Overview
Assets Under Management: $12.5 billion
Headquarters: BOSTON, MA
Services Offered
Services: Portfolio Management for Individuals, Portfolio Management for Pooled Investment Vehicles, Investment Advisor Selection
Clients
Total Client Accounts: 224
Discretionary Accounts: 44
Non-Discretionary Accounts: 180
Regulatory Filings
CRD Number: 183517
Last Filing Date: 2024-07-31 00:00:00
Website: https://baincapital.com
Form ADV Documents
Primary Brochure: BAIN CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, LP MARCH 2025 (2025-03-31)
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Item 1.
Cover Page
Bain Capital Asset Management, LP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116
Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure
March 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices
of Bain Capital Asset Management, LP. If you have any questions about the
contents of this brochure, please contact us at (617) 516-2318. The information in
this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Bain Capital Asset Management, LP also is available
on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. An investment adviser’s
registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
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Item 2. Material Changes
Item 2 is not applicable.
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Item 3. Table of Contents
Item 1. Cover Page ....................................................................................................... 1
Item 2. Material Changes ............................................................................................ 2
Item 3. Table of Contents ............................................................................................ 3
Item 4. Advisory Business .......................................................................................... 4
Item 5. Fees and Compensation ................................................................................. 5
Item 6. Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ......................... 6
Item 7. Types of Clients ............................................................................................... 6
Item 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .................... 6
Item 9. Disciplinary Information ................................................................................ 31
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ................................... 31
Item 11. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading .......................................................................................................... 47
Item 12. Brokerage Practices ..................................................................................... 48
Item 13. Review of Accounts Oversight and Monitoring ......................................... 48
Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation ................................................. 49
Item 15. Custody ........................................................................................................ 49
Item 16. Investment Discretion .................................................................................. 49
Item 17. Voting Client Securities .............................................................................. 50
Item 18. Financial Information................................................................................... 50
Item 19. Requirements for State-Registered Advisers ............................................. 51
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Item 4. Advisory Business
Bain Capital Asset Management, LP (“BCAM”), a Delaware limited partnership
wholly owned by Bain Capital, LP (“Bain Capital”) provides investment advisory
services to pooled investment vehicles that are exempt from registration under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) and whose
securities are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), including the Clarendon Funds (defined below), Boylston Low
Correlation Investments, L.P., Boylston Real Assets Fund, L.P. (collectively, the
“Boylston Funds”), and the Coinvest Clients (defined below) As the investment
adviser of the Boylston Funds, and the Clarendon Funds (defined below)
(collectively, the “Partner Investments Clients”), BCAM identifies investment
opportunities for, and may participate in the acquisition, monitoring and disposition
of investment opportunities for the Partner Investments Clients.
The primary focus of BCAM’s investment advisory activity is recommending limited
partnership interests in third party funds that invest in independent return,
opportunity credit, hedged equity, infrastructure, real estate, natural resources,
public equity (developed and emerging markets), private equity and venture asset
classes to the Partner Investments Clients and advising pooled investment vehicles
through which current and former personnel of Bain Capital and its affiliates and
certain related persons invest in Related Funds (defined below) or participate in
transactions executed by Related Funds, in each case advised by the Affiliate
Advisers (each as defined below) other than BCAM (such pooled vehicles, the
“Coinvest Clients,” together with the Partner Investments Clients, the “Clients”).
The Partner Investments Clients generally use a “fund of funds” investment
structure, and, as such, the Partner Investments Clients do not typically make direct
investments in publicly traded securities or in private operating entities. The
Coinvest Clients typically invest directly in the Related Funds or make direct
investments alongside the Related Funds.
BCAM provides investment advisory services to each Boylston Fund pursuant to
separate investment and advisory agreements (each an “Advisory Agreement”).
Investments may be executed through an aggregator vehicle (a “Clarendon Fund”).
For Boylston Funds and Coinvest Clients, investment advice is provided directly to
each Boylston Fund and Coinvest Client, subject to the direction and control of the
applicable general partner of such Boylston Fund and Coinvest Client and not
individually to investors in those Boylston Funds and Coinvest Clients.
Any restrictions on investing in certain types of investments are established by the
general partner of the applicable Boylston Fund and Coinvest Client and are set
forth in the governing documents for each respective Boylston Fund and Coinvest
Client. The governing documents of the Coinvest Clients and/or Related Funds
restrict Coinvest Clients to investing on a formulaic basis in or alongside the Related
Funds. In particular, when a Coinvest Client coinvests with a Related Fund (defined
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below) that is a private equity or venture capital fund, the governing documents of
the general partner of the Coinvest Client require such general partner to comply
with any agreement with respect to voting or disposing of such co-investment made
by the general partner of the Related Fund (defined below).
(ii) making
investment decisions;
identifying, and evaluating
(iii) making
Lastly, BCAM may advise BCAM Insurance Clients about investing their reserves
and/or other investible assets. In particular, BCAM’ advisory activities include,
investment
among other things, (i) sourcing,
opportunities;
investment
representations on behalf of the BCAM Insurance Clients; and (iv) buying, selling
and otherwise trading securities and other assets. BCAM may also provide
investment advice about the appropriate investment allocation of the insurance
company’s assets, and the selection of advisers or sub-advisers to manage client
assets.
instructions and mandate
limitations.
In certain
BCAM may also manage assets in accordance with investment management
agreements entered into with BCAM Insurance Clients, which contain the clients’
general
instances, BCAM
establishes separately managed accounts for its BCAM Insurance Clients.
As of December 31, 2024, BCAM provides investment advice to approximately
$11,186,342,000 of client assets, of which $9,885,429,000 is discretionary1 and
$1,300,913,000 is non- discretionary.
Item 5. Fees and Compensation
BCAM does not currently charge management fees or performance-based fees.
Partner Investments Clients may be allocated the expenses associated with the
operation of BCAM for the services provided to Partner Investments Clients
(including insurance premiums and third- party service providers) in accordance
with the guidelines set forth in the BCAM expense allocation policy, which are
provided to investors in the Boylston Funds and Clarendon Funds. Further, certain
clients are charged an allocation of expenses of BCAM’s operating expenses
annually based on the net asset value of their assets under management with BCAM
(“NAV charge”). Complex investments may charge a higher NAV charge, which is
based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, administrative complexity,
and are disclosed to during the offering of the investment. Services provided to the
Coinvest Clients are generally paid for by Bain Capital. Coinvest Clients’ pro-rata
share of certain expenses related to the Coinvest Clients have in the past and may
be the future be borne by the Coinvest Clients.
1 BCAM does not have ultimate investment discretion with respect to the assets of any Boylston Fund
or Coinvest Client as such discretion is retained by the general partner of each Boylston Fund or
Coinvest Client.
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Fees Received by Affiliated Broker-Dealer
Our affiliate, Bain Capital Distributors, LLC (“Bain Capital Distributors”) is a broker-
dealer registered with the SEC and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (“FINRA”). Bain Capital Distributors places securities and instruments
issued by certain private investment Boylston Funds that BCAM and its affiliates
manage.
When Bain Capital Distributors acts as the placement agent for a Boylston Fund in
respect of securities or instruments issued by a Boylston Fund, no commission or
other compensation is received by Bain Capital Distributors from such Boylston
Fund or their investors for such service.
Item 6. Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Not Applicable.
Item 7. Types of Clients
BCAM currently provides investment advisory services to the Boylston Funds,
subject to the direction and control of the general partner of such Boylston Fund, to
the Clarendon Funds, and to the Coinvest Clients..
Limited partners or investors in the Boylston Funds, Clarendon Funds, and Coinvest
Clients are current and former personnel of Bain Capital and its affiliates.
Legal eligibility requirements must be met by limited partners in the Boylston Funds,
Clarendon Funds, and Coinvest Clients.
Item 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
For the Partner Investments Clients, BCAM’s investment strategy involves in-depth
strategic and financial analysis, placing particular emphasis on global market
dynamics, non-correlation, and manager capability. BCAM typically recommends
investments in funds it believes will outperform their relative benchmarks, generally
in asset classes not offered under Bain Capital’s platform.
BCAM’s fundamental research includes the following detailed analyses:
Sub-strategy/geographic attractiveness
·
Competitive analysis
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Management strategy and capability
·
Absolute and relative performance versus competitors and benchmarks
·
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Key risks and opportunities
·
As part of its in-depth research, BCAM dedicates significant resources to assessing
an investment’s strategic position rather than simply performing financial analysis.
This strategic evaluation generally includes market research, peer analysis, risk
assessment and management interviews and reference checks.
For the Coinvest Clients, BCAM follows a strategy of investing directly in or
alongside Related Funds, as set forth in the applicable Coinvest Client’s and/or
Related Fund’s (defined below) governing documents and the governing
documents of the Coinvest Client’s general partner.
Risks
Investing in securities involves a substantial degree of risk. The investments made
by each Client may lose all or a substantial portion of their value, and investors in a
Client must be prepared to bear the risk of loss, including total loss, of their
investments therein.
Different risks may exist with respect to investments in different Clients. The risks
associated with an investment in particular Clients may be substantially impacted
by the nature and timing of the market.
In addition, material risks relating to the investment strategies and methods of
analysis described above, and the types of securities purchased by the Clients in
connection with those strategies and methods, include the following:
Risks Related to Investing in a Private Fund
Reliance on the Adviser
An investor in a Client must rely on the Adviser’s ability to identify and make
investments consistent with a Client’s investment objective and policies. In addition,
the investors and limited partners will generally not have an opportunity to evaluate
the relevant economic, financial or other information regarding specific investments
to be made by a Client or the terms of any investment ahead of the investment
being made. The Adviser may be unable to find a sufficient number of attractive
opportunities to fully invest a Client’s portfolio or meet its investment objective.
Further, there can be no assurance that what the General Partner or the Adviser
perceives as an attractive investment opportunity will not, in fact, result in
substantial losses due to one or more of a wide variety of factors. In addition, there
can be no assurances that allocations of investment opportunities will be made pro
rata as between the Clients and other Related Funds, and any such allocation
determinations will be made in accordance with the factors described herein.
Limited partners and investors have no right or power to take part in the
management of a Client. Investors will not receive the detailed financial information
regarding companies in which a Client invests that is available to the General Partner
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and the Adviser. Accordingly, no person or entity should subscribe for, or otherwise
acquire interests unless such person or entity is willing to entrust all aspects of the
management of the Client to the General Partner and the Adviser.
The loss of the services of one or more of the members of the professional staff of
the Adviser could have an adverse impact on a Client’s ability to realize its
investment objective. In addition, it is expected that all of the officers and
employees responsible for managing or advising a Client will continue to have
responsibilities with respect to other funds, accounts, and investments managed
and advised by the Adviser. Thus, such persons will have demands made on their
time for the investment, monitoring, exit strategy and other functions of other funds,
managed accounts or similar investment vehicles. In addition, the limited
partnership agreement and the investment management agreement limit the
circumstances under which the General Partner, the Adviser and their respective
affiliates (and other related parties) can be held liable to a Client. As a result, limited
partners may have a more limited right of action in certain cases than they would in
the absence of such provisions.
Risks Associated with Investments in or alongside Underlying Funds
Partner Investments Clients generally expect to make investments in, and the
Coinvest Clients expect to make investments in or alongside, investment funds,
accounts, and operating company securities across a range of alternative asset
classes, including public equity securities, fixed income securities, private equity,
venture capital, foreign exchange, real assets (including public and private real
estate, natural resources and commodities), other liquid and illiquid investment the
risk that an Underlying Fund could be required to liquidate positions at
disadvantageous prices because of an inability to raise margin collateral from other
sources. Fourth, it increases the risk that an Underlying Fund may not honor a
Client’s liquidity expectations.
A side effect of the inability to redeem from an Underlying Fund is that the Adviser
may be unable to reallocate a Client’s assets as dynamically as the Adviser may
otherwise desire. This limitation will exist even when an Underlying Fund has not
implemented a constraint on its expected liquidity. Given that, even under normal
market and operating conditions, the Underlying Funds permit redemptions
infrequently (or, in some cases, not at all) and on significant advance notice, a
Client’s flexibility to reallocate assets among Underlying Funds will be limited.
The Adviser has no control over the liquidity of Underlying Funds and depends on
the portfolio managers to provide appropriate valuations as well as liquidity in order
to process investor redemptions. In some cases, the Adviser allocates assets to
Underlying Funds that later impose liquidity constraints making it impossible to
terminate them as the Adviser desires. Investors must recognize that under certain
circumstances, restrictions on liquidity that portfolio managers impose may
materially restrict or delay investor redemption rights. An inability to redeem from
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an Underlying Fund may expose a Client to losses it could have otherwise avoided
if the Client had been able to redeem from that Underlying Fund. An inability to
redeem from an Underlying Fund may also cause a Fund to become unbalanced
because it may be forced to obtain liquidity from more liquid investments.
Senior Advisors and Third-Party Service Providers
The Adviser may retain third parties (which may include former employees of the
General Partner, the Adviser or their respective affiliates) to provide services in
relation to the Clients’ offering, investment activities underlying investments and/or
operations. In particular, senior advisors may be retained to provide sourcing,
consulting or advisory services, including services related to the development of
investment theses and investment opportunities in a given sector or deal analyses
(in each case, services may, for the avoidance of doubt, be provided prior to the
commencement of an offering or investment). Additional third-party consultants,
legal advisors, accountants, investment banks and/or others are expected to be
retained to assist in the investment due diligence process to varying degrees
depending on the particular investment. In addition, the General Partner and the
Adviser may retain one or more individuals in connection with sourcing potential
investments for the Clients, establishing platforms for investments, operating
portfolio companies or providing other similar services (such individuals, senior
advisors, fundless sponsors and other third-party experts, advisors, or consultants,
“service providers”). Such involvement of service providers may present a number
of risks primarily relating to the General Partner’s reduced control of the functions
that are outsourced. In addition to Third-Party Service Providers, the Fund GPs
and/or the Fund Adviser will from time to time, engage other operating
professionals, including third-party consultants and/or employees or former
employees of the Fund GPs, the Fund Adviser and their respective affiliates.
The involvement of Third-Party Service Providers may present a number of risks
primarily relating to the General Partner’s reduced control of the functions that are
outsourced. In addition, Third- Party Service Providers may not have requirements
or the time and attention they devote to each Client, their activities, or their
investments The General Partner and the Adviser may rely on the findings of service
providers in making, offering, investment and/or management decisions. Bain
Capital and the Adviser may not be in a position to verify the risks or reliability of
such service providers. The Clients and the Adviser may suffer adverse
consequences from actions, errors, or failures to act by such third parties. While no
service provider providing services to the Clients will have any fiduciary duties to
the Clients or the limited partners, they may be entitled to indemnification under
the terms of the service contracts or other arrangements entered into with respect
to the Clients, which costs and expenses of such indemnification would be borne
by the Clients. In certain circumstances, Bain Capital and its employees may have
other commercial or personal relationships with other service providers which
makes the General Partner or Adviser more likely to engage that service provider
or which present other conflicts of interest which may not be possible to manage
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in such a way that they are avoided.
Fees paid to service providers may be structured in various ways, including as an
annual, quarterly, monthly, daily, or hourly fee or retainer, consulting fee (e.g. time
and materials), and/or incentive compensation based on the particular services
provided (such as a bonus or success fee or profits interest (in the form of cash or
equity) based on pre-determined targets, milestones or similar factors), based on
the particular services provided or as guaranteed minimum compensation (which
may ultimately be borne by the Clients). Collectively, these fees generally will be
borne by the Clients or their portfolio companies. In addition, service providers may
also be granted equity interests (including stock options) in one or more portfolio
companies, which they may not have received if they did not have an ongoing
relationship with the General Partner, the Adviser and the Clients. Any such equity
interests (including any stock options, and other rights to purchase interests in the
portfolio investments) will not be for the benefit of the Clients.
Service providers or their affiliates often charge different rates or have different
arrangements for specific types of services. However, relevant comparisons may
not be available for a number of reasons, including as a result of a lack of a
substantial market of providers or users of such services or the confidential,
specialized and/or bespoke nature of such services. In connection with such
relationships, the General Partner will make determinations of market rates based
on its consideration of a number of factors, which are generally expected to include
the General Partner’s experience with relevant service providers and the overall
quality and/or nature of the services they provide. Whether or not the Adviser or its
employees have a relationship or receive financial or other benefit from
recommending a particular service provider, there can be no assurance that no
other service provider is not more qualified to provide the applicable services or
could provide such services at lesser cost.
Valuation Risks
Clients’ investments are valued at estimated fair value as determined in good faith
by the applicable General Partners. Due to the generally illiquid nature of many of
the securities held and potential relative scarcity of market comparables, fair values
determined by the applicable General Partners may not reflect the prices that
actually would be received when such investments are realized. The process of
valuing securities for which reliable market quotations are not available is based on
inherent uncertainties and the resulting values may differ from values that would
have been determined had an active market existed for such securities and may
differ from the prices at which such securities may ultimately be sold. With respect
to the Clients, the exercise of discretion in valuation by the Advisers gives rise to
conflicts of interest. In addition, the General Partners may or may not value the
investments differently with how the same or similar investments are valued by the
general partners of the other Related Funds. If the valuations made by the General
Partners are incorrect (including both with respect to an in-kind distribution or with
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respect to the fair value of investments that continue to be held by the Clients), the
carried interest received by the Special Limited Partner, or similar entity, of the
Related Funds, or the timing of receipt of carried interest, could also be incorrect.
Additionally, the exercise of discretion in valuation by the General Partners of
unrealized investments gives rise to conflicts of interest as such valuations affect
the calculation of a Client’s performance track record.
Leverage
A Client may make borrowings in anticipation of calling capital from limited partners
or investors, as applicable, and, in connection with such borrowings, a Client may
enter into a subscription facility with a bank or syndicate of banks. The facility may
be secured by the obligations of the limited partners to make capital contributions
or by other assets of a Client. To establish such a facility, a Client’s general partner
may assign to the lenders certain of a Client’s rights to draw down capital from
investors. To the extent permitted by applicable law, investors may also be
obligated to make capital contributions at the demand of the lenders, waive rights
or defenses with respect to their obligation to make capital contributions, provide
financial information or execute other documents necessary in respect of such
credit facility.
Concentration of Investments
Partner Investments Clients are not limited in the amount of capital commitments
that may be committed to any industry or sector, geography, or similar category or
asset class, or to any one investment. As such, their assets may not be diversified.
Any such non-diversification would increase the risk of loss to the Partner
Investments Clients if there was a decline in the value of any Underlying Fund in
which the Partner Investments Clients had invested a large percentage of their
assets. Investments in a non-diversified fund will generally entail greater risks than
investment in a “diversified” fund. If a large portion of the assets of an Underlying
Fund is held in cash or cash-like instruments, performance might be affected.
Availability of Exit Opportunities
The ability of the Clients to achieve successful and profitable exits of its portfolio
companies may be impacted by a number of factors prevailing at the time, including
general economic and market conditions, interest rates, availability of capital,
interest levels of strategic and financial buyers and cyclical trends. It is difficult to
predict with any certainty whether there will be a ready and willing market of buyers
for any particular portfolio company at the time the Clients seek a realization.
Business and Regulatory Risks of Pooled Investment Funds
Legal, tax and regulatory changes could occur during the term of the Clients that
may adversely affect the Clients. The regulatory environment for pooled investment
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funds is evolving, and changes in the regulation of pooled investment funds may
adversely affect the value of investments held by the Underlying Funds and the
ability of the Underlying Funds to obtain the leverage they might otherwise obtain
or to pursue their trading strategies. In addition, securities markets are subject to
comprehensive statutes, regulations, and margin requirements. Regulators and
self- regulatory organizations and exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary
actions in the event of market emergencies. The regulation of derivative
transactions and short selling and funds that engage in such transactions is an
evolving area of law and is subject to modification by government and judicial
actions. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Underlying Funds could
be substantial and adverse.
Expedited Transactions
Investment analyses and decisions by the Adviser may frequently be required to be
undertaken on an expedited basis to take advantage of investment opportunities.
In such cases, the information available to the Adviser at the time of making an
investment decision may be limited. Therefore, no assurance can be given that the
Adviser will have knowledge of all circumstances that may adversely affect an
investment.
Operational Risk
The Clients are subject to operational risk, including the possibility that errors may
be made by the Adviser or its Affiliates in certain transactions, calculations, or
valuations on behalf of, or otherwise relating to, the Clients. Limited partners may
not be notified of the occurrence of an error or the resolution of any error. Generally,
the Adviser and its Affiliates will not be held accountable for such errors, and the
Clients may bear losses resulting from such errors.
Possibility of Fraud and Other Misconduct of Employees and Service Providers
include entering
Misconduct by employees of the Adviser, service providers to the Adviser or the
Clients and/or their respective affiliates could cause significant losses to the
Clients. Such misconduct may
into transactions without
authorization; failure to comply with operational and risk procedures, including due
diligence procedures; misrepresentations as to investments being considered by
the Adviser; improper use or disclosure of confidential or material non-public
information, which could result in litigation; regulatory enforcement or serious
financial harm, including limiting the business prospects or future marketing
activities of the Clients; and non- compliance with applicable laws or regulations
and the concealing of any of the foregoing. Such activities may result in reputational
damage, litigation, business disruption and/or financial losses to the Clients. The
Adviser has implemented controls and procedures through which they seek to
minimize the risk of such misconduct occurring. However, no assurances can be
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given that the Adviser will be able to identify or prevent such misconduct.
Possibility of Fraud by Management
The value of investments made by the Clients may be adversely affected by
material misrepresentations, omissions, inaccuracies, or incompleteness on the
part of the management or owners of portfolio companies in which the Clients
invest. Such material misrepresentation, omission, inaccuracy, or incompleteness
may undermine the Adviser’s due diligence efforts with respect to such companies
and, if discovered, negatively affect the valuation of the Clients’ investments. In
addition, when discovered, material misrepresentations, omissions, inaccuracies,
or incompleteness may contribute to overall market volatility that could negatively
impact the Client’s investments. In the event of a material misrepresentation,
omission, inaccuracy, or incompleteness by any portfolio company in which the
Clients invest, Clients may suffer a partial or total loss of capital investment in that
company.
Risks Associated with Third-Party Managers
The Partner Investments Clients generally will not have the right to participate in
the investment objectives and strategies, day-to-day management, control, or
operations of the Underlying Funds, nor will they generally have the right to remove
or otherwise control the managers of such Underlying Funds (the “Third-Party
Managers”). The Partner Investments Clients will not necessarily have the
opportunity to evaluate the relevant economic, financial and other information which
will be utilized by the Underlying Funds in their selection, structuring, monitoring
and disposition of investments. Neither BCAM nor the general partners of the Funds
provide any assurance against fraud, misappropriation, or other misconduct by
Third-Party Managers. Any such misconduct will negatively affect the value of the
Partner Investments Clients’ portfolios.
Performance-Based Compensation Arrangements with Third-Party Managers
BCAM will typically negotiate arrangements with Third-Party Managers which
provide that Third-Party Managers be compensated, in whole or in part, based on
the appreciation in value (including unrealized appreciation) of the account during
specific measuring periods. Such performance fee arrangements may create an
incentive for such Third-Party Managers to make investments that are riskier or
more speculative than would be the case in the absence of such performance-
based compensation arrangements.
Multiple Levels of Expenses
By investing in the Underlying Funds and securities indirectly through the Boylston
Funds and Clarendon Funds, limited partners bear any asset-based fees and
performance-based fees and allocations payable to the portfolio managers of the
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Underlying Funds, as well as a proportionate share of the transaction-related
expenses and other operating costs of both the Boylston Funds and Clarendon
Funds and, indirectly, similar expenses of the Underlying Funds. Thus, a limited
partner may be subject to higher aggregate fees and expenses than if the limited
partner invested in the Underlying Funds directly or in an investment fund that
invests directly in the assets in which the Underlying Funds invest.
Limited Access to Information about Underlying Funds or Third-Party Managers
The Partner Investments Clients often will not be given complete or real-time access
to information regarding actual investments made by the Underlying Funds, as such
information is ordinarily considered proprietary to the Third-Party Managers. When
such information is provided, it is often incomplete and/or out-of-date. As a result,
BCAM or the general partner of the applicable Boylston Fund may not be able to
determine with complete accuracy the diversification of the Partner Investments
Client’s portfolio because BCAM or the applicable general partner may not be able
to fully ascertain the scope of the overall hedged or directional positions or the
extent of its concentration risk or exposure to specific instruments, securities,
markets, or strategies. In addition, the Partner Investments Clients may not learn of
significant structural events affecting Third-Party Managers, such as personnel
changes, major asset withdrawal or substantial capital growth until after the fact.
Even when BCAM has access to information relating to positions held in Underlying
Funds, BCAM’s ability to act on such information so as to mitigate risks of investing
in Underlying Funds is materially limited by the constraints on its ability to reallocate
Partner Investments Client capital among new or existing Third-Party Managers.
Investing in Illiquid Securities
A Client may invest its assets in securities that are not readily marketable or that
are only thinly traded. In addition, a Client may invest in private placements of
securities that are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), and may have little or no trading market. The Clients may not be
able to readily dispose of such investments, and, in some cases, may be
contractually prohibited from disposing of such securities for a specified period of
time. These limitations on liquidity of a Client’s investments could prevent a
successful sale thereof, result in delay of any sale, or reduce the amount of
proceeds that might otherwise be realized.
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
In February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian military to
invade two regions in eastern Ukraine (the Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk
People’s Republic regions). The following day, the U.S., U.K. and European Union
announced sanctions against Russia. On February 24, 2022, President Putin
commenced a full-scale invasion of Russia’s pre-positioned forces into Ukraine,
including Russia’s forces pre-positioned in Belarus. In response, the United States,
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United Kingdom, and European Union have announced financial, trade, and
investment restrictions against Russia (as well as Belarus), and additional
restrictions may be introduced in the future. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the
resulting displacement of persons both within Ukraine and to neighboring countries
and the increasing international sanctions have had, and could continue to have a
negative impact on the economy and business activity globally (including in the
countries in which the Clients invest), and therefore could adversely affect the
performance of the Clients’ investments. Furthermore, given the ongoing and
evolving nature of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and its ongoing
escalation , it is difficult to predict the conflict’s ultimate impact on global economic
and market conditions, and, as a result, the situation presents material uncertainty
and risk with respect to the Clients and the performance of their investments or
operations, and the ability of the Clients to achieve their investment objectives.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine may have a significant adverse impact on, and result
in significant losses to, the Underlying Funds and their portfolio investments. In
particular, the portfolio companies of the Underlying Funds may suffer significant
increases in operating costs (including, among other reasons, because of the
substantial increase in energy and commodity prices and potential supply chain
disruption), losses from cyberattacks, significant reductions in revenue and growth,
increased foreign exchange risk and/or unexpected operational losses and
liabilities. It may also limit the ability of the Underlying Funds to source, diligence
and execute new investments and to manage, finance and exit investments in the
future. Developing and further governmental actions (sanctions-related, military or
otherwise) may cause additional disruption and constrain or alter existing financial,
legal and regulatory frameworks and systems in ways that are adverse to the
investment strategy that the Funds intend to pursue, all of which could adversely
affect the Underlying Funds’ ability to fulfil their investment objectives.
Israel and Palestine
On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched air and ground strikes against the state of
Israel. In response to these attacks, on October 8, 2023, the state of Israel declared
war on Hamas and began a series of retaliatory attacks. Israel’s allies, including the
U.S., the UK and the European Union, have denounced Hamas and have reiterated
their historic support for Israel’s right to defend itself against attacks.
The U.S. has deep historical, geopolitical and economic ties to the state of Israel
and may be particularly susceptible to escalations and/or the prolongment of this
war. Therefore, the war may negatively affect the ability of the Clients to achieve
their investment objectives and may adversely impact the performance of the
Clients’ investments. Given the ongoing and evolving nature of this war and its
ongoing escalation, it is difficult to predict the conflict’s ultimate impact on global
economic and market conditions, and, as a result, the situation presents material
uncertainty and risk with respect to the Clients and the performance of their
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investments or operations, and the ability of the Clients to achieve their investment
objectives.
Further, while the U.S., the UK, the European Union and other allies of Israel already
have sanctions in place against Hamas and many of its allies, further sanctions may
be forthcoming. Further sanctions may adversely affect the Clients, the
performance of their investments, as relevant, or operations and/or the ability of
the Clients to achieve their investment objectives.
Political and Social Risks of Investments in Certain Countries
Certain countries in which the Clients may invest have in the past experienced, and
may in the future experience, political and social instability that could adversely
affect the Client’s investments. The Clients will be exposed to the direct and indirect
consequences of potential political, economic, social and diplomatic changes in
various countries and regions. Certain countries may face social and political
instability resulting from among other things, (i) authoritarian governments or
military involvement in political and economic decision making and changes in
government through extra-constitutional means; (ii) popular unrest and internal
insurgencies associated with demands for improved political, economic, and social
conditions; (iii) hostile relations with neighboring countries; and (iv) ethnic, racial
and religious conflict.
Governments of certain countries have exercised and continue to exercise
substantial influence over many aspects of the private sector, and certain industries
may be subject to significant government regulation. Exchange control regulations,
expropriation, confiscatory taxation, nationalization, restrictions on foreign capital
inflows, repatriation of investment income or capital, renunciation of foreign debt,
political, economic, or social instability, or other economic or political developments
could adversely affect the assets of the Clients held in a particular country.
Additionally, the availability of attractive investment opportunities for the Clients
may depend in part on governments that are continuing to liberalize their policies
regarding foreign investment and, in some cases, to further encourage private
sector initiatives.
Impact of Natural or Man-Made Disasters; Disease Epidemics and Pandemics
Certain regions are at risk of being affected by natural disasters or catastrophic
natural events. Considering that the development of infrastructure, disaster
management planning agencies, disaster response and relief sources, organized
public funding for natural emergencies, and natural disaster early warning
technology may be immature and unbalanced in certain countries, the natural
disaster toll on an individual investment or the broader local economic market may
be significant. Prolonged periods may pass before essential communications,
electricity and other power sources are restored and operations of the investment
can be resumed. The Firm, the Clients and investments could also be at risk in the
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event of such a disaster. The magnitude of future economic repercussions of
natural and man-made disasters may also be unknown, may delay the Clients’
ability to invest, and may ultimately prevent any such investment entirely.
Investments of the Clients may also be negatively affected by man-made disasters.
For example, certain countries’ consumer food industry have been subject to the
threat of inappropriate food tampering. Publicity of such types of man-made
disasters may have a significant negative impact on overall consumer confidence,
which in turn may materially and adversely affect the performance of investments,
whether or not the investments are involved in such man-made disaster.
The effects of COVID-19 have led to significant volatility, and it is uncertain how
long this volatility will continue. As COVID-19 continues to spread, particularly as
new variants continue to emerge, the potential effects, including a global, regional,
or other economic recession, are increasingly uncertain and difficult to assess. The
continued spread of the virus globally could lead to a protracted world-wide
economic downturn, the effects of which could last for some period after the
pandemic is controlled and/or abated.
If the spread and related mitigation efforts continue, the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the Underlying Funds could be materially adversely
affected. The impact of COVID-19 could have the effect of heightening many of the
other risk factors described herein.
In addition, any outbreak of disease epidemics or pandemics such as the coronavirus
(COVID-19), the severe acute respiratory syndrome, avian influenza, H1N1/09 or
other infectious diseases, such as monkeypox, together with resulting voluntary
and governmental actions, including, without limitation, mandatory business
closures, public gathering limitations, restrictions on travel and quarantines, has,
and is expected to continue to, meaningfully disrupt the global economy and
markets. COVID-19 has caused, and is expected to continue to cause, ongoing
material adverse effects across many, if not all, aspects of the global economy. In
particular, the outbreak of COVID-19 has (x) adversely affected, and is expected to
continue to adversely affect, the Underlying Funds’ investments and the industries
in which they operate and (y) resulted in the closure of Bain Capital’s and certain
portfolio companies’ physical offices or other businesses, including office buildings,
retail stores and other commercial venues. Any outbreak of disease epidemics or
pandemics could also result in (or, in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, have
already resulted in) any or all of the following: (a) the lack of availability or price
volatility of raw materials or component parts necessary to a portfolio company’s
business, (b) disruption of regional or global trade markets and/or the availability of
capital or leverage, (c) trade or travel restrictions which impact a portfolio
company’s business and/or (d) a general economic decline and have an adverse
impact on the Underlying Funds’ value, the Underlying Funds’ investments, or the
ability of the Underlying Funds to source new investments. The spread of an
epidemic or pandemic among the Advisers’ personnel and their service providers
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would also significantly affect the Advisers’ ability to properly oversee the affairs of
the Underlying Funds (particularly to the extent such impacted personnel include
key investment professionals or other members of senior management), which
could result in a temporary or permanent suspension of the Underlying Fund’s
investment activities or operations. The full effects, duration and costs of these
epidemics or pandemics are impossible to predict and the circumstances
surrounding any outbreak evolve continuously.
Cyber Security Risk; Dependence on Technology
With the increased use of technologies such as the internet and the dependence
on computer systems to perform necessary business functions, investment
vehicles (such as the Clients and Related Funds) and their service providers may
be prone to operational and information security risks resulting from cyber-attacks.
In general, cyber-attacks result from deliberate attacks, but unintentional events
may have effects similar to those caused by cyber-attacks. Cyber-attacks include,
among other behaviors, stealing or corrupting data maintained online or digitally,
denial- of-service attacks on websites, the unauthorized release of confidential
information and causing operational disruption. Risks of cyber-attacks can increase
when a significant percentage of a workforce is working remotely. The frequency
and seriousness of cyber-attacks may also increase in the context of geopolitical
tension or military conflict. Successful cyber-attacks against, or security
breakdowns of, the Clients, the General Partners, the Adviser, any administrator to
the Clients and/or other service providers may adversely impact the Clients or the
limited partners. For instance, cyber-attacks may interfere with the processing of
limited partner transactions, impact the Clients’ ability to value its assets, cause the
release of private limited partner information or confidential information of the
Clients, impede Clients’ operations, cause reputational damage, and subject the
losses,
Clients or their assets to regulatory fines, penalties or financial
reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs.
The Clients may also incur substantial costs for cyber security risk management in
order to prevent any cyber incidents in the future. The Clients and the limited
partners could be negatively impacted as a result. While the Clients or the Clients’
service providers have established business continuity plans and systems designed
to prevent such cyber-attacks, there are inherent limitations in such plans and
systems including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified. Similar
types of cyber security risks are also present for the Clients’ portfolio investments
and for issuers of securities or other instruments in which the Clients invest, which
could result in material adverse consequences for such investments, including a
substantial or total loss in value.
In addition, the activities of the Clients, the General Partners and the Adviser rely
on technology, including hardware, software, and other computerized or automated
processes. The performance of the Clients could be compromised by computer
viruses, telecommunications failures, power loss, natural disasters, security
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breaches, software related “system crashes,” disruption or deterioration of services
of third-party service providers, terrorist attacks, cyber warfare, and similar events.
Any event that interrupts the General Partners or the Adviser’s computer and
telecommunications operations could result in, among other things, the inability of
the General Partners or the Adviser to trade or monitor the Clients’ investments and
therefore could have a material adverse effect on the operating results of the
Clients.
Further, jurisdictions in which Bain Capital operates have recently adopted or are
considering adopting laws that include stringent operational requirements for
entities processing personal information and significant penalties for non-
compliance, such as the GDPR (as defined below), California Privacy Act and the
New York SHIELD Act, and a range of proposed additional laws at the U.S. federal
and state level.
In recent years, technological advances have fueled the rapid growth of artificial
intelligence (“AI”), in particular generative AI, and accordingly, the use of AI is
becoming increasingly prevalent in a number of sectors. Due to the rate at which AI
is improving and the scope of its potential application is therefore broadening, at
this time, it is unclear what impact (including, where relevant, opportunities) AI may
have on the Clients, the General Partners, the Adviser and/or the Clients’
investments, as well as the wider financial sector. Inappropriate deployment of AI
by a portfolio investment of the Clients could have a material adverse impact on
such investment, and therefore a negative impact on the Clients and limited
partners. The rise of AI has also brought a renewed focus from governments and
regulators on the regulation of such technology. The world’s first comprehensive
laws to regulate AI were agreed by the EU at the end of 2023, although these are
not likely to come into full force and effect until 2026. Other jurisdictions (including
the U.S. and UK) are considering or proposing their own approaches to the
regulation of AI. Such laws and/or regulations could have a material adverse impact
on the Clients, the General Partners, the Adviser and/or the Clients’ investments.
Risks Related to a Client’s Investments
Highly Competitive Market for Investment Opportunities
The market for attractive investment opportunities in the Clients’ target sectors is
highly competitive. The number of investors seeking to make such investments may
reduce the number of suitable investment opportunities available to the Clients and
adversely affect the terms upon which investments can be made. In that regard, the
Clients will be competing for investments with other investment funds as well as
individuals, companies, financial institutions and other investors. It is possible that
competition for appropriate investment opportunities may increase, which may also
require the Clients to participate in auctions more frequently than is currently
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identification of attractive
investigating other potential
expected. The outcome of these auctions cannot be guaranteed, thus potentially
reducing the number of investment opportunities available to the Clients and
potentially adversely affecting the terms, including price, upon which investments
can be made. Furthermore, the availability of investment opportunities generally will
be subject to market conditions as well as, in some cases, the prevailing regulatory
or political climate. Moreover, the
investment
opportunities is difficult and involves a high degree of uncertainty. The Clients may
incur significant expenses in connection with identifying investment opportunities
and
investments which are ultimately not
consummated, including expenses relating to due diligence, transportation, legal
expenses and the fees of other third-party advisors. There can be no assurance
that the Clients will be able to locate, complete and exit investments that satisfy
the Clients’ investment objectives or that the Clients will be able to fully invest their
committed capital.
Financial Market Fluctuations
General fluctuations in the market prices of securities may affect the value of the
investments held by the Clients. Instability in the securities markets may also
increase the risks inherent in the Clients’ investments.
In-Kind Distributions
Although the Boylston Funds, Clarendon Funds and Coinvest Clients expect to
distribute primarily cash to investors upon redemption, the Boylston Funds,
Clarendon Funds and Coinvest Clients may make distributions of securities in kind.
Investments distributed in kind may not be readily marketable or saleable and may
have to be held by investors for an indefinite period of time. Alternatively, securities
distributed to Investors may already be subject to a registration statement requiring
that such securities be sold by Investors pursuant to such registration statement
following receipt. The General Partner may cause the Client to distribute such in-
kind securities and other financial instruments directly to the Investors or may
create one or more special purpose vehicles or liquidating trusts to hold such
securities and other financial instruments until they can be sold. An independent
valuation or appraisal generally will not be required and is not expected to be
obtained in connection with in-kind distributions or contributions. In certain
circumstances, one or more Related Funds may be permitted to make a distribution
in kind to some or all their investors in circumstances in which one or more other
Clients disposes of the securities and distributes cash.
A distribution in kind of marketable securities could put downward pressure on the
price of such securities, which may make it difficult or impossible for limited partners
to sell such securities at the opening price on the day of distribution. Further, while
securities to be distributed by the Clients are typically permitted to be sold by the
limited partners after receipt, due to contractual and/or regulatory restrictions,
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limited partners receiving a distribution of securities may be unable to sell such
securities until any holding periods required pursuant to contractual obligations or
regulatory requirements have expired. The risk of loss and delay in liquidating
marketable securities will be borne by the limited partners. There can be no
assurance that any limited partners will be able to dispose of distributed securities
at the value determined by the General Partner, notwithstanding that such value
(and not the value a limited partner receives upon its own disposition) will be used
to determine each limited partner’ realized base amount and the obligations of
limited partners to return distributions to the Clients. In addition, limited partners
(whether or not receiving the property that is being distributed in-kind) could in
certain circumstances be subject to tax in connection with such in-kind
distributions. Such tax could include, depending on the jurisdiction of the property
being distributed, transfer taxes on the distribution, or non-resident capital gains
tax (which, in some jurisdictions, can be levied by way of withholding tax).
Furthermore, once securities are distributed by the Clients, neither the General
Partner nor the Adviser will have any duty or responsibility to the limited partners
with regards to monitoring or advising with respect to such securities, and to the
extent the General Partner and/or affiliates of the Adviser (including the Adviser’s
personnel) receive any such marketable securities as an in-kind distribution, such
persons have no duty to hold such marketable securities and may sell such
securities in transactions that may put downward pressure on the price of such
securities. The General Partner may also cause a Client to distribute securities in
kind to the General Partner while disposing of the limited partners’ share of such
securities and distributing the net cash proceeds of such sale of securities to the
limited partners, which may cause the General Partner and/or their affiliates to
receive more value from the securities than they would have had the General
Partner’s share of such investment(s) been distributed in cash.
The ability of the General Partner to act in its own interest and in the interest of the
Adviser with respect to such distributed shares creates a conflict of interest
between the General Partner and the Adviser, an adviser to the Clients, and the
Clients. These conflicts may be exacerbated due to the enhanced knowledge and
information the General Partner has relative to the limited partners with respect to
such securities, and such conflicts may not be able to be managed in such a way
as to avoid the conflicts. Limited partners should also anticipate additional costs
(including, for example, brokerage commissions) and delays associated with the
Clients’ in-kind distribution process and in disposing of securities received in kind
from the Clients. Where the Clients’ investments become marketable securities
other than in connection with an underwritten public offering, securities markets for
such securities may not be as established.
Economic and Market Risk
General economic conditions may affect the Clients’ activities. Companies in which
the Clients may be sensitive to general downward swings in the overall economy.
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Changes in economic conditions, including, for example, interest rates, the price of
commodities, availability and terms of credit, inflation, economic uncertainty,
changes in laws, unemployment, competition, technological developments, political
events, changes in fiscal policies, national and international political circumstances
and innumerable other factors, none of which will be within the control of the
General Partners, can substantially and adversely affect the business and prospects
of the Clients. In addition, real estate is subject to long-term cyclical trends that give
rise to significant volatility in real estate values. Many of the factors which could
affect the performance of the Clients or its properties will be beyond the control of
the General Partners and the Clients.
Fluctuations in the market prices of investments and economic conditions generally
may reduce the availability of attractive investment opportunities for the Clients
and may affect the Clients’ ability to make investments and the value of the
investments held by the Clients. Instability in the securities markets and economic
conditions generally may also increase the risks inherent in the Clients’ investments.
The public securities markets have seen increased volatility and the ability of
companies to obtain financing for ongoing operations or expansions may be
severely hampered by, among other reasons, the tightening of the credit markets,
and the ongoing financial turmoil and uncertainty. The repercussions of this market
turmoil are unclear.
Investors’ reactions to events in one country can have adverse effects on the
securities of companies and the value of property and related assets in other
countries in which the Clients may invest. A significant adverse change in the
economy of one country, or a loss of investor confidence in the financial systems of
emerging markets and other markets generally, could cause increased volatility in
the economy and market of another country and, as a result, have an adverse effect
on the investments of the Clients. There can be no assurance that financial events
of such type will not happen again or will not have an adverse effect on the Clients’
investments. Similarly, investor or end-user reactions to a product or service that is
similar to one marketed or developed by a portfolio company could have an adverse
effect on such portfolio company’s ability to market or sell such related product or
service. Events of this nature may adversely affect the economies of emerging and
other markets in both the near and long term.
The Clients may be adversely affected to the extent that they seek to dispose of
any of their investments in an illiquid or volatile market and the Clients may find
themselves unable to dispose of investments at prices that the General Partners
believe reflect the fair value of such investments. The duration and ultimate effect
of current market conditions and whether such conditions may worsen cannot be
predicted.
The ability to realize investments depends not only on portfolio companies and their
historical results and prospects, but also on political, market and economic
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conditions at the time of such realizations. In the past, many private equity funds
looked to the public securities markets as a potential exit strategy, however there
can be no assurance, particularly given volatility in the financial markets and a
potential lack of investor appetite for new issues in the public securities markets,
that the Clients would be able to exit from an investment by listing its shares on
securities exchanges. The trading market, if any, for the securities of any portfolio
company may not be sufficiently liquid to enable the Clients to sell these securities
when the General Partners believe it is most advantageous to do so, or without
adversely affecting the stock price. Volatility in the financial sector may have a
material adverse effect on the ability of the Clients to buy, sell and partially dispose
of its portfolio company investments. The Clients may be adversely affected to the
extent that they seek to dispose of any of their investments in an illiquid or volatile
market and the Clients may find themselves unable to dispose of investments at
prices that the General Partners believe reflect the fair value of such investments.
The duration and ultimate effect of current market conditions and whether such
conditions may worsen cannot be predicted. The ability of portfolio companies to
refinance debt securities may depend on their ability to sell new securities in the
debt market or otherwise. No assurance can be given as to the effect of these
economic conditions on the Clients’ investment objective.
Market Disruption Risk and Terrorism Risk
The military operations of the U.S., European countries and its allies, and the
prevalence of terrorist attacks, and instability in various parts of the world could
have significant adverse effects on the economy of a particular country or region in
which a Client may invest, as well as the global economy. Regional tensions,
conflicts, hostilities, terrorist attacks, insurrections or threats of terrorist attacks
and political unrest generally may create an unstable geopolitical climate that could
have a material effect on general economic conditions, market conditions and
market liquidity in the U.S. and globally. A Client could therefore be adversely
affected by social instability, changes in government administrations and policies
or economic, political, legal or regulatory developments that are not within the
Clients’ control. Terrorist attacks, in particular, may exacerbate some of the
foregoing risk factors. Attempted, ongoing, failed or even initially successful
negotiations between the U.S. and countries subject to continued international
sanctions may negatively affect the global economy and may have amplified effects
on emerging market country economies, securities markets and valuations. Neither
the Advisers nor the General Partner can predict the likelihood of these types of
events occurring in the future nor how such events may affect the Clients. A
terrorist attack involving, or in the vicinity of, an investment may result in a loss far
in excess of available insurance coverage. These types of events could impact
imports from, or exports to, such geographies with an adverse impact on the
economy as a whole, any industry, and/or the operations of investments of the
Clients.
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There can be no assurances that regional or global conditions will not worsen
and/or adversely affect one or more of a Client’s portfolio companies, its access to
capital or leverage or key markets, or its overall performance. A Client’s investment
strategy and the availability of opportunities satisfying a Client’s risk-adjusted return
parameters relies in part on the continuation of certain trends and conditions
observed in the financial markets and in some cases the improvement of such
conditions. Trends and historical events do not imply, forecast or predict future
events and, in any event, past performance is not necessarily indicative of future
results. There can be no assurance that the assumptions made or the beliefs and
expectations held by the Advisers will prove correct and actual events and
circumstances may vary significantly.
Third-Party Litigation
In addition to litigation relating to the bankruptcy process, a Client’s investment
activities subject them to the normal risks of becoming involved in litigation by an
investment, its other security holders or creditors, governmental agencies or other
third parties, including novel and/or speculative litigation brought by third party
claimants. This risk is somewhat greater where the Clients or Underlying Funds
exercise control or significant influence over a company’s direction, including, as a
result of significant entity ownership, service on the board of directors, or other
contractual rights. The expense of defending against claims by third parties and
paying any amounts pursuant to settlements or judgments would generally be
partially borne by the Clients and would reduce net assets.
General Risks Associated with Non-U.S. Investments
in obtaining and enforcing
Investment in non-U.S. companies frequently involve certain additional risks due to
non-U.S. economic, political and legal climates, including favorable or unfavorable
changes in currency exchange rates, exchange control regulations (including
currency blockage), expropriation of assets or nationalization, imposition of taxes
on dividends, interest payments, capital gains or gross proceeds, the need for
approval by government or other authorities to make investments, and possible
difficulty
judgments against non-U.S. entities.
Furthermore, there frequently is less information publicly available about a non-U.S.
issuer than about a U.S. issuer, and issuers of non-U.S. securities are subject to
different, often
less comprehensive, accounting, reporting and disclosure
requirements than is the case with U.S. issuers. As a result, information available to
the Clients or an Underlying Fund may be less reliable and less detailed than
information available in more developed countries, and the Clients’ or the Underlying
Funds’ due diligence reviews may provide less information than reviews conducted
in more developed countries.
The securities of some non-U.S. companies and non-U.S. securities markets are
less liquid and at times more volatile than comparable U.S. securities and securities
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markets. Moreover, the expenses normally associated with non-U.S. investments
often exceed those associated with U.S. investments. Certain countries may restrict
foreign investment in the securities of issuers operating in that country. These
restrictions or controls may at times limit or preclude foreign investment in certain
issuers and increase the costs and expenses of the Clients or Underlying Funds.
Certain countries require governmental approval prior to investments by foreign
persons or limit the amount of investment by foreign persons in a particular
company, or limit investment by foreign persons to a specific class of securities of
a company that may have less advantageous terms than the classes available for
purchase by nationals.
Certain of the Clients and the Underlying Funds are expected to invest a material
portion (and possibly all) of their respective capital outside the U.S. in non-dollar
denominated investments. Because such investments may involve non-U.S. dollar
currencies and because the Clients or the Underlying Funds may temporarily hold
funds in bank deposits in such currencies during the completion of their investment
programs, the Clients or the Underlying Funds may be affected favorably or
unfavorably by changes in currency rates (including as a result of the devaluation
of a foreign currency) and in exchange control regulations and may incur
transaction costs in connection with conversions between various currencies.
Inflation
Certain countries in which the Clients may invest have historically experienced
substantial rates of inflation, and the rapidly growing nature of an emerging
economy may lead to higher rates of inflation. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in
interest rates have had, and may continue to have, negative effects on the
economies and securities markets of certain emerging economies. Past
governmental efforts to curb inflation have included wage and price controls, as
well as more drastic economic measures that have had a materially adverse effect
on the level of economic activity in the affected country. In particular, a number of
countries globally are currently experiencing higher inflation levels. The current
inflationary environment could negatively impact the capitalization rates at which
assets that the Clients hold are priced and could disrupt settled expectations
around long-term interest rates in the U.S. and in other developed markets. There
can be no assurance that inflation will not become a serious problem in the future
and thereby negatively affect the Client' investment returns.
Deflation
Deflation could reduce the value of investments as economic growth is often
negatively impacted by consumers and businesses delaying purchase decisions as
prices reduce. Deflation may also make it more difficult for investments which are
leveraged at the asset level to meet or service their debt obligations, due to
reductions in revenues and increases in the size of the debt relative to the overall
value of an investment.
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Periods of deflation are often characterized by a tightening of money supply and
credit, which could limit Clients’ ability to leverage investments, and so limit the
number and size of investments that the Clients may make and affect the rate of
investors. Such economic constraints could also make Clients’
return to
investments more illiquid, preventing the Clients from realizing such investments.
Environmental, Social and Governance Matters
Environmental, social or governance (“ESG”) issues and associated risks (including
sustainability risks) are relevant to the Clients but are only some of the many factors
the Adviser, or the Underlying Funds, will identify and consider in making an
investment. There is no guarantee that the Adviser, or the Underlying Funds, will
successfully make investments in companies that create positive ESG outcomes
while enhancing long-term investment value and achieving financial returns or that
the Adviser, or the Underlying Funds, will successfully identify all relevant ESG
issues and identify and mitigate all risks (including sustainability risks) associated
with a proposed investment. The Adviser, or the Underlying Funds, may not always
be able to (a) successfully engage with portfolio investments or their management
on ESG-related practices and potential enhancements, or (b) obtain ESG key
performance metrics or other data, for a variety of reasons, including where the
Clients hold a minority or non-control position in a portfolio company, or where the
portfolio company is a venture investment or is in its growth stage, or is located in
a geography where engagement on such issues or the availability of such data is
not yet established practice. To the extent that the Adviser, or the Underlying
Funds, engages with portfolio companies on ESG-related practices and potential
enhancements thereto (and it may not be possible to do so, or ESG-related data
may not be forthcoming or available), such engagements may not achieve the
desired financial results, or the market or society may not view any such changes
as positive, sufficient or desirable. Successful engagement efforts on the part of
the Adviser or the Underlying Funds will depend on the Adviser’s, or the Underlying
Funds, skill in properly identifying and analyzing material ESG and other factors and
their value (which may involve qualitative and subjective judgments), and there can
be no assurance that the strategy or techniques employed will be successful.
Considering ESG qualities when evaluating an investment may result in the
selection or exclusion of certain investments based on the Adviser’s or the
Underlying Funds view of certain ESG-related and other factors and carries the risk
that the Clients may underperform compared to other funds that do not take, or
which do take additional, ESG-related factors into account because, e.g., the
market may ultimately have a different view of a particular company’s performance
than that anticipated by the Adviser or the Underlying Funds.
The impact following the materialization of a sustainability risk may vary depending
on the nature of the event or risk, asset class, region and regulatory regime(s)
concerned. Where such a risk materializes, there could be a negative impact on the
value of an underlying asset or other adverse impacts for the underlying asset, the
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Adviser or the Clients, with such consequences potentially arising directly or
indirectly (e.g., as a result of adverse reputational impact). Notwithstanding
anything in the foregoing, the Clients are not managed with the goal of maximizing
its ESG outcomes and investors should have no expectation in that regard.
Consideration of ESG factors may affect the Clients’ exposure to certain companies,
sectors, regions, countries or types of investments, which could negatively impact
the Clients’ performance depending on whether such investments are in or out of
favor. Applying ESG-related risks and goals to investment decisions is often
qualitative and subjective by nature, and there is no guarantee that the criteria
utilized by the Adviser or any judgment exercised by the Adviser will reflect the
beliefs or values of any particular investor. In evaluating a particular investment, the
Adviser is dependent upon information and data obtained through voluntary or
third-party (including portfolio companies and their management teams) reporting
that may be incomplete, inaccurate or unavailable, which could cause the Adviser
to incorrectly assess a company’s ESG practices and/or related risks and
opportunities. ESG-related practices differ by region, industry and issue and are
evolving accordingly, and an investment’s ESG-related practices or the Adviser’s
assessment of such practices may change over time. The Adviser in certain
circumstances could determine in its discretion that it is not feasible or practical to
implement or complete certain ESG-related practices based on cost, timing or other
considerations. It is also possible that market dynamics or other factors will make it
impractical, inadvisable or impossible for the Adviser to adhere to all elements of
the Clients’ investment strategies, including with respect to ESG risk and
opportunity management and impact, whether with respect to one or more
individual investments or to the investments generally.
Sustainability and ESG requirements imposed by jurisdictions in which the Adviser
does business and/or in which the Clients are marketed may result in additional
compliance costs, disclosure obligations or other implications or restrictions on the
Clients or for the Adviser. Under such requirements, the Adviser may be required
to classify itself or the Clients against certain criteria, some of which can be open
to subjective interpretation. The Adviser’s views on the appropriate classification
may develop over time, including in response to statutory or regulatory guidance or
changes in industry approach to classification. A change to the relevant
classification may require further actions to be taken, for example it may require
further disclosures (or in certain cases a material change to reclassify the
partnership, which the Adviser reserves the absolute discretion to do, with the
consequences that there will be less disclosure and reporting using different
templates) by the Adviser or the Clients or may require new processes to be set up
to capture data about the Clients or their investments, which may lead to additional
costs and expenses to be borne by the Clients. In general, costs and expenses
related to sustainability and ESG requirements may be allocated to one or more
specific fund entities in the discretion of the General Partners, as relevant. Further,
there can be no guarantee that the regulatory treatment or classification of the
Clients or an investment will translate to, or have, an equivalent treatment of
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classification, in another country where the Clients are marketed.
Environmental Risks
influence
Environmental laws, regulations and regulatory initiatives play a significant role in
certain industries and can have a substantial impact on investments in these
industries. These industries will continue to face considerable oversight from
from non-
environmental regulatory authorities and significant
governmental organizations and special interest groups. The Clients may invest in
portfolio companies that are subject to changing and increasingly stringent
environmental and health and safety laws, regulations, and permit requirements.
New and more stringent environmental and health and safety laws, regulations and
permit requirements or stricter interpretations of current laws or regulations could
impose substantial additional costs on investments or potential investments, and
there can be no guarantee that all costs and risks regarding compliance with
environmental laws and regulations can be identified. Compliance with such current
or future environmental requirements does not ensure that the operations of the
Clients’ investments will not cause injury to the environment or to people under all
circumstances or that the Clients’ investments will not be required to incur
additional unforeseen environmental expenditures. Environmental hazards could
expose the investments to material liabilities for property damages, personal
injuries, or other environmental harm, including costs of investigating and
remediating contaminated properties. Moreover, failure to comply with regulatory or
legal requirements could have a material adverse effect on a portfolio company or
project, and there can be no assurance that portfolio companies will at all times
comply with all applicable environmental laws, regulations and permit requirements.
Past practices or future operations of portfolio companies could also result in
material personal injury or property damage claims. Any noncompliance with these
laws and regulations could subject the Clients and their properties to material
administrative, civil, or criminal penalties or other liabilities. Under certain
circumstances, environmental authorities and other parties may seek to impose
personal liability on the limited partners of a partnership (such as the Clients)
subject to environmental liability. The Clients may experience material losses due
to these risks.
The legislative framework for environmental liability has not been fully established
or implemented. The extent of the responsibility, if any, for the costs of abating
environmental hazards may be difficult to quantify when considering an investment.
The Clients may experience material losses due to these risks.
Climate Change
The Clients may acquire investments that are located in or have operations in, areas
which are subject to or potentially susceptible of climate change. Any investments
located in coastal regions may be affected by any future increases in sea levels or in
the frequency or severity of hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, and tropical storms,
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whether such increases are caused by global climate changes or other factors.
There may be significant physical effects of climate change that have the potential
to have a material effect on the Clients' business and operations. Physical impacts
of climate change may include: increased storm intensity and severity of weather
(e.g., floods, cyclones, or hurricanes); sea level rise; fires; and extreme and
changing temperatures. As a result of these physical impacts from climate related
events, the Clients may be vulnerable to the following: risks of property damage to
the Clients' investments; indirect financial and operational impacts from disruptions
to the operations of the Clients' investments from severe weather; increased
insurance premiums and deductibles or a decrease in the availability of coverage,
for investments in areas subject to severe weather; decreased net migration to
areas in which investments are located, resulting in lower than expected demand for
the products and services of the investments; increased insurance claims and
liabilities; increase in energy cost impacting operational returns; changes in the
availability or quality of water or other natural resources on which the business
depends; decreased consumer demand for consumer products or services resulting
from physical changes associated with climate change (e.g., warmer temperature or
decreasing shoreline could reduce demand for residential and commercial
properties previously viewed as desirable); or incorrect long-term valuation of an
equity investment due to changing conditions not previously anticipated at the time
of the investment; and economic distributions arising from the foregoing.
Low Correlation Investments
A Client may have an investment strategy focused on low correlation investments,
and an investment in such Client is intended to be a part of a comprehensive
hedging strategy and is not suitable as a sole investment or for any limited partner
which cannot afford losing all or a substantial portion of its investment. All
investments risk the loss of capital, and, in particular, the nature of a Client’s
catastrophe risk investments and the investment techniques and strategies to be
employed may increase this risk. In the event that the Adviser’s or an Underlying
Fund’s assessment of such catastrophe or “tail” risks proves incorrect and
extraordinary economic conditions do not occur, the Underlying Investment may
lose all of its assets, which would adversely impact such Client and the investors
therein.
Accounting, Reporting and Disclosure Standards
less comprehensive, accounting, reporting and disclosure
Different, often
requirements and practices apply to issuers in certain foreign countries than is the
case with U.S. issuers. As a result, information available to the Clients may be less
reliable and less detailed than information available in more developed countries,
and the Clients’ due diligence reviews may provide less information than reviews
conducted in more developed countries.
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Costs of Complying with Regulations
The operations of a Client are subject to material federal, state and local laws, rules
and regulations, as well as the laws, rules and regulations of non-U.S. jurisdictions,
which could materially adversely affect a Client. Generally, portfolio companies are
subject to various laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. Changes in U.S. federal,
state and local laws, rules and regulations and non-U.S. laws rules and regulations
could negatively impact a Client and its investments.
For example, any further increases or changes in the regulations applicable to private
investment funds generally, General Partners or the Adviser in particular may result in
increased expenses associated with the Clients’ activities and additional resources of
the Adviser being devoted to such regulatory reporting and compliance-related
obligations, which may reduce overall returns for investors in the Clients or have an
adverse effect on the ability of the Clients to effectively achieve their investment
objective. Increased reporting, registration and compliance requirements may divert
the time and attention of personnel and the Adviser, and may furthermore place the
Client at a competitive disadvantage to the extent that the Adviser is required to
disclose sensitive business information. There can be no assurance that the foregoing
will not have an adverse impact on the Clients or otherwise impede the Clients’
activities. Given that the Clients will have investments globally, they may need to
comply with the most onerous regime applicable to it notwithstanding that other
jurisdictions may deregulate or have less onerous requirements in place.
Merger Control Laws
In some cases, investments by the Clients, including the Underlying Funds, may be
subject to review and approval under relevant merger control laws in the U.S.
(including the Hart-Scott Rodino Act) or other jurisdictions.
In the event that the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, or
any similar agency in other jurisdictions (a “Merger Control Regulator”) reviews one
or more of the Clients’ proposed or existing investments, it is possible that the Merger
Control Regulator will seek to impose limitations on or prohibit one or more of the
Clients’ investments or unwind a transaction. Such limitations or restrictions may
prevent the Clients from pursuing certain investments, cause delays with respect to
consummating such investments or require the Clients to consummate an investment
on terms that are less advantageous than would be the case absent such restrictions.
Where the Clients are required to unwind a transaction, in addition to incurring
additional legal, administrative and other costs, they may have to dispose of the
investment at a price that is less than they would have received had the Adviser, or
Underlying Fund, managed to exit the investment at a different time or under different
circumstances. Any of these outcomes could adversely affect the Clients’
performance with respect to such investments, and thus the Clients’ performance as
a whole.
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A failure to notify a Merger Control Regulator of a transaction where such notification
was required or otherwise advisable based on the substantive competition
considerations presented by an investment target may expose the Clients, and/or a
portfolio company thereof, to legal penalties, costs, and/or other adverse reputational
and financial effects, thus potentially diminishing the value of the Clients’
investments. In addition, increasingly, Merger Control Regulators are actively
pursuing transactions that were not notified to them and may ask questions
regarding, or impose restrictions or mitigation on, transactions post-closing.
International Security Restrictions
External relations, such as the China-U.S. relationship regarding trade, currency
exchange, intellectual property protection, etc., could also have implications to
capital flow and business operations of the Clients. Recent events have added to
uncertainty in such relations, including restrictions imposed by the U.S. government
to restrict the ability of U.S. persons to invest in certain Chinese companies deemed
to be “Chinese Military-Industrial Complex companies” and the ability of Chinese
companies to engage in activities or transactions in the U.S., as well as the passing
of the Hong Kong national security law by the National People’s Congress of China
(the “National Security Law”) to criminalize certain offenses including subversion of
the Chinese government and collusion with foreign entities. The National Security
Law subsequently prompted the promulgation in the U.S. of the Hong Kong Autonomy
Act and Executive Order 13959 setting forth additional export control law and
sanctions. The U.S. has also imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials and
certain employees of Chinese technology companies that it believes have
contributed to the Chinese government’s activities in Hong Kong, adding a number of
new Chinese companies to the Department of Commerce’s Entity List. The UK also
suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and extended its arms embargo on
China to Hong Kong. Escalation of China-U.S. tensions resulting from these events
and the retaliatory countermeasures that the national and state governments have
taken and may take (including U.S. sanctions and anti-sanction laws in China), as well
as other economic, social or political unrest in the future, could have a material
adverse effect on or could limit the activities of Bain Capital, the Clients, including the
Underlying Funds, or their portfolio companies.
Item 9. Disciplinary Information
No material items exist as of this time.
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and
Affiliations Related General Partners
Boylston Investors, LLC serves as the general partner or sole member, as applicable,
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of the general partner for the Boylston Funds and Clarendon Funds. Boylston
Coinvestors, LLC serves as the general partner for the Coinvest Clients. Boylston
Low Correlation Investors, L.P. serves as the general partner of Boylston Low
Correlation Investments, L.P., Boylston Real Assets Fund Investors, LLC serves as
the general partner of Boylston Real Assets Fund, L.P. and BCES Management, LLC,
serves as the general partner for the Clarendon Funds.
Affiliated Advisers
BCAM has affiliated advisers based in the U.S., each of which focuses primarily on
a different area of investment management, although such areas may overlap from
time to time (such advisers, together with BCAM, the “U.S. Affiliate Advisers”). Each
U.S. Affiliate Adviser is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. The U.S.
Affiliate Advisers currently include, in addition to BCAM:
identify attractive
- Bain Capital Credit, LP (including its relying adviser subsidiaries based in the U.S.)
which uses fundamental credit analysis to
investment
opportunities and seeks strong risk adjusted returns, primarily in credit products
and fixed-income investments;
- Bain Capital Crypto, LP, the crypto affiliate of Bain Capital, whose primary
objective is investing capital, knowledge and time to enhance protocol or company
growth in crypto and blockchain technology sectors;
- Bain Capital Double Impact, LP, which focuses on equity investing in impact- or
mission- oriented companies and more traditional companies with positive impact
products and services;
- Bain Capital Insurance Solutions, LP, the insurance affiliate of Bain Capital, which
advises private funds focused on investing in insurance companies and subadvises
insurance dedicated funds;
investing
in
life science
- Bain Capital Life Sciences, LP, which focuses on equity
biopharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics and enabling
technology companies;
- Bain Capital Partnership Strategies, LP, the capital allocation affiliate of Bain
Capital, which focuses on creating strategic partnerships with third-party fund
managers, principally in independent return strategies;
- Bain Capital Private Equity, LP, which focuses on leveraged buyouts and growth
capital in a wide variety of industries;
- Bain Capital Public Equity, LP, the public equity affiliate of Bain Capital, whose
primary objective is investing in securities of publicly traded companies that offer
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opportunities to realize substantial long-term capital appreciation;
- Bain Capital Real Estate, LP, the real estate affiliate of Bain Capital, whose primary
objective is to research and advise on real estate and real estate-related
investments;
- Bain Capital Special Situations, LP, the capital solutions affiliate of Bain Capital,
whose primary investment objective is to invest across all market cycles,
combining credit, equity, corporate and real estate expertise to partner where
other providers may not;
- Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, LP, which focuses on equity investing in
technology and technology-enabled companies;
- Bain Capital Ventures, LP, the venture capital affiliate of Bain Capital, which
focuses on seed through late-stage growth equity investing in software, hardware,
information, healthcare, and technology-driven business services companies;
- BCPC Advisors, LP, a subsidiary of Bain Capital Credit, LP, which is an investment
adviser to business development companies; and
- BCSF Advisors, LP, a subsidiary of Bain Capital Credit, LP, which is an investment
adviser to business development companies and a sub-adviser to registered
investment companies.
In addition, Bain Capital Distributors, LLC, is a broker-dealer registered with the
SEC and is a member of FINRA. Bain Capital Distributors places securities and
instruments issued by certain private investment funds that BCAM and its affiliates
manage.
In addition to the U.S. Affiliate Advisers, Asset Resurgence Mauritius Manager, Bain
Capital (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Bain Capital (UK) Limited, Bain Capital Advisors (India)
Pvt. Ltd., Bain Capital Asset Manager Mauritius, Bain Capital Credit (Asia) Ltd., Bain
Capital Credit (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Bain Capital Credit, Ltd., Bain Capital
Investments (Europe) Ltd., Bain Capital Investments (Ireland) Ltd., Bain Capital
Investments (Luxembourg) Sarl, Bain Capital Private Equity (Asia) Ltd., Bain Capital
Private Equity (Europe), LLP, Bain Capital Private Equity (Japan), LLC, and India
Resurgence Asset Management Business Pvt. Ltd., affiliates of Bain Capital, are
licensed in their applicable jurisdictions with various regulators (together with the
U.S. Affiliate Advisers, the “Affiliate Advisers”).
The Affiliate Advisers’ investment activities are conducted independently, but the
Affiliate Advisers may provide an extensive personal network and access to vertical
industry expertise. On occasion, the Funds may also benefit from attractive non-
traditional investment opportunities from Affiliate Advisers.
Bain Capital has established other non-investment advisory related entities which
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are affiliates of the Affiliate Advisers. These entities do not provide investment
advisory services and have been organized primarily to provide services incidental
to the services of the Affiliate Advisers.
Conflicts of Interest
The discussion below reflects both historical and current practices of BCAM and the
Clients and practices vary among the Clients.
As a diversified private investment firm, Bain Capital and its affiliates, including
BCAM, engage in a broad range of activities, including investment activities for their
own account and for the account of other investment funds or accounts and
provide investment banking, advisory, management and other services to funds
and operating companies.
Bain Capital currently has a number of affiliate advisers, including BCAM (the
“Affiliate Advisers”), each of which focuses primarily on a different investment
strategy, although such investment strategies overlap from time to time. The
Boylston Funds and Clarendon Funds advised by BCAM are referred to as the
“Partner Investments Clients.” The Coinvest Clients advised by BCAM are referred
to as the “Coinvest Clients.” The Partner Investments Clients and the Coinvest
Clients are referred to as the “Clients.” The funds and accounts advised by the
Affiliate Advisers (including the Clients) are referred to as the “Related Funds.” In
the ordinary course of conducting its activities, the interests of a Client or its limited
partners will, on occasion, conflict with the interests of BCAM or its affiliates, other
Clients or one or more other Related Funds, other Clients or with their respective
affiliates.
The following is a brief description of some of the key potential conflicts of interest
that exist; however, other conflicts are disclosed throughout this document, and
current or potential investors should review this document in its entirety. For
additional risks and conflicts regarding the Coinvest Clients, refer to the ADV 2 of
the Affiliate Adviser for the applicable Related Fund. Dealing with conflicts of
interest is complex and difficult and new and different types of conflicts may
subsequently arise. While Bain Capital has adopted procedures to address such
conflicts, there can be no assurance that these procedures will have their desired
effect. There can be no assurance that Bain Capital or the Adviser will be able to
resolve all conflicts in a manner that is favorable to the Clients.
Resolution of Conflicts
Each of BCAM and the other Affiliate Advisers will deal with all conflicts of interest
using its best judgment, but in its sole discretion. When conflicts arise among
investment funds or accounts advised or managed by BCAM and the other Affiliate
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Advisers, the participating Affiliate Advisers will represent the interests of the
investment funds or accounts they advise. In resolving conflicts, the Affiliate
Advisers will generally consider various factors, including the interests of funds and
accounts they manage in the context of both the immediate issue at hand and the
longer- term course of dealings. From time to time, BCAM and the other Affiliate
Advisors will determine to refer certain conflicts of interest to Bain Capital’s
Allocation Committee (the “Allocation Committee”), comprised of senior Bain
Capital personnel, for review and resolution, particularly in situations where BCAM
and the other Affiliate Advisors are unable to resolve such conflicts. Similarly, the
Allocation Committee may in its sole discretion determine to review and make
determinations regarding certain conflicts of interest.
When conflicts arise between a Client and another Client, BCAM will resolve the
conflict. In doing so, it will generally consider various factors, including the interests
of such Client and the other Client with respect to the immediate issue and/or with
respect to the longer-term course of dealing among the Clients. In the case of all
conflicts involving a Client, the determination as to which factors are relevant, and
the resolution of such conflicts, will be made in the sole discretion of BCAM.
While BCAM has procedures in place designed to mitigate conflicts of interest
among Clients and other Related Funds, there can be no guarantee that these
procedures will be successful.
By acquiring an interest, a Client investor acknowledges and represents that it has
carefully reviewed this “Conflicts of Interest” section and understands and
consents to the existence of potential conflicts of interest including, without
limitation, those described in this section and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law, to the operation of the Client subject to these conflicts.
Sources of Conflicts of Interest
There are numerous perceived and actual conflicts of interest among the Client, the
Related Funds, the Adviser and the Affiliate Advisers. The conflicts of interest that
may be encountered by each Client include those discussed below, although the
discussion below does not describe all of the conflicts that may be faced by the
Clients. Other conflicts are disclosed throughout this document and this document
should be read in its entirety for other conflicts. Dealing with conflicts of interest is
complex and difficult, and new and different types of conflicts are likely to
subsequently to arise.
Adviser Personnel
It is expected that personnel of the Adviser responsible for managing a Client will
have responsibilities with respect to other Clients and/or Related Funds, including
funds and accounts that are raised in the future, as well as the investments of the
Clients and/or other Related Funds. Substantial time may be spent by such
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personnel monitoring the investments of other Clients and/or other Related Funds.
Conflicts of interest may arise in allocating time, services, or functions of such
personnel.
Placement Agents
An affiliate of Bain Capital, Bain Capital Distributors, LLC, will act as a placement
agent to the Funds. Representatives of Bain Capital Distributors, LLC are employees
of the general partner of the Underlying Bain Capital Funds, the Adviser, or its
affiliates. Bain Capital Distributors, LLC and its representatives do not provide
services to investors or provide investment recommendations. In this regard, the
affiliated placement agent does not make any determination regarding whether an
investment in any Client is in the best interests of, or suitable for, any investor.
Investors should exercise their own judgment and/or consult with a financial
professional prior to investing in any Client. To the extent Bain Capital Distributors,
LLC offers limited partnership interests in the Underlying Bain Capital Funds, Bain
Capital Distributors, LLC’s interests may conflict with the interests of investors
inasmuch as Bain Capital Distributors, LLC has an incentive to sell these limited
partnership interests, as investments in a Fund generate fees for Bain Capital. This
incentive may conflict with the interests of investors. Additional placement agents
may also be engaged with respect to the Clients.
Conflicts Relating to BCAM and Certain Affiliate Advisers
The Affiliate Advisers have existing and potential advisory and other relationships
with a significant number of portfolio companies and other clients, and have in
the past and may in the future provide financing, services, advice or otherwise deal
with third parties whose interests conflict with the interests of a company (or a
company directly or indirectly held by a fund) in which a Client has invested, such
as competitors, suppliers or customers of a company in which a Client has invested.
On occasion, an Affiliate Adviser may recommend or cause such a third party to take
actions that are adverse to a Client or companies in which it has invested.
BCAM and the other Affiliate Advisers have in the past and may in the future also
engage and retain advisers, consultants and similar professionals who are not
employees or affiliates of such Affiliate Adviser (notwithstanding that such
professionals may be exclusive to such Adviser) and who may, from time to time,
receive payments from such Affiliate Adviser or receive payments from or
allocations of investment opportunities with respect to, entities, which may include
entities in which the Related Funds have interests. These fees will not be shared
by the Related Funds or the limited partners of the Related Funds.
Valuations
The Clients’ investments are valued at estimated fair value as determined in good
faith by the General Partners. The exercise of discretion in valuation by the General
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Partners may give rise to conflicts of interest. Furthermore, the valuation of
investments may affect the ability of the Adviser to raise other funds, creating an
incentive to determine valuations that are higher than the actual fair value of the
investments. In addition, the Adviser may or may not value the investments
differently than how the same or similar investments are valued by the general
partners of the other Related Funds.
Conflicts Relating to the Purchase and Sale of Investments
The general partners and personnel of BCAM and its affiliates and certain related
persons may invest in the securities in which the Clients invest. Certain prohibitions
and procedures regarding personal trading described in Item 11 below were
designed to address the inherent conflicts of interest of such investments.
Related Funds, including Clients, will invest in assets eligible for purchase by a
Client. The investment policies, fee arrangements, investments owned by
personnel of BCAM or the other Affiliate Advisers and other circumstances of the
Client, may vary from those with respect to other Related Funds. These relationships
may present conflicts of interest in determining how much, if any, of certain
investment opportunities to offer to a Client.
BCAM or one or more members of its professional staff may manage multiple clients,
including various Clients. Most of the personnel responsible for managing a Client
will have responsibilities with respect to these other clients. Conflicts of interest
may arise in allocating time, services, or functions of these personnel.
BCAM also reserves the right to make
independent decisions regarding
recommendations about when any particular Partner Investments Client should
purchase and sell investments, and the other Affiliate Advisers reserve similar rights
with respect to the Related Funds that they advise. As a result, a Partner
Investments Client may be purchasing an investment at a time when another Client
is selling the same or a similar investment, or vice versa. A Partner Investments
Client may invest in opportunities that another Related Fund has declined, and
likewise, such Partner Investments Client may decline to invest in opportunities in
which another Related Fund has invested.
Conflicts also arise when a Client makes investments in conjunction with an
investment being made by another Related Fund, including another Client, or in a
transaction in which another Related Fund, including another Client, has already
made an investment. In addition, the Coinvest Clients make investments in the
Related Funds and alongside the Related Funds in transactions in which such
Related Funds are making investments. Investment opportunities have in the past
and may in the future be appropriate for a Client and another Related Fund at the
same, different, or overlapping levels of an investment’s capital structure. In some
instances, when a Client makes an investment in conjunction with an investment
being made by another Related Fund, such Client will not retain the right to make
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independent decisions regarding recommendations about when such Client should
dispose of such investments and instead will do so only at the same time that such
other Related Fund determines to dispose of such investment or after such
disposition. Personnel and related persons of BCAM and the other Affiliate Advisers
have made or may make large capital investments in or alongside other Related
Funds through the Coinvest Clients, and therefore may have additional conflicting
interests in connection with joint investments.
Implementation of certain of the investments strategies of the Clients may be
dependent, in whole or in part, on information obtained by BCAM from other Affiliate
Advisers. Such Affiliate Advisers are not obligated to provide such information to
BCAM and may decide not to provide such information to BCAM at any time. There
is no assurance that BCAM will receive such information now or in the future.
There can be no assurance that the return on a Client’s investments will not be less
than the returns obtained by other Related Funds participating in the transaction.
Employees and related persons of the Adviser and the other Affiliate Advisers have
made or may make large capital investments in or alongside other Related Funds,
and therefore will have additional conflicting interests in connection with joint
investments. In addition, a conflict will arise in allocating an investment opportunity
if the potential investment target could be acquired by another Client or a Related
Fund or a portfolio company of another Client or a Related Fund.
From time to time, an Affiliate Adviser will come into possession of material, non-
public information, and such information will limit the ability of a Client to buy and
sell investments. Although Bain Capital currently maintains “ethical walls” which
reduce the likelihood that one Affiliate Adviser will be deemed to possess material,
non-public information possessed by other Affiliate Advisers, there is no guarantee
that Bain Capital will maintain “ethical walls” for the life of a Client. Furthermore,
BCAM and the other Affiliate Advisers may agree from time to time to “cross” ethical
walls, and Bain Capital will from time to time impose restrictions on transactions
involving particular issuers in its sole discretion taking into account all factors it
deems relevant in the collective interest of BCAM and the other Affiliate Advisers.
In such cases, a Client and the other Related Funds could be restricted in
transactions involving a particular issuer. Consequently, the possession of material,
non-public information by other Affiliate Advisers will limit the ability of a Client to
buy and sell investments. In addition, BCAM may be restricted from using
confidential information that it, or another Affiliate Adviser, has for the benefit of a
Client.
Partner Investment Clients may be limited or restricted in their investment options
due to restrictions or conflicts of interest under Bain Capital’s policies (including but
not limited to the Code of Ethics policies discussed in Item 11 below) or with
commercial business units of Bain Capital, including the interests of the Related
Funds.
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Allocation of Investment Opportunities Among the Clients and other Related Funds
In connection with its investment activities, BCAM and its Affiliate Advisers will
encounter situations in which they must determine how to allocate investment
opportunities among various clients and other persons, including the Clients and the
other Related Funds. BCAM has adopted written policies and procedures relating to
the allocation of investment opportunities and will make allocation determinations
consistently therewith. The other Related Funds are generally subject to investment
allocation requirements set forth in the instruments under which such Related Fund
was established (such as a Related Fund’s governing documents or private
placement memorandum), or in side letters. Investments sourced by an Affiliate
Adviser that are appropriate for Related Funds advised by such Affiliate Adviser will
first be made available to such Related Funds (and the Coinvest Clients, if
applicable) and will generally not be offered to the Clients (other than the Coinvest
Clients, if applicable) and, if offered, will only be that portion that such Related Fund
determines not to take. Additionally, investments sourced by BCAM are obligated,
per the Code of Ethics of each Affiliate Adviser, if appropriate, to be first made
available to the Related Funds advised by the Affiliate Advisers.
From time to time, BCAM and the other Affiliate Advisers may determine to refer
certain investment opportunities to the Allocation Committee for review and
resolution, particularly in situations where BCAM and the other Affiliate Advisers are
unable to resolve conflicts in the allocation of investment opportunities among the
Partner Investments Clients, other Related Funds and/or third parties co-investing
with Partner Investments Clients. Similarly, the Allocation Committee may in its sole
discretion determine to review and make determinations regarding certain
allocations of investment opportunities.
Allocation of Investment Opportunities Among the Clients
Investments Clients. The
The Partner Investments Clients are generally subject to investment allocation
guidelines (collectively, “Investment Allocation Guidelines”). Investment Allocation
Guidelines are set forth in policies developed by BCAM that have been distributed
to Partner
Investment Allocation Guidelines are
implemented by BCAM in its discretion, and opportunities for investments will be
allocated between the Boylston Funds and Clarendon Funds in a manner that BCAM
believes in its sole discretion to be appropriate given factors it believes to be
relevant, which may include, but are not necessarily limited to the following:
• Each Client’s and other Related Fund’s investment objectives and
investment focus;
• Each related Funds’ expected life cycle;
• Prospective portfolio company’s geography, nature of its business and
scale;
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• Transaction sourcing (and with respect to an investment opportunity
originated by a third-party, the relationship of a Related Fund to such
third-party);
• Each Client’s and other Related Fund’s liquidity and reserves (including
whether a Related Fund is able to commit to invest all capital required to
consummate a particular investment opportunity);
• Each Client’s and other Related Fund’s diversification (including the actual,
relative or potential exposure of a Related Fund to the type of investment
opportunity in terms of its existing portfolio);
• Lender covenants and other limitations;
• Amount of capital available for investment by the applicable Client and
other Related Fund, as well as each Fund’s and other Related Fund’s
projected future capacity for investment;
• Each Client’s targeted rate of return and hold period;
• Any “ramp-up” period of a newly established Related Fund;
• The size, liquidity and anticipated duration of the prospective portfolio
company;
• Stage of development of the prospective portfolio company or other
investment and anticipated holding period of the prospective portfolio
company;
• Appropriate leverage levels for the prospective portfolio company;
investment concentration parameters
• Composition of each Client’s and other Related Fund’s portfolio and each
Related Fund’s
(including,
parameters such as geography, industry, issuer, volatility, leverage or
other similar risk metric);
• The suitability as a follow-on investment for a current portfolio company of
a Client;
• The potential availability of future follow-on investments in such
prospective portfolio company;
• The availability of other suitable investments for each Client;
• Risk considerations;
• The centrality of an investment to a Related Fund’s strategy;
• Cash flow considerations;
• Asset class restrictions;
Industry and other allocation targets;
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• Minimum and maximum investment size requirements;
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• Tax and accounting implications;
• Whether an investment opportunity requires additional consents or
authorizations from a Related Fund, investors or third parties;
• Legal, contractual or regulatory constraints; and
• Any other relevant limitations imposed by or conditions set forth in the
applicable offering documents and limited partnership agreements (or
analogous organizational documents) of each Client and other Related
Fund.
The factors above are not listed in order of importance or priority and some factors
may be more or less important depending upon the nature of the particular
investment and attendant circumstances.
Coinvest Clients that invest alongside Related Funds are offered investment
opportunities in accordance with the provisions set forth in such Related Fund’s
governing documents. Coinvest Clients that invest in Related Funds are generally
not offered investment opportunities other than an investment in such Related Fund
or other Related Funds.
The foregoing methodology for allocation of investment opportunities will likely vary
over time and will be on a case-by-case basis. Investment opportunities may be
offered to one or several Partner Investments Clients and not others based on the
Investment Allocation Guidelines.
The other Related Funds, parallel funds, any entities or accounts organized to make
co-investments with the Clients in selected transactions because of their size or
nature, the General Partners of the Clients, as applicable, and personnel of the
Adviser and its affiliates and certain related persons may invest in the securities in
which the Clients invest on the basis described in the Funds’ limited partnership
agreements (or analogous documents).
Related Funds, including Clients, may invest in assets eligible for purchase by a
Clients. The investment policies, fee arrangements, investments owned by
personnel of the Adviser or the other Affiliate Advisers and other circumstances of
the Clients, may vary from those with respect to other Related Funds. These
relationships may present conflicts of interest in determining how much, if any, of
certain investment opportunities to offer to a Clients.
The appropriate allocation among the Partner Investments Clients of expenses
incurred in the course of evaluating and making investments often will not be clear,
especially where more than one Partner Investments Client participates. When
BCAM incurs expenses that were related to more than one Partner Investments
Client, they will typically allocate such expenses among the limited partners of the
Boylston Funds and Clarendon Funds eligible to reimburse expenses of the
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applicable nature based on an expense ratio related to the assets under
management of such limited partners of the Funds.. Expenses associated with a
Boylston Fund or Clarendon Fund will be borne by investors in that Boylston Fund
or Clarendon Fund. Expenses allocated to the Partner Investments Clients, such as
travel and legal diligence, have in the past and may in the future be borne by Partner
Investments Clients at the discretion of Bain Capital. When BCAM and the other
Affiliate Advisers incur expenses that were related to more than one Related Fund,
they will typically allocate such expenses among all Related Funds eligible to
reimburse expenses of the applicable nature. In general, each relevant Affiliate
Adviser will participate in the resolution of all such matters using its best judgment,
considering all factors it deems relevant, but in its sole discretion.
Investments sourced and evaluated by an Affiliate Adviser that are deemed
inappropriate and rejected for investment by the applicable Clients have in the past
and may in the future be offered to the Affiliate Advisers for investment by the other
Related Funds or for Bain Capital personnel. The other Related Funds or Bain Capital
personnel will, for some investments, benefit from the evaluation and due diligence
undertaken by an Adviser on behalf of the applicable Clients. In such circumstances,
the Related Funds and/or Bain Capital personnel that have invested will be allocated
the expenses, as determined in good faith by the applicable general partner of a
Client, as applicable, incurred by an Adviser and/or the applicable Clients as they
relate to such investment.
It is possible that Related Funds and/or Affiliate Advisers may benefit from research
materials initially procured in the course of evaluating potential investments on
behalf of the Clients without agreeing to share expenses with the Clients for such
research materials.
Insurance Expenses
BCAM may cause the Clients to purchase, or share in the expenses incurred by the
Adviser or its affiliates in connection with the obtaining and maintaining of insurance
policies (including, for example, cyber liability insurance policies, directors and
officers insurance and crime/fidelity insurance), including insurance policies
covering more than one Related Fund and the activities of Bain Capital generally,
that the General Partners consider necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the
business of the Clients, including key personnel insurance policies naming the
Clients as beneficiaries and insurance policies covering any person individually
against all claims and liabilities of every nature arising by reason of being, or
holding, having held, or having agreed to hold office as, a partner, officer, member
of the advisory board, employee, agent, investment advisor or manager, or
independent contractor of the Clients, or being, serving, having served, or having
agreed to serve at the request of the Clients as a partner, director, trustee, officer,
member, employee, agent or independent contractor of another partnership, limited
liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason
of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by any such person in any of
the foregoing capacities, including any action taken or omitted that may be
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determined to constitute negligence, whether or not in the case of insurance the
Clients would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability. The
Clients’ share (as determined by the General Partners) of fees and expenses
incurred in connection with obtaining and maintaining any such insurance policy or
policies, including any commissions and premiums and any expenses incurred in
connection with the investigation, prosecution, defense, judgment or settlement of
litigation related to such insurance policies, will be Client expenses. Such shared
insurance policies have an overall cap on coverage for all the insured parties
thereunder for each policy period. To the extent insurable claims exceed such cap,
the Clients may not receive as much in insurance proceeds as it would have received
if separate insurance policies had been purchased for each insured party for that
policy period. Similarly, multiple insured claims may be made during a single policy
period and subject to a single overall cap. To the extent insurance proceeds for one
such claim are applied towards a cap and the Fund later experiences an insurable
claim within the same policy period, the Clients’ receipts from such insurance policy
may also be diminished.
Principal Transactions
Section 206 (3) of the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the
“Advisers Act”), regulates principal transactions among an investment adviser and
its affiliates, on the one hand, and the clients thereof, on the other hand. Very
generally, if an investment adviser or an affiliate thereof proposes to purchase a
security from, or sell a security to, a Client (what is commonly referred to as a
“principal transaction”), BCAM must make certain disclosures to the client of the
terms of the proposed transaction and obtain the Client’s consent to the
transaction. In connection with BCAM’s investment advice provided to Clients,
BCAM and its affiliates may engage in principal transactions. BCAM has established
certain policies and procedures to comply with the requirements of the Advisers Act
as they relate to principal transactions, including that disclosures required by
Section 206 (3) of the Advisers Act be made to the applicable Client(s) regarding any
proposed principal transactions and that any required prior consent to the
transaction be received..
Investment in a Client by Related Funds and Personnel of Affiliate Advisors
information solely
for
the purpose of making
Certain Related Funds and personnel of Affiliate Advisors may invest in a Client as
investors. The Adviser may from time to time in its sole discretion provide another
Affiliate Advisor and its personnel of any such Related Funds certain information
about a Client’s investment portfolio, although it is under no obligation to do so and
has the discretion to decide not to provide any such information at any time. As a
condition of receiving such information, the Affiliate Advisor must agree that it will
investment
use such
recommendations to such Related Fund with respect to its exposure to certain
investment sectors and geographies, and not for the purpose of making any other
investment recommendations to such Related Fund or for any other purpose and it
must agree not to disclose such information to any other person except to the
extent required by the applicable law. Conflicts will arise to the extent the interests
of such Related Funds conflict with those of a Client.
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Other Potential Conflicts of Interest
Legal Counsel
The Clients and the other Related Funds will generally engage common legal
counsel and other advisors to represent all of the Related Funds in a particular
transaction, including a transaction in which the Related Funds have conflicting
interests because they are investing in different securities of a single portfolio
company. In the event of a significant dispute or divergence of interest between
one or more Related Funds, such as in a work-out or other distressed situation,
separate representation may become desirable, in which case BCAM and the other
Affiliate Advisers may hire separate counsel in their sole discretion, and in litigation
and other circumstances, separate representation may be required. The law firms
engaged to represent the Related Funds often are investors in certain other Related
Funds and may also represent one or more portfolio companies or limited partners
of the Related Funds. Additionally, BCAM and the other Related Funds and the
portfolio companies of the Related Funds may engage other common service
providers, including legal counsel and accountants, including a transaction where
there may be conflicts of interest (e.g., cross transactions and other affiliate
transactions). In such circumstances, there may be a conflict of interest between
BCAM, on the one hand, and the Related Funds, on the other hand, in determining
whether to engage such service providers, including the possibility that BCAM may
favor the engagement or continued engagement of such persons if it receives a
benefit from such service providers, such as lower fees or other beneficial
arrangements, that it would not receive absent the engagement of such service
provider by the Related Funds and/or the portfolio companies.
Procurement
There may be situations in which is the Advisers are in a position of facilitating or
otherwise making available portfolio company services or other third-party group
purchase arrangements (each such service or arrangement, a “Transaction
Opportunity”) and, as a result, certain portfolio companies of a Client may be
counterparties or participants in agreements, transactions or other arrangements
with third parties or the portfolio companies of the other Related Funds. Transaction
Opportunities may involve favorable procurement terms, including fees, servicing
payments, rebates, discounts, or other financial benefits. An Adviser could be
eligible to receive favorable terms for its procurement due in part to the involvement
of its portfolio companies or such third parties in such Transaction Opportunities,
and any discounted amounts will not be subject to offsets against the management
fee or otherwise shared with the Relevant Fund. In recommending a Transaction
Opportunity, an Adviser has a conflict of interest in maintaining the goodwill
between it and the relevant portfolio company or third party and facilitating or
otherwise making available Transaction Opportunities of one portfolio company or
third party, even though the Transaction Opportunity may not necessarily be the
best available for other portfolio companies or third parties. The benefits received
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by a portfolio company or third party providing a Transaction Opportunity may be
greater than those received by another portfolio company receiving such
Transaction Opportunity.
Diverse Investor Base of Clients and the other Related Funds
A Boylston Fund, Clarendon Fund, Coinvest Client and the other Related Funds have
tax-exempt, taxable, non-U.S. and other investors, whereas most members of the
general partners and other Related Funds are taxable at individual U.S. rates, which
may give rise to various conflicts of interest. In particular, potential conflicts with
respect to the nature or structuring of investments (including t as to the use of
Alternative Investment Vehicles and intermediate corporate entities), may exist
among the interests of taxable and tax-exempt investors, and/or among the
interests of U.S. and non-U.S. investors For these reasons, among others,
decisions have in the past and may in the future be more beneficial for one investor
than for another investor, particularly with respect to investors’ individual tax
situations. In selecting and structuring investments appropriate for a Related Fund,
BCAM and the Affiliate Advisers will consider the investment and tax objectives of
the applicable Related Fund, not the investment, tax, and other objectives of any
investor individually. Conflicts of interest between the investors and the Adviser
may also arise in connection with decisions made by the Adviser, including with
respect to the structuring or disposition of investments and the reporting thereof
or withholding with respect thereto.
Access to Information
Due in part to the fact that potential investors in a Boylston Fund, Clarendon Fund
or Coinvest Client (including purchasers of a limited partner’s interests in a
secondary transaction) or a co-investment opportunity may ask different questions
and request different information, BCAM will provide certain information upon
request to one or more prospective investors that it does not provide to all of the
prospective investors or limited partners. Additionally, an Adviser may establish
separate accounts with portfolios significantly similar to those of the Underlying
Funds.
Conflicts Related to Plan Assets
One or more of the Clients and one or more other Related Funds may hold “plan
assets” subject to ERISA. With respect to those plan assets, if any, Bain Capital and
certain affiliates may be classified as “fiduciaries” under ERISA. ERISA imposes
certain general and specific responsibilities and restrictions on fiduciaries with
respect to plan assets. As a result, a Client will be restricted from entering into
certain transactions if the investment would violate ERISA with respect to a Client
or any other Related Fund or will be obligated to take certain actions or refrain from
taking certain actions in order to avoid a violation of ERISA with respect to such
Client or other Related Fund.
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Material, Non-Public Information: Trading Restrictions
From time to time, the Adviser or another Affiliate Adviser will come into possession
of material, non-public information, and such information may limit the ability of the
Funds to buy and sell investments. Although the Adviser and the Affiliate Advisers
currently maintain “ethical walls” which reduce the likelihood that the Adviser will
be deemed to possess material, non-public information possessed by other Affiliate
Advisers, there is no guarantee that the Adviser and the Affiliate Advisers will
maintain “ethical walls” for the life of a Client, such as circumstances where the
members of the Adviser’s advisory boards or similar committees are also personnel
of other Affiliate Advisers. The risk that an Adviser or another Affiliate Adviser will
come into possession of material, non-public information is increased due to the
substantial participation by the personnel of the Adviser and certain Affiliate
Advisers on the boards of directors of publicly held companies. Furthermore, the
Adviser and the other Affiliate Advisers will agree from time to time to “cross” ethical
walls, and Bain Capital will from time to time impose restrictions on transactions
involving particular issuers in its discretion taking into account all factors it deems
relevant in the collective interest of the Adviser and the other Affiliate Advisers. In
such cases, a Client and the other Related Funds could be restricted indefinitely in
transactions involving a particular issuer. Consequently, the possession of material,
non-public information by other Affiliate Advisers will at times limit the ability of a
Client to buy and sell investments. In addition, the Adviser will from time to time be
restricted by contract from using confidential information that it, or another Affiliate
Adviser, has for the benefit of a Client. Additionally, in rare instances, an investor
may receive material non-public information that may limit such investor’s trading
activities.
Affiliated Broker-Dealer Conflicts of Interest
Bain Capital Distributors is a member of the Bain Capital group and is therefore
affiliated with BCAM and the Boylston Funds. Furthermore, certain employees of
Bain Capital Distributors may also be employees of BCAM. To the extent Bain Capital
Distributors offers interests in a Boylston Fund to investors and receives
compensation therefor, Bain Capital Distributors relations with such Boylston Fund,
and its relations with the Bain Capital group generally, may conflict with the
interests of the investors in such Boylston Fund.
Different conflicts may exist with respect to investments in different Clients.
Please contact the Bain Capital compliance department with any additional
questions or concerns.
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Item 11. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading Code of Ethics
BCAM has adopted a Code of Ethics Policy for its personnel. The policy describes
personnel standard of conduct and fiduciary duties and limits personal trading by
its personnel and their immediate family/household members in a wide range of
securities, including common and preferred stock, debt instruments, securities that
are convertible or exchangeable for equity or debt securities, and derivative
instruments. Personnel must report every account that they or their immediate
family member use for trading securities covered by the policy and, if they directly
or indirectly influence or control trading in the account, they must generally pre-
clear covered securities transactions and have copies of trade confirmations and
periodic account statements sent by their broker to the compliance department.
Controlled trading by personnel and their immediate family/household members is
prohibited in a wide range of securities that appear on restricted lists and
confidential watch list and additional steps are taken to ensure that personnel and
their immediate family/household members are not permitted to trade for their
personal account in securities selected for the Related Funds and to ensure
personnel do not engage in “front-running” of the Related Funds’ investment
opportunities.
Personnel are required to promptly report any violation of the Code of Ethics policy
of which they become aware. Personnel are required to annually certify compliance
with the Code of Ethics policy.
A detailed summary of the Code of Ethics is available to limited partners and
prospective limited partners during the investment due diligence process. A copy
may be obtained by contacting the BCAM compliance department.
Related Person Investment
For further detail regarding circumstances in which BCAM or a related person (a)
recommends to clients, or buys or sells for client accounts, securities in which
BCAM or a related person has a material financial interest, (b) invests in the same
securities that BCAM or a related person recommends to clients, or (c) recommends
securities to clients, or buys or sells securities for client accounts, at or about the
same time that BCAM or a related person buys or sells the same securities for
BCAM’s own (or the related person’s own) account, as well as related conflicts of
interest, please see Code of Ethics above.
In addition, BCAM’s personnel may buy securities in transactions offered to but
rejected by the Related Funds. Such transactions are subject to the policies and
procedures set forth in BCAM’s Code of Ethics. The investment policies, fee
arrangements and other circumstances of these investments may vary from those
of the Related Funds. If BCAM personnel have made large capital investments in or
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alongside the Related Funds, they may have conflicting interests with respect to
these investments. For further details regarding these arrangements, as well as
related conflicts of interest, please see Item 10 above.
Item 12. Brokerage Practices
As the Partner Investments Clients’ investments are primarily in Underlying Funds,
BCAM anticipates that investments in publicly traded securities will be infrequent
occurrences (e.g., distributions of public securities from an Underlying Fund.).
Investment in publicly traded securities may occur more regularly among the
Coinvest Clients. To meet its fiduciary duties to the Clients, BCAM has adopted
written policies to address issues that might arise with respect to purchasing,
holding, and selling publicly traded securities.
For each of the Clients, BCAM may have, subject to the direction of such Client’s
general partner, if applicable, sole discretion over the purchase and sale of
investments (including the size of such transactions) and the broker or dealer, if
any, to be used to effect transactions. In placing each transaction for a Client
involving a broker-dealer, BCAM will seek “best execution” of the transaction. “Best
execution” means obtaining for a Client account the lowest total cost (in purchasing
a security) or highest total proceeds (in selling a security), taking into account the
circumstances of the transaction and the reputability and reliability of the executing
broker or dealer.
In determining whether a particular broker or dealer is likely to provide best
execution in a particular transaction, BCAM takes into account all factors that it
deems relevant to the broker’s or dealer’s execution capability, including, by way of
illustration, price, the size of the transaction, the nature of the market for the
security, the amount of the commission, the timing of the transaction taking into
account market prices and trends, the reputation, experience and financial stability
of the broker or dealer, and the quality of service rendered by the broker or dealer
in other transactions.
To the extent they aggregate orders for purchase and sale, BCAM will aggregate
such orders as it deems appropriate and in accordance with each Boylston Fund and
Clarendon Fund’s documents and in the best interest of each Boylston Fund, and
Clarendon Fund.
Item 13. Review of Accounts Oversight and Monitoring
The portfolio investments of the Partner Investments Clients are continuously
reviewed by a team of investment professionals. The team includes a Partner and
other investment professionals of BCAM. The portfolio investments of Coinvest
Clients are continuously reviewed and monitored with information provided by the
Affiliate Advisers for the applicable Related Funds.
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Reporting
Investors in the Boylston Funds and Clarendon Funds receive regular reporting
updates through quarterly letters, investor one-on-one meetings and other
materials. Investors in the Coinvest Clients receive regular reporting updates
through quarterly reports and other materials. BCAM and the applicable general
partner, if any, may from time to time, in their sole discretion, provide additional
information upon request relating to such Client to one or more BCAM investors as
they deem appropriate.
Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation
For details regarding economic benefits provided to BCAM by non-clients, including
a description of related conflicts of interest, please see Item 10 above. In addition,
BCAM and its related persons may, in certain instances, receive discounts on
products and services provided by the affiliated advisers’ portfolio companies.
Item 15. Custody
BCAM has determined that it has custody of certain client assets for purposes of
the Advisors Act as BCAM is a related person of the General Partner of each
Boylston Fund, Clarendon Fund and Coinvest Client in addition to having custody
over other client accounts. It is the policy of BCAM to comply with the Advisers Act
requirements in respect of the assets of any such client. To the extent certain
Clients’ assets are held by one or more custodial banks, such custodial banks
maintaining such Clients’ assets send account statements to an independent
representative, who compares the account statement received from the custodial
bank to the account statements BCAM delivers to investors.
In accordance with SEC guidance, with respect to certain investments in privately
offered securities, a specified custodian may hold only documentation relating to
or referencing such investments but not the actual investment itself, and/or
investments of a client may not be registered in the name of the custodian.
Consequently, the custodian may not have control over the disposition of such
investments, or the ability to direct delivery of sale proceeds or other distributions
from such investments to the custodian. Further, for such investments, the
custodian may not have the ability to validate or reconcile ownership of the
investment with any third party, including the issuer.
Item 16. Investment Discretion
BCAM provides investment advisory services to each of the Boylston Funds
pursuant to the Advisory Agreements. Investment advice is provided by BCAM
directly to Boylston Low Correlation Investments, L.P., and Boylston Real Assets
Fund, L.P., subject to the direction and control of the general partner of such
Boylston Fund. The governing documents of the Coinvest Clients and/or Related
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Funds restrict Coinvest Clients to investing on a formulaic basis in or alongside the
Related Funds. In particular, when a Coinvest Client coinvests with a Related Fund
that is a private equity or venture capital fund, the governing documents of the
general partner of the Coinvest Client require such general partner to comply with
any agreement with respect to voting or disposing of such coinvestment made by
the general partner of the Related Fund. The general partner of the Clarendon Fund
will make investment decisions with respect to such investment after such
investment is made. Any restrictions on investments in certain types of securities
are, for the Boylston Funds, established by the general partner of the applicable
Boylston Fund, and are set forth in the documentation received by each limited
partner prior to investment in such Boylston Fund.
Item 17. Voting Client Securities
The Boylston Funds and Clarendon Funds are not able to direct the vote of their
general partner. The general partners of the Boylston Funds and Clarendon Funds
intend to vote proxies or similar corporate actions either in accordance with
management recommendations, or otherwise in the best interests of the Boylston
Funds and Clarendon Funds, taking into account such factors as it deems relevant
in its sole discretion. BCAM’s proxy voting policy is designed to ensure that if a
material conflict of interest is identified in connection with a particular proxy vote,
that the vote is not improperly influenced by the conflict.
Coinvest Clients are not able to direct the vote of their general partner. In particular,
when a Coinvest Client coinvests with a Related Fund that is a private equity or
venture capital fund, the governing documents of the general partner of the
Coinvest Client require such general partner to comply with any agreement with
respect to voting for such coinvestment made by the general partner of the Related
Fund.
A detailed summary of BCAM’s proxy voting policies and procedures are available
to limited partners and prospective limited partners in the Boylston Funds,
Clarendon Funds and Coinvest Clients during the investment due diligence process.
A copy of the proxy voting policies and procedures may be obtained by contacting
BCAM’s compliance department.
Existing clients may obtain copies of relevant proxy logs, identifying how proxies
were voted in connection with a Boylston Fund, Clarendon Fund or Coinvest Client,
and copies of proxy voting policies and procedures upon written request to: Bain
Capital Asset Management, LP, 200 Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02116.
Item 18. Financial Information
Item 18 is not applicable to BCAM.
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Item 19. Requirements for State-Registered Advisers
Item 19 is not applicable to BCAM.
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