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Cain Capital, L.L.C.
Form ADV | Part 2A Firm Brochure
(Item 1)
300 Crescent Court, Suite 1840
Dallas, Texas 75201
Hugh Hennesy: (972)-685-1799
hhennesy@caincapital.com
February 2026
Cain Capital, L.L.C. is an investment adviser registered with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). SEC registration does not imply a certain level of skill or
training.
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Cain
Capital, L.L.C. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact
Hugh Hennesy, Chief Compliance Officer, at (972)-685-1799 or hhennesy@caincapital.com. The
information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the SEC or by any state
securities authority.
Additional information about Cain Capital, L.L.C. also is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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ITEM 2. MATERIAL CHANGES
The last update of this document was February 2025. Since that update, we have not had any
material changes to report.
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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 ................................... 5
Item 7. Types of Clients .................................................................................. 6
Item 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .............................. 6
Item 9. Disciplinary Information ......................................................................... 7
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................ 7
Item 11. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions & Personal Trading . 8
Item 12. Brokerage Practices ............................................................................ 9
Item 13. Review of Accounts ............................................................................ 10
Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation ................................................. 10
Item 15. Custody .......................................................................................... 10
Item 16. Investment Discretion ......................................................................... 11
Item 17. Voting Client Securities ....................................................................... 11
Item 18. Financial Information ......................................................................... 11
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ITEM 4: ADVISORY BUSINESS
ADVISORY FIRM DESCRIPTION
Cain Capital, L.L.C. (“Cain” or “we”) has been in business since January 28, 1998. The principal
owner is Rod Cain Jones.
TYPES OF ADVISORY SERVICES
Private Funds and Managed Accounts
Cain, or an affiliate, manages investment accounts and provides investment supervisory
services, on a discretionary basis, for private pooled investment vehicles, special purpose
vehicles, partnerships, individuals, individual retirement plans, charitable organizations and
trusts. Investment supervisory services include:
▪
Selecting private equity opportunities or other investment vehicles for investment by
the client;
▪ Determining the client's investment objectives;
▪
Selecting and monitoring outside managers of separate accounts; specifically Merrill
Lynch, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley, and;
▪ Periodically reporting, to the client, the current investment holdings, valuations (as
provided by others), transactions, capital gains or losses, investment income, and
performance.
TAILORED ADVISORY SERVICES
Clients cannot impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or sectors. We tailor our
advisory services in accordance with each client’s needs.
We also manage private funds/SPVs that are tailored to specific sectors or markets. All funds
are closed to new investors.
CLIENT ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
As of December 31, 2025, Cain managed $171,175,266 in discretionary assets under
management and had no non-discretionary assets under management.
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ITEM 5. FEES AND COMPENSATION
MANAGEMENT FEES AND PERFORMANCE COMPENSATION
Private Funds
The below Funds pay Cain or a Cain affiliate fees as follows:
Cain Capital Infrastructure Fund, L.P.
Cain Capital Infrastructure Fund, L.P.is a single purpose vehicle that pays its general partner
(Cain Capital Infrastructure GP, L.L.C.) 20% of profits, after the limited partners are returned
their initial investment.
FAX/Melbourne, L.P.
FAX/Melbourne, L.P. is a single purpose vehicle that pays its general partner (Family Access
Exchange, L.P.) 20% of profits, after the limited partners are returned their initial investment.
Cain VC Health Fund, L.P.
Cain VC Health Fund, L.P. is a single purpose vehicle that pays its general partner (Cain Capital
Management, L.P.) 20% of profits, after the limited partners are returned their initial
investment.
Managed Accounts
We charge a fixed fee for investment advisory services. These fees are charged quarterly in
advance. This situation occurs solely in dealings with a “family office” to which we provide
investment advisory services for managed accounts. These fees are directly deducted from
client accounts. Fees vary between clients, depending upon the level of contact and services
required, so some clients pay more than others.
ITEM 6. PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
PRIVATE FUNDS
Cain, or an affiliate, receives performance-based compensation from certain clients. Refer to
Item 5. Fees and Compensation for a more detailed explanation of our performance-based
compensation. Collecting performance-based fees provides us with a potential incentive to
recommend riskier investments than we might otherwise recommend. This is mitigated by
considering each client’s investment objective and risk tolerance when recommending
participation in any investment.
To the extent that different funds and accounts, with similar strategies, have differing fees,
we have a conflict of interest with clients paying lower or no performance fees. We may be
incentivized to favor funds or accounts paying higher fees. This is mitigated through constant
monitoring by the Chief Compliance Officer, ensuring that all clients are treated fairly and
equitably, particularly when allocating limited investment opportunities.
MANAGED ACCOUNTS
We do not receive performance-based fees from our managed account clients except for their
participation in private funds and some single purpose vehicles, which do pay performance-
based fees as indicated in their documents.
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ITEM 7. TYPES OF CLIENTS
We provide investment advisory services to:
▪
Individuals;
▪ High net worth individuals;
▪
Individual retirement plans;
▪ Trusts and estates, and;
▪ Pooled investment vehicles.
Minimum investments in our pooled investment vehicles depend upon the individual underlying
investment.
The general investment minimum required of our non-pooled investment vehicles is $1,000,000.
However, we have the discretion to accept investments of lesser amounts.
ITEM 8. METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
METHODS OF ANALYSIS
We primarily use fundamental analysis in evaluating investments for client accounts. This
involves the analysis of financial attributes of a company, such as revenue growth, debt to
equity ratio, and inventory turnover.
INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The investment strategies we use to implement investment advice include:
▪ Long-term purchases (investments held at least one year);
▪
Investing in private issues; and
▪ An affiliated single purpose vehicle purchases futures to hedge actual grain ownership.
RISK OF LOSS
In General
We do not guarantee the future performance, or any specific level of performance, the success
of any investment decision or strategy that we use, or the success of our overall management
of a client account. The investment decisions we make for a client’s account are subject to
various market, currency, economic, political, and business risks; and those investment
decisions will not always be profitable. Investing in any security entails risk of loss.
More specifically, several of our investment strategies generate particular risks. The most
notable of these risks is:
Concentration of Investments
Cain and our affiliates have broad discretion over investment programs and may choose
to allocate substantial portions of assets under management to a particular investment.
Many of these vehicles are focused on a specific sector or business entity which can
result in more rapid changes, upward or downward, in a client’s portfolio than would
be the case with greater diversification. A loss in any such position could result in a
substantial loss, having a material adverse impact on the client’s capital.
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Business Dependent Upon Key Individuals
The success of the investment programs is dependent upon the expertise of our key
personnel and any future unavailability of their services could have an adverse impact
on the client’s capital.
For a complete explanation of all relevant investment strategies and their associated risks, our
clients and investors should review the applicable offering document or disclosure document
which contain explanations of additional strategies, risks, and other related details not
discussed above.
Cybersecurity
Cain and its service providers may be subject to operational and information security risks
resulting from cyberattacks. Cyberattacks include, among other behaviors, stealing or
corrupting data maintained online or digitally, denial of service attacks on websites, the
unauthorized release of confidential information or various other forms of cybersecurity
breaches. Cybersecurity attacks affecting Cain and its service providers may adversely
impact Clients. For instance, cyberattacks may interfere with the processing of
transactions, cause the release of private information about Clients, impede trading,
subject Cain to regulatory fines, financial losses, or cause reputational damage. Similar
types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of securities in which Clients
accounts may invest in, qualified custodians, governmental and other regulatory
authorities, exchange and other financial market operators, or other financial institutions.
Cybersecurity incidents that could ultimately cause them to incur losses, including for
example: financial losses, cost and reputational damages, and loss from damage or
interruption of systems. Although Cain has established its systems and processes to reduce
the risk of these incidents from occurring, there is no guarantee that these efforts will
always be successful, especially considering that Cain does not directly control the
cybersecurity measures and policies employed by third-party service providers or those of
its clients.
ITEM 9. DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
There have been no disciplinary actions against Cain or any of our officers, principals, or
affiliates.
ITEM 10. OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
Neither Cain nor any of our officers, principals, or affiliates is registered, nor has an application
pending to register, as a futures commission merchant, commodity pool operator, commodity
trading advisor, nor is an associated person of any of the above.
AFFILIATIONS WITH POOLED INVESTMENT VEHICLES
Cain Capital Management, L.P. serves as the managing general partner to several of the private
funds. As Cain is the SEC Registered Investment Advisor, Cain and Cain Capital Management,
L.P have in place a Sub-Advisory Agreement which engages Cain to provide the on-going
investment management services to the private funds.
Cain and our affiliates have sponsored a number of private investment funds that we manage.
Cain Capital Management, L.P., Family Access Exchange, L.P., Cain Capital Infrastructure, GP
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L.L.C. and Cain Mineral Partners Genpar, LLC serve as general partners to some of the fund
clients. The fund clients do not have independent management. Although this arrangement
gives us and our affiliates heightened control and discretion over our fund clients, we, along
with our affiliates, manage any potential conflicts of interest by adhering to the investment
strategy and investment allocation policy discussed in each fund client’s offering documents.
FAX Genpar, LLC, an affiliated entity, is the general partner of Family Access Exchange, L.P.,
which is the general partner of FAX/Melbourne, L.P., a single purpose vehicle.
FAX Genpar, LLC, is also the general partner of Family Access Exchange II, L.P. All underlying
partnerships of these entities under FAX Genpar, LLC are single purpose vehicles.
AFFILIATIONS WITH OTHER INVESTMENT MANAGERS
FAX Genpar, LLC is the general partner of Family Access Exchange II, L.P. which is a member
of MCM High Income GP, LLC. MCM High Income GP, LLC is the general partner of the MCM High
Income Fund, LP, in which some of our clients have invested. This creates a conflict with our
clients, as one of our affiliated entities collects part of the fees our clients pay the unaffiliated
general partner for investing in a fund we have recommended. The MCM High Income Fund, LP
is managed by an unaffiliated investment manager, Memphis Capital Management, LP.
ADDITIONAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Please refer to Mr. Jones’ Form ADV Part 2B for conflicts concerning some of his personal
investments.
ITEM 11. CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS &
PERSONAL TRADING
CODE OF ETHICS
We have adopted a code of ethics which describes the general standards of conduct that we
expect of all Cain personnel (collectively referred to as “employees”). Failure to uphold the
code of ethics may result in disciplinary sanctions, including termination of employment. Any
client or prospective client may request a copy of our code of ethics, to be provided at no cost,
by contacting Hugh Hennesy via the contact information listed on the cover page of this
document.
The following basic principles guide all aspects of our business and represent the minimum
requirements to which we expects employees to adhere:
▪ Clients’ interests come before employees’ personal interests and before Cain’s
interests.
▪ Cain must fully disclose all material facts, of which we are aware, about conflicts of
interest between our firm and clients as well as between our employees and clients.
▪ Employees must operate on our behalf, as well as their own behalf, consistently with
our disclosures in order to manage the impacts of any conflicts.
▪ Cain and our employees must not take inappropriate advantage of our positions of trust
with or responsibility to our clients.
▪ Cain and our employees must always comply with all applicable securities laws.
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In the implementation of the guidelines outlined in the code of ethics, the policies and
procedures focus on specific areas in which employee conduct has the potential to adversely
affect our clients: (1) personal securities trading and (2) outside business activities.
Additionally, our policies prohibit the use of material nonpublic information in any
communications or investment decisions.
PERSONAL TRADING
Cain prohibits personal trading in particular securities, as defined on a periodic basis, depending
upon the current investments under consideration or which are being traded for clients. As
such, we require the following:
▪ Pre-clearance before placing a trade with more than $10,000 in principal or purchasing
an IPO or a new private placement outside of Cain;
▪ Pre-clearance is not required for Cain investments;
▪ Periodic reporting of employees' personal securities transactions and holdings
(employees are required to submit reports of personal securities trades on a quarterly
basis and securities holdings annually. These are reviewed by the Chief Compliance
Officer to ensure compliance with our policies.); and
▪ Prompt internal reporting of code of ethics violations.
ITEM 12. BROKERAGE PRACTICES
BROKER SELECTION
In recommending brokers and negotiating commission rates, we consider various factors,
including:
▪ The ability to effect prompt and reliable executions at favorable prices (including the
applicable dealer spread or commission, if any);
▪ The operational efficiency with which transactions are effected, taking into account the
size of order and difficulty of execution; the financial strength, integrity, and stability
of the broker; and the broker’s risk in positioning a block of securities;
▪ The quality, comprehensiveness, and frequency of available research services and other
services (if any) that we consider to be of value; and
▪ The competitiveness of commission rates in comparison with other brokers satisfying
our other selection criteria.
However, Cain does not execute securities trades for clients, and many custodial/brokerage
relationships are directed by our separate account clients. Therefore, we have no control over
trade execution on publicly traded securities for our clients. We meet with our clients’ brokers
routinely and discuss their best execution efforts.
RESEARCH AND OTHER SOFT-DOLLAR BENEFITS
Soft dollars are credits generated from client transactions with brokers or dealers which are
made available to provide research or other services or products to investment advisers. Any
use of soft dollar credits requires the approval of the Chief Compliance Officer. We are not
generating or using soft dollar credits, nor have we done so in the past.
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BROKERAGE FOR CLIENT REFERRALS
We do not receive referrals from a broker/dealer or third party providing service to us.
DIRECTED BROKERAGE
Clients often direct us to use particular brokers for trading or as custodians. We therefore have
no control over commission rates or quality of trade execution in these accounts.
ORDER AGGREGATION
We do not execute trades through broker/dealers for our private funds or managed account
clients; therefore, order aggregation is not applicable to these client accounts.
ITEM 13. REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
The Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer review each account at least
monthly. More frequent review is performed if considered appropriate as a result of market or
economic conditions, or a change in the price or fundamentals of a particular security.
Consideration is given to the client's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions.
SPECIAL PURPOSE VEHICLES (“SPVS”)
Clients participating in our special purpose vehicles receive tax information and reports
annually.
MANAGED ACCOUNTS
At least quarterly, we provide our family office clients with a written investment report
detailing portfolio holdings, current values, investment income, and management fees.
Some clients also receive statements from their account custodian. Refer to Item 15. Custody
for further information. Clients are urged to carefully review custodians’ statements and take
the time to compare them with those they receive from us. If a client finds significant
discrepancies, she should notify us, as well as the custodian.
ITEM 14. CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
Neither Cain, nor any of our principals, employees, or affiliates, receives any economic benefit
from non-clients for providing advisory services to our clients. We do not receive referrals from
any broker/dealer or third party providing services to us.
ITEM 15. CUSTODY
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
Custody is defined as having any access to client funds or securities. Because we have the
authority to instruct the account custodian to deduct the management fee directly from a
client’s account, and because we have bill pay or check writing authority on our clients’
accounts, we have custody of the separately managed accounts, even though they are held by
qualified custodians. These custodians send account statements, to clients, at least quarterly.
Such statements show the deduction of management fees from the account, as well as all
transactions occurring in the account, including any checks written. Refer to Item 13. Review
of Accounts for further details regarding the review and comparison of account statements
received from us and the custodian.
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SPVS AND MANAGED ACCOUNTS
Client assets in special purpose vehicles are held by qualified custodians. Each custodian
provides statements, at least quarterly, directly to our clients and investors. Evidence of
ownership is detailed in the statements.
Annual surprise exams are conducted by a public accounting firm for the special purpose
vehicles and family office client accounts in which Cain or an affiliate has bill pay or check
writing authority.
ITEM 16. INVESTMENT DISCRETION
PRIVATE FUNDS AND MANAGED ACCOUNTS
We have the authority to engage or terminate engagements of outside managers providing
investment advice to clients’ separate accounts.
Although we do not have to obtain specific client consent before determining the type or
amount of securities to be purchased or sold, the types of securities purchased or sold on behalf
of each client, as well as any exposure limits or investment thresholds, are set forth in the
respective private placement memoranda distributed to each client's potential investors. The
limited partnership agreements provide us with a limited power of attorney on behalf of each
partnership. We do not use brokers in our transactions in hedge fund securities.
ITEM 17. VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
Several client accounts hold public securities. Neither Cain, nor any outside manager, votes
proxies for client accounts. Each client receives all proxy materials directly from the account
custodian.
ITEM 18. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
We are not required to provide financial statements. However, there are no current financial
conditions that might affect our ability to provide services to our clients.
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