Document ID: SEC-2017-1808-0001
Agency: sec
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, et al.
Posted Date: 2017-11-03T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 212 (Friday, November 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51323-51327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23920]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 32888; File No. 812-14738]

Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, et al.

October 30, 2017.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of an application for an order under sections 17(d) and 
57(i) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') and rule 17d-
1 under the Act permitting 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 a 
business development company (``BDC'') and certain closed-end 
investment companies to co-invest in portfolio companies with each 
other and with affiliated investment funds.

APPLICANTS: Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (the ``Company''), 
Horizon Credit II LLC (``Credit II''), Horizon Life Science Debt 
Strategies Fund L.P. (the ``Private Fund''), and Horizon Technology 
Finance Management LLC (the ``Company Adviser'').

FILING DATES: The application was filed on January 23, 2017, and 
amended on June 28, 2017 and September 13, 2017.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's 
Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally 
or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 
5:30 p.m. on November 24, 2017 and should be accompanied by proof of 
service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a 
certificate of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing 
requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts 
bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason 
for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be 
notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the 
Commission's Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F 
St. NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants: 312 Farmington Avenue, 
Farmington, CT 06032.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel, 
at (202) 551-6812, or Robert H. Shapiro, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-
6821 (Chief Counsel's Office, Division of Investment Management).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a summary of the 
application. The complete application may be obtained via the 
Commission's Web site by searching for the file number, or for an 
applicant using the Company name box, at http://www.sec.gov/search/search.htm or by calling (202) 551-8090.

Applicants' Representations

    1. The Company was organized as a corporation under the General 
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware on March 16, 2010 for the 
purpose of acquiring, continuing and expanding the business of Compass 
Horizon Funding Company LLC, its Wholly Owned Subsidiary (as defined 
below). The Company elected to be treated as a BDC \1\ through a 
notification of election to be subject to Sections 55 through 65 of the 
Act on Form N-54A. The Company's investment objectives and strategies 
are to maximize the total return of the Company's investment portfolio 
by generating current income from the debt investments the Company 
makes and capital appreciation from the warrants the Company receives 
when making such debt investments. The Company has a six-member board 
of directors (the ``Board''), of which four members are not 
``interested persons'' of the Company within the meaning of section 
2(a)(19) of the Act (the ``Non-Interested Directors''). No Non-
Interested Director will have any direct or indirect financial interest 
in any Co-Investment Transaction or any interest in any portfolio 
company, other than indirectly through share ownership in a Regulated 
Fund (as defined below).
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    \1\ 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) of the Act and makes available significant managerial 
assistance with respect to the issuers of such securities.
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    2. Credit II is a special purpose Delaware limited liability 
company and a Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary of the Company.
    3. The Private Fund was formed as a Delaware limited partnership on 
July 20, 2016 and would be an investment company but for the exclusion 
from the definition of investment company provided by section 3(c)(7) 
of the Act. The Private Fund is managed by the Company Adviser. The 
Private Fund's investment objective is to maximize total returns for 
its limited partners by generating current income from debt investments 
and capital appreciation from equity participations associated with 
those investments. The Private Fund's investment objective and 
investment policies are substantially similar to the Objectives and 
Strategies of the Company.\2\
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    \2\ ``Objectives and Strategies'' means a Regulated Fund's 
(defined below) investment objectives and strategies, as described 
in the Regulated Fund's registration statement on Form N-2, other 
filings the Regulated Fund has made with the Commission under the 
Securities Act of 1933 (the ``Securities Act''), or under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the Regulated Fund's reports to 
shareholders.
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    4. The Company Adviser, a Delaware limited liability company and an 
investment adviser registered with the Commission under the Investment 
Advisers Act of 1940 (``Advisers Act''), serves as investment adviser 
to both the Company and the Private Fund. Under the investment advisory 
agreements of the Company and the Private Fund, the Company Adviser 
manages the portfolio of each entity in accordance with the investment 
objective and policies of each, makes investment decisions for each 
entity, places purchase and sale orders for portfolio transactions for 
each entity, and otherwise manages the day-to-day operations of each 
entity, subject, in the case of the Company, to the oversight of its 
Board.
    5. Applicants seek an order (``Order'') to permit one or more 
Regulated Funds \3\ and/or one or more Affiliated Funds \4\ to 
participate in the same investment opportunities through a proposed co-
investment program (the ``Co-Investment Program'') where such 
participation would otherwise be prohibited under section 57(a)(4) and 
rule 17d-1 by (a) co-investing with each other in securities issued by 
issuers in private placement transactions in which an Adviser 
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to price; \5\ and (b) making additional investments in securities of 
such issuers, including through the exercise of warrants, conversion 
privileges, and other rights to purchase securities of the issuers 
(``Follow-On Investments''). ``Co-Investment Transaction'' means any 
transaction in which a Regulated Fund (or its Wholly-Owned Investment 
Subsidiary) participated together with one or more other Regulated 
Funds and/or one or more Affiliated Funds in reliance on the requested 
Order. ``Potential Co-Investment Transaction'' means any investment 
opportunity in which a Regulated Fund (or its Wholly-Owned Investment 
Subsidiary) 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.\6\
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    \3\ ``Regulated Fund'' means the Company and any Future 
Regulated Fund. ``Future Regulated Fund'' means any closed-end 
management investment company (a) that is registered under the Act 
or has elected to be regulated as a BDC, (b) whose investment 
adviser is an Adviser, and (c) that intends to participate in the 
Co-Investment Program. The term ``Adviser'' means (a) the Company 
Adviser and (b) any future investment adviser that controls, is 
controlled by or is under common control with the Company Adviser or 
its successor and is registered as an investment adviser under the 
Advisers Act. The term ``successor,'' as applied to each Adviser, 
means an entity that results from a reorganization into another 
jurisdiction or chang in the type of business organization.
    \4\ ``Affiliated Fund'' means the Private Fund and any Future 
Affiliated Fund. ``Future Affiliated Fund'' means any entity (a) 
whose investment adviser is an Adviser, (b) that would be an 
investment company but for section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act, 
and (c) that intends to participate in the Co-Investment Program.
    \5\ The term ``private placement transactions'' means 
transactions in which the offer and sale of securities by the issuer 
are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 
(``1933 Act'').
    \6\ All existing entities that currently intend to rely upon the 
requested Order have been named as applicants. Any other existing or 
future entity that subsequently relies on the Order will comply with 
the terms and conditions of the application.
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    6. Applicants state that a Regulated Fund may, from time to time, 
form one or more Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiaries.\7\ Such a 
subsidiary would be prohibited from investing in a Co-Investment 
Transaction with any Affiliated Fund or Regulated 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 Subsidiary be permitted to participate in Co-
Investment Transactions in lieu of its parent Regulated Fund and that 
the Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary's participation in any such 
transaction be treated, for purposes of the requested Order, as though 
the parent Regulated Fund were participating directly. Applicants 
represent that this treatment is justified because a Wholly-Owned 
Investment Subsidiary would have no purpose other than serving as a 
holding vehicle for the Regulated Fund's investments and, therefore, no 
conflicts of interest could arise between the Regulated Fund and the 
Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary. The Regulated Fund's Board would 
make all relevant determinations under the conditions with regard to a 
Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary's participation in a Co-Investment 
Transaction, and the Regulated Fund's Board would be informed of, and 
take into consideration, any proposed use of a Wholly-Owned Investment 
Subsidiary in the Regulated Fund's place. If the Regulated Fund 
proposes to participate in the same Co-Investment Transaction with any 
of its Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiaries, the Board will also be 
informed of, and take into consideration, the relative participation of 
the Regulated Fund and the Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary.
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    \7\ The term ``Wholly-Owned Investment Subsidiary'' means an 
entity (i) that is wholly-owned by a Regulated Fund (with the 
Regulated Fund at all times holding, beneficially and of record, 
100% of the voting and economic interests); (ii) whose sole business 
purpose is to hold one or more investments and incur debt (which is 
or would be consolidated with other indebtedness of such Regulated 
Fund for financial reporting or compliance purposed under the Act) 
on behalf of the Regulated Fund; (iii) with respect to which the 
Regulated Fund's Board has the sole authority to make all 
determinations with respect to the entity's participation under the 
conditions of the application; and (iv) that would be an investment 
company but for sections 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act.
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    7. When considering Potential Co-Investment Transactions for any 
Regulated Fund, the applicable Adviser will consider only the 
Objectives and Strategies, investment policies, investment positions, 
capital available for investment (``Available Capital''), and other 
pertinent factors applicable to that Regulated Fund. The Board of each 
Regulated Fund, including the Non-Interested Directors has (or will 
have prior to relying on the requested Order) determined that it is in 
the best interests of the Regulated Fund to participate in the Co-
Investment Transaction.
    8. Other than pro rata dispositions and Follow-On Investments as 
provided in conditions 7 and 8, and after making the determinations 
required in conditions 1 and 2(a), the Adviser will present each 
Potential Co-Investment Transaction and the proposed allocation to the 
directors of the Board eligible to vote under section 57(o) of the Act 
(``Eligible Directors''), and the ``required majority,'' as defined in 
section 57(o) of the Act (``Required Majority'') \8\ will approve each 
Co-Investment Transaction prior to any investment by the participating 
Regulated Fund.
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    \8\ 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).
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    9. With respect to the pro rata dispositions and Follow-On 
Investments provided in conditions 7 and 8, a Regulated Fund may 
participate in a pro rata disposition or Follow-On Investment without 
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if, among other 
things: (i) The proposed participation of each Regulated Fund and 
Affiliated Fund in such disposition is proportionate to its outstanding 
investments in the issuer immediately preceding the disposition or 
Follow-On Investment, as the case may be; and (ii) the Board of the 
Regulated Fund has approved that Regulated Fund's participation in pro 
rata dispositions and Follow-On Investments as being in the best 
interests of the Regulated Fund. If the Board does not so approve, any 
such disposition or Follow-On Investment will be submitted to the 
Regulated Fund's Eligible Directors. The Board of any Regulated Fund 
may at any time rescind, suspend or qualify its approval of pro rata 
dispositions and Follow-On Investments with the result that all 
dispositions and/or Follow-On Investments must be submitted to the 
Eligible Directors.
    10. Applicants also represent that if the Advisers, the principals 
of the Advisers (``Principals''), or any person controlling, controlled 
by, or under common control with an Adviser or the Principals, and the 
Affiliated Funds (collectively, the ``Holders'') own in the aggregate 
more than 25% of the outstanding voting shares of a Regulated Fund (the 
``Shares''), then the Holders will vote such Shares as required under 
condition 14. Applicants believe this condition will ensure that the 
Non-Interested Directors will act independently in evaluating the Co-
Investment Program, because the ability of the Advisers or the 
Principals to influence the Non-Interested Directors by a suggestion, 
explicit or implied, that the Non-Interested Directors can be removed 
will be limited significantly. Applicants represent that the Non-
Interested Directors will evaluate and approve any such independent 
third party, taking into account its qualifications, reputation for 
independence, cost to the shareholders, and other factors that they 
deem relevant.

Applicants' Legal Analysis

    1. Section 57(a)(4) of the Act prohibits certain affiliated persons 
of a BDC from participating in joint transactions with the BDC or a 
company controlled by a BDC in contravention of rules as prescribed by 
the Commission. Under section 57(b)(2) of the Act, any person who is 
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common 
control with a BDC is subject to section 57(a)(4). Applicants submit 
that each of the Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds could be deemed 
to be a person related to each Regulated Fund in a manner described by 
section 57(b) by virtue of being under common control. 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 
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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. 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. Section 17(d) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act prohibit 
affiliated persons of a registered investment company from 
participating in joint transactions with the company unless the 
Commission has granted an order permitting such transactions. In 
passing upon applications under rule 17d-1, the Commission considers 
whether the company's participation in the joint transaction is 
consistent with the provisions, policies, and purposes of the Act and 
the extent to which such participation is on a basis different from or 
less advantageous than that of other participants.
    3. Applicants state that in the absence of the requested relief, 
the Regulated Funds would be, in some circumstances, limited in their 
ability to participate in attractive and appropriate investment 
opportunities. Applicants believe that the proposed terms and 
conditions will ensure that the Co-Investment Transactions are 
consistent with the protection of each Regulated Fund's shareholders 
and with the purposes intended by the policies and provisions of the 
Act. Applicants state that the Regulated Funds' participation in the 
Co-Investment Transactions will be consistent with the provisions, 
policies, and purposes of the Act and on a basis that is not different 
from or less advantageous than that of other participants.

Applicants' Condition

    Applicants agree that the Order will be subject to the following 
conditions:
    1. Each time an Adviser considers a Potential Co-Investment 
Transaction for an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Fund that falls 
within a Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies, the 
Regulated Fund's 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. (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 applicable Adviser 
to be invested by the applicable Regulated Fund in the Potential Co-
Investment Transaction, together with the amount proposed to be 
invested by the other participating Regulated Funds and Affiliated 
Funds, collectively, in the same transaction, exceeds the amount of the 
investment opportunity, the investment opportunity will be allocated 
among them pro rata based on each participant's Available Capital, up 
to the amount proposed to be invested by each. The applicable Adviser 
will provide the Eligible Directors of each participating Regulated 
Fund with information concerning each participating party's Available 
Capital to assist the Eligible Directors with their review of the 
Regulated Fund's investments for compliance with these allocation 
procedures.
    (c) After making the determinations required in conditions 1 and 
2(a), the applicable Adviser will distribute written information 
concerning the Potential Co-Investment Transaction (including the 
amount proposed to be invested by each participating Regulated Fund and 
Affiliated Fund) to the Eligible Directors of each participating 
Regulated Fund for their consideration. A Regulated Fund will co-invest 
with one or more other Regulated Funds and/or one or more 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 Potential Co-Investment Transaction, including 
the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to the Regulated 
Fund and its stockholders and do not involve overreaching in respect of 
the Regulated Fund or its stockholders on the part of any person 
concerned;
    (ii) the Potential Co-Investment Transaction is consistent with:
    (A) The interests of the Regulated Fund's stockholders; and
    (B) the Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies;
    (iii) the investment by any other Regulated Funds or Affiliated 
Funds 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 Funds or Affiliated 
Funds; provided that if any other Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds, 
but not the Regulated Fund itself, gains the right to nominate a 
director for election to a portfolio company's board of directors or 
the right to have a board observer or any similar right to participate 
in the governance or management of the portfolio company, such event 
shall not be interpreted to prohibit the Required Majority from 
reaching the conclusions required by this condition (2)(c)(iii), if:
    (A) The Eligible Directors will have the right to ratify the 
selection of such director or board observer, if any;
    (B) the applicable 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
    (C) any fees or other compensation that any Affiliated Fund or any 
Regulated Fund or any affiliated person of any Affiliated Fund or any 
Regulated Fund receives in connection with the right of the Affiliated 
Fund or Regulated Fund to nominate a director or appoint a board 
observer or otherwise to participate in the governance or management of 
the portfolio company will be shared proportionately among the 
participating Affiliated Funds (who each may, in turn, share its 
portion with its affiliated persons) and the participating Regulated 
Fund in accordance with the amount of each party's investment; and
    (iv) the proposed investment by the Regulated Fund will not benefit 
the Advisers, any Affiliated Funds or other Regulated 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 13, (B) to the extent permitted by section 17(e) or 57(k) of 
the Act, 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)(C).
    3. 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. The applicable Adviser will present to the Board of each 
Regulated Fund, on a quarterly basis, a record of all investments in 
Potential Co-Investment Transactions made by any of the other Regulated 
Funds or Affiliated Funds during the preceding quarter that fell within 
the Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies that were 
not made available to the Regulated Fund, and an explanation of why the 
investment opportunities were not offered to the Regulated Fund. All 
information presented to the Board pursuant to this condition will be 
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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.
    5. Except for Follow-On Investments made in accordance with 
condition 8 \9\, a Regulated Fund will not invest in reliance on the 
Order in any issuer in which another Regulated Fund, an Affiliated Fund 
or any affiliated person of another Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund 
is an existing investor.
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    \9\ This exception applies only to Follow-On Investments by a 
Regulated Fund in issuers in which the Regulated Fund already holds 
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    6. A Regulated Fund will not participate in any Potential Co-
Investment Transaction unless the terms, conditions, price, class of 
securities to be purchased, settlement date, and registration rights 
will be the same for each participating Regulated Fund and Affiliated 
Fund. The grant to an Affiliated Fund or another Regulated Fund, but 
not the 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 6, if conditions 
2(c)(iii)(A), (B) and (C) are met.
    7. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or any Regulated Fund elects to sell, 
exchange or otherwise dispose of an interest in a security that was 
acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction, the applicable Advisers will:
    (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the Co-
Investment Transaction of the proposed disposition at the earliest 
practical time; and
    (ii) formulate a recommendation as to participation by each 
Regulated Fund in the disposition.
    (b) 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 participating 
Affiliated Funds and Regulated Funds.
    (c) A Regulated Fund may participate in such disposition without 
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The proposed 
participation of each Regulated Fund and each Affiliated Fund in such 
disposition is proportionate to its outstanding investments in the 
issuer immediately preceding the disposition; (ii) 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 
(iii) the Board of the Regulated Fund is provided on a quarterly basis 
with a list of all dispositions made in accordance with this condition. 
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.
    (d) Each Affiliated Fund and each Regulated Fund will bear its own 
expenses in connection with any such disposition.
    8. (a) If any Affiliated Fund or Regulated Fund desires to make a 
Follow-On Investment in a portfolio company whose securities were 
acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction, the applicable Advisers will:
    (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the co-
investment transaction of the proposed Follow-On Investment at the 
earliest practical time; and
    (ii) formulate a recommendation as to the proposed participation, 
including the amount of the proposed Follow-On Investment, by each 
Regulated Fund.
    (b) A Regulated Fund may participate in such Follow-On Investment 
without obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The 
proposed participation of each Regulated Fund and each Affiliated Fund 
in such investment is proportionate to its outstanding investments in 
the issuer immediately preceding the Follow-On Investment; and (ii) 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). 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 determines 
that it is in the Regulated Fund's best interests.
    (c) If, with respect to any Follow-On Investment:
    (i) The amount of the opportunity is not based on the Regulated 
Funds' and the Affiliated Funds' outstanding investments immediately 
preceding the Follow-On Investment; and
    (ii) the aggregate amount recommended by the applicable Adviser to 
be invested by the applicable Regulated Fund in the Follow-On 
Investment, together with the amount proposed to be invested by other 
participating Regulated Funds and Affiliated Funds, collectively, in 
the same transaction, exceeds the amount of the investment opportunity, 
then the investment opportunity will be allocated among them pro rata 
based on each participant's Available Capital, up to the amount 
proposed to be invested by each.
    (d) The acquisition of Follow-On Investments as permitted by this 
condition will be considered a Co-Investment Transaction for all 
purposes and subject to the other conditions set forth in the 
application.
    9. The Non-Interested Directors of each Regulated Fund will be 
provided quarterly for review all information concerning Potential Co-
Investment Transactions and Co-Investment Transactions, including 
investments made by any other Regulated Funds or Affiliated Funds that 
the Regulated Fund considered but declined to participate in, so that 
the Non-Interested Directors may determine whether all investments made 
during the preceding quarter, including those investments that the 
Regulated Fund considered but declined to participate in, comply with 
the conditions of the Order. In addition, the Non-Interested Directors 
will consider at least annually the continued appropriateness for the 
Regulated Fund of participating in new and existing Co-Investment 
Transactions.
    10. 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 investments permitted under these conditions were 
approved by the Required Majority under section 57(f) of the Act.
    11. No Non-Interested Director of a Regulated Fund will also be a 
director, general partner, managing member or principal, or otherwise 
an ``affiliated person'' (as defined in the Act) of an Affiliated Fund.
    12. The expenses, if any, associated with acquiring, holding or 
disposing of any securities acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction 
(including, without limitation, the expenses of the distribution of any 
such securities registered for sale under the 1933 Act) will, to the 
extent not payable by the Advisers under their respective investment 
advisory agreements with Affiliated Funds and the Regulated Funds, be 
shared by the Regulated Funds and the Affiliated Funds in proportion to 
the relative amounts of the securities held or to be acquired or 
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    13. Any transaction fee \10\ (including break-up or commitment fees 
but excluding broker's fees contemplated section 17(e) or 57(k) of the 
Act, as applicable) received in connection with a Co-Investment 
Transaction will be distributed to the participating Regulated Funds 
and Affiliated Funds 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 Co-Investment Transaction, the fee will be 
deposited into an account maintained by such Adviser at a bank or banks 
having the qualifications prescribed in section 26(a)(1) of the Act, 
and the account will earn a competitive rate of interest that will also 
be divided pro rata among the participating Regulated Funds and 
Affiliated Funds based on the amounts they invest in such Co-Investment 
Transaction. None of the Affiliated Funds, the Advisers, the other 
Regulated Funds, or any affiliated person of the Regulated Funds or 
Affiliated Funds will receive additional compensation or remuneration 
of any kind as a result of or in connection with a Co-Investment 
Transaction (other than (a) in the case of the Regulated Funds and the 
Affiliated Funds, the pro rata transaction fees described above and 
fees or other compensation described in condition 2(c)(iii)(C); and (b) 
in the case of an Adviser, investment advisory fees paid in accordance 
with the investment advisory agreements between such Adviser and the 
Regulated Fund or Affiliated Fund).
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providing, any relief for transaction fees received in connection 
with any Co-Investment Transaction.
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    14. If the Holders own in the aggregate more than 25% of the Shares 
of a Regulated Fund, then the Holders will vote such Shares as directed 
by an independent third party when voting on (1) the election of 
directors; (2) the removal of one or more directors; or (3) any other 
matter under either the Act or applicable State laws affecting the 
Board's composition, size or manner of election.
    15. Each Regulated Fund's chief compliance officer, as defined in 
rule 38a-1(a)(4), will prepare an annual report for the Board of such 
Regulated Fund that evaluates (and documents the basis of that 
evaluation) the Regulated Fund's compliance with the terms and 
conditions of the application and procedures established to achieve 
such compliance.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-23920 Filed 11-2-17; 8:45 am]
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