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EXHIBIT 4.1

TRILINC GLOBAL IMPACT FUND, LLC

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

 

Effective as of March 30, 2018

 

TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), has adopted the following Third Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the “DRP”). Capitalized terms shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Company’s Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement, as such agreement may be amended (“Operating Agreement”) unless otherwise defined herein.

 

1.Distribution Reinvestment. As an agent for the unitholders (“Unitholders”) of the Company who purchase units of the Company’s limited liability company interests (the “Units”) pursuant to a public offering by the Company, and who elect to participate in the DRP (the “Participants”), the Company will apply all or a portion of cash distributions, other than Designated Special Distributions (as defined below), (“Distributions”), including Distributions paid with respect to any full or fractional Units acquired under the DRP, to the purchase of the Units for such Participants directly, if permitted under state securities laws and, if not, through the Dealer Manager or Soliciting Dealers registered in the Participant’s state of residence. The Units purchased pursuant to the DRP shall be of the same Unit class as the Units with respect to which the Participant is receiving cash distributions to be reinvested through DRP. As used in the DRP, the term “Designated Special Distributions” shall mean those cash or other distributions designated as Designated Special Distributions by the Board of Managers.

 

2.Participation. Any Unitholder who owns Units originally sold in a public offering and who has received a prospectus, as contained in the Company’s Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”), may elect to become a Participant by completing and executing a subscription agreement, an enrollment form or any other appropriate authorization form as may be available from the Company from time to time. Participation in the DRP will begin with the next Distribution payable after receipt of a Participant’s subscription, enrollment or authorization, provided such subscription, enrollment or authorization is received at least 15 business days prior to the last day of the calendar month. Units will be purchased under the DRP on the date that Distributions are paid by the Company. Each Participant agrees that if, at any time prior to the listing of the Units on a national securities exchange, he or she does not meet the minimum income and net worth standards established for making an investment in the Company or cannot make the other representations or warranties set forth in the original subscription agreement or other applicable enrollment form, he or she will promptly so notify the Company in writing.

 

Participation in the DRP shall continue until such participation is terminated in writing by the Participant pursuant to Section 7 below.

 

3.Unit Purchases. Any purchases of Units pursuant to the DRP will be dependent on the continued registration of the securities or the availability of an exemption from registration in the Participant’s home state. Each class of units under DRP will be sold at the estimated net asset value per unit for units of that class, as most recently disclosed by the Company in a filing with the Commission. Participants in the DRP may also purchase fractional Units so that 100% of the Distributions will be used to acquire Units. However, a Participant will not be able to acquire DRP Units to the extent that any such purchase would cause such Participant to violate any provision of the Operating Agreement. Units issued pursuant to the DRP will have the same voting rights as the Units offered in a primary offering.

 

Units to be distributed by the Company in connection with the DRP may (but are not required to) be supplied from: (a) the DRP Units which are being registered with the Commission in connection with a primary offering, (b) Units to be registered with the Commission after the initial public offering for use in the DRP (a “Future Registration”), or (c) Units purchased by the Company for the DRP in a secondary market (if one were to develop) or on a securities exchange (if listed) (collectively, the “Secondary Market”). Units purchased on a Secondary Market as set forth in (c) above will be purchased at the then-prevailing market price, which price will be utilized for purposes of purchases of Units in the DRP. Units acquired by the Company on the Secondary Market will have a price per unit equal to the then-prevailing market price, which shall equal the price on the securities exchange, or over-the-counter market on which such Units are listed at the date of purchase if such Units are then listed. If Units are not so listed, the Board of Managers will determine the price at which Units will be issued under the DRP.

 

If a Secondary Market were to develop and the Company acquires Units in the Secondary Market for use in the DRP, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to acquire Units for use in the DRP at the lowest price then reasonably available. However, the Company does not in any respect guarantee or warrant that the Units so acquired and purchased by the Participant in the DRP will be at the lowest possible price. Further, irrespective of the Company’s ability to acquire Units in the 



Secondary Market or to complete a Future Registration for Units to be used in the DRP, the Company is in no way obligated to do either, in its sole discretion.

 

4.Timing of Purchases. The plan administrator will make every reasonable effort to reinvest all Distributions on the day the cash distribution is paid, except where necessary for the Company to comply with applicable securities laws. If, for any reason beyond the control of the plan administrator, reinvestment of the Distribution cannot be completed within 30 days after the applicable distribution payment date, Participants’ funds held by the plan administrator will be distributed to the Participants.

 

5.Taxation of Distributions. The reinvestment of Distributions does not relieve the Participant of any taxes which may be payable as a result of those Distributions and their reinvestment in Units pursuant to the terms of the DRP.

 

6.Commissions. The Company will not pay any selling commissions, dealer manager fees or distribution fees in connection with Units sold pursuant to the DRP. While there are no additional distribution fees that will be paid for any Class C units sold pursuant to this offering, distribution fees have been and may be paid on an ongoing basis for Class C units sold pursuant to other Company offerings. Because distribution fees payable with respect to Class C units sold in other offerings are paid from and reduce the amount available for distribution on all Class C units, distributions will be reduced for Class C units purchased pursuant to the DRP. This will result in lower cash distributions with respect to the Class C Units than the cash distributions with respect to Class A and certain Class I Units.

 

7.Termination by Participant. A Participant may terminate participation in the DRP at any time by written instructions to that effect to the plan administrator. To be effective on a distribution payment date, the notice of termination must be received by the plan administrator at least 15 days before that distribution payment date. Prior to listing of the Units on a national securities exchange, any transfer of Units by a Participant to a non-Participant will terminate participation in the DRP with respect to the transferred Units. Upon termination of DRP participation, future Distributions, if any, will be distributed to the Unitholder in cash.

 

All correspondence concerning the plan should be directed to the plan administrator by mail at DST Systems, Inc., P.O. Box 219312, Kansas City, MO 64121-9312.

 

8.Amendment or Termination by the Company. The Company reserves the right to amend, suspend or terminate the DRP any time by the giving of written notice to each Participant at least 10 days prior to the effective date of the amendment, supplement or termination, which notice may be provided by the Company in a periodic or current report filed with the Commission.

 

9.No Unit Certificates. The ownership of the Units purchased through the DRP will be in book-entry form only.

 

10.Reports. The Company shall provide to each Participant a confirmation at least once every calendar quarter showing the number of Units owned by such Participant at the beginning of the covered period, the amount of the Distributions paid in the covered period and the number of Units owned at the end of the covered period. During each fiscal quarter, but in no event later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, the Company’s transfer agent will mail and/or make electronically available to each Participant, a statement of account describing, as to such Participant, the distributions received during such quarter, the number of Units purchased during such quarter, and the per unit purchase price for such Units.

 

11.Liability of the Company. The Company shall not be liable for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act, including, without limitation, any claims or liability: (a) arising out of failure to terminate a Participant’s account upon such Participant’s death prior to receipt of notice in writing of such death; and (b) with respect to the time and the prices at which Units are purchased or sold for Participant’s account.