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FIRSTSECOND DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSE ONLY - MAY 2011- CONFIDENTIAL
ISSUE #
CONFIDENTIAL OFFERING MEMORANDUM
[DATE' 2011
RANQUE-14A-VILLAND-OPPORTIJNITIESBHV OPPORTUNITES
FUND 4-SCA, SICAV-FIS
Societe d'investissement eo kcapital variable — fonds d'investissement specialise
NO APPLICATION FOR THE ADMISSION OF BANQUEs-1441144,1-ANDBHV OPPORTUNITIES
FUND -I,SC4 'I 'w-ris (THE "COMPANY") TO THE OFFICIAL LIST OF SPECIALISED
INVESTMENT FUND (SI F) HAS YET BEEN FILED WITH THE LUXEMBOURG REGULATORY
AUTHORITY FOR THE FINANCIAL SECTOR, THE COMMISSION DE SURVEILLANCE DU
SECTEUR FINANCIER (THE "CSSF"). THIS CONFIDENTIAL OFFERING MEMORANDUM IS A
DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSE ONLY AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT
AMENDMENTS.
APPLICATIONS FOR SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE RESERVED TO WELL-INFORMED
INVESTORS WHO/WHICH WILL HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN ASSESSMENT OF THE
CONDITIONS OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE COMPANY. HENCE, IT IS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INVESTORS TO DETERMINE WHETHER A PARTICIPATION IN
THE COMPANY IS SUITABLE FOR THEM OR NOT.
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By accepting this Confidential Offering Memorandum (the "Memorandum") the recipient agrees to be
bound by the following:
This Memorandum is submitted on a confidential private placement basis to a number of Investors who/which
have expressed an interest in making a Commitment to subscribe for Shares in 13ifilitue—gayilittfitIRHV
Opportunities Fund iSCA, SI('AV-FIS a Luxembourg societe d'investissement en capital variable — fonds
d'investissement specialise (investment company with variable capital — specialised investment fund)
established in the form of a societe en commandite par actions (corporate limited partnership by shares) in
accordance with the 2007 Act (the Company). Unless otherwise defined, capitalised terms used throughout
this Memorandum shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Section "Definitions" of the General
Section.
This Memorandum has been prepared solely for the consideration of Well-Informed Investors. This
Memorandum supersedes and replaces any other information provided by the initiators and its representatives
and agents in respect of the Company. However, the Memorandum is provided for information only, and is not
intended to be and must not alone be taken as the basis for an investment decision. By accepting this
Memorandum and any other information supplied to Investors by the initiators the recipient agrees that such
information is confidential. Neither it nor any of its employees or advisers will use the information for any
purpose other than for evaluating an investment in the Company or divulge such information to any other party
and acknowledges that this Memorandum may not be photocopied, reproduced or distributed to others without
the prior written consent of the initiators. Each recipient hereof by accepting delivery of this Memorandum
agrees to keep confidential the information contained herein and to return it and all related materials to the
Company if such recipient does not undertake to purchase any of the Shares. The information contained in the
Memorandum and any other documents relating to the Company may not be provided to persons (other than
professional advisors) who are not directly concerned with any Investor's decision regarding the investment
offered hereby.
By accepting this Memorandum, Investors in the Company are not to construe the contents of this
Memorandum or any prior or subsequent communications from the Company, the General Partner, the Service
Providers, the initiators or any of their respective officers, members, employees, representatives or agents as
investment, legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice. Prior to investing in the Shares, Investors should
conduct their own investigation and analysis of an investment in the Company and consult with their legal
advisors and their investment, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to determine the consequences of an
investment in the Shares and arrive at an independent evaluation of such investment, including the
applicability of any legal sales or investment restrictions without reliance on the Company, the General Partner.
the Service Providers, the initiators or any of their respective officers, members, employees, representatives or
agents. Neither the Company, the General Partner, the Service Providers, the initiators nor any of their
respective officers, members, employees, representatives or agents accepts any responsibility or liability
whatsoever for the appropriateness of any potential Investors investing in the Company. Prospective Investors
are urged to request any additional information they may consider necessary or desirable in making an
informed investment decision. Each prospective Investor is encouraged, prior to the consummation of their
investment, to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the initiators concerning the Company and this
offering and to request any additional information in order to verify the accuracy of the information contained
in this Memorandum or otherwise.
The Shares have not been registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "US
Securities Act") or the securities bins of any state or political subdivision of the United States, and may
not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in the United States or to, or for the
account or benefit of, any US person, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not
subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any applicable US state securities laws.
The Company is not registered nor does it intend to register (i) under the US Investment Company Act
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of 1940, as amended (the "US Investment Company Act") as an investment company in reliance on the
exemption from such registration pursuant to Section 3(cX7) thereunder. Accordingly, the Shares are
being offered and sold only (i) outside the United States to persons that are (a) other than US persons as
defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act and (b) not US residents (within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act) in offshore transactions that meet the requirements of Regulation S under
the US Securities Act or (ii) to US persons who are (a) "accredited investors" (as defined in Rule 501 of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) and (b) either (I) "qualified purchasers" (within
the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act) or (II) "knowledgeable employees" as
such term is defined in Rule 3c-5 of the Investment Company Act.
The text of the Articles is integral to the understanding of this Memorandum. Potential Investors should
review the Articles carefully. In the event of any inconsistency between this Memorandum and the
Articles, the Articles shall prevail.
Prior to making any Commitment to subscribe for Shares, Investors should obtain a copy of the Subscription
Agreement which contains, inter alia, representations on which the Company may accept an Investor's
Commitment. The Articles, the Service Agreements, the Subscription Agreement and related documentation
are described in summary form herein; these descriptions do not purport to be complete and each such
summary description is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the actual text of the Articles, the
Service Agreements, the Subscription Agreement and related documentation, including any amendment
thereto.
No action has been taken which would permit a public offering of the Shares in any jurisdiction where action
for that purpose would be required. The Memorandum and any other documents relating to the Company do
not constitute an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction in which an offer or solicitation is not authorised, or in
which the person making the offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so, or to any person to whom it is
unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation. Any representation to the contrary is unlawful. No action has
been taken by the initiators or the Company that would permit a public offering of Shares or possession or
distribution of information in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.
Investors should be aware that they may be required to bear the financial risk of their investment for a
significant period of time as Investors may not request redemption of their Shares. Additionally, there will be
no public market for the Shares. Accordingly, Investors should have the financial ability and willingness to
accept the risks of investing in the Company (including, without limitation, the risk of loss of their entire
investment) and accept that they will have recourse only to the assets of the Compartment in which they invest
as these will exist at any time.
Certain statements contained in this Memorandum are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the markets in which the
Company will operate. and the beliefs and assumptions of the Company. Words such as "expects".
"anticipates", "should", "intends", "plans", "believes", "seeks", "estimates", "forecasts", "projects", variations
of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions
which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is
expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially are the general economic climate, inflationary trends, interest rate levels, the availability of
financing, changes in tax and corporate regulations and other risks associated with the ownership and
acquisition of Investments and changes in the legal or regulatory environment or that operation costs may be
greater than anticipated.
An investment in the Shares involves significant risks and there can be no assurance or guarantee as to positive
return on any of the Company's Investments or that there will be any return on invested capital. Potential
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Investors should in particular refer in this Memorandum to Section 25 of the General Section. The investment
objectives are based on a number of assumptions which the Company believes reasonable, but there is no
assurance that the investment objectives will be realised.
The General Partner has taken all reasonable care to ensure that the information contained in this
Memorandum is accurate as of the date of this Memorandum (or such other date as stated herein). Other than as
described below, neither the General Partner, the Company, nor the initiators has any obligation to update this
Memorandum.
Under no circumstances should the delivery of this Memorandum, irrespective of when it is made, create an
implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since such date. The General Partner
reserves the right to modify any of the terms of the offering and the Shares described herein. This
Memorandum may be updated and amended by a supplement and where such supplement is prepared this
Memorandum will be read and construed with such supplement.
This Memorandum will be updated in accordance with Luxembourg Law.
No person has been authorised to give any information or to make any representation concerning the Company
or the offer of the Shares other than the information contained in this Memorandum and any other documents
relating to the Company, and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as
having been authorised by the Company, any Service Provider or the initiators.
Any translation of this Memorandum or of any other transaction document into any other language will
only be for convenience of the relevant Investors having requested such translation. In the case of any
discrepancy due to translation, the English version of the Memorandum and of any other transaction
document will prevail.
Data protection
Certain personal data ofInvestors (including, but not limited to, the name, address and invested amount of each
Investor) may be collected, recorded, stored, adapted, transferred or otherwise processed and used by the
Company, the General Partner, the Services Providers and the financial intermediaries of such Investors. In
particular, such data may be processed for the purposes of account and distribution fee administration,
anti-money laundering and terrorism financing identification, maintaining the register ofInvestors, processing
subscription, redemption and conversion orders (if any) and payments of dividends to Investors and to provide
client-related services. Such information shall not be passed on to any unauthorised third persons.
The Company may sub-contract to another entity (the Processor) (such as the Administrator) the processing of
personal data. The Company undertakes not to transfer personal data to any third parties other than the
Processor except if required by law or on the basis of a prior consent of the Investors.
Each Investor has a right of access to his/her/its personal data and may ask for a rectification thereof in case
where such data is inaccurate or incomplete.
By subscribing to the Shares, each Investor consents to such processing of its personal data. This consent is
formalised in writing in the Subscription Agreement used by the relevant intermediary.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Registered office of the Company
fritiefreaw4
35a, avenue J. F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
General Partner
Warne}
BHV Opportunities Fund Partners Sarl
[Ad(Iress)
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Managers of the General Partner
• [ J. [vame], [City ofresidence]
• [ mid, [City ofresidence]
• [ J. [ Vame],[City ofresidence]
Custodian
Banque Havilland SA
35a, avenue J. F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Administrator and Domiciliary Agent
[Li,
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Auditor
[ \amid
[Address]
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Legal adviser as to Luxembourg Law
Allen & Overy Luxembourg
33, avenue J. F. Kennedy
L-I855 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
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Page
1. The Company 14
2. Management and Administration 15
rent Objective, Strategy an, 17
3. I object' 17
4. Share Capital and Shares 19
5. Subscription of Shares 20
6. Failure to Comply with a Drawdown Notice 21
7. Conversion of Shares 23
8. Redemption of Shares 23
9. Transfer Restrictions 24
10. Ownership Restrictions 25
11. Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Requirements 2-726
12. Calculation of the NAV 27
13. Valuation of Investments 31
14. Temporary Suspension of Calculation of the NAV and/or of Subscription, Redemption
and Conversion 32
15. General Meeting 3211
16. Accounting Y.xtracesninting yv_ar and Reporting 33
17. Dissolution/Liquidation 34
18. Distribution — Re-Investment Cash 36
19. Taxation 38
20. Indemnity 39
21. Announcements and Confidentiality 40
22. Payments 4041
23. Expenses 41
24. Reserve 42
25. Risk Factors 4243
26. Amendments to the General Section 48
SPECIAL SECTION I --INAME-OF-T-14E-COMPARTMENT4JBEYOnmatatities
EttniLSCAs_SICAV-FLS -Emerging Markets Fund I 49
I. Investment Polieypolicy 49
2. Reference Currency 51
3. Investment cemtmitteecommittec 51
4 investment Adviser 53
5. Term of the Compartment 54
6. Classes of Shares 55
7. Offering of Shares — Capital Contributions 55
8. Drawdown from Investors 57
9. Re-Investment Cash 59
10. Valuation Date 59
II. Distributions and Allocation of Liquidation Proceeds — Carried Interest — Re-Investment 59
12. Management Fee 4059
13. Amendments to this Special Section 60
14. Specific Risk Factors 60
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DEFINITIONS
In this Memorandum, the following terms have the following meanings:
1915 Act means the Luxembourg act of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended;
2002 Act means the Luxembourg act of 20 December 2002 relating to undertakings for collective investments,
as may be amended from time to time;
2007 Act means the Luxembourg act of 13 February 2007 relating to SIFs, as may be amended from time to
time:
2010 Act means the Luxembourg act of 17 December 2010 relating to undertakings for collective investments.
as may be amended from time to time;
Accounting Year means a twelve (12) months period ending on 31 December;
Additional Report has the meaning set out in Section 16.5 of the General Section;
Administrator means [Name] in its capacity as administrative agent and registrar and transfer agent of the
Company:
Affiliate means
(a) in the case of a company:
(i) any company which is its direct or indirect holding company or subsidiary or a direct or
indirect subsidiary of that holding company; or
(ii) a company (or a direct or indirect subsidiary of a company) or other legal entity which controls
or is controlled by the person concerned;
(b) in the case of an individual, the spouse or direct descendant and ascendants of any kind, and any
company directly or indirectly controlled by such person and his associates within the meaning of
paragraph (a) of this definition; or
(c) in the case of an entity other than a company, the members and any company directly or indirectly
controlled by such person and his associates within the meaning of paragraph (a) of this definition; or
except in, all cases, any company in which the Company holds an Investment.
Annual Valuation has the meaning set out in Section 13.3 of the General Section;
Articles means the articles of association of the Company, as amended from time to time;
Auditor means the auditor (reviseur &entreprises agree) of the Company which is [Name];
Bridging Investments means investments made with a view to selling them (or a portion thereof) to a third
party within twelve (12) months of their acquisition;
Business Day means a full day on which banks are generally open for business in Luxembourg (excluding
Saturdays and Sundays and public holidays);
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Capital Contribution means the cash contributed by an Investor to the relevant Compartment to the exclusion
of any Subsequent Closing Actualisation Interest or Equalisation Fee Payment due to the Company;
Claims and Expenses means, with respect to the relevant person, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, fines, taxes and interest and penalties thereon, claims, demands, actions, suits, proceedings (whether
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise), costs, expenses and disbursements (including legal
and accounting fees and expenses, costs of investigation and sums paid in settlement) of any kind or nature
whatsoever, which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted at any time against that person in any way
related to or arising out of this Memorandum, the Articles, the Subscription Agreement, the Company, the
Investments or the management, administration, or activities of any Indemnified Person on behalf of the
Company or Investments;
Class means a class of Shares within a relevant Compartment of the Company (categoric d'actions) as such
term is understood under the 1915 Act;
Closing means, in relation to any Compartment, any date on which Investors may commit to subscribe for
Shares in the Company, as determined by the General Partner and stipulated in the relevant Special Section;
Commitment means, in relation to an Investor, the amount committed by it to the Company (and whether or
not such amount has been advanced in whole or in part and whether or not it has been repaid to the Investor in
whole or in part):
Commitment Period means, in relation to each Compartment and unless otherwise stated in a Special Section,
the period beginning on the First Closing Date of that Compartment and ending on the date as determined in
the relevant Special Section of the Compartment.
Company means Bittkii+e-144,4-444aRti-eppootin+Fitu,
• ..BHV Opportunities Fund -I-SCA, SICAV-FIS;
Company's Consent means the written consent (which shall include electronic mail or other electronic
communication and may consist of one or more documents (including "pdftype electronic mail attachments)
in similar form each signed by one or more of the Investors) of the Investors who together exceed 50% of the
voting rights of the Company at the relevant time, provided that in calculating the percentage vote, Section 6 of
the General Section, shall be taken into account in the numerator and denominator;
Compartment means a separate portfolio of assets established for one or more Classes of the Company which
is invested in accordance with a specific investment objective. The features of each Compartment will be
described in their relevant Special Section;
Compartment's Consent means, in relation to each Compartment and unless otherwise provided for in a
Special Section, the written consent (which shall include electronic mail or other electronic communication
and may consist of one or more documents (including "pdf' type electronic mail attachments) in similar form
each signed by one or more of the Investors) of the Investors who together exceed 50% of the Total Capital
Contributions to the relevant Compartment at the relevant time, provided that in calculating the percentage
vote, Section 6 of the General Section, shall be taken into account in the numerator and denominator;
Control means, in relation to a company or entity: (a) the holding, directly or indirectly, of the majority votes
which may be cast at a company's ordinary Investors' meetings or the votes necessary to direct or cause the
direction of a company's ordinary Investors' meetings; and (b) any contractual relationship by virtue of which a
person can direct the business activities of a company or other entity and "to control" or "controlled" shall be
construed accordingly;
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CIS means the Commonwealth of Independent States which is the international organisation. or alliance
consisting of the following former Soviet Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, %laws. Georgia,_Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia. Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan; Turkmenistan discontinued permanent
membership as of 26 August 2005 and is now an associate member;
CSSF means the Commission de surveillance du secieurfinancier,, the Luxembourg regulator for the financial
sector;
Custodian means Banque Havilland SA in its capacity as custodian of the Company;
Default means the failure by an Investor described in Section 6 of the General Section which would entitle a
declaration of a Default Date;
Default Date has the meaning set out in Section 6 of the General Section;
Default Expenses means, with 1apt-CI to any Investor, the amount of (a) any expenses incurred by the
Company (and/or any Intermediary Vehicle) in respect of the relevant Compartment, the General Partner or
any of the Service Providers arising from, or in connection with, a Default (including lawyers' fees, collection
costs and interest, lender costs and borrowing expenses incurred by the Company in respect of the relevant
Compartment resulting from any borrowings by the Company or any Intermediary Vehicle to cover any
shortfall caused by that Default); and (b) any other fee, charge or payment due to relevant Compartment
(and/or any Intermediary Vehicle), the General Partner or any of the Service Providers in relation to which that
Defaulting Investor is in default. Default Expenses include, for the avoidance of doubt, any fees, interest,
charges and costs associated with the use of any financing to cover any shortfall caused by that Default;
Defaulting Investor has the meaning set out in Section 6 of the General Section;
Default Notice means a written notice from the General Partner to an Investor notifying it of its failure to
contribute to the relevant Compartment amounts which are the subject of a Drawdown Notice on or before the
Drawdown Date;
Domiciliary Agent means [Name] in its capacity as domiciliary agent of the Company;
Drawdown Date means, in relation to each Compartment, the date, as determined by the General Partner
specified in a Drawdown Notice given by the General Partner, as the date on which an Investor is to make a
Capital Contribution to that Compartment;
Drawdown Notice means, in relation to each Compartment and unless otherwise provided for in a
Compartment's Special Section, the written notice advising Investors of the Capital Contribution (i.e., the
portion of their Commitment required to be contributed to the Company) to be made on a Drawdown Date that
is issued prior to that Drawdown Date and the corresponding number of Ordinary Shares that will be issued;
Equalisation Fee Payment means any payment required by the General Partner to a Subsequent Investor in
order to equalise the contribution to aggregate costs and fees between Previous Investors and Subsequent
Investors;
EUR means the single currency of the member states of the Economic and Monetary Union;
Expenses has the meaning set out in Section 23 of the General Section;
Experienced Investor means any investor who (i) adheres in writing to the status of experienced investor and
(ii) either (a) commits to invest a minimum of EURI25,000 in the Company or (b) has obtained an assessment
by a credit institution within the meaning ofDirective 2006/48/EC, by an investment finn within the meaning
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of Directive 2004/39/EC, or by a management company within the meaning of Directive 2001/107/EC
certifying his expertise, his/her/its expertise, experience and knowledge in adequately appraising an
investment in the Company;
Final Closing Date means, in respect of each Compartment and unless otherwise stated in a Special Section,
the date determined by the General Partner to be the date after which no additional investors shall be admitted
to the relevant Compartment provided that this date shall not be later than twenty four (24) months after the
First Closing Date without an Investor Consent;
First Closing Date means, in respect of each Compartment and unless otherwise provided for in a Special
Section, the date upon which the first Investors are admitted to the relevant Compartment;
Follow-on Investments means Investments made by the Company which are intended to preserve, protect or
enhance the value of existing investments;
General Partner means pletorte}BBV Opportunities Fund Partners Sad the unlimited partner (actionnaire
girant commandite) of the Company and references to the exercise of any determinations, discretion and the
making of decisions shall be references to the General Partner acting on behalf of the Company;
General Meeting means the general meeting of the Shareholders of the Company or, as the case may be, of
relevant Compartment or of a relevant Class;
General Section means the general section of the Memorandum that sets out the general terms and conditions
applicable to all Compartments of the Company, unless otherwise provided in any of the Special Sections;
I iiderriniticil Person has the meaning given in Section 4-9,1-20.1 of the General Section;
Independent Valuer means any of the independent valuers of a relevant Compartment appointed by the
Company from time to time to determine the Market Value of an Investment held by a Compartment (including
any third-party firm retained to oversee and review the work of other independent valuers);
Institutional Investors means investors who qualify as institutional investors according to Luxembourg Law;
Invested Capital means any amounts drawn and any amounts committed to Investments by the relevant
Compartment, plus amounts reserved for Follow-on Investments and shall be reduced by (i) the acquisition
cost of realised Investments (excluding underwritings and Bridging Investments) and (ii) any permanent write
off;
Investment means any investment of a relevant Compartment (whether directly or through an Intermediary
Vehicle), including participations in or commitments to Portfolio Companies or intermediary Vehicles, Liquid
Assets, shares, bonds, convertible loan stock, options, warrants or other securities of, and loans (whether
secured or unsecured) made to any person, rights and interests;
Investment Adviser means the investment adviser appointed by the General Partner in relation to the
management of a relevant Compartment as determined in the relevant Special Section;
Investment Committee means a committee established by the General Partner at the level of a relevant
Compartment as described in Section 2.6 of the General Section and in the Special Section of the relevant
Compartment;
Investor means any person who is or becomes an investor in the Company by assuming a Commitment and,
where the context requires, shall include that person as a Shareholder of the Company;
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Intermediary Vehicle means any subsidiary or other company, entity or arrangement (such as a limited
partnership, unit trust or trust) in which one or more Compartment(s) holds any direct or indirect interest
(whether characterised as equity, debt or otherwise, including a co-investment or fractional interest),
specifically established for the purpose of structuring the holding of one or more Investment(s), or other
analogous entity controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or its Affiliates;
Kick-off Period means the transitional period set out for each Compartment in its Special Section which is
used for the building-up of the Compartment's portfolio and during which risk spreading requirements are not
yet fulfilled;
Liquid Assets means cash or cash equivalents, including, inter alia and without limitation, investments in units
of money market funds, time deposits and regularly negotiated money market instruments the remaining
maturity of which is less than twelve (12) months, treasury bills and bonds issued by OECD member countries
or their local authorities or by supranational institutions and organisations with European Union, regional or
worldwide scope as well as bonds admitted to official listing on a stock exchange or dealt on a regulated
market. issued by first-class issuers and highly liquid;
Luxembourg means the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;
Luxembourg Law means the applicable laws and regulations of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg;
Manager means each manager of the General Partner,
Management Fee means the management fee to which the General Partner may be entitled, in accordance
with Section 23 of the General Section and the terms of the relevant Special Section;
Management Share means the management share held by the General Partner in the Company or the
Compartment in its capacity as unlimited Shareholder;
Manager means a member of the General Partner's board of managers;
Market Value means, (a) in relation to Investments of a relevant Compartment, the Market Value of such
Investments as determined by an Independent Valuer in accordance with appropriate valuation standard,
subject in each case to possible adjustment by the General Partner or the Administrator acting on their behalf to
take account of discrepancies including those resulting from the legal holding structure of Investments or
variations in local market practice; and (b) in relation to the Investments which are not valued by an
Independent Valuer the market value determined as detailed in the Articles. For the avoidance of doubt Market
Value does not take into account any leverage or other liabilities incurred by the relevant Compartment in
relation to the relevant asset;
Memorandum means this confidential offering memorandum, as amended or supplemented from time to
time;
Memorial means the Memorial C, Recueil des Societe et Associations, the Luxembourg official gazette;
NAV means the net asset value of the Company, each Class and each Share as determined in accordance with
Section 12 of the General Section;
Net Distributable Cash means, with respect to any period and each Compartment, all cash receipts by the
relevant Compartment arising during that period from the Compartment's Investments and other assets
(including amounts released from Reserves and all cash proceeds received by the Compartment during that
period from capital events, including (a) the sale, transfer, exchange or other disposal of all or any portion of
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any Investment; (b) the incurrence of any indebtedness by the Compartment; (c) the refinancing of any
indebtedness of the Compartment; and (d) any similar transaction), reduced by the portion thereof used during
that period to pay or establish Reserves, service the requirements of any credit facility or other third party debt,
and pay the Expenses (excluding the Management Fee) For the avoidance of doubt, any Subsequent Closing
Actualisation Interest or Equalisation Fee Payment paid by investors, as the case may be, will not be taken into
account for the purpose of calculating Net Distributable Cash;
Open-ended Compartment means a Compartment where any Shareholder may request redemption of all or
part of its Shares from the Company, in accordance with the terms of the relevant Special Section;
Ordinary Shares means Shares which may be subscribed by Investors who/which are not Restricted Persons;
Participating Shares means Shares which are (i) reserved for subscription by the initiators, the General
Partner and the Investment Adviser(s) or their directors. managers. officers, employees or non-staff advisers
and which (ii) grant their holder the right to receive the Carried Interest and the Preferred Return as described
in the relevant Special Section;
Portfolio Company means the target company the General Partner takes directly or indirectly (i.e. through one
or more Intermediary Vehicles) for the account of a relevant Compartment a participation in accordance with
the investment policy as determined in the relevant Special Section;
Processor means an entity (such as the Administrator) to which the processing of personal data may be
sub-contracted by the Company;
Professional Investors means Investors who qualify as professional investors within the meaning of Annex III
to the law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector, as amended;
Reference Currency means, in relation to each Compartment and Class, the currency in which the NAV of
such Compartment or Class is calculated, as stipulated in the relevant Special Section;
Re-investment Cash has the meaning set out in Section 18 of the General Section;
Restricted Person has the meaning set out in Section 10 of the General Section;
Service Agreements means the custodian agreement, the administrative agent and registrar and transfer agent
agreement, the domiciliary agency agreement and any other agreement between the Company on account of
one or more Compartments and any other Service Provider;
Service Providers means the Custodian, the Administrator, the Domiciliary Agent and any other person who
provides services to the Company from time to time;
Set-Up Costs has the meaning set out in Section 23 of the General Section;
SW means the specialised investment fund under the 2007 Act;
Special Section means each and every supplement to this Memorandum describing the specific features of a
Compartment. Each such supplement is to be regarded as an integral part of the Memorandum;
Shareholder means an owner of Shares;
Shares means all shares issued by the Company from time to time, ter cbenting the total outstanding share
capital;
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Subscription Agreement means, in relation to each Compartment, the subscription agreement entered into by
each Investor and the Company for the account of such Compartment, as the case may be, as it may be further
amended from time to time;
Subscription Fee means a fee charged either on the Commitment or on the Contributed Capital to the benefit
of the General Partner (or an agent or third party if so instructed by the General Partner) and which is
determined (if any) in the relevant Special Section;
Total Commitments means, in relation to each Compartment, the total Commitments of Investors to such
Compartment;
Total Capital Contributions means, in relation to each Compartment and unless otherwise stated in a Special
Section, the total of all Capital Contributions made by the Investors to the relevant Compartment;
Total Undrawn Commitments means, in relation to each Compartment and unless otherwise stated in a
Special Section, the total of all Undrawn Commitments at the relevant time that are available to be drawn down
into the Compartment pursuant to Section 18 of the General Section and the terms of the relevant Special
Section;
Transfer has the meaning set out in Section 9 of the General Section;
Underlying Claim has the meaning set out in Section 18.8 of the General Section;
Undrawn Commitment means with regard to an Investor, the amount of its Commitment which at the
relevant time is available to be drawn down and includes, for the avoidance of doubt, those amounts repaid and
available for further drawdown pursuant to Section 18 of the General Section and the tenns of the relevant
Special Section, but not exceeding a Investor's Commitment;
Unconsummated Transaction means a proposed Investment, or a proposed liquidation of an asset that is
considered by the Company but no consummated;
USD means the United State Dollar, the currency of the United States of America;
Valuation Date has the meaning set out in Section 12 of the General Section;
Well-Informed Investors means any well-informed investors within the meaning of article 2 of the 2007 Act.
There exist three categories of well-informed investors, Institutional Investors, Professional Investors and
Experienced Investors. For the avoidance of doubt, the managers of the General Partner and the other persons
involved in the management of the Company such as the members of the AiWimicylin estment Committee, as
the case may be, arc regarded as Well-Informed investors for the purpose of article 2 of the 2007 Act.
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GENERAL SECTION
The General Section applies to all Compartments of the Company. The specific features of each Compartment
and Class are set forth in the Special Sections.
I. THE COMPANY
Corporate form - Legal regime
The Company is a Luxembourg sociate d'investissement a capital variable - fonds d'investissement
specialise (investment company with variable capital - specialised investment fund), governed by the
2007 Act, the 1915 Act and the Articles.
1.2 The Company has adopted the form of a corporate partnership limited by shares (societe en
commandite par actions). The Company is registered with the Luxembourg trade and companies
register under the number B [number]. its Articles will be published in the Memorial on [date].
1.3 A Luxembourg corporate partnership limited by shares (sod& en commandite par actions) is a
company established by contract between one or more shareholders who are indefinitely, jointly and
severally liable for the obligations of the company and one or more shareholders who only contribute a
specific share of capital. Therefore, it is comprised of:
(a) the actionnaire gerant commandite or the general partner who is responsible for the
management of the company and is jointly and severally liable for all liabilities which cannot
be met with the assets of the company; and
(b) the actionnaires commanditaires or limited shareholders whose liability is limited to the
amount of their investment in the company.
1.4 No measure affecting the interests of the Company vis-a-vis third parties and no decision with a view
to amend the Articles may be taken without the affirmative vote of the actionnaire gerant commandite
(i.e., the General Partner).
1.5 The capital of the Company is at all times equal to the value of its net assets. The Company was
incorporated with an initial capital ofEUR31,000. The share capital increased by the issue premium (if
any) of the Company must reach EUR1,250,000 within a period of twelve (12) months following its
authorisation by the CSSF (and may not be less than this amount thereafter). The combined accounts
of the Company are held in EUR.
1.6 The registration of the Company pursuant to the 2007 Act does not constitute a positive assessment by
any Luxembourg authority as to the adequacy or accuracy of this Memorandum or as to the assets held
in the various Compartments. Any representations to the contrary are unauthorised and unlawful.
Umbrella structure - Compartments and Classes
1.7 The Company has an umbrella structure consisting of one or several Compartments. A separate
portfolio of assets is maintained for each Compartment and is invested in accordance with the
investment objective and policy applicable to that Compartment. The investment objective, policy, as
well as the other specific features of each Compartment are set forth in the relevant Special Section.
1.8 The Company is one single legal entity. However, in accordance with 71(5) of the 2007 Act, the rights
of the Investors and creditors relating to a Compartment or arising from the setting-up, operation and
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liquidation of a Compartment are limited to the assets of that Compartment. The assets of a
Compartment are exclusively dedicated to the satisfaction of the rights of the Investors relating to that
Compartment and the rights of those creditors whose claims have a
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