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PRELIMINARY CONFIDENTIAL PRIVATE PLACEMENT
MEMORANDUM
RIN II Ltd.
(a Cayman islands exempted company)
Preferred Shares
February 2018
RREEF America L.L.C.
345 Park Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10154
Tel.
Fax.
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PRELIMINARY CONFIDENTIAL PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM
RIN II Ltd.
$[75,000,000] in Preferred Shares
RIN II Ltd. (the "Issuer"), an exempted company incorporated with limited
liability in the Cayman Islands, intends to issue
preferred shares at a subscription price of $1.00 per share (the "Preferred
Shares"). The Issuer also intends (i) to enter
into a secured facility initially up to U.S.$168,425,000, which may be
increased to an amount up to $463,168,750 subject to
satisfaction of certain conditions described herein (the "Initial Facility")
and (ii) ultimately to refinance the Initial Facility as
described herein. In order to effect such refinancing, the Issuer is
expected to co-issue with RIN II LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the "Co-Issuer" and together with the Issuer, the "Co-
Issuers"), certain securities (the "Refinancing
Securities"), the proceeds of which will repay the Initial Facility (such
note issuance, the "Refinancing"). Any Refinancing
Securities, together with the Preferred Shares, are referred to herein as
the "Securities", and each of the Initial Facility and
the Refinancing are each referred to herein as a "Facility". The Preferred
Shares are being offered hereby and constitute
equity interests of the Issuer. Neither Facility is being offered pursuant
to this memorandum. The Portfolio is expected to
consist of primarily infrastructure finance loans and is expected to be
managed by RREEF America L.L.C. ("RREEF"), in its
capacity as portfolio advisor to the Issuer (the "Portfolio Advisor").
THIS PRELIMINARY PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN ARE
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, AMENDMENT OR OTHER CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE PRIOR TO THE
SALE DATE.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL THIS PRELIMINARY PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM
CONSTITUTE AN
OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY. NOR WILL THERE BE ANY
SALE OF THE
REFINANCING SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION
OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY
JURISDICTION.
This confidential private placement memorandum (this "Memorandum") is being
circulated to a limited number of
sophisticated prospective investors (each investor in Preferred Shares, an
"Investor") on a confidential basis for the
purpose of evaluating an investment in the Preferred Shares. This Memorandum
may not be reproduced or distributed, in
whole or in part, nor may its contents be disclosed or used, for any other
purpose without the prior written consent of the
Issuer. Capitalized terms used in this Memorandum have the meanings given to
them herein, in particular in Section 11,
"Summary of Principal Terms" and the Appendix, "Glossary."
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Deutsche.AM Distributors, Inc. ("DDI") and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
("DBSI"), affiliates of the Portfolio Advisor, have
been appointed by the Issuer as its non-exclusive Placement Agents in
connection with the private offer and sale of
Preferred Shares on behalf of the Issuer.
RREEF is the brand name for the real estate division of the asset management
affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG ("Deutsche
Bank" and, together with its affiliates,
the "Deutsche Bank Group").
In the United States this relates to the asset
management activities of RREEF America L.L.C.; in Germany: RREEF Investment
GmbH, RREEF Management GmbH and
RREEF Special Invest GmbH; in Australia: Deutsche Asset Management
(Australia) Limited (ABN 63 116 232 154), an
Australian financial services license holder; in Hong Kong: Deutsche Asset
Management (Hong Kong) Limited; in Japan:
Deutsche Securities Inc.1; in Singapore: Deutsche Asset Management (Asia)
Limited (Company Reg. No. 198701485N); in
the United Kingdom: Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (Global) Limited,
Deutsche Alternative Asset Management
(UK) Limited and Deutsche Asset Management (UK) Limited; and in Denmark,
Finland, Norway and Sweden: Deutsche
1 Financial advisory (not investment advisory) and distribution services
only.
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Alternative Asset Management (UK) Limited and Deutsche Alternative Asset
Management (Global) Limited in addition to
other regional entities in Deutsche Bank Group. Investments in the Preferred
Shares are not deposits with or other liabilities
of Deutsche Bank, or of any other entity in Deutsche Bank Group, and are
subject to investment risk, including possible
delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. None of
Deutsche Bank, the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the
Portfolio Advisor, the Placement Agents or any other entity in the Deutsche
Bank Group or any of their respective affiliates
guarantees any particular rate of return on the Preferred Shares, nor do
they guarantee the repayment of any investments
made in the Preferred Shares.
THE PREFERRED SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND
THE PREFERRED SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN AND ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE REGISTERED
UNDER THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY U.S. STATE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE PREFERRED
SHARES WILL BE
OFFERED AND SOLD BY THE ISSUER IN THE UNITED STATES FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
ONLY TO (I)
"QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OR (II)
"ACCREDITED INVESTORS" (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)
THAT ARE ALSO
"QUALIFIED PURCHASERS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 3(C)(7) OF THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT.
THE PREFERRED SHARES WILL BE OFFERED AND SOLD BY THE ISSUER OUTSIDE OF THE
UNITED STATES
UNDER THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. IT IS
NOT EXPECTED
THAT THE PREFERRED SHARES WILL BE REGISTERED UNDER SECTION 12(G) OR ANY
OTHER PROVISION OF
THE EXCHANGE ACT AND THE RULES PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. NEITHER THE ISSUER
NOR THE COISSUER
WILL BE REGISTERED AS AN INVESTMENT COMPANY UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT.
The Preferred Shares may not be sold, transferred, assigned, exchanged, made
subject
pledged, hypothecated, encumbered, made subject
to a grant of participation in,
to any derivatives contract, swap, structured note or any other
arrangement, directly, indirectly or synthetically, or otherwise disposed of
(collectively, "Transferred") except (i) pursuant to
an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, exemption from
registration under the Investment Company Act
and registration or exemption under any other applicable securities laws and
(ii) as otherwise permitted under the Issuer's
Articles, the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement and the PS Purchase
Agreement.
The Preferred Shares have not been recommended by any U.S. federal or state
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or non-U.S. securities commission or
regulatory authority and none of the foregoing authorities has confirmed the
accuracy or determined the adequacy of this
Memorandum. Any representation to the contrary is unlawful.
Prospective Investors should pay particular attention to the information in
Section 12, "Certain Risk Factors" and Section 13,
"Conflicts of Interest" of this Memorandum. Investment in the Preferred
Shares is suitable only for sophisticated investors
and requires the financial ability and willingness to accept the high risks
and lack of liquidity inherent in an investment in the
Preferred Shares.
Investors in the Preferred Shares must be prepared to bear these risks for
an extended period of time.
No assurance can be given that the Issuer's investment objective will be
achieved or that investors will receive a return of
their capital.
In making an investment decision, each investor must rely on its own
examination of the Preferred Shares, and the terms of
this offering, including the merits and risks involved. This Memorandum is
not intended to, and must not be taken solely as
the basis for, an investment decision with respect to a purchase of
Preferred Shares. Prospective Investors should not
construe the contents of this Memorandum as legal, tax, investment or
accounting advice, and each prospective Investor is
urged to consult with its own advisors with respect to legal, tax,
regulatory, financial and accounting consequences of its
investment in the Preferred Shares.
By investing in the Preferred Shares, each prospective Investor will
represent to the Issuer that such investor complies with
the criteria and requirements described herein and specified in the Issuer's
documents referred to herein. The Issuer
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intends not to accept a subscription from any person or entity that does not
represent that such standards are met. In the
case of purchases of Preferred Shares by fiduciary accounts, the foregoing
standards must be met either by the fiduciary
account or by such person who directly or indirectly supplies the funds to
the fiduciary account for the purchase of the
Preferred Shares. The Preferred Shares are offered subject to the right of
the Issuer or the Placement Agents to reject any
subscription in whole or in part for any reason or no reason at all. The
information in this Memorandum is subject
change.
to
Investors in the Preferred Shares may not be able to liquidate their
investment in the Preferred Shares in the event of an
emergency or for any other reason because there is not now any market for
Preferred Shares and it is not anticipated that
one will develop. In addition, the Preferred Shares have not been and will
not be registered under the Securities Act, and
may not be Transferred except pursuant to an exemption from registration of
the Preferred Shares under the Securities Act
and an exemption from registration of the Issuer under the Investment
Company Act. Various U.S. state laws and non-U.S.
laws relating to the sale of securities may also require compliance before
any transfer
of Preferred Shares is
affected. Transferability of the Preferred Shares is subject to certain
further restrictions in the Articles, the PS Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement and the PS Purchase Agreement (see Section 11,
"Summary of Principal Terms—Preferred
Shares—Purchase Restrictions"). Each prospective Investor in the Preferred
Shares must be prepared to hold its
investment for the life of the Preferred Shares (see Section 12, "Certain
Risk Factors").
No person has been authorized in connection herewith to give any information
or make any representations other than as
contained in this Memorandum and any representation or information not
contained herein may not be relied upon as having
been authorized by Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor, Deutsche
Bank Group, the Placement Agents or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees, members, partners, shareholders
or affiliates. Neither the delivery of this
Memorandum nor any sale made under it will
subsequent to the date on the front cover of this Memorandum, or, if
earlier, the date when such information is referenced.
Certain economic and market information contained in this Memorandum has
been obtained from published sources and/or
prepared by other parties and in certain cases has not been updated through
the date of this Memorandum. All data in this
Memorandum is as of the date set forth on the front cover of this Memorandum
unless otherwise noted. While such sources
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are believed to be reliable, none of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the
Portfolio Advisor, Deutsche Bank Group, the Placement
Agents or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, partners,
members, shareholders or affiliates assumes any
responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information.
In considering any prior performance information contained in this
Memorandum, prospective Investors should bear in mind
that past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results, and
there can be no assurance that the investment team
of the Portfolio Advisor or the Issuer will achieve comparable results or
that targeted returns or asset allocations will be
met. There can be no assurance that the Issuer will be able to achieve its
investment objective.
This Memorandum is to be used by the prospective Investor to which it
is furnished solely in connection with its
consideration of a potential investment the Preferred Shares described
herein. The information contained herein should be
treated in a confidential manner and may not be reproduced or used in whole
or in part for any other purpose, nor may it be
disclosed, without the prior written consent of the Issuer, the Portfolio
Advisor or the Placement Agents. Each prospective
Investor receiving a copy of this Memorandum, by accepting such delivery,
will be deemed to have agreed not to disclose or
use any of the information provided in this Memorandum except for the
purpose of an evaluation by it of an investment in
the Preferred Shares, will further agree not to distribute that information
to any other person or entity, and will agree to
return its copy of this Memorandum promptly upon request by the Issuer.
Notwithstanding anything in this Memorandum to the contrary, to comply with
U.S. Treasury Regulation Sections 1.6011
4(b)(3) and 301.6111-2(c), and any state or local law or regulation
incorporating all or part of such sections, each recipient
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imply that any information contained herein is correct as of any date
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(and each employee, representative or other agent of such recipient) of this
Memorandum may disclose to any and all
persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. federal income tax
treatment, tax structure and tax strategies of the Issuer or
any transactions undertaken by the Issuer, it being understood and agreed
that, for this purpose, (i) the name of, or any
other identifying information regarding (a) the Issuer or any existing or
future investor (or any affiliate thereof) in the
Preferred Shares, or (b) any investment or transaction entered into by the
Issuer; (ii) any performance information relating to
the Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor or their respective investments; and (iii)
any performance or other information relating to
previous investments managed by the Portfolio Advisor or any of its
affiliates, do not constitute such tax treatment, tax
structure or tax strategy information.
Each prospective Investor is invited to meet with representatives of the
Issuer and the Portfolio Advisor and to discuss with,
ask questions of and receive answers from, such representatives concerning
the terms and conditions of the offering of
Preferred Shares and to obtain any additional information, to the extent
that such representatives possess such information
or can acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense, necessary to
verify the information contained herein.
This Memorandum summarizes certain provisions of the Securities, the Initial
Facility, the PS Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement, the Portfolio Advisory Agreement and other Transaction
Agreements. The summaries do not purport to be
complete and are subject
to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, the provisions of
the actual documents
(including definitions of terms). Copies of the above documents are
available on request from the Placement Agents, the
Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor or the PS Issuing and Paying Agent.
The distribution of this Memorandum and the offer and sale of the Preferred
Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted
by law. This Memorandum does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy in any state of the United
States or other U.S. or non-U.S. jurisdiction to any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such
state or jurisdiction. This offering does not constitute an offer of the
Preferred Shares to the public, and no action has been
or will be taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdiction where
action would be required for that purpose. The Preferred
Shares may not be offered or sold, directly or indirectly, and this
Memorandum may not be distributed in any jurisdiction,
except in accordance with the legal requirements applicable in such
jurisdiction.
Prospective Investors should inform themselves as to the legal requirements
and tax consequences within the jurisdictions
of their citizenship, residence, domicile and place of business with respect
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to the acquisition, holding or disposal of the
Preferred Shares, and any foreign exchange restrictions that may be relevant
thereto.
No representation or warranty of any kind is intended or should be inferred
with respect to the economic return or the tax
consequences from an investment in the Preferred Shares. No assurance can be
given that existing laws will not be
changed or interpreted adversely. Other than where expressly stated herein
with respect to the Issuer, no representation or
warranty, express or implied, is or will be given by the Issuer, the Co-
Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor, the Placement Agents,
Deutsche Bank Group or their respective affiliates, advisers, directors,
employees or agents and, without prejudice to any
liability for, or remedy in respect of, fraudulent misrepresentation, no
responsibility or liability or duty of care is or will be
accepted by the Issuer,
the Co-Issuer,
respective affiliates, advisers,
the Portfolio Advisor,
directors, employees or agents as to the fairness, accuracy, completeness,
currency,
reliability or reasonableness of the information or opinions contained in
this Memorandum or any other written or oral
information made available to any prospective Investor or its advisers in
connection with any proposed investment in the
Preferred Shares or otherwise in connection with this Memorandum.
In particular, but without prejudice to the generality of
the foregoing, no representation or warranty is given as to the achievement
or reasonableness of any future projections,
forecasts, targeted or illustrative returns.
The Issuer does not currently plan to, but may in the future, enter into
swaps, commodity futures, options on futures,
commodity options contracts and/or other instruments subject to the
jurisdiction of the CFTC ("Regulated CFTC
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Instruments").
If the Issuer does trade such instruments, it will only do so in a manner
that either (a) does not cause the
Issuer to be a "commodity pool" under the CEA and the regulations
promulgated thereunder (the "CFTC Regulations") or
(b) permits the Portfolio Advisor intends to qualify for exemptions from
registration requirements under the CFTC
Regulations applicable to a commodity pool operator ("CPO") and a commodity
trading advisor ("CTA"), as applicable, and
will file a notice of exemption with the National Futures Association in
accordance with the CFTC Regulation 4.13(a)(3) and
rely on exemptive relief pursuant to 4.14(a)(5), respectively (the "CFTC
Exemptions").
If necessary, the Portfolio Advisor
intends to qualify for the CFTC Exemptions with respect to the Issuer on the
basis that (i) the Preferred Shares are exempt
from registration under the Securities Act and are not offered and sold
through a public offering in the United States; (ii)(a) at
all times the aggregate initial margin and premiums required to establish
positions in the Regulated CFTC Instruments,
determined at the time the most recent position was established, will not
exceed 5% of the liquidation value of the Issuer or
(b) the aggregate net notional value of the Issuer's positions in Regulated
CFTC Instruments, determined at the time the
most recent position was established, will not exceed 100% of the Issuer's
liquidation value; (iii) purchasers of the Preferred
Shares will be generally limited to "accredited investors" as that term is
defined in Section 501 of Regulation D under the
Securities Act, or trusts formed by an accredited investor for the benefit
of a family member, "knowledgeable employees" as
that term is defined in Regulation Section 3c-5(a)(4) under the Investment
Company Act, or "qualified eligible persons" as
that term is defined in CFTC Regulation Section 4.7(a)(2)(viii)(a); and (iv)
the Issuer will not be marketed as, a vehicle for
trading in the commodity futures or commodity options markets.
Therefore, unlike a registered CPO, the Portfolio Advisor is not required to
provide to the investors a disclosure document or
certified annual reports prepared in accordance with the relevant CFTC
Regulations.
In addition, the Portfolio Advisor is not
required to comply with the disclosure, reporting and recordkeeping
requirements applicable to a registered CPO and CTA.
Subject to any amendments to the CEA or the CFTC Regulations, including the
CFTC Exemptions, the Portfolio Advisor will
seek to either comply with the CEA and the CFTC Regulations without relying
on any exemption or rely on other
exemption(s) (as amended) to the CEA and/or the CFTC Regulations (which may
prevent the Issuer from trading in
Regulated CFTC Instruments in order to satisfy the condition(s) for the
relevant exemption).
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This Memorandum has not been reviewed or approved by the CFTC.
EU RETENTION REQUIREMENTS
The Retention Holder will represent and undertake to the Issuer, the
Security Party, the Portfolio Administrator and the
Placement Agents to hold the Retention Interests on the terms set out in the
EU Risk Retention Letters entered into in
connection with the Refinancing.
Each prospective investor is required to independently assess and determine
whether the information provided herein and
in any reports provided to investors in relation to this transaction are
sufficient to comply with the EU Retention
Requirements or any other regulatory requirement. None of the Issuer, the
Portfolio Advisor, the Placement Agents, the
Retention Holder, the Portfolio Administrator, the Security Party, their
respective affiliates or any other Person makes any
representation, warranty or guarantee that any such information is
sufficient for such purposes or any other purpose and no
such Person shall have any liability to any prospective investor or any
other Person with respect to the insufficiency of such
information or any failure of the transactions contemplated hereby to
satisfy the EU Retention Requirements or any other
applicable legal,
regulatory or other requirements other than in the case of the Retention
Holder pursuant to and in
accordance with the EU Risk Retention Letter. Each prospective investor in
the Preferred Shares which is subject to the EU
Retention Requirements or any other regulatory requirement should consult
with its own legal, accounting and other
advisers and/or its national regulator to determine whether, and to what
extent, such information is sufficient for such
purposes and any other requirements of which it is uncertain. See Section
12, "Certain Risk Factors — Risks Relating to the
Preferred Shares — European Risk Retention Rules" and Section 14, "Certain
Legal, ERISA and Tax Matters — European
Risk Retention" and "- Retention Requirements Under the EU Risk Retention
Rules" below.
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PRIIPS Regulation / Prohibition on Sales to EEA Retail Investors
The Preferred Shares are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made
available to and should not be offered, sold or
otherwise made available to any retail
investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA").
For these purposes, a retail
investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as
defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive
2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning
of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended, the
"Insurance Mediation Directive" ), where that customer would not qualify as
a professional client as defined in point (10) of
Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently no key information document required
by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as
amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the Refinancing
Securities or otherwise making them available to
retail
investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the
Refinancing Securities or otherwise
making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful
under the PRIIPS Regulation.
MiFID II product governance / Professional investors and ECPs only target
market
Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process, the
target market assessment in respect of the
Preferred Shares has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for
the Preferred Shares is eligible counterparties and
professional clients only, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) all
channels for distribution of the Preferred Shares to eligible
counterparties and professional clients are appropriate. Any person
subsequently offering, selling or recommending the
Preferred Shares (a "distributor") should take into consideration the
manufacturers' target market assessment; however, a
distributor subject to MiFID II is responsible for undertaking its own
target market assessment in respect of the Preferred
Shares (by either adopting or refining the manufacturers'
target market assessment) and determining appropriate
distribution channels.
No invitation may be made to the public in the Cayman Islands to subscribe
for the Preferred Shares.
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD REVIEW THE NOTICES BELOW FOR CERTAIN
INFORMATION RELATING TO
OFFERS AND SALES OF PREFERRED SHARES IN THE ISSUER TO INVESTORS IN VARIOUS
STATES OF THE
UNITED STATES.
NOTICE TO FLORIDA RESIDENTS
The Preferred Shares are offered pursuant to a claim of exemption under
section 517.061 of the Florida Securities and
Investor Protection Act and have not been registered under said act in the
state of Florida. All Florida residents who are not
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institutional investors described in section 517.061(7) of the Florida
Securities and Investor Protection Act have the right to
void their purchase of the Preferred Shares, without penalty, within three
days after the first tender of consideration.
NOTICE TO GEORGIA RESIDENTS
The Preferred Shares have not been registered under the Georgia Uniform
Securities Act of 2008, and may not be sold or
Transferred except in a transaction which is exempt under such act or
pursuant to an effective registration under such act.
"Forward-Looking Statements"
Certain statements in this Memorandum (including those relating to current
and future market conditions and trends in
respect thereof) that are not historical facts constitute "forward -looking
statements" for purposes of U.S. securities laws.
These include statements regarding future results or expectations with
respect
to the Portfolio, are based on current
expectations, estimates, projections, opinions and/or beliefs and can be
identified by the use of forward-looking terminology
such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "anticipate", "project",
"estimate", "intend", "continue", "target", or "believe" or the
negatives thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology.
Such forward-looking statements are based on
facts and conditions as they exist at the time such statements are made,
various operating assumptions and predictions as
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to future facts and conditions, which may be difficult to accurately make
and involve the assessment of events beyond the
control of the Issuer or the Portfolio Advisor. Caution must be exercised in
relying on forward-looking statements. Due to
various risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in Section 12,
"Certain Risk Factors" and Section 13, "Conflicts of
Interest", actual events or results or the actual performance of the
Portfolio may differ materially from those reflected or
contemplated in such forward-looking statements.
made as of the date hereof, and none of the Issuer,
The forward-looking statements contained in this Memorandum are
the Co-Issuer,
the Portfolio Advisor or the Placement Agents
undertakes any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect
subsequent events, new information or
circumstances arising after the date hereof.
In this Memorandum, "$", "USD" and "dollars" refers to the lawful currency
of the United States, and "United States", "U.S"
and "US" refers to the United States of America.
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Contents
Section
Page
Executive
Summary
2
Summary of Key
Terms
.. 7
Investment
Highlights
9
Investment
Opportunity
11
Investment
Strategy
16
Investment
Criteria
19
Investment
Process
21
Infrastructure Debt Investment
Characteristics
25
Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure
Platform
28
Transaction Structure Prior to
Refinancing
38
Transaction Structure Following Potential
Refinancing
38
Summary of Principal
Terms
43
Certain Risk
Factors
95
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Conflicts of
Interest
121
Certain Legal, ERISA and Tax
Matters
128
Appendix:
Glossary
148
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Section 1
Executive Summary
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Executive Summary
RIN II Ltd. (the "Issuer" or "RIN II"), an exempted company incorporated
with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, is a new
investment fund managed by RREEF America L.L.C. (the "Portfolio Advisor"),
an investment advisor subsidiary of
Deutsche Asset Management ("DeAM"). The Issuer's objective will be to
generate attractive risk adjusted returns by making
investments in private infrastructure debt. RIN II will be a successor
investment fund to RIN Ltd. ("RIN I"), which is currently
managed by the Portfolio Advisor. RIN II intends to follow a strategy
similar to that of RIN I. RIN I has invested
approximately $450 million across 38 distinct Obligors, from inception in
November 4, 2014 through November 30, 2017,
and has and will continue to invest and reinvest in private infrastructure
debt through its RIN II Reinvestment Period. In
addition, the Portfolio Advisor has demonstrated the ability to source
attractive loans in the primary market, with 77% of RIN
I's portfolio (as of November 30, 2017) comprised of loans sourced in the
primary market.2
The Issuer's investments will be funded by equity capital received from
investors in the Preferred Shares being offered
hereby and from debt financing, which is expected to occur in two phases, as
described below. RIN II will seek to generate
a Target Equity IRR of 12%-15%3 comprised predominantly of current yield for
the Preferred Shares. For individual portfolio
investments, the target rate of return will be commensurate with the
assessed degree of risk.
To provide a significant alignment of interest with investors in Preferred
Shares and to comply with any applicable risk
retention requirements then in effect, the Retention Holder intends to
purchase, and retain, not less than 5% (or any other
amount that is sufficient for the Issuer to comply with the requirements
imposed pursuant to the US (to the extent applicable)
and EU Risk Retention Rules) of the Preferred Shares, the loans comprising
the Initial Facility and the Issuer's securities
issued pursuant to the Refinancing during the life of such Refinancing
Securities.
Initially, on the date of issuance of the Preferred Shares, the Issuer will
enter into the Initial Facility in a maximum aggregate
outstanding principal amount up to $168,425,000, which may be increased up
to an amount up to $463,168,750 subject to
satisfaction of certain conditions described herein. During the term of the
Initial Facility, the Preferred Share Purchasers will
be required to fund their Capital Commitment in capital contributions.
During an 18 month ramp-up period (the "Ramp-Up Period"), subject to the
availability of financing under the Initial Facility,
the Issuer intends to accumulate a portfolio of private infrastructure loans
of at least $375 million which represents 75% of
the portfolio's targeted aggregate principal amount of approximately $500
million (the "Target Principal Balance"). During
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the Ramp-Up Period, the portfolio will be funded by the proceeds of the
Initial Facility and the Contributions.
After the Preferred Share Issuance Date and during the term of the Initial
Facility, the Issuer may issue Additional Preferred
Shares in accordance with the terms of the PS Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement and the PS Purchase Agreement.
Following the Ramp-Up Period, the Issuer intends to enter into a Refinancing
of the Initial Facility by issuing tranched,
floating rate (and possibly fixed-rate) Refinancing Securities and, subject
to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set
forth in the Transaction Agreements, issue additional debt and/or increase
the Aggregate Capital Commitment (as defined
below). However, the occurrence of such Refinancing and the issuance of
additional debt and/or increase in the Aggregate
Capital Commitment will depend on market conditions, the satisfaction of
requisite approvals and a number of other factors.
2 Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
3 The target return of the Preferred Shares is net of the Issuer's Advisory
Fees, expenses, performance fees, portfolio company taxes, taxes
payable by the Issuer and related withholding taxes from portfolio
investments. There can be no assurance that the assumptions underlying the
target returns of the Preferred Shares will prove to be accurate. There can
be no assurance that any favorable return of the Preferred Shares
will be met or that significant losses on the Preferred Shares will be
avoided. The projections contained herein are subject to a number of
assumptions and uncertainties and may or may not be realized, including that
a CLO refinancing is completed on favorable terms. Please refer
to Section 12 "Certain Risk Factors" and Section 13 "Conflicts of Interest"
for further important information relating to target returns of the
Preferred Shares.
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DeAM's global infrastructure platform (the "Platform") has a 23-year track
record of delivering strong, stable returns for
investors. The Platform is the specialist infrastructure funds management
business of DeAM, one of the world's leading
investment management institutions with over $810 billion of assets under
management 4 .
The Platform employs
38 dedicated investment professionals5 and manages approximately $22.3
billion of assets, with offices in London, New
York and Chicago.
DeAM manages multiple credit-oriented funds across asset classes,
securitization vehicles.
Investment Strategy
The Issuer's investment strategy will seek to achieve attractive risk-
adjusted returns through investments in private
infrastructure debt in the primary and secondary markets. The Portfolio
Advisor believes that substantial opportunities in
private infrastructure debt will persist over the intermediate- to long-term
due to the following drivers:
Expected increased demand:
I. Long-term need for infrastructure investments requires substantial
dedicated private debt capital;
II. Financially strained public authorities are increasingly turning to the
private sector for capital; and
III. Private investors continue increasing their allocations to
infrastructure to take advantage of stable long-term returns
offered by sector investments with low business risk relative to investments
in other private corporates.
Expected constrained supply:
I. Banks facing capital constraints from greater regulation and refocusing
strategies accordingly; and
II.
Institutional investor capital vehicles are often too limited in scale and
flexibility to efficiently aggregate sufficient
private infrastructure debt capital.
The strategy capitalizes on the growing demand for, and limited supply of,
private debt to provide financing or refinancing
("Event-Driven" financings) to infrastructure businesses, a dynamic that is
expected by the Issuer and the Portfolio Advisor
to provide a meaningful scarcity premium in the form of attractive loan
margins. The Portfolio Advisor will seek for the
Issuer to capture the scarcity premium through primary market and selective
secondary market loan investments.
To execute the investment strategy, the Portfolio Advisor, on behalf of the
Issuer, will seek to purchase primary market loan
investments from multiple sources.
The Portfolio Advisor will utilize its primary market relationship network
and the
Platform's infrastructure investment management experience to identify
attractive seasoned loan opportunities as it seeks to
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build an investment portfolio for the Issuer (the "Portfolio") with a target
Ba3/B1 credit profile on average. The Portfolio
Advisor also intends to purchase seasoned loans in the secondary market on
behalf of the Issuer. The Portfolio Advisor
believes the selective investment strategy that it intends to utilize on
behalf of the Issuer, combined with the seniority and
security typically associated with the senior secured loan asset class,
should allow RIN II to achieve a lower risk profile
compared to an investment in senior unsecured, subordinated debt, or equity
of comparable assets.
Further compared to typical non-financial corporates, infrastructure
financings tend to have a meaningful capital expenditure
element. As an example, as of November 30, 2017, greater than 57% of RIN I's
portfolio is comprised of borrowers that
either (i) have issued debt where the use of proceeds has been used to fund
capital expenditures or (ii) a meaningful
percentage of internally generated cash flow is used to fund capital
expenditures.
including private funds and
In both instances the Portfolio Advisor
4 As of June 30, 2017.
5 As of June 30, 2017.
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believes that this dynamic is credit accretive to lenders as funding capital
expenditures, rather than distributing excess cash
flow to Sponsors, enhances the borrower's asset base and a loan's equity
cushion.
Investment Criteria
In executing the Issuer's investment strategy, the Portfolio Advisor will
seek attractive risk-adjusted returns with an emphasis
on capital preservation by monitoring and administrating the Portfolio of
Collateral Obligations consistent with the Issuer's
return objectives, the Investment Guidelines for the Initial Facility (see
Schedule II), the Investment Criteria and other criteria
and restrictions applicable to the Issuer and the Portfolio Advisor under
the Transaction Agreements. The Portfolio Advisor
intends to utilize the following approach when considering investments:
I
Invest in debt of operating infrastructure assets — Invest in the debt of
privately owned or operated infrastructure
assets that exhibit one or more of the following attributes: generate stable
and predictable cash flow, demonstrate a
solid operational track record, have strong competitive market positioning,
have substantial asset coverage, and
benefit from experienced management;
II. Pursue disciplined investment approach — Employ a selection process
based on intensive due diligence and
fundamental credit
analysis (including an assessment
preservation;
III. Evaluate risk-adjusted return — Evaluate investments based on relative
value and utilize multiple methodologies, such
as discounted cash flow analysis, expected returns for comparable cash and
synthetic credit profiles, secondary
market executed trades and asset coverage analysis; and
IV. Construct diverse portfolio — Build an expected portfolio of at least 30
assets and seek diversification by sub-sector
and tenor. No single investment will comprise more than 5% of the total
Collateral Obligations, determined as set
forth in Section 6, "Investment Criteria".
Ramp-Up Period
The Portfolio Advisor, on behalf of the Issuer, will seek to accumulate
Collateral Obligations during the Ramp-Up Period in
an amount up to the Target Principal Balance. Pursuant to the terms of the
Initial Facility, the PS Issuing and Paying
Agency Agreement and the PS Purchase Agreement, Contributions will be
required to be made over time as described in
Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms—Capital Calls."
Intended Refinancing
Once the Issuer has accumulated Collateral Obligations in an aggregate
amount equal to or approaching the Target
Principal Balance, the Issuer intends to refinance the Initial Facility
through a Refinancing effected by issuing tranched rated
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Refinancing Securities.
The Issuer's goal is to issue at least $[425] million in principal amount of
rated Refinancing
Securities to repay the Initial Facility, pay transaction expenses, and
provide additional funds for investment by the Issuer.
The Issuer contemplates that it may seek to increase the Aggregate Capital
Commitment at the time of a Refinancing,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions and requirements set forth in
the Transaction Agreements and the receipt of
requisite approvals.
It is expected by the Issuer that Deutsche Bank or an affiliate thereof will
seek to retain at least 5% of each of the Initial
Facility and the Refinancing, and Deutsche Bank and/or an affiliate thereof
will seek to retain its 5% stake in the Preferred
Shares. No assurance can be made that the intended Refinancing will occur on
such terms (or at all) (see Section 12,
"Certain Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Preferred Shares—Refinancing
Risks").
Any principal repayments received during the term of the Refinancing are
intended to be invested by the Issuer within the
initial phase of up to a five-year reinvestment period commencing with the
Refinancing (the "RIN II Reinvestment Period").
During the RIN II Reinvestment Period, it
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of underlying collateral value) to emphasize capital
is expected that the Issuer will continue from time to time to purchase
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infrastructure loans.
The foregoing investment strategy will be subject
requirements, parameters and transaction structure of any Refinancing.
to, and will be superseded by,
the detailed
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Section 2
Summary of Key Terms
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Summary of Key Terms
Set forth below are certain key terms of the Issuer, the Initial Facility
and the Preferred Shares. The information below is
qualified in its entirety by Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms" and
the applicable Transaction Agreements.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
specified in Section 11, or in the Appendix,
"Glossary".
Issuer
RIN II Ltd., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the
Cayman
Islands, as issuer of the Preferred Shares, as borrower under the Initial
Facility, and
as co-issuer of the Refinancing
Co-Issuer
Portfolio Advisor
Initial Facility Lenders
RIN II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as co-issuer of the
Refinancing
RREEF America L.L.C.
Barclays Bank PLC ("Barclays") and Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Branch
("Deutsche Bank"), as sole initial lenders under the Initial Facility
Barclays is expected to hold 95% of the Initial Facility, and Deutsche Bank
is
expected to hold 5% of the Initial Facility
Initial Facility Par Amount
Preferred Share Aggregate
Capital Commitment
Ramp-Up Period
Target Equity IRR
Investment Objective
Base Advisory Fee
Subordinated Advisory Fee
Incentive Fee Hurdle
Incentive Advisory Fee
$168,425,000, which may be increased to $463,168,750 as described in Section
11,
"Summary of Principal Terms—Loans Under the Initial Facility."
Up to $75.0 million
Up to [18] months (subject to extension in accordance with the terms of the
Initial
Facility)
Net target equity IRR of 12%-15%6
Achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns through investments in private USD
loans to
infrastructure businesses operating primarily in the United States
Prior to Refinancing: [35] bps per annum of the Fee Basis Amount
Following the Refinancing: [15] bps per annum of the Fee Basis Amount
Prior to Refinancing: [0] bps per annum of the Fee Basis Amount.
Following the Refinancing: [30] bps per annum of the Fee Basis Amount.
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11% Target Equity IRR
20% after exceeding the Incentive Fee Hurdle
6 Please refer to footnote 3.
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Section 3
Investment Highlights
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Investment Highlights
The Preferred Shares of RIN II are intended to provide Investors with a
number of benefits:
Benefits of Private
Infrastructure Debt
I The Preferred Shares provide attractive access to private infrastructure
loans that
frequently offer the following:
- Preferred position in capital structure with substantial equity cushion
- Stable expected returns realized through a contractually pre-determined
interest
payment and principal repayment profile
- Security interest in collateral of critical infrastructure
- Historically low default and high recovery rates7
Favorable Risk Adjusted
Returns and Relative Value
I Potential for significant positive spread between investment margins and
lower cost
funding
- Target asset credit yields of on average LIBOR + 3.25%-4.25%
- Seek attractive value relative to broadly syndicated loan market
Low Correlation
IILow correlation relative to sector equity investments as debt investments
tend to exhibit
lower cash flow volatility than equity investments given their preferred
position in the
capital structure
I Low correlation among individual infrastructure assets10
Experienced Portfolio
Advisor and Leading
Platform
I The Platform has a 23-year track record of delivering strong, stable
returns for investors
I Portfolio Advisor team with complementary skill sets and collective
infrastructure
experience of approximately 78 years8
- Completed $37.0 billion of financing transactions across 96 infrastructure
businesses9
- Ratio of seven investment professionals to 38 portfolio investments
facilitates thorough
private equity style due diligence and daily investment monitoring
7 Source: 'Infrastructure Default and Recovery Rates 1983-2016', Moody's,
July 2017.
8 For further information regarding the Portfolio Advisor team, see Section
9, "Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure Platform-Portfolio
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Advisor Team Member Biographies".
9 As of November 13, 2017. Based on Team members' professional activities,
including experience at prior employers. Transaction numbers are
based on the collective team's experience; this includes acting in varying
capacities such as a lead arranger and or a financial counterparty.
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Section 4
Investment Opportunity
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Investment Opportunity
The Portfolio Advisor believes there is a significant opportunity to achieve
attractive risk-adjusted returns through the
Issuer's investment strategy as the long-term need for dedicated private
infrastructure debt capital is expected to be driven
by the following trends:
Long-term need for infrastructure investment
As infrastructure funding needs increase, more private capital, both equity
and debt, will be required to replace and
augment inadequate public funding. The need for infrastructure investment
has been growing globally due to
demographic and macroeconomic trends coupled with historical underinvestment.
Traditionally, most U.S. infrastructure funding has been provided by the
public sector. The level of such funding from
the public sector has declined over time. According to a report by The
American Society of Civil Engineers ("ASCE")
the total shortfall in infrastructure funding over the next 10 years is
estimated to be $1.4 trillion10 (i.e. approximately
$140 billion per annum) as illustrated in Exhibit 2 below.
Exhibit 2: Infrastructure funding gap over the next 10 years
$tn
00
0 5
1 0
1 5
20
2 5
30
3.5
$3.3 trillion
$1.4 trillion
funding gap over
10 years
$1.9 trillion
Total Needs
Available Funding
Surface Transportation
Airports
Inland Waterways & Marine Ports
Source: "Failure to Act" by the American Society of Civil Engineers report,
2016
In addition to public spending on infrastructure assets, the following
trends are likely to drive future deal flow assuming
requisite available private Event-Driven financing:
• Unbundling of regulated transmission and distribution networks from
generation and supply (electricity and natural
gas);
• Operating renewable energy assets with appropriately seasoned track
records for financing;
• Continuing divestitures and privatizations of seaports, toll roads,
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airports and telecommunication assets;
• Consolidating fragmented ownership of existing private infrastructure
assets; and
• Maintaining and upgrading existing privately owned or operated
infrastructure assets.
Electricity
Water/Waste Water Infrastructure
10 Source: "Failure to Act" by the American Society of Civil Engineers
report, 2016
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Financially strained public sector increasingly turning to the private sector
The Portfolio Advisor intends to capitalize on increasing private sector
equity investment through Sponsors in infrastructure
as they seek to acquire private and public sector infrastructure assets.
Public finances are strained and are expected to
remain under pressure over the coming decade in most U.S. states due to
demographics, declining tax revenues, and
increasing demand for social expenditures. As of October 2016, state
governments faced a combined $5.6 trillion in
unfunded liabilitiesll, as illustrated in Exhibit 3 below.
Consequently, the public sector is increasingly seeking to transfer the
costs and benefits of infrastructure ownership to
the private sector. Privatization is a means of monetizing the value of an
asset, thereby generating proceeds that can
be used to finance ongoing spending needs and reduce budget deficits.
Privatization is gaining momentum in the
United States, with 37 U.S. states passing or pursuing some form of
privatization-enabling legislation in the past few
years.12
Exhibit 3: Unfunded Liabilities by US State ($bn)
$1,000
$200
$400
$600
$800
$0
Source: American Legislative Exchange Council, October 2016. Data is based
on State Budget Solutions' calculations.
11 Source: American Legislative Exchange Council, October 2016. Data is
based on State Budget Solutions' calculations.
12 Source: "The Trump Agenda: Dawn of a New Infrastructure Era?" by Goldman
Sachs, 2017.
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California
Illinois
Texas
New York
Ohio
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Florida
Michigan
Massachusetts
Georgia
Minnesota
Washington
Virginia
Colorado
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Missouri
Connecticut
Oregon
North Carolina
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Arizona
Alabama
South Carolina
Nevada
Mississippi
Indiana
New Mexico
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Iowa
Arkansas
Kansas
Utah
Hawaii
Alaska
West Virginia
Montana
Rhode Island
Maine
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Idaho
Wyoming
South Dakota
Delaware
North Dakota
Vermont
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Private investors increasingly allocating capital to infrastructure
Infrastructure equity funds currently have $72 billion of dry powder to
deploy in North Americal3. This creates a potential
demand for acquisition financing in the infrastructure sector of
approximately $144 billion over the next five (5) years 14,
while the U.S. infrastructure debt maturity wall is estimated to exceed $100
billion through 2022 as shown in Exhibit 4.
Exhibit 4: Current Infrastructure Debt Market Dynamics
Undeployed North America Sponsor Equity ($
billions)15
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
0
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
Nov-17
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0
2018
2019
Expected Refinancing
2020
2021
Expected Acquisition Financing
2022
Estimated US Debt Demand 2018-2022 ($ billions)15
Shortfall in dedicated infrastructure debt
Infrastructure businesses are very capital intensive and the trends
illustrated above reflect the need for these businesses to
access substantial private capital (both equity and debt) to fund their
development, maintenance, upgrade and expansion.
Absent adequate private Event-Driven financing, Sponsors may not achieve
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efficient capital structures resulting in fewer
transactions and limiting their ability to deploy equity.
In many instances, Sponsors are challenged to obtain appropriate acquisition
financing resulting in inefficient "equity heavy"
capital structures. The $72 billion of undeployed Sponsor equity in North
America, together with the upcoming refinancing
wall of over $100 billion over the next five years, is expected to create a
supply/demand imbalance between the supply of
available private equity and the amount of available debt financing.
13 Source: Prequin's private infrastructure fundraising data as of November
1, 2017.
14 Source: Prequin's private infrastructure fundraising data as of November
1, 2017.
15 Source: DeAM's estimates of expected acquisition and refinancing activity
over the next 5 years. Expected acquisition financing amounts based
on analysis of funds allocated to the infrastructure sector and expected
acquisition capital structure of 2:1 debt to equity based on Prequin's
private infrastructure fundraising data as of November 1, 2017. Expected
refinancing amounts based on proprietary DeAM database as of
November 1, 2017.
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Exhibit 5: Historical Infrastructure Debt Issuance ($ billions)16
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
0
2014
2015
2016
Nov-17
Historically, the majority of debt capital used to finance private sector
acquisitions of infrastructure assets has been
provided by the bank loan market, with European banks playing a dominant
role
financing has been exacerbated by increasingly constrained bank lending
esulting from:
i
Insufficient private Event-Driven
Increased bank capital cost from regulatory pressure (e.g., Basel II & III
risk-based capital requirements), particularly for
loans below investment grade or with intermediate to long tenor
I Bank withdrawal — Many European lenders continue to shrink their balance
sheets and re-focus on domestic markets
16 Source: Proprietary DeAM database as of November 1, 2017.
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Section 5
Investment Strategy
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Investment Strategy
The investment strategy seeks attractive risk-adjusted returns through
investments in private infrastructure debt in the
primary and secondary markets. The Portfolio Advisor has sourced and intends
to source further primary market USD loans
for economic infrastructure businesses seeking Event-Driven financings from
various sources.
Advisor will direct the Issuer to purchase further Collateral Obligations in
the secondary market.
In addition, the Portfolio
The Portfolio Advisor seeks to generate returns, predominantly from current
income, with a Target Equity IRR of 1296-15%
through the two-phase strategyl7.
Primary Market Strategy
I. The Portfolio Advisor believes that it will be well positioned to
purchase additional appropriately structured
and priced Collateral Obligations that finance private sector transactions
and public asset privatization. In
particular, the Portfolio Advisor intends to leverage its knowledge of and
expertise in infrastructure financing and
Sponsor relationships to select the most attractive opportunities.
II. The Portfolio Advisor believes that the market dynamics of substantial
Sponsor demand for private
infrastructure financing, concurrent with reduced bank lending, have
generally resulted in infrastructure debt
offering higher spreads, less leverage, and greater lender protections
compared to the broader leverage
finance market. Such market dynamics coupled with strong credit
characteristics in the asset class present an
opportunity to realize attractive returns by providing private
infrastructure financing.
III. The Portfolio Advisor believes sub-investment grade debt will continue
to play a meaningful
role in
infrastructure financing going forward. Since 201418 over $176 billion of
sub-investment grade infrastructure debt
has been issued.
IV. The Portfolio Advisor estimates that approximately $70 billionl9 of
dedicated infrastructure debt capital will
be required to finance U.S. private sector
approximately $72 billion 20 of undeployed equity
approximately $144 billion.
transactions over the next five years.
creating potential demand for
transactional
V. The Portfolio Advisor estimates that the U.S. infrastructure debt
maturity wall is estimated to be greater than
$100 billion2l over the next five years. The refinancing wall offers the
opportunity for the Portfolio Advisor to
refinance debt of borrower types with which they have significant experience.
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US Sponsors have
financing of
17 The target return of the Preferred Shares is net of the Issuer's Advisory
Fees, expenses, performance fees, portfolio company taxes, taxes
payable by the Issuer and related withholding taxes from portfolio
investments. There can be no assurance that the assumptions underlying the
target returns of the Preferred Shares will prove to be accurate. There can
be no assurance that any favorable return of the Preferred Shares
will be met or that significant losses on the Preferred Shares will be
avoided. The projections contained herein are subject to a number of
assumptions and uncertainties and may or may not be realized, including that
a CLO refinancing is completed on favorable terms. Please refer
to Section 12, "Certain Risk Factors" and Section 13, "Conflicts of
Interest" for further important information relating to target returns of the
Preferred Shares.
18 Source: Proprietary DeAM database as of November 1, 2017.
19Source: DeAM's estimates of expected acquisition and refinancing activity
over the next 5 years. Expected acquisition financing amounts based
on analysis of funds allocated to the infrastructure sector and expected
acquisition capital structure of 2:1 debt to equity based on Prequin's
private infrastructure fundraising data as of November 1, 2017. Expected
refinancing amounts based on proprietary DeAM database as of
November 1, 2017.
20 Source: Prequin's private infrastructure fundraising data as of November
1, 2017.
21 Source: Proprietary DeAM database as of November 1, 2017.
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Secondary Market Strategy
The Portfolio Advisor believes that there are currently available,
performing secondary market investment opportunities that
can be sourced for the Issuer, thereby presenting attractive risk-adjusted
opportunities.
I. The Portfolio Advisor estimates that the U.S. infrastructure secondary
market loan universe is greater than
$100 billion22. This enables the Portfolio Advisor to optimize the
investment Portfolio through the purchase of loans
with the necessary tenor and sector characteristics that improve the
Portfolio's diversification and risk adjusted
returns.
II. The Portfolio Advisor believes that it is well positioned to capitalize
on such opportunities by leveraging its
knowledge, expertise and market relationships. The Portfolio Advisor
believes that it has the necessary expertise
and knowledge to evaluate the credit risk of secondary market opportunities.
The Portfolio Advisor has identified
specific opportunities and believes that it has the necessary market
relationships to source such investments directly.
The Portfolio Advisor intends to deploy additional capital expeditiously
based on opportunities that it views as
attractive and currently available.
22 Source: Proprietary DeAM database as of November 1, 2017.
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Section 6
Investment Criteria
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Investment Criteria
The Portfolio Advisor emphasizes capital preservation by utilizing prudent
investment criteria and risk management
practices appropriate for the Issuer's investment objectives.
The following describes the Portfolio Advisor's general
framework for considering investments:
I
Invest in private infrastructure assets — The Portfolio Advisor generally
invests in the debt of privately owned or
operated infrastructure assets that generate stable long-term cash flows.
Infrastructure assets considered for
investment will frequently have a favorable competitive position driven by
regulation, concession agreements or other
significant barriers to entry. These assets will typically be obligations of
providers of essential services that enjoy
consistent and inelastic demand. Generally, the Portfolio Advisor looks to
invest in fixed, long-life assets that provide
strong asset coverage. In addition, the Portfolio Advisor focuses on assets
with solid operational track records and
experienced management.
II. Pursue disciplined investment approach — The Portfolio Advisor employs a
selection process based on intensive
due diligence and fundamental credit analysis to emphasize capital
preservation. In the case of loans sourced in the
primary market,
the Portfolio Advisor analyzes a potential borrower's credit attributes to
evaluate the financing
structure and credit profile appropriate for that borrower. The Portfolio
Advisor assesses potential risks of each
prospective investment and develops an independent view of each potential
borrower based on market, economic
and financial research using a variety of analyses.
III. Evaluate risk-adjusted return — The Portfolio Advisor evaluates
investments based on risk-adjusted return profiles.
The Portfolio Advisor believes that the attractiveness of an investment
depends on the expected return as well as the
credit quality of the borrower and the soundness of the financing structure.
The Portfolio Advisor evaluates
investments using a relative value analysis that will utilize multiple
methodologies such as discounted cash flow
analysis, expected returns for comparable cash and synthetic credit
profiles, secondary market executed trades and
asset coverage analysis.
IV. Construct diverse portfolio — The Portfolio Advisor expects to
accumulate a portfolio of at least 30 assets and seek
diversification by sub-sector and tenor. No single investment should
comprise more than 5% of the Target Principal
Balance.
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Section 7
Investment Process
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Investment Process
The Portfolio Advisor has a developed process for effective selection,
purchase and monitoring of investments that it
employs for the Issuer.
Investment
Sourcing
Initial
Review
Due
Diligence
Negotiation
Investment
Approval
Asset Selection
and Oversight
Origination
Due Diligence Process
Investing and
Portfolio
Monitoring
Origination
The Portfolio Advisor intends to accumulate up to approximately $[500]
million in aggregate Principal Balance of Collateral
Obligations through various investment channels as referred to in Exhibit 6
below. The Portfolio Advisor expects that it will
continue to favor investing in the primary market based on its view that
such loans will generally offer higher risk-adjusted
returns than secondary market investments.
Exhibit 6: Investment Channels
Primary Market
Secondary Market
Primary Market Loans
I Broad demand from financial sponsors for
acquisition and refinancing debt capital
I Strong lender protections relative to broadly
syndicated loan market
I Benefits from net positive loan issuance for
infrastructure assets
Portfolio
Secondary Market Loans
I Sourced through banks and other lenders
I Differentiated source of investments with
different market dynamics than broadly
syndicated loans
I Potential source of initial investment
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opportunities for the Issuer
The Portfolio Advisor expects that the Issuer will benefit from its existing
relationships with Sponsors, banks and other
advisors that collectively may provide wide market coverage as shown in
Exhibit 7 below.
Exhibit 7: Investment Sources
Sponsors and Operators
Lenders
Other Advisors
Originate investments directly from source
Target involvement at early stages of transactions and on a bi-lateral
basis
- Over 100 Sponsors with U.S. infrastructure investment needs
H Seek introduction to dealflow through other lenders and introductions to
Sponsors that the Team is not familiar with
- Lenders include banks and loan investment funds
- Over 10-15 lenders with active U.S. lending activities
Seek introduction to dealflow and Sponsors through other advisors
Includes law firms, accounting firms, due diligence providers and other
transaction advisory firms
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The Portfolio Advisor will continue to screen for investment opportunities
that meet the Eligibility Criteria and then prioritize
them on a relative value basis with the aim of constructing an optimal
Portfolio that maintains compliance with its investment
guidelines and investment criteria.
Due Diligence Process
The Portfolio Advisor, on behalf of the Issuer,
markets.
In general, the Portfolio Advisor will continue to seek to identify
financing opportunities early in the transaction process,
which may allow the Portfolio Advisor to have more influence on investment
terms than it would for secondary market
financing opportunities. The Portfolio Advisor expects to perform detailed
due diligence and financial modeling to review
investment opportunities.
The Issuer's investment process will be designed to efficiently and
comprehensively assess the merits and risks of
investment opportunities. The investment process generally will emphasize
fundamental credit analysis, focusing on asset
valuation, cash flow generation relative to leverage, asset coverage and
principal preservation. Exhibit 8 below illustrates a
typical execution process.
Exhibit 8: Investment Process
Formal approval to invest
sought from IC
intends to purchase Collateral Obligations in the primary and secondary
Initial Review
Detailed Due Diligence
I Screen and diligence to
decide whether to initially
pursue or decline a
transaction
I Assess investment
merits including infra
sub-sector trends,
transaction risks, quality
of sponsor /
management, and
potential risk-adjusted
return
I Analyze industry trends
and competitive
positioning
I Build and stress financial
model
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I Scrutinize structure and
covenants
I Meet with sponsor and /
or management
Structuring
I Focus on key structuring
terms that most directly
reduce risk and improve
recovery scenarios in a
default
I Review legal
documentation for terms
addressing key credit
issues
Investment Committee
and Closing
I Deal team presents
investment analysis and
recommendation to
Investment Committee
I Discuss merits and
considerations of
potential investment
I Consider portfolio
construction
I Unanimous IC approval
required
I Make and close
investment
Oversight of the investment process will be the responsibility of an
Investment Committee (the "IC") of the Portfolio Advisor
with respect to the Issuer comprised of experienced infrastructure debt
professionals. See Section 9, "Deutsche Asset
Management Infrastructure Platform".
Asset Selection and Oversight
Each further investment in Collateral Obligations will be required to
conform with the Eligibility Criteria and the Investment
Criteria required by the applicable Facility, and if the Refinancing occurs,
the Portfolio as a whole will be required by its
terms to conform with other investment guidelines. The Portfolio Advisor
will continue to primarily pursue a hold-to-maturity
strategy and seek to manage the Portfolio to maximize returns for the
Preferred Shareholders within the constraints of the
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Investment Guidelines. Highlights of the Issuer's approach are expected to
consist of items as shown in Exhibit 9 below.
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Exhibit 9: Asset Selection and Oversight
Minimize Risk
I Review investment performance quarterly,
update investment outlook, communicate with
borrower management
I Monitor wider market themes and sector
trends, assess impact on the Issuer's Portfolio
Maximize Value
Optimize Invested Tenor
I Seek to optimize value from investments
through upfront fees and other fee events
during the life of the investment
RIN
Portfolio
IIStructure and purchase investments within
tenor beyond the Reinvestment Period of the
Issuer
I Negotiate prepayment protection where
possible
Manage within Investment Guidelines
I Monitor Portfolio and assess new investments
for pro forma compliance with the Issuer's
Investment Guidelines
Investments are evaluated by the Portfolio Advisor on a quarterly basis
consistent with expected availability of
infrastructure Obligor financial information. Collateral reports are
distributed to the holders of the applicable Facility
and the Preferred Shareholders pursuant to the PS Issuing and Paying Agent
on a periodic basis as described in
Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms"23.
23 Any fees generated through co-investment opportunities and paid to the
Issuer will flow through the interest waterfall as described in Section 11,
"Summary of Principal Terms".
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Section 8
Infrastructure Debt Characteristics
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Infrastructure Debt Investment Characteristics
The Issuer's investment in private economic infrastructure loans is expected
to benefit from a unique set of risk and return
characteristics attractive to investors in such assets. These benefits may
include, but are not limited to, the following:
Substantial current income with interest rate and inflation protection
Private infrastructure loans can generate recurring current income for
investors. The Portfolio Advisor anticipates that under
current market conditions income generated from such assets may be on
average 3.50% to 4.00% above LIBOR, exceeding
available risk-adjusted returns from public bonds with a comparable credit
profile. The Portfolio Advisor expects that the
Issuer's investment in such assets will result in anticipated excess returns
due to scarcity premium, illiquidity premium, and
certain funds premium. Furthermore, the Portfolio Advisor also expects to
benefit
associated with private infrastructure debt financing.
from enhanced lender protections
In addition, floating rate interest payments (which are typically based
on LIBOR or Euribor) are expected to provide debt investors such as the
Issuer with protection against rising interest rates
and inflation.
Low correlation and return volatility
The returns generated from private infrastructure loans are expected to
primarily take the form of current income cash flow.
The level of current income on a particular loan asset is generally
determined by a base rate and a contractually agreed
interest margin. The Portfolio Advisor believes that the return profile of
the Portfolio will reflect less volatility in comparison
to, and limited correlation with, more cyclical asset classes such as
equities.
Principal preservation
Private infrastructure loans are generally supported by businesses with
strong asset coverage and a substantial "equity
cushion", providing a favorable degree of principal protection for lenders
of such assets, even in the event of substantial
operational underperformance of the underlying infrastructure. These factors
have historically resulted in infrastructure debt
investments having low default rates and high recovery rates24.
Furthermore, infrastructure assets generally have low intra-asset
correlation, mitigating portfolio concentrations25. For
example, a water utility in Connecticut has low correlation with an electric
utility in the Pacific Northwest due to infrastructure
assets having differing specific local factors driving performance.
Obligor Risk Profiles
Debt instruments issued by infrastructure businesses have historically
exhibited low default rates and low credit loss rates
compared to other industry sectors26. Where defaults have occurred, private
infrastructure debt recovery rates have been
generally high in both absolute terms and relative to other industry sectors
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because of the strong physical asset base and
monopolistic business model that mitigates risk of substitution.
Consequently, emphasis on preservation of capital is a
distinguishing feature of infrastructure debt.
24 Source: 'Infrastructure Default and Recovery Rates 1983-2016', Moody's,
July 2017.
25
Source: 'Moody's Approach to Rating Collateralized Debt Obligations Backed
by Project Finance and Infrastructure Assets', Moody's, August
2015
26 Source: 'Infrastructure Default and Recovery Rates 1983-2016', Moody's,
July 2017.
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[Moody's Investors Service Inc. ("Moody's") research shows infrastructure
debt as less risky, having lower default and
higher recovery rates compared with debt issued by companies operating in
other sectors, including leveraged buy-out
debt27. Moody's analysis found that over the period from 1983 to 2016,
infrastructure debt had meaningfully lower default
rates across all rating categories than other non-financial corporate
sectors ] See Exhibit 10 below.
Exhibit 10: Moody's Default Rates and Loss Rates by Industry Sector28
Default Rates for Ba Rated Debt
10%
12%
14%
16%
18%
20%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Ba Corp Infra and Project Finance Debt Securities
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Ba Non-Financial Corporate Issuers
Source: 'Infrastructure Default and Recovery Rates 1983-2016', Moody's, July
2017.
Furthermore, infrastructure debt with a "Ba" credit rating profile had
better default statistics than investment-grade debt from
other non-financial corporate sectors.
Year 9
Year 10
10%
12%
14%
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
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Year 5
Ba Corp Infra and Project Finance Debt Securities
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Ba Non-Financial Corporate Issuers
Year 9
Year 10
Ultimate Credit Loss Rates for Ba Rated Debt
In addition to lower default rates, infrastructure debt also exhibits credit
loss rates that
are lower than in other non-financial corporate sectors across multiple
rating profiles with "Ba" infrastructure debt again
substantially outperforming other non-financial corporate sectors.
Private infrastructure debt typically offers significant protections in loan
documentation to protect lenders in the event of
underperformance. These protections may include financial maintenance
covenants, "lock-up" and other cash recapture
mechanisms, restrictions on certain business activities, representations and
warranties, security over assets and/or shares,
and detailed reporting requirements.
27 Source: 'Infrastructure Default and Recovery Rates 1983-2016', Moody's,
July 2017.
28 Source: 'Infrastructure Default and Recovery Rates 1983-2016', Moody's,
July 2017.
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Section 9
Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure
Platform
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Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure Platform
The Portfolio Advisor will provide investment advisory and other services to
the Issuer. As part of its investment advisory
responsibilities, the Portfolio Advisor will advise on investment decisions
including those related to the acquisition, oversight
or disposition of Assets and provides general Portfolio advisory and related
services. The Portfolio Advisor expects to draw
upon the support and internal expertise of the wider DeAM organization as
appropriate, and may employ the services of its
affiliates or other service providers located in various jurisdictions in
the performance of its duties.29 The Portfolio Advisor is
an investment adviser registered with the SEC under the Advisers Act.
Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure Debt Team
Investing in the Preferred Shares offers investors access to a Portfolio
Advisor team with distinct and complimentary
investment management skills and market relationships, supported by a
leading Platform with a global footprint.
The investment team of the Portfolio Advisor is led by a core group of
individuals who have extensive experience
originating, structuring, investing, and managing infrastructure debt
instruments. The core individuals are complemented by
experienced investment professionals based in New York and London. The core
team is comprised of 7 investment
professionals. Additional investment professionals may be added as required
to ensure that the issuer maintains an optimal
level of resources.
The investment team of the Portfolio Advisor possesses a wide variety of
skills and infrastructure investment experience that
will continue to be applied throughout the life of the Preferred Shares to
successfully execute the investment strategy of the
Issuer, including:
Fundamental credit analysis
Due diligence experience
Debt structuring experience
Relative value analysis
Valuation analysis
Transaction Agreement review and negotiation
Fiduciary and asset management experience
Rating agency experience
M&A experience
The Portfolio Advisor currently advises RIN I, a special purpose issuing
entity formed in November 2014 that has an
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investment strategy substantially similar to that intended for the Issuer.
There is otherwise no direct relationship between
the Issuer and RIN I. Although that can be no assurance that the investment
performance of the Issuer and the Preferred
Shares will be similar, as of October 17, 2017, the preferred shareholders
of RIN I have realized an average annual cash on
cash yield of 15.81%.
Collectively, the investment team of the Portfolio Advisor has a long and
successful track record and has been involved in
marquee transactions throughout Europe and North America. The investment
team has completed more than $37.0 billion
29 Subject to applicable regulations and Deutsche Bank's internal policies
and procedures.
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of financing transactions with 96 infrastructure businesses across a range
of sectors and geographies as displayed in
Exhibit 1130.
Exhibit 11: Portfolio Advisor Team Transaction History by Country and Sector
4%
5%
10%
7%
19%
10%
24%
18%
Water
Utilities
Ports
Power Generation
Renewable Power
Motorway Services
Toll Roads
Communications Towers
Gas T&D
Other
Note: Experience highlights include Team members' prior experience outside
of Deutsche Asset Management.
18%
47%
2%4%
21%
5%
3%
1%
0%
3%
UK
USA
France
Netherlands
Spain
Other
Germany
Austria
Since 2004, individuals currently at the Portfolio Advisor have analyzed 380
potential transactions and executed 96
transactions, emphasizing a selective approach. The investment team's
rigorous selection process is exhibited by the debt
investments the Portfolio Advisor has made, as shown in Exhibit 12.
Exhibit 12: Portfolio Advisor Team Transaction History by Country and Sector
Originated
Initial due
diligence
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Detailed due
diligence
380
229
160
Transacted 96
Note: Experience highlights include Team members' prior experience outside
of Deutsche Asset Management.
30 Based on the Portfolio Advisor's team members' professional activities at
prior employers.
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As a result of the investment team's past lending and asset management
activities over time, the investment team of the
Portfolio Advisor maintains longstanding and strategic relationships with a
wide range of equity sponsors, banks and
advisors. The Portfolio Advisor believes that it has a strong ability to
leverage this network to generate proprietary deal flow
similar to deals that it has pursued and completed in the past.
The Portfolio Advisor will also continue to leverage its deep product and
sector expertise as well as the comprehensive fund
support functions of the Platform.
The Portfolio Advisor believes it offers a combination of experience,
necessary investment skills, market access and leading
Platform that together will provide superior execution capability.
Collectively, the investment team of the Portfolio Advisor
has originated, executed, syndicated and managed infrastructure debt
investments across a variety of infrastructure sectors.
Portfolio Advisor Team Member Biographies
Jorge Rodriguez, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Global Head of
Infrastructure Debt
Mr. Rodriguez is responsible for the management and strategic direction of
the Infrastructure Debt's global business. Prior
to joining Deutsche Asset Management in 2011, Mr. Rodriguez spent two years
as a Managing Director within Aladdin
Capital Management's Infrastructure Debt Business. Prior to that, Mr.
Rodriguez was Managing Director and Head of
Infrastructure Finance at Dresdner Kleinwort
in New York. He focused on the origination, structuring and execution of
financings of infrastructure assets, sourcing transactions across diverse
sectors including utilities, ports, airports, toll roads,
stock exchanges and railroads. Mr. Rodriguez joined Dresdner Kleinwort
Syndications group where he focused on the structuring and distribution of
project
in 2001 as a Vice President in the Loans
finance transactions. In 2004, Mr.
Rodriguez joined Dresdner's Global Loans team in London. During this time,
he was instrumental in establishing the firm's
Infrastructure Finance practice and led the extension of this effort into
North America in 2006. Previously, Mr. Rodriguez
was a Vice President at BNP Paribas in the Loan Syndications group with a
focus on structured and leveraged syndications
in North and Latin America. Mr. Rodriguez received a BA in Economics from
Trinity College and an MBA from Kellogg
Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
Jonathan Newman, Director, Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Debt
Mr. Newman is responsible for origination, execution and portfolio
management of investments. Mr. Newman also
contributes to the business' strategic direction in various capacities
including portfolio management and product
development. Prior to joining Deutsche Asset Management in 2011, Mr. Newman
spent two years as a Managing Director
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within Aladdin Capital Management's Infrastructure Debt Business. Prior to
that, Mr. Newman was a Director in Dresdner
Kleinwort's Infrastructure Finance group in New York. He was responsible for
originating, screening, structuring, negotiating
and executing debt underwritings of infrastructure assets ranging in size
from $3.4 billion to $100 million. Mr. Newman's
transaction experience spans diverse infrastructure sectors,
including utilities, ports, airports,
toll
roads and railroads.
Previously, Mr. Newman was a Vice President in Dresdner Kleinwort's
Utilities Investment Banking Group, focused on M&A,
financing, recapitalization and restructurings. He joined Dresdner Kleinwort
in 2001 from Moody's Utilities Team, where as a
Senior Associate he analyzed and assigned ratings to a portfolio of
corporate and project finance issuers. Mr. Newman
received a BA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Sundeep Vyas, Managing Director, DeAM Infrastructure and Infrastructure Debt
Mr. Vyas is responsible for identifying and implementing investment
opportunities. Mr. Vyas has also been an active
member of the PEIF I acquisitions team, having participated in PEIF I's
investments in Peel Ports, BAA Toggle, A5
Ostregion Motorway, Tank & Rast and the Port of Lubeck. Prior to joining
Deutsche Asset Management in 2005, he worked
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for Citigroup Investment Banking's Infrastructure advisory team (London),
advising on a range of infrastructure projects
across Europe (including Hochtief Airport Capital, Germany and Allenby &
Connaught accommodation PFI, UK). Prior to
joining Citigroup, Mr. Vyas worked with Standard & Poor's credit rating and
advisory services division (New Delhi) and with
EXIM Bank India (Mumbai). Mr. Vyas has an MBA from INSEAD (France), has
completed a post graduate program in
Management and Finance at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore
and holds a Bachelor in Civil Engineering
from the University of Delhi.
Matthew Woods, Director, Infrastructure Debt
Mr. Woods is responsible for sourcing, structuring, executing, and
monitoring infrastructure debt investment opportunities.
Prior to joining Deutsche Asset Management in 2014, Mr. Woods spent five
years working in investment banking in
Deutsche Bank's Leveraged Finance Group. During his time in investment
banking, Mr. Woods worked on numerous
leveraged loan and high yield bond financings for acquisitions, leveraged
buyouts, recapitalizations, and refinancings across
a variety of industries with a specialization on energy and power
businesses. Mr. Woods also has prior private equity
experience from his time at The Carlyle Group and accounting experience from
his time at Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Woods
has an MBA from Georgetown University. He also graduated magna cum laude
from Georgetown University with a BSBA in
accounting. Mr. Woods is a Certified Public Accountant.
Cameron Berns, Assistant Vice President, Infrastructure Debt
Mr. Berns is responsible for sourcing, screening, structuring, executing and
monitoring infrastructure debt investments
across multiple sub-sectors, including conventional and renewable power
generation, utilities, rail, airports, roads, ports, car
parks, waste management and other specialist sub-sectors. Mr. Berns also
assists with portfolio management strategy
development, fund structuring, and marketing. Mr. Berns graduated magna cum
laude from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania receiving a BS in Economics.
Benjamin Schmitt, Assistant Vice President, Infrastructure Debt
Mr. Schmitt has over 7 years of experience in infrastructure finance and is
responsible for structuring, analyzing and
executing debt transactions in the infrastructure sector,
generation and social infrastructure. Mr. Schmitt
including sub-sectors such as transportation, utilities, power
joined DeAM in 2014, having previously spent four years within the
International Structured Finance team of Intesa SanPaolo in London where he
successfully closed a number of limited
recourse transactions across transportation and telecom in the EMEA region.
Prior to that, Mr. Schmitt was responsible for
analyzing and executing investment opportunities in the UK social
infrastructure sector for Morgan Sindall Investments
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Limited. Mr. Schmitt graduated with a Master in Management from EDHEC
Business School, in France.
Joshua Kim, Associate, Infrastructure Debt
Mr. Kim is responsible for sourcing, structuring, executing, and monitoring
infrastructure debt investment opportunities. Prior
to joining Deutsche Asset Management in 2017, Mr. Kim spent two years
working in the investment banking division at J.P.
Morgan where he executed advisory and debt financing assignments for the
firm's public infrastructure clients across the
water, wastewater, power, transportation, and communications sectors. Mr.
Kim holds a bachelor's degree in Environmental
Economics and Policy from University of California, Berkeley.
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Investment Committee
The Portfolio Advisor will establish an investment committee (the
"Investment Committee") with respect to the Issuer that
screens and evaluates investment opportunities and ultimately approves
capital investment and divestment opportunities.
The responsibilities of the Investment Committee will include evaluating the
investment universe for the Issuer, reviewing
the detailed analysis on target investments and advising on the Issuer's
broader investment strategy. The Investment
Committee will consist of eight (8) members.
All
Investment Committee.
Investment Committee members for the Issuer are listed in the Exhibit 14
below and the biographies of investment team
members follow.
Exhibit 14: Infrastructure Debt Investment Committee
Name
Mark Roberts
Hamish Mackenzie
Jorge Rodriguez
Jonathan Newman
Sundeep Vyas
Joe Rado
Andrea Vanni
Jane Seto
Titles/Responsibility
MD, Head of DeAM Strategy & Research
MD, Head of DeAM ARA Infrastructure
MD, Portfolio Manager, Global Head of
Infrastructure Debt
Director, Portfolio Manager
Managing Director, ARA Infrastructure and
Infrastructure Debt
Director, Real Estate Debt
MD, European Acquisitions Officer
MD, Head of Infrastructure Equity Asset
Management
Investment Committee Member Biographies
Mark Roberts, Managing Director, Head of DeAM Strategy & Research
Mr. Roberts is responsible for overseeing the research teams that support
the firm's global real estate investment process,
providing in-depth knowledge and unique perspectives on the markets,
trends and landscape for global real estate
investing. He is also a member of Alternatives & Real Assets Executive
Committee. Mr. Roberts joined the Company in
2011 with 26 years of experience in real estate. Prior to joining, Mr.
Roberts held a series of senior research positions at
Invesco Real Estate from 1996 to 2011. He is the Past-Chairman of the Board
of the National Council of Real Estate
Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), was the former President of the Real Estate
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Research Institute (RERI), past Chairman of
the NCREIF Research Committee, and a former member of the NCREIF Fund -Index
Subcommittee which developed the
NFI-ODCE Index. He is Fellow of both the Homer Hoyt Institute and RERI. Mr.
Roberts holds the Chartered Financial
Analyst® designation and is also a registered architect. He has authored a
chapter for The Handbook of Alternative
Investments and contributed several research and strategy papers to the
Institute for Fiduciary Education. Mr. Roberts holds
an MS in Real Estate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a BA in
Architecture from the University of Illinois at
Urbana, and attended the Graduate School of Management at the University of
Dallas.
Hamish Mackenzie, Managing Director, Head of DeAM Infrastructure Equity and
Debt
Mr. Mackenzie is responsible for overseeing the activities of the European
funds, the investment strategy of PEIF II, and
business development throughout the organization. Mr. Mackenzie was formerly
responsible for Infrastructure's acquisition
efforts in Europe and has been with the team since its formation in 2005. In
that capacity, he also led and managed DeAM
31 Includes, for example, experience as an adviser, contractor, operator,
lender, arranger or financial counterparty.
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30
19
20
18
15
31
17
21
investment decisions must be made on a unanimous basis by the
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Infrastructure's due diligence, valuation, and investment efforts for all
Infrastructure team from Deutsche Bank's corporate and investment banking
division where he was a specialist
the assets in PEIF I. Mr. Mackenzie joined the
in the
transport and infrastructure sector, advising corporate and government
clients on mergers, acquisitions and capital raisings.
His eight years of investment banking experience in the sector also includes
five years with HSBC prior to joining Deutsche
Bank. Mr. Mackenzie's experience includes advising on airport privatization
projects in the United Kingdom, Latin America,
China, South Africa, Germany and Malta, together with a large number of
transactions in the privatized rail industry in the
United Kingdom. Mr. Mackenzie has extensive transaction experience in the
aviation, ports and shipping, road and rail
sectors. Mr. Mackenzie qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte &
Touche and is an honors graduate (Geography)
of Bristol University.
Jorge Rodriguez, Managing Director, Global Head of Infrastructure Debt
See "—Portfolio Advisor Team Member Biographies" above.
Jonathan Newman, Director, Infrastructure Debt
See "—Portfolio Advisor Team Member Biographies" above.
Sundeep Vyas, Managing Director, DeAM Infrastructure and Infrastructure Debt
See "—Portfolio Advisor Team Member Biographies" above.
Joseph Rado, Director, Co-Portfolio Manager of DeAM Debt Investments Fund
Mr. Rado is responsible for managing all aspects of the DeAM Debt
Investments Fund IV including credit, underwriting, due
diligence, legal structuring and documentation, closing and asset management
for investments. Prior to joining DeAM in
2006, he was Senior Underwriter at CWCapital where he was responsible for
the underwriting and closing of complex
multiple-party capital stack mezzanine loans, B-Notes, junior participation
and senior mortgage loans. Previously, Mr. Rado
was Manager of Real Estate Investments at Nissho Iwai American Corporation,
an international Fortune 500 company. At
Nissho Iwai, he was responsible for the origination and structuring of US
real estate investments for the company's US high
yield real estate portfolio in excess of $250 million. Mr. Rado was Vice
President of Portfolio Management and Underwriting
in the Commercial Real Estate Group at Wachovia, (f/k/a First Union National
Bank) prior to joining Nissho Iwai. He also
established a capital markets division and mezzanine fund for a private New
York developer. Mr. Rado received his BA in
Urban Planning from Rutgers University.
Andrea Vanni, Managing Director, European Acquisitions Officer
Mr. Vanni is the European Acquisitions Officer for Alternatives and Real
Assets Management based in London. Mr. Vanni
joined DeAM in 2007 with 8 years of experience. Prior to joining, Mr. Vanni
served in the Large Loan Real Estate Financing
and Acquisitions of Nonperforming Loans and Real Estate Portfolios group at
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JP Morgan. Mr. Vanni has a degree in
Economics and Business Administration from the Catholic University of Milan.
Jane Seto, Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Equity Asset Management
Ms. Seto is a Managing Director and is Head of Asset Management for DeAM's
infrastructure equity business. She also
recently assumed the role of Portfolio Manager for DeAM's first European
Infrastructure Fund (RREEF Pan-European
Infrastructure Fund, L.P., "PEIF"). She is responsible for the investment
strategy, asset management and overall
performance of the PEIF portfolio. As Head of Infrastructure Equity Asset
Management for Europe, she is responsible for
the asset management activities for the European funds. Ms. Seto is a member
of the Investment Committees for PEIF and
PEIF II. She also has responsibility for assisting in the ongoing expansion
of the Infrastructure business in Europe. Prior to
joining DeAM in late 2007, Ms. Seto spent 12 years in various roles at
Bechtel Enterprises Inc., the infrastructure finance
and development arm of Bechtel Group Inc. During that time, she spent three
years in Hong Kong working on a range of
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infrastructure projects in Asia, including the purchase and privatization of
Perth International Airport; over seven years in the
United States managing a portfolio of venture investments and infrastructure
fund-of-funds; and two years in the United
Kingdom as Commercial Manager for the Tube Lines London Underground Public
Private Partnership. Ms. Seto holds an
MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley;
a BSc in Engineering and Applied Science from
the California Institute of Technology; and a BA in Physics from Occidental
College..
Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure Platform
Deutsche Asset Management's infrastructure investment business acquires and
manages investments in businesses that
provide essential services to communities. With investment teams located in
Europe, Asia Pacific and North America, the
business has a global footprint and is focused on managing infrastructure
portfolios that can meet the needs of Deutsche
Asset Management Infrastructure's institutional and private clients
worldwide. Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure is
responsible for approximately $22.3 billion in assets under management32 in
a range of funds and separate accounts,
diversified across sectors and asset stage. Deutsche Asset Management
Infrastructure has in the recent past been ranked
among the world's largest managers in infrastructure debt33.
The global Deutsche Asset Management Infrastructure team consists of 38
dedicated investment professionals34 and has
extensive experience in acquiring, managing and divesting infrastructure
investments as an equity or principal investor.
This experience combined with the strength of Deutsche Asset Management's
global investment platform provides a strong
foundation of industry knowledge and best practice in investment and asset
management. Further, the Platform offers
critical support
functions,
various funds.
Exhibit 15: Deutsche Bank Organizational Structure
Deutsche Bank
Private, Wealth and
Commercial Clients
Corporate &
Investment Banking
including compliance, legal, product development,
fund finance and investor relations to the
Asset Management
Global Markets
Active
Alternatives
Passive
Real
Estate
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Infrastructure
Commodities
Private
Equity
Sustainable
Investments
Hedge
Funds
32 As of June 30, 2017.
33 Towers Watson Global Alternatives Survey, July 2013.
34 As of June 30, 2017.
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Deutsche Asset Management
Deutsche Asset Management's infrastructure investment management business
(formerly RREEF Infrastructure) is part of
the Alternatives and Real Assets platform of the Asset Management Division
of Deutsche Bank, one of the largest banks in
the world by total assets.
With over $810 billion in assets under management across all asset
classes35, over 890 institutional clients and more than
3,900 employees36, Deutsche Asset Management is one of the world's leading
investment management institutions, not just
in size, but in quality and breadth of investment products, performance and
client service. Deutsche Asset Management's
footprint is global, with a proven track record in generating strong risk
adjusted returns across the full range of geographies
and investment management products. Deutsche Asset Management is proud of
its long asset management heritage
spanning more than 80 years, and is committed to upholding its reputation as
a leading asset manager through maintaining
strong fiduciary relationships with its clients. Furthermore, Deutsche Asset
Management is a founding member of the U.N.
Global Compact and adopts ESG principles across the platform.
DeAM leverages Deutsche Bank's financial strength and reputation in the
global marketplace, while accessing other areas
of expertise within the bank such as global macroeconomic, regional and
industry research and mergers and advisory
expertise.37
Recent investment management accolades received by DeAM and its subsidiaries
include:
I 2017 North America Asset Manager of the Year38
I 2017 Best Fixed Income Asset Manager39
I 2016 Wealth Manager of the Year40
I 2016 Best Discretionary/Advisory Wealth Manager41
35 As of June 30, 2017.
36 As of June 30, 2017.
37
Subject to applicable law and Deutsche Bank's internal policies and
procedures. Please see Section 13, entitled "Conflicts of Interest", for
information on transactions involving the Issuer and Deutsche Bank.
38 Source: Reactions
39 Source: Insurance Investment Exchange.
40 Source: Financial Times
41 Source: Financial Times
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Exhibit 16 below lists DeAM's assets under management by product type.
DeAM's has extensive experience over time in
fixed income investing across a notable wide range of credit risks.
Exhibit 16: DeAM AuM by Asset Class 42
Fixed Income
Index-Oriented
Equity
Multi-Asset
Alternatives
Cash
11%
11%
9%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
18%
15%
37%
Deutsche Asset Management's sizeable presence in fixed income has enabled
the development of a sophisticated credit
research platform, which is utilized exclusively for the benefit of clients.
The depth of research resources in terms of number
of analysts and years of experiences is very considerable. Resources are
located across all key markets, providing unique
insight across a range of industry sectors and geographies. The strength of
this platform complements the credit and
infrastructure sector expertise of the Portfolio Advisor team and Deutsche
Asset Management Infrastructure, and will be
accessed by the Portfolio Advisor to maximize the Issuer's performance.
42 Source: DeAM as of June 30, 2017.
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Section 10
Transaction Structure
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Exhibit 17 Transaction Structures
Transaction Structure Prior to Refinancing
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Illustrative Transaction Structure Following Potential Refinancing
The Issuer
RIN II Ltd. is an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in
the Cayman Islands, and was established for
the limited purposes of acquiring Collateral Obligations, entering into the
Initial Facility, entering into the intended
Refinancing and engaging in certain related activities and transactions. The
Issuer was incorporated on January 23, 2018 in
the Cayman Islands with registered number 331804 and has an indefinite
existence. The Issuer's registered office is at the
offices of MaplesFS Limited, PO Box 1093, Queensgate House, Grand Cayman
KY1-1102, Cayman Islands, Attention: The
Directors; telephone: (345) 945 7099. The principal business address of the
Issuer and each of the directors of the Issuer is
at the offices of MaplesFS Limited, PO Box 1093, Boundary Hall, Cricket
Square, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman
Islands, Attention: The Directors; telephone: (345) 945 7099. The directors
of the Issuer will be Mora Goddard and Rachel
Fisher. The directors of the Issuer serve as directors of and provide
services to other special purpose entities that issue
collateralized obligations and perform other duties for the Issuer
Administrator. The Issuer will not publish any financial
statements.
Subject to the Articles and the contractual restrictions imposed upon the
Issuer by the applicable Facility, the directors
of the Issuer have the power to borrow on behalf of the Issuer. A director
of the Issuer is not required to own any shares in
the Issuer in order to qualify as a director.
A director of the Issuer (or his alternate director or duly appointed proxy
in his absence) is at liberty to vote in respect of
any contract or transaction in which he is interested; provided that the
nature of the interest of any director or alternate
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director or proxy in any such contract or transaction is disclosed by him or
the alternate director or proxy appointed by him at
or prior to its consideration and any vote on it.
The authorized share capital of the Issuer will consist of (i) 250 ordinary
voting shares, U.S.$1.00 par value per share
(the "Issuer Ordinary Shares") and (ii) 75,000,000 of Preferred Shares, U.S.-
$0.0001 par value per share. All of the Issuer
Ordinary Shares will be issued and will be held by MaplesFS Limited (in such
capacity, the "Share Trustee"), under the
terms of a declaration of trust in favor of charitable purposes. The Issuer
will not have any material assets other than the
Collateral Obligations and certain other eligible assets that it has and
will continue to purchase from time to time. The
Collateral Obligations and such other eligible assets to be purchased by the
Issuer will be pledged to the Security Party as
security for the Issuer's obligations under the applicable Facility,
the PS Purchase Agreement,
the Portfolio Advisory
Agreement, the Portfolio Administration Agreement and the applicable
Facility documentation.
The Co-Issuer
RIN II LLC, a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State
of Delaware, is a special purpose entity
established for the sole purpose of co-issuing the Refinancing Securities in
connection with the Refinancing and will have an
indefinite existence. The Co-Issuer's registered office will be at 251
Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware 19808. The
registered agent of the Co-Issuer located at such address is Corporation
Service Company. The Co-Issuer will have no
substantial assets and will not pledge any assets to secure the Initial
Facility or the Refinancing.
An independent manager for the Co-Issuer will be appointed if it enters into
a Refinancing.
It is anticipated that the Co-Issuer will not be capitalized.
The Initial Facility and the Refinancing Securities will not be obligations
of the Security Party, the Portfolio Advisor, the
Portfolio Administrator, or any of their respective affiliates, the Issuer
Administrator, the Share Trustee or any directors,
managers or officers of the Co-Issuers. The Co-Issuer will not make any
payments of interest or principal on the Initial
Facility or the intended Refinancing.
The Issuer's proposed capitalization and indebtedness, after giving effect
to the issuance and funding of all of the
Preferred Shares offered for purchase on the Preferred Share Issuance Date
and drawing the maximum amount expected
to be available under the Initial Facility in full, is set forth below:
Amount
Initial
Facility
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Total
Debt
Issuer Ordinary
Shares
Preferred
Shares
Retained Earnings
Total
Equity
Total
Capitalization
(1) Figures assume that Preferred Shares are fully drawn.
(2) Unaudited.
The Co-Issuer will not be party to the Initial Facility and will have no
other liabilities other than the Refinancing
Securities issued in connection with the intended Refinancing.
Business of the Co-Issuers
The Issuer's Articles describe the objects of the Issuer, which include the
activities to be carried out by the Issuer in
connection with the Initial Facility and the intended Refinancing. The Co-
Issuer's limited liability company agreement will
describe the objects of the Co-Issuer, which will include the activities to
be carried out by the Co-Issuer in connection with
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$[425,000,000]
$[425,000,000]
$[250]
$[75,000,000]1)
$[75,000,250]
$500,000,250 (2)
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the intended Refinancing. The Co-Issuers have not issued securities prior to
the date of this Memorandum and have not
listed any securities on any exchange. The Issuer will not undertake any
activities other than entering into the Initial Facility
and the intended Refinancing, making payments or distributions on the
Initial Facility and Preferred Shares, issuing any
additional debt or Preferred Shares pursuant to the Transaction Agreements,
performing its other obligations under the
Transaction Agreements to which the Issuer is a party, executing a
Refinancing and other activities incidental thereto,
forming the Co-Issuer, acquiring, holding, selling, exchanging, redeeming
and pledging, solely for its own account, Collateral
Obligations and Eligible Investments, acquiring, holding, selling,
exchanging, and entering into any agreements (including
any Hedge Agreements) that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in
connection with a Refinancing including
entering into amendments to (or replacements of) the Transaction Agreements
to which it is a party and other activities
incidental thereto.
The Co-Issuer shall not engage in any business or activity other than
executing a Refinancing and other activities
incidental thereto, including entering into amendments to (or replacements
of) the Initial Facility, the intended Refinancing
and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and other
activities incidental thereto. Neither of the Co-Issuers
will have any subsidiaries. In general, subject to the credit quality and
diversity of the Collateral Obligations and general
market conditions and the need (in the judgment of the Portfolio Advisor) to
satisfy the Coverage Tests, the Concentration
Limitations and the Collateral Quality Tests or to obtain funds for the
redemption or payment of the Facilities, the Issuer will
own its Assets and will receive payments of interest and principal on the
Collateral Obligations and Eligible Investments as
the principal source of its income. The ability to purchase additional
Collateral Obligations and sell Collateral Obligations
prior to maturity is subject to significant restrictions under the Initial
Facility and will be subject to similar restrictions under
the Refinancing. See Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms".
Administration
MaplesFS Limited acts as the administrator of the Issuer (in such capacity,
the "Issuer Administrator"). The office of
the Issuer Administrator serves as the general business office of the
Issuer. Through such office, and pursuant to the terms
of an Administration Agreement entered into between the Issuer and the
Issuer Administrator (the "Issuer Administration
Agreement"), the Issuer Administrator performs in the Cayman Islands, or
such other jurisdiction as may be agreed by the
parties from time to time, various management functions on behalf of the
Issuer, and provides certain clerical, administrative
and other services until termination of the Issuer Administration Agreement.
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The Issuer and the Issuer Administrator entered
into a registered office agreement (the "Issuer Registered Office
Agreement") for the provision of registered office facilities
to the Issuer. In consideration of the foregoing, the Issuer Administrator
will receive various fees payable by the Issuer at
rates agreed upon from time to time, plus expenses. The terms of the Issuer
Administration Agreement and the Issuer
Registered Office Agreement provide that either the Issuer or the Issuer
Administrator may terminate the applicable
agreements upon the occurrence of certain stated events, including any
breach by the other party of its obligations under
such agreements. In addition, the Issuer Administration Agreement and the
Issuer Registered Office Agreement provide that
either party to the applicable agreement shall be entitled to terminate such
agreement by giving at least three months' notice
in writing to the other party thereto.
The Issuer Administrator is subject to the overview of the Issuer's Board of
Directors.
The principal office of the Issuer Administrator is PO Box 1093, Boundary
Hall, Cricket Square, Grand Cayman, KY11102,
Cayman Islands.
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Section 11
Summary of Principal Terms
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PARTICIPANTS
Issuer
RIN II Ltd., an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in
the Cayman Islands, as borrower under the Initial Facility and as
issuer (the "Issuer") of the Preferred Shares. The Issuer will issue
250 ordinary shares for nominal consideration to a trust held for
charitable purposes and will
intend to issue up to $[75] million in
initial Preferred Shares (of which up to DO million will be funded
initially). The Issuer has been established as a limited-purpose,
bankruptcy-remote entity. See Section 10, "Transaction Structure".
Co-Issuer
RIN II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as co-issuer (the
"Co-Issuer") of the Refinancing. The Co-Issuer has been formed for
the sole purpose of co-issuing the Refinancing. The Co-Issuer has
been established as a special purpose, bankruptcy-remote entity and
will
issue membership interests
Facility
Initial Facility
consideration. See Section 10, "Transaction Structure".
The Initial Facility or the Refinancing, as applicable.
The Senior Facility and Mezzanine Facility provided pursuant to the
Initial Facility Agreement to be entered into by the Issuer, the Initial
Facility Lenders, the Portfolio Advisor and the Security Party that will
provide the Issuer with financing to purchase Collateral Obligations
before it executes a Refinancing.
Initial Facility Lenders
Barclays (95%), as initial majority Senior Lender and initial majority
Mezzanine Lender, and Deutsche Bank (5%), as sole initial Minority
Facility Lender and Minority Mezzanine Lender, under the Initial
Facility (collectively, the "Initial Facility Lenders").
Preferred Share Purchasers
One or more investors not affiliated with the Portfolio Advisor or any
of its affiliates, except that a portion of the Preferred Shares will be
held by the Retention Holder in order to comply with (i) the Initial
Facility Agreement and (ii) the US and EU Risk Retention Rules with
respect to Refinancing to the extent applicable.
Portfolio Advisor
Security Party
RREEF America L.L.C., as
Advisor").
portfolio advisor (the "Portfolio
U.S. Bank National Association ("US Bank"), as Security Agent (the
"Security Agent") for the Initial Facility Lenders under the Initial
Facility and as Trustee (the "Trustee") for the noteholders under the
intended Refinancing. The Security Party will be required to be a
to the Issuer for nominal
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financial institution that is not an affiliate of the Portfolio Advisor or
any of its affiliates.
Portfolio Administrator and Portfolio Information
Agent
US Bank will act
as portfolio
administrator
(the "Portfolio
Administrator") to the Issuer pursuant to the Portfolio Administration
Agreement. US Bank will also act as the Portfolio Information Agent
to the Issuer with respect to the provision of certain administrative,
calculation and reporting services.
Independent Accountants
PREFERRED SHARES
Form
[Ernst & Young LLP] or other nationally recognized audit firm.
The Issuer intends to issue Preferred Shares pursuant to the Issuer's
Articles, the PS Purchase Agreement and the PS Issuing and Paying
Agency Agreement. The Preferred Shares will be available for
purchase, upon initial issuance or any transfer, in minimum amounts
of 1,000,000 shares. Fractional Preferred Shares may be issued
above this amount.
The Preferred Shares will be issued in
certificated form or in uncertificated form if so requested by a
Preferred Shareholder in accordance with the PS Issuing and Paying
Agency Agreement.
Preferred Share Commitment
Initially, an amount up to $[.] (as such amount may be increased or
decreased
following
the
Preferred
Share Issuance Date in
accordance with the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement and
the PS Purchase Agreement,
the "Aggregate Capital
Commitment") during the term of the Initial Facility. Each Preferred
Share Purchaser shall be obligated to contribute, in whole or in part,
in respect of the Aggregate Capital Commitment evidenced thereby,
when and as requested as described below. The Issuer may require
Contributions in respect of the Aggregate Capital Commitment for
any reason at any time on and after the Preferred Share Issuance
Date until the Aggregate Capital Commitment is fully drawn or any
earlier redemption of the Preferred Shares occurs pursuant to the
Issuer's Articles and the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Aggregate Capital Commitment
will be fully drawn in connection with the closing of the Refinancing.
Allocation of Issuer Expenses
The Issuer (or the Portfolio Advisor on behalf of the Issuer) will have
the right and the obligation to allocate the Issuer Organizational
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Expenses among the Preferred Share Purchasers, including among
Investors that become Preferred Share Purchasers after the original
Preferred Share Issuance Date, pursuant to the terms of the PS
Purchase Agreement.
Capital Calls
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Each Preferred Share Purchaser will be required to make capital
contributions and purchases of Preferred Shares ("Contributions")
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with respect
to its share of the Aggregate Capital Commitment as
requested by the Issuer upon not less than 5 Business Days' notice
pursuant to a preferred share purchase agreement, dated as of [.],
2018 (the "PS Purchase Agreement"), among the Issuer, each
Preferred Share Purchaser party thereto, and the Preferred Share
Agent. Sufficiency
of Contributions (and compliance with the
conditions precedent to funding under the Initial Facility) will be a
condition to any further funding of the Initial Facility. It is expected
that capital calls will be made in order to maintain sufficient collateral
for increased borrowings under the Initial Facility.
Under the PS Purchase Agreement, the obligations of each Preferred
Share Purchaser to make a Contribution on the occasion of any
capital call by the Issuer will be subject to satisfaction or waiver of the
following conditions:
a capital
received
Agreement,
(i) the Preferred Share Agent shall have
call notice; (ii) each
of
the Preferred Share
Issuing
the PS Purchase
and Paying Agency
Agreement and the Articles shall be in full force and effect; (iii) the
Contribution to be made pursuant to the capital call shall not, when
aggregated with all prior Contributions made, exceed such Preferred
Share Purchaser's portion of the Aggregate Capital Commitment;
and (iv) the appropriate number of Preferred Shares are being issued
to each Preferred Share Purchaser in connection with such capital
call. Prior to the Refinancing, the Issuer may make capital calls for
any reason, provided that the proceeds of such Contributions are
used in accordance with the Initial Facility and the applicable
provisions of the PS Purchase Agreement.
Contributions, together with other available cash resources of the
Issuer, will be required to fund the purchase of any further Collateral
Obligations by the Issuer, or any of the Issuer's expenses,
to the
extent not funded by the Initial Facility in accordance with its terms
and the terms of the other Transaction Agreements and other
amounts available to the Issuer from collections on or in respect of its
Assets.
There will no further capital calls following the issuance of the
Refinancing.
Issuer Organizational Expenses
Under the terms of the PS Purchase Agreement, (i) each Preferred
Share Purchaser is obligated to pay its pro rata share of the Issuer
Organizational Expenses (for such Preferred Share Purchaser,
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its
"Pro Rata Share of Issuer Expenses") based on the Capital
Commitment of such Preferred Share Purchaser in relation to the
Aggregate Capital Commitment of all Preferred Share Purchasers
and (ii)
for purposes of allocating Issuer Organizational Expenses
across all Preferred Share Purchasers, the Issuer (acting through the
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Portfolio Advisor) shall have the right and obligation to re-allocate the
burden of the aggregate Issuer Organizational Expenses so that
each Preferred Share Purchaser bears its Pro Rata Share of Issuer
Expenses and, by notice to each applicable Preferred Share
Purchaser, require and demand that such Preferred Share Purchaser
make one or more payments of funds to the Issuer (apart
funding Contributions in respect
from
of
its Capital Commitment) to
achieve such re-allocation. Such re-allocation may, at the discretion
of the Issuer (acting through the Portfolio Advisor), take the form of
requiring that any Preferred Share Purchaser make a cash payment
to the Issuer for deposit into an Issuer Organizational Expense
account established pursuant to the PS Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement
additional to any other amount to be paid by it
(the "Issuer Organizational Expense Account"),
for any Preferred
Shares to be purchased by it, for application to the Issuer's payment
of Issuer Organizational Expenses or for reimbursement by the
Issuer to the Portfolio Advisor or one or more Preferred Share
Purchasers for prior incurrences of Issuer Organizational Expenses
by them or such re-allocation may take such other form as is
reasonably designed by the Issuer (acting through the Portfolio
Advisor) to accomplish such proration without undue disruption of the
assets of the Issuer.
Distributions will be made by the PS Issuing
and Paying Agent from the Issuer Organizational Expense Account in
accordance with the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement to
the extent
funds are available. The total
Issuer Organizational
Expenses are capped at a maximum of $[o]. It is expected that each
purchaser of Preferred Shares will be required to pay its Pro Rata
Share of the Issuer Organizational Expenses concurrent with its
investment in the Preferred Shares.
Non-Funding by Preferred Share Purchasers
If a Preferred Share Purchaser fails to pay in full any Contribution
required to be made in respect of its portion of the Aggregate Capital
Commitment or any cash payment required to be made under the PS
Purchase Agreement,
the Issuer (or the Portfolio Advisor on its
behalf) may take certain actions specified in the PS Purchase
Agreement, including, without limitation, requiring that the defaulting
Preferred Share Purchaser transfer and sell its Capital Commitment
and all
of the Preferred Shares held by such Preferred Share
Purchaser to one or more other investors at such price as the Issuer
(or the Portfolio Advisor on behalf of the Issuer) may determine (net
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of any fees and expenses of the Issuer in connection therewith), or
requiring that such Preferred Share be redeemed by the Issuer for a
price equal to 75% of the then-current value of such Preferred
Shares as determined by the Issuer (or the Portfolio Advisor on
behalf of the Issuer), acting in its sole discretion, and cancel or
transfer such Preferred Share Purchaser's unfunded portion of the
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Aggregate Capital Commitment.
Distributions
The Preferred Shares will not be entitled to dividend payments at a
stated rate. Instead, distributions will be made on the Preferred
Shares on each Payment Date (other than on the date of redemption
of the Preferred Shares) to the extent of amounts (if any) available
pursuant to the Priority of Payments and in accordance with the PS
Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement. Cash distributions to the
Preferred Shareholders will be made in U.S.
dollars,
unless
exchange, control, tax, legal or regulatory considerations otherwise
require.
Subordination
The Preferred Shares are subordinated and junior in rights of
payment to the Initial Facility and to the payment on each Payment
Date of all other amounts due from the Issuer or the Co-Issuer under
the Transaction Agreements to which the Issuer or the Co-Issuer will
be parties,
expenses
including (without limitation) commercially reasonable
of the Co-Issuers,
payments
due to any Hedge
Counterparty and commercially reasonable fees and expenses of the
Security Party and the Portfolio Advisor. See "Summary of Terms —
Priority of Payments".
Redemption
Preferred Shares will be redeemable at the request of the Preferred
Share Purchaser. Following any complete liquidation of the Issuer's
Assets, Redemption of the Facility and payment
of
all
obligations of the Co-Issuers, in circumstances of an Event of Default
under the applicable Facility
documentation or otherwise,
the
Preferred Shares will be subject to redemption in whole, subject to
the availability of funds therefor pursuant to the Priority of Payments.
In the case of a Refinancing, the Preferred Shares will not be
redeemed but instead will remain outstanding in accordance with the
terms of the Refinancing.
Purchase Restrictions
The Preferred Shares will be subject to restrictions on transfer and
will be permitted to be offered, sold or otherwise Transferred solely to
investors that are (i) QIBs or (ii) Accredited Investors that are in each
case also Qualified Purchasers. The Preferred Shares will be offered
and sold outside of the US under the exemption provided by
Regulation S under the Securities Act. The aggregate amount of
Preferred Shares held at any time by Benefit Plan Investors subject
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to ERISA must be less than 25% of the aggregate amount of all
Preferred Shares. Any transfer of Preferred Shares is required to
include
the corresponding proportionate
amount
of
any
unfunded commitment relating to such Preferred Shares under
the PS Purchase Agreement.
Voting Restrictions
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deemed not to be outstanding with respect to a vote (or other right to
approve, consent, waive or direct) to (i) terminate the Portfolio
Advisory Agreement or remove the Portfolio Advisor, in each case,
pursuant to the Portfolio Advisory Agreement (other than pursuant to
a key person event as defined therein), and (ii) waive an event
described in the Portfolio Advisory Agreement as a basis for
termination of the Portfolio Advisory Agreement and removal of the
Portfolio Advisor. The Voting-Restricted Preferred Shares have
voting rights with respect to all other matters as to which Preferred
Shareholders are entitled to vote as specified in the Transaction
Agreements.
Additional Preferred Shares
Subject
to the consent of the Portfolio Advisor but without the
approval of any Preferred Shareholder (except as provided below),
the Issuer may, at any time or from time to time after the Preferred
Share Issuance Date, increase the Aggregate Capital Commitment
and issue Preferred Shares additional to the Preferred Shares to any
Preferred Share Purchasers on the Preferred Share Issuance Date
or to any other purchaser that, with the approval of the Issuer,
becomes a party to and agrees to be bound by the PS Purchase
Agreement as an additional Preferred Share Purchaser thereunder;
provided that if such additional issuance would result in the Initial
Majority Preferred Shareholders ceasing to be the Majority Preferred
Shareholders, the Initial Majority Preferred Shareholders shall have
consented to such admittance prior to (and as a condition to) giving
effect
to such admittance. The issue price of such Additional
Preferred Shares at the time of issuance of the Additional Preferred
Shares will be determined in accordance with the PS Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement.
Use of Proceeds
The proceeds of the Contributions of Preferred Shares and any
Additional Preferred Shares, net of expenses, will be applied by the
Issuer to further acquisitions of Collateral Obligations (and, pending
such application, Eligible Investments).
Intended Refinancing
The Initial Facility is expected to be redeemed with the proceeds
from the issuance of
rated tranched Refinancing Securities in
connection with a Refinancing. The Portfolio Advisor will negotiate
the terms of any Refinancing on behalf of the Issuer and the Colssuers
may enter into any such Refinancing whose terms are
approved by the Majority Preferred Shareholders and the Portfolio
Advisor.
Asset Sourcing
The Issuer, acting through the Portfolio Advisor, is expected to also
continue to source Collateral Obligations through third-party issuers,
originators and dealers unaffiliated with the Issuer,
the Portfolio
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any Preferred Shareholder or Preferred Share Purchaser, and may
acquire Collateral Obligations from or through an Initial Facility
Lender or one or more of its affiliates.
PORTFOLIO ADVISOR
TAX MATTERS
Tax Treatment
RREEF America L.L.C. will provide portfolio advisory and related
services to the Issuer pursuant to the Portfolio Advisory Agreement.
The Issuer will be treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. See Section 14, "Certain Legal, ERISA and
Tax Matters—Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations".
ADDITIONAL MATTERS
Documentation
Documentation (apart from the constituent documents of the Issuer
and the Co-Issuer) will be New York law-governed and includes the
Transaction Agreements and additional
agreements
termination and refinancing upon any Refinancing.
Confidentiality
Subject
to the limited circumstances described in Transaction
Agreements, each holder of the Initial Facility, Preferred Share
Purchasers and Preferred Shareholders will not be permitted to
disclose the terms of, or information in, any Transaction Agreement
and the information contained in any report that it receives (including
the Collateral Obligation information therein) to any
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the
definitive documentation, all persons may disclose to any persons,
without limitation of any kind, the U.S. federal income tax treatment
of the transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions
or other tax analyses) relating to such U.S.
treatment, or as otherwise may be required by any applicable laws
and regulations or as may be requested by any governmental
agency.
INITIAL FACILITY
Form
relating to
person.
federal income tax
The Senior Facility and Mezzanine Facility are provided pursuant to a
credit agreement (the "Initial Facility Agreement"), dated as of the
Initial Facility Closing Date, among the Issuer, the Senior Lenders,
the Mezzanine Lenders, the Facility Agent, the Security Agent and
the Portfolio Advisor.
THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INITIAL FACILITY HEREIN IS BASED
ON THE INIITAL TERM SHEET, AND THE FINAL FACILITY
TERMS
IS SUBJECT TO
DOCUMENTATION.
NEGOTIATION OF FINAL
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PARTIES
Borrower
RIN II Ltd. or the Issuer.
Initial Senior Lenders
Initial Mezzanine Lenders
Facility Agent
Security Agent
Instructing Party
Barclays Bank PLC (95%) and Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Branch
(5%).
Barclays Bank PLC (95%) and Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Branch
(5%).
Barclays
US Bank
(a) Senior Lenders together holding more than 50% of the
Outstanding Senior Funding Amount until each such Lender has
been paid in full, then (b) Mezzanine Lenders together holding more
than 50% of the Outstanding Mezzanine Funding Amount until each
such Lender has been paid in full.
LOANS UNDER THE INITIAL FACILITY
Senior Funding Commitment and Mezzanine
Funding Commitment
Subject and pursuant to the Covenant Matrix set forth in Schedule
(the "Covenant Matrix"), the following loan facilities will be provided
to the Issuer by the Senior Lenders and Mezzanine Lenders in the
aggregate:
(a) USD [168,425,000], pre-pricing
(b) USD [463,168,750], post-pricing
and following the Post Rating Upsize Event:
(i) USD [252,635,000], pre-pricing
(ii) USD [463,168,750], post-pricing.
Required Preferred Share Capital Contribution Subject and pursuant to the
Covenant Matrix, up to $[42,106,250]
and following the Post Rating Upsize Event, up to $[63,158,750].
Post Rating Upsize Event
Upon assignment of the final
rating to the Senior Facility and
Mezzanine Facility by a recognized rating agency the facilities could
be increased subject
to the Initial Facility Agreement. The cost
in
relation to obtaining the ratings of the Senior Facility and Mezzanine
Facility will be paid by Barclays.
Loans Provided by the Initial Facility Agreement The senior loan (the
"Senior Facility") provided by the senior
lenders (the "Senior Lenders") and the mezzanine loan (the
"Mezzanine Facility") provided by the mezzanine lenders (the
"Mezzanine Lenders"), in each case, as documented in the Initial
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Facility Agreement.
Senior Funding Amount
Each amount drawn by the Issuer under the Senior Facility (plus any
due and unpaid Senior Base Interest Amount) with respect
prior Payment Date.
Outstanding Senior Funding Amount
Mezzanine Funding Amount
As of any date of determination, the sum of all unpaid Senior Funding
Amounts.
Each amount drawn by the Issuer under the Mezzanine Facility (plus
any due and unpaid Mezzanine Base Interest Amount with respect to
any prior Payment Date).
Outstanding Mezzanine Funding Amount
Conditions Precedent
for Senior and
Mezzanine Funding Amounts
As of any date of determination, the sum of all unpaid Mezzanine
Funding Amounts.
The Issuer (or the Portfolio Advisor on behalf of the Issuer) may
request a Senior Funding Amount or Mezzanine Funding Amount (as
applicable) to enable it
collateral obligations.
Funding Amount will be required to be advanced if:
(a) immediately after such drawing, (i) the aggregate of all
Outstanding Senior Funding Amounts would exceed the Senior
Funding Commitment
or
(ii)
the aggregate of all
outstanding
Mezzanine Funding Amounts would exceed the Mezzanine Funding
Commitment;
(b) any Purchase Condition was not satisfied when the Committed
Purchases were entered into on behalf of the Issuer;
(c) such drawing is not in accordance with the Covenant Matrix and
requirements of the Initial Facility Agreement;
(d) the
drawing
is
not
being made
acquisition of Collateral Obligations;
(e) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would
result immediately after giving effect to the proposed drawing or
acquisition; or
(f)
Rating Agency
a Material Adverse Change with respect to the Portfolio Advisor
has occurred and is continuing.
It is expected that the loan facilities provided by the Senior Lenders
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and Mezzanine Lenders may be rated by a nationally recognized
rating agency.
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in
conjunction with
the
to any
to settle the purchase of one or more
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Senior Facility and the Mezzanine Facility while they are outstanding.
RAMP-UP AND MATURITY OF THE INITIAL
FACILITY
Initial Facility Closing Date
Ramp-Up Period End Date
The date on which the Initial Facility Agreement is executed.
The date that is the earliest of:
(a) the Scheduled Ramp-Up Period End Date;
(b) the date on which an Event of Default has occurred;
(c) the date on which the Engagement Letter is terminated; and
(d) any MV Event Date,
provided that following the pricing of the Refinancing Securities, the
Ramp-Up Period End Date will be extended to the Scheduled
Refinancing Closing Date in connection with such pricing.
Scheduled Ramp-Up Period End Date
The date falling 18 months after the first date on which the Borrower
enters into a binding commitment to purchase a Collateral Obligation
or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business
Day; provided that if the Refinancing Pricing Date occurs on or prior
to the date referenced above, the Scheduled Ramp-Up Period End
Date will be the Scheduled Refinancing Closing Date.
Ramp-Up Period
The period:
(a) from and including the Initial Facility Closing Date to but
excluding the Ramp-Up Period End Date (such Ramp-Up
Period End Date, a "MV Ramp-Up End Date"); provided that if
the Ramp-Up Period has ended pursuant to clause (iv) of the
definition of "Ramp-Up Period End Date" and an MV Trigger
Cure occurs prior to the Scheduled Ramp-Up Period End Date,
the Ramp-Up Period shall be reinstated; and
(b) if
the Refinancing Pricing Date occurs after Ramp-Up Period
End Date, the period from and including the Refinancing Pricing
Date to but excluding the Scheduled Refinancing Closing Date.
Maturity Date
The earliest to occur of:
(a) the Refinancing Closing Date;
(b) the Scheduled Maturity Date; and
(c) the Business Day following the date on which the Issuer has
received final payment on the last Asset to be disposed of.
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Optional Early Maturity Date
A Business Day that
is designated as such in writing by the
Instructing Party after the earlier of:
(a) the [6] month anniversary of the Ramp-Up Period End Date;
and
(b) 24 months from the Initial Facility Closing Date.44
Scheduled Maturity Date
Optional Principal Prepayment
[9.0] years after the Initial Facility Closing Date.
Prior to the Maturity Date the Issuer may, without penalty or
premium, upon five Business Days' notice to the Lenders, prepay all
or a portion of the Outstanding Senior Funding Amount and/or
Outstanding Mezzanine Funding Amount in a minimum prepayment
amount of the lesser of (X) $[•] and (y) the Outstanding Senior
Funding Amount and/or
Amount, as applicable.
the Outstanding Mezzanine
Refinancing Closing Date
Funding
The date on which the Issuer issues the Refinancing Securities. The
Preferred Shares will remain outstanding when the Refinancing is
executed and will not receive any redemption or other payment in
connection with the Refinancing.
OVERCOLLATERALIZATION
MV Event Date
The [sixth] Business Day after the Issuer and Portfolio Advisor is
provided notice of the occurrence of a MV Trigger Failure unless, on
or before close of business on the Business Day immediately
preceding such [sixth] Business Day, (i) MV Trigger Cure has
occurred or (ii) the Refinancing Pricing Date occurs.
MV Trigger Failure
MV Trigger Cure
MV Ratio
The MV Ratio falls below [113.0]% on any Business Day.
An MV Trigger Failure will be cured when the MV Ratio is at least
[114.0]%
Means the ratio, calculated on any Business Day prior to the
Refinancing Pricing Date or, if earlier, the Ramp-up Period End Date,
by the Portfolio Administrator (at the direction of the Facility Agent),
obtained by dividing:
(a) the amount equal to the aggregate Market Value of the
Collateral Obligations, including Collateral Obligations that
the Issuer has entered into a binding commitment
to
acquire and which have not yet settled, and the aggregate
Principal Balance of Eligible Investments purchased with
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Principal Proceeds by
(b) the Senior Funding Amount plus the Mezzanine Funding
Amount (plus the Senior Funding and Mezzanine Funding
that will be needed to fund committed purchases).
MV Equity Distribution Test
Market Value
A test that will be satisfied if the MV Ratio as of such date is at-least
[113.0]%.
Market value, as of any date of determination (calculated on a trade
date basis), with respect
accrued and unpaid interest
thereon,
of
Obligation as determined by the Portfolio Advisor using the
methodology set out below:
(a)
(b)
the bid side quote provided by at least one Eligible
Dealer; provided that,
indication; or
such quote is with a size
if the Market Value cannot be determined under clause
(a), (x) the average of three bid-side quotes obtained
from Eligible Dealers or (y) if only two such bids can be
obtained, the average of the bid-side quotes of such two
bids; or
(c)
if
the Market Value cannot be determined using
clauses (a) or (b), unless such Collateral Obligation is a
Defaulted Obligation or a Deferring Obligation, with the
approval of the Facility Agent (not to be unreasonably
withheld), the market value determined by the Portfolio
Advisor on a Mark-to-Model Basis using commercially
reasonable efforts;
(d)
except as set forth below in the proviso below,
if the
Market Value cannot be determined under clause (a),
(b) or (c),
then the Market Value determined by the
Facility Agent in its commercially reasonable discretion
and notified to the Portfolio Advisor;
provided that
(i) any determination of Market Value made by the Facility
Agent or quote provided by Barclays as an Eligible Dealer shall
not be less than the market value (if any) at which the Facility
Agent has marked such loan for its internal purposes or for
another credit facility for which it is acting as facility agent and
has determined the market value thereof;
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(ii) the Market Value of each Defaulted Obligation shall be the
lesser of (x) the Market Value determined in accordance with
clauses (a) through (d) above and [(y) the Moody's Recovery
Amount
in
respect
principal amount
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thereof; provided that,
of Collateral Obligations
the
aggregate
for which the
Borrower has determined the Market Value pursuant to the
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to each Collateral Obligation, means the
market value (expressed as an amount in U.S Dollars), exclusive of
any
such Collateral
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proviso to this clause (ii) as of such date of determination shall
not exceed 7.5% of the Anticipated Refinancing Transaction
Amount; and]
[(iii) subject
to clause (ii) above, the Market Value of each
Ineligible Obligation shall be zero; provided that the Market
Value each Collateral Obligation that would satisfy the Eligibility
Criteria but for the fact
that
the Moody's Rating thereof was
downgraded to "Caal" or "Caa2" after the date of acquisition
thereof may be as determined without
clause (iii) (provided that,
giving effect
to this
the aggregate principal amount of
Collateral Obligations for which the Borrower has determined
the Market Value pursuant to the proviso to this clause (iii) as of
such date of determination shall not exceed 12.5% of the
Anticipated Refinancing Transaction Amount).]
Mark-to-Model Basis
The method of determination by the Portfolio Advisor of the Market
Value of a Collateral Obligation by using reference assets that are
loans with Obligors, credit metrics, tenor, rate and contractual lender
protection that are (in each case) comparable to such asset in the
Portfolio Advisor's sole judgment; provided that the Facility Agent can
request
and
INTEREST
Senior Base Interest Amount
the Portfolio Advisor
shall
provide
all
relevant
information which was used in determination of such Market Value.
The product of (i) the Senior Base Interest Rate and (ii) the principal
amount outstanding (including any Senior Base Interest Amount for a
prior Interest Period that remains unpaid) on the related Senior
Funding Amount on such day divided by 360.
Senior Base Interest Rate
Senior Additional Interest Amount
3 month LIBOR + [1.20]% per annum.
With respect to any Interest Period after the Ramp-Up Period End
Date, the sum of the following amounts calculated by the Facility
Agent:
for each day, the product of (i) the Additional Margin and (ii)
the principal amount outstanding (including any Senior Base Interest
Amount for a prior Interest Period that remains unpaid) on the related
Senior Funding Amount on such day divided by 360; provided that no
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Additional Margin will accrue after the Refinancing Pricing Date.
Mezzanine Base Interest Amount
The product of (i) the Mezzanine Base Interest Rate and (ii) the
principal amount outstanding (including any Mezzanine Base Interest
Amount for a prior Interest Period that remains unpaid) on the related
Mezzanine Funding Amount on such day divided by 360.
Mezzanine Base Interest Rate
Mezzanine Additional Interest Amount
3 month LIBOR + [1.20]% per annum.
With respect to any Interest Period after the Ramp-Up Period End
Date, the sum of the following amounts: for each day, the product of
(i) the Additional Margin and (ii) the principal amount outstanding
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(including any Mezzanine Base Interest Amount for a prior Interest
Period that remains unpaid) on the related Mezzanine Funding
Amount on such day divided by 360; provided that no Additional
Margin will accrue after the Refinancing Pricing Date.
Additional Margin
Payment Date
[0.75]% per annum.
(a) The Ramp-Up Period End Date; and
(b) (i) each Distribution Date, (ii) the Maturity Date and (iii) any
Business Day designated by Instructing Party with at least two
Business Days' notice following an Acceleration Date or
Optional Early Maturity Date.
Distribution Date
On the [6] months anniversary from the Initial Facility Closing Date
(assuming no Ramp-Up Period End Date before then) and quarterly
thereafter until the Ramp-Up Period End Date; provided that for any
Ramp-Up Period that occurs after the occurrence of a MV Event
Date, the quarterly distribution dates related to such period will begin
on the 3 month anniversary of such Ramp-Up Period and run
quarterly until the end of such Ramp-Up Period.
Senior Additional Payment Amount
As
of
any
date
of
determination,
any
tax payments
and
indemnification claimed by the Senior Lenders against the Issuer, in
each case, payable to the Senior Lenders as of such date.
Mezzanine Additional Payment Amount
As
of
any
date
of
determination,
any
tax payments
indemnification claimed by the Mezzanine Lenders against
and
the
Issuer, in each case, payable to the Mezzanine Lenders as of such
date.
PAYMENT WATERFALL
Order of Priority of Payments on each Payment
Date Other than the Refinancing Closing Date
(a) On each Payment Date (other than the Refinancing Closing
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Date), with respect to Interest Proceeds:
FIRST,
to pay all
taxes (if any) and applicable governmental
and registered office fees (if any) applicable to the Issuer;
SECOND,
Agent, PS Issuing and Paying Agent and
to pay the Expenses Amount due to the Security
the Portfolio
Administrator provided that the sum of such payments together
with payments under clause (a)(THIRD) below do not exceed
the Expenses Amount Cap on such Payment Date;
THIRD,
to pay (x) first, on a pari passu basis the Expenses
Amount due to the Facility Agent and the Portfolio Advisor, and
the fees due to the directors of the Issuer and to the Issuer
Administrator, and any tax payable thereto, together with any
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reasonable legal and facility set-up fees and any tax payable
thereto, and any amount by way of indemnity due to any of
them and (y) second, any other expenses of the Borrower,
provided that the sum of such payments together with payments
under clause (a)(SECOND) above do not exceed the Expenses
Amount Cap on such Payment Date;
FOURTH, to pay any accrued and unpaid Senior Base Interest
Amount and Senior Additional Payment Amount to the Senior
Lenders;
FIFTH, to pay any accrued and unpaid Mezzanine Base Interest
Amount and Mezzanine Additional Payment Amount to the
Mezzanine Lenders;
SIXTH,
to pay any accrued and unpaid Senior Additional
Interest Amount to the Senior Lenders;
SEVENTH,
to pay any
to
pay
any amounts
accrued and unpaid Mezzanine
Additional Interest Amount to the Mezzanine Lenders;
EIGHTH,
not paid
under
clauses
(a)(SECOND) and (a)(THIRD) above on a pari passu basis to
(x) the Security Agent, the Portfolio Administrator, and (y) then
to the Facility Agent and (z) then to the Issuer Administrator and
the directors of the Issuer (as applicable);
NINTH, to pay any accrued and unpaid Advisory Fees;
TENTH, to pay any accrued and unpaid Issuer Organizational
Expenses as directed by the Portfolio Administrator; and
ELEVENTH, (x) if the MV Equity Distribution Test is satisfied, all
remaining Interest Proceeds to the PS Issuing and Paying
Agent for distribution to the Preferred Shareholders (including
for the payment of Issuer Organizational Expenses otherwise
required to be paid by the Preferred Shareholders directly) in
accordance with the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement
and (y) otherwise, to remain in the interest account as provided
in the Initial Facility Agreement;
(b) On a Payment Date (other than the Refinancing Closing Date)
with respect to Principal Proceeds in the following order:
FIRST,
to pay all
taxes (if any) and applicable governmental
and registered office fees (if any) applicable to the Issuer;
SECOND, to pay the Expenses Amounts and any amount by
way of indemnity or reimbursement claimed in writing and due
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to the Security Agent and the Portfolio Administrator, provided
that the sum of such payments together with payments under
clause (b)(THIRD) below do not exceed the Expenses Amount
Cap on such Payment Date;
THIRD,
to pay (x) first, on a pari passu basis Expenses
Amounts due to the Facility Agent and the Portfolio Advisor in
accordance with the Initial Facility Agreement and the fees due
to the directors of the Issuer and to the Issuer Administrator,
together with any reasonable legal and warehouse set-up fees
and any tax payable thereto, and any amount by way of
indemnity due to any of them and (y) second, any other
expenses of the Issuer; provided that the sum of such payments
together with payments under clause (b)(SECOND) above do
not exceed the Expenses Amount Cap on such Payment Date;
FOURTH, to pay any accrued and unpaid Senior Base Interest
Amount and Senior Additional Payment Amount to the Senior
Lenders;
FIFTH, to pay any accrued and unpaid Mezzanine Base Interest
Amount and Mezzanine Additional Payment Amount to the
Mezzanine Lenders;
SIXTH, during the Ramp-Up Period, at
the direction of the
Portfolio Advisor, remaining amounts to remain in the principal
account provided for in the Initial Facility Agreement;
SEVENTH, to pay any Outstanding Senior Funding Amount to
the Senior Lenders;
EIGHTH, to pay any Outstanding Mezzanine Funding Amount
to the Mezzanine Lenders;
NINTH,
to pay any accrued and unpaid Senior Additional
Interest Amount to the Senior Lenders;
TENTH, to pay any accrued and unpaid Mezzanine Additional
Interest Amount to the Mezzanine Lenders;
ELEVENTH, to pay any amounts not
paid under clauses
(b)(SECOND) and (b)(THIRD) above to the Security Agent and
the Portfolio Administrator, and thereafter to the Facility Agent,
the Portfolio Advisor, the Issuer Administrator and the directors
of the Issuer (as applicable) on a pari passu basis;
TWELFTH, to pay any accrued and unpaid Advisory Fees; and
THIRTEENTH,
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Organizational Expenses as directed by the Portfolio Advisor;
FOURTEENTH,
of
to pay any amounts remaining to the PS
Issuing and Paying Agent for distribution to the Preferred
Shareholders (including for the payment
Issuer
Organizational Expenses otherwise required to be paid by the
Preferred Shareholders directly).
Order of Priority of Payments on the
Refinancing Closing Date
The Refinancing Proceeds shall be applied on the Refinancing
Closing Date in the following order (the "Priority of Payments"):
(a) to pay to the Senior Lenders the Aggregate Senior Termination
Amount;
(b) to pay to the Mezzanine Lenders the Aggregate Mezzanine
Termination Amount;
(c) to pay any accrued and unpaid Advisory Fees;
(d) to pay any accrued and unpaid Borrower organizational expenses
as directed by the Portfolio Advisor; and
(e) to pay all remaining Refinancing Proceeds to the PS Issuing and
Paying Agent for distribution in accordance with the PS Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement.
Aggregate Senior Termination Amount
As of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Outstanding
Senior Funding Amount,
unpaid Senior Base Interest Amount,
Senior Additional Interest Amount, and (d) and any Senior Additional
Payment Amount, as of such date.
Aggregate Mezzanine Termination Amount
As of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Outstanding
Mezzanine Funding Amount, (b) without duplication, any accrued and
unpaid Mezzanine Base Interest Amount, (c) any accrued and unpaid
Mezzanine Additional
Interest Amount, and (d) any Mezzanine
Additional Payment Amount, as of such date.
Net Facility Carry
An amount equal to: (a) all
Interest Proceeds on deposit
in the
interest account (at close of business on the Business Day before the
Refinancing Closing Date), plus (b) all accrued interest on the
Collateral Obligations that has not been received by the Borrower (at
close of business on the Business Day before the Refinancing
Closing Date), minus (c)
the sum of (i) the Senior Base Interest
Amount plus (ii) the Senior Additional Interest Amount plus (iii) the
Mezzanine Base Interest Amount plus (iv) the Mezzanine Additional
Interest Amount, in each case accrued as of the Refinancing Closing
Date.
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Expenses Amount Cap
USD $[225,000] per annum.
Proceeds
The proceeds from the Refinancing or the Auction Proceeds, as
applicable, and, without duplication, the amounts on deposit in the
interest collection account and the principal collection account and
any other amounts received by the Issuer from any party to the
facility documents, including, without limitation, from any indemnities
(but excluding (i) any amounts received by the Issuer that are to be
paid to third parties on behalf of the relevant Obligors,
including
amounts received on account of
taxes and insurance of such
Obligors and (ii) any amounts necessary to fund the acquisition of
any committed purchases).
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Event of Default
Any of the following events will constitute an Event of Default under
the Initial Facility Agreement:
(a) Payment default under the Senior Facility or the Mezzanine
Facility, which default continues for three Business Days after
the date such amount becomes due and payable; provided that
if a failure to pay is due to an administrative error or omission by
the Security Agent, the Securities Intermediary or the Portfolio
Administrator, such failure shall continue for five Business Days
after such party receives written notice or has actual knowledge
of such administrative error or omission and has provided notice
of such failure to the Issuer;
(b) Issuer is notified by the Facility Agent, any Lender, any investor,
the Security Agent or the Portfolio Administrator in writing that it
has failed to perform or observe any of its material obligations
under the facility documents or any of its representations in the
Initial Facility Agreement is incorrect
and Borrower does not cure such failure or breach within fifteen
Business Days of its receipt of notice thereof;
(c) Certain insolvency events of Issuer;
(d) occurrence of a Portfolio Advisor Event of Default; or
(e) A Retention Event occurs.
Portfolio Advisor Event of Default
A Portfolio Advisor Event of Default will occur upon any of the
following events:
(a)
any breach by the Portfolio Advisor of any of
its
obligations under the facility documents that would have
a material adverse effect on the Borrower or on the
ability of the Portfolio Advisor to perform its obligations
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under, or on the validity or enforceability of, the facility
documents
(including, without
limitation,
any
such
breach resulting in a material liability of the Borrower to
U.S. federal, state or local taxation); provided that where
such breach is capable of being cured, the Portfolio
Advisor fails to cure such breach within 30 calendar
days after the earlier of (i) notice of such failure being
given to the Portfolio Advisor or (ii) the Portfolio Advisor
giving notice to the Borrower that
knowledge of such breach;
it has
(b)
the Portfolio Advisor:
(i)
actual
ceases to be able to, or admits in writing its
inability to, pay its debts as they become
due and payable,
or makes a general
assignment for the benefit of, or enters into
any composition or arrangement with, its
creditors generally;
(ii)
applies for or consents (by admission of
material
allegations
of a petition or
otherwise) to the appointment of a receiver,
administrator, trustee, assignee, custodian,
liquidator or sequestrator (or other similar
official) of the Portfolio Advisor or of any
substantial part of its properties or assets,
or authorizes
consent,
against
or proceedings seeking such
appointment are commenced without such
authorization,
consent
or
undismissed for 60 days
appointment is
(iii)
application
the Portfolio Advisor and continue
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ordered by a court or
regulatory body having jurisdiction;
is wound up, dissolves or authorizes or files
a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy,
allegations
otherwise) to the application of any
bankruptcy,
readjustment
debt,
insolvency,
or
applies for or consents (by admission of
material
of a petition or
reorganization, arrangement,
of
dissolution, or similar law, or authorizes
such application or consent, or proceedings
to such end are instituted against
the
Portfolio Advisor without
such
authorization, application or consent and
remain undismissed for 60 days or result in
adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency or
the issuance of an order for relief;
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(iv)
permits all or any substantial part of its
properties or assets to be sequestered or
attached by court order and the order (if
contested in good faith) remains
undismissed for 60 days; or
(v)
suffers all or any substantial part of its
properties or assets to be sequestered or
attached by court order and the order (if
contested in good faith) remains
undismissed for 60 days;
(c)
any of
the Portfolio Advisor's
senior executive
officers providing portfolio advisory services of the
type provided to the Borrower is convicted by a U.S.
court of a criminal offense in relation to its portfolio
advisory activities of
Borrower;
the type provided to the
(d)
it becomes unlawful
for the Portfolio Advisor to
perform any of its material obligations under the
Portfolio Advisory Agreement
and/or any other
Facility Document and in accordance with the
standard of care set forth in the Portfolio Advisory
Agreement; or
(e)
any act or omission of the Portfolio Advisor resulting
in a material liability of the Borrower under U.S.
federal, state or local
the
taxation; provided that a
Portfolio Advisor Event of Default shall be deemed
not to have occurred under this clause (e) if
Portfolio Advisor complied with the Operating
Guidelines, so long as there has not been a material
change in applicable law after the date hereof the
Portfolio Advisor actually knows (acting in good
faith) would require changes to the Operating
Guidelines in order to ensure that the Borrower is
not engaged, or deemed to be engaged, in a trade
or business within the United States for U.S. federal
income tax purposes.
Acceleration Date
Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
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Default, the Instructing Party may at its sole discretion give notice to
the Issuer,
the Security Agent and the Rating Agency that each
Facility is, and each shall accordingly immediately become, due and
repayable in accordance with the Priority of Payments on a date
specified in such notice (the "Acceleration Date").
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PORTFOLIO ADVISORY
Eligibility Criteria
Any collateral obligation the Portfolio Advisor proposes to acquire on
behalf of the Issuer must satisfy the conditions set out in Schedule 1,
"Eligibility Criteria".
Conditions Relating to the Acquisition of
Collateral Obligations
During the Ramp-Up Period, the Portfolio Advisor may purchase, on
behalf
of
the Issuer, Collateral Obligations for
inclusion in the
portfolio at a purchase price to be determined by the Portfolio
Advisor. All such purchases shall be subject to:
(a) such Collateral Obligations satisfying the Eligibility Criteria;
(b) the portfolio complying with the Concentration Limitations
immediately after
the purchase (as described herein),
maintaining or improving such tests;
(c) the portfolio complying with the Collateral Quality Tests (as
described herein), or maintaining or improving such tests;
(d) no default, Event of Default or MV Trigger Failure having
occurred and continuing, or will occur after giving effect to the
purchase;
(e) such collateral obligations being sold to the Issuer with full title
and free and clear of any liens (other than permitted liens);
(f)
the Instructing Party having approved, in its sole discretion,
such Collateral Obligation (which approval shall be deemed to
have been given by the Instructing Party if such Collateral
Obligation was included in the projected portfolio of Collateral
Obligations pre-approved by the Instructing Party on or around
the Initial Facility Closing Date) and as of the commitment time
of the related purchase, the Instructing Party has not revoked or
withdrawn its approval,
Collateral Obligation; and
or deemed pre-approval,
(g) after giving effect
such collateral
of such
obligations,
to amounts that would be required to fund
the Aggregate Funding Amount
would not exceed the sum of the Senior Funding Commitment
plus the Mezzanine Funding Commitment plus the Required
Preferred Share Capital Contributions.
Collateral Quality Tests
(a) [Maximum Moody's Weighted Average Rating Factor Test];
(b) [Minimum DBRS Weighted Average Recovery Rate Test];
(c) [Minimum Weighted Average Spread Test];
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(d) Minimum Diversity Score Test; and
(e) Weighted Average Life Test.
The Collateral Quality Tests
Schedules V through IX.
Sales of Collateral Obligations
Sales of Collateral Obligations will be permitted upon prior written
notice to the Initial Facility Lenders in the following circumstances:
(a) Discretionary sales during the Ramp-Up Period: The Portfolio
Advisor, on behalf of the Issuer, may, but is not obliged to, sell
any Collateral Obligation during the Ramp-Up Period for the
best price [[and, with respect
have the meanings
assigned in
to sales during the Ramp-Up
Period, the Principal Proceeds of such sale may be reinvested
by the Portfolio Advisor in accordance with the "Reinvestment in
Collateral Obligations" clause below]].
(b) Discretionary sales after the Ramp-Up Period: Upon approval
of the Instructing Party, the Portfolio Advisor, on behalf of the
Issuer, may sell any Collateral Obligation after the Ramp-Up
Period using commercially reasonable efforts to sell such
Collateral Obligations for the best price prior to the Initial Facility
Closing Date, subject
to the consent of the Instructing Party
(which consent may be given or withheld in its sole discretion)
unless the proceeds of such sale are at least equal
greater of
(x) the outstanding Principal Balance of
to the
such
Collateral Obligation and (y) its purchase price (expressed as a
dollar amount).
(c) Ineligible Obligations and Defaulted Collateral:
If at any time
any Collateral Obligation in the portfolio either (i) becomes a
Defaulted Obligation or (ii) an ineligible obligation, then the
Portfolio Advisor, on behalf of the Issuer, shall use commercially
reasonable efforts sell such Collateral Obligation for the best
price as soon as practicable and prior to the Maturity Date.
(d) Sales before the Scheduled Maturity Date:
on behalf
Advisor,
of
the Issuer, will
The Portfolio
use commercially
reasonable efforts to sell all Collateral Obligations for settlement
no later than 30 Business Days before the Scheduled Maturity
Date. The Instructing Party will direct, and the Security Agent
will
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conduct, an auction in accordance with the Auction
Procedures to sell any Collateral Obligations that are not
Committed Sale Obligations by that date, unless the Instructing
Party consents to a different plan for disposition proposed by
the Portfolio Advisor.
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(e) Sales after an Acceleration Date or Optional Early Maturity
Date: Following an Acceleration Date or designation of an
Optional Early Maturity Date, the Instructing Party will direct,
and the Security Agent will conduct, an auction of collateral
obligations
in accordance with the Auction Procedures
(described above).
No sales will be permitted (except as directed by the Instructing
Party) following the occurrence of an Event of Default or if an Event
of Default would occur after giving effect to such proposed sale.
Reinvestment in Collateral Obligations
During the Ramp-Up Period,
(a) Senior Funding Amounts,
(b)
Mezzanine Funding Amounts, (c) Required Preferred Share Capital
Contributions, and (d) Principal Proceeds may be invested or
reinvested in collateral obligations in accordance with the provisions
herein, provided that (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and (ii) such purchase will not result in the occurrence of
an Event of Default as of the date such collateral obligation is
acquired.
Principal Proceeds
Any principal amount received in respect of any Collateral Obligation
including,
purchased accrued interest
but excluding any other
accrued and unpaid interest received upon sale or liquidation of such
collateral obligation.
Interest Proceeds
Payments of accrued interest
(including PIK Interest) and other
additional fees (including but not limited to, delayed compensation,
commitment fees, late payment fees, and amendment fees) received
in respect of any Collateral Obligation, but excluding any purchased
accrued interest.
Auction Procedures
For each auction of Collateral Obligations and other Issuer assets,
the Security Agent shall invite the Lenders, the Portfolio Advisor, the
Preferred Shareholders and a minimum of two other Eligible Dealers
to participate by sending them a notice (the "Auction Notice")
containing the list of Collateral Obligations to be sold. The Instructing
Party shall be responsible for choosing which Eligible Dealers are
invited to the auction. The Preferred Shareholders will be offered the
first opportunity to purchase the Issuer's assets in accordance with
the terms of the Initial Facility Agreement for a price at least equal to
the aggregate amount due and unpaid to the Lenders under the
Initial Facility. Bids for such auction shall be due seven days after
the Auction Notice has been received by the participants.
If a
Preferred Shareholder does not exercise the purchase option, the
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Portfolio Advisor may, within five Business Days of the expiration of
the Preferred Shareholders' purchase option, choose to purchase the
Issuer's assets in accordance with the terms of the Initial Facility
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Agreement for a price at least equal to the aggregate amount due
and unpaid to the Lenders under the Initial Facility.
If the Portfolio
Advisor does not exercise its purchase option, the Security Agent
shall
invite each Lender,
Shareholder and at least
the Portfolio Advisor, each Preferred
two Eligible Dealers to participate in an
auction for the Collateral Obligations. Bids will be due no later than
five Business Days after the Auction Notice is sent to the auction
participants, and the best price for each Collateral Obligation (as
determined by the Instructing Party and notified to the Security
Agent) will be accepted by the Security Agent, and the auction
proceeds will be promptly distributed in accordance with the Priority
of Payments.
Auction Proceeds
PORTFOLIO ADVISOR
Advisory Fees
Amounts and other proceeds received in an auction conducted in
accordance with the Auction Procedures.
The Portfolio Advisor has received and will receive, subject
to the
Priority of Payments, commencing with the first Payment Date, the (i)
a senior fee in the amount of (a) [0.35%] per annum prior to the
Refinancing and (b) [0.15]% per annum following the Refinancing in
each case, of the Fee Basis Amount (the "Base Advisory Fee"), and
(ii) a junior fee in the amount of (a) 0% per annum prior to the
Refinancing and (b) 0.35% per annum following the Refinancing, in
each case, of the Fee Basis Amount (the "Subordinated Advisory
Fee"), each payable quarterly in arrears on each Payment Date,
subject to the Priority of Payments. After the Preferred Shareholders
have received amounts constituting the Incentive Fee Hurdle, the
Portfolio Advisor will also receive, in accordance with the Priority of
Payments,
means, with respect
the Incentive Advisory Fee. "Incentive Advisory Fee"
to any Payment Date after
the Preferred
Shareholders have received amounts constituting the Incentive Fee
Hurdle, (i) the sum of 20% of Interest Proceeds remaining after
payment of all amounts payable senior to the Incentive Advisory Fee
in the Priority of Payments for Interest Proceeds on such Payment
Date and 20% of Principal Proceeds remaining after payment of all
amounts payable senior to the Incentive Advisory Fee in the Priority
of Payments for Principal Proceeds on such Payment Date or (ii)
20% of Interest Proceeds and Principal Proceeds remaining after
payment of all amounts payable senior to the Incentive Advisory Fee
in the Post-Acceleration Priority of Payments on such Payment Date
remaining for distribution. "Incentive Fee Hurdle" means an Equity
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IRR of not less than [11]%. "Equity IRR" means the Internal Rate of
Return to the Preferred Shares calculated in accordance with the
Initial Facility Agreement.
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The Portfolio Advisor may, at its discretion, defer all or a portion of
the Base Advisory Fee (the "Deferred Base Advisory Fee"),
the
Subordinated Advisory Fee (the "Deferred Subordinated Advisory
Fee") and/or the Incentive Advisory Fee (the "Deferred Incentive
Advisory Fee", and together with the Deferred Base Advisory Fee
and
the "Deferred
to receive any
the Deferred Subordinated Advisory Fee,
Advisory Fees"). The Portfolio Advisor may elect
unpaid portion of Deferred Advisory Fees on any subsequent
Payment Dates. No Advisory Fee will accrue interest during the time
such amounts are being deferred at the option of the Portfolio
Advisor.
REMOVAL
For Cause
The Portfolio Advisor may be removed for Cause on the twentieth
(20th) Business Day after the date on which the Issuer, at the
direction of (i) the Majority Preferred Shareholders or (ii) following the
Refinancing, a [supermajority] of holders
Securities delivers written
notice
to
the Portfolio Advisor
of the Refinancing
(a
"Termination Notice") requesting removal and setting forth the
cause of such removal; provided that, as long as any of the
Refinancing Securities are outstanding, notice of such removal will
have been given to the holders of the Refinancing Securities. Voting
of any Voting-Restricted Preferred Shares for purposes of any such
removal vote will be subject to Section 11(g) of the Portfolio Advisory
Agreement. No such removal shall be effective (A) until the date as
of which a successor Portfolio Advisor satisfying the criteria set forth
in Section 11(d) of the Portfolio Advisory Agreement shall have been
appointed and delivered an instrument of acceptance to the Issuer
and the Portfolio Advisor being removed, and (B) unless the party
seeking such termination (or a representative thereof),
prior to
delivering any Termination Notice to the Portfolio Advisor, shall have
given five Business Days' prior written notice to the holders of the
Refinancing Securities of its decision that the Portfolio Advisor's
services should be terminated.
For purposes of the foregoing,
"Cause" with respect to removal of the Portfolio Advisor by the Issuer
shall mean any one of the following events:
(a) the Portfolio Advisor shall willfully and intentionally violate or
willfully and intentionally breach any material provision of the
Portfolio Advisory Agreement or the terms of the Initial Facility
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Agreement applicable to it not including a willful and intentional
breach
that
results
from a
good
faith
dispute
regarding
reasonable alternative courses of action or interpretation of
instructions;
(b) the breach of the Portfolio Advisor of any of its representations
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and warranties contained in the Portfolio Advisory Agreement as
of the Initial Facility Closing Date, which failure or breach, in
each case or if taken in the aggregate, materially and adversely
affects the Issuer or the holders of any class of Refinancing
Securities or any of their respective rights under the related
Facility or the Portfolio Advisory Agreement, and the Portfolio
Advisor fails to cure such breach within 30 days of the Portfolio
Advisor's receipt
of written notice of such breach from the
Security Party (provided, that upon becoming aware of any such
breach, the Portfolio Advisor shall give written notice thereof to
the Issuer and the Trustee);
(c) the occurrence of any act by the Portfolio Advisor that constitutes
negligence, willful misconduct or fraud in the performance of its
obligations under the Portfolio Advisory Agreement (including a
failure to obtain the consent
of
the Majority Preferred
Shareholders when required by the terms hereof or by the terms
of any other Transaction Agreement) or the related Initial Facility
Agreement or the Portfolio Advisor or any officer or director of
the Portfolio Advisor being convicted of a felony criminal offense
materially related to the primary business of the Portfolio Advisor
(in each case determined pursuant to adjudication by a court of
competent jurisdiction);
(d) the Portfolio Advisor is wound up or dissolved or there is
appointed over it or a substantial part of its assets a receiver,
administrator, administrative receiver, trustee or similar officer; or
the Portfolio Advisor (a) ceases to be able to, or admits in writing
its inability to, pay its debts as they become due and payable, or
makes a general assignment for the benefit of, or enters into any
composition or arrangement with, its creditors
generally;
(b) applies for or consents (by admission of material allegations
of a petition or otherwise) to the appointment of a receiver,
trustee, assignee, custodian, liquidator or sequestrator (or other
similar official) of the Portfolio Advisor or of any substantial part
of its properties or assets, or authorizes such an application or
consent,
or
the
proceedings
Portfolio
seeking such
Advisor
appointment
and continue
are
commenced without such authorization, consent or application
against
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undismissed
for 60 days or any such appointment is ordered by a court or
regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Portfolio Advisor or
such property or assets; (c) authorizes or files a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy, or applies for or consents (by admission of
material allegations of a petition or otherwise) to the application
of any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of
debt, insolvency, dissolution, or similar law, or authorizes such
application or consent, or proceedings to such end are instituted
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against
the Portfolio Advisor without
relief;
or
such authorization,
application or consent and remain undismissed for 60 days or
result in adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency or the issuance
of an order for
(d) permits or suffers all
or any
substantial part of its properties or assets to be sequestered or
attached by court order and the order (if contested in good faith)
remains undismissed for 60 days;
(e) the occurrence and continuation of any event of default relating
to payment of principal or interest under a Facility that results
from a breach by the Portfolio Advisor of its duties under the
Initial Facility Agreement which breach or default
within the applicable cure period; or
(f) a key person event with respect
occur.
Without Cause
to the Portfolio Advisor shall
In addition, the Portfolio Advisor may be removed by the Issuer for (i)
any reason without cause immediately or (ii) upon the written
direction of the holders of not less than 75% of the outstanding
Preferred Shares (excluding Voting-Restricted Preferred Shares), by
not less than 60 days' advance written notice to the Issuer, the
Portfolio Advisor and the Security Party.
Assignment
The Portfolio Advisor may assign its rights and obligations as such to
any entity complying with certain criteria specified in the Portfolio
Advisory Agreement subject to the consent of the Issuer, acting at
the direction of the Majority Preferred Shareholders.
Amendment
The Portfolio Advisory Agreement may not be modified or amended
other than (i) by an agreement in writing executed by each of the
parties to the Portfolio Advisory Agreement and (ii) with prior written
notice to each applicable Rating Agency
of the
is not cured
rating the Issuer's
Obligations, if any. Neither the Issuer nor the Portfolio Advisor will
enter into any agreement amending, modifying or terminating the
Portfolio Advisory Agreement, except with the consent
specified holders of the related Facility (and to the extent such
agreement affects the rights or imposes obligations on the Security
Party or Portfolio Administrator,
the Security Party and/or Portfolio
Administrator). Neither the Issuer nor the Portfolio Advisor will enter
into any agreement amending, modifying or terminating the Portfolio
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Advisory Agreement without
(in each case) the consent of the
Majority Preferred Shareholders if such agreement would adversely
affect the Assets or the provisions regarding the management of the
Assets or
have
a material
adverse
(b) to
effect
on
correct
the Preferred
Shareholders; provided that the foregoing requirements will not apply
to amendments or modifications (a) that are of a minor or ministerial
nature and are not material;
inconsistencies,
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typographical or other errors, defects,
or ambiguities;
or (c) to
conform the Portfolio Advisory Agreement to this Private Placement
Memorandum or the Initial Facility Agreement. For purposes of this
Section, any such agreement shall be deemed to have a material
adverse effect on the Preferred Shareholders if such agreement
would change or modify (i)
the Portfolio Advisor standard of care
described in the Portfolio Advisory Agreement, (ii) Section 3, Section
7, Section 13 or Section 20 of the Portfolio Advisory Agreement, (iii)
any provision that results in any change to any right specified herein
of the Issuer or the Preferred Shareholders to give or withhold
consent, or (iv) any provision that results in a reduction or change in
the liability
of
the Portfolio Advisor or in the indemnification
obligations of the Portfolio Advisor. The Issuer will not enter into any
agreement selecting or consenting to a successor portfolio advisor
without the consent of the Majority Preferred Shareholders.
Successor
Any successor Portfolio Advisor will be required to comply with
certain criteria specified in the Portfolio Advisory Agreement, be
approved by the Majority Preferred Shareholders and not been
objected to by the majority holders of the Refinancing Securities.
Effect of Refinancing
The Portfolio Advisory Agreement may be amended, with the
consent
of
the Majority Preferred Shareholders,
amendments recommended by the Portfolio Advisor to effectuate the
intended Refinancing.
REPORTS AND ADMINISTRATION
Administration
to make any
The Portfolio Administrator compiles data and conducts testing and
monitoring of compliance by the Issuer with the Investment Criteria
and the Investment Guidelines.
The Portfolio Information Agent
provides the Issuer with certain administrative, calculation and
reporting services and cooperates with the Portfolio Advisor pursuant
to the Portfolio Information Agency Agreement.
Reports
For each calendar month in which the Refinancing Securities are
Outstanding, except a month in which a Payment Date occurs,
commencing in [•] 2018, the Issuer will compile and make available
(or cause to be compiled and made available) (including, at the
election of the Issuer, via electronic means) to any Preferred
Shareholder, a monthly report (the "Monthly Report"). The Monthly
Report will set out, among other things,
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information relating to the
Facility, the Collateral Obligations and Eligible Investments included
in the Assets and certain tests (based, in part, on information
provided by the Portfolio Advisor). Prior to the publication to
Preferred Shareholders of the first Monthly Report, any Preferred
Shareholder may make written requests to the Portfolio Advisor in
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relation to such information. Furthermore, the Issuer will (or will
cause the Portfolio Administrator to) prepare a distribution report (the
"Distribution Report"), determined as of the close of business on
the related Determination Date preceding a Payment Date, and make
available such Distribution Report (including, at the election of the
Issuer, via electronic means), to any Preferred Shareholder and will
include the same information set
information regarding distributions
Payment Date and the outstanding amounts under the applicable
Facility
to the extent outstanding.
The Monthly Report,
forth in the Monthly Report,
being made on the related
the
Distribution Report and any notices required to be provided to the
Preferred Shareholders pursuant to the terms of the Refinancing
indenture will be made available by the Trustee on its internet
website.
Forms of a Monthly Report, Distribution Report, Collateral Report,
Collateral Obligation Daily Report, are available from the Portfolio
Advisor upon request.
Reports to Preferred Shareholders
The PS Issuing and Paying Agent shall deliver or make available to
each Preferred Shareholder each report or notice that is required to
be delivered to all of the Initial Facility Lenders or the PS Issuing and
Paying Agent pursuant to the Initial Facility Agreement.
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SCHEDULE I
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
An obligation meeting the standards set forth below that is pledged by the
Issuer to the Security Party will constitute a
"Collateral Obligation".
"Collateral Obligation": Any obligation (including a Participation Interest
therein) held by the Issuer that as of the date
the Issuer commits to acquire it (i.e., the trade date):
(a)
(b)
it
it is a Senior Secured Loan, a Second Lien Loan or an Unsecured Loan;
is an obligation of a borrower or other Obligor having (i) a principal place
of business or significant
operations and (ii) its jurisdiction of incorporation, in a Permitted
Country (as determined by the Portfolio Advisor, acting on
behalf of the Borrower);
(c)
(d)
it is denominated in U.S. Dollars and is not convertible into, or payable
in, any other currency;
it is not a Defaulted Obligation or an obligation which the Portfolio
Advisor reasonably believes is presently
subject to a material risk of a decline in credit quality such that it may
become a Defaulted Obligation;
(e)
purchased at a price less than or equal to the expected redemption price);
(f)
other type of consideration;
(g)
it has not been called for, and is not subject to a pending, redemption
(unless such Collateral Obligation is
it is not the subject of an offer of exchange, conversion or tender by its
borrower, for cash, securities or any
to the Portfolio Advisor's knowledge, it is capable of being sold, assigned
or participated to the Borrower
and is capable of being sold or assigned by the Borrower without any breach
of applicable selling restrictions, any
contractual provisions or applicable laws (for the avoidance of doubt, any
sale, assignment or participation that is consented
to in accordance with the applicable documents shall not constitute a
breach);
(h)
it is an obligation in respect of which following acquisition thereof by the
Borrower by the selected method
of transfer, (i) payments will not be subject to withholding tax (other than
withholding tax imposed on commitment fees,
amendment fees, waiver fees, consent fees, extension fees, or other similar
fees) imposed by any jurisdiction, or (ii) the
Obligor thereof is required to make "gross-up" payments to the Borrower that
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cover the full amount of any such withholding
on an after-tax basis;
(i)
(1)
(k)
(1)
it is not convertible into equity, does not have a warrant attached and is
not Margin Stock;
it is not a lease (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a financial lease);
it is not an Equity Security, a Bond, a Structured Finance Obligation or a
Synthetic Security;
upon acquisition, the Collateral Obligation is capable of being, and will
be, the subject of a first priority
security interest or other arrangement having a similar commercial effect in
favor of the Security Agent for the benefit of the
secured parties pursuant to the Refinancing indenture (or any agreement or
document supplemental hereto), subject only to
permitted liens;
except in the case of a Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation or a
Revolving Collateral Obligation, it will
not result in the imposition of any present or future, actual or contingent,
monetary liabilities or obligations of the Borrower
(m)
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other than those (i) which may arise at its option; or (ii) which are owed
to the agent bank or Security Agent in relation to the
performance of its duties under a syndicated Senior Secured Loan, Second
Lien Loan or Unsecured Loan; or (iii) which may
arise as a result of an undertaking to participate in a financial
restructuring of a Senior Secured Loan, Second Lien Loan or
Unsecured Loan where such undertaking is contingent upon the redemption in
full of such Senior Secured Loan, Second
Lien Loan or Unsecured Loan and which does not provide for the Borrower to
advance further monies pursuant to the terms
of such restructuring on or before the time by which the Borrower is obliged
to enter into the restructured Senior Secured
Loan, Second Lien Loan or Unsecured Loan and where the restructured Senior
Secured Loan, Second Lien Loan or
Unsecured Loan, satisfies the Eligibility Criteria;
(n)
(o)
it has a stated maturity that is no later than the Scheduled Maturity Date;
it is not an asset that requires the Borrower to give a surety and is not an
asset that requires the Borrower
to effect or endeavor to effect any contract of insurance;
(p)
(q)
(r)
(s)
(t)
(u)
(v)
(w)
(x)
it is not a letter of credit;
[it has a Moody's Rating that is not lower than "B3"];
it is not a DIP Collateral Obligation or a Bridge Loan;
it is not a Current Pay Obligation;
it is not a Middle Market Loan;
it is purchased at a price at least equal to 85.0% of its par amount;
it is Registered; and
it is not a loan in respect of a new coal plant or a nuclear plant.
it does not provide for amortization or prepayment at less than par;
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SCHEDULE II
INVESTMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE INITIAL FACILITY
Concentration Limitations
Asset Category
Limit
Senior Secured Loans
Second Lien Loans and Unsecured Loans, in the aggregate45
Cov-Lite Loans
Any Single Obligor & Affiliates
Top 5 Obligors in Aggregate
Top 5 Largest Sub-Sectors in Aggregate
Individual Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant Sub-Sector
Aggregate Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant Sub-Sectors
Aggregate Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted Sub-Sectors
Individual Power-Renewables Sub-Sectors
Aggregate Power-Renewables Sub-Sectors
Other Non-Regulated Infrastructure Sub-Sector
Other Individual Sub-Sectors
From Non-US Countries, in the aggregate
Participation Interests46
Delayed Drawdown/Revolving Collateral Obligations
Interest Paid Less Frequently than Quarterly
Deferrable Loans
PF Infrastructure Obligations
Fixed Rate Underlying Assets
Construction Obligations with commercial operation date within than 12
months after date of determination
Construction Obligations with commercial operation date later than 12
months after date of determination
Mark-to-Model Basis
Single Asset Obligations included in the Portfolio
[Underlying Assets with Moody's Ratings of "Caal" or below]
DIP Collateral Obligations
Current Pay Obligations
Min 95.0%
Max 5.0%
Max 40.0%
Max 4.75%
Max 22.0%
Max 55.0%
Max 11.0%
Max 25.0%
Max 25.0%
Max 25.0%
Max 55.0%
Max 22.5%
Max 15.0%
Max 15.0%
Max 10.0%
Max 10.0%
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Max 12.0%
Max 2.5%
Min 50.0%
Max 2.5%
Max 10.0%
Max 5.0%
Max 15.0%
Max 6
None
None
None
45 Prior to the Rating Agency rating the Senior Facility, Senior Secured
Loans must represent 100.0%.
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Letter of Credit
Bridge Loans
Long-dated Assets
Purchase Price
None
None
None
Min [85.0]%
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SCHEDULE III
Covenant Matrix and Related Funding Schedules
Funding Schedule
The Covenant Matrix and Order of Drawings tables, below, govern how
portfolio purchases are funded. The Initial
Facility and Preferred Shares funding schedules are as follows:
Pre-Pricing
1
The first $10 million of purchases will be funded by Preferred Shares
2
3.
While the portfolio's Diversity Score is less than 6, the Advance Rate will
be 70%
When the portfolio's Diversity Score is greater than or equal to 6 but less
than 10, Debt will fund until the ratio
of Facility/ (Facility+ Preferred Shares) reaches 75%; Advance Rate of 75%
thereafter until Diversity Score
exceeds 10
4. When the portfolio's Diversity Score exceeds 10, Facility will fund until
the ratio of Facility/(Facility + Preferred
Shares) reaches 80%; Facility: Preferred Shares Advance Rate of 80%
thereafter
Post-Pricing
5.
Initial Facility funds remaining purchases
Note: Diversity Score is measured on a trade date basis
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Covenant Matrix
D/E
Case Subordinated
1
2
42,106,250
up to
3
42,106,250
up to
4
42,106,250
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[42,106,250]
[11,789,750]
[13,474,000]
[16,842,500]
[21,895,250]
[26,948,000]
[35,369,250]
[42,106,250]
[48,843,250]
[55,580,250]
[64,001,500]
[66,166,964]
[0]
168,425,000
[185,267,500]
[210,531,250]
[235,795,000]
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[259,374,500]
[281,269,750]
[301,480,750]
[323,376,000]
[343,587,000]
[365,482,250]
[385,693,250]
[397,001,786]
210,531,250
[239,163,500]
[266,111,500]
[294,743,750]
[323,376,000]
[350,324,000]
[378,956,250]
[407,588,500]
[434,536,500]
[463,168,750]
[491,801,000]
[505,275,000]
82%
84%
86%
87%
88%
89%
90%
90%
91%
91%
92%
[12]
[13]
[14]
[15]
[16]
[16]
[17]
[17]
[18]
[18]
[19]
[55.00]%
[55.00]%
[55.00]%
[55.00]%
[55.00]%
[55.00]%
[55.00]%
[55.00]%
[55.00]%
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[55.00]%
[55.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[57.00]%
[2.80]% [2,300]
[2.85]% [2,300]
[2.85]% [2,300]
[2.85]% [2,300]
[3.00]% [2,300]
[3.00]% [2,300]
[3.00]% [2,300]
[3.15]% [2,300]
[3.20]% [2,300]
[3.30]% [2,300]
[3.40]% [2,300]
[0]
168,425,000
up to
210,531,250
up to
80%
[10]
[55.00]%
[57.00]%
[2.75]% [2,300]
[10,000,000]
up to
[0]
168,425,000
up to
210,531,250
up to
75%
6-10
[55.00]%
[57.00]%
[2.75]% [2,300]
Mezz
[0]
Senior
[0]
up to
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Total
[10,000,000]
up to
70%
1-6
[55.00]%
[57.00]%
[2.75]% [2,300]
Allocation
0%
Diversity
Score
Range
[0]
BBB
A WARR
Covenant
[55.00]%
WARR
Covenant
[57.00]%
WAS
WARF
Covenant Covenant
[2.30]% [2,300]
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Order of Drawings
Cases
1
Total Funded Amount
Funding Parties
0 to s [10,000,000]
2
3
4
> [10,000,000] to s [210,531,250]
> [10,000,000] to s [40,000,000]
> [10,000,000] to s [50,000,000]
3
> [40,000,000] to s [210,531,250]
4
5 through 16
> [50,000,000] to s [210,531,250]
> [210,531,250] to s [505,275,000]
Preferred Shareholders
30% by Preferred Shareholders and 70% by
Mezzanine Lenders and Senior Lenders(1)
Mezzanine Lenders and Senior Lenders(1)
Mezzanine Lenders and Senior Lenders(1)
25% by Preferred Shareholders and 75% by
Mezzanine Lenders and Senior Lenders(1)
20% by Investors and 80% by Mezzanine Lenders
and Senior Lenders(1)
Mezzanine Lenders and Senior Lenders(1)
(1) Drawings of Mezzanine Funding Amounts and Senior Funding Amounts from
the Mezzanine Lenders and Senior Lender will be allocated based on the
Covenant Matrix
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SCHEDULE IV
[MOODY'S RATING SCHEDULE]
["Moody's Rating" means with respect to any Collateral Obligation (other
than a DIP Collateral Obligation) as of any date of
determination, the rating determined in accordance with the following
methodology:
(a)
with respect to a Collateral Obligation that (A) is publicly rated by
Moody's, such public rating, (B) is not publicly
rated by Moody's but for which a rating or Moody's Credit Estimate has been
assigned by Moody's upon the
request of the Borrower, the Portfolio Advisor or an Affiliate of the
Portfolio Advisor, such rating or Moody's Credit
Estimate, or (C) is not rated by Moody's, but in relation to which either
(1) the Portfolio Advisor is requesting a rating
from Moody's or (2) Moody's has indicated that it is in the process of
assigning a rating, the Moody's Rating for
such Collateral Obligation shall be (I) the Collateral Obligation's expected
rating as determined by the Portfolio
Advisor in its commercially reasonable judgment for a period of up to 90
days after such acquisition of such
Collateral Obligation and (II) "Caa3" following such 90-day period;
provided, that, if during such 90-day period in
clause (I) the Moody's has indicated its inability to assign a rating for
reasons other than the failure of the Portfolio
Advisor to provide Moody's a completed rating application or all of the
required information, the Portfolio Advisor
and the Borrower will receive a 90 day extension (or such longer extension
specified by Moody's) of the period
during which the Portfolio Advisor's expected Moody's Rating applies and
thereafter the Moody's Rating of such
Collateral Obligation shall be "Caa3"; provided, further, that with respect
to Collateral Obligations that satisfy subclause
(C),
if
the percentage of Collateral Obligations that satisfy sub-clause (C) is
greater than 5% of the
aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Obligations, then (X) the
Moody's Rating of any Collateral Obligation
comprising such excess (as determined by the Portfolio Advisor) shall be (I)
"63" for a period of up to 90 days after
such acquisition of such Collateral Obligation and (II) "Caa3" following
such 90-day period; provided, further, that, if
during such 90-day period in clause (I) Moody's has indicated its inability
to assign a rating for reasons other than
the failure of the Portfolio Advisor to Moody's a completed rating
application or all of the required information, the
Portfolio Advisor and the Borrower will receive a 90 day extension (or such
longer extension specified by Moody's),
of the period during which a Moody's Rating of "63" applies and thereafter
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the Moody's Rating of such Collateral
Obligation shall be "Caa3";
(b)
with respect to a Collateral Obligation that is a Moody's Senior Secured
Loan or Participation Interest in a Moody's
Senior Secured Loan but is not a PF Infrastructure Obligation, if not
determined pursuant to clause (a) above, if the
Obligor of such Collateral Obligation has a corporate family rating by
Moody's, then the Moody's Rating that is one
subcategory higher than such corporate family rating;
(c)
with respect to a Collateral Obligation that is not a PF Infrastructure
Obligation, if not determined pursuant to
clauses (a) or (b) above, if the Obligor of such Collateral Obligation has
one or more senior unsecured obligations
rated by Moody's, then the Moody's rating on any such obligation (or, if the
Collateral Obligation is a Moody's
Senior Secured Loan, the Moody's Rating that is two subcategories higher
than the rating on any such senior
unsecured obligation) as selected by the Portfolio Advisor in its sole
discretion;
(d)
with respect to a Collateral Obligation that is not a Moody's Senior Secured
Loan or a Participation Interest in a
Moody's Senior Secured Loan and is not a PF Infrastructure Obligation, if
not determined pursuant to clauses (a),
(b) or (c) above, if the Obligor of such Collateral Obligation has a
corporate family rating by Moody's, then the
Moody's Rating that is one subcategory lower than such corporate family
rating;
(e)
with respect to a Collateral Obligation that is not a Moody's Senior Secured
Loan or a Participation Interest in a
Moody's Senior Secured Loan and is not a PF Infrastructure Obligation, if
not determined pursuant to clauses (a),
(b), (c) or (d) above, if the Obligor of such Collateral Obligation has one
or more subordinated obligations rated by
Moody's, then the Moody's Rating that is one subcategory higher than the
rating on any such obligation as selected
by the Portfolio Advisor in its sole discretion; and
(f)
with respect to a Collateral Obligation, if not determined pursuant to
clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) above, the
Moody's Derived Rating; provided that the Moody's Rating of any DIP
Collateral Obligation shall be the facility
rating (whether public or private) of such DIP Collateral Obligation rated
by Moody's.
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"Assigned Moody's Rating" means the monitored publicly available rating or
the unpublished monitored loan rating or the
credit estimate expressly assigned to a debt obligation (or facility) by
Moody's
"CFR" means, with respect to any Obligor, if such Obligor has a corporate
family rating by Moody's, then such corporate
family rating; provided, if such Obligor does not have a corporate family
rating by Moody's but any entity in the Obligor's
corporate family does have a corporate family rating, then the CFR is such
corporate family rating.
"Moody's Default Probability Rating" means:
(a)
with respect to a Corporate Infrastructure Obligation other than a DIP
Collateral Obligation:
(i)
if the Obligor of such Collateral Obligation has a corporate family rating
by Moody's, such rating;
provided that, if an Obligor does not have a Moody's corporate family rating
and any entity in such
Obligor's corporate family has a Moody's corporate family rating, the
Moody's corporate family
rating from Moody's of such entity will be deemed to be the Moody's
corporate family rating of the
Obligor;
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
if not determined pursuant to clause (i) above, if the senior unsecured debt
of the Obligor of such
Collateral Obligation has a rating by Moody's (a "Moody's Senior Unsecured
Rating"), such
Moody's Senior Unsecured Rating;
if not determined pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, if the senior
secured debt of the Obligor of
such Collateral Obligation has a Moody's Rating, the rating that is one
subcategory lower than
such rating;
if not determined pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Portfolio
Advisor may elect to use a
Moody's Credit Estimate to determine the Moody's Default Probability Rating
of such Collateral
Obligation;
if not determined pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the
Moody's Derived Rating of such
Collateral Obligation, if any; or
if not determined pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above,
the Moody's Default Probability
Rating will be "Caa3";
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(b) With respect to a PF Infrastructure Obligation other than a DIP
Collateral Obligation:
(i)
if the Collateral Obligation has a Moody's Rating, such rating;
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(c)
if not determined pursuant to clause (i) above, the Portfolio Advisor may
elect to use a Moody's
Credit Estimate to determine the Moody's Default Probability Rating of such
Collateral Obligation;
if not determined pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, the Moody's Derived
Rating of such Collateral
Obligation, if any; or
if not determined pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the Moody's
Default Probability Rating
will be "Caa3"; and
with respect to a DIP Collateral Obligation:
(i)
(ii)
the rating which is one subcategory below the facility rating (whether
public or private) of such DIP
Collateral Obligation rated by Moody's; or
if not determined pursuant to clause (i), the Moody's Default Probability
Rating will be "B2".
"Moody's Derived Rating" means, with respect to a Collateral Obligation, the
Moody's Rating, Moody's Adjusted Default
Probability Rating, or the Moody's Default Probability Rating determined in
the manner set forth below.
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(a)
(b)
with respect
to any DIP Collateral Obligation, the rating which is one subcategory below
the facility rating
(whether public or private) of such DIP Collateral Obligation rated by
Moody's.
if not determined pursuant to clause (a) above, if another obligation of the
Obligor is rated by Moody's, by
adjusting the rating of the related Moody's rated obligations of the related
Obligor by the number of rating
subcategories according to the table below:
Number of Subcategories
Obligation Category of Rated
Obligation
Senior secured obligation
Senior secured obligation
Subordinated obligation
Subordinated obligation
(c)
Rating of Rated Obligation
greater than or equal to B2
less than B2
greater than or equal to B3
less than B3
Relative to Rated Obligation
Rating
-1
-2
+1
0
if not determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above, by using any one of
the methods provided below:
(i)
pursuant to the table below:
Number of
Subcategories
Type of Collateral Obligation
Not Structured Finance
Obligation
Not Structured Finance
Obligation
Not Structured Finance
Obligation
(ii)
S&P Rating
(Monitored)
≥666≤66+
Collateral
Obligation Rated by
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S&P
Not a loan or Participation Interest
in loan
Not a loan or Participation Interest
in loan
Loan or Participation Interest in loan
Relative to Moody's
Equivalent of S&P
Rating
-1
-2
-2
if such Collateral Obligation is not rated by S&P but another security or
obligation of the Obligor
has a public and monitored rating by S&P (a "parallel security"), the rating
of such parallel
security shall at the election of the Portfolio Advisor be determined in
accordance with the table set
forth in sub-clause (i) above, and the Moody's Rating, Moody's Adjusted
Default Probability
Rating, or Moody's Default Probability Rating of such Collateral Obligation
shall be determined in
accordance with the methodology set forth in clause (b) above (for such
purposes treating the
parallel security as if it were rated by Moody's at the rating determined
pursuant to this sub-clause
(ii)).]
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SCHEDULE V
[MAXIMUM MOODY'S WEIGHTED AVERAGE RATING FACTOR TEST
The "Maximum Moody's Weighted Average Rating Factor Test" will be satisfied
as of any date of determination if
the Moody's Weighted Average Rating Factor of the Collateral Obligations as
of such date is equal to or less than the
"WARF Covenant" in the Applicable Matrix Case.
The "Moody's Weighted Average Rating Factor" is determined by summing the
products obtained by multiplying the
Principal Balance of each Collateral Obligation, excluding Defaulted
Obligations, by its Moody's Rating Factor, dividing such
sum by the aggregate Principal Balance of all such Collateral Obligations,
excluding Defaulted Obligations, and rounding the
result up to the nearest whole number.
The "Moody's Rating Factor" relating to any Collateral Obligation is the
number set forth in the table below opposite
the Moody's Default Probability Rating of such Collateral Obligation.]
Moody's Default Probability
Rating
Aaa
Aa1
Aa2
Aa3
Al
A2
A3
Baal
Baa2
Baa3
Moody's Rating Factor
1
10
20
40
70
120
180
260
360
610
Moody's Default Probability
Rating
Bal
Ba2
Ba3
B1
B2
B3
Caal
Caa2
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Caa3
Ca or lower
Moody's Rating Factor
940
1,350
1,766
2,220
2,720
3,490
4,770
6,500
8,070
10,000
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SCHEDULE VI
MINIMUM DBRS WEIGHTED AVERAGE RECOVERY RATE TEST
["Minimum DBRS Weighted Average Recovery Rate Test" will be satisfied on any
Measurement Date if:
(a)
(b)
the DBRS Weighted Average Recovery Rate for the Senior Facility is greater
than or equal to the "A
WARR Covenant" in the Applicable Matrix Case; and
the DBRS Weighted Average Recovery Rate for the Mezzanine Facility is
greater than or equal to the
"BBB WARR Covenant" in the Applicable Matrix Case.
"DBRS Weighted Average Recovery Rate" means, as of any Measurement Date,
the number, expressed as a
percentage and determined separately for each of the Senior Facility and the
Mezzanine Facility, obtained by summing the
products obtained by multiplying the Principal Balance (excluding purchased
accrued interest) of each Collateral Obligation
by its DBRS Recovery Rate, dividing such sum by the aggregate Principal
Balance of all Collateral Obligations and rounding
up to the nearest 0.1 per cent. For purposes of this rate, the Principal
Balance of any Defaulted Obligation shall be deemed
to be zero.
"DBRS Recovery Rate" means for each Collateral Obligation for purposes of
determining the recovery rate, a
percentage based on the most appropriate description of the Collateral
Obligation's security position, DBRS Recovery Tier,
and rating of the Senior Facility and the Mezzanine Facility from the tables
entitled "DBRS Corporate Recovery Rates"
contained in Schedule 15.
"DBRS Recovery Tier" relating to any Collateral Obligation at any time is
the number set forth in the table below
opposite the country of such Collateral Obligation.]
DBRS Recovery Rate by Region Tier
Country
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
1
2
2
5
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1
4
3
2
2
DBRS Recovery Tier
5
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France
DBRS Recovery Tier
3
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
2
5
1
4
2
2
5
2
2
2
4
4
4
5
3
2
4
2
2
1
1
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DBRS Corporate Recovery Rates for Tier 1 Countries
Liability Rating
Class
AAA (sf)
AA (sf)
A (sf)
BBB (sf)
BB (sf)
B (sf)
CCC (sf)
Senior Secured
Loanl
50.75%
54.00%
60.50%
66.00%
74.00%
77.00%
80.25%
Senior Secured
Loan4
BBB (sf)
BB (sf)
B (sf)
CCC (sf)
Liability Rating
Class
AAA (sf)
AA (sf)
A (sf)
BBB (sf)
BB (sf)
B (sf)
CCC (sf)
45.75%
49.00%
55.50%
61.00%
69.00%
72.00%
75.25%
Senior Secured
Loan4
40.75%
44.00%
50.50%
56.00%
64.00%
67.00%
70.25%
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Senior Secured
Bond
43.75%
50.25%
56.75%
62.25%
69.25%
69.25%
69.25%
DBRS Corporate Recovery Rates for Tier 2 Countries
Liability Rating
Class
AAA (sf)
AA (sf)
A (sf)
Senior Secured
Bond
38.75%
45.25%
51.75%
57.25%
64.25%
64.25%
64.25%
DBRS Corporate Recovery Rates for Tier 3 Countries
Senior Secured
Bond
33.75%
40.25%
46.75%
52.25%
59.25%
59.25%
59.25%
Second Lien and
Senior Unsecured
18.50%
20.75%
21.25%
22.00%
26.50%
26.50%
26.50%
Subordinate
0.00%
2.50%
3.50%
5.00%
7.50%
7.50%
7.50%
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Second Lien and
Senior Unsecured
28.50%
30.75%
31.25%
32.00%
36.50%
36.50%
36.50%
Second Lien and
Senior Unsecured
23.50%
25.75%
26.25%
27.00%
31.50%
31.50%
31.50%
Subordinate
10.00%
12.50%
13.50%
15.00%
17.50%
17.50%
17.50%
Subordinate
5.00%
7.50%
8.50%
10.00%
12.50%
12.50%
12.50%
1 [Solely for the purpose of determining the DBRS Corporate Recovery Rate
for such loan, no loan will constitute a Senior
Secured Loan unless such loan (1) if DBRS is not providing ratings with
respect to the Facilities, satisfies the definition
thereof in the Reference Document and (b) if DBRS is providing ratings with
respect to the Facilities, (a) is not (and by its
terms is not permitted to become) subordinate in right of payment to any
other debt for borrowed money incurred by the
Obligor of such Collateral Obligation, (b) is secured by a valid first
priority perfected security interest or lien on specified
collateral (such collateral, together with any other pledged assets, having
a value (as reasonably determined by the Portfolio
Advisor at the time of acquisition, which determination will not be
questioned based on subsequent events) equal to or
greater than the Principal Balance of the Collateral Obligation) securing
the Obligor's obligations under the Collateral
Obligation, which security interest or lien is subject to customary liens
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and (c) is not a loan which is secured solely or
primarily by common stock or other equity interests (provided that the
limitation set forth in this clause (c) shall not apply
with respect
to a loan made to a parent entity that is secured solely or primarily by the
stock of one or more of the
subsidiaries of such parent entity to the extent that (i) the granting of
such subsidiary of a lien of its own property would
violate laws or regulations applicable to such subsidiary (whether the
obligation secured is such loan or any other similar
type of indebtedness owing to third parties), (ii) the Related Documents
limited the incurrence of indebtedness by such
subsidiary such that the net collateral value satisfies clause (b) above,
and (iii) the aggregate amount of all such
indebtedness is not material relative to the aggregate value of the assets
of such subsidiary).]
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DBRS Corporate Recovery Rates for Tier 4 Countries
Liability Rating
Class
AAA (sf)
AA (sf)
A (sf)
BBB (sf)
BB (sf)
B (sf)
CCC (sf)
Liability Rating
Class
AAA (sf)
AA (sf)
A (sf)
BBB (sf)
BB (sf)
B (sf)
CCC (sf)
Senior Secured
Loan4
35.75%
39.00%
45.50%
51.00%
59.00%
62.00%
65.25%
Senior Secured
Loan4
30.75%
34.00%
40.50%
46.00%
54.00%
57.00%
60.25%
Senior Secured
Bond
28.75%
35.25%
41.75%
47.25%
54.25%
54.25%
54.25%
DBRS Corporate Recovery Rates for Tier 5 Countries
Senior Secured
Bond
23.75%
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30.25%
36.75%
42.25%
49.25%
49.25%
49.25%
Second Lien and
Senior Unsecured
8.50%
10.75%
11.25%
12.00%
16.50%
16.50%
16.50%
Subordinate
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
Second Lien and
Senior Unsecured
13.50%
15.75%
16.25%
17.00%
21.50%
21.50%
21.50%
Subordinate
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
2.50%
2.50%
2.50%
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SCHEDULE VII
MINIMUM WEIGHTED AVERAGE SPREAD TEST
"Minimum Weighted Average Spread Test" will be satisfied if, as of any
Measurement Date,
the
Weighted Average Spread as of such Measurement Date equals or exceeds the
Minimum Weighted Average
Spread as of such Measurement Date.
"Minimum Weighted Average Spread" as of any Measurement Date, will equal the
"WAS Covenant" in
the Applicable Matrix Case.
"Weighted Average Spread" as of any Measurement Date, is the number obtained
by dividing:
(a)
(b)
the amount equal to the sum of (x) the Aggregate Funded Spread plus (y) the
Aggregate
Unfunded Spread; by
an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the product of (1) the Anticipated
Refinancing Transaction
Amount and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the aggregate
Principal Balance of
all
which is equal
Measurement Date, and (B)
floating rate Collateral
Obligations as of such Measurement Date, provided that (x) Defaulted
Obligations will not be
included in the calculation of the Weighted Average Spread, (y) for any
Partial Deferrable
Obligation, any interest that has been deferred and capitalized thereon will
be excluded and (z)
the unfunded portion of any Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligations and
Revolving Collateral
Obligations will be excluded.
"Aggregate Funded Spread" is, as of any Measurement Date, the sum of:
(a)
floating rate Collateral Obligations as of such Measurement Date, and the
denominator of
to the aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral Obligations as of such
the aggregate Principal Balance of all
in the case of each floating rate Collateral Obligation (for any Partial
Deferrable Obligation, only
the interest thereon currently required to be paid in cash pursuant to the
Underlying Instruments
but excluding the unfunded portion of any Delayed Drawdown Collateral
Obligation or Revolving
Collateral Obligation and any Defaulted Obligation) that bears interest at a
spread over LIBOR (i)
the stated interest rate spread on such Collateral Obligation above LIBOR
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(or, in the case of a
Yield Adjusted Collateral Obligation, its Discount-Adjusted Spread)
multiplied by (ii) the
outstanding Principal Balance of such Collateral Obligation (excluding the
unfunded portion of any
Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation or Revolving Obligation); provided
that for purposes of
this definition, the interest rate spread will be deemed to be, with respect
to any floating rate
Collateral Obligation that has a LIBOR floor, (1) the stated interest rate
spread plus, (2) if positive,
(x) the LIBOR floor value minus (y) LIBOR; and
(b)
in the case of each floating rate Collateral Obligation (for any Partial
Deferrable Obligation, only
the interest thereon currently required to be paid in cash pursuant to the
Underlying Instruments
but excluding the unfunded portion of any Delayed Drawdown Collateral
Obligation or Revolving
Collateral Obligation and any Defaulted Obligation) that bears interest at a
spread over an index
other than LIBOR-based index (i) the excess of the sum of such spread and
such index over
LIBOR with respect to the Senior Funding Facility as of the immediately
preceding Payment Date
(which spread or excess may be expressed as a negative percentage)
multiplied by (ii) the
outstanding Principal Balance of each such Collateral Obligation (excluding
the unfunded portion
of any Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation or Revolving Obligation).
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"Aggregate Unfunded Spread" is, as of any Measurement Date,
the sum of
the products obtained by
multiplying (i) for each Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation and
Revolving Collateral Obligation (other than
Defaulted Obligations),
the related commitment fee then in effect as of such date and (ii)
the undrawn
commitments of each such Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation and
Revolving Collateral Obligation as of
such date.
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SCHEDULE VIII
WEIGHTED AVERAGE LIFE TEST
"Weighted Average Life Test" will be satisfied on any Measurement Date if
the Weighted Average Life as of such date
is less than the number of years (rounded up to the nearest one hundredth
thereof) during the period from such
Measurement Date to the date that is 8 years from the Initial Facility
Closing Date.
"Weighted Average Life" is, as of any Measurement Date with respect to all
Collateral Obligations other than Defaulted
Obligations, the number of years (rounded down to the nearest one hundredth
thereof) following such date obtained by
summing the products obtained by multiplying (a) the Average Life at such
time of each such Collateral Obligation by (b) the
Principal Balance of such Collateral Obligation, and dividing such sum by
the aggregate Principal Balance at such time of all
Collateral Obligations other than Defaulted Obligations
"Average Life" is, on any Measurement Date with respect to any Collateral
Obligation, the quotient obtained by dividing
(a) the sum of the products of (i) the number of years (rounded to the
nearest one hundredth thereof)
Measurement Date to the respective dates of each successive Scheduled
Distribution of principal of such Collateral
Obligation and (ii) the respective amounts of principal of such Scheduled
Distributions by (b) the sum of all successive
Scheduled Distributions of principal on such Collateral Obligation.
from such
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SCHEDULE IX
MINIMUM DIVERSITY SCORE TEST
"Minimum Diversity Score Test" is a test satisfied on any date of
determination if the Diversity Score of the Collateral
Obligations as of such date is greater than or equal to the "Diversity Score
Covenant" in the Applicable Matrix Case.
"Diversity Score" is calculated by summing each of the Sector Diversity
Scores which are calculated as follows and
rounding the result up to the nearest whole number (provided that no
Defaulted Obligations shall be included in the
calculation of the Sector Diversity Score or any component thereof):
(a)
(b)
"Average Principal Balance" is calculated by summing the Obligor Principal
Balances and dividing by the sum
of the aggregate number of Obligors;
"Obligor Principal Balance" is calculated for each Obligor represented in
the Collateral Obligations by
summing the Principal Balances of all Collateral Obligations (excluding
Defaulted Obligations) issued by such
Obligor; provided that if a Collateral Obligation has been sold or is the
subject of an optional redemption or
offer, and the Sale Proceeds or unscheduled principal proceeds from such
event have not yet been reinvested
in substitute Collateral Obligations or distributed to the Lenders,
the Investors or the other creditors of the
Borrower in accordance with the Priority of Payments, the Obligor Principal
Balance shall be calculated as if
such Collateral Obligation had not been sold or was not subject to such an
optional redemption or offer;
(c)
(d)
(e)
"Equivalent Unit Score" is calculated for each Obligor by taking the lesser
of (i) one and (ii) the Obligor
Principal Balance for such Obligor divided by the Average Principal Balance;
"Aggregate Sector Equivalent Unit Score" is then calculated for each of the
Eligible Sub-Sectors by summing
the equivalent unit scores for each Obligor in the Eligible Sub-Sectors; and
"Sector Diversity Score" is then established by reference to the diversity
score table shown below (or such
other diversity score table as is published by Moody's from time to time)
(the "Diversity Score Table") for the
related Aggregate Sector Equivalent Unit Score.
If the Aggregate Sector Equivalent Unit Score falls between
any two such scores shown in the Diversity Score Table, then the Sector
Diversity Score is the lower of the two
Sector Diversity Scores in the Diversity Score Table.
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For purposes of calculating the Diversity Scores any Obligors affiliated
with one another will be considered to be
one Obligor.
Diversity Score Table
Aggregate
Sector
Equivalent Unit
Score
0.0000
0.0500
0.1500
0.2500
0.3500
0.4500
0.5500
0.6500
0.7500
0.8500
0.9500
1.0500
1.1500
1.2500
1.3500
1.4500
1.5500
1.6500
1.7500
1.8500
1.9500
2.0500
2.1500
2.2500
2.3500
2.4500
2.5500
2.6500
2.7500
2.8500
2.9500
3.0500
3.1500
3.2500
3.3500
3.4500
3.5500
3.6500
3.7500
3.8500
3.9500
4.0500
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4.1500
4.2500
4.3500
4.4500
4.5500
4.6500
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Score
0.0000
0.1000
0.2000
0.3000
0.4000
0.5000
0.6000
0.7000
0.8000
0.9000
1.0000
1.0500
1.1000
1.1500
1.2000
1.2500
1.3000
1.3500
1.4000
1.4500
1.5000
1.5500
1.6000
1.6500
1.7000
1.7500
1.8000
1.8500
1.9000
1.9500
2.0000
2.0333
2.0667
2.1000
2.1333
2.1667
2.2000
2.2333
2.2667
2.3000
2.3333
2.3667
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2.4000
2.4333
2.4667
2.5000
2.5333
2.5667
Aggregate
Sector
Equivalent Unit
Score
5.0500
5.1500
5.2500
5.3500
5.4500
5.5500
5.6500
5.7500
5.8500
5.9500
6.0500
6.1500
6.2500
6.3500
6.4500
6.5500
6.6500
6.7500
6.8500
6.9500
7.0500
7.1500
7.2500
7.3500
7.4500
7.5500
7.6500
7.7500
7.8500
7.9500
8.0500
8.1500
8.2500
8.3500
8.4500
8.5500
8.6500
8.7500
8.8500
8.9500
9.0500
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9.1500
9.2500
9.3500
9.4500
9.5500
9.6500
9.7500
Sector Diversity
Score
2.7000
2.7333
2.7667
2.8000
2.8333
2.8667
2.9000
2.9333
2.9667
3.0000
3.0250
3.0500
3.0750
3.1000
3.1250
3.1500
3.1750
3.2000
3.2250
3.2500
3.2750
3.3000
3.3250
3.3500
3.3750
3.4000
3.4250
3.4500
3.4750
3.5000
3.5250
3.5500
3.5750
3.6000
3.6250
3.6500
3.6750
3.7000
3.7250
3.7500
3.7750
3.8000
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3.8250
3.8500
3.8750
3.9000
3.9250
3.9500
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Aggregate
Sector
Equivalent Unit
Score
10.1500
10.2500
10.3500
10.4500
10.5500
10.6500
10.7500
10.8500
10.9500
11.0500
11.1500
11.2500
11.3500
11.4500
11.5500
11.6500
11.7500
11.8500
11.9500
12.0500
12.1500
12.2500
12.3500
12.4500
12.5500
12.6500
12.7500
12.8500
12.9500
13.0500
13.1500
13.2500
13.3500
13.4500
13.5500
13.6500
13.7500
13.8500
13.9500
14.0500
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14.1500
14.2500
14.3500
14.4500
14.5500
14.6500
14.7500
14.8500
Sector Diversity
Score
4.0200
4.0300
4.0400
4.0500
4.0600
4.0700
4.0800
4.0900
4.1000
4.1100
4.1200
4.1300
4.1400
4.1500
4.1600
4.1700
4.1800
4.1900
4.2000
4.2100
4.2200
4.2300
4.2400
4.2500
4.2600
4.2700
4.2800
4.2900
4.3000
4.3100
4.3200
4.3300
4.3400
4.3500
4.3600
4.3700
4.3800
4.3900
4.4000
4.4100
4.4200
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4.4300
4.4400
4.4500
4.4600
4.4700
4.4800
4.4900
Aggregate
Sector
Equivalent Unit
Score
15.2500
15.3500
15.4500
15.5500
15.6500
15.7500
15.8500
15.9500
16.0500
16.1500
16.2500
16.3500
16.4500
16.5500
16.6500
16.7500
16.8500
16.9500
17.0500
17.1500
17.2500
17.3500
17.4500
17.5500
17.6500
17.7500
17.8500
17.9500
18.0500
18.1500
18.2500
18.3500
18.4500
18.5500
18.6500
18.7500
18.8500
18.9500
19.0500
19.1500
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19.2500
19.3500
19.4500
19.5500
19.6500
19.7500
19.8500
19.9500
Sector Diversity
Score
4.5300
4.5400
4.5500
4.5600
4.5700
4.5800
4.5900
4.6000
4.6100
4.6200
4.6300
4.6400
4.6500
4.6600
4.6700
4.6800
4.6900
4.7000
4.7100
4.7200
4.7300
4.7400
4.7500
4.7600
4.7700
4.7800
4.7900
4.8000
4.8100
4.8200
4.8300
4.8400
4.8500
4.8600
4.8700
4.8800
4.8900
4.9000
4.9100
4.9200
4.9300
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4.9500
4.9600
4.9700
4.9800
4.9900
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Aggregate
Sector
Aggregate
Sector
Equivalent Unit
Score
4.7500
4.8500
4.9500
Sector Diversity
Score
2.6000
2.6333
2.6667
Equivalent Unit
Score
9.8500
9.9500
10.0500
Sector Diversity
Score
3.9750
4.0000
4.0100
Aggregate
Sector
Equivalent Unit
Score
14.9500
15.0500
15.1500
Sector Diversity
Score
4.5000
4.5100
4.5200
Aggregate
Sector
Equivalent Unit
Score
Sector Diversity
Score
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SCHEDULE X
ELIGIBLE SUB-SECTORS
1. Power - Renewables: Wind
2. Power - Renewables: Solar
3. Power - Renewables: Hydro
4. Power - Renewables: non-US
5. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: CAISO
6. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: MISO
7. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: ISO-NE
8. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: NYISO
9. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: Northwest
10. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: PJM
11. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: Southeast
12. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: Southwest
13. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: SPP
14. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: ERCOT
15. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Contracted: non-US
16. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: CAISO
17. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: MISO
18. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: ISO-NE
19. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: NYISO
20. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: Northwest
21. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: PJM
22. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: Southeast
23. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: Southwest
24. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: SPP
25. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: ERCOT
26. Electricity (Coal/Gas) Merchant: non-US
27. Chemical Facility
28. Regulated Utilities
29. Regulated Gas distribution and transmission
30. Regulated Airports
31. Regulated Water, Sewage
32. Regulated Electricity distribution and transmission
33. Regulated Telecom
34. Regulated Airport navigation and other regulated services
35. Regulated Other Utilities
36. Regulated Toll Roads
37. Airports/Ports
38. Rail
39. Toll road networks, tunnels, bridges, car parks
40. Airport Services (baggage handling etc.)
41. Transportation (air cargo vessels, vessels)
42. LNG Terminal
43. Other non-regulated gas or electricity infrastructure asset
44. PPP/PFI Airports
45. PPP/PFI Electric Utilities
46. PPP/PFI Telecoms
47. PPP/PFI LIFT
48. PPP/PFI Schools/Education
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49. PPP/PFI Waste Management
50. PPP/PFI Rail
51. PPP/PFI NHS - Hospitals, Care, Home, Healthcare
52. PPP/PFI Roads - Availability Based
53. PPP/PFI Roads (Real toll, shadow, minimum traffic guarantee)
54. PPP/PFI Leisure/conference facilities (i.e. non essential
infrastructure)
55. PPP/PFI Defence/Military
56. PPP/PFI Office Campus/Other Accommodation
57. PPP/PFI Street Lighting
58. PPP/PFI Transportation
59. PPP/PFI Courts
60. PPP/PFI Prisons
61. Construction & Building
62. Environmental Industries
63. Wholesale
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Section 12
Certain Risk Factors
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Certain Risk Factors
An investment in the Preferred Shares involves a substantial degree of risk
and should be considered only by a prospective
investor whose financial resources are sufficient to enable it to assume
such risk (and the possible loss of some or all of its
investment) and who has no immediate need for liquidity in its investment.
Each prospective investor should carefully
evaluate the following risk factors associated with an investment in the
Preferred Shares and should make its own
assessment of the risks and rewards of an investment in the Preferred Shares.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Section 12 have the meanings
specified in Section 11, "Summary of Principal
Terms," or in the Appendix "Glossary".
GENERAL RISKS
Risks of General Economic Conditions
The ability of the Issuer to make payments on a Facility and distributions
on the Preferred Shares may depend on the
financial condition of the economy. The business, financial condition or
results of operations of the Obligors on the Collateral
Obligations, and in turn the market value and future performance of any
Collateral Obligation acquired by the Issuer may be
adversely affected by current and future economic conditions. Delinquencies,
non-accruals and credit
losses generally
increase during economic slowdowns or recessions. To the extent that
economic and business conditions deteriorate, nonperforming
assets are likely to increase, and the value and collectability of the
Issuer's assets is likely to decrease. A
decrease in market value of the Collateral Obligations also would adversely
affect the Sale Proceeds that could be obtained
upon the sale of the Collateral Obligations and could ultimately affect the
ability of the Issuer to pay in full or redeem a
Facility, as well as the ability of the Issuer to make any distributions in
respect of the Preferred Shares.
Certain of the Collateral Obligations may be issued by Obligors located in
the European Union (the "EU") or otherwise
affected by the strength or weakness of the euro. Any volatility in the
European financial markets or the existence of
concerns about rising government debt levels, credit rating downgrades, and
possible default on or restructuring of
government debt may cause bond yield spreads (the cost of borrowing debt in
the capital markets) and credit default
spreads (the cost of purchasing credit protection) to increase in relation
to certain euro zone countries.
It is possible that countries that have adopted the euro could abandon the
euro and return to a national currency or that the
euro will cease to exist as a single currency in its current form. The
effects on a country of abandonment of the euro or a
country's forced expulsion from the EU are impossible to predict, but are
likely to be negative. The exit of any country out of
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the EU or the abandonment by any country of the euro would likely have a
destabilizing effect on all eurozone countries and
their economies and a negative effect on the global economy as a whole.
Although all the Collateral Obligations must be
U.S. dollar-denominated, the effect of such potential events on the
Obligors, Collateral Obligations, the Issuer or on the
Preferred Shares is impossible to predict.
Referendum on the United Kingdom's EU membership
The United Kingdom has initiated its official withdrawal from the EU. The
United Kingdom's decision to leave the EU has
caused, and is anticipated to continue to cause, significant uncertainties
and instability in the financial markets, which may
affect the risk profile of the Issuer. These uncertainties could have a
material adverse effect on the Issuer's and Obligors'
business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. Any
impact on Obligors could impair their ability to make
payments due under the Collateral Obligations, which would affect the
Issuer's ability to make payments on a Facility and
distributions on the Preferred Shares. In addition, it is unclear at this
stage what the consequences of the United Kingdom's
departure from the EU will ultimately be for the Issuer or any other
Transaction Party.
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Legislative and Regulatory Changes; Bank Holding Company Act
Proposed regulations by the SEC, if enacted, would significantly alter the
manner in which asset-backed securities,
including securities similar to the Securities, are issued and structured
and increase the reporting obligations of the issuers
of such securities. Proposed changes to Regulation AB under the Securities
Act have the potential to impose new
disclosure requirements that would be burdensome in connection with the
issuance and sale of any additional Facility or any
Refinancing. Also, while the Issuer will be structured to comply with the EU
Risk Retention Rules regarding risk retention by
sponsors of securitizations in connection with the intended Refinancing,
future changes to such rules or similar requirements
in the United States could potentially impact the Issuer's ability to
undertake any Refinancing.
In particular, the Dodd-Frank Act imposes a new regulatory framework on the
U.S. financial services industry and the credit
markets in general, and includes provisions that are expected to have a
broad impact on the financial markets. Section 619
of the Dodd-Frank Act added a provision to federal banking law, commonly
referred to as the "Volcker Rule", which amends
the BHCA and, subject to limited exceptions, prohibits banking entities and
their subsidiaries and affiliates from engaging in
proprietary trading or from acquiring or retaining an ownership interest in,
or sponsoring or having certain relationships with,
a hedge fund or private equity fund.
A "covered fund" is any entity that would be an investment company but for
the exemption provided by Section 3(c) (1) or
Section 3(c) (7) of the Investment Company Act. Therefore, absent an
exclusion from the definition of "covered fund", the
Issuer would be a covered fund. The applicable regulations contain an
exclusion applicable to loan securitizations and under
such exclusion only loans and certain related assets are permitted to be
held by the relevant fund. The Facility
documentation will provide that none of the Collateral Obligations may
consist of Bonds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
assurance can be made that the Issuer will qualify for such loan
securitization exclusion or for any other exclusion that might
be available under the Volcker Rule and its implementing regulations.
If the Issuer were determined to be a "covered fund", there would be
significant limitations on the ability of banking entities
to purchase or hold any class of its securities deemed to be an "ownership
interest", which would be expected to include the
Preferred Shares. Moreover, if the Issuer were a "covered fund" and an
Initial Facility Lender were determined to have been
an investment manager,
permitted to engage in certain transactions with the Issuer. Investors
should consult their own legal advisors in determining
whether the Volcker Rule would prohibit or restrict them from acquiring an
interest in any Preferred Shares, or would require
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them to subsequently divest such interest.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation approved final rules under Section
941 of the Dodd-Frank Act (the "US Risk
Retention Regulations") regarding risk retention by sponsors of asset-backed
securities, and these rules became fully
effective with respect
to collateralized loan obligation transactions on December 24, 2016. The US
Risk Retention
Regulations contain provisions that limit the ability of the Issuer to issue
an additional Facility or undertake any Refinancing
(or refinancing of the Refinancing) in the future.
Compliance with such rules and regulations could impose significant costs
and restrictions on the Issuer and/or Deutsche
Bank and its affiliates, and no assurance can be made that the impact of
such changes or any further legislative or
regulatory action would not have a material adverse effect on the Issuer,
including the Issuer's ability to affect a Refinancing.
The foregoing is not an exhaustive discussion of the potential risks the
Dodd-Frank Act and other regulatory changes pose
for Deutsche Bank,
ERISA and Tax Matters". No assurance can be made that the United States
federal government or any U.S. regulatory body
(or other authority or regulatory body) will not continue to take further
legislative or regulatory action in response to the
economic crisis in recent years or otherwise, and the effect of such
actions, if any, cannot be known or predicted.
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the Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor and the Preferred Shareholders. See
Section 14, "Certain Legal,
investment adviser or sponsor, such Initial Facility Lender and affiliates
thereof may not be
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RISKS RELATING TO THE PREFERRED SHARES
Limited Liquidity and Restrictions on Transfer
There is no established secondary market for the Preferred Shares, and it is
not expected that any secondary market for
any of the Preferred Shares will develop, or if a secondary market does
develop, that it will provide the Preferred
Shareholders with liquidity of investment or will continue for the life of
the Preferred Shares. None of the Portfolio Advisor,
the Placement Agents, Deutsche Bank or any of their respective affiliates is
under any obligation to make a market for the
Preferred Shares. The Preferred Shares are designed for long-term investors
and should not be considered a means for
short-term trading. Consequently, an Investor must be prepared to hold its
Preferred Shares for an indefinite period of
time. The Preferred Shares will not be registered under the Securities Act
or any state securities laws and are subject to
transfer restrictions related thereto. In addition, no Transfer of the
Preferred Shares may be affected if, among other things,
it would require either the Issuer or the pool of the Assets of the Issuer
to register under, or otherwise be subject to the
provisions of, the Investment Company Act or any similar legislation or
regulatory action. Further, any Transfer of Preferred
Shares must
Purchase Agreement.
include a transfer of the proportionate amount of any unfunded Capital
Commitment pursuant
the Preferred Shares are subject
As a result,
to the PS
to certain transfer restrictions and can only be
Transferred to certain transferees as described under Section 11, "Summary
of Principal Terms—Preferred Shares—
Purchase Restrictions" and "Summary of Principal Terms—Additional Matters--
Tax Treatment". In addition, each Preferred
Shareholder has the right under the PS Purchase Agreement to request certain
information relating to the Issuer and its
Assets and to inspect the Issuer's book and records. Such information
obtained by a Preferred Shareholder may contain or
include information not provided by the Issuer to its security holders
generally and that may be material to the performance
of the Issuer's Preferred Shares, and that each Preferred Shareholder
receiving such information will be or may be
prohibited from engaging in purchases or sales of any securities of the
Issuer by reason of having possession of such
information. The Issuer may,
in the future, impose additional transfer restrictions to comply with
changes in applicable
law. Such restrictions on the transfer of the Preferred Shares may further
limit their liquidity.
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The Preferred Shares represent interests solely in the Issuer and not in any
other person or entity,
including (without
limitation) Deutsche Bank, the Portfolio Advisor, the Portfolio
Administrator, the Placement Agents, any Hedge Counterparty
or the Security Party or any of their respective affiliates. Distributions
to Preferred Shareholders will be made from amounts
received on the Issuer's Assets solely after all other payments have been
made pursuant to the Priority of Payments. See
Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms—Preferred Shares—Distributions".
There can be no assurance that the
distributions on the Collateral Obligations and other Assets will be
sufficient to make distributions to Preferred Shareholders
after making payments on the Facility and on other obligations of the Issuer
that rank senior to the Preferred Shares. If
distributions on the Issuer's Assets are insufficient to make distributions
on the Preferred Shares, no other Assets will be
available to the Issuer to make such distributions.
Junior Status of Preferred Shares
The Preferred Shares will be subordinate and junior to the applicable
Facility and any other Issuer obligations. To the extent
that any losses are suffered by the Issuer, such losses will be borne in the
first instance by Preferred Shareholders, then by
the holders of the applicable Facility. None of the Portfolio Advisor, the
Placement Agents, Deutsche Bank, the Security
Party, any of their affiliates or any other person will have any obligation
to make payments on the Preferred Shares. While a
Facility is outstanding, Preferred Shareholders will generally not be
entitled to exercise any remedies under such Facility. If
an Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the applicable Facility,
the holders of the Facility will have rights to effect
a wide range of remedies,
including acceleration of the Facility and liquidation of all or part of the
Assets. In such
circumstances, the holders of the Facility may also refrain from
accelerating or exercising any remedies, in which case the
Portfolio Advisor could continue to direct dispositions and purchases of
Collateral Obligations to the extent permitted under
the applicable Facility documentation and payments on a Facility would
continue to be made in accordance with the Priority
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of Payments. Preferred Shareholders will not have any rights under the
applicable Facility documentation except to the
extent provided therein. Remedies pursued by the holders of Facility,
following an acceleration or otherwise, could have a
material adverse effect upon the Preferred Shares, particularly if the
Collateral Obligations are subject to liquidation.
In particular, with respect to the Initial Facility, (i) the Instructing
Party may designate an Optional Early Maturity Date as
early as [.], which would require repayment of the Initial Facility on such
date, (ii) the Issuer's ability to borrow under the
Initial Facility requires approval of each Collateral Obligation by the
Instructing Party, (iii) the absence of a Material Adverse
Change with respect
to the Portfolio Advisor and passing certain tests based on the Market Value
of the Collateral
Obligations and (iv) a Portfolio Advisor Event of Default would also result
in an Event of Default under the Initial Facility.
Leveraged Investment
The Preferred Shares will represent a highly leveraged investment in the
Assets. Therefore, the Preferred Shares will be
subject to greater volatility and will be significantly affected by the
performance of the Collateral Obligations, including any
non-payment or other defaults, recoveries and gains and losses on sales of
the Issuer's Assets, as well as by prepayments
and the availability, prices and interest rates on Collateral Obligations
and other risks associated with the Assets. See "—
Risks Relating to the Collateral Obligations". Accordingly, the amount of
distributions paid on the Preferred Shares, if any,
may vary significantly from Payment Date to Payment Date. If there are
losses on Collateral Obligations, the Preferred
Shares may not be paid in full and may be subject to a loss of up to the
entire amount invested therein.
It is anticipated that the cash proceeds received by the Issuer from the
issuance of the Preferred Shares and from the
proceeds under the applicable Facility, net of fees and expenses, will be
less than the aggregate principal amount of Facility
and invested amount in the Preferred Shares. Consequently, it is anticipated
that if an acceleration were to occur early
under the applicable Facility documentation, the Preferred Shareholders
would receive less than the aggregate amount of
their investment.
Uncertain Redemption Timing of Preferred Shares
The term of the Issuer is expected to be shorter than the term of certain
Collateral Obligations. This may vary due to various
factors affecting the early retirement of Collateral Obligations, the timing
and amount of sales of such Collateral Obligations,
the ability and rights of the Portfolio Advisor to invest collections and
proceeds from Collateral Obligations in additional
Collateral Obligations, and the occurrence of any required liquidation of
the Collateral Obligations in connection with the
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redemption of the Facility. After the Non-Call Period related to the
Refinancing, the Issuer at its option may, in each case
acting at the direction of the Majority Preferred Shareholders, effect an
[[Optional Principal Prepayment]] in connection with
an Asset liquidation or a refinancing. Repayment of the Collateral
Obligations prior to their respective final maturities will
depend, among other things, on the financial condition of the Obligors of
the underlying Collateral Obligations and the
characteristics of such Collateral Obligations, including the existence and
frequency of exercise of any Optional Principal
Prepayment or mandatory redemption features, prevailing levels of interest
rates, redemption prices, default rates and
recoveries on Defaulted Obligations. In particular, many Collateral
Obligations will be subject to early prepayment in whole.
The ability of the Issuer to reinvest proceeds in Collateral Obligations
with comparable interest
rates that satisfy the
Investment Criteria may affect the timing and amount of distributions on the
Preferred Shares and the actual Internal Rate of
Return on the Preferred Shares.
Optional Principal Prepayment Risk
Subject
to certain conditions set forth in the Initial Facility Agreement, the
Issuer or the Portfolio Advisor may direct a
liquidation of some or all remaining Assets pursuant to an Optional
Principal Prepayment [and, in the case of an Optional
Principal Prepayment in full, cause final distributions to be made on the
Initial Facility pursuant to its priority of payments].
Preferred Shareholders will have no rights to cause or prevent the
occurrence of an Optional Principal Prepayment. The
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timing of an Optional Principal Prepayment could materially affect returns
to the Preferred Shareholders. No assurance can
be made that any particular return on the Preferred Shares will occur in the
event of an Optional Principal Prepayment.
Refinancing Risks
The Issuer, acting upon the direction of the Majority Preferred
Shareholders, may redeem the Initial Facility in full in
connection with an Optional Principal Prepayment or a Refinancing. There can
be no assurance that, upon any such
redemption, the Sale Proceeds realized and other available funds would
permit any distribution on the Preferred Shares
after all required payments are made on the Initial Facility and in respect
of the Issuer's expenses. In addition, unless a
replacement Refinancing is occurring, an Optional Principal Prepayment could
require the Portfolio Advisor to liquidate
certain positions more rapidly than would otherwise be desirable, which
could adversely affect
received by the Issuer from sales of such positions.
the amount of proceeds
A Refinancing may occur only at the sole discretion of the Majority
Preferred Shareholders pursuant to terms negotiated by
the Portfolio Advisor on behalf of the Issuer and agreed to by the Majority
Preferred Shareholders, and such terms may not
be beneficial for the Preferred Shareholders not constituting the Majority
Preferred Shareholders. In addition, the Issuer
Organizational Expenses permitted to be collected from Preferred Share
Purchasers is significantly limited with respect to
the funding of the costs of any Refinancing and could limit the ability of
the Issuer to complete a Refinancing. A Refinancing
will only be effective if the conditions set forth in the PS Issuing and
Paying Agency Agreement are satisfied, including that
the terms of such Refinancing shall include RREEF or a successor thereto (in
each case at its option) acting in the capacity
of portfolio advisor, investment manager or similar capacity thereunder, to
the extent (in each case) that it shall not have
been previously removed as Portfolio Advisor for "cause" (A) pursuant to
clause (i) of the definition of "cause" as described
in Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms—Portfolio Advisor—Removal" or (B)
otherwise pursuant to the definition of
"cause" as described in Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms—Portfolio
Advisor—Removal" where the event or
circumstance constituting the basis for such removal continues to be in
effect as of the date of such Refinancing or where
any damage arising to the Issuer therefrom remains uncured (it being
understood that, in the case of any person or persons
committing or having direct oversight responsibility for the act or omission
constituting the basis for such removal, such
person's ceasing to remain an officer, director, manager, trustee, employee
or agent of RREEF or a successor thereto shall
not, in and of itself, imply that such event or circumstance has ceased to
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be in effect or that such damage arising therefrom
is cured). The Preferred Shareholders other than the Majority Preferred
Shareholders have no right to approve or
disapprove any Refinancing or the terms thereof. The PS Issuing and Paying
Agency Agreement provides that the Preferred
Shareholders will not have any rights against any of the Co-Issuers, the
Portfolio Advisor, the Portfolio Administrator or the
Security Party for any failure to obtain a Refinancing. If a Refinancing is
obtained, the Issuer and the Security Party will
enter into a Refinancing indenture, with the consent of the Majority
Preferred Shareholders and the Portfolio Advisor, and
amendments to the other Transaction Agreements to the extent necessary to
reflect the terms of the Refinancing and no
consent for any such amendment shall be required from any other Preferred
Shareholder. No assurance can be given that
any such Refinancing indenture or the terms of any Refinancing will not
adversely affect Preferred Shareholders.
Additional Facility
The Co-Issuers may enter into additional facilities and issue Additional
Preferred Shares subject
to the terms of the
Transaction Agreements. The net proceeds of such an issuance would be used
to purchase additional Collateral Obligations
or for other purposes permitted under the Transaction Agreements. Depending
upon the price of issuance at the time, an
issuance of Additional Preferred Shares could have a dilutive effect upon
the existing Preferred Shares.
Uncertainties Concerning LIBOR
The Interest Rate on the Facility and the interest rate on most of the
Collateral Obligations will be based upon LIBOR and
therefore may fluctuate from one interest accrual period to another due to
changes in LIBOR. During certain periods, LIBOR
has experienced high volatility. Changes in LIBOR will affect the amount of
interest payable on the Facility, and will have
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corresponding effects on amounts available for distributions on the
Preferred Shares. In addition, any uncertainty in the
value of LIBOR, the development of a widespread market view that LIBOR has
been manipulated, or any uncertainty in the
prominence of LIBOR as a benchmark interest rate due to the recent
regulatory reform may adversely affect the value of
Collateral Obligations in the secondary market.
Under the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Facility
documentation, a Facility may bear interest at rate other
than LIBOR, which could create a divergence between the interest rates borne
by the Collateral Obligations and the
applicable Facility and could adversely impact distributions on the
Preferred Shares.
Interest Rate Risks
The aggregate outstanding principal amount of a Facility may be different
from the aggregate Principal Balance of the
Floating Rate Obligations. In addition, any payments of principal of, or
interest on, Collateral Obligations received during a
Collection Period (and, not reinvested during the RIN II Reinvestment
Period) will be reinvested in Eligible Investments.
There is no requirement that such Eligible Investments bear interest at a
floating rate, and the interest rates available for
such Eligible Investments are inherently uncertain which may affect the
proceeds receive by the Issuer on such Eligible
Investments. In addition, there may be a timing or basis mismatch between a
Facility and the Collateral Obligations that are
Floating Rate Obligations as the interest
rate on such Floating Rate Obligations may adjust more frequently or less
frequently, and on different dates and based on different indices, than the
interest rates on the Facility. As a result of such
mismatches, changes in the level of LIBOR or any other applicable floating
rate index could adversely affect the ability of the
Co-Issuers to make payments on a Facility. While the Issuer will be
permitted, subject to certain conditions and limitations,
to enter into Hedge Agreements to mitigate such risks, there can be no
assurance that the Issuer will enter into any Hedge
Agreements or that, if entered into, such Hedge Agreements will
significantly reduce the effects of any interest rate or timing
mismatch described above. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the
Issuer's Assets will be able to generate
sufficient Interest Proceeds to make payments on the Facility and
distributions on the Preferred Shares, or ensure any
particular return on the Preferred Shares. If the Issuer enters into a Hedge
Agreement, Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Branch
or an affiliate of thereof may act as the Hedge Counterparty, which may
create conflicts of interest. See Section 13,
"Conflicts of Interest—General Activities of Deutsche Bank and its
Affiliates" and "—Hedge Counterparty Risks" below.
Hedge Counterparty Risks
The Issuer will be authorized to enter into Hedge Agreements at any time or
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from time to time in order to manage interest
rate mismatches, timing mismatches and other risks in connection with the
Issuer's Facility and ownership and disposition of
the Collateral Obligations, with such hedge counterparties as are directed
by the Portfolio Advisor, subject to criteria,
limitations and conditions set forth in the applicable Facility
documentation. In the event of an insolvency or other default by
a Hedge Counterparty, the Issuer will be treated as a general creditor
thereof. Consequently, in being a party to any Hedge
Agreements, the Issuer will be exposed to the credit risk of each related
Hedge Counterparty.
Risks of Hedge Agreements
The Issuer's obligations to make payments pursuant to any Hedge Agreement
will rank senior to the Issuer's obligations to
make payments on the Preferred Shares. Hedge Agreements also pose risks upon
their termination. A Hedge Counterparty
may terminate the applicable Hedge Agreements upon the occurrence of certain
events of default or termination events
thereunder with respect to the Issuer and, in the case of such early
termination of any Hedge Agreement, the Issuer may be
required to make a payment to the related Hedge Counterparty. The Issuer may
also be required to make a payment to the
related Hedge Counterparty if the Issuer itself terminates the Hedge
Agreement. Any amount that would be required to be
paid by the Issuer to enter into, if necessary, a replacement Hedge
Agreement will reduce amounts available for payments
to holders of the Securities.
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Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, the CFTC promulgated a range of regulatory
requirements that affect the pricing, terms
and compliance costs associated with hedge agreements. In addition, the CFTC
adopted rules under the Dodd-Frank Act
that include Regulated CFTC Instruments as contracts which may cause an
entity to be a "commodity pool" under the CEA
and any person that, on behalf of such entity, engages in or facilitates
such activity to be a CPO and a CTA. Regulation of
the Issuer as a commodity pool and/or regulation of the Portfolio Advisor
(or another transaction party) as a CPO and CTA
(or, if applicable, the requirements of any exemption from regulation of the
Portfolio Advisor as a CPO and CTA with respect
to the Issuer, such as the CFTC Exemptions discussed above) could cause the
Issuer to be subject to extensive registration
and reporting requirements that may result in material costs to the Issuer.
Any such requirement may make it more difficult,
or impossible, for the Issuer to enter into a Hedge Agreement or modify an
existing Hedge Agreement. The Issuer does not
intend to enter into any Hedge Agreement unless doing so will (a) not cause
it to be considered a "commodity pool" as
defined in Section la(10) of the CEA, or (b) allow the Portfolio Advisor to
qualify for the CFTC Exemptions discussed above.
These constraints may limit the Issuer's ability to use Regulated CFTC
Instruments in circumstances where it may otherwise
have been advantageous to do so.
Issuer Expenses
Investors in the Preferred Shares will bear the Issuer Organizational
Expenses at the start of the Issuer's business. Through
their investment in a Facility, lenders and investors bear the cost of the
Base Advisory Fee, the Subordinated Advisory Fee,
the Incentive Advisory Fee, and other offering related and ongoing expenses
of the Issuer as described herein. The Issuer
may use the proceeds of Contributions to pay its ongoing expenses and
expenses other than Issuer Organizational
Expenses. Investors that become Preferred Shareholders and Preferred Share
Purchasers after the initial Preferred Share
Issuance Date will be required to bear a pro rata portion of the Issuer
Organizational Expenses (see "Summary of Principal
Terms—Preferred Shares—Funding of Issuer Organizational Expenses") pursuant
to the terms of the PS Purchase
Agreement. The total
Issuer Organizational Expenses are capped at a maximum of $[•]. It
is expected that each
subsequent purchaser of Preferred Shares will be required to pay its Pro
Rata Share of Issuer Expenses concurrent with its
investment in such Preferred Shares. In the aggregate, these commercially
reasonable fees and expenses may be greater
than if an investor in the Preferred Shares were to directly make
investments in the Collateral Obligations. Payment of any
taxes and registered office fees and Administrative Expenses up to the cap
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specified in the applicable Facility is senior to
any other amounts owed by the Co-Issuers under the Priority of Payments. In
addition, Interest Proceeds and Principal
Proceeds are required to be available for the payment of certain of the Co-
Issuers' expenses in accordance with the Priority
of Payments. If available funds are not sufficient to pay the expenses owed
by the Co-Issuers, the ability of the Co-Issuers
to operate effectively could be impaired. Among other possible impairments,
the Issuer,
the Portfolio Advisor and the
Security Party may not be able to participate in legal proceedings brought
against it or that it might otherwise bring to protect
the interests of the Co-Issuers.
Risks of Amendments
The Facilities will provide that certain specified providers,
the Security Party, and the Co-Issuers may enter into
amendments, subject to various requirements and conditions precedent. The
consent of Preferred Shareholders is generally
not required or is only required from less than 100% of the Preferred Shares
that would be materially and adversely affected
by the amendment. Accordingly, a holder of the Preferred Shares may be
materially and adversely affected by an
amendment to the applicable Facility documentation that is entered into
following consent thereto by less than 100% of the
Preferred Shares or without the consent of any holder of Preferred Shares.
See "—Majority Preferred Shareholder Voting
Rights."
Majority Preferred Shareholder Voting Rights
The Majority Preferred Shareholders will control the exercise of certain
rights under applicable Facility, the Portfolio Advisory
Agreement, the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, the Preferred Share
Purchase Agreement and the Articles. The
exercise of any such rights by the Majority Preferred Shareholders may cause
the Issuer to take certain actions that may be
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adverse (or may prevent the Issuer from taking actions that are
advantageous) to the interests of Preferred Shareholders
not constituting the Majority Preferred Shareholders.
Such rights of the Majority Preferred Shareholders include: (i) consenting
to the Refinancing,
(ii) being provided the
opportunity to purchase the Issuer's Assets in the event of a liquidation of
any portion of the Assets after an acceleration of a
Facility, (iii) consenting to certain amendments to Facility documentation
that materially and adversely affect the Preferred
Shares, (iv) directing the Co-Issuers to redeem a Facility in whole but not
in part which may be effected through as an Asset
liquidation or a Refinancing in accordance with the procedures set forth in
the applicable Facility, (v) consenting to any
amendment of the Portfolio Advisory Agreement in certain circumstances, (vi)
directing the PS Issuing and Paying Agent to
make certain demands of the Security Party or the Issuer under the Portfolio
Advisory Agreement to the extent that no Event
of Default under the Initial Facility Agreement has occurred and is
continuing, (vii) consent to (1) any amendment,
modification or supplement of the rights, preferences or privileges of the
Preferred Shareholders, (2) the payment of any
commission by the Issuer in consideration of the subscription of the
Issuer's shares, or (3) any declaration of dividends or
distributions by the directors,
(viii) instruct
the Issuer to take or refrain from taking any action under the Transaction
Agreement in the limited circumstances specified in the Articles and (ix)
determine the remuneration payable to the Issuer's
directors.
The Articles will provide that in each circumstance in which the Initial
Facility Agreement or any other Transaction
Agreement specifies that the taking or non-taking of any action by the
Issuer or any other party is conditioned upon having
the consent of, or an instruction by, the Majority P referred Shareholders,
the Issuer will not take (or refrain from taking, as
the case may be) such action by the Issuer, and will not agree to the taking
of (or refraining from the taking of, as the case
may be) such action by such other party, without (in each case) first
receiving the consent of, or an instruction by, the
Majority Preferred Shareholders with respect to such action (or inaction, as
the case may be). The exercise of such rights by
the initial Majority Preferred Shareholders or the Majority Preferred
Shareholders could be adverse to the interests of other
Preferred Shareholders not constituting the initial Majority Preferred
Shareholders or the Majority Preferred Shareholders,
respectively.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Treatment as Equity
The Issuer intends to treat each Facility as debt, and the Preferred Shares
as equity, for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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However, no ruling has been sought as to the proper classification of a
Facility and the Preferred Shares for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. The IRS may take the position that a Facility
represents equity interests in the Issuer for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. U.S. Holders (as defined in Section 14, "Certain Legal,
ERISA and Tax Matters") of Preferred Shares
could be required to recognize income for tax purposes in excess of cash
actually distributed to them in a variety of
circumstances and could be subject to certain other potentially adverse
consequences described under Section 14, "Certain
Legal, ERISA and Tax Matters—Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax
Considerations". Each prospective investor should
review the disclosure under the heading Section 14, "Certain Legal, ERISA
and Tax Matters—Certain U.S. Federal Income
Tax Considerations—Tax Treatment of U.S. Holders" and consult
its own tax advisor before investing in the Preferred
Shares.
Risks of Withholding Tax or Changes in Tax Law
A portion of the Collateral Obligations or payments thereon may be subject
to withholding tax. The Collateral Quality Tests
and Coverage Tests with respect to a Facility will be determined on the
basis of the after-tax spread, coupon or amount of
interest, as applicable. In addition, there can be no assurance that, as a
result of any change in any applicable law, treaty,
rule or regulation or interpretation thereof, payments on the Collateral
Obligations that were not subject to withholding tax
when purchased might not in the future become subject to withholding tax or
that the amount or rate of withholding tax to
which a payment on a Collateral Obligation is subject might not increase. If
the withholding tax on payments on the
Collateral Obligations increases, or if withholding tax is imposed on
payments on the Collateral Obligations, but is not
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compensated for by a "gross up" provision under the terms of such Collateral
Obligations, such tax would reduce the
amounts available to make payments on the Securities. There can be no
assurance that remaining payments on the
Collateral would be sufficient to make timely payments on the Securities.
The Issuer Could Be Subject to Material Net Income or Withholding Taxes in
Certain Circumstances
The Issuer expects to conduct its affairs so that it will not be treated as
engaged in a trade or business within the U.S. for
U.S. federal income tax purposes (including as a result of lending
activities). As a consequence, the Issuer expects that its
net income will not become subject to U.S. federal income tax. There can be
no assurance, however, that the Issuer's net
income will not become subject to U.S. federal income tax as a result of
unanticipated activities, changes in law, contrary
conclusions by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") or other causes.
If the Issuer were determined to be engaged in a
trade or business within the U.S. for U.S. federal income tax purposes, its
income (computed possibly without any allowance
for deductions) would be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the usual
corporate rate (currently, 21%), and possibly to a
branch profits tax of 30% as well. The imposition of such taxes would
materially affect the Issuer's ability to make payments
on the Preferred Shares. In addition, if the Issuer creates an Issuer
subsidiary to own certain assets, the Issuer subsidiary's
income may be subject to material U.S. net income and other taxes which
would materially reduce any return from assets
held in such subsidiary.
The Issuer does not generally anticipate being subject to material
withholding taxes with respect to interest on Collateral
Obligations. There can be no assurance, however, that this or other income
derived by the Issuer will not become subject to
withholding or gross income taxes as a result of changes in law, contrary
conclusions by the IRS, or other causes. In
particular, the Issuer may be subject to withholding or gross income taxes
in respect of amendment, waiver, consent or
extension fees or commitment fees, or similar fees or fees that by their
nature are commitment fees, or similar fees imposed
by the U.S. or other countries. Withholding or gross income taxes could be
applied retroactively to fees or other income
previously received by the Issuer. To the extent that withholding or gross
income taxes are imposed and not paid through
withholding, the Issuer may be directly liable to the relevant taxing
authority to pay such taxes.
U.S. Withholding Tax and Compliance Risks under FATCA
The Issuer may be subject to a 30% U.S. withholding tax pursuant to FATCA on
certain U.S.-source payments received by
the Issuer and, beginning January 1, 2019, the proceeds of certain sales
received by the Issuer with respect to Collateral
Obligations of and Eligible Investments in U.S. Obligors issued or
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materially modified on or after July 1, 2014 unless the
Issuer complies with the provisions of the intergovernmental agreement (the
"IGA"), between the United States and the
Cayman Islands (the "Cayman IGA") and the Cayman Islands implementing
legislation that came into force on July 4, 2014.
This implementing legislation requires the Issuer to (i) obtain certain
information from the holders of the Securities as is
necessary to determine which, if any, of such holders are U.S persons or
U.S. owned foreign entities, (ii) provide annually to
the Tax Information Authority of the Cayman Islands the name, address,
taxpayer identification number and certain other
information with respect to holders and beneficial owners of Securities that
are U.S. persons or that are U.S. owned foreign
entities and (iii) comply with certain other due diligence procedures,
withholding and other requirements. The Cayman
Islands Tax Information Authority would then provide this information to the
IRS.
In some cases, the ability to avoid such withholding tax will depend on
factors outside of the Issuer's control. For example,
the Issuer may not be considered to comply with FATCA if more than 50% of
the Preferred Shares (and any other classes of
Securities treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) are owned
by a person that is, or is affiliated with, a
foreign financial institution that is not compliant with FATCA.
Each holder of Preferred Shares will be required to provide the Issuer and
the Security Party with information necessary to
comply with the terms of the Cayman Islands legislation discussed above, and
holders that do not supply the required
information or whose ownership of Preferred Shares may otherwise prevent the
Issuer from complying with FATCA (for
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example by causing the Issuer to be affiliated with a non-compliant foreign
financial institution) may be subjected to punitive
measures, including forced transfer of their Preferred Shares. There can be
no assurance, however, that these measures
will be effective, and that the Issuer and Preferred Shareholders will not
be subject to withholding taxes. The imposition of
such taxes could materially affect the Issuer's ability to make payments on
the Preferred Shares or could reduce such
payments. If a Preferred Shareholder fails to provide the Issuer with any
correct, complete and accurate information that
may be required for the Issuer to comply with the law to prevent U.S.
federal withholding tax on payments to the Issuer, the
Issuer is authorized to withhold amounts otherwise distributable to the
Preferred Shareholder, to compel the Preferred
Shareholder to sell
its Preferred Shares and, if the Preferred Shareholder does not sell
investors in Preferred Shares from any and all damages, costs,
its Preferred Shares within 10
Business Days after notice from the Issuer, to sell the Preferred
Shareholder's Preferred Shares on behalf of the Preferred
Shareholder.
In addition, each Preferred Shareholder will be obligated to indemnify the
Issuer and each of the other
taxes and expenses resulting from the Preferred
Shareholder's failure to provide the Issuer with appropriate tax forms and
other documentation reasonably requested by the
Issuer, including documentation necessary for the Issuer to comply with such
law.
In the event that withholding or deduction of taxes of any nature whatsoever
is required in respect of payments on the
Preferred Shares in any jurisdiction, the Issuer is not under any obligation
to make any additional payments to the Preferred
Shareholders in respect of such withholding or deduction. Prospective
investors should consult their tax advisors regarding
the application of FATCA to an investment in the Preferred Shares.
The Cayman Islands has also (i) entered into an intergovernmental agreement
with the United Kingdom, which imposes
requirements similar to those under the Cayman IGA with respect to holders
of the applicable Facility or Preferred Shares
who are resident in the United Kingdom for tax purposes, and may enter into
similar agreements with other jurisdictions in
the future and (ii) signed, along with a substantial number of other
countries, a multilateral competent authority agreement to
implement the OECD Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account
Information — Common Reporting Standards
(the "CRS"), which requires "Financial Institutions" to identify and report
information in respect of specified persons in
jurisdictions which sign and implement the CRS. Each owner of an interest in
a Facility or Preferred Shares will be required
to provide the Issuer,
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the Security Party or their agents with information necessary to comply with
such requirements.
Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisers regarding the
potential implications of such agreements.
Pending and Future Tax Legislation
The United States recently passed tax legislation that has significantly
changed the U.S. tax system. In addition, future
legislation, regulations, rulings or other authority could affect the
federal income tax treatment of the Issuer and Preferred
Shareholders. The Issuer cannot predict whether and to what extent any such
legislative or administrative changes could
change the tax consequences to the Issuer and to the Preferred Shareholders.
Prospective investors should consult their
tax advisors regarding possible legislative and administrative changes and
their effect on the federal tax treatment of the
Issuer and their investment in the Preferred Shares.
Non-U.S., State and Local and Other Taxes
Holders of Preferred Shares may be liable for non-U.S., state and local
taxes in the country, state, or locality in which they
are resident or doing business. Since the tax laws of each country, state,
and locality may differ, each prospective investor
should consult its own tax counsel with respect to any taxes other than
United States federal income taxes that may be
payable as a result of an investment in the Preferred Shares.
Certain ERISA Considerations
The Issuer intends, through the use of written representations, to restrict
ownership of the Preferred Shares by Benefit Plan
Investors and Controlling Persons (as defined below) so that no assets of
the Issuer will be deemed to be "plan assets"
subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code as such term is
defined in Section 3(42) of ERISA and the Plan
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Asset Regulation. However, there can be no assurance that ownership of the
Preferred Shares by Benefit Plan Investors
will always remain below the 25% limitation established under the Plan Asset
Regulation. See Section 14, "Certain Legal,
ERISA and Tax Matters" herein for a more detailed discussion of certain
ERISA and related considerations with respect to
an investment in the Preferred Shares. If the ownership of any equity
interest of the Issuer, such as the Preferred Shares, by
Benefit Plan Investors were to equal or exceed 25% of the total value of
such equity interest, as determined under the Plan
Asset Regulation issued by the United States Department of Labor at 29
C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section
3(42) of ERISA (such regulation, as so modified, the "Plan Asset
Regulation"), assets of the Issuer would be deemed to be
"plan assets". The Plan Asset Regulation provides that in applying such 25%
limitation, Preferred Shares held by Controlling
Persons must be disregarded.
If
for any reason the assets of the Issuer were deemed to be "plan assets",
certain
transactions that the Issuer might enter into, or may have entered into, in
the ordinary course of its business might constitute
non-exempt "prohibited transactions" under Section 406 of ERISA or Section
4975 of the Code and might have to be
rescinded at significant cost to the Issuer. The Portfolio Advisor, on
behalf of the Issuer, may be prevented from engaging in
certain investments or other transactions or fee arrangements because they
might be deemed to cause non-exempt
prohibited transactions. Moreover, if the underlying assets of the Issuer
were deemed to be assets constituting plan assets,
(i) the assets of the Issuer could be subject to ERISA's reporting and
disclosure requirements, (ii) a fiduciary causing a
Benefit Plan Investor to make an investment in the equity of the Issuer
could be deemed to have delegated its responsibility
to manage the assets of the Benefit Plan Investor, (iii) various providers
of fiduciary or other services to the Issuer, and any
other parties with authority or control with respect to the Issuer, could be
deemed to be Plan fiduciaries or otherwise Parties
in Interest or Disqualified Persons by virtue of their provision of such
services, and (iv) it is not clear that Section 404(b) of
ERISA, which generally prohibits plan fiduciaries from maintaining the
indicia of ownership of assets of plans subject to
Title I of ERISA outside the jurisdiction of the district courts of the
United States, would be satisfied in all instances.
Mandatory Sale or Redemption of Preferred Shares
In certain circumstances, if the Issuer reasonably determines in good faith
that a Preferred Shareholder does not have the
status that it purports to have or is required to have and such Preferred
Shareholder or beneficial owner thereof is not
permitted by the terms of the Preferred Shares and the PS Issuing and Paying
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Agency Agreement to hold such Preferred
Shares, the Issuer will have the right to require such Preferred Shareholder
to dispose of such holder's Preferred Shares,
after receipt of a notice from the Issuer that such Preferred Shareholder is
not so qualified, to a person or entity that is
qualified to hold such Preferred Shares, or may require that such Preferred
Shares be redeemed by the Issuer at a price
reflecting a 25% reduction from then-current value as determined by the
Issuer (or the Portfolio Advisor acting on its behalf).
The non-funding of any Contributions required to be made in respect of a
Preferred Share Purchaser's portion of the
Aggregate Capital Commitment or any cash payment required to be made under
the PS Purchase Agreement will result in
the Issuer having the right to take certain actions pursuant to the PS
Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation,
requiring that such defaulting Preferred Share Purchaser transfer and sell
its Capital Commitment and all of the Preferred
Shares of such Preferred Share Purchaser to one or more other investors at
such price as the Issuer may determine, or
requiring that such Preferred Shares be redeemed by the Issuer for a price
equal to 75% of the then-current value of such
Preferred Shares as determined by the Issuer (or the Portfolio Advisor on
behalf of the Issuer), acting in its sole discretion,
and cancel or transfer such Preferred Share Purchaser's unfunded portion of
the Aggregate Capital Commitment. See
Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms—Preferred Shares", "Summary of
Principal Terms—Non-Funding by Preferred
Share Purchasers" and Section 14, "Certain Legal, ERISA and Tax Matters".
Reliance upon Preferred Shareholders to Fund Contributions
Each Preferred Share Purchaser shall be obligated to fund its portion of the
Aggregate Capital Commitment and purchase
Preferred Shares when required to do so by the Issuer pursuant to the PS
Purchase Agreement. The PS Purchase
Agreement does not impose credit quality or enhancement requirements on any
Investor of Preferred Shares other than the
initial purchase and transfer restrictions on the Preferred Shares as set
forth in Section 11, "Summary of Principal Terms—
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Preferred Shares—Purchase Restrictions". In the event that a Preferred Share
Purchaser fails to fund a Contribution, the
Issuer will have the right to exercise certain remedies with respect to such
Preferred Shareholder. See "—Risks Relating to
the Issuer—Uncertainty of Asset Accumulation."
U.S. Risk Retention Regulations
Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act amended the Exchange Act to require the
"securitizer" of asset-backed securities to
retain at least 5% of the credit risk to the assets collateralizing the
asset-backed securities. The U.S. Risk Retention
Regulations, effective December 24, 2016 with respect
to asset-backed securities collateralized by assets other than
residential mortgages, require that the "sponsor" (or a majority-owned
affiliate) of asset-backed securities (and the U.S. Risk
Retention Regulations and related commentary clarify that the collateral
manager of a collateralized loan obligation
transaction (such as the Portfolio Advisor) is the "sponsor" of a credit
securitization transaction for the purposes of the U.S.
Risk Retention Regulations) retain the required 5% of credit risk. It is
possible that the rule may reduce the number of
collateral managers active in the market, which may result in fewer new
issue credit securitization transactions and reduce
the liquidity provided by credit securitization transactions to the
leveraged loan market and high-yield bond market generally.
A contraction or reduced liquidity in the loan or bond market could reduce
opportunities for the Portfolio Advisor to sell
Collateral Obligations or to invest in Collateral Obligations when it
believes it is in the interest of the Issuer to do so, which in
turn could negatively impact
the return on the Assets.
Any reduction in the volume and liquidity provided by credit
securitization transactions in the leveraged loan market or high-yield bond
market could also reduce opportunities to redeem
or refinance the Refinancing Securities. In addition, the U.S. Risk
Retention Regulations will impose retention requirements
in the event of a Refinancing or re-pricing or additional issuance of
Refinancing Securities, which may impair or limit the
ability of the Issuer to effect a Refinancing, re-pricing or additional
issuance and the Portfolio Advisor may withhold its
consent to a Refinancing, re-pricing or additional issuance.
RREEF has informed the Issuer that it intends to satisfy the U.S. Risk
Retention Regulations with respect to the Refinancing
(if the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations are applicable to the Issuer) by the
Retention Holder by (i)(A) purchasing the U.S
Retention Interest with respect to the Preferred Shares on each Preferred
Share Issuance Date and (B) purchasing the U.S.
Retention Interest with respect
to the Refinancing on the Refinancing Closing Date and (ii) holding the U.S.
Retention
Interest in the manner and for so long as required under the U.S. Risk
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Retention Regulations. The Retention Holder will also
5% of the Initial Facility commencing on the Initial Facility Closing Date.
While the Portfolio Advisor has determined that its actions and the actions
of the Retention Holder will comply with the U.S.
Risk Retention Regulations, a regulatory agency with jurisdiction over the
Portfolio Advisor may nevertheless, if it examined
the actions of the Portfolio Advisor and the Retention Holder in connection
with this transaction, determine that such actions,
or the disclosures contained herein, do not comply with the U.S. Risk
Retention Regulations. If an applicable regulator were
to determine that the Portfolio Advisor or the Retention Holder had not
satisfied the requirements of the U.S. Risk Retention
Regulations in connection with this transaction, it may result in regulatory
actions and other proceedings, and any such
action may have a material and adverse effect on the business or financial
condition, reputation or operations of the
Portfolio Advisor, the Retention Holder or their affiliates and thus may
have a material and adverse effect on the market
value and/or liquidity of the Refinancing Securities.
Subject to the approval of the Portfolio Advisor, the Retention Holder will
be permitted to transfer the U.S. Retention Interest
if the Portfolio Advisor determines in its sole discretion that such
transfer is permitted or required with respect to the Portfolio
Manager under the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations and the EU Risk Retention
Rules.
On February 9, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit ruled in favor of The Loan Syndications
and Trading Association in the case of The Loan Syndications and Trading
Association v. Securities and Exchange
Commission and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The court
decided that the credit risk retention rules
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adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission do not apply to
collateral managers of CLOs that purchase loans
in the open market on behalf of its investors because these collateral
managers do not qualify as "securitizers" as defined in
the applicable statutory provision. If
the court's decision is determined to be final and non-appealable, the U.S.
Risk
Retention Regulations will no longer apply to collateral managers of open -
market collateralized loan obligation transactions
such as this one and, consequently, the Portfolio Advisor and/or the
Retention Holder may transfer some or all of the U.S
Retention Interest to third parties.
None of the Transaction Parties,
the Retention Holder or their respective affiliates, corporate officers or
professional
advisors or any other Person makes any representation, warranty or guarantee
that the Portfolio Advisor, the Retention
Holder,
compliance with the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations.
See Section 14, "Certain Legal—ERISA and Tax Matters—US Credit Risk
Retention."
European Risk Retention Rules
The EU Risk Retention Rules or Similar Requirements apply to Affected
Investors investing in the Preferred Shares.
Affected Investors should therefore make themselves aware of the
requirements of the EU Risk Retention Rules or
applicable Similar Requirements (and any implementing rules in relation to a
relevant jurisdiction) in addition to any other
regulatory requirements applicable to them with respect to their investment
in the Preferred Shares. Each Affected Investor
should consult with its own legal, accounting, regulatory and other advisors
and/or its regulator to determine whether, and to
what extent, the information in any investor report provided in relation to
the transaction is sufficient for the purpose of
satisfying the EU Risk Retention Rules or Similar Requirements or any other
applicable requirements. Affected Investors are
required to independently assess and determine the sufficiency of such
information. None of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the
Portfolio Advisor,
the Retention Holder, the Placement Agents,
the Security Party,
the Portfolio Administrator,
their
respective affiliates or any other Person makes any representation, warranty
or guarantee that any such information is
sufficient for such purpose or that the structure of the Preferred Shares
and the transactions described herein are compliant
with the requirements of the EU Risk Retention Rules or Similar Requirements
and no such Person shall have any liability to
any prospective investor or any other Person with respect
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regulatory or other requirements.
their respective affiliates or the transaction contemplated by this Private
Placement Memorandum will be in
to the insufficiency of such information or any failure of the
transactions contemplated hereby to comply with or otherwise satisfy the
requirements of the EU Risk Retention Rules or
Similar Requirements or any other applicable legal,
In the event that a regulator
determines that the transaction did not comply or is no longer in compliance
with the EU Risk Retention Rules or Similar
Requirements, then if you are an Affected Investor you may be required by
your regulator to set aside additional capital
against your investment in the Preferred Shares. See Section 14, "Certain
Legal, ERISA and Tax Matters—European Risk
Retention."
RISKS RELATING TO THE ISSUER
No Operating History
The Issuer is a newly formed entity and has no operating history. The Issuer
is subject to many of the business risks and
uncertainties associated with any investment fund with a limited operating
history, including the risk that the Issuer will not
achieve its investment objective. While the types of Collateral Obligations
being acquired by the Issuer are subject to a
number of investment criteria, investment guidelines and conditions, and the
Portfolio Advisor is experienced, the Issuer's
strategy is somewhat novel and untested in the U.S. markets. While the
Portfolio Advisor's key principals have extensive
experience in originating, structuring, monitoring and disposing of loans
and other debt instruments comprising the type of
Collateral Obligations in which the Issuer is investing, there can be no
assurance as to the actual accumulation of such
investments or of the success of such investments. Because the Refinancing
documentation will subject the Issuer to
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additional and different investment criteria when compared to the Initial
Facility, the investment experience of the Preferred
Shares may change following the contemplated Refinancing.
Uncertainty of Asset Accumulation
The ability of the Issuer to accumulate a further portfolio of Collateral
Obligations that satisfies the Investment Guidelines
and the Investment Criteria at the projected prices, ratings, margins and
any other applicable investment characteristics,
and the pace of an overall timeframe in which such accumulation occurs, will
be subject to a number of factors, including
market conditions and the availability of such Collateral Obligations. Any
inability of the Issuer to acquire further Collateral
Obligations that satisfy the Investment Guidelines, and the Investment
Criteria may adversely affect the timing and amount
of distributions on the Preferred Shares and the yield on the Preferred
Shares. There can be no assurance that the Issuer
will be able to acquire further Collateral Obligations that satisfy the
Investment Guidelines and the Investment Criteria or will
provide a satisfactory return on the Preferred Shares.
Concentration Risks
The Issuer will invest in a portfolio of Collateral Obligations consisting
of loans and Participation Interests and, to a lesser
extent, letters of credit and other debt obligations of infrastructure
Obligors. It is expected that significant concentrations of
exposures will exist during the Ramp-Up Period, which remains on-going and
ends in [.1 2019 (as may be further extended
pursuant to the Initial Facility Agreement). Although significant
concentration with respect
to any particular Obligor or
infrastructure project
type is not expected to exist at the Effective Date, such concentration
could arise over time as
Collateral Obligations mature or are sold. Concentrations in the Portfolio
would subject the Preferred Shareholders to a
greater degree of risk with respect to defaults by single Obligors, or with
respect to economic downturns affecting specific
infrastructure sectors.
Dependence on Portfolio Advisor
Preferred Shareholders have no opportunity to control the day-to-day
operations of the Issuer.
Investors in the Preferred
Shares must rely entirely on the Portfolio Advisor and its personnel to
evaluate, purchase and oversee the Collateral
Obligations and to generally administer affairs of the Issuer subject to the
restrictions set forth in the applicable Facility
documentation and the Portfolio Advisory Agreement. Preferred Shareholders
will not have an opportunity to evaluate for
themselves the relevant economic, financial and other information regarding
investments to be made by the Issuer and,
accordingly, will be dependent on the judgment and ability of the Portfolio
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Advisor. The loss of services of the Portfolio
Advisor could adversely affect the performance of the Issuer's Collateral
Obligations and thus the returns on the Preferred
Shares.
In addition, the occurrence and continuance of a Portfolio Advisor Default
and the absence of a cure thereof for a
period of 60 days by the Issuer through a replacement of the Portfolio
Advisor or otherwise upon (in each case) the
instructions or with the consent of the Majority Preferred Shareholders,
which has not been objected to by the majority of the
applicable Facility providers, constitutes an Event of Default.
Advisor, or assign its role as Portfolio Advisor,
in accordance with the terms of the Portfolio Advisory Agreement.
The Portfolio Advisor has the right to resign as Portfolio
In
addition, the success of the Issuer depends in substantial part on the skill
and expertise of the principals and other
employees of the Portfolio Advisor and its affiliates. There can be no
assurance that personnel who have played active and
important roles in the success of prior endeavours of the Portfolio Advisor
will continue to be associated with the Issuer or
the Portfolio Advisor, or that the Portfolio Advisor will continue to be
associated with Deutsche Bank, throughout the life of
the Preferred Shares. The loss of skill and expertise of the Portfolio
Advisor's key personnel could have a material adverse
effect on the Issuer and the Preferred Shares.
Incentive Advisory Fees
The Portfolio Advisor's right to receive the Incentive Advisory Fee may
create an incentive to make more speculative
investments on behalf of the Issuer than would otherwise be made in the
absence of such Incentive Advisory Fee as the
payment of such fee will be dependent to a large extent on the yield earned
on the Collateral Obligations. Even though the
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Portfolio Advisor's investment discretion is constrained by investment
restrictions set forth in the Portfolio Advisory
Agreement and the applicable Facility documentation such incentive could
result in the Issuer investing in riskier or more
speculative investments with higher yields than would otherwise be the case,
which may result in a higher rate of defaults or
volatility on the Collateral Obligations.
Restrictions on the Portfolio Advisor
The applicable Facility documentation and the Portfolio Advisory Agreement
place significant restrictions on the Portfolio
Advisor's ability to advise the Issuer to buy and sell Collateral
Obligations and to invest or reinvest Interest Proceeds or
Principal Proceeds, and the Portfolio Advisor is required to comply with the
terms of the applicable Facility documentation
and the Portfolio Advisory Agreement, including the requirement to obtain
consent from the Majority Preferred Shareholders
to certain types of affiliate transactions as described in Section 11,
"Summary of Principal Terms—Preferred Shares—Asset
Sourcing". As a result of such restrictions, the Issuer may be unable to buy
or sell Collateral Obligations, invest or reinvest
Interest Proceeds or Principal Proceeds, or to take other actions which the
Portfolio Advisor may consider to be in the
interest of the Issuer and the Preferred Shareholders, and the Portfolio
Advisor may be required by the terms of the
applicable Facility documentation or the Portfolio Advisory Agreement to
make investment decisions on behalf of the Issuer
that are different from those made on behalf of its other clients. In
addition, the Portfolio Advisor may, in its sole discretion
and from time to time, pursue differing or changed investment strategies for
the Issuer as long as its actions are consistent
with the terms of the applicable Facility documentation and the Portfolio
Advisory Agreement.
Reliance on Third-Party Originators
The Issuer, acting through the Portfolio Advisor, is expected to source and
acquire Collateral Obligations through third-party
originators and dealers unaffiliated with the Issuer or the Portfolio
Advisor or other third parties, including any Preferred
Shareholder or Preferred Share Purchaser, and may acquire further Collateral
Obligations from or through the Initial Facility
Lenders or one or more of its affiliates. [In addition, the purchase of
further Collateral Obligations by the Issuer is subject to
the restrictions on the Portfolio Advisor under the Portfolio Advisory
Agreement, including the requirement to obtain the
consent of the Majority Preferred Shareholders to any transaction between
the Issuer and an affiliate of the Portfolio
Advisor.] The Issuer will be dependent upon the performance of any third -
party originator that retains an ongoing role in the
administration of any credit facility related to a Collateral Obligation
owned by the Issuer.
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The Issuer will be dependent on the performance of various administrative,
calculation and reporting services by US Bank in
its various capacities as the Portfolio Administrator and the Portfolio
Information Agent. Such appointment of US Bank is
being established pursuant to first-time arrangements between the Issuer and
US Bank having no prior operating history,
and in the case of the Portfolio Information Agent US Bank will be
performing functions which are customarily performed by
a portfolio advisor or manager. US Bank is being appointed to perform a
number of such third party roles for the Issuer, and
a failure by US Bank in any such capacities to perform could have a material
adverse effect on the Issuer.
Participation on Creditors' Committees
Subject to compliance with the Tax Guidelines, the Issuer or the Portfolio
Advisor, may participate on committees formed by
creditors to negotiate the management of financially troubled companies that
may or may not be in bankruptcy or the Issuer
may seek to negotiate directly with the debtors with respect to
restructuring issues. The participants on such a committee
will seek to achieve an outcome that is in their respective individual best
interests and there can be no assurance that
results favorable to the Issuer will be obtained in such proceedings. By
participating on such committees, the Issuer may be
deemed to have duties to other creditors represented by the committees,
which may thereby expose the Issuer to liability to
such other creditors.
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Third Party Litigation; Limited Funds Available
The Issuer's investment activities may subject it to the risk of becoming
involved in litigation by third parties, particularly
where the Issuer exercises control or significant influence over a company's
activities or participate on creditor committees.
See "—Risks Relating to the Collateral Obligations—Lender Liability
Considerations." The expense of defending against
such claims and paying any amounts pursuant to settlements or judgments
would be borne by the Issuer and would reduce
the amounts available for distribution on the Preferred Shares. In the event
that the Issuer's available funds are not sufficient
to pay its expenses, the ability of the Issuer to operate effectively may be
impaired, and the Issuer may not be able to
defend or prosecute legal proceedings that may be brought against it or that
the Issuer might otherwise bring to protect its
interests.
Investment Company Act Risks
The Issuer has not registered with the SEC as an investment company pursuant
to the Investment Company Act. The Issuer
has been structured in a manner that is intended to comply with certain
exemptions or exclusions under the Investment
Company Act, including the exemption under Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment
Company Act for any investment company
(a) whose outstanding securities are beneficially owned only by Qualified
Purchasers under the Investment Company Act
and (b) which does not make a public offering of its securities in the
United States. Although the Issuer believes it to be
unlikely that the SEC or a court nevertheless would find that the Issuer was
required, but failed, to register as an "investment
company" pursuant to the Investment Company Act, particularly in view of the
Issuer's intent to comply with multiple
exemptions and exclusions, such a finding, if it were to occur, would have a
number of negative consequences for the
Issuer and Preferred Shareholders. Among other consequences, such a finding
would constitute an Event of Default under
the applicable Facility documentation and could result in an acceleration of
the Facility. Remedies pursued by the holders of
the applicable Facility following an acceleration could have a material
adverse effect upon on the Preferred Shares.
Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
The Issuer Administrator is, and the Issuer may be, subject to the Cayman
Islands Money Laundering Regulations (2015
Revision) (as amended, the "Regulations"). The Regulations apply to anyone
conducting "relevant financial business" in or
from the Cayman Islands intending to form a business relationship or carry
out a one-off transaction. The Regulations
require a financial service provider to maintain certain anti-money
laundering procedures including those for the purposes of
verifying the identity and source of funds of an "applicant for business";
e.g. an investor. Except in certain circumstances,
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including where an entity is regulated by a recognized overseas regulatory
authority and/or listed on a recognized stock
exchange in an approved jurisdiction, the Issuer Administrator will likely
be required to verify each investor's identity and the
source of the payment used by such investor for purchasing the Preferred
Shares in a manner similar to the obligations
imposed under the laws of other major financial centers. In addition, if any
person resident in the Cayman Islands knows or
suspects, or has reasonable grounds for knowing or suspecting, that another
person is engaged in criminal conduct, or is
involved with terrorism or terrorist property, and the information for that
knowledge or suspicion came to their attention in the
course of business in the regulated sector, or other trade, profession,
business or employment, the person will be required
to report such knowledge or suspicion to (i) the Financial Reporting
Authority of the Cayman Islands ("FRA"), pursuant to
the Proceeds of Crime Law (2016 Revision) of the Cayman Islands ("PCL"), if
the disclosure relates to criminal conduct or
money laundering, or (ii) a police officer of the rank of constable or
higher, or the FRA, pursuant to the Terrorism Law (2015
Revision) of the Cayman Islands, if the disclosure relates to involvement
with terrorism or terrorist financing and property.
If
the Issuer were determined by the Cayman Islands authorities to be in
violation of the PCL, the Terrorism Law or the
Regulations, the Issuer could be subject to substantial criminal penalties.
The Issuer may be subject to similar restrictions in
other jurisdictions. Such a violation could materially adversely affect the
timing and amount of payments by the Issuer to the
Preferred Shareholders.
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RISKS RELATING TO THE COLLATERAL OBLIGATIONS
Below Investment-Grade Assets
The Collateral Obligations acquired by the Issuer will consist primarily of
non-investment grade loans or interests in
non-investment grade loans that are subject to, credit, interest rate,
illiquidity and other risks.
It is anticipated that the
Assets generally will be subject to greater risks than investment grade
obligations. These risks could be exacerbated if the
Portfolio is concentrated in certain sectors of infrastructure debt. See
also "Certain Risks of Infrastructure Debt—Illiquidity in
Infrastructure Finance" below.
Risks of Default and Recovery Levels on the Collateral Obligations
While infrastructure debt historically experiences low default rates as
compared to other industry sectors, a non-investment
grade debt obligation or an interest in a non-investment grade debt
obligation is generally considered speculative in nature
and for a variety of reasons may become a Defaulted Obligation. A Defaulted
Obligation may become subject to substantial
workout negotiations or restructuring, which may result in reductions in the
interest rate, principal write downs or changes in
the terms, conditions and covenants with respect to such Defaulted
Obligation. In addition, negotiations in a workout or
restructuring may be protracted and may result
in uncertainty as to the timing and amount of recovery on a Defaulted
Obligation. The actual recovery experienced on any Defaulted Obligation will
likely differ from, and could be lower than, the
recovery rate used by the Issuer when making its investment in the related
Collateral Obligation.
Limited Information about Collateral Obligations
Neither the Issuer nor the Portfolio Advisor are required to provide the
Preferred Shareholders with financial or other
information that it receives in connection with the Collateral Obligations
unless required under the Transaction Agreements.
The Preferred Shareholders will not have any right to inspect any records
relating to the Collateral Obligations, and the
Portfolio Advisor will not be obligated to disclose any information
regarding the existence or terms of, or the identity of any
Obligor on, any Collateral Obligation, except to the extent required under
the Transaction Agreements. The Portfolio Advisor
may, with respect to any information that it elects to disclose, demand that
persons receiving such information execute
confidentiality agreements before being provided with the information.
Lender Liability Considerations
A number of judicial decisions have upheld judgments of borrowers against
lending institutions on the basis of various
evolving legal theories, collectively termed "lender liability". There can
be no assurance that such claims will not arise or that
the Issuer will not be subject to liability upon the occurrence of such a
claim. With respect to Collateral Obligations that are
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obligations of non-U.S. Obligors, the laws of certain foreign jurisdictions
may impose liability upon lenders or bondholders,
with consequences that may or may not be analogous to lender liability under
United States federal and state laws.
Voting Rights on Collateral Obligations
As a holder of an interest in a Collateral Obligation, the Issuer has
limited consent and control rights which may not be
effective in view of the typically low proportion of such obligations held
by the Issuer. The Portfolio Advisor will continue to
exercise or enforce, or refrain from exercising or enforcing, any or all of
the Issuer's rights in connection with the Collateral
Obligations, or will refuse amendments or waivers of the terms of any
Collateral Obligation in accordance with the applicable
Facility documentation, its portfolio advisory practices and the standard of
care set forth in the Portfolio Advisory Agreement.
The Portfolio Advisor's ability to change the terms of the Collateral
Obligations are generally not be restricted by the
applicable Facility documentation. The Preferred Shareholders will not have
any right to compel the Portfolio Advisor to take
or refrain from taking any actions. Any amendment, waiver or modification of
a Collateral Obligation could postpone or
reduce proceeds on the Collateral Obligations and, in turn, may postpone any
expected date of final redemption of the
Securities and/or reduce or delay payments on the Preferred Shares.
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Asset Credit Ratings Risks
The Issuer will continue to use ratings assigned by the Rating Agencies to
Obligors on individual Collateral Obligations.
Such ratings will primarily be private credit estimates and private ratings.
A credit rating of an asset such as a Collateral
Obligation represents the rating agency's opinion regarding its credit
quality and is not a guarantee of quality or
performance. A credit
rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold assets and may be subject
to revision or
withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. In the event that a
rating assigned to any Collateral Obligation is
lowered for any reason, no party is obligated to provide any additional
support or credit enhancement with respect to such
Collateral Obligation. Rating agencies attempt to evaluate the safety of
principal and interest payments and do not evaluate
the risks of fluctuations in market value. Therefore, ratings may not fully
reflect the true risks of an investment in any
Collateral Obligation. Also, rating agencies may fail to make timely changes
in credit ratings in response to subsequent
events, so that an Obligor's current financial condition may be better or
worse than indicated by a rating. Consequently,
credit ratings of any Collateral Obligation are only a preliminary indicator
of investment quality and not a completely reliable
assurance of investment quality. A Rating Agency may change its published
ratings criteria or methodologies for loans and
loan interests such as the Collateral Obligations at any time in the future.
Furthermore, a Rating Agency may retroactively
apply any such new standards to the ratings of the Collateral Obligations.
Any such action could result in a substantial
lowering or a withdrawal of any rating assigned to a Collateral Obligation.
Loan Prepayments
Loans are generally prepayable in whole or in part at any time at the option
of the Obligor thereof at par plus accrued unpaid
interest
thereon. Prepayments on loans may be caused by a variety of factors which
are often difficult
to predict.
Consequently, there exists a risk that loans purchased at a price greater
than par may experience a capital loss as a result
of such a prepayment.
Maturing Loan Refinancing Risks
The Assets may consist of Collateral Obligations that have bullet
maturities. Bullet loans involve a greater degree of risk
than other types of transactions because they are structured to allow for no
principal payments over the term of the loan and
require the Obligor to make a substantial final payment upon the maturity of
the Collateral Obligation. The ability of an
Obligor to make this final payment upon the maturity of the Collateral
Obligation typically depends upon its ability either to
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refinance the Collateral Obligation prior to maturity or to generate
sufficient cash flow to repay the Collateral Obligation at
maturity. The ability of any Obligor to accomplish any of these goals will
be affected by many factors,
including the
availability of refinancing at acceptable rates to such Obligor, the
financial condition of such Obligor, the marketability of the
collateral (if any) securing such Collateral Obligation and the prevailing
general economic conditions. Consequently, such
Obligor might not be able to repay the Collateral Obligation at maturity,
and collections of principal payments on the
Collateral Obligation would be materially adversely affected.
To mitigate against these risks, private infrastructure investors typically
negotiate protections into loan documentation to
protect
their investments in the event of operational underperformance. These
protections generally include multiple
financial covenants, "lock-up" and other cash recapture mechanisms,
restrictions on certain business activities and security
over the infrastructure asset and/or equity interests and detailed reporting
requirements. Notwithstanding these built-in
protections, no assurance can be made that an infrastructure debt Obligor
will be able to make a substantial final principal
payment or successfully refinance a loan at maturity.
Syndicated Loan Facilities
A number of the loans are drawn under facilities which are, or are capable
of being, syndicated or have multiple lenders.
Under such facilities the exercise of remedies and the taking of other
actions against the related Obligors and the approval
of amendments and waivers may be subject to the vote of a certain percentage
of the lenders. The relevant originator may
not own sufficient voting interests to object to certain changes to the
applicable loan consented to by other lenders or to
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direct the enforcement of the loan and its related security package. In
addition, a bank may act as agent for the lenders of a
loan. In such cases, the relevant originator is dependent upon the actions
taken by the agent on behalf of the lenders.
Accordingly, the ability of the Issuer to direct the exercise of remedies
and enforcement actions against such an Obligor will
similarly be limited in the event that the Issuer attempts to takes action
under any power of attorney granted by any
originator from which the Issuer has purchased the related Collateral
Obligation.
Risks of Investing in Loans and Participation Interests
The Issuer may acquire interests in loans either directly by assignment from
the Selling Institution or, in certain instances,
indirectly by purchasing a Participation Interest from the Selling
Institution. Holders of Participation Interests are subject to
additional risks not applicable to a holder of a direct interest in a loan.
Participations by the Issuer in a Selling Institution's
portion of a loan typically result in a contractual relationship only with
such Selling Institution, not with the borrower. In the
case of a Participation Interest, the Issuer will generally have the right
to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees
to which it is entitled only from the Selling Institution and only upon
receipt by such Selling Institution of such payments from
the borrower. By holding a Participation Interest in a loan, the Issuer will
generally have no right to enforce compliance by
the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, nor have any rights of
set-off against the borrower, and the Issuer may
not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the loan in which it has
purchased the participation. As a result, the Issuer
will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the Selling
Institution, which will remain the legal owner of record of the
applicable loan.
In the event that the Selling Institution becomes insolvent, the Issuer, by
owning a Participation Interest,
may be treated as a general unsecured creditor of the Selling Institution,
and may not benefit from any set-off between the
Selling Institution and the borrower. In addition, the Issuer may purchase a
participation from a Selling Institution that does
not itself retain any portion of the applicable loan and, therefore, may
have limited interest in monitoring the terms of the
loan agreement and the continuing creditworthiness of the borrower. When the
Issuer holds a Participation Interest in a loan
it will not have the right to vote under the applicable loan agreement, and
it is expected that each Selling Institution will
reserve the right to administer the loan it as it sees fit and to amend the
documentation evidencing such loan in all respects.
Selling institutions voting in connection with such matters may have
interests different from those of the Issuer and are not
obligated to consider the interests of the Issuer.
Certain loans or Participation Interests acquired by the Issuer may be
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governed by the law of a jurisdiction other than a
United States jurisdiction. There are risks associated with purchasing a
loan or a Participation Interest under an agreement
governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than a United States
jurisdiction, including characterization under such laws of
such Participation Interest or sub-Participation Interest
in the event of the insolvency of the Selling Institution or the
insolvency of the Selling Institution from whom the grantor of the sub-
Participation Interest purchased its Participation
Interest. See also "—Certain Risks of Infrastructure Debt—Sovereign Risk"
below.
The purchaser of an assignment of an interest in a loan typically succeeds
to all the rights and obligations of the assigning
Selling Institution and becomes a lender under the loan agreement with
respect to that loan. As a purchaser of a loan by
assignment, the Issuer will generally have the same voting rights as the
other lenders under the applicable loan agreement,
including the right to vote to waive breaches of covenants or to enforce
compliance by the borrower with the terms of the
loan agreement, and the right to set-off claims against the borrower and to
have recourse to collateral supporting the loan.
Assignments are, however, typically arranged through private negotiations
and in certain cases the rights and obligations
acquired by the purchaser of an assignment may differ from, and be more
limited than, those held by the assigning
institution. Assignments and participations are sold strictly without
recourse to the Selling Institutions, and the Selling
Institutions will generally make no representations or warranties about the
underlying loan, the borrowers, and the
documentation of the loans or any collateral securing the loans. In
addition, the Issuer will be bound by provisions of the
underlying loan agreements,
if any,
borrower. Because of various factors including confidentiality provisions,
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that require the preservation of the confidentiality of information provided
by the
the unique and customized nature of the loan
agreement and the private syndication of the loan, loans are not purchased
or sold as easily as publicly-traded securities.
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CERTAIN RISKS OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEBT
Below is a summary of certain potential risk factors applicable to Investors
investing through the Issuer in infrastructure debt
generally. The Portfolio consists primarily of Senior Secured Loans. In the
case of any particular Collateral Obligation, to
the extent that negative circumstances occur affecting the Obligor on such
Collateral Obligation, losses incurred by the
Obligor will be borne in the first instance by holders of the equity
interests in such Obligor prior to losses being borne by the
Facility Lenders and other creditors of such Obligor, such as the Issuer.
Risks of Infrastructure Investments Generally
Investing in debt associated with infrastructure assets involves a variety
of risks, not all of which can be foreseen or
quantified, and which include, among others,
the burdens of ownership of infrastructure assets;
international economic conditions;
local, national and
the supply and demand for services from and access to infrastructure; the
financial
condition of users and suppliers of infrastructure assets; risks related to
construction, regulatory requirements, labor actions,
health and safety matters, government contracts, operating and technical
needs, capital expenditures, demand and user
conflicts, bypass attempts, strategic assets, changes in interest rates and
the availability of funds which may render the
purchase, sale or refinancing of infrastructure assets difficult or
impracticable; changes in environmental
investments in other funds,
laws and
regulations,
troubled infrastructure assets and planning laws and other governmental
rules;
changes in energy prices; negative developments in the economy that may
depress travel activity; force majeure acts,
terrorist events, under-insured or uninsurable losses; competition from
newer or refurbished infrastructure assets; and other
factors which are beyond the reasonable control of the Issuer or the
Portfolio Advisor. Many of these factors could cause
fluctuations in usage, expenses and revenues, causing the value of
Collateral Obligations to decline and may negatively
affect the returns on the Preferred Shares.
Illiquidity in Infrastructure Finance
Infrastructure finance loans have varying structures and terms, and may be
complex, long duration loans with limited
liquidity. During periods of illiquidity, the Issuer's ability to acquire or
dispose of a Collateral Obligation at a price and time
that the Issuer deems advantageous may be severely impaired. Adverse
developments in the [primary] market for
infrastructure finance loans or an increase in alternative types of
financing may reduce opportunities for the Issuer to source
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Collateral Obligations or reinvest proceeds in Collateral Obligations that
satisfy the Investment Guidelines and the
Investment Criteria, or to purchase recent issuances of Collateral
Obligations from others.
In particular, the ability of private
equity sponsors and infrastructure finance loan arrangers to effectuate new
infrastructure financings and the ability of the
Issuer to purchase such debt assets may be partially or significantly
limited. There has been some level of increase in
primary infrastructure finance loan market activity, but there can be no
assurance that such increase will continue or that
persistent weakness in the growth of the U.S. economy and austerity programs
by the government will not reduce market
activity for new infrastructure finance loans. In addition, Collateral
Obligations purchased by the Issuer will be restricted from
resale by the Issuer pursuant to the applicable Facility documentation and
will have only a limited, if any, resale market.
Regulatory Risks
Infrastructure debt Obligors, or the infrastructure assets that they own or
control, may be subject to statutory and regulatory
requirements, including those imposed by zoning, environmental, safety,
labor and other regulatory or political authorities.
The public nature of infrastructure assets subject many Obligors to a higher
level of regulatory control than other sectors.
Regulators may impose conditions on the construction, operations and
activities of such Obligors. Regulators may also
have considerable discretion to modify the regulations applicable to an
Obligor and its operations. There can be no
assurance that a government or regulatory authority will not impose new
regulations, change applicable laws, or interpret
existing regulations and laws in a manner that materially and adversely
affects an Obligor's business and ability to satisfy its
debt obligations under a Collateral Obligation.
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In addition, the revenue of an Obligor that undertakes a regulated activity
pursuant to a law, statute, license or concession is
potentially vulnerable to an adverse decision of the counterparty or
regulator with respect to the prices that such Obligor can
charge its customers. The adoption of new laws or regulations, or changes in
the interpretation of existing laws or
regulations, could have a material adverse effect on such Obligors or the
infrastructure assets of such Obligors, which in
turn may reduce profitability and cash flow available to service the debt
obligations of such Obligor, including under any
Collateral Obligation. An Obligor's failure or delay in obtaining relevant
permits or approvals for any development or
operation of its infrastructure assets could potentially hinder construction
or operation of such assets, and could result in
fines or additional costs to such Obligor, which in turn may affect an
Obligor's ability to service its debt obligations, including
under any related Collateral Obligation.
Risks Relating to Concessions, Leases and Public Ways
An infrastructure Obligor may be reliant on government licenses,
concessions, leases or contracts. Such arrangements are
typically complex and Obligors with assets located in the United States are
generally subject to regulation by a greater
number of governmental and regulatory authorities compared to jurisdictions
with consolidated or singular governmental or
regulatory authorities with oversight for infrastructure assets. Such
reliance and complexity may lead to disputes or delays
over interpretation or enforceability of licenses, concessions, permits or
leases. Although permits and licenses are typically
obtained prior to the commencement of an infrastructure Obligor's
operations, in many instances such authorizations are
required to be continuously maintained over time. If an Obligor fails to
maintain any required permits, licenses or
concessions,
the Obligor could be subject
to significant monetary penalties and lose its right to operate the relevant
infrastructure project. Poor performance or other events that may occur
during the construction or operational life of an
infrastructure asset may lead to termination of the underlying concession or
lease by a government or regulatory authority,
which may or may not provide for compensation to interested parties such as
lenders to the operator of the infrastructure
asset. In addition, grantors of concessions may reserve the right to build
competing infrastructure assets located near the
infrastructure assets of an Obligor without providing any compensation to
such Obligor. The presence of such competing
infrastructure assets may adversely impact the revenue of an Obligor. Even
if such compensation is provided to an Obligor,
amounts payable may be insufficient to satisfy the Obligor's debt
obligations to its lenders such as the Issuer. Obligors may
be reliant on access to and the continued use of easement areas or public
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ways. A government counterparty may restrict
the use of such public ways or easements or require an Obligor to remove,
modify, replace or relocate facilities at its own
expense which could cause an Obligor to incur significant costs and disrupt
its ability to provide service to its customers,
which in turn could adversely impact its revenue and operational costs and
its ability to service its debt obligations.
Performance and Operating Risks
Infrastructure assets are subject to operational risks such as the risk of
mechanical breakdown, spare parts shortages,
increased maintenance costs due to increased usage volume, failure to
perform according to design specifications, labor
strikes and/or disputes, work stoppages and other work interruptions, and
other unanticipated events which may adversely
affect operations of the asset. If such risks cannot be mitigated or if the
Obligor is unable to obtain adequate insurance in
relation to such risks, the costs and revenue of an Obligor may be adversely
affected, which in turn may adversely impact its
ability to service its debt obligations.
Operation of infrastructure assets and the provision of project services in
accordance with the terms of the relevant
concession agreement or license will usually be performed by the
infrastructure provider itself or be subcontracted to one or
more operation and maintenance contractors (each, a "O&M Contractor")
through operating and maintenance contracts
("O&M Contracts"). When an O&M Contractor fails to perform its obligations
under its O&M Contract, it is usually liable to
the infrastructure provider for any reduction in revenue resulting from that
failure, subject to caps on the O&M Contractor's
liability. To the extent that these caps are exceeded, the infrastructure
provider's revenue is likely to be adversely affected.
The benefits of recourse to an O&M Contractor will be subject
to any limitations on the creditworthiness of such 001
Contractor.
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Instead of using an O&M Contractor, the cost of lifecycle replacement and
other maintenance of the infrastructure asset
may or may not remain with the infrastructure provider to be met out of
project revenues as and when it arises. As a result,
the Obligor's revenue (and its ability to service the related Collateral
Obligation) may suffer from performance reductions in
an availability/capacity-based payment structure and/or the risk of lower
demand/usage as the asset becomes less
attractive to infrastructure users in a demand/usage based payment
structure. An Obligor which services the asset is also
subject to increases in maintenance costs due to an increase in usage
volume. An operating failure may lead to fines,
expropriation, termination or loss of a license, concession or contract on
which an Obligor, or an asset owned or controlled
by an Obligor, depends, which in turn may adversely impact an Obligor's
ability to service its debt under any related
Collateral Obligation.
Revenue Risks
The main types of payment mechanisms applicable to infrastructure providers
generally are (i) availability-based payment
mechanisms and (ii) demand/usage-based payment mechanisms. Under an
availability or capacity-based payment
mechanism, the infrastructure provider is paid for making the relevant asset
or service available for use to infrastructure
users irrespective of actual usage. In a demand/usage based structure, the
infrastructure provider receives payment based
on actual use of the relevant assets or services and the relevant Obligor's
income stream is subject to the risk of actual
usage falling below the projected usage. In addition, any obsolescence of an
Obligor's infrastructure assets may reduce its
revenues.
Certain Collateral Obligations may involve a payment structure which
requires the concession grantor to pay the agreed
price for the provision of buildings, assets or services which are central
to the infrastructure project during its operating life
(the "Availability Charge") to the extent that such buildings, assets or
services are available for use by the concession
grantor (irrespective of actual use by such grantor). The Availability
Charge will normally be subject to reductions if the
services to be provided by the infrastructure provider fail to meet the
agreed performance standards.
In an infrastructure finance payment mechanism where the infrastructure
provider relies on payment from a public sector
entity, the infrastructure provider is subject to the risk of a payment
default. This, in turn, could affect the ability of the
Obligor to make payments under the related Collateral Obligations. However,
in infrastructure projects involving
concessions, such payment default would typically trigger a termination of
the relevant concession for default of the
concession grantor. This is likely to be accompanied by a claim for
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compensation from the infrastructure provider. The
collectability of such claim is subject to the creditworthiness of the
concession grantor. In the event of delayed or inadequate
compensation, an Obligor's ability to service the related Collateral
Obligation could be adversely affected.
Obligors may be subject to rate controls or similar regulation by a
governmental agency that determines or limits the prices
that such Obligors may charge. Such Obligors may be subject to unfavorable
regulatory determinations that may be final
with no right of appeal or that, despite a right of appeal, could result in
diminished revenues to such Obligors which could
adversely affect their ability to satisfy their obligations under the
relevant Collateral Obligation. Customers of the services
provided by an Obligor may react negatively to any adjustments to rates
being charged for the services, or public pressure
may cause a government or agency to challenge such rates. In addition,
adverse public opinion, or lobbying efforts by
special interest groups, could result
in political pressure on an Obligor to reduce its rates or to forego planned
rate
increases. Such risks could adversely affect an Obligor's ability to service
the related Collateral Obligation.
Project/Concession Termination Risks
Project/concession agreements typically specify events and circumstances
upon which the authority or the infrastructure
provider may terminate the agreement. If the authority defaults or the
authority voluntarily terminates the project/concession
agreement,
it
is typical
for the infrastructure provider and its lenders and shareholders to be held
harmless from such
termination, including by receiving full repayment of the infrastructure
debt obligations and payment of an agreed level of
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return to the infrastructure provider's shareholders. In a termination for
infrastructure provider's default, the project assets
are often transferred to the relevant counterparty in return for
compensation to the infrastructure provider. Typically such
compensation will be used to pay down the infrastructure provider's debt
obligations, but will often be insufficient to ensure
full repayment.
In a no-fault termination scenario the levels of compensation will often be
designed to be sufficient to repay
the infrastructure debt obligations in full, with a limited surplus to be
returned to the infrastructure provider's shareholders.
Payment of such termination compensation is subject to the risk of a payment
default by the relevant authority. There is also
a risk that the assets at termination or upon expiry of the project/-
concession agreement will not be in the prescribed
condition for delivery to the relevant counterparty.
If
the infrastructure provider and/or its lenders receives insufficient
compensation upon a termination, proceeds received by the Issuer on the
related Collateral Obligation could be adversely
affected.
Development Risks
The Issuer may invest in further infrastructure debt relating to
'greenfield' assets. 'Greenfield' assets involve undeveloped
land which will not produce income until development of the property is
completed and the project
Accordingly, any investments in loans to Obligors involved with 'greenfield'
assets will be subject
is operational.
indirectly to the risks
relating to the availability, expense and timely receipt of zoning,
permitting and other regulatory approvals (including
approvals for complementary facilities such as service areas),
the cost and timely completion of construction of the
infrastructure asset (including risks beyond the control of the Obligor,
such as weather, labor conditions, material shortages
and cost overruns) and the availability of both construction and permanent
and/or bridge financing to the Obligor on
favorable terms. See "—Construction Risks" below. These risks could result
in substantial unanticipated delays or expenses
to the Obligor and may prevent completion of development activities, any of
which could have an adverse effect on an
Obligor's ability to service its debt under the related Collateral
Obligation.
Commodity Prices
The operation and cash flows of infrastructure debt Obligors may depend, in
some cases to a significant extent, upon
prevailing market prices for commodities such as oil, gas, coal,
electricity, steel or concrete. Such market prices may
fluctuate based on a variety of factors beyond the control of an Obligor,
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including, without limitation, weather conditions,
foreign and domestic supply and demand, force majeure events, changes in
laws or regulations, the price and availability of
alternatives, international political conditions and overall economic
conditions. An increase in commodity prices may reduce
the profitability of the Obligor, which may adversely impact an Obligor's
ability to service its debt under any related Collateral
Obligation.
Construction Risks
Where an infrastructure project involves the construction of a new asset or
significant refurbishment of an existing asset,
there are risks that the construction of a new infrastructure asset (and
ultimate certification of the services) may not be
completed within the expected and/or agreed price and construction may not
be completed on time. These risks may be
due to a number of unforeseen factors, such as:
political opposition; regulatory and permitting delays; delays in procuring
sites, labor and materials; strikes; disputes; environmental issues; force
majeure; latent defects; or failure by one or more of
the infrastructure counterparties to perform in a timely manner their
contractual, financial or other commitments. Typically,
the infrastructure provider subcontracts its construction obligations to a
construction contractor in an agreement (a
"Construction Contract"). A Construction Contract will
typically seek to pass risks relating to price and/or time to the
construction contractor, subject to certain agreed maximum liabilities. If
there is a delay in construction, the ability of the
infrastructure provider to commence its full revenue earning capacity will
likely be delayed. Under a Construction Contract,
the construction contractor is typically required to pay liquidated damages
to the infrastructure provider for failure to
complete construction on time. While the level of liquidated damages is
typically determined to ensure that the infrastructure
provider, among other things, is able to meet its debt service obligations,
a material delay or increase in costs not covered
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by such damages could significantly impair the financial viability of an
infrastructure project, which may adversely affect the
ability of the infrastructure debt Obligor to meet its obligations under the
related Collateral Obligation.
Single Project Risks
If a counterparty fails to pay its contractual obligations to an Obligor of
a Collateral Obligation, or the underlying
infrastructure assets are appropriated by the relevant government,
revenues of such Obligor could cease or decline
significantly, which in turn could impair an Obligor's ability to service
its debt obligations, including its debt obligations under
the related Collateral Obligations. An infrastructure project is heavily
dependent on the infrastructure operator. There are a
limited number of operators with the expertise necessary to successfully
maintain and operate infrastructure projects. The
loss of an operator of an infrastructure project could significantly impair
the financial viability of an infrastructure project,
which could impair the relevant Obligor's ability to repay amounts owing
under the related Collateral Obligation.
Environmental Risks
The operation of, or the occurrence of an accident with respect to, an
infrastructure asset operated by an Obligor could
result in environmental damage which could result in significant financial
distress to an Obligor if not adequately covered by
insurance. Environmental laws and regulations may also require an Obligor to
address, at a potentially substantial and
unreimbursable cost, environmental contamination that occurred prior to such
Obligor's ownership of the relevant asset or
property without regard to whether such Obligor knew of, or was responsible
for,
the release or presence of such
environmental contamination.
In some cases, environmental laws and regulations may also hold a lender
liable for the
costs of necessary environmental remediation. Certain types of
infrastructure assets, such as power and energy assets, are
subject to compliance with stringent environmental regulations. The Issuer
intends to invest in Collateral Obligations on
which the Obligors may own infrastructure assets located on 'brownfield'
sites. The cost of compliance with environmental
regulation or remediation, or the failure to comply with any environmental
regulations or remediation obligations, could have
a material adverse effect on such Obligor's revenue and its ability to
satisfy its obligations under the related Collateral
Obligation.
Catastrophic and Force Majeure Events
The operations of infrastructure assets may be subject to unplanned
interruptions caused by potentially catastrophic force
majeure events and conditions,
including, without limitation, wars,
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labor strikes, cyclones, hurricanes, earthquakes,
landslides, floods, explosions, fires, breakdowns, ruptures, technology
failures, design and construction defects, accidents,
social instability and terrorist attacks.
Infrastructure assets, which may be significant to national or regional
strategy or
security, could render an Obligor's assets more vulnerable to a terrorist
attack than other types of assets or businesses or
result in the assets being uninsurable or insurable at rates may not be
economic for an Obligor. An unplanned interruption
caused by any of the events listed above could, among other effects,
materially adversely affect the cash flows available
from the relevant assets and in turn, an Obligor's ability to satisfy its
obligations under the related Collateral Obligation.
Such interruption could also lead to a termination event under
the relevant
Project/Concession Termination Risks."
Sovereign Risk
While most of the Collateral Obligations to be owned by the Issuer will
likely relate to infrastructure projects located in the
United States, a portion of the Assets may consist of Collateral Obligations
that are obligations of non-U.S. Obligors.
Investing outside the United States may involve greater risks than investing
in the United States. Any concessions granted
by a governmental agency to any Obligor which owns or controls an
infrastructure asset will be subject to special risks,
including the risk that a governmental entity will exercise its sovereign
rights and take actions contrary to the rights of an
Obligor under the relevant concession agreement. Examples of
concession agreement,
see "—
political acts falling within this category include
discriminatory legislative acts, expropriation, non-payment or transfer of
the relevant counterparty's obligations (including its
payment obligations) to an entity outside of the public sector. There can be
no assurance that a governmental agency or
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concession grantor will not legislate, impose regulations or change
applicable laws or act contrary to the law in a way that
would materially and adversely affect an Obligor's ability to operate the
infrastructure asset or the revenue or taxation status
of the Obligor, and accordingly, the ability of the Obligor to service its
debt under the related Collateral Obligation.
Obligor Insolvency Considerations
Various laws enacted for the protection of creditors may apply to the Issuer
or others and may affect
Obligations. The information in this and the following paragraph applies to
U.S. Obligors.
the Collateral
Insolvency considerations will
differ with respect to non-U.S. Obligors. If a court in a lawsuit brought by
an unpaid creditor or a representative of an
Obligor's creditors, such as a trustee in bankruptcy, were to find that the
Obligor did not receive fair consideration or
reasonably equivalent value for incurring the indebtedness constituting such
Collateral Obligation and, after giving effect to
such indebtedness, the Obligor (i) was insolvent, (ii) was engaged in a
business for which the remaining assets of such
Obligor constituted unreasonably small capital, or (iii) intended to incur,
or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its
ability to pay such debts as they mature, such court could determine to
invalidate, in whole or in part, such indebtedness as
a fraudulent conveyance, to subordinate such indebtedness to existing or
future creditors of the Obligor or to recover
amounts previously paid by the Obligor in satisfaction of such indebtedness.
Obligor of a Collateral Obligation, payments made on such Collateral
Obligations could be subject
In addition, in the event of the insolvency of an
to avoidance as a
"preference" if made within a certain period of time (which may be as long
as one year under federal bankruptcy law or even
longer under state laws) before insolvency.
In general, if payments on Collateral Obligations were to be avoidable,
whether as fraudulent conveyances or preferences,
such payments could be recaptured, either from the initial recipient, such
as the Issuer, or from subsequent transferees of
such payments, such as the holders of the Securities. To the extent that any
such payments are recaptured from the Issuer,
the resulting loss will be borne by the holders of the Securities, starting
with the Preferred Shareholders. However, a court
in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding would be able to direct
Securities only to the extent that such court has jurisdiction over such
holder or its assets. Moreover,
is likely that
avoidable payments could not be recaptured directly from a holder that has
given value in exchange for its Securities, in
good faith and without knowledge that the payments were avoidable.
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Nevertheless, since there is no judicial precedent
addressing the recapture of available payments from holders of securities
issued in structured transactions such as the
Securities, there can be no assurance that a holder of Preferred Shares will
be able to avoid recapture on this or any other
basis.
THE FOREGOING RISK FACTORS DO NOT PURPORT TO BE A COMPLETE OR CONCLUSIVE
DISCUSSION OF THE
RISKS RELATED TO AN INVESTMENT IN THE PREFERRED SHARES. EACH POTENTIAL
INVESTOR SHOULD READ
THIS MEMORANDUM IN ITS ENTIRETY AND IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS PROFESSIONAL
ADVISERS BEFORE
DECIDING WHETHER TO INVEST IN THE PREFERRED SHARES.
the recapture of any such payment from a holder of
it
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Section 13
Conflicts of Interest
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Conflicts of Interest
Various actual and potential conflicts interest may arise from the overall
advisory, investment and other activities of the
Portfolio Advisor, the Issuer, the Placement Agents, their respective
affiliates and clients, including Deutsche Bank and its
affiliates. By acquiring a Preferred Share, each prospective Investor will
be deemed to have acknowledged the existence of,
and waived any claim of liability arising from, any such actual or potential
conflict of interest. The following discussion
describes certain potential conflicts interest that each prospective
Investor should evaluate before making an investment
decision with respect to the Preferred Shares.
Deutsche Bank's Roles in the Infrastructure Markets
Deutsche Bank (and its US and non-US affiliates, including each Placement
Agent) has relationships with a wide variety of
governments, infrastructure developers, operators, institutions and
corporations and providers, and will in the future provide
advisory, lending and investment banking services to its clients, which may
at any time or from time to time include Obligors
on the Collateral Obligations. In the course of advising with respect to a
particular transaction on behalf of the Issuer, the
Portfolio Advisor may consider those relationships and may decline to
recommend an investment in view of such
relationships. There may be occasions when, notwithstanding the
implementation of information barriers, the Issuer has to
withdraw from a particular transaction as a result of a conflict of
interest. In providing services to its clients, Deutsche Bank
may recommend activities that may compete with, or otherwise adversely
affect, the Issuer's investments. In connection with
the foregoing activities, the Portfolio Advisor and Deutsche Bank may from
time to time come into possession of information
that limits the Issuer's ability to make an investment. See "—Material Non -
Public Information."
General Activities of Deutsche Bank and its Affiliates
Deutsche Bank is a global financial institution, of which the Portfolio
Advisor is a part. Deutsche Bank, together with its
affiliates, officers, employees and agents, is engaged on a worldwide basis
in a broad spectrum of investment and financial
activities, including (without limitation) wholesale and retail banking,
lending, equity investing, financial and merger and
acquisition advisory, underwriting, investment management, asset management,
brokerage, trustee, custodial and similar
activities. Such activities include an investment banking business engaging
in infrastructure and infrastructure-related
activities. Deutsche Bank has in the past sponsored, and expects that it may
in the future sponsor, other funds, investment
vehicles, separate accounts or similar investment platforms that may acquire
interests in, provide financing to or otherwise
deal with infrastructure-related assets. Deutsche Bank may also underwrite
or place infrastructure or infrastructure-related
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assets that may be suitable investments for the Issuer. In the course of
engaging in such activities, Deutsche Bank is, and
may in the future be, a competitor of the Issuer, and its interests may
conflict with the interests of the Issuer and the
Preferred Shareholders. These conflicts could include, among other things,
instances where Deutsche Bank is an investor
(or clients of Deutsche Bank are engaged) in directly or indirectly
competing investments or circumstances in which
Deutsche Bank acts as a lender or an underwriter in respect of projects
which could potentially compete with the Issuer.
Deutsche Bank will be under no obligation to refer such opportunities to the
Issuer or to refrain from investing in them or
referring them to other clients. In the event that both the Issuer and one
of the other business lines within Deutsche Bank
(as principal or on behalf of clients) seek to acquire the same investment
(or to assist a client to acquire such investment),
none will be prevented from doing so.
Deutsche Bank, the Portfolio Advisor, the Placement Agents and their
respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees
and members may have other business interests, including the formation and
management of additional investment and
debt origination businesses specializing in infrastructure loans similar to
the Collateral Obligations. Such interests may be in
competition with the Issuer and/or may involve substantial time and
resources of the Portfolio Advisor. In addition, personnel
of the Portfolio Advisor may serve as members of the boards of directors of
various companies, and such service may give
rise to additional conflicts of interest. For example, such companies could
engage in transactions that would be suitable for
investment by the Issuer but in which the Issuer might nonetheless be unable
to invest as a result of the foregoing types of
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affiliations. The Portfolio Advisor and its affiliates may also have ongoing
relationships with, render services to or engage in
transactions with other issuers of collateralized debt obligations or
structured vehicles that invest
in assets of a nature
similar to those of the Issuer, and with companies whose securities or loan
interests form part of the Issuer's Portfolio, and
may own equity or debt securities or loan interests issued by issuers of and
other Obligors on Collateral Obligations. As a
result, officers at RREEF that will be advising the Issuer may possess
information relating to issuers of Collateral
Obligations that is not known to the individuals at the Portfolio Advisor
responsible for monitoring the Collateral Obligations
and performing the other obligations of the Portfolio Advisor under the
Portfolio Advisory Agreement. See "—Material NonPublic
Information."
The Portfolio Advisor and its affiliates,
including Deutsche Bank, and their respective clients may invest, on behalf
of
themselves and their clients, in securities or loan interests that would be
appropriate as Collateral Obligations, as well as in
securities or loan interests that are senior to, or have interests different
from or adverse to, securities or loan interests that
are acquired by the Issuer, and they have no duty in making such investments
to act in a way that is more favorable to the
Issuer or the Preferred Shareholders or to consider their interests. The
Portfolio Advisor may on behalf of the Issuer make
an investment in the infrastructure loan or security of an issuer or Obligor
in which another account, client or affiliate of the
Portfolio Advisor (including Deutsche Bank and its clients) is already
invested or has co-invested. In connection with such
investments, the Issuer and such entities may have conflicting interests and
investment objectives. Conflicts may also arise
in cases where the Issuer may make an investment, the proceeds of which are
used to liquidate an investment of Deutsche
Bank.
DDI and DBSI48, affiliates of the Portfolio Advisor, have been appointed by
the Issuer as its non-exclusive Placement Agents
in connection with the private offer and sale of Preferred Shares on behalf
of the Issuer. Pursuant to the Placement
Agreement, each Placement Agent is authorized to offer to sell, and solicit
offers to purchase, Preferred Shares on behalf of
the Issuer. Each Placement Agent may receive compensation from the Portfolio
Advisor in respect of the services rendered
by it in such amount or amounts as may be mutually agreed between the
Portfolio Advisor and such Placement Agent and
set forth in the Placement Agreement. Neither Placement Agent is obligated
to provide any financing or advisory or other
services to the Issuer, and each Placement Agent is authorized to perform
its services as a Placement Agent directly or
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through any one or more of its affiliates. Each Placement Agent may engage
third parties or affiliates to provide certain
services (each a "Placement Agent Service Provider"), including offering and
selling Preferred Shares on behalf of the
Issuer or referring potential
investors to the Placement Agent. A Placement Agent Service Provider may
receive
compensation from the Placement Agent in respect of the services rendered by
it in such amount or amounts as may be
mutually agreed between the Placement Agent and such Placement Agent Service
Provider. Each Placement Agent or its
affiliates may from time to time hold Securities for investment, trading or
other purposes.
Allocation of Investment Opportunities and Co-Investment with Affiliates of
the Portfolio Advisor
The Portfolio Advisor intends to continue to, and affiliates of the
Portfolio Advisor (including Deutsche Bank) and their
respective affiliates may, sponsor, manage or advise other portfolios,
clients or accounts (whether currently in existence or
established in the future) during the term of the Issuer. The investment
objectives of such entities may be similar to those of
48 Required Disclosure regarding DBSI:
Research-Related Settlement: On August 26, 2004, in connection with the 2002
industry-wide governmental and regulatory investigations into
research and analysts practices, DBSI reached a settlement agreement with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of
Securities Dealers, the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Attorney
General, and with other state regulators arising from an investigation
of research analyst independence. Under the terms of the settlement, DBSI
agreed to pay $87.5 million.
Auction Rate Securities Settlement: On June 3, 2009, DBSI settled
proceedings with the Securities Exchange Commission, the New Jersey
Department of Securities and New York Attorney General in connection with
various claims under the federal securities laws and state common law
arising out of the sale of auction rate preferred securities and auction
rate securities (together, "ARS"). Under the terms of the settlements, DBSI
was required to, among other things, offer to buy back ARS purchased by
certain customers from DBSI, reimburse certain customers who took out
loans secured by ARS and compensate eligible customers who sold their ARS
below par value. In connection with the settlements, a number of
state securities commissions issued final orders against DBSI.
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the Issuer. Accordingly, the Issuer may be subject to certain conflicts of
interest in the allocation of potential investments by
the Portfolio Advisor arising out of such relationships which may result
in suitable investments meeting the Investment
Guidelines and the Investment Criteria not being allocated to the Issuer.
While the Portfolio Advisor seeks to manage
potential conflicts interest in good faith, the investment strategies
employed by the Portfolio Advisor in managing its other
clients or accounts could conflict with the strategies employed by the
Portfolio Advisor in managing the Issuer's Portfolio.
The Portfolio Advisor may seek simultaneously to purchase investments for
the Issuer, itself and similar entities or other
investment accounts for which it serves as portfolio advisor.
If
the Portfolio Advisor is presented with investment
opportunities that fall within the investment objectives of the Issuer and
other investment funds and accounts managed by
the Portfolio Advisor, the Portfolio Advisor expects to allocate such
opportunities among the Issuer and such other funds
and accounts in accordance with its allocation and co-investment policies
and procedures (copies of which are available to
Investors upon written request to RREEF), and on a basis that the Portfolio
Advisor determines in good faith is appropriate
taking into consideration such factors as the respective duties owed to the
Issuer and such other funds and accounts, the
investment objectives of the Issuer and such other funds and accounts, the
capital available to the Issuer and such other
funds and accounts, any investment restrictions, the sourcing and size of
the transaction, the amount of potential follow-on
investing that may be required for such investment and the status of other
Assets of the Issuer, as well as any other
considerations deemed relevant by the Portfolio Advisor in good faith and
consistent with its internal procedures and
policies.
None of the Portfolio Advisor or any of its affiliates is under any
obligation to offer investment opportunities of which it
becomes aware to the Issuer, or to account to the Issuer for (or share with
the Issuer or inform the Issuer of) any such
transaction or any benefit received by it, or to inform the Issuer of any
investments before offering any investments to other
funds or accounts that the Portfolio Advisor or any of its affiliates
manages or advises, or engaging in any investments for
itself or for others. Affirmative obligations may exist, or may arise in the
future, whereby the Portfolio Advisor or any of its
affiliates are obligated to offer certain investments to funds or accounts
that they manage or advise before or without the
Portfolio Advisor offering those investments to the Issuer. The Portfolio
Advisor may make investments on behalf of the
Issuer in securities or other assets that it has declined to invest in for
its own account, the account of any of its affiliates or
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the account of its other clients.
The Portfolio Advisor will endeavor to resolve conflicts with respect to
investment
opportunities in a manner that it deems equitable to the extent possible
under the prevailing facts and circumstances and in
accordance with applicable law.
Affiliated Service Providers
The Issuer or the Portfolio Advisor may utilize Deutsche Bank to execute a
portion of the Issuer's portfolio transactions or
retain Deutsche Bank to provide financial advisory, debt structuring, and
other investment banking services or trading
activities or other administrative services of the types typically provided
by third parties. Deutsche Bank may receive
commissions and remunerations in connection with such transactions in
addition to investment banking or other fees from
Obligors on Collateral Obligations acquired by the Issuer. The Issuer will
utilize Deutsche Bank only where its commission
charges are reasonable as compared with those charged by similar firms for
similar transactions. However, such
commission rates may not be the lowest commission rates available.
The Issuer may enter into transactions in loans, securities, derivative
instruments or other investments in which Deutsche
Bank serves as the counterparty, principal or agent. Deutsche Bank may, from
time to time, act as principal for its own
account in connection with investment transactions by the Issuer, including
selling securities as principal to, and buying
securities as principal from, the Issuer. Deutsche Bank and/or one or more
of its affiliates with acceptable credit support
arrangements may act as counterparty with respect to all or some of the
Hedge Agreements, which may create certain
conflicts of interest. See Section 12, "Certain Risk Factors—Risks Relating
to the Preferred Shares—Risks of Hedge
Agreements".
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The Issuer may co-invest
in investment opportunities in which other clients or accounts of the
Portfolio Advisor or the
Portfolio Advisor's affiliates also invest. In connection with such co-
investments, the Portfolio Advisor or its affiliates may
seek to execute orders for all of the participating accounts and clients,
including the Issuer, on an equitable basis. Orders
may be combined for all such accounts, and if any order is not filled at the
same price, the securities may be allocated on an
average price basis. Similarly, if all orders on behalf of more than one
account or client cannot be fully executed under
prevailing market conditions, securities may be allocated among the
different accounts and clients on a basis which the
Portfolio Advisor or its affiliates, as the case may be, consider equitable.
Obligor Relationships
One or more Obligors on the Collateral Obligations may be a counterparty or
other interested person with respect to one or
more agreements, transactions or other arrangements with Deutsche Bank, the
Portfolio Advisor, their respective affiliates
and/or clients or accounts of the foregoing entities. Such relationships
could give rise to a conflict of interest.
The originators of the Collateral Obligations and their affiliates may
accept deposits from, make loans or otherwise extend
credit to, and generally engage in any kind of commercial or investment
banking or other business transactions with, any
existing borrower or its affiliates. The originators of the Collateral
Obligations and their affiliates may have entered into, and
may from time to time enter into, business transactions with borrowers or
their respective affiliates and may or may not hold
other obligations of or have business relationships with any existing
borrowers or their affiliates. Such obligations or
relationships may or may not relate to the Collateral Obligations. These
loans, equity positions and other relationships may
give rise to interests that are different from or adverse to the interests
of the Preferred Shareholders. The originators of the
Collateral Obligations will not be obligated to have regard for the
interests of the Co-Issuers or the Preferred Shareholders in
their business transactions with borrowers or their affiliates.
Oversight of the Issuer's Portfolio
Although personnel of the Portfolio Advisor will devote as much time to the
Issuer as the Portfolio Advisor deems
appropriate to perform its duties in accordance with the Portfolio Advisory
Agreement, individuals comprising personnel of
the Portfolio Advisor may have conflicts in allocating time and services
among the Issuer and other accounts and clients of
the Portfolio Advisor, DeAM and other affiliates of the Portfolio Advisor.
The Portfolio Advisor may conduct principal transactions between the Issuer
and the Portfolio Advisor or any of its affiliates.
The Portfolio Advisory Agreement will require that the Portfolio Advisor
cause any purchases and sales of Collateral
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Obligations by the Issuer that constitute principal transactions, agency
cross-transactions and affiliate transactions to be
conducted on an arm's length basis and in compliance with the Advisers Act.
In addition, the Portfolio Advisor will be
required to disclose the terms of a proposed transaction to and obtain the
consent of the Issuer with respect to certain
principal and affiliate transactions.
Investment by Personnel of the Portfolio Advisor and its Affiliates
Persons employed by the Portfolio Advisor and its affiliates (including,
without limitation, Deutsche Bank) may from time to
time purchase Preferred Shares, either directly or indirectly through
investment entities. Affiliates of the Portfolio Advisor or
other clients or accounts of the Portfolio Advisor and its affiliates may
acquire Preferred Shares from the Issuer at a
discount. While the interests of such individuals and entities are generally
aligned with the Preferred Shareholders, the
existence of such investment by such individuals or entities, as well as the
investment in the Preferred Shares by the
Portfolio Advisor, may create an incentive for the Portfolio Advisor to make
more speculative investments on behalf of the
Issuer than it would otherwise make in the absence of such investments.
Incentive Advisory Fee
The existence of the Incentive Advisory Fee may create an incentive for the
Portfolio Advisor to make more speculative
investments on behalf of the Issuer and to manage the Issuer's Portfolio in
a manner as to seek to maximize the yield on the
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Collateral Obligations relative to investments of higher creditworthiness.
Such actions may lead to an increase in defaults or
volatility and a possible decline in the aggregate market value of the
Collateral Obligations.
Material Non-Public Information
Personnel associated with, or employed by, the Portfolio Advisor or its
affiliates (including Deutsche Bank) may come into
possession of material non-public information concerning various companies,
including Obligors or potential Obligors of
Collateral Obligations. If such personnel possess such information, or if
they have a prior contractual commitment with other
accounts or clients, the Portfolio Advisor's ability to buy or sell
securities of such Obligors for its clients, including the Issuer,
may be restricted. Such restrictions also may be imposed to prevent even an
appearance that such information has been
used in a manner contrary to law. The Portfolio Advisor and its affiliates,
including Deutsche Bank, have established
information barrier policies that serve to limit the dissemination of such
information and provide the Portfolio Advisor and
Deutsche Bank with flexibility in managing its clients' portfolios. However,
such information barriers are not intended to
prevent competition between the Issuer and the business lines of the
Portfolio Advisor's affiliates, including Deutsche Bank,
which may operate to the detriment of the Issuer.
No Separate Representation
Advisors to the Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor or their respective
affiliates, including (without limitation) legal advisors and
auditors, have represented and/or may in the future represent the Issuer,
the Portfolio Advisor and their respective affiliates
or investors (including, without limitation, Deutsche Bank) from time to
time on a variety of different matters. In connection
with the organization of and the offering of the Preferred Shares, the
Issuer's legal advisors (and/or those of the Portfolio
Advisor or their respective affiliates) do not represent or owe any duty to
any prospective Investor or to the prospective
Investors as a group.
Relating to Certain Other Conflicts of Interest
In general, the transaction described in this Memorandum will involve
various potential and actual conflicts of
interest
Various potential and actual conflicts of interest may arise with respect to
the Rating Agency and from the overall investment
activity of the Issuer and its clients and affiliates. The following briefly
summarizes some of these conflicts, but is not
intended to be an exhaustive list of all such conflicts.
The Rating Agency may have certain conflicts of interest
[Moody's or another rating agency may be hired by the Issuer to provide
ratings on all or a portion of a Facility. A rating
agency may have a conflict of interest because the Issuer pays the fee
charged by the rating agency for its rating services.]
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The Issuer will be subject to various conflicts of interest involving the
Initial Facility Lenders and its Affiliates
Barclays and its affiliates (including Barclays Bank PLC and its affiliates)
(collectively, the "Barclays Entities") may be
market participants, and may act
in several capacities (including market maker,
index sponsor, swap counterparty,
underwriter, lender, financial arranger, structuring agent, advisor and
calculation agent) simultaneously with respect to the
Initial Facility, the intended Refinancing, an underlying loan or any other
obligation of any loan Obligor or the Issuer, giving
rise to potential conflicts of interest which may impact the performance of
any such security or instrument. Barclays Entities
and their respective personnel may at any time acquire, hold or dispose of
(directly or otherwise) interests in financial
instruments, which interests may include, without limitation, interests in
the Preferred Shares, in the Initial Facility or in other
obligations of any Obligor of a Collateral Obligation or the Issuer, or any
equity interest (which may be substantial) in any
Obligor of a Collateral Obligation or its respective affiliates, any of
which may impact the performance of the Preferred
Shares, the Collateral or any Collateral Obligation. Barclays Entities may
deal in such interests or obligations or enter into
derivatives or other transactions in respect thereof, and may accept
deposits from, make loans or otherwise extend credit to,
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and generally engage in any kind of commercial or investment banking or
other business with, such Obligor, the Issuer or
any of their respective affiliates, and may act with respect to such
business in the same manner as if holders of the Initial
Facility did not exist, regardless of whether such relationship or action
might have an adverse effect on the Obligor, the
Issuer or their respective affiliates. In addition, Barclays Entities may
from time to time possess rights to exercise voting or
consent rights that may be adverse to the Preferred Shares. A Barclays
Entity may, whether by reason of such types of
relationships or otherwise, at the date hereof or any time hereafter, be in
possession of material non-public information in
relation to the Initial Facility, the intended Refinancing, a Collateral
Obligation, an Obligor thereunder, the Issuer or their
respective affiliates or other obligations. Such Barclays Entity will have
no obligation to disclose any such information to
investors or to use such information for the benefit of investors and may be
prohibited from doing so.
One or more of the Barclays Entities may provide investment banking,
commercial banking, asset management, financing
and financial advisory services and products to the Portfolio Advisor,
its affiliates and funds managed by the Portfolio
Advisor and its affiliates, and purchase, hold and sell, both for their
respective accounts or for the account of their respective
clients, on a principal or agency basis,
loans, securities and other obligations and financial instruments of the
Portfolio
Advisor, its affiliates and funds managed by the Portfolio Advisor and its
affiliates. As a result of such transactions or
arrangements, one or more of the Barclays Entities may have interests
adverse to those of the Issuer and the holders of the
Initial Facility.
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Section 14
Certain Legal, ERISA and Tax Matters
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Certain Legal, ERISA and Tax Matters
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Section 14 have the meanings
specified in Section 11, "Summary of Principal
Terms" or in the Appendix, "Glossary".
U.S. LEGAL AND REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS
Securities Act of 1933
The offer and sale of the Preferred Shares will not be registered under the
Securities Act in reliance upon the exemptions
from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof, including Rule 144A,
Regulation D and Regulation S promulgated
thereunder, or any other US or non-US securities laws, including securities
or blue sky laws or non-US securities laws. The
Preferred Shares will be offered and sold without registration in reliance
upon the Securities Act exemption for transactions
not involving a public offering and in the US will be sold only to (i) QIBs
or (ii) Accredited Investors, in each case that are
also Qualified Purchasers. The Preferred Shares will be offered and sold
outside of the US under the exemption provided
by Regulation S under the Securities Act.
Each investor in the Preferred Shares will be required to make customary
private placement representations, including that
such investor is acquiring the Preferred Shares for its own account,
distribution.
for investment and not with a view to resale or
Further, each prospective Investor must be prepared to bear the economic
risk of the investment in the
Preferred Shares for the term of the Preferred Shares, since the Preferred
Shares cannot be Transferred or resold except
as permitted in the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement and the Articles,
and pursuant to an exemption under the
Securities Act and registration or an exemption under any applicable state
or non-U.S. securities laws.
Disclosure under Rule 506(e) of Regulation D.
Under Rule 506(e) of Regulation D of the Securities Act, certain events
under Rule 506(d) of Regulation D that occurred
before September 23, 2013 are required to be disclosed to investors.
Pursuant to this disclosure requirement, please note
the following:
On August 26, 2004, in connection with the 2002 industry-wide governmental
and regulatory investigations into research
and analysts practices, DBSI reached a settlement agreement with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC"), the National Association of Securities Dealers, the New York
Stock Exchange and the New York Attorney
General, and with other state regulators arising from an investigation of
research analyst independence. Under the terms of
the settlement, DBSI agreed to pay $87.5 million.
On June 3, 2009, DBSI settled proceedings with the SEC, the New Jersey
Department of Securities and New York Attorney
General in connection with various claims under the federal securities laws
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and state common law arising out of the sale of
auction rate preferred securities and auction rate securities (together,
"ARS"). Under the terms of the settlements, DBSI
was required to, among other things, offer to buy back ARS purchased by
certain customers from DBSI, reimburse certain
customers who took out loans secured by ARS and compensate eligible
customers who sold their ARS below par value. In
connection with the settlements, a number of state securities commissions
issued final orders against DBSI.
Investment Company Act of 1940
The Issuer anticipates it will not be subject to the registration and other
obligations under the Investment Company Act, in
reliance upon various exemptions and exclusions from registration as an
investment company, including Section 3(c)(7) of
the Investment Company Act. Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act
excludes from the definition of "investment
company" any issuer whose outstanding securities are beneficially owned only
by non-U.S. persons and U.S. persons who
are Qualified Purchasers within the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the
Investment Company Act and that meet the other
conditions contained therein. A "qualified purchaser" includes a natural
person who owns not
less than $5,000,000 in
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investments, a natural person or company, acting for its own account or the
accounts of other Qualified Purchasers, who
owns and invests on a discretionary basis not less than $25,000,000 in
investments and certain trusts, and a company if
each beneficial owner of the company's securities is a qualified purchaser.
Each purchaser letter delivered pursuant to the
PS Purchase Agreement will contain representations and restrictions on
transfer designed to assure that the foregoing
conditions (as applicable) will be met.
In reliance on such exemption, the Issuer will not register under the
Investment Company Act.
Shares will
therefore not receive the protections afforded by the Investment Company Act
Investors in the Preferred
to investors in a registered
investment company. The Issuer will not make a public offering of the
Preferred Shares to satisfy the exemption from
registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If
the Issuer is deemed to be an investment
company and therefore is required to register under the Investment Company
Act, such requirement could prohibit
Issuer from operating in its intended manner and could have a material
adverse effect on the Issuer.
the
In addition, as Deutsche Bank is expected to purchase certain of the
Issuer's Preferred Shares, the Issuer is expected not to
be deemed to be a "covered fund" for purposes of the Volcker Rule by
complying with the "loan securitization" exclusion
provided under the Volcker Rule. See Section 12, "Certain Risk Factors--
General Risks—Legislative and Regulatory
Changes; Bank Holding Company Act".
Investment Advisers Act of 1940
The Portfolio Advisor is registered as an investment adviser under the
Advisers Act and will therefore be subject to the rules
and regulations applicable to registered investment advisers.
Anti-Money Laundering Requirements
In order to comply with applicable anti-money laundering requirements, each
investor in the Preferred Shares must
represent in its purchaser letter delivered pursuant to the PS Purchase
Agreement with the Issuer that neither the investor,
nor any person having a direct or indirect beneficial interest in the
Preferred Shares being acquired by the investor, appears
on the Specifically Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List of the
Office of Foreign Assets Control in the U.S.
Department of the Treasury or in Annex I to U.S. Executive Order 132224 —
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions
with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism, and that
the investor does not know or have any
reason to suspect that (i) the monies used to fund the investor's investment
in the Preferred Shares have been or will be
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derived from or related to any illegal activities and (ii) the proceeds from
the Preferred Shares will be used to finance any
illegal activities. Each Preferred Share Purchaser must also agree to
provide any information to the Issuer and its agents as
the Issuer may require in order to determine the Investor's and any of its
beneficial owners' source and use of funds and to
comply with anti-money laundering laws and regulations applicable to the
Issuer. In particular, Investors will be required to
comply with the anti-money laundering procedures required by (or developed
by the Issuer and its counsel in respect of) the
PATRIOT Act, Cayman Islands law and any other applicable law.
Bank Holding Company Act
Certain investors, including Deutsche Bank, may be subject to the BHCA, and
thus may be required to limit their ownership
or voting participation in certain circumstances. Special provisions will be
provided in the applicable Facility documentation
or the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, as the case may be, to assist
such investors in Preferred Shares in
remaining compliant with the relevant provisions of the BHCA and the
regulations implementing the BHCA, and
interpretations of such statutory and regulatory provisions. Further, the
operations of the Issuer may be affected by the
relevant provisions of the BHCA and the related rules and regulations.
Cayman Islands Legal and Regulatory Considerations
The Issuer Administrator is, and the Issuer may be, subject to the
Regulations. The Regulations apply to anyone conducting
"relevant financial business" in or from the Cayman Islands intending to
form a business relationship or carry out a one-off
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transaction. The Regulations require a financial service provider to
maintain certain anti-money laundering procedures
including those for the purposes of verifying the identity and source of
funds of an "applicant for business"; e.g. an investor.
Except in certain circumstances, including where an entity is regulated by a
recognized overseas regulatory authority and/or
listed on a recognized stock exchange in an approved jurisdiction, the
Issuer Administrator will likely be required to verify
each investor's identity and the source of the payment used by such investor
for purchasing the Preferred Shares in a
manner similar to the obligations imposed under the laws of other major
financial centers. In addition, if any person resident
in the Cayman Islands knows or suspects, or has reasonable grounds for
knowing or suspecting that another person is
engaged in criminal conduct, or is involved with terrorism or terrorist
property, and the information for that knowledge or
suspicion came to their attention in the course of business in the regulated
sector, or other trade, profession, business or
employment, the person will be required to report such knowledge or
suspicion to (i) the FRA, pursuant to the PCL, if the
disclosure relates to criminal conduct or money laundering, or (ii) a police
officer of the rank of constable or higher, or the
FRA, pursuant to the Terrorism Law (2015 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, if
the disclosure relates to involvement with
terrorism or terrorist
financing and property.
If the Issuer were determined by the Cayman Islands authorities to be in
violation of the PCL, the Terrorism Law or the Regulations, the Issuer could
be subject to substantial criminal penalties. The
Issuer may be subject to similar restrictions in other jurisdictions. Such a
violation could materially adversely affect the
timing and amount of payments by the Issuer to the Preferred Shareholders.
European Risk Retention
Prospective purchasers of Preferred Shares should be aware of the EU risk
retention and due diligence requirements (the
"EU Risk Retention Rules") which currently apply, or are expected to apply
in the future, in respect of various types of EU
regulated investors including credit
institutions, authorised alternative investment
fund managers,
investment firms,
insurance and reinsurance undertakings, UCITS funds and institutions for
occupational retirement provision. Amongst other
things, such requirements restrict a relevant investor from investing in
asset-backed securities unless (i) that investor is able
to demonstrate that it has undertaken certain due diligence in respect of
various matters including its note position, the
underlying assets and (in the case of certain types of investors) the
relevant sponsor or originator and (ii) the originator,
sponsor or original lender in respect of the relevant securitisation has
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explicitly disclosed to the investor that it will retain, on
an on-going basis, a net economic interest of not less than five % in
respect of certain specified credit risk tranches or asset
exposures. Failure to comply with one or more of the requirements may result
in various penalties including, in the case of
those investors subject to regulatory capital requirements, the imposition
of a penal capital charge on the Preferred Shares
acquired by the relevant investor. Aspects of the requirements and what is
or will be required to demonstrate compliance to
national regulators remain unclear.
The EU Risk Retention Rules described above apply, or are expected to apply,
in respect of the Preferred Shares. Relevant
investors are required to independently assess and determine the sufficiency
of the information described above for the
purposes of complying with any relevant requirements and none of the Issuer,
the Portfolio Advisor, the Placement Agents,
the Security Party, the Portfolio Administrator, the Retention Holder, their
respective affiliates or any other Person makes
any representation that the information described above is sufficient in all
circumstances for such purposes.
It should be noted that the European authorities have adopted and finalised
two new regulations related to securitisation
(being Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2401) which will
apply in general from January 1, 2019.
Among other things,
the regulations include provisions intended to implement the revised
securitisation framework
developed by BCBS (with adjustments) and provisions intended to harmonise
and replace the risk retention and due
diligence requirements (including the corresponding guidance provided
through technical standards) applicable to certain
EU regulated investors. There are material differences between the coming
new requirements and the current requirements
including with respect to the matters to be verified under the due diligence
requirements, as well as with respect to the
application approach under the retention requirements and the originator
entities eligible to retain the required interest.
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Further differences may arise under the corresponding guidance which will
apply under the new risk retention requirements,
which guidance is to be made through new technical standards. However,
securitisations established prior to the application
date of January 1, 2019 that do not involve the issuance of securities (or
otherwise involve the creation of a new
securitisation position) from that date should remain subject to the current
requirements and should not be subject to the
new risk retention and due diligence requirements in general.
If any changes to the Transaction Agreements are required as a result of the
implementation of any regulation of the EU
related to simple, transparent and standardised securitisation including any
implementing regulations, technical standards
and official guidance related thereto (the "Securitisation Regulation"), the
Issuer shall be required to bear the costs of
making such changes.
It should be noted that the intended Refinancing (or refinancing of the
Refinancing) may,
undertaken after the date of application of the Securitisation Regulation,
bring the transaction described herein within the
scope of the Securitisation Regulation.
Prospective investors in the Preferred should therefore make themselves
aware of the changes and requirements described
above (and any corresponding implementing rules of their regulator), where
applicable to them, in addition to any other
applicable regulatory requirements with respect to their investment in the
Refinancing Securities. The matters described
above and any other changes to the regulation or regulatory treatment of the
Refinancing Securities for some or all investors
may negatively impact the regulatory position of individual investors and,
in addition, have a negative impact on the price
and liquidity of the Preferred Shares in the secondary market.
The intention is for the Retention Holder, as sponsor to retain, on an
ongoing basis, a material net economic interest of not
less than 5% in this securitization, through the holding of the Retention
Interests, pursuant to Article 405(1) (a) of the
CRR. While ownership of the Preferred Shares, upon initial issuance or any
subsequent transfer, will be subject to various
transfer restrictions, it is possible that one or more Preferred
Shareholders other than the Retention Holder could be affected
by the EU Risk Retention Rules ("Affected EU Investors").
Furthermore, requirements similar to the Retention and Due Diligence
Requirement ("Similar Requirements"): (a) apply to
investments in securitizations by funds managed by investment managers
("AIFMs") subject to EU Directive 2011/61/EU;
and (b) subject to the adoption of certain secondary legislation, will apply
to investments in securitizations by EEA insurance
and reinsurance undertakings and by EEA undertakings for collective
investment in transferable securities (such funds,
insurance and reinsurance undertakings, and any other EEA affected investor,
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together with the Affected EU Investors,
"Affected Investors"). Though these requirements are similar to those
applying under the EU Risk Retention Rules, they
are not identical.
In particular, Commission Delegated Regulation 231/2013 (the "AIFMD Level 2
Regulation") requires
AIFMs to ensure that the sponsor or originator of a securitization meets
certain underwriting and originating criteria in
granting credit, and imposes more extensive due diligence requirements on
AIFMs investing in securitizations than are
imposed on Affected Investors under the EU Risk Retention Rules.
Furthermore, AIFMs who discover after the assumption
of a securitization exposure that the retained interest does not meet the
requirements, or subsequently falls below five (5)
per cent of the economic risk, are required to take such corrective action
as is in the best interests of investors. It remains
to be seen how this last requirement is expected to be addressed by AIFMs
should those circumstances arise.
The
requirements of the AIFMD Level 2 Regulation apply to new securitizations
issued on or after January 1, 2011. Affected
Investors in the Preferred Shares are responsible for analyzing their own
regulatory position, and are encouraged to consult
with their own investment and legal advisors regarding compliance with the
EU Risk Retention Rules (and any
corresponding implementing rules in the relevant member state of the
European Economic Area) and the suitability of the
Preferred Shares for investment.
The EU Risk Retention Rules or Similar Requirements
apply
to Affected Investors
investing in the Preferred
Shares. Affected Investors should therefore make themselves aware of the
requirements of the EU Risk Retention Rules or
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Similar Requirements (and any implementing rules in relation to a relevant
jurisdiction) in addition to any other regulatory
requirements applicable to them with respect to their investment in the
Preferred Shares. Each Affected Investor should
consult with its own legal, accounting, regulatory and other advisors and/or
its regulator to determine whether, and to what
extent, the information in any investor report provided in relation to the
transaction is sufficient for the purpose of satisfying
the EU Risk Retention Rules or Similar Requirements or any other applicable
requirements. Affected Investors are required
to independently assess and determine the sufficiency of such information.
None of the Issuer, the Co-Issuer, the Portfolio
Advisor,
the Retention Holder,
the Placement Agents,
the Security Party,
the Portfolio Administrator,
their
respective
affiliates or any other Person makes any representation, warranty or
guarantee that any such information is sufficient for
such purpose or that the structure of the Preferred Shares and the
transactions described herein are compliant with the
requirements of the EU Risk Retention Rules or Similar Requirements and no
such Person shall have any liability to any
prospective investor or any other Person with respect
to the insufficiency of such information or any failure of the
transactions contemplated hereby to comply with or otherwise satisfy the
requirements of the EU Risk Retention Rules or
Similar Requirements or any other applicable legal,
regulatory or other requirements.
determines that the transaction did not comply or is no longer in compliance
with the EU Risk Retention Rules or Similar
Requirements, then if you are an Affected Investor you may be required by
your regulator to set aside additional capital
against your investment in the Preferred Shares.
Retention Requirements Under the EU Risk Retention Rules
Retention Undertakings
The Retention Holder intends to undertake in accordance with an EU Risk
Retention Letter in connection with the
Refinancing that, for so long as the Preferred Shares and Refinancing
Securities remain outstanding: (i) it will retain the
applicable Retention Interests; and (ii) the applicable Retention Interests
will not be sold by it or subject to any credit risk
mitigation or any short positions or any other hedge, except to the extent
permitted by the CRR.
Each Monthly Report will include confirmation that the Security Party has
received written confirmation from the Retention
Holder that it continues to comply with the covenants set forth in
paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
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Each prospective Investor in the Preferred Shares is required to
independently assess and determine whether the
information provided herein and in any reports provided to investors in
relation to this transaction (including the Monthly
Reports) are sufficient to comply with the EU Risk Retention Rules or
Similar Requirements. None of the Issuer, the Colssuer,
the Portfolio Advisor, the Retention Holder, the Initial Facility Lenders,
the Portfolio Administrator, the Security Party,
Deutsche Bank Group, the Placement Agents, their respective affiliates,
corporate officers or professional advisors or any
other Person makes any representation, warranty or guarantee that any such
information is sufficient for such purposes or
any other purpose and no such Person shall have any liability to any
prospective Investor or any other Person with respect
to the insufficiency of such information or any failure of the transactions
contemplated hereby to satisfy the requirements of
the EU Risk Retention Rules, Similar Requirements or any other applicable
legal, regulatory or other requirements. Each
prospective Investor in the Preferred Shares which is subject to the EU Risk
Retention Rules should consult with its own
legal, accounting and other advisors and/or its national regulator to
determine whether, and to what extent, such information
is sufficient for such purposes and any other requirements of the EU Risk
Retention Rules or Similar Requirements of which
it is uncertain. See Section 12, "Certain Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the
Preferred Shares—European Risk Retention
Rules".
US CREDIT RISK RETENTION
The information appearing in this section has been provided by the Portfolio
Advisor and has not been independently
verified by the Issuer, the Co-Issuer or the Placement Agent. Accordingly,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
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the Issuer, the Co-Issuer and the Placement Agent do not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
applicability of such information.
The U.S. Risk Retention Regulations require the "sponsor" (the "Sponsor") of
a "securitization transaction" to retain (either
directly or through its "majority-owned affiliates") not less than 5% of the
"credit risk" of "securitized assets" (as such terms
are defined in the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations).
For purposes of this transaction, the Portfolio Advisor would be
considered to be a "sponsor" for purposes of the U.S. Risk Retention
Regulations of the intended Refinancing. To this end,
the sponsor or its majority-owned affiliate will retain an "eligible
vertical interest" or an "eligible horizontal residual interest"
(as such terms are defined in the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations), or any
combination thereof. The information appearing
in this section has been provided for purposes of satisfying the
requirements of the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations, and as
such, the information in this section should be taken together with the
other information in this Offering Memorandum when
making an investment decision with respect to the Refinancing Securities.
RREEF intends to satisfy the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations with respect to
the intended Refinancing by the Retention
Holder, RREEF's majority-owned affiliate (i) purchasing an "eligible
vertical interest" (the "U.S. Retention Interest") (A) on
each Preferred Shares Issuance Date in an amount of not less than 5% of the
Preferred Shares issued on such date and
(B) on the Refinancing Closing Date in an amount of not less than 5% of the
principal amount of each class of Refinancing
Securities issued by the Issuer on such date and (ii) holding the U.S.
Retention Interest in the manner and for so long as
required under the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations. The Retention Holder
will also acquire 5% of the Initial Facility on the
Initial Facility Closing Date and hold such interest for the term of the
Initial Facility.
To the extent there is a material change in the amount of the U.S. Retention
Interest actually held by the Retention Holder
from its date of acquisition from the amount described above, the Portfolio
Advisor is required to provide notice of the
amount of the U.S. Retention Interest within a reasonable period of time
after the Refinancing Closing Date.
Subject to any applicable restrictions on transfer, the Retention Holder
may, at any time and from time to time, sell or
otherwise transfer all or any portion of any U.S Retention Interest that it
holds in excess of what is required to be held to
comply with the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations.
On February 9, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit ruled in favor of The Loan
Syndications and Trading Association in the case of The Loan Syndications
and Trading Association v. Securities
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System. The court decided that the
credit risk retention rules adopted by the U.S Securities and Exchange
Commission do not apply to collateral
managers of CLOs that purchase loans in the open market on behalf of its
investors because these collateral
managers do not qualify as "securitizers" as defined in the applicable
statutory provision. If the court's decision is
determined to be final and non-appealable, the U.S. Risk Retention
Regulations will no longer apply to collateral
managers of open-market collateralized loan obligation transactions such as
this one and, consequently,
the
Portfolio Advisor and/or the Retention Holder may transfer some or all of
the U.S Retention Interest to third parties
(subject to compliance with the EU Risk Retention Rules).
Prospective investors should note the following in reviewing the contents of
this section entitled "US Credit Risk Retention":
(i) although the Portfolio Advisor believes in good faith that the U.S.
Retention Interest will (together with other actions that
the Portfolio Advisor intends to take to satisfy the U.S. Risk Retention
Regulations) satisfy the U.S. Risk Retention
Regulations (as in effect as of the date of this Private Placement
Memorandum) in all material respects, there can be no
assurances that the U.S. Retention Interest (together with other actions
that the Portfolio Advisor intends to take to satisfy
the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations) will satisfy the U.S. Risk Retention
Regulations, (ii) failure of the U.S. Retention
Interest (and such other actions) to satisfy the U.S. Risk Retention
Regulations could potentially have materially negative
effects on the ability of the Portfolio Advisor to perform its obligations
under the Portfolio Advisory Agreement, which could in
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turn adversely affect the Issuer and the investors in the Preferred Shares
and (iii) none of the Transaction Parties or their
respective affiliates, corporate officers or professional advisors or any
other Person makes any representation, warranty or
guarantee that the Portfolio Advisor or its affiliates or the transaction
contemplated by this Offering Memorandum will be in
compliance with the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations.
Each prospective investor should consult its own legal, accounting and other
advisors to determine whether and to what
extent this information is sufficient for its purposes and any other
requirements of which it
is uncertain.
For important
information about the U.S. Risk Retention Regulations, see information under
Section 12, "Certain Risk Factors—Risks
Relating to the Preferred Shares—U.S. Risk Retention Regulations."
CERTAIN ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
ERISA imposes certain requirements on "employee benefit plans" (as defined
in Section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of
ERISA, on entities such as collective investment funds and separate accounts
whose underlying assets include the assets
of such plans (collectively, "ERISA Plans") and on those persons who are
fiduciaries with respect
to ERISA Plans.
Investments by ERISA Plans are subject to ERISA's general fiduciary
requirements, including the requirement of investment
prudence and diversification and the requirement that an ERISA Plan's
investments be made in accordance with the
documents governing the ERISA Plan. The prudence of a particular investment
must be determined by the responsible
fiduciary of an ERISA Plan by taking into account the ERISA Plan's
particular circumstances and all of the facts and
circumstances of the investment and the fact that in the future there may be
no market in which such fiduciary will be able to
sell or otherwise dispose of any Preferred Shares it may purchase.
Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code prohibit certain
transactions involving the assets of an ERISA Plan (as
well as those plans that are not subject
to ERISA but
to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, such as individual
retirement accounts and Keogh plans, including entities whose underlying
assets include the assets of such plans
(collectively, together with ERISA Plans, "Plans")) and certain persons
(referred to as "Parties in Interest" or "Disqualified
Persons") having certain relationships to such Plans, unless a statutory or
administrative exemption is applicable to the
transaction (each, a "prohibited transaction"). A party in interest or
disqualified person who engages in a prohibited
transaction may be subject to excise taxes and other penalties and
liabilities under ERISA and the Code. In addition, the
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fiduciary of the Plan that is engaged in such a non-exempt prohibited
transaction may be subject to penalties under ERISA
and the Code.
The Co-Issuers, the Security Party and the Portfolio Advisor and any of
their respective affiliates (each, a "Transaction
Party") may be parties in interest and disqualified persons with respect to
many Plans. Prohibited transactions within the
meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code may arise if
Preferred Shares are acquired or held by a Plan
with respect to which any Transaction Party is a party in interest or a
disqualified person. Certain exemptions from the
prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975
of the Code may be applicable, however, in
certain cases, depending in part on the type of Plan fiduciary making the
decision to acquire any Preferred Shares and the
circumstances under which such decision is made. Included among these
exemptions are Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and
Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code (relating to transactions with certain
service providers) and Prohibited Transaction Class
Exemption ("PTCE") 91-38 (relating to investments by bank collective
investment funds), PTCE 84-14 (relating to
transactions effected by independent "qualified professional asset
managers"), PTCE 95-60 (relating to transactions
involving insurance company general accounts), PTCE 90-1 (relating to
investments by insurance company pooled separate
accounts) and PTCE 96-23 (relating to transactions determined by certain "in-
house asset managers"). There can be no
assurance that any of these exemptions or any other exemption will be
available with respect to any particular transaction
involving Preferred Shares.
Governmental plans (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), non-U.S. plans
(as defined in Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA) and
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certain church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA), while not
subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of
ERISA or the provisions of Section 4975 of the Code, may nevertheless be
subject to non-U.S., federal, state, local or other
applicable laws that are substantially similar to the foregoing provisions
of ERISA and the Code ("Similar Laws").
Fiduciaries of any such plans should consult with their counsel before
purchasing any Preferred Shares.
EACH PURCHASER AND EACH TRANSFEREE OF PREFERRED SHARES WILL BE REQUIRED TO
REPRESENT AND
WARRANT ON EACH DAY FROM THE DATE ON WHICH THE PURCHASER OR THE TRANSFEREE
ACQUIRES SUCH
INTEREST THROUGH AND INCLUDING THE DATE ON WHICH THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE
DISPOSES OF
SUCH INTEREST, THAT ITS PURCHASE, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH INTEREST
WILL NOT CONSTITUTE
OR RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975 OF THE CODE
(OR IN A VIOLATION OF ANY SIMILAR LAW) UNLESS AN EXEMPTION IS AVAILABLE AND
ALL CONDITIONS HAVE
BEEN SATISFIED.
In addition, U.S. Department of Labor regulation, 29 C.F.R. Section
2510.3-101 (as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, the
"Plan Asset Regulation") describes what constitutes the assets of a Plan
with respect to the Plan's investment in an entity
for purposes of certain provisions of ERISA, including the fiduciary
responsibility provisions of Title I of ERISA, and
Section 4975 of the Code. Under the Plan Asset Regulation, if a Plan invests
in an "equity interest" of an entity that is
neither a "publicly-offered security" nor a security issued by an investment
company registered under the Investment
Company Act, the Plan's assets include both the equity interest and an
undivided interest in each of the entity's underlying
assets, unless it is established that the entity is an "operating company"
or that equity participation in the entity by Benefit
Plan Investors is not "significant." Equity participation by Benefit Plan
Investors will not be "significant" if immediately after
the most recent acquisition or transfer or an equity interest in an entity,
less than 25% of the total value of each class of
equity interest in the entity is held by Benefit Plan Investors, excluding
equity interests held by persons (other than Benefit
Plan Investors) who have discretionary authority or control over the assets
of the entity or who provide investment advice for
a fee (direct or indirect) with respect to such assets, and affiliates
thereof. Under the Plan Asset Regulation, an "equity
interest" means any interest in an entity other than an instrument that is
treated as indebtedness under applicable local law
and which has no substantial equity features. A "Benefit Plan Investor"
means (i) any ERISA Plan, (ii) any Plan, or (iii) any
entity whose underlying assets could be deemed to include "plan assets" by
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reason of an ERISA Plan's or a Plan's
investment in the entity within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulation or
otherwise. Such an entity is considered to hold
plan assets only to the extent of the percentage of its equity interests
held by Benefit Plan Investors.
If participation in any class of Preferred Shares deemed to be equity under
ERISA by Benefit Plan Investors was deemed to
be "significant" within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulation, the assets
of the Issuer could be considered to be the
assets of any Plans that purchase such Preferred Shares. In such
circumstances, in addition to considering the applicability
of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, a Plan fiduciary considering an
investment in such Preferred Shares should
consider, among other things,
the applicability of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code to transactions
involving any
Transaction Party or their respective affiliates, including whether such
transactions might constitute a prohibited transaction
under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or otherwise may result in a breach
of fiduciary duty under ERISA. The Portfolio
Advisor will use commercially reasonable efforts to limit the acquisition
and holding of Preferred Shares by Benefit Plan
Investors is not deemed "significant" within the meaning of the Plan Asset
Regulation.
No Transaction Party is undertaking to provide impartial investment advice,
or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in
connection with the acquisition of any of the Preferred Shares by any Plan.
In considering an investment in the Preferred
Shares, Plan fiduciaries should include consideration of their fiduciary
duty under Section 404 of ERISA, which requires
them to discharge their investment duties prudently and solely in the
interest of the Plan participants and beneficiaries.
Before authorizing an investment in the Preferred Shares, Plan fiduciaries
should consider, among other things: (i) the
fiduciary standards under ERISA;
(ii) whether the investment in the Preferred Shares satisfies the prudence
and
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diversification requirements of ERISA, including whether the investment is
prudent in light of limitations on the marketability
of the Preferred Shares; (iii) whether such fiduciaries have authority to
make the investment under the appropriate Plan
investment policies and governing instrument and under Title I of ERISA; and
(iv) whether the investment will give rise to a
"prohibited transaction" within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code.
In analyzing the
prudence of an investment in the Issuer, special attention should be given
to the US Department of Labor ("DOL") regulation
on investment duties (29 US CFR Section 2550.404a-1).
Fiduciaries of plans subject to any Similar Law should confirm that an
investment in the Preferred Shares will not result in a
violation of such Similar Law.
In addition, any Benefit Plan Investor or a fiduciary purchasing the
Preferred Shares on behalf of a Benefit Plan Investor or
who represents the Benefit Plan Investor with respect to such purchase,
should consider the impact of the Department of
Labor regulations promulgated at 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-21 on April 8,
2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 20,997) (the "Fiduciary
Rule").
Each purchaser of the Preferred Shares that is a Benefit Plan Investor,
including any fiduciary purchasing the Preferred
Shares on behalf of a Benefit Plan Investor or who represents the Benefit
Plan Investor with respect to such purchase, will
be deemed to have represented by its purchase of the Preferred Shares that:
(1) none of the Transaction Parties has
provided or will provide advice with respect to the acquisition of the
Preferred Shares by the Benefit Plan Investor; (2) with
respect
to the purchase of the Preferred Shares,
the Benefit Plan Investor is represented by a fiduciary (the "Plan
Fiduciary") that either: (a) is a bank as defined in Section 202 of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Advisers Act"),
or similar institution that is regulated and supervised and subject to
periodic examination by a state or federal agency; (b) is
an insurance carrier which is qualified under the laws of more than one
state to perform the services of managing, acquiring
or disposing of assets of a Benefit Plan Investor; (c) is an investment
adviser registered under the Advisers Act, or, if not
registered an as investment adviser under the Advisers Act by reason of
paragraph (1) of Section 203A of the Advisers Act,
is registered as an investment adviser under the laws of the state in which
it maintains its principal office and place of
business; (d) is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended; or (e) has, and at all
times that the Benefit Plan Investor is invested in the Preferred Shares
will have, total assets of at least U.S. $50,000,000
under its management or control (provided that this clause (e) shall not be
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satisfied if the Plan Fiduciary is either (i) the
owner or a relative of the owner of an investing individual retirement
account or (ii) a participant or beneficiary of the Benefit
Plan Investor investing in the Preferred Shares in such capacity); (3) the
Plan Fiduciary is capable of evaluating investment
risks independently, both in general and with respect to particular
transactions and investment strategies, including without
limitation the acquisition by the Benefit Plan Investor of the Preferred
Shares; (4) the Plan Fiduciary is a "fiduciary" with
respect to the Benefit Plan Investor within the meaning of Section 3(21) of
ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or both, is
"independent" within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-21(c) and is
independent of the Transaction Parties for purposes of
the Fiduciary Rule and responsible for exercising independent judgment in
evaluating the Benefit Plan Investor's acquisition
of the Preferred Shares; (5) none of the Transaction Parties has exercised
any authority to cause the Benefit Plan Investor
to invest in the Preferred Shares or to negotiate the terms of the Benefit
Plan Investor's investment in the Preferred Shares;
and (6) the Plan Fiduciary has been informed by the Transaction Parties: (a)
that none of the Transaction Parties has
undertaken or will undertake to provide impartial investment advice or has
given or will give advice in a fiduciary capacity in
connection with the Benefit Plan Investor's acquisition of the Preferred
Shares; (b) of the existence and nature of the fees,
compensation arrangements and/or financial interests of the Transaction
Parties in the Benefit Plan Investor's acquisition of
the Preferred Shares; and (c) that none of the Transaction Parties receives
a fee or other compensation from the Benefit
Plan Investor for the provision of investment advice. The above
representations in this paragraph are intended to comply
with the Fiduciary Rule. If the Department of Labor regulation 29 C.F.R.
Section 2510.3-21(c)(1) is revoked, repealed or no
longer effective, the representations in this paragraph that are responsive
to such Department of Labor regulation shall be
deemed to not be in effect.
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The sale of any Preferred Shares to a purchaser is in no respect a
representation by any of the Transaction Parties that
such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect
particular purchaser, or that such an investment is appropriate for
purchasers generally or any particular purchaser.
THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION OF ERISA AND CODE ISSUES SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS
LEGAL ADVICE.
FIDUCIARIES OF PLANS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO
ISSUES ARISING UNDER
ERISA AND THE CODE AND MAKE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT DECISION REGARDING AN
INVESTMENT IN THE
PREFERRED SHARES.
CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following discussion summarizes certain U.S. federal income tax
consequences of the purchase, beneficial ownership
and disposition of Preferred Shares. For purposes of this Memorandum, "U.S.
Holder" means the beneficial owner of a
Preferred Share that is (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii)
a corporation or other entity treated as a corporation
for U.S. federal income tax purpose that is organized in or under the laws
of the United States any state thereof or the
District of Columbia, (iii) a trust subject to the control of one or more
U.S. persons and the primary supervision of a U.S.
court or (iv) an estate the income of which is subject
to U.S.
federal
income taxation regardless of its source. A
"non-U.S. Holder" means a beneficial owner of a Preferred Share that is (i)
a non-resident alien individual for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, (ii) a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, (iii) an estate whose income is not
subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis, or (iv) a trust if
no court within the United States is able to exercise
primary jurisdiction over its administration or if no U.S. persons have the
authority to control all of its substantial decisions.
This summary is based on interpretations of the Code, Treasury regulations
issued thereunder, and rulings and decisions
currently in effect (or in some cases proposed), all of which are subject to
change, including the recent changes made to the
Code. Any such change may be applied retroactively and may adversely affect
the U.S. federal income tax consequences
described herein. This summary addresses only holders that purchase
Preferred Shares at initial issuance and beneficially
own such Preferred Shares as capital assets and not as part of a "straddle",
"hedge", "synthetic security" or a "conversion
transaction" for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or as part of some other
integrated investment. This summary does not
discuss all of the tax consequences that may be relevant to particular
investors or to investors subject to special treatment
under the U.S. federal income tax laws (such as banks, thrifts, or other
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financial institutions; insurance companies; securities
dealers or brokers, or traders in securities electing mark-to-market
treatment; mutual funds or real estate investment trusts;
small business investment companies; S corporations; investors that hold
their Preferred Shares through a partnership or
other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
investors whose functional currency is not the
U.S. dollar; certain former citizens or residents of the United States;
persons subject
to the alternative minimum tax;
retirement plans or other tax-exempt entities, or persons holding the
Preferred Shares in tax-deferred or tax-advantaged
accounts; or "controlled foreign corporations" or "passive foreign
investment companies" for U.S.
federal income tax
purposes). This summary also does not address the tax consequences to
shareholders, or other equity holders in, or
beneficiaries of, a Preferred Shareholder, a Preferred Share Purchaser, or
any state, local, U.S. federal gift or estate, or
non-U.S. tax consequences of the purchase, ownership or disposition of the
Preferred Shares.
The treatment of partners in a partnership that owns Preferred Shares may
depend on the status of such partners and the
status and activities of the partnership and such persons should consult
their own tax advisors about the consequences of
an investment in the Preferred Shares.
EACH PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER IS ALSO URGED TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR
ABOUT THE TAX
CONSEQUENCES OF AN INVESTMENT IN THE PREFERRED SHARES UNDER THE STATE AND
LOCAL LAWS OF
THE UNITED STATES AND THE LAWS OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS AND ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION WHERE THE
PURCHASER MAY BE SUBJECT TO TAXATION.
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Tax Treatment of the Issuer
The Issuer will elect to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income
tax purposes. The Issuer intends to operate so as
not to be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its net income. In this
regard, the Issuer will receive an opinion of tax counsel
to the effect that, if the Issuer and the Portfolio Advisor comply with the
applicable Facility documentation and the Portfolio
Advisory Agreement, including the tax guidelines referenced therein (the
"Tax Guidelines") and certain other assumptions
specified in the opinion are satisfied, although no authority exists that
deals with situations substantially similar to those of
the Issuer, the contemplated activities of the Issuer will not cause the
Issuer to be treated as engaged in a trade or business
within the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes under current
law. Failure of the Issuer or the Portfolio Advisor
to comply with the Tax Guidelines or the applicable Facility documentation
may not give rise to a default or an Event of
Default under the applicable Facility documentation or the Portfolio
Advisory Agreement and may not give rise to a claim
against the Issuer or the Portfolio Advisor. In the event of such a failure,
the Issuer could be engaged in a trade or business
within the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
In addition, in certain circumstances the Tax Guidelines
permit the Issuer to receive an opinion or written advice from other
nationally recognized U.S. tax counsel to the effect that
any changes in its structure and operations will not cause the Issuer to be
engaged in a trade or business within the United
States for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The opinion of tax counsel will
assume that any such advice will be accurate in
all
respects. The opinion of tax counsel is not binding on the IRS or the
courts. Moreover, a change in law or its
interpretation could result in the Issuer being treated as engaged in a
trade or business in the United States for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, or otherwise subject to U.S. federal income tax on a
net income basis. If it is determined that the
Issuer is engaged in a trade or business in the United States for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, and the Issuer has
taxable income that is effectively connected with such U.S. trade or
business, the Issuer will be subject under the Code to
the regular U.S. federal corporate income tax (currently, 21%) on its
effectively connected taxable income, possibly on a
gross basis, and possibly to a 30% branch profits tax and state and local
taxes as well. The remainder of this discussion
assumes that the Issuer is not subject to U.S. federal income tax on its net
income.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Issuer, and not the Co-Issuer,
will be treated as the issuer of the Preferred
Shares.
Tax Treatment of U.S. Holders
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The Issuer will treat, and each U.S. Holder will be required to treat, the
Preferred Shares as equity interests of the Issuer for
U.S. federal income tax purposes ("Tax Equity Interests"), and except where
otherwise indicated, this summary assumes
such treatment.
Investment in a Controlled Foreign Corporation.
Depending on the degree of ownership of the Preferred Shares and other
equity interests in the Issuer, the Issuer may be a
Controlled Foreign Corporation ("CFC"). In general, a foreign corporation
will be a CFC if more than 50% of the shares of
the corporation, measured by reference to combined voting power or value,
are owned, directly, indirectly or constructively,
including by reason of certain expanded attribution rules determined under
the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, by
"U.S. 10% Shareholders." A "U.S. 10% Shareholder," for this purpose, is any
U.S. person that owns or is deemed to own
10% or more of the combined voting power or the total value of all classes
of shares of a foreign corporation on the last day
of the taxable year. Although not certain and no assurance can be provided,
the Issuer expects that, at all times, it will be
classified as a CFC.
If the Issuer were treated as a CFC, a U.S. 10% Shareholder of the Issuer
would be treated, subject to certain exceptions,
as receiving a dividend at the end of the Issuer's taxable year in an amount
equal to that person's pro rata share of the
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"subpart F income" and investments in U.S. property of the Issuer. Among
other items, and subject to certain exceptions,
"subpart F income" includes dividends, interest, annuities, gains from the
sale of shares and securities, certain gains from
commodities transactions, certain types of insurance income and income from
certain transactions with related parties. It is
likely that, if the Issuer were to be treated as a CFC, predominantly all of
its income would be subpart F income. U.S.
Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding these special rules.
If the Issuer were a CFC, for the period during which a Preferred
Shareholder is a U.S. 10% Shareholder of the Issuer, such
holder generally would be taxed on its pro rata share of the Issuer's
subpart F income and investments in U.S. property
under the rules described in the preceding paragraph and not under the PFIC
rules, which are described below. A U.S.
Holder that is a U.S. 10% Shareholder of the Issuer subject to the CFC rules
for only a portion of the time during which it
holds Preferred Shares should consult its own tax advisor regarding the
interaction of the PFIC and CFC rules.
Investment in a Passive Foreign Investment Company.
A non-U.S. corporation will be classified as a Passive Foreign Investment
Company ("PFIC") for U.S. federal income tax
purposes if 75% or more of its gross income (including the pro rata share of
the gross income of any subsidiary corporation
in which the corporation is considered to own 25% or more of the shares by
value) in a taxable year is passive income.
Alternatively, a non-U.S. corporation will be classified as a PFIC if at
least 50% of its assets, averaged over the year and
generally determined based on fair market value (including the pro rata
share of the assets of any subsidiary corporation in
which the corporation is considered to own 25% or more of the shares by
value) are held for the production of, or produce,
passive income.
Based on the assets that the Issuer expects to hold and the income
anticipated thereon, it is highly likely that the Issuer will
be classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes if it
is not classified as a CFC. The following discussion
assumes that the Issuer will be a PFIC and not a CFC.
If the Issuer is not classified as a CFC and unless a U.S. Holder elects to
treat the Issuer as a "Qualified Electing Fund"
("QEF") (as described in the next paragraph), upon certain excess
distributions (generally, a U.S. Holder's ratable portion of
distributions in any year which are greater than 125% of the average annual
distribution received by such U.S. Holder in the
shorter of the three preceding years or the U.S. Holder's holding period or,
if shorter, the U.S. Holders holding period for the
Preferred Shares) by the Issuer and upon a disposition of the Preferred
Shares at a gain, the U.S. Holder will be liable to
pay tax at the highest tax rate on ordinary income in effect for each period
to which the income is allocated, as if such
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distributions and gain had been recognized ratably over the U.S. Holder's
holding period for the Preferred Shares. An
interest charge is also applied to the deferred tax amount resulting from
the deemed ratable distribution or gain recognition.
Losses recognized upon disposition will be capital losses and will be long-
term capital losses if the U.S. Holder held the
shares for more than one year. The deductibility of capital losses is
subject to limitations. Classification as a PFIC may also
have other adverse tax consequences, including in the case of individuals,
the denial of a "step up" in the basis of the
Preferred Shares at death.
Assuming the Issuer is not treated as a CFC,
if a Preferred Shareholder elects to treat the Issuer as a QEF, excess
distributions and gain will not be taxed as if recognized ratably over the
U.S. Holder's holding period and there will be no
interest charge applicable to deferred tax, nor will the denial of a basis
step up at death described above apply.
Instead, a
U.S. Holder that makes a QEF election is required for each taxable year to
include in income the U.S. Holder's pro rata
share of the ordinary earnings of the QEF as ordinary income (which will not
be eligible for the corporate dividends received
deduction) and a pro rata share of the net capital gain of the QEF as
capital gain, regardless of whether such earnings or
gain have in fact been distributed. In this regard, prospective U.S. Holders
of Preferred Shares should be aware that it is
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possible that a significant amount of the Issuer's income, as determined for
U.S. federal income tax purposes, will not be
distributed on a current basis for a number of potential reasons, including
because the cash attributable to such income may
be used to retire all or a portion of a Financing. Thus, U.S. Holders of
Preferred Shares that make a QEF election may owe
tax on a significant amount of "phantom" income. In order to comply with the
requirements of a QEF election, a U.S. Holder
must receive from the Issuer certain information ("QEF Information"). The
Issuer intends to supply U.S. Holders with the
information needed for such U.S. Holders of Preferred Shares (or any other
instruments issued by the Issuer that are
treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) to comply with the
requirements of the QEF election.
In certain cases in which a QEF does not distribute all of its earnings in a
taxable year, the electing U.S. Holder may also be
permitted to elect to defer payments of some or all of the taxes on the
QEF's income, subject to an interest charge on the
deferred amount that may not be deductible.
As a result of the nature of the investments that the Issuer intends to
hold, the Issuer may hold investments treated as
equity of non-U.S. corporations that are also PFICs. In such a case, a U.S.
Holder would be treated as owning it's pro rata
share of the stock of the PFIC owned by the Issuer. Such a U.S. Holder would
be subject to the rules generally applicable to
shareholders of PFICs discussed above with respect
to distributions received by the Issuer from such a PFIC and
dispositions by the Issuer of the stock of such a PFIC (even though the U.S.
Holder may not have received the proceeds of
such distribution or disposition). Assuming the Issuer receives the
necessary information from the PFIC in which it owns
stock, certain U.S. Holders may make the QEF election discussed above with
respect to the stock of the PFIC owned by the
Issuer.
It is unclear, however, whether the Issuer will be able to obtain and pass
on to U.S. Holders QEF Information with
respect to any PFICs owned by the Issuer. Each Preferred Shareholder must
file an annual return on IRS Form 8621,
reporting distributions received and gains realized with respect to each
PFIC in which the U.S. Holder holds a direct or
indirect interest. Prospective purchasers should consult their tax advisors
regarding the potential application of the PFIC
rules and any such annual filing requirements, including the possibility of
filing "protective" statements with their U.S. federal
income tax returns regarding the treatment of the Issuer as a PFIC or CFC
and consider the consequences to them if they
fail to properly characterize the Issuer as a PFIC or CFC.
Distributions on the Preferred Shares.
Except to the extent that distributions are attributable to amounts
previously taxed pursuant to the CFC rules or a QEF
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election is made, some or all of any distributions with respect to the
Preferred Shares may constitute excess distributions,
taxable as previously described. Distributions of current or accumulated
earnings and profits of the Issuer which are not
excess distributions and which have not been previously taxed pursuant to
the CFC rules or QEF rules will be taxed as
dividends when received. Distributions in excess of previously taxed amounts
and any remaining current or accumulated
earnings and profits of the Issuer will be treated first as a nontaxable
reduction to the U.S. holder's tax basis in the Preferred
Shares to the extent thereof and then as capital gain. Dividends will not be
eligible for the dividends received deduction
generally allowable to corporations with respect to dividends received from
other U.S. corporations.
U.S. Holders should be aware that under the recently enacted Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act, a U.S. Holder using the accrual
method of accounting will generally be required to include amounts received
with respect
to the Preferred Shares into
income no later than the time such amounts are reflected on certain
financial statements of such U.S. Holder. The precise
application of this rule is unclear at this time. Prospective investors
should consult their advisors regarding the application of
the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to an investment in the Preferred Shares.
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Disposition of the Preferred Shares.
In general, a Preferred Shareholder will recognize gain or loss upon the
sale or exchange of the Preferred Share equal to
the difference between the amount realized and such holder's adjusted tax
basis in such Preferred Share.
Initially, the tax
basis of a U.S. Holder should equal the amount paid for a Preferred Share.
Such basis will be increased by amounts
taxable to such U.S. Holder by virtue of the QEF or CFC rules, if
applicable, and decreased by actual distributions from the
Issuer that are deemed to consist of such previously taxed amounts or are
treated as a non-taxable return of capital.
Unless a QEF election is in effect for the U.S. Holder's entire holding
period, it is highly likely that any gain realized on the
sale or exchange of a Preferred Share will be treated as an excess
distribution and taxed as ordinary income under the
special tax rules described above, assuming that the PFIC rules apply and
not the CFC rules. In that case, if a QEF election
is in effect, any gain or loss recognized generally will be capital gain or
loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the
Preferred Share has been held for more than one year. Non-corporate U.S.
Holders may be entitled to reduced tax rates in
respect of long-term capital gains. The deductibility of capital losses is
subject to limitations.
Subject to a special limitation for individual U.S. Holders that have held
the Preferred Shares for more than one year, if the
Issuer were treated as a CFC and a U.S. Holder were treated as a U.S. 10%
Shareholder therein, then any gain realized by
such holder upon the disposition of Preferred Shares would be treated as
ordinary income to the extent that the Issuer has
accumulated earnings and profits attributable to the Preferred Shares while
it was a CFC and the holder held the Preferred
Shares.
In this respect, earnings and profits would not include any amounts
previously taxed pursuant to the CFC rules.
Recent Amendment to the Timing of Income Rules
Under the recently enacted Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, certain U.S. Holders
generally are required to include amounts received
with respect
to the Preferred Shares into income no later than the time such amounts are
reflected on their financial
statements. The application of this rule may require the accrual of income
earlier than otherwise described herein, although
precise application of this rule is unclear at this time. This provision
generally applies to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2017, but will apply with respect to income from a debt
instrument having original issue discount only for
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2018.
U.S. Tax-Exempt Holders
A U.S. Holder that is exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Code (a
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"U.S. Tax-Exempt Holder") generally will be
exempt from U.S. tax on certain categories of income, but this general
exemption from tax does not apply to the "unrelated
business taxable income" ("UBTI") of a U.S. Tax-Exempt Holder. Generally,
UBTI includes income or gain derived from a
trade or business, the conduct of which is substantially unrelated to the
exercise or performance of the U.S. Tax-Exempt
Holder's exempt purpose or function. UBTI also includes (i) income derived
by a U.S. Tax-Exempt Holder from debtfinanced
property and (ii) gains derived by a U.S. Tax-Exempt Holder from the
disposition of debt-financed property.
Income or gain realized by a U.S. Tax-Exempt Holder in respect of its
Preferred Shares generally should not be taxable as
UBTI, provided that the U.S. Tax-Exempt Holder does not use borrowed funds
constituting "acquisition indebtedness" in
connection with its acquisition of Preferred Shares. As discussed in greater
detail above, the Issuer may be classified for
U S.
tax purposes as a PFIC and expects to be classified as a CFC.
A U.S. Tax-Exempt Holder whose investment
Preferred Shares will be debt-financed should consult with such U.S. Tax -
Exempt Holder's tax advisors concerning the
taxation of such Preferred Shares under the PFIC and CFC rules, as described
above,
investment.
that may be applicable to its
U.S. Tax-Exempt Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisers
concerning the U.S. tax and other tax consequences
of an investment in the Issuer, including U.S. federal excise tax
considerations for U.S. Tax-Exempt Holders that are "private
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foundations". Also, there are special considerations which should be taken
into account by certain beneficiaries of
charitable remainder trusts that invest
in the Issuer. Charitable remainder trusts should consult
concerning the U.S. tax consequences of such an investment on their
beneficiaries.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
Information reporting to the IRS generally will be required with respect to
payments on the Preferred Shares and proceeds
of the sale of the Preferred Shares by U.S. Holders other than corporations
or other exempt recipients that establish their
status as such.
A "backup" withholding tax will apply to those payments if such U.S. Holder
fails to provide certain
identifying information (such as such U.S. Holder's taxpayer identification
number).
Backup withholding is not an additional tax.
The amount of any backup withholding collected from a payment will be
allowed as a credit against the recipient's U.S. federal income tax
liability and may entitle the recipient to a refund, so long
as the required information is properly furnished to the IRS in a timely
manner. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax
advisors about any additional reporting requirements that may arise as a
result of their purchasing, holding or disposing of
Preferred Shares.
Reporting Requirements
Failure to comply with applicable reporting obligations could result in the
imposition of substantial penalties and in some
cases can result in an extension of the period during which the IRS may
assess taxes. As discussed above, U.S. Holders
should consult their tax advisors regarding the possibility of filing
"protective" statements with their U.S. federal income tax
returns regarding the treatment of the Issuer as a PFIC or CFC and consider
the consequences to them if they fail to
properly characterize the Issuer as a PFIC or CFC.
Form 926. A U.S. Holder (including a U.S.
exchange for Preferred Shares may be required to file an IRS Form 926 or
similar form with the IRS.
tax-exempt entity) that transfers property (including cash) to the Issuer in
In the event a U.S.
Holder fails to file any required form, it could be subject to a penalty
equal to 10% of the fair market value of the Preferred
Shares purchased by such U.S. Holder (generally up to a maximum of U.S.
$100,000).
Form 5471. A U.S. Holder that is treated as owning (actually or
constructively) at least 10% by vote or value of the equity of
the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes may be required to file an
information return on IRS Form 5471, and provide
additional information regarding the Issuer annually on IRS Form 5471 if it
is treated as owning (actually or constructively)
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more than 50% by vote or value of the equity of the Issuer for U.S. federal
income tax purposes.
Form 8886. A penalty in the amount of $10,000 in the case of a natural
person and $50,000 in any other case is imposed
on any taxpayer that fails to file timely an information return with the IRS
with respect to a "reportable transaction" (as
defined in Section 6011 of the Code). The rules defining "reportable
transactions" are complex and include transactions that
result
in certain losses that exceed threshold amounts. Prospective investors are
encouraged to consult
advisers regarding any possible disclosure obligations in light of their
particular circumstances.
in the Preferred Shares, subject
their own tax advisers
their own tax
Form 8938. Certain U.S. Holders that own "specified foreign financial
assets" are required to report information relating to
an interest
to certain exceptions (including an exception for Preferred Shares held in
accounts maintained by certain financial institutions) by filing IRS Form
8938 with their annual U.S. federal income tax
return. U.S. Holders that are individuals are urged to consult
obligations with respect to their ownership of Preferred Shares.
their tax advisers regarding their information reporting
FBAR (FinCEN Report 114). U.S. Holders, and non-U.S. Holders with certain
minimum contacts with the United States, of
Preferred Shares may be required to report certain information on United
States Treasury FinCEN Report 114 (the "FBAR")
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for any calendar year in which they hold such Preferred Shares. The FBAR
reports on accounts in the preceding calendar
year, is not filed as part of an annual tax return, and the reporting
requirements thereunder are not governed by the Code.
Purchasers of Preferred Shares should consult their own tax advisors
regarding these reporting requirements.
Tax Treatment of Non-U.S. Holders
The Issuer does not expect (though no assurance can be given) that it will
be treated as engaged in a trade or business
within the United States or recognize income effectively connected with a
U.S. trade or business ("ECI"). Non-ECI income
from U.S. sources (e.g., U.S. source dividends and interest) will generally
be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at a rate
of 30% (or a reduced rate under an applicable U.S. income tax treaty or in
the case of certain interest income that qualifies
for the "portfolio interest" exemption). Capital gains from the disposition
of U.S. investments generally will not be subject to
U.S. federal income tax (except in the case of certain real estate intensive
investments subject to U.S. federal income tax
under the U.S. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980).
Non-U.S. Holders generally should not recognize ECI from an investment in
the Preferred Shares regardless of whether the
Issuer is engaged in a U.S. trade or business. As such, a Non-U.S. Holder
will generally not be subject to U.S. federal
income tax, and will not be required to file U.S. federal income tax
returns, with respect to its investment in the Issuer,
subject to the discussion below concerning backup withholding and FATCA;
provided that (i) its investment is not effectively
connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States by
such Non-U.S. Holder and, in the case of a
resident of a country which has a tax treaty with the United States, such
investment is not attributable to a permanent
establishment or, in the case of an individual, a fixed place of business,
within the United States, (ii) such Non-U.S. Holder is
not an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more
during the taxable year and certain other
requirements are met, and (iii) the certification requirements described
below are satisfied.
The certification requirements referred to above generally will be satisfied
if the Non-U.S. Holder provides the applicable
withholding agent with a statement (generally on IRS Form or W-BEN or W-8BEN-
E), signed under penalties of perjury,
stating, among other things, that such Non-U.S. Holder is not a U.S. person.
The Issuer believes that it will not be, and
does not anticipate becoming, a "United States real property holding
corporation" for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
although there can be no assurance that it will not become such a
corporation. If the Issuer becomes a U.S. real property
holding corporation, and certain other conditions are satisfied, Non-U.S.
Holders could be subject to additional U.S. taxes.
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Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
Distributions to a Non-U.S. Holder and the amount of any tax withheld from
such payments generally will be reported
annually to the IRS and to such Non-U.S. Holder.
The information reporting and backup withholding rules that apply to
payments of dividends to a U.S. Holder generally will
not apply to amounts treated as payments of dividends to a Non-U.S. Holder
if such Non-U.S. Holder certifies under
penalties of perjury that it is not a U.S. person (generally by providing an
IRS Form or W-BEN or W-8BEN-E) or otherwise
establishes an exemption.
Proceeds from the sale, exchange, retirement or other disposition of
Preferred Shares by a Non-U.S. Holder effected
through a non-U.S. office of a U.S. broker or of a non-U.S. broker with
certain specified U.S. connections generally may be
subject to information reporting, but not backup withholding, unless such
Non-U.S. Holder certifies under penalties of perjury
that it
is not a U.S. person (generally by providing an IRS Form or W-BEN or W-8BEN-
E) or otherwise establishes an
exemption. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld
under the backup withholding rules
generally will be allowed as a refund or a credit against a Non-U.S.
Holder's U.S. federal income tax liability if the required
information is furnished by such Non-U.S. Holder to the IRS in a timely
manner.
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FATCA Provisions of the HIRE Act
Under the FATCA provisions of the Hire Act, the Issuer would be subject to a
30% withholding tax on amounts it receives
with respect to certain of its income unless the Issuer has properly
complied with Cayman legislation that implements the
Cayman IGA. The Issuer is required to and will obtain certain information
from the Preferred Shareholders, and report this
information to the Tax Information Authority ("TIA") of the Cayman Islands,
as required. The required information includes
the name, address, TIN and certain other information with respect to holders
and certain direct and indirect owners of the
holders. The Issuer would provide such information to the TIA, which will
exchange such information with the IRS under the
Cayman IGA. The Issuer may have to withhold amounts from holders of any
Preferred Shares that do not provide the
required information. Any withholding tax imposed under FATCA could
materially adversely affect the Issuer's ability to
make payments on the Preferred Shares.
If a Preferred Shareholder fails to provide the Issuer and its authorized
delegates with any correct, complete and accurate
information that may be required for the Issuer to comply with FATCA to
prevent U.S. federal withholding tax on payments
to the Issuer, the Issuer is authorized to withhold amounts otherwise
distributable to the Preferred Shareholder, to compel
the Preferred Shareholder to sell its Preferred Shares and, if the Preferred
Shareholder does not sell its Preferred Shares
within 10 Business Days after notice from the Issuer or an authorized
delegate acting on its behalf, to sell such holder's
Preferred Shares on behalf of the Preferred Shareholder.
In addition, each Preferred Shareholder must
indemnify the
Issuer, or any other authorized delegate acting on behalf of the Issuer, in
connection with the Issuer's FATCA obligations
and achieving FATCA compliance and each of the other investors from any and
all damages, costs, taxes and expenses
resulting from the Preferred Shareholder's failure to provide the Issuer (or
an authorized delegate acting on its behalf) with
appropriate tax forms and other documentation reasonably requested by the
Issuer, including documentation necessary for
the Issuer to comply with such law.
FATCA also imposes a 30% U.S. withholding tax on certain U.S. source
payments, including interest (and OID), and on
dividends paid with respect to the Preferred Shares, if any, and beginning
January 1, 2019, on the gross proceeds from a
disposition of Preferred Shares ("Withholdable Payments"), if paid to a
foreign financial institution (including amounts paid
to a foreign financial institution on behalf of a Non-U.S. Holder), unless
such institution enters into an agreement with the
U.S. Treasury Department to collect and provide to the Treasury Department
certain information regarding U.S. financial
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account holders,
including certain account holders that are non-U.S. entities with U.S.
owners, with such institution or
otherwise complies with FATCA. FATCA also generally imposes a withholding
tax of 30% on Withholdable Payments made
to a non-financial foreign entity unless such entity provides the
withholding agent with a certification that it does not have
any substantial U.S. owners or a certification identifying the direct and
indirect substantial U.S. owners of the entity. Under
certain circumstances, a holder may be eligible for a refund or credit of
such taxes.
Foreign financial institutions and non-financial foreign entities located in
jurisdictions that have an intergovernmental
agreement with the United States governing FATCA may be subject
to different rules. Prospective investors in the
Preferred Shares are urged to consult with their own tax advisors regarding
the possible implications of FATCA on their
investment.
3.8% Medicare Tax on "Net Investment Income"
U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates, and certain trusts will be
subject to an additional 3.8% tax on all or a portion of
their "net investment income", which may include any income or gain with
respect to the Preferred Shares, to the extent of
their net investment income that, when added to their other modified
adjusted gross income, exceeds $200,000 for an
unmarried individual, $250,000 for a married taxpayer filing a joint return
(or a surviving spouse), or $125,000 for a married
individual filing a separate return. U.S. Holders should consult their
advisors with respect to the 3.8% Medicare tax.
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Future Legislation and Regulatory Changes Affecting Holders of Preferred
Shares
Future legislation, regulations, rulings or other authority could affect the
federal income tax treatment of the Issuer and
Holders of Preferred Shares. The Issuer cannot predict whether and to what
extent any such legislative or administrative
changes could change the tax consequences to the Issuer and to the Holders
of Preferred Shares. Prospective investors
should consult their tax advisors regarding possible legislative and
administrative changes and their effect on the federal tax
treatment of the Issuer and their investment in the Issuer.
Non-U.S., State, and Local Taxes
Holders of Preferred Shares may be liable for non-U.S., state and local
taxes in the country, state, or locality in which they
are resident or doing business. Since the tax laws of each country, state,
and locality may differ, each prospective investor
should consult its own tax counsel with respect to any taxes, in addition to
U.S. income taxes, that may be payable as a
result of an investment in the Preferred Shares.
Cayman Islands Income Tax Considerations
The following is a discussion of certain Cayman Islands tax consequences of
an investment in the Preferred Shares. The
discussion is a general summary of present law, which is subject to
prospective and retroactive change. It is not intended as
tax advice, does not consider your particular circumstances, and does not
consider tax consequences other than those
arising under Cayman Islands law.
Under existing Cayman Islands Laws:
(i)
Payments of dividends and capital on and in respect of the Preferred Shares
will not be subject to taxation in the
Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payment of
interest and other amounts on the Preferred
Shares, nor will gains derived from the disposal of the Preferred Shares be
subject to Cayman Islands income or
corporation tax. The Cayman Islands currently have no income, corporation or
capital gains tax and no estate duty,
inheritance tax or gift tax; and
(ii)
No stamp duty is payable in respect of the issue of the Preferred Shares or
on an instrument of transfer in respect
of a Preferred Share.
The Issuer has been incorporated as an exempted company with limited
liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands and,
as such, has received an undertaking from the Governor in Cabinet of the
Cayman Islands in the following form:
The Tax Concessions Law
(2011 Revision)
Undertaking As To Tax Concessions
In accordance with the provision of Section 6 of the Tax Concession Law
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(2011 Revision) the Governor in Cabinet
undertakes with:
RIN II Ltd. "the Company"
(a) that no Law which is hereafter enacted in the Islands imposing any tax
to be levied on profits,
appreciations shall apply to the Company or its operations; and
(b) in addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or
appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or
inheritance tax shall be payable
(i) on or in respect of the shares debentures or other obligations of the
Company; or
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(ii) by way of the withholding in whole or part of any relevant payment as
defined in Section 6(3) of the Tax
Concessions Law (2011 Revision).
These concessions shall be for a period of TWENTY years from the [•] day of
January 2018.
CLERK OF THE CABINET
The Cayman Islands are not a party to a double tax treaty with any country
that is applicable to any payments made to or by
the Issuer. The Cayman Islands have entered into tax disclosure agreements
with a number of countries, including the
United States.
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Appendix
Glossary
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Appendix: Glossary
"Account Control Agreement" means the account control agreement dated as of
[o], 2018, among the Co-Issuers, the
Security Party and US Bank, as securities intermediary, as may be amended.
"Accredited Investor" means an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule
501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
"Additional Fees" means all commitment fees, amendment fees, waiver fees,
late payment fees, consent fees and any
other fees or amounts that are received by the Borrower in respect of the
Portfolio.
"Adjusted Capital Contributions" means, at any time, the sum of the Capital
Contributions plus the aggregate Capital
Contributions which would be required to be funded in order to fund all
Committed Purchases.
"Administrative Expenses": The (a) fees, expenses (including indemnities)
and other amounts due or accrued (i) to the
Trustee in each of its capacities under the Refinancing indenture, (ii) the
Portfolio Administrator under the Portfolio
Administration Agreement, (iii) the PS Issuing and Paying Agent pursuant to
the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement,
(iv) the Preferred Share Agent pursuant to the PS Issuing and Paying Agency
Agreement, (v) the Portfolio Information Agent
pursuant to the Portfolio Information Agency Agreement and (vi) the Loan
Settlement Agent pursuant to the Loan Closing
Services Agreement, (b) to the payment of expenses related to listing of the
Listed Notes on the Global Exchange Market,
with respect to any Payment Date and (c) the following on a pro rata basis:
(a) the independent accountants, agents (other than the Portfolio Advisor)
and counsel of the Issuer for fees and
expenses;
(b) the Rating Agency for fees and expenses (including surveillance fees);
(c) the Portfolio Advisor under the Refinancing Indenture and the Portfolio
Advisory Agreement including without
limitation for reasonable fees and expenses of the Portfolio Advisor (but
excluding the Advisory Fee) payable under
the Portfolio Advisory Agreement;
(d) the Administrator for fees and expenses pursuant to the Portfolio
Administration Agreement;
(e) the Independent Review Party for fees, indemnities and expenses incurred
under the terms of its appointment;
(f) expenses and fees related to Refinancings and re-pricings (including
reserves established for Refinancings and repricings
expected to occur prior to the next Payment Date);
(g) any other Person in respect of any other fees or expenses permitted
under this Indenture and the documents
delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Indenture (including
expenses incurred in connection with achieving Tax
Account Reporting Rules Compliance or otherwise complying with tax laws, the
payment of facility rating fees and all legal
and other fees and expenses incurred in connection with the purchase or sale
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of any Collateral Obligations and any other
expenses incurred in connection with the Collateral Obligations, including
any Excepted Advances and any expenses
relating to a completed or contemplated Refinancing or re-pricing); and
(h) any other Person in connection with satisfying the U.S. Risk Retention
Requirements and/or EU Risk Retention
Requirements;
provided that (A) amounts due in respect of actions taken on or before the
Closing Date shall not be payable as
Administrative Expenses but shall be payable only from the Expense Reserve
Account, (B) for the avoidance of doubt,
amounts that are specified as payable under the Priority of Payments that
are not specifically identified therein as
Administrative Expenses (including, without limitation, interest and
principal in respect of the Notes and amounts owing to
hedge counterparties) shall not constitute Administrative Expenses, and (C)
the Portfolio Advisor may direct the payment of
Rating Agency fees.
"Advisers Act" means the Investment Adviser's Act of 1940, as amended.
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"Advisory Fees" means the Base Advisory Fee, the Subordinated Advisory Fee
and the Incentive Advisory Fee.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a Person, (i) any other Person who,
directly or indirectly, is in control of, or controlled by,
or is under common control with, such Person or (ii) any other Person who is
a director, Officer, employee or general partner
(a) of such Person, (b) of any subsidiary or parent company of such Person
or (c) of any Person described in clause
(i) above; provided that none of the Issuer Administrator or any special
purpose entity for which the Issuer Administrator
acts as administrator and/or share trustee shall be deemed to be an
Affiliate of the Issuer solely because such Person or its
Affiliates serves as administrator and share trustee for the Issuer. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person
shall mean the power, direct or indirect, (x) to vote more than 50% of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the
election of directors of such Persons or (y) to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person
whether by contract or otherwise.
"Aggregate Funding Amount" means, as of any date of determination, the sum
of the Adjusted Senior Funding Amount,
the Adjusted Mezzanine Funding Amount and the Adjusted Capital Contributions
on that date.
"Anticipated Refinancing Transaction Amount" means U.S.$[•].
"Articles" means the Issuer's Memorandum and Articles of Association dated
as of January 23, 2018, as they may be
amended, revised or restated from time to time.
"Assets" or "Collateral" means the Collateral Obligations, Eligible
Investments and other assets owned by the Issuer.
"Benefit Plan Investor" means an employee benefit plan (as defined in
Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Part 4,
Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, a plan (as defined in Section 4975(e)(1) of
the Code) to which Section 4975 of the Code
applies or an entity whose underlying assets include "plan assets" by reason
of such an employee benefit plan's or a plan's
investment in such entity.
"Bond" means a floating rate note, a bond, a publicly issued or privately
placed debt obligation of a corporation or any other
entity, and any other instrument that constitutes a "security" as defined
under the Securities Act.
"Business Day" means a day on which the commercial banks and foreign
exchange markets settle payments in New York
City, New York and London, England.
"Capital Commitment" means, in the case of any Preferred Shareholder, the
obligations of such Preferred Shareholder to
make Contributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Capital
Commitment of such Preferred Shareholder as a
Preferred Share Purchaser pursuant to the Preferred Share Purchase Agreement.
"Cayman FATCA Legislation":
The Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority Law (2017 Revision) (as amended)
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(including any implementing legislation, rules, regulations and guidance
notes pursuant to such laws), as the same may be
amended from time to time (including the OECD Standard for Automatic
Exchange of Financial Account Information —
Common Reporting Standard).
"CEA" means the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended.
"CFTC" means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
"Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
"Collateral Obligation" has the meaning set forth in Schedule I hereto.
["Collateral Principal Amount" means as of any date of determination, the
sum of (a) the aggregate Principal Balance of
the Collateral Obligations and (b) without duplication, the amounts on
deposit in the collection account (including Eligible
Investments therein) representing Principal Proceeds, provided that
Defaulted Obligations will be treated as having a
Principal Balance equal to the Moody's Collateral Value of Defaulted
Obligations; provided further that the Principal Balance
will be zero for any Defaulted Obligation which the Issuer has owned for
more than three years after the date that it became
a Defaulted Obligation.]
"Collateral Obligation Daily Report" has the meaning specified in the
Initial Facility Agreement.
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"Collateral Quality Test" is one of the tests relating to the credit
characteristics of the Collateral Obligations and, with
respect to a Facility has the meaning set forth the Initial Facility
Agreement.
"Collateral Reports" has the meaning specified in the Initial Facility
Agreement.
["Collection Period": The period, commencing on (and including) the
fourteenth (14th) day of each calendar month and
ending on (and excluding) the fourteenth (14th) day of the next succeeding
calendar month; provided that the first such
Collection Period shall be the period commencing on (and including) the
Effective Date and ending on (and excluding) the
first day of the calendar month in which the initial Payment Date occurs (or
if such day is not a Business Day, then the next
succeeding Business Day); provided further, that with respect to the first
Payment Date occurring after the Effective Date,
the related Collection Period shall be the period commencing on (and
including) January [-], 2018 and ending on (and
excluding) [•]; provided further that the final Collection Period shall be
the period commencing on (and including) the
immediately preceding Determination Date and ending on (and including) the
final Payment Date. Each Collection Period
will relate to the Payment Date that occurs in the same calendar month in
which that Collection Period ends.]
"Committed Purchase" means any commitment to purchase a Collateral
Obligation that has not yet settled.
"Committed Purchase Obligation" means any Collateral Obligation that is the
subject of a Committed Purchase.
"Committed Sale" means any commitment to sell a Collateral Obligation that
has not yet settled.
"Committed Sale Obligation" means any Collateral Obligation that is the
subject of a Committed Sale.
"Concentration Limitations" are the tests relating to the aggregate
characteristics of the Collateral Obligations and, with
respect to a Facility, has the meaning set forth Schedule II.
"Controlling Person" means a Person who has discretionary authority or
control with respect to the assets of the Issuer or
provides investment advice with respect to the assets of the Issuer for a
fee, direct or indirect, with respect to such assets or
who is an Affiliate of any such Person.
"Coverage Tests" are, with respect to a Facility, the tests relating to the
coverage of interest received over expenses and
assets over indebtedness, and, with respect to a Facility, has the meaning
set forth in the Initial Facility Agreement.
"Current Pay Obligation": A Collateral Obligation that would otherwise
satisfy the definition of Defaulted Obligation, but as
to which (a) the most recent interest payment due was paid in cash and, if
the Obligor is not in bankruptcy, all scheduled
principal payments have been paid and the Portfolio Advisor has certified to
the Trustee (with a copy to the Portfolio
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Administrator) that it expects that (i) subsequent scheduled payments will
be paid in cash when due, (ii) principal will be paid
as scheduled and at maturity and (iii) no default has occurred and is
continuing with respect to any payment obligation
thereunder; (b) as to which the [Moody's Additional Current Pay Criteria]
are satisfied (so long as any Notes are rated by
Moody's) and (c) if the Obligor of such Collateral Obligation is subject to
a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar
proceeding, (i) the relevant court has authorized the payment of interest
due and payable on such Collateral Obligation and
(ii) any prior payment obligations authorized for payment by the bankruptcy
court were paid; provided, however, that, to
the extent that the aggregate Principal Balance of Current Pay Obligations
exceeds 5% of the aggregate principal amount of
the Collateral Obligations, such excess shall be deemed to be Defaulted
Obligations.
["DBRS" means DBRS, Inc., together with its successors.]
"Defaulted Obligation" means any Collateral Obligation or obligation as to
which:
(a)
a default as to the payment of principal and/or interest has occurred and is
continuing with respect to such
Collateral Obligation (without regard to any grace period applicable
thereto, or waiver or forbearance thereof, after the
passage (in the case of a default that in the Portfolio Advisor's judgment,
as certified to the Security Party in writing, is not
due to credit-related causes) of five Business Days or seven calendar days,
whichever is greater, but in no case beyond the
passage of any grace period applicable thereto);
(b)
a default known to the Portfolio Advisor as to the payment of principal and/-
or interest has occurred and is
continuing on another debt obligation of the same issuer which is senior or
pari passu in right of payment to such Collateral
Obligation or other obligation (without regard to any grace period
applicable thereto, or waiver or forbearance thereof, after
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the passage (in the case of a default that in the Portfolio Advisor's
judgment, as certified to the Security Party in writing, is
not due to credit-related causes) of five Business Days or seven calendar
days, whichever is greater, but in no case beyond
the passage of any grace period applicable thereto), and the holders of such
other debt obligation of the same issuer have
accelerated the maturity of all or a portion of such Collateral Obligation
or other obligation; provided that such Collateral
Obligation or other obligation shall constitute a Defaulted Obligation under
this clause only until such acceleration has been
rescinded;
(c)
the issuer or others have instituted proceedings to have the issuer of such
Collateral Obligation or other
obligation adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent or placed into receivership
and, in the case of any such proceedings
instituted by others, such proceedings have not been stayed or dismissed
within 60 days after being instituted or such issuer
has filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(d)
(e)
[such Collateral Obligation or other obligation has an S&P Rating of "CC" or
lower or "SD" or had such
rating immediately before such rating was withdrawn or any Obligor on such
Collateral Obligation or other obligation has a
"probability of default" rating assigned by Moody's of "Ca", "C" or lower];
[such Collateral Obligation or other obligation is pari passu in right of
payment as to the payment of
principal and/or interest to another debt obligation of the same issuer,
which has an S&P Rating of "CC" or lower or "SD" or
had such rating immediately before such rating was withdrawn or any Obligor
on such Collateral Obligation or other
obligation has a "probability of default" rating assigned by Moody's of
"Ca", "C" or lower; provided that both the Collateral
Obligation or other obligation and such other debt obligation are full
recourse obligations of the applicable issuer or secured
by the same collateral];
(f)
a default with respect to which the Portfolio Advisor has received notice or
has knowledge that a default
has occurred under the Underlying Instruments and any applicable grace
period has expired and the holders of such
Collateral Obligation or other obligation have accelerated the repayment of
the Collateral Obligation or other obligation (but
only until such acceleration has been rescinded) in the manner provided in
the Underlying Instruments;
(g)
the Portfolio Advisor has in its reasonable commercial judgment otherwise
declared such debt obligation to
be a Defaulted Obligation;
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(h)
(i)
such Collateral Obligation or other obligation is a Participation Interest
with respect to which the Selling
Institution has defaulted in any respect in the performance of any of its
payment obligations under the Participation Interest;
or
such Collateral Obligation or other obligation is a Participation Interest
in a loan that would, if such loan
were a Collateral Obligation, constitute a Defaulted Obligation or with
respect to which the Selling Institution has an S&P
Rating of "CC" or lower or "SD" or a "probability of default" rating
assigned by Moody's of "Ca", "C" or lower or had such
rating before such rating was withdrawn.
"Deferrable Obligation" means a debt obligation (excluding a Partial
Deferrable Obligation) which by its terms permits the
deferral or capitalization of payment of accrued, unpaid interest.
["Deferring Obligation": A Collateral Obligation that is deferring the
payment of interest due thereon and has been so
deferring the payment of interest due thereon (a) with respect to Collateral
Obligations that have a Moody's Rating of at
least "Baa3," for the shorter of two consecutive accrual periods or one
year, and (b) with respect to Collateral Obligations
that have a Moody's Rating of "Bal" or below, for the shorter of one accrual
period or six consecutive months, which
deferred capitalized interest has not, as of the date of determination, been
paid in cash; provided, however, that such
Collateral Obligation will cease to be a Deferring Obligation at such time
as it (i) ceases to defer or capitalize the payment of
interest, (ii) pays in cash all accrued and unpaid interest accrued since
the time of purchase and (iii) commences payment of
all current interest in cash.]
"Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation": A Collateral Obligation (other
than a Revolving Collateral Obligation) that (a)
requires the Issuer to make one or more future advances to the borrower
under the Underlying Instruments relating thereto,
(b) specifies a maximum amount that can be borrowed on one or more fixed
borrowing dates, and (c) does not permit the
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re-borrowing of any amount previously repaid by the borrower thereunder;
provided that any such Collateral Obligation will
be a Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation only until all commitments by
the Issuer to make advances to the borrower
expire or are terminated or reduced to zero.
"Determination Date" means the last day of each calendar month.
["DIP Collateral Obligation": Any interest in a loan or financing facility
that has a Moody's Rating and is purchased directly
or by way of assignment (a) which is an obligation of (i) a debtor-in -
possession as described in §1107 of the Bankruptcy
Code or (ii) a trustee if appointment of such trustee has been ordered
pursuant to §1104 of the Bankruptcy Code (in either
such case, a "Debtor") organized under the laws of the United States or any
state therein, or (b) on which the related
Obligor is required to pay interest on a current basis and, with respect to
either clause (a) or (b) above, the terms of which
have been approved by an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court, the
United States District Court, or any other court
of competent jurisdiction, the enforceability of which order is not subject
to any pending contested matter or proceeding (as
such terms are defined in the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure) and
which order provides that:
(i) (A) such DIP
Collateral Obligation is fully secured by liens on the Debtor's otherwise
unencumbered assets pursuant to §364(c)(2) of the
Bankruptcy Code or (B) such DIP Collateral Obligation is secured by liens of
equal or senior priority on property of the
Debtor's estate that is otherwise subject to a lien pursuant to §364(d) of
the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) such DIP Collateral
Obligation is fully secured based upon a current valuation or appraisal
report. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such a loan
will not be deemed to be a DIP Collateral Obligation following the emergence
of the related debtor-in-possession from
bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.]
"Discount-Adjusted Spread": With respect to any Discount Obligation, the
amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to
(i) its stated interest rate spread divided by (ii) its purchase price
(expressed as a percentage).
"Discount Obligation": Any loan that was purchased (as determined without
averaging prices of purchases) for less than
85.0% [(or, if it has a Moody's Rating of at least "B3," 80.0%)] of its
Principal Balance; provided, however, that (w) such
Collateral Obligation shall cease to be a Discount Obligation at such time
as the Market Value (expressed as a percentage
of par) determined for such Collateral Obligation on each day during any
period of 30 consecutive days since the acquisition
by the Issuer of such Collateral Obligation equals or exceeds 90%, (x) a
Swapped Non-Discount Obligation shall not be
considered to be a Discount Obligation, (y) clause (x) above in this proviso
shall not apply to any such Collateral Obligation
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at any time on or after the acquisition by the Issuer of such Collateral
Obligation if, as determined at the time of such
acquisition (regardless of a Collateral Obligation's market value following
acquisition), the aggregate Principal Balance of all
Collateral Obligations to which such clause (x) has been applied since the
Closing Date is more than 10% of the Target
Principal Balance; and (z) the aggregate Principal Balance of all Collateral
Obligations to which clause (x) above in this
proviso applies shall not exceed 5% of the Target Principal Balance as of
any Measurement Date, and any excess above
such amount as of such Measurement Date shall be treated as Discount
Obligations.
"Dodd-Frank Act" means the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act of 2010, as amended.
"Effective Date" means [-], 2018.
"Eligible Dealer" means (i) any of Barclays, The Royal Bank of Canada,
JPMorgan Chase, UBS, BNP Paribas, Morgan
Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America
Merrill Lynch, Citibank[, Jefferies, Macquarie] or
Wells Fargo (or any of their respective Affiliates that is a dealer active
in the loan trading market), (ii) to the extent it is acting
as administrative agent in respect of the applicable Collateral Obligation,
MUFG or Societe Generale or (iii) any other dealer
as may be approved by the Facility Agent.
"Eligible Investments" means, with respect to any Facility, the cash or cash
equivalents invested in by the Issuer prior to
investment in Collateral Obligations or distribution in accordance with the
Initial Facility Agreement.
"Engagement Letter" is the engagement letter among the Issuer, the Portfolio
Advisor and Barclays related to the intended
Refinancing.
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"Equity Security" means any security or debt obligation which at the time of
acquisition, conversion or exchange does not
satisfy the requirements of a Collateral Obligation and is not an Eligible
Investment;
it being understood that Equity
Securities may not be purchased by the Issuer but may only be received by
the Issuer in lieu of a Collateral Obligation or a
portion thereof in connection with an insolvency, bankruptcy,
reorganization, debt restructuring or workout of the Obligor
thereof.
"ERISA" means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended.
"EU Risk Retention Letter" means the letter agreement to which the Retention
Holder and [•] will among other things, give
certain covenants and representations for the purpose of the EU Retention
Requirements.
"EU Risk Retention Rules" means Articles 404-410 of the CRR.
"Excepted Advances": Customary advances made to protect or preserve rights
against the borrower of or Obligor under a
Collateral Obligation or to indemnify an agent or representative for lenders
pursuant to the Underlying Instrument.
"Exchange Act" means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Expenses Amount " means, with respect to any Facility, the transaction
expenses payable to the Transaction Parties.
"Expense Reserve Account": The trust account established pursuant to the
Refinancing indenture.
"FATCA" means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any related
provisions of
law, court decisions or
administrative guidance promulgated or intergovernmental agreements entered
into in respect thereof and any agreements
entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
"FATCA Compliance" means compliance with CRS and FATCA (including, if
applicable, the Issuer entering into or
complying with an agreement with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service
contemplated by Section 1471(b) of the Code) or the
terms of an intergovernmental agreement and local implementing legislation,
in each case as necessary so that no tax or
other withholding will be imposed thereunder in respect of payments to or
for the benefit of the Issuer.
"Fee Basis Amount" means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (a)
the Collateral Principal Amount, (b) the
aggregate Principal Balance of all Defaulted Obligations (to the extent
excluded from the Collateral Principal Amount) and
(c) the aggregate amount of all Principal Financed Accrued Interest, in each
case as of the first day of the related Collection
Period.
"Fixed Rate Obligation": Any Collateral Obligation that bears a fixed rate
of interest.
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"Floating Rate Obligation": Any Collateral Obligation that bears a floating
rate of interest.
"Hedge Counterparty" means a counterparty to a hedge agreement entered into
by the Issuer.
"Independent Review Party": The meaning specified in the Portfolio Advisory
Agreement.
"Interest Period" means calculation period used for determining interest
accrued pursuant to the Initial Facility.
"Interest Proceeds" means all payments of accrued interest (including PIK
Interest) and Additional Fees received in respect
of any Collateral Obligation plus all sale or liquidation proceeds received
in respect of accrued and unpaid interest received
upon sale or liquidation of any Collateral Obligation hereunder, but
excluding any Purchased Accrued Interest.
"Internal Rate of Return" means an annualized internal rate of return
(computed using the "XIRR" function in Microsoft®
Excel 2002 or an equivalent function in another software package), stated on
a per annum basis, for the following cash
flows:
a) the negative value of the purchase price (expressed as a dollar amount)
of each Preferred Share on its related
Preferred Share Issuance Date, assuming a purchase price of $1 per Preferred
Share;
b) the positive value of each distribution of Interest Proceeds made to the
PS Issuing and Paying Agent for distribution
to the Preferred Shareholders on any prior Payment Date and, to the extent
necessary to reach the applicable
Internal Rate of Return, the current Payment Date;
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c) the positive value of each distribution of Principal Proceeds made to the
PS Issuing and Paying Agent for
distribution to the Preferred Shareholders on any prior Payment Date and, to
the extent necessary to reach the
applicable Internal Rate of Return, the current Payment Date; and
d) the negative value of each amount of Issuer Organizational Expenses (up
to the cumulative maximum amount
thereof) paid by or for the account of Preferred Shareholders (and not an
amount paid or provided for by the Issuer
pursuant to the Priority of Payments) on or after any prior Payment Date
and, to the extent necessary to adjust
downward the applicable Internal Rate of Return, on the current Payment Date.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
"Issuer Organizational Expenses" means legal expenses incurred in connection
with (i) the organization, establishment
and start-up of the Issuer on or prior to the Effective Date, (ii)
the establishment of the Initial Facility, and (iii) the
establishment of any Refinancing, in each case including expenses incurred
for such purposes by or on behalf of the
respective counsel to each of the Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor, the Initial
Facility Lenders, the Issuer Administrator, the
Security Party, US Bank in its various other capacities for the Issuer,
the Placement Agents and, in connection with a
Refinancing, any other placement agent or arranger; provided, however, that
the aggregate amount of all such expenses
shall not exceed $[•] as determined by the Issuer (acting through the
Portfolio Advisor). The Issuer agrees that it will not
agree to pay any amount of such expenses in excess of such maximum amount
without the prior written consent of the
Majority Preferred Shareholders.
"Majority Preferred Shareholders" means, at any time, the holders of more
than 50% of the outstanding Preferred Shares
at such time, except as otherwise specified by a provision of any
Transaction Agreement, Voting -Restricted Preferred
Shares.
"Margin Stock": The meaning specified under Regulation U.
"Material Adverse Change" means a material adverse change occurs in the
Portfolio Advisor's business and operations
and is continuing such that, as a result of such change, the Portfolio
Advisor no longer has the capacity or competence to
perform its obligations as Portfolio Advisor under the facility documents
and in accordance with the standard of care set
forth in the Portfolio Advisory Agreement.
"Maximum Mezzanine Commitment Amount" means the highest amount listed for
the Mezzanine Funding Facility on the
Covenant Matrix.
"Maximum Senior Commitment Amount" means the highest amount listed for the
Senior Funding Facility on the
Covenant Matrix.
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"Measurement Date" means (i) any trade date on which a purchase of a
Collateral Obligation occurs, (ii) any Determination
Date, (iii) the date as of which the information in any Monthly Report under
the Initial Facility Agreement is calculated, and
(iv) the Ramp-Up Period End Date.
"Mezzanine Funding Commitment" means,
(a) prior to the Refinancing Pricing Date, U.S.$[0] and (b) thereafter,
the
Maximum Mezzanine Commitment Amount, or such greater amount specified in a
Short Form Amendment; provided that
such amount shall not exceed the Maximum Mezzanine Commitment Amount unless
the Capital Commitment has been
increased in an amount satisfactory to the Mezzanine Lenders in their
respective sole discretion. The Mezzanine Funding
Commitment will be initially allocated according to the following
percentages:
Mezzanine Lender
Barclays
Deutsche Bank
Allocation (%)
95
5
"Middle Market Loan" means any loan made to an Obligor having total
potential indebtedness under all loan agreements,
indentures, and other Underlying Instruments entered into directly or
indirectly by such Obligor as of such date of less than
U.S.$150,000,000.
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"Minimum Diversity Score Test" has the meaning specified in Schedule IX.
"Minority Facility Lender" means Deutsche Bank.
"Minority Mezzanine Lender" means Deutsche Bank.
["Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.]
["Moody's Rating" means with respect to any Collateral Obligation (other
than a DIP Collateral Obligation) as of any date of
determination, the rating determined in accordance with the Initial Facility
Agreement.]
["Moody's Recovery Amount": With respect to any Collateral Obligation that
is a Defaulted Obligation or a Deferring
Obligation, an amount equal to the product of (a) the applicable Moody's
Recovery Rate and (b) the Principal Balance of
such Collateral Obligation.]
["Moody's Recovery Rate": With respect to any Collateral Obligation, as of
any Measurement Date, the recovery rate
determined in accordance with the following, in the following order of
priority:
(a) if the Collateral Obligation is a PF Infrastructure Obligation, the
Moody's Recovery Rate allotted to such PF
Infrastructure Obligation in the Moody's Recovery Rate Table as set forth in
Schedule 1. The "Asset Class" and
"Sector" of a PF Infrastructure Obligation for the purposes of the Moody's
Recovery Rate Table shall be determined
by the Portfolio Advisor, acting in good faith, by reference to the PF
Infrastructure Obligation;
(b) if the Collateral Obligation has been specifically assigned a recovery
rate by Moody's (for example, in connection
with the assignment by Moody's of an estimated rating (private rating for
Investors)), such recovery rate;
(c) if the preceding clauses do not apply to the Collateral Obligation, and
the Collateral Obligation is not a DIP
Collateral Obligation, the rate determined pursuant to the table below based
on the number of rating subcategories
difference between the Collateral Obligation's Moody's Rating and its
Moody's Default Probability Rating (for
purposes of clarification, if the Moody's Rating is higher than the Moody's
Default Probability Rating, the rating
subcategories difference will be positive and if it is lower, negative):
Number of Moody's Ratings
Subcategories Difference
Between the Moody's Rating
and the Moody's Default
Probability Rating
+2 or more
+1
0
-1
-2
-3 or less
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*
If the Collateral Obligation is not a Corporate Infrastructure Obligation
and does not have both a corporate family
rating from Moody's and an assigned Moody's Rating, its Moody's Recovery
Rate will be determined by reference
to the "Other Collateral Obligations" column or
(d) if
the loan is a DIP Collateral Obligation (other than a DIP Collateral
Obligation which has been specifically
assigned a recovery rate by Moody's), 50%.]
"Non-Call Period" means, in connection with the Refinancing, the period
during which the Majority Preferred Shareholders
are prohibited from requesting an [Optional Redemption] of the Preferred
Shares and related Refinancing Securities.
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Second Lien Loans,
Senior Secured Loans
60.0%
50.0%
45.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
Senior Unsecured Loans
55.0%*
45.0%*
35.0%*
25.0%
15.0%
5.0%
Other Collateral
Obligations
45.0%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
15.0%
5.0%
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"Note Retention Interests" means an outstanding principal amount of Facility
representing not less than 5% of the
aggregate outstanding amount of the Facility from time to time.
"Obligor" means, in respect of a Collateral Obligation, the borrower
thereunder or borrower thereof or, in either case, any
guarantor thereof (as determined by the Portfolio Advisor).
"OECD": The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
"Partial Deferrable Obligation": means any Collateral Obligation with respect
to which (i) the related Underlying
Instruments require a portion of the interest due thereon to be paid in cash
on each payment date therefor and do not permit
such portion to be deferred or capitalized, (ii) such Underlying Instruments
permit the Obligor thereon to defer or capitalize
the remaining portion of the interest due thereon, and (iii) (x) if such
Collateral Obligation is a Fixed Rate Obligation, the
interest rate applicable thereto required to be paid in cash is greater than
the interpolated swap rate, or (y) if such Collateral
Obligation is a Floating Rate Obligation, the interest rate applicable
thereto required to be paid in cash is greater than
LIBOR or such other floating rate benchmark as may be applicable to such
Floating Rate Obligation, plus 0.75%. For
purposes of determining the applicable interpolated swap rate, the
designated maturity will be deemed to equal the average
life of the Partial Deferrable Obligation, as determined by the Portfolio
Advisor at the time of the acquisition thereof.
"Participation Interest" means a participation interest in a loan originated
by a bank or financial institution that, at the time
of acquisition, or the Issuer's commitment to acquire the same, satisfies
each of the following criteria: (i) such participation
interest would constitute a Collateral Obligation were it acquired directly,
(ii) the selling institution is a lender on the loan, (iii)
the aggregate participation in the loan granted by such selling institution
to any one or more participants does not exceed
the principal amount or commitment with respect
to which the selling institution is a lender under such loan, (iv) such
participation does not grant, in the aggregate, to the participant in such
participation interest a greater interest than the
selling institution holds in the loan or commitment that is the subject of
the participation interest, (v) the entire purchase price
for such participation interest is paid in full (without the benefit of
financing from the selling institution or its affiliates) at the
time of the Issuer's acquisition (or, to the extent of a participation in
the unfunded commitment under a Qualifying Revolving
Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation, at the time
of
the funding of such loan),
(vi) the
participation interest provides the participant all of the economic benefit
and risk of the whole or part of the loan or
commitment that is the subject of the loan participation interest and (vii)
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such participation interest is documented under a
Loan Syndications and Trading Association, Loan Market Association or
similar agreement standard for loan participation
transactions among institutional market participants. For the avoidance of
doubt, a Participation Interest shall not include a
sub-participation interest in any loan.
"PATRIOT Act" means the Uniting and Strengthening America By Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as amended.
"Permitted Country" means (i) prior to the Refinancing Pricing Date, the
United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, a Tax
Jurisdiction or such other country consented to by the Instructing Party or
(ii) on or after the Refinancing Pricing Date, the
United States, Canada, a Group I Country, a Group II Country, a Group III
Country or a Tax Advantaged Jurisdiction.
"Person" means an individual, corporation (including a business trust),
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust (including any beneficiary thereof),
unincorporated association or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
"PF Infrastructure Obligation": A Collateral Obligation issued by PF
Infrastructure Obligor issued by a PF Infrastructure
Obligor.
"PF Infrastructure Obligor": [An Obligor that is rated by Moody's using,
including but not limited to, one of the following
Moody's rating methodologies:]
(a) Power Generation Projects;
(b) Regulated Electric and Gas Networks;
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(c) Government Owned Toll Roads;
(d) U.S. Municipal Joint Action Agencies;
(e) Privately Managed Port Companies;
(f) Construction Risk in Privately-Financed Public Infrastructure (PFI/PPP/-
P3) Projects;
(g) U.S. Public Power Electric Utilities with Generation Ownership Exposure;
(h) Regulated Water Utilities;
(i) Publicly Managed Airports and Related Issuers;
(j) Operational Privately Financed Public Infrastructure (PFI/PPP/P3)
Projects;
(k) Privately Managed Airports and Related Issuers;
(1) Privately Managed Toll Roads;
(m) Regulated Electric and Gas Utilities;
(n) Public Port Revenue Bonds;
(o) U.S. Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative;
(p) Natural Gas Pipelines;
(q) Waste-to-Energy Projects;
(r) Generic Project Finance Methodology; and
(s) Global Passenger Railway Companies.
"PIK Interest" means interest (including capitalized interest, deferred
interest and similar interest and interest thereon) paid
with respect to a Collateral Obligation which permits the deferral of the
payment of interest in cash thereon through additions
to the principal amount thereof for a specified period in the future or for
the remainder of its life or by capitalizing interest due
on such loan as principal, as determined by the Portfolio Advisor.
"Placement Agents" means DDI and DBSI as the Issuer's non-exclusive
Placement Agents in connection with the private
offer and sale of Preferred Shares on behalf of the Issuer.
"Portfolio" means, at any time, all Collateral Obligations and Eligible
Investments owned by the Borrower at such time.
"Portfolio Administration Agreement" means the portfolio administration
agreement, dated as of [o], 2018, relating to the
administration of the Collateral Obligations and the other Assets of the
Issuer among the Issuer, the Portfolio Advisor and
the Portfolio Administrator, as may be amended.
"Portfolio Advisor Default" means the occurrence and continuance of a
"cause" event pursuant to (and as defined in) the
Portfolio Advisory Agreement (subject to customary knowledge and materially
qualifiers and grace and cure periods).
"Portfolio Advisory Agreement" means the portfolio advisory agreement, dated
as of [o], 2018, between the Issuer and
the Portfolio Advisor relating to the management of the Collateral
Obligations and the other Assets of the Issuer by the
Portfolio Advisor on behalf of the Issuer, as may be amended.
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"Portfolio Information Agency Agreement" means the portfolio information
agency agreement, dated as of [o], 2018,
between the Issuer and the Portfolio Information Agent relating to the
provision of certain information services with respect
to the Collateral Obligations and other Assets, as may be amended.
"Portfolio Information Agent" means US Bank,
Agreement and as information agent under the Portfolio Information Agency
Agreement, and any successor thereto.
"Preferred Share Agent" means US Bank.
"Preferred Share Issuance Date" means, with respect
in its capacity as information agent under the Portfolio Administration
to any Preferred Share, the date it was issued by the Issuer
pursuant to the PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement.
"Preferred Share Purchaser" means each initial Preferred Share Purchaser as
of [•], 2018 and any other Person that shall
have become a Preferred Share Purchaser and a Preferred Shareholder (a)
pursuant to a transfer of
interests in
accordance with the PS Purchase Agreement (other than any such Person that
ceases to be a party to the PS Purchase
Agreement pursuant to a transfer of all of its interests to another Person
thereunder) or (b) by becoming, upon approval by
the Issuer, acting upon the instructions or with the approval of the
Portfolio Advisor, a party to the PS Purchase Agreement
in accordance with its terms.
"Preferred Shareholder" means, with respect to any Preferred Share, the
Person in whose name such Preferred Share is
registered in the preferred share register.
"Principal Balance" means, subject to the Initial Facility Agreement, with
respect to (i) any Collateral Obligation other than a
qualifying Revolving Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown Collateral
Obligation, as of any date of determination, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Collateral Obligation
(excluding any capitalized interest) and (ii) any
qualifying Revolving Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown Collateral
Obligation, as of any date of determination, the
aggregate drawn outstanding principal amount of such qualifying Revolving
Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown
Collateral Obligation (excluding any capitalized interest), plus (except as
expressly set forth in the Initial Facility Agreement)
any undrawn commitments that have not been irrevocably reduced or withdrawn
with respect to such qualifying Revolving
Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation; provided
that for all purposes the Principal Balance of (1)
any Equity Security or interest-only strip shall be deemed to be zero, and
(2) any Defaulted Obligation that is not sold or
terminated within three years after becoming a Defaulted Obligation shall be
deemed to be zero.
"Principal Financed Accrued Interest" means, with respect to any Collateral
Obligation, the amount of Principal Proceeds,
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if any, applied towards the purchase of accrued interest on such Collateral
Obligation.
"Principal Proceeds" means, with respect to any Collection Period or
Determination Date, all amounts received by the
Issuer during the related Collection Period that (i) do not constitute
Interest Proceeds or (ii) have been designated as
Principal Proceeds (including the amount of any Contribution (or portion
thereof) designated by the Portfolio Advisor as
Principal Proceeds) pursuant to the terms of the Initial Facility Agreement.
"PS Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement" means the Preferred Share Issuing
and Paying Agency Agreement, dated
as of [.], 2018, between the Issuer, US Bank, as issuing and paying agent,
and MaplesFS Limited, as preferred share
registrar and as amended from time to time.
"PS Issuing and Paying Agent" means US Bank.
["PS Purchase Agreement" means the preferred share purchase agreement, dated
as of [•], 2018, as amended to date,
among the Issuer, the Preferred Share Purchasers parties thereto, and US
Bank, as agent, as may be amended.]
"PS Retention Interests" means a number of Preferred Shares representing not
less than 5% of the aggregate number of
Preferred Shares outstanding from time to time.
"Purchase Conditions" means:
(a) such Committed Purchase Obligation satisfying the Eligibility Criteria;
(b) the portfolio complying with the Concentration Limitations immediately
after the Committed Purchase or if any of the
Concentration Limitations are not in compliance, maintaining or improving
such Concentration Limitations;
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(c) the Portfolio complying with the Collateral Quality Tests immediately
after the Committed Purchase or, if such tests
are not in compliance, maintaining or improving such tests;
(d) no default, Event of Default or MV Trigger Failure having occurred and
that is continuing, or will occur after giving
effect to the Committed Purchase;
(e) the Borrower having full title and free and clear of any liens (other
than Permitted Liens) following settlement of
such Committed Purchase;
(f) the Instructing Party having approved, in its sole discretion, such
Collateral Obligation (which approval shall be
deemed to have been given by the Instructing Party if such Collateral
Obligation was included in the projected
portfolio of Collateral Obligations pre-approved by the Instructing Party
on, or around, the Initial Facility Closing
Date) and as of the commitment date of the related Committed Purchase, the
Instructing Party has not revoked or
withdrawn its approval, or deemed pre-approval, of such Collateral
Obligation; and
(g) after giving effect to amounts that would be required to fund such
Committed Purchase, the Aggregate Funding
Amount would not exceed the sum of the Senior Funding Commitment plus the
Mezzanine Funding Commitment
plus the Capital Commitment.
"QIB" means "qualified institution buyer" as defined pursuant to Rule 144A
under the Securities Act.
"Qualified Purchaser" means "qualified purchaser" as defined in Section 2(a)-
(51) of the Investment Company Act and Rule
2a51-1 under the Investment Company Act.
"Ramp-Up Period End Date" means the date that is the earliest of (i) the
Scheduled Ramp-Up Period End Date, (ii) the
date on which an Event of Default has occurred, (iii) the date on which the
Engagement Letter is terminated and (iv) any MV
Event Date.
"Refinancing Closing Date" means the date on which the Issuer issues the
Refinancing Securities.
"Refinancing Pricing Date" means the date on which the pricing of the
Refinancing Securities occurs.
"Refinancing Proceeds" means the amount, as calculated by the Portfolio
Administrator (based on information received
from the Portfolio Advisor) and as agreed by the Senior Lenders and
Portfolio Advisor, equal to the sum of (x) the Aggregate
Senior Termination Amount, (y) the Aggregate Mezzanine Termination Amount
and (z) the Net Facility Carry.
"Refinancing Securities" means the securities issued in connection with the
Refinancing.
"Refinancing Transaction" means a refinancing transaction pursuant to which
the Issuer will
issue rated and unrated
Refinancing Securities.
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"Registered" means with respect to any debt obligation issued by a United
States person (as defined in the Code), a debt
obligation (a) that is issued after July 18, 1984 and (b) that is in
registered form for purposes of the Code.
"Regulation S" means Regulation S, as amended, under the Securities Act.
"Regulation U": Regulation U (12 C.F.R. 221) issued by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
"Retention Event" means the occurrence of any breach by the Retention Holder
of their obligations to hold their Retention
Interests.
"Retention Holder" means, with respect to the Note Retention Interests,
Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Branch, and the PS
Retention Interests, Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Branch.
"Retention Interests" means the PS Retention Interests and the Note
Retention Interests.
"Revolving Collateral Obligation": Any Collateral Obligation (other than a
Delayed Drawdown Collateral Obligation) that is
a loan (including, without limitation, revolving loans, including funded and
unfunded portions of revolving credit lines and
letter of credit facilities, unfunded commitments under specific facilities
and other similar loans and investments) that by its
terms may require one or more future advances to be made to the borrower by
the Issuer; provided that any such
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Collateral Obligation will be an Unfunded Asset only until all commitments
to make advances to the related Obligor expire or
are terminated or irrevocably reduced to zero.
"Sale Proceeds" means the proceeds of the sale of the Collateral Obligations
or Eligible Investments.
"Scheduled Distribution" means, with respect any Collateral Obligation, for
each date on which any payment is due on a
Collateral Obligation in accordance with its terms, the scheduled payment of
principal and/or interest due on such date with
respect to such Collateral Obligation.
"Scheduled Refinancing Closing Date" means the date announced on the
Refinancing Pricing Date as the date on which
the Borrower will issue the Refinancing Securities, or such later date as
the Facility Agent (or an Affiliate), with the consent
of the Portfolio Advisor and a majority of the Investors, provides notice to
all Parties.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Second Lien Loan" means any assignment of or Participation Interest in a
loan that (a) is not (and cannot by its terms
become) subordinate in right of payment to any other obligation of the
Obligor of the loan (other than with respect to trade
claims, capitalized leases or similar obligations) but which is subordinated
(with respect
to liquidation preferences with
respect to pledged collateral) to a Senior Secured Loan of the Obligor, (b)
is secured by a valid second-priority perfected
security interest or lien in, to or on specified collateral (subject to
customary exceptions for permitted liens, including without
limitation, tax liens) securing the Obligor's obligations under the Second
Lien Loan the value of which at the time of
purchase is adequate (in the commercially reasonable judgment of the
Portfolio Advisor) to repay the loan in accordance
with its terms and to repay all other loans of equal or higher seniority
secured by a lien or security interest in the same
collateral, and (c) is not secured solely or primarily by common stock or
other equity interests; provided that the limitation set
forth in this clause (c) shall not apply with respect to a loan made to a
parent entity that is secured solely or primarily by the
stock of one or more of the subsidiaries of such parent entity to the extent
that the granting by any such subsidiary of a lien
on its own property would violate the law or regulations applicable to such
subsidiary (whether the obligation secured is
such loan or any other similar type of indebtedness owing to third parties).
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Securities Intermediary" means US Bank.
"Selling Institution" means the entity obligated to make payments to the
Issuer under the terms of a Participation Interest.
"Senior Funding Commitment" means (a) prior to the CLO Pricing Date, U.S.-
$[168,425,000] and (b) thereafter,
the
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Maximum Senior Commitment Amount, or such greater amount specified in a
Short Form Amendment; provided that such
amount shall not exceed the Maximum Senior Commitment Amount unless the
Capital Commitment has been increased in
an amount satisfactory to the Senior Lenders in their respective sole
discretion. The Senior Funding Commitment will be
initially allocated according to the following percentages:
Senior Lender
Barclays
Deutsche Bank
Allocation (%)
95
5
"Senior Secured Loan" means any assignment of or Participation Interest in a
loan that:
(a) is not (and cannot by its terms
become) subordinate in right of payment to any other obligation of the
Obligor of the loan (other than with respect to trade
claims, capitalized leases or similar obligations); (b) is secured by a
valid first-priority perfected security interest or lien in, to
or on specified collateral (subject to customary exceptions for permitted
liens, including without limitation, tax liens) securing
the Obligor's obligations under the loan; (c) the value of the collateral
securing the loan at the time of purchase together with
other attributes of the Obligor (including, without limitation, its general
financial condition, ability to generate cash flow
available for debt service and other demands for that cash flow) is adequate
(in the commercially reasonable judgment of
the Portfolio Advisor) to repay the loan in accordance with its terms and to
repay all other loans of equal seniority secured
by a first lien or security interest in the same collateral; and (d) is not
secured solely or primarily by common stock or other
equity interests; provided that the limitation set forth in this clause (d)
shall not apply with respect to a loan made to an
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Obligor that is secured solely or primarily by the stock of, or other equity
interests in, such Obligor or one or more of its
subsidiaries to the extent that either (1) in the Portfolio Advisor's
commercially reasonable judgment,
the applicable
Underlying Instruments of such loan limit the activities of such Obligor or
such subsidiary, as applicable, in such a manner
so as to provide a reasonable expectation that (x) cash flows from such
Obligor or from such subsidiary and such Obligor,
as applicable, are sufficient to provide debt service on such loan and (y)
assets of such Obligor or of such subsidiary and
such Obligor, as applicable, would be available to repay principal of and
interest on such loan in the event of the
enforcement of such Underlying Instruments or (2) the granting by such
Obligor or any such subsidiary of a lien on its own
property (whether to secure such loan or to secure any other similar type of
indebtedness owing to third parties) would
violate laws or regulations applicable to such Obligor or to such subsidiary.
["Short Form Amendment" means each amendment substantially in the form of
Schedule [•] to the Initial Facility
Agreement, which may be (i) used to amend the definitions of Senior Funding
Commitment and Mezzanine Funding
Commitment and any of the Annexes and Schedules thereto (except for
Schedules 1, 3 and 5 through 7) and (ii) executed
with the consent of solely the Portfolio Advisor (on behalf of the
Borrower), the Facility Agent and each Initial Facility Lender
and the approval of DBRS.]
"Sponsor" a private investor or fund who provides the equity or other
subordinated investment for, and generally a
controlling or other managerial interest in, an infrastructure or similar
project.
"Stated Maturity" means with respect to any Collateral Obligation or
Eligible Investment, the maturity date specified in such
Collateral Obligation or Eligible Investment or applicable Underlying
Instrument.
"Structured Finance Obligation" means any obligation of a special purpose
vehicle (other than the Securities or any other
security or obligation issued by the Issuer) secured directly by, referenced
to, or representing ownership of, a pool of
receivables or other assets, including asset-backed securities.
"Swapped Non-Discount Obligation":
Any Collateral Obligation that would otherwise be considered a Discount
Obligation, but that is purchased in accordance with the Investment Criteria
with Sale Proceeds of a Collateral Obligation
that was not a Discount Obligation at the time of its purchase, so long as
such purchased Collateral Obligation (A) is
purchased or committed to be purchased within five Business Days of such
sale, (B) is purchased at a purchase price
(expressed as a percentage of par) equal to or greater than the sale price
of the sold Collateral Obligation, (C) is purchased
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at a purchase price (expressed as a percentage of par) not less than 65%
[and (D) has a Moody's Default Probability Rating
equal to or greater than the Moody's Default Probability Rating of the sold
Collateral Obligation shall not be considered to be
a Discount Obligation].
"Synthetic Security" means a security or swap transaction (other than a
Participation Interest) that has payments
associated with either payments of interest and/or principal on a reference
obligation or the credit performance of a
reference obligation.
"Tax" means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge or
assessment of any nature (including interest, penalties
and additions thereto) imposed by any governmental
or other taxing authority other than a stamp registration,
documentation or similar tax.
"Tax Account Reporting Rules": FATCA, and any other laws, intergovernmental
agreements, administrative guidance or
official interpretations, adopted or entered into on, before or after the
date of this Indenture, by one or more governments
providing for the collection of financial account information and the
automatic exchange of such information between or
among governments for purposes of improving tax compliance, including but
not limited to the Cayman FATCA Legislation,
and any laws,
intergovernmental agreements or other guidance adopted pursuant to the
global standard for automatic
exchange of financial account information issued by the OECD (including the
OECD Standard for Automatic Exchange of
Financial Account Information — Common Reporting Standard).
"Tax Account Reporting Rules Compliance": Compliance with Tax Account
Reporting Rules as necessary to avoid (a)
fines, penalties, or other sanctions imposed on the Issuer or any of their
directors, or (b) the withholding or imposition of tax
from or in respect of payments to or for the benefit of the Issuer.
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Tax Advantaged Jurisdiction":
(a) One of the jurisdictions of the Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin
Islands,
the
Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, Jersey, Singapore, Curacao, Marshall
Islands and Saint Maarten or the U.S. Virgin
Islands or [(b) upon satisfaction of the Moody's Rating Condition with
respect to the treatment of another jurisdiction as a
Tax Advantaged Jurisdiction, such other jurisdiction.]
["Transaction Agreements" means the applicable Facility documentation, the
Account Control Agreement, the Portfolio
Advisory Agreement,
the Portfolio Administration Agreement,
the Portfolio Information Agency Agreement, [the Loan
Closing Services Agreement,] the Issuer Administration Agreement, the PS
Issuing and Paying Agency Agreement, the
Registered Office Agreement, the PS Purchase Agreement and any Hedge
Agreements.]
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New
York or, if different, the political subdivision of
the United States that governs the perfection of the relevant security
interest as amended from time to time.
"Underlying Instrument" means the Initial Facility Agreement, Refinancing
indenture or other agreement pursuant to which
a Collateral Obligation has been issued or created and each other agreement
that governs the terms of or secures the
obligations represented by such Collateral Obligation or of which the
holders of such Collateral Obligation are the
beneficiaries.
"Unfunded Asset" means a Revolving Collateral Obligation or Delayed Drawdown
Collateral Obligation.
"Unsecured Loan": Any assignment of or Participation Interest
in or other interest
in an unsecured loan that is not
subordinated to any other unsecured indebtedness of the Obligor.
"Voting-Restricted Preferred Share" means any Preferred Share that is held
at any time by (i) the Portfolio Advisor, (ii) any
affiliate of the Portfolio Advisor, or (iii) any account, fund, client or
portfolio managed or advised on a discretionary basis by
the Portfolio Advisor or any of its affiliates.
"Yield Adjusted Collateral Obligation": As of any date of determination, a
Floating Rate Obligation that has been
purchased (as determined without averaging prices for purchases) for less
than 100.0% of its Principal Balance and has
been irrevocably designated as a Yield Adjusted Collateral Obligation in the
sole discretion of the Portfolio Advisor in a
notice delivered to the Trustee and the Portfolio Administrator on or prior
to the first Determination Date following acquisition
by the Issuer of such Floating Rate Obligation; provided that an obligation
shall only be deemed to be a Yield Adjusted
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Collateral Obligation if as of such date of determination, (i) it is not a
Discount Obligation, (ii) [the Interest Diversion Test and
each of the Coverage Tests are satisfied and] (iii) it would not cause the
aggregate Principal Balance of all Yield Adjusted
Collateral Obligations then owned by the Issuer (measured at the time of
such designation) to exceed 10% of the Target
Principal Balance (if during the Ramp-Up Period) or Collateral Principal
Balance (thereafter).
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For additional information, please contact:
RREEF America L.L.C.
345 Park Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10154
Tel:
Fax:
Deutsche AM Distributors, Inc.
345 Park Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10154
Tel: 212-454-8089
Fax: 646-863-9804
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Tel: 212-454-8089
Fax: 646-863-9804
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