the Administrator (and its officers,
managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members, and any other person or entity affiliated with the Administrator, including without limitation the Adviser, each of whom shall be deemed a third party beneficiary hereof) (each,
individually, an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) and hold each of them harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) incurred by any of them in or by reason of any pending, threatened or completed action, suit, investigation or other proceeding (including an action or suit by or in the
right of the Company or its security holders) arising out of or otherwise based upon the performance in good faith of any of the Administrator’s duties or obligations under this Agreement or otherwise as administrator for the Company. The
Company’s indemnification of Indemnified Parties shall, to the extent not in conflict with such insurance policy, be secondary to any and all payment to which any Indemnified Party is entitled from any relevant insurance policy issued to or for
the benefit of the Company and its affiliates or any Indemnified Party. The Company’s indemnification of the Indemnified Parties shall also be secondary to any payment pursuant to any other indemnification obligation of any other relevant
entity or person, including under any insurance policy issued to or for the benefit of such other entity or person, in all cases, to the extent not in conflict with the applicable other indemnification or insurance contract. In the event of payment
by the Company under this Agreement and pursuant to its indemnification obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnified Parties, including the rights of any Indemnified
Party under any insurance policies.
 (b) For any claims indemnified by the Company under Section 5(a) above, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall promptly pay expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by any Indemnified Party in appearing at, participating in or defending any action, suit, claim, demand or proceeding in advance of
the final disposition of such action, suit, claim, demand or proceeding, including appeals, within 30 days after receipt by 







 
the Company of a statement or statements from the Indemnified Party requesting such advance or advances from time to time. Each Indemnified Party hereby undertakes to repay any amounts
advanced on its behalf (without interest) to the extent that it is ultimately determined that the Indemnified Party is not entitled under this Agreement to be indemnified by the Company. Such undertaking shall be unsecured and accepted without
reference to the financial ability of the Indemnified Parties to make repayment and without regard to the Indemnified Parties’ ultimate entitlement to indemnification under the other provisions of this Agreement. No other form of undertaking
shall be required of the Indemnified Parties other than the execution of this Agreement.
 (c) Notwithstanding the above
provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, nothing contained herein shall protect or be deemed to protect the Indemnified Parties against or entitle or be deemed to entitle the Indemnified Parties to indemnification in respect of, any liability
to the Company or its security holders to which the Indemnified Parties would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of the Administrator’s duties or by reason of the reckless
disregard of the Administrator’s duties and obligations under this Agreement (to the extent applicable, as the same shall be determined in accordance with the Investment Company Act and any interpretations or guidance by the SEC or its staff
thereunder). 
  

	6.	Activities of the Administrator 

 The services of the Administrator to the Company are not to be deemed to be exclusive, and the Administrator and each affiliate is free to render services to others. It is understood that directors,
officers, employees and stockholders of the Company are or may become interested in the Administrator and its affiliates, as directors, officers, members, managers, employees, partners, stockholders or otherwise, and that the Administrator and
directors, officers, members, managers, employees, partners and stockholders of the Administrator and its affiliates are or may become similarly interested in the Company as stockholders or otherwise. 

 

	7.	Duration and Termination of this Agreement 

 (a) This Agreement shall become effective as of the first date above written. The provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and the Administrator shall remain
entitled to the benefits thereof, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement. Further, notwithstanding the termination or expiration of this Agreement as aforesaid, the Administrator shall be entitled to any amounts owed under Section 4
through the date of termination or expiration and Section 5 shall continue in force and effect and apply to the Administrator and its representatives as and to the extent applicable. This Agreement shall continue in effect for two years from
the date hereof, and thereafter shall continue automatically for successive annual periods, provided that such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by: 
 (i) the vote of the Board, or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company; and 







 (ii) the vote of a majority of the Company’s Directors who are not parties to this
Agreement or “interested persons” (as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act) of any such party, in accordance with the requirements of the Investment Company Act. 

(b) The Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, upon 60 days’ written notice, by the vote of a
majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, or by the vote of the Board or by the Administrator. 
 (c)
This Agreement may not be assigned by a party without the consent of the other party; provided however, that the rights and obligations of the Company under this Agreement shall not be deemed to be assigned to a newly-formed entity in
the event of the merger of the Company into, or conveyance of all of the assets of the Company to, such newly-formed entity; provided further, however, that the sole purpose of that merger or conveyance is to effect a mere
change in the Company’s legal form into another limited liability entity. The provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and the Administrator shall remain entitled to the benefits thereof,
notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement. 
  

	8.	Amendments of this Agreement  

 This Agreement may be amended pursuant to a written instrument by mutual consent of the parties. 
  

	9.	Governing Law 


This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the applicable provisions of the Investment
Company Act. To the extent the applicable laws of the State of New York, or any of the provisions herein, conflict with the provisions of the Investment Company Act, the latter shall control. 

 

	10.	Entire Agreement 


This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and arrangements with
respect to the subject matter hereof. 
  

	11.	Notices 

 Any
notice under this Agreement shall be given in writing, addressed and delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to the other party at its principal office. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the
date first above written. 
  

					
	CARLYLE GMS FINANCE, INC.
		
	By:	  	 /s/ Ian J. Sandler

		  	Name:	 	Ian J. Sandler
		  	Title:	 	Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
	
	 CARLYLE GMS FINANCE
 ADMINISTRATION L.L.C.

		
	By:	  	 /s/ Orit Mizrachi

		  	Name:	 	Orit Mizrachi
		  	Title: Officer