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1The term ‘‘successor,’’ as applied to each 

Adviser (defined below), means an entity which 

results from a reorganization into another 

jurisdiction or change in the type of business 

organization. 

information and comments about how 

digital health technologies are used, or 

could be used in the future, to improve 

community health, individual wellness, 

and health equity. Community health, 

defined as the collective influence of 

socioeconomic factors, physical 

environment, health behaviors, and 

availability of quality clinical care 

services, serves as one of the most 

important drivers of health and wellness 

for all Americans. This request is part of 

an initiative dedicated to Community 

Connected Health—an effort that will 

explore and act upon how innovation in 

science and technology can lower the 

barriers to access quality healthcare and 

lead healthier lives by meeting people 

where they are in their communities. 

Scope and terminology: OSTP invites 

input from all interested parties as 

outlined in the instructions. The term 

‘digital health technologies’ should be 

interpreted broadly as any tool or set of 

tools that improve health or enable 

better healthcare delivery by connecting 

people with other people, with data, or 

with health information. Examples of 

this include but are not limited to: 

Telehealth, remote patient monitoring 

devices, health trackers, mobile devices 

(e.g., smart phones, tablets), mobile 

health apps, and technologies for 

managing health information including 

electronic health records. 

Information Requested: Respondents 

may provide information for one or as 

many topics below as they choose. 

1. Successful models within the U.S.: 

Descriptions of innovative examples or 

models of how community health 

providers within the United States 

successfully use digital health 

technology to deliver healthcare, enable 

healthier lifestyles, or reduce health 

disparities. This can include: The key 

features of the organizations and/or the 

digital health technologies that have 

been most successful, what is needed to 

support the scale up beyond individual 

organizations, examples of best 

practices, examples of important user 

protections to institute (e.g., privacy 

best practices), examples of positive 

user experiences, metrics or 

measurement strategies of how 

community health providers measure 

outcomes or success, and creative ideas 

or models that may be in nascent stages. 

2. Barriers: Specific descriptions of 

the current barriers faced by individuals 

or organizations to the use of digital 

health technologies in community-based 

settings. It would be very helpful for 

respondents to indicate how these 

barriers may align to the following 

broad categories: Technical (including 

broadband access), training, costs, 

reimbursement/policies, buy-in across 

organization or community, user 

education/comfort, or other. In the case 

of barriers that include user comfort/ 

willingness to use the technology, it 

would be useful for respondents to 

detail any concerns users might have 

such as privacy, security, 

discrimination, the effectiveness of the 

technology, or other such concerns. 

3. Trends from the pandemic: 

Impressions or data reflecting how the 

use of digital health technologies 

(including the use of telemedicine) has 

changed over the course of the 

pandemic by individuals, communitybased organizations, and in communitybased health settings. This includes 

impressions of what is likely to 

continue, or not, after the end of the 

public health emergency or COVID–19 

pandemic. 

4. User experience: Descriptions of 

how technology developers, 

community-based healthcare providers, 

or other community-based stakeholders 

consider and/or assess the patient and 

client experience in the use of health 

technologies. This includes direct 

experiences from individuals and 

patients who have used digital health 

technologies. We welcome descriptions 

of how digital health technologies could 

be better designed with the user 

experience (e.g., community health 

workers, healthcare providers, or 

patients) in mind, as well as aspects of 

the user experience that could be 

changed to help remove barriers due to 

willingness to use (e.g., privacy 

protections). 

5. Tool and training needs: 

Information about the current 

technological tools, equipment, and 

infrastructure needs of community 

health workers and other communitybased health providers. Descriptions 

about what is needed to train and/or 

certify community health organizations 

and workers on the use of digital health 

technologies for their work are also 

welcome. 

6. Proposed government actions: 

Opportunities for the Federal 

Government to support the 

transformation of community health 

settings through the uptake of 

innovative digital health technologies 

and telemedicine at the community 

level. Please specify whether these 

opportunities could take place in the 

immediate future (i.e., 0–2 years), in the 

next 5 years, in the next 10 years or 

beyond. 

7. Health Equity: Information about 

how digital health technologies have 

been used, or could be used, in 

community-based settings to drive 

towards a reduction in health disparities 

or achieving health equity. This could 

include any concerns about the health 

equity impacts of digital health 

technologies 

8. International models: Examples 

from outside of the United States, 

particularly from low or middle-income 

countries, that exemplify innovation at 

the intersection of healthcare delivery 

and technology. This can include: The 

key features of the organizations and/or 

the digital health technologies that have 

been most successful, what is needed to 

support the scale up beyond individual 

organizations, examples of best 

practices, examples of important user 

protections to institute (e.g., privacy 

best practices), examples of positive 

user experiences, metrics of how 

community health providers measure 

outcomes or success, and creative ideas 

or models that may be in nascent stages. 

We encourage responses that extrapolate 

to how these international models could 

be applied within the United States 

healthcare system. 

Stacy Murphy, 

Operations Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2021–28193 Filed 1–4–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3270–F2–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Investment Company Act Release No. 

34457; File No. 812–15223] 

Flat Rock Global, LLC, et al. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice of application for an order 

(‘‘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 certain 

business development companies and 

closed-end management investment 

companies to co-invest in portfolio 

companies with each other and with 

affiliated investment funds and 

accounts. 

Applicants: Flat Rock Global, LLC 

(‘‘Flat Rock’’) on behalf of itself and its 

successors,1 Flat Rock Opportunity 

Fund, Flat Rock Core Income Fund 

(together, the ‘‘Existing Registered 


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2 ‘‘Regulated Funds’’ means the Existing 

Registered Funds and the Future Regulated Funds. 

‘‘Future Regulated Fund’’ means a closed-end 

management investment company (a) that is 

registered under the Act or has elected to be 

regulated as a business development company 

under the Act (‘‘BDC’’), (b) whose investment 

adviser is an Adviser, and (c) that intends to 

participate in the proposed co-investment program 

(the ‘‘Co-Investment Program’’). Section 2(a)(48) of 

the Act defines a BDC to be any closed-end 

investment company that operates for the purpose 

of making investments in securities described in 

section 55(a)(1) through 55(a)(3) and makes 

available significant managerial assistance with 

respect to the issuers of such securities. 

‘‘Adviser’’ means Flat Rock together with any 

future investment adviser that (i) controls, is 

controlled by or is under common control with Flat 

Rock, (ii) is registered as an investment adviser 

under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the 

‘‘Advisers Act’’) and (iii) is not a Regulated Fund 

or a subsidiary of a Regulated Fund. 

3 ‘‘Affiliated Fund’’ means any Existing Affiliated 

Fund, any Future Affiliated Fund or any Flat Rock 

Proprietary Account. ‘‘Future Affiliated Fund’’ 

means any entity (a) whose investment adviser is 

an Adviser, (b) that either (A) would be an 

investment company but for section 3(c)(1), 

3(c)(5)(C) or 3(c)(7) of the Act or (B) relies on rule 

3a–7 exemption from investment company status, 

and (c) that intends to participate in the CoInvestment Program.. ‘‘Flat Rock Proprietary 

Account’’ means any direct or indirect, wholly- or 

majority-owned subsidiary of Flat Rock that is 

formed in the future that, from time to time, may 

hold various financial assets in a principal capacity. 

4All existing entities that currently intend to rely 

on the Order have been named as applicants and 

any existing or future entities that may rely on the 

Order in the future will comply with the terms and 

Conditions set forth in the application. 

5 ‘‘Board’’ means, with respect to a Regulated 

Fund, the board of directors (or equivalent) of the 

Regulated Fund. 

6 ‘‘Independent Director’’ means a member of the 

Board of any relevant entity who is not an 

‘‘interested person’’ as defined in section 2(a)(19) of 

the Act. No Independent Director of a Regulated 

Fund will have a financial interest in any CoInvestment Transaction, other than indirectly 

through share ownership in one of the Regulated 

Funds. 

7 ‘‘Wholly-Owned Investment Sub’’ means an 

entity (i) that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a 

Regulated Fund (with such Regulated Fund at all 

times holding, beneficially and of record, 95% or 

more of the voting and economic interests); (ii) 

whose sole business purpose is to hold one or more 

investments on behalf of such Regulated Fund; (iii) 

with respect to which such Regulated Fund’s Board 

has the sole authority to make all determinations 

with respect to the entity’s participation under the 

Conditions to the application; and (iv) (A) that 

would be an investment company but for section 

3(c)(1), 3(c)(5)(C), or 3(c)(7) of the Act, or (B) that 

qualifies as a real estate investment trust within the 

meaning of section 856 of the Internal Revenue 

Code of 1986, as amended (‘‘Code’’) because 

substantially all of its assets would consist of real 

properties. 

Funds’’), and Flat Rock Credit Partners 

LLC (the ‘‘Existing Affiliated Fund’’). 

Filing Dates: The application was 

filed on April 28, 2021, and amended on 

August 12, 2021, November 18, 2021, 

and December 27, 2021. 

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 emailing the 

Commission’s Secretary at SecretarysOffice@sec.gov and serving Applicants 

with a copy of the request by email. 

Hearing requests should be received by 

the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on January 

24, 2022, 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 at SecretarysOffice@sec.gov. 

ADDRESSES: The Commission: 

Secretarys-Office@sec.gov. Applicants: 

c/o Robert K. Grunewald, Chief 

Executive Officer, by email to robert@

flatrockglobal.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura J. Riegel, Senior Counsel, at 202– 

551–3038, or Trace W. Rakestraw, 

Branch Chief, at (202) 551–6825 

(Division of Investment Management, 

Chief Counsel’s Office). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following is a summary of the 

application. The complete application 

may be obtained via the Commission’s 

website 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. 

Introduction 

1. Applicants request an Order of the 

Commission under sections 17(d) and 

57(i) under the Act and rule 17d–1 

under the Act to permit, subject to the 

terms and conditions set forth in the 

application (the ‘‘Conditions’’), one or 

more Regulated Funds 2 and/or one or 

more Affiliated Funds 3 to enter into CoInvestment Transactions with each 

other. ‘‘Co-Investment Transaction’’ 

means any transaction in which one or 

more Regulated Funds (or its WhollyOwned Investment Sub (defined below)) 

participated together with one or more 

Affiliated Funds and/or one or more 

other Regulated Funds in reliance on 

the Order. ‘‘Potential Co-Investment 

Transaction’’ means any investment 

opportunity in which a Regulated Fund 

(or its Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) 

could not participate together with one 

or more Affiliated Funds and/or one or 

more other Regulated Funds without 

obtaining and relying on the Order.4

Applicants 

2. Each Existing Registered Fund is a 

Delaware statutory trust that is a nondiversified, closed-end management 

investment company that is registered 

under the Act. The Existing Registered 

Funds operate as ‘‘interval funds’’ 

pursuant to rule 23c–3 under the Act. 

Flat Rock Opportunity Fund is managed 

by a Board 5 comprised of three persons, 

two of whom are Independent Directors. 

6 Flat Rock Core Income Fund is 

managed by a Board comprised of four 

persons, three of whom are Independent 

Directors. 

3. Flat Rock, a Delaware limited 

liability company that is registered 

under the Advisers Act, serves as the 

investment adviser to the Existing 

Regulated Funds and the investment 

adviser to the Existing Affiliated Fund. 

4. Applicants represent that the 

Existing Affiliated Fund would be an 

investment company but for section 

3(c)(1) of the Act. 

5. Applicants state that a Regulated 

Fund may, from time to time, form one 

or more Wholly-Owned Investment 

Subs.7 Such a subsidiary may be 

prohibited from investing in a CoInvestment Transaction with a 

Regulated Fund (other than its parent) 

or any Affiliated Fund because it would 

be a company controlled by its parent 

Regulated Fund for purposes of section 

57(a)(4) and rule 17d–1. Applicants 

request that each Wholly-Owned 

Investment Sub be permitted to 

participate in Co-Investment 

Transactions in lieu of the Regulated 

Fund that owns it and that the WhollyOwned Investment Sub’s participation 

in any such transaction be treated, for 

purposes of the Order, as though the 

parent Regulated Fund were 

participating directly. 

Applicants’ Representations 

A Allocation Process 

1. Applicants represent that Flat Rock 

has established processes for allocating 

initial investment opportunities, 

opportunities for subsequent 

investments in an issuer and 

dispositions of securities holdings 

reasonably designed to treat all clients 

fairly and equitably. Further, applicants 

represent that these processes will be 

extended and modified in a manner 

reasonably designed to ensure that the 

additional transactions permitted under 

the Order will both (i) be fair and 

equitable to the Regulated Funds and 

the Affiliated Funds and (ii) comply 

with the Conditions. 


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8 ‘‘Objectives and Strategies’’ means with respect 

to any Regulated Fund its investment objectives and 

strategies, as described in its most current 

registration statement, other current filings with the 

Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the 

‘‘Securities Act’’) or under the Securities Exchange 

Act of 1934, as amended, and its most current 

report to stockholders. 

9 ‘‘Board-Established Criteria’’ means criteria that 

the Board of a Regulated Fund may establish from 

time to time to describe the characteristics of 

Potential Co-Investment Transactions regarding 

which the Adviser to such Regulated Fund should 

be notified under Condition 1. The BoardEstablished Criteria will be consistent with the 

Regulated Fund’s Objectives and Strategies. If no 

Board-Established Criteria are in effect, then the 

Regulated Fund’s Adviser will be notified of all 

Potential Co-Investment Transactions that fall 

within the Regulated Fund’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. The Adviser to the Regulated Fund 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 Fund 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. 

10The reason for any such adjustment to a 

proposed order amount will be documented in 

writing and preserved in the records of each 

Adviser. 

11 ‘‘Required Majority’’ means a required 

majority, as defined in section 57(o) of the Act. In 

the case of a Regulated Fund that is a registered 

closed-end fund, the Board members that make up 

the Required Majority will be determined as if the 

Regulated Fund were a BDC subject to section 57(o). 

12The Advisers will maintain records of all 

proposed order amounts, Internal Orders and 

External Submissions in conjunction with Potential 

Co-Investment Transactions. Each applicable 

Adviser will provide the Eligible Directors with 

information concerning the Affiliated Funds’ and 

Regulated Funds’ order sizes to assist the Eligible 

Directors with their review of the applicable 

Regulated Fund’s investments for compliance with 

the Conditions. ‘‘Eligible Directors’’ means, with 

respect to a Regulated Fund and a Potential CoInvestment Transaction, the members of the 

Regulated Fund’s Board eligible to vote on that 

Potential Co-Investment Transaction under section 

57(o) of the Act (treating any registered investment 

company or series thereof as a BDC for this 

purpose). 

13The Board of the Regulated Fund will then 

either approve or disapprove of the investment 

opportunity in accordance with Condition 2, 6, 7, 

8 or 9, as applicable. 

14 ‘‘Follow-On Investment’’ means an additional 

investment in the same issuer, including, but not 

limited to, through the exercise of warrants, 

conversion privileges or other rights to purchase 

securities of the issuer. 

15 ‘‘Pre-Boarding Investments’’ are investments in 

an issuer held by a Regulated Fund as well as one 

or more Affiliated Funds and/or one or more other 

Regulated Funds that were acquired prior to 

participating in any Co-Investment Transaction: (i) 

In transactions in which the only term negotiated 

by or on behalf of such funds was price in reliance 

on one of the JT No-Action Letters (defined below); 

or (ii) in transactions occurring at least 90 days 

apart and without coordination between the 

Regulated Fund and any Affiliated Fund or other 

Regulated Fund. 

2. If the requested Order is granted, 

the Adviser will establish, maintain and 

implement policies and procedures 

reasonably designed to ensure that 

when such opportunities arise, the 

Adviser to the relevant Regulated Funds 

is promptly notified and receives the 

same information about the opportunity 

as any other Adviser considering the 

opportunity for its clients. In particular, 

consistent with Condition 1, if a 

Potential Co-Investment Transaction 

falls within the then-current Objectives 

and Strategies 8 and any BoardEstablished Criteria 9 of a Regulated 

Fund, the policies and procedures will 

require that the Adviser to such 

Regulated Fund receive sufficient 

information to allow such Adviser’s 

investment committee to make its 

independent determination and 

recommendations under the Conditions. 

3. The Adviser to each applicable 

Regulated Fund will then make an 

independent determination of the 

appropriateness of the investment for 

the Regulated Fund in light of the 

Regulated Fund’s then-current 

circumstances. If the Adviser to a 

Regulated Fund deems the Regulated 

Fund’s participation in any Potential 

Co-Investment Transaction to be 

appropriate, then it will formulate a 

recommendation regarding the proposed 

order amount for the Regulated Fund. 

4. Applicants state that, for each 

Regulated Fund and Affiliated Fund 

whose Adviser recommends 

participating in a Potential CoInvestment Transaction, such Adviser’s 

investment committee will approve an 

investment amount to be allocated to 

each Regulated Fund and/or Affiliated 

Fund participating in the Potential CoInvestment Transaction. Applicants 

state further that, each proposed order 

amount may be reviewed and adjusted, 

in accordance with the Adviser’s 

written allocation policies and 

procedures, by the Adviser’s investment 

committee.10 The order of a Regulated 

Fund or Affiliated Fund resulting from 

this process is referred to as its ‘‘Internal 

Order.’’ The Internal Order will be 

submitted for approval by the Required 

Majority of any participating Regulated 

Funds in accordance with the 

Conditions.11

5. If the aggregate Internal Orders for 

a Potential Co-Investment Transaction 

do not exceed the size of the investment 

opportunity immediately prior to the 

submission of the orders to the 

underwriter, broker, dealer or issuer, as 

applicable (the ‘‘External Submission’’), 

then each Internal Order will be 

fulfilled as placed. If, on the other hand, 

the aggregate Internal Orders for a 

Potential Co-Investment Transaction 

exceed the size of the investment 

opportunity immediately prior to the 

External Submission, then the allocation 

of the opportunity will be made pro rata 

on the basis of the size of the Internal 

Orders.12 If, subsequent to such External 

Submission, the size of the opportunity 

is increased or decreased, or if the terms 

of such opportunity, or the facts and 

circumstances applicable to the 

Regulated Funds’ or the Affiliated 

Funds’ consideration of the opportunity, 

change, the participants will be 

permitted to submit revised Internal 

Orders in accordance with written 

allocation policies and procedures that 

the Advisers will establish, implement 

and maintain.13

B. Follow-On Investments 

6. Applicants state that from time to 

time the Regulated Funds and Affiliated 

Funds may have opportunities to make 

Follow-On Investments 14 in an issuer in 

which a Regulated Fund and one or 

more other Regulated Funds and/or 

Affiliated Funds previously have 

invested. 

7. Applicants propose that Follow-On 

Investments would be divided into two 

categories depending on whether the 

prior investment was a Co-Investment 

Transaction or a Pre-Boarding 

Investment.15 If the Regulated Funds 

and Affiliated Funds have previously 

participated in a Co-Investment 

Transaction with respect to the issuer, 

then the terms and approval of the 

Follow-On Investment would be subject 

to the Standard Review Follow-Ons 

described in Condition 8. If the 

Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds 

have not previously participated in a 

Co-Investment Transaction with respect 

to the issuer but hold a Pre-Boarding 

Investment, then the terms and approval 

of the Follow-On Investment would be 

subject to the Enhanced-Review FollowOns described in Condition 9. All 

Enhanced Review Follow-Ons require 

the approval of the Required Majority. 

For a given issuer, the participating 

Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds 

need to comply with the requirements 

of Enhanced-Review Follow-Ons only 

for the first Co-Investment Transaction. 

Subsequent Co-Investment Transactions 

with respect to the issuer would be 

governed by the requirements of 

Standard Review Follow-Ons. 

8. A Regulated Fund would be 

permitted to invest in Standard Review 

Follow-Ons either with the approval of 

the Required Majority under Condition 

8(c) or without Board approval under 


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16A ‘‘Pro Rata Follow-On Investment’’ is a 

Follow-On Investment (i) in which the participation 

of each Affiliated Fund and each Regulated Fund 

is proportionate to its outstanding investments in 

the issuer or security, as appropriate, immediately 

preceding the Follow-On Investment, and (ii) in the 

case of a Regulated Fund, a majority of the Board 

has approved the Regulated Fund’s participation in 

the pro rata Follow-On Investments as being in the 

best interests of the Regulated Fund. The Regulated 

Fund’s Board may refuse to approve, or at any time 

rescind, suspend or qualify, its approval of Pro Rata 

Follow-On Investments, in which case all 

subsequent Follow-On Investments will be 

submitted to the Regulated Fund’s Eligible Directors 

in accordance with Condition 8(c). 

17A ‘‘Non-Negotiated Follow-On Investment’’ is a 

Follow-On Investment in which a Regulated Fund 

participates together with one or more Affiliated 

Funds and/or one or more other Regulated Funds 

(i) in which the only term negotiated by or on behalf 

of the funds is price and (ii) with respect to which, 

if the transaction were considered on its own, the 

funds would be entitled to rely on one of the JT NoAction Letters. ‘‘JT No-Action Letters’’ means SMC 

Capital, Inc., SEC No-Action Letter (pub. avail. 

Sept. 5, 1995) and Massachusetts Mutual Life 

Insurance Company, SEC No-Action Letter (pub. 

avail. June 7, 2000). 

18 ‘‘Disposition’’ means the sale, exchange or 

other disposition of an interest in a security of an 

issuer. 

19However, with respect to an issuer, if a 

Regulated Fund’s first Co-Investment Transaction is 

an Enhanced Review Disposition, and the Regulated 

Fund does not dispose of its entire position in the 

Enhanced Review Disposition, then before such 

Regulated Fund may complete its first Standard 

Review Follow-On in such issuer, the Eligible 

Directors must review the proposed Follow-On 

Investment not only on a stand-alone basis but also 

in relation to the total economic exposure in such 

issuer (i.e., in combination with the portion of the 

Pre-Boarding Investment not disposed of in the 

Enhanced Review Disposition), and the other terms 

of the investments. This additional review is 

required because such findings were not required 

in connection with the prior Enhanced Review 

Disposition, but they would have been required had 

the first Co-Investment Transaction been an 

Enhanced Review Follow-On. 

20A ‘‘Pro Rata Disposition’’ is a Disposition (i) in 

which the participation of each Affiliated Fund and 

each Regulated Fund is proportionate to its 

outstanding investment in the security subject to 

Disposition immediately preceding the Disposition; 

and (ii) in the case of a Regulated Fund, a majority 

of the Board has approved the Regulated Fund’s 

participation in pro rata Dispositions as being in the 

best interests of the Regulated Fund. The Regulated 

Fund’s Board may refuse to approve, or at any time 

rescind, suspend or qualify, its approval of Pro Rata 

Dispositions, in which case all subsequent 

Dispositions will be submitted to the Regulated 

Fund’s Eligible Directors. 

21 ‘‘Tradable Security’’ means a security that 

meets the following criteria at the time of 

Disposition: (i) It trades on a national securities 

exchange or designated offshore securities market 

as defined in rule 902(b) under the Securities Act; 

(ii) it is not subject to restrictive agreements with 

the issuer or other security holders; and (iii) it 

trades with sufficient volume and liquidity 

(findings as to which are documented by the 

Advisers to any Regulated Funds holding 

investments in the issuer and retained for the life 

of the Regulated Fund) to allow each Regulated 

Fund to dispose of its entire position remaining 

after the proposed Disposition within a short period 

of time not exceeding 30 days at approximately the 

value (as defined by section 2(a)(41) of the Act) at 

which the Regulated Fund has valued the 

investment. 

Condition 8(b) if it is (i) a Pro Rata 

Follow-On Investment 16 or (ii) a NonNegotiated Follow-On Investment.17

Applicants believe that these Pro Rata 

and Non-Negotiated Follow-On 

Investments do not present a significant 

opportunity for overreaching on the part 

of any Adviser and thus do not warrant 

the time or the attention of the Board. 

Pro Rata Follow-On Investments and 

Non-Negotiated Follow-On Investments 

remain subject to the Board’s periodic 

review in accordance with Condition 

10. 

C. Dispositions 

9. Applicants propose that 

Dispositions 18 would be divided into 

two categories. If the Regulated Funds 

and Affiliated Funds holding 

investments in the issuer have 

previously participated in a CoInvestment Transaction with respect to 

the issuer, then the terms and approval 

of the Disposition would be subject to 

the Standard Review Dispositions 

described in Condition 6. If the 

Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds 

have not previously participated in a 

Co-Investment Transaction with respect 

to the issuer but hold a Pre-Boarding 

Investment, then the terms and approval 

of the Disposition would be subject to 

the Enhanced Review Dispositions 

described in Condition 7. Subsequent 

Dispositions with respect to the same 

issuer would be governed by Condition 

6 under the Standard Review 

Dispositions.19

10. A Regulated Fund may participate 

in a Standard Review Disposition either 

with the approval of the Required 

Majority under Condition 6(d) or 

without Board approval under 

Condition 6(c) if (i) the Disposition is a 

Pro Rata Disposition 20 or (ii) the 

securities are Tradable Securities 21 and 

the Disposition meets the other 

requirements of Condition 6(c)(ii). Pro 

Rata Dispositions and Dispositions of a 

Tradable Security remain subject to the 

Board’s periodic review in accordance 

with Condition 10. 

D. Delayed Settlement 

11. Applicants represent that under 

the terms and Conditions of the 

application, all Regulated Funds and 

Affiliated Funds participating in a CoInvestment Transaction will invest at 

the same time, for the same price and 

with the same terms, conditions, class, 

registration rights and any other rights, 

so that none of them receives terms 

more favorable than any other. 

However, the settlement date for an 

Affiliated Fund in a Co-Investment 

Transaction may occur up to ten 

business days after the settlement date 

for the Regulated Fund, and vice versa. 

Nevertheless, in all cases, (i) the date on 

which the commitment of the Affiliated 

Funds and Regulated Funds is made 

will be the same even where the 

settlement date is not and (ii) the 

earliest settlement date and the latest 

settlement date of any Affiliated Fund 

or Regulated Fund participating in the 

transaction will occur within ten 

business days of each other. 

E. Holders 

12. Under Condition 15, if an Adviser, 

its principals, or any person controlling, 

controlled by, or under common control 

with the Adviser or its principals, and 

the Affiliated Funds (collectively, the 

‘‘Holders’’) own in the aggregate more 

than 25 percent of the outstanding 

voting shares of a Regulated Fund (the 

‘‘Shares’’), then the Holders will vote 

such Shares as required under 

Condition 15. 

Applicants’ Legal Analysis 

1. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule 

17d–1 under the Act prohibit 

participation by a registered investment 

company and an affiliated person in any 

‘‘joint enterprise or other joint 

arrangement or profit-sharing plan,’’ as 

defined in the rule, without prior 

approval by the Commission by order 

upon application. Section 17(d) of the 

Act and rule 17d–1 under the Act are 

applicable to Regulated Funds that are 

registered closed-end investment 

companies. 

2. Similarly, with regard to BDCs, 

section 57(a)(4) of the Act generally 

prohibits certain persons specified in 

section 57(b) from participating in joint 

transactions with the BDC or a company 

controlled by the BDC in contravention 

of rules as prescribed by the 

Commission. Section 57(i) of the Act 

provides that, until the Commission 

prescribes rules under section 57(a)(4), 

the Commission’s rules under section 

17(d) of the Act applicable to registered 

closed-end investment companies will 

be deemed to apply to transactions 

subject to section 57(a)(4). Because the 

Commission has not adopted any rules 

under section 57(a)(4), rule 17d–1 also 

applies to joint transactions with 

Regulated Funds that are BDCs. 

3. Co-Investment Transactions are 

prohibited by either or both of rule 17d– 

1 and section 57(a)(4) without a prior 

exemptive order of the Commission to 

the extent that the Affiliated Funds and 

the Regulated Funds participating in 

such transactions fall within the 

category of persons described by rule 

17d–1 and/or section 57(b), as modified 

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vis-a`-vis each participating Regulated 

Fund. Each of the participating 

Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds 

may be deemed to be affiliated persons 

vis-a`-vis a Regulated Fund within the 

meaning of section 2(a)(3) by reason of 

common control because (i) Flat Rock 

manages and may be deemed to control 

the Existing Affiliated Fund and an 

Adviser will manage and may be 

deemed to control any Future Affiliated 

Fund; (ii) Flat Rock manages and may 

be deemed to control the Existing 

Registered Funds, and an Adviser will 

manage and may be deemed to control 

any Future Regulated Fund; and (iii) the 

Advisers will control, be controlled by, 

or under common control with, Flat 

Rock. Thus, each of the Affiliated Funds 

could be deemed to be a person related 

to the Regulated Funds in a manner 

described by section 57(b) and related to 

Future Regulated Funds in a manner 

described by rule 17d–1; and therefore 

the prohibitions of rule 17d–1 and 

section 57(a)(4) would apply 

respectively to prohibit the Affiliated 

Funds from participating in CoInvestment Transactions with the 

Regulated Funds. Each Regulated Fund 

would also be related to each other 

Regulated Fund in a manner described 

by section 57(b) or rule 17d–1, as 

applicable, and thus prohibited from 

participating in Co-Investment 

Transactions with each other. In 

addition, because Flat Rock Proprietary 

Accounts will be controlled by Flat 

Rock and, therefore, may be under 

common control with the Existing 

Registered Funds, any future Advisers, 

and any Future Regulated Funds, the 

Flat Rock Proprietary Accounts could be 

deemed to be persons related to the 

Regulated Funds (or a company 

controlled by the Regulated Funds) in a 

manner described by section 57(b) and 

also prohibited from participating in the 

Co-Investment Program. 

4. 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, in many 

circumstances the Regulated Funds 

would be limited in their ability to 

participate in attractive and appropriate 

investment opportunities. Applicants 

state that, as required by rule 17d–1(b), 

the Conditions ensure that the terms on 

which Co-Investment Transactions may 

be made will be consistent with the 

participation of the Regulated Funds 

being on a basis that it is neither 

different from nor less advantageous 

than other participants, thus protecting 

the equity holders of any participant 

from being disadvantaged. Applicants 

further state that the Conditions ensure 

that all Co-Investment Transactions are 

reasonable and fair to the Regulated 

Funds and their shareholders and do 

not involve overreaching by any person 

concerned, including the Advisers. 

Applicants state that the Regulated 

Funds’ participation in the CoInvestment Transactions in accordance 

with the Conditions will be consistent 

with the provisions, policies, and 

purposes of the Act and would be done 

in a manner 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. Identification and Referral of 

Potential Co-Investment Transactions 

(a). The Advisers will establish, 

maintain and implement policies and 

procedures reasonably designed to 

ensure that each Adviser is promptly 

notified of all Potential Co-Investment 

Transactions that fall within the thencurrent Objectives and Strategies and 

Board-Established Criteria of any 

Regulated Fund the Adviser manages. 

(b). When an Adviser to a Regulated 

Fund is notified of a Potential CoInvestment Transaction under 

Condition 1(a), the Adviser will make 

an independent determination of the 

appropriateness of the investment for 

the Regulated Fund in light of the 

Regulated Fund’s then-current 

circumstances. 

2. Board Approvals of Co-Investment 

Transactions 

(a). If the Adviser deems a Regulated 

Fund’s participation in any Potential 

Co-Investment Transaction to be 

appropriate for the Regulated Fund, it 

will then determine an appropriate level 

of investment for the Regulated Fund. 

(b). If the aggregate amount 

recommended by the Advisers to be 

invested in the Potential Co-Investment 

Transaction by the participating 

Regulated Funds and any participating 

Affiliated Funds, collectively, exceeds 

the amount of the investment 

opportunity, the investment opportunity 

will be allocated among them pro rata 

based on the size of the Internal Orders, 

as described in section III.A.1.b. of the 

application. Each Adviser to a 

participating Regulated Fund will 

promptly notify and provide the Eligible 

Directors with information concerning 

the Affiliated Funds’ and Regulated 

Funds’ order sizes to assist the Eligible 

Directors with their review of the 

applicable Regulated Fund’s 

investments for compliance with these 

Conditions. 

(c). After making the determinations 

required in Condition 1(b) above, each 

Adviser to a participating Regulated 

Fund will distribute written information 

concerning the Potential Co-Investment 

Transaction (including the amount 

proposed to be invested by each 

participating Regulated Fund and each 

participating Affiliated Fund) to the 

Eligible Directors of its participating 

Regulated Fund(s) for their 

consideration. A Regulated Fund will 

enter into a Co-Investment Transaction 

with one or more other Regulated Funds 

or Affiliated Funds only if, prior to the 

Regulated Fund’s participation in the 

Potential Co-Investment Transaction, a 

Required Majority concludes that: 

(i). The terms of the transaction, 

including the consideration to be paid, 

are reasonable and fair to the Regulated 

Fund and its equity holders and do not 

involve overreaching in respect of the 

Regulated Fund or its equity holders on 

the part of any person concerned; 

(ii). the transaction is consistent with: 

(A). The interests of the Regulated 

Fund’s equity holders; and 

(B). the Regulated Fund’s then-current 

Objectives and Strategies; 

(iii). the investment by any other 

Regulated Fund(s) or Affiliated Fund(s) 

would not disadvantage the Regulated 

Fund, and participation by the 

Regulated Fund would not be on a basis 

different from, or less advantageous 

than, that of any other Regulated 

Fund(s) or Affiliated Fund(s) 

participating in the transaction; 

provided that the Required Majority 

shall not be prohibited from reaching 

the conclusions required by this 

Condition 2(c)(iii) if: 

(A). The settlement date for another 

Regulated Fund or an Affiliated Fund in 

a Co-Investment Transaction is later 

than the settlement date for the 

Regulated Fund by no more than ten 

business days or earlier than the 

settlement date for the Regulated Fund 

by no more than ten business days, in 

either case, so long as: (x) The date on 

which the commitment of the Affiliated 

Funds and Regulated Funds is made is 

the same; and (y) the earliest settlement 

date and the latest settlement date of 

any Affiliated Fund or Regulated Fund 

participating in the transaction will 

occur within ten business days of each 

other; or 

(B). any other Regulated Fund or 

Affiliated Fund, but not the Regulated 

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22For example, procuring the Regulated Fund’s 

investment in a Potential Co-Investment 

Transaction to permit an affiliate to complete or 

obtain better terms in a separate transaction would 

constitute an indirect financial benefit. 

23This exception applies only to Follow-On 

Investments by a Regulated Fund in issuers in 

which that Regulated Fund already holds 

investments. 

24 ‘‘Related Party’’ means (i) any Close Affiliate 

and (ii) in respect of matters as to which any 

Adviser has knowledge, any Remote Affiliate. 

‘‘Close Affiliate’’ means the Advisers, the 

Regulated Funds, the Affiliated Funds and any 

other person described in section 57(b) (after giving 

effect to rule 57b–1) in respect of any Regulated 

Fund (treating any registered investment company 

or series thereof as a BDC for this purpose) except 

for limited partners included solely by reason of the 

reference in section 57(b) to section 2(a)(3)(D). 

‘‘Remote Affiliate’’ means any person described 

in section 57(e) in respect of any Regulated Fund 

(treating any registered investment company or 

series thereof as a BDC for this purpose) and any 

limited partner holding 5% or more of the relevant 

limited partner interests that would be a Close 

Affiliate but for the exclusion in that definition. 

25Any Flat Rock Proprietary Account that is not 

advised by an Adviser is itself deemed to be an 

Adviser for purposes of Conditions 6(a)(i), 7(a)(i), 

8(a)(i) and 9(a)(i). 

26 In the case of any Disposition, proportionality 

will be measured by each participating Regulated 

Fund’s and Affiliated Fund’s outstanding 

investment in the security in question immediately 

preceding the Disposition. 

a director for election to a portfolio 

company’s board of directors, the right 

to have a board observer or any similar 

right to participate in the governance or 

management of the portfolio company 

so long as: (x) The Eligible Directors will 

have the right to ratify the selection of 

such director or board observer, if any; 

(y) the Adviser agrees to, and does, 

provide periodic reports to the 

Regulated Fund’s Board with respect to 

the actions of such director or the 

information received by such board 

observer or obtained through the 

exercise of any similar right to 

participate in the governance or 

management of the portfolio company; 

and (z) any fees or other compensation 

that any other Regulated Fund or 

Affiliated Fund or any affiliated person 

of any other Regulated Fund or 

Affiliated Fund receives in connection 

with the right of one or more Regulated 

Funds or Affiliated Funds 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 any participating 

Affiliated Funds (who may, in turn, 

share their portion with their affiliated 

persons) and any participating 

Regulated Fund(s) in accordance with 

the amount of each such party’s 

investment; and 

(iv). the proposed investment by the 

Regulated Fund will not involve 

compensation, remuneration or a direct 

or indirect 22 financial benefit to the 

Advisers, any other Regulated Fund, the 

Affiliated Funds or any affiliated person 

of any of them (other than the parties to 

the Co-Investment Transaction), except 

(A) to the extent permitted by Condition 

14, (B) to the extent permitted by 

section 17(e) or 57(k), as applicable, (C) 

indirectly, as a result of an interest in 

the securities issued by one of the 

parties to the Co-Investment 

Transaction, or (D) in the case of fees or 

other compensation described in 

Condition 2(c)(iii)(B)(z). 

3. Right to Decline 

Each Regulated Fund has the right to 

decline to participate in any Potential 

Co-Investment Transaction or to invest 

less than the amount proposed. 

4. General Limitation 

Except for Follow-On Investments 

made in accordance with Conditions 8 

and 9 below,23 a Regulated Fund will 

not invest in reliance on the Order in 

any issuer in which a Related Party has 

an investment.24

5. Same Terms and Conditions 

A Regulated Fund will not participate 

in any Potential Co-Investment 

Transaction unless (i) the terms, 

conditions, price, class of securities to 

be purchased, date on which the 

commitment is entered into and 

registration rights (if any) will be the 

same for each participating Regulated 

Fund and Affiliated Fund and (ii) the 

earliest settlement date and the latest 

settlement date of any participating 

Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund will 

occur as close in time as practicable and 

in no event more than ten business days 

apart. The grant to one or more 

Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds, 

but not the respective Regulated Fund, 

of the right to nominate a director for 

election to a portfolio company’s board 

of directors, the right to have an 

observer on the board of directors or 

similar rights to participate in the 

governance or management of the 

portfolio company will not be 

interpreted so as to violate this 

Condition 5, if Condition 2(c)(iii)(B) is 

met. 

6. Standard Review Dispositions 

(a). General. If any Regulated Fund or 

Affiliated Fund elects to sell, exchange 

or otherwise dispose of an interest in a 

security and one or more Regulated 

Funds and Affiliated Funds have 

previously participated in a CoInvestment Transaction with respect to 

the issuer, then: 

(i). The Adviser to such Regulated 

Fund or Affiliated Fund 25 will notify 

each Regulated Fund that holds an 

investment in the issuer of the proposed 

Disposition at the earliest practical time; 

and 

(ii). the Adviser to each Regulated 

Fund that holds an investment in the 

issuer will formulate a recommendation 

as to participation by such Regulated 

Fund in the Disposition. 

(b). Same Terms and Conditions. Each 

Regulated Fund will have the right to 

participate in such Disposition on a 

proportionate basis, at the same price 

and on the same terms and conditions 

as those applicable to the Affiliated 

Funds and any other Regulated Fund. 

(c). No Board Approval Required. A 

Regulated Fund may participate in such 

a Disposition without obtaining prior 

approval of the Required Majority if: 

(i). (A) the participation of each 

Regulated Fund and Affiliated Fund in 

such Disposition is proportionate to its 

then-current holding of the security (or 

securities) of the issuer that is (or are) 

the subject of the Disposition; 26 (B) the 

Board of the Regulated Fund has 

approved as being in the best interests 

of the Regulated Fund the ability to 

participate in such Dispositions on a pro 

rata basis (as described in greater detail 

in the application); and (C) the Board of 

the Regulated Fund is provided on a 

quarterly basis with a list of all 

Dispositions made in accordance with 

this Condition; or 

(ii). each security is a Tradable 

Security and (A) the Disposition is not 

to the issuer or any affiliated person of 

the issuer; and (B) the security is sold 

for cash in a transaction in which the 

only term negotiated by or on behalf of 

the participating Regulated Funds and 

Affiliated Funds is price. 

(d). Standard Board Approval. In all 

other cases, the Adviser will provide its 

written recommendation as to the 

Regulated Fund’s participation to the 

Eligible Directors and the Regulated 

Fund will participate in such 

Disposition solely to the extent that a 

Required Majority determines that it is 

in the Regulated Fund’s best interests. 

7. Enhanced Review Dispositions 

(a). General. If any Regulated Fund or 

Affiliated Fund elects to sell, exchange 

or otherwise dispose of a Pre-Boarding 

Investment in a Potential Co-Investment 

Transaction and the Regulated Funds 

and Affiliated Funds have not 

previously participated in a CoInvestment Transaction with respect to 

the issuer: 

(i). The Adviser to such Regulated 

Fund or Affiliated Fund will notify each 


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27 In determining whether a holding is 

‘‘immaterial’’ for purposes of the Order, the 

Required Majority will consider whether the nature 

and extent of the interest in the transaction or 

arrangement is sufficiently small that a reasonable 

person would not believe that the interest affected 

the determination of whether to enter into the 

transaction or arrangement or the terms of the 

transaction or arrangement. 

28To the extent that a Follow-On Investment 

opportunity is in a security or arises in respect of 

a security held by the participating Regulated 

Funds and Affiliated Funds, proportionality will be 

measured by each participating Regulated Fund’s 

and Affiliated Fund’s outstanding investment in the 

security in question immediately preceding the 

Follow-On Investment using the most recent 

available valuation thereof. To the extent that a 

Follow-On Investment opportunity relates to an 

opportunity to invest in a security that is not in 

respect of any security held by any of the 

participating Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds, 

proportionality will be measured by each 

participating Regulated Fund’s and Affiliated 

Fund’s outstanding investment in the issuer 

immediately preceding the Follow-On Investment 

using the most recent available valuation thereof. 

Regulated Fund that holds an 

investment in the issuer of the proposed 

Disposition at the earliest practical time; 

(ii). the Adviser to each Regulated 

Fund that holds an investment in the 

issuer will formulate a recommendation 

as to participation by such Regulated 

Fund in the Disposition; and 

(iii). the Advisers will provide to the 

Board of each Regulated Fund that 

holds an investment in the issuer all 

information relating to the existing 

investments in the issuer of the 

Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds, 

including the terms of such investments 

and how they were made, that is 

necessary for the Required Majority to 

make the findings required by this 

Condition. 

(b). Enhanced Board Approval. The 

Adviser will provide its written 

recommendation as to the Regulated 

Fund’s participation to the Eligible 

Directors, and the Regulated Fund will 

participate in such Disposition solely to 

the extent that a Required Majority 

determines that: 

(i). The Disposition complies with 

Condition 2(c)(i), (ii), (iii)(A), and (iv); 

and 

(ii). the making and holding of the 

Pre-Boarding Investments were not 

prohibited by section 57 or rule 17d–1, 

as applicable, and records the basis for 

the finding in the Board minutes. 

(c). Additional Requirements: The 

Disposition may only be completed in 

reliance on the Order if: 

(i). Same Terms and Conditions. Each 

Regulated Fund has 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 

Funds and any other Regulated Fund; 

(ii). Original Investments. All of the 

Affiliated Funds’ and Regulated Funds’ 

investments in the issuer are PreBoarding Investments; 

(iii). Advice of counsel. Independent 

counsel to the Board advises that the 

making and holding of the investments 

in the Pre-Boarding Investments were 

not prohibited by section 57 (as 

modified by rule 57b–1) or rule 17d–1, 

as applicable; 

(iv). Multiple Classes of Securities. All 

Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds 

that hold Pre-Boarding Investments in 

the issuer immediately before the time 

of completion of the Co-Investment 

Transaction hold the same security or 

securities of the issuer. For the purpose 

of determining whether the Regulated 

Funds and Affiliated Funds hold the 

same security or securities, they may 

disregard any security held by some but 

not all of them if, prior to relying on the 

Order, the Required Majority is 

presented with all information 

necessary to make a finding, and finds, 

that: (x) Any Regulated Fund’s or 

Affiliated Fund’s holding of a different 

class of securities (including for this 

purpose a security with a different 

maturity date) is immaterial 27 in 

amount, including immaterial relative to 

the size of the issuer; and (y) the Board 

records the basis for any such finding in 

its minutes. In addition, securities that 

differ only in respect of issuance date, 

currency, or denominations may be 

treated as the same security; and 

(v). No control. The Affiliated Funds, 

the other Regulated Funds and their 

affiliated persons (within the meaning 

of section 2(a)(3)(C) of the Act), 

individually or in the aggregate, do not 

control the issuer of the securities 

(within the meaning of section 2(a)(9) of 

the Act). 

8. Standard Review Follow-Ons 

(a). General. If any Regulated Fund or 

Affiliated Fund desires to make a 

Follow-On Investment in an issuer and 

the Regulated Funds and Affiliated 

Funds holding investments in the issuer 

previously participated in a CoInvestment Transaction with respect to 

the issuer: 

(i). The Adviser to each such 

Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund will 

notify each Regulated Fund that holds 

securities of the portfolio company of 

the proposed transaction at the earliest 

practical time; and 

(ii). the Adviser to each Regulated 

Fund that holds an investment in the 

issuer will formulate a recommendation 

as to the proposed participation, 

including the amount of the proposed 

investment, by such Regulated Fund. 

(b). No Board Approval Required. A 

Regulated Fund may participate in the 

Follow-On Investment without 

obtaining prior approval of the Required 

Majority if: 

(i). (A) The proposed participation of 

each Regulated Fund and each 

Affiliated Fund in such investment is 

proportionate to its outstanding 

investments in the issuer or the security 

at issue, as appropriate,28 immediately 

preceding the Follow-On Investment; 

and (B) the Board of the Regulated Fund 

has approved as being in the best 

interests of the Regulated Fund the 

ability to participate in Follow-On 

Investments on a pro rata basis (as 

described in greater detail in the 

application); or 

(ii). it is a Non-Negotiated Follow-On 

Investment. 

(c). Standard Board Approval. In all 

other cases, the Adviser will provide its 

written recommendation as to the 

Regulated Fund’s participation to the 

Eligible Directors and the Regulated 

Fund will participate in such Follow-On 

Investment solely to the extent that a 

Required Majority makes the 

determinations set forth in Condition 

2(c). If the only previous Co-Investment 

Transaction with respect to the issuer 

was an Enhanced Review Disposition 

the Eligible Directors must complete 

this review of the proposed Follow-On 

Investment both on a stand-alone basis 

and together with the Pre-Boarding 

Investments in relation to the total 

economic exposure and other terms of 

the investment. 

(d). Allocation. If, with respect to any 

such Follow-On Investment: 

(i). The amount of the opportunity 

proposed to be made available to any 

Regulated Fund is not based on the 

Regulated Funds’ and the Affiliated 

Funds’ outstanding investments in the 

issuer or the security at issue, as 

appropriate, immediately preceding the 

Follow-On Investment; and 

(ii). the aggregate amount 

recommended by the Advisers to be 

invested in the Follow-On Investment 

by the participating Regulated Funds 

and any participating Affiliated Funds, 

collectively, exceeds the amount of the 

investment opportunity, then the 

Follow-On Investment opportunity will 

be allocated among them pro rata based 

on the size of the Internal Orders, as 

described in section III.A.1.b. of the 

application. 

(e). Other Conditions. 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 

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9. Enhanced Review Follow-Ons 

(a). General. If any Regulated Fund or 

Affiliated Fund desires to make a 

Follow-On Investment in an issuer that 

is a Potential Co-Investment Transaction 

and the Regulated Funds and Affiliated 

Funds holding investments in the issuer 

have not previously participated in a 

Co-Investment Transaction with respect 

to the issuer: 

(i). The Adviser to each such 

Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund will 

notify each Regulated Fund that holds 

securities of the portfolio company of 

the proposed transaction at the earliest 

practical time; 

(ii). the Adviser to each Regulated 

Fund that holds an investment in the 

issuer will formulate a recommendation 

as to the proposed participation, 

including the amount of the proposed 

investment, by such Regulated Fund; 

and 

(iii). the Advisers will provide to the 

Board of each Regulated Fund that 

holds an investment in the issuer all 

information relating to the existing 

investments in the issuer of the 

Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds, 

including the terms of such investments 

and how they were made, that is 

necessary for the Required Majority to 

make the findings required by this 

Condition. 

(b). Enhanced Board Approval. The 

Adviser will provide its written 

recommendation as to the Regulated 

Fund’s participation to the Eligible 

Directors, and the Regulated Fund will 

participate in such Follow-On 

Investment solely to the extent that a 

Required Majority reviews the proposed 

Follow-On Investment both on a standalone basis and together with the PreBoarding Investments in relation to the 

total economic exposure and other 

terms and makes the determinations set 

forth in Condition 2(c). In addition, the 

Follow-On Investment may only be 

completed in reliance on the Order if 

the Required Majority of each 

participating Regulated Fund 

determines that the making and holding 

of the Pre-Boarding Investments were 

not prohibited by section 57 (as 

modified by rule 57b–1) or rule 17d–1, 

as applicable. The basis for the Board’s 

findings will be recorded in its minutes. 

(c). Additional Requirements. The 

Follow-On Investment may only be 

completed in reliance on the Order if: 

(i). Original Investments. All of the 

Affiliated Funds’ and Regulated Funds’ 

investments in the issuer are PreBoarding Investments; 

(ii). Advice of counsel. Independent 

counsel to the Board advises that the 

making and holding of the investments 

in the Pre-Boarding Investments were 

not prohibited by section 57 (as 

modified by rule 57b–1) or rule 17d–1, 

as applicable; 

(iii). Multiple Classes of Securities. 

All Regulated Funds and Affiliated 

Funds that hold Pre-Boarding 

Investments in the issuer immediately 

before the time of completion of the CoInvestment Transaction hold the same 

security or securities of the issuer. For 

the purpose of determining whether the 

Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds 

hold the same security or securities, 

they may disregard any security held by 

some but not all of them if, prior to 

relying on the Order, the Required 

Majority is presented with all 

information necessary to make a 

finding, and finds, that: (x) Any 

Regulated Fund’s or Affiliated Fund’s 

holding of a different class of securities 

(including for this purpose a security 

with a different maturity date) is 

immaterial in amount, including 

immaterial relative to the size of the 

issuer; and (y) the Board records the 

basis for any such finding in its 

minutes. In addition, securities that 

differ only in respect of issuance date, 

currency, or denominations may be 

treated as the same security; and 

(iv). No control. The Affiliated Funds, 

the other Regulated Funds and their 

affiliated persons (within the meaning 

of section 2(a)(3)(C) of the Act), 

individually or in the aggregate, do not 

control the issuer of the securities 

(within the meaning of section 2(a)(9) of 

the Act). 

(d). Allocation. If, with respect to any 

such Follow-On Investment: 

(i). The amount of the opportunity 

proposed to be made available to any 

Regulated Fund is not based on the 

Regulated Funds’ and the Affiliated 

Funds’ outstanding investments in the 

issuer or the security at issue, as 

appropriate, immediately preceding the 

Follow-On Investment; and 

(ii). the aggregate amount 

recommended by the Advisers to be 

invested in the Follow-On Investment 

by the participating Regulated Funds 

and any participating Affiliated Funds, 

collectively, exceeds the amount of the 

investment opportunity, then the 

Follow-On Investment opportunity will 

be allocated among them pro rata based 

on the size of the Internal Orders, as 

described in section III.A.1.b. of the 

application. 

(e). Other Conditions. 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. 

10. Board Reporting, Compliance and 

Annual Re-Approval 

(a). Each Adviser to a Regulated Fund 

will present to the Board of each 

Regulated Fund, on a quarterly basis, 

and at such other times as the Board 

may request, (i) a record of all 

investments in Potential Co-Investment 

Transactions made by any of the other 

Regulated Funds or any of the Affiliated 

Funds during the preceding quarter that 

fell within the Regulated Fund’s thencurrent Objectives and Strategies and 

Board-Established Criteria that were not 

made available to the Regulated Fund, 

and an explanation of why such 

investment opportunities were not made 

available to the Regulated Fund; (ii) a 

record of all Follow-On Investments in 

and Dispositions of investments in any 

issuer in which the Regulated Fund 

holds any investments by any Affiliated 

Fund or other Regulated Fund during 

the prior quarter; and (iii) all 

information concerning Potential CoInvestment Transactions and CoInvestment Transactions, including 

investments made by other Regulated 

Funds or Affiliated Funds that the 

Regulated Fund considered but declined 

to participate in, so that the 

Independent Directors, may determine 

whether all Potential Co-Investment 

Transactions and Co-Investment 

Transactions during the preceding 

quarter, including those investments 

that the Regulated Fund considered but 

declined to participate in, comply with 

the Conditions. 

(b). All information presented to the 

Regulated Fund’s Board pursuant to this 

Condition will be kept for the life of the 

Regulated Fund and at least two years 

thereafter, and will be subject to 

examination by the Commission and its 

staff. 

(c). Each Regulated Fund’s chief 

compliance officer, as defined in rule 

38a–1(a)(4), will prepare an annual 

report for its Board each year that 

evaluates (and documents the basis of 

that evaluation) the Regulated Fund’s 

compliance with the terms and 

Conditions of the application and the 

procedures established to achieve such 

compliance. 

(d). The Independent Directors will 

consider at least annually whether 

continued participation in new and 

existing Co-Investment Transactions is 

in the Regulated Fund’s best interests. 

11. Record Keeping 

Each Regulated Fund will maintain 

the records required by section 57(f)(3) 

of the Act as if each of the Regulated 

Funds were a BDC and each of the 

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29Applicants are not requesting and the 

Commission is not providing any relief for 

transaction fees received in connection with any 

Co-Investment Transaction. 

1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). 

2 17 CFR 240.19b–4. 

3All Rule 4000 series referenced in this filing are 

within Equity 4. 4The LULD Closing Cross is the Exchange’s 

auction process for executing closing trades in 

Nasdaq-listed securities when a Trading Pause 

pursuant to Rule 4120(a)(12) exists at or after 3:50 

p.m. and before 4:00 p.m. ET. See Rule 4754(b)(6). 

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 92068 

(May 28, 2021), 86 FR 29864 (June 3, 2021) (SR– 

NASDAQ–2021–009) (‘‘Approval Order’’). 

6See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 93250 

(October 4, 2021), 86 FR 56307 (October 8, 2021) 

(SR–NASDAQ–2021–077). 

Conditions were approved by the 

Required Majority under section 57(f). 

12. Director Independence 

No Independent Director of a 

Regulated Fund will also be a director, 

general partner, managing member or 

principal, or otherwise be an ‘‘affiliated 

person’’ (as defined in the Act) of any 

Affiliated Fund. 

13. Expenses 

The expenses, if any, associated with 

acquiring, holding or disposing of any 

securities acquired in a Co-Investment 

Transaction (including, without 

limitation, the expenses of the 

distribution of any such securities 

registered for sale under the Securities 

Act) will, to the extent not payable by 

the Advisers under their respective 

advisory agreements with the Regulated 

Funds and the Affiliated Funds, be 

shared by the Regulated Funds and the 

participating Affiliated Funds in 

proportion to the relative amounts of the 

securities held or being acquired or 

disposed of, as the case may be. 

14. Transaction Fees 29

Any transaction fee (including breakup, structuring, monitoring or 

commitment fees but excluding 

brokerage or underwriting 

compensation permitted by section 

17(e) or 57(k)) received in connection 

with any Co-Investment Transaction 

will be distributed to the participants on 

a pro rata basis based on the amounts 

they invested or committed, as the case 

may be, in such Co-Investment 

Transaction. If any transaction fee is to 

be held by an Adviser pending 

consummation of the transaction, the 

fee will be deposited into an account 

maintained by an Adviser at a bank or 

banks having the qualifications 

prescribed in section 26(a)(1), and the 

account will earn a competitive rate of 

interest that will also be divided pro 

rata among the participants. None of the 

Adviser, the Affiliated Funds, the other 

Regulated Funds or any affiliated person 

of the Affiliated Funds or the Regulated 

Funds will receive any additional 

compensation or remuneration of any 

kind as a result of or in connection with 

a Co-Investment Transaction other than 

(i) in the case of the Regulated Funds 

and the Affiliated Funds, the pro rata 

transaction fees described above and 

fees or other compensation described in 

Condition 2(c)(iii)(B)(z), (ii) brokerage or 

underwriting compensation permitted 

by section 17(e) or 57(k) or (iii) in the 

case of the Adviser, investment advisory 

compensation paid in accordance with 

investment advisory agreements 

between the applicable Regulated 

Fund(s) or Affiliated Fund(s) and its 

Adviser. 

15. Independence 

If the Holders own in the aggregate 

more than 25 percent of the Shares of 

a Regulated Fund, then the Holders will 

vote such Shares in the same 

percentages as the Regulated Fund’s 

other shareholders (not including the 

Holders) when voting on (1) the election 

of directors; (2) the removal of one or 

more directors; or (3) any other matter 

under either the Act or applicable State 

law affecting the Board’s composition, 

size or manner of election. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Investment Management, under delegated 

authority. 

Dated: December 29, 2021. 

Eduardo A. Aleman, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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[Release No. 34–93876; File No. SR– 

NASDAQ–2021–101] 

Self-Regulatory Organizations; The 

Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; Notice of 

Filing of Proposed Rule Change To 

Amend Rule 4754 Related to Certain 

Order Handling in the LULD Closing 

Cross 

December 29, 2021. 

Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2

notice is hereby given that on December 

22, 2021, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC 

(‘‘Nasdaq’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the 

Securities and Exchange Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule 

change as described in Items I and II 

below, which Items have been prepared 

by the Exchange. The Commission is 

publishing this notice to solicit 

comments on the proposed rule change 

from interested persons. 

I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Terms of Substance of 

the Proposed Rule Change 

The Exchange proposes to a proposal 

to amend its rule related to certain order 

handling in the Limit-Up Limit-Down 

(‘‘LULD’’) closing cross. 

The text of the proposed rule change 

is available on the Exchange’s website at 

https://listingcenter.nasdaq.com/ 

rulebook/nasdaq/rules, at the principal 

office of the Exchange, and at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room. 

II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

In its filing with the Commission, the 

Exchange included statements 

concerning the purpose of and basis for 

the proposed rule change and discussed 

any comments it received on the 

proposed rule change. The text of these 

statements may be examined at the 

places specified in Item IV below. The 

Exchange has prepared summaries, set 

forth in sections A, B, and C below, of 

the most significant aspects of such 

statements. 

A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s 

Statement of the Purpose of, and 

Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule 

Change 

1. Purpose 

The purpose of the proposed rule 

change is to amend Equity 4, Rule 

4754 3 related to certain order handling 

in the LULD closing cross (‘‘LULD 

Closing Cross’’).4 On May 28, 2021, the 

Commission approved the Exchange’s 

proposal to make certain changes to the 

Exchange’s LULD Closing Cross, 

including the timing of the LULD 

Closing Cross, the process for 

determining the LULD Closing Cross 

price, establishing price protections for 

the LULD Closing Cross, the handling of 

on-close orders, and the imbalance 

information disseminated for the LULD 

Closing Cross.5 The Exchange has not 

yet implemented the proposed LULD 

Closing Cross changes in SR–NASDAQ– 

2021–009, and recently filed to delay 

implementation in order to allow the 

Exchange additional time to test and 

implement these functionalities.6

During the testing conducted to date, 

Nasdaq has identified some changes that 

it wishes to make to the approved rule 

governing the LULD Closing Cross in 

Rule 4754(b)(6). Accordingly, the 

Exchange is submitting this proposal to 


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