[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9564-9569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04447]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 33038; File No. 812-14760]


Alcentra Capital Corporation, et al.

February 28, 2018.
AGENCY:  Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of application for an order under sections 17(d) and 57(i) 
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') and rule 17d-1 
under the Act to permit certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited 
by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION:  Applicants request an order to permit business 
development companies (``BDCs'') and certain closed-end management 
investment companies to co-invest in portfolio companies with each 
other and with affiliated investment funds.

Applicants:  Alcentra Capital Corporation (the ``Company''); Alcentra 
BDC Equity Holdings, LLC (the ``Subsidiary''); Alcentra Middle Market 
Fund IV, L.P. (the ``Existing Co-Investment Affiliate''); Alcentra NY, 
LLC (``Alcentra NY''); The Dreyfus Corporation (``Dreyfus''); Dreyfus 
Alcentra Global Credit Income 2024 Target Term Fund, Inc. (``DCF''); 
Stira Alcentra Global Credit Fund (``Stira Alcentra,'' and together 
with the Company and DCF, the ``Existing Regulated Funds''); and Stira 
Investment Adviser, LLC (``Stira Adviser'').

Filing Dates:  The application was filed on April 10, 2017 and amended 
on August 21, 2017, October 27, 2017, January 26, 2018, and February 
14, 2018.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing:  An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing by writing to the Commission's 
Secretary and serving applicants with a copy of the request, personally 
or by mail. Hearing requests should be received by the Commission by 
5:30 p.m. on March 26, 2018, and should be accompanied by proof of 
service on applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a 
certificate of service. Pursuant to Rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing 
requests should state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts 
bearing upon the desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason 
for the request, and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be 
notified of a hearing may request notification by writing to the 
Commission's Secretary.

Addresses:  Secretary, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F 
St. NE, Washington, DC 20549-1090. Applicants: Alcentra Capital 
Corporation, Alcentra Middle Market Fund IV, L.P, Alcentra NY, LLC, 
Alcentra BDC Equity Holdings, LLC, The Dreyfus Corporation, and Dreyfus

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Alcentra Global Credit Income 2024 Target Term Fund, Inc., 200 Park 
Avenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10166; Stira Alcentra Global Credit 
Fund and Stira Investment Adviser, LLC, 18100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 
500, Irvine, CA 92612.

For Further Information Contact:  Courtney S. Thornton, Senior Counsel, 
or Robert H. Shapiro, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-6821 (Chief Counsel's 
Office, Division of Investment Management).

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

Applicants' Representations

    1. The Company was organized as a corporation under the General 
Corporate Laws of the State of Maryland. The Company operates as an 
externally-managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment 
company that has elected to be regulated as a business development 
company (``BDC'') under the Act.\1\ The Company's investment objective 
is to generate both current income and capital appreciation primarily 
by making direct investments in lower middle-market companies in the 
form of subordinated debt and, to a lesser extent, senior debt and 
minority equity investments. Four of the seven members of the board of 
directors (``Board'') \2\ of the Company are persons who are not 
``interested persons,'' as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the Act (the 
``Independent Directors'').
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    \1\ Section 2(a)(48) defines a BDC to be any closed-end 
investment company that operates for the purpose of making 
investments in securities described in sections 55(a)(1) through 
55(a)(3) of the Act and makes available significant managerial 
assistance with respect to the issuers of such securities.
    \2\ ``Board'' refers to the board of directors or trustees, as 
applicable, of any Regulated Fund (as defined below).
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    2. The Subsidiary, a Delaware limited liability company, is a 
Wholly-Owned Investment Sub (as defined below), the sole business 
purpose of which is to hold one or more investments on behalf of the 
Company.
    3. DCF is a Maryland corporation that is a diversified, closed-end 
management investment company registered under the Act that has a 
limited term of approximately seven years. DCF's investment objective 
is to seek high current income by investing at least 80% of its managed 
assets in credit instruments and other investments with similar 
economic characteristics. The Board of DCF currently consists of six 
members, all of whom are Independent Directors.
    4. Stira Alcentra is a non-diversified, closed-end management 
company registered under the Act organized as a Delaware statutory 
trust. Stira Alcentra's investment objective is to provide current 
income and capital preservation with the potential for capital 
appreciation. Stira Alcentra intends to pursue its investment objective 
by providing customized financing solutions to lower middle-market and 
middle-market companies in the form of floating and fixed rate senior 
secured loans, second lien loans and subordinated debt and, to a lesser 
extent, minority equity investments. Stira Alcentra's shares will not 
be listed for trading on any securities exchange. Three of the five 
members of the Board of Stira Alcentra are Independent Directors.
    5. The Existing Co-Investment Affiliate is a Delaware limited 
partnership. The Existing Co-Investment Affiliate's investment 
objective is to generate both current income and capital appreciation 
primarily by making direct investments in lower middle-market 
companies. The Existing Co-Investment Affiliate currently has no 
investments. In reliance on the exclusion from the definition of 
``investment company'' provided by section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 
Act, none of the Co-Investment Affiliates (as defined below) will be 
registered under the Act.
    6. Alcentra NY is a Delaware limited liability company that is 
registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act 
of 1940 (the ``Advisers Act''). Alcentra NY is a subsidiary of the 
Alcentra Group, which is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of The 
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (``BNY Mellon''). Alcentra NY 
serves as investment adviser to the Company pursuant to an investment 
advisory agreement. Because the Subsidiary is a wholly-owned, 
consolidated subsidiary of the Company, Alcentra NY manages the assets 
of the Subsidiary. Alcentra NY also serves as investment adviser to the 
Existing Co-Investment Affiliate and as sub-adviser to DCF and Stira 
Alcentra.
    7. Dreyfus, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BNY Mellon, is a 
corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York and an 
investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act. Dreyfus serves as 
the investment manager to DCF pursuant to a management agreement. 
Dreyfus has delegated substantially all of its portfolio management 
obligations to Alcentra NY pursuant to an investment sub-advisory 
agreement, but is responsible for the overall management of DCF's 
portfolio and for the supervision and ongoing monitoring of Alcentra 
NY. Dreyfus will not source potential co-investments under the order.
    8. Stira Adviser is organized as a Delaware limited liability 
company and is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers 
Act. Stira Adviser serves as investment adviser to Stira Alcentra 
pursuant to an investment advisory agreement. Stira Adviser has 
delegated substantially all of its portfolio-management obligations to 
Alcentra NY pursuant to an investment sub-advisory agreement, but will 
have general oversight over the investment process on behalf of Stira 
Alcentra. Stira Adviser also will have ultimate responsibility for 
Alcentra NY's performance under the terms of the investment sub-
advisory agreement.
    9. Alcentra NY is solely responsible for identifying and 
recommending investments for Stira Alcentra. Prior to any investment by 
Stira Alcentra, Alcentra NY will hold an investment committee meeting, 
with respect to which Stira Adviser has observer rights. Stira Adviser 
will participate in the investment process with regard to Stira 
Alcentra through the exercise of its observer rights. Stira Adviser 
will not source any Potential Co-Investment Transactions (as defined 
below) under the requested Order.
    10. Applicants seek an order (``Order'') to permit a Regulated Fund 
\3\ (or a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) and one or more other Regulated 
Funds (or a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) and/or one or more Co-
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Affiliates \4\ to participate in the same investment opportunities 
through a proposed co-investment program (the ``Co-Investment 
Program'') where such participation would otherwise be prohibited under 
sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) and rule 17d-1.\5\ ``Co-Investment 
Transaction'' means any transaction in which a Regulated Fund (or a 
Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) participates together with one or more 
other Regulated Funds (or a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) and/or one or 
more Co-Investment Affiliates in reliance on the requested Order. 
``Potential Co-Investment Transaction'' means any investment 
opportunity in which a Regulated Fund (or a Wholly-Owned Investment 
Sub) could not participate together with one or more other Regulated 
Funds (or a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub) and/or one or more Co-
Investment Affiliates without obtaining and relying on the Order.\6\
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    \3\ ``Regulated Funds'' means the Existing Regulated Funds and 
any future closed-end investment companies that (a) are registered 
under the Act or have elected to be regulated as a BDC under the 
Act, (b) are (i) advised by an Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser, as defined 
below, or (ii) advised by Stira Adviser and sub-advised by an 
Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser where the Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser has 
discretionary authority to make investment decisions for such 
Regulated Fund, and (c) that intend to participate in the Co-
Investment Program. ``Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser'' means Alcentra NY, 
Dreyfus, or an entity registered under the Investment Advisers Act 
of 1940 (``Advisers Act'') that is controlling, controlled by, or 
under common control with BNY Mellon. The term ``Adviser'' means an 
Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser or Stira Adviser. Alcentra NY and Dreyfus 
are direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of BNY Mellon. All 
references to the term ``Adviser'' include successors-in-interest. A 
successor-in-interest is limited to any entity resulting from a 
reorganization of the Adviser into another jurisdiction or a change 
in the type of business organization.
    \4\ ``Co-Investment Affiliates'' means the Existing Co-
Investment Affiliate and any Future Co-Investment Affiliate. 
``Future Co-Investment Affiliate'' means any entity (i) whose 
investment adviser is an Adviser, (ii) that would be an investment 
company but for Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Act and (iii) that 
intends to participate in the Co-Investment Program.
    \5\ The Order would supersede an exemptive order issued by the 
Commission (the ``Prior Order''). Alcentra Capital Corporation, et 
al., Investment Company Act Release Nos. 31927 (Dec. 4, 2015) 
(notice) and 31951 (Dec. 30, 2015) (order). No person will continue 
to rely on the Prior Order if the Order is granted.
    \6\ All existing entities that currently intend to rely on the 
Order have been named as applicants. Any other existing or future 
entity that relies on the Order in the future will comply with the 
terms and conditions of the application.
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    11. Applicants state that a Regulated Fund may, from time to time, 
form one or more Wholly-Owned Investment Subs.\7\ Such a subsidiary 
would be prohibited from investing in a Co-Investment Transaction with 
any Co-Investment Affiliate or another Regulated Fund because it would 
be a company controlled by the Regulated Fund for purposes of sections 
17(d) and 57(a)(4) and rule 17d-1. Applicants request that each Wholly-
Owned Investment Sub be permitted to participate in Co-Investment 
Transactions in lieu of the Regulated Fund that owns it and that the 
Wholly-Owned Investment Sub's participation in any such transaction be 
treated, for purposes of the requested Order, as though the Regulated 
Fund were participating directly. Applicants represent that this 
treatment is justified because a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub would have 
no purpose other than serving as a holding vehicle for the Regulated 
Fund's investments and, therefore, no conflicts of interest could arise 
between the Regulated Fund and the Wholly-Owned Investment Sub. The 
Board would make all relevant determinations under the conditions with 
regard to a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub's participation in a Co-
Investment Transaction, and the Board would be informed of, and take 
into consideration, any proposed use of a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub 
in the Regulated Fund's place. If a Regulated Fund proposes to 
participate in the same Co-Investment Transaction with any of its 
Wholly-Owned Investment Subs, the Board will also be informed of, and 
take into consideration, the relative participation of the Regulated 
Fund and the Wholly-Owned Investment Sub.
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    \7\ ``Wholly-Owned Investment Sub'' means an entity (i) that is 
wholly-owned by a Regulated Fund (with the Regulated Fund at all 
times holding, beneficially and of record, 100% of the voting and 
economic interests); (ii) whose sole business purpose is to hold one 
or more investments on behalf of the Regulated Fund (and, in the 
case of any SBIC Subsidiaries (as defined below), to maintain a 
license under the SBA Act (as defined below) and issue debentures 
guaranteed by the SBA (as defined below)); (iii) with respect to 
which the Board of a Regulated Fund has the sole authority to make 
all determinations with respect to the Wholly-Owned Investment Sub's 
participation under the conditions to the Application; and (iv) that 
would be an investment company but for Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of 
the Act. ``SBIC Subsidiary'' means a Wholly-Owned Investment Sub 
that is licensed by the Small Business Administration (the ``SBA'') 
to operate under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as 
amended, the (``SBA Act'') as a small business investment company 
(an ``SBIC'').
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    12. In selecting investments for the Regulated Funds, an Alcentra/
Dreyfus Adviser will consider only the investment objective, investment 
policies, investment position, capital available for investment and 
other factors relevant to each Regulated Fund. Each of the Co-
Investment Affiliates has or will have investment objectives and 
strategies that are similar to or overlap with the Objectives and 
Strategies \8\ of each Regulated Fund. To the extent there is an 
investment opportunity that falls within the Objectives and Strategies 
of one or more Regulated Funds and the investment objectives and 
strategies of one or more of the Co-Investment Affiliates, the 
Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser would expect such Regulated Funds and Co-
Investment Affiliates to co-invest with each other, with certain 
exceptions based on available capital or diversification.\9\
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    \8\ ``Objectives and Strategies,'' with respect to each 
Regulated Fund, means the Regulated Fund's investment objectives and 
strategies, as described in the Regulated Fund's registration 
statement on Form N-2, other filings the Regulated Fund has made 
with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the ``1933 
Act''), or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 
Regulated Fund's report to stockholders.
    \9\ The Regulated Funds, however, will not be obligated to 
invest, or co-invest, when investment opportunities are referred to 
them.
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    13. After making the determinations required in conditions 1 and 
2(a), other than in the case of pro rata Dispositions (as defined 
below) and Follow-On Investments,\10\ as provided in conditions 7 and 
8, the Adviser will present each Potential Co-Investment Transaction 
and the proposed allocation to the directors or trustees of the Board 
that are eligible to vote under section 57(o) of the Act (the 
``Eligible Directors''). The ``required majority,'' as defined in 
section 57(o) of the Act (``Required Majority''),\11\ of a Regulated 
Fund will approve each Co-Investment Transaction prior to any 
investment by the Regulated Fund.
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    \10\ ``Follow-On Investment'' means any additional investment in 
an existing portfolio company, the exercise of warrants, conversion 
privileges or other similar rights to acquire additional securities 
of the portfolio company.
    \11\ In the case of a Regulated Fund that is a registered 
closed-end fund, the Board members that make up the Required 
Majority will be determined as if the Regulated Fund were a BDC 
subject to section 57(o).
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    14. All subsequent activity, meaning either to (a) sell, exchange, 
or otherwise dispose of an investment (collectively, a ``Disposition'') 
or (b) complete a Follow-On Investment, in respect of an investment 
acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction will also be made in accordance 
with the terms and conditions set forth in the application. With 
respect to the pro rata Dispositions and Follow-On Investments provided 
in conditions 7 and 8, a Regulated Fund may participate in a pro rata 
Disposition or Follow-On Investment without obtaining prior approval of 
the Required Majority if, among other things: (i) The proposed 
participation of each Co-Investment Affiliate and Regulated Fund in 
such Disposition or Follow-On Investment is proportionate to its 
outstanding investments in the issuer immediately preceding the 
Disposition or Follow-On Investment, as the case may be; and (ii) the 
Board of the Regulated Fund has approved that Regulated Fund's 
participation in pro rata Dispositions and Follow-On Investments as 
being in the best interests of the Regulated Fund. If the Board does 
not so approve, any such Disposition or Follow-On Investment will be 
submitted to the Regulated Fund's Eligible Directors. The Board of any 
Regulated Fund may at any time rescind, suspend or qualify its approval 
of pro rata Dispositions and Follow-On Investments with the result that 
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Investments must be submitted to the Eligible Directors.
    15. No Independent Director of a Regulated Fund will have a 
financial interest in any Co-Investment Transaction, other than 
indirectly through share ownership in one of the Regulated Funds.
    16. Under condition 14, if an Adviser, its principals, or any 
person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the 
Adviser or its principals, and the Co-Investment Affiliates 
(collectively, the ``Holders'') own in the aggregate more than 25 
percent of the outstanding voting shares of a Regulated Fund (the 
``Shares''), then the Holders will vote such Shares as directed by an 
independent third party when voting on matters specified in the 
condition. Applicants believe that this condition will ensure that the 
Independent Directors will act independently in evaluating the Co-
Investment Program, because the ability of the Adviser or its 
principals to influence the Independent Directors by a suggestion, 
explicit or implied, that the Independent Directors can be removed will 
be limited significantly. Applicants represent that the Independent 
Directors will evaluate and approve any such independent third party, 
taking into account its qualifications, reputation for independence, 
cost to the Regulated Fund's shareholders, and other factors that they 
deem relevant.

Applicants' Legal Analysis

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

Applicants' Conditions

    Applicants agree that any Order of the Commission granting the 
requested relief will be subject to the following conditions:
    1. Each time an Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser considers a Potential Co-
Investment Transaction for a Co-Investment Affiliate or another 
Regulated Fund that falls within a Regulated Fund's then-current 
Objectives and Strategies, the Regulated Fund's Alcentra/Dreyfus 
Adviser will make an independent determination of the appropriateness 
of the investment for the Regulated Fund in light of the Regulated 
Fund's then-current circumstances.
    2. (a) If the Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser deems a Regulated Fund's 
participation in any Potential Co-Investment Transaction to be 
appropriate for the Regulated Fund, it will then determine an 
appropriate level of investment for the Regulated Fund.
    (b) If the aggregate amount recommended by the Alcentra/Dreyfus 
Adviser to be invested by the applicable Regulated Fund in the 
Potential Co-Investment Transaction, together with the amount proposed 
to be invested by the other participating Regulated Funds and Co-
Investment Affiliates, collectively, in the same transaction, exceeds 
the amount of the investment opportunity, the amount proposed to be 
invested by each such party will be allocated among them pro rata based 
on each participating party's capital available for investment in the 
asset class being allocated, up to the amount proposed to be invested 
by each. The applicable Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser will provide the 
Eligible Directors of each participating Regulated Fund with 
information concerning each participating party's available capital to 
assist the Eligible Directors with their review of the Regulated Fund's 
investments for compliance with these allocation procedures.
    (c) After making the determinations required in conditions 1 and 
2(a), the applicable Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser will distribute written 
information concerning the Potential Co-Investment Transaction, 
including the amount proposed to be invested by each Regulated Fund and 
each Co-Investment Affiliate to the Eligible Directors of each 
participating Regulated Fund for their consideration. A Regulated Fund 
will co-invest with one or more other Regulated Funds and/or one or 
more Co-Investment Affiliates only if, prior to the Regulated Fund's 
participation in the Potential Co-Investment Transaction, a Required 
Majority concludes that:
    (i) the terms of the Potential Co-Investment Transaction, including 
the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to the Regulated 
Fund and its stockholders and do not involve overreaching in respect of 
the Regulated Fund or its stockholders on the part of any person 
concerned;
    (ii) the Potential Co-Investment Transaction is consistent with:
    (A) The interests of the Regulated Fund's stockholders; and
    (B) the Regulated Fund's then-current Objectives and Strategies;
    (iii) the investment by the other Regulated Funds or any Co-
Investment Affiliates would not disadvantage the Regulated Fund, and 
participation by the Regulated Fund would not be on a basis different 
from or less advantageous than that of any other Regulated Fund or Co-
Investment Affiliate; provided that, if any other Regulated Fund or Co-
Investment Affiliate, but not the Regulated Fund itself, gains the 
right to nominate a director for election to a portfolio company's 
board of directors or the right to have a board observer or any similar 
right to participate in the governance or management of the portfolio 
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be interpreted to prohibit the Required Majority from reaching the 
conclusions required by this condition 2(c)(iii), if:
    (A) The Eligible Directors will have the right to ratify the 
selection of such director or board observer, if any;
    (B) the applicable Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser agrees to, and does, 
provide periodic reports to the Board of the Regulated Fund with 
respect to the actions of such director or the information received by 
such board observer or obtained through the exercise of any similar 
right to participate in the governance or management of the portfolio 
company; and
    (C) any fees or other compensation that any other Regulated Fund, 
or any Co-Investment Affiliate, or any affiliated person of either 
receives in connection with the right of any other Regulated Fund or a 
Co-Investment Affiliate to nominate a director or appoint a board 
observer or otherwise to participate in the governance or management of 
the portfolio company will be shared proportionately among the 
participating Co-Investment Affiliates (which each may, in turn, share 
its portion with its affiliated persons) and the participating 
Regulated Funds in accordance with the amount of each party's 
investment; and
    (iv) the proposed investment by the Regulated Fund will not benefit 
the Advisers, the Co-Investment Affiliates, the other Regulated Funds 
or any affiliated person of any of them (other than the parties to the 
Co-Investment Transaction), except (A) to the extent permitted by 
condition 13, (B) to the extent permitted by sections 17(e) or 57(k) of 
the Act, as applicable, (C) indirectly, as a result of an interest in 
the securities issued by one of the parties to the Co-Investment 
Transaction, or (D) in the case of fees or other compensation described 
in condition 2(c)(iii)(C).
    3. Each Regulated Fund has the right to decline to participate in 
any Potential Co-Investment Transaction or to invest less than the 
amount proposed.
    4. The applicable Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser will present to the 
Board of the applicable Regulated Fund, on a quarterly basis, a record 
of all investments in Potential Co-Investment Transactions made by any 
of the other Regulated Funds and Co-Investment Affiliates during the 
preceding quarter that fell within the Regulated Fund's then-current 
Objectives and Strategies that were not made available to the Regulated 
Fund, and an explanation of why the investment opportunities were not 
offered to the Regulated Fund. All information presented to the Board 
pursuant to this condition will be kept for the life of the Regulated 
Fund and at least two years thereafter, and will be subject to 
examination by the Commission and its staff.
    5. Except for Follow-On Investments made in accordance with 
condition 8 below,\12\ a Regulated Fund will not invest in reliance on 
the Order in any issuer in which another Regulated Fund, Co-Investment 
Affiliate, or any affiliated person of another Regulated Fund or Co-
Investment Affiliate is an existing investor.
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    \12\ This exception applies only to Follow-On Investments by a 
Regulated Fund in issuers in which that Regulated Fund already holds 
investments.
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    6. A Regulated Fund will not participate in any Potential Co-
Investment Transaction unless the terms, conditions, price, class of 
securities to be purchased, settlement date, and registration rights 
will be the same for each participating Regulated Fund and Co-
Investment Affiliate. The grant to a Co-Investment Affiliate or another 
Regulated Fund, but not the Regulated Fund, of the right to nominate a 
director for election to a portfolio company's board of directors, the 
right to have an observer on the board of directors or similar rights 
to participate in the governance or management of the portfolio company 
will not be interpreted so as to violate this condition 6, if 
conditions 2(c)(iii)(A), (B) and (C) are met.
    7. (a) If any Co-Investment Affiliate or any Regulated Fund elects 
to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of an interest in a security 
that was acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction, the Alcentra/Dreyfus 
Adviser will:
    (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the Co-
Investment Transaction of the proposed Disposition at the earliest 
practical time; and
    (ii) formulate a recommendation as to participation by each 
Regulated Fund in the Disposition.
    (b) Each Regulated Fund will have the right to participate in such 
Disposition on a proportionate basis, at the same price and on the same 
terms and conditions as those applicable to any participating Co-
Investment Affiliates and any other Regulated Funds.
    (c) A Regulated Fund may participate in such Disposition without 
obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The proposed 
participation of each Co-Investment Affiliate and Regulated Fund in 
such Disposition is proportionate to its outstanding investments in the 
issuer immediately preceding the Disposition; (ii) the Board of the 
Regulated Fund has approved as being in the best interests of the 
Regulated Fund the ability to participate in such Dispositions on a pro 
rata basis (as described in greater detail in the application); and 
(iii) the Board of the Regulated Fund is provided on a quarterly basis 
with a list of all Dispositions made in accordance with this condition. 
In all other cases, the Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser will provide its 
written recommendation as to the Regulated Fund's participation to the 
Regulated Fund's Eligible Directors, and the Regulated Fund will 
participate in such Disposition solely to the extent that a Required 
Majority determines that it is in the Regulated Fund's best interests.
    (d) Each Co-Investment Affiliate and each Regulated Fund will bear 
its own expenses in connection with any such Disposition.
    8. (a) If any Co-Investment Affiliate or any Regulated Fund desires 
to make a Follow-On Investment in a portfolio company whose securities 
were acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction, the Alcentra/Dreyfus 
Adviser will:
    (i) Notify each Regulated Fund that participated in the Co-
Investment Transaction of the proposed transaction at the earliest 
practical time; and
    (ii) formulate a recommendation as to the proposed participation, 
including the amount of the proposed Follow-On Investment, by each 
Regulated Fund.
    (b) A Regulated Fund may participate in such Follow-On Investment 
without obtaining prior approval of the Required Majority if: (i) The 
proposed participation of each Co-Investment Affiliate and each 
Regulated Fund in such investment is proportionate to its outstanding 
investments in the issuer immediately preceding the Follow-On 
Investment; (ii) the Board of the Regulated Fund has approved as being 
in the best interests of the Regulated Fund the ability to participate 
in Follow-On Investments on a pro rata basis (as described in greater 
detail in the application); and (iii) the Board of the Regulated Fund 
is provided on a quarterly basis with a list of all Follow-On 
Investments made in accordance with this condition. In all other cases, 
the Alcentra/Dreyfus Adviser will provide its written recommendation as 
to the Regulated Fund's participation to the Eligible Directors, and 
the Regulated Fund will participate in such Follow-On Investment solely 
to the extent that a Required Majority determines that it is in the 
Regulated Fund's best interests.
    (c) If, with respect to any Follow-On Investment:
    (i) The amount of the Follow-On Investment is not based on the Co-
Investment Affiliates' and the Regulated

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Funds' outstanding investments immediately preceding the Follow-On 
Investment; and
    (ii) the aggregate amount recommended by the Alcentra/Dreyfus 
Adviser to be invested by each Regulated Fund in the Follow-On 
Investment, together with the amount proposed to be invested by the 
participating Co-Investment Affiliates in the same transaction, exceeds 
the amount of the opportunity, then the amount to be invested by each 
such party will be allocated among them pro rata based on each 
participating party's capital available for investment in the asset 
class being allocated, up to the amount proposed to be invested by 
each.
    (d) The acquisition of Follow-On Investments as permitted by this 
condition will be considered a Co-Investment Transaction for all 
purposes and subject to the other conditions set forth in the 
application.
    9. The Independent Directors of each Regulated Fund will be 
provided quarterly for review all information concerning Potential Co-
Investment Transactions and Co-Investment Transactions, including 
investments made by the Co-Investment Affiliates and the other 
Regulated Funds that the Regulated Fund considered but declined to 
participate in, so that the Independent Directors may determine whether 
all investments made during the preceding quarter, including those 
investments that the Regulated Fund considered but declined to 
participate in, comply with the conditions of the Order. In addition, 
the Independent Directors will consider at least annually the continued 
appropriateness for the Regulated Fund of participating in new and 
existing Co-Investment Transactions.
    10. Each Regulated Fund will maintain the records required by 
section 57(f)(3) of the Act as if each of the Regulated Funds were a 
BDC and each of the investments permitted under these conditions were 
approved by the Required Majority under section 57(f) of the Act.
    11. No Independent Director of a Regulated Fund will also be a 
director, general partner, managing member or principal, or otherwise 
an ``affiliated person'' (as defined in the Act), of any Co-Investment 
Affiliate.
    12. The expenses, if any, associated with acquiring, holding or 
disposing of any securities acquired in a Co-Investment Transaction 
(including, without limitation, the expenses of the distribution of any 
such securities registered for sale under the 1933 Act) will, to the 
extent not payable by the Advisers under their respective advisory 
agreements with the Co-Investment Affiliates and the Regulated Funds, 
be shared by the participating Co-Investment Affiliates and the 
participating Regulated Funds in proportion to the relative amounts of 
the securities held or being acquired or disposed of, as the case may 
be.
    13. Any transaction fee \13\ (including break-up or commitment fees 
but excluding broker's fees contemplated by section 17(e) or 57(k) of 
the Act, as applicable) received in connection with a Co-Investment 
Transaction will be distributed to the participating Co-Investment 
Affiliates and Regulated Funds on a pro rata basis based on the amount 
they each invested or committed, as the case may be, in such Co-
Investment Transaction. If any transaction fee is to be held by an 
Adviser pending consummation of the transaction, the fee will be 
deposited into an account maintained by the Adviser at a bank or banks 
having the qualifications prescribed in section 26(a)(1) of the Act, 
and the account will earn a competitive rate of interest that will also 
be divided pro rata among the participating Co-Investment Affiliates 
and Regulated Funds based on the amount each invests in such Co-
Investment Transaction. None of the Co-Investment Affiliates, the 
Regulated Funds, the Advisers nor any affiliated person of the 
Regulated Funds or Co-Investment Affiliates will receive additional 
compensation or remuneration of any kind as a result of or in 
connection with a Co-Investment Transaction (other than (a) in the case 
of the Co-Investment Affiliates and the Regulated Funds, the pro rata 
transaction fees described above and fees or other compensation 
described in condition 2(c)(iii)(C), and (b) in the case of the 
Advisers, investment advisory fees paid in accordance with their 
respective investment advisory agreements with the Regulated Funds and 
Co-Investment Affiliates).
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    \13\ Applicants are not requesting and the staff is not 
providing any relief for transaction fees received in connection 
with any Co-Investment Transaction.
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    14. If the Holders own in the aggregate more than 25 percent of the 
Shares of a Regulated Fund, then the Holders will vote such Shares as 
directed by an independent third party when voting on (1) the election 
of directors; (2) the removal of one or more directors; or (3) all 
other matters under either the Act or applicable State law affecting 
the Board's composition, size, or manner of election.
    15. Each Regulated Fund's chief compliance officer, as defined in 
rule 38a-1(a)(4), will prepare an annual report for its Board that 
evaluates (and documents the basis of that evaluation) the Regulated 
Fund's compliance with the terms and conditions of the application and 
the procedures established to achieve such compliance.
    16. The Advisers to the Regulated Funds and Co-Investment 
Affiliates will maintain written policies and procedures reasonably 
designed to ensure compliance with the foregoing conditions. These 
policies and procedures will require, among other things, that each of 
the Advisers to each Regulated Fund will be notified of all Potential 
Co-Investment Transactions that fall within a Regulated Fund's then-
current Objectives and Strategies and will be given sufficient 
information to make its independent determination and recommendations 
under conditions 1, 2(a), 7 and 8.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Eduardo A. Aleman,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-04447 Filed 3-5-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 8011-01-P


