TriLinc Global Impact Fund LLC - Quarter Report: 2014 March (Form 10-Q)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2014
OR
¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 333-185676
TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 36-4732802 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1230 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 605,
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(Address of principal executive offices)
(310) 997-0580
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨
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Item 1. | Consolidated Financial Statements. |
TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities
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2014 | 2013 | |||||||
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ASSETS |
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Investments owned, at fair value (amortized cost of $14,882,441 and $6,547,061, respectively) |
$ | 14,882,441 | $ | 6,547,061 | ||||
Cash |
6,583,010 | 6,666,659 | ||||||
Interest receivable |
133,102 | 114,809 | ||||||
Due from affiliates (see Note 5) |
367,646 | 79,109 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses |
30,960 | 54,180 | ||||||
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Total assets |
21,997,159 | 13,461,818 | ||||||
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LIABILITIES |
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Due to unitholders |
95,043 | 65,015 | ||||||
Due to affiliates (see Note 6) |
4,523 | 31,391 | ||||||
Deferred revenue |
50,000 | | ||||||
Other payables |
| 149 | ||||||
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Total liabilities |
149,566 | 96,555 | ||||||
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NET ASSETS |
$ | 21,847,593 | $ | 13,365,263 | ||||
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ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS: |
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Net capital paid in on Class A units |
$ | 7,161,776 | $ | 3,405,283 | ||||
Net capital paid in on Class C units |
719,622 | 385,565 | ||||||
Net capital paid in on Class I units |
15,139,880 | 10,280,361 | ||||||
Offering costs |
(1,173,685 | ) | (705,946 | ) | ||||
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Net assets (equivalent to $8.565 and $8.572, respectively per Class A, Class C and Class I unit based on units outstanding of 2,550,833.153 and 1,559,136,769, respectively) |
$ | 21,847,593 | $ | 13,365,263 | ||||
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Net assets, Class A (units outstanding of 793,548.292 and 377,316.669, respectively) |
$ | 6,796,650 | $ | 3,234,442 | ||||
Net assets, Class C (units outstanding of 79,736.548 and 42,721.867, respectively) |
682,934 | 366,221 | ||||||
Net assets, Class I (units outstanding of 1,677,548.313 and 1,139,098.233, respectively) |
14,368,009 | 9,764,600 | ||||||
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Net assets |
$ | 21,847,593 | $ | 13,365,263 | ||||
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See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
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March 31, 2014 | March 31, 2013 | |||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME |
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Interest income |
$ | 289,773 | $ | | ||||
Interest from cash |
| 39 | ||||||
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Total investment income |
289,773 | 39 | ||||||
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EXPENSES |
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Management fees |
109,079 | | ||||||
Incentive fees |
57,955 | | ||||||
Bank service charges |
| 36 | ||||||
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Total expenses |
167,034 | 36 | ||||||
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Expense support payment from Sponsor |
(167,034 | ) | | |||||
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Net expenses |
| 36 | ||||||
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME |
289,773 | 3 | ||||||
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
$ | 289,773 | $ | 3 | ||||
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NET INCOME PER UNITS - BASIC AND DILLUTED |
$ | 0.14 | $ | 0.00 | ||||
WEIGHTED AVERAGE UNITS OUTSTANDING - BASIC AND DILLUTED |
2,076,096.502 | 22,160.665 |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets
(Unaudited)
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March 31, 2014 | March 31, 2013 | |||||||
INCREASE FROM OPERATIONS |
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Net investment income |
$ | 289,773 | $ | 3 | ||||
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Net increase from operations |
289,773 | 3 | ||||||
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DECREASE FROM DISTRIBUTIONS |
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Distributions to Class A unitholders |
(101,273 | ) | | |||||
Distributions to Class C unitholders |
(7,966 | ) | | |||||
Distributions to Class I unitholders |
(212,222 | ) | | |||||
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Net decrease from distributions |
(321,461 | ) | | |||||
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INCREASE/(DECREASE) FROM CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS |
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Issuance of Class A units |
3,756,450 | | ||||||
Issuance of Class C units |
334,068 | | ||||||
Issuance of Class I units |
4,859,489 | | ||||||
Contribution from Sponsor |
31,750 | | ||||||
Offering costs |
(467,739 | ) | | |||||
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Net increase from capital transactions |
8,514,018 | | ||||||
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Net increase in net assets |
8,482,330 | 3 | ||||||
Net assets at beginning of period |
13,365,263 | 199,862 | ||||||
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Net assets at end of period |
$ | 21,847,593 | $ | 199,865 | ||||
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Cash flows from operating activities |
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS |
$ | 289,773 | $ | 3 | ||||
ADJUSTMENT TO RECONCILE NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS TO NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Purchase of investments |
(8,822,516 | ) | ||||||
Maturity of investments |
521,145 | |||||||
Accretion of discounts on investments |
(34,009 | ) | | |||||
Increase in interest receivable |
(18,293 | ) | | |||||
Increase in due from affiliates |
(256,787 | ) | | |||||
Decrease in prepaid expenses |
23,220 | | ||||||
Increase in due to unitholders |
30,028 | | ||||||
Decrease in due to affiliates |
(26,868 | ) | | |||||
Increase in deferred revenue |
50,000 | |||||||
Decrease in other payable |
(149 | ) | | |||||
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED IN) OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
(8,244,456 | ) | 3 | |||||
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Cash flows from financing activities |
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Proceeds from issuance of units |
8,878,525 | | ||||||
Distributions paid to unitholders |
(249,979 | ) | | |||||
Payments of offering costs |
(467,739 | ) | | |||||
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
8,160,807 | | ||||||
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TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH |
(83,649 | ) | 3 | |||||
CASH AT BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD |
6,666,659 | 200,114 | ||||||
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CASH AT END OF THE PERIOD |
$ | 6,583,010 | $ | 200,117 | ||||
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Issuance of units in connection with distribution reinvestment plan |
$ | 71,482 | $ | | ||||
Capital contribution from our Sponsor |
31,750 |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC
Consolidated Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
Investment Type / |
Portfolio |
Sector |
Description |
Interest | Fees (2) | Maturity | Principal Amount |
Current Commitment (3) |
Amortized Cost |
Fair Value | % of Net Assets |
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Secured Mezzanine Term Loan (1) |
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Indonesia |
PT Indah Global Semesta (IGS) (4) | Consumer Electronics | Electronics Retailer | 10.00 | % | 4.5 | % | 7/26/2014 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 5,000,000 | $ | 4,931,622 | $ | 4,931,622 | 22.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total Secured Mezzanine Term Loan |
4,931,622 | 4,931,622 | 22.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior Secured Term Loan Participations (1) |
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Peru |
Corporacion Prodesa S.R.L. | Consumer Products | Diaper Manufacturer |
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13.00 13.10 |
%- % |
0.0 | % | 2/15/2015- 7/12/2016 |
2,750,000 | 2,750,000 | 2,750,000 | 2,750,000 | 12.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Brazil |
Usivale Industria y Commercio | Agricultural Products | Sugar Producer | 12.43 | % | 0.0 | % | 12/15/2014- 12/15/2016 |
3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 13.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Peru |
Phoenix Foods, S.A.C. | Food Products | Food Processor | 13.00 | % | 0.0 | % | 11/29/2014 | 576,000 | 576,000 | 576,000 | 576,000 | 2.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Senior Secured Term Loan Participations |
6,326,000 | 6,326,000 | 29.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior Secured Trade Finance Participations (1) |
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Argentina |
Compania Argentina De Granos | Agricultural Products | Agriculture Distributor | 9.41 | % | 0.0 | % | 4/2/2015 | 3,136,738 | 5,000,000 | 3,136,738 | 3,136,738 | 14.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chile |
Forestal Rio Calle Calle S.A. | Forest Products | Sustainable Timber Exporter | 9.85 | % | 0.0 | % | 10/16/2014 | 415,000 | 500,000 | 415,000 | 415,000 | 1.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecuador |
Gondi. S.A. | Meat, Poultry & Fish | Other |
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12.46 12.55 |
%- % |
0.0 | % | 8/08/2014- 9/21/2014 |
73,081 | 500,000 | 73,081 | 73,081 | 0.3 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Senior Secured Trade Finance Participations |
3,624,819 | 3,624,819 | 16.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Investments |
$ | 14,882,441 | $ | 14,882,441 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
1 | Refer to Notes 3 and 4 of the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the Companys investments. |
2 | Fees may include upfront, origination, commitment, facility and/or other fees that the borrower must contractually pay to the Company. |
3 | Other than the IGS loan facility, all other loan commitments are subject to the availability of funds and do not represent a contractual obligation to provide funding to the borrower. |
4 | Subject to the Advisors approval, the borrower has the option to extend the loan for 3 years at 12-month intervals. |
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC
Consolidated Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2013
Investment Type / Country |
Portfolio |
Sector |
Description |
Interest | Fees (2) | Maturity | Principal Amount |
Current Commitment (3) |
Amortized Cost |
Fair Value |
% of Net Assets |
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Secured Mezzanine Term Loan (1) |
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Indonesia |
PT Indah Global Semesta (IGS) (4) | Consumer Electronics | Electronics Retailer | 10.00 | % | 4.50 | % | 7/26/2014 | $ | 3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | $ | 2,952,836 | $ | 2,952,836 | 22.1 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Secured Mezzanine Term Loan |
2,952,836 | 2,952,836 | 22.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior Secured Term Loan Participations (1) |
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Peru |
Corporacion Prodesa S.R.L. | Consumer Products | Diaper Manufacturer | 13.10 | % | 0.0 | % | 7/12/2016 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 3.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brazil |
Usivale Industria y Commercio | Agricultural Products | Sugar Producer | 12.43 | % | 0.0 | % | |
12/15/2014- 12/15/2016 |
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2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 2,500,000 | 18.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Senior Secured Term Loan Participations |
3,000,000 | 3,000,000 | 22.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior Secured Trade Finance Participations (1) |
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Chile |
Forestal Rio Calle Calle S.A. | Forest Products | Sustainable Timber Exporter | 9.85 | % | 0.0 | % | 1/14/2014 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 500,000 | 3.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecuador |
Gondi. S.A. | Meat, Poultry & Fish | Other |
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12.46 12.55 |
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8/08/2014- 9/21/2014 |
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94,225 | 500,000 | 94,225 | 94,225 | 0.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Senior Secured Trade Finance Participations |
594,225 | 594,225 | 4.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Investments |
$ | 6,547,061 | $ | 6,547,061 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.
1 | Refer to Notes 3 and 4 of the consolidated financial statements for additional information on the Companys investments. |
2 | Fees may include upfront, origination, commitment, facility and/or other fees that the borrower must contractually pay to the Company. |
3 | Other than the IGS loan facility, all other loan commitments are subject to the availability of funds and do not represent a contractual obligation to provide funding to the borrower. |
4 | Subject to the Advisors approval, the borrower has the option to extend the loan for 3 years at 12-month intervals. |
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TRILINC GLOBAL IMPACT FUND, LLC
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2014
(Unaudited)
Note 1. Organization and Operations of the Company
TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC (the Company) was organized as a Delaware limited liability company on April 30, 2012 and formally commenced operations on June 11, 2013. The Company makes impact investments in Small and Medium Enterprises, known as SMEs, primarily in developing economies that provide the opportunity to achieve both competitive financial returns and positive measurable impact. The Company uses the proceeds raised from the issuance of units to invest in SMEs through local market sub-advisors in a diversified portfolio of financial assets, including direct loans, convertible debt instruments, trade finance, structured credit and preferred and common equity investments. The Companys investment objectives are to generate current income, capital preservation and modest capital appreciation primarily through investments in SMEs. The Company is externally managed by TriLinc Advisors, LLC (the Advisor). The Advisor is an investment advisor registered in the State of California.
TriLinc Global, LLC (the Sponsor) owns 85% of the units of the Advisor, and is the sponsor of the Company. Strategic Capital Advisory Services, LLC (SCAS) owns 15% of the Advisor, and is considered an affiliate of the Company. The Sponsor employs staff who operate both the Advisor and the Company. The Sponsor, the Advisor and SCAS are Delaware limited liability companies.
In May 2012, the Advisor purchased 22,160.665 Class A units for aggregate gross proceeds of $200,000. The Company commenced its initial public offering of up to $1,500,000,000 in units of limited liability company interest (the Offering) on February 25, 2013. On June 11, 2013, the Company satisfied its minimum offering requirement of $2,000,000 when the Sponsor purchased 321,329.639 Class A units for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,900,000 and the Company commenced operations. The Companys offering period is currently scheduled to terminate two years after the initial offering date, or February 25, 2015, unless extended.
Although the Company was organized and intends to conduct its business in a manner so that it is not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the consolidated financial statements are prepared using the specialized accounting principles of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 946, Financial Services Investment Companies. Overall, the Companys management believes the use of investment company accounting makes the Companys financial statements more useful to investors and other financial statement users since it allows a more appropriate basis of comparison to other entities with similar objectives.
To assist the Company in achieving its investment objective, the Company makes investments via wholly owned subsidiaries. As of March 31, 2014, the Companys subsidiaries are TriLinc Global Impact Fund Asia, Ltd. (TGIF-A), TriLinc Global Impact Fund Latin America, Ltd. (TGIF-LA) and TriLinc Global Impact Fund Trade Finance, Ltd. (TGIF-TF), all of which are Cayman Islands exempted companies. To assist the Advisor in managing the Company and its subsidiaries, the Advisor may provide services via TriLinc Advisors International, Ltd. (TAI), a Cayman Islands exempted company that is wholly owned by TriLinc Advisors, LLC. As of March 31, 2014, the Company has made, through its subsidiaries, loans in several countries located in South America and Asia.
Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The Companys financial information is prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. These financial statements are presented in United States dollars.
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The interim consolidated financial statements and notes are presented as permitted by the requirements for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Certain financial information that is normally included in annual financial statements, including certain financial statement footnotes, prepared in accordance with GAAP is not required for interim reporting purposes and has been omitted herein. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Companys consolidated financial statements and notes related thereto included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 31, 2014.
The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that ultimately may be achieved for the full year ending December 31, 2014.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, which were established to hold certain investments of the Company. The Company owns 100% of each subsidiary and, as such, the subsidiaries are consolidated into the Companys consolidated financial statements. Transactions between subsidiaries, to the extent they occur, are eliminated in consolidation. The consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting solely of normal recurring accruals, that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the operations and financial condition as of and for the periods presented.
Cash
Cash consists of demand deposits at a financial institution. Such deposits may be in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in any such accounts.
Prepaid expenses
Prepaid expenses represent prepaid insurance paid by the Fund during 2013. Prepaid insurance is being amortized over the term of the insurance policy which is one year. The amortization of prepaid expense for the three months ended March 31, 2014 is reimbursable to the Company by the Sponsor under the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement.
Revenue Recognition
The Company records interest income on an accrual basis to the extent that the Company expects to collect such amounts. The Company does not accrue as a receivable interest on loans for accounting purposes if there is reason to doubt the ability to collect such interest. The Company records prepayment premiums on loans and debt securities as interest income on a straight line basis, which we have determined not to be materially different from the effective yield method.
The Company places loans on non-accrual status when principal and interest are past due 90 days or more or when there is a reasonable doubt that principal or interest will be collected. Accrued interest is generally reversed when a loan is placed on non-accrual. Interest payments received on non-accrual loans may be recognized as income or applied to principal depending upon managements judgment of the financial condition of the borrower. Non-accrual loans are generally restored to accrual status when past due principal and interest is paid and, in the Companys managements judgment, is likely to remain current over the remainder of the term.
Structuring and similar fees are recorded as a discount on investments purchased and are accreted into income, on a straight line basis, which we have determined not to be materially different from the effective yield method. Structuring and similar fees are included in interest income.
Valuation of Investments
The Company applies fair value accounting to all of its investments in accordance with ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement (ASC 820). ASC 820 requires enhanced disclosures about assets and liabilities that are measured and reported at fair value. As defined in ASC 820, fair value is the price that would be received when selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In accordance with ASC 820, the Company has categorized its investments into a three-level fair value hierarchy as discussed in Note 3.
ASC 820 establishes a hierarchal disclosure framework that prioritizes and ranks the level of market price observability of inputs used in measuring investments at fair value. Market price observability is affected by a number of factors, including the type of investment and the characteristics specific to the investment. Investments with readily available active quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices generally will have a higher degree of market price observability and a lesser degree of judgment used in measuring fair value.
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Based on the observability of the inputs used in the valuation techniques, the Company is required to provide disclosures on fair value measurements according to the fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy ranks the observability of the inputs used to determine fair values. Investments carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:
| Level 1 Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date. |
| Level 2 Valuations based on inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable. |
| Level 3 Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and where there is little, if any, market activity at the measurement date. The inputs for the determination of fair value may require significant management judgment or estimation and is based upon managements assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities. These investments include debt and equity investments in private companies or assets valued using the market or income approach and may involve pricing models whose inputs require significant judgment or estimation because of the absence of any meaningful current market data for identical or similar investments. The inputs in these valuations may include, but are not limited to, capitalization and discount rates and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) multiples. The information may also include pricing information or broker quotes which include a disclaimer that the broker would not be held to such a price in an actual transaction. The non-binding nature of consensus pricing and/or quotes accompanied by disclaimer would result in classification as Level 3 information, assuming no additional corroborating evidence. |
The inputs used in the determination of fair value may require significant judgment or estimation.
Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at those quotations. Most of our investments are loans to private companies, which are not actively traded in any market and for which quotations are not available. For those investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or when such market quotations are deemed by the Advisor not to represent fair value, our board of managers has approved a multi-step valuation process to be followed each fiscal quarter, as described below:
1. | Each investment is valued by the Advisor in collaboration with the relevant sub-advisor; |
2. | For all investments with a maturity of greater than 12 months, we have engaged Duff & Phelps, LLC (Duff & Phelps) to conduct a review on the reasonableness of our internal estimates of fair value on each asset on a quarterly rotating basis, with each of such investments being reviewed at least annually, and provide an opinion that the Advisors estimate of fair value for each investment is reasonable; |
3. | The audit committee of our board of managers reviews and discusses the preliminary valuation prepared by the Advisor and any opinion rendered by Duff & Phelps; and |
4. | Our board of managers discusses the valuations and determines the fair value of each investment in our portfolio in good faith based on the input of the Advisor, Duff & Phelps and the audit committee. Our board of managers is ultimately responsible for the determination, in good faith, of the fair value of each investment. |
Below is a description of factors that our board of managers may consider when valuing our investments.
Fixed income investments are typically valued utilizing a market approach, an income approach, or both approaches, as appropriate. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities (including the sale of a business). The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts (for example, interest and principal payments) to a single present value amount (discounted) calculated based on an appropriate discount rate. The measurement is based on the net present value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. In following these approaches, the types of factors that we may take into account in valuing our investments include, as applicable: available current market data, including relevant and applicable market trading and transaction comparables, applicable market yields and multiples, security covenants, call protection provisions, information rights, the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the borrowers ability to make payments, its earnings and discounted cash flows, the markets in which the company does business, comparisons of financial ratios of peer companies that are public, the principal market for the borrowers securities and an estimate of the borrowers enterprise value, among other factors.
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Equity interests in portfolio companies for which there is no liquid public market are valued at fair value. The board of managers, in its analysis of fair value, may consider various factors, such as multiples of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, cash flows, net income, revenues or in limited instances book value or liquidation value. All of these factors may be subject to adjustments based upon the particular circumstances of a portfolio company or our actual investment position. For example, adjustments to EBITDA may take into account compensation to previous owners or the effects of acquisitions, recapitalizations, restructurings or other similar items.
We may also look to private merger and acquisition statistics, public trading multiples discounted for illiquidity and other factors, valuations implied by third-party investments in the portfolio companies or industry practices in determining fair value. We may also consider the size and scope of a portfolio company and its specific strengths and weaknesses, as well as any other factors we deem relevant in measuring the fair values of our investments.
Net Realized Gains or Losses and Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation on Investments
The Company measures net realized gains or losses by the difference between the net proceeds from the repayment or sale on investments and the amortized cost basis of the investment including unamortized upfront fees and prepayment penalties. Realized gains or losses on the disposition of an investment are calculated using the first in first out (FIFO) method, utilizing the amortized cost basis of the investment, without regard to unrealized appreciation or depreciation previously recognized, but considering unamortized upfront fees and prepayment penalties. Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflects the change in portfolio investment values during the reporting period, including any reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation or depreciation, when gains or losses are realized.
Payment-in-Kind Interest
The Company may have investments that contain a payment-in-kind, or PIK, interest provision. For loans with contractual PIK interest, any interest will be added to the principal balance of such investments and be recorded as income, if the valuation indicates that such interest is collectible.
Income Taxes
The Company, as a limited liability company, allocates all income or loss to its unitholders according to their respective percentage of ownership. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income taxes has been included in these financial statements.
The Company may be subject to withholding taxes on income and capital gains imposed by certain countries in which the Company invests. The withholding tax on income is netted against the income accrued or received. Any reclaimable taxes are recorded as income. The withholding tax on realized or unrealized gain is recorded as a liability.
The Company follows the guidance for uncertainty in income taxes included in the ASC 740, Income Taxes. This guidance requires the Company to determine whether a tax position of the Company is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authority, including the resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position.
At March 31, 2014, no tax liability for uncertain tax provision has been recognized in the accompanying financial statements nor did the Company recognize any interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits. The earliest year that the Companys income tax returns are subject to examination is the period ending December 31, 2012.
Unitholders are individually responsible for reporting income or loss, to the extent required by the federal and state income tax laws and regulations, based upon their respective share of the Companys income and expense as reported for income tax purposes.
Calculation of Net Asset Value
The Companys net asset value is calculated on a quarterly basis and commenced with respect to the first full quarter after the Company commenced operations. The Company calculates its net asset value per unit by subtracting total liabilities from the total value of our assets on the date of valuation and dividing the result by the total number of outstanding units on the date of valuation. The net asset value per Class A, Class C and Class I units are calculated on a pro-rata basis based on units outstanding.
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Net Income (Loss) per Unit
Basic net income (loss) per unit is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of members units outstanding during the period. Diluted net income or loss per unit is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of members units and members unit equivalents outstanding during the period. The Company did not have any potentially dilutive unit outstanding at March 31, 2014.
Organization and Offering Costs
The Sponsor has incurred organization and offering costs on behalf of the Company. Organization and offering costs are reimbursable to the Sponsor up to 5.00% of the gross offering proceeds (the O&O Reimbursement Limit) raised from the offering and will be accrued and payable by the Company only to the extent that such costs do not exceed the O&O Reimbursement Limit. Reimbursement of organization and offering costs that exceed the O&O Reimbursement Limit will be expensed in the period they become reimbursable, which is dependent on the gross offering proceeds raised in such period, and are therefore not included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2014 or December 31, 2013. These expense reimbursements are subject to regulatory caps and approval by the Companys board of managers. If the Company sells the maximum amount of the Offering, it anticipates that such expenses will equal approximately 1.25% of the gross proceeds raised.
The Company may reimburse the dealer manager for certain expenses that are deemed underwriting compensation. Assuming an aggregate selling commission and a dealer manager fee of 9.75% of the gross offering proceeds (which assumes all offering proceeds come from Class A units), the Company would reimburse the dealer manager in an amount up to 0.25% of the gross offering proceeds. Because the aggregate selling commission and dealer manager fees will be less than 9.75% of the gross offering proceeds due to a portion of the offering proceeds coming from the sale of Class C and Class I units, the Company may reimburse the dealer manager for expenses in an amount greater than 0.25% of the gross offering proceeds, provided that the Company will not pay or reimburse any of the foregoing costs to the extent such payment would cause total underwriting compensation to exceed 10.0% of the gross proceeds of the primary offering as of the termination of the Offering, as required by the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA).
Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement
The Company, Advisor and the Sponsor entered into an Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement effective as of June 11, 2013 and covering expenses through March 31, 2014. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement, the Sponsor has paid expenses on behalf of the Company through March 31, 2014 and will additionally pay the accrued operating expenses of the Company as of March 31, 2014 on behalf of the Company. Such expenses will not be reimbursable to the Sponsor until the Company has raised $200 million of gross proceeds and, therefore, have not been recorded as expenses of the Company as of March 31, 2014. In accordance with ASC 450, Contingencies, such expenses will be accrued and payable by the Company in the period that they become both probable and estimable.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act), emerging growth companies can delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. The Company is choosing to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. As a result, the Companys financial statements may not be comparable to those of companies that comply with public company effective dates. There are no new or revised accounting standards that we have not adopted.
In June 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-08, Financial ServicesInvestment Companies: Amendments to the Scope, Measurement, and Disclosure Requirements (ASU 2013-08). ASU 2013-08 amends the current criteria for an entity to qualify as an investment company, creates new disclosure requirements and amends the measurement criteria for certain interests in other investment companies. ASU 2013-08 was effective on January 1, 2014, and did not have a material effect on the Companys consolidated financial statements.
Risk Factors
The Company has little operating history and is subject to the business risks and uncertainties associated with any new business. As an externally-managed Company, the Company is largely dependent on the efforts of the Advisor and other service providers.
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The Company is subject to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates. Global economies and capital markets can and have experienced significant volatility, which has increased the risks associated with investments in collateralized private debt instruments. Investment in the Company carries risk and there are no guarantees that the Companys investment objective will be achieved. The Company is also exposed to credit risk related to maintaining all of its cash at a major financial institution.
The Companys investments consist of loans, loan participations and trade finance that are illiquid and non-traded, making purchase or sale of such financial instruments at desired prices or in desired quantities difficult. Furthermore, the sale of any such investments may be possible only at substantial discounts, and it may be extremely difficult to value any such investments accurately.
The value of the Companys investments in loans may be detrimentally affected to the extent, among other things, that a borrower defaults on its obligations, there is insufficient collateral and/or there are extensive legal and other costs incurred in collecting on a defaulted loan, observable secondary or primary market yields for similar instruments issued by comparable companies increase materially or risk premiums required in the market between smaller companies, such as the Companys borrowers, and those for which market yields are observable increase materially
At March 31, 2014, the Companys investment portfolio included 7 companies and was comprised of $4,931,622 or 33.1% in secured mezzanine term loans, $6,326,000 or 42.5% in senior secured term loan participations, and $3,624,819 or 24.4.1% in senior secured trade finance participations. The Companys largest loan by value was $4,931,622 or 33.1% of total investments. The Companys 3 largest loans by value comprised 74.4% of the Companys portfolio at March 31, 2014. Participation in loans amounted to $9,950,819 or 66.9% and direct loans amounted to $4,931,622 or 33.1% of the Companys total portfolio at March 31, 2014.
Note 3. Fair Value Measurements
The following table summarizes the fair value of the Companys investments based on the inputs at March 31, 2014:
Fair Value |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||||||
Senior secured term loan participations |
$ | 6,326,000 | $ | | $ | | $ | 6,326,000 | ||||||||
Secured mezzanine term loan |
4,931,622 | | | 4,931,622 | ||||||||||||
Senior secured trade finance participations |
3,624,819 | | | 3,624,819 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 14,882,441 | $ | | $ | | $ | 14,882,441 | ||||||||
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The following table summarizes the fair value of the Companys investments based on the inputs at December 31, 2013:
Fair Value |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||||||
Senior secured term loan participations |
$ | 3,000,000 | $ | | $ | | $ | 3,000,000 | ||||||||
Secured mezzanine term loan |
2,952,836 | | | 2,952,836 | ||||||||||||
Senior secured trade finance participations |
594,225 | | | 594,225 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 6,547,061 | $ | | $ | | $ | 6,547,061 | ||||||||
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The following is a reconciliation for the three months ended March 31, 2014 of investments for which Level 3 inputs were used in determining fair value:
Fair Value at December 31, 2013 |
Purchases | Maturities or Prepayments |
Amortization | Fair Value at March 31, 2014 |
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Senior secured term loan participations |
$ | 3,000,000 | $ | 3,326,000 | $ | | $ | | $ | 6,326,000 | ||||||||||
Secured mezzanine term loan |
2,952,836 | 1,944,777 | | 34,009 | 4,931,622 | |||||||||||||||
Senior secured trade finance participations |
594,225 | 3,551,739 | (521,145 | ) | | 3,624,819 | ||||||||||||||
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$ | 6,547,061 | $ | 8,822,516 | $ | (521,145 | ) | $ | 34,009 | $ | 14,882,441 | |||||||||
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As of March 31, 2014, all of the Companys portfolio investments utilized Level 3 inputs. The following table presents the quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements of the Companys investments as of March 31, 2014:
Fair value | Valuation technique | Unobservable input | Range (weighted average) | |||||||||||
Senior secured trade finance participations |
$ | 3,624,819 | Income approach | Market yield | 9.41% - 12.55% (9.52%) | |||||||||
Secured mezzanine term loan |
$ | 4,931,622 | Income approach | Market yield | 14.50% | |||||||||
Senior secured term loan participations |
$ | 6,326,000 | Income approach | Market yield | 12.43% - 13.10% (12.77%) |
The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Companys trade finance investments are market yields. Significant increases in market yields would result in significantly lower fair value measurements.
For details of the country-specific risk concentrations for the Companys investments, refer to the Consolidated Schedule of Investments and Note 4.
Note 4. Investments
As of March 31, 2014, the Companys investment consisted of the following:
Amortized Cost |
Fair Value |
Percentage of Total |
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Senior secured term loan participations |
$ | 6,326,000 | $ | 6,326,000 | 42.5 | % | ||||||
Secured mezzanine term loan |
4,931,622 | 4,931,622 | 33.1 | % | ||||||||
Senior secured trade finance participations |
3,624,819 | 3,624,819 | 24.4 | % | ||||||||
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$ | 14,882,441 | $ | 14,882,441 | 100.0 | % | ||||||
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As of December 31, 2013, the Companys investment consisted of the following:
Amortized Cost |
Fair Value |
Percentage of Total |
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Senior secured term loan participations |
$ | 3,000,000 | $ | 3,000,000 | 45.8 | % | ||||||
Secured mezzanine term loan |
2,952,836 | 2,952,836 | 45.1 | % | ||||||||
Senior secured trade finance participations |
594,225 | 594,225 | 9.1 | % | ||||||||
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$ | 6,547,061 | $ | 6,547,061 | 100.0 | % | ||||||
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The industry composition of the Companys portfolio, at fair market value, as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows:
As of March 31, 2014 | As of December 31, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Fair | Percentage | Fair | Percentage | |||||||||||||
Industry |
Value | of Total | Value | of Total | ||||||||||||
Consumer Electronics |
$ | 4,931,622 | 33.1 | % | $ | 2,952,836 | 45.1 | % | ||||||||
Agricultural Products |
6,136,738 | 41.2 | % | 2,500,000 | 38.2 | % | ||||||||||
Personal and Nondurable Consumer Products |
2,750,000 | 18.5 | % | 500,000 | 7.6 | % | ||||||||||
Food Products |
576,000 | 3.9 | % | | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||
Forest Products |
415,000 | 2.8 | % | 500,000 | 7.6 | % | ||||||||||
Meat, Poultry & Fish |
73,081 | 0.5 | % | 94,225 | 1.4 | % | ||||||||||
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$ | 14,882,441 | 100.0 | % | $ | 6,547,061 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||
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The table below shows the portfolio composition by geography classification at fair value as of March 31, 2014 and December, 31, 2013:
As of March 31, 2014 | As of December 31, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
Fair | Percentage | Fair | Percentage | |||||||||||||
Country |
Value | of Total | Value | of Total | ||||||||||||
Indonesia |
$ | 4,931,622 | 33.1 | % | $ | 2,952,836 | 45.1 | % | ||||||||
Peru |
3,326,000 | 22.3 | % | 500,000 | 7.6 | % | ||||||||||
Argentina |
3,136,738 | 21.1 | % | | 0.0 | % | ||||||||||
Brazil |
3,000,000 | 20.2 | % | 2,500,000 | 38.2 | % | ||||||||||
Chile |
415,000 | 2.8 | % | 500,000 | 7.6 | % | ||||||||||
Ecuador |
73,081 | 0.5 | % | 94,225 | 1.4 | % | ||||||||||
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$ | 14,882,441 | 100.0 | % | $ | 6,547,061 | 100.0 | % | ||||||||
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Note 5. Related Parties
Agreements
Advisory Agreement
Asset management fees payable to the Advisor are remitted quarterly in arrears and are equal to 0.50% (2.00% per annum) of Gross Asset Value, as defined in the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement between the Company and the Advisor. Asset management fees are paid to the Advisor in exchange for fund management and administrative services. Although the Advisor manages, on the Companys behalf, many of the risks associated with global investments in developing economies, management fees do not include the cost of any hedging instruments or insurance policies that may be required to appropriately manage the Companys risk. If certain financial goals are reached by the Company, the Company is required to pay the Advisor an incentive fee on net investment income and an incentive fee on capital gains. The incentive fee on net investment income, or the subordinated incentive fee on income, is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears and is based upon the Companys pre-incentive fee net investment income for the immediately preceding quarter. No subordinated incentive fee is earned by the Advisor in any calendar quarter in which the Companys pre-incentive fee net investment income does not exceed the preferred return rate of 1.50% (6.00% annualized) (the Preferred Return). In any quarter, all of the Companys pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the quarterly Preferred Return, but is less than or equal to 1.875% (7.50% annualized) at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, is payable to the Advisor. For any quarter in which the Companys pre-incentive fee net investment income exceeds 1.875% on its net assets at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, the incentive fee on income equals 20% of the amount of the Companys pre-incentive fee net investment income.
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An incentive fee on capital gains will be earned on investments sold and shall be determined and payable to the Advisor in arrears as of the end of each calendar year. The incentive fee on capital gains is equal to 20% of the Companys realized capital gains on a cumulative basis from inception, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of any previously paid incentive fees on capital gains. The Company had no capital gains and therefore did not accrue an incentive fee for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
In February 2014, we entered into an Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement with the Advisor to renew the Companys arrangement with the Advisor for an additional year.
Transactions
For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company incurred $516,738 in operating expenses excluding the management and incentive fees earned by the Advisor. As discussed in Note 2, the Sponsor assumed responsibility for all of the Companys operating expenses under the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement.
For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Advisor earned $109,079 in management fees and $57,955 in incentive fees which were paid by the Sponsor under the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement.
As of March 31, 2014, pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement, the Sponsor has paid approximately $1,761,900 of operating expenses on behalf of the Company and will pay or reimburse to us an additional $706,600 of expenses, which have been accrued by the Sponsor as of March 31, 2014. Such expenses will be expensed and payable by the Company to the Sponsor once the Company has raised gross proceeds of $200 million.
On March 31, 2014, the Sponsor made a capital contribution to the Company in the amount of $31,750 to cover the amount of distributions paid by the Company that were in excess of net investment income.
Due from affiliates on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the amount of $367,646 is comprised of $335,896 due from the Sponsor in connection with the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement and $31,750, in capital contribution due from the Sponsor. The $335,896 in operating expenses were paid by the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2014, but under the terms of the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement are the responsibility of the Sponsor.
For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company paid $87,469 in dealer manager fees and $318,954 in selling commission to the Companys dealer manager, SC Distributors. These fees and commissions were paid in connection with the sales of the Companys units to investors and, as such, were recorded against the proceeds from the issuance of units and are not reflected in the Companys consolidated statement of operations.
Note 6. Organization and Offering Costs
As of March 31, 2014, the Sponsor has paid approximately $5.3 million of offering costs and $236 thousand of organization costs, all of which were paid directly by the Sponsor on behalf of the Company, and will be reimbursed to the Sponsor as disclosed in Note 2 of the consolidated financial statements. Such amounts include approximately $486,000 of offering costs, which were incurred by the Sponsor during the three months ended March 31, 2014. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, $463,216 was paid and $4,523 was recognized as a liability to the Sponsor as payment towards the reimbursement of offering costs. The total for the three months ended March 31, 2014 of $467,739 is included as a reduction to net assets on the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets. As of March 31, 2014 the Company has reimbursed the Sponsor a total of $1,173,685 of offering costs.
Note 7. Unit Capital
The Company has three classes of units: Class A units, Class C units and Class I units. The unit classes have different sales commissions and dealer manager fees, and there is an ongoing distribution fee with respect to Class C units. All units participate in the income and expenses of the Company on a pro-rata basis based on the number of units outstanding and therefore have the same net asset value per unit. The following table is a summary of the units issued during the three months ended March 31, 2014:
Units Outstanding as of December 31, 2013 |
Units Issued During the Period |
Units Outstanding as of March 31, 2014 |
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Class A units |
377,316.669 | 416,231.623 | 793,548.292 | |||||||||
Class C units |
42,721.867 | 37,014.681 | 79,736.548 | |||||||||
Class I units |
1,139,098.233 | 538,450.080 | 1,677,548.313 | |||||||||
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1,559,136.769 | 991,696.384 | 2,550,833.153 | |||||||||
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Note 8. Distributions
On January 28, 2014, with the authorization of the Companys board of managers, the Company declared distributions for all classes of units for the period from January 1 through January 31, 2014. These distributions were calculated based on unitholders of record for each day in an amount equal to $0.00173082 per unit per day (less the distribution fee with respect to Class C units). On February 4, 2014, $71,184 of these distributions were paid in cash and on January 31, 2014, $21,091 were reinvested in units for those unitholders participating in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
On February 24, 2014, with the authorization of the Companys board of managers, the Company declared distributions for all classes of units for the period from February 1 through February 28, 2014. These distributions were calculated based on unitholders of record for each day in an amount equal to $0.00173082 per unit per day (less the distribution fee with respect to Class C units). On March 3, 2014, $83,752 of these distributions were paid in cash and on February 28, 2014, $19,925 were reinvested in units for those unitholders participating in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
On March 25, 2014, with the authorization of the Companys board of managers, the Company declared distributions for all classes of units for the period from March 1 through March 31, 2014. These distributions were calculated based on unitholders of record for each day in an amount equal to $0.00173082 per unit per day (less the distribution fee with respect to Class C units). On April 3, 2014 $95,043 of these distributions were paid in cash and on March 31, 2014, $30,466 were reinvested in units for those unitholders participating in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
Note 9. Financial Highlights
The following is a schedule of financial highlights of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2014. The Companys income and expense is allocated pro-rata across the outstanding Class A, Class C and Class I units, as applicable, and, therefore, the financial highlights are equal for each of the outstanding classes. Information for the three months ended March 31, 2013 is not included since operations did not commence until June 11, 2013 and it is not considered meaningful.
Per unit data (1): |
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Net proceeds before offering costs (2)(3) |
$ | 9.025 | ||
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0.140 | |||
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(0.155 | ) | ||
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$ | 8.565 | ||
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1.808 | % | ||
Net assets at end of period |
$ | 21,847,593 | ||
Units Outstanding at end of period |
2,550,833.153 | |||
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Ratio of net investment income to average net assets |
6.67 | % | ||
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets |
0.00 | % |
1 | The per unit data was derived by using the weighted average units outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2014 which was 2,076,096.502 |
2 | Represents net asset value at the beginning of the period. |
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3 | Net asset value would have been lower if the Sponsor had not made capital contributions as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 of $31,750 and $51,034, respectively |
4 | Total return, ratio of net investment income and ratio of operating expenses to average net assets for the three months ended March 31, 2014, prior to the effect of the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement were (2.04%), (9.08%) and 15.75%, respectively. |
5 | The Companys net investment income has been annualized assuming consistent results over a full fiscal year, however, this may not be indicative of a full fiscal year due to the Companys brief period of operations through March 31, 2014. |
Note 10. Subsequent Events
The Companys management has evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements included herein. There have been no subsequent events that occurred during such period that would require disclosure in the Form 10-Q or would be required to be recognized in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2014, except as discussed below.
Distributions
On April 21, 2014, with the authorization of the Companys board of managers, the Company declared distributions for all classes of units for the period from April 1 through April 30, 2014. These distributions were calculated based on unitholders of record for each day in an amount equal to $0.00173082 per unit per day (less the distribution fee with respect to Class C units). On May 1, 2014, $97,345 of these distributions were paid in cash and on April 30, 2014, $40,089 were reinvested in units for those unitholders participating in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
Status of the Offering
Subsequent to March 31, 2014 through May 9, 2014, the Company sold approximately 220,376 units in the Offering (including units issued pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan) for approximately $2,081,000 in gross proceeds. As of May 9, 2014, the Company had received approximately $25.6 million in total gross offering proceeds through the issuance of approximately 2.8 million total units in the Offering (including units issued pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan).
Unit Offering Price
Pursuant to the net asset value determination by the Companys board of managers, the value has not increased above nor decreased below the Companys net proceeds per unit; therefore, the Company will continue to sell units at a price of $10.00 per Class A unit, $9.576 per Class C unit and $9.186 per Class I unit. The Companys net asset value and the offering prices would have decreased if the Sponsor had not made a capital contribution in the amount of $31,750 in the quarter ended March 31, 2014 or had not absorbed and deferred reimbursement for a substantial portion of the Companys operating expenses since the Company began its operations.
Investments
It is not unusual, given the nature of the Companys business that from time to time the Companys borrowers may be late with payments on their obligations. Recently, one of the Companys borrowers was late in making a $200,000 principal payment on one of the Companys term loans. The borrower and its related parties have committed to make the payment in the near term. In the event this does not occur, the Companys management will evaluate and determine any appropriate adjustment to the loans fair value, which could impact future results of operations.
Subsequent to March 31, 2014 through May 9, 2014, the Company funded approximately $4.6 million in new loans.
Agreements
On May 9, 2014, we entered into an Amended and Restated Operating Expenses Responsibility Agreement with the Companys Sponsor and Advisor. Pursuant to the terms of this agreement, the Sponsor agreed to be responsible for the Companys cumulative operating expenses incurred through March 31, 2014, including management and incentive fees earned by the Advisor during the quarter ended March 31, 2014. For additional information refer to Note 2 and 5.
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Companys financial statements and related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
Except as otherwise specified, references to we, us, our, or the Company, refer to TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC.
Forward Looking Statements
Some of the statements in this Form 10-Q constitute forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or our future performance or financial condition. The forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report involve risks and uncertainties, including statements as to:
| our future operating results; |
| our ability to raise capital in our public offering; |
| our ability to purchase or make investments; |
| our business prospects and the prospects of our borrowers; |
| the economic, social and/or environmental impact of the investments that we expect to make; |
| our contractual arrangements and relationships with third parties; |
| the dependence of our future success on the general economy and its impact on the companies in which we invest; |
| our dependence on our Advisor and our dependence on and the availabilities of the financial resources of our Sponsor; |
| the ability of our sub-advisors and borrowers to achieve their objectives; |
| our expected financings and investments; |
| the adequacy of our cash resources and working capital; and |
| the timing of cash flows, if any, from the operations of our borrowers. |
We use words such as anticipates, believes, expects, intends and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements for any reason.
We have based the forward-looking statements included in this report on information available to us on the date of this report, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Although we undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, you are advised to consult any additional disclosures that we may make directly to you or through reports that we in the future may file with the SEC.
Overview
We make impact investments in SMEs that provide the opportunity to achieve both competitive financial returns and positive measurable impact. We were organized as a Delaware limited liability company on April 30, 2012. We have and intend to continue to operate our business in a manner that will permit us to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940. We use the proceeds raised from the issuance of units to invest in SMEs through local market sub-advisors in a diversified portfolio of financial assets, including direct loans, loan participations, convertible debt instruments, trade finance, structured credit and preferred and common equity investments. A substantial portion of our assets consists of collateralized private debt instruments, which we believe offer opportunities for competitive risk-adjusted returns and income generation. We are externally managed and advised by TriLinc Advisors.
Our business strategy is to generate competitive financial returns and positive economic, social and environmental impact by providing financing to SMEs, primarily in developing economies. Our style of investment is referred to as impact investing, which J.P. Morgan Global Research and Rockefeller Foundation in a 2010 report called an emerging alternative asset class and defined as investing with the intent to create positive impact beyond financial return. We believe it is possible to generate competitive financial returns while creating positive, measurable impact. We measure the economic, social and environmental impact of our investments using industry-standard metrics, including the Impact Reporting and Investment Standards. Through our investments in SMEs, we believe we are enabling job creation and stimulating economic growth.
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We commenced the Offering on February 25, 2013. Pursuant to the Offering, we are offering on a continuous basis up to $1,500,000,000 in units of our limited liability company interest, consisting of up to $1,250,000,000 of units in the Primary Offering consisting of Class A units at an initial offering price of $10.00 per unit, Class C units at $9.576 per unit and Class I units at $9.186 per unit, and up to $250,000,000 of units pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. SC Distributors, LLC is the dealer manager for the Offering. The Companys offering period is currently scheduled to terminate two years after the initial offering date, or February 25, 2015, unless extended.
In May 2012, the Advisor purchased 22,160.665 Class A units for aggregate gross proceeds of $200,000. On June 11, 2013, we satisfied the minimum offering requirement of $2,000,000 when the Sponsor purchased 321,329.639 Class A units for aggregate gross proceeds of $2,900,000 and we commenced operations. As of March 31, 2014, we had received subscriptions for and issued 2,550,833.153 of our units, including 13,489.722 units issued under our Distribution Reinvestment Plan, for gross proceeds of $23,473,620, including $121,744 reinvested under our Distribution Reinvestment Plan, (before dealer-manager fees of $104,816 and selling commissions of $347,582, for net proceeds of $23,021,222).
Investments
Our investment objectives are to provide our unitholders current income, capital preservation, and modest capital appreciation. This is achieved primarily through SME trade finance and term loan financing, while employing rigorous risk-mitigation and due diligence practices, and transparently measuring and reporting the economic, social and environmental impacts of our investments. The majority of our investments are senior and other collateralized loans to SMEs with established, profitable businesses in developing economies. With the three sub-advisors that we have contracted to assist the Advisor in implementing the Companys investment program, we expect to provide growth capital financing generally ranging in size from $1-10 million. We seek to protect and grow investor capital by: (1) targeting countries with favorable economic growth and investor protections; (2) partnering with sub-advisors with significant experience in local markets; (3) focusing on creditworthy lending targets who have at least 3-year operating histories and demonstrated cash flows enabling loan repayment; (4) making primarily debt investments, backed by collateral and borrower guarantees; (5) employing best practices in our due diligence and risk mitigation processes; and (6) monitoring our portfolio on an ongoing basis.
Investments will continue to be primarily credit facilities to developing economy SMEs, including trade finance and term loans, through TriLinc Advisors team of professional sub-advisors with a local presence in the markets where they invest. We typically provide financing that is collateralized, has a short to medium-term maturity and is self-liquidating through the repayment of principal. By providing additional liquidity to growing small businesses, we believe we support both economic growth and the expansion of the global middle class.
Revenues
Since we anticipate that the majority of our assets will continue to consist of term loans and trade finance instruments, we expect that the majority of our revenue will continue to be generated in the form of interest. Our senior and subordinated debt investments may bear interest at a fixed or floating rate. Interest on debt securities is generally payable monthly, quarterly or semi-annually. In some cases, some of our investments may provide for deferred interest payments or PIK interest. The principal amount of the debt securities and any accrued but unpaid interest generally is due at the maturity date. In addition, we generate revenue in the form of acquisition and other fees in connection with some transactions. Original issue discounts and market discounts or premiums are capitalized, and we accrete or amortize such amounts as interest income. We record prepayment premiums on loans and debt securities as interest income. Dividend income, if any, will be recognized on an accrual basis to the extent that we expect to collect such amounts.
Expenses
Our primary operating expenses include the payment of asset management fees and expenses reimbursable to our Advisor under the Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement. We bear all other costs and expenses of our operations and transactions.
Since our inception through March 31, 2014, our Sponsor has assumed substantially all our operating expenses under the terms of the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement.
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Portfolio and Investment Activity
During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we invested, either through direct loans or loans participation, $8,822,516 across 6 portfolio companies, including 2 new and 4 existing portfolio companies. The new investments consisted of senior secured term loan participations and senior secured trade finance participations. Additionally, we received proceeds from repayment of investment principal of $521,145. There was no investment activity during the three months ended March 31, 2013 since we did not commence operations until June 2013.
At March 31, 2014, our portfolio included 7 companies and was comprised of $4,931,622 or 33.1% in secured mezzanine term loans, $6,326,000 or 42.5% in senior secured term loan participations, and $3,624,819 or 24.4% in senior secured trade finance participations. Our largest loan by value was $4,931,622 or 33.1% of total investments. Our 3 largest loans by value comprised 74.4% of our portfolio at March 31, 2014. Participation in loans amounted to $9,950,819 or 66.9% and direct loans amounted to $4,931,622 or 33.1% of our total portfolio at March 31, 2014.
The weighted average yield of our secured mezzanine term loans, senior secured term loan participations, and senior secured trade finance participations at their current cost basis were 14.5%, 12.8% and 9.5%, respectively at March 31, 2014.
Results of Operations
Revenues. Interest income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 totaled $289,773. Interest income from loan participations and direct loans amounted to $116,333 and $139,431, respectively. Interest income also included $34,009 in amortization of upfront fees paid on our secured mezzanine term loan position. For the three month ended March 31, 2013, interest earned on our cash balance was $39 since we had not yet commenced operations.
Expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the management and incentive fees amounted to $109,079 and $57,955, respectively and were paid by the Sponsor under the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement. In addition, the Sponsor assumed responsibility for our operating expenses in the aggregate amount of $516,738 under the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement for expenses paid or incurred by the Company. We incurred $36 in bank fees during the three months ended March 31, 2013.
Net Realized Gains or Losses and Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation on Investments. We measure net realized gains or losses by the difference between the net proceeds from the repayment or sale and the amortized cost basis of the investment, without regard to unrealized appreciation or depreciation previously recognized, but considering unamortized upfront fees and prepayment penalties. Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflects the change in portfolio investment values during the reporting period, including any reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation or depreciation, when gains or losses are realized. We had no realized or unrealized gains or losses for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
Changes in Net Assets from Operations. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, and 2013, we recorded a net increase in net assets resulting from operations of $289,773 and $3, respectively.
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2014, we had $6.6 million in cash. We generate cash primarily from the net proceeds from the sale of units, from cash flows from interest, dividends and fees earned from our investments and principal repayments and proceeds from sales of our investments. We may also generate cash in the future from debt financing. Our primary use of cash is to make loans, either directly or through participations, payments of our expenses and cash distributions to our unitholders. We expect to maintain cash reserves from time to time for investment opportunities, working capital and distributions. We sell our units on a continuous basis at initial offering prices of $10.00 per Class A unit, $9.576 per Class C unit, and $9.186 per Class I unit; however, to the extent that our net asset value on the most recent valuation date increases above or decreases below our net proceeds per unit as stated in the Companys prospectus, our board of managers will adjust the offering prices of all classes of units to ensure that no unit is sold at a price, after deduction of selling commissions, dealer manager fees and organization and offering expenses, that is above or below our net asset value per unit as of such valuation date.
Based on the valuation with respect to the quarter ended March 31, 2014, the offering price of our units has not changed and we are continuing to sell them at their original prices. However, the valuation and the offering prices would have decreased if the Sponsor had not made a capital contribution in the amount of $31,750 as of March 31, 2014 and $51,034 as of December 31, 2013 and had not absorbed and deferred reimbursement for substantially all of the Companys operating expenses since it began its operations.
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As of March 31, 2014, the Company had sold approximately 2.55 million total units in the Offering (including units pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan) for total gross offering proceeds of approximately $23.5 million.
We may borrow funds to make investments, including before we have fully invested the proceeds raised from the issuance of units, to the extent we determine that leveraging our portfolio would be appropriate. We have not decided whether, and to what extent, we will finance portfolio investments using debt or the specific form that any such financing would take. Accordingly, we cannot predict with certainty what terms any such financing would have or the costs we would incur in connection with any such arrangement. As of March 31, 2014 we had no debt outstanding and no available sources of debt financing.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
The Company does not include a contractual obligations table herein as all obligations of the Company are short-term. We have included the following information related to commitments of the Company to further assist investors in understanding the Companys outstanding commitments.
We have entered into certain contracts under which we have material future commitments. On February 25, 2013, we entered into the Advisory Agreement with the Advisor. The Advisory Agreement was effective as of February 25, 2013, the date that the Companys registration statement was declared effective by the SEC. In February 2014, we entered into an Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement with the Advisor to renew our arrangement with the Advisor for an additional year. The Advisor serves as our advisor in accordance with the terms of our Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement. Payments under our Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement in each reporting period consist of (i) an asset management fee equal to a percentage of the value of our gross assets, as defined in the agreement, and (ii) the reimbursement of certain expenses. Certain subordinated fees based on our performance are payable after our subordination is met.
We also had unfunded commitments to two trade finance borrowers of $3.5 million as of March 31, 2014. These commitments expire in August and October 2014 and are subject to approval by our Advisor and the availability of funds. Our secured mezzanine term loan borrower, with an outstanding balance of $5 million as of March 31, 2014, has the option, based upon Company approval, to extend the maturity of the loan for 3 years in 12-month increments. Each extension requires the secured mezzanine term loan borrower to meet the extension criteria in the loan agreement and to pay a fee of 2.5% of the loan balance at the time of extension.
If any of our contractual obligations discussed above are terminated, our costs may increase under any new agreements that we enter into as replacements. We would also likely incur expenses in locating alternative parties to provide the services we expect to receive under our Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Other than contractual commitments and other legal contingencies incurred in the normal course of our business, we do not expect to have any off-balance sheet financings or liabilities. The Company reimburses organization and offering expenses to the Sponsor to the extent that such reimbursement does not exceed 5.0% of the gross offering proceeds raised from the offering. As of March 31, 2014, the total amount that would be due to be reimbursed to the Sponsor is approximately $4.4 million.
Pursuant to the terms of an Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement between the Company, the Advisor and the Sponsor, the Sponsor has paid expenses on behalf of the Company through March 31, 2014 and will pay additional accrued operating expenses of the Company, which will not be reimbursable to the Sponsor until the Company has raised $200 million of gross proceeds in the Offering. Such expenses will be expensed and payable by the Company in the period they become reimbursable and are estimated to be approximately $2.5 million through March 31, 2014.
Distributions
We have paid distributions commencing with the month beginning July 1, 2013, and we intend to continue to pay distributions on a monthly basis. From time to time, we may also pay interim distributions at the discretion of our board. Distributions are subject to the board of managers discretion and applicable legal restrictions and accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will make distributions at a specific rate or at all. Distributions are made on all classes of our units at the same time. The cash distributions with respect to the Class C units is lower than the cash distributions with respect to Class A and Class I units because of the distribution fee relating to Class C units, which is allocated as a Class C specific expense. Amounts distributed to each class are allocated among the unitholders in such class in proportion to their units. Distributions
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are paid in cash or reinvested in units, for those unitholders participating in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan. For the three months ended March 31, 2014 we have paid a total of $321,461 in distributions, comprised of $249,979 paid in cash and $71,482 reinvested under our Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
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January 31, 2014 |
$ | 0.05366 | $ | 71,183 | 21,091 | 92,274 | $ | 71,183 | $ | | ||||||||||||||
February 28, 2014 |
$ | 0.04846 | 83,752 | 19,925 | 103,677 | 83,752 | | |||||||||||||||||
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$ | 0.05366 | 95,044 | 30,466 | 125,510 | 63,294 | 31,750 | |||||||||||||||||
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$ | 0.05366 | $ | 857 | $ | 18,547 | $ | 19,404 | $ | 857 | $ | | ||||||||||||
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$ | 0.05366 | 22,932 | 1,452 | 24,384 | 22,932 | | |||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2013 |
$ | 0.05192 | 22,892 | 1,771 | 24,663 | 22,892 | | |||||||||||||||||
October 31, 2013 |
$ | 0.05366 | 47,409 | 6,287 | 53,696 | 47,409 | | |||||||||||||||||
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$ | 0.05192 | 57,275 | 9,370 | 66,645 | 57,275 | | |||||||||||||||||
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$ | 0.05366 | 65,015 | 12,835 | 77,850 | 13,981 | 51,034 | |||||||||||||||||
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Legal Proceedings
The Company is not party to any legal proceedings.
Subsequent Events
There have been no subsequent events that occurred during such period that would require disclosure in the Form 10-Q or would be required to be recognized in the consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2014, except as discussed below.
Distributions
On April 21, 2014, with the authorization of the Companys board of managers, the Company declared distributions for all classes of units for the period from April 1 through April 30, 2014. These distributions were calculated based on unitholders of record for each day in an amount equal to $0.00173082 per unit per day (less the distribution fee with respect to Class C units). On May 1, 2014, $97,345 of these distributions were paid in cash and on April 30, 2014, $40,089 were reinvested in units for those unitholders participating in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
Status of the Offering
Subsequent to March 31, 2014 through May 9, 2014, the Company sold approximately 220,376 units in the Offering (including shares issued pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan ) for approximately $2,081,000 in gross proceeds. As of May 9, 2014, the Company had received $25.6 million in total gross offering proceeds through the issuance of approximately 2.8 million total units in the Offering (including shares issued pursuant to the Distribution Reinvestment Plan).
Unit Offering Price
Based on the Companys net asset value of $21,847,593 as of March 31, 2014, our board of managers has determined that no change to the offering price of our units is required and we are continuing to sell our units at their original price of $10.00 per Class A unit, $9.576 per Class C unit and $9.186 per Class I unit. Our net asset value and the offering prices would have decreased if the Sponsor had not made a capital contribution in the amount of $31,750 and $51,034 in the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively or had not absorbed and deferred reimbursement for a substantial portion of our operating expenses since we began our operations.
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Investments
It is not unusual, given the nature of the Companys business that from time to time the Companys borrowers may be late with payments on their obligations. Recently, one of the Companys borrowers was late in making a $200,000 principal payment on one of the Companys term loans. The borrower and its related parties have committed to make the payment in the near term. In the event this does not occur, the Companys management will evaluate and determine any appropriate adjustment to the loans fair value, which could impact future results of operations.
Subsequent to March 31, 2014 through May 9, 2014, the Company funded approximately $4.6 million in new loans.
Agreements
On May 9, 2014 we entered into an Amended and Restated Operating Expenses Responsibility Agreement with our Sponsor and Advisor. Pursuant to the term of this agreement, our Sponsor agreed to be responsible for our cumulative operating expenses incurred through March 31, 2014, including management fees earned by the Advisor during the quarter ended March 31, 2014.
Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates
The following discussion addresses the initial accounting policies that we utilize based on our current expectations of our operations. Our most critical accounting policies involve decisions and assessments that could affect our reported assets and liabilities, as well as our reported revenues and expenses. We believe that all of the decisions and assessments upon which our financial statements are based are reasonable at the time made and based upon information available to us at that time. Our critical accounting policies and accounting estimates will be expanded over time as we continue to implement our business and operating strategy. In addition to the discussion below, we also describe our critical accounting policies in the notes to our financial statements.
Basis of Presentation
Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which requires the use of estimates, assumptions and the exercise of subjective judgment as to future uncertainties.
Although we were organized and intend to conduct our business in a manner so that we are not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, our financial statements are prepared using the specialized accounting principles of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 946, Financial Services Investment Companies. Overall, we believe that the use of investment company accounting makes our financial statements more useful to investors and other financial statement users since it allows a more appropriate basis of comparison to other entities with similar objectives.
Valuation of Investments
Our board of managers has established procedures for the valuation of our investment portfolio in accordance with ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement (ASC 820). ASC 820 requires enhanced disclosures about assets and liabilities that are measured and reported at fair value. As defined in ASC 820, fair value is the price that would be received when selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
ASC 820 establishes a hierarchal disclosure framework that prioritizes and ranks the level of market price observability of inputs used in measuring investments at fair value. Market price observability is affected by a number of factors, including the type of investment and the characteristics specific to the investment. Investments with readily available active quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices generally have a higher degree of market price observability and a lesser degree of judgment used in measuring fair value.
Based on the observability of the inputs used in the valuation techniques, the Company is required to provide disclosures on fair value measurements according to the fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy ranks the observability of the inputs used to determine fair values. Investments carried at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:
| Level 1 Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date. |
| Level 2 Valuations based on inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable. |
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| Level 3 Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and where there is little, if any, market activity at the measurement date. The inputs for the determination of fair value may require significant management judgment or estimation and is based upon managements assessment of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the assets or liabilities. These investments include debt and equity investments in private companies or assets valued using the market or income approach and may involve pricing models whose inputs require significant judgment or estimation because of the absence of any meaningful current market data for identical or similar investments. The inputs in these valuations may include, but are not limited to, capitalization and discount rates and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) multiples. The information may also include pricing information or broker quotes that include a disclaimer that the broker would not be held to such a price in an actual transaction. The non-binding nature of consensus pricing and/or quotes accompanied by disclaimer would result in classification as Level 3 information, assuming no additional corroborating evidence. |
The inputs used in the determination of fair value may require significant judgment or estimation.
Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at those quotations. Most of our investments are loans to private companies, which are not actively traded in any market and for which quotations are not available. For those investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or when such market quotations are deemed by the Advisor not to represent fair value, our board of managers has approved a multi-step valuation process to be followed each fiscal quarter, as described below:
1. | Each investment is valued by the Advisor in collaboration with the relevant sub-advisor; |
2. | For all investments with a maturity of greater than 12 months, we have engaged Duff & Phelps, LLC (Duff & Phelps) to conduct a review on the reasonableness of our internal estimates of fair value on each asset on a quarterly rotating basis, with each of such investments being reviewed at least annually, and provide an opinion that the Advisors estimate of fair value for each investment is reasonable; |
3. | The audit committee of our board of managers reviews and discusses the preliminary valuation prepared by the Advisor and any opinion rendered by Duff & Phelps; and |
4. | Our board of managers discusses the valuations and determines the fair value of each investment in our portfolio in good faith based on the input of the Advisor, Duff & Phelps and the audit committee. Our board of managers is ultimately responsible for the determination, in good faith, of the fair value of each investment. |
Below is a description of factors that our board of managers may consider when valuing our investments.
Fixed income investments are typically valued utilizing a market approach, an income approach, or both approaches, as appropriate. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities (including the sale of a business). The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts (for example, interest and principal payments) to a single present value amount (discounted) calculated based on an appropriate discount rate. The measurement is based on the net present value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. In following these approaches, the types of factors that we may take into account in valuing our investments include, as applicable: available current market data, including relevant and applicable market trading and transaction comparables, applicable market yields and multiples, security covenants, call protection provisions, information rights, the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the borrowers ability to make payments, its earnings and discounted cash flows, the markets in which the company does business, comparisons of financial ratios of peer companies that are public, the principal market for the borrowers securities and an estimate of the borrowers enterprise value, among other factors.
Equity interests in portfolio companies for which there is no liquid public market are valued at fair value. The board of managers, in its analysis of fair value, may consider various factors, such as multiples of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, cash flows, net income, revenues or in limited instances book value or liquidation value. All of these factors may be subject to adjustments based upon the particular circumstances of a portfolio company or our actual investment position. For example, adjustments to EBITDA may take into account compensation to previous owners or the effects of acquisitions, recapitalizations, restructurings or other similar items.
We may also look to private merger and acquisition statistics, public trading multiples discounted for illiquidity and other factors, valuations implied by third-party investments in the portfolio companies or industry practices in determining fair value. We may also consider the size and scope of a portfolio company and its specific strengths and weaknesses, as well as any other factors we deem relevant in measuring the fair values of our investments.
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Revenue Recognition
We record interest income on an accrual basis to the extent that we expect to collect such amounts. We do not accrue as a receivable interest on loans for accounting purposes if we have reason to doubt our ability to collect such interest. We record prepayment premiums on loans and debt securities as interest income on a straight line basis, which we have determined not to be materially different from the effective yield method.
We place loans on non-accrual status when principal and interest are past due 90 days or more or when there is a reasonable doubt that we will collect principal or interest. Accrued interest is generally reversed when a loan is placed on non-accrual. Interest payments received on non-accrual loans may be recognized as income or applied to principal depending upon managements judgment of the financial condition of the borrower. Non-accrual loans are generally restored to accrual status when past due principal and interest is paid and, in the Advisors judgment, is likely to remain current over the remainder of the term.
Structuring and similar fees are recorded as a discount on investments purchased and are accreted into income, on a straight line basis, which we have determined not to be materially different from the effective yield method. Structuring and similar fees are included in interest income.
Net Realized Gains or Losses and Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation on Investments
We measure net realized gains or losses by the difference between the net proceeds from the repayment or sale and the amortized cost basis of the investment, including unamortized upfront fees and prepayment penalties. Realized gains or losses on the disposition of an investment are calculated using the first in first out (FIFO) method, utilizing the amortized cost basis of the investment, without regard to unrealized appreciation or depreciation previously recognized, but considering unamortized upfront fees and prepayment penalties. Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflects the change in portfolio investment values during the reporting period, including any reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation or depreciation, when gains or losses are realized.
Payment-in-Kind Interest
We may have investments that contain a payment-in-kind, or PIK, interest provision. For loans with contractual PIK interest, any interest will be added to the principal balance of such investments and be recorded as income, if the valuation indicates that such interest is collectible.
Organization Expenses
Organization expenses, together with offering expenses, are reimbursable to the Sponsor up to 5.00% of the gross offering proceeds (the O&O Reimbursement Limit) raised from the offering and will be accrued and payable by the Company only to the extent that such costs do not exceed the O&O Reimbursement Limit. Reimbursement of organization and offering costs that exceed the O&O Reimbursement Limit will be expensed in the period they become reimbursable, which is dependent on the gross offering proceeds raised in such period, and are therefore not included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2013. These expense reimbursements are subject to regulatory caps and approval by the Companys board of managers. If the Company sells the maximum amount of the Offering, it anticipates that such expenses will equal approximately 1.25% of the gross proceeds raised.
Offering Expenses
Offering expenses, which consist of fees paid in relation to items such as legal, accounting, regulatory and printing work incurred related to our offering, are charged directly against the proceeds of the offering. Offering expenses, together with organization expenses, are reimbursable to the Sponsor up to the O&O Reimbursement Limit and will be accrued and payable by the Company only to the extent that such costs do not exceed the O&O Reimbursement Limit. Reimbursement of organization and offering costs that exceed the O&O Reimbursement Limit will be expensed in the period they become reimbursable, which is dependent on the gross offering proceeds raised in such period, and are, therefore, not included on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2013. These expense reimbursements are subject to regulatory caps and approval by the Companys board of managers. If the Company sells the maximum amount of the Offering, it anticipates that such expenses will equal approximately 1.25% of the gross proceeds raised.
The Company may reimburse the dealer manager for certain expenses that are deemed underwriting compensation. Assuming an aggregate selling commission and a dealer manager fee of 9.75% of the gross offering proceeds (which assumes all offering proceeds come from Class A units), the Company would reimburse the dealer manager in an amount up to 0.25% of the gross offering proceeds. Because the aggregate selling commission and dealer manager fees will be less than 9.75% of the gross offering proceeds
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due to a portion of the offering proceeds coming from the sale of Class C and Class I units, the Company may reimburse the dealer manager for expenses in an amount greater than 0.25% of the gross offering proceeds, provided that the Company will not pay or reimburse any of the foregoing costs to the extent such payment would cause total underwriting compensation to exceed 10.0% of the gross proceeds of the primary offering as of the termination of the Offering, as required by the rules of FINRA.
Expense Responsibility Agreement
Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement, the Sponsor has paid expenses on behalf of the Company through March 31, 2014 and will additionally pay the accrued operating expenses of the Company as of March 31, 2014 on behalf of the Company. Such expenses will not be reimbursable to the Sponsor until the Company has raised $200 million of gross proceeds and, therefore, have not been recorded as expenses of the Company as of March 31, 2014. In accordance with ASC 450, Contingencies, such expenses will be accrued and payable by the Company in the period that they become both probable and estimable.
Income Taxes
We are characterized as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Calculation of Net Asset Value
The Companys net asset value is calculated on a quarterly basis and commenced with respect to the first full quarter after the Company commenced operations. The Company calculates its net asset value per unit by subtracting total liabilities from the total value of our assets on the date of valuation and dividing the result by the total number of outstanding units on the date of valuation. The net asset value per Class A, Class C and Class I units are calculated on a pro-rata basis based on units outstanding.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act), emerging growth companies can delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We are choosing to take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to those of companies that comply with public company effective dates. There are no new or revised accounting standards that we have not adopted.
In June 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-08, Financial ServicesInvestment Companies: Amendments to the Scope, Measurement, and Disclosure Requirements (ASU 2013-08). ASU 2013-08 amends the current criteria for an entity to qualify as an investment company, creates new disclosure requirements and amends the measurement criteria for certain interests in other investment companies. ASU 2013-08 is effective on January 1, 2014, and did not have a material effect on the Companys consolidated financial statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are subject to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates. Our investments are currently structured with both fixed and floating interest rates. Those structured with floating rates are referenced to LIBOR and incorporate fixed interest rate floors. If rates go down further, interest income will not decrease from current levels. To the extent that interest rates go up substantially, these investments will accrue higher amounts of income than currently being realized. Returns on investments that carry fixed rates are not subject to fluctuations in interest rates, and will not adjust should rates move up or down.
To the extent that we borrow money to make investments, our net investment income will be dependent upon the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest these funds. In periods of rising interest rates, our cost of funds would increase, which may reduce our net investment income. As a result, there can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on our net investment income.
Although we operate in a number of foreign markets, all investments are currently denominated in U.S. Dollars. Therefore, the current portfolio does not present currency risk to U.S. unitholders. In the future, we may hedge against interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations by using standard hedging instruments such as futures, options and forward contracts. While hedging activities may insulate us against adverse changes in interest rates, they may also limit our ability to participate in benefits of lower interest rates with respect to our portfolio of investments with fixed interest rates.
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
In accordance with Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), we, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and determined that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
There are no pending material legal proceedings to which the Company or any of our subsidiaries or any of our property is subject.
Not applicable.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we did not sell or issue any equity securities that were not registered under the Securities Act.
Use of Proceeds from Registered Securities
On February 25, 2013, the Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-185676 covering the Offering, of up to $1,500,000,000 in units of our limited liability company interest, was declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933 by the SEC. The Offering commenced on February 25, 2013, and is currently expected to terminate on or before February 24, 2015, unless extended by our board of managers.
Through SC Distributors, LLC, the dealer manager for the Offering, we are offering to the public on a best efforts basis up to $1,250,000,000 of units, consisting of Class A units at $10.00 per unit, Class C units at $9.576 per unit and Class I units at $9.186 per unit.
We are also offering up to $250,000,000 of units to be issued pursuant to our Distribution Reinvestment Plan. Units issued under the Distribution Reinvestment Plan are offered at a price equal to the then current offering price per unit less the sales fees associated with that class of units in the Primary Offering. The units being offered can be reallocated among the different classes and between the Primary Offering and the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.
As of March 31, 2014, we had received subscriptions for and issued 2,550,833.153 of our units, including 13,489.722 units issued under our Distribution Reinvestment Plan, for gross proceeds of $23,473,620 including $121,744 reinvested under our Distribution Reinvestment Plan, (before dealer-manager fees of $104,816 and selling commissions of $347,582, for net proceeds of $23,021,222). From the net offering proceeds, we paid and accrued a total of $1,173,685 towards reimbursement to our Sponsor for our organization and offering costs. With net offering proceeds, we have financed a total of $14,882,441 in senior secured trade finance, secured mezzanine term loan, and senior secured term loan transactions.
As of March 31, 2014, approximately $4.4 million remained payable to our Sponsor for costs related to our organization and offering.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
None.
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Description | |
3.1 | Certificate of Formation of TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Draft Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 377-00015) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on November 1, 2012. | |
3.2 | Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement. Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) with the SEC on February 27, 2013. | |
4.1 | Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan. Incorporated by reference to Appendix C to the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) with the SEC on February 27, 2013. | |
4.3 | Unit Repurchase Program. Incorporated by reference to Appendix D to the Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) with the SEC on February 27, 2013 as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement No. 8 filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) with the SEC on October 4, 2013. | |
10.1 | Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement between TriLinc Advisors, LLC and TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC, dated February 25, 2014. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-185676) filed with the SEC on April 8, 2014 (Amendment No. 1). | |
10.2* | Amended and Restated Operating Expense Responsibility Agreement among TriLinc Global Impact Fund, LLC, TriLinc Global, LLC and TriLinc Advisors, LLC dated May 9, 2014. | |
31.1* | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
31.2* | Certification of Interim Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. | |
32.1* | Certification of CEO and Interim CFO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
101** | The following materials from TriLinc Global Impact Fund LLCs Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, filed on May 15, 2014, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities, (ii) Consolidated Statement of Operations, (iii) Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (v) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. |
* | Filed herewith |
** | In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the information in these exhibits is furnished and deemed not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
TRILINC GLOBAL IMPACT FUND, LLC. | ||||
May 15, 2014 | By: | /s/ Gloria S. Nelund | ||
Gloria S. Nelund | ||||
Chief Executive Officer | ||||
May 15, 2014 | By: | /s/ Brent L. VanNorman | ||
Brent L. VanNorman | ||||
Interim Chief Financial Officer |
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