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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2022
File No. 000-56484
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 2
to
FORM 10
GENERAL FORM FOR REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or registration)

30 Hudson Yards,
New York, NY
(Address of principal executive offices)
92-0477563
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

10001
(Zip Code)
(212) 750-8300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
with copies to:
Rajib Chanda
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
900 G Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20001
Joseph Kaufman
Mark Brod
Benjamin Wells
Nathan Somogie
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
None

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Class S Shares
Class D Shares
Class U Shares
Class I Shares
Class R Shares
Class F Shares

(Title of class)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
Smaller reporting company
 
 
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE
KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC is filing this registration statement on Form 10 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), to provide current public information to the investment community in anticipation of being required to register under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act in the future, to comply with applicable requirements thereunder.
In this Registration Statement, except where the context suggests otherwise:
the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” “K-INFRA” and the “Company,” refer to KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC;
the term “Manager” refers to KKR DAV Manager LLC, our manager and a wholly-owned subsidiary of KKR;
the term “KKR” refers collectively to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and its subsidiaries;
the term “Shareholders” refers to holders of our Shares (as defined below). There are five classes of Shares available to investors through the Company: Class S Shares (“Class S Shares”), Class D Shares (“Class D Shares”), Class U Shares (“Class U Shares”), Class I Shares (“Class I Shares”) and Class R Shares (“Class R Shares”, alongside Class S Shares, Class D Shares, Class U Shares and Class I Shares the “Investor Shares”);
Class E Shares (“Class E Shares”), Class F Shares (“Class F Shares”), Class G Shares (“Class G Shares”) and Class H Shares (“Class H Shares” and together with Class E Shares, Class F Shares and Class G Shares, the “KKR Shares” and together with the Investor Shares, the “Shares”) will be held only by KKR, certain of its affiliates and employees and the Company’s employees, officers and directors and are not being offered to other investors; and
the term “Infrastructure Assets” refers, individually and collectively, to any entity owned, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, by the Company, including as the context requires, portfolio companies, holding companies, special purpose vehicles and other entities through which infrastructure assets or businesses will be held.
We are an emerging growth company as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) and we will take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
This Registration Statement does not constitute an offer of securities of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC or any other entity. Once this Registration Statement has been deemed effective, we will be subject to the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which will require us, among other things, to file annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, and we will be required to comply with all other obligations of the Exchange Act applicable to issuers filing registration statements pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements in this Registration Statement constitute forward-looking statements because they relate to future events or our future performance or financial condition. The forward-looking statements contained in this Registration Statement may include statements as to:
our future operating results;
our business prospects and the prospects of the Infrastructure Assets we own and control;
our ability to raise sufficient capital to execute our acquisition strategies;
the ability of the Manager to source adequate acquisition opportunities to efficiently deploy capital;
the ability of our Infrastructure Assets to achieve their objectives;
our current and expected financing arrangements;
changes in the general interest rate environment;
the adequacy of our cash resources, financing sources and working capital;
the timing and amount of cash flows, distributions and dividends, if any, from our Infrastructure Assets;
our contractual arrangements and relationships with third parties;
actual and potential conflicts of interest with the Manager or any of its affiliates;
the dependence of our future success on the general economy and its effect on the industries in which we own and control Infrastructure Assets;
our use of financial leverage;
the ability of the Manager to identify, acquire and support our Infrastructure Assets;
the ability of the Manager or its affiliates to attract and retain highly talented professionals;
our ability to structure acquisitions and joint ventures in a tax-efficient manner and the effect of changes to tax legislation and our tax position; and
the tax status of the enterprises through which we own and control Infrastructure Assets.
In addition, words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect” and “intend” indicate a forward-looking statement, although not all forward-looking statements include these words. The forward-looking statements contained in this Registration Statement involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those implied or expressed in the forward-looking statements for any reason, including the factors set forth in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Registration Statement. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include:
changes in the economy;
risks associated with possible disruption in our operations or the economy generally due to terrorism, natural disasters, epidemics or other events having a broad impact on the economy; and
future changes in laws or regulations and conditions in our operating areas.
Although we believe that the assumptions on which these forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, any of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate, and as a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions also could be inaccurate. In light of these and other uncertainties, the inclusion of a projection or forward-looking statement in this Registration Statement should not be regarded as a representation by us that our plans and objectives will be achieved. These forward-looking statements apply only as of the date of this Registration Statement. Moreover, we assume no duty and do not undertake to update the forward-looking statements.
The following is only a summary of the principal risks that may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. The following should be read in conjunction with the complete discussion of risk factors we face, which are set forth in “Item 1A. Risk Factors
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Risks Related to Our Infrastructure Assets and Industry Focus
We face heightened risks unique to the nature of our Infrastructure Assets.
Our Infrastructure Assets may not exhibit mitigating characteristics typical of assets, businesses or projects in the infrastructure space. As a result, there can be no assurance that any perceived benefits of Infrastructure Assets will be realized.
The operation and maintenance of Infrastructure Assets involve significant capital expenditures and various risks, which may not be under the control of the Company.
Infrastructure Assets may experience supply chain disruptions that could adversely impact the Company’s business and financial condition.
Our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected by volatility in commodity prices.
Changes or innovations in technology could affect the profitability of an Infrastructure Asset that relies on existing technology.
The effect of global climate change may impact our business.
Force Majeure events may adversely affect our assets.
We may need to incur financial leverage to be able to achieve our business objectives. We cannot guarantee the availability of such financings.
The acquisition of Infrastructure Assets exposes the Company to a higher level of regulatory control than typically imposed on other businesses.
Compliance with environmental laws and regulations may result in substantial costs to the Company.
We are subject to risks resulting from owning and controlling Infrastructure Assets outside of more developed economies.
Geographical concentration of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets may make the assets more susceptible to changing conditions of particular geographic regions.
Risks Related to Our Structure
We will depend on the Manager and KKR to achieve our business objectives.
Our ability to achieve our business objective depends on the ability of the Manager to identify, acquire and support our Infrastructure Assets.
We will rely on the ability of the management teams of our Infrastructure Assets to implement any agreed-upon reorganization plans but cannot assure they will be able to do so in accordance with the Company’s expectations.
Our Infrastructure Assets may rely on third-party managers or operators which may fail to perform their duties adequately.
There are various conflicts of interest in our relationship with KKR, including with our Manager and in the allocation of management resources to KKR Vehicles (as defined herein) and us, which could result in decisions that are not in the best interests of our shareholders.
We would not be able to operate our business according to our business plans if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
If we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we would likely be treated as a publicly traded partnership that is subject to corporate income taxes.
Our LLC Agreement (as defined below) contains provisions that reduce or eliminate duties (including fiduciary duties) of our Board and limit remedies available to Shareholders for actions that might otherwise constitute a breach of duty. It will be difficult for Shareholders to successfully challenge a resolution of a conflict of interest in accordance with the LLC Agreement.
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The Board, KKR, the Manager, our officers and their respective affiliates and certain service providers will be entitled to exculpation and indemnification resulting in limited right of action for Shareholders.
We will have certain reporting obligations not applicable to private companies. We will need to make significant capital expenditures to be in compliance with certain regulations not applicable to private companies. Failure to comply with such regulations may have an adverse effect on our business.
We could be subject to review and approval by CFIUS or other regulatory agencies resulting in limitations or restrictions on our acquisitions and joint ventures.
We could become subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or ERISA and potential Controlled Group Liability.
Failure to comply with Data Protection and Privacy Laws could lead to significant fines, sanctions and penalties.
Cybersecurity risks could result in the loss of data, interruptions in our business and damage to our reputation, and subject us to regulatory actions, increased costs and financial losses, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
Risks Related to an Investment in Our Shares
There is no market for the Shares and Shareholders will bear the risks of owning Shares for an extended period of time due to limited repurchases.
We may amend the LLC Agreement without Shareholder approval and Shareholders will not be entitled to vote for the election of directors or have any right to influence or control the Company’s operations.
The amount of any distributions we may pay is uncertain. We may not be able to sustain the payment of distributions.
Valuations of our assets are estimates of fair value and may not necessarily correspond to realizable value.
Monthly NAV calculations are not governed by governmental or independent securities, financial or accounting rules or standards.
We are a new company and have a limited operating history.
Due to the nature of Infrastructure Assets, shareholders will have limited liquidity and may not receive a full return of their invested capital if they elect to have their shares repurchased by the Company.
There is no public trading market for Shares of the Company; therefore, a Shareholder’s ability to dispose of its Shares will likely be limited to repurchase by us. If a Shareholder sells its Shares to us, the Shareholder may receive less than the price it paid.
A shareholder’s ability to have its shares repurchased through our share repurchase plan is limited.
Economic events that may cause our shareholders to request that we repurchase their shares may materially and adversely affect our cash flows, our results of operations and financial condition.
The Company may require a Shareholder to have their shares repurchased at any time in its sole discretion.
Holders of Class R Shares may have their shares automatically converted to Class I Shares.
Payment of the Management Fee or Performance Participation Allocation in Shares will dilute a Shareholder’s interest in the Company.
Shareholders holding Shares through accounts regulated by ERISA, such as individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and 401(k) plans, may be subject to additional regulatory and tax risks.
Risks Related to Our Liquidity Portfolio
We may hold corporate bonds.
We may be subject to the risk of commercial mortgage backed securities (“CMBS”).
We may be subject to residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) risk.
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Our holdings of pass-through certificates, securitization vehicles or other special purpose entities (collectively, “asset-backed securities”) may involve risks that differ from or are greater than risks associated with other types of instruments.
Collateralized Bond Obligations, Collateralized Loan Obligations and other Collateralized Debt Obligations are subject to additional risk.
Risks Related to Taxation
The Company’s ability to make distributions depends on it receiving sufficient cash distributions from its underlying operating subsidiaries, and we cannot assure our Shareholders that our Company will be able to make cash distributions to them in amounts that are sufficient to fund their tax liabilities.
If the Company or the Operating Subsidiaries were to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the value of our Shares might be adversely affected.
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ITEM 1.
BUSINESS
General Development of Business
We are a holding company that seeks to acquire, own and control Infrastructure Assets with the objective of generating attractive risk-adjusted returns consisting of both current income and capital appreciation. Our Infrastructure Assets will include existing companies, businesses, hard assets, properties and other assets, and may also include new companies, businesses and development projects. See “—Acquisition Strategies” below.
We are sponsored by KKR and expect to benefit from its industry leading infrastructure sourcing and portfolio management platform pursuant to a management agreement with the Manager (the “Management Agreement”). We have appointed the Manager to assist us with certain management, administrative and advisory services related to identifying, acquiring, owning and controlling Infrastructure Assets through Joint Ventures (defined below).
We have been established by KKR to control and manage Joint Ventures that, directly or indirectly, own majority stakes in Infrastructure Assets, and to a lesser extent, Joint Ventures that own influential yet non-majority stakes in Infrastructure Assets. We anticipate acquiring, owning and controlling Infrastructure Assets through Joint Ventures in the geographies where KKR is active, including North America, Western Europe and Asia Pacific. Over time, we expect to acquire Infrastructure Assets that generate attractive risk-adjusted returns, using proceeds raised from future offerings of our securities, distributions from Infrastructure Assets, and opportunistically recycling capital generated from dispositions of Infrastructure Assets.
A key part of our strategy is to form joint ventures (“Joint Ventures”) by pooling capital with KKR Vehicles that target acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets that are compatible with our business strategy. We expect that we will own nearly all of our Infrastructure Assets through Joint Ventures alongside one or more KKR Vehicles and that the Joint Ventures will be managed in a way that reflects the commonality of interests between the KKR Vehicles and the Company. We believe that a joint acquisition and management strategy between the KKR Vehicles and the Company will lead to greater opportunities to gain sufficient influence or control over Infrastructure Assets to deploy an operations-oriented management approach to value creation with the objective of achieving both current income and capital appreciation. We plan to own all or substantially all of our Infrastructure Assets directly or indirectly through one of our wholly-owned operating subsidiaries, K-INFRA Holdings I LLC (“Holdings I”) or K-INFRA Holdings II LLC (“Holdings II”, and together with Holdings I, the “Operating Subsidiaries”). We expect to hold our Infrastructure Assets and Joint Ventures through one or more corporations, limited liability companies or limited partnerships. For a detailed description of the types of Infrastructure Assets we intend to acquire, see “—Acquisition Strategies” below.
We have a board of directors (the “Board”) whose corporate governance responsibilities are based on fiduciary duties applicable to Delaware limited liability companies, as modified by our second amended and restated limited liability company agreement (the “LLC Agreement”). The Board will consist of six directors, half of whom are expected to be independent. The Board oversees the management of the Company and the performance of the Manager. See “Item 5. Directors and Executive Officers.” Actual or potential conflicts of interest will arise from time to time between the Company, KKR and the KKR Vehicles. See “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Potential Conflicts of Interest” and “Item 11. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered—Summary of the LLC Agreement.” Our independent directors are expected to approve protocols for handling actual and potential conflicts of interest and may be called upon from time to time to approve specific conflicts on behalf of our audit committee.
Our executive committee (the “Executive Committee”, as described below under “Our Executive Committee”) is ultimately responsible for making significant capital allocation decisions proposed by the Manager and the appointment of one or more Company officers to the governing bodies of Joint Ventures. Our Executive Committee and Company management team will be composed of Company employees as well as employees of KKR that will be assigned or seconded to the Company. We will pay for all expenses related to the services performed for the Company by such persons, including the compensation of our seconded officers, employees and other personnel. For Company employees, we expect they will spend substantially all of their time managing the Company and/or overseeing, managing and supporting Joint Ventures and Infrastructure Assets. To the extent Company employees spend time supporting KKR Vehicles (as defined herein), then those KKR Vehicles will reimburse us for all expenses related to the services performed for such other vehicles by our employees, including compensation expenses.
There is no guarantee that we will achieve our business objectives. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Potential Conflicts of Interest” of this Registration Statement for additional details on the risks associated with a purchase of our Shares.
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We expect to conduct a continuous private offering of our Shares to (i) accredited investors (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and (ii) in the case of Shares sold outside the United States, to persons that are not “U.S. persons” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
The Company
We were formed as a Delaware limited liability company on September 23, 2022. We have a limited operating history and were formed to control and manage Joint Ventures that hold a portfolio of global infrastructure assets and businesses. Our principal office is located at 30 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001 and our telephone number is (212) 750-8300.
Our business objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for shareholders, consisting of ongoing current income and capital appreciation, by controlling and managing Joint Ventures through which we will hold a global portfolio of Infrastructure Assets. The establishment of the Company reflects KKR’s commitment to infrastructure investing as well as the natural maturation of the infrastructure asset class.
We expect that over the long-term Joint Ventures and Infrastructure Assets will make up approximately 85% of our assets. Additionally, we expect that approximately 15% of our assets will consist of cash and cash equivalents, US Treasury securities, US government agency securities, municipal securities, other sovereign debt, investment grade credit, and other investments including high yield credit, asset backed securities, mortgage backed securities, collateralized loan obligations, leveraged loans and/or debt of companies or assets (collectively, the “Liquidity Portfolio”) in each case to facilitate capital deployment and provide a potential source of liquidity. These types of liquid assets may exceed 15% of our assets at any given time due to distributions from, or dispositions of, Infrastructure Assets or for other reasons as our Manager determines.
We intend to operate our business in a manner permitting us to maintain an exclusion from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). See “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Structure—We would not be able to operate our business according to our business plans if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
The Manager
We are managed by the Manager, a wholly owned subsidiary of KKR and an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”). The Manager will manage the Company pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement and support the Company in managing its portfolio of Infrastructure Assets with the objective of generating risk-adjusted returns consisting of both current income and capital appreciation for Shareholders. KKR was established in 1976, pioneered the leveraged buyout industry and has remained one of the world’s largest and most successful investment firms through the past four decades of economic cycles and market changes. KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including infrastructure, private equity, energy, real estate and credit. As of September 30, 2022, KKR had aggregate assets under management of approximately $496 billion.
In 2008, KKR established a dedicated infrastructure team and strategy focused on infrastructure investment opportunities located in member countries of the Organisation For Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”). KKR has dedicated considerable time and resources to building what we view as a best-in-class infrastructure platform comprising a team of investment professionals and operating executives dedicated to infrastructure (the “KKR Infrastructure Team”), which reflects KKR’s deep, long-term commitment to the infrastructure asset class. The KKR Infrastructure Team is led by Raj Agrawal and has over 75 dedicated investment professionals located across eleven offices around the world.
Over the past 15 years, KKR has been one of the more active infrastructure investors globally as it, as of September 30, 2022, manages over $49 billion in infrastructure assets through KKR Global Infrastructure Investors II L.P. (together with its parallel vehicles and alternative vehicles, “Global Infrastructure Fund II”), KKR Global Infrastructure Investors III L.P. (together with its parallel vehicles and alternative vehicles, “Global Infrastructure Fund III”), KKR Global Infrastructure Investors IV (USD) SCSp (together with its parallel vehicles and alternative vehicles, “Global Infrastructure Fund IV” and together with KKR Global Infrastructure Investors L.P. (together with its parallel vehicles and alternative vehicles, “Global Infrastructure Fund I”), Global Infrastructure Fund II and Global Infrastructure Fund III, the “Global Infrastructure Strategy”), KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Investors
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SCSp (together with its parallel vehicles and alternative vehicles, “Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund I”), KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Investors II SCSp (together with its parallel vehicles and alternative vehicles, “Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund II”), and KKR Diversified Core Infrastructure Fund (A) SCSp (together with its parallel vehicles and alternative vehicles, “Diversified Core Infrastructure Fund”).
The KKR Infrastructure Team has significant experience executing infrastructure and infrastructure-related transactions. KKR’s tenure and experience in infrastructure, as well as its deep relationships within individual regional markets, have enabled KKR to develop an extensive network of contacts and relationships that we view as a central component of KKR’s competitive advantage.
The Company and the Manager expect to enter the Management Agreement pursuant to which the Manager will be entitled to receive a management fee (the “Management Fee”) and expense reimbursements. So long as the Management Agreement has not been terminated, KKR will also receive a performance participation allocation (the “Performance Participation Allocation”). See “Item 1. Business—Compensation of the Manager—Management Fee” and “Item 1. Business—Performance Participation Allocation” for additional information.
The Manager will delegate the portfolio management function for the Liquidity Portfolio to KKR Credit Advisors (US) LLC and KKR Credit Advisors (Ireland) Unlimited Company (the “Liquidity Managers”). The Executive Committee will have the ability to determine the portion of our assets that will be managed by each Liquidity Manager, but is not expected to have investment-level discretion for the portion managed by each Liquidity Manager.
In consideration for its services, each Liquidity Manager will be entitled to receive a fee payable by the Manager (out of its Management Fee) in an amount to be agreed between the Manager and each Liquidity Manager from time to time.
Acquisition Strategies
We seek to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns consisting of both current income and capital appreciation by focusing on Joint Ventures and Infrastructure Assets. Our business strategy is to control and manage Joint Ventures that hold Infrastructure Assets for the long term. We may exit Infrastructure Assets opportunistically, and in such cases will seek to redeploy capital into and/or to manage securities, properties and other assets as our business develops.
We believe the infrastructure market has matured sufficiently to present attractive opportunities across multiple sectors, geographies and asset types as well as risk profiles. We expect to manage and control Infrastructure Assets across a number of different infrastructure sectors, geographies and asset types. Potential target sectors include, but are not limited to:
Asset leasing
Digital infrastructure
Energy transition
Energy value chain
Industrial de-carbonization
Infrastructure services
Public-private-partnerships
Social infrastructure
Telecommunication
Transportation
Utilities
Waste
Other infrastructure assets and services.
We also expect to control and manage Infrastructure Assets across asset risk profiles In particular, we plan to acquire existing businesses, hard assets, properties and other assets, and may also pursue new businesses and development projects. We expect that, over time, the diversification and asymmetric risks of Infrastructure Assets across a portfolio of asset types will reduce our overall risk profile.
We believe our access to the KKR Infrastructure platform through hiring our Manager will allow us to manage and control a diverse array of Infrastructure Assets. We generally plan to acquire Infrastructure Assets that represent
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the existing strategies pursued by the KKR Infrastructure Team as well as future new strategies that the KKR Infrastructure Team may develop, including but not limited to:
Global Infrastructure: KKR’s global infrastructure strategy pursues infrastructure opportunities with an emphasis on existing assets and businesses located primarily in OECD countries in North America and Western Europe. It seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns by focusing on critical infrastructure investments with low volatility and strong downside protection where KKR believes it can tackle complexity in sourcing, structuring, operations, and execution in order to deliver attractive returns with a low risk profile. The global infrastructure strategy seeks to execute KKR’s risk-based strategy and seeks to generate returns through both long-term capital appreciation and current income generation. KKR’s global infrastructure strategy includes:
Global Infrastructure Fund I, KKR’s first dedicated global infrastructure fund established in 2008, which raised $1 billion in capital commitments;
Global Infrastructure Fund II, which raised $3.1 billion of capital commitments in 2015;
Global Infrastructure Fund III, which raised $7.4 billion of capital commitments in 2018; and
Global Infrastructure Fund IV, which raised $17.0 billion of capital commitments in 2022.
Asia Pacific Infrastructure: In 2019, KKR established its first fund dedicated to investing in existing infrastructure assets and businesses in the Asia Pacific region. The Asia Pacific infrastructure strategy seeks to generate returns through both long-term capital appreciation and current income generation. Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund I raised approximately $3.9 billion in capital commitments as of its final closing in December 2020. KKR has been an active infrastructure investor in the Asia Pacific region and has committed approximately $3.5 billion to thirteen investments as of September 30, 2022. KKR is actively raising Asia Pacific Infrastructure Fund II.
Core Infrastructure: In 2020, KKR launched its first dedicated, commingled, open-ended core infrastructure fund, KKR Diversified Core Infrastructure Fund, which seeks to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns by focusing on critical core infrastructure investments in developed OECD countries with low volatility and downside protection. As compared to the global and Asia Pacific infrastructure strategies, the core strategy looks to “buy simplicity and hold simplicity” for the long-term. The Diversified Core Infrastructure Fund has raised $8.1 billion in capital commitments and committed $5.5 billion across seven investments as of September 30, 2022.
KKR has an extensive resource platform that supports the daily activities of the KKR Infrastructure Team. This platform has a broad spectrum of capabilities spanning operational, financial-, macro- and stakeholder-related areas. These capabilities are outlined below.
KKR Capstone (“KKR Capstone”): The KKR Infrastructure Team works closely with KKR Capstone, a team of global operational professionals that has been an integral part of portfolio operations at KKR since the early 2000s. KKR Capstone partners with the KKR Infrastructure Team and management teams of Infrastructure Assets to help define strategic priorities for and drive operational improvement in Infrastructure Assets. The Capstone team is comprised of experienced professionals with extensive general management and functional expertise, whose typical background is that of former general managers, operating executives and management consultants. References to “Capstone Executives”, operating executives, operating experts, or operating consultants are to such employees of KKR Capstone.
KKR Capital Markets: In 2006, KKR began to build its KCM team. KCM was developed to provide KKR with a capital markets-oriented perspective on its deal financings and portfolio company capital structure management, as well as to give KKR the ability to draw on creative and differentiated capital sources. The global KCM team adds value by providing insight and direct access to financing sources that help KKR improve the capital structures of Infrastructure Assets. The KCM team facilitates and adds expertise around investment structuring, financing and capital markets-related issues across the capital structure.
KKR Credit: Over the last 15 years, KKR has built out a base of investment professionals beyond its traditional private equity teams. In 2004, KKR formed KKR Credit (“KKR Credit”), which is divided between Leveraged Credit and Private Credit. KKR Credit will be involved in managing the KKR Vehicles.
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Public Policy & Affairs: In 2008, KKR developed a dedicated public affairs team (“Global Public Affairs”) that made it possible to expand KKR’s engagement with stakeholders. The team has extensive expertise in public policy, media, government and regulatory affairs, as well as experience working with community groups, labor unions, industry and trade associations, and non-governmental organizations (“NGOs”). As such, it is a dedicated resource designed to enable KKR to better evaluate regulatory trends that impact the development of investment theses of Infrastructure Assets and assist management teams of Infrastructure Assets in engaging on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) issues, both from a risk and increasingly from an opportunity perspective. This team further helps KKR to more effectively manage communications with its investors and relationships with all of the stakeholders in Infrastructure Assets.
KKR Global Institute: Established in 2013, the KKR Global Institute provides analysis and insights about geopolitical, technological, demographic and macroeconomic developments and long-term trends. Drawing on the GMAA (defined below) team and the Global Public Affairs team, the KKR Global Institute is actively involved in KKR’s investment processes by serving as a resource for KKR’s investment teams, clients and investment partners and portfolio companies.
Global Macro and Asset Allocation: In 2011, KKR established a dedicated Global Macro and Asset Allocation (“GMAA”) team. The GMAA team works very closely with the different regional and sector teams, helping to provide a top-down perspective on countries, industries and individual companies, which KKR believes provides significant advantages to its investment processes.
KKR Technology & Innovation Team: Recognizing the disruptive challenges and opportunities related to technology, KKR’s leadership formed a small and agile team of technology operators. The team supports KKR’s deal teams in the evaluation of opportunities from a technology perspective as well as supporting KKR’s portfolio companies with technology choices and technological transformations.
Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors & Industry Advisors: KKR has a large roster of Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors around the world who have held leading executive roles in major global corporations. KKR’s Senior, Executive and Industry Advisors provide it with additional operational and strategic insights, serve on the boards of KKR portfolio companies, help KKR evaluate individual investment opportunities and assist KKR portfolio companies with operational matters.
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Key Trends in Infrastructure
Infrastructure assets are critical to the functioning of society and the economy. They are typically hard assets that facilitate people’s basic needs and services, and, as these needs and services evolve, infrastructure must adapt with them. This manifests in a large global need for infrastructure investment, a need that is steadily growing.
Based on industry estimates, we believe the world needs to invest $70 trillion in infrastructure assets globally through 2035. We believe that this estimate is conservative. There is substantial capital needed to refurbish and modernize existing infrastructure assets, to build infrastructure to cover the many deficiencies today and to create the infrastructure that will service our needs of tomorrow. We believe this enormous need for infrastructure investment is driven by the overall growth of the global economy and by a number of global megatrends, such as:
Refurbishment and Modernization of Existing Infrastructure - Over the last decade, there have been numerous instances demonstrating the consequences when infrastructure becomes obsolete, leading to water shortages in the United Kingdom, a bridge collapse in Italy, power outages in the United States, train derailments in Spain and many other tragic incidents captured in media headlines. While these events garner significant public attention, we believe they reflect a vastly larger underlying problem related to consistent underinvestment in existing infrastructure. We believe significant investments are urgently needed to improve the resilience and viability of existing water and wastewater networks, electricity grids, power utilities and transportation infrastructure across the developed world.
The Energy Transition - Profound changes are taking place in the global energy system that we expect to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and nuclear generation by switching to more energy efficient consumption and renewable power supply. We expect governmental commitments will continue to support ongoing investment in the energy transition space related to the decommissioning of existing generation capacity requires purchase of cleaner energy sources.
Electrification of Transportation - In order to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles, many governments across the developed world have introduced various incentives, ranging from tax breaks to free city parking. However, in our view, the adoption of electric vehicles at scale will only be possible once an ubiquitous charging infrastructure is in place, which will require significant investment compared to today’s existing infrastructure.
Enhancement of Digital Infrastructure - Usage of digital data by consumers and businesses around the world continues to grow exponentially every year, which drives and sustains the need to invest in mobile towers, fiber optics and data centers.
Towers: The need for additional tower infrastructure is driven by the adoption of faster mobile communication technologies and by the requirements for higher densities of tower mounted, signal transmitters and receivers. Each transition from third, fourth and fifth generation wireless speed requires up to ten times more tower coverage.
Fiber Optics: Large parts of the developed world are still underpenetrated in broadband connectivity, creating significant opportunities for infrastructure investors. Building out of these networks will require significant investment.
Data Centers: As data consumption continues to grow, so does the need for data storage and processing, which drives the demand for purchase of data centers. While investments in data centers require regional strategies, we believe the need for additional data center investment is universal.
Corporations and Industrials Divesting Assets - Approximately half of infrastructure investment made by private capital comes from large corporations and industrial companies. We believe that large corporations and industrial companies will continue to divest their infrastructure assets in order to raise capital to repay debt and fund ongoing operations, particularly companies where the relevant target assets are viewed as non-core to the primary operations of the relevant business.
Urbanization - Across the developing world, people in large numbers continue to move from towns and villages into cities. People living in cities tend to have greater infrastructure demands than those living in small towns and villages. For example, a person living in a modern city consumes over 100x more energy than a person living in a rural village. As cities continue to grow, we believe that significant infrastructure investments need to be made in order to accommodate the steady inflow of new residents.
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Last Mile Logistics - The increasing importance of online shopping has driven the development of last mile logistics infrastructure, which enables consumers to purchase goods online and have them delivered to their homes within 24 hours. Local retailers in cities have also began using last mile logistics infrastructure for overnight restocking of merchandise. We expect that last mile logistics will require additional infrastructure to support the connectivity to the ultimate consumer.
Our Board
The Board’s corporate governance responsibilities are based on fiduciary duties applicable to Delaware limited liability companies, as modified by our LLC Agreement. The Board will consist of six directors, half of whom are expected to be independent. The Board oversees the management of the Company and the performance of the Manager. See “Item 5. Directors and Executive Officers.” Actual or potential conflicts of interest will arise from time to time between the Company and KKR and the KKR Vehicles. See “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Potential Conflicts of Interest.” Our independent directors will approve protocols for handling actual and potential conflicts of interest and may be called upon from time to time to approve specific conflicts on behalf of our audit committee. See “Item 11. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered—Summary of the LLC Agreement.
Management Agreement
The description below of the Management Agreement is only a summary and is not necessarily complete. The description set forth below is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Management Agreement which has been filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement.
The Manager will provide management services to us pursuant to the Management Agreement. Under the terms of the Management Agreement, the Manager is responsible for the following:
originating and recommending opportunities to form Joint Ventures to acquire Infrastructure Assets, consistent with the business objectives and strategy of the Company;
monitoring and evaluating our Infrastructure Assets;
analyzing and investigating potential dispositions of Infrastructure Assets, including identification of potential acquirers and evaluations of offers made by such potential acquirers;
structuring of Joint Ventures and acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets;
identifying bank and institutional sources of financing, arrangement of appropriate introductions and marketing of financial proposals;
supervising the preparation and review of all documents required in connection with the acquisition, disposition or financing of each Infrastructure Asset;
administrative services for which we will reimburse KKR;
monitoring the performance of Infrastructure Assets and, where appropriate, providing advice regarding the management of Joint Ventures and Infrastructure Assets;
arranging and coordinating the services of other professionals and consultants, including KKR personnel; and
providing us with such other services as the Board may, from time to time, appoint the Manager to be responsible for and perform, consistent with the terms of the Management Agreement.
The Manager’s services under the Management Agreement will not be exclusive, and the Manager will be free to furnish similar services to other entities, and it intends to do so, so long as its services to us are not impaired. For the avoidance of doubt, the management, policies and operations of the Company shall be the ultimate responsibility of the Board acting pursuant to and in accordance with the LLC Agreement.
The term of the Management Agreement is expected to continue indefinitely unless terminated as described below. We anticipate that the Management Agreement may be terminated upon the affirmative vote of all of our independent directors, based upon unsatisfactory performance by the Manager that is materially detrimental to us and our subsidiaries taken as a whole. We will need to provide the Manager 180 days’ written notice of any termination. Upon termination, the Manager will be paid a termination fee (the “Termination Fee”) equal to three times the sum
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of (i) the average annual Management Fee earned by the Manager and (ii) the average annual Performance Participation Allocation received by KKR during the 24-month period immediately preceding the most recently completed calendar quarter prior to the date of termination of the Management Agreement.
We expect that the Manager may terminate the Management Agreement if we become required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, with such termination deemed to occur immediately before such event, in which case we would not be required to pay a Termination Fee. The Manager may also terminate the Management Agreement by providing us with 180 days’ written notice, in which case we would not be required to pay a Termination Fee. In addition, if we default in the performance or observance of any material term, condition or covenant contained in the Management Agreement and the default continues for a period of 30 days after written notice to us requesting that the default be remedied within that period, the Manager may terminate the Management Agreement upon 60 days’ written notice, and we would be required to pay a Termination Fee.
In addition, if our Management Agreement is terminated, we expect that the Management Agreement will obligate us to forfeit our controlling interest in any Joint Venture, which would likely require us to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and adversely affect an investment in our Shares. We also expect that the Management Agreement will require us to redeem any KKR Shares if the Management Agreement is terminated, which could require us to liquidate Infrastructure Assets at unfavorable times or prices, which may adversely affect an investment in our Shares.
Compensation of the Manager
Management Fee
Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Manager is entitled to receive a Management Fee from the Company.
The Management Fee is payable monthly in arrears in an amount equal to (i) 1.25% per annum of the month-end NAV attributable to Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares and Class U Shares, (ii) 1.00% per annum of the month-end NAV attributable to Class R Shares (provided that such Class R Shares are held in connection with an intermediary’s aggregate subscription for at least $250 million and less than $500 million during the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement with such intermediary and (iii) 0.95% per annum of the month-end NAV attributable to Class R Shares (provided that such Class R Shares are held in connection with an intermediary’s aggregate subscription for at least $500 million of Class R Shares during the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement with such intermediary), each before giving effect to any accruals for the Management Fee, the Servicing Fee (as defined below), the Performance Participation Allocation (as defined below), redemptions for that month, any distributions and without taking into account any taxes (whether paid, payable, accrued or otherwise) of any intermediate entity through which the Company indirectly invests in an Infrastructure Asset, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Manager. The Manager has voluntarily agreed to waive 50% of its Management Fee until September 30, 2023. The longer a Shareholder holds shares of the Company during this period, the longer such Shareholder will receive the benefit of this Management Fee waiver period. Amounts waived pursuant to the foregoing fee waiver are not subject to recoupment by the Manager.
In addition to the fees paid to the Manager, we will pay all other costs and expenses of our operations, including compensation of its employees and employees of the Manager, directors, custodial expenses, leveraging expenses, transfer agent expenses, legal fees, expenses of independent auditors, expenses of our periodic repurchases, expenses of preparing, printing and distributing prospectuses, shareholder reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to governmental agencies and taxes, if any. See “Item 2. Financial Information—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation—Expenses—Company Expenses” below. The Management Fee will be offset by certain fees and expenses. See “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence— Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters and Certain Control Persons—Management Fee Offset.”
Performance Participation Allocation
So long as the Management Agreement has not been terminated, KKR will be entitled to receive a Performance Participation Allocation equal to 12.5% of the Total Return attributable to Investor Shares, subject to a 5% Hurdle Amount and a High Water Mark, with a 100% Catch-Up (each term as defined in Item 2 below). The Performance Participation Allocation will be measured and paid on a quarterly basis and accrued monthly. For further information regarding the Performance Participation Allocation, see “Item 2. Financial Information—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation—Expenses—Performance Participation Allocation” below.
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Our Administrator
We plan to enter into an administration agreement with an administrator (the “Administrator”) pursuant to which the Administrator will be responsible for generally performing administrative services of the Company. We anticipate that pursuant to the administration agreement the Administrator will be entitled to receive a monthly fee based on the monthly value of the Company’s net assets, subject to a minimum annual fee, plus out-of-pocket expenses.
Acquisition Process Overview
The Company will engage the Manager to access the deal sourcing, diligence and portfolio monitoring capabilities of the KKR Infrastructure Team and the broader KKR platform.
KKR strives to maintain robust processes and accountability to improve investment decisions, allocate capital effectively, actively engage in key decisions impacting operational value creation, and rigorously monitor investments. KKR has instituted investment management practices that will govern how it sources transactions for us. These practices cover communication, investment methodologies from initial deal sourcing through long-term holding periods, including sophisticated deal tracking and accounting procedures and expansion and leveraging of internal and external resources.
KKR will be responsible for making acquisition recommendations to us. KKR’s Infrastructure Team professionals will be accountable to our Executive Committee through the life of our control and management of an Infrastructure Asset, including monitoring, building value and ongoing management.
Due Diligence Process
The four stages of KKR’s due diligence process for Infrastructure Assets are described in detail below.
Initial Screening/Sourcing. A deal team of KKR Infrastructure Team members, guided by senior KKR Infrastructure Team investment professionals, typically begins by engaging in high-level research on sectors that the deal team finds attractive given the current market environment and perform further diligence into what it believes are the most attractive companies in the relevant sector. The deal team’s sector evaluation will generally focus on: (1) a macro thesis; (2) asset and management quality; (3) relative valuation; (4) actionability; and (5) downside protection and appropriate expected returns. Subsequently, the deal team will refine its focus on sectors and companies or assets and will begin building relationships with the relevant management teams through meetings and discussions and evaluations of their businesses. After preliminary evaluation, the deal team may consider moving into Phase I diligence with respect to a particular company or asset.
Phase I Diligence. During the initial diligence phase, the deal team will lead and coordinate all due diligence steps. The relevant deal team’s primary responsibility is to identify and quantify key value drivers, risks and opportunities. The deal team may retain industry consultants with domain expertise and/or regulatory, legal, tax and accounting advisors to identify potential issues that could be “deal killers.” Working with KKR’s Global Public Affairs team, the deal team will seek to identify initial political and other stakeholder issues. In addition, KKR’s Global Public Affairs team will be consulted when considering ESG both at acquisition and over the life of the Infrastructure Asset. KKR Capital Markets LLC (“KCM”) may be consulted to begin assessing capital structure considerations, while KKR Capstone may provide high-level operational perspectives. The deal team will typically solicit the views of KKR’s Senior Advisors and Industry Advisors with expertise or experience relevant to the company, asset, or sector being diligenced. Results and next steps will then be discussed with the relevant KKR Infrastructure investment committee (or subset thereof).
Phase II Diligence. If the relevant KKR Infrastructure investment committee (or subset thereof) elects to move forward, the deal team will proceed with detailed business, regulatory, legal, tax and accounting diligence, as well as with detailed management meetings at various levels to assess both the relevant management team and its business plan. The deal team will continue its work, where relevant, with the Global Public Affairs team, to create a stakeholder relations plan and may begin to examine with KKR Capstone the key operations issues relevant to the company or asset which might be incorporated into a 100-Day Plan (“100-Day Plan”) (e.g., cost structure) (see “—Portfolio Monitoring” below for additional information regarding the 100-Day Plan). The deal team will also continue its work with KCM (if engaged) to structure an appropriate capital structure and related debt commitments, as needed. In many cases, KKR’s Senior Advisors and Industry Advisors may become more deeply engaged at this juncture. Phase II diligence findings will then be presented to the relevant KKR Infrastructure investment committee (or subset thereof), which will provide feedback.
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Confirmatory Diligence and Contract Negotiation. Ultimately, if the relevant KKR Infrastructure investment committee (or subset thereof) believes that the transaction presents a compelling opportunity, the deal team will complete customer calls, as appropriate (if possible performed in Phase II) and will move forward with negotiating and finalizing definitive legal documentation and financing arrangements. Confirmatory diligence findings will be presented to the relevant KKR Infrastructure investment committee (or subset thereof), which will provide further feedback prior to the closing of the investment. Any stakeholder relations plan established during the diligence process with KKR’s Global Public Affairs team will begin to be executed, and more detailed work with KKR Capstone (if engaged) will get underway in the drafting of the 100-Day Plan for the relevant company or asset.
Our Executive Committee
Our executive committee will review acquisition recommendations made by the Manager to the Company, approve each Joint Venture formed by the Company and the related Infrastructure Assets, manage the Company's ownership and control of Infrastructure Assets and monitor existing Joint Ventures and the related Infrastructure Assets.
Our executive committee will meet on an as-needed basis. Its members will initially consist of Tara Davies (our Chief Executive Officer) and James Cunningham (our Chief Investment Officer).
Portfolio Monitoring
The process by which KKR seeks to monitor and maximize value in Infrastructure Assets has been developed over more than four decades, originating from its private equity platform. KKR continues to utilize this process across its infrastructure platform, instilling rigorous financial disciplines and accountability, creating innovative transaction structures and attracting and partnering with superb technical talent.
The relevant KKR portfolio management committee plays a significant role in a variety of portfolio management decisions, such as deploying resources where needed, making the difficult decisions when companies are underperforming and monitoring and advising on exit strategies.
In the due diligence phase, the deal team will develop a strategy and detailed plan for the relevant Infrastructure Asset, which KKR calls the 100-Day Plan. This plan, which sets out the steps that KKR and management have agreed are necessary to achieve immediate operational goals, will be presented to the relevant KKR Infrastructure portfolio management committee. After the first 100 days, the deal team will return to the relevant KKR Infrastructure portfolio management committee to present its progress against the plan and to outline its next set of goals. The deal team will update the relevant KKR Infrastructure portfolio management committee with monthly and quarterly financial reports and an annual analysis of the ability of the relevant Infrastructure Asset to deliver an attractive rate of return.
The relevant KKR Infrastructure portfolio management committees meet several times per year. On occasion, a senior executive from an Infrastructure Asset, typically the chief executive officer, will also present at the relevant KKR Infrastructure portfolio management committee meetings. The meetings are interactive and present a forum for discussing and managing operational issues within Infrastructure Assets.
Allocation of Acquisition Opportunities
Although we may acquire Infrastructure Assets that are not owned through Joint Ventures with KKR Vehicles, we expect that a significant portion of our Infrastructure Assets will be acquired, owned and controlled through Joint Ventures with one or more KKR Vehicles. This overlap will from time to time create conflicts of interest, which the Manager and its affiliates will seek to manage in a fair and reasonable manner in their sole discretion and in accordance with policies and procedures reasonably designed to mitigate such conflicts. The conflicts inherent in making such decisions will not always be resolved to the advantage of the Company.
The Company benefits from access to the KKR Infrastructure platform and from the ability to form Joint Ventures with KKR Vehicles for the purpose of acquiring, owning and controlling Infrastructure Assets. The Company expects that it will have pari passu allocation rights to acquire Infrastructure Assets through Joint Ventures with KKR Vehicles. Certain KKR Vehicles that are part of the KKR Infrastructure platform have mandatory minimum investment thresholds that must be satisfied before any portion of an opportunity can be offered to other persons, including the Company. In those cases, the Company expects to participate in those opportunities through an exception to the relevant KKR Vehicle’s mandatory minimum investment threshold, which is typically capped at a certain percentage of the amount invested by the relevant KKR Vehicle. There is no guarantee that any KKR Vehicle will have an exception to its mandatory minimum investment threshold. As a result, the amount available to us on
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a pari passu basis in certain acquisition opportunities may be constrained and, if materially constrained, could result in the Company not participating in such opportunities at all. KKR Vehicles on the KKR Infrastructure platform will be launched from time to time as business opportunities arise, and KKR will negotiate the terms of those KKR Vehicles with potential investors. The terms of such future KKR Vehicles will include mandatory investment minimums, exceptions to those minimums and the allocation of voting rights with respect to Infrastructure Assets. With respect to the Company, KKR faces a conflict of interest when negotiating these terms because KKR generally expects to seek to maximize the potential size of any such future KKR Vehicle’s aggregate commitments. Accordingly, KKR may agree to high mandatory investment minimums or reduce the exceptions to such minimums in a way that is favorable to the investors in such future KKR Vehicle and limits or restricts the Company’s access to acquisition opportunities alongside such future KKR Vehicle. KKR may also agree to restrictions or limitations on how voting rights with respect to Infrastructure Assets may be allocated which would be disadvantageous to the Company’s ability to form Joint Ventures with such future KKR Vehicle. These terms may be materially less favorable for the Company than terms available as of the date of the Registration Statement and may continue to become more disadvantageous to the Company over time.
In certain circumstances, there could be additional capacity available in an acquisition opportunity above the applicable mandatory minimum investment threshold of the relevant KKR Vehicle. Such additional capacity will be allocated among the Company and KKR Vehicles in a manner that is consistent with policies and procedures, including an allocation methodology established by KKR, which are reasonably designed to help ensure allocations of opportunities are made over time on a fair and equitable basis. In determining allocations, KKR will take into account such factors as it deems appropriate, which could include, for example and without limitation: investment objectives and focus; target investment size and target returns, available capital, the timing of capital inflows and outflows and anticipated capital commitments and subscriptions; timing of closing and speed of execution; liquidity profile; applicable concentration limits and other investment restrictions; mandatory minimum investment rights and other contractual obligations applicable to participating funds, vehicles and accounts and/or to their investors; portfolio diversification; tax efficiencies and potential adverse tax consequences; regulatory restrictions applicable to participating funds, vehicles and accounts and shareholders that could limit the Company’s ability to participate in a proposed opportunity; policies and restrictions (including internal policies and procedures) applicable to participating funds, vehicles and accounts; the avoidance of odd-lots or cases where a pro rata or other defined allocation methodology would result in a de minimis allocation to one or more participating funds, vehicles and accounts; the potential dilutive effect of a new position; the overall risk profile of a portfolio; the potential return available from a debt investment as compared to an equity investment; the potential effect of our performance (positive and negative); and any other considerations deemed relevant by KKR. The outcome of any allocation determination by KKR will at times result in the allocation of none of an opportunity to us or in allocations that are otherwise on a non-pro rata basis.
Opportunities that the Manager or its affiliates determine in good faith are not expected to meet our business strategy and objective or are otherwise inappropriate for the Company, given considerations described in this Registration Statement or as otherwise determined by the Manager or its affiliates, will generally not be allocated to us.
KKR is entitled to amend its policies and procedures at any time without our consent or prior notice to us.
Leverage
We may use leverage to provide additional funds to support our acquisitions. We expect to use entity level debt (incurred by the Company or its subsidiaries), such as revolving credit facilities, and expect the Infrastructure Assets will utilize asset level debt financing (debt at the operating entity level). See “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Infrastructure Assets and Industry Focus—We may need to incur financial leverage to be able to achieve our business objectives. We cannot guarantee the availability of such financings.”
Asset level debt may be incurred by Infrastructure Assets or by Joint Ventures entered into by one of our operating entities and secured by Infrastructure Assets owned by such operating entities. If an operating entity or Joint Venture were to default on an asset-level loan, the lender’s recourse would be to the Infrastructure Assets and the lender would typically not have a claim to other assets of the Company or its subsidiaries. There is no guarantee that the Company’s operating entities will be able to obtain leverage on Infrastructure Assets on attractive terms or at all. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Infrastructure Assets and Industry Focus—We may need to incur financial leverage to be able to achieve our business objectives. We cannot guarantee the availability of such financings.”
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Other than borrowings incurred solely to provide interim financing prior to the receipt of capital (and not for permanent or long-term financing with respect to an investment or Company expenses), the Company does not intend to incur cash borrowings to the extent such borrowings would cause the aggregate amount of indebtedness for borrowed money incurred by the Company to exceed 30% of the Company’s total assets, measured at the time we make such borrowings. There is, however, no limit on the amount we may borrow with respect to any individual operating entity or Joint Venture. During the initial ramp-up period of the Company, our leverage may exceed our target. We may also exceed a leverage ratio of 30% at other times, particularly during a market downturn or in connection with a large acquisition. The Company may also enter into an unsecured line of credit with KKR for such purposes. KKR may face conflicts of interest in connection with any borrowings or disputes under this unsecured line of credit. See “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Potential Conflicts of Interest.” In addition, we may have a variety of financial arrangements (including reverse repurchase agreements and derivative transactions) that have similar effects as leverage. See “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Infrastructure Assets and Industry Focus—We may need to incur financial leverage to be able to achieve our business objectives. We cannot guarantee the availability of such financings.”
We might not use leverage at all times and the amount of leverage may vary depending upon a number of factors, including the Manager’s outlook for the market and the costs that the Company would incur as a result of such leverage. Any borrowings would have seniority over the Shares. There is no assurance that our leveraging strategy will be successful.
The Board may authorize use of leverage by the Company, any of our Joint Ventures or any of our Infrastructure Assets without the approval of Shareholders.
We may borrow money through a revolving credit facility with one or more unaffiliated third-party lenders for acquisition purposes, to pay operating expenses, to make distributions, to satisfy repurchase requests from shareholders, and otherwise to provide the Company with temporary liquidity. In addition, we may enter into an unsecured line of credit with KKR or one of its affiliates for such purposes. KKR or one of its affiliates may face conflicts of interest in connection with any borrowings or disputes under this unsecured line of credit.
Our future Credit Facilities (the “Credit Facilities”) may contain customary covenants that, among other things, limit our ability to pay distributions in certain circumstances, incur additional debt and engage in certain transactions, including mergers and consolidations, and require asset coverage ratios. In connection with any Credit Facility, we may be required to pledge some or all of our assets and to maintain a portion of our assets in cash or high-grade securities as a reserve against interest or principal payments and expenses. The lenders of such Credit Facility may have the ability to foreclose on such assets in the event of a default under the Credit Facility pursuant to agreements among the Company, our custodian and such lenders. We expect that any such Credit Facility would have customary covenant, negative covenant and default provisions. There can be no assurance that we will enter into an agreement for any new Credit Facility on terms and conditions representative of the foregoing, or that additional material terms will not apply. In addition, if entered into, the Credit Facility may in the future be replaced or refinanced by one or more Credit Facilities having substantially different terms or by the issuance of debt securities.
Changes in the value of our Infrastructure Assets, including costs attributable to leverage, are borne entirely by the holders of the Shares.
Utilization of leverage involves certain risks to holders of the Shares. These include the possibility of higher volatility of the NAV of the Shares. So long as our Infrastructure Assets increase in value at a higher rate than the then-current cost of any leverage together with other related expenses, the leverage will cause holders of Shares to realize a higher rate of return than if we were not so leveraged. On the other hand, to the extent that the then-current cost of any leverage, together with other related expenses, approaches any increase in value of our Infrastructure Assets, the benefit of leverage to holders of Shares is reduced, and if the then-current cost of any leverage together with related expenses were to exceed any increase in value of our Infrastructure Assets, our leveraged capital structure would result in a lower rate of return to holders of Shares than if the Company were not so leveraged.
Competition
The infrastructure sector in which we will seek Infrastructure Assets has become highly competitive. We will be competing for Infrastructure Assets with operating companies, financial institutions, entities specializing in engineering, and other institutional investors as well as private equity, hedge funds, infrastructure and investment funds. These investors could make competing offers for Infrastructure Asset opportunities identified by the Manager
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and its affiliates. As a result, such competition could mean that the prices and terms on which purchases of Infrastructure Assets are made could be less beneficial to the Company than would otherwise have been the case.
We and our Joint Ventures will seek to manage and control Infrastructure Assets within the infrastructure space, in assets, businesses or projects that typically have some or all of the following characteristics: regulated or substantially contracted revenue streams; immediate access to cash yield; long-term expected hold periods; limited demand or usage risk, or usage risk driven primarily by favorable demographic factors; a low level of exposure to market competition due to natural monopoly characteristics, government regulation or contractual protections, natural geographic restrictions or high capital investment costs; properties or other assets that provide essential services that are less dependent on market conditions; assets that exhibit barriers to entry or completion, long-life real assets; assets that can be financed with long-term, fixed rate debt (often investment grade); assets that exhibit stable cash flows and relatively high cash distributions; and assets with a long-term expected hold period.
Deployment of Capital
In light of the nature of our plans to conduct continuous offerings in relation to our business strategy and the need to be able to deploy potentially large amounts of capital quickly to capitalize on potential opportunities, if we or our Joint Ventures have difficulty identifying and acquiring suitable Infrastructure Assets on attractive terms, there could be a delay between the time we receive net proceeds from the sale of shares in our Private Offering and the time we invest the net proceeds. We may also from time to time hold cash or liquid investments pending deployment into Infrastructure Assets, which cash holdings may at times be significant, particularly at times when we are receiving significant offering proceeds and/or times when there are few attractive business opportunities. Such cash may be held in an account that may be invested in money market accounts or other similar temporary investments, each of which are subject to the Management Fee.
In the event we are unable to find suitable Infrastructure Assets, such cash or liquid investments may be maintained for longer periods which would be dilutive to overall returns. This could cause a substantial delay in the time it takes for a shareholder’s investment in us to realize its full potential return and could adversely affect our ability to pay regular distributions of cash flow from operations to shareholders. It is not anticipated that the temporary investment of such cash into money market accounts or other similar temporary investments pending deployment into Infrastructure Assets will generate significant interest, and shareholders should understand that such low interest payments on the temporarily invested cash may adversely affect overall returns. If we fail to timely deploy the net proceeds of sales of shares or do not deploy sufficient capital in connection with our use of leverage, our results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected and/or we may become required to register under the Investment Company Act.
Distributions
Beginning with the end of our first full calendar quarter after which we sell shares to non-affiliates in our Private Offering, we will seek to pay regular quarterly distributions at an attractive distribution yield to Shareholders of record. We intend to declare and accrue distributions monthly and pay distributions quarterly. However, there can be no guarantee that the Company will pay quarterly distributions consistently and at a specific rate, or at all.
Our distributions may and are expected to exceed our earnings and cash flow from operating activities and may be paid from borrowings, proceeds from our Private Offering and other sources, including the sale of our assets or return of capital, especially during the period shortly after investing the proceeds from our Private Offering. Funding distributions from the sale of our assets or offering proceeds will result in us having less funds available to acquire Infrastructure Assets. As a result, our performance may be reduced, and doing so may also negatively impact our ability to generate cash flows. In addition, because the Manager does not charge a Management Fee on and KKR does not receive a Performance Participation Allocation for KKR Shares, the per Share amount of distributions on the KKR Shares could be higher compared to the Investor Shares.
Cash distributions to holders of our Shares will automatically be reinvested under our Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the “DRIP”) in additional whole and fractional Shares attributable to the class of Shares that a Shareholder owns unless such holders elect to receive distributions in cash. Shareholders may terminate their participation in the DRIP with prior written notice to us. Under the DRIP, Shareholders’ distributions are reinvested in Shares of the same class owned by the Shareholder for a purchase price equal to the most recently available NAV per share. Shareholders will not pay a sales load when purchasing shares under our DRIP; however, all outstanding Class S Shares will be subject to a dealer manager fee, and Class S, Class D and Class U Shares, including those purchased under our DRIP, will be subject to ongoing shareholder servicing fees.
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Any cash distribution by the Company to a Shareholder that is not reinvested under the DRIP will reduce such Shareholder’s basis in the Shares. When a Shareholder sells Shares in the Company, the amount, if any, by which the amount realized exceeds the basis in such Shares is gain subject to tax. As a result of distributions throughout the term of a Shareholder’s investment, a Shareholder may be required to pay tax even if selling its investment in the Shares for an amount less than it paid. In addition, in order to make such distributions, we might have to indirectly sell a portion of our Infrastructure Assets at a time when independent judgment might not dictate such action. Our actual financial performance will likely vary significantly quarterly and from year-to-year, and there may be extended periods of up to several years when the distribution rate will exceed the Company’s actual total returns. Our projected or actual distribution rate is not a prediction of what the Company’s actual total returns will be over any specific future period.
Various factors will affect the level of the Company’s income, including the asset mix and the amount of leverage utilized by the Company. To permit the Company to maintain a more stable quarterly distribution, we may from time to time distribute less than the entire amount of income earned in a particular period. The undistributed income would be available to supplement future distributions. As a result, the distributions paid by the Company for any particular quarter may be more or less than the amount of income actually earned by the Company during that period. Undistributed income will add to our net asset value and, correspondingly, distributions of previously undistributed income will reduce the Company’s NAV.
Share Repurchases
We do not currently intend to list our shares for trading on any securities exchange or any other trading market. There is currently no secondary market for our shares and we do not expect any secondary market to develop for our shares. While a shareholder should view its investment as long term with limited liquidity, we have adopted a share repurchase plan, whereby on a monthly basis, shareholders may request that we repurchase all or any portion of their Shares. Due to the illiquid nature of our Joint Ventures and related Infrastructure Assets, we may not have sufficient liquid resources to fund repurchase requests. In addition, we have established limitations on the amount of funds we may use for repurchases during any calendar month and quarter. See “—Repurchase Limitations” below.
Shareholders may request that we repurchase Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R or Class F Shares through their financial advisor or directly with our transfer agent. The procedures relating to the repurchase of Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R or Class F Shares are as follows:
Certain broker-dealers require that their clients process repurchases through their broker-dealer, which may impact the time necessary to process such repurchase request, impose more restrictive deadlines than described under our share repurchase plan, impact the timing of a shareholder receiving repurchase proceeds and require different paperwork or process than described in our share repurchase plan. A shareholder should contact its broker-dealer first if it wants to request the repurchase of its shares.
Under our share repurchase plan, to the extent we choose to repurchase shares in any particular month we will only repurchase shares as of the close of the last calendar day of that month (a “Repurchase Date”). In order to have its shares repurchased, a shareholder’s repurchase request and required documentation must be received in good order by 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the second to last business day of the applicable month. Settlements of share repurchases will generally be made within three business days of the Repurchase Date. Repurchase requests received and processed by our transfer agent will be effected at a repurchase price equal to the transaction price on the applicable Repurchase Date (which will generally be equal to our prior month’s NAV per share).
A shareholder may withdraw his or her repurchase request by notifying the transfer agent, directly or through the shareholder’s financial intermediary, on our toll-free, automated telephone line, +1 (855)-844-8655. The line is open on each business day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (Eastern time). Repurchase requests must be cancelled before 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the last business day of the applicable month.
If a repurchase request is received after 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the second to last business day of the applicable month, the repurchase request will be executed, if at all, on the next month’s Repurchase Date at the transaction price applicable to that month, unless such request is withdrawn prior to the repurchase. Repurchase requests received and processed by our transfer agent on a business day, but after the close of business on that
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day or on a day that is not a business day, will be deemed received on the next business day. All questions as to the form and validity (including time of receipt) of repurchase requests and notices of withdrawal will be determined by us, in our sole discretion, and such determination shall be final and binding.
Repurchase requests may be made by mail or by contacting the shareholder’s financial intermediary, both subject to certain conditions described in this Registration Statement. If making a repurchase request by contacting the shareholder’s financial intermediary, the shareholder’s financial intermediary may require the shareholder to provide certain documentation or information. If making a repurchase request by mail to the transfer agent, the shareholder must complete and sign a repurchase authorization form, which can be found in our share repurchase plan filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement which is available on our website, www.kinfra.com. Written requests should be sent to the transfer agent at the following address:
U.S. Post:
KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
DST Systems, Inc.
PO Box 219349
Kansas City, MO 64121-9349

Courier:
KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
DST Systems, Inc.
430 W 7th St. Suite 219349
Kansas City, MO 64105

Toll Free Number: +1 (855) 844-8655
Corporate investors and other non-individual entities must have an appropriate certification on file authorizing repurchases. A signature guarantee may be required.
For processed repurchases, shareholders may request that repurchase proceeds are to be paid by mailed check provided that the check is mailed to an address on file with the transfer agent for at least 30 days. The shareholder should check with its broker-dealer that such payment may be made via check or wire transfer, as further described below.
Shareholders may also receive repurchase proceeds via wire transfer, provided that wiring instructions for their brokerage account or designated U.S. bank account are provided. For all repurchases paid via wire transfer, the funds will be wired to the account on file with the transfer agent or, upon instruction, to another financial institution provided that the shareholder has made the necessary funds transfer arrangements. The customer service representative can provide detailed instructions on establishing funding arrangements and designating a bank or brokerage account on file. Funds will be wired only to U.S. financial institutions (ACH network members).
A medallion signature guarantee will be required in certain circumstances. The medallion signature process protects shareholders by verifying the authenticity of a signature and limiting unauthorized fraudulent transactions. A medallion signature guarantee may be obtained from a domestic bank or trust company, broker-dealer, clearing agency, savings association or other financial institution which participates in a medallion program recognized by the Securities Transfer Association. The three recognized medallion programs are the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program. Signature guarantees from financial institutions that are not participating in any of these medallion programs will not be accepted. A notary public cannot provide signature guarantees. We reserve the right to amend, waive or discontinue this policy at any time and establish other criteria for verifying the authenticity of any repurchase or transaction request. We may require a medallion signature guarantee if, among other reasons: (1) the amount of the repurchase request is over $500,000; (2) the shareholder wishes to have repurchase proceeds transferred by wire to an account other than the designated bank or brokerage account on file for at least 30 days or sent to an address other than the shareholder’s address of record for the past 30 days; or (3) our transfer agent cannot confirm the shareholder’s identity or suspects fraudulent activity.
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If a shareholder has made multiple purchases of Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R or Class F Shares, any repurchase request will be processed on a first in/first out basis unless otherwise requested in the repurchase request.
Sources of Funds for Repurchases
We may fund repurchase requests from sources other than cash flow from operations, including, without limitation, borrowings, offering proceeds and the sale of our assets, and we have no limits on the amounts we may fund from such sources.
In an effort to have adequate cash available to support our share repurchase plan, we may reserve borrowing capacity under a line of credit. We could then elect to borrow against this line of credit in part to repurchase shares presented for repurchase during periods when we do not have sufficient proceeds from operating cash flows or the sale of shares in this continuous offering to fund all repurchase requests. If we determine to obtain a line of credit, we would expect that it would afford us borrowing availability to fund repurchases.
Repurchase Limitations
The Company may but does not expect to make a repurchase offer for its Shares until after September 30, 2023.
We may repurchase fewer shares than have been requested in any particular month to be repurchased under our share repurchase plan, or none at all, in our discretion at any time. In addition, the aggregate NAV of total repurchases of Class F, Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I Shares and Class R Shares (including repurchases at certain non-U.S. investor access funds primarily created to hold our shares) will be limited to no more than 2% of our aggregate NAV per month (measured using the aggregate NAV attributable to shareholders as of the end of the immediately preceding month) and no more than 5% of our aggregate NAV per calendar quarter (measured using the average aggregate NAV attributable to shareholders as of the end of the immediately preceding three months).
In the event that we determine to repurchase some but not all of the shares submitted for repurchase during any month, shares submitted for repurchase during such month will be repurchased on a pro rata basis after we have repurchased all shares for which repurchase has been requested due to death, divorce, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or adjudicated incompetence of the shareholder. All unsatisfied repurchase requests must be resubmitted after the start of the next month or quarter, or upon the recommencement of the share repurchase plan, as applicable.
If the transaction price for the applicable month is not made available by the tenth business day prior to the last business day of the month (or is changed after such date), we may elect not to accept repurchase requests for such month and shareholders who wish to have their shares repurchased the following month would then be required to resubmit their repurchase requests. The transaction price for each month will be available on our website at www.kinfra.com.
Should repurchase requests, in our judgment, place an undue burden on our liquidity, adversely affect our operations or risk having an adverse impact on the Company as a whole, or should we otherwise determine that investing our liquid assets in Infrastructure Assets or other illiquid assets rather than repurchasing our shares is in the best interests of the Company as a whole, we may choose to repurchase fewer shares in any particular month than have been requested to be repurchased, or none at all. Further, our Board may make exceptions to, modify or suspend our share repurchase plan if in its reasonable judgment it deems such action to be in our best interest and the best interest of our shareholders. Material modifications, including any amendment to the 2% monthly or 5% quarterly limitations on repurchases, to and suspensions of the share repurchase plan will be promptly disclosed to shareholders in a supplement to the Company’s Confidential Private Placement Memorandum (the “PPM”) or special or periodic report filed by us. Material modifications will also be disclosed on our website. In addition, we may determine to suspend the share repurchase plan due to regulatory changes, changes in law or if we become aware of undisclosed material information that we believe should be publicly disclosed before shares are repurchased. Once the share repurchase plan is suspended, our share repurchase plan requires that we consider the recommencement of the plan at least quarterly. Continued suspension of our share repurchase plan would only be permitted under the plan if our Board determines that the continued suspension of the share repurchase plan is in our best interest and the best interest of our shareholders. Our Board must affirmatively authorize the recommencement of the plan before shareholder requests will be considered again. Our Board cannot terminate our share repurchase plan absent a liquidity event which results in our shareholders receiving cash or securities listed on a national securities exchange or where otherwise required by law.
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Class E Shares are not subject to our share repurchase plan, including with respect to any repurchase limits. The Company expects to adopt a separate arrangement to repurchase Class E Shares. See “Item 10. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities—Repurchase Arrangement for Class E Shares held by KKR.”
Mandatory Repurchases
We may repurchase all or any portion of the Shares of a shareholder without consent or other action by the shareholder or other person if we determine that:
the Shares have been transferred in violation of the LLC Agreement, or have vested in any person by operation of law as a result of the death, divorce, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or adjudicated incompetence of the shareholder;
any transferee does not meet any investor eligibility requirements established by the Company from time to time;
ownership of Shares by a shareholder or other person is likely to cause the Company to be in violation of, or require registration of the Shares under, or subject the Company to additional registration or regulation under, the securities, commodities, or other laws of the U.S. or any other jurisdiction in the world, including without limitation the Investment Company Act;
continued ownership of the Shares by a shareholder may be harmful or injurious to the business or reputation of the Company, the Manager, KKR, or any of their affiliates, or may subject the Company or any shareholder to an undue risk of adverse tax or other fiscal or regulatory consequences;
any of the representations and warranties made by a shareholder or other person in connection with the acquisition of Shares was not true when made or has ceased to be true;
with respect to a shareholder subject to special laws or regulations, the shareholder is likely to be subject to additional regulatory or compliance requirements under these special laws or regulations by virtue of continuing to hold any Shares;
it would be in the interest of the Company, as determined by the Board, for the Company to repurchase the Shares; or
continued ownership of any Shares by a shareholder all or any portion of the assets of the Company may be characterized as assets of a Plan for purposes of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any applicable similar law.
Shares will be repurchased at a price equal to the transaction price of the class of shares being repurchased on the date of repurchase (which will generally be equal to our prior month’s NAV per share). Shareholders whose shares are repurchased by the Company will not be entitled to a return of any amount of sales load that was charged in connection with the shareholder’s purchase of such shares. To the extent the Company requires the mandatory repurchase of any Shares of any Shareholder, such repurchase will not be subject to the repurchase limits under our share repurchase plan, unless otherwise determined by the Company in its sole discretion.
Employees
We do not currently have any employees, but we expect to hire employees to support the Company’s operations in early 2023. Services necessary for our business are provided by individuals who are employees of KKR pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement. See “Item 1. Business—Management Agreement.”
Emerging Growth Company
We will be and we will remain an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act until the earlier of (a) the last day of the fiscal year (i) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of any listing on a securities exchange, (ii) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.235 billion, or (iii) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our Shares that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the date of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, and (b) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period. For so long as we remain an “emerging growth company” we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements
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that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”). We cannot predict if investors will find our Shares less attractive because we may rely on some or all of these exemptions.
In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an “emerging growth company” can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We will take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards, which may make it more difficult for Shareholders and securities analysts to evaluate us since our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates and may result in less investor confidence.
Private Offering of Shares
We plan to conduct a private offering of our Shares to (i) accredited investors (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and (ii) in the case of Shares sold outside the United States, to persons that are not “U.S. persons” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (the “Private Offering”).
We currently intend to offer five classes of Investor Shares: Class S Shares, Class D Shares, Class U Shares, Class I Shares and Class R Shares. We may offer additional classes of Investor Shares in the future.
Shares will be offered on a monthly basis at net asset value (“NAV”) per Share (measured as of the end of the immediately preceding month). Class S Shares will be subject to a maximum sales load of up to 3.0% of the offering price and may be subject to a dealer manager fee of 0.5% of the offering price. Certain participating broker-dealers may offer Class S Shares subject to a dealer manager fee of up to 3.5%, provided that the sum of the sales load and dealer manager fee will not exceed 3.5% of the offering price. Holders of Class S Shares, Class D Shares, Class U Shares, Class I Shares and Class R Shares have equal rights and privileges with each other, except that Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class D Shares and Class U Shares do not pay a sales load or dealer manager fees and we do not pay any servicing or distribution fees with respect to Class I Shares or Class R Shares. Class D Shares, Class U Shares, Class I Shares and Class R Shares are each not subject to a sales load; however, Shareholders could be required to pay brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of Class D Shares, Class U Shares, Class I Shares or Class R Shares to their selling agents. Shareholders should consult with their selling agents about the sales load and any additional fees or charges their selling agents might impose on each class of Shares.
The Company may issue additional Class E Shares to KKR and certain of its subsidiaries in one or more private placements. Class E Shares are not being offered to other investors. Class E Shares are not subject to our share repurchase plan, including with respect to any repurchase limits. The Company has adopted a separate arrangement to repurchase Class E Shares. See “Item 10. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities—Repurchase Arrangement of Class E Shares held by KKR.”
In addition, the Manager may elect to receive all or a portion of the Management Fee in Class F Shares, KKR may elect to receive the Performance Participation Allocation in cash or Class F Shares and the Company may also issue additional Class F Shares to the Company’s employees, officers and directors, KKR and certain of its subsidiaries and employees in one or more private placements. Class F Shares are not being offered to other investors. Class F Shares are subject to the terms and limits of our share repurchase plan, including with respect to monthly and quarterly repurchase limits. See “Item 1. Business—Share Repurchases.”
We may modify the timing of subscription dates, valuation dates and deadlines for subscribing may be modified from time to time by the Company.
Reporting Obligations
We will file our annual reports containing audited financial statements, quarterly reports, and such other periodic reports as we determine to be appropriate or as may be required by law. We are filing this Registration Statement with the SEC under the Exchange Act to provide current public information to the investment community in anticipation of being required to register under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act in the future, to comply with applicable requirements thereunder.
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We intend to make available on our website, when available, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our current reports on Form 8-K. The SEC also maintains a website (www.sec.gov) that contains such information. Our website at www.kinfra.com will contain additional information about our business, but the contents of the website are not incorporated by reference in or otherwise a part of this Registration Statement. From time to time, we may use our website as a distribution channel for material company information. Financial and other important information regarding us will be routinely accessible thorough and posted on our website at www.kinfra.com.
Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
This summary discusses certain material United States federal income tax considerations for Shareholders relating to the ownership and disposition of our Shares, acquired pursuant to the Private Offering. This summary is based on provisions of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”), on the regulations promulgated thereunder (“Treasury Regulations”), and on published administrative rulings, judicial decisions, and other applicable authorities, all as in effect on the date hereof and all of which are subject to change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect. This summary is necessarily general and may not apply to all categories of investors, some of whom may be subject to special rules, including, without limitation, persons that own (directly, indirectly or constructively, applying certain attribution rules) 10% or more of our Shares, dealers in securities or currencies, financial institutions or financial services entities, mutual funds, life insurance companies, persons that hold Shares as part of a straddle, hedge, constructive sale or conversion transaction with other investments, U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, persons who have elected mark-to-market accounting, persons who hold Shares through a partnership or other entity treated as a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, persons for whom Shares are not a capital asset, persons who are liable for the alternative minimum tax, and certain U.S. expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States. Tax-exempt organizations (including tax-exempt accounts) are addressed separately below. The actual tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of Shares will vary depending on each Shareholder’s individual circumstances.
For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of one or more Shares acquired pursuant to the Private Offering that is for U.S. federal tax purposes: (i) an individual citizen or resident of the United States; (ii) a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia; (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or (iv) a trust (a) that is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and all substantial decisions of which one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control or (b) that has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.
A “Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of one or more Shares acquired pursuant to the Private Offering, other than a U.S. Holder or an entity classified as a partnership or other fiscally transparent entity for U.S. federal tax purposes.
If a partnership holds Shares, the tax treatment of a partner of such partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. Partners of partnerships that hold Shares should consult their own tax advisers.
Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser concerning the U.S. federal, state and local income tax consequences particular to their ownership and disposition of Shares, as well as any tax consequences under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
Flow-Through Status of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries
Each of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries are expected to be classified as flow-through entities for U.S. federal tax purposes. An entity that is treated as a partnership or other flow-through entity for U.S. federal tax purposes generally incurs no U.S. federal income tax liability. Instead, each partner or owner is generally required to take into account its allocable share of items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the entity in computing its U.S. federal income tax liability, regardless of whether cash distributions are made. Distributions of cash by a partnership to a partner generally are not taxable unless the amount of cash distributed to a partner is in excess of the partner’s adjusted basis in its partnership interest.
An entity that would otherwise be classified as a partnership, such as the Company, for U.S. federal income tax purposes may nonetheless be taxable as a corporation if it is a “publicly traded partnership”, unless an exception
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applies. An exception, referred to as the “Qualifying Income Exception”, exists with respect to a publicly traded partnership if (i) at least 90% of such partnership’s gross income for every taxable year consists of “qualifying income” and (ii) the partnership would not be required to register under the Investment Company Act if it were a U.S. corporation. Qualifying income includes certain interest income, dividends, real property rents, gains from the sale or other disposition of real property, and any gain from the sale or disposition of a capital asset or other property held for the production of income that otherwise constitutes qualifying income.
We intend to manage the affairs of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries so that the Company will meet the Qualifying Income Exception in each taxable year. However, the portion of the Company’s and the Operating Subsidiaries’ income that is qualifying income may change from time to time, and there can be no assurance that at least 90% of the Company’s and the Operating Subsidiaries’ gross income in any year will constitute qualifying income. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP will provide an opinion that for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i) the Company will be treated as a partnership and not as an association taxable as a corporation and (ii) the Company will not be as a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a corporation within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code.
No ruling has been or will be sought from the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”), and the IRS has made no determination as to the Company’s or the Operating Subsidiaries’ status for U.S. federal income tax purposes or whether the Company’s or the Operating Subsidiaries’ operations generate “qualifying income” under Section 7704 of the Code.
If the Company were to be recharacterized as a corporation for federal income tax purposes or were required to register under the Investment Company Act, the Company would be treated as if it had transferred all of its assets, subject to liabilities, to a newly formed corporation in return for stock in such corporation, and then distributed the stock to Shareholders in liquidation. This deemed contribution and liquidation could result in the recognition of gain (but not loss) to U.S. Holders. If, at the time of such deemed contribution, the Company were to have liabilities in excess of the tax basis of its assets, U.S. Holders generally would recognize gain in respect of such excess liabilities upon the deemed transfer. Thereafter, the Company would be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
In addition, if the Company were treated as a corporation in any taxable year, the Company’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit would be reflected only on the Company’s tax return rather than being passed through to Shareholders, and the Company would be subject to U.S. corporate income tax. Distributions made to U.S. Holders would be treated as taxable dividend income to the extent of the Company’s current or accumulated earnings and profits. Any distribution in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits would first be treated as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of a U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Shares. Thereafter, to the extent such distribution were to exceed a U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in its Shares, the distribution would be treated as gain from the sale or exchange of such Shares. The amount of a distribution treated as a dividend could be eligible for reduced rates of taxation, provided certain conditions are met.
Based on the foregoing consequences, the treatment of the Company as a corporation could materially reduce a holder’s after-tax return and therefore could result in a substantial reduction of the value of our Shares. If the Operating Subsidiaries were to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, consequences similar to those described above would apply.
The remainder of this summary assumes that the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries will be treated as flow-through entities for U.S. federal tax purposes. The Company expects that a substantial portion of the items of income, gain, deduction, loss, or credit realized by the Company will be realized in the first instance by the Company and allocated to the Shareholders by the Company. Unless otherwise specified, references in this section to realization of the Company’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit include a realization of such items by the Operating Subsidiaries and the allocation of such items to the Company.
Consequences to U.S. Holders
Ownership of Shares
Income and Loss. U.S. Holders will be required to take into account, as described below, their allocable share of the Company’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit for each of the Company’s taxable years ending with or within such Shareholder’s taxable year. Each item generally will have the same character and source as though a Shareholder had realized the item directly. Shareholders must report such items without regard to whether
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any distribution has been or will be received from the Company. The Company intends to make cash distributions to all Shareholders on a quarterly basis. However, based upon each Shareholder’s particular tax situation and depending upon whether they elect to reinvest such distributions pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan, their tax liability might exceed cash distributions made to Shareholders, in which case any tax liabilities arising from the ownership of Shares would need to be satisfied from a Shareholder’s own funds.
With respect to U.S. Holders who are individuals, certain dividends paid by a corporation (including certain qualified foreign corporations) to the Company and that are allocable to such U.S. Holders may qualify for reduced rates of taxation. A qualified foreign corporation includes a foreign corporation that is eligible for the benefits of specified income tax treaties with the United States. In addition, a foreign corporation is treated as a qualified corporation with respect to its shares that are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. Among other exceptions, U.S. Holders who are individuals will not be eligible for reduced rates of taxation on any dividends if the payer is a PFIC for the taxable year in which such dividends are paid or for the preceding taxable year. Dividends received by non-corporate U.S. Holders may be subject to an additional Medicare tax on unearned income of 3.8% (see “—Medicare Tax” below). U.S. Holders that are corporations may be entitled to a “dividends received deduction” in respect of dividends paid by U.S. corporations in which the Company (through the Operating Subsidiaries) owns stock. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the application of the foregoing rules in light of their particular circumstances.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a Shareholder’s allocable share of the Company’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit will be governed by our LLC Agreement if such allocations have “substantial economic effect” or are determined to be in accordance with such Shareholder’s interest in the Company. Similarly, the Company’s allocable share of items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the Operating Subsidiaries will be governed by the limited liability company agreements of the Operating Subsidiaries if such allocations have “substantial economic effect” or are determined to be in accordance with the Company’s interest in the Operating Subsidiaries. The Company believes that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such allocations should be given effect, and the Company intends to prepare and file tax returns based on such allocations. If the IRS were to successfully challenge the allocations made pursuant to either our LLC Agreement or the limited liability company agreements of the Operating Subsidiaries, then the resulting allocations for U.S. federal income tax purposes might be less favorable than the allocations set forth in such agreements.
Basis. In general, Shareholders will have an initial tax basis in their Shares equal to the sum of (i) the amount of cash paid for Shares and (ii) their share of the Company’s liabilities, if any. That basis will be increased by such Shareholder’s share of the Company’s income and by increases in their share of the Company’s liabilities, if any. That basis will be decreased, but not below zero, by distributions received from the Company, by their share of the Company’s losses, and by any decrease in their share of the Company’s liabilities. Under applicable U.S. federal income tax rules, a partner in a partnership has a single, or “unitary”, tax basis their partnership interest. As a result, any amount paid to acquire additional Shares (including through the distribution reinvestment plan) will be averaged with the adjusted tax basis of Shares owned by such Shareholder prior to the acquisition of such additional Shares.
For purposes of the foregoing rules, the rules discussed immediately below, and the rules applicable to a sale or exchange of Shares, the Company’s liabilities generally will include the Company’s share of any liabilities of the Operating Subsidiaries.
Limits on Deductions for Losses and Expenses. A Shareholder’s deduction of their allocable share of the Company’s losses will be limited to their tax basis in Shares and, if such Shareholder is an individual or a corporate holder that is subject to the “at risk” rules, to the amount for which such Shareholder is considered to be “at risk” with respect to the Company’s activities, if that is less than their tax basis. In general, a Shareholder will be at risk to the extent of their tax basis in our Shares, reduced by (i) the portion of that basis attributable to their share of the Company’s liabilities for which they will not be personally liable (excluding certain qualified non-recourse financing) and (ii) any amount of money borrowed to acquire or hold Shares, if the lender of those borrowed funds owns an interest in the Company, is related to the Shareholder, or can look only to such Shareholder’s Shares for repayment. A Shareholder’s at-risk amount generally will increase by their allocable share of the Company’s income and gain and decrease by cash distributions received from the Company and their allocable share of losses and deductions. Shareholders must recapture losses deducted in previous years to the extent that distributions cause their at-risk amount to be less than zero at the end of any taxable year. Losses disallowed or recaptured as a result of these limitations will carry forward and will be allowable to the extent that their tax basis or at risk amount, whichever is the limiting factor, subsequently increases. Upon the taxable disposition of Shares, any gain recognized can be offset
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by losses that were previously suspended by the at risk limitation, but may not be offset by losses suspended by the basis limitation. Any excess loss above the gain previously suspended by the at-risk or basis limitations may no longer be used. An additional limitation may apply to the deduction of certain “excess business losses” by non-corporate U.S. Holders for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2027. You should consult their own tax adviser regarding the limitations on the deductibility of losses under the Code.
Individuals and certain estates and trusts are not permitted to claim miscellaneous itemized deductions for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2026. Such miscellaneous itemized deductions may include the operating expenses of the Company, including the Company’s allocable share of the Management Fee.
Limitations on Deductibility of Organizational Expenses and Syndication Fees. In general, neither the Company nor any U.S. Holder may deduct organizational or syndication expenses. Similar rules apply to organizational or syndication expenses incurred by the Operating Subsidiaries. Syndication fees (which would include any sales or placement fees or commissions) must be capitalized and cannot be amortized or otherwise deducted.
Limitations on Interest Deductions. If the Company or the Operating Subsidiaries incur debt, it is possible that such indebtedness could give rise to UBTI to the extent such indebtedness is used or deemed to be used to acquire investments. In addition, a Shareholder’s pro rata share of the Company’s interest expense, if any, is likely to be treated as “investment interest” expense. For a non-corporate U.S. Holder, the deductibility of “investment interest” expense generally is limited to the amount of such holder’s “net investment income”. Net investment income includes gross income from property held for investment and amounts treated as portfolio income under the passive loss rules, less deductible expenses, other than interest, directly connected with the production of investment income, but generally does not include gains attributable to the disposition of property held for investment. A Shareholder’s share of the Company’s dividend and interest income will be treated as investment income, although “qualified dividend income” subject to reduced rates of tax in the hands of an individual will only be treated as investment income if such individual elects to treat such dividend as ordinary income not subject to reduced rates of tax. In addition, state and local tax laws may disallow deductions for their share of the Company’s interest expense. Under Section 163(j) of the Code, additional limitations may apply to a corporate U.S. Holder’s share of the Company’s interest expense, if any.
Treatment of Distributions
Distributions of cash by the Company generally will not be taxable to Shareholders to the extent of their adjusted tax basis (described above) in their Shares. Any cash distributions in excess of a Shareholder’s adjusted tax basis generally will be considered to be gain from the sale or exchange of Shares (described below). Such gain generally will be treated as capital gain and will be long-term capital gain if the holding period for such Shares exceeds one year. A reduction in a Shareholder’s allocable share of liabilities, and certain distributions of marketable securities by the Company, if any, will be treated similar to cash distributions for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Sale or Exchange/Redemption of Shares
Shareholders will recognize gain or loss on the redemption, sale or taxable exchange of Shares equal to the difference, if any, between the amount realized and their tax basis in the Shares sold or exchanged. The amount realized will be measured by the sum of the cash or the fair market value of other property received plus the Shareholder’s share of the Company’s liabilities, if any.
Gain or loss recognized upon the sale or exchange of Shares generally will be taxable as capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares were held for more than one year as of the date of such sale or exchange. Assuming the Company or, following the finalization of proposed U.S. Treasury Regulations discussed below in “—Passive Foreign Investment Companies,” a Shareholder has not elected to treat its share of the Company’s purchase of any PFIC as a “qualified electing fund,” gain attributable to such purchase of a PFIC would be taxable in the manner described below in “— Passive Foreign Investment Companies.” In addition, certain gain attributable to our purchase of a “controlled foreign corporation” (“CFC”) may be characterized as ordinary income, and certain gain attributable to “unrealized receivables” or “inventory items” could be characterized as ordinary income rather than capital gain. For example, if the Company were to hold debt acquired at a market discount, accrued market discount on such debt would be treated as “unrealized receivables.” The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.
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Each U.S. Holder who acquires Shares at different times (including through the DRIP) and intends to sell all or a portion of the Shares within a year of the most recent purchase should consult its own tax adviser regarding the application of certain “split holding period” rules to such sale and the treatment of any gain or loss as long-term or short-term capital gain or loss.
Medicare Tax
U.S. Holders that are individuals, estates, or trusts may be required to pay a 3.8% Medicare tax on the lesser of (i) the excess of such U.S. Holders’ “modified adjusted gross income” (or “adjusted gross income” in the case of estates and trusts) over certain thresholds and (ii) such U.S. Holders’ “net investment income” (or “undistributed net investment income” in the case of estates and trusts). Net investment income generally includes your allocable share of the Company’s income, as well as gain realized from a sale of Shares. Special rules relating to the 3.8% Medicare tax may apply to dividends and gain, if any, derived by such U.S. Holders with respect to the Company’s interest in a PFIC or CFC. See “—Passive Foreign Investment Companies” and “—Controlled Foreign Corporations” below. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the implications of the 3.8% Medicare tax for their ownership and disposition of Shares.
Foreign Tax Credit Limitations
A U.S. Holder generally will be entitled to a foreign tax credit with respect to their allocable share of creditable foreign taxes paid on the Company’s income and gains. Complex rules may, depending on such Shareholder’s particular circumstances, limit the availability or use of foreign tax credits. In particular, a U.S. Holder will generally not be entitled to an indirect foreign tax credit with respect to non-U.S. taxes paid by an entity in which the Company invests that is treated as a foreign corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Gain from the sale of the Company’s investments may be treated as U.S.-source gain. Consequently, Shareholders may not be able to use the foreign tax credit arising from any foreign taxes imposed on such gain unless the credit can be applied (subject to applicable limitations) against U.S. tax due on other income treated as derived from foreign sources. Certain losses that the Company incurs may be treated as foreign-source losses, which could reduce the amount of foreign tax credits otherwise available.
Deduction for Qualified Business Income
For taxable years beginning before January 1, 2026, U.S. taxpayers who have domestic “qualified business income” from a partnership generally are entitled to deduct the lesser of such qualified business income or 20% of taxable income. A U.S. Holder’s allocable share of the Company’s income is not expected to be treated as qualified business income or as qualified publicly traded partnership income.
Foreign Currency Gain or Loss
The Company’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar, and the Company’s income or loss is calculated in U.S. dollars. It is likely that the Company will recognize “foreign currency” gain or loss with respect to transactions involving non-U.S. dollar currencies. In general, foreign currency gain or loss is treated as ordinary income or loss. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the tax treatment of foreign currency gain or loss.
Passive Foreign Investment Companies
U.S. Holders may be subject to special rules applicable to indirect investments in foreign corporations, including an investment through the Company in a PFIC. A PFIC is defined as any foreign corporation with respect to which (after applying certain look-through rules) either (i) 75% or more of its gross income for a taxable year is “passive income” or (ii) 50% or more of its assets in any taxable year produce or are held for the production of “passive income.” There are no minimum stock ownership requirements for PFICs. If Shareholders hold an interest in a foreign corporation for any taxable year during which the corporation is classified as a PFIC with respect to such Shareholder, then the corporation will continue to be classified as a PFIC with respect to such Shareholder for any subsequent taxable year during which such Shareholder continue to hold an interest in the corporation, even if the corporation’s income or assets would not cause it to be a PFIC in such subsequent taxable year, unless an exception applies.
Subject to certain elections described below, any gain on the disposition of stock of a PFIC owned by you indirectly through the Company, as well as income realized on certain “excess distributions” by such PFIC, would be treated as though realized ratably over the shorter of a Shareholder’s holding period of Shares or the Company’s
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holding period for the PFIC. Such gain or income generally would be taxable as ordinary income, and dividends paid by the PFIC would not be eligible for the preferential tax rates for dividends paid to non-corporate U.S. Holders. In addition, an interest charge would apply, based on the tax deemed deferred from prior years. To the extent reasonably practicable and administratively feasible, we may structure investments in foreign corporations to avoid holding a PFIC. However, no assurances can be given that we will be able to structure investments to avoid holding any investment through an entity treated as a PFIC.
If the Company or Shareholders were to elect to treat their share of the Company’s interest in a PFIC as a “qualified electing fund” (“QEF Election”), for the first year they were treated as holding such interest, then in lieu of the tax consequences described in the paragraph immediately above, Shareholders would be required to include in income each year a portion of the ordinary earnings and net capital gains of the PFIC, even if not distributed to the Company or to such Shareholder. The Company expects to make a QEF Election with respect to its interest in any PFIC. Recently proposed U.S. Treasury Regulations would require that U.S. Holders, rather than the Company or the Operating Subsidiaries, make the QEF Election. These proposed regulations would generally apply prospectively to taxable years beginning on or after the date the proposed regulations are finalized, and any pre-existing QEF Election made by the Company or the Operating Subsidiaries prior to that date would continue for any U.S. Holder that owns an interest in a PFIC through the Company or the Operating Subsidiaries on the date the proposed regulations are finalized. A QEF Election must be made by Shareholders on an entity-by-entity basis. To make a QEF Election, Shareholders must, among other things, (i) obtain a PFIC annual information statement and (ii) prepare and submit IRS Form 8621 with your annual income tax return. To the extent reasonably practicable, we intend to timely provide you with information related to the PFIC status of each entity we are able to identify as a PFIC, including information necessary to make a QEF Election with respect to each such entity. Any such election should be made for the first year the Company holds an interest in such entity or for the first year in which you hold Shares, if later.
Once Shareholders have made a QEF Election for an entity, such election applies to any additional shares of interest in such entity acquired directly or indirectly, including through additional Shares acquired after the QEF Election is made (such as Shares acquired under the distribution reinvestment plan). If Shareholders were to make a QEF Election after the first year that you were treated as holding an interest in a PFIC, the adverse tax consequences relating to PFIC stock would continue to apply with respect to the pre-QEF Election period, unless such Shareholders were to make a “purging election.” The purging election would create a deemed sale of such previously held share of the Company’s interests in a PFIC. The gain recognized by the purging election would be subject to the special tax and interest charge rules, which treat the gain as an excess distribution, as described above. As a result of the purging election, Shareholders would have a new basis and holding period in their share of the Company’s interests in the PFIC. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisers as to the manner in which such direct inclusions could affect their allocable share of the Company’s income and their tax basis in the Shares and the advisability of making a QEF Election or a purging election.
Treasury Regulations under Section 1411 of the Code contain special rules for applying the 3.8% Medicare tax (as described above under “— Medicare Tax”) to U.S. persons owning an interest in a PFIC. Under the special rules, a non-corporate U.S. Holder that has made a QEF Election with respect to the Company’s interest in a PFIC, is permitted to make a special election to treat their share of the ordinary earnings and net capital gains of the PFIC as net investment income for purposes of the 3.8% Medicare tax. If Shareholders do not make the special election, then they may be required to calculate their basis in their Shares for purposes of the 3.8% Medicare tax in a manner that differs from the calculation of their basis in the Shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes generally. Prospective shareholders should consult your own tax adviser regarding the implications of the special election, as well as the other implications of the 3.8% Medicare tax and the Treasury Regulations under Section 1411 of the Code for their ownership and disposition of Shares.
In the case of a PFIC that is a publicly traded foreign company, and in lieu of making a QEF Election, an election may be made to “mark to market” the stock of such publicly traded foreign company on an annual basis. Pursuant to such an election, Shareholders would include in each year as ordinary income the excess, if any, of the fair market value of such stock over its adjusted basis at the end of the taxable year. We do not expect that any of our existing or future investments will qualify as PFICs that are publicly traded, and therefore we do not expect that a mark-to-market election will be available for any such entity. Prospective shareholders should consult your own tax adviser regarding the availability of the mark-to-market election with respect to any PFIC in which they are treated as owning an interest through the Company.
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Subject to certain exceptions, a U.S. person who directly or indirectly owns an interest in a PFIC generally is required to file an annual report with the IRS, and the failure to file such report could result in the imposition of penalties on such U.S. person and in the extension of the statute of limitations with respect to federal income tax returns filed by such U.S. person. The application of the PFIC rules to U.S. Holders is uncertain in certain respects. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the application of the PFIC rules, including the foregoing filing requirements and the advisability of making a QEF Election, a special election under the Treasury Regulations under Section 1411 of the Code, or a mark-to-market election, as applicable, with respect to any PFIC in which they are treated as owning an interest through the Company.
Controlled Foreign Corporations
A non-U.S. entity will be treated as a CFC if it is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes and more than 50% of (i) the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the non-U.S. entity entitled to vote or (ii) the total value of the stock of the non-U.S. entity is owned by U.S. Shareholders on any day during the taxable year of such non-U.S. entity. For this purpose, a “U.S. Shareholder” with respect to a non-U.S. entity means a U.S. person (including a U.S. partnership) that owns (directly, indirectly, or constructively) 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the non-U.S. entity entitled to vote or 10% or more of the total value of shares of all classes of stock of the non-U.S. entity.
Because we are a U.S. partnership and we will own an interest in a controlled foreign corporation as a U.S. Shareholder of a CFC, then a U.S. Holder who meets the ownership tests described above may be required to include in income its allocable share of the CFC’s “Subpart F” income. Subpart F income generally includes dividends, interest, net gain from the sale or disposition of securities, non-actively managed rents, and certain other generally passive types of income. The aggregate Subpart F income inclusions in any taxable year relating to a particular CFC are limited to such CFC’s current earnings and profits. Such inclusions will be treated as ordinary income (whether or not attributable to net capital gains). Thus, a U.S. Holder may be required to report as ordinary income its allocable share of the CFC’s Subpart F income without corresponding receipts of cash and may not benefit from capital gain treatment with respect to the portion of any earnings attributable to net capital gains of the CFC. Under Treasury Regulations, only U.S. Holders that are U.S. Shareholders would be required to include in income their allocable shares of a CFC’s Subpart F income. In addition, such U.S. Holders that are U.S. Shareholders would be subject to current United States tax on the “global intangible low-taxes income” or “GILTI” of the CFC, regardless of cash distributions from the CFC.
A Shareholder’s tax basis in their Shares will be increased to reflect any required Subpart F income or GILTI. Such income will be treated as income from sources within the United States, for certain foreign tax credit purposes, to the extent derived by the CFC from U.S. sources. Subpart F income will not be eligible for the reduced rate of tax applicable to certain dividends paid by qualified foreign corporations to individual U.S. persons. See above under “—Consequences to U.S. Holders—Ownership of Shares—Income and Loss.” Amounts included as Subpart F income or GILTI with respect to direct and indirect investments generally will not be taxable again when actually distributed by the CFC.
Whether or not any CFC has Subpart F income, any gain allocated to Shareholders from our disposition of an equity interest in a CFC will be treated as dividend income (regardless of U.S. Shareholder status) to the extent of their allocable share of the current and/or accumulated earnings and profits of the CFC. In this regard, earnings would not include any amounts previously taxed pursuant to the CFC rules. However, net losses (if any) of a CFC will not pass through to U.S. Holders.
As described above under “— Passive Foreign Investment Companies”, Treasury Regulations under Section 1411 of the Code contain special rules for applying the 3.8% Medicare tax to U.S. persons owning an interest in a PFIC. Similar rules apply to U.S. Shareholders of a CFC. Prospective shareholders should consult your own tax adviser regarding the implications of these special rules.
If a non-U.S. entity held by the Company is classified as both a CFC and a PFIC, then Shareholders will be required to include amounts in income with respect to such non-U.S. entity either under the CFC rules described under this subheading, or under the PFIC rules described under “— Passive Foreign Investment Companies,” but not both. The interaction of these rules is complex, and prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser in this regard.
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operating entities through one or more holding entities treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such future holding entities or other companies in which we acquire an interest may be treated as CFCs. A U.S. Holder that is categorized as a U.S. Shareholder based on the ownership tests described above may be required to include in income its allocable share of any CFC’s “Subpart F” income. The application of the CFC rules to U.S. Holders is uncertain in certain respects. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the implications of the CFC rules for their ownership and disposition of Shares.
Investment Structure
The Company may structure certain acquisitions through entities classified as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Such investments will be structured as determined in the sole discretion of the Manager generally to ensure that the Company is classified as a partnership and not a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation (as discussed above under “—Flow-Through Status of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries”), to avoid generating UBTI, and to provide simplified tax reporting for Shareholders. Because Shareholders will be located in numerous taxing jurisdictions and subject to different tax rules, no assurance can be given that any such investment structure will benefit all Shareholders to the same extent, including any structures or investments utilizing leverage. Any such investment structure may result in additional indirect tax liabilities for certain Shareholders. As discussed above under “—Passive Foreign Investment Companies” and “—Controlled Foreign Corporations”, if any such entity were a non-U.S. corporation, it might be considered a PFIC or CFC. If any such entity were a U.S. corporation, it would be subject to U.S. federal net income tax on its income, including any gain recognized on the disposition of its investments. In addition, if an investment held through an entity classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes were to involve U.S. real property, gain recognized on the disposition of the investment by a corporation generally would be subject to corporate-level tax, whether the corporation were a U.S. or a non-U.S. corporation.
U.S. Withholding Taxes
Although each U.S. Holder is required to provide us with an IRS Form W-9, we nevertheless may be unable to accurately or timely determine the tax status of Shareholders for purposes of determining whether U.S. withholding applies to payments made by the Company to some or all Shareholders. In such a case, payments made by the Company to U.S. Holders might be subject to U.S. “backup” withholding at the applicable rate or other U.S. withholding taxes. Shareholders would be able to treat as a credit their allocable share of any U.S. withholding taxes paid in the taxable year in which such withholding taxes were paid and, as a result, might be entitled to a refund of such taxes from the IRS. In the event Shareholders redeem, transfer or otherwise dispose of some or all of their Shares, special rules might apply for purposes of determining whether such Shareholders or the transferees of such Shares were subject to U.S. withholding taxes in respect of income allocable to, or distributions made on account of, such Shares or entitled to refunds of any such taxes withheld. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the treatment of U.S. withholding taxes.
U.S. Taxation of Tax-Exempt U.S. Holders of Our Shares
The Company intends to use commercially reasonable efforts to structure the activities of the Company and Operating Subsidiaries to avoid generating unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”) attributable to debt-financed property. Income recognized by a U.S. tax-exempt organization (including a tax-exempt account) is exempt from U.S. federal income tax except to the extent of the organization’s UBTI. UBTI is defined generally as any gross income derived by a tax-exempt organization (including a tax-exempt account) from an unrelated trade or business that it regularly carries on, less the deductions directly connected with that trade or business. In addition, income arising from a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that holds operating assets or is otherwise engaged in a trade or business generally will constitute UBTI. Notwithstanding the foregoing, UBTI generally does not include any dividend income, interest income, certain other categories of passive income, or capital gains realized by a tax-exempt organization (including a tax-exempt account), so long as such income is not “debt financed”, as discussed below. The Company believes that the Company should not be regarded as engaged in a trade or business, and anticipates that any operating assets held by the Company will be held through entities that are treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The exclusion from UBTI does not apply to income from “debt-financed property,” which is treated as UBTI to the extent of the percentage of such income that the average acquisition indebtedness with respect to the property bears to the average tax basis of the property for the taxable year. If an entity treated as a flow-through for U.S. federal
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income tax purposes, such as the Company or the Operating Subsidiaries, incurs acquisition indebtedness, a tax-exempt partner in such flow-through entity (including one holding through a flow-through structure) will be deemed to have acquisition indebtedness equal to its allocable portion of such acquisition indebtedness. If any such indebtedness were used by the Company or by the Operating Subsidiaries (or deemed to be used) to acquire property, such property generally would constitute debt-financed property, and any income from or gain from the disposition of such debt-financed property allocated to a tax-exempt organization (including a tax-exempt account) generally would constitute UBTI to such tax-exempt organization, subject to certain exceptions in cases where debt is paid off. In addition, even if such indebtedness were not used (or deemed to be used) either by the Company or by the Operating Subsidiaries to acquire property but were instead used to fund distributions to Shareholders, if a tax-exempt organization (including a tax-exempt account) subject to taxation in the United States were to use such proceeds to make an investment outside the Company, the IRS might assert that such investment constitutes debt-financed property to such Shareholder with the consequences noted above. Neither the Company nor the Operating Subsidiaries are prohibited from incurring indebtedness, and no assurance can be provided that neither the Company nor the Operating Subsidiaries will generate UBTI attributable to debt-financed property in the future. Tax-exempt U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisers regarding the tax consequences of a purchase of our Shares.
Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders
The Company intends to use commercially reasonable efforts to structure the activities of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries, respectively, to avoid the realization by the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries, respectively, of income treated as effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, other than effectively connected income attributable to the sale of a “United States real property interest” (including an interest in a “United States real property holding corporation”), each as defined in the Code. Specifically, the Company intends to make all investments in Infrastructure Assets (other than Infrastructure Assets that are treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes) indirectly through entities that are treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and as a result does not expect that any such investment will generate income treated as effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business (other than effectively connected income attributable to the sale of a United States real property interest). If, as anticipated, the Company is not treated as engaged in a U.S. trade or business or as deriving income which is treated as effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, and provided that a Non-U.S. Holder is not itself engaged in a U.S. trade or business, then such Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. tax return filing requirements solely as a result of owning Shares and generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its allocable share of the Company’s interest and dividends from non-U.S. sources or gain from the sale or other disposition of securities or real property located outside of the United States.
However, there can be no assurance that the law will not change or that the IRS will not deem the Company to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business. If, contrary to our expectations, the Company is treated as engaged in a U.S. trade or business, then a Non-U.S. Holder generally would be required to file a U.S. federal income tax return, even if no effectively connected income were allocable to it. If the Company were to have income treated as effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, then a Non-U.S. Holder would be required to report that income and would be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the regular graduated rates. In addition, the Company might be required to withhold U.S. federal income tax on such Non-U.S. Holder’s distributive share of such income at the highest rate of income tax applicable to such Non-U.S. Holder based on the status of such Non-U.S. Holder. A corporate Non-U.S. Holder might also be subject to branch profits tax at a rate of 30%, or at a lower treaty rate, if applicable. If, contrary to expectation, the Company were engaged in a U.S. trade or business, then gain or loss from the sale of Shares by a Non-U.S. Holder would be treated as effectively connected with such trade or business to the extent that such Non-U.S. Holder would have had effectively connected gain or loss had the Company sold all of its assets at their fair market value as of the date of such sale. In such case, any such effectively connected gain generally would be taxable at the regular graduated U.S. federal income tax rates, and the amount realized from such sale generally would be subject to a 10% U.S. federal withholding tax.
Further, it is possible that the Company will recognize gain from the sale of a United States real property interest. Regardless of whether the Company’s activities constitute a trade or business giving rise to U.S. “effectively connected” income, under provisions added to the Code by the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (“FIRPTA”), Non-U.S. Holders (other than certain qualified foreign pension funds) are taxed on the gain derived from the dispositions of United States real property interests (including gain allocated to a Non-U.S. Holder upon a sale of such property interests by the Company). A United States real property interest includes an interest in a United States real property holding
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corporation. Under FIRPTA, Non-U.S. Holders treat gain or loss from dispositions of U.S. real property interests as if the gain or loss were “effectively connected” with a U.S. trade or business and, therefore, are required to pay U.S. taxes at regular U.S. rates on such gain or loss. As a result, Non-U.S. Holders that that receive income allocations from the sale of a United States real property interest may be required to file a United States federal income tax return and may be subject to United States federal income tax at regular U.S. rates on a sale, exchange, or other disposition of such United States real property interest. Generally with respect to gain attributable to the Company’s sale of a United States real property interest that is allocated to a Non-U.S. Holder, the Company will be required to withhold at the highest rate of income tax applicable to each Non-U.S. Holder based on the status of such Non-U.S. Holder. Also, such gain may be subject to a 30% branch profits tax (as discussed above).
Upon a sale of a Non-U.S. Holder’s Shares, if (i) 50% or more of the Company’s gross assets consist of U.S. real property interests and (ii) 90% or more of the Company’s gross assets consist of U.S. real property interests and cash or cash equivalents, a purchaser will be required to withhold tax pursuant to Section 1445 of the Code on the full amount of the purchase price. Regardless of whether the Company satisfies these requirements, gain attributable to the Company’s U.S. real property interests may be subject to U.S. federal income tax.
In general, even if the Company is not engaged in a U.S. trade or business, and assuming Shareholders are not otherwise engaged in a U.S. trade or business, Non-U.S. Holders will nonetheless be subject to a withholding tax of 30% on the gross amount of certain U.S.-source income which is not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. Income subjected to such a flat tax rate is income of a fixed or determinable annual or periodic nature, including dividends and certain interest income. Such withholding tax may be reduced or eliminated with respect to certain types of income under an applicable income tax treaty between the United States and a Shareholder’s country of residence or under the “portfolio interest” rules or other provisions of the Code, provided that such Shareholder provides proper certification as to their eligibility for such treatment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and although each Non-U.S. Holder is required to provide us with an IRS Form W-8, we nevertheless may be unable to accurately or timely determine the tax status of Shareholders for purposes of establishing whether reduced rates of withholding apply to some or all Shareholders. In such a case, a Shareholder’s allocable share of distributions of U.S.-source dividend and interest income will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30%. Further, if such Shareholder would not be subject to U.S. tax based on their tax status or otherwise were eligible for a reduced rate of U.S. withholding, such Shareholder might need to take additional steps to receive a credit or refund of any excess withholding tax paid on their account, which could include the filing of a non-resident U.S. income tax return with the IRS. Among other limitations applicable to claiming treaty benefits, if a Shareholder resides in a treaty jurisdiction which does not treat the Company as a pass-through entity, such Shareholder might not be eligible to receive a refund or credit of excess U.S. withholding taxes paid on their account. In the event a Shareholder elect to redeem, sell or exchange some or all of their Shares, special rules may apply for purposes of determining whether such Shareholder or the transferee of such Shares are subject to U.S. withholding taxes in respect of income allocable to, or distributions made on account of, such Shares or entitled to refunds of any such taxes withheld. See “—Sale or Exchange/Redemption of Shares.” Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the treatment of U.S. withholding taxes.
Special rules may apply to any Non-U.S. Holder (i) that has an office or fixed place of business in the United States; (ii) that is an individual present in the United States for 183 days or more in a taxable year, calculated taking into account a portion of the days such individual was present in the United States in the preceding two years; or (iii) that is (a) a former citizen or long-term resident of the United States, (b) a foreign insurance company that is treated as holding a partnership interest in the Company in connection with its U.S. business, (c) a PFIC, (d) a CFC, or (e) a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the application of these special rules.
Taxes in Other Jurisdictions
In addition to U.S. federal income tax consequences, a purchase of the Shares of the Company could subject Shareholders to U.S. state and local taxes in the U.S. state or locality in which they are a resident for tax purposes. Shareholders could also be subject to tax return filing obligations and income, franchise, or other taxes, including withholding taxes, in non-U.S. jurisdictions in which the Company invests. We will attempt, to the extent reasonably practicable, to structure our operations and investments so as to avoid income tax filing obligations by U.S. Holders in non-U.S. jurisdictions. However, there may be circumstances in which we are unable to do so. Income or gain from investments held by the Company may be subject to withholding or other taxes in jurisdictions outside the United States, except to the extent an income tax treaty applies. If Shareholders wish to claim the benefit of an applicable
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income tax treaty, they might be required to submit information to tax authorities in such jurisdictions. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the U.S. state, local, and non-U.S. tax consequences of a purchase of in the Company.
Administrative Matters
Information Returns and Audit Procedures
We have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish Shareholders, within 75 days after the close of each calendar year, U.S. tax information (including IRS Schedule K-1) which describes on a U.S. dollar basis such Shareholder’s share of the Company’s income, gain, loss and deduction for the preceding taxable year. However, providing this U.S. tax information to Shareholders will be subject to delay in the event of, among other reasons, the late receipt of any necessary tax information from lower-tier entities. It is therefore possible that, in any taxable year, Shareholders will need to apply for an extension of time to file your tax returns. In preparing this U.S. tax information, we will use various accounting and reporting conventions, some of which have been mentioned in the previous discussion, to determine a Shareholder’s share of income, gain, loss and deduction. The IRS may successfully contend that certain of these reporting conventions are impermissible, which could result in an adjustment to your income or loss.
The Company may be audited by the IRS. Adjustments resulting from an IRS audit could require Shareholders to adjust a prior year’s tax liability and result in an audit of their own tax return. Any audit of a Shareholder’s tax return could result in adjustments not related to the Company’s tax returns, as well as those related to the Company’s tax returns. If the IRS makes an audit adjustment to our income tax returns, it may assess and collect any taxes (including penalties and interest) resulting from such audit adjustment directly from the Company instead of Shareholders. We may be permitted to elect to have the Manager and Shareholders take such audit adjustment into account in accordance with their interests during the taxable year under audit. However, there can be no assurance that we will choose to make such election or that it will be available in all circumstances. If we do not make the election, and we pay taxes, penalties, or interest as a result of an audit adjustment, then cash available for distribution to Shareholders might be substantially reduced. As a result, current Shareholders might bear some or all of the cost of the tax liability resulting from such audit adjustment, even if current Shareholders did not own Shares during the taxable year under audit.
Pursuant to the partnership audit rules, a “partnership representative” designated by the Company will have the sole authority to act on behalf of the Company in connection with any administrative or judicial review of The Company’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit. In particular, our partnership representative will have the sole authority to bind both our former and current Shareholders and to make certain elections on behalf of the Company pursuant to the partnership audit rules.
Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the implications of the partnership audit rules for a purchase of Shares.
Tax Shelter Regulations and Related Reporting Requirements
If the Company were to engage in a “reportable transaction”, we (and possibly Shareholders) would be required to make a detailed disclosure of the transaction to the IRS in accordance with regulations governing tax shelters and other potentially tax-motivated transactions. A transaction may be a reportable transaction based upon any of several factors, including the fact that it is a type of tax avoidance transaction publicly identified by the IRS as a “listed transaction” or “transaction of interest,” or that it produces certain kinds of losses exceeding certain thresholds. Any purchase of Shares of the Company may be considered a “reportable transaction” if, for example, the Company were to recognize certain significant losses in the future. In certain circumstances, a Shareholder who disposes of an interest in a transaction resulting in the recognition by such holder of significant losses in excess of certain threshold amounts may be obligated to disclose its participation in such transaction. Certain of these rules are unclear, and the scope of reportable transactions can change retroactively. Therefore, it is possible that the rules may apply to transactions other than significant loss transactions.
Moreover, if the Company were to participate in a reportable transaction with a significant purpose to avoid or evade tax, or in any listed transaction, Shareholders might be subject to significant accuracy-related penalties with a broad scope, for those persons otherwise entitled to deduct interest on federal tax deficiencies, non-deductibility of
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interest on any resulting tax liability, and in the case of a listed transaction, an extended statute of limitations. The Company does not intend to participate in any reportable transaction with a significant purpose to avoid or evade tax, nor does it intend to participate in any listed transactions. However, no assurance can be provided that the IRS will not assert that it has participated in such a transaction.
Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser concerning any possible disclosure obligation under the regulations governing tax shelters with respect to the disposition of Shares.
Taxable Year
The Company uses the calendar year as its taxable year for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Under certain circumstances which we currently believe are unlikely to apply, a taxable year other than the calendar year may be required for such purposes.
Withholding and Backup Withholding
For each calendar year, the Company will report to you and to the IRS the amount of distributions that we pay, and the amount of tax (if any) that we withhold on these distributions. The proper application to the Company of the rules for withholding under Sections 1441 through 1446 of the Code (applicable to certain dividends, interest, and amounts treated as effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, among other items) is unclear.
Under the backup withholding rules, Shareholders may be subject to backup withholding tax with respect to distributions paid unless: (i) they are an exempt recipient and demonstrate this fact when required; or (ii) provide a taxpayer identification number, certify as to no loss of exemption from backup withholding tax, and otherwise comply with the applicable requirements of the backup withholding tax rules. A U.S. Holder that is exempt should certify such status on a properly completed IRS Form W-9. A Non-U.S. Holder may qualify as an exempt recipient by submitting a properly completed IRS Form W-8. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a Shareholder will be allowed as a credit against their U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle such Shareholder to a refund from the IRS, provided they supply the required information to the IRS in a timely manner.
If Shareholders do not timely provide the Company, or the applicable nominee, broker, clearing agent, or other intermediary, with IRS Form W-9 or IRS Form W-8, as applicable, or such form is not properly completed, then the Company may become subject to U.S. backup withholding taxes in excess of what would have been imposed had the Company or the applicable intermediary received properly completed forms from all Shareholders. For administrative reasons, and in order to maintain the fungibility of Shares, such excess U.S. backup withholding taxes, and if necessary similar items, may be treated by the Company as an expense that will be borne indirectly by all Shareholders on a pro rata basis (e.g., since it may be impractical for us to allocate any such excess withholding tax cost to the Shareholders that failed to timely provide the proper U.S. tax forms).
Foreign Account Tax Compliance
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance provisions of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010 (“FATCA”) impose a 30% withholding tax on “withholdable payments” made to a “foreign financial institution” or a “non-financial foreign entity,” unless such financial institution or entity satisfies certain information reporting or other requirements. Withholdable payments include certain U.S.-source income, such as interest, dividends, and other passive income. Proposed Treasury Regulations eliminate the requirement to withhold tax under FATCA on gross proceeds from the sale or disposition of property that can produce U.S.-source interest or dividends. The IRS has announced that taxpayers are permitted to rely on the proposed regulations until final Treasury Regulations are issued. We intend to comply with FATCA, so as to ensure that the 30% withholding tax does not apply to any withholdable payments received by the Company, the Operating Subsidiaries, or our investments. Nonetheless, the 30% withholding tax may also apply to such Shareholder’s allocable share of distributions attributable to withholdable payments, unless they properly certify their FATCA status on IRS Form W-8 or IRS Form W-9 (as applicable) and satisfy any additional requirements under FATCA.
In compliance with FATCA, information regarding certain Shareholders’ ownership of Shares may be reported to the IRS or to a non-U.S. governmental authority. FATCA remains subject to modification by an applicable intergovernmental agreement between the United States and another country for cooperation to facilitate the implementation of FATCA, or by future Treasury Regulations or guidance. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the consequences under FATCA of a purchase of Shares.
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Information Reporting with Respect to Foreign Financial Assets
Under Treasury Regulations, certain U.S. persons that own “specified foreign financial assets” with an aggregate fair market value exceeding either $50,000 on the last day of the taxable year or $75,000 at any time during the taxable year generally are required to file an information report with respect to such assets with their tax returns. Significant penalties may apply to persons who fail to comply with these rules. Specified foreign financial assets include not only financial accounts maintained in foreign financial institutions, but also, unless held in accounts maintained by a financial institution, any stock or security issued by a non-U.S. person, any financial instrument or contract held for investment that has an issuer or counterparty other than a U.S. person, and any interest in a foreign entity. The failure to report information required under the current regulations could result in substantial penalties and in the extension of the statute of limitations with respect to federal income tax returns filed by such Shareholder. Prospective shareholders should consult their own tax adviser regarding the possible implications of these Treasury Regulations for a purchase of Shares.
New Legislation or Administrative or Judicial Action
The U.S. federal income tax treatment of Shareholders depends, in some instances, on determinations of fact and interpretations of complex provisions of U.S. federal income tax law for which no clear precedent or authority may be available. Shareholders should be aware that the U.S. federal income tax rules, particularly those applicable to partnerships, are constantly under review (including currently) by the Congressional tax writing committees and other persons involved in the legislative process, the IRS, the U.S. Treasury Department and the courts, frequently resulting in revised interpretations of established concepts, statutory changes, revisions to regulations and other modifications and interpretations, any of which could adversely affect the value of Shares and be effective on a retroactive basis. For example, changes to the U.S. federal tax laws and interpretations thereof could make it more difficult or impossible for the Company to be treated as a partnership that is not taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, change the character or treatment of portions of the Company’s income, reduce the net amount of distributions available to Shareholders, or otherwise affect the tax considerations of owning Shares. Such changes could also affect or cause the Company to change the way it conducts its activities and adversely affect the value of Shares.
The Company’s organizational documents and agreements permit the Manager to modify the LLC Agreement from time to time, without the consent of Shareholders, to elect to treat the Company as a corporation for U.S. federal tax purposes, or to address certain changes in U.S. federal income tax regulations, legislation or interpretation. In some circumstances, such revisions could have a material adverse impact on some or all Shareholders.
THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION IS NOT INTENDED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR CAREFUL TAX PLANNING. THE TAX MATTERS RELATING TO THE COMPANY AND SHAREHOLDERS ARE COMPLEX AND ARE SUBJECT TO VARYING INTERPRETATIONS. MOREOVER, THE EFFECT OF EXISTING INCOME TAX LAWS, THE MEANING AND IMPACT OF WHICH IS UNCERTAIN, AND OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN INCOME TAX LAWS WILL VARY WITH THE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH SHAREHOLDER, AND IN REVIEWING THIS PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT THESE MATTERS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. EACH SHAREHOLDER SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISER WITH RESPECT TO THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF ANY PURCHASE OF SHARES.
Certain ERISA Considerations
The following is a summary of certain considerations associated with the purchase and holding of any class of our Shares by any (i) “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) which is subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) “plan” described in Section 4975 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code (including, without limitation, an individual retirement account (an “IRA”) and a “Keogh” plan), (iii) plan, fund, account or other arrangement that is subject to provisions under any other federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (collectively, “Similar Laws”), and (iv) entity whose underlying assets are considered to include the assets of any of the foregoing described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), pursuant to ERISA or otherwise (each of the foregoing described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) being referred to herein as a “Plan”).
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General Fiduciary Matters
ERISA and the Code impose certain duties on persons who are fiduciaries of a Plan that is a Benefit Plan Investor (as defined below) subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code and prohibit certain transactions involving the assets of a Benefit Plan Investor and its fiduciaries or other interested parties. Under ERISA and the Code, any person who exercises any discretionary authority or control over the administration of a Benefit Plan Investor or the management or disposition of the assets of a Benefit Plan Investor, or who renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation to a Benefit Plan Investor, is generally considered to be a fiduciary of the Benefit Plan Investor.
In considering an investment in any class of our Shares of a portion of the assets of any Plan, a fiduciary should consider, among other things, whether an investment in the Shares is appropriate for the Plan, taking into account the provisions of the Plan documents, the overall investment policy of the Plan and the composition of the Plan’s investment portfolio, as there are imposed on Plan fiduciaries certain fiduciary requirements, including those of investment prudence and diversification and the requirement that a Plan’s investments be made in accordance with the documents governing the Plan. Further, a fiduciary should consider that in the future there may be no market in which such Plan would be able to sell or otherwise dispose of the Shares.
Prohibited Transaction Issues
Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code prohibit Benefit Plan Investors from engaging in specified transactions involving plan assets with persons or entities who are “parties in interest,” within the meaning of ERISA, or “disqualified persons,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code, unless an exemption is available. A party in interest or disqualified person who engaged in a non-exempt prohibited transaction may be subject to excise taxes and other penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code. In addition, the fiduciary of the Benefit Plan Investor that engaged in such a non-exempt prohibited transaction may be subject to penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code. The fiduciary of a Benefit Plan Investor that proposes to purchase or hold any Shares should consider, among other things, whether such purchase and holding may involve the sale or exchange of any property between a Benefit Plan Investor and a party in interest or disqualified person, or the transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of, a party in interest or disqualified person, of any “plan assets”. Depending on the satisfaction of certain conditions which may include the identity of the fiduciary of the Benefit Plan Investor making the decision to acquire or hold Shares on behalf of a Benefit Plan Investor, Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 91-38 (relating to investments by bank collective investment funds), PTCE 84-14 (relating to transactions effected by a “qualified professional asset manager”), PTCE 95-60 (relating to investments by an insurance company general account), PTCE 96-23 (relating to transactions directed by an in-house asset manager) or PTCE 90-1 (relating to investments by insurance company pooled separate accounts) could provide an exemption from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code. However, there can be no assurance that any of the foregoing exemptions or any other class, administrative or statutory exemption will be available with respect to any particular transaction involving the Shares. It is also possible that one of these exemptions could apply to some aspect of the acquisition or holding of such Shares, but not apply to some other aspect of such acquisition or holding. Each of the above-noted exemptions contains conditions and limitations on its application. Fiduciaries of Benefit Plan Investors considering acquiring and/or holding Shares in reliance on these or any other exemption should carefully review the exemption in consultation with its own legal advisors to assure it is applicable. There can be no assurance that all of the conditions of any such exemptions will be satisfied.
Plan Assets Issues
An additional issue concerns the extent to which the Company or all or a portion of the Company’s assets could themselves be treated as subject to the fiduciary responsibility and prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code. ERISA and the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulations promulgated thereunder, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA (the “Plan Asset Regulations”) concerns the definition of what constitutes the assets of a Benefit Plan Investor for purposes of the fiduciary responsibility and prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA and the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 4975 of the Code.
Under ERISA and the Plan Asset Regulations, generally when a Benefit Plan Investor acquires an “equity interest” in an entity that is neither a “publicly-offered security” (within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations) nor a security issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act, the Benefit Plan Investor’s assets include both the equity interest and an undivided interest in each of the underlying assets of the
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entity, unless it is established either that less than 25% of the total value of each class of equity interest in the entity is held by Benefit Plan Investors within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations (the “25% Test”) or that the entity is an “operating company” as defined in the Plan Asset Regulations. The Plan Asset Regulations defines an “equity interest” as any interest in an entity other than an instrument that is treated as indebtedness under applicable local law and which has no substantial equity features. The Company will not be an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
For purposes of the 25% Test, the assets of an entity will not be treated as “plan assets” if, immediately after the most recent acquisition of any equity interest in the entity, less than 25% of the total value of each class of equity interest in the entity is held by Benefit Plan Investors excluding equity interests held by persons (other than Benefit Plan Investors) with discretionary authority or control over the assets of the entity or who provide investment advice for a fee (direct or indirect) with respect to such assets, and any affiliates thereof. The term “benefit plan investors” (“Benefit Plan Investors”) is generally defined to include “employee benefit plans” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA that are subject to Title I of ERISA, plans as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies (including, for example, “Keogh” plans and IRAs), as well as any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of an employee benefit plan’s or plan’s investment in such entity (e.g., an entity of which 25% or more of the total value of any class of equity interests is held by Benefit Plan Investors and which does not satisfy another exception under ERISA).
Under the Plan Asset Regulations, a “publicly-offered security” is a security that is (a) “freely transferable,” (b) part of a class of securities that is “widely held,” and (c) (i) sold to the Benefit Plan Investor as part of an offering of securities to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and the class of securities to which such security is a part is registered under the Exchange Act within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year of the issuer during which the offering of such securities to the public has occurred, or (ii) is part of a class of securities that is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Operating Companies
The definition of an “operating company” in the Plan Asset Regulations includes, among other things, a “venture capital operating company” (a “VCOC”). Generally, in order to qualify as a VCOC, an entity must demonstrate on its “initial valuation date” and on at least one day within each “annual valuation period,” at least 50% of its assets, valued at cost (other than short-term investments pending long-term commitment or distribution to investors), are invested in operating companies (other than VCOCs) (i.e., operating entities that (x) are primarily engaged directly, or through a majority owned subsidiary or subsidiaries, in the production or sale of a product or service other than the investment of capital, or (y) qualify as “real estate operating companies,” as defined in the Plan Asset Regulations) in which such entity has direct contractual management rights. In addition, to qualify as a VCOC, an entity must, in the ordinary course of its business, actually exercise such management rights with respect to at least one of the operating companies in which it invests. Similarly, the term “operating company” in the Plan Asset Regulations includes an entity that qualifies as a “real estate operating company” (“REOC”). An entity should qualify as a REOC if (i) on its “initial valuation date” and on at least one day within each “annual valuation period,” at least 50% of the entity’s assets, valued at cost (other than short-term investments pending long-term commitment or distribution to investors) are invested in real estate that is managed or developed and with respect to which such entity has the right to substantially participate directly in management or development activities; and (ii) such entity in the ordinary course of its business is engaged directly in the management and development of real estate. The “initial valuation date” is the date on which the entity first makes an investment that is not a short-term investment of funds pending long-term commitment. The Plan Asset Regulations do not provide specific guidance regarding what rights will qualify as management rights, and the DOL has consistently taken the position that such determination can only be made in light of the surrounding facts and circumstances of each particular case, substantially limiting the degree to which it can be determined with certainty whether particular rights will satisfy this requirement.
To the extent any class of our Shares is not “publicly-offered” the Company intends to use commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy another exception to the Plan Asset Regulations, including by limiting investment by, or prohibiting investment from, Benefit Plan Investors in our Shares. However, no assurance can be given that this will be the case.
If the assets of the Company were deemed to be “plan assets” within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations (e.g., if the Company fails to qualify as a VCOC or a REOC as of its initial valuation date, or during any subsequent annual
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valuation period, and no other exception under ERISA applies), this would result, among other things, in (i) the application of the prudence and other fiduciary responsibility standards of ERISA to investments made by the Company, and (ii) the possibility that certain transactions in which the Company might seek to engage could constitute “prohibited transactions” under ERISA and the Code. If a prohibited transaction occurs for which no exemption is available, the Manager and/or any other fiduciary that has engaged in the prohibited transaction could be required to (i) restore to the Shareholders that are Benefit Plan Investors any profit realized on the transaction and (ii) reimburse the Benefit Plan Investors for any losses suffered by the Benefit Plan Investor as a result of the investment. In addition, each disqualified person (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) involved could be subject to an excise tax equal to 15% of the amount involved in the prohibited transaction for each year the transaction continues and, unless the transaction is corrected within statutorily required periods, to an additional tax of 100%. Fiduciaries of Benefit Plan Investors who decide to invest in the Company could, under certain circumstances, be liable for prohibited transactions or other violations as a result of their investment in the Company or as co-fiduciaries for actions taken by or on behalf of the Company or the Manager. With respect to an IRA that invests in the Company, the occurrence of a prohibited transaction involving the individual who established the IRA, or his or her beneficiaries, would cause the IRA to lose its tax-exempt status. In addition, if the Company’s assets are deemed to be “plan assets” under the Plan Asset Regulations, our management, as well as various providers of fiduciary or other services to us, and any other parties with authority or control with respect to us or our assets, may be considered fiduciaries under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, or otherwise parties in interest or disqualified persons by virtue of their provision of such services (and there could be an improper delegation of authority to such providers).
In addition, ERISA generally provides that discretionary authority with respect to the management and disposition of the assets of a Benefit Plan Investor may be delegated to certain “investment managers” who acknowledge that they are fiduciaries of the Benefit Plan Investor. In such case, a fiduciary of a Benefit Plan Investor who has appointed an investment manager will generally not be liable for the acts of such investment manager. We do not expect to be an “investment manager” within the meaning of ERISA. Consequently, if our assets are deemed to constitute “plan assets” of any shareholder which is a Benefit Plan Investor, the fiduciary of any such Benefit Plan Investor would not be protected from liability resulting from our decisions.
We may require any person proposing to acquire Shares to furnish such information as may be necessary to determine compliance with an exception under ERISA or the Plan Asset Regulations, including whether such person is a Benefit Plan Investor. In addition we have the power to (a) exclude any shareholder or potential shareholder from purchasing any class of our Shares; and (b) prohibit any redemption of Shares if our Manager determines that there is a substantial likelihood that such Shareholder’s purchase, ownership or redemption of Shares would result in (i) the Company’s assets to be characterized as plan assets, for purposes of the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any provisions of any Similar Laws or (ii) the Company, the Manager or any affiliates thereof to be considered a fiduciary of any Shareholder for purposes of the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of Title I of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any applicable Similar Laws, and all Shares shall be subject to such terms and conditions.
Independent Fiduciaries with Financial Expertise
This Registration Statement does not constitute an undertaking to provide impartial investment advice and it is not our intention to act in a fiduciary capacity with respect to any Plan. KKR, the Manager and their respective affiliates have a financial interest in investors’ investment in Shares on account of the fees and other compensation they expect to receive (as the case may be) from the Company and their other relationships with the Company as contemplated in this Registration Statement. Any such fees and compensation do not constitute fees or compensation rendered for the provision of investment advice to any Plan. Each Plan will be deemed to represent and warrant that it is advised by a fiduciary that is (a) independent of KKR, the Manager, and their respective affiliates; (b) capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with respect to particular transactions and investment strategies contemplated in this Registration Statement; and (c) a fiduciary (under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or applicable Similar Law) with respect to the Plan’s investment in the Shares, who is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the Plan’s investment in the Shares and any related transactions.
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Reporting of Indirect Compensation
Under ERISA’s general reporting and disclosure rules, certain Benefit Plan Investors subject to Title I of ERISA are required to file annual reports (Form 5500) with the DOL regarding their assets, liabilities and expenses. To facilitate compliance with these requirements it is noted that the descriptions contained in this Registration Statement of fees and compensation, including the Management Fee and the Performance Participation Allocation are intended to satisfy the disclosure requirements for “eligible indirect compensation” for which the alternative reporting option on Schedule C of Form 5500 may be available.
Representation
By acceptance of any class of our Shares, each purchaser and subsequent transferee of a Share will be deemed to have represented and warranted that either (i) no portion of the assets used by such purchaser or transferee to acquire or hold the Shares constitutes assets of any Plan or (ii) the purchase and holding of the Shares by such purchaser or transferee will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or similar violation under any applicable Similar Laws.
The sale of Shares to a Plan is in no respect a representation by the Company or any other person associated with our Private Offering that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by Plans generally or any particular Plan, or that such an investment is appropriate for Plans generally or any particular Plan. The preceding discussion is only a summary of certain ERISA implications of an investment in the Shares and does not purport to be complete. Prospective investors should consult with their own legal, tax, financial and other advisors prior to investing to review these implications in light of such investor’s particular circumstances.
Each Plan investor is advised to contact its own legal and financial advisors and other fiduciaries unrelated to KKR, the Manager or any of their respective affiliates about whether an investment in our Shares, or any decision to continue to hold, transfer or provide any consent with respect to any such Shares, may be appropriate for the Plan’s circumstances.
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ITEM 1A.
RISK FACTORS
A purchase of the Company’s shares involves a high degree of risk and is suitable only for sophisticated individuals and institutions for whom a purchase of the Company’s shares does not represent a complete investment program and who fully understand and are capable of bearing the risks of a purchase of the Company’s shares. There can be no assurance that the business objectives of the Company will be achieved, that any acquisitions targeted pursuant to the Company’s business objectives will be made by the Company or that a Shareholder will receive a return of its capital. In addition, there will be occasions when the Manager and its affiliates will encounter potential conflicts of interest in connection with the Company, as described below under “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Potential Conflicts of Interest.” The following discussion enumerates certain risk factors that should be carefully evaluated before making a purchase of the Company’s shares. This summary does not purport to be a complete discussion of all of the risks and other factors and considerations which relate to or might arise from investing in the Company or from the Company’s Infrastructure Assets.
Risks Related to Our Infrastructure Assets and Industry Focus
We face heightened risks unique to the nature of our Infrastructure Assets.
Owning Infrastructure Assets involves many relatively unique and acute risks. Projected revenues can be affected by a number of factors including economic and market conditions, political events, competition, regulation and the financial position and business strategy of customers. Unanticipated changes in the availability or price of inputs necessary for the operation of Infrastructure Assets may adversely affect the overall profitability of an Infrastructure Asset or related project. Events outside the control of the owner of an Infrastructure Asset, such as political action, governmental regulation, demographic changes, economic conditions, pandemics, increasing fuel prices, government macroeconomic policies, political events, toll rates, social stability, competition from untolled or other forms of transportation, natural disasters (such as fire, floods, earthquakes and typhoons), changes in weather, changes in demand for products or services, bankruptcy or financial difficulty of a major customer and acts of war or terrorism and other unforeseen circumstances and incidents could significantly reduce the revenues generated or significantly increase the expense of constructing, operating, maintaining or restoring infrastructure facilities. In turn, this may impair an Infrastructure Asset’s ability to repay its debt, make distributions to the Company or even result in termination of an applicable concession or other agreement. As a general matter, the operation and maintenance of Infrastructure Assets involve various risks and are subject to substantial regulation (as described below), many of which may not be under the control of the owner, including labor issues, failure of technology to perform as anticipated, structural failures and accidents and the need to comply with the directives of government authorities.
Although Infrastructure Assets may maintain insurance to protect against certain risks, where available on reasonable commercial terms (such as business interruption insurance that is intended to offset loss of revenues during an operational interruption), such insurance is subject to customary deductibles and coverage limits and may not be sufficient to recoup all of an Infrastructure Asset’s losses. There can be no assurance that an Infrastructure Asset’s insurance would cover liabilities resulting from claims relating to the design, construction, maintenance, or operation of the infrastructure assets and businesses acquired by the Company, lost revenues or increased expenses resulting from such damage. If a major, uninsured loss occurs, the Company could lose both invested capital in and anticipated profits from, the affected Infrastructure Assets. Furthermore, an Infrastructure Asset may face competition from other infrastructure assets in the vicinity of the assets they operate, the presence of which depends in part on governmental plans and policies.
Our Infrastructure Assets may not exhibit mitigating characteristics typical of assets, businesses or projects in the infrastructure space. As a result, there can be no assurance that any perceived benefits of Infrastructure Assets will be realized.
The Company will seek to own Infrastructure Assets that are assets, businesses or projects that typically have some or all of the following characteristics: regulated or substantially contracted revenue streams; immediate access to cash yield; long-term expected hold periods; limited demand or usage risk, or usage risk driven primarily by favorable demographic factors; a low level of exposure to market competition due to natural monopoly characteristics, government regulation or contractual protections, natural geographic restrictions or high capital investment costs; properties or other assets that provide essential services that are less dependent on market conditions; assets that exhibit barriers to entry or completion, long-life real assets; assets that can be financed with long-term, fixed rate debt (often investment grade); assets that exhibit stable cash flows and relatively high cash
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distributions; and assets with a long-term expected hold period. Whether and to what extent such characteristics exist with respect to an Infrastructure Asset is a matter of opinion and judgment, which may prove incorrect. Such characteristics are expected to help mitigate the risks associated with the Company’s Infrastructure Assets, but there can be no assurance that perceived or expected mitigating characteristics associated with the Company’s Infrastructure Assets (e.g., low volatility, low correlation, high cash yield, strong downside protection, mitigation against rising interest rates, revenues keyed to inflation and an ability to control the timing, and manner of exits) will be achieved or realized. It is possible that the Company will own other types of Infrastructure Assets (including infrastructure-related “opportunistic” acquisitions), which may differ in form and structure (and may not have the characteristics described above) on a case-by-case basis, as the Manager may determine are appropriate for the Company in a given context based on prevailing economic and market conditions and other factors deemed relevant by the Manager. There can be no assurance that any perceived benefits of Infrastructure Assets will be realized and the Company’s Infrastructure Assets may not exhibit the forgoing characteristics.
The operation and maintenance of Infrastructure Assets involve significant capital expenditures and various risks, which may not be under the control of the Company.
As a general matter, the operation and maintenance of Infrastructure Assets involve significant capital expenditures and various risks, many of which may not be under the control of the owner/operator, including labor issues, political or local opposition, failure of technology to perform as anticipated, technical obsolescence, increasing fuel prices, structural failures and accidents, environment related issues, counterparty non-performance and the need to comply with the directives of government authorities. Optional or mandatory improvements, upgrades or rehabilitation of infrastructure assets may cause delays or result in closures or other disruptions subjecting the Infrastructure Asset to various risks including lower revenues.
Furthermore, the Company might own Infrastructure Assets that could include both existing Infrastructure Assets or businesses and in “Greenfield” Infrastructure Assets or businesses that require significant capital expenditure to bring them to fully commissioned and/or cash-flowing status or to otherwise optimize their operational capabilities.
Construction risks typical for “Greenfield” Infrastructure Assets and businesses which the Company may own and control, include, without limitation, risks of: (i) labor disputes, shortages of material and skilled labor, or work stoppages; (ii) difficulty in obtaining regulatory, environmental or other approvals or permits; (iii) slower than projected construction progress and the unavailability or late delivery of necessary equipment; (iv) less than optimal coordination with public utilities in the relocation of their facilities; (v) adverse weather conditions and unexpected construction conditions; (vi) accidents or the breakdown or failure of construction equipment or processes; (vii) other events discussed below under “Force Majeure events may adversely affect our assets” that are beyond the control of the Manager and the Company; and (viii) risks associated with holding direct or indirect interests in undeveloped land or underdeveloped real property. These risks could result in substantial unanticipated delays or expenses (which could exceed expected or forecasted budgets) and, under certain circumstances, could prevent completion of construction activities once undertaken, any of which could have an adverse effect on the Company and on the amount of funds available for distribution to Shareholders. Similar risks apply to the ongoing operations of any properties and other assets or businesses. Infrastructure Assets owned by the Company might remain in construction phases for a prolonged period and, accordingly, might not be cash generative for a prolonged period. While the intention of the Company in respect of any Infrastructure Asset acquired might be for construction works to be contracted to a construction contractor on a fixed-price basis with liquidated damages payable to the Company where delay is caused that is attributable to the contractor, the related contractual arrangements made by the Company might not be as effective as intended and/or contractual liabilities on the part of the Company could result in unexpected costs or a reduction in expected revenues for the Company. In addition, recourse against the contractor could be subject to liability caps or could be subject to default or insolvency on the part of the contractor.
Other properties and other assets and businesses that the Company owns might require large capital expenditures, including, but not limited to, in connection with completing, maintaining, developing and/or expanding their existing plant, machinery and facilities, necessary software and other intellectual property assets or securing necessary Regulatory Agency licenses, approvals and concessions and complying with related requirements. Such capital expenditures could exceed cash flow from operations and/or the amount of capital the Company has earmarked for the relevant Infrastructure Asset and the relevant Infrastructure Asset might need to secure additional capital through other means and sources, including selling assets or refinancing or restructuring its debt capital, which, if available, could be at higher interest rates and/or otherwise on more onerous terms than any existing debt
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financing. Sourcing of such capital through additional equity investment from third parties will dilute the Company’s interest in the relevant Infrastructure Asset and its returns and such dilution might be on the basis of valuations of hard-to-value illiquid assets, which could ultimately result in an over-dilution of the Company’s ownership, all of which will have an adverse impact on the Company’s financial returns generated by such Infrastructure Asset. Any delay or failure by the relevant Infrastructure Asset to secure such capital from other sources and to implement the necessary capital expenditures in whole or in part will also have an adverse impact on returns to the extent there is a delay or failure in its ability to achieve fully commissioned and/or cash-flowing status or to otherwise optimize its operational capabilities.
Infrastructure Assets may experience supply chain disruptions that could adversely impact the Company’s business and financial condition.
Equipment and spare parts may become unavailable or difficult to procure on terms consistent with those that an Infrastructure Asset has budgeted for. For example, some jurisdictions in which Infrastructure Assets operate have experienced supply chain challenges resulting from bottlenecks caused by, among other things, increases in demand and challenges involved with ramping up to meet this demand.
Supply chains could be further disrupted in the future by factors outside of the Manager’s or the Company’s control. This could include (1) a reduction in the supply or availability of the commodities required to produce the parts and components that an Infrastructure Asset needs to maintain existing projects and develop new projects from its development pipeline, (2) lockdowns and workforce disruptions caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, (3) the potential physical effects of climate change, such as increased frequency and severity of storms, precipitation, floods and other climatic events and their impact on transportation networks and manufacturing centers, and (4) economic sanctions or embargoes, including those relating to human rights concerns in jurisdictions that produce key materials, components or parts.
Any material delays in procuring equipment or significant cost increases of Infrastructure Assets could adversely impact the Company’s business and financial condition.
Our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected by volatility in commodity prices.
The Company may be subject to commodity price risk. The operation and cash flows of any Infrastructure Asset could depend, in some cases to a significant extent, upon prevailing market prices of commodities, including, for example, commodities such as gas, electricity, steel or concrete. Commodity prices fluctuate depending on a variety of factors beyond the control of the Manager or the Company, including, without limitation, weather conditions, foreign and domestic supply and demand, force majeure events, pandemics such as COVID-19, changes in laws, governmental regulations, price and availability of alternative commodities, international political conditions and overall economic conditions. In addition, commodity prices are generally expected to rise in inflationary environments, and foreign exchange rates are often affected by countries monetary and fiscal responses to inflationary trends. The actions taken by Russia in the Ukraine starting in February 2022 have also caused volatility in the commodities markets. During the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the 3-year forward price of WTI crude oil decreased approximately 12%, and the 3-year forward price of natural gas increased approximately 5%. The 3-year forward price of WTI crude oil decreased from approximately $73.46 per barrel to $64.37 per barrel, and the 3-year forward price of natural gas increased from approximately $4.36 per mcf to $4.58 per mcf as of June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022, respectively.
Events in the energy markets over the last few years have caused significant dislocations and illiquidity in the equity and debt markets for energy companies and related commodities, with COVID-19 currently enhancing such dislocation. To the extent that such events continue (or even worsen), this could have an adverse impact on certain Infrastructure Assets of the Company and could lead to an overall weakening of global economies. The resulting economic downturn arising due to the COVID-19 pandemic is adversely affecting the financial resources of and returns generated by an Infrastructure Asset in this sector and such adverse effect could continue for some time. Such marketplace events could also restrict the ability of the Company to sell or liquidate Infrastructure Assets at favorable times or for favorable prices. A stabilization or improvement of the conditions in the global financial markets generally and the energy markets specifically likely would aid the Company’s Infrastructure Assets in this sector. Absent such a recovery or in the event of a further market deterioration, the value of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets in this sector might not appreciate as projected (if applicable) or could suffer a loss. There can be no assurance as to the duration of any perceived current market dislocation.
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Changes or innovations in technology could affect the profitability of an Infrastructure Asset that relies on existing technology.
The Company could be exposed to the risk that a change could occur in the way a service or product is delivered to it or an Infrastructure Asset or other asset rendering the existing technology obsolete. While the risk could be considered low in the infrastructure sector given the massive fixed costs involved in constructing assets and the fact that many infrastructure technologies are well established, any technology change that occurs over the medium term could threaten the profitability of an Infrastructure Asset or other asset of the Company. If such a change were to occur, these assets would have very few alternative uses should they become obsolete.
The effect of global climate change may impact our business.
Prolonged and potentially accelerating changes in climatic conditions, together with the response or failure to respond to these changes, could have a significant impact on the revenues, expenses and conditions of Infrastructure Assets of the Company and therefore on the performance of the Company as a whole. While the precise future effects of climate change are unknown, it is possible that climate change could affect precipitation levels, droughts, wildfires, agricultural production, wind levels, annual sunshine, sea levels and the severity and frequency of storms and other severe weather events. These events and the disruptions that they cause, alone or in combination, also have the potential to strain or deplete infrastructure and response capabilities generally, leading to increased costs and higher taxes, decreases in economic efficiency, or both. If climate change continues and societies adversely affected by climate change are unable to effectively adapt, the ongoing disruptions caused could result in societal disruption on a local, national or even global scale, potentially leading to prolonged reduced economic output, political upheaval and humanitarian crises such as famines, mass migrations and disease outbreaks. Any and all of these developments could have material and adverse impacts on the business of Infrastructure Assets of the Company and on the broader society and economy in which such Infrastructure Assets operate.
Various Regulatory Agencies have enacted or proposed new or revised environmental regulations in an effort to reduce carbon emissions and the emissions of other gases believed to be contributing factors to climate change. These measures are varied and diverse across national, state or provincial and local jurisdictions, including targeted reductions in emissions, mandatory quotas, tax regimes based on emissions, bans or restrictions on the production of fossil fuels or on the construction of new infrastructure supporting the fossil fuel industry, and other measures. These measures could materially impact the performance of Infrastructure Assets in many ways, including by increasing costs of doing business or compliance, through the imposition of fines or other penalties, or through reputational damage resulting from association (or perceived association) with industries viewed as contributing to climate change.
Various governments have in the past and are expected to continue to provide subsidies for “green” energy technologies, such as solar, wind, bio-fuel, geothermal, hydrogen and other non-fossil fuel based energy sources, with the goal of reducing carbon emissions in an effort to mitigate the impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Even with potentially large public and private investment in these technologies, it is possible that “green” energy technologies will be unable to be deployed at a scale sufficient to meet growing global energy demand, or even existing energy demand. Moreover, these technologies require significant changes to existing infrastructure in order to provide for a level of energy security and reliability comparable to existing fossil fuel-based energy generation technologies. The cost of upgrading infrastructure for this purpose, or energy disruptions if such infrastructure upgrades are not successfully completed, could result in significant disruptions to local, regional or national economies.
Force Majeure events may adversely affect our assets.
Infrastructure Assets could be affected by force majeure events (i.e., events beyond the control of the party claiming that the event has occurred, including, without limitation, acts of God, fire, flood, earthquakes, outbreaks of an infectious disease, pandemic or any other serious public health concern, war, terrorism, labor strikes, major plant breakdowns, pipeline or electricity line ruptures, failure of technology, defective design and construction, accidents, demographic changes, government macroeconomic policies, toll rates, social instability and competition from other forms of infrastructure). Some force majeure events could adversely affect the ability of a party (including an Infrastructure Asset or a counterparty to the Company or an Infrastructure Asset) to perform its obligations until it is able to remedy the force majeure event. In addition, forced events, such as the cessation of machinery (e.g., turbines) for repair or upgrade, could similarly lead to the unavailability of essential machinery and technologies. These risks could, among other effects, adversely impact the cash flows available from an Infrastructure
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Asset or other issuer, cause personal injury or loss of life, damage property, or instigate disruption of service. In addition, the cost to an Infrastructure Asset or the Company of repairing or replacing damaged assets resulting from such force majeure event could be considerable. Force majeure events that are incapable of or are too costly to cure might have a permanent adverse effect on an Infrastructure Asset. Certain force majeure events (such as war or an outbreak of an infectious disease) could have a broader negative impact on the world economy and international business activity generally, or in any of the countries where the Company holds Infrastructure Assets. Additionally, a major governmental intervention into industry, including the nationalization of an industry or the assertion of control over one or more Infrastructure Assets or its assets, could result in a loss to the Company, including if its ownership stake in such Infrastructure Asset is canceled, unwound or acquired (which could be without what the Company considers to be adequate compensation). Any of the foregoing could therefore adversely affect the performance of the Company and its Joint Ventures.
We may need to incur financial leverage to be able to achieve our business objectives. We cannot guarantee the availability of such financings.
The Company’s ability to own and control Infrastructure Assets in many cases will depend on the availability and terms of any borrowings that are required or desirable with respect to such Infrastructure Assets. A decrease in the availability of financing (or an increase in the interest cost) for leveraged transactions, whether due to adverse changes in economic or financial market conditions or a decreased appetite for risk by lenders, would impair the Company’s ability to consummate these transactions and would adversely affect the Company’s returns.
The Company’s assets are expected to include Infrastructure Assets whose capital structures have significant leverage and in assets subject to significant leverage (in addition to such leverage as might be generated by the Company’s acquisitions). Such Infrastructure Assets are inherently more sensitive to declines in revenues and to increases in expenses and interest rates. A leveraged entity or asset often will be subject to restrictive covenants imposed by lenders (or lenders other than the Company, as appropriate) restricting its activity or could be limited in making strategic acquisitions or obtaining additional financing. In addition, leveraged entities or assets are often subject to restrictions on making interest payments and other distributions, which are often linked to matters including cover ratios and the level of infrastructure project performance. If an event occurs that prohibits an Infrastructure Asset from making distributions for a particular period, this could affect the levels and timing of the Company’s returns.
Although the Manager will seek to use leverage in a prudent manner, the leveraged capital structure of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets or other leverage affecting its assets will increase their exposure to adverse economic factors such as future downturns in the economy or deterioration in the condition of any such Infrastructure Asset or its industry. Additionally, the Company will typically purchase equity in Infrastructure Assets. The equity securities received by the Company in relation thereto will typically be the most junior or some of the most junior securities in what will typically be a complex capital structure, and thus subject to a material risk of loss in the case of the Infrastructure Asset’s financial difficulty, or if an event of default occurs under the terms of the relevant financing and a lender decides to enforce its creditor rights. Events of default could in some cases be triggered by events not related directly to the borrower itself.
The Company may borrow on a secured or unsecured basis and guarantee obligations, in each case on a joint, several, joint and several or cross-collateralized basis with, or for the benefit of, any Infrastructure Asset, co-investment vehicles and KKR Vehicles, at any time and for any proper purpose relating to the activities of the Company, including, without limitation, to acquire any Infrastructure Assets and refinance its existing Infrastructure Assets and to increase deployment capacity or pay fees and expenses. The Company may, in the sole discretion of the Manager, also incur debt to facilitate repurchase requests. Such use of leverage generally magnifies the Company’s opportunities for gain and its risk of loss from a particular Infrastructure Asset. The cost and availability of leverage is highly dependent on the state of the broader credit markets (and such credit markets may be impacted by regulatory restrictions and guidelines), which state is difficult to accurately forecast, and at times it may be difficult to obtain or maintain the desired degree of leverage. The Company expects to incur leverage at the Company level and at the asset level, including in connection with certain transactions, and such leverage may fluctuate depending on market conditions. The interest expense and other costs incurred in connection with such borrowing may not be recovered by appreciation in the Infrastructure Assets purchased or carried. Gains realized with borrowed funds may cause the Company’s returns to be higher than would be the case without borrowings. If, however, Infrastructure Asset performance fails to cover the cost of borrowings, the Company’s returns could also decrease faster than if there had been no borrowings. Further, such leverage will increase the exposure of an Infrastructure
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Asset to adverse economic factors such as rising interest rates, downturns in the economy or deteriorations in the condition of the Infrastructure Asset. If the Company defaults on secured indebtedness, the lender may foreclose and the Company could lose its entire investment in the security for such loan. In connection with one or more credit facilities entered into by the Company, distributions to Shareholders may be subordinated to payments required in connection with any indebtedness contemplated thereby. Further, to the extent income received from Infrastructure Assets is used to make interest and principal payments on such borrowings, Shareholders may be allocated income, and therefore tax liability, in excess of cash received by them in distributions. The presence of leverage substantially increases the risk profile of the Company and its Infrastructure Assets.
The Company’s use of borrowings to create leverage will subject the Company to additional risks. For example, depending on the type of facility, a decrease in the market value of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets would increase the effective amount of leverage and could result in the possibility of a “margin call,” pursuant to which the Company must either deposit additional funds or securities with the lender or suffer mandatory liquidation of the pledged securities to compensate for the decline in value. In the event of a sudden, precipitous drop in the value of the Company’s assets, the Company might not be able to liquidate assets quickly enough to pay off its debt.
The Company will enter into a line of credit, and may enter into one or more other lines of credit or other credit facility(ies) on a joint, several, joint and several or cross-collateralized basis with KKR Vehicles, which may result in the Company being required to contribute amounts in excess of its pro rata share of a borrowing to make up for any shortfall if such KKR Vehicles are unable to repay their pro rata share of such indebtedness. In such case, it is expected that the Company and the KKR Vehicles would enter into a back-to-back or other similar reimbursement agreement. In addition, it is anticipated that any such credit facility will contain a number of common covenants that, among other things, might restrict the ability of the Company to: (i) acquire or dispose of assets or businesses; (ii) incur additional Infrastructure Asset level indebtedness; (iii) make capital expenditures; (iv) make cash distributions; (v) create liens on assets; (vi) enter into leases or acquisitions; (vii) engage in mergers or consolidations; (viii) process subscriptions; (ix) consent to transfers of interests in the Company or repurchase Shares; (x) make amendments to the governing documents of the Company; or (xi) engage in certain transactions with affiliates, and otherwise restrict corporate activities of the Company (including its ability to acquire additional acquisitions, businesses or assets, certain changes of control and asset sale transactions) without the consent of the lenders. Also, such a credit facility would likely require the Company to maintain specified financial ratios and comply with tests, including minimum interest coverage ratios, maximum leverage ratios, minimum net worth and minimum equity capitalization requirements. With respect to any asset-backed facility entered into by the Company (or an affiliate thereof), a decrease in the market value of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets would increase the effective amount of leverage and could result in the possibility of a violation of certain financial covenants or financial ratios pursuant to which the Company must either repay the borrowed funds to the lender or suffer foreclosure or forced liquidation of the pledged assets. The Company may incur indebtedness under such credit facility that bears interest at a variable rate. Economic conditions could result in higher interest rates, which could increase debt service requirements on variable rate debt and could reduce the amount of cash available for various Company purposes.
The extent to which the Company uses leverage may have the following consequences to the Shareholders, including, but not limited to: (i) greater fluctuations in the net assets of the Company, (ii) use of cash flow for debt service rather than distributions, or other purposes and (iii) in certain circumstances the Company may be required to prematurely dispose of Infrastructure Assets to service its debt obligations. So long as the Company is able to realize a higher net return on its Infrastructure Assets than the then-current cost of any leverage together with other related expenses, the effect of the leverage will be to cause holders of Shares to realize higher current net investment income than if the Company were not so leveraged. On the other hand, the Company’s use of leverage will result in increased operating costs. Thus, to the extent that the then-current cost of any leverage, together with other related expenses, approaches the net return on the Company’s Infrastructure Assets, the benefit of leverage to holders of Shares will be reduced, and if the then-current cost of any leverage together with related expenses were to exceed the net return on the Company’s Infrastructure Assets, the Company’s leveraged capital structure would result in a lower rate of return to holders of Shares than if the Company were not so leveraged. There can also be no assurance that the Company will have sufficient cash flow to meet its debt service obligations. As a result, the Company’s exposure to losses may be increased due to the illiquidity of its assets generally.
The Company’s ability to achieve attractive rates of return will depend in part on its and its Infrastructure Assets’ ability to access sufficient sources of indebtedness at attractive rates. A decrease in the availability of financing or an increase in either interest rates or risk spreads demanded by leverage providers, whether due to adverse changes
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in economic or financial market conditions or a decreased appetite for risk by lenders, could make it more expensive to finance the Company’s Infrastructure Assets on acquisition and throughout the term of the Company’s investment and could make it more difficult for the Company to compete for new Infrastructure Assets with other potential buyers who have a lower cost of capital. A portion of the indebtedness used to finance Infrastructure Assets on acquisition and throughout the term of the Company’s investment might include high-yield debt securities issued in the capital markets. Availability of capital from the high-yield debt markets is subject to significant volatility, and there could be times when the Company might not be able to access those markets at attractive rates, or at all, when completing an investment or as is otherwise required during the term of the Company’s investment. In addition, the leveraged lending guidelines published by the European Central Bank (or similar guidelines or restrictions published or enacted by the European Central Bank, or a similar institution outside of the EU, in the future) could limit the willingness or ability of banks or other financing sources to provide financing sought by the Company or its Infrastructure Assets, and could result in an inability of the Company or its Infrastructure Assets to establish their desired financing or capital structures.
The Company expects to (but is under no obligation to) enter into swaps, forward contracts and other arrangements for hedging purposes to preserve a return on a particular investment or to seek to protect against risks relating to the Company’s investments, including currency exchange rate fluctuations. Such transactions have special risks associated with them, including the possible bankruptcy or insolvency of, or default by the counterparty to the transaction and the illiquidity of the instrument acquired by the Company relating thereto. Although the Company might benefit from the use of hedging transactions, changes in currency exchange rates or other factors could result in a poorer overall performance for the Company compared to what the Company’s performance would have been if it had not entered into hedging transactions. Infrastructure Assets can also enter into hedging transactions in order to hedge risks applicable to them. Such transactions are subject to similar risks to those described above. The Company could be exposed to such risks by reason of its investment in the relevant Infrastructure Asset, and there can be no assurance that any hedging strategies will be effective in protecting against currency exchange rate fluctuations or other risks.
It should be noted that the use of leverage may create UBTI, possibly in substantial amounts, that is subject to U.S. federal income tax. Tax-exempt investors should refer to “Item 1. Business—Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” for more information.
The acquisition of Infrastructure Assets exposes us to a higher level of regulatory control than typically imposed on other businesses.
In many instances, the acquisition of Infrastructure Assets involves substantive continuing involvement by, or an ongoing commitment to, a municipal, state or national government, quasi-government, industry, self-regulatory or other relevant regulatory authority, body or agency (“Regulatory Agencies”). There can be no assurance that (i) existing regulations applicable to acquisitions generally or the Infrastructure Assets will not be revised or reinterpreted; (ii) new laws and regulations will not be adopted or become applicable to Infrastructure Assets; (iii) the technology, equipment, processes and procedures selected by Infrastructure Assets to comply with current and future regulatory requirements will meet such requirements; (iv) such Infrastructure Assets’ business and financial conditions will not be materially and adversely affected by such future changes in, or reinterpretation of, laws and regulations (including the possible loss of exemptions from laws and regulations) or any failure to comply with such current and future laws and regulations; or (v) regulatory agencies or other third parties will not bring enforcement actions in which they disagree with regulatory decisions made by other regulatory agencies. In addition, in many instances, the operation or acquisition of Infrastructure Assets may involve an ongoing commitment to or from a government agency. The nature of these obligations exposes the owners of Infrastructure Assets to a higher level of regulatory control than is typically imposed on other businesses.
Regulatory Agencies might impose conditions on the construction, operations and activities of an Infrastructure Asset as a condition to granting their approval or to satisfy regulatory requirements, including requirements that such assets remain managed by the Manager or its affiliates, which could limit our ability to dispose of Infrastructure Assets at opportune times or make the continued operation of such Infrastructure Asset unfeasible or economically disadvantageous, and any expenditures made to date with respect to such Infrastructure Asset may be wholly or partially written off. Sometimes commitments to Regulatory Agencies involve the posting of financial security for performance of obligations. If obligations are breached these financial securities may be called upon by the relevant Regulatory Agency.
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There is also the risk that our Infrastructure Assets do not have, might not obtain, or may lose permits necessary for their operations. Permits or special rulings may be required on taxation, financial and regulatory related issues. Many of these licenses and permits have to be renewed or maintained over the life of the business. The conditions and costs of these permits, licenses and consents may be changed on any renewal, or, in some cases, may not be renewed due to unforeseen circumstances or a subsequent change in regulations.
Regulatory Agencies often have considerable discretion to change or increase regulation of the operations of an Infrastructure Asset or to otherwise implement laws, regulations, or policies affecting its operations (including, in each case, with retroactive effect), separate from any contractual rights that the Regulatory Agency counterparties have. Accordingly, additional or unanticipated regulatory approvals, including, without limitation, renewals, extensions, transfers, assignments, reissuances, or similar actions, could be required to acquire Infrastructure Assets, and additional approvals could become applicable in the future due to, among other reasons, a change in applicable laws and regulations, or a change in the relevant Infrastructure Asset’s customer base. There can be no assurance that an Infrastructure Asset will be able to (i) obtain all required regulatory approvals that it does not yet have or that it could require in the future; (ii) obtain any necessary modifications to existing regulatory approvals; or (iii) maintain required regulatory approvals. Delay in obtaining or failure to obtain and maintain in full force and effect any regulatory approvals, or amendments thereto, or delay or failure to satisfy any regulatory conditions or other applicable requirements could prevent operation of a facility owned by an Infrastructure Asset, the completion of a previously announced acquisition or sales to third parties, or could otherwise result in additional costs and material adverse consequences to an Infrastructure Asset and the Company.
Since many Infrastructure Assets will provide basic, everyday services and face limited competition, Regulatory Agencies could be influenced by political considerations and could make decisions that adversely affect an Infrastructure Asset’s business. Certain types of infrastructure assets are very much in the “public eye” and politically sensitive, and as a result the Company’s activities could attract an undesirable level of publicity. Additionally, pressure groups and lobbyists could induce Regulatory Agency action to our detriment as the owner of the relevant Infrastructure Asset. There can be no assurance that the relevant government will not legislate, impose regulations, or change applicable laws, or act contrary to the law in a way that would materially and adversely affect the business of an Infrastructure Asset. The profitability of certain types of Infrastructure Assets might be materially dependent on government subsidies being maintained (for example, government programs encouraging the development of certain technologies such as solar and wind power generation). Reductions or eliminations of such subsidies would likely have a material adverse impact on relevant Infrastructure Assets and the Company.
An Infrastructure Asset’s operations might rely on government licenses, concessions, leases or contracts that are generally very complex and could result in a dispute over interpretation or enforceability. Even though most permits and licenses are obtained prior to the commencement of full project operations, many of these licenses and permits have to be maintained over the project’s life. If the Company or an Infrastructure Asset fails to comply with these regulations or contractual obligations, it could be subject to monetary penalties or lose its right to operate the affected asset, or both.
Where the Company or an Infrastructure Asset holds a concession or lease from a Regulatory Agency, such arrangements are subject to special risks as a result of the nature of the counterparty. The concession or lease might restrict the operation of the relevant asset or business in a way that maximizes cash flows and profitability. The lease or concession could also contain clauses more favorable to the Regulatory Agency counterparty than a typical commercial contract. In addition, there is the risk that the relevant Regulatory Agency will exercise sovereign rights and take actions contrary to the rights of the Company or an Infrastructure Asset under the relevant agreement. Poor performance and other events could lead to termination of the relevant concession or lease agreement, which might or might not provide for compensation to the relevant Infrastructure Asset. If it does, as the Infrastructure Asset would generally be deemed to have been “at fault,” then often the amount of any related senior debt might not be paid out in full and compensation for lost equity returns might not be provided.
Certain assets may require the use of public ways or may operate under easements. Regulatory Agencies typically retain the right to restrict the use of such public ways or easements or require an Infrastructure Asset to remove, modify, replace or relocate facilities relating to infrastructure assets at its own expense. If a Regulatory Agency exercises these rights, an Infrastructure Asset could incur significant costs and its ability to provide service to its customers could be disrupted, which could adversely impact the performance of such Infrastructure Asset.
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Compliance with environmental laws and regulations may result in substantial costs to the Company.
Ordinary operation or the occurrence of an accident with respect to an Infrastructure Asset could cause major environmental damage, which could result in significant financial distress to such Infrastructure Asset, if not covered by insurance, which could occur as a result of such Infrastructure Asset not carrying adequate insurance coverage or, in some cases, as a result of the relevant environmental damage not being fully insurable. In addition, persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous materials could also be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of these materials at the disposal or treatment facility, whether or not that facility is or ever was owned or operated by those persons.
Certain environmental laws and regulations may require that an owner or operator of an asset address prior environmental contamination, which could involve substantial cost. Such laws and regulations often impose liability without regard to whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the release or presence of environmental contamination. The Company could therefore be exposed to substantial risk of loss from environmental claims arising in respect of its Infrastructure Assets. Furthermore, changes in environmental laws or regulations or the environmental condition of an Infrastructure Asset could create liabilities that did not exist at the time of its acquisition and that could not have been foreseen. Community and environmental groups could protest about the development or operation of Infrastructure Assets, which might induce government action to the detriment of the Company. New and more stringent environmental or health and safety laws, regulations and permit requirements, or stricter interpretations of current laws, regulations or requirements, could impose substantial additional costs on an Infrastructure Asset, or could otherwise place an Infrastructure Asset at a competitive disadvantage compared to alternative forms of infrastructure, and failure to comply with any such requirements could have an adverse effect on an Infrastructure Asset. Some of the most onerous environmental requirements regulate air emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases; these requirements particularly affect companies in the power and energy industries.
Even in cases where the Company is indemnified by the seller with respect to an Infrastructure Asset against liabilities arising out of violations of environmental laws and regulations, there can be no assurance as to the financial viability of the seller to satisfy such indemnities or the ability of the Company to achieve enforcement of such indemnities.
We are subject to risks resulting from owning and controlling Infrastructure Assets outside of more developed economies.
The Company has been formed to own, control and operate Infrastructure Assets and related Joint Ventures with a long term investment horizon, primarily located in OECD countries in North America, Western Europe and Asia. A portion of its Infrastructure Assets may be located in less-developed or developing countries. The Company may also hold securities, properties and other assets organized in or subject to the laws of one or more countries in Western Europe, including countries with emerging economies, which may lack social, political and economic stability, and the legal systems of some countries in the region may lack transparency or could limit the protections available to non-U.S. investors, and the Company’s Infrastructure Assets could be subject to nationalization and confiscation without fair compensation. Owning and controlling non-U.S. Infrastructure Assets involves certain factors not typically associated with owning and controlling Infrastructure Assets in the United States, the European Economic Area (as currently constituted, the “EEA”) and other more developed countries, including risks relating to (a) currency exchange matters, including fluctuations in the rate of exchange between the United States dollar and non-U.S. currencies in which the Company’s foreign Infrastructure Assets are denominated, and costs associated with conversion of principal and income from one currency into another, (b) differences between U.S. and non-U.S. Infrastructure Assets and (c) the possible imposition of withholding or other taxes on income or gains recognized with respect to Infrastructure Assets. In addition, certain of these capital markets involve certain factors not typically associated with investing in established securities markets, including, without limitation, risks relating to: (i) differences arising from less developed securities markets, including potential price volatility in and relative illiquidity of some non-U.S. securities markets; (ii) the absence of uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards, practices and disclosure requirements and less government supervision and regulation, which may result in lower quality information being available and less developed corporate laws regarding fiduciary duties and the protection of investors, less developed bankruptcy laws and difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations; (iii) certain economic and political risks, including potential economic, political or social instability, exchange control regulations, restrictions on foreign investment and repatriation of capital (possibly requiring government approval, as described further herein), expropriation or confiscatory taxation and higher rates of inflation and reliance on a more limited number of commodity inputs, service providers and/or distribution mechanisms; (iv) potentially material and unpredictable governmental influence on the national and local economies; (v) fewer or less attractive financing and structuring alternatives and exit strategies; and (vi) the possible imposition of local taxes on income and gains recognized with respect
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to Infrastructure Assets. While the Manager intends, where deemed appropriate, to manage the Company in a manner that will minimize exposure to the foregoing risks, there can be no assurance that adverse developments with respect to such risks will not adversely affect the assets of the Company that are held, directly or indirectly, in certain countries.
Geographical concentration of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets may make the assets more susceptible to changing conditions of particular geographic regions.
The Company’s geographic diversification may be limited due to limited availability of suitable business opportunities. During periods of difficult market conditions or economic slowdown in certain regions and in countries that are members of the OECD in North America and Western Europe in particular, the adverse effect on the Company could be exacerbated by the geographic concentration of its Infrastructure Assets. The Company may seek to own and control several Infrastructure Assets in certain regions or sectors within a short period of time. To the extent that the Company’s Infrastructure Assets are concentrated in a particular company, investment or geographic region, its Infrastructure Assets will become more susceptible to fluctuations in value resulting from adverse economic or business conditions with respect thereto. For the Company to achieve attractive returns, one or a few of its Infrastructure Assets will need to perform very well. There are no assurances that this will be the case. In addition, the Company may acquire Infrastructure Assets alongside one or more KKR Vehicles. Furthermore, to the extent that the capital raised is less than the targeted amount and/or repurchase requests are significant, the Company may own and control fewer Infrastructure Assets and thus be less diversified.
Although the Company intends to target a portfolio of Infrastructure Assets, which will be structured through Joint Ventures, that is broadly diversified across a number of different infrastructure sectors, geographies and asset types, to the extent the Company’s Infrastructure Assets are concentrated in a particular market, the Company’s portfolio may become more susceptible to fluctuations in value resulting from adverse economic or business conditions affecting that particular market. In these circumstances and in other transactions where the Manager intends to refinance all or a portion of the capital invested, there will be a risk that such refinancing may not be completed, which could lead to an increased risk as a result of the Company having an unintended reduced diversification.
We face additional risks if we participate in contractual arrangements relating to aircraft leasing.
The Company could participate in platform arrangements and other contractual arrangements relating to aircraft leasing. The airline industry is cyclical and highly competitive. Airlines and related companies (including airports) are currently being affected by COVID-19 and could be affected by political or economic instability, terrorist activities, changes in national policy, competitive pressures on certain air carriers, fuel prices and shortages, labor stoppages, insurance costs, recessions, further world health issues and other political or economic events adversely affecting world or regional trading. The airline industry is highly sensitive to general economic trends and has been materially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Any further downturn in the global economy or in the relevant local economy could further adversely affect results of operations and financial conditions. Any such negative impact on the airline industry could increase the risk of any airline defaulting on the terms of any aircraft lease acquisitions made by the Company and the ability of the Company to source alternative airline operators to assume the obligations under such leases, which could adversely impact the performance of such acquisitions.
Risks Related to Our Structure
We will depend on the Manager and KKR to achieve our business objectives.
KKR and its subsidiaries, through their ownership of all of the Company’s outstanding Class G Shares, hold, directly and indirectly, all of the voting power of the Company. As the sole holder of the Company’s Class G Shares, KKR is able to control the appointment and removal of all members of the Board, including the Company’s independent directors, and, accordingly, exercises substantial influence over the Company and its Infrastructure Assets.
The success of the Company will therefore depend on the ability of the Manager and its affiliates to identify and consummate suitable investments and to dispose of Infrastructure Assets of the Company at a profit. The Company will rely on the skill and expertise of the Manager and the KKR Infrastructure Team, and others providing advice and services with respect to the Company. There can be no assurance that these key business professionals or other persons will continue to be associated with or available to the Manager or its affiliates throughout the life of the Company. The loss or reduction of the services of one or more of such persons could have an adverse impact on the Company.
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Termination Fee. The Management Agreement is expected to provide that the Manager may terminate the Management Agreement only if the Company defaults in the performance or observance of any material term, condition or covenant contained in the Management Agreement and the default continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice of the breach is given to the Company. We anticipate that the Management Agreement may be terminated upon the affirmative vote of all of our independent directors. We must will need to provide the Manager 180 days’ written notice of any termination. Upon termination, the Manager will be paid a Termination Fee. The Manager may terminate the Management Agreement if the Company becomes required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, with such termination deemed to occur immediately before such event, in which case the Company shall not be required to pay the Termination Fee. We anticipate that the Management Agreement will not be able to be terminated for any other reason, including if the Manager or KKR experience a change of control or due solely to the poor performance or under-performance of the Company’s operations or Infrastructure Assets, and the Management Agreement continues in perpetuity, until terminated in accordance with its terms. Because the Manager is an affiliate of KKR and KKR has a significant influence on the affairs of the Company, the Company may be unwilling to terminate the Management Agreement, even in the case of a default. If the Manager’s performance does not meet the expectations of shareholders, and the Company is unable or unwilling to terminate the Management Agreement, the Company is not entitled to terminate the agreement and the Company’s NAV per Share could decline. In addition, if our Management Agreement is terminated, we expect that the Management Agreement will obligate us to forfeit our controlling interest in any Joint Venture, which would likely require us to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and adversely affect an investment in our Shares. We also expect that the Management Agreement will require us to redeem any KKR Shares if the Management Agreement is terminated, which could require us to liquidate Infrastructure Assets at unfavorable times or prices, which may adversely affect an investment in our Shares.
Furthermore, although the KKR Infrastructure Team members and other investment professionals intend to devote sufficient time to the Company so that it can carry out its proposed activities, all of the KKR Infrastructure Team’s members (including key personnel such as Tara Davies and James Cunningham) are also responsible for the broader KKR Infrastructure platform and, as a result, not all of their business time will be devoted to the Company as they will be responsible for the day-to-day activities and investments of certain KKR Vehicles (including, without limitation, infrastructure funds, vehicles and/or accounts) as further described in “Other KKR Activities” below. In addition, KKR may from time to time establish KKR Vehicles that focus on investments that fall within and outside of the Company’s strategy and objective and KKR investment professionals (including certain of the Company’s team members) will spend time and attention on such KKR Vehicles.
Finally, although the Manager expects to have access to the appropriate resources, relationships, and expertise of KKR (subject to information-sharing policies and procedures with respect to KKR’s credit and private equity business and KKR’s broker-dealer affiliate), there can be no assurance that such resources, relationships, and expertise will be available for every transaction. In addition, investment professionals and committee members can be replaced or added over time or required to recuse themselves or otherwise be restricted from participating in any investment-related decision by the relevant committee because, for example, they have acquired confidential information relating to an investment through their involvement with a KKR Vehicle and applicable securities laws or regulations, contractual confidentiality obligations or other applicable legal or regulatory considerations restrict their ability to participate on behalf of the Company in the management of the relevant Infrastructure Asset. Modifications to KKR’s management, operating and investment procedures, which can be modified at any time, can also result in changes to the investment professionals and other resources that the Manager has access to with respect to the management of the Company and its Infrastructure Assets.
Before making a recommendation, the Manager will typically conduct due diligence that they deem reasonable and appropriate based on the facts and circumstances applicable to each Infrastructure Asset. Due diligence might entail evaluation of important and complex business, financial, tax, accounting, environmental and legal issues and assessment of cyber security and information technology systems. Outside consultants, legal advisors, accountants, investment banks and other third parties might be involved in the due diligence process to varying degrees depending on the type of asset. Such involvement of third-party advisors or consultants can present a number of risks primarily relating to the Manager’s reduced control of the functions that are outsourced. In addition, if the Manager and/or KKR are unable to timely engage third-party providers, their ability to evaluate and acquire more complex targets could be adversely affected. When conducting due diligence and making an assessment regarding an asset, the Manager and its affiliates will rely on the resources available to them, including information provided by the target and, in some circumstances, third-party investigations. The due diligence investigation that the Manager and its affiliates carry out with respect to an asset might
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not reveal or highlight all relevant facts that are necessary or helpful in evaluating such asset. In addition, instances of fraud and other deceptive practices committed by the management teams of targets could undermine the Manager’s due diligence efforts with respect to such companies. Moreover, such an investigation will not necessarily result in the Infrastructure Asset being successful. Conduct occurring at Infrastructure Assets, even activities that occurred prior to the Company’s ownership, could have an adverse impact on the Company.
Our ability to achieve our business objective depends on the ability of the Manager to identify, acquire and support our Infrastructure Assets.
The success of the Company will depend on the ability of the Manager and its affiliates to identify and select appropriate Infrastructure Assets, as well as the Company’s ability to acquire these Infrastructure Assets. The infrastructure sector in which the Company will own and control Infrastructure Assets has become highly competitive. The Company will be competing for Infrastructure Assets with operating companies, financial institutions, and entities specializing in engineering, and other institutional investors as well as private equity, hedge, infrastructure and investment funds. These investors could make competing offers for Infrastructure Asset opportunities identified by the Manager and its affiliates. As a result, such competition could mean that the prices and terms on which purchases of Infrastructure Assets are made could be less beneficial to the Company than would otherwise have been the case. No assurance is given that the Company’s business objectives will be achieved or that it will be able to successfully implement its business strategy. Also, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to exit from its Infrastructure Assets at attractive valuations. The Company likely will incur significant fees and expenses identifying, investigating, and attempting to acquire potential assets that the Company ultimately does not acquire, including fees and expenses relating to due diligence, transportation and travel, including in extended competitive bidding processes.
While the Manager generally intends to seek attractive returns for the Company primarily through owning and controlling Infrastructure Assets for the long term as described herein, the Manager may pursue additional business strategies and may modify or depart from its initial business strategy, process and techniques as it determines appropriate. The Manager may adjust the business strategy and guidelines at any time in light of changing market conditions or other considerations. The Manager may pursue Infrastructure Assets outside of the sectors or regions in which KKR has previously owned and controlled Infrastructure Assets. The Company could have short-term acquisitions, and the returns from these acquisitions are likely to be lower than the returns from typical Infrastructure Assets. Any projections/estimates regarding the number, size or type of Infrastructure Assets that the Company may own and control (or similar estimates) are estimates based only on the Manager’s intent as of the date of such statements and are subject to change due to market conditions and/or other factors (e.g., the Manager may determine to pursue on behalf of the Company one or more Infrastructure Asset opportunities that are larger or smaller than any target range described in this Registration Statement or in different geographies or sectors than described in this Registration Statement).
We will rely on the ability of the management teams of our Infrastructure Assets to implement any agreed-upon reorganization plans but cannot assure they will be able to do so in accordance with the Company’s expectations.
The day-to-day operations of each Infrastructure Asset that the Company owns and operates will be the responsibility of such Infrastructure Asset’s management team, which, in each case, could likely include representatives of investors with whom the Company is not affiliated and whose interests conflict with the interests of the Company. Although the Manager will be responsible for monitoring the performance of each Infrastructure Asset, the Company will rely significantly on the management teams and boards of directors of Infrastructure Assets acquired by the Company, including to effectively implement any agreed-upon reorganization plans. There can be no assurance that the existing management team of any Infrastructure Asset or any successor thereto will be able to operate such Infrastructure Asset in accordance with the Company’s expectations. Misconduct by management (or other employees) of an Infrastructure Asset could cause significant losses in respect of the relevant asset.
Our Infrastructure Assets may rely on third-party managers or operators which may fail to perform their duties adequately.
The management of the business or operations of an Infrastructure Asset might be contracted to a third-party manager or operator unaffiliated with the manager. The selection of a manager or operator is inherently based on subjective criteria, making the true performance and abilities of a particular manager or operator difficult to assess. Further, there are a limited number of management companies and operators with the expertise necessary to maintain
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and operate infrastructure and infrastructure-related projects successfully. Although it would be possible to replace any such operator, the failure of such an operator to perform its duties adequately or to act in ways that are in the Infrastructure Asset’s best interest, or the breach by an operator of applicable agreements or laws, rules and regulations, could have an adverse effect on the Infrastructure Asset’s financial condition or results of operations. A third-party manager could suffer a business failure, become bankrupt, or engage in activities that compete with an Infrastructure Asset. These and other risks, including the deterioration of the business relationship between the Company and the third-party manager, could have an adverse effect on an Infrastructure Asset. Should a third-party manager fail to perform its functions satisfactorily, it might be necessary to find a replacement operator, which could require the approval of a government or Regulatory Agency that has granted a concession with respect to the relevant Infrastructure Asset. It might not be possible to replace an operator in such circumstances, or do so on a timely basis, or on terms that are favorable to the Company.
There are various conflicts of interest in our relationship with KKR, including with our Manager and in the allocation of management resources to KKR Vehicles and us, which could result in decisions that are not in the best interests of our shareholders.
As of the date hereof, KKR and its subsidiaries owned all of our outstanding Class G Shares, providing them with special rights and privileges not available to other shareholders. As a result, KKR has the power to significantly influence our business and affairs and can exercise significant influence over the Company, including removing directors (including independent directors), electing directors and filling any vacancies on the Board. In addition, our Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of KKR, and certain of our executive officers are employees of KKR or one or more of its subsidiaries.
As further described under “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Potential Conflicts of Interest.” below, conflicts of interest will at times arise in allocating time, services, or resources among the business activities of the Company, KKR Vehicles, KKR-affiliated investment entities (including proprietary investment entities) and the executives of KKR. The Manager will devote such time as shall be necessary to conduct the business affairs of the Company in an appropriate manner. However, KKR, the Manager and their affiliates will continue to devote the resources necessary to manage KKR Vehicles and KKR-affiliated investment entities (including proprietary investment entities), and to manage the investment activities of the executives of KKR. KKR, the Manager and their affiliates are not precluded from conducting activities unrelated to the Company or KKR Vehicles. We believe that these other activities will not materially interfere with KKR’s or the Manager’s responsibilities to the Company. There is no guarantee that the policies and procedures adopted by us, the terms and conditions of the Management Agreement or the policies and procedures adopted by our Manager, KKR and their affiliates, will enable us to identify, adequately address or mitigate these conflicts of interest.
We would not be able to operate our business according to our business plans if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
The Company is not, and does not intend to become, regulated as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, and if the Company were deemed to be an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act, applicable restrictions could make it impractical for the Company to operate as contemplated.
The Company intends to operate its business in a manner permitting it to be excluded from the definition of an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act. Under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an “investment company” if it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an “investment company” if it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, and owns or proposes to acquire “investment securities” having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of U.S. Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis (the “40% test”). Excluded from the term “investment securities,” among other instruments, are U.S. Government securities and securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of “investment company” set forth in Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.
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Company expects that its interests in most, if not all, of its Joint Ventures will not constitute “investment securities” for purposes of the 40% test. Accordingly, the Company believes that it will not be considered an investment company under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act because it does not engage primarily or hold itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, through its Joint Ventures, the Company is primarily engaged in the businesses of its Joint Ventures, namely, the business of owning and controlling Infrastructure Assets.
The Company has not requested that the SEC approve its determination that it does not engage primarily or hold itself out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, and the SEC has not done so. If the SEC were to disagree with the Company’s determination, the Company would need to adjust its business strategy and its assets to continue to satisfy the 40% test. Any such adjustment in the Company’s strategy or assets could have a material adverse effect on the value of the Shares.
In order to ensure that the Company is not deemed to be an investment company, it may be required to materially restrict or limit the scope of its operations or plans. The Company will be limited in the types of acquisitions that it may make, and may need to modify its organizational structure or dispose of assets of which it would not otherwise dispose. A change in the value of the Company’s assets could cause the Company to fall within the definition of “investment company” inadvertently, and negatively affect the Company’s ability to maintain its exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act. To avoid being required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, the Company may be unable to sell assets it would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets it would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, the Company may have to acquire additional assets that it might not otherwise have acquired, or may have to forgo opportunities to acquire interests in Infrastructure Assets that it would otherwise want to acquire and that would be important to its business strategy.
The Investment Company Act provides certain protections to investors and imposes certain restrictions on companies that are required to be regulated as investment companies. Among other things, such rules limit or prohibit transactions with affiliates, impose limitations on the issuance of debt and equity securities and impose certain governance requirements. If the Company were required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, it would be impractical for the Company to operate as contemplated. Agreements and arrangements between and among the Company and the Manager would be impaired, the type and amount of acquisitions that the Company would be able to make as a principal would be limited and its business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely affected. Accordingly, the Company would be required to take extraordinary steps to address the situation, such as the amendment or termination of the Management Agreement, the restructuring of the Company and its Joint Ventures, the amendment of the Company’s LLC Agreement or the termination and liquidation of the Company, any of which could materially adversely affect the value of the Shares.
The Company expects that the Manager will terminate the Management Agreement if the Company becomes required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, with such termination deemed to occur immediately before such event. The Company expects that termination of the Management Agreement will obligate the Company to forfeit its controlling interest in any Joint Venture, which would likely require the Company to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and adversely affect an investment in the Company’s Shares.
If the Company were required to register as an investment company but failed to do so, the Company would be prohibited from engaging in its business, and civil actions could be brought against the Company, the Manager and their affiliates. In addition, the Company’s contracts would be unenforceable unless a court required enforcement, and a court could appoint a receiver to take control of the Company and liquidate its business.
If we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we would likely be treated as a publicly traded partnership that is subject to corporate income taxes.
If the Company were deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act, it would likely be subject to taxation as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such treatment could materially adversely affect the value of the Shares.
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Our LLC Agreement contains provisions that reduce or eliminate duties (including fiduciary duties) of our Board and limit remedies available to Shareholders for actions that might otherwise constitute a breach of duty. It will be difficult for Shareholders to successfully challenge a resolution of a conflict of interest in accordance with the LLC Agreement.
The LLC Agreement contains provisions that require holders of Shares to waive or consent to conduct by our Board or the Manager that might otherwise raise issues about compliance with fiduciary duties or applicable law. For example, the LLC Agreement provides that when directors or the employees the Manager are acting in their individual capacities, as opposed to in their capacity as members of our Board or employees of our Manager, respectively, they may act without any fiduciary obligations to holders of our Shares, whatsoever. When the Board is permitted to or required to make a decision in its “discretion” or that it deems “necessary or appropriate” or “necessary or advisable,” then the Board will be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including the interests of KKR and its affiliates and will not be subject to any different standards imposed by the LLC Agreement, the LLC Act or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity. These standards reduce the obligations to which the Board would otherwise be held.
The above modifications of fiduciary duties are expressly permitted by Delaware law. Hence, we and holders of our Shares will only have recourse and be able to seek remedies against directors if the directors breach their obligations pursuant to the LLC Agreement. Unless a director breaches her or his obligations pursuant to the LLC Agreement, we and holders of our Shares will not have any recourse against such director even if such director were to act in a manner that was inconsistent with traditional fiduciary duties. Furthermore, even if there has been a breach of the obligations set forth in the LLC Agreement, the LLC Agreement provides that members of the Board will not be liable to our Shareholders, for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising as a result of any act or omission or for any breach of contract (including a breach of the LLC Agreement) or any breach of duties (including breach of fiduciary duties) whether arising under the LLC Agreement, at law, in equity or otherwise, unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, (A) in respect of the matter in question, such member of the Board acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct or (B) the action or omission by such member of the Board was not made during the course of performing, or pursuant to, the Board’s duties. These provisions are detrimental to the holders of our Shares because they restrict the remedies available to Shareholders for actions that without such limitations might constitute breaches of duty including fiduciary duties.
Whenever a potential conflict of interest exists between us and KKR, the Manager or any of their respective affiliates, the Board may resolve such conflict of interest. If the Board determines that its resolution of the conflict of interest is on terms no less favorable to us than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or is fair and reasonable to us, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the Company), then it will be presumed that in making this determination, the Board acted in good faith. A holder of our Shares seeking to challenge this resolution of the conflict of interest would bear the burden of overcoming such presumption. This is different from the situation with a typical Delaware corporation, where a conflict resolution by an interested party would be presumed to be unfair and the interested party would have the burden of demonstrating that the resolution was fair.
Also, if the Board obtains the approval of our audit committee, the resolution will be deemed to be approved by all Shareholders of the Company and deemed not to be a breach by the Board of the LLC Agreement or any duties it may owe to the Company or holders of our Shares. This is different from the situation with a typical Delaware corporation, where a conflict resolution by a committee consisting solely of independent directors may, in certain circumstances, merely shift the burden of demonstrating unfairness to the plaintiff. If you purchase, receive or otherwise hold Shares, you will be treated as having consented to the provisions set forth in the LLC Agreement, including provisions regarding conflicts of interest situations that, in the absence of such provisions, might be considered a breach of fiduciary or other duties under applicable state law. As a result, Shareholders will, as a practical matter, not be able to successfully challenge an informed decision by the audit committee.
We have also agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties (as defined herein), to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnified Party, or for any breach of contract (including breach of the LLC Agreement) or any breach of duties (including breach of fiduciary duties) whether arising under the LLC Agreement,
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at law, in equity or otherwise We have agreed to provide this indemnification unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that the Indemnified Party’s action or omission constitutes fraud, willful misconduct or bad faith or the Indemnified Party’s actions or omissions were not made during the course of performing or pursuant to the Indemnified Party’s duties as a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee or agent of the Company or an affiliate thereof.
The Board may cause the Company to repurchase Shares from time to time or assign this right to KKR or its affiliates. The Board may use its own discretion, free of fiduciary duty restrictions, in determining whether to cause the Company to exercise this right. As a result, a member may have their Shares repurchased at an undesirable time or price. For additional information, see the LLC Agreement included as an exhibit to this Registration Statement.
Any claims, suits, actions or proceedings concerning the matters described above or any other matter arising out of or relating in any way to the LLC Agreement may only be brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, any other court in the State of Delaware with subject matter jurisdiction.
The Board, KKR, the Manager, our officers and their respective affiliates and certain service providers will be entitled to exculpation and indemnification resulting in limited right of action for Shareholders.
The LLC Agreement will include exculpation and indemnification provisions that will limit the circumstances under which the KKR, its affiliates and others can be held liable to the Company. Additionally, certain service providers to the Company, the Manager, their respective affiliates, agents and other persons, including, without limitation, KKR investment professionals and their respective affiliates, and placement agents and finders, will be entitled to exculpation and indemnification (in certain cases, on terms more favorable to them than those available to indemnitees, generally). The assets of the Company will be available to satisfy these indemnification obligations. Such indemnification obligations could materially impact the returns to Shareholders. Such obligations will survive the dissolution of the Company. See “Item 11. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered—Exculpation and Indemnification.” KKR and its affiliates will carry liability insurance (including “D&O” insurance) that is similar to that which other asset managers with similar businesses hold, and in amounts that are customary for the types of businesses that KKR and its affiliates operates. However, there is no guarantee that such insurance will be available to satisfy losses for which the Company is required to provide indemnification, and potential insurance claims will not delay the availability of the advances provided to indemnified persons under the LLC Agreement. Moreover, the state-law fiduciary duties of the Manager and its affiliates are modified pursuant to the terms of the LLC Agreement and to the extent permitted by law. As a result, the Shareholders will have a more limited right of action in certain cases than they would in the absence of such limitations.
We will have certain reporting obligations not applicable to private companies. We will need to make significant capital expenditures to be in compliance with certain regulations not applicable to private companies. Failure to comply with such regulations may have an adverse effect on our business.
We will be subject to regulations not applicable to private companies, such as provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Efforts to comply with such regulations will involve significant expenditures, and non-compliance with such regulations may adversely affect us.
We will be subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the related rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC. Our management will be required to report on our internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by the time we file our second annual report on Form 10-K. We are required to review on an annual basis our internal control over financial reporting, and on a quarterly and annual basis to evaluate and disclose changes in our internal control over financial reporting. As a new company, developing and maintaining an effective system of internal controls may require significant expenditures, which may negatively impact our financial performance and our ability to make distributions. This process also will result in a diversion of our management’s time and attention. We cannot be certain of when our evaluation, testing and remediation actions will be completed or the impact of the same on our operations. In addition, we may be unable to ensure that the process is effective or that our internal controls over financial reporting are or will be effective in a timely manner. In the event that we are unable to develop or maintain an effective system of internal controls and maintain or achieve compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and related rules, we may be adversely affected.
Our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to formally attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting until there is a public market for our shares, which is not expected to occur.
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We could be subject to review and approval by CFIUS or other regulatory agencies resulting in limitations or restrictions on our acquisitions and joint ventures.
Certain acquisitions by the Company that involve the acquisition of a business connected with or related to national security or that has a nexus to critical or sensitive sectors could be subject to review and approval by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) and/or non-U.S. national security/investment clearance regulators depending on the beneficial ownership and control of interests in the Company. In the event that CFIUS or another regulator reviews one or more of the Company’s proposed or existing Infrastructure Assets, there can be no assurances that the Company will be able to maintain, or proceed with, such acquisitions on terms acceptable to the Company. CFIUS or another regulator could impose limitations on or prohibit one or more of the Company’s acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets. Such limitations or restrictions could prevent the Company from maintaining or pursuing acquisitions, which could adversely affect the Company’s performance with respect to such acquisitions (if consummated) and thus the Company’s performance as a whole. These risks may also limit the attractiveness of, delay or prevent us from pursuing certain acquisitions that we believe would otherwise be attractive to the Company and our Shareholders.
In addition, certain of the Shareholders of the Company will be non-U.S. shareholders, and in the aggregate, may comprise a substantial portion of the Company’s Shareholders, which would increase both the risk that acquisitions could be subject to review by CFIUS, and the risk that limitations or restrictions will be imposed by CFIUS or other non-U.S. regulators on the Company’s Infrastructure Assets. In the event that restrictions are imposed on any acquisition by the Company due to the non-U.S. status of a Shareholder or group of Shareholders or other related CFIUS or national security considerations, the Manager could choose to restrict such Shareholder’s or such group of Shareholders’ ability to invest in or receive information with respect to any such Infrastructure Asset. However, there can be no assurance that any restrictions implemented on any such Shareholder or any such group of Shareholders will allow the Company to maintain, or proceed with, any acquisition.
We could become subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or ERISA and potential Controlled Group Liability.
We intend to conduct our affairs so that our assets should not be deemed to constitute “plan assets” of any Shareholder that is a “benefit plan investor” within the meaning of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Department of Labor, as modified by the Plan Asset Regulations.
If, notwithstanding our intent, the assets of the Company were deemed to be “plan assets” of any Shareholder that is a “benefit plan investor” within the meaning of ERISA and the Plan Asset Regulations, this would result, among other things, in (i) the application of the prudence and other fiduciary responsibility standards of ERISA to investments made by the Company and (ii) the possibility that certain transactions in which the Company might seek to engage could constitute “prohibited transactions” under ERISA and the Code. If a prohibited transaction occurs for which no exemption is available, the Manager and/or any other fiduciary that has engaged in the prohibited transaction could be required to (i) restore to the benefit plan investor any profit realized on the transaction and (ii) reimburse the benefit plan investor for any losses suffered by the benefit plan investor as a result of the investment. In addition, each disqualified person (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) involved could be subject to an excise tax equal to 15% of the amount involved in the prohibited transaction for each year the transaction continues and, unless the transaction is corrected within statutorily required periods, to an additional tax of 100%. The Fiduciary of a benefit plan investor who decides to invest in the Company could, under certain circumstances, be liable for prohibited transactions or other violations as a result of their investment in the Company or as co-fiduciaries for actions taken by or on behalf of the Company or the Manager. With respect to a benefit plan investor that is an IRA that invests in the Company, the occurrence of a prohibited transaction involving the individual who established the IRA, or his or her beneficiaries, would cause the IRA to lose its tax-exempt status.
We may require any person proposing to acquire our Shares to furnish such information as may be necessary to determine compliance with an exception under ERISA or the Plan Asset Regulations, including whether such person is a benefit plan investor. In addition, we have the power to (a) exclude any shareholder or potential shareholder from purchasing our Shares and (b) prohibit any redemption of our Shares if our Manager determines that there is a substantial likelihood that such holder’s purchase, ownership or redemption of Shares would result in our assets to be characterized as “plan assets,” for purposes of the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any applicable similar laws, and all Shares of the Company shall be subject to such terms and conditions.
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Under ERISA, upon the termination of a tax-qualified single employer defined benefit pension plan, the sponsoring employer and all members of its “controlled group” will be jointly and severally liable for 100% of the plan’s unfunded benefit liabilities whether or not the controlled group members have ever maintained or participated in the plan. In addition, the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”) may assert a lien with respect to such liability against any member of the controlled group on up to 30% of the collective net worth of all members of the controlled group. Similarly, in the event a participating employer partially or completely withdraws from a multiemployer (union) defined benefit pension plan, any withdrawal liability incurred under ERISA will represent a joint and several liability of the withdrawing employer and each member of its controlled group.
A “controlled group” includes all “trades or businesses” under 80% or greater common ownership. This common ownership test is broadly applied to include both “parent-subsidiary groups” and “brother-sister groups” applying complex exclusion and constructive ownership rules. However, regardless of the percentage ownership that the Company holds in one or more of its Infrastructure Assets, the Company itself cannot be considered part of an ERISA controlled group unless the Company is considered to be a “trade or business.”
While there are a number of cases that have held that managing investments is not a “trade or business” for tax purposes, in 2007 the PBGC Appeals Board ruled that a private equity fund was a “trade or business” for ERISA controlled group liability purposes and at least one Federal Circuit Court has similarly concluded that a private equity fund could be a trade or business for these purposes based upon a number of factors including the fund’s level of involvement in the management of its Infrastructure Assets and the nature of any management fee arrangements.
If the Company were determined to be a trade or business for purposes of ERISA, it is possible, depending upon the structure of the Infrastructure Assets by the Company and/or its affiliates and other co-investors in an Infrastructure Asset and their respective ownership interests in the Infrastructure Asset, that any tax-qualified single employer defined benefit pension plan liabilities and/or multiemployer plan withdrawal liabilities incurred by the portfolio entity could result in liability being incurred by the Company, with a resulting need for additional investments in the Company, the appropriation of Company assets to satisfy such pension liabilities and/or the imposition of a lien by the PBGC on certain Company assets. Moreover, regardless of whether or not the Company were determined to be a trade or business for purposes of ERISA, a court might hold that one of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets could become jointly and severally liable for another Infrastructure Asset’s unfunded pension liabilities pursuant to the ERISA “controlled group” rules, depending upon the relevant investment structures and ownership interests as noted above.
Failure to comply with Data Protection and Privacy Laws could lead to significant fines, sanctions and penalties.
The adoption, interpretation and application of consumer, data protection and/or privacy laws, regulations and standards (“Privacy Laws”) in the United States, Europe and elsewhere vary among jurisdictions, and are often uncertain and in flux. Compliance with Privacy Laws could significantly impact current and planned privacy and information security related practices, the collection, use, sharing, retention and safeguarding of personal data and current and planned business activities of the Manager and the Company, and as such could increase costs and require the dedication of additional time and resources to compliance for such entities. A failure to comply with such Privacy Laws by any such entity or their service providers could result in fines, sanctions or other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect the results of operations and overall business, as well as have a negative impact on reputation and Company performance. As Privacy Laws are implemented, interpreted and applied, compliance costs for the Company and/or its Infrastructure Assets are likely to increase, particularly in the context of ensuring that adequate data protection and data transfer mechanisms are in place.
Many U.S. states and foreign countries and governmental bodies, including the EU member states, have enacted and continued to enact Privacy Laws. For example, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective on May 25, 2018, and has resulted and will continue to result in significantly greater compliance burdens and costs for companies with customers, users, or operations in the EU and European Economic Area (“EEA”), The GDPR has direct effect in the EEA and has extraterritorial effect where non-EEA persons such as the Manager, the Company or their respective service providers process personal data in relation to the offering of goods and services to individuals in the EEA or the monitoring of the behavior of individuals in the EEA. The GDPR and its implementing legislation imposes several stringent requirements for controllers and processors of personal data and could make it more difficult and/or more costly for us to use and share personal data. The GDPR also imposes potentially significant penalties for non-compliance, which may result in monetary penalties of up to €20.0 million or 4% of a company’s worldwide annual revenue of the previous fiscal year, whichever is higher. Further, Brexit has
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created uncertainty with regard to the regulation of data protection in the U.K. As of the beginning of 2021 (when the transitional period following Brexit expired), data processors and controllers are required to comply with the GDPR as well as the U.K. equivalent, which exposes us to two parallel data protection regimes in Europe, each of which potentially authorizes similar fines and other potentially divergent enforcement actions for certain violations. Additionally, recent legal developments in Europe have created complexity and uncertainty regarding transfers of personal information from the EEA and the U.K. to the U.S. and other jurisdictions, which could lead to additional costs, complaints, and/or regulatory investigations or fines, and/or if we are otherwise unable to transfer personal data between and among countries and regions in which we operate, it could affect the manner in which we provide our services or the geographical location or segregation of our relevant systems and operations, and could adversely affect our financial results.
Furthermore, in the U.S. several state legislatures have passed comprehensive Privacy Laws, which have gone into effect or will soon go into effect, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), which was further expanded by the California Privacy Rights and Enforcement Act of 2020, or CPRA, which will take effect in most material respects on January 1, 2023 (with application to data collected beginning on January 1, 2022), as well as forthcoming laws in Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia. In addition, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and many state attorneys general are interpreting federal and state consumer protection laws to impose standards for the online collection, use, dissemination, and security of data. Such standards require us to publish statements that describe how we handle personal data and choices individuals may have about the way we handle their personal data. Further, laws in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and several U.S. territories can require businesses to provide notice to consumers whose personal data has been disclosed as a result of a data breach. Each of these broadly impacts businesses that handle various types of personal data, potentially including the Manager and its affiliates.
Infrastructure Assets are subject to Privacy Laws in the jurisdictions in which they operate. Compliance with current and future Privacy Laws could significantly impact current and planned privacy and information security related practices, the collection, use, sharing, retention and safeguarding of personal data and some of our current and planned business activities and as such could increase costs for the Company and/or Infrastructure Assets. Although the Company, the Manager and KKR intend to make reasonable efforts to comply with all Privacy Laws, we may not be successful in complying with the rapidly evolving privacy, data protection, and security requirements discussed above. Further, there can be no assurance that we will not be subject to regulatory or individual legal action, including fines, in the event of a security incident or other claim that a consumer’s privacy rights have been violated. Any actual or perceived failure to comply with our posted privacy policies, Privacy Laws, or any other legal obligations, such as contractual obligations, relating to privacy, data protection, security, breach notification or consumer protection, could result in regulatory scrutiny and increased exposure to the risk of litigation or the imposition of consent orders, resolution agreements, requirements to take particular actions with respect to training, policies or other activities, and civil and criminal penalties, including fines, which could have an adverse effect on our business, reputation, results of operations or financial condition. In addition, we could be required to fundamentally change our business activities and practices or modify our solutions and services, which could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition. Any of the foregoing could result in additional cost and liability to us, damage our reputation, inhibit sales, and adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.
Cybersecurity risks could result in the loss of data, interruptions in our business and damage to our reputation, and subject us to regulatory actions, increased costs and financial losses, each of which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
IT systems and related software applications, including those owned or controlled by third parties, are integral to our business. The Company, its Infrastructure Assets, the Manager, their affiliates and their service providers are subject to risks associated with a breach in cybersecurity, including business disruption and information security risks. A business disruption or outage could be caused by various events including pandemics, natural catastrophes, systems outages or a cybersecurity attack (see also “—Force Majeure events may adversely affect our assets” above). Cybersecurity is a generic term used to describe the technology, processes and practices designed to protect networks, systems, computers, programs and data from both intentional cyber-attacks and hacking by other computer users, as well as unintentional damage or interruption that, in either case, can result in damage and disruption to hardware and software systems, loss or corruption of data and/or misappropriation of confidential information. Cybersecurity attacks are increasing in frequency and severity and include, but are not limited to, malicious software, attempts to gain unauthorized access to data, disrupted denial of service attacks, ransomware attacks, and other electronic security breaches that could lead to disruptions in critical systems, unauthorized or unintended release of confidential or otherwise protected information, including, without limitation,
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personal information and information regarding the Shareholders and the Company’s business activities, and corruption of data. In particular, ransomware attacks are evolving and typically carried out via a form of malicious software designed to encrypt the files on and/or block access to the information system until the demanded ransom is paid, resulting in significant business disruption, financial losses (including potentially ransom payments and/or costs and expenses associated with engaging decryption specialists), reputational costs, and loss of data. Infrastructure Assets of entities such as the Company, broker-dealers, investment advisers, investment companies and service providers to such entities are especially vulnerable to ransomware attacks because they are seen as attractive targets that are more willing to pay the demanded ransom. Private fund managers who disclose information about their senior management executives in routine public filings, which is the case with respect to KKR, could also be targeted. The damage or interruptions to information technology systems might cause losses to the Company or the Shareholders, including, without limitation, by interfering with the processing and completion of transactions, affecting the Company’s ability to conduct valuations or impeding or sabotaging trading, or by damaging the Company’s Infrastructure Assets through direct economic losses or indirect losses from reputational harm or related litigation or regulatory action. The costs to us to eliminate or alleviate security problems, bugs, viruses, worms, malicious software programs and security vulnerabilities could be significant, and the efforts to address these problems could result in interruptions, delays, cessation of service and loss of existing or potential customers. The Company could also incur substantial costs as the result of a cybersecurity breach, including those associated with forensic analysis of the origin and scope of the breach, increased and upgraded cybersecurity, identity theft, unauthorized use of proprietary information, litigation, regulatory fines/penalties, adverse investor reaction, the dissemination of confidential and proprietary information and reputational damage. Any such breach could expose the Company and the Manager to civil liability as well as regulatory inquiry and/or action. The SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations has issued risk alerts regarding cybersecurity and the prevention of ransomware attacks, which remain one of its key examination priorities. Shareholders could also be exposed to losses resulting from unauthorized use or dissemination of their personal information. If a security breach or other incident were to result in the unauthorized access to or unauthorized processing of personal, sensitive or other regulated information, it may be necessary to notify individuals, governmental authorities, supervisory bodies and other parties pursuant to Privacy Laws. Affected users (including customers or third parties) or government authorities could initiate legal or regulatory actions against us in connection with any security breaches or improper disclosures of data, which could cause us to incur significant expense and liability or result in orders or consent decrees forcing us to modify our business practices. KKR does not control the cybersecurity systems put in place by third-party service providers, which could have limited indemnification obligations to KKR, the Company or any Infrastructure Asset of the Company, each of whom could be negatively impacted as a result.
The Company, its Infrastructure Assets, the Manager and their affiliates rely extensively on computer programs and systems (and likely will rely on new systems and technology in the future) for various purposes, including trading, clearing and settling transactions, evaluating certain investments, monitoring the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and net capital and generating risk management and other reports that are critical to oversight of the Company’s or its Infrastructure Assets’ activities. Certain of the Company’s, its Infrastructure Assets’, and the Manager’s operations will be dependent upon systems operated by third parties, including prime-broker(s), administrators, market counterparties and their sub-custodians and other service providers. The Company’s and its Infrastructure Assets’ service providers also depend on information technology systems and, notwithstanding the diligence that the Company or its Infrastructure Assets perform on their service providers, the Company or its Infrastructure Assets might not be in a position to verify the risks or reliability of such information technology systems. The failure, corruption, disruption or breach of one or more systems (including as a result of the occurrence of a disaster such as a cyber-attack, a natural catastrophe, an industrial accident, a terrorist attack or war, events unanticipated in the Manager’s disaster recovery systems, or a support failure from external providers) or the inability of such systems to satisfy a shareholder’s needs, including the execution of relevant transactions, could have a negative effect on the Manager’s ability to conduct business and thus, the Company, particularly if those events affect the Manager’s computer-based data processing, transmission, storage and retrieval systems or destroy the Manager’s data, which may result in liability and reputational damage. If a significant number of the Manager’s personnel were to be unavailable in the event of a disaster or other event, the Manager’s ability to effectively conduct the Company’s business could be severely compromised. The Company’s controls and procedures, business continuity systems and data security systems could prove to be inadequate. These problems could arise in the Company’s internally developed systems and the systems of third-party service providers.
Information and technology systems of the Manager, KKR and their affiliates (in addition to those of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets) could be vulnerable to damage or interruption from computer viruses, network failures, computer and telecommunication failures, infiltration by unauthorized persons and security breaches, usage errors by their respective
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professionals, power outages and catastrophic events such as fires, tornadoes, floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. Although the Manager and its affiliates have implemented various measures to manage risks relating to these types of events, and Infrastructure Assets are also expected to implement similar measures, if these systems are compromised, become inoperable for extended periods of time or cease to function properly, the Manager, the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and their affiliates might have to make a significant investment to fix or replace them. The failure of these systems and/or of disaster recovery plans for any reason could cause significant interruptions in the operations of the Manager, the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and their affiliates and result in a failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data, including personal information relating to the Shareholders (and the beneficial owners of the Shareholders). Such a failure could harm the reputation of the Manager, the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and their affiliates and could subject the Manager, the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and their affiliates to legal claims, and otherwise affect their business, financial performance and reputation.
Risks Related to an Investment in Our Shares
There is no market for the Shares and Shareholders will bear the risks of owning Shares for an extended period of time due to limited repurchases.
The Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act, the securities laws of any state or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and cannot be resold unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws or an exemption from registration is available. It is not contemplated that the Shares will ever be registered under the Securities Act or other securities laws. There is no public market for the Shares and none is expected to develop. Accordingly, there are no quoted prices for the Shares. A Shareholder will not be permitted to transfer its Shares, without the prior written consent of the Manager, which may be given or withheld in its sole discretion, except that the Manager will not unreasonably withhold its consent to the transfer by a Shareholder of all of its Shares to an affiliate of such Shareholder and to the admission of such affiliate as a substitute Shareholder if certain conditions set forth in the LLC Agreement are satisfied as reasonably determined by the Manager (or waived by the Manager in its sole discretion). In addition, there are substantial restrictions upon the repurchase of Shares under the LLC Agreement and applicable securities laws. Consequently, Shareholders must be prepared to bear the risks of owning Shares for an extended period of time (see “Item 1. Business—Share Repurchases”).
We may amend the LLC Agreement without Shareholder approval and Shareholders will not be entitled to vote for the election of directors or have any right to influence or control the Company’s operations.
The LLC Agreement can be amended from time to time generally by us in cooperation with KKR, without the consent of the Shareholders as set forth in the LLC Agreement, except that certain amendments require approval by the Board and/or Shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares. The LLC Agreement sets forth certain other procedures for its amendment, including provisions allowing us to amend the LLC Agreement without the consent of the Shareholders in certain circumstances. In addition, lenders to the Company will, under the terms of financing arrangements put in place with them, require us to seek lender approval of certain amendments to the LLC Agreement prior to the Board adopting any such amendment. The Company will file a Form 8-K with the SEC disclosing any amendments made to its LLC Agreement.
The voting power of the Company’s Shares is vested exclusively in the holders of the Class G Shares. KKR and its subsidiaries own and are expected to continue to own all of the Company’s outstanding Class G Shares and will have the sole ability to elect directors of the Company. Shareholders will have no opportunity to control the day-to-day operations, including acquisition and disposition decisions, of the Company. Shareholders must rely entirely on the Board, the Manager, KKR and their affiliates to conduct and manage the affairs of the Company and its Infrastructure Assets.
The amount of any distributions we may pay is uncertain. We may not be able to sustain the payment of distributions.
Distributions to Shareholders will be made only if, as and when declared by the Manager. Shareholders may or may not receive distributions. In addition, some of our distributions may include a return of capital. The Company cannot make assurances as to when or whether cash distributions will be made to Shareholders, the amount of any such distribution, or the availability of cash for any such distribution, since the ability to make distributions will be dependent upon the cash flow, capital raising, financial condition and other factors relating to the Company’s Infrastructure Assets. Such factors include the ability to generate sufficient cash from operations to pay expenses, service debt and to satisfy other liabilities as they come due. Furthermore, the Manager, in its sole discretion, may
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use or set aside cash for working capital purposes, or for the funding of present or future reserves or contingent liabilities, taxes, investment activities, actual or anticipated Management Fees. If the Manager determines that all or any portion of net capital event proceeds are not necessary for ongoing expenses (including debt payments and fees), anticipated acquisitions, capital expenditures and reserves, such amounts may be used to satisfy repurchase requests at the Manager’s discretion. Accordingly, the payment of cash distributions is subject to the discretion of the Manager. Neither the Manager nor any of its respective affiliates is obligated to support or guarantee any level of distributions. In addition, because the Manager does not charge a Management Fee on and KKR does not receive a Performance Participation Allocation for KKR Shares, the per Share amount of distributions on the KKR Shares could be higher compared to the Investor Shares.
Valuations of our assets are estimates of fair value and may not necessarily correspond to realizable value.
Within the parameters of the Company’s valuation policies and procedures, the valuation methodologies used to value the Company’s assets will involve subjective judgments and projections and that ultimately may not materialize. Ultimate realization of the value of an asset depends to a great extent on economic, market and other conditions beyond the Company’s control and the control of the Manager. Rapidly changing market conditions or material events may not be immediately reflected in the Company’s NAV.
Among the Company’s important features are the provisions relating to the purchase and repurchase of Shares. The valuation of Shares upon purchase (including any reinvestment of cash distributions in additional Shares), the amount payable upon repurchase to tendering investors and certain other valuations are generally based upon the Company’s NAV per Share as of the end of the immediately preceding month. The Company will rely on the Manager and its affiliates for valuation of the Company’s assets and liabilities.
The values of the Company’s assets are established in accordance with the Company’s valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. The valuation policies and procedures can be modified by the Board. The Company will primarily hold Infrastructure Assets and other assets that will not have readily assessable market values. The Manager will determine the estimated values of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and the Company will use the estimated values provided as well as inputs from other sources in computing the Company’s monthly NAV per Share.
The monthly valuations performed by the Manager may vary from similar valuations performed by any independent third parties for similar types of assets. The valuation of illiquid assets is inherently subjective and subject to increased risk that the information utilized to value such assets or to create the pricing models may be inaccurate or subject to other error. In addition, valuations rely on a variety of assumptions, including assumptions about projected cash flows for the remaining holding periods for the assets, market conditions at the time of such valuations and/or any anticipated disposition of the assets, legal and contractual restrictions on transfers that may limit liquidity, and any transaction costs related to, and the timing and manner of, any anticipated disposition of the assets, all of which may materially differ from the assumptions and circumstances on which the valuations are based. The value of the Company’s assets may also be affected by any changes in accounting standards, policies or practices as well as general economic, political, regulatory and market conditions and the actual operations of Infrastructure Assets, which are not predictable and can have a material impact on the reliability and accuracy of such valuations. As such, the carrying value of an asset may not reflect the price at which the asset could be sold in the market, and the difference between carrying value and the ultimate sales price could be material. Accordingly, such values may not accurately reflect the actual market values of the assets, and, thus, shareholders will likely make decisions as to whether to purchase or tender Shares without complete and accurate valuation information.
Determining the impact of these factors on the valuation of Infrastructure Assets involves a significant degree of judgment. Because valuations, and in particular valuations of assets for which market quotations are not readily available, are inherently uncertain, may fluctuate over short periods of time and may be based on estimates, the Manager’s fair value determinations may differ materially from the values that would have resulted if a ready market had existed.
During periods of market uncertainty and volatility, accurate valuations may be even more difficult to obtain. This is particularly true during periods of low transaction volume because there are fewer market transactions that can be considered in the context of a valuation. Changes in credit markets can also impact valuations and may have offsetting results when using discounted cash flow analysis for Infrastructure Assets that do not have readily observable market prices. For example, if applicable interest rates rise, then the assumed cost of capital for Infrastructure Assets would be expected to increase under the discounted cash flow analysis, and this effect would
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negatively impact their valuations if not offset by other factors. Rising U.S. interest rates may also negatively impact certain foreign currencies that depend on foreign capital flows.
In addition, Shareholders would be adversely affected by higher Management Fees and by higher Performance Participation Allocations if the Company’s NAV is overstated. Due to a wide variety of market factors and the nature of certain assets to be held by the Company, there is no guarantee that the value determined by the Company will represent the value that will be realized by the Company on a realization of the asset or that would, in fact, be realized upon an immediate disposition of the assets. See “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence—Potential Conflicts of Interest—Fees.”
Further, in connection with each subscription or repurchase of Shares, a Shareholder will receive an amount of Shares or cash, respectively, at a price that reflects the Company’s most recent calculated NAV (which generally will be the Company’s NAV as determined as of the last day of the immediately preceding calendar month). There is no requirement, and it is not anticipated, that a new valuation will be made in connection with any such purchase and related issuance of Shares and, as a result, the price paid for Shares may not accurately reflect the current NAV at the time of issuance.
Any discrepancy between the NAV of the Company used in connection with the repurchase or issuance and the actual NAV of the Company as of the date of such repurchase or issuance may have an adverse effect on the shareholder from whom shares are repurchased, the shareholder to whom Shares are issued or the Company as a whole, as applicable. Any such discrepancy may also lead the Company to dispose of more assets than necessary, and potentially at less advantageous prices. By way of example, in the event the Company were to liquidate assets in order to satisfy repurchase requests based on a determination of NAV of the Company used in connection with the repurchase that in retrospect turns out to be higher than the actual NAV of the Company as of the repurchase date, a repurchasing shareholder requesting to repurchase a certain percentage of its Shares may receive a greater amount of repurchase proceeds than the repurchase proceeds it should have received in respect of such repurchase, thereby adversely affecting remaining shareholders and the ability of the Company to employ the excess amounts paid out for the assets of the Company or other cash needs. If the Company were to borrow amounts to satisfy such repurchase request, the amounts borrowed might be higher than the amounts the Company would have borrowed had the correct NAV be used to calculate repurchase proceeds, and such higher borrowing may have an adverse effect on the remaining Shareholders. In addition, if a new purchase of Shares by a new shareholder is made based on such erroneously high NAV, the number of Shares issued to such new shareholder will be lower than the number of Shares it should have received.
Monthly NAV calculations are not governed by governmental or independent securities, financial or accounting rules or standards.
The methods we use to calculate our monthly NAV, which is the basis for the offering price for our shares offered and the investment value published in customer account statements for our shareholders, is not prescribed by the rules of the SEC or any other regulatory agency. Further, there are no accounting rules or standards that prescribe which components should be used in calculating monthly NAV, and our monthly NAV is not audited by our independent registered public accounting firm. We calculate and publish the NAV of our shares monthly solely for purposes of establishing the price at which we sell and repurchase our shares, and for publishing the value of each shareholder’s investment in us on such shareholder’s customer account statement, and our monthly NAV should not be viewed as a measure of our historical or future financial condition or performance. The components and methodology used in calculating our monthly NAV may differ from those used by other companies now or in the future. Errors may occur in calculating our monthly NAV, which could impact the price at which we sell and repurchase our shares.
We are a new company and have a limited operating history.
The Company and the Manager have limited operating history upon which prospective shareholders can evaluate their performance. Further, shareholder should draw no conclusions from the prior experience of the members of the KKR Infrastructure Team, whether or not they have been with KKR and involved in the Company or KKR funds, or the performance of any investments of KKR or its affiliates or of funds, vehicles or accounts sponsored or managed by any of them, and should not expect to achieve similar returns. The past performance of KKR’s investment funds, vehicles and accounts is not predictive of the Company’s performance, in particular because the structure, terms and objectives of certain of such funds, vehicles and accounts differ from the business objectives of the Company. The Company’s Infrastructure Assets are expected to differ from previous investments (including previous infrastructure investments) made by KKR in
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a number of respects. Also, some of the KKR investment personnel involved in the investments of KKR’s investment funds, vehicles and accounts may not be involved in the business activities of the Company. KKR has not previously sponsored or managed an operating company that owns and operates Infrastructure Assets for the long term pursuing the same primary business objective and strategy as the Company. Moreover, the Company is subject to all of the business risks and uncertainties associated with any new company, including the risk that it will not achieve its business objectives and that the value of Shares could decline substantially.
The Manager cannot provide assurance that it will be able to choose, make, and realize returns in any particular Infrastructure Asset. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to generate returns for the Shareholders or that the returns will be commensurate with the risks of owning and controlling the type of Infrastructure Assets described herein. There can be no assurance that any Shareholder will receive any distribution from the Company or liquid assets with respect to the repurchase of its Shares. Accordingly, a purchase of the Company’s Shares should only be considered by persons who can afford a loss of their entire investment.
Due to the nature of Infrastructure Assets, shareholders will have limited liquidity and may not receive a full return of their invested capital if they elect to have their shares repurchased by the Company.
A purchase of the Company’s shares requires a long-term commitment, with no certainty of return and should be viewed as an illiquid investment. Infrastructure Assets are generally less liquid and involve longer hold periods than traditional monthly NAV equity investments, and, in the case of the Company, certain Infrastructure Assets may be held for the long-term. Investments in infrastructure projects can be difficult or impossible to realize. Since there is no established market for the Shares, and none is expected to develop, a shareholder of the Company will be unable to realize its investment readily and may encounter difficulty ascertaining the market value of its Shares. Shares in the Company will be subject to restrictions on resales under applicable securities laws. It is uncertain as to when profits, if any, will be realized by a shareholder and if such shareholder will realize profits from the Company prior to the Company repurchasing its Shares. Losses on unsuccessful Infrastructure Assets may be realized before gains on successful Infrastructure Assets are realized. Furthermore, the expenses of operating the Company (including any fees payable to the Manager (or an affiliate thereof)) may exceed its income, thereby requiring that the difference be paid from the Company’s assets. As noted above, it is also uncertain when liquid assets will be available to meet a shareholder’s repurchase request. Whether the Company has sufficient liquidity to meet a shareholder’s request for repurchase will be determined by the Manager. The Company will not be obligated to liquidate any asset in order to meet repurchase requests and because of the illiquid nature of Infrastructure Assets, the Company may not have sufficient cash flow to meet repurchase requests at any given time. If the Manager determines there is insufficient liquidity to meet repurchase requests, such requests will be delayed until the Manager determines there is sufficient liquidity; such delay may be significant. The Company intends to primarily own Infrastructure Assets for the long term, which will be structured through Joint Ventures. The number of potential purchasers and sellers is expected to be limited. This factor could have the effect of limiting the availability of Infrastructure Assets for purchase by the Company and will also limit the ability of the Company to sell Infrastructure Assets at their fair market value in response to changes in the economy or financial markets. Illiquidity could also result from legal or contractual restrictions on their resale.
The realizable value of a highly illiquid Infrastructure Asset at any given time could be less than its intrinsic value. In addition, certain types of Infrastructure Assets owned by the Company are likely to require a substantial length of time to liquidate. As a result, the Company could be unable to realize its business objectives by sale or other disposition at attractive prices or could otherwise be unable to complete any exit strategy.
A purchase of the Company’s shares is suitable only for sophisticated investors and an investor must have the financial ability to understand and the willingness to accept the extent of its exposure to the risks and lack of liquidity inherent in a purchase of the Company’s shares. Shareholders should consult their professional advisors to assist them in making their own legal, tax, regulatory, accounting and financial evaluation of the merits and risks of a purchase of the Company’s shares in light of their own circumstances and financial condition.
Certain investments by the Company may be in securities that are or become publicly traded and are therefore subject to the risks inherent in investing in public securities. Such investments will involve economic, political, interest rate, and other risks, any of which could result in an adverse change in the market price. In addition, in some cases the Company will be prohibited by contract or other limitations from selling such securities for a period of time so that the Company is unable to take advantage of favorable market prices.
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There is no public trading market for Shares of the Company; therefore, a Shareholder’s ability to dispose of its Shares will likely be limited to repurchase by us. If a Shareholder sells its Shares to us, the Shareholder may receive less than the price it paid.
There is no current public trading market for shares of the Company, and we do not expect that such a market will ever develop. Therefore, repurchase of shares by us will likely be the only way for a shareholder to dispose of its shares. We expect to continue to repurchase shares at a price equal to the transaction price of the class of shares being repurchased on the date of repurchase (which will generally be equal to our prior month’s NAV per share) and not based on the price at which a shareholder initially purchased its shares. As a result, a shareholder may receive less than the price it paid for it shares when the shareholder sells them to us pursuant to our share repurchase plan. See “Item 1. Business—Share Repurchases.”
A shareholder’s ability to have its shares repurchased through our share repurchase plan is limited.
We may choose to repurchase fewer shares than have been requested to be repurchased, in our discretion at any time, and the amount of shares we may repurchase is subject to caps. Further, the Board may make exceptions to, modify or suspend our share repurchase plan if it deems such action to be in our best interest and the best interest of our shareholders.
We may choose to repurchase fewer shares than have been requested in any particular month to be repurchased under our share repurchase plan, or none at all, in our discretion at any time. We may repurchase fewer shares than have been requested to be repurchased due to lack of readily available funds because of adverse market conditions beyond our control, the need to maintain liquidity for our operations or because we have determined that acquiring or continuing to hold Infrastructure Assets is a better use of our capital than repurchasing our shares. In addition, the aggregate NAV of total repurchases is limited, in any calendar month, to shares whose aggregate value is no more than 2% of our aggregate NAV (measured using the aggregate NAV as of the end of the immediately preceding month) and, in any calendar quarter, to shares whose aggregate value is no more than 5% of our aggregate NAV (measured using the average aggregate NAV at the end of the immediately preceding three months).
Further, our Board may make exceptions to, modify, or suspend our share repurchase plan if in its reasonable judgment it deems such action to be in our best interest and the best interest of our shareholders. The Board cannot terminate our share repurchase plan absent a liquidity event which results in our shareholders receiving cash or securities listed on a national securities exchange or where otherwise required by law. If the full amount of all shares of the Company requested to be repurchased in any given month is not repurchased, funds will be allocated pro rata based on the total number of shares of the Company being repurchased without regard to class and subject to the volume limitation. All unsatisfied repurchase requests must be resubmitted after the start of the next month or quarter, or upon the recommencement of the share repurchase plan, as applicable.
The vast majority of our assets consist of Infrastructure Assets that cannot generally be readily liquidated without impacting our ability to realize full value upon their disposition. Therefore, we may not always have a sufficient amount of cash to immediately satisfy repurchase requests. Should repurchase requests, in our judgment, place an undue burden on our liquidity, adversely affect our operations or risk having an adverse impact on the Company as a whole, or should we otherwise determine that acquiring or continuing to hold Infrastructure Assets rather than repurchasing our shares is in the best interests of the Company as a whole, then we may choose to repurchase fewer shares than have been requested to be repurchased, or none at all. Upon suspension of our share repurchase plan, our share repurchase plan requires our Board to consider at least quarterly whether the continued suspension of the plan is in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders; however, we are not required to authorize the recommencement of the share repurchase plan within any specified period of time. As a result, a shareholder’s ability to have its shares repurchased by us may be limited and at times the shareholder may not be able to liquidate its investment. See “Item 1. Business—Share Repurchases—Repurchase Limitations.”
Economic events that may cause our shareholders to request that we repurchase their shares may materially and adversely affect our cash flows, our results of operations and financial condition.
Economic events could cause our shareholders to seek to sell their shares to us pursuant to our share repurchase plan at a time when such events are adversely affecting the performance of our assets. Even if we decide to satisfy all resulting repurchase requests, our cash flow could be materially adversely affected. In addition, if we determine to sell assets to satisfy repurchase requests, we may not be able to realize the return on such assets that we may have been able to achieve had we sold at a more favorable time, and our results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.
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The Company may require a Shareholder to have their shares repurchased at any time in its sole discretion.
The Company may require a Shareholder to surrender and have all or any portion of its Shares repurchased at any time if the Company determines that it would be in the interest of the Company, as determined by the Board, for the Company to repurchase the Shares. To the extent the Company requires the mandatory repurchase of any Shares of any Shareholder, such repurchase will not be subject to the repurchase limits under the Company’s share repurchase plan, unless otherwise determined by the Company in its sole discretion. See “Item 1. Business—Share Repurchases—Mandatory Repurchases.”
Holders of Class R Shares may have their shares automatically converted to Class I Shares.
The Company expects that holders of Class R Shares will generally purchase Class R Shares in connection with select intermediaries that have negotiated selling agreements with the Dealer Manager. Under the terms of the LLC Agreement, if an intermediary fails to arrange for purchases and subscriptions by clients of such intermediary amounting to at least $250 million during the 12-month period following the intermediary’s execution of the selling agreement with the Dealer Manager, holders of Class R Shares that were purchased through that intermediary will automatically converted into Class I Shares. Accordingly, after such a conversion, holders of such converted Shares will bear the Management Fee charged on Class I Shares, which is higher than the Management Fee charged on Class R Shares.
Payment of the Management Fee or Performance Participation Allocation in Shares will dilute a shareholder’s interest in the Company
At the Manager’s election, the Company will pay the Manager all or a portion of its Management Fees in Class F Shares in lieu of paying the Manager an equivalent amount of such Management Fee in cash, which will dilute the interests of Investor Shares issued by the Company. In addition, the Company may pay KKR all or a portion of its Performance Participation Allocation in Class F Shares in lieu of paying KKR an equivalent amount of such Performance Participation Allocation in cash, which will similarly dilute the interests of Investor Shares issued by the Company.
Shareholders holding Shares through accounts regulated by ERISA, such as individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and 401(k) plans, may be subject to additional regulatory and tax risks.
If the assets of the Company were deemed to be “plan assets” within the meaning of the Plan Asset Regulations, this would result, among other things, in (i) the application of the prudence and other fiduciary responsibility standards of ERISA to investments made by the Company, and (ii) the possibility that certain transactions in which the Company might seek to engage could constitute “prohibited transactions” under ERISA and the Code. Fiduciaries of benefit plan investors who decide to invest in the Company could, under certain circumstances, be liable for prohibited transactions or other violations as a result of their investment in the Company or as co-fiduciaries for actions taken by or on behalf of the Company or the Manager and would not be protected from liability resulting from our decisions. With respect to an IRA that invests in the Company, the occurrence of a prohibited transaction involving the individual who established the IRA, or his or her beneficiaries, would cause the IRA to lose its tax-exempt status.
Risks Related to Our Liquidity Portfolio
We may hold corporate bonds.
Corporate bonds include a wide variety of debt obligations of varying maturities issued by U.S. and foreign corporations (including banks) and other business entities. Bonds are fixed or variable rate debt obligations, including bills, notes, debentures and similar instruments and securities. We may hold U.S. dollar-denominated corporate bonds and may also hold bonds denominated in foreign currencies.
We may hold corporate bonds that are below investment grade quality. Corporate bonds rated below investment grade quality (that is, rated below “BBB-” by Standard & Poor’s Corporation (“S&P”) or Fitch Ratings, Inc. (“Fitch”), below “Baa3” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”) or comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”) are commonly referred to as “high yield” securities or “junk bonds.” Issuers of securities rated BB+/Ba1 are regarded as having current capacity to make principal and interest payments but are subject to business, financial or economic conditions which could adversely affect such payment capacity. Corporate bonds rated BBB- or Baa3 or above are considered “investment grade” securities. Corporate
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bonds rated Baa are considered medium grade obligations that lack outstanding investment characteristics and have speculative characteristics, while corporate bonds rated BBB are regarded as having adequate capacity to pay principal and interest. Corporate bonds rated below investment grade quality are obligations of issuers that are considered predominately speculative with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal according to the terms of the obligation and, therefore, carry greater investment risk, including the possibility of issuer default and bankruptcy and increased market price volatility. Corporate bonds rated below investment grade tend to be less marketable than higher-quality securities because the market for them is less broad. The market for corporate bonds unrated by any NRSRO is even narrower. During periods of thin trading in these markets, the spread between bid and asked prices is likely to increase significantly and we may have greater difficulty selling these securities. We will be more dependent on the Manager’s research and analysis when investing in these securities.
The ratings of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch generally represent their opinions as to the quality of the bonds they rate. These ratings are relative and subjective, are not absolute standards of quality, are subject to change and do not evaluate the market risk and liquidity of the securities. Consequently, bonds with the same maturity, coupon and rating may have different yields while obligations of the same maturity and coupon with different ratings may have the same yield.
We may hold bonds across broad segments of the bond market. If we hold a significant portion of our assets in one segment, we will be more susceptible to economic, business, political, regulatory and other developments generally affecting issuers in such segment of the corporate bond market.
The debt of infrastructure companies is subject to the risks associated with companies operating in the infrastructure space. Infrastructure companies may be subject to a variety of factors that may adversely affect their business or operations, including high interest costs in connection with capital construction programs, high leverage, costs associated with environmental and other regulations, the effects of economic slowdown, surplus capacity, increased competition from other providers of services, uncertainties concerning the availability of fuel at reasonable prices, the effects of energy conservation policies and other factors. Other factors that may affect the operations of infrastructure companies include difficulty in raising capital in adequate amounts on reasonable terms in periods of high inflation and unsettled capital markets, inexperience with and potential losses resulting from a developing deregulatory environment, increased susceptibility to terrorist acts or political actions, and general changes in market sentiment towards infrastructure assets.
We may be subject to the risk of commercial mortgage backed securities (“CMBS”).
CMBS are, generally, securities backed by obligations (including certificates of participation in obligations) that are principally secured by mortgages on real property or interests therein having a multifamily or commercial use, such as regional malls, other retail space, office buildings, industrial or warehouse properties, hotels, nursing homes and senior living centers. CMBS are subject to particular risks, including lack of standardized terms, shorter maturities than residential mortgage loans and payment of all or substantially all of the principal only at maturity rather than regular amortization of principal. Additional risks may be presented by the type and use of a particular commercial property. Special risks are presented by certain property types. Commercial property values and net operating income are subject to volatility, which may result in net operating income becoming insufficient to cover debt service on the related mortgage loan. The repayment of loans secured by income-producing properties is typically dependent upon the successful operation of the related real estate asset rather than upon the liquidation value of the underlying real estate. Furthermore, the net operating income from and value of any commercial property is subject to various risks, including changes in general or local economic conditions and/or specific industry segments; the solvency of the related tenants; declines in real estate values; declines in rental or occupancy rates; increases in interest rates, real estate tax rates and other operating expenses; changes in governmental rules, regulations and fiscal policies; acts of God; terrorist threats and attacks; and social unrest, civil disturbances, epidemics and other public crises. Consequently, adverse changes in economic conditions and circumstances are more likely to have an adverse impact on mortgage-related securities secured by loans on commercial properties than on those secured by loans on residential properties. In addition, commercial lending generally is viewed as exposing the lender to a greater risk of loss than one- to four- family residential lending. Commercial lending, for example, typically involves larger loans to single borrowers or groups of related borrowers than residential one- to four- family mortgage loans.
The exercise of remedies and successful realization of liquidation proceeds relating to CMBS is also highly dependent on the performance of the servicer or special servicer. In many cases, overall control over the special servicing of related underlying mortgage loans will be held by a “directing certificate holder” or a “controlling class representative,” which is appointed by the holders of the most subordinate class of CMBS in such series. We may
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not have the right to appoint the directing certificate holder. In connection with the servicing of the specially serviced mortgage loans, the related special servicer may, at the direction of the directing certificate holder, take actions with respect to the specially serviced mortgage loans that could adversely affect our interests. There may be a limited number of special servicers available, particularly those that do not have conflicts of interest.
The Manager will value our potential CMBS investments based on loss-adjusted yields, taking into account estimated future losses on the mortgage loans included in the securitization’s pool of loans, and the estimated impact of these losses on expected future cash flows. The Manager’s loss estimates may not prove accurate, as actual results may vary from estimates. In the event that the Manager overestimates the pool level losses relative to the price the Fund pays for a particular CMBS investment, we may experience losses with respect to such investment. Credit markets, including the CMBS market, have periodically experienced decreased liquidity on the primary and secondary markets during periods of market volatility. Such market conditions could re-occur and would impact the valuations of our investments and impair our ability to sell such investments if we were required to liquidate all or a portion of our CMBS investments quickly. Additionally, certain securities investments, such as horizontal or other risk retention investments in CMBS, may have certain holding period and other restrictions that would limit our ability to sell such investments.
We may be subject to residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) risk.
RMBS are, generally, securities that represent interest in a pools of residential mortgage loans secured by one to four family residential mortgage loans. Our holdings of RMBS are subject to the risks of defaults, foreclosure timeline extension, fraud, home price depreciation and unfavorable modification of loan principal amount, interest rate and amortization of principal accompanying the underlying residential mortgage loans. To the extent that assets underlying our holdings of RMBS are concentrated geographically, by property type or in certain other respects, we may be subject to certain of the foregoing risks to a greater extent. In the event of defaults on the residential mortgage loans that underlie our investments in RMBS and the exhaustion of any underlying or any additional credit support, we may not realize our anticipated return on our holdings and we may incur a loss on these holdings.
We may also acquire non-agency RMBS, which are backed by residential property but, in contrast to agency RMBS, their principal and interest are not guaranteed by federally chartered entities such as the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and, in the case of Ginnie Mae, the U.S. government. In addition, we may hold government mortgage pass-through securities, which represent participation interests in pools of residential mortgage loans purchased from individual lenders by a federal agency or originated by private lenders and guaranteed by a federal agency, including those issued or guaranteed by Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Ginnie Mae certificates are direct obligations of the U.S. Government and, as such, are backed by the “full faith and credit” of the United States. Fannie Mae is a federally chartered, privately owned corporation and Freddie Mac is a corporate instrumentality of the United States. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac certificates are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States but the issuing agency or instrumentality has the right to borrow, to meet its obligations, from an existing line of credit with the Treasury. The Treasury has no legal obligation to provide such line of credit and may choose not to do so.
Our holdings of pass-through certificates, securitization vehicles or other special purpose entities (collectively, “asset-backed securities”) may involve risks that differ from or are greater than risks associated with other types of instruments.
Asset-backed securities may be more sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates than other securities. In addition, prepayment on the underlying assets may have the effect of shortening the weighted average maturity of the portfolio assets of such entities and may lower their return. The asset-backed securities we may hold are also subject to risks associated with their structure and the nature of the underlying assets and the servicing of those assets; for this reason, many of the other risks described herein are relevant to the asset-backed securities to which we may have exposure. There is risk that the underlying debt securities will default and that recovery on repossessed collateral might be unavailable or inadequate to support payments on the underlying investments. Payment of interest and repayment of principal on asset-backed securities, as well as the return associated with an equity investment in an asset-backed security, is largely dependent upon the cash flows generated by the underlying loans or other assets backing the securities. The risks and returns for holders like us in asset-backed securities depend on the tranche in which the holder has an interest. The debt tranche(s) are entitled to receive payment before the equity if the cash flow generated by the underlying assets is insufficient to allow the vehicle to make payments on all of the tranches. The debt tranche(s), therefore, may receive higher credit ratings (if rated) and the equity tranche may be considered more speculative. Many asset-backed securities we may hold may be difficult to value and may be deemed illiquid.
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Asset-backed securities may have the effect of magnifying our exposure to changes in the value of the underlying assets and may also result in increased volatility in our NAV. This means we may have the potential for greater gains, as well as the potential for greater losses, than if we owned the underlying asset directly. The value of an investment in our Shares may be more volatile and other risks tend to be compounded if and to the extent that we are exposed to asset-backed securities. In the event that the market for asset-backed securities experiences high volatility and a lack of liquidity, the value of many asset-backed securities may decline. Any mishandling of related documentation by a servicer may also affect the rights of the security holders in and to the underlying collateral.
Collateralized Bond Obligations, Collateralized Loan Obligations and other Collateralized Debt Obligations are subject to additional risk.
We may hold collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”), collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and other collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”) and other similarly structured securities. CBOs, CLOs and CDOs are types of asset-backed securities. A CBO is a trust which is often backed by a diversified pool of high risk, below investment grade fixed income securities. A CLO is a trust typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include, among others, domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans and subordinate commercial real estate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade or equivalent unrated loans. Other CDOs are trusts backed by other types of assets representing obligations of various parties. CBOs, CLOs and other CDOs may charge management fees and administrative expenses. The risks of an investment in a CBO, CLO or other CDO depend largely on the type of the collateral securities and the class of the instrument we hold. CBOs, CLOs and other CDOs may carry additional risks including, but are not limited to: (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the possibility that the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; (iii) the possibility that holdings of CBOs, CLOs and other CDOs are subordinate to other classes or tranches thereof; and (iv) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of acquisition and may produce disputes with the issuer or unexpected investment results.
Risks Related to Taxation
The Company’s ability to make distributions depends on it receiving sufficient cash distributions from its underlying operating subsidiaries, and we cannot assure our Shareholders that our Company will be able to make cash distributions to them in amounts that are sufficient to fund their tax liabilities.
In general, a Shareholder must include in income its allocable share of our Company’s items of income (including any deemed distributions from any subsidiary which may be treated as a “personal holding company”), gain, loss and deduction for each of our Company’s fiscal years ending with or within such Shareholder’s tax year. See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”. However, the cash distributed to a Shareholder may not be sufficient to pay the full amount of such Shareholder’s tax liability in respect of its investment in our Company, because each Shareholder’s tax liability depends on such Shareholder’s particular tax situation and the tax treatment of the underlying activities or assets of the Company, including any taxes payable by subsidiary entities. If the Company is unable to or decides not to distribute cash in amounts that are sufficient to fund a Shareholder’s tax liabilities, each Shareholder will still be required to pay income taxes on its share of the Company’s taxable income and will need to fund such liability from other sources.
If the Company or the Operating Subsidiaries were to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the value of our Shares might be adversely affected.
The value of our Shares to Shareholders will depend in part on the treatment of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries as flow-through entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, in order for the Company to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, under present law, 90% or more of the Company’s gross income for every taxable year must consist of “qualifying income”, as defined in Section 7704 of the Code, and the Company must not be required to register, if it were a U.S. corporation, as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and related rules. Although the Company intends to operate in a manner such that it will not need to be registered as an investment company if it were a corporation and so that it will meet the 90% test described above in each taxable year, the Company may not meet these requirements, or current law may change so as to cause, in either event, the Company to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If the Company (or the Operating Subsidiaries) were treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences could result for the Shareholders and the Company, as described in greater detail in “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Flow-Through Status of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries”.
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Changes in tax laws related to partnerships and the “qualifying income” exception under the “publicly traded partnership” provisions may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s qualification as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The Company intends to operate in a manner to enable it to be taxable as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and intends to rely on the “qualifying income” exception to treatment as a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The tax rules governing partnerships, publicly traded partnerships, and the “qualifying income exception” are complex and subject to change. Given the highly complex nature of the rules governing partnerships, the ongoing importance of factual determinations, the lack of direct guidance with respect to the application of tax laws to the activities we are undertaking and the possibility of future changes in its circumstances, it is possible that we will not so qualify for any particular year. If the Company (or the Operating Subsidiaries) were treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences could result for the Shareholders and the Company, as described in greater detail in “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Flow-Through Status of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries”.
The Company structure involves complex provisions of U.S. federal income tax law for which no clear precedent or authority may be available. The tax characterization of the Company structure is also subject to potential legislative, judicial, or administrative change and differing interpretations, possibly on a retroactive basis.
The U.S. federal income tax treatment of Shareholders depends in some instances on determinations of fact and interpretations of complex provisions of U.S. federal income tax law for which no clear precedent or authority may be available. Shareholders should be aware that the U.S. federal income tax rules, particularly those applicable to partnerships, are constantly under review by the Congressional tax-writing committees and other persons involved in the legislative process, the IRS, the Treasury Department and the courts, frequently resulting in changes which could adversely affect the value of the Shares or cause the Company to change the way it conducts its activities. For example, changes to the U.S. federal tax laws and interpretations thereof could make it more difficult or impossible for the Company to be treated as a partnership that is not taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, change the character or treatment of portions of the Company’s income, reduce the net amount of distributions available to Shareholders, or otherwise affect the tax considerations of owning Shares. If the Company (or the Operating Subsidiaries) were treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences could result for the Shareholders and the Company, as described in greater detail in “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Flow-Through Status of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries”.
To meet U.S. federal income tax and other objectives, the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries may invest through U.S. and non-U.S. subsidiaries that are treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such subsidiaries may be subject to corporate income tax or be classified as PFICs or CFCs.
The Company may structure certain acquisitions through entities classified as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Such investments will be structured as determined in the sole discretion of the Manager, generally to ensure that the Company is classified as a partnership and not a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, to avoid generating UBTI, and to provide simplified tax reporting for Shareholders. No assurances can be provided that the Company’s investment structures will achieve their intended results. To meet these objectives, the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries may invest through U.S. and non-U.S. subsidiaries that are treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such subsidiaries may be subject to corporate income tax. Consequently, items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit realized in the first instance by the operating entities will not flow, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, directly to the Operating Subsidiaries, the Company, or Shareholders, and any such income or gain may be subject to a corporate income tax, in the United States or other jurisdictions, at the level of such subsidiary. Any such additional taxes may adversely affect the Company’s ability to maximize its cash flow and returns to Investors.
In addition, if any such entity were a non-U.S. corporation, it might be considered a PFIC or CFC, which may result in additional income tax reporting or payment obligations. See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Passive Foreign Investment Companies” and “—Controlled Foreign Corporations”. Because Shareholders will be located in numerous taxing jurisdictions and subject to different tax rules, no assurance can be given that any such investment structure will benefit all Shareholders to the same extent, including any structures or investments utilizing leverage. Any such investment structure may result in additional indirect taxes liabilities for certain Shareholders.
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Tax-exempt organizations may face certain adverse U.S. tax consequences from owning Shares if the Company generates “unrelated business taxable income”.
The Company anticipates that any operating assets held by the Company will be held through entities that are treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes to avoid generating income connected with the conduct of a trade or business (which income generally would constitute “unrelated business taxable income” (“UBTI”) to the extent allocated to a tax-exempt organization, including a tax-exempt account). However, neither the Company nor the Operating Subsidiaries are prohibited from incurring indebtedness, and no assurance can be provided that the Company will not generate UBTI. In particular, UBTI includes income attributable to debt-financed property, and the Company is not prohibited from financing the acquisition of property with debt. See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—U.S. Taxation of Tax-Exempt U.S. Holders of Our Shares.”
If the Company were engaged in a U.S. trade or business, non-U.S. persons would face certain adverse U.S. tax consequences from owning Shares.
The Company intends to use commercially reasonable efforts to structure the activities of the Company and the Operating Subsidiaries to avoid generating income treated as effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, other than with respect to entities classified as United States real property holding corporations (“USRPHCs”). If notwithstanding such intention, the Company were deemed to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business, Non-U.S. Holders generally would be required to file U.S. federal income tax returns and could be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax at the highest marginal U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to ordinary income. In addition, gain or loss from the sale of Shares by a Non-U.S. Holder would be treated as effectively connected with such trade or business (including to the extent of USRPHCs held by the Company) to the extent that such Non-U.S. Holder would have had effectively connected gain or loss the Company sold all of its assets at their fair market value as of the date of such sale. In such case, any such effectively connected gain generally would be taxable at the regular graduated U.S. federal income tax rates, and the amount realized from such sale generally would be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax.
The Company’s delivery of required tax information for a taxable year may be subject to delay, which could require a Shareholder who is a U.S. taxpayer to request an extension of the due date for such Shareholder’s income tax return.
The Company intends to provide U.S. tax information (including IRS Schedule K-1 information needed to determine a unitholder’s allocable share of our partnership’s income, gain, losses, and deductions) 75 days after the close of each calendar year. However, providing this U.S. tax information to Shareholders will be subject to delay in the event of, among other reasons, the late receipt of any necessary tax information from lower-tier entities. It is therefore possible that, in any taxable year, a Shareholder will need to apply for an extension of time to file such Shareholder’s tax returns.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) may not agree with certain assumptions and conventions that the Company uses in order to comply with applicable U.S. federal income tax laws or that the Company uses to report income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit to Shareholders.
The Company will apply certain assumptions and conventions in order to comply with applicable tax laws and to report income, gain, deduction, loss, and credit to Shareholders in a manner that reflects such Shareholders beneficial ownership of the Company, taking into account variation in ownership interests during each taxable year. However, these assumptions and conventions may not be in compliance with all aspects of the applicable tax requirements. A successful IRS challenge to such assumptions or conventions could adversely affect the amount of tax benefits available to Shareholders and could require that items of income, gain, deduction, loss, or credit, including interest deductions, be adjusted, reallocated or disallowed in a manner that adversely affects our Shareholders. See “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”.
If the IRS makes an audit adjustment to the Company’s income tax returns, it may assess and collect any taxes (including penalties and interest) resulting from such audit adjustment directly from us, in which case cash available for distribution to Shareholders might be substantially reduced.
If the IRS makes an audit adjustment to the Company’s income tax returns, it may assess and collect any taxes (including penalties and interest) resulting from such audit adjustment directly from the Company instead of Shareholders. We may be permitted to elect to have Shareholders take such audit adjustment into account in
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accordance with their interests in the Company during the taxable year under audit. However, there can be no assurance that we will choose to make such election or that it will be available in all circumstances. If we do not make the election, and we pay taxes, penalties, or interest as a result of an audit adjustment, then cash available for distribution to Shareholders might be substantially reduced. As a result, current Shareholders might bear some or all of the cost of the tax liability resulting from such audit adjustment, even if the current Shareholders did not own Shares during the taxable year under audit.
Under the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010 (“FATCA”), certain payments made or received by the Company may be subject to a 30% federal withholding tax, unless certain requirements are met.
Under FATCA, a 30% withholding tax may apply to certain distributions made by the Company to a Shareholder, unless certain requirements are met, as described in greater detail “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”. To ensure compliance with FATCA, information regarding certain Shareholders’ ownership of Shares may be reported to the IRS or to a non-U.S. governmental authority. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers regarding the consequences under FATCA of an investment in Shares.
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ITEM 2.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Overview
The Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company on September 23, 2022. The Company has a limited operating history and was formed to own and control a portfolio of Joint Ventures and Infrastructure Assets globally.
Basis of Presentation
Our financial statements will be prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, which requires the use of estimates, assumptions and the exercise of subjective judgment as to future uncertainties. Our financial statements will be prepared using the accounting and reporting guidance in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies, or ASC Topic 946.
Revenues
We plan to generate revenues primarily from our long-term ownership and operation of Joint Ventures and Infrastructure Assets which may consist of dividend income, interest income, and net realized gains or losses and net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation of Infrastructure Assets.
Expenses
Management Fee
For a discussion of the management fee payable to the Manager, see “Item 1. General Development of Business—Management Agreement—Compensation of the Manager.”
Performance Participation Allocation
KKR is allocated the “Performance Participation Allocation” equal to 12.5% of the Total Return attributable to Investor Shares subject to a 5.0% annual Hurdle Amount and a High Water Mark with 100% Catch-Up (each as defined below). Such allocation will be measured and allocated or paid quarterly and accrued monthly (subject to pro-rating for partial periods) payable either in cash or in Class F Shares. Specifically, KKR is allocated a Performance Participation Allocation in an amount equal to:
First, if the Total Return for the applicable period exceeds the sum of (i) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (ii) the Loss Carryforward Amount (any such excess, “Excess Profits”), 100% of such Excess Profits until the total amount allocated to KKR equals 12.5% of the sum of (x) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (y) any amount allocated to KKR pursuant to this clause (any such amount, the “Catch-Up”); and
Second, to the extent there are remaining Excess Profits, 12.5% of such remaining Excess Profits.
KKR will also be allocated a Performance Participation Allocation with respect to all Investor Shares that are repurchased in connection with repurchases of shares in an amount calculated as described above with the relevant period being the portion of the Reference Period for which such share was outstanding, and proceeds for any such share repurchases will be reduced by the amount of any such Performance Participation Allocation.
KKR may elect to receive the Performance Participation Allocation in cash and/or Class F Shares. If the Performance Participation Allocation is paid in Class F Shares, such shares may be repurchased at KKR’s request and will be subject to the limitations of the Repurchase Plan.
“Total Return” for any period since the end of the prior Reference Period shall equal the sum of:
(i)
all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on Investor Shares outstanding at the end of such period since the beginning of the then-current Reference Period; plus
(ii)
the change in aggregate NAV of such Investor Shares since the beginning of the Reference Period before giving effect to (x) changes resulting solely from the proceeds of issuances of the Investor Shares, (y) any allocation/accrual to the Performance Participation Allocation and (z) applicable Servicing Fee expenses (including any payments made to the Company for payment of such expenses).
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For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of Total Return will (i) include any appreciation or depreciation in the NAV of Investor Shares issued during the then-current Reference Period, (ii) treat any withholding tax on distributions paid by or received by the Company as part of the distributions accrued or paid on Investor Shares, (iii) exclude the proceeds from the initial issuance of such shares and (iv) exclude any taxes (whether paid, payable, accrued or otherwise) of any intermediate entity through which the Company indirectly invests in a portfolio company, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Manager.
“Hurdle Amount” for any period during a Reference Period means that amount that results in a 5.0% annualized internal rate of return on the NAV of Investor Shares outstanding at the beginning of the then-current Reference Period and all Investor Shares issued since the beginning of the then-current Reference Period, calculated in accordance with recognized industry practices and taking into account the timing and amount of all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on all such shares but excluding applicable expenses for the Servicing Fee.
The ending NAV of Investor Shares used in calculating the internal rate of return will be calculated before giving effect to any allocation/accrual to the Performance Participation Allocation and applicable expenses for the Servicing Fee. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Hurdle Amount for any period will exclude any Investor Shares repurchased during such period, which shares will be subject to the Performance Participation Allocation upon repurchase as described above.
Except as described in “Loss Carryforward Amount” below, any amount by which Total Return falls below the Hurdle Amount will not be carried forward to subsequent periods.
KKR will not be obligated to return any portion of the Performance Participation Allocation paid due to the subsequent performance of the Company.
“Loss Carryforward Amount” shall initially equal zero and shall cumulatively increase by the absolute value of any negative quarterly Total Return and decrease by any positive quarterly Total Return; provided, that the Loss Carryforward Amount shall at no time be less than zero and provided further that the calculation of the Loss Carryforward Amount will exclude the Total Return related to any Investor Shares repurchased during the applicable Reference Period, which Shares will be subject to the Performance Participation Allocation upon repurchase as described above. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to Shares repurchased during the applicable Reference Period, the Loss Carryforward Amount shall not include amounts that would have been attributable to such repurchased Shares had such Shares not been repurchased during the applicable Reference Period. The effect of the Loss Carryforward Amount is that the recoupment of past quarterly Total Return losses will offset the positive quarterly Total Return for purposes of the calculation of the Performance Participation Allocation. This is referred to as a “High Water Mark”.
“Reference Period” means the period ending March 31st, June 30th, September 30th or December 31st.
Servicing Fee
Participating broker dealers will receive ongoing distribution and servicing fees (a) of 0.85% of NAV per annum for Class S Shares and Class U Shares only (consisting of a 0.60% distribution fee (the “Distribution Fee”) and a 0.25% shareholder servicing fee (the “Servicing Fee”)), accrued and payable monthly and (b) of 0.25% for Class D Shares only (all of which constitutes payment for shareholder services, with no payment for distribution services) in each case as accrued, and payable monthly. None of Class I Shares, Class R Shares or the KKR Shares will incur Distribution or Servicing Fees. All or a portion of the Servicing Fee may be used to pay for sub-transfer agency, sub-accounting and certain other administrative services. The Company also pays for certain sub-transfer agency, sub-accounting and administrative services outside of the Servicing Fee.
Administration
For further information regarding the reimbursement of the costs and expenses incurred by the Manager, as applicable, in performing certain administrative obligations see “Item 1. Business—General Development of Business—Management Agreement—Compensation of the Manager—Our Administrator above and “—Company Expenses” below.
Organizational and Offering Expenses
The Company will reimburse the Manager for organization and offering costs incurred prior to the commencement of operations of the Company (including legal, accounting, printing, mailing, subscription processing
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and filing fees and expenses, due diligence expenses of participating broker-dealers supported by detailed and itemized invoices, costs in connection with preparing sales materials, design and website expenses, fees and expenses of the Company).
Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement
Pursuant to an Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement, through and including December 31, 2023, the Manager has agreed to forgo an amount of its monthly Management Fee and pay, absorb or reimburse certain expenses of the Company, to the extent necessary so that, for any fiscal year, the Company’s annual “Specified Expenses” (defined below) do not exceed 0.60% of the Company’s net assets as of the end of each calendar month. The Company has agreed to carry forward the amount of any foregone Management Fees and expenses paid, absorbed or reimbursed by the Manager, when and if requested by the Manager, within three years from the end of the month in which the Manager waived or reimbursed such fees or expenses, but only if and to the extent that Specified Expenses plus any recoupment do not exceed 0.60% of the Company’s net assets at the end of each calendar month. The Manager may recapture a Specified Expense in the same year it is incurred. This arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 without the Board’s consent. “Specified Expenses” is defined to include all expenses incurred in the business of the Company, including organizational and offering costs, with the exception of (i) the Management Fee, (ii) the Performance Participation Allocation, (iii) the Servicing Fee, (iv) the Distribution Fee, (v) Infrastructure Asset or Joint Venture level expenses, (vi) brokerage costs or other investment-related out-of-pocket expenses, including with respect to unconsummated transactions, (vii) dividend/interest payments (including any dividend payments, interest expenses, commitment fees, or other expenses related to any leverage incurred by the Company), (viii) taxes, (ix) ordinary corporate operating expenses (including costs and expenses related to hiring, retaining and compensating employees and officers of the Company), (x) certain insurance costs and (xi) extraordinary expenses (as determined in the sole discretion of the Manager).
Company Expenses
The Company will bear all expenses of its operations, including, without limitation, expenses incurred by the Company, as well as all fees, costs and expenses fairly allocable to the Company, including: (a) fees, costs and expenses of outside counsel, accountants, auditors, appraisers, valuation experts, consultants, administrators, custodians, depositaries, trustees and other similar outside advisors and service providers with respect to the Company and its Infrastructure Assets (including allocable compensation and expenses of Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors and allocable fees and expenses of KKR Capstone related to the Company’s activities, and including the cost of any valuation of, or fairness opinion relating to, any Infrastructure Asset or other asset or liability, or potential transaction, of the Company); (b) fees, costs and expenses of identifying, investigating (and conducting diligence with respect to), evaluating, structuring, consummating, holding, monitoring or selling potential and actual Infrastructure Assets, including (i) brokerage commissions, clearing and settlement charges, investment banking fees, bank charges, placement, syndication and solicitation fees, arranger fees, sales commissions and other investment, execution, closing and administrative fees, costs and expenses; (ii) any travel-related costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including costs and expenses of accommodations and meals, costs and expenses related to attending trade association meetings, conferences or similar meetings for the purposes of evaluating actual or potential business opportunities, including with respect to travel on non-commercial aircraft, costs of travel at a comparable business class commercial airline rate), including any such expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the portfolio management committees; (iii) expenses associated with portfolio and risk management, including Hedging Transactions, currency hedging and other similar arrangements for hedging purposes; (iv) fees, costs and expenses incurred in the organization, operation, administration, restructuring or winding-up, dissolution, liquidation and termination of any entities through which the Company acquires assets; and (v) fees, costs and expenses of outside counsel, accountants, auditors, consultants (including KKR Capstone) and other similar outside advisors and service providers incurred in connection with designing, implementing and monitoring participation by Infrastructure Assets in compliance and operational “best practices” programs and initiatives; and (vi) fees, costs and expenses (including allocable compensation and overhead of KKR Personnel engaged in the foregoing activities) incurred in connection with assessing and reporting the social and environmental impact and environmental, social and governance performance of Infrastructure Assets and potential Infrastructure Assets (including fees, costs and expenses payable to BSR (formerly, “Business for Social Responsibility”) and/or any similar third-party service provider) and of outside counsel, accountants, auditors, consultants and other similar outside advisors and service providers incurred in connection with designing, implementing and monitoring any impact assessment program; (c) any taxes, fees or other governmental charges levied against the Company or on its income or assets or in connection with its business or operations, including the business or operations of any entities through which the Company invests, and
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preparation expenses in connection with such governmental charges or to otherwise comply with applicable tax reporting obligations or any legal implementation of such regimes, but excluding any amounts to the extent that the Company has been reimbursed therefor; (d) fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding by any taxing authority or incurred in connection with any governmental inquiry, investigation or proceeding, in each case, involving or otherwise applicable to the Company, including the amount of any judgments, settlements, remediation or fines paid in connection therewith, excluding, any fine or penalty paid by KKR or any of its affiliates to a governmental body of competent jurisdiction on the basis of a finding that KKR or its affiliate has breached a fiduciary duty to the Company or the Shareholders (for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing does not include any fine or penalty related to activities taken by KKR or its affiliates on behalf of the Company); (e) fees, costs and expenses of the Board and any third-party advisory committees (including, without limitation, (1) travel, accommodation, meal, event, entertainment and other similar fees, costs and expenses in connection with meetings of the Board (including such fees, costs and expenses incurred with respect to non-Independent Directors) and (2) the fees, costs and expenses of any legal counsel or other advisors retained by, or at the direction or for the benefit of, the Board; (f) fees, costs and expenses of holding any annual or other information meeting of the Shareholders (including (1) meal, event, entertainment and other similar fees, costs and expenses and (2) travel and accommodation costs of KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors and Capstone Executives attending such annual or other information meetings (including with respect to travel on non-commercial aircraft, costs of travel at a comparable business class commercial airline rate)); (g) the portion fairly allocable to the Company of fees, costs and expenses (including allocable compensation and expenses of KKR Personnel who are attorneys, accountants and tax advisors or professionals) incurred in connection with legal, regulatory and tax services provided on behalf of the Company, its Infrastructure Assets and compliance with U.S. federal, state or local law or other non-U.S. law or other law and regulation relating to the Company’s activities (including expenses relating to the preparation and filing of reports and notices to be filed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”), reports, filings, disclosures and notices prepared in connection with the laws and/or regulations of jurisdictions in which the Company engages in activities and/or any other regulatory filings, notices or disclosures of the KKR Advisors and/or their respective affiliates relating to the Company and its activities; (h) fees, costs and expenses associated with the Company’s administration, the administration of assets, financial planning and treasury activities, the preparation and delivery of all of the Company’s financial statements, tax returns and Schedule K-1s (including any successors thereto), reporting on impact and ESG-related matters, subscriptions, distribution notices, other reports and notices and other required or requested information (including the cost of any third-party administrator that provides accounting and administrative services to the Company), fees, costs and expenses incurred to audit such reports, provide access to such reports or information (including through a website or other portal) and any other operational, secretarial or postage expenses relating thereto or arising in connection with the distribution thereof (and including, in each case, technology development and support with respect to such activities, other administrative support therefor and allocable compensation and overhead of KKR Personnel engaged in the aforementioned activities and KKR Personnel providing oversight of any third-party administrator engaged in the aforementioned activities); (i) principal, interest on and fees, costs and expenses relating to or arising out of all borrowings made by the Company, including fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation and establishment of the relevant credit facility, credit support or other relevant arrangements with respect to such borrowings or related to securing the same by mortgage, pledge or other encumbrance, if applicable; (j) fees, costs and expenses related to the offering of Shares (including expenses associated with updating the offering materials, expenses associated with printing such materials, expenses associated with subscriptions and redemptions, and travel expenses relating to the ongoing offering of Shares) or a transfer of Shares or repurchase (but only to the extent not paid or otherwise borne by the transferring Shareholder and/or the assignee of the transferring Shareholder, as applicable); (k) fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any amendments, restatements or other modifications to, and compliance with the PPM, this Registration Statement, the LLC Agreement, any other constituent or related documents of the Company, including the solicitation of any consent, waiver or similar acknowledgment from the Shareholders or preparation of other materials in connection with compliance (or monitoring compliance) with such documents; (l) fees, costs and expenses related to procuring, developing, implementing or maintaining information technology, data subscription and license-based services, research publications, materials, equipment and services, computer software or hardware and electronic equipment used in connection with providing services to the Company (including in connection with reporting and valuations), in connection with identifying, investigating (and conducting diligence with respect to) or evaluating, structuring, consummating (including license fees and maintenance costs for workflow technology that facilitates the closing of acquisitions by, among other things, managing allocations (as between the Company or other relevant persons, conflicts of interest and compliance with law, all in accordance with policies and procedures established by KKR and its affiliates), holding, monitoring or selling potential and actual Infrastructure Assets, or in connection with obtaining or performing research related to potential or
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actual acquisitions, industries, sectors, geographies or other relevant market, economic, geopolitical or similar data or trends, including risk analysis software; (m) premiums and fees for insurance for the benefit of, or allocated to, the Company (including directors’ and officers’ liability, errors and omissions or other similar insurance policies, and any other insurance for coverage of liabilities incurred in connection with the activities of, or on behalf of, the Company, including an allocable portion of the premiums and fees for one or more “umbrella” policies that cover the Company, KKR and its affiliates) and costs of ERISA fidelity bonds; (n) expenses of any actual or potential litigation or other dispute related to the Company or any actual or potential acquisition (including expenses incurred in connection with the investigation, prosecution or defense of litigation and the appointment of any agents for service of process on behalf of the Company) and other extraordinary expenses related to the Company or such acquisitions (including fees, costs and expenses classified as extraordinary expenses under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States) and the amount of any judgments, fines, remediation or settlements paid in connection therewith, directors and officers, liability or other insurance (including title insurance) and indemnification (including advancement of any fees, costs or expenses to persons entitled to indemnification) or extraordinary expense or liability relating to the affairs of the Company, in each case, to the extent such costs, expenses and amounts relate to claims or matters that are otherwise entitled to indemnification under applicable law; (o) fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the dissolution and liquidation of the Company; (p) all other costs and expenses of the Company and its affiliates in connection with the business or operation of the Company and its Infrastructure Assets; and (q) Broken Deal Expenses (as defined in the LLC Agreement) (excluding such expenses that have been netted against Other Fees) (collectively, “Company Expenses”). For the avoidance of doubt, Company Expenses may include any of the fees, costs, expenses and other liabilities described above incurred in connection with services provided, or other activities engaged in, by KKR and its affiliates, in addition to third parties. In determining the amount of Company Expenses that may be fairly allocable to the Company and to any KKR Vehicles that may participate in joint ventures with the Company, the Manager and its affiliates will take into account such factors as they deem appropriate, including, for example, committed or available capital of the Company and KKR Vehicles, the amount of capital historically invested, or remaining invested, in a particular investment or similar investments, the aggregate net asset value of the Company and KKR Vehicles and the percentage of similar investments in which the Company or KKR Vehicles have historically participated.
The Company will bear any extraordinary expenses it may incur, including any litigation expenses.
Hedging
The Company may, but is not obligated to, engage in hedging transactions for the purpose of efficient portfolio management. The Manager may review the Company’s hedging policy from time to time depending on movements and projected movements of relevant currencies and interest rates and the availability of cost-effective hedging instruments for the Company at the relevant time.
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have not yet commenced commercial activities. KKR and its subsidiaries have made an initial capital contribution of $1,000 in cash, in exchange for 40 Class G Shares. The Company may issue Class E Shares to KKR in connection with the Company’s acquisition of additional assets in the future. KKR currently holds all of the Company’s outstanding Class G Shares. As of October 25, 2022, KKR was our only Shareholder.
We expect to generate cash primarily from (i) the net proceeds of our continuous Private Offering, (ii) cash flows from our operations, (iii) any financing arrangements we may enter into in the future and (iv) any future offerings of our equity or debt securities.
Our primary use of cash will be for (i) acquisition of Infrastructure Assets, (ii) the cost of operations (including the Management Fee and Performance Participation Allocation), (iii) debt service of any borrowings, (iv) periodic repurchases, including under the Repurchase Program (as described herein), and (v) cash distributions (if any) to the holders of our Shares to the extent declared by the Manager.
Related Parties
See “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence” for a description of certain transactions and relationships with related parties.
ITEM 3.
PROPERTIES
Our corporate headquarters are located at 30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, and are provided by the Manager. We believe that our office facilities are suitable and adequate for our business as it is contemplated to be conducted.
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ITEM 4.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
We have not yet commenced commercial activities. KKR and its subsidiaries have made an initial capital contribution of $1,000 in cash, in exchange for 40 Class G Shares to facilitate the acquisition of the Company’s initial assets. KKR currently holds all of the outstanding Class G Shares issued by the Company. As of October 25, 2022, KKR was our only Shareholder.
ITEM 5.
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The Company’s Board has overall responsibility for the management and supervision of the business operations of the Company. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any of its rights, powers and authority to, among others, the officers of the Company, the Executive Committee, any committee of the Board or the Manager. Our Board consists of six members, three of whom are independent directors, as such term is defined in Section 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual.
Board of Directors and Executive Officers
Information regarding the Board and executive officers are set forth below:
Name
Year of
Birth
Position
Position
Held Since
Non-Independent Directors:
 
 
 
Raj Agrawal
1973
Chairman of the Board
2022
James Cunningham
1978
Director
2022
Tara Davies
1977
Director
2022
Independent Directors:
 
 
 
Joshua Mills
1971
Director
2022
Phillip Nolan
1953
Director
2022
John W. Somerhalder II
1956
Director
2022
Executive Officers:
 
 
 
Tara Davies
1977
Chief Executive Officer
2022
James Cunningham
1978
Chief Investment Officer
2022
Michael Ryan
1975
Chief Operating Officer
2022
Each director will hold office until his or her death, resignation, removal or disqualification. The address for each of our directors is c/o 30 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001.
Each officer holds office at the pleasure of the Board until his or her successor is duly appointed and qualified.
Biographical Information
Directors
Our directors have been divided into two groups — Independent Directors and Non-Independent Directors.
Non-Independent Directors
Raj Agrawal joined KKR in 2006, has 25 years of experience and is our Chairman of the Board. He is the Global Head of KKR’s Infrastructure business and helps oversee KKR’s Impact and Energy investing businesses. He is Chairman of the Infrastructure Investment Committee and serves as a member of the Infrastructure Portfolio Management Committee, the Impact Investment Committee and the Energy Investment Committee. He oversees a global infrastructure portfolio in sectors including, among others, telecommunications, energy transition, utilities, asset leasing, transportation, and waste. Prior to joining KKR, he was a vice president with Warburg Pincus, where he was involved in the execution and oversight of a number of investments in the energy and infrastructure sector. Mr. Agrawal’s prior experience also includes Thayer Capital Partners, where he played a role in the Firm’s business and manufacturing services investments, and McKinsey & Company, where he provided strategic, merger, and acquisition advice to clients in a variety of industries. He holds a B.A., Honors and Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, from Stanford University and an M.B.A., Arjay Miller Scholar, from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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James Cunningham joined KKR in 2017, is a director of K-INFRA, and a KKR Partner on the Infrastructure team. Mr. Cunningham is a member of the KKR Infrastructure Portfolio Management Committee. Mr. Cunningham is currently on the Board of Directors representing KKR’s investments in Clearway Community Energy, Refresco, Sempra Infrastructure, Colonial Pipeline, Rocky Mountain Midstream and Genesis Energy (observer). Prior to joining KKR, he was a managing director with Denham Capital where he led a number of investments in the energy and infrastructure space. Prior to joining Denham Capital, Mr. Cunningham was a vice president with Goldman Sachs in the investment banking division and started his career with Accenture. Mr. Cunningham holds a B.A. in Business from Southwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Tara Davies joined KKR in 2016, is the CEO and a director of K-INFRA, and serves as KKR’s Global Head of Core Infrastructure and Co-Head of European Infrastructure. Ms. Davies is a member of the KKR Infrastructure Investment Committee and KKR Infrastructure Portfolio Management Committee. Ms. Davies is currently on the Board of Directors of Telxius, a global tower and cable company based in Spain; Viridor, a UK waste to energy business, X-Elio, a global solar developer based in Spain and John Laing, a global PPP platform. Ms. Davies is also Deputy Board Member of Finnish DSO Caruna. She was previously on the Board of Directors for an Abu Dhabi midstream company in joint venture with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company; Acciona, a global onshore renewable business; and Calisen, a U.K.-based gas and electricity smart metering business. Ms. Davies also sits on the board of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association, an association that promotes private investment in Infrastructure. Ms. Davies has spent over 20 years in the global infrastructure industry working in both Sydney and London. Prior to joining KKR, she was a senior managing director and head of mergers and acquisitions for Macquarie Group’s infrastructure advisory arm in London, having also spent a number of years in the infrastructure funds division where her focus was on investing in core infrastructure. Ms. Davies began her career at Price Waterhouse and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Sydney.
Independent Directors
Joshua Mills served as General Counsel of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. from April 2005 until April 2022 when he departed from his then role as the company's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Mr. Mills also led the sustainability and governance, risk and compliance programs at Digital Realty Trust. Mr. Mills is currently providing consulting services to Digital Realty Trust and expects to do so until April 2023. During the period of his consultancy with Digital Realty, Mr. Mills will recuse himself from any discussions and decisions concerning potential investments and transactions related to datacenters. Previously, Mr. Mills was a corporate attorney with Latham & Watkins LLP where his practice included mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and venture capital financing transactions, as well as general company representation. Prior to joining Latham & Watkins, Mr. Mills served as Associate General Counsel for McAfee.com Corporation and as an associate with Shearman & Sterling, LLP. Mr. Mills received a B.A. from the University of Washington and a J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Philip Nolan is a Non-executive Chairman of both Covanta Europe, which owns and operates energy from waste plants in the UK and EU, and Associated British Ports. From February 2020 until March 2021, Mr. Nolan served as a Non-executive Chairman at Calisen plc, a company that supplies, finances and installs smart electricity meters. Prior to Calisen plc, he served in various roles with BG plc, including Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer with Transco plc. Mr. Nolan has served as a board member of companies in multiple industries, including banking, natural resources, infrastructure and telecommunications. He holds a BSc. and PhD from Geology Queens University Belfast and an M.B.A. from London Business School.
John W. Somerhalder II is currently the Board Chairman, Interim President and CEO of First Energy Corporation, an electric transmission, distribution and generation utility serving 6 million customers in 5 states. From March 2006 to December 2015, Mr. Somerhalder served as President and CEO of AGL Resources, serving over 4.5 million utility customers in seven states. He has also served on the boards of the Edison Electric Institute, the American Gas Association, and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Somerhalder holds a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona.
Executive Officers
Tara Davies joined KKR in 2016, is the CEO and a director of K-INFRA, and serves as KKR’s Global Head of Core Infrastructure and Co-Head of European Infrastructure. Ms. Davies is a member of the KKR Infrastructure Investment Committee and KKR Infrastructure Portfolio Management Committee. Ms. Davies is currently on the
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Board of Directors of Telxius, a global tower and cable company based in Spain; Viridor, a UK waste to energy business, X-Elio, a global solar developer based in Spain and John Laing, a global PPP platform. Ms. Davies is also Deputy Board Member of Finnish DSO Caruna. She was previously on the Board of Directors for an Abu Dhabi midstream company in joint venture with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company; Acciona, a global onshore renewable business; and Calisen, a U.K.-based gas and electricity smart metering business. Ms. Davies also sits on the board of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association, an association that promotes private investment in Infrastructure. Ms. Davies has spent over 20 years in the global infrastructure industry working in both Sydney and London. Prior to joining KKR, she was a senior managing director and head of mergers and acquisitions for Macquarie Group’s infrastructure advisory arm in London, having also spent a number of years in the infrastructure funds division where her focus was on investing in core infrastructure. Ms. Davies began her career at Price Waterhouse and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Sydney.
James Cunningham joined KKR in 2017, is our Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) responsible for developing the asset acquisition and management strategy, and a KKR Partner on the Infrastructure team. Mr. Cunningham is a member of the KKR Infrastructure Portfolio Management Committee. Mr. Cunningham is currently on the Board of Directors representing KKR’s investments in Clearway Community Energy, Refresco, Sempra Infrastructure, Colonial Pipeline, Rocky Mountain Midstream and Genesis Energy (observer). Prior to joining KKR, he was a managing director with Denham Capital where he led a number of investments in the energy and infrastructure space. Prior to joining Denham Capital, Mr. Cunningham was a vice president with Goldman Sachs in the investment banking division and started his career with Accenture. Mr. Cunningham holds a B.A. in Business from Southwestern University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Michael Ryan joined KKR in 2022, is our Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), and a Managing Director on KKR’s Infrastructure team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Ryan was Head of Evergreen Portfolios at Hamilton Lane where he led the development and management of Hamilton Lane’s open-ended private markets solutions. Prior to this role, he headed the Research group where his work informed portfolio construction, risk assessment and product structure across Hamilton Lane’s portfolios. Prior to joining Hamilton Lane, Mr. Ryan was a principal at Capital Z Investment Partners and started his career in investment banking at Merrill Lynch. Mr. Ryan received a B.A. in Economics and Computer Science from Williams College and is a CFA Charterholder.
Leadership Structure and Oversight Responsibilities
The Board has overall responsibility for the management and supervision of the business operations of the Company. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any of its rights, powers and authority to, among others, the officers of the Company, the Executive Committee, any committee of the Board or the Manager. We have entered into the Management Agreement pursuant to which the Manager, will manage the Company on a day-to-day basis. The Board is currently composed of six members, three of whom are Independent Directors. As described below, the Board has established an Audit Committee, and may establish ad hoc committees or working groups from time to time, to assist the Board and the Manager in fulfilling their oversight responsibilities.
Committees
The Board has an Audit Committee and may form additional committees in the future.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is composed of Joshua Mills, Philip Nolan and John W. Somerhalder II, all of whom are Independent Directors. Joshua Mills serves as Chair of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee members meet the current independence and experience requirements of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.
In accordance with its written charter to be adopted by the Board, the Audit Committee (a) assists the Board’s oversight of the integrity of our financial statements, the independent registered public accounting firm’s qualifications and independence, our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the performance of our independent registered public accounting firm; (b) oversees the scope of the annual audit of our financial statements, the quality and objectivity of our financial statements, accounting and financial reporting policies and internal controls; (c) determines the selection, appointment, retention and termination of our independent registered public accounting firm, as well as approving the compensation; (d) pre-approves all audit and non-audit services provided to us by such independent registered public accounting firm; and (e) acts as a liaison between our independent registered public accounting firm and the Board.
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ITEM 6.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
(a)
Compensation of Executive Officers
We do not currently have any employees, but expect to hire certain employees once we commence operations. Our executive committee and corporate senior management team will be comprised of Company employees as well as employees of KKR that will be assigned or seconded to the Company. Services necessary for our business will generally be provided by individuals who are employees of the Manager, or its affiliates, pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement, as applicable. Our day-to-day business operations will be managed by the Manager. Most of the services necessary for the sourcing and administration of our portfolio are provided by investment professionals employed by the Manager or its affiliates.
None of Tara Davies, James Cunningham and Michael Ryan will receive direct compensation from us. We will reimburse the Manager and/or their affiliates for Company expenses incurred on our behalf, which can include the compensation, overhead (including rent, office equipment and utilities) and other expenses incurred, charged or specifically attributed or allocated by the Manager and/or their affiliates in performing administrative and/or accounting services for the Company or any Infrastructure Asset (including but not limited to legal and compliance, finance, accounting, operations, investor relations, tax, valuation and internal audit personnel and other non-investment professionals that provide services to the Company). Certain executive officers and Non-Independent Directors, through their financial interests in the Company, are entitled to a portion of the profits earned by the Company, which includes any fees, including compensation discussed herein, payable to the Company under the terms of the Management Agreement, as applicable, less expenses incurred by the Manager in performing its services under the Management Agreement, as applicable. See “Item 1. Business — Management Agreement” and “Item 7. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.”
(b)
Compensation of Directors
No compensation is paid to our directors who are not Independent Directors. We expect to pay each Independent Director: (i) $150,000 (payable in $100,000 in cash and $50,000 in Class F Shares) per year (prorated for any partial year) and (ii) an additional cash retainer of $10,000 per year for the Chair of the Audit Committee. We are also authorized to pay the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of each Independent Director incurred by such director in connection with the fulfillment of his or her duties as an Independent Director.
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ITEM 7.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters and Certain Control Persons
Management Agreement
The Company and the Manager intend to enter into the Management Agreement pursuant to which the Manager is entitled to receive the Management Fee. See “Item 1. Business — Compensation of the Manager — Management Fee” for additional information.
The Management Fee is payable monthly in arrears in an amount equal to (i)1.25% per annum of the month-end NAV attributable to Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares and Class U Shares, (ii) 1.00% per annum of the month-end NAV attributable to Class R Shares (provided that such Class R Shares are held in connection with an intermediary’s aggregate subscription for at least $250 million and less than $500 million during the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement between the Dealer Manager and such intermediary and (iii) 0.95% per annum of the month-end NAV attributable to Class R Shares (provided that such Class R Shares are held in connection with an intermediary’s aggregate subscription for at least $500 million of Class R Shares during the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement between the Dealer Manager and such intermediary), each before giving effect to any accruals for the Management Fee, the Servicing Fee, the Performance Participation Allocation, redemptions for that month, any distributions without taking into account any taxes (whether paid, payable, accrued or otherwise) of any intermediate entity through which the Company indirectly invests in an Infrastructure Asset, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Manager. The Manager has voluntarily agreed to waive 50% of its Management Fee until September 30, 2023. The longer a shareholder holds shares of the Company during this period, the longer such shareholder will receive the benefit of this Management Fee waiver period.
The Management Fee may be paid, at the Manager’s election, in cash or Class F Shares. To the extent that the Manager elects to receive any portion of its Management Fee or KKR elects to receive any portion of the Performance Participation Allocation in Class F Shares, the Company may repurchase such Class F Shares from the Manager or KKR, as applicable, at a later date. Any such Class F Shares repurchased from the Manager or KKR will be subject to the terms and repurchase limits of our share repurchase plan (the “Repurchase Plan”). See “Item 1. Business—Share Repurchases.”
Management Fee Offset
KKR or its affiliates (and in the case of directors’ fees, KKR executives) are expected to be paid transaction fees and monitoring fees in connection with the acquisition, ownership and control of Infrastructure Assets, and KKR or its affiliates are expected to be entitled to receive “break-up” or similar fees in connection with unconsummated transactions (“Other Fees”).
The Management Fee payable in any monthly period shall be reduced by an amount equal to any Other Fees allocable to Investor Shares incurred by the Company, an Operating Subsidiary, a subsidiary or a prospective portfolio company during the immediately preceding monthly period, as reduced by any Broken Deal Expenses previously incurred (but only to the extent such Broken Deal Expenses have not already been netted against Other Fees or reimbursed by third parties or the Company). To the extent that the amount of Broken Deal Expenses allocable to Investor Shares incurred during a period exceeds the amount of Other Fees allocable to Investor Shares received during such period, the Manager may, in its sole discretion, apply such excess amount of Broken Deal Expenses against Other Fees (as described in the preceding sentence) in subsequent periods or seek direct reimbursement of such amounts from the Company as a Company Expense. In the event that the amount of fee reduction referred to in the preceding sentences exceeds the Management Fee for such monthly period, such excess shall be carried forward to reduce the Management Fee payable in following monthly periods. To the extent such excess fee reduction remains unapplied upon the Company’s final distribution of assets, the Manager or an affiliate thereof shall retain such unapplied amount. For the avoidance of doubt, KKR Capstone fees, service costs, asset leasing fees, loan servicing fees and regulated broker dealer fees do not constitute Other Fees.
If the Company and more than one KKR Vehicle (or a person whose investment was offered, sold, placed, underwritten, syndicated, solicited or otherwise arranged by a regulated broker-dealer) has an ownership interest in any Infrastructure Asset paying transaction or monitoring fees, or if more than one KKR Vehicle (or a person whose investment was offered, sold, placed, underwritten, syndicated, solicited or otherwise arranged by a regulated broker-dealer) would
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have participated in an unconsummated acquisition of an Infrastructure Asset generating Other Fees, then only such portion of the Other Fees that is fairly allocable to the Company based on the nature of the transaction giving rise to such Other Fees will be included in the Management Fee offset described above.
KKR and its affiliates are also expected to receive customary fees at market rates for providing capital markets services to or in respect of Infrastructure Assets owned and controlled by the Company, including in connection with securities, financing, derivative, hedging or M&A transactions, and such fees will not be credited against Management Fees in the manner contemplated above. In addition, KKR and its affiliates are also expected to receive customary fees at market rates for providing operational consulting services to or in respect of actual or potential Infrastructure Assets owned and controlled by the Company, and such fees will not be credited against Management Fees in the manner contemplated above. Likewise, directors’ fees paid to KKR Capstone or Capstone Executives will not be credited against Management Fees in the manner contemplated above. Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors and other consultants of KKR, none of which are affiliates of KKR, are also expected to receive consulting fees, directors’ fees, sourcing fees or other fees, as applicable, at market rates, and such fees will continue to be charged and will not be credited against Management Fees in the manner contemplated above even if any of them were to become a subsidiary or an affiliate of KKR.
KKR and its affiliates are also expected to receive amounts from Infrastructure Assets owned and controlled by the Company or from entities through which the Company owns or and operates an Infrastructure Asset for local administration or management services related to such Infrastructure Asset that (i) are determined by the Manager, acting in good faith, to be reasonably necessary in order to achieve beneficial legal, tax or regulatory treatment with respect to the relevant Infrastructure Asset and (ii) would otherwise be payable to a third party for such services. KKR and its affiliates may in addition receive fees or other payments from Infrastructure Assets owned and controlled by the Company or from entities through which the Company owns and operates Infrastructure Assets for loan administration services, loan or asset resolution, restructuring and reconstruction and other similar services (including sourcing) provided or performed by asset reconstruction companies, other asset recovery firms, loan administration companies or similar companies affiliated with KKR.
Further, the Company, its Infrastructure Assets or entities through which the Company owns and operates any Infrastructure Assets may retain service providers affiliated with KKR or in which KKR or its affiliate has an interest to provide necessary services in respect of business opportunities related to asset leasing arrangements, including assistance with sourcing of leasing opportunities and negotiating of financing relating thereto as well as repurposing and maintenance services (“Asset Leasing Services”). Asset Leasing Services will include any such services that are performed in connection with aircraft leasing investments. No amount of fees or compensation relating to loan administration and similar services or local administration or management services described above, Asset Leasing Services received by any affiliated or other service providers in which KKR has a proprietary interest will be credited against Management Fees in the manner contemplated above.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
Overview
Actual, potential or apparent conflicts of interest will arise as a result of the relationships between the Company, KKR & Co. Inc. (the “KKR Public Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “KKR Group”) (including, for the purposes of this “Potential Conflicts of Interest” section, KKR, the Manager, KCM, KKR Capstone, KKR Credit and any affiliates of the foregoing that provide general partner and/or advisory services to KKR Vehicles (as defined below)) and investment funds, investment vehicles and accounts, including proprietary vehicles and accounts, managed, sponsored, advised by and/or for the benefit of certain members of the KKR Group, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other. The KKR Group is a global investment management firm and, as such, the KKR Group, KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors and KKR Advisors have multiple advisory, transactional, financial and other interests that conflict with those of the Company. The KKR Group, KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors and Technical Consultants (as defined below), Capstone Executives could in the future engage in additional activities that result in additional conflicts of interest not addressed below. While the KKR Group has established procedures and policies for addressing conflicts of interest, there is no assurance that conflicts will be resolved in a manner favorable to the Company and any such conflicts and the manner in which they are addressed by the KKR Group could have an adverse effect on the Company.
The funds, investment vehicles and accounts managed, now or in the future, by KKR, the Manager, KKR Credit or any of their respective affiliates (excluding for this purpose, KKR proprietary entities), including funds, investment
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vehicles and accounts pursuing the following strategies: private equity (including growth equity, impact, and core strategies), credit (including (i) leveraged credit strategies, including leveraged loan, high-yield bond, opportunistic credit and revolving credit strategies, and (ii) alternative credit strategies, including special situations and private credit strategies such as direct lending and private opportunistic credit (or mezzanine) investment strategies), and real asset strategies (including real estate, energy and infrastructure strategies) are collectively referred to herein as “KKR Vehicles.”
The Manager may be subject to certain fiduciary and other related duties and obligations under U.S. federal securities laws and other applicable law that cannot be eliminated or modified in the LLC Agreement. Shareholders should note, however, that the LLC Agreement may contain provisions that reduce, eliminate or modify certain other fiduciary and other related duties and obligations to the Company and Shareholders that would apply in the absence of such provisions. In particular, the LLC Agreement is expected to contain certain provisions that may waive or consent to conduct on the part of the Manager that might not otherwise be permitted in the absence of such waivers or consents, or which could limit the remedies available to Shareholders with respect to breaches of such duties and obligations. If any matter arises that the Manager determines in its good faith judgment constitutes an actual conflict of interest, the Manager is permitted to take such actions as it determines in good faith are necessary or appropriate to mitigate the conflict (and upon taking such actions, the Manager will be relieved of any liability, including to the Company and the Shareholders, for such conflict and the management thereof to the fullest extent permitted by law and will be deemed to have satisfied its fiduciary and other related duties to the fullest extent permitted by law). Actions that could be taken by the Manager or its affiliates to mitigate a conflict include, by way of example and without limitation, (i) if applicable, handling the conflict as described in this Registration Statement, (ii) obtaining from the Board (or the non-independent members of the Board) advice, waiver or consent as to the conflict, or acting in accordance with standards or procedures approved by the Board to address the conflict, (iii) disposing of the investment or security giving rise to the conflict of interest, (iv) disclosing the conflict to the Board, including non-independent members of the Board, as applicable, or Shareholders (including, without limitation, in distribution notices, financial statements, letters to Shareholders or other communications), (v) appointing an independent representative to act or provide consent with respect to the matter giving rise to the conflict of interest, (vi) validating the arms-length nature of the transaction by referencing participation by unaffiliated third parties or obtaining consent from the advisory committee (or equivalent governance committee) of a KKR Vehicle that is similarly situated with respect to the conflict as the Company, (vii) in the case of conflicts among clients, creating groups of personnel within KKR separated by information barriers (which can be expected to be temporary and limited purpose in nature), each of which would advise or represent one of the clients that has a conflicting position with other clients, (viii) implementing policies and procedures reasonably designed to mitigate the conflict of interest, or (ix) otherwise handling the conflict as determined appropriate by the Manager in its good faith reasonable discretion.
Certain activities of the KKR Group, KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors, Technical Consultants, Capstone Executives and KKR Vehicles will give rise to conflicts of interest that are relevant to the Company (for example, but without limitation, conflicts of interest relating to allocations of investment opportunities and subsequent dispositions). Form ADV Parts 2A and 2B maintained by KKR, copies of which are available upon request and will be furnished to each Shareholder prior to its purchase of Shares of the Company, also contains further information regarding conflicts of interest relating to the KKR Group that are relevant to the Company and KKR Vehicles. Investors are encouraged to read Form ADV Parts 2A and 2B maintained by KKR prior to investing.
There can be no assurance that all conflicts of interest will be resolved in a manner that is favorable to the Company. By acquiring Shares, each Shareholder will be deemed to have acknowledged, consented specifically to and waived any claim in respect of the existence of actual, apparent, and potential conflicts of interest relating to the KKR Group, including, without limitation, those described in this section and to the operation of the Company subject to those conflicts and to the actions taken by the KKR Group to address such conflicts.
Fees
The KKR Group generally expects to earn fees and/or other compensation from Infrastructure Assets in which, or holding vehicles and other entities through which the Company acquires such Infrastructure Assets and will at times also earn fees and/or other compensation directly from the Company and from purchasers, sellers and other parties to transactions in which the Company, directly or indirectly, participates as compensation for services, including advising on valuing, structuring, negotiating, monitoring and arranging financing for transactions. The KKR Group and its affiliates will provide a broad range of financial services to and with respect to the Company’s, Infrastructure Assets and holding vehicles and other entities in or through which the Company acquires Infrastructure
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Assets. The KKR Group will act as underwriter, placement agent, syndication agent, financial advisor or a similar role in connection with the offering, placement or arrangement of securities, debt instruments or other financial products by Infrastructure Assets and other entities (including non-controlled entities) through which the Company acquires Infrastructure Assets, including in respect of portions of the capital structures of such Infrastructure Assets that are not acquired by the Company or as underwriter, placement agent, syndication agent, financial advisor or similar role in connection with the public or private sale of the Company’s acquisitions of such Infrastructure Assets, and the KKR Group generally will be paid customary fees for such services to the extent permitted under the LLC Agreement (see also “—Broker-Dealer Activities” below). In addition, the KKR Group (including lending vehicles) will provide strategic and capital markets advisory services to the Company, holding vehicles, and other entities (including non-controlled entities) in or through which the Company acquires Infrastructure Assets, including in connection with mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, refinancings and restructurings, and will alone, or with other counterparties, which might include KKR Vehicles, third party banks or other unaffiliated finance providers, provide acquisition financing, lines of credit, bridge financing, hedging and other corporate lending or financing services and products to such entities and to the Company with respect to such entities. The KKR Group or entities in which the KKR Group has an interest could also receive fees and other compensation in respect of Asset Leasing Services provided to the Company, its Infrastructure Assets, or entities through which the Company makes acquisitions, as applicable. Members of the KKR Group will also provide syndication services to such entities, including in respect of co-investments in transactions participated in by the Company (see “—Co-Investments” below). The Company will directly bear, or indirectly bear through Infrastructure Assets, holding vehicles and other entities in or through which it acquires Infrastructure Assets (including where such costs are shared between such entities and the Company), the foregoing fees paid to the KKR Group.
The KKR Group generally will be paid fees (which might include warrants or other securities in Infrastructure Assets or other entities for which transactions are being undertaken) and other compensation, which could be payable in cash or securities, for the foregoing services, including, but not limited to: (i) arrangement, underwriting, agency, financing, banking, consulting, placement, transaction, monitoring and financial advisory fees and commissions, service costs, interest and other compensation with respect to such activities; (ii) fees and carried interest earned with respect to co-investments put in place by the KKR Group or its affiliates; (iii) fees received by the members of Infrastructure Asset boards of directors and interim executives appointed by or on behalf of the KKR Group, the Company and/or KKR Vehicles; and (iv) any other fees specified in the LLC Agreement.
In addition, the KKR Group will enter into participation or other “back-to-back” arrangements with a bank or other third parties that provide the foregoing services and products directly to or with respect to the Company and its Infrastructure Assets, holding vehicles and other entities in or through which the Company acquires Infrastructure Assets. Under these arrangements, the KKR Group will agree to assume or perform some portion of the services or obligations undertaken by such third party, or to otherwise assume a portion of the third party’s financial risk in respect of such services or products, and will receive fees from the third party in connection with such activities. These fees (“Indirect Fees”) could represent a specific percentage of the fees received by such third party directly from the Company or its Infrastructure Assets or holding entities, or such other amount as is negotiated and agreed by the KKR Group and such third party. Under such arrangements, although the KKR Group will not receive fees directly from the Company or its Infrastructure Assets, holding vehicles and other entities in or through which the Company acquires Infrastructure Assets, the KKR Group could be viewed as indirectly receiving such fees from the Company or its Infrastructure Assets or holding entities in consideration for services or products provided indirectly to the foregoing. The KKR Group has an incentive to select third parties that are likely to engage the KKR Group in such arrangements and pay Indirect Fees to the KKR Group. Any such Indirect Fees received by the KKR Group or its affiliates from or with respect to the Company’s Infrastructure Assets will not be shared with the Company or offset against the Management Fees payable.
Monitoring fee agreements entered into by the KKR Group with portfolio companies are typically renewed automatically on an annual basis. A portfolio company’s EBITDA (earnings before income, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is generally taken into account in determining the amount of the monitoring fee. Monitoring fees could also be based on a percentage of EBITDA. On the occurrence of initial public offerings, sales or other change of control events related to a portfolio company, the KKR Group is typically entitled to all unpaid monitoring fees plus any unreimbursed expenses plus the net present value of future monitoring fees that would otherwise be payable by a portfolio company (the “NPV Payment”). The NPV Payment is based on the net present value of the monitoring fees payable over a future fixed period calculated using discount rates equal to the yield on U.S. Treasury securities of like maturity based on the dates fee payments would have been due.
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For Infrastructure Assets of the Company, an NPV Payment will generally only be taken where the KKR Group expects to continue to provide ongoing services and advice to the Infrastructure Asset after there has been an initial public offering, sale or other change of control event. As such, an NPV Payment generally will only be taken if (i) the Company, KKR Vehicles, co-investors and the KKR Public Company’s proprietary balance sheet (the “Balance Sheet”) entities retain (directly or indirectly) 10% or more of the stock or other equity interests in the Infrastructure Asset (or the surviving entity) immediately following the relevant event, and (ii) a KKR or co-investor employee or designee serves or is expected to serve as a member of, or observer at, the board of directors or similar governing body of the Infrastructure Asset (or the surviving entity) (or in the absence of such service or expected service, the KKR Group retain the right to appoint or nominate such a director or observer) immediately following the relevant event.
For Infrastructure Assets of the Company, the fixed period of time used in the NPV Payment calculation described above generally will be the lesser of (i) the remaining term of the relevant monitoring agreement (the term for each monitoring agreement generally will be fixed as the end of the last year of the term for the “flagship” KKR fund for the deal) and (ii) three and a half years from the date of termination of the monitoring agreement (the three- and-a-half-year period approximates the average (mean and median) length of time that it took for KKR’s recent mature private equity funds to dispose of Infrastructure Assets following an initial public offering or strategic sale where the fund continued to own securities, reflecting what KKR believes is a reasonable approximation for the average number of years during which KKR has historically remained actively involved with such companies).
By way of example and solely for illustrative purposes, assume KKR enters into a monitoring agreement with the Company’s first Infrastructure Asset on June 30, 2021, under which KKR is entitled to a $1 million annual monitoring fee paid in quarterly installments and that the term of the monitoring agreement extends until December 31, 2032, which is the end of the final year of the term for the “flagship” KKR fund for the deal. The KKR Group controls 80% of the equity in the Infrastructure Asset, of which the Company accounts for 10%, KKR Vehicles account for 70%, and co-investors and KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities account for 20%. The Infrastructure Asset holds an all primary initial public offering on June 30, 2026, at which time the monitoring agreement is terminated. The aggregate stake in the Infrastructure Asset controlled by the KKR Group immediately after the IPO is greater than 10% and held in the same proportion as the original investment (i.e., of the stake held by the KKR-related entities and co-investors, the Company accounts for 10%, the KKR Vehicles account for 70% and co-investors and KKR proprietary and Balance Sheet entities account for 20%). An employee of the KKR Group serves as a member of the board of directors of the Infrastructure Asset immediately following the IPO.
Under the foregoing scenario, the $1 million annual monitoring fee ($5 million of aggregate monitoring fees paid during the first five years of the monitoring agreement) would be allocated among the Company, the KKR Vehicles and co-investors and KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities according to their respective share of the equity in the Infrastructure Asset controlled by the KKR Group. KKR Vehicles would be allocated $700,000 per year, or $3.5 million in aggregate over the five years prior to the IPO, the Company would be allocated $100,000 per year, or $0.5 million in aggregate over the five years prior to the IPO, and co-investors and KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities would be allocated $200,000 per year, or $1.0 million in aggregate over the five years prior to the IPO. The KKR Group would also be entitled to receive an NPV Payment immediately before the IPO when the monitoring agreement is terminated on June 30, 2026. Since the remaining term of the monitoring agreement at the time of termination (six and a half years) exceeds the KKR Group’s historical average hold period following an IPO or strategic sale where a fund continued to own securities (three and a half years), the future fixed period over which the NPV Payment is calculated would be three and a half years (July 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029). Based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve as of April 8, 2020, the yield for U.S. Treasury securities with a one-year maturity was 1.81%, the yield for U.S. Treasury securities with a two-year maturity was 2.53%, the yield for U.S. Treasury securities with a three-year maturity was 2.73% and the yield for U.S. Treasury securities with a five-year maturity was 2.76%. Using the yield for U.S. Treasury securities with a one-year maturity (presently 1.81%, but likely a different amount at a future date) for discounting the $1 million annual aggregate of four quarterly fees for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 results in a net present value of $988,789. Using the yield for U.S. Treasury securities with a two-year maturity (presently 2.53%) for discounting the $1 million annual aggregate of four quarterly fees for July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028, results in a net present value of $959,869. Using the yield for U.S. Treasury securities with a three-year maturity (presently 2.73%) for discounting the $1 million annual aggregate of four quarterly fees for July 1, 2028 through June 30, 2029 results in a net present value of $931,099. Using the yield for U.S. Treasury securities with a five-year maturity (presently 2.76%) for discounting the $500,000 aggregate of two quarterly fees for July 1, 2029 through December 31, 2029 results in a net present value of $437,895. After adding those numbers up, the aggregate NPV Payment to which the KKR Group is entitled would be $3,317,652. This
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aggregate NPV Payment would then be allocated in the same way as the annual monitoring fees were allocated. The KKR Vehicles would be allocated $2,322,356, the Company would be allocated $331,765 and co-investors and KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities would be allocated $663,530.
The aggregate amounts allocable to the KKR Vehicles, $5,944,070 in total, would, depending on the terms of the governing documents of such KKR Vehicles, either be offset, in whole or in part, against the management fees payable by such KKR Vehicles to the KKR Group (after repayment of Broken Deal Expenses, if applicable). The Company’s allocable portion of the aggregate annual monitoring fees and the NPV Payment, $849,153 in total, would under the terms of the Company be a 100% offset against the delegate management fees payable by the Company to the KKR Group (after repayment of Broken Deal Expenses, if applicable). The amounts allocable to co-investors and KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities, $1,698,306 in total, would be fully retained by the KKR Group. The amounts that are retained by the KKR Group in respect of KKR Vehicles (which could be the whole amount or just a portion), co-investors and KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities would not offset any management fees otherwise payable to the KKR Group, whether by the Company, KKR Vehicles or any other person.
The KKR Group receives transaction fees for the work performed by the KKR Group in structuring investments in Infrastructure Assets or holding vehicles in or through which the Company acquires and with respect to significant transactions or exits for those Infrastructure Assets. Transaction fees are received in connection with the same Infrastructure Assets in respect of which payments under monitoring fee agreements are received. The KKR Group also receives “break up” or similar fees in connection with unconsummated or terminated portfolio transactions. The amount and timing of such fees are generally specified in the agreements relating to the relevant transaction, and such agreements could condition or limit such payments to the KKR Group. Transaction fees will be allocated among the Company, the KKR Vehicles, co-investors and KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities in a similar manner as described above for monitoring fees and NPV Payments.
Members of the KKR Group engage in loan servicing and other administrative services provided to borrowers, loan syndicates and similar arrangements. One or more of such members of the KKR Group could provide these services to the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and/or to lenders to such Infrastructure Assets and, if so, will receive fees in connection with such services. Any such loan servicing or administration or similar fees received by the KKR Group from or with respect to the Company’s Infrastructure Assets will not be shared with the Company or offset against the Management Fees payable to the Manager.
Members of the KKR Group and/or their respective employees or agents could also receive service costs, namely amounts that the KKR Group and its affiliates receive from Infrastructure Assets of the Company or from entities through which the Company acquires an Infrastructure Asset or other asset for local administration or management services related to such Infrastructure Asset or entity or other asset that (i) are determined by the KKR Group to be reasonably necessary in order to achieve beneficial legal, tax or regulatory treatment with respect to the relevant investment and (ii) would otherwise be payable to a third party for such services. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company could own an equity interest alongside KKR Vehicles in one or more dedicated service companies that operate in the jurisdiction of domicile of entities through which the Company acquires Infrastructure Assets. Any such dedicated service companies would employ people that provide local administration or management services directly to entities through which the Company acquires Infrastructure Assets or indirectly by seconding such people to be employees of such entities. It is not expected that any equity value will be ascribed to the Company’s ownership of a dedicated service company. The costs and expenses of any such dedicated service company will be treated as Company expenses. The amount and timing of the payment of such amounts will be determined by the relevant legal, tax or regulatory treatment that the Company is seeking to achieve, having regard to the circumstances in which such amounts are paid and the jurisdiction of establishment of the relevant Infrastructure Asset or intermediary entity. Any such service costs received by the KKR Group with respect to the Company will not be shared with the Company or offset against Management Fees payable to the Manager or Performance Participation Allocation payable to KKR in respect of the Company. In certain circumstances for commercial or tax efficiencies, the KKR Group will utilize a Singapore holding structure for the Company’s Asian Infrastructure Assets (if any). The Singapore holding structure will engage a member of the KKR Group to provide certain services to it and pay such member of the KKR Group remuneration for the provision of such services. Fees earned by such member of the KKR Group will accrue entirely to the benefit of its equity owners affiliated with the KKR Group, which will not include the Company. Moreover, the remuneration will not be credited against Management Fees as described in “Item 1. General Development of BusinessManagement AgreementCompensation of the Manager” of this Registration Statement.
In addition, the Company (or its Infrastructure Assets or entities through which the Company makes acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets) could retain service providers in which the KKR Group has an interest or which are members
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of the KKR Group to provide Asset Leasing Services relating to investment opportunities comprised of asset leasing arrangements, and such service providers will generally receive fees or other compensation for Asset Leasing Services at market rates in respect of the Company’s acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets. Similarly, in connection with local governance, regulatory and/or tax considerations, it could be required or otherwise deemed advisable by the Manager that service providers that are affiliates of the KKR Group or in which the KKR Group or its affiliates has an interest provide services to regulated investment trusts or comparable regulated or unregulated investment vehicles through which the Company makes acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets in certain jurisdictions and such service providers will generally receive market rate fees in respect thereof. Any fees or other compensation relating to Asset Leasing Services received by any affiliated or other service providers in which the KKR Group has a proprietary interest with respect to the Company’s acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets will not be shared with the Company or offset against the Management Fees payable to the Manager.
By way of example, the Company could establish platform arrangements and other contractual arrangements relating to aircraft leasing. As is customary with respect to aircraft leasing arrangements, a related platform vehicle could engage a service provider to provide services relating to such aircraft leases, including assistance with the sourcing of leasing opportunities and negotiating of financing relating thereto, as well as maintaining the underlying aircraft fleet and/or repurposing aircraft to meet the needs of lessors. Such service provider could be a third party or it could be an entity in which the KKR Group holds a proprietary interest including an economic control interest resulting in an affiliate relationship with the KKR Group. In addition to reimbursing the service provider for its out-of-pocket expenses, the platform arrangement will compensate the service provider for the provision of such Asset Leasing Services, which compensation could include an ongoing retainer and/or lease management fee as well as other one-off payments, bonuses or compensation depending on the nature of the services provided. An allocable portion of such compensation will be borne by the Company in the platform arrangement and the service provider will be entitled to retain the full amount of such fees and other compensation without any obligation to rebate or return any such amounts to the Company or any investor in the Company. Solely for illustrative purposes, assume there is a $100 fee paid to a member of the KKR Group that provides the foregoing Asset Leasing Services to a platform vehicle that the Company owns 50% of and the KKR Group owns 50% of the affiliated service provider. If that $100 were treated as if subject to the Management Fee offset (i.e., like a monitoring fee), then 100% of the Company’s allocable share of the $100 (which would be $50) would be offset against its Management Fees. As fees for Asset Leasing Services are not treated as subject to the Management Fee offset, the $100 is kept by the affiliated service provider and there is no offset against the Company’s Management Fees, and as the KKR Group owns 50% of the affiliated service provider, the KKR Group indirectly receives $50 of incremental fee income.
While fees and other compensation paid to the KKR Group are believed by the KKR Group to be reasonable and generally at market rates for the relevant activities, such compensation is generally determined through negotiations with related parties and not on an arm’s-length basis. These considerations also apply in situations where the KKR Group receives Indirect Fees through third parties pursuant to participation or “back-to-back” arrangements, as described above. In connection with such arrangements, the Manager will make determinations of market rates based on its consideration of a number of factors, which are generally expected to include the Manager’s experience with non-affiliated service providers as well as benchmarking data and other methodologies determined by the Manager to be appropriate under the circumstances. While the Manager and its affiliates will generally seek to obtain benchmarking data regarding the rates charged or quoted by third parties for similar services, it is possible that appropriate comparisons are not available for a number of reasons, including, for example, a lack of a substantial market of providers or users of such services or the confidential and/or bespoke nature of such services. Accordingly, any such market comparison efforts by the Manager could potentially result in inaccurate information regarding market terms for comparable services. Expenses to obtain benchmarking data will be borne by the relevant Infrastructure Asset (and indirectly by the KKR funds, investment vehicles and accounts and/or parties participating in the relevant transactions, including the Company) or directly by the Company and/or such KKR Vehicles, investment vehicles and accounts that invest and/or other parties.
Except with respect to Other Fees (which do not include fees of KCM, KKR Capstone, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors or Technical Consultants or other fees paid to the KKR Group for services described herein, such as service costs, Asset Leasing Fees and loan servicing or administration fees) as provided under the LLC Agreement, none of the fees charged by the KKR Group for any of the foregoing services will be shared with the Company or offset against the Management Fees payable to the Manager. Accordingly, investors will not receive any benefit from such fees. The fee potential inherent in a particular investment or transaction could be viewed as an incentive
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for the KKR Group to seek to refer, allocate or recommend an acquisition of an Infrastructure Asset or transaction to the Company (see “—No Assurance of Ability to Participate in Acquisition Opportunities; Relationship with KKR, its affiliates and KKR Vehicles; Allocation of Acquisition Opportunities” below).
KKR Capstone
The Company will directly bear, or indirectly bear through Infrastructure Assets, holding vehicles and other entities in or through which it acquires Infrastructure Assets (including where such costs are shared between such entities and the Company), the cost of any consulting services provided by KKR Capstone, which provides consulting services to the KKR Group, KKR Vehicles and certain Infrastructure Assets, holding companies and other entities in or through which the Company and KKR Vehicles manage and control or invest in, respectively, Infrastructure Assets. The KKR Group could in the future engage technical consultants (“Technical Consultants”) in addition to KKR Capstone, including, but not limited to, for operational consulting, loan servicing, energy industry consulting and operating services and property management services in the real estate sector on terms substantially similar to those described herein with respect to KKR Capstone and the considerations discussed herein with respect to KKR Capstone will apply similarly to such other Technical Consultants. The Company will directly bear, or indirectly bear through Infrastructure Assets, holding vehicles and other entities in or through which it acquires Infrastructure Assets (including where such costs are shared between such entities and the Company), the costs of operating and consulting services provided by such Technical Consultants. In addition, the KKR Group, the Company and/or KKR Vehicles will be responsible, directly or indirectly, for all or a portion of the general and administrative expenses (such as salaries, benefits and other overhead) of any such Technical Consultant (in addition to potential project-based compensation), particularly in cases where a Technical Consultant provides services exclusively to the KKR Group. The KKR Group will be conflicted in allocating such expenses among the Company and/or KKR Vehicles as the method of allocation could increase or decrease, potentially materially, the amount of expenses borne by the Company and/or KKR Vehicle. See also “—Expenses” below. A Technical Consultant, such as a Technical Consultant exclusive to the KKR Group, will also hold itself out to the public as part of the KKR Group, including by use of KKR branding or other indicia that will appear as if the KKR Group controls and/or owns a given Technical Consultant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the KKR Group does not possess material voting or decision-making rights in respect of, or a sufficient equity interest in, the Technical Consultant such that, in either case, the KKR Group “controls” the Technical Consultant (or its business), no such Technical Consultant shall be treated as an affiliate of the KKR Group and, therefore, any compensation, which will be paid in cash, equity or in other forms, received by such a Technical Consultant will not be shared with the Company or offset against any Management Fees to the Manager.
KKR Capstone provides advisory services to portfolio companies that the KKR Group’s investment executives could not otherwise provide. The KKR Group acquired KKR Capstone effective January 1, 2020 and KKR Capstone is owned and controlled by the KKR Group. Prior to that date, KKR Capstone was neither a subsidiary nor an affiliate of the KKR Group, though KKR Capstone had an exclusive relationship with the KKR Group and KKR Capstone provided services at the direction of the KKR Group. While KKR Capstone was unaffiliated with the KKR Group, it received services and support from the KKR Group which were generally provided on favorable or below market rates. For example, the KKR Group provided loans to KKR Capstone that had below market interest rates and no stated payment schedule, provided administrative services to KKR Capstone at below market rates, entered into arrangements with KKR Capstone that provide for below market rent and allowed KKR Capstone to participate in the KKR Group’s insurance policies and employee benefit plans without passing through the full cost of the coverage to KKR Capstone. These arrangements, plus other favorable services and support provided by the KKR Group to KKR Capstone, will continue during the life of the Company.
Capstone Executives are expected to receive compensation in the form of (i) an annual salary; (ii) a discretionary performance-related bonus; (iii) grants of equity in one or more of the members of the KKR Group (including equity awards from the KKR Public Company, which has listed certain securities on the New York Stock Exchange), (iv) a portion of the carried interest distributions (or performance allocation payments) received by the Manager or the general partners of KKR Vehicles that are part of the KKR Group’s “carry pool” and/or (v) a profits interest in individual portfolio companies or assets of KKR Vehicles and, potentially, the Company. The fees paid to KKR Capstone by portfolio companies and KKR funds (including the Company) are designed to cover the costs of KKR Capstone’s business, the majority of which are compensation costs for Capstone Executives. Historically, KKR Capstone fees have only covered the annual salary and bonus paid to Capstone Executives while the other components of the typical compensation package for a Capstone Executive have been borne by the KKR Group. In the future, it could be that the additional components of the typical compensation package borne by the KKR Group (i.e., equity grants in members of the KKR Group, carried interest awards and profits interests) are factored into the fees that KKR Capstone charges to portfolio companies or KKR
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funds (including the Company) such that those costs are passed on to portfolio companies and KKR funds (including the Company). Capstone Executives could serve on the boards of directors of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and in such cases will generally receive directors’ fees and other compensation (including in the form of fixed and incentive compensation) in connection therewith from such Infrastructure Assets. They also serve from time to time as interim executives of portfolio companies and receive compensation in connection therewith. Any such compensation, which could be paid in cash or equity, received by Capstone Executives will not be shared with the Company or offset against Management Fees payable to the Manager.
Other companies provide similar services as KKR Capstone and other Technical Consultants, but they are less customized to the KKR Group’s business and are not exclusive to the KKR Group and its portfolio companies. In addition, KKR Capstone is often involved in due diligence in connection with KKR’s investment sourcing. Fees and compensation received by KKR Capstone will be paid by the Company and not shared with the Company or offset against the Company’s management fees (or performance payments) payable by the Company. In addition, it is expected that fees and compensation received by Technical Consultants will be charged and will not be shared with the Company or offset against Management Fees payable to the Manager, even if any Technical Consultant were to become a member of the KKR Group.
Generally, KKR Capstone has master consulting agreements in place with KKR for due diligence work and other projects on behalf of KKR Vehicles, including, potentially, the Company, and they from time to time enter into engagement letters with portfolio companies, holding companies and other entities for consulting services provided to such entities. KKR Capstone also performs scoping work on behalf of KKR Vehicles, including, potentially, the Company, in order to evaluate the potential for consulting or similar arrangements with existing portfolio companies and related operational changes and improvements. Under those agreements and engagement letters, KKR Capstone is generally entitled to fees, other compensation and expense reimbursement (outside of the United States, expenses could be determined as a fixed percentage of KKR Capstone’s fee for a specific engagement). While such fees and reimbursable expenses and other compensation paid to KKR Capstone is believed by KKR to be reasonable and generally at market rates for the relevant activities, such compensation is not negotiated at arm’s length and from time to time could be in excess of fees, reimbursable expenses or other compensation that would be charged by comparable third parties.
The quantum of fees and reimbursable expenses payable to KKR Capstone borne by the Company will at times depend in part upon which entity in the relevant investment structure has agreed to pay the relevant costs to KKR Capstone. For example, if the relevant Infrastructure Asset has agreed to pay such costs, then generally the equity owners of the Infrastructure Asset, including the Company, will indirectly bear their portion of such costs, whereas if a holding vehicle through which the Company (but not all of the equity owners of the Infrastructure Asset) invests pays such costs, then the Shareholders who invest through the relevant holding vehicle, including the Company, will bear such costs. This will result in the Company and any participating KKR Vehicles bearing a greater portion of the costs of KKR Capstone or Technical Consultants than would be the case if such costs were paid by the relevant Infrastructure Asset. If an Infrastructure Asset declines to pay for services rendered by KKR Capstone that the Manager believes benefited the Company, then the Company could be charged for such services, which will also result in the Company bearing more of such expenses than if paid by the Infrastructure Asset. KKR Capstone and Technical Consultants fees and reimbursable expenses related to due diligence are generally either capitalized as part of the acquisition price of the relevant investment for consummated investments (but only to the extent not reimbursed by a third party) or treated as Broken Deal Expenses for investments that are not consummated. KKR could engage KKR Capstone (and other Technical Consultants) on behalf of the Company (and KKR Vehicles, as applicable) for scoping work to evaluate the potential for consulting or similar engagements with the Company’s existing Infrastructure Assets, and the associated fees and reimbursable expenses for such scoping work will be treated as Company expenses. Similar considerations are expected to apply to the fees and expenses of any other Technical Consultants engaged in respect of the Company, its strategy or Infrastructure Assets.
Infrastructure Assets of the Company could potentially be counterparties to or participants in agreements, transactions or other arrangements with portfolio companies of KKR Vehicles or the KKR Group (for example, an Infrastructure Asset of the Company could retain a portfolio company of a KKR Vehicle to provide services or could acquire an asset from such portfolio company). Generally, transactions between Infrastructure Assets of the Company and portfolio companies of KKR Vehicles (or the KKR Group) would not give rise to a conflict of interest as these transactions are typically negotiated between members of management of the portfolio companies that are independent of the KKR Group and without the participation of the members of the KKR Group. Where the KKR
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Group determines that there is a conflict, including possibly because members of management are not sufficiently independent of the KKR Group, the KKR Group will take actions to resolve the conflict, in accordance with its established procedures and policies for addressing conflicts, including potentially having other independent parties approve the transaction.
Additionally, certain of these agreements, transactions and arrangements among portfolio companies involve fees, servicing payments, rebates and/or other benefits to the KKR Group (including KKR Capstone). For example, the KKR Group encourages portfolio companies to enter into agreements regarding group procurement and/or vendor discounts. The KKR Group (including KKR Capstone) could also participate in these agreements and potentially realize better pricing or discounts as a result of the participation of the KKR Group or its portfolio companies. Certain of those agreements provide for commissions or similar payments and/or discounts or rebates to be paid to a member of the KKR Group (including KKR Capstone) or a portfolio company and such payments or discounts or rebates could also be made directly to a member of the KKR Group (or to portfolio companies held as investments by KKR Vehicles or the KKR Group). Under these arrangements, a particular member of the KKR Group (including such portfolio companies) could benefit to a greater degree than the other participants, and a member of the KKR Group, including the KKR funds, investment vehicles and accounts (which might or might not include the Company) that have an interest (including indirectly) in the portfolio company will receive a greater relative benefit from the arrangements than the KKR funds, investment vehicles or accounts that do not own an interest therein. Fees and compensation received by KKR Capstone and its executives in relation to the foregoing will not be shared with the Company or offset against Management Fees payable to the Manager (see “—Expenses” below for a discussion of the allocation of fees and expenses of KKR Capstone). Similar arrangements could be put in place with respect to other Technical Consultants.
Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors
The Company will also directly bear, or indirectly bear through Infrastructure Assets, holding vehicles and other entities in or through which it acquires Infrastructure Assets, the costs, if any, of consulting services provided by KKR’s Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors. KKR’s Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors are typically senior business leaders who provide advisory and consulting services to the KKR Group, KKR Vehicles (including, potentially, the Company) and portfolio companies. They are consultants rather than employees of the KKR Group and are compensated for services provided to the KKR Group, KKR Vehicles (including, if applicable, the Company) and portfolio companies.
A significant portion of the compensation and reimbursement of expenses paid to Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors is allocated to KKR Vehicles, including, potentially, the Company.
Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors typically receive a financial package comprised of one or more of the following: (i) an annual fee; (ii) a discretionary performance-related bonus; (iii) a portion of the carried interest and/or incentive allocations allocable to the Manager or the general partners of KKR Vehicles that are part of the KKR Group’s “carry pool”; (iv) grants of equity in one or more of the members of the KKR Group (including equity awards from the KKR Public Company); and/or (v) an opportunity to invest in KKR Vehicles, including, potentially, the Company, or in specific transactions (including the Company’s acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets) on a no-fee/no-carry basis. Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors are also entitled to reimbursement for certain costs and expenses, including travel, meals, lodging and reasonable and customary entertainment, that are incurred while providing services to the KKR Group, KKR Vehicles and portfolio companies. Fees and expenses received by Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors that are borne by the Company and/or its Infrastructure Assets could result in direct or indirect benefits to KKR, KKR Vehicles and/or portfolio companies of KKR Vehicles. Consequently, the KKR Group, KKR Vehicles and/or portfolio companies of KKR Vehicles could receive services without bearing associated costs. Conversely, the Company or its Infrastructure Assets or prospective Infrastructure Assets could also benefit from services where the associated fees and expenses are borne by the KKR Group, KKR Vehicles and/or portfolio companies of KKR Vehicles.
Cash compensation (i.e., annual fees and cash bonuses) and expense reimbursement paid to Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors will generally be allocated to the Company to the extent the services of such individuals relate to the Company’s business strategy or otherwise to acquisitions or potential acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets. Allocations of such amounts are generally based on how each such person spends his or her time and the KKR Vehicles and other parties investing in the relevant strategy or investment. Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors and KKR Advisors could also serve on the boards of directors of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and
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otherwise serve directly as consultants to Infrastructure Assets and receive directors’ fees, consulting fees and other compensation (including in the form of fixed and incentive compensation) in connection therewith from the Infrastructure Assets. Any such compensation, which could be paid in cash or equity, or expense reimbursements received by the Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors or KKR Advisors will not be shared with the Company or offset against Management Fees payable to the Manager (see “—Expenses” below for a discussion of the allocation of fees and expenses of Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors).
In addition to Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors and KKR Advisors, the KKR Group engages external consultants in connection with the identification of and due diligence with respect to potential Infrastructure Assets, commonly called deal consultants. While there are a variety of forms the engagements can take, they are generally entered into in connection with a specific investment. Many times, the deal consultant will have sourced the investment and will be paid a “finder’s fee” as well as fees and expense reimbursement for due diligence work (either by means of a cash payment or through stock or equity grants in the relevant Infrastructure Asset). Other times, the deal consultant will be engaged in advance of identifying a specific Infrastructure Asset but with a view to finding an appropriate opportunity for the deal consultant to become an operating executive of an Infrastructure Asset. In those circumstances, the deal consultant will be paid fees and expense reimbursement for due diligence work (either by means of a cash payment or through stock or equity grants in the relevant Infrastructure Asset if the acquisition is consummated) and, if the acquisition is successfully consummated, the deal consultant would become an executive at the Infrastructure Asset, typically in the C-suite. Where such deal consultants are engaged in connection with a consummated acquisition of an Infrastructure Asset by the Company, the fees paid to such deal consultants and or the costs of any stock or equity grants made to such consultant will be borne by the Company and any participating KKR Vehicles and, where a transaction is not consummated, the fees paid to such deal consultants will be borne by the Company and KKR Vehicles as Broken Deal Expenses. In addition, or as an alternative, to the consultant fees and reimbursement for due diligence work described above, such deal consultants could also receive (i) profits interests and other performance related compensation related to the relevant Infrastructure Asset; (ii) an opportunity to participate in any management equity plans of the relevant Infrastructure Asset; and/or (iii) an opportunity to invest in the relevant Infrastructure Asset on a no-fee/no-carry basis.
The KKR Group has entered into, and expects that in the future it will enter into, in cooperation with the Manager, strategic partnerships or other multi-strategy, multi-fund or multi-asset class arrangements with investors (or their affiliates) that commit capital to a range of the KKR Group’s platform of products, investment ideas and asset classes (including the strategy of the Company). Such arrangements will generally (subject to applicable terms) include the KKR Group’s granting certain preferential terms to such investors, including, for example, blended fee, management fee, carried interest and/or incentive allocation rates that are lower than those applicable to the Company when applied to the entire strategic partnership, altered liquidity rights (including, without limitation, altered redemption rights or altered rights to cancel remaining undrawn Commitments), rights to participate in the investment review and evaluation process, access to senior managers at the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and training by the KKR Group of personnel of the investor (or its affiliates). Where such Shareholders participate in the Company through dedicated investment vehicles or accounts as part of such arrangements (or an affiliate of any such investor participates in the Company), such vehicles and accounts (or affiliates, as applicable) will generally (subject to applicable terms) be granted terms, including Management Fees and the Performance Participation Allocation, and liquidity rights, that are more favorable than those applicable to other Shareholders. Where management fees, carried interest and/or incentive allocations are applicable at the level of such vehicles and accounts, such terms will generally (subject to applicable terms) include a waiver of Management Fees and/or the Performance Participation Allocation on their purchase of the Company’s Shares. In addition, the KKR Group has entered into, and expects that in the future it will enter into, written contractual arrangements with investors (or affiliates thereof) that entitle such investors to economic benefits in respect of the Company and/or KKR Vehicles in consideration of the aggregate capital commitments made to KKR Vehicles by such investors (or their affiliates) in excess of a specified threshold and within a specified time period. Such arrangements will generally entitle such investors to receive preferential terms, including management fee and/or carried interest or incentive allocation rates that are lower than those that would apply to a purchase of the Company’s Shares in the absence of such arrangements, as well as altered liquidity rights (including, without limitation, altered redemption rights or altered rights to cancel remaining undrawn Commitments). The KKR Group has established and expects in the future to establish KKR Vehicles that pursue similar strategies to the Company and could permit such KKR Vehicles and any other investor to co-invest in some or all of the acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets made by the Company (see “—No Assurance of Ability to Participate in Acquisition Opportunities; Relationship with KKR, its Affiliates and KKR Vehicles; Allocation of Acquisition
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Opportunities” and “—Co-Investments” below). The terms applicable to such KKR Vehicles and co-investors, including management fees or carried interest, could be more favorable than those applicable to the Company (and could also include no management fees and/or carried interest). The foregoing preferential terms are unavailable to Shareholders in the Company that have not entered into comparable arrangements with the KKR Group.
The Company may enter into Joint Ventures with third-party managers or other persons with respect to the management of specified Infrastructure Assets or categories of Infrastructure Assets and in connection therewith, such third party managers or other persons may receive management fees and/or performance-based compensation such as a carried interest and/or incentive allocations in vehicles through which such Joint Ventures invest. The Company could also hold certain Infrastructure Assets through investment vehicles managed in whole or in part by third party managers or other persons where the Manager determines this is necessary or appropriate due to regulatory or other comparable reasons. Any compensation of such third party managers or of Joint Ventures partners, which will reduce the Company’s returns from the relevant Infrastructure Assets, will not be shared with the Company or offset against Management Fees payable to the Manager.
The Management Fee is payable monthly in arrears in an amount equal to (i) 1.25% per annum of the month-end NAV attributable to Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares and Class U Shares, (ii) 1.00% per annum of the month-end NAV attributable to Class R Shares (provided that such Class R Shares are held in connection with an intermediary’s aggregate subscription for at least $250 million and less than $500 million during the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement with such intermediary and (iii) 0.95% per annum of the month-end NAV attributable to Class R Shares (provided that such Class R Shares are held in connection with an intermediary’s aggregate subscription for at least $500 million of Class R Shares during the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement with such intermediary), each before giving effect to any accruals for the Management Fee, the Servicing Fee, the Performance Participation Allocation, redemptions for that month, any distributions and without taking into account any taxes (whether paid, payable, accrued or otherwise) of any intermediate entity through which the Company indirectly invests in an Infrastructure Asset, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Manager. The Manager may elect to receive the Management Fee in cash or Class F Shares. The Management Fee will be payable to the Manager in consideration for its services. The calculation of the net assets includes certain subjective judgments with respect to estimating, for example, the value of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets, income and liabilities (e.g., exclusion of potentially subjective or contingent liabilities that may arise on or subsequent to the sale of an Infrastructure Asset), and therefore, the net asset value may not correspond to realizable value upon a sale of those assets. The Manager may benefit from the Company retaining ownership of its assets at times when Shareholders may be better served by the sale or disposition of the Company’s assets in order to avoid a reduction in its net asset value. If the Company’s net asset value is calculated in a way that is not reflective of its actual net asset value, then the purchase price of Shares or the price paid for the repurchase of Shares on a given date may not accurately reflect the value of the Company, and such Shares may be worth less than the purchase price or more than the repurchase price.
KKR Capital Markets
The Company expects to engage KKR or affiliates of KKR to facilitate the arranging and servicing of financing to the Company. In particular, KCM will receive fees directly from the Company in connection with arranging any such financing for the Company, including financings involving affiliates of KKR. Such financings arranged by KCM can include the establishment of a credit facility for the Company as well as syndication and warehousing arrangements for the Company. These payments to KCM would not be shared with the Company or Shareholders and will benefit KKR directly and indirectly. Any amounts paid to KCM for such services by the Company as well as the expenses, charges and costs of any benchmarking, verification or other analysis related thereto, will be borne by the Company as Company Expenses, will not result in any offset to the Management Fee. Even if debt holders are responsible for such payments, the Company may indirectly bear some of the cost. KKR directly benefits from the engagement of KCM through the payment of fees, and there is therefore an inherent conflict of interest. When required, the prior consent of the Board (or the non-independent members thereof) will be sought in connection with the provision of such services and payment of such fees.
Other Fee Offset
With respect to the timing of any offsets to the Management Fee, offsets will generally be calculated on a cash-basis in the subscription period in which they are paid, with any offsetable fees and expenses earned during a particular month offset at the end of such month, with any additional offsetable fees and expenses in excess of the
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Management Fee for such period being deducted from the next month’s Management Fees. Because each Shareholder’s proportionate share of Shares will change over time, such Shareholder’s Management Fees may be reduced by an amount greater or less than the amount by which its fees would have been reduced had the offset been calculated in a different month, potentially materially so. If permitted by applicable law and accounting standards, the Manager may determine to allocate certain offsetable fees and expenses over a longer period so that offsetable fees and expenses attributed to any particular month are not disproportionately benefitting Shareholders in one subscription period.
Fees paid by Holders of Certain Investor Shares
Shareholders (or their brokers on their behalf) may elect to purchase Investor Shares and in connection therewith, by virtue of holding Class S, Class U or Class D Shares, bear a larger amount of fees than Shareholders that are not holders of Class S, Class U or Class D Shares for reporting, administrative and other services provided by such Shareholder’s registered investment adviser, adviser representative or other financial intermediary. Some or all of the Servicing Fee payable in respect of a holder of Class S, Class U or Class D Shares’ investment may be allocated to such Shareholder’s representative at the registered investment adviser or broker-dealer through which such Shareholder was placed. Any amounts allocated in accordance with the foregoing sentence will compensate such registered investment adviser or broker-dealer representative for reporting, administrative and other services provided to a Shareholder by such representative. The receipt of the Servicing Fee by a Shareholder’s registered investment adviser or broker-dealer representative will result in a conflict of interest.
Loan Servicing and Asset Recovery Activities
The KKR Group will, from time to time, provide loan services to the Company and/or KKR Vehicles that invest in loan participations or to portfolio companies or other issuers in which they invest (including non-controlled issuers) or to lending syndicates in which they participate, and will generally be entitled to servicing fees and expense reimbursements for such activities. Such services are expected to include sourcing of loans, due diligence of loans and general servicing or administration services in respect of loan portfolios. In particular, the KKR Group broker-dealer has established a loan administration business pursuant to which it provides Administrator, collateral agent and other loan administration services to borrowers and other portfolio companies and issuers in which the Company and/or KKR Vehicles could invest, particularly (but not only) where such broker-dealer is the lead or sole arranger in the relevant transaction, and will be entitled to servicing fees and expense reimbursements in respect of these activities.
In addition, the KKR Group has acquired an interest in an “asset reconstruction company” (an “ARC”) in India which sources, services and/or resolves performing or non-performing loans and provides services relating to loan administration, loan or asset resolution, restructuring and reconstruction in India. The Company can invest in security receipts issued by special purpose trusts or similar vehicles (“ARC Portfolio Trusts”) established by the ARC acting as trustee and manager of the relevant ARC Portfolio Trust. Each such ARC Portfolio Trust will acquire nonperforming loans and / or other relevant assets that such ARC Portfolio Trust is permitted to invest in under applicable law. The ARC will typically be entitled to reimbursement of expenses and compensation for services rendered to an ARC Portfolio Trust, which will typically include an annual management fee based on the net asset value of the assets held by an ARC Portfolio Trust. Where the ARC provides work out and other similar services to an ARC Portfolio Trust, the ARC could also be entitled to performance fees or other performance-based compensation. Pursuant to applicable regulations in India, the ARC has been required to have a 15% interest in each ARC Portfolio Trust it establishes and services. Accordingly, the ARC will co-invest alongside the Company in all assets participated in by the Company through an ARC Portfolio Trust to the extent of such minimum required interest. All management fees, performance fees and other compensation charged to any ARC Portfolio Trust by the ARC, and any returns received by the ARC on its proprietary interest in any ARC Portfolio Trust, will be retained by the ARC, and the KKR Group, as a shareholder of the ARC, will receive a share of such compensation through its share of distributable profits received from the ARC, none of which will be shared with the Company or offset against the Company’s Management Fees or Performance Participation Allocation payable to the Manager or KKR, as applicable, in respect of the Company. Accordingly, the Company will not receive any benefit from such share of such compensation earned by the KKR Group. The Company alone or together with KKR Vehicles and third-party investors could invest in security receipts issued by ARC Portfolio Trusts, which will use such proceeds to acquire
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the non-performing loans and/or other relevant assets. In addition, the ARC is permitted to provide services to ARC Portfolio Trusts in which neither the Company nor any KKR Vehicle invest. The ARC is not under any obligation to bring investment opportunities sourced by investment managers and other third parties that are not affiliated with the Manager to the Company or any KKR Vehicle.
While fees and other compensation paid to the ARC by any ARC Portfolio Trust in which the Company invests are generally expected by the Manager to be reasonable and generally charged at rates that are at or below market rates for the relevant services, such compensation will not in each case be negotiated on an arm’s-length basis and from time to time could be in excess of fees, commission or other compensation that are charged by other, unaffiliated service providers.
Further, investment opportunities sourced by the ARCs could be offered by the ARC to the Company and KKR Vehicles which could give rise to other conflicts of interest that are relevant to the Company (for example, but without limitation, conflicts of interest relating to allocations of investment opportunities). The KKR Group could, in the future, acquire interests in other ARCs or comparable service providers in India or elsewhere, in which case, the above considerations are expected also to be applicable to any such service providers.
Platform Investments; Operating Partners
From time to time, the Company or the KKR Group will recruit an existing or newly formed management team to pursue a new “platform” opportunity expected to lead to the formation of a future Infrastructure Asset. In other cases, the Company or the KKR Group could form a new Infrastructure Asset and recruit an existing or newly formed management team to build the Infrastructure Asset through acquisitions and organic growth. Further, in order to augment the KKR Infrastructure Team’s capabilities and diligence techniques and, in some instances, operate or service the Company’s acquisitions, the KKR Group could partner with, including through Joint Ventures or by making acquisitions in, high-quality infrastructure operators with significant infrastructure expertise and the requisite skills to operate or service the Company’s assets. Finally, the Company could retain third parties or members of the KKR Group to provide Asset Leasing Services relating to acquisition opportunities comprised of asset leasing arrangements, including aircraft leasing investments, high quality operators with significant expertise and the requisite skills to operate or service the Company’s assets.
The structure of each platform Infrastructure Asset and the engagement of each operating partner will vary, including in respect of whether a management or operating team’s services are exclusive to the platform and whether members of the management or operating team are employed directly by such platform or indirectly through a separate management company established to manage such platform, and such structures are subject to change throughout an investment’s hold period, for example, in connection with potential restructurings, refinancings and/or dispositions. Members of the management or operating team for a platform investment will at times include former KKR Personnel, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, Senior Advisors, KKR Advisors and Capstone Executives. The members of the management team might be selected because the Manager believes that they have particular expertise, capability or knowledge with respect to an actual or potential portfolio company or infrastructure sector or for regulatory reasons or to assist the Manager in building relationships that could be beneficial to the Company and that could create opportunities for future acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets. Although the Manager anticipates exercising influence over any “platform” investments, there could be situations where the Manager will have little influence over such management team with respect to the invested amounts, and there is no assurance that any such investment would benefit the Company, either economically or by achieving access to attractive future acquisition opportunities.
The management or operating team of a platform investment (or one or more members thereof) could also provide the same or similar services with respect to other platform investments of the Company and/or one or more KKR Vehicles (including predecessor funds and successor funds thereto) or provide the same or similar services for assets owned by third parties. KKR Vehicles could invest in platforms in which the Company is also invested. The Company could potentially realize a platform investment (in whole or in part) through sale of the platform or a disposition of assets held through the platform (including any management operating company), including to one or more KKR Vehicles or third parties. The provision of the foregoing services will not require the prior consent of the Board (or the non-independent members thereof) so long as such transactions are effected in accordance with the terms of the LLC Agreement. The services provided by the platform’s management and operating team could potentially be similar to, and overlap with, services provided by the KKR Group or its affiliates to the Company or to KKR Vehicles, and the services could also be provided exclusively to the Infrastructure Asset.
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As with the Company’s other Infrastructure Assets, in respect of all platform arrangements, the Company will bear the expenses of the management team and/or Infrastructure Asset, as the case may be, including, for example, any overhead expenses, management fees or other fees, employee compensation, diligence expenses or other expenses in connection with backing the management team and/or the build out of the platform. Such expenses will be borne directly by the Company as Company expenses (or Broken Deal Expenses, if applicable) or indirectly as the Company bears the start-up and ongoing expenses of the newly formed platform. The compensation of management of a platform Infrastructure Asset will generally include management fees (or other fees, including, for example, origination fees) or interests in the profits of the Infrastructure Asset (or other entity in the holdings structure of the platform Infrastructure Asset), including profits realized in connection with the disposition of an asset and other performance-based compensation. Where the management or operating team of a platform Infrastructure Asset of the Company provides services that benefit KKR Vehicles, those KKR Vehicles will not necessarily bear their allocable share of platform related expenses, including compensation of management. Although it is possible that a platform Infrastructure Asset will be controlled by the Company, members of a management team will not be treated as affiliates of the Manager for purposes of this Registration Statement. Accordingly, none of the compensation or expenses described above will be offset against any Management Fees or carried interest distributions payable to the Manager in respect of the Company.
With respect to operating partners, the KKR Group will generally retain, or otherwise enter into a Joint Ventures arrangement with, such operating partner on an ongoing basis through a consulting or Joint Ventures arrangement involving the payment of annual retainer fees. Further, such operating partner will typically receive success fees, performance-based compensation and other compensation for assistance provided by such operators in sourcing and diligencing investments for the Company and KKR Vehicles. Such annual retainer fees, success fees, performance-based compensation and the other costs of retaining such operating partners would ordinarily be borne directly by the Company as fund expenses. To the extent that an operating partner is providing services on an exclusive basis to the KKR Group, or the Company acquires an interest in such operating partner, members of such operating partner will not be treated as affiliates of the Manager for purposes of this Registration Statement. Accordingly, none of the compensation or expenses described above will be offset against any Management Fees or Performance Participation Allocation payable to the Manager or KKR in respect of the Company. Such operating partners (including operating partners in which the Company owns an interest) will generally operate assets on behalf of the Company as well as KKR Vehicles and could also operate assets for third parties.
For example, the KKR Group has entered into a consulting agreement with Water Capital Partners, LLC (“WCP”) who worked with the KKR Infrastructure Team in developing and performing due diligence on the previous water and wastewater concession investments that have since been exited and who continue to manage those concessions for the new owner as they did while those investments were owned by a KKR Vehicle. Under the consulting arrangement, WCP receives an annual retainer fee for assisting the KKR Group in sourcing and diligencing potential water, wastewater and waste investment opportunities in the United States. The foregoing annual retainer fee is allocated to and borne by KKR Vehicles that participate in the global infrastructure strategy. The Company will be allocated a portion of the annual retainer fee when it becomes operational. Under the consulting agreement, WCP could also be entitled to receive additional success fees for their pre-closing work related to investments consummated by the Company and KKR Vehicles and WCP could be retained to provide operational and administrative services in respect of such investments, which would require the payment of additional compensation and could include equity-based consideration such as a promote. The foregoing success fees and additional compensation would be borne by the Company and KKR Vehicles. None of the compensation or expenses described above will be offset against any delegate management fees or carried interest distributions payable in respect of the Company.
Expenses
The Company will pay or otherwise bear all legal, accounting, and filing expenses incurred in connection with organizing and establishing the Company and the Manager, and the offering of Shares in the Company up to the amount indicated as a cap in the Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement. See “Item 2. Financial Information—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation—Expenses—Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement” In addition, the Company will pay Broken Deal Expenses and all expenses related to the operation of the Company and its investment activities, as described in the LLC Agreement.
As discussed in more detail below under “Co-Investments,” the Company is expected to participate in specific investments together with one or more KKR Vehicles and could also co-invest with the KKR Group (investing for
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its own account through proprietary entities) and other Co-Investors. In addition, to the extent permitted under the LLC Agreement, the Company and KKR Vehicles are expected to invest in accordance with similar strategies in respect of one or more categories of Infrastructure Assets which the Company seeks to acquire. In particular, but without limitation, the Company is expected from time to time to invest alongside KKR Vehicles. The Manager, KKR and its affiliates will determine, in their discretion, the appropriate allocation of acquisition-related expenses, including Broken Deal Expenses incurred in respect of unconsummated acquisitions and expenses more generally relating to a particular business strategy, among the funds, vehicles and accounts participating or that would have participated in such acquisitions or that otherwise participate in the relevant business strategy, as applicable, which as discussed below, could result in the Company bearing more or less of these expenses than other participants or potential participants in the relevant investments.
Out-of-pocket expenses associated with a completed acquisition made by the Company will from time to time be borne by the relevant Infrastructure Asset or a related investment vehicle through which the acquisition is made by the Company and capitalized as part of the acquisition price of the relevant transaction to the extent not reimbursed by a third party. As indicated above, where the relevant Infrastructure Asset bears such expenses, then each direct and indirect equity owner of the company will indirectly bear a portion of such expenses. In certain transactions, however, certain expenses, which could include fees and expenses payable to KKR Capstone (or other Technical Consultants), Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors and KKR Advisors, as applicable, and transaction and monitoring fees and service costs payable to the KKR Group, among others, will be allocated to and borne by (i) holding companies or other vehicles through which certain, but not all, of the direct and indirect equity owners of the Infrastructure Asset invest or (ii) a specific KKR fund, vehicle or account, including the Company and/or KKR Vehicles. Where such expenses are borne by Infrastructure Assets which the Company acquires, this will result in the Company bearing a greater portion of such costs and expenses than would be the case if such costs were paid by the relevant Infrastructure Asset.
Expenses related more generally to a business strategy, including Broken Deal Expenses, certain organizational expenses (e.g., those related to the establishment of a multi-investment platform for a strategy), fees and expenses of consultants (including Senior Advisors, and Industry Advisors, Executive Advisors, KKR Capstone and other Technical Consultants) and costs and expenses of research relating to such strategy, will be allocated to the Company and/or any KKR Vehicles (and, if applicable, KKR proprietary entities) participating in the relevant business strategy. The allocation of such expenses among participants in a given strategy will be based upon a number of relevant factors, including, without limitation, the capital committed to the strategy and the amount of capital historically invested, or remaining invested, in similar investments. The proportion of such expenses allocated to any relevant fund, vehicle or account could, accordingly, vary from period to period, but as a general result, the most significant portion of such expenses is typically borne by the primary Infrastructure Assets for such strategy.
KKR Insurance Costs
The KKR Group expects to maintain one or more insurance policies that cover the Company, KKR Vehicles, and the KKR Group, and as noted in “Item 2. Financial Information—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation—Expenses—Company Expenses,” the Company will bear an allocable portion of the premiums and fees for such policies as Company expenses. The KKR Group believes that employing such insurance policies enables the KKR Group to achieve lower overall premiums and fees for the Company, KKR Vehicles, the KKR Group and its affiliates. Such policies typically carry a per occurrence deductible, which would be expected to be borne by the relevant insured person(s) making a claim under the policy and not by other insured persons. On the other hand, such insurance policies typically have a maximum amount that will be paid to insured person(s) making any claim, and as such, it is possible that the Company will have insufficient coverage to the extent that a claim by a KKR Vehicle, KKR and/or one or more members of the KKR Group is paid for their insurance claims up to such maximum amount. In determining the Company’s allocable portion of any insurance premium or fee, the KKR Group first determines the portion of the aggregate amount of such premium or fee that is allocable to the private markets division of the KKR Group (which includes the Company and the KKR Vehicles that are private equity, growth equity or real asset funds) and the portion allocable to the public markets division of the KKR Group based on its assessment of the risks associated with their respective underlying businesses. Historically, the KKR Group has allocated 85% of the aggregate premiums or fees to the private markets division and 15% to the public markets division. The KKR Group then further allocates the private markets division’s portion of the aggregate premiums or fees among the KKR Vehicles comprising the private markets division (including the Company) pro rata based upon their relative NAV as of a specified date on or near the date the KKR Group entered into the applicable
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policy. In addition to the KKR Group policies referenced above, the Company could obtain one or more additional insurance policies that are specific to the Company, its activities and/or its Infrastructure Assets. The costs of any such additional policies would be borne solely by the Company and/or its Infrastructure Assets (in addition to the amounts borne by the Company under the KKR Group policies described above).
Operational and other Company-related expenses (or a portion thereof to the extent operational resources giving rise to such costs are also used by the KKR Group for proprietary purposes) generally will be borne by the KKR Group out-of-pocket and then reimbursed by the Company. In the event of any error by the KKR Group in the calculation of allocable expenses for which reimbursement from the Company is sought (which could result in an under or over reimbursement of expenses), the KKR Group will endeavor to correct such error as soon as reasonably practicable, including by refunding any over reimbursement or netting such amount out of subsequent amounts payable to the KKR Group. Interest will not accrue on any refunds or additional reimbursement payments between the KKR Group and the Company to rectify any such error.
The KKR Group manages certain investment vehicles that are either feeder funds investing in KKR Vehicles or side-by-side vehicles investing alongside KKR Vehicles that are established primarily for the benefit of KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors, Capstone Executives and certain other persons associated with the KKR Group, including, without limitation, certain external consultants, and could potentially participate in acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets made by the Company. The KKR Group will generally bear any allocable share of organizational costs and other expenses allocable to these vehicles on their behalf.
In addition to the insurance carried by KKR and its affiliates, the Company will also carry liability insurance, including “D&O” insurance that is similar to that which similar businesses hold, and in amounts that are customary for the types of businesses that the Company will operate. The Company will pay for costs and expenses for its own insurance along with an allocable portion of costs of the KKR insurance policies that benefit the Company and its Infrastructure Assets.
Applicable Employees
The Company will also pay or otherwise bear the costs and expenses associated with administration of the Company and its assets. Such expenses will include allocable compensation and overhead of applicable employees of the KKR Group that are members of the KKR Group’s finance, tax, legal, compliance, technology, public affairs and operations teams that spend time on Company-related matters (the “Applicable Employees”). The following principles will be applied in determining allocable compensation and overhead of Applicable Employees.
Each Applicable Employee will track his/her time (currently expected to be in half-hour increments) spent engaged in a variety of matters that can be generally categorized as relating to (i) administration of the Company, (ii) administration of the Company’s assets, (iii) administration of KKR Vehicles and their assets and (iv) non-fund related activities. The Company will only bear the compensation and overhead of each Applicable Employee that is allocable to the time spent on matters relating to clauses (i) and (ii) relative to the total time spent on all matters by such Applicable Employee. The KKR Group will bear the portion of compensation and overhead of Applicable Employees that is allocable to non-fund related activities. The following activities are included in the administration of the Company and administration of the Company’s assets: (a) capital activity, which includes processing subscriptions and redemptions and calculating Management Fees and the Performance Participation Allocation; (b) fund financial reporting, which includes semi-annual, annual and other periodic financial statements, working with the Company’s auditors on the annual audit, preparing transparency reports and fee reporting, managing the Company’s general ledger and equity ledger, and preparation and review of quarter close work papers; (c) tax compliance and reporting as well as advice and work related to tax structuring for the Company, its Infrastructure Assets and intermediate holding entities; (d) legal and compliance activities, including, but not limited to, amendments to this Registration Statement, the LLC Agreement, the Management Agreement and other documentation related to the Company, compliance with applicable law and regulations, and work related to structuring the Company, its Infrastructure Assets and intermediate holding entities; (e) treasury and operations, which includes cash movement and reconciliation and management of credit facilities; (f) custody, which includes managing the custody confirmation process, (g) valuation and (h) maintaining, updating, implementing and enhancing technology software and equipment to conduct the foregoing activities and other technological support in respect of any of the foregoing activities.
Compensation of each Applicable Employee will include three elements: (a) salary and cash bonus; (b) payroll taxes; and (c) healthcare costs. For salary and cash bonus, each Applicable Employee will be assigned an amount
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based on the prior year’s average salary and cash bonus paid to Applicable Employees of the same seniority level (e.g., vice president, principal, director) within the same location (e.g., Houston, New York). The average salary and cash bonus for each level and location will be documented on a rate card that is updated annually. As an example, the salary and cash bonus assigned to each vice president on the finance team in New York for 2022 will be the average salary and cash bonus paid to all vice presidents on the finance team in New York for 2021, even though individual vice presidents on the finance team in New York could have actually been paid less (or more) than the average in 2021 or 2022. For payroll taxes, which consist of social security and Medicare taxes, the amount assigned to each Applicable Employee will be formulaic based on the applicable salary and cash bonus assigned to each Applicable Employee according to the rate card. For healthcare costs, which consist of medical and dental benefits, each Applicable Employee will be assigned an amount based on the prior year’s weighted average cost across all Applicable Employees taking into account medical coverage rates (including employee contributions) and actual marital status selections for all Applicable Employees. The weighted average healthcare costs will be documented on a rate card that is updated annually. As an example, the healthcare costs assigned to each vice president on the finance team in New York for 2022 will be the weighted average healthcare costs across all Applicable Employees regardless of level and location for 2021, even though individual vice presidents on the finance team in New York could have actually had healthcare costs less (or more) than the weighted average in 2021 or 2022. Using averages for determining the compensation costs for individual Applicable Employees could cause a greater (or lesser) amount to be reimbursed by the Company than if compensation costs had been determined based on each employee’s individual compensation costs. The allocation of compensation is determined on a look back basis, meaning the amounts allocated to the Company in the current period represent the compensation costs from the prior period and the percentage of time used for the current period’s allocation is based on how time was spent in the prior period.
Overhead includes rent, property taxes and utilities that are allocable to workspaces and shared spaces (including conference rooms, hallways, kitchens and bathrooms) used by Applicable Employees. The first step in the allocation process is to determine the aggregate overhead costs for all space (both work and shared) to be allocated and calculate a cost per square foot by dividing the aggregate overhead costs by the available workspace within each location (e.g., Houston, New York). Each Applicable Employee is assigned an amount of square footage for his/her workspace based on the smallest occupied workspace by an Applicable Employee at each level of seniority (e.g., vice president, principal, director) within each location (e.g., Houston, New York). As an example, the workspace square footage assigned to each vice president on the finance team in New York for 2022 will be the smallest occupied workspace by a vice president on the finance team in New York for 2021, even though individual vice presidents on the finance team in New York could have actually occupied a larger workspace in 2021 or 2022. The total overhead for each Applicable Employee will be calculated by multiplying the amount of square footage assigned to each Applicable Employee by the aggregate per square foot overhead costs. The allocation of overhead is determined on a look back basis, meaning the amounts allocated to the Company in the current year represent the overhead costs from the prior year.
It should be noted that the KKR Group does not obtain pricing information from unaffiliated third-party service providers and accordingly compensation and overhead of Applicable Employees charged to the Company could be in excess of the cost of comparable services provided in an arm’s-length transaction. In addition, the KKR Group could, from time to time, expand the scope of Applicable Employees to apply to additional personnel (or categories of personnel) of the KKR Group devoting time to Company administration matters, as well as in-house attorneys, accountants and tax advisers engaged in the Company’s legal and regulatory compliance. See “Item 2. Financial Information—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation—Expenses—Company Expenses” for a further description of expenses that will be borne by the Company. In addition, KKR Vehicles will bear expenses incurred with respect to the Company and its Infrastructure Assets for services performed by employees of the Company and KKR Vehicles will be responsible for compensating the Company accordingly.
The Manager and/or its affiliates are permitted to, in their discretion, consult with or refer to the Board (or the non-independent members thereof), legal counsel, tax advisors, accountants, investment bankers and other similar advisors engaged by the Company, the Manager, the KKR Group or any of their affiliates regarding any determinations with respect to contractual interpretation or ambiguities relating to fees, costs and expenses, and the Manager and/or its affiliates are permitted to rely on such advice. Such determinations, if made in good faith reliance on such consultation, will be binding on all Shareholders, the Company and the Manager.
The Company will have its own employees, as well as employees of KKR, that will be assigned or seconded to the Company. We will pay for all expenses related to the services performed for the Company by such persons,
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including the compensation of our seconded officers, employees and other personnel. Certain employees of KKR are expected to be transferred to be employees of the Company, and the Company will be responsible for all hiring costs of such employees, including make-whole payments and signing bonuses paid to such employees and will reimburse KKR for such costs.
1940 Act Considerations
KKR manages directly and through certain joint venture arrangements, a number of registered investment companies and business development companies (“BDCs”) which are regulated pursuant to the Investment Company Act (“1940 Act Funds”). Such 1940 Act Funds can invest alongside the Company and other non-1940 Act Funds in certain circumstances when doing so is consistent with their investment strategy as well as applicable law and SEC staff interpretations. In addition, certain 1940 Act Funds and the Company and other non-1940 Act Funds can invest alongside each other pursuant to exemptive relief granted by the SEC to KKR. This exemptive relief enumerates various conditions that need to be followed by the participating investment vehicles in order to co-invest with each other. In some circumstances, due to regulatory considerations related to the 1940 Act, the 1940 Act Funds will not be considered eligible to participate in specific investments for allocation purposes. As a result, the 1940 Act Funds will not be able to participate in as many investments as the non-1940 Act Funds and allocations of investments to the Company, other non-1940 Act Funds and 1940 Act Funds pursuing a similar investment strategy will vary materially from investment to investment as a result of such regulatory considerations. Due to the substantial size of certain of these 1940 Act Funds, allocations of investments to the Company could be materially reduced where 1940 Act Funds are participating alongside the Company in such investments. In certain circumstances, the Company and other non-1940 Act Funds will not be able to participate at all in an investment if the 1940 Act Funds are participating. Similarly, there could be certain circumstances in which 1940 Act Funds and/or the Company and other non-1940 Act Funds participate in the same transaction and due to subsequent events, either the 1940 Act Funds or the Company and other non-1940 Act Funds cannot participate in follow-on investments in the same issuer. Conflicts also will arise if the 1940 Act Funds hold different securities in an issuer’s capital structure to those held by the Company or other non-1940 Act Funds. The KKR Group’s ability to manage such conflicts could, in certain circumstances, be restricted by the 1940 Act and applicable rules, regulations and SEC staff interpretations.
Acquisition and Disposition of Infrastructure Assets Alongside KKR Vehicles
The Company will form Joint Ventures by pooling capital with one or more KKR Vehicles that target acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets that are compatible with our business strategy. We expect that a significant portion of our Infrastructure Assets will be owned and controlled by the Company through Joint Ventures alongside one or more KKR Vehicles. Although our Joint Ventures will be managed in a way that reflects the commonality of interests among the KKR Vehicles and the Company, the Company and such KKR Vehicles will generally have different holding periods and/or business or investment objectives (including return profiles). As a result, KKR and its subsidiaries, including the Manager, may have conflicting goals with respect to the price and timing of disposition opportunities.
The Company benefits from access to KKR’s infrastructure platform and from the ability to form Joint Ventures with KKR Vehicles for the purpose of acquiring, owning and controlling Infrastructure Assets. Although it is not required to, the Company may choose to dispose of an Infrastructure Asset held through a Joint Venture at the same time as one or more KKR Vehicles dispose of an Infrastructure Asset held through the same Joint Venture, including to avoid becoming a Joint Venture partner with an unaffiliated entity. As a result, the Company may choose to sell or hold Infrastructure Assets (possibly at disadvantageous times or under disadvantageous conditions) as a result of one or more KKR Vehicles choosing to sell or hold such Infrastructure Assets. Any such dispositions of Infrastructure Assets made in consideration of dispositions by KKR Vehicles may occur at times that do not otherwise align with Company’s long-term holding period. The Company and KKR Vehicles may also dispose of their interests in an Infrastructure Asset held through a Joint Venture at different times and on different terms.
KKR’s Investment Advisory and Proprietary Activities
As a global investment management firm, the KKR Group sponsors and advises, and expects, in the future, to sponsor and advise, a broad range of investment funds, vehicles and other accounts that make investments worldwide. These include, but are not limited to, the KKR Vehicles. The KKR Group also makes investments for its own account, including, for example, through investment and co-investment vehicles established for KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors, Capstone Executives and certain other associated persons of KKR Credit, the KKR Group or any KKR affiliates.
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The KKR Public Company uses the Balance Sheet as a significant source of capital to further grow and expand its business, increase its participation in existing businesses and further align its interests with those of investors in KKR Vehicles and other stakeholders. The Balance Sheet includes general partner capital commitments to, and limited partnership interests in KKR Vehicles, proprietary investment vehicles and accounts, co-investments in certain portfolio companies and energy and real estate assets acquired in connection with the KKR Public Company’s acquisition of KKR Financial Holdings LLC (“KFN”) in April 2014. The Balance Sheet also holds other assets used in the development of the KKR Public Company’s business, including seed capital for the purpose of developing, evaluating and testing potential investment strategies, products or new strategies (“Seed Investments”) (see “—KKR Stakes and Seed Business” below).
The KKR Public Company has adopted policies and procedures (the “Balance Sheet Guidelines”) to mitigate any potential conflicts of interest between the investment activities of the Balance Sheet on the one hand and the Company and any KKR Vehicle on the other. Under the Balance Sheet Guidelines, the Balance Sheet’s uses are categorized generally into three categories: (1) strategic, (2) opportunistic and (3) operational funding.
Strategic uses principally focus on acquiring or owning assets in the financial services industry to enhance the KKR Public Company’s businesses or earnings. Examples of such uses include strategic acquisitions, such as PAAMCO Prisma (as defined below) and KFN, general partner commitments to KKR funds, warehoused investments for KKR funds and investments through the Stakes and Seed Business (see “—KKR Stakes and Seed Business” below).
Opportunistic uses are investments principally made to generate an investment return. Examples of such investments include co-investments, certain investment activities of KFN and certain Seed Investments, real estate investments, and investments in which the Balance Sheet has received a distribution of securities in kind or the Manager has elected to receive a distribution in kind in lieu of a cash distribution (see “—Fees” below). The KKR Group seeks to address potential conflicts of interest arising from opportunistic investments by offering, where the KKR Group believes it is appropriate, such investments to relevant KKR Vehicles.
Similarly, the KKR Group has established investment vehicles with approximately $13.5 billion of third-party capital and approximately $7 billion of Balance Sheet capital (collectively, the “Core Investment Platform”), targeting core investments in certain private equity and real asset opportunities, which include opportunities that are the same as or similar to opportunities targeted by the Company. Because more than 30% of the Core Investment Platform is comprised of the KKR Public Company’s proprietary Balance Sheet capital, the KKR Group treats the entire Core Investment Platform as a proprietary entity. The KKR Group has established (and could in the future establish) KKR Vehicles that co-invest alongside the Core Investment Platform, which increase the amount of capital dedicated to the Core Investment Platform’s investment strategy. The Core Investment Platform targets opportunistic “core” investments, which are typically characterized by an expectation of lower returns and risks, longer hold periods, less leverage, and a greater focus on income generation and regular dividends than typical private equity investments, although no single attribute is determinative and attributes of a particular core investment could change over time. The Company will invest alongside the Core Infrastructure Platform in accordance with the Manager's allocation policies and procedures. The KKR Group could establish KKR Vehicles treated as proprietary investment vehicles similar to the Core Investment Platform in the future.
In addition, the KKR Group has sponsored a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) and will in the future sponsor additional SPACs or other blank check companies. As the sponsor of a SPAC, the KKR Group will be entitled to receive a specified percentage of the equity (referred to as a “promote”) with respect to a target company in connection with a successful acquisition, and will bear the costs incurred in connection with establishing the SPAC and seeking investment opportunities if a successful acquisition is not ultimately completed. In addition, members of the KKR Group will be engaged to provide capital markets or financial advisory services in connection with the acquisition of a target company by a KKR Group-sponsored SPAC and will be engaged by the acquired company for similar services or other services following a successful business combination. As such, the KKR Group will have an incentive to allocate investment opportunities to a KKR Group-sponsored SPAC. In order to mitigate this conflict of interest, the KKR Group has established allocation policies and procedures which provide that potential investment opportunities must be offered to the Company (or the relevant KKR Vehicles pursuing the relevant investment strategy) before a KKR Group-sponsored SPAC is permitted to consummate the relevant investment. However, actual or potential conflicts of interest could nevertheless arise in connection with the determination of whether an investment that is offered to the Company or the relevant KKR Vehicles will be consummated by the Company or the relevant KKR Vehicles or instead offered to the SPAC. In addition, KKR
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Personnel will serve as officers or in other roles with respect to KKR Group-sponsored SPACs, and conflicts of interest could arise in allocating time and attention as between the investment activities of the Company and the investment activities of KKR Group-sponsored SPACs, as discussed in “–Other KKR Activities” below. Further, a KKR Group-sponsored SPAC could acquire or seek to acquire an Infrastructure Asset of the Company, and the Company could acquire or seek to acquire a company that was previously acquired by a KKR Group-sponsored SPAC. Any such transaction would involve conflicts of interest between the Company and the KKR Group and would be effected solely in accordance with the requirements of the LLC Agreement applicable to the relevant conflict transaction and in accordance with the requirements of applicable law and regulation.
With respect to co-investments, KKR proprietary entities from time to time co-invest in investments by KKR Vehicles (including, potentially, the Company) in portfolio companies. Co-investments by KKR proprietary entities result in less availability of discretionary investment opportunities for third parties. The KKR Group does not generally charge management or administration fees or performance-related compensation for its services to such other KKR proprietary entities for such co-investment opportunities, and the KKR Group retains any allocated monitoring fees and transaction fees based on their respective ownership of the relevant investment in a portfolio company. The KKR Group will generally also bear any allocable share of expenses related to such co-investments on behalf of such KKR proprietary entities. In light of the overlap between the investment strategies of the Company and the Core Investment Platform, the Core Investment Platform could co-invest alongside the Company from time to time in Infrastructure Assets that fall within the Company’s business strategy.
The KKR Group will also from time to time make “core,” “core +” and “opportunistic” investments pursuant to investment strategies that mirror, or are similar to, in whole or in part, investment strategies implemented by the KKR Group on behalf of KKR Vehicles, including the Company.
Lastly, the Balance Sheet’s operational funding uses typically consist of activities to facilitate normal course transactions in support of the KKR Public Company’s businesses. Examples of such activities include capital support for the activities of affiliated broker-dealers and treasury and liquidity management investments. Operational activities could also include provision by the Balance Sheet of credit support to a general partner’s obligation to a KKR fund or KKR Vehicles as well as support of certain transactions by KKR funds or KKR Vehicles or by their portfolio companies. For example, the Balance Sheet could provide interest-free loans to holding companies or other entities through which the Company invests or to platform vehicles in order to bridge down payments or other transactional or operational needs of an Infrastructure Asset pending the receipt by such holding companies of capital contributions from the Company and other equity owners. As an additional example, a proprietary account of the KKR Group has previously guaranteed the obligations of a general partner entity to post collateral on behalf of a KKR fund in connection with such KKR fund’s derivative transactions, and has also agreed to be liable for certain investment losses and/or for providing liquidity in the events specified in the governing documents of a KKR Vehicle. Operational funding activities are not offered to KKR Vehicles (including the Company) for investment allocation purposes.
Moreover, from time-to-time, KKR will finance, securitize or employ other structured finance arrangements in respect of certain Balance Sheet assets. For example, the KKR Group has established KKR Financing Partners, in which the Balance Sheet and/or KKR Personnel own a majority equity interest, and which are funded in part through financing provided by one or more third parties (“KKR Financing Partners”), and such KKR Financing Partners could hold Shares in the Company. The interest of any KKR Financing Partners in the Company will be entitled to and subject to the same rights and obligations as other Shareholders of the Company including voting rights, which the KKR Group will control. The KKR Group will also from time to time employ structured financing arrangements with respect to co-investment interests and investments in KKR Vehicles made by Balance Sheet entities (including, potentially co-investments with the Company). These structured financing arrangements could alter the KKR Group’s returns and risk exposure with respect to the applicable Balance Sheet assets as compared to its returns and risk exposure if the KKR Group held such assets outside of such structured financing arrangements and could create incentives for the KKR Group to take actions in respect of such assets that it otherwise would not in the absence of such arrangements or otherwise alter its alignment with the Shareholders of the Company and investors in KKR Vehicles.
In addition, a KKR fund or KKR Vehicle might, subject to applicable requirements in their governing documents, which could include obtaining limited partner or advisory committee consent, determine to sell a particular portfolio company interest to a separate vehicle, which will typically be managed by the KKR Group, with different terms than the KKR fund or KKR Vehicle (i.e., longer duration), and provide limited partners with the option to monetize their investment with the KKR fund or KKR Vehicle at the time of such sale, or to roll all or a portion
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of their interest in the portfolio company into the new vehicle. Under such circumstances, the KKR Group could invest in or alongside the new vehicle, or hold the entirety of the portfolio company interest sold by the KKR fund or KKR Vehicle through or alongside the new vehicle (i.e., in the event that all limited partners elect to monetize their investment at the time of sale to the new vehicle).
The foregoing proprietary entities, including Seed Investments and KFN as well as KKR Vehicles, have in the past invested and are expected to continue to invest in similar or the same types of securities, properties or other assets in which the Company or KKR Vehicles seek to invest. These proprietary entities, as well as KKR Vehicles, could potentially compete with, and have interests adverse to, the Company or KKR Vehicles. The existence of Seed Investments and KKR proprietary entities, including KFN, and KKR Vehicles investing in the same or similar investments that are sought to be made by the Company or KKR Vehicles, could, among other adverse consequences, affect the prices of the investments, securities, properties or other assets in which the Company invests and affect the availability of such assets (see “—No Assurance of Ability to Participate in Acquisition Opportunities; Relationship with KKR, its Affiliates and KKR Vehicles; Allocation of Acquisition Opportunities” and “—Co-Investments” below). In such circumstances, the KKR Group’s interest in maximizing the investment return of its proprietary entities and those of its members creates a conflict of interest in that the KKR Group could be motivated to allocate more attractive investments to the proprietary entities under its management, and allocate less attractive investments to KKR Vehicles and/or the Company. Similarly, the KKR Group could be motivated to allocate scarce investment opportunities to the proprietary entities under its management rather than to KKR Vehicles and/or the Company.
Impact of Other Investment Activities
Additionally, the KKR Group has in the past given and is expected to continue to give advice or take action (including entering into short sales or other “opposite way trading” activities) with respect to the investments held by, and transactions of, KKR Vehicles or KKR proprietary entities that are different from, or otherwise inconsistent with, the advice given or timing or nature of any action taken with respect to the Infrastructure Assets held by, and transactions of, the Company. Such different advice and/or inconsistent actions could be due to a variety of reasons, including, without limitation, the differences between the investment objective, program, strategy and tax treatment of certain KKR Vehicles or KKR proprietary entities and the Company or the regulatory status of KKR Vehicles and any related restrictions or obligations imposed on KKR as a fiduciary thereof (including, for example, KKR Vehicles invested in by pension plans and employee benefit plans and constituting “plan assets” under ERISA or KKR Vehicles that are registered as investment companies under the Investment Company Act). Such advice and actions could adversely impact the Company. For example, a KKR Vehicle or KKR proprietary entity could concurrently, or in close proximity in time with such acquisition by the Company, establish a short position in a security acquired by the Company (for example, as collateral) or that otherwise relates to such an investment held by the Company, and such short sale could result in a decrease in the price of the security acquired by or otherwise held by the Company or could otherwise benefit the execution quality of the transaction entered into by the KKR Vehicle and/or the KKR proprietary entity. Additionally, the investment programs employed by the KKR Group for KKR Vehicles or KKR proprietary entities could conflict with the transactions and strategies employed by the Manager and/or KKR in managing the Company. Where the Company, KKR proprietary entities, including Seed Investments, and KKR Vehicles hold interests in the same investments, their interests could potentially be in conflict irrespective of whether their investments are at different levels of the capital structure. For example, the timing of entry into or exit from a portfolio company could vary as among these parties for reasons such as differences in strategy, existing portfolio or liquidity needs. As a further example, the Company could (but is not required to) engage in bona fide hedging transactions in connection with its investments, while KKR proprietary entities and KKR Vehicles could enter into such transactions for speculative purposes or, alternatively, hedge a given risk related to a given investment more or less fully than the Company. KKR proprietary entities and KKR Vehicles could enter into such hedging arrangements in connection with investments alongside the Company and, like other Shareholders in the Company, could also enter into hedging arrangements in connection with their investments made through the Company (including with respect to the Manager’s or KKR's (or each of their affiliate's) entitlement to receive the Performance Participation Allocation), which arrangements are not employed by the Company itself. These differences in hedging strategy could result in such KKR proprietary entities or KKR Vehicles achieving more or less favorable returns with respect to an investment relative to the returns achieved by the Company or other Shareholders in the Company depending upon the timing of the disposition of the relevant investment. Similarly, the form of consideration received in connection with an exit of an investment could also vary among these parties if, for example, KKR proprietary accounts receive and retain an in-kind distribution of securities, for example, through an in-kind distribution by a KKR Vehicle or the Company to its general partner, where such securities are otherwise disposed of by such KKR Vehicle or the Company for cash, in whole or in part.
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The above variations in timing or form of consideration could be detrimental to the Company or any such other investing entities. There can be no assurance that the terms of, or the return on, the Company’s Infrastructure Assets will be equivalent to, or better than, the terms of, or the returns obtained by, any KKR Vehicles or KKR proprietary entities, including in respect of any category of investments, nor can there be any assurance that any KKR Vehicle or KKR proprietary entity with similar investment objectives, programs or strategies, including, without limitation, any Seed Investments, will hold the same positions, obtain the same financing or perform in a substantially similar manner as the Company. The KKR Group’s ability to implement the Company’s strategy effectively could be limited to the extent that contractual obligations entered into in respect of investments made by KKR Vehicles or KKR proprietary entities or regulatory obligations or restrictions imposed on the KKR Group as a result of the regulatory status of the KKR proprietary entities and/or KKR Vehicles (for example, under ERISA or the Investment Company Act) impose restrictions on the ability of the Company (or the KKR Group on its behalf) to invest in securities or interests that the Company would otherwise be interested in pursuing or to otherwise take actions in respect of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets that would otherwise be considered beneficial to the Company. For example, in certain instances in connection with the sale of investments by KKR proprietary entities or KKR Vehicles, the KKR Group could enter into agreements prohibiting KKR proprietary entities and the KKR Vehicles, including the Company, from engaging in activities that are deemed to compete with the disposed of investment for a certain period of time. Such agreements could in turn prevent the Company from acquiring Infrastructure Assets in certain sectors or regions, including investments that otherwise would have been appropriate for the Company.
In addition to investing alongside the Company, KKR Financing Partners and certain KKR Vehicles are expected to invest as Shareholders in the Company and will have the right to exercise any vote, consent or waiver required or permitted under the LLC Agreement in the same manner as other Shareholders in the Company. The manner in which such vote, consent or waiver is exercised by the relevant KKR Financing Partner or KKR Vehicle will be subject to its governing documents. The governing documents of KKR Financing Partners and KKR Vehicles sometimes provide that all or certain votes, consents or waivers are exercised by the underlying Shareholders or other third-party participants (such as the third-party financing providers for KKR Financing Partners) in the KKR Financing Partner or KKR Vehicle. However, such governing documents sometimes provide that any such vote, waiver or consent is permitted to be exercised independently by the KKR Group in its capacity as general partner, manager or a similar role with respect to the KKR Financing Partner or KKR Vehicle, in which case such vote, waiver or consent will be exercised by the KKR Group in accordance with the interests of the KKR Financing Partner or KKR Vehicle, or alternatively might be voted in accordance with prescribed mechanisms (e.g., in the same proportions as other Shareholders vote with respect to the relevant item), in each case as required or permitted under the governing documents of the relevant KKR Vehicle. The LLC Agreement of the Company permits any KKR Financing Partner and KKR Vehicle to participate in any vote, waiver or consent of the partners, notwithstanding the ability of the KKR Group to direct such vote, waiver or consent in its capacity as general partner, manager or a similar role with respect to such KKR Financing Partner or KKR Vehicle.
KKR Vehicles (including KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities) could potentially provide financing to a third-party sponsor or its acquisition vehicle or to another company for the purposes of acquiring an Infrastructure Asset or an interest in an Infrastructure Asset from the Company. Although not limited to such arrangements, this type of financing could, for example, be provided through pre-arranged “staple” financing packages arranged and offered by the KKR Group to potential bidders for the relevant Infrastructure Asset or interest. The KKR Group will face conflicts of interest where any such KKR Vehicle provides such acquisition financing, in particular in respect of its incentives to select a bidder using such financing for the purposes of creating an investment opportunity for such KKR Vehicle and, potentially, related arranging fees for members of the KKR Group, notwithstanding that the relevant bid is below market or otherwise does not reflect on an overall basis the best available terms. Any such financing arrangements will be subject to the KKR Group’s policies and procedures for addressing conflicts.
The KKR Group could, including in particular through the KKR Group’s “Stakes and Seed Business” as discussed under “—KKR Stakes and Seed Business” below, invest on a proprietary basis in minority or majority interests in companies in which the Company and/or KKR Vehicles have no interest but which are counterparties to, or participants in, agreements, transactions or other arrangements with Infrastructure Assets of the Company (for example, an Infrastructure Asset of the Company could retain a company in which the KKR Group has a proprietary interest to provide services, including financial services, license software or develop proprietary technology or could acquire an asset from such company). Agreements, transactions and other arrangements entered into by the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and any such companies will indirectly benefit the KKR Group as an owner of such companies or could adversely impact any of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets with which they do business. The KKR Group’s interest in maximizing its return on such investments will give rise to a conflict of interests, in
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particular, but not limited to, circumstances where the KKR Group has the ability through its investments to influence the activities of such companies or encourages the Company’s Infrastructure Assets to transact therewith. Transactions between companies in which the KKR Group acquires such proprietary interests, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other, are generally not expected to constitute the types of transactions that will entitle such companies to transaction, monitoring and other fees or compensation that will reduce Management Fees payable in respect of the Company (see “Item 1. Business—Compensation of the Manager”). For example, insurance brokerage fees or information technology licensing fees payable by any of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets to a KKR Affiliate for related services of a KKR Affiliate will not reduce Management Fees but will benefit the KKR Affiliate.
Material conflicts of interest that arise between the Company and the Shareholders, on the one hand, and the KKR Group (including the KKR proprietary entities and KKR Vehicles), on the other hand, generally will be discussed and resolved on a case-by-case basis by senior management of the KKR Group, including representatives of the Manager (or otherwise managed in accordance with internal policies and procedures reviewed by senior management). Any such discussions and policies will take into consideration the interests of the relevant parties and the circumstances giving rise to the conflict. To implement best practices in the application and monitoring of conflict resolution, the KKR Group has created a Global Conflicts Committee. The Global Conflicts Committee is responsible for analyzing and addressing new or potential conflicts of interest that arise (or could arise) in the KKR Group’s business, including conflicts relating to specific transactions and circumstances, as well as those implicit in the overall activities of the KKR Group and its various businesses. In addition, KKR Credit has established policies and procedures for mitigating and managing possible conflicts of interest as they relate to businesses overseen by KKR Credit and KKR Vehicles advised by KKR Credit (including the management of the Company) and, in particular, for elevating, evaluating and resolving such conflicts. While the KKR Group will seek to manage any resulting conflicts in an appropriate manner (which could involve referring such conflicts to independent parties or acquiring a third-party fairness opinion or other means of resolving the conflict in lieu of referring such conflict to the Board (or the non-independent members thereof) as set out herein), such transactions or advice could have consequences that are adverse to the interests of the Company, such as, for example, by adversely affecting the availability or price of Infrastructure Assets that the Manager seeks to acquire for the Company or the price at which the Manager seeks to purchase or sell any Infrastructure Asset.
The Manager will have the power to resolve, or consent to the resolution of, conflicts of interest on behalf of, and such resolution will be binding on, the Company. These resolutions could include, (i) if applicable, handling the conflict as described in this Registration Statement, (ii) obtaining from the Board (or the non-independent members of the Board) advice, waiver or consent as to the conflict, or acting in accordance with standards or procedures approved by the Board to address the conflict, (iii) disposing of the investment or security giving rise to the conflict of interest, (iv) disclosing the conflict to the Board, including non-independent members of the Board, as applicable, or Shareholders (including, without limitation, in distribution notices, financial statements, letters to Shareholders or other communications), (v) appointing an independent representative to act or provide consent with respect to the matter giving rise to the conflict of interest, (vi) validating the arms-length nature of the transaction by referencing participation by unaffiliated third parties or obtaining consent from the limited partner advisory committee (or equivalent governance committee) of a KKR Vehicle that is similarly situated with respect to the conflict as the Company, (vii) in the case of conflicts among clients, creating groups of personnel within KKR separated by information barriers (which can be expected to be temporary and limited purpose in nature), each of which would advise or represent one of the clients that has a conflicting position with other clients, (viii) implementing policies and procedures reasonably designed to mitigate the conflict of interest, or (ix) otherwise handling the conflict as determined appropriate by the Manager in its good faith reasonable discretion. Shareholders should be aware that conflicts will not necessarily be resolved in favor of the Company’s or the Shareholder’s interests. In Addition, the Board is authorized to give consent on behalf of the Company with respect to certain specific matters, including those which may be required or advisable, as determined in the Manager’s sole discretion, under the Advisers Act or other applicable laws or regulations, which may be, but is not required to be, given by a majority of the non-independent directors of the Company, if any. If the Board, consents to a particular matter and the Manager acts in a manner consistent with, or pursuant to the standards and procedures approved by, the Board, or otherwise as provided in the LLC Agreement, then the Manager and its affiliates will not have any liability to the Company or the Shareholders for such actions taken in good faith by them. In addition, KKR may be “dragged along” in engaging in activities that involve conflicts of interest without the Manager’s approval.
In connection with its other activities, the KKR Group could come into possession of information that limits the Company’s ability to engage in potential transactions, including by preventing an advisable sale of a particular Infrastructure Asset, which could have an adverse effect on the performance of the Company (see “—Limitations on
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Information Sharing within KKR; Possession of Material Non-Public Information; Other Limitations on Leveraging Firm-Wide Resources” below). The Company’s activities will be constrained to the extent of its inability to use such information. The KKR Group has long-term relationships with a significant number of corporations and their senior management. In determining whether to invest in a particular transaction on behalf of the Company, the Manager will consider those relationships, which could result in certain transactions that the Manager will not undertake on behalf of the Company in view of such relationships. The Company will also co-invest with other clients of the KKR Group in particular investment opportunities, and the relationship with such clients could influence the decisions made by the Manager with respect to such investments (see “—Co-Investments” below).
While the KKR Group believes that it maintains effective policies and procedures to review and mitigate conflicts of interest and believes that its compensation arrangements create an alignment of interest with its fund investors, discretionary compensation paid to and interests in proprietary entities held by investment executives of the KKR Group (including members of the Global Conflicts Committee) and others involved in addressing conflicts of interest relevant to the Company could cause such persons to be deemed to have a conflict when addressing certain issues in part due to their discretionary compensation arrangements and interests in various proprietary investments and investment vehicles.
Personal Private Investment Holdings
Certain investment personnel of the KKR Group maintain personal private investment holdings, which could include investments in private assets that subsequently become targeted for acquisition by the Company (or investments in private assets that compete with the Company acquisition targets) and/or investments in private funds that invest in or own assets that compete with infrastructure assets or businesses targeted by the Company (e.g., through the acquisition of or purchase of an asset of an unaffiliated private fund sponsor). Certain of these investments are maintained with third-party investment managers who sponsor investment vehicles that compete with the KKR Group or that the KKR Group, KKR Credit or certain affiliates of KKR will from time to time recommend to their respective clients. Furthermore, certain of these personal investments will have terms that are more favorable than those routinely offered by the unaffiliated investment manager (for example, reduced fees). These personal investments could give rise to potential or actual conflicts of interest between the Company and KKR Vehicles on the one hand, and the KKR Group, on the other hand including, in particular, to the extent such investment personnel participate in the management of the Company’s investments in such assets and the personal investment interests of such investment personnel are not aligned with those of the Company. In addition, personnel of the KKR Group will at times hold investments in entities that become service providers to the KKR Group or Infrastructure Assets of the Company. To the extent that the relevant personnel of the KKR Group do not have control or other influence over the decisions of the relevant service provider, a conflict of interest could nevertheless arise in connection with engaging the relevant entity as a service provider in light of the indirect benefit accruing through the investment held in the service provider. The KKR Group’s personal securities investment and reporting policies, which require the pre-approval from the KKR Group’s compliance group on any personal private fund or private investments, seek to identify any potential or actual conflicts of interest relating to personal private investments.
Other KKR Activities
Conflicts of interest will arise in allocating time, services or resources among the investment activities of the Company, KKR Vehicles, the KKR Group, other KKR-affiliated entities and the senior officers of the KKR Group. Although the Manager will devote such time as will be necessary to conduct the business affairs of the Company in an appropriate manner, the Manager, the KKR Group and its affiliates will continue to devote the resources necessary to manage the investment activities of the KKR Group, KKR Vehicles, other KKR-affiliated entities and the executives of KKR and, therefore, conflicts will at times arise in the allocation of time, services and resources. The KKR Group (including the Manager) are not precluded from conducting activities unrelated to the Company. For example, all members of the KKR Infrastructure Team (including Tara Davies and James Cunningham) work on infrastructure strategies for the global infrastructure funds and the Asia Pacific infrastructure funds and as a result, not all of their business time will be devoted to the Company. Non-investment professionals may not be dedicated solely to the Company and may perform work for KKR Vehicles which is expected to detract from the time such persons devote to the Company. Time spent on these KKR Vehicles diverts attention from the activities of the Company, which could negatively impact the Company and the Shareholders. Furthermore, the KKR Group and the KKR Group personnel derive financial benefit from these other activities, including fees and performance-based compensation. The KKR Group personnel outside the KKR Infrastructure Team share in the fees and performance-based compensation from the Company; similarly, members of the KKR
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Infrastructure Team and Infrastructure Committees share in the fees and performance-based compensation generated by KKR Vehicles. These and other factors create conflicts of interest in the allocation of time by the KKR Group personnel. The Manager’s determination of the amount of time necessary to conduct the Company’s activities will be conclusive, and Shareholders rely on the Manager’s judgment in this regard. Additionally, the Company could engage in transactions, including the sale of Infrastructure Assets, to persons or entities who are actual or potential shareholders in the Company or in KKR Vehicles.
The Company will be required to establish business relationships with its counterparties based on the Company’s own credit standing. The KKR Group will not have any obligation to allow its credit to be used in connection with the Company’s establishment of its business relationships, nor is it expected that the Company’s counterparties will rely on the credit of the KKR Group in evaluating the Company’s creditworthiness.
Affiliated Shareholders
Certain Shareholders, including current and/or former senior advisors, officers, directors, personnel and/or other key advisors/relationships (including operating partners, executives, founders and entrepreneurs and personnel of KKR, Infrastructure Assets of the Company and KKR Vehicles) and charitable programs, endowment funds and related entities established by or associated with any of the foregoing (including any trusts, family members, family investment vehicles, estate planning vehicles, descendant trusts and other related persons or entities), and other persons related to KKR, may receive preferential terms in connection with their acquisitions alongside the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of an affiliated Shareholder that is a KKR Vehicle with its own underlying investors, such underlying investors are generally subject to carried interest and/or management fees in connection with their investment in such KKR Vehicle. Specific examples of such preferential terms received by certain affiliated Shareholders may include, among others, waiver of fees. In addition, by virtue of their affiliation with the Manager, affiliated Shareholders will have more information about the Company and its Infrastructure Assets than other Shareholders and will have access to information (including, but not limited to, valuation reports) in advance of communication to other Shareholders. As a result, such affiliated Shareholders will be able to take actions on the basis of such information which, in the absence of such information, other Shareholders do not take. Finally, to the extent affiliated Shareholders submit repurchase requests in respect of their Shares in the Company, conflicts of interest will arise and the Manager’s affiliation with such Shareholders could influence the Board’s determination to exercise its discretion whether to satisfy, reject or limit any such requested repurchase. Additionally, in the case of a Shareholder that is a KKR Vehicle with its own underlying investors, such underlying investors may have received preferential or different terms in connection with their investment in such KKR Vehicle (including, but not limited to, liquidity rights) as compared to the other Shareholders. See also “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to an Investment in Our Shares—Due to the nature of Infrastructure Assets, shareholders will have limited liquidity and may not receive a full return of their invested capital if they elect to have their shares repurchased by the Company.” While such affiliated Shareholders and/or the Company will seek to adopt policies and procedures to address such conflicts of interest, there can be no assurance that the conflicts of interest described above will be resolved in favor of the Company or other Shareholders.
No Assurance of Ability to Participate in Acquisition Opportunities; Relationship with KKR, its Affiliates and KKR Vehicles; Allocation of Acquisition Opportunities
As indicated above, certain KKR Vehicles and KKR proprietary entities, including any Seed Investments, do and will in the future invest in securities, properties and other assets in which the Company seeks to acquire. Subject to the LLC Agreement, the KKR Group has sole discretion to determine the manner in which investment opportunities are allocated between the Company, the KKR Group and KKR Vehicles. Allocation of identified investment opportunities among the Company, KKR Group and KKR Vehicles presents inherent conflicts of interest where demand exceeds available supply. As a result, the Company’s share of investment opportunities will be materially affected by competition from KKR Vehicles and from KKR proprietary entities. Shareholders should note that the conflicts inherent in making such allocation decisions will not always be to the advantage of the Company.
KKR Vehicles on the KKR Infrastructure platform will be launched from time to time as business opportunities arise, and KKR will negotiate the terms of those KKR Vehicles with potential investors. The terms of such future KKR Vehicles will include mandatory investment minimums, exceptions to those minimums and the allocation of voting rights with respect to Infrastructure Assets. With respect to the Company, KKR faces a conflict of interest when negotiating these terms because KKR generally expects to seek to maximize the potential size of any such future KKR Vehicle’s aggregate commitments. Accordingly, KKR may agree to high mandatory investment
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minimums or reduce the exceptions to such minimums in a way that is favorable to the investors in such future KKR Vehicle and limits or restricts the Company’s access to acquisition opportunities alongside such future KKR Vehicle. KKR may also agree to restrictions or limitations on how voting rights with respect to Infrastructure Assets may be allocated which would be disadvantageous to the Company’s ability to form Joint Ventures with such future KKR Vehicle. These terms may be materially less favorable for the Company than terms available as of the date of the Registration Statement and may continue to become more disadvantageous to the Company over time.
In addition, even where the KKR Group determines that a particular investment opportunity falls within the general parameters of opportunities allocated to the Company, the investment committee are permitted to nonetheless decide to pass on any such opportunity for a variety of reasons. If the investment committee decides to pass on any such investment opportunity, such opportunity can then be allocated to any KKR Vehicle or the KKR Group.
As a general matter, and subject to the LLC Agreement and the foregoing, the KKR Group will allocate investment opportunities between the KKR Group, the Company and KKR Vehicles in a manner that is consistent with an allocation methodology established by the KKR Group reasonably designed to help ensure allocations of opportunities are made over time on a fair and equitable basis. In determining allocations of investments, the KKR Group will take into account such factors as it deems appropriate, which could include, for example and without limitation: investment objectives and focus; target investment size and target returns, available capital, the timing of capital inflows and outflows and anticipated capital commitments and subscriptions; timing of closing and speed of execution; liquidity profile, including during a ramp-up or wind-down period; applicable concentration limits and other investment restrictions and client instructions (including, without limitation, the need to resize positions to avoid breaches of applicable investment restrictions); mandatory minimum investment rights and other contractual obligations applicable to participating funds (as discussed further below), vehicles and accounts and/or to their investors; portfolio diversification; applicable investment periods and proximity to the end of the term of the relevant funds, vehicles and accounts; the management of actual or potential conflicts of interest; limitations on participants imposed by a portfolio company or other counterparty involved in making an investment opportunity available; whether an investment opportunity requires specific advisory committee or other consents on behalf of relevant funds, vehicles and accounts; lender covenants; tax efficiencies and potential adverse tax consequences; regulatory restrictions applicable to participating funds, vehicles and accounts and Shareholders that could limit the Company’s ability to participate in a proposed investment; policies and restrictions (including internal policies and procedures) applicable to participating funds, vehicles and accounts; the avoidance of odd-lots or cases where a pro rata or other defined allocation methodology would result in a de minimis allocation to one or more participating funds, vehicles and accounts; the potential dilutive effect of a new position; the overall risk profile of a portfolio; the potential return available from a debt investment as compared to an equity investment; the potential effect of the Company’s performance (positive and negative); and any other considerations deemed relevant by the KKR Group.
The outcome of any allocation determination by the KKR Group will at times result in the allocation of all or none of an investment opportunity to the Company in allocations that are otherwise on a non-pro rata basis and could result in the Company co-investing in an investment opportunity alongside the KKR Group and/or a KKR Vehicle, in either the same or different parts of the target’s capital structure. Such determinations could also result in the dilution of the Company’s interest in any existing investment by KKR Vehicles, the KKR Group and/or third party co-investors to the extent that an investment opportunity constituting a follow-on investment in respect of an existing Company investment arises and the Company has insufficient available capital to take up all or any part of what would otherwise be its allocable share of such opportunity (which would generally be based on its participation in the initial investment). Any such dilution will likely be determined on the basis of a valuation in respect of the existing investment determined by the KKR Group. Conversely, to the extent a KKR Vehicle participating in the original investment has insufficient capital or is otherwise unable to participate on a pro rata basis in any related follow-on investment opportunity, such excess opportunity could be allocated in whole or in part to the Company increasing its concentration in the relevant investment, which would potentially increase the losses incurred by the Company to the extent such follow-on investment as a whole does not perform as anticipated. The fact that carried interest and/or incentive allocation is calculated at different rates among the Company and KKR Vehicles, or is subject to different hurdle rates or other similar terms, creates an incentive for the KKR Group to allocate investment opportunities disproportionately to vehicles allocating carried interest and/or incentive allocation at a higher rate (or subject to a lower hurdle rate). However, the KKR Group has adopted policies and procedures that seek to ensure that investment opportunities are allocated in good faith and that such allocations are fair and reasonable under the circumstances and considering such factors as the KKR Group deems relevant.
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For the purposes of applying the Manager’s allocation methodology applicable to its infrastructure platform, the Company does not benefit from any mandatory minimum purchase rights or minimum purchase thresholds. As such the Company will not benefit from any priority acquisition allocation and therefore priority acquisition allocations made by the KKR Group may result in the Company not participating to the same extent in acquisition opportunities in which it would have otherwise participated had the mandatory minimum investment rights or minimum investment thresholds for the KKR Vehicles not existed. Certain KKR Vehicles have a mandatory minimum investment threshold that must be satisfied under its governing documents prior to investment opportunities being offered more broadly. Typically, there is a specified percentage that is carved-out of the relevant mandatory minimum investment threshold that allows the KKR Group to allocate amounts to such relevant KKR Vehicles that participate in the relevant strategy (such amount plus the mandatory minimum investment threshold is referred to as the “first tier” allocation). The Company will be offered the opportunity to participate in the “first tier” allocations alongside nearly all KKR Vehicles that comprise KKR’s infrastructure platform up to a capped amount. In many cases, the aggregate amount of an investment opportunity exceeds the capacity of the first tier allocation, and the remaining amounts (the “second tier” allocation) may be offered to KKR Vehicles or the Company, in such amounts as determined by the KKR Group in its sole discretion in accordance with KKR’s policies and procedures applicable to such investment. When there is second tier allocation available, the Company will be offered the opportunity to participate in the second tier allocation.
Further, an Infrastructure Asset could over time develop characteristics that result in the Infrastructure Asset constituting an attractive investment opportunity for a KKR Vehicle and vice versa. In such cases, the Manager could seek to effect a purchase or sale of an investment (a “cross transaction”) between the Company and one or more KKR Vehicles, subject in each case to applicable procedures and consents as described in “—Cross Transactions” below.
In addition, subject to the LLC Agreement, the Company could co-invest in an investment opportunity alongside predecessor funds and successor funds of KKR Vehicles with an investment strategy that overlaps with that of the Company but is otherwise materially different than that of the Company, including co-investments with the “flagship” KKR fund for an investment strategy. Conflicts of interest could arise due to the differences between the investment strategy, term, permitted holding period and factors related to the overall portfolio construction of the Company and that of any such KKR Vehicle, including in particular where the size of the Company’s investment in an opportunity is smaller than that of a KKR Vehicle (including a “flagship” KKR fund) or where such a KKR Vehicle is considered the “lead” investing entity for the relevant investment (see also “—Co-Investments” below).
There can be no assurance that the Company will have an opportunity to participate in certain investments that fall within the Company’s business objectives (see also “—Investments in which KKR and/or KKR Vehicles Have a Different Principal Interest” below). The KKR Group is permitted to amend its investment allocation policies and procedures at any time without the consent of the Shareholders or Board.
To the extent that the Manager determines in good faith that an opportunity is most appropriate for the proprietary principal investment activities of the KKR Group due to the strategic nature of the opportunity as it relates to the business of the KKR Group, including Seed Investments, such investment opportunity (including for the avoidance of doubt, any opportunity that could include the acquisition of assets that individually are within the primary focus of the Company) will be deemed to not be within the focus of the Company and will be allocated to the Balance Sheet as a “strategic” investment under the Balance Sheet Guidelines.
There may be circumstances (including, as described above, with respect to portfolios of assets that might be suitable for both the Company and KKR Vehicles), including in the case where there is a seller who is seeking to dispose a pool or combination of assets, securities or instruments, where the Company and KKR Vehicles participate in a single or related series of transactions with a particular seller where certain of such assets, securities or instruments are specifically allocated (in whole or in part) to any of the Company and such KKR Vehicles. Similarly, there may be circumstances where the Company and KKR Vehicles are seeking to dispose of a pool or combination of assets, securities or instruments and participate in a single or related transactions with a particular buyer. The allocation of such specific items generally would be determined on a fair and equitable basis as more fully described above. Also, a pool may contain both debt and equity instruments that the KKR Group determines should be allocated to different vehicles. In such situations the KKR Group would typically acquire (or sell) such pool or combination of assets for a single combined purchase price with no prices specified for individual assets, securities or instruments. Accordingly, the KKR Group will have a conflict in establishing the specific prices to be paid for each asset, security or instrument by the Company and the applicable KKR Vehicles. In some cases a counterparty will require an allocation of value in the purchase or sale contract, though the KKR Group could determine such allocation of value is not accurate and should not be relied upon. The KKR Group will generally rely upon internal analysis to determine
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the ultimate allocation of value, though it could also obtain third-party valuation reports. There can be no assurance that an Infrastructure Asset of the Company will not be valued or allocated a purchase price that is higher or lower than it might otherwise have been allocated if such Infrastructure Asset were acquired or sold independently rather than as a component of a portfolio shared with KKR Vehicles. These conflicts related to allocation of portfolios will not necessarily be resolved in favor of the Company.
Seed Investments and certain other KKR proprietary entities targeting Infrastructure Assets in which the Company seeks to acquire will generally be allocated investment opportunities on a comparable basis to the Company and KKR Vehicles that target such investments, including, with respect to Seed Investments, in order to maintain the integrity of their investment strategy and track record. The application of relevant factors and other considerations discussed above in determining allocations of investment opportunities between the Company and other opportunistic proprietary accounts could result in a proprietary account taking a non-pro rata (including a greater than pro rata) allocation of any particular investment opportunity relative to the Company (see “—Co-Investments” below) in either the same or different parts of the target’s capital structure or could result in a KKR proprietary entity taking an allocation of an investment opportunity that is not then made available to the Company. In determining allocations of investments participated in by the Company, KKR Vehicles and KKR proprietary entities (including any Seed Investments), the KKR Group will take into account any internal risk limits and other investment guidelines established in good faith, from time to time, by the Manager in respect of the Company in addition to investment restrictions provided under the LLC Agreement. From time to time, an allocation range with a minimum and maximum investment amount will be deemed appropriate for the Company, with the investment amount above the minimum being offered to third parties in order to facilitate a transaction. In the event that the third parties do not participate fully in the offered investment amount, the Company will be allocated the balance, up to its maximum allocation. Nothing herein or in the LLC Agreement precludes, restricts or in any way limits the activities of the KKR Group, including its ability to buy or sell interests in, or provide financing to, funds or portfolio companies, for its own account or for the account of other investment funds or clients.
The Company’s share of investment opportunities will be materially affected by competition from KKR Vehicles and from KKR proprietary entities including any Seed Investments. The Company will not have any priority in respect of any category of investments and as stated above under this heading, allocation of acquisition opportunities in accordance with the KKR Group’s allocation methodology could result in the Company being allocated less than a pro rata share of an investment opportunity or none of such opportunity.
The KKR Group believes that the Balance Sheet’s strategic investments and operational funding activities are appropriate solely for proprietary investment activities and therefore not within the investment focus of any KKR Vehicle. As such, strategic investments and operational funding activities are not typically allocated to KKR Vehicles (including the Company).
In addition, certain types of opportunistic investments made by the Balance Sheet involve investment opportunities that are not within an investment mandate of the KKR Vehicles or that have been declined by the investment committees of the KKR Vehicles. Further, investments made by the Balance Sheet because they are not within the mandate of the Company or any KKR Vehicle or because they have been declined by the executive committee of the Company or KKR Vehicles would typically be offered for co-investment alongside the Balance Sheet to certain KKR Vehicles that are separately managed accounts whose investment mandates include investments made alongside the Balance Sheet. The amount allocated to any such KKR Vehicle would depend on various factors, including suitability of investment, available capital, concentration limits and other investment restrictions, the investment’s risk profile and to the extent applicable, consent of investor(s) in such KKR Vehicles.
Aggregation of Orders
Sales of securities and other instruments for the account of the Company (particularly marketable securities) can be bunched or aggregated with orders for KKR Vehicles or KKR proprietary vehicles. It is frequently not possible to receive the same price or execution on the entire volume of securities sold, and the various prices will generally, in such circumstances, be averaged, which could be disadvantageous to the Company.
Co-Investments
As indicated above and elsewhere in this Registration Statement, the Company could co-invest together with KKR Vehicles and/or certain opportunistic KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities in some or all of the Company’s investment opportunities. The KKR Group will also from time to time offer co-investment opportunities to KKR
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parallel vehicles, other vehicles in which KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, KKR Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, Capstone Executives and other associated persons of the KKR Group or any KKR affiliates or any of their affiliated entities might invest and third-party co-investors (including Shareholders and prospective shareholders) and special purpose vehicles established and administered by the KKR Group to facilitate the investments and related investment decisions and activities of such third party co-investors (collectively, “Co-Investors”). In determining the allocation of co-investment opportunities to applicable Co-Investors, the KKR Group considers a multitude of factors, including its own interest in investing in the opportunity.
With respect to the syndication of co-investment opportunities to third-party Co-Investors, the KKR Group will take into account various factors it deems appropriate to limit the overall risk of the syndication. While these factors will vary from opportunity to opportunity, the most important are: whether a prospective Co-Investor has expressed an interest in evaluating co-investment opportunities; the financial resources of the prospective Co-Investor and its commitment to satisfy certain minimum/maximum investment amounts and its ability to provide the requisite capital and complete a co-investment opportunity within the specified timeframe based on the KKR Group’s prior experience with such prospective Co-Investor; the size of the prospective Co-Investor’s commitments to the Company and KKR Vehicles and the importance of such prospective Co-Investor for future business with KKR; the overall strategic benefit to the KKR Group of offering a co-investment opportunity to such potential Co-Investor; attributes of the applicable investment opportunity that could be attractive to a potential Co-Investor based on its investment objectives, its ability to contribute to the business or its geographic proximity to the investment; the economic terms on which such prospective Co-Investor will agree to participate; ease of process with respect to arranging a co-investment group; any legal, regulatory or tax considerations to which the proposed investment is expected to give rise; and such other factors that the KKR Group deems relevant under the circumstances. As a result, co-investment opportunities are not allocated pro rata among the Shareholders. There can be no assurances that any particular Shareholder will be given the opportunity to participate in any co-investment opportunities, even if such Shareholder has expressed an interest in evaluating co-investment opportunities, and certain Shareholders will potentially receive a disproportionate amount of co-investment opportunities during the Company’s investment period. Consistent with the KKR Group’s practice in connection with some KKR Vehicles, the Manager or its affiliates might establish and administer dedicated special purpose vehicles for specific Shareholders in order to facilitate and administer one or more co-investments and related investment decisions and activities by the relevant Shareholders as Co-Investors alongside the Company. Any such special purpose vehicles will be established in the Manager’s or its affiliates’ sole discretion, and the Manager and its affiliates have no obligation to offer a similar opportunity to any other Shareholder.
In circumstances where the Company participates in an investment with one or more Co-Investors, the size of the investment opportunity otherwise available to the Company may be less than it would otherwise have been. In particular, the Manager has the right to reserve a portion of the amount of an investment that is otherwise allocated to, and could be made by, the Company for sale to other persons (the “Reserved Co-Invest Amount”), including without limitation to the KKR Group, KKR Personnel, KKR Vehicles and/or third parties. In addition to allocating the Reserved Co-Invest Amount on an investment-by-investment basis, the KKR Group could establish KKR Vehicles that are entitled to receive an allocation of some or all of the Reserved Co-Invest Amount with respect to every investment by the Company or to a subset of the Company’s investments. For the avoidance of doubt, in addition to and without limiting any Reserved Co-Invest Amount, any person, including the KKR Group and KKR Personnel, could participate in a co-investment in an amount that exceeds the Reserved Co-Invest Amount in circumstances where there is a permitted syndication of co-investment opportunities to third-party Co-Investors.
KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities and Co-Investors established principally for the benefit of KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors, Capstone Executives and other associated persons of the KKR Group or any of its affiliates (which might include executives of KKR fund portfolio companies and external consultants) typically will not be subject to management fees or carried interest allocations, performance fees or other performance-related compensation but are generally allocated Broken Deal Expenses, monitoring and transaction fees based on their respective ownership of the relevant portfolio company (with the KKR Group retaining such allocable amounts). Management fees, carried interest, administration and/or other fees applicable to other Co-Investors will be established by the KKR Group in its sole discretion and, as indicated above under “Fees and could be less or more than those applicable to the Company. Certain Co-Investors not comprising Co-Investors established for the benefit of KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors, Capstone Executives and other associated persons of the KKR Group or any of its affiliates will not be subject to or otherwise charged any management fees, Performance Participation Allocation and/or other carried interest or other performance compensation, administration fees or other fees.
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Subject to the terms of the LLC Agreement certain Co-Investors co-investing with the Company could invest on different (and more favorable) terms than those applicable to the Company and have interests or requirements that conflict with and adversely impact the Company (for example, with respect to their liquidity requirements, available capital, the timing of acquisitions and dispositions or control rights). Subject to the LLC Agreement, the KKR Group will generally seek to ensure that the Company, any KKR Vehicles, KKR proprietary entities, the KKR Group and Co-Investors participate in any co-investment and any related transactions on comparable economic terms to the extent reasonably practicable and subject to legal, tax and regulatory considerations. Shareholders should note, however, that such participation could not be practicable in all circumstances and will depend on terms negotiated by such co-investors in their sole discretion and that the Company could potentially participate in such investments on different and potentially less favorable economic terms than such parties if the KKR Group deems such participation as being otherwise in the Company’s best interests. This could have an adverse impact on the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, although Co-Investors are not offered the opportunity to purchase securities of an investment at a price lower than the price paid by the Company, Co-Investors typically do not bear management fees, performance participation allocations or carried interest, and can be offered the opportunity to participate without bearing other fees or expenses borne by the Company (or to receive a rebate or other offset of such fees and expenses). In addition the Manager is permitted to allow any person (excluding KKR affiliates) to participate in an investment alongside the Company (such persons, the “Equity Partners”) if, in the Manger’s opinion, such participation facilitates the consummation of the investment or is otherwise beneficial to the investment or the Company. Such Equity Partners could invest on terms that are materially different to the Company (including on more favorable terms, including with respect to price) and could exit at different times and on different terms than the Company.
Both the Company and the “flagship” KKR fund participating in an investment customarily will provide an equity commitment letter or similar undertaking and related commitments to the seller and/or another relevant counterparty (for example, an applicable regulatory agency) in connection with a potential investment covering the entire equity funding obligation for the relevant investment, including amounts expected to be funded by parallel vehicles, KKR Vehicles and other Co-Investors, where applicable. Additionally, both the Company and the relevant “flagship” KKR fund will customarily fund the entire amount of any deposit or similar up-front payment or contribution that is required in connection with a potential investment. The KKR Group has adopted policies and procedures governing the allocation of the obligations under such undertakings and the liability with respect to such deposits among the Company, the relevant “flagship” KKR fund, its parallel vehicles, KKR Vehicles and other Co-Investors. However, KKR Vehicles and other Co-Investors expected to participate in a potential investment generally will not be parties to such undertakings or commitments. Therefore, the funding obligation under an equity commitment letter or similar undertaking and any related commitment as well as the risk of loss with respect to any deposit will remain the primary obligation and risk of the Company and the “flagship” KKR fund, and any parallel vehicles, KKR Vehicles and other Co-Investors participating in the relevant investment will be liable only for their respective shares of the funding obligation or deposit as determined under the KKR Group’s policies and procedures as and when, and to the extent that they enter into a joinder or other equity commitment undertaking, which (if entered into) typically will not occur until after signing of the relevant transaction documents.
The Company could provide interim financing to any Infrastructure Asset in connection with or subsequent to a portfolio acquisition by the Company in such Infrastructure Asset (each, a “Bridge Financing”). Bridge Financings could be syndicated to one or more Co-Investors to the extent such Co-Investors were not in a position to participate in the relevant co-investment opportunity on or prior to the closing of the Company’s investment therein. Generally, investments syndicated to Co-Investors post-closing (including Bridge Financings) are expected to be transferred at cost and without an interest charge or other cost of capital charge payable to the Company. The Company is expected to fund Bridge Financings using cash on hand or drawdowns under the Company’s credit facility (to the extent available). The Company will bear the interest expenses on such borrowed amounts and typically will not be reimbursed for such expenses when interests are transferred to Co-Investors, nor will Co-Investors reimburse the Company or otherwise bear any other costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with these borrowings or in connection with establishing the credit facility, including without limitation any upfront fees, undrawn fees or associated legal costs or expenses. If a transaction fee is paid in connection with a deal where there is a Bridge Financing, then the Company will be allocated a portion of the transaction fee based on its aggregate funding at closing of the deal (i.e., both its long-term hold amount and any Bridge Financing amount). The entire amount of the transaction fee allocated to the Company will be treated as Other Fees and be offset against Management Fees payable by the Company to the KKR Group (after repayment of Broken Deal Expenses, if applicable). KCM will not earn any syndication fees in connection with the placing of any Bridge Financing to the Company or the subsequent syndication of Bridge Financings to Co-Investors. In circumstances where the Company
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was allocated a transaction fee for a Bridge Financing, such Bridge Financing will be transferred to Co-Investors post-closing at cost (inclusive of the pro rata portion of the transaction fee allocable to the Bridge Financing). The determination as to whether Balance Sheet entities will fund all or any portion of an investment that is expected to be syndicated to Co-Investors will be made by the Balance Sheet Committee (or one or more of its delegates) based on the interests of the Balance Sheet, including the liquidity profile of the Balance Sheet at the time of the syndication, other syndications in process or expected to be in process and the need for bridging in those other syndications, the likelihood of successfully syndicating the investment and the potential for affiliates of the KKR Group to earn syndication fees in connection with placing the investment with Co-Investors (which fees will not be earned by the KKR Group where investments are syndicated by the Company as Bridge Financings) or, conversely, the risk of a failed syndication and retention of the investment (see “—Broker-Dealer Activities” below). As such, the Balance Sheet will have an incentive not to agree to fund the portion of investments allocated to Co-Investors where the post-closing syndication is expected to be challenging or subject to significant risk of failure. If Balance Sheet entities do not fund all or any portion of the amount of an investment allocated to Co-Investors, it is expected that the Company will fund such amounts (subject to the limitations set forth in the LLC Agreement) as Bridge Financings. The Company will therefore bear the risk that Co-Investors do not purchase some or all of such investment and the risk of a more concentrated exposure to the relevant investment than was originally desired (subject to the single investment limitations outlined in this Registration Statement).
Where each of the Company, KKR Vehicles and the Balance Sheet fund any portion of an investment that is expected to be syndicated to Co-Investors, the post-closing syndication to Co-Investors will be split between the Company, KKR Vehicles and the Balance Sheet based on a ratio agreed between the Company’s executive committee, KKR Vehicles and the Balance Sheet prior to closing. If there is insufficient Co-Investor demand and the full amount bridged by the Company, KKR Vehicles and the Balance Sheet in the aggregate is not syndicated, the Company will be left with a more concentrated exposure to the relevant investment than was originally desired and a more concentrated exposure than it would have had if the Company’s Bridge Financing were transferred to Co-Investors on a priority basis relative to the Balance Sheet. In addition, where the Balance Sheet and/or the Company and/or a KKR Vehicle fund any portion of a follow-on investment that is expected to be syndicated to Co-Investors and any portion of such follow-on investment is not taken up by the relevant Co-Investors, the Balance Sheet and/or the Company and/or a KKR Vehicle will as a result participate in the follow-on investment on a non-pro rata basis relative to their share of the original investment.
In addition to economic interests, the voting, control and governance rights with respect to Joint Ventures or acquisition of Infrastructure Assets in which the Company, KKR Vehicles, KKR proprietary Balance Sheet entities, the KKR Group and/or Co-Investors participate could be structured in a number of ways depending upon various considerations relating to the specific Joint Venture or Infrastructure Asset and the entities participating. For example, voting rights could be allocated pro rata to the participants in a Joint Venture in accordance with their respective equity interests or could be allocated on a disproportionate basis to one or more of the participants. In most cases, the Company and the “flagship” KKR fund participating in a Joint Venture will jointly control the Joint Venture, even though the Company may only have a minority economic ownership interest in the relevant Joint Venture. Where the “flagship” KKR fund participating in a Joint Venture alongside the Company has interests or requirements that do not align with those of the Company, including in particular differing liquidity needs or desired investment horizons, conflicts could arise with respect to the manner in which the voting or governance rights held by the “flagship” KKR fund are exercised, potentially resulting in an adverse impact on the Company.
In addition, certain Shareholders could subscribe for Shares on a non-discounted basis, and such investment decisions will potentially be influenced, in whole or in part, by discounted arrangements that such Shareholders have received in connection with their co-investments or other investments in KKR Vehicles.
The commitment of Co-Investors to an investment made by the Company will in some cases be substantial and involve risks not present in investments where such Co-Investors are not involved. While Co-Investors typically bear their share of fees, costs and expenses related to the discovery, investigation, development, acquisition or consummation, ownership, maintenance, monitoring and hedging of their co-investments for consummated investments, such fees, costs and expenses will be borne solely by KKR Vehicles and the Company until such co-investment closes (or permanently if such investment does not close). For example, the Company may engage in bona fide hedging transactions in connection with the acquisition, holding, financing, refinancing or disposition of investments, including foreign currency hedging, swaps and other derivative contracts or instruments. Such hedging activity will generally take place after an agreement to acquire a particular investment has been signed but before the transaction closes. In circumstances where Co-Investors participate in an investment after it closes, the Company
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would bear a disproportionate amount of the costs and risks associated with such hedging activity until such time that the Co-Investors contribute their share of fees, costs and expenses. In addition, the Company will at times provide guarantees or other credit support to Infrastructure Assets or entities through which investments in Infrastructure Assets are made. Where Co-Investors or other third-party Shareholders participate in an investment, the Company will (where the Manager deems appropriate) guarantee an amount in excess of its proportionate interest in the investment, including amounts in respect of the interests of Co-Investors or other third-parties, which could remain outstanding on a temporary or ongoing basis over the term of the investment. In these circumstances the Company will bear a disproportionate amount of the liabilities and costs associated with the relevant guarantee or other credit support (see also “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Infrastructure Assets and Industry Focus—We may need to incur financial leverage to be able to achieve our investment business objectives. We cannot guarantee the availability of such financings.”
Investments in Which KKR and/or KKR Vehicles Have a Different Principal Interest
The KKR Group and KKR Vehicles invest in a broad range of asset classes throughout the corporate capital structure. These investments include investments in corporate loans and debt securities, preferred equity securities and common equity securities. Accordingly, the KKR Group and/or KKR Vehicles will from time to time invest in different parts of the capital structure of an entity or other issuer in which the Company invests.
With respect to Infrastructure Assets of the Company, the Company will seek to acquire controlling or other significant influence positions in some of its Infrastructure Assets and will also seek to acquire some Infrastructure Assets in which it does not acquire such positions. The Company could at times have the ability to elect some or all of the members of the board of directors of its Infrastructure Assets and thereby influence and control their policies and operations, including the appointment of management, future issuances of common stock, or other securities, the payments of dividends, if any, on their common stock, the incurrence of debt, amendments to their certificates of incorporation and bylaws, and entering into extraordinary transactions. Certain actions of an Infrastructure Asset that the KKR Group is in a position to control or influence by reason of the Company’s interest in such company could be in the interests of the Company but adverse to the interests of a KKR Vehicle that has also invested in the Infrastructure Asset or vice versa. For example, the Company could have an interest in pursuing an acquisition that would increase indebtedness, a divestiture of revenue-generating assets, or another transaction that, in the KKR Group’s judgment, could enhance the value of the Company’s investment, but would subject debt investments made by a KKR Vehicle to additional or increased risk.
In addition, to the extent that the Company is the controlling shareholder of an Infrastructure Asset, the KKR Group is likely to have the ability to determine (or significantly influence) the outcome of all matters requiring shareholder approval and to cause or prevent a change of control of such company or a change in the composition of its board of directors and could preclude any unsolicited acquisition of that entity. The interests of a KKR Vehicle that has invested in the Infrastructure Asset with respect to the management, investment decisions, or operations of an Infrastructure Asset could at times be in direct conflict with those of the Company. As a result, the KKR Group could face actual or apparent conflicts of interest, in particular in exercising powers of control over such Infrastructure Assets.
For example, with respect to the Company’s investments in certain companies, members of the KKR Group and/or KKR Vehicles could invest in debt issued by the same companies. The interests of the Company will not be aligned in all circumstances with the interests of the KKR Group or KKR Vehicles to the extent that they hold debt interests, which could create actual or potential conflicts of interest or the appearance of such conflicts. In that regard, actions could be taken by the KKR Group and/or the KKR Vehicles that are adverse to the Company. The interests of the Company, the KKR Group and/or KKR Vehicles investing in different parts of the capital structure of an Infrastructure Asset are particularly likely to conflict in the case of financial distress of the company. For example, if additional financing is necessary as a result of financial or other difficulties of an Infrastructure Asset, it will generally not be in the best interests of a KKR Vehicle, as a holder of debt issued by such company, to provide such additional financing and the ability of the Manager or the KKR Group to recommend such additional financing as being in the best interests of the Company might be impaired. In addition, it is possible that, in a bankruptcy proceeding, the Company’s interests could be subordinated or otherwise adversely affected by virtue of the KKR Group’s and/or such KKR Vehicles’ involvement and actions relating to their investment. There can be no assurance that the term of or the return on the Company’s investment will be equivalent to or better than the term of or the returns obtained by the KKR Vehicles participating in the transaction. This could result in a loss or substantial dilution of the Company’s Infrastructure Asset, while the KKR Group or a KKR Vehicle recovers all or part of amounts due to it. Similarly, the Manager’s ability to implement the Company’s strategies effectively will be limited to the extent
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that contractual obligations entered into in respect of the activities of the KKR Group and/or KKR Vehicles impose restrictions on the Company engaging in transactions that the Manager would be interested in otherwise pursuing.
In addition, from time to time, the Company could participate in releveraging and recapitalization transactions involving issuers of the Company’s acquisitions in which the KKR Group and/or KKR Vehicles have invested or will invest. Recapitalization transactions will present conflicts of interest, including determinations of whether existing investors are being cashed out at a price that is higher or lower than market value and whether new investors are paying too high or too low a price for the company or purchasing securities with terms that are more or less favorable than the prevailing market terms.
The Company, its Infrastructure Assets and other entities in or through which the Company acquires Infrastructure Assets will enter into deal-contingent hedging arrangements with respect to prospective Company Infrastructure Assets. Under these arrangements, in exchange for a fixed fee a bank or other counterparty unaffiliated with the KKR Group will agree to assume the market risk associated with a hedging arrangement entered into by or on behalf of the Company or such other entity in or through which a potential Infrastructure Asset is proposed to be acquired (e.g., with respect to FX or interest rate risk) in the event that the relevant Infrastructure Asset ultimately is not consummated. A member of the KKR Group will in turn enter into agreements with such counterparty pursuant to which such member of the KKR Group agrees to assume some portion of the market risk under the deal-contingent hedging arrangement in consideration for a portion of the fee payable to such counterparty (see also “—Fees” above). In these circumstances, the interests of the KKR Group member receiving this Indirect Fee in a deal-contingent hedging arrangement will not always be aligned with the interests of the Company. For example, if there is a market decline between the time the deal-contingent hedging arrangement is entered into and the closing of the investment, then the member of the KKR Group participating in such hedging arrangement will be facing an unrealized loss (which could be substantial) that could be avoided by consummating the investment since the loss would only by realized if the investment does not close. Conversely, if there is a market increase between the time the deal-contingent hedging arrangement is entered into and the closing of the investment, then the member of the KKR Group participating in such hedging arrangement will be facing an unrealized gain (which could be substantial) that could be realized by not consummating the investment since the gain would only be crystallized if the investment does not close. As a result, the KKR Group will face actual or apparent conflicts of interest in connection with the consummation (or abandonment) of an investment with respect to which a member of the KKR Group has participated in a related deal-contingent hedging arrangement.
Competing Interests; Allocation of Resources
As noted under “—KKR’s Investment Advisory and Proprietary Activities” above, the KKR Group could make investments on behalf of itself and/or KKR Vehicles that are competitive to the Company’s acquisitions (for example, a KKR Vehicle could invest in a portfolio company (in which, for these purposes, the Company will have no interest) that competes with an Infrastructure Asset of the Company). In providing advice and recommendations to, or with respect to, such investments and in dealing in such investments on behalf of such KKR Vehicles or the KKR Group, to the extent permitted by law, the KKR Group will not take into consideration the interests of the Company and its Infrastructure Assets. Accordingly, such advice, recommendations and dealings could result in adverse consequences to the Company or its Infrastructure Assets. Conflicts of interest could also arise with respect to the allocation of the KKR Group’s time and resources between such portfolio companies and other investments. In addition, in providing services in respect of such portfolio companies and other investments, the KKR Group will at times come into possession of information that it is prohibited from acting on (including on behalf of the Company) or disclosing as a result of applicable confidentiality requirements or applicable law, even though such action or disclosure would be in the interests of the Company. To the extent not restricted by confidentiality requirements or applicable law, the KKR Group could apply experience and information gained in providing services to Infrastructure Assets of the Company to provide services to competing portfolio companies and investments of the KKR Group or KKR Vehicles, which could have adverse consequences for the Company or its investments (see also “—Limitations on Information Sharing within KKR; Possession of Material Non-Public Information; Other Limitations on Leveraging Firm-Wide Resources” below).
In addition, the KKR Group will receive various kinds of portfolio company data and information (including from portfolio companies of KKR funds and KKR Vehicles), including information relating to business operations, trends, budgets, customers and other metrics. As a result, the KKR Group will likely be better able to anticipate macroeconomic and other trends, and otherwise develop investment themes, as a result of information learned from a portfolio company and/or entity. In furtherance of the foregoing, the KKR Group will generally seek to enter into information sharing and use
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arrangements with portfolio companies. The KKR Group believes that access to this information will further the interests of the Shareholders by providing opportunities for operational improvements across portfolio companies and for the KKR Group to utilize such information in connection with the Company’s management activities. Subject to appropriate contractual arrangements and the KKR Group’s policies and procedures on the proper handling of private and confidential information, the KKR Group will at times also utilize such information outside of the Company’s activities in a manner that provides a material benefit to the KKR Group in which the Company would not participate. For example, information from an Infrastructure Asset owned by the Company could enable the KKR Group to better understand a particular industry and execute trading and investment strategies in reliance on that understanding for the KKR Group or KKR Vehicles that do not own an interest in such Infrastructure Asset, without compensation or benefit to the Company or its Infrastructure Assets. However, the acquisition of certain confidential or material, non-public information could also limit the ability of the Company to buy or sell particular securities. The benefits received by the KKR Group from any such arrangements will not offset management fees or otherwise be shared with investors. As a result of the foregoing, the Manager could have an incentive to pursue investments in companies based on their data and information and/or to utilize such information in a manner that benefits the KKR Group or KKR Vehicles. The KKR Group engages in a broad range of business activities and invests in portfolio companies whose operations could be substantially similar to the Infrastructure Assets of the Company. The performance and operation of such competing businesses could conflict with and adversely affect the performance and operation of the Infrastructure Assets of the Company, and adversely affect the prices and availability of business opportunities or transactions available to such Infrastructure Assets.
It is possible that KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors, KKR Capstone (and other Technical Consultants) personnel and other consultants serve on the boards of portfolio companies and in such capacity receive directors’ fees that are retained in whole or in part by the relevant individuals. KKR Personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors, KKR Capstone (and other Technical Consultants) personnel and other consultants could also serve as directors or interim executives of, or otherwise be associated with, companies that are competitors of certain Infrastructure Assets of the Company. In such cases, such individuals will generally be subject to fiduciary and other obligations to make decisions that they believe to be in the best interests of the relevant companies. In most cases involving the Company’s Infrastructure Assets, given that the Company would generally be a significant investor in such companies, the interests of the Company and its Infrastructure Assets would generally be expected to be aligned, although this will not always be the case, particularly if Infrastructure Assets are likely to be in financial difficulty. It would also be expected that the interests of a competitor company would often not be aligned with those of the Company or the Company’s Infrastructure Assets. This could result in a conflict between the relevant individual’s obligations to an Infrastructure Asset or competitor company and the interests of the Company. Such conflict could be addressed to the detriment of the competitor company and the interests of the Company. In some circumstances, having KKR Personnel serve as directors or interim executives of an Infrastructure Asset of the Company or another company (including, for these purposes, a portfolio company of the KKR Group or any KKR Vehicle) will restrict the ability of the Company to invest directly in an investment opportunity that also constitutes an investment opportunity for such company.
Limitations on Information Sharing within KKR; Possession of Material Non-Public Information; Other Limitations on Leveraging Firm-Wide Resources
The KKR Group has adopted information-sharing policies and procedures that address both (i) the handling of confidential information and (ii) the information barrier that exists between the public and private sides of the KKR Group. The KKR Group’s credit and public equity professionals (i.e., those engaged by KKR Credit) are generally on the public side of the KKR Group, although some members of the KKR Credit team are also on the private side of the KKR Group (i.e. part of the “KKR Private Markets” business). The KKR Group’s private equity, growth equity, energy and infrastructure and real estate professionals, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors and KKR Advisors are on the private side of the KKR Group, the Manager and the KKR Group’s broker-dealer professionals could be on the private or public side of the KKR Group depending on their roles. The KKR Group has compliance functions to administer the KKR Group’s information-sharing policies and procedures and monitor potential conflicts of interest. Although the Company plans to leverage the KKR Group’s firm-wide resources to help source, conduct due diligence on, structure, syndicate and create value for the Company’s Infrastructure Assets, the KKR Group’s information-sharing policies and procedures referenced above, as well as certain legal, contractual and tax constraints, could significantly limit the Company’s ability to do so. For example, from time to time, the KKR Group’s private equity, growth equity or broker-dealer professionals will be in possession of material non-public information with respect to the Company’s Infrastructure Assets or potential Infrastructure Assets (particularly, but not limited to, where the Company acquires or proposes to acquire Infrastructure Assets in which a KKR Vehicle holds equity), and, as a result, such professionals will
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be restricted by the KKR Group’s information- sharing policies, or by law or contract, from sharing such information with the KKR Group’s professionals responsible for making the Company’s business decisions, even where the disclosure of such information would be in the best interests of the Company or would otherwise influence the decisions taken by such executives with respect to such acquisition or potential acquisition. Accordingly, as a result of such restrictions, the investment activities of the KKR Group’s other businesses could differ from, or be inconsistent with, the interests of and activities that are undertaken for the account of the Company and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to leverage all of the available resources and industry expertise of the KKR Group’s other businesses fully. Additionally, there could be circumstances in which one or more individuals associated with the KKR Group, including investment executives and committee members otherwise involved in the investment activities of the Company, will be precluded from providing services to the Company or from being involved in specific investment-related activities or decisions because of certain confidential information available to those individuals or to other parts of the KKR Group or because of other applicable legal or regulatory restrictions resulting from their involvement in activities of KKR Vehicles (see “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Structure—Our ability to achieve our business objective depends on the ability of the Manager to identify, acquire and support our Infrastructure Assets.”). In such circumstances, applicable legal or regulatory restrictions (or applicable information barrier policies or other related compliance policies) could require such investment executives to recuse themselves from the relevant Company committees or otherwise from participating in investment activities or decisions relating to the Company’s investments or alternatively, the KKR Group could determine that such investment executives should so recuse themselves to ensure that they can participate in the investment activities and decisions of KKR Vehicles. The Company could be adversely impacted in such circumstances.
While the KKR Group has established information barriers between its public and private sides as described above, the KKR Group does not, separately within each such division, generally establish information barriers between internal investment teams. In addition, information will at times be shared or “wall crossed” between the public and private sides of the KKR Group pursuant to the KKR Group’s information barrier procedures.
The nature of the KKR Group’s business and the business of its affiliates, including, without limitation, participation by KKR Personnel in creditors’ committees, steering committees or boards of directors of portfolio companies and potential portfolio companies, results in it receiving material non-public information from time to time with respect to publicly held companies or otherwise becoming an “insider” with respect to such companies. With limited exceptions (as described above), the KKR Group does not establish information barriers between its internal investment teams. Trading by members of the KKR Group on the basis of such information, or improperly disclosing such information, will in some cases be restricted pursuant to applicable law and/or internal policies and procedures adopted by the KKR Group to promote compliance with applicable law. Accordingly, the possession of “inside information” or “insider” status with respect to such an entity by the KKR Group or KKR Personnel could, including where an appropriate information barrier does not exist between the relevant investment professionals or has been “crossed” by such professionals, significantly restrict the ability of the Manager to deal in the securities of that entity on behalf of the Company, which could adversely impact the Company, including by preventing the execution of an otherwise advisable purchase or sale transaction in a particular security until such information ceases to be regarded as material non-public information, which could have an adverse effect on the overall performance of such investment. In addition, members of the KKR Group in possession of such information could be prevented from disclosing such information to the KKR Group, even where the disclosure of such information would be in the interests of the Company. The KKR Group will at times also be subject to contractual “stand-still” obligations and/or confidentiality obligations that restrict its ability to trade in certain securities on behalf of the Company.
In certain circumstances, the Company or the Manager could engage an independent agent to dispose of securities of issuers in which the KKR Group would be deemed to have material non-public information on behalf of the Company. Such independent agent could dispose of the relevant securities for a price that could be lower than the Manager’s valuation of such securities which would otherwise take into account the material non-public information known to the KKR Group in respect of the relevant issuer.
Other Affiliate Transactions
To the extent permitted in the LLC Agreement and by applicable law, the KKR Group will engage in transactions with the Company and its affiliates by purchasing investments from or through the KKR Group as principal, or co-investing with the KKR Group and KKR Vehicles in Infrastructure Assets, and will invest in entities in which the KKR Group holds material investments. The Company will also potentially acquire Infrastructure Assets from time to time in transactions where a member of the KKR Group that is a registered broker-dealer is acting as agent, broker, principal, arranger or syndicate manager or member on the other side of the transaction or for other parties in the
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transaction, only to the extent that the Manager believes in good faith that the terms of such transactions, taken as a whole, are appropriate for the Company and are otherwise in accordance with applicable law. It is possible that the Manager will be required under the LLC Agreement to obtain the consent of the Board (or the non-independent members thereof) to enter into certain of the Company’s potential acquisitions and the failure of the Board (or the non-independent members thereof) to grant any such consent would prevent the Company from consummating such acquisitions and, therefore, could adversely affect the Company.
The Company is expected to borrow money from multiple lenders, including the KKR Group, as provided for by the LLC Agreement. Further, an affiliated broker-dealer of the KKR Group will receive fees directly from the Company in connection with arranging any such financing for the Company. Although the Manager will approve such transactions only on terms, including the consideration to be paid, that are determined by the Manager in good faith to be appropriate for the Company, it is possible that the KKR Group’s interests as a lender could be in conflict with those of the Company and the interests of the Shareholders. The Manager is responsible for pursuing the Company’s business objectives, is under common control with the KKR Group and will encounter conflicts where, for example, a decision regarding the acquisition, holding or disposition of an Infrastructure Asset is considered attractive or advantageous for the Company yet poses a risk of economic loss of principal to the KKR Group as lender. If such conflicts arise, potential shareholders should be aware that the KKR Group could act to protect its own interests as a lender ahead of the Company’s business interests.
In connection with selling investments by way of a public offering, an affiliated broker-dealer of the KKR Group could act as the managing underwriter or a member of the underwriting syndicate on a firm commitment basis (provided that such affiliated broker-dealer of the KKR Group will not purchase Infrastructure Assets from the Company in that capacity). The KKR Group could also, on behalf of the Company, effect transactions, including transactions in the secondary markets where the KKR Group is also acting as a broker or other advisor on the other side of the same transaction. Notwithstanding that the KKR Group will not always receive commissions from such agency cross transactions as indicated above, it could nonetheless have a potential conflict of interest regarding the Company and the other parties to those transactions to the extent it receives commissions or other compensation from such other parties (see also “—Broker-Dealer Activities” below). The KKR Group will retain any commissions, remuneration or other profits made in such transactions. The Manager will approve any transactions in which an affiliated broker-dealer of the KKR Group acts as an underwriter, as broker for the Company, or as broker or advisor on the other side of a transaction with the Company only where the Manager believes in good faith that such transactions are appropriate for the Company and, by executing a subscription agreement, a Shareholder will consent to all such transactions, along with the other transactions involving conflicts of interest described herein, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
In addition, two or more Infrastructure Assets in which the Company and/or KKR Vehicles, KKR proprietary vehicles and/or other persons (collectively, “Other Participants”) hold an interest could merge or otherwise enter into a business or asset combination transaction (such merged or combined companies, businesses or assets, the “Successor Company”). In such transactions, the Company and such Other Participants could have varying or no interests in any of such Infrastructure Assets participating in such merger or combination. Following such merger or combination, the Company and the Other Participants will exchange securities issued by their existing Infrastructure Assets, as applicable, for or otherwise hold or receive securities in the Successor Company. If any of the Infrastructure Assets involved in any such merger or business or asset combination (or their relevant businesses or assets) are under- or over-valued in connection with such merger or combination, the Company and or any of such Other Participants will receive too great or too small an interest in the Successor Company, which could adversely impact the Company and/or such Other Participants and could otherwise be viewed as causing an indirect transfer of value between the Company and such Other Participants. Notwithstanding such transfer of value, such merger or combination transactions generally will not constitute or otherwise be treated by the Company as principal or cross transactions that are subject to the restrictions applicable to such transactions pursuant to the LLC Agreement.
Cross Transactions
The Manager could seek to effect a purchase or sale of an Infrastructure Asset between the Company and one or more KKR Vehicles. The Company might seek to sell an Infrastructure Asset that evolves to have a lower risk and return profile and longer than expected holding period (or other relevant characteristics) to the Core Investment Platform and/or certain KKR Vehicles making “core” equity investments (including those treated as KKR proprietary entities). For example, KKR proprietary Balance Sheet capital makes up more than 30% of the aggregate capital invested in the Core Investment Platform and, as such, the KKR Group treats the Core Investment Platform as a KKR proprietary entity. In such a transaction, in the absence of the participation of other sellers alongside the Company
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or other buyers alongside the KKR Vehicles, (including potentially the Core Investment Platform), the relevant Infrastructure Asset would be disposed of by the Company at a purchase price negotiated entirely by the KKR Group on both sides of the transaction. The concentration of the KKR Group’s proprietary capital in the KKR Vehicles such as the Core Investment Platform on the buy side of these transactions creates an incentive for the KKR Group to arrange for the sale of the Infrastructure Asset at a price more favorable to those KKR Vehicles and less favorable to the Company. However, in addition to the requirement to seek the approval of the non-affiliated members of the Board for a principal transaction, the KKR Group might elect to take steps that seek to mitigate the KKR Group’s conflict of interest in these potential transactions on behalf of the Company, such as identifying a third party to participate in or lead the sell-side negotiations alongside the Company or running a sale auction to support the price of the transaction.
More generally, and without limiting the foregoing, the Manager will from time to time purchase an Infrastructure Asset or companies from a closed-end KKR Vehicle, in which the investors of such closed-end KKR Vehicle are given the opportunity to continue their investment in the relevant assets, in whole or in part (a “continuation vehicle”). A continuation vehicle could also involve participation by KKR proprietary entities, KKR Vehicles and/or third parties. If the Company acquired the relevant Infrastructure Asset alongside the relevant closed-end KKR Vehicle, then the Company will need to decide whether to participate in the sale to the continuation vehicle or continue to hold its the Infrastructure Asset alongside the continuation vehicle. If the Company elects to sell to the continuation vehicle, the Shareholders will not be given the opportunity to participate in the continuation vehicle. The sale of an Infrastructure Asset to a continuation vehicle will result in members of the KKR Group disposing of their investments in the Infrastructure Asset at a later time than the Company and otherwise taking actions with respect to such investment that are different than the actions taken by the Company. As such, the Manager and other members of the KKR Group could ultimately receive a return that is higher than the return achieved by the Company. Although the sale of an Infrastructure Asset to a continuation vehicle would in many cases constitute a cross transaction, such transactions could be structured in a manner that does not constitute a cross transaction. The Company may also seek to purchase interests in a continuation vehicle in which KKR Vehicles are also participating in such related transaction.
Under certain circumstances, a KKR Group proprietary entity could seek to hold a co-investment interest when Company sells, due to differences in strategy, asset allocation objectives or liquidity needs. The KKR Group would obtain any consents required under the LLC Agreement prior to doing so and would endeavor to determine whether there would be a negative impact on the valuations of Company prior to implementing a hold strategy for a KKR proprietary account. However, there can be no assurances that such variations in timing of investment dispositions will not result in a difference in performance for such entities, which could mean better performance for such KKR proprietary entity.
A KKR proprietary entity could acquire an Infrastructure Asset of the Company on terms negotiated with the management of the Infrastructure Asset in a transaction that does not involve securities or advisory clients of the KKR Group on either side of the transaction. These transactions do not constitute principal transactions or cross transactions that are subject to the restrictions described above applicable to such transactions. To the extent that such transactions are appropriate investments for the Company, as well as a KKR proprietary entity, the KKR Group will allocate such transactions in accordance with the allocation procedures described above. For instance, it is possible for such opportunities to be allocated, in accordance with the allocation procedures described above, solely to a KKR proprietary entity (including, for instance, the Balance Sheet) instead of the Company or vice-versa.
The KKR Group and KKR Vehicles could sell an Infrastructure Asset interest to an investor in a KKR Vehicle (including the Company) holding the same Infrastructure Asset or an investor in another KKR Vehicle (including the Company) that is not invested in the Infrastructure Asset. Because such proposed sales are from KKR Vehicles (and not the KKR Group) and to limited partners of KKR Vehicle and not “clients” as defined under the Advisers Act, the KKR Group does not consider such sale transactions to be principal transactions. The KKR Group has policies and procedures on effecting sales of Infrastructure Asset interests to KKR investors in order to manage conflicts of interest that could arise in these circumstances.
In addition, two or more portfolio companies in which the Company and/or KKR Vehicles, KKR proprietary vehicles and/or other persons (collectively, “Other Participants”) hold an interest could merge or otherwise enter into a business or asset combination transaction (such merged or combined companies, businesses or assets, the “Successor Company”). In such transactions, the Company and such Other Participants could have varying or no interests in any of such portfolio companies participating in such merger or combination. Following such merger or
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combination, the Company and the Other Participants will exchange securities issued by their existing portfolio companies, as applicable, for or otherwise hold or receive securities in the Successor Company. If any of the portfolio companies involved in any such merger or business or asset combination (or their relevant businesses or assets) are under- or over-valued in connection with such merger or combination, the Company and or any of such Other Participants will receive too great or too small an interest in the Successor Company, which could adversely impact the Company and/or such Other Participants and could otherwise be viewed as causing an indirect transfer of value between the Company and such Other Participants. Notwithstanding such transfer of value, such merger or combination transactions generally will not constitute or otherwise be treated by the Company as principal or cross transactions that are subject to the restrictions applicable to such transactions pursuant to the LLC Agreement.
The conflict of interest provisions of the LLC Agreement apply to securities and other assets held by the Company or a KKR Vehicle for which the Company or such KKR Vehicle has contributed capital or otherwise funded investment amounts. Such provisions do not apply to contractual rights of participation (or subsidiary holding vehicles that have secured such contractual rights of participation) in actual or potential acquisition opportunities or equity commitment letters entered into by the Company, such KKR Vehicle or any subsidiary holding vehicle thereof in respect of prospective acquisition opportunities. As a result, if the Company or a KKR Vehicle declines to exercise any contractual rights of participation in actual or potential acquisition opportunities, the participation by the Company or a KKR Vehicle, as applicable, in such acquisition opportunity shall not constitute a conflicted transaction subject to Board (or independent director) consent. Further, if the Company or a KKR Vehicle elects to assign all or any portion of an equity commitment letter (or a subsidiary holding vehicle that entered into such equity commitment letter) to a KKR Vehicle or the Company, as applicable, such assignment will not constitute a conflicted transaction subject to Board (or independent director) consent.
Infrastructure Asset Service Providers
The Company and its Infrastructure Assets are permitted to engage an Infrastructure Asset of the Company or portfolio company of a KKR Vehicle (“Portfolio Company Service Providers”) engaged by the Company and its Infrastructure Assets to provide some or all of the following services:
(a) management services with respect to an Infrastructure Asset (i.e., management of operational services); (b) operational services with respect to an Infrastructure Asset (i.e., general management of an Infrastructure Asset’s day to day operations); (c) transaction support services with respect to actual or potential investments (including, without limitation, managing relationships with brokers and other potential sources of investments, identifying and sourcing potential investments, coordinating with investors, assembling relevant information, conducting financial and market analyses and modelling, coordinating closing/post-closing procedures for acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions, coordination of design and development activities, assistance with due diligence, marketing and distribution, overseeing brokers, lawyers, accountants and other advisors, providing in-house legal and accounting services, assistance with due diligence, preparation of project feasibilities, site visits and transaction consulting); (d) corporate support services (including, without limitation, accounts payable, accounting/audit (including valuation support services), account management, insurance, procurement, placement, brokerage, consulting, cash management, finance/budget, corporate secretarial services, data management, directorship services, domiciliation, human resources, information technology/systems support, internal compliance/KYC, judicial processes, legal, operational coordination (i.e., coordination with Joint Ventures partners), risk management, reporting, tax, tax analysis and compliance (e.g., CIT and VAT compliance), transfer pricing and internal risk control, treasury and valuation services) and (e) loan servicing and management (including, without limitation, monitoring, restructuring and work-out of performing, sub-performing and nonperforming loans, administrative services, and cash management). Similarly, KKR Vehicles and their portfolio companies are permitted to engage Portfolio Company Service Providers of the Company or KKR Vehicles to provide some or all of these services. Some of the services performed by a Portfolio Company Service Provider could also be performed by KKR from time to time and vice versa. Fees paid by the Company or its Infrastructure Assets to Portfolio Company Service Providers owned by KKR Vehicles will not be shared with the Company or offset against the Management Fees or carried interest payable by the Company.
KKR does not expect a Portfolio Company Service Provider providing management services with respect to an Infrastructure Asset of the Company (i.e., acting as an operating partner) to invest its capital alongside the Company in such Infrastructure Asset. However, individual executives of the management team of a Portfolio Company Service Provider providing such management services with respect to an investment of the Company could co-invest alongside the Company in such investment as part of such executives’ compensation arrangements with such Portfolio Company Service
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Provider to enhance alignment of interest. Portfolio Company Service Providers utilized by Infrastructure Assets of the Company or KKR Vehicles will receive compensation for their services, including through incentive based compensation payable to their management teams and other related parties, which could be calculated on an aggregate basis across multiple Infrastructure Assets. The incentive based compensation paid to a Portfolio Company Service Provider with respect to an Infrastructure Asset of the Company or a KKR Vehicle could vary from the incentive based compensation paid to such Portfolio Company Service Provider with respect to other Infrastructure Assets of the Company or such KKR Vehicle; as a result the management team of (or other related parties associated with) a Portfolio Company Service Provider could have greater incentives with respect to certain Infrastructure Assets relative to others, and the performance of certain Infrastructure Assets could provide incentives to retain a Portfolio Company Service Provider that also services other Infrastructure Assets. Portfolio Company Service Providers owned by the Company or KKR Vehicles could charge the Company and its Infrastructure Assets for goods and services at rates generally consistent with those available in the market for similar goods and services or, alternatively, could pass through expenses on a cost reimbursement, no-profit or break-even basis, in which case the Portfolio Company Service Provider allocates costs and expenses directly associated with work performed for the benefit of the Company and its Infrastructure Assets to them, along with any related tax costs and an allocation of such Portfolio Company Service Provider’s overhead, including some or all of the following: salaries, wages, benefits and travel expenses; marketing and advertising fees and expenses; legal, accounting and other professional fees and disbursements; office space and equipment; insurance premiums; technology expenditures, including hardware and software costs; costs to engage recruiting firms to hire employees; diligence expenses; one-time costs, including costs related to building-out and winding-down an Infrastructure Asset; taxes; and other operating and capital expenditures. Any of the foregoing costs, although allocated in a particular period, will, in certain circumstances, relate to activities occurring outside the period, and therefore the Company could pay more than it’s pro rata portion of fees for services. The allocation of overhead among the entities and assets to which services are provided can be expected to be based on any of a number of different methodologies, including, without limitation, “cost” basis as described above, “time-allocation” basis or “fixed percentage” basis. There can be no assurance that a different manner of allocation would result in the Company and its Infrastructure Assets bearing less or more costs and expenses. The KKR Group will not always perform or obtain benchmarking analysis or third-party verification of expenses with respect to services provided on a cost reimbursement, no profit or break even basis. There can be no assurance that amounts charged by Portfolio Company Service Providers that are not controlled by the Company or KKR Vehicles will be consistent with market rates or that any benchmarking, verification or other analysis will be performed with respect to such charges. If benchmarking is performed, the related expenses could be borne by the Company and will not be shared with the Company or offset against the Management Fees or carried interest distributions payable by the Company. Similarly, KKR Vehicles and their portfolio companies could engage Portfolio Company Service Providers of the Company to provide services, and these Portfolio Company Service Providers will generally charge for services in the same manner described above, but the Company and its Infrastructure Assets generally will not be reimbursed for any costs (such as start-up costs) relating to such Portfolio Company Service Providers incurred prior to such engagement.
These arrangements have the potential for a conflict of interest to arise, particularly, for example, where the KKR Vehicles that own a Portfolio Company Service Provider are not the same as the KKR Vehicles that own (directly or indirectly) the portfolio company that is receiving services from such Portfolio Company Service Provider. In these situations, the KKR Vehicles that own the portfolio company to which such services are provided are indirectly paying fees for such services that benefit the KKR Vehicles that own the applicable Portfolio Company Service Provider. Where the relevant arrangement involves services or other benefits provided directly to the Company or a KKR Vehicle, the KKR Group could be incentivized to agree to terms or establish service levels (if applicable) that disproportionately favor the Company or the KKR Vehicles involved. Where such arrangements are between Infrastructure Assets of the Company and portfolio companies of KKR Vehicles, the conflicts of interests involved, including the allocation of overhead expenses among such entities, will depend on the level of independence between the management of such portfolio companies and the KKR Group. The Company, KKR Vehicles and their respective Infrastructure Assets are expected to enter into Joint Ventures with third parties to which Portfolio Company Service Providers will provide services. In some of these cases, the third party Joint Ventures partner might negotiate not to pay its pro rata share of fees, costs and expenses to be allocated as described above, in which case the Company, such KKR Vehicles and their respective portfolio companies that also use the services of such Portfolio Company Service Provider will, directly or indirectly, pay the difference, or the Portfolio Company Service Provider will bear a loss equal to the difference.
Portfolio Company Service Providers are generally expected to be owned and, in certain circumstances, controlled, by one or more KKR funds, such as the Company and/or KKR Vehicles (including co-investment
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vehicles). In certain instances, a similar company could be owned by the KKR Group directly. The KKR Group could cause a transfer of ownership of one of these Portfolio Company Service Providers from the Company to a KKR Vehicle, or from a KKR Vehicle to the Company. The transfer of a Portfolio Company Service Provider between the Company and a KKR Vehicle is generally expected to be consummated for minimal or no consideration, and without obtaining any consent from the Board (or the non-independent members thereof). The KKR Group could, but is not required to, obtain a third party valuation confirming the same, and if it does, the KKR Group is expected to rely on such valuation. Transactions with Portfolio Company Service Providers of the Company do not require the consent of the Board (or the non-independent members thereof). Portfolio Company Service Providers and KKR Vehicles are not considered “Affiliates” under the LLC Agreement and therefore are not covered by affiliate transaction restrictions included in the LLC Agreement, such as the requirement to obtain consent from the Board (or the non-independent members thereof) in certain circumstances.
Valuation Matters
The fair value of all Infrastructure Assets will ultimately be determined by the Manager in accordance with the Company’s valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. It will, in certain circumstances, be the case that the NAV of an Infrastructure Asset may not reflect the price at which the Infrastructure Asset is ultimately sold, and the difference between the NAV and the ultimate sale price could be material. The valuation methodologies used to value any Infrastructure Assets will involve subjective judgments and projections and may, in certain circumstances, not be accurate. Valuation methodologies will also involve assumptions and opinions about future events, which may or may not turn out to be correct. Valuation methodologies may permit reliance on a prior period valuation of particular Infrastructure Assets. Ultimate realization of the value of an asset depends to a great extent on economic, market and other conditions beyond the Manager’s control. There will be no retroactive adjustment in the valuation of any Infrastructure Asset, the price at which Shares were purchased or sold by Shareholders or repurchased by the Company, as applicable, the Management Fee or the Performance Participation Allocation to the extent any valuation proves to not accurately reflect the realizable value of an asset in the Company. The valuation of Infrastructure Assets will affect the amount and timing of the Performance Participation Allocation payable to KKR and the amount of the Management Fee payable to the Manager. The valuation of investments of KKR Vehicles will, in certain circumstances, affect the decision of potential Shareholders to subscribe for Shares. Similarly, the valuation of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets will, in certain circumstances, affect the ability of KKR to form and attract capital to KKR Vehicles. As a result, there may be circumstances in which the Manager is incentivized to make more speculative acquisitions of Infrastructure Assets, seek to deploy capital in Infrastructure Assets at an accelerated pace, hold Infrastructure Assets longer and/or the Manager is incentivized to determine valuations that are higher than the actual fair value of Infrastructure Assets. In particular, given that the Management Fee and Performance Participation Allocation will be dependent on the valuation of illiquid assets, which will be determined by the Manager, the Manager could be incentivized to value the assets higher than if the Management Fee were not based on the valuation of such assets. The foregoing conflicts arising from valuation matters will not necessarily be resolved in favor of the Company, and Shareholders may not be entitled to receive notice or disclosure of the occurrence of these conflicts (except as provided above).
Charitable Donations and Political Activities
The Manager may, from time to time, cause the Company and/or its Infrastructure Assets to make contributions to charitable initiatives or other non-profit organizations that the Manager believes could, directly or indirectly, enhance the value of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets or otherwise serve a business purpose for, or be beneficial to, the Company’s Infrastructure Assets. Such contributions could be designed to benefit employees of an Infrastructure Asset or the community in which a property is located or in which the Infrastructure Asset operates. In certain instances, such charitable initiatives could be sponsored by, affiliated with or related to current or former employees of the KKR Group, operating partners, Joint Ventures partners, Infrastructure Asset management teams and/or other persons or organizations associated with the KKR Group, the Company or the Company’s Infrastructure Assets. These relationships could influence the Manager in deciding whether to cause the Company or its Infrastructure Assets to make charitable contributions. Further, such charitable contributions by the Company or its Infrastructure Assets could supplement or replace charitable contributions that the KKR Group would have otherwise made. Also, in certain instances, the Manager may, from time to time, select a lender and/or service provider to the Company or its Infrastructure Assets based, in part, on the charitable initiatives of such lender or service provider where the Manager believes such charitable initiatives could, directly or indirectly, enhance the value of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets or otherwise serve a business purpose for, or be beneficial to, the Company’s Infrastructure Assets, and even where the economic terms of such loan or service arrangement are otherwise less favorable than the terms offered by another lender or service provider that does not engage in such charitable initiatives.
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An Infrastructure Asset may, in the ordinary course of its business, make political contributions to elected officials, candidates for elected office or political organizations, hire lobbyists or engage in other permissible political activities in U.S. or non-U.S. jurisdictions with the intent of furthering its business interests or otherwise. Infrastructure Assets are not considered affiliates of the Manager, and therefore such activities are not subject to relevant policies of the Manager and may be undertaken by an Infrastructure Asset without the knowledge or direction of the Manager. In other circumstances, there may be initiatives where such activities are coordinated by the KKR Group for the benefit of the Infrastructure Assets. The interests advanced by an Infrastructure Asset through such activities may, in certain circumstances, not align with or be adverse to the interests of other Infrastructure Assets, the Company or the Shareholders. The costs of such activities may be allocated among Infrastructure Assets. While the costs of such activities will typically be borne by the Infrastructure Asset undertaking such activities, such activities could also directly or indirectly benefit other Infrastructure Assets, KKR Vehicles or the KKR Group.
Any such charitable or political contributions made by the Company or its Infrastructure Assets, as applicable, which could reduce the Company’s returns in respect of the relevant Infrastructure Asset, will not be shared with the Company or offset against the Management Fees payable to the Manager (or its affiliates) in respect of the Company. There can be no assurance that any such activities will actually be beneficial to or enhance the value of the Company or its Infrastructure Assets, or that the Manager will be able to resolve any associated conflict of interest in favor of the Company.
Global Distribution
The dealer-manager for the Company is KCM. Any material adverse change to the ability of the Company’s global distributor to build and maintain a network of licensed securities broker-dealers and other agents could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business and the Private Offering. If the global distributor is unable to build and maintain a sufficient network of participating broker-dealers to distribute Shares in the offering, the Company’s ability to raise proceeds through the offering and implement the Company’s acquisition strategy may be adversely affected. In addition, the global distributor will in the future serve as dealer manager for other issuers. As a result, the global distributor will experience conflicts of interest in allocating its time between the offering and such other issuers, which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to raise proceeds through the offering and implement the Company’s acquisition strategy. Further, the participating broker-dealers retained by the global distributor may have numerous competing investment products, some with similar or identical investment strategies and areas of focus as the Company, which they may elect to emphasize to their retail clients.
Placement Activities
KKR Personnel involved in the marketing and placement of the Shares are acting for the distribution agent and not acting as investment, tax, financial, legal or accounting advisors to potential shareholders in connection with the offering of the Shares. Potential shareholders must independently evaluate the offering and make their own investment decisions.
The KKR Group could offer, on an agency basis for third parties, including, without limitation, unaffiliated fund sponsors in which the KKR Group has a minority ownership interest, interests in other pooled investment vehicles that have as their primary investment objective investments that are substantially similar to the types of investments to be made by the Company and, in connection with any such offering, will receive customary compensation, including an interest in such vehicles. Placement agents or other financial intermediaries could also receive other compensation, including placement fees with respect to the acquisition of Shares by Shareholders. Such agents or intermediaries will have an incentive in promoting the acquisition of Shares in preference to products with respect to which they receive a smaller fee. Prospective shareholders should take the existence of such fees and other compensation into account in evaluating a purchase of the Company’s Shares.
Broker-Dealer Activities
The KKR Group includes a number of entities that act as broker-dealers. Such broker-dealers (including their respective related lending vehicles) will, from time to time, manage or otherwise participate in underwriting syndicates and/or selling groups with respect to existing or potential Infrastructure Assets of the Company or otherwise be involved in the private placement of debt or equity securities or instruments issued by or in connection with the acquisition of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and non-controlling entities in or through which the Company may acquire Infrastructure Assets (including by placing securities issued by such Infrastructure Assets with Co-Investors as described in “Co-Investments” above), or otherwise in arranging or providing financing for the
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Company and for or in connection with the acquisition of Infrastructure Assets, in each case alone or with other lenders, which could include the Company and KKR Vehicles (see also “—Fees” above). In particular, KCM is expected to participate actively in the financing of the Company's Infrastructure Assets, including, for example, by arranging for senior financing that is secured by pools of Infrastructure Assets held by the Company. Affiliated broker-dealers could, as a consequence of such activities, hold positions in instruments and securities issued by the Company’s Infrastructure Assets, enter into obligations to acquire such instruments or securities, and engage in transactions that could also be appropriate acquisitions for the Company. Subject to applicable law, such broker-dealers will generally receive underwriting fees, placement commissions, syndication fees, financing fees, interest payments or other compensation with respect to such activities, which are not required to be shared with the Company or the Shareholders. In certain circumstances, where a KKR Group broker is participating in underwriting and financing transactions, it could be doing so as lead or sole arranger, in which case, it will be responsible for establishing the relevant fees and other payments charged to the Company’s Infrastructure Assets or other issuers in which it invests. In addition, the Company could be prevented from participating in a Joint Venture as a result of a KKR Group broker participating in such underwriting or financing transactions. Where a KKR Group broker-dealer serves as underwriter with respect to a portfolio company’s securities, the Company will generally be subject to a “lock-up” period following the offering under applicable regulations or agreements during which time its ability to sell any securities that it continues to hold is restricted. This could prejudice the Company’s ability to dispose of such securities at an opportune time.
In addition, circumstances could arise where following the Company’s acquisition of an Infrastructure Asset or other issuer, such issuer becomes distressed and the participants in the relevant offering have a valid claim against the underwriters of the relevant offering. Such underwriters could include a KKR Group entity, in which case, the Company would have a conflict in determining whether to sue such underwriters. Where such underwriters include non-affiliated broker-dealers, the Company will also have a conflict in determining whether to bring a claim because of concerns regarding the relationships of the KKR Group with such non-affiliated broker-dealers, which could relate to and otherwise benefit KKR Vehicles and/or KKR and its proprietary entities and not the Company.
The KKR Group could in the future develop new businesses, such as providing investment banking, advisory and other services to corporations, financial sponsors, management or other persons. Such services could relate to transactions that could give rise to investment opportunities that are suitable for the Company. In such case, the KKR Group’s client would typically require the KKR Group to act exclusively on its behalf, thereby precluding the Company from participating in such acquisition opportunities. The KKR Group would not be obligated to decline any such engagements in order to make an acquisition opportunity available to the Company. In addition, the KKR Group could come into the possession of information through these new businesses that limits the Company’s ability to engage in potential transactions.
KKR Stakes and Seed Business
The KKR Group owns interests in third-party hedge fund and fund of fund managers in which the KKR Group has acquired a stake, seeded or otherwise obtained an ownership interest (the “Stakes and Seed Managers”). Funds and accounts managed by such managers (“Stakes and Seed Funds”) are expected to pursue a broad range of investment strategies and invest in a broad range of securities and instruments and other assets globally. Any Stakes and Seed Fund could invest in securities or other financial instruments of companies (or issuers) in which KKR Vehicles, including the Company, could also have an interest. Stakes and Seed Funds could also invest in competitors of KKR Vehicles (including the Company) or their respective portfolio companies. Actions taken by any Stakes and Seed Manager in respect of any of the foregoing could adversely impact the Company or a KKR Vehicle. Any such investments and actions will be controlled by the respective Stakes and Seed Manager and will generally be outside the control and oversight of the KKR Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the KKR Group (including KKR and KKR Credit) will also, from time to time, act as a nondiscretionary sub-adviser of a Stakes and Seed Fund or Stakes and Seed Manager, including in particular with respect to co-investments made alongside KKR Vehicles.
As of June 1, 2017, Prisma Capital Partners LP (“Prisma”), formerly constituting the KKR Group’s global hedge funds solutions business, together with Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company, LLC (“PAAMCO”), became a KKR Stakes and Seed Manager. It is expected that advisory members of the KKR Group will also, from time to time, act as a sub-adviser in respect of capital allocated within investment vehicles and other accounts managed and advised by Prisma, and Prisma is expected to advise or sub-advise investment vehicles and other accounts established by the KKR Group (including KKR and KKR Credit).
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Other Potential Infrastructure Vehicles
The Manager reserves the right to raise additional infrastructure investment vehicles (“Other Infrastructure Vehicles”), including infrastructure vehicles that target the same Infrastructure Assets as the Company. The closing of an Other Infrastructure Vehicle could result in the reallocation of KKR Personnel, including reallocation of existing infrastructure professionals, to such Other Infrastructure Vehicle. In addition, potential acquisitions that may be suitable for the Company may be directed toward or shared with such Other Infrastructure Vehicle.
Global Atlantic Transaction
In July 2020, the KKR Group signed a strategic transaction pursuant to which the KKR Group will acquire control of Global Atlantic, a leading retirement and life insurance company. The KKR Group acquired control of Global Atlantic in February 2021 (the “Global Atlantic Transaction”), and serves as Global Atlantic’s investment manager. Global Atlantic AUM totals $132 billion as of September 30, 2022. Accordingly, the KKR Group significantly increased its assets under management following the closing of the Global Atlantic Transaction.
A subsidiary of the Balance Sheet is the sole voting shareholder and majority equity owner of Global Atlantic. It is generally expected that Global Atlantic assets managed by the KKR Group (“Global Atlantic Accounts”) will constitute accounts of a KKR Group affiliate.
The KKR Group generally expects to treat any Global Atlantic Account as a KKR Vehicle for the purposes of allocating investment opportunities and related fees and expenses. Global Atlantic Accounts participating in KKR’s infrastructure strategy could participate by coinvesting alongside the Company and KKR Vehicles in some or all of their investments in the Company’s strategy or, potentially, through investments in the Company. Depending on the allocation of such assets to this strategy, the timing of such allocation and the manner in which such allocation is implemented (that is, by investments in or alongside the Company and KKR Vehicles), the investment by Global Atlantic Accounts in KKR’s infrastructure strategy could result in materially less availability of discretionary investment opportunities for the Company. The establishment of Global Atlantic Accounts investing directly in infrastructure investments will create a conflict of interest in that the KKR Group will be incentivized to allocate more attractive investments and scarce investment opportunities to these proprietary entities and accounts rather than to the Company and KKR Vehicles. The KKR Group will allocate investment opportunities among the Company, the Global Atlantic Accounts and other accounts in a manner that is consistent with an allocation methodology established by the KKR Group and its affiliates in a manner designed to ensure allocations of such opportunities are made on a fair and equitable basis over time.
Other examples of conflicts of interest that are expected to arise in connection with the Global Atlantic Transaction and the Company include transactions pursuant to which Global Atlantic Accounts could, subject to applicable law, acquire assets of, or provide financing to, the Company and/or Infrastructure Assets in which the Company invests. For example, subject to regulatory approval, Global Atlantic Accounts could acquire portfolios of assets originated by, or provide financing to, platform arrangements invested in by the Company. Subject to applicable law, such transactions will be implemented in a manner consistent with the treatment of Global Atlantic Accounts as KKR Vehicles. Accordingly, where such transactions involve the acquisition of such assets or provision of such financing on terms negotiated with the management of such platform vehicles or other Infrastructure Assets in which the Company invests, such transactions will not be viewed as cross transactions that are subject to the cross transactions restrictions applicable pursuant to the LLC Agreement. Further, Global Atlantic Accounts are expected to participate as lenders to the Company on the terms permitted by the LLC Agreement, which could result in actual or potential conflicts of interest as further described in Other Affiliate Transactions” above. In addition, Global Atlantic Accounts could invest in infrastructure backed debt instruments issued by Infrastructure Assets in which the Company invests. Such transactions could create actual or potential conflicts of interest as further described in “Investments in Which KKR and/or KKR Vehicles Have a Different Principal Interest” above. Global Atlantic Accounts will not constitute “Private Equity Funds” as defined in the LLC Agreement, and therefore will not be subject to the contractual restrictions regarding “Cross Transactions” as defined in the LLC Agreement (which includes, but is broader than, the term “cross transactions” as defined in No Assurance of Ability to Participate in Acquisition Opportunities; Relationship with KKR, its Affiliates and KKR Vehicles; Allocation of Acquisition Opportunities” above and referenced in Cross Transactions” above). Accordingly, except as otherwise provided in the LLC Agreement or as established by law, the Company could enter into Cross Transactions in which one or more Global Atlantic Accounts is involved without the consent of the Board (or the non-independent members thereof) or the Shareholders.
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The terms of Global Atlantic Accounts are expected to differ materially from those of the Company, including in respect of management fees and expense reimbursements. Management fees are expected to be charged by the KKR Group for the management of Global Atlantic Accounts. These fees are, however, generally expected to be lower or even materially lower than those applicable to the Company. Global Atlantic Accounts are not expected to be subject to carried interest distributions or other performance-related compensation. Where any of such assets are managed by KKR through the investment by Global Atlantic Accounts in the Company, such investments are not expected to be subject to Management Fees or the Performance Participation Allocation payable to the Manager.
Performance Participation Allocation; Management Fee
KKR’s entitlement to receive the Performance Participation Allocation will create an incentive for the Manager and the KKR Group to make riskier or more speculative acquisitions on behalf of the Company than would be the case in the absence of this arrangement.
In addition, the manner in which KKR’s entitlement to the Performance Participation Allocation, the Manager’s entitlement to Management Fees is determined could result in a conflict between their interests and the interests of the Shareholders with respect to the sequence and timing of disposals of investments. For example, the ultimate beneficial owners of the Manager are generally subject to U.S. federal and local income tax (unlike certain of the Shareholders). The Manager will be incentivized to operate the Company, including to hold and/or sell Infrastructure Assets, in a manner that takes into account the tax treatment of KKR’s Performance Participation Allocation. Shareholders should note in this regard that U.S. federal income tax legislation enacted in 2017 relating to the taxation of incentive allocations generally provides for a lower capital gains tax rate in respect of investments held for more than three years, whereas certain Shareholders will be eligible for such treatment after a holding period of only more than one year. While the Manager generally intends to seek to maximize pre-tax returns for the Company as a whole, the Manager will nonetheless be incentivized to hold Infrastructure Assets for a longer period than would be the case if such holding period requirement did not exist and/or to realize investments prior to any change in law that results in a higher effective income tax rate on its carried interest. The Manager will also be incentivized to structure Infrastructure Assets in a manner that mitigates the impact of holding period requirement applicable to carried interest, which could adversely impact the after-tax returns of, or otherwise result in increased costs for, the Company and the Shareholders. The Manager could be motivated to overstate valuations in order to improve the Company’s track record or to minimize losses from write-downs that must be returned prior to KKR receiving the Performance Participation Allocation.
The Company’s NAV will generally be determined by the Manager based in part on valuations of the Company’s assets as described in “Item 9. Market Price of and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Unitholder Matters—Net Asset Value.” The Manager has a conflict of interest with respect to such valuations because the amount of Management Fees payable, the amount of the Performance Participation Allocation to which KKR is entitled with respect to the Company, and the timing of its receipt of the Performance Participation Allocation will depend in part on the value of the investments. In the event that the Company makes any distribution in kind to the Shareholders as a whole or to any Shareholders in particular, the fair market value of such property will generally be determined by the Manager. If the valuations made by the Manager are incorrect (including both with respect to an in-kind distribution or with respect to the fair value of investments that continue to be held by the Company), the Performance Participation Allocation payable to KKR, or the timing of receipt of the Performance Participation Allocation, could also be incorrect. A valuation generally will not be required and is not expected to be obtained in connection with in-kind distributions.
Under certain circumstances, a KKR Group proprietary entity could seek to hold a co-investment interest when the Company sells, due to differences in strategy, asset allocation objectives or liquidity needs. The KKR Group would obtain any consents required under the LLC Agreement prior to doing so and would endeavor to determine whether there would be a negative impact on the valuations of the Company prior to implementing a hold strategy for a KKR proprietary account. However, there can be no assurances that such variations in timing of investment dispositions will not result in a difference in performance for such entities, which could mean better performance for such KKR proprietary entity.
In the event of any error by the KKR Group in the calculation of Management Fees, the KKR Group will endeavor to correct such error as soon as reasonably practicable, including by refunding any excess Management Fees, netting such amount out of subsequent amounts payable to the KKR Group or by taking such other actions as the KKR Group determines are reasonably necessary. Any decision to reimburse is not precedential and should not
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create the expectation of any reimbursement in the future. Any determination as to whether an error occurred and as to what remedial action to take, if any, is made by the KKR Group in its sole discretion and shall be final and binding in all respects. Interest will not accrue on any such amounts paid or net out of subsequent amounts between the KKR Group and the Company to rectify any such error.
Service Providers
Certain advisors and other service providers, or their affiliates (including accountants, administrators, lenders, bankers, brokers, attorneys, consultants and investment or commercial banking firms), to the Company and its Infrastructure Assets will also provide goods or services to or have business, personal, political, financial or other relationships with the Manager or other members of the KKR Group. Such advisors and service providers could be shareholders in the Company, KKR Vehicles, sources of investment opportunities for the KKR Group, the Company or KKR Vehicles or could otherwise be co-investors with or counterparties to transactions involving the foregoing. These relationships could influence the Manager and the KKR Group in deciding whether to select or recommend any such advisor or service provider to perform services for the Company or an Infrastructure Asset (the cost of which will generally be borne directly or indirectly by the Company or its Infrastructure Assets, as applicable). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager and the KKR Group will generally seek to engage advisors and service providers in connection with investment transactions for the Company that require their use on the basis of the overall quality of advice and other services provided, the evaluation of which includes, among other considerations, such service provider’s provision of certain investment-related services and research that the Manager or the KKR Group believes to be of benefit to the Company. In certain circumstances, advisors and other service providers or their affiliates could charge rates or establish other terms in respect of advice and services provided to the Manager or other members of the KKR Group or to KKR Vehicles or their Infrastructure Assets that are different and more favorable than those established in respect of advice and services provided to the Company and its Infrastructure Assets. Similarly, the Company’s Infrastructure Assets could provide services to KKR Vehicles or their portfolio companies or other KKR affiliates that would not have otherwise been entered into but for their relationship with the KKR Group.
Diverse Shareholder Group
The Shareholders are expected to be based in a wide variety of jurisdictions and take a wide variety of forms. Accordingly, they will have conflicting regulatory, legal, investment, tax and other interests with respect to their investments in the Company. The conflicting interests of individual Shareholders could relate to or arise from, among other things, the nature of investments made by the Company, the selection, structuring, acquisition and management of investments, the timing of disposition of investments, internal investment policies of the Shareholders and their target risk/return profiles. As a consequence, conflicts of interest will likely arise in connection with decisions made by the Manager or the KKR Group, including with respect to the nature or structuring of Infrastructure Assets, which would be more beneficial for one Shareholder than for another Shareholder, especially with respect to Shareholders’ individual tax situations.
In addition, the Company could acquire Infrastructure Assets that have a negative impact on related investments made by the Shareholders in separate transactions. In selecting and structuring investments appropriate for the Company, the Manager will consider the Infrastructure Assets and tax objectives of the Company and its Shareholders as a whole, not the investment, tax or other objectives of any Shareholder individually.
Shareholders’ Outside Activities
A Shareholder shall be entitled to and can be expected to have business interests and engage in activities in addition to those relating to KKR, including business interests and activities in direct competition with KKR and its portfolio companies, and may engage in transactions with, and provide services to, KKR or its portfolio companies (which will, in certain circumstances, include providing leverage or other financing to KKR or its portfolio companies as determined by the Manager in its sole discretion). None of KKR, any Shareholder or any other person shall have any rights by virtue of the LLC Agreement or any related agreements in any business ventures of any Shareholder. The Shareholder, and in certain cases the Manager, will have conflicting loyalties in these situations.
Data Analysis Services - KKR’s Relationship with Quantifind
The KKR Group works with a privately held company called Quantifind, Inc. (“Quantifind”) from time to time, which is a data platform company that uses proprietary web technology to extract revenue-driving factors for brands from a wide spectrum of data sources. George Roberts, co-CEO and co-Chairman of KKR, and Joseph Grundfest,
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an independent director of the KKR Public Company, each hold a relatively small (approximately 5%) personal investment in Quantifind. To the extent a project relates to data analysis or related services in furtherance of diligence or other analysis related to current or prospective portfolio investments of the Company (and/or KKR Vehicles) and/or the markets and industries in which current or prospective Infrastructure Assets operate, the Company (and/or each such KKR Vehicle, as applicable) will reimburse the KKR Group for their respective portion of any such fees. Portfolio companies in which the Company (and/or KKR Vehicles) will potentially, from time to time, invest could also separately engage Quantifind to independently conduct big data analysis and/or to leverage information the KKR Group has gained with respect to their respective businesses. None of the services or other fees received by Quantifind in connection with the foregoing will be shared with the Company or offset against the Management Fees payable to the Manager.
Legal Representation
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and other counsel (collectively, “Counsel”) are acting as counsel to the Company, the Manager and certain of their affiliates in connection with the organization of the Company and the offering of Shares and have represented and continue to represent the KKR Group and its affiliates (including the Manager) in connection with the organization of the Company and a variety of matters. Such counsel will not be representing any Shareholder in connection with the offering of Shares, absent an express agreement to the contrary with such Shareholder. Prospective shareholders should seek their own legal, tax and financial advice before making a purchase of the Company’s Shares. Counsel might also act as counsel to an Infrastructure Asset, equity sponsors of an Infrastructure Asset, other creditors of an Infrastructure Asset, or an agent therefor, a party seeking to acquire some or all of the assets or equity of an Infrastructure Asset, or a person engaged in litigation with an Infrastructure Asset. Representation by Counsel of the Company, the Manager and their affiliates is limited to specific matters as to which they have been consulted by such persons. There could exist other matters that could have a bearing on the Company, the Manager and/or their affiliates as to which Counsel has not been consulted. In addition, Counsel has not undertaken to monitor the compliance of the Manager and its affiliates with the investment program, investment strategies, valuation procedures, investment restrictions and other guidelines and terms set forth herein and in the LLC Agreement, nor does Counsel monitor on behalf of or for the benefit of the Shareholders ongoing compliance with applicable laws.
Global Conflicts Committee and Risk and Operating Committee
KKR is cognizant that conflicts of interest may arise in allocating time, services or resources among the investment activities of different KKR-managed funds, other KKR-affiliated investment entities and the executives of KKR.
KKR, its affiliates and their executives have a common mandate: to invest the capital of KKR’s funds in a manner designed to maximize long-term investment returns. To the extent that two or more KKR funds share in an investment opportunity, it is in the first instance allocated between them subject to any investment limitation or guideline set forth in their respective partnership agreements and otherwise in accordance with their respective investment mandates and diversification considerations.
Furthermore, in an effort to implement best practices in KKR’s application and monitoring of conflict resolution, KKR has created a Global Conflicts Committee. KKR’s Global Conflicts Committee is responsible for analyzing and addressing new or potential conflicts of interest that may arise in KKR’s business, including conflicts relating to specific transactions and circumstances, as well as those implicit in the overall activities of KKR and its various businesses. This committee is overseen by KKR’s General Counsel and Global Chief Compliance Officer. In addition, KKR is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, providing additional oversight and governance with respect to conflicts of interest.
In addition, KKR has an active Risk and Operating Committee comprised of some of KKR’s most experienced leaders representing all business lines, including private equity, asset management, capital markets and control functions, such as legal, public affairs and finance. The Risk and Operating Committee prioritizes KKR’s risks, maintains focus on significant and emerging risks, helps to create a disciplined approach to management of those risks and ensures that risk awareness is a top priority throughout KKR.
The goal of these committees is to provide oversight, shared experience and support and guidance to KKR’s investment professionals.
Shareholders must be prepared and must be in a position to lose their invested capital in its entirety.
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ITEM 8.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Neither we, nor the Manager is are currently subject to any material legal proceedings, nor, to our knowledge, are any material legal proceeding threatened against us, or the Manager. From time to time, we, or the Manager may be a party to certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including proceedings relating to the enforcement of our rights under contracts with our Infrastructure Assets. We may also be subject to regulatory proceedings. While the outcome of these legal or regulatory proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not expect that these proceedings will have a material effect upon our financial condition or results of operations.
ITEM 9.
MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED UNITHOLDER MATTERS
Market Information
Our outstanding Shares will be offered and sold in transactions exempt from registration under Regulation D. See “Item 1. Business—Private Offering of Shares” for more information. There is no public market for our Shares currently, nor can we give any assurance that one will develop.
Because our Shares will be purchased by investors in one or more transactions “not involving a public offering,” they are “restricted securities” and may be required to be held indefinitely. Our Shares may not be sold or transferred (i) except as permitted under the Management Agreement and (ii) unless the Shares are registered under applicable securities laws or specifically exempted from registration. Accordingly, an investor must be willing to bear the economic risk of investment in the Shares unless and until we accept their repurchase or transfer. No sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other disposition, whether voluntary or involuntary, of the Shares may be made except by registration of the transfer on our books. Each transferee will be required to execute an instrument agreeing to be bound by these restrictions and the other restrictions imposed on the Shares and to execute such other instruments or certifications as are reasonably required by us.
Holders
Please see “Item 4. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” for disclosure regarding the holders of our Shares.
Net Asset Value
Calculation of NAV
The Manager determines the NAV of our shares monthly. The Manager will prepare valuations with respect to each of our assets in accordance with its valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. The Administrator will use the estimated values provided as well as inputs from other sources in its calculation of our monthly NAV per Share. The NAV per share of each class of the Company’s shares is determined by dividing the total assets of the Company (the value of investments, plus cash or other assets, including interest and distributions accrued but not yet received) attributable to such class less the value of any liabilities (including accrued expenses or distributions) of such class, by the total number of shares outstanding of such class.
Timing of Valuations
The value of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets will be monitored for material changes on a monthly basis for purposes of updating the Company’s monthly NAV.
Valuation Policies and Procedures
The Company’s Infrastructure Assets will be valued at fair value in a manner consistent with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), including Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure (“ASC Topic 820”), issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. ASC Topic 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
There is no single standard for determining fair value in good faith. As a result, determining fair value requires that judgment be applied to the specific facts and circumstances of each acquisition while employing a valuation process that is consistently followed. Determinations of fair value involve subjective judgments and estimates.
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When making fair value determinations for Infrastructure Assets that do not have readily available market prices, the Manager will consider industry-accepted valuation methodologies, primarily consisting of an income approach and market approach. The income approach derives fair value based on the present value of cash flows that a business or asset is expected to generate in the future. The market approach relies upon valuations for comparable companies, transactions or assets, and includes making judgments about which companies, transactions, or assets are comparable. A blend of approaches may be relied upon in arriving at an estimate of fair value, though there may be instances where it is more appropriate to utilize one approach. The Manager also considers a range of additional factors that it deems relevant, including a potential sale of an Infrastructure Asset, macro and local market conditions, industry information and the Infrastructure Asset’s historical and projected financial data.
Infrastructure Assets will generally be valued at transaction price initially; however, to the extent the Manager does not believe an Infrastructure Asset’s transaction price reflects the current market value, the Manager will adjust such valuation. When making fair value determinations for Infrastructure Assets, the Manager will update the prior month-end valuations by incorporating the latest available financial data for such Infrastructure Assets, as well as any cash flow activity related to the Infrastructure Assets during the month. The Manager will value Infrastructure Assets using the valuation methodology it deems most appropriate and consistent with widely recognized valuation methodologies and market conditions.
When making fair value determinations for assets that do not have a reliable readily available market price, the Manager may, but is not obligated to, engage one or more independent valuation firms to provide positive assurance regarding the reasonableness of such valuations as of the relevant measurement date. If an independent valuation firm is not able to provide the positive assurance, the Manager may determine to provide the valuation itself as of the relevant measurement date.
Because assets are valued as of a specified valuation date, events occurring subsequent to that date will not be reflected in the Company’s valuations. However, if information indicating a condition that existed at the valuation date becomes available subsequent to the valuation date and before financial information is publicly released, it will be evaluated to determine whether it would have a material impact requiring adjustment of the final valuation.
At least annually, the Manager reviews the appropriateness of the Company’s valuation policies and procedures and will recommend any proposed changes to the Board. From time to time, the Board and the Manager may adopt changes to the valuation policies and procedures if they determine that such changes are likely to result in a more accurate reflection of estimated fair value.
ITEM 10.
RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
We have not yet commenced commercial activities and will not do so until after February 1, 2023 (the “Subscription Date”). On October 25, 2022, KKR purchased 40 Class G Shares to facilitate the acquisition of the Company’s initial assets. KKR currently holds all of the outstanding Class G Shares issued by the Company. As of October 25, 2022, KKR was our only Shareholder. These Shares were issued and sold in reliance upon the available exemptions from registration requirements of Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act.
Repurchase Arrangement for Class E Shares held by KKR
In recognition of KKR supporting our initial and potential future acquisitions as described above, our Board expects to adopt an arrangement to repurchase any shares of our Class E Shares acquired by KKR. After the Subscription Date, on the last business day of each month we will offer to repurchase Class E Shares from KKR in an aggregate dollar amount (the “Monthly Repurchase Amount”) equal to (i) the net proceeds from new subscriptions that month less (ii) the aggregate repurchase amount (excluding any amount of the aggregate repurchase price paid using Excess Operating Cash Flow) of Shares repurchased by us that month from investors pursuant to our Repurchase Plan. In addition to the Monthly Repurchase Amount for the applicable month, we will offer to repurchase any Monthly Repurchase Amounts from prior months that have not yet been repurchased. The price per share for each repurchase from KKR will be the transaction price in effect for the Class E Shares at the time of repurchase. The repurchase arrangement is not subject to any time limit and continues until we have repurchased all of KKR’s Class E Shares. Other than the Monthly Repurchase Amount limitation, the share repurchase arrangement for KKR is not subject to any volume limitations, including those in our Repurchase Plan. “Excess Operating Cash Flow” shall mean, for any given month, the Company’s net cash provided by operating activities, if any, less any amounts of such cash used, or designated for use, to pay distributions to Shareholders.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, no repurchase offer will be made to KKR for any month in which (1) the 2% monthly or 5% quarterly repurchase limitations in our Repurchase Plan have been decreased or (2) the full amount of all shares requested to be repurchased under our Repurchase Plan is not repurchased. Additionally, we may elect not to offer to repurchase shares from KKR, or may offer to purchase less than the Monthly Repurchase Amount, if, in our judgment, we determine that offering to repurchase the full Monthly Repurchase Amount would place an undue burden on our liquidity, adversely affect our operations or risk having an adverse impact on us as a whole. Further, our Board may modify, suspend or terminate this share repurchase arrangement if it deems such action to be in our best interests and the best interests of our Shareholders. KKR will not request that its Class E Shares be repurchased under our Repurchase Plan.
ITEM 11.
DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED
Description of our Shares
There is currently no market for our Shares, and we do not expect that a market for our Shares will develop in the future. We do not intend for the Shares registered under this Registration Statement to be listed on any national securities exchange. There are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase our Shares. Under the terms of the LLC Agreement, except as required by law, the liability of each Shareholder (which we also refer to in this Registration Statement as a “member” or a “Member”) in such capacity shall be limited to the amount of such Shareholder’s total investments and pro rata share of any undistributed profits. Except as may otherwise be provided in the LLC Agreement or in any class designation and except as required by law, after the payment of all subscription proceeds for the Shares purchased by such Shareholder, no Shareholder shall have any further obligations to the Company, be subject to any additional assessment or be required to contribute any additional capital to, or to loan any funds to, the Company, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Shareholder. No Shareholder shall have any personal liability on account of any obligations and liabilities of, including any amounts payable by, the Company under or pursuant to, or otherwise in connection with, the LLC Agreement or the conduct of the business of the Company solely by reason of being a member of the Company.
Summary of the LLC Agreement
The following is a summary of the material provisions of our LLC Agreement, which we intend to adopt prior to admitting any non-affiliate investors as members. Our LLC Agreement will set forth the terms and conditions upon which we will conduct our business and affairs and it sets forth the rights and obligations of our members. This summary is not complete and is subject to and qualified by the detailed provisions of our LLC Agreement. Potential investors should study our LLC Agreement carefully before making any investment in our Shares.
Establishment and Nature
We are formed as a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (as amended from time to time, the “LLC Act”). The Board has overall responsibility for the management and supervision of the business operations of the Company. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any of its rights, powers and authority to, among others, the officers of the Company, the Executive Committee, any committee of the Board or the Manager.
Purpose
Under our LLC Agreement we are permitted to engage, directly or indirectly, in any business activity that is approved by our Board and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited liability company formed under the LLC Act.
Name and Address
We conduct business under the name “KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC” with our principal office and place of business at 30 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001 (unless we change the office with written notice to you).
Capital Contributions
Our Contribution
KKR and its subsidiaries have made an initial capital contribution of $1,000 in cash, in exchange for 40 Class G Shares.
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Members’ Contributions
The initial offering prices of the Shares will be determined by the Manager. We expect to offer Investor Shares to eligible investors on a monthly basis at net asset value (“NAV”) per Share (measured as of the end of the immediately preceding month).
No Further Contribution
After you pay for your Shares, you will not have any further obligations to us or be required to contribute any additional capital to, or loan any funds to, us. However, under certain circumstances, a Shareholder may be required to return distributions made to them in violation of Delaware law as described under the caption “—Liability and Indemnification.”
Classes of Shares
Investor Shares
Holders of Class S Shares, Class D Shares, Class U Shares, Class I Shares and Class R Shares have equal rights and privileges with each other, except that Class D Shares, Class U Shares, Class I Shares and Class R Shares do not pay a sales load or dealer manager fees and the Company does not pay any servicing or distribution fees with respect to Class I Shares or Class R Shares. See “Item 2. Financial Information—Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation—Expenses—Company Expenses” for information on servicing and distribution fees. Class D Shares, Class U Shares, Class I Shares and Class R Shares are each not subject to a sales load; however, Shareholders could be required to pay brokerage commissions on purchases and sales of and sales of Class D Shares, Class U Shares, Class I Shares or Class R Shares to their selling agents.
Class S Shares
Class S Shares will be subject to a maximum sales load of up to 3.0% of the offering price and may be subject to a dealer manager fee of 0.5% of the offering price. Certain participating broker-dealers may offer Class S Shares subject to a dealer manager fee of up to 1.50%, provided that the sum of the sales load and dealer manager fee will not exceed 3.5% of the offering price.
Class S Shares are not entitled to nominate, remove or participate in the appointment of directors of the Company.
Class I Shares
Class I Shares have equal rights and privileges with other classes of Investor Shares, except that Class I Shares do not pay a sales load or dealer manager fees and the Company does not pay any servicing or distribution fees with respect to Class I Shares.
Class I Shares are not entitled to nominate, remove or participate in the appointment of directors of the Company.
Class R Shares
Class R Shares have equal rights and privileges with other classes of Investor Shares, except that Class R Shares are subject to a lower Management Fee than other Investor Shares and do not pay a sales load or dealer manager fees and the Company does not pay any servicing or distribution fees with respect to Class R Shares.
Class R Shares are not entitled to nominate, remove or participate in the appointment of directors of the Company.
Each Class R Share held by a Class R Member shall automatically and without any action on the part of the Class R Member, the Board or any other Person thereof convert into a number of Class I Shares equal to the number of Class R Shares held by such Class R Member multiplied by the Class R Conversion Rate (defined below) if the aggregate amount of Class R Shares held or subscribed for by Class R Members in connection with a specific intermediary is less than $250 million after the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement with such intermediary. Simultaneously with any such conversion, the applicable Class R Member will automatically and without any action on the part of such Class R Member or any other Person be admitted to the Company as a Class I Member and shall cease to be a Class R Member. “Class R Conversion Rate” means a fraction, the numerator of which is the NAV per Share of Class R Shares and the denominator of which is the NAV per Share of Class I Shares.
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Class D Shares and Class U Shares
Class D Shares and Class U Shares have equal rights and privileges with other classes of Investor Shares, except that Class D Shares and Class U Shares do not pay a sales load or dealer manager fees.
Class D Shares and Class U Shares are not entitled to nominate, remove or participate in the appointment of directors of the Company.
KKR Shares
Class E Shares
Class E Shares have special rights and privileges, including with respect to repurchase arrangements. See “Item 10. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities—Repurchase Arrangement for Class E Shares held by KKR.” Class E Shares are not subject to the Management Fee or the Performance Participation Allocation. Class E Shares will be held only by KKR and its subsidiaries and are not being offered to other investors.
Class F Shares
Class F Shares have special rights and privileges and are not subject to the Management Fee or the Performance Participation Allocation. Class F Shares will be held only by KKR and certain of its subsidiaries and employees and are not being offered to other investors.
Class G Shares
Class G Shares have special rights and privileges, including the exclusive right to appoint and remove directors of the Company, increase or decrease the number of directors of the Company and fill any vacancies on the Board. Class G Shares are not subject to the Management Fee or the Performance Participation Allocation. Class G Shares will be held only by KKR and its subsidiaries and are not being offered to other investors.
Class H Shares
Class H Shares have special rights and privileges, including the right to receive a performance allocation from the Company for so long as the Management Agreement has not been terminated. Class H Shares are not subject to the Management Fee or the Performance Participation Allocation. Class H Shares will be held only by KKR and its affiliates and are not being offered to other investors.
Rights Upon Liquidation
Upon the dissolution of the Company, after paying or making reasonable provision for the payment to the Company’s creditors of all claims and obligations in accordance with the LLC Act, the remaining assets of the Company shall be distributed among the holders of Shares pro rata in proportion to the number of Shares held by such holder (subject to the rights of any holders of Shares specified in any class designation and the terms of any class of Shares specified in the LLC Agreement or in any class designation).
Our Management
Our Powers
Except as otherwise specifically provided in our LLC Agreement, our Board will have complete and exclusive discretion in the management and control of our business and affairs and will be authorized to employ all powers necessary or advisable to carry out our purposes and investment policies, conduct our business and affairs, and exercise our powers. Our Board has delegated to our Manager the management of our overall portfolio, subject to the Board’s supervision.
Other than with respect to the admission of a new Class G Member which shall require the approval of Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares, our Board will have the sole and absolute discretion to accept or refuse to accept the admission of any subscriber as a member of the Company. Except to the extent limited by Delaware law or our LLC Agreement, our Board may delegate any or all of its duties under our LLC Agreement to any person, including any affiliates of KKR.
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Members’ Powers
Except as otherwise specifically provided in the LLC Agreement, no member that holds Investor Shares can participate in or have any control over our business and affairs or have any right or authority to act for, or to bind or otherwise obligate, us.
Authorized Shares
Each of our Shares represents a limited liability company interest in KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC. Only KKR and its subsidiaries and employees are expected to hold KKR Shares in the Company.
Issuance of Additional Securities
Our LLC Agreement authorizes our Board, without the consent of any other person, to create additional classes of Shares, including Investor Shares and KKR Shares, having such terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers and duties (which rights or powers may be senior to existing classes of Shares), as our Board shall determine; provided that the Board shall not effect any issuance of any additional Class G Shares or create any additional classes of Shares, including Investor Shares and KKR Shares, with (i) any terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers or duties pari passu or senior to the terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers or duties of the Class G Shares or (ii) any voting rights different from voting rights granted to holders of any Class of Shares created and existing as of the date of the LLC Agreement, without obtaining the prior written consent of Shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares. Our LLC Agreement also authorizes our Board, without the consent of any person, to issue additional shares of any class for the consideration and on the terms and conditions established by our Board.
Transfer of Our Shares
You may withdraw as a member from KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC by selling, transferring or assigning your Shares or having all of your Shares repurchased or redeemed in accordance with our share repurchase program, our LLC Agreement and any applicable securities laws. You may generally transfer all or a portion of your Shares except to impermissible types of transferees or by transfers that would adversely affect us, including transfers that would violate the ownership restrictions imposed in our LLC Agreement.
Formation and Duration
The Company was formed on September 23, 2022 as a Delaware limited liability company. The Company will remain in existence until its certificate of formation has been cancelled in the manner required by the LLC Act following the Company’s dissolution and the completion of the winding up of the Company in accordance with our LLC Agreement and Delaware law. The LLC Agreement provides that the Company will be dissolved upon (a) the adoption of a resolution by the Board approving the dissolution of the Company, (b) the operations of the Company shall cease to constitute legal activities under the Act or any other applicable law (as determined by the Board), (c) at any time there are no members of the Company unless the Company is continued without dissolution in accordance with the LLC Act or (d) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the LLC Act.
Limited Liability of our Members
Members will have no personal liability for any of the Company’s obligations or liabilities solely by reason of being a member of the Company. Members will only be liable, in their capacity as a member, to the extent of their capital contribution and pro rata share of any of our undistributed profits.
Delaware law provides that, for a period of three years from the date on which any distribution is made to you (or later, if an action to recover the distribution is commenced prior to the expiration of such three year period), you may be liable to us for the distribution if both of the following are true:
(1)
the distribution was made in violation of the LLC Act; and
(2)
the member knew at the time they received the distribution that it was made in violation of the LLC Act.
As further explained in the LLC Agreement and to the fullest extent permitted by law, we have agreed to indemnify members of the Board and the officers of the Company (each such person being an “Indemnified Party”), to the fullest extent permitted by law, from and any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts
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arising as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnified Party, or for any breach of contract whether arising under the LLC Agreement, at law, in equity or otherwise. We have agreed to provide this indemnification unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that the Indemnified Party’s action or omission constitutes fraud, willful misconduct or bad faith or the Indemnified Party’s actions or omissions were not made during the course of performing or pursuant to the Indemnified Party’s duties as a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee or agent of the Company or an affiliate thereof. Thus, one or more of the foregoing persons could be indemnified for its negligent acts if it met the requirements set forth above. To the extent these provisions purport to include indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act, in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is contrary to public policy and therefore unenforceable.
Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of interest exist and may arise in the future as a result of the relationships among KKR, the Manager and their respective affiliates, on the one hand, and members of the Company Group and our members, on the other hand. Whenever a potential conflict arises among KKR, the Manager or any of their respective affiliates, on the one hand, and any member of the Company Group or any member, on the other hand, our Board or the Manager may, but shall not be required, to resolve that conflict by seeking approval from our audit committee. Our LLC Agreement contains provisions that reduce and eliminate the duties of our Board, including fiduciary duties, to our members. Our LLC Agreement also restricts the remedies available to Shareholders for actions taken that without those limitations might constitute breaches of duty, including fiduciary duties.
Under our LLC Agreement, our Board or the Manager will not be in breach of its obligations under the LLC Agreement or its duties to us or our members if the resolution of the conflict is:
approved by the a majority of the Independent Directors, which may include the approval of the audit committee (“Special Approval”), although our Board or the Manager is not obligated to seek such approval;
determined by the Board or the Manager, as applicable, to be on terms which are, in the aggregate, no less favorable to us than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties;
determined by the Board or the Manager, as applicable, fair and reasonable to us, taking into account the totality of the relationships among the parties involved, (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to us); or
approved by the vote of a majority of Members owning a majority of the Investor Shares (excluding any Investor Shares owned by KKR or any of its affiliates).
The Board or the Manager shall be authorized but not required, but is not required to, in connection with its resolution of such conflict of interest, to seek Special Approval or Member approval of such conflict of interest, and the Board or the Manager may also adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval or Member approval. If our Board or the Manager does not seek approval from the audit committee or our members and the Board or the Manager, as applicable, determines that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to the conflict of interest satisfies either of the standards set forth in the second and third bullet points above, then it will be presumed that in making its decision the Board or the Manager, as applicable, acted in good faith, and in any proceeding brought by or on behalf of any member or us, the person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding will have the burden of overcoming such presumption. Unless the resolution of a conflict is specifically provided for in our LLC Agreement, the Board or the audit committee may consider any factors they determine in their sole discretion to consider when resolving a conflict. Our LLC Agreement provides that the Board will be conclusively presumed to be acting in good faith if the Board subjectively believes that the determination made or not made is in the best interests of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing two paragraphs, the Company intends to seek Special Approval for any sale of an Infrastructure Asset to, or acquisition of an Infrastructure Asset from, KKR, any KKR Vehicle or any of their respective affiliates (excluding portfolio entities of any KKR Vehicles).
Fiduciary Duties
The Board is accountable to Shareholders as a fiduciary. Fiduciary duties owed to our shareholders by our Board are prescribed by law and our LLC Agreement. The LLC Act provides that Delaware limited liability companies may in their
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limited liability company agreements expand, restrict or eliminate the duties, including fiduciary duties, otherwise owed by directors, managers, controlling members and their affiliates to members and the limited liability company.
Our LLC Agreement contains various provisions modifying, restricting and eliminating the duties, including fiduciary duties, that might otherwise be owed by our directors, managers, controlling members and their affiliates. We have adopted these restrictions to allow KKR, the Manager and their respective affiliates to engage in transactions with us that would otherwise be prohibited by state-law fiduciary duty standards and to take into account the interests of other parties in addition to our interests when resolving conflicts of interest. Without these modifications, the ability of the Board and our audit committee to make decisions involving conflicts of interest would be restricted. These modifications are detrimental to our members because they restrict the remedies available to our members for actions that without those limitations might constitute breaches of duty, including a fiduciary duty, as described below, and they permit our Board and the audit committee to take into account the interests of third parties in addition to our interests when resolving conflicts of interest.
The following is a summary of the material restrictions on the fiduciary duties owed by our Board to our members:
State Law Fiduciary Duty Standards
Fiduciary duties are generally considered to include an obligation to act in good faith and with due care and loyalty. In the absence of a provision in a limited liability company agreement providing otherwise, the duty of care would generally require a board of directors of a Delaware limited liability company to make decisions in a deliberate and fully informed manner after taking into consideration all material information reasonably available. In the absence of a provision in a limited liability company agreement providing otherwise, the duty of loyalty would generally require a board of directors of a Delaware limited liability company to take any action or omit to take action on a disinterested basis, in good faith, with an honest belief that it is in the best interests of the limited liability company.
LLC Agreement Modified Standards
Our LLC Agreement contains provisions that modify or eliminate duties of or consent to conduct by the Board, the Manager and its affiliates that might otherwise raise issues about compliance with fiduciary duties or applicable law.
In addition to the other more specific provisions limiting the obligations of our Board, our LLC Agreement further provides that, except as required by applicable preemptive U.S. federal law or the Delaware LLC Act, neither the Manager nor any Indemnified Party will be liable to us, our members or any other person bound by the LLC Agreement for any act or omission or for any breach of contract (including a breach of the LLC Agreement) or any breach of duties (including breach of fiduciary duties) whether arising under the LLC Agreement, at law, in equity or otherwise, unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that (A) in respect of the matter in question, the Indemnified Party acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct or (B) the Indemnified Party’s action or omission was not made during the course of performing, or pursuant to, such person’s duties as a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee or agent of the Company or an Affiliate thereof.
Exculpation and Indemnification
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, none of the Indemnified Parties will be liable to the Company or any Shareholders for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising as a result of: (i) any act or omission or for any breach of contract (including a breach of the LLC Agreement) or any breach of duties (including breach of fiduciary duties) whether arising under the LLC Agreement, at law, in equity or otherwise, unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, (A) in respect of the matter in question, such Indemnified Party acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct or (B) the Indemnified Party’s action or omission was not made during the course of performing, or pursuant to, the Indemnified Party’s duties as a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee or agent of the Company or an affiliate thereof, (ii) any action or omission to act by any other person, (iii) any mistake, action, inaction, negligence, dishonesty, fraud or bad faith of any broker, placement agent or other agent as provided in the LLC Agreement, or (iv) any change in U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. income tax laws, or in interpretations thereof, as they apply to the Company or the Shareholders, whether the change occurs through legislative, judicial or administrative action. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Shareholder will be liable to the Company, any other Shareholder or any other person bound by the LLC Agreement.
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To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnified Party, or for any breach of contract (including breach of the LLC Agreement) or any breach of duties (including breach of fiduciary duties) whether arising under the LLC Agreement, at law, in equity or otherwise; provided, that an Indemnified Party will not be entitled to indemnification under the LLC Agreement if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that the Indemnified Party’s action or omission constitutes fraud, willful misconduct or bad faith or the Indemnified Party’s actions or omissions were not made during the course of performing or pursuant to the Indemnified Party’s duties as a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee or agent of the Company or an affiliate thereof, (ii) the Company will also have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that the person is or was an employee or agent of the Company, or, while serving as an employee or agent of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, its participants or beneficiaries, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses of any kind, including legal fees and amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromises and settlements, as fines and penalties and legal or other costs and expenses of investigating or defending against any claim or alleged claim, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, that are incurred by such person, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The Board will have the power to delegate to the Executive Committee the determination of whether employees or agents are entitled to be indemnified.
Mandatory Repurchases
Under the Company’s LLC Agreement, the Company may repurchase all or any portion of the Shares of a member without consent or other action by the member or other person if the Company determines that:
the Shares have been transferred in violation of the LLC Agreement, or have vested in any person by operation of law as a result of the death, divorce, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or adjudicated incompetence of the member;
any transferee does not meet any investor eligibility requirements established by the Company from time to time;
ownership of Shares by a member or other person is likely to cause the Company to be in violation of, or require registration of the Shares under, or subject the Company to additional registration or regulation under, the securities, commodities, or other laws of the U.S. or any other jurisdiction in the world, including without limitation the Investment Company Act;
continued ownership of the Shares by a member may be harmful or injurious to the business or reputation of the Company, the Manager, KKR, or any of their affiliates, or may subject the Company or any member to an undue risk of adverse tax or other fiscal or regulatory consequences;
any of the representations and warranties made by a member or other person in connection with the acquisition of Shares was not true when made or has ceased to be true;
with respect to a member subject to special laws or regulations, the member is likely to be subject to additional regulatory or compliance requirements under these special laws or regulations by virtue of continuing to hold any Shares;
it would be in the interest of the Company, as determined by the Board, for the Company to repurchase the Shares; or
continued ownership of any Shares by a Shareholder all or any portion of the assets of the Company may be characterized as assets of a Plan for purposes of ERISA, Section 2975 of the Code or any applicable Similar Law.
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ITEM 12.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
As further set forth in the LLC Agreement and to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnified Party, or for any breach of contract (including breach of the LLC Agreement) or any breach of duties (including breach of fiduciary duties) whether arising under the LLC Agreement, at law, in equity or otherwise; provided, that an Indemnified Party will not be entitled to indemnification under the LLC Agreement if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that the Indemnified Party’s action or omission constitutes fraud, willful misconduct or bad faith or the Indemnified Party’s actions or omissions were not made during the course of performing or pursuant to the Indemnified Party’s duties as a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee or agent of the Company or an affiliate thereof.
The Company’s indemnification obligations will be satisfied from the Company’s assets. The Company will advance expenses that are reasonably incurred by a Company Indemnified Party in the defense or settlement of any claim that is subject to indemnification.
ITEM 13.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Set forth below is an index to our financial statements attached to this Registration Statement.
 
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ITEM 14.
CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
There are not and have not been any disagreements between the Company and its accountant on any matter of accounting principles, practices, or financial statement disclosure.
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ITEM 15.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a)
List separately all financial statements filed
The financial statements attached to this Registration Statement are listed under “Item 13. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”
(b)
Exhibits
Certificate of Formation*
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
Form of Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
Form of Subscription Agreement
Distribution Reinvestment Plan
Form of Share Repurchase Plan
Form of KKR Repurchase Arrangement
Form of Management Agreement
Form of Dealer Manager Agreement
Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement
List of Subsidiaries
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
By:
/s/ Jason Carss
 
 
Name: Jason Carss
 
 
Title: General Counsel & Secretary
 
 
 
 
Date:
November 28, 2022
 
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors’ of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC (the “Company”) as of October 25, 2022, the related statement of operations, for the period September 23, 2022 (date of formation) to October 25, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of October 25, 2022, and the results of its operations for the period September 23, 2022 (date of formation) to October 25, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
San Francisco, CA
October 28, 2022
We have served as the auditor of the Company since 2022.
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KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
October 25, 2022
 
October 25, 2022
Assets
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$1,000
Deferred offering costs
459,705
Due from Manager
4,478,921
Total assets
$4,939,626
 
 
Liabilities
 
Organization costs payable
$4,478,921
Offering costs payable
459,705
Total liabilities
4,938,626
 
 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 4)
 
 
 
Net assets
$1,000
 
 
Net assets are comprised of:
 
Common Shares - Class G Shares, 40 shares authorized, issued and outstanding
$1,000
Net assets
$1,000
Net assets
$1,000
Shares outstanding
40
Net asset value per share
25.00
See notes to financial statements.
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KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
Statement of Operations
For the Period from September 23, 2022 (date of formation) to October 25, 2022
Expenses
 
Organization costs
$4,478,921
Total expenses
4,478,921
Less: Expenses reimbursed by Manager
(4,478,921)
Net expenses
$
Net investment income
$
See notes to financial statements.
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KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
Notes to Financial Statements
As of October 25, 2022 and
For the Period from September 23, 2022 (date of formation) to October 25, 2022
1. Organization
KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC (“K-INFRA” and the “Company”) was formed on September 23, 2022 as a limited liability company under the laws of the state of Delaware and the Company is expected to operate its business in a manner permitting it to be excluded from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Company is a holding company that seeks to acquire, own and control portfolio companies, special purpose vehicles and other entities through which infrastructure assets or businesses will be held (“Infrastructure Assets”), with the objective of generating attractive risk-adjusted returns consisting of both current income and capital appreciation.
The Company expects to conduct a continuous private offering of its shares in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to (i) accredited investors (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and (ii) in the case of shares sold outside of the United States, to persons that are not “U.S. persons” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act).
The Company is sponsored by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, “KKR”) and expects to benefit from KKR’s infrastructure sourcing and management platform pursuant to a management agreement to be entered into with KKR DAV Manager LLC (the “Manager”) to support the Company in managing its portfolio of Infrastructure Assets with the objective of generating risk-adjusted returns consisting of both current income and capital appreciation for shareholders. The Company has no operations as of October 25, 2022 other than matters relating to its organization and offering.
As of October 25, 2022, the only capital contribution to the Company resulted in the issuance of Class G Shares (the “Shares”) of the Company at an aggregate purchase price of $1,000 to KKR Group Asset Holdings III L.P., an affiliate of the Manager.
As of October 25, 2022, the Company had neither purchased nor contracted to purchase any investments.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and are stated in United States (“U.S.”) dollars. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in these financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. A statement of changes in net assets, statement of cash flows and financial highlights have not been presented because the Company has not commenced operations.
The Company’s financial statements are prepared using the accounting and reporting guidance under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies (“ASC 946”).
Basis of Consolidation
As provided under Regulation S-X and ASC 946, the Company will generally not consolidate its investment in a company other than a wholly owned investment company or controlled operating company whose business consists of providing services to the Company.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash held in banks and highly liquid investments with maturities of three or fewer months at the time of acquisition. There were no cash equivalents as of October 25, 2022.
Organization and Offering Costs
Organization costs are expensed as incurred. Organization costs consist of costs incurred to establish the Company and enable it legally to do business. Organization costs will be reimbursed by the Manager, subject to potential recoupment as described in Note 3. For the period from September 23, 2022 (date of formation) to October 25, 2022, the Company incurred organization costs of $4,478,921.
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Offering costs include registration fees and legal fees regarding the preparation of the initial registration statement. Offering costs are accounted for as deferred costs until operations begin. Offering costs will be reimbursed by the Manager, subject to potential recoupment as described in Note 3. For continuous offerings, offering costs are then amortized over the first twelve months of operations on a straight-line basis. The total amount of the offering costs incurred by the Company was $459,705 for the period from September 23, 2022 (date of formation) to October 25, 2022.
Valuation of Investments at Fair Value
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement, defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with GAAP and expands disclosures about fair value. The Company recognizes and accounts for its investments at fair value. The fair value of the investments does not reflect transactions costs that may be incurred upon disposition of investments.
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Where available, fair value is based on observable market prices or parameters, or derived from such prices or parameters. Where observable prices or inputs are not available, valuation models are applied. These valuation techniques involve some level of management estimation and judgment, the degree of which is dependent on the price transparency for the instruments or market and the instruments’ complexity for disclosure purposes.
Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their value. Hierarchical levels, as defined under GAAP, are directly related to the amount of subjectivity associated with the inputs to fair valuations of these assets and liabilities, are as follows:
Level 1 — Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.
Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability.
Level 3 — Inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability.
A significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability is an indication that transactions or quoted prices may not be representative of fair value because in such market conditions there may be increased instances of transactions that are not orderly. In those circumstances, further analysis of transactions or quoted prices is needed, and an adjustment to the transactions or quoted prices may be necessary to estimate fair value.
Income Taxes
The Company intends to operate so that it will qualify to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code and not a publicly traded partnership treated as a corporation. As such, it will not be subject to any U.S. federal and state income taxes. In any year, it is possible that the Company will not meet the qualifying income exception, which and/or local would result in the Company being treated as a publicly traded partnership taxed as a corporation, rather than a partnership. If the Company does not meet the qualifying income exception, the members would then be treated as stockholders in a corporation, and the Company would become taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Company would be required to pay income tax at corporate rates on its net taxable income. In addition, the Company intends to operate, in part, through subsidiaries that may be treated as corporations for U.S. and non-U.S. tax purposes and therefore may be subject to current and deferred U.S. federal, state and/or local income taxes at the subsidiary level.
Calculation of Net Asset Value
Net asset value (“NAV”) by share class is calculated by subtracting total liabilities for each class from the total carrying amount of all assets for that class, which includes the fair value of investments. Net asset value per share for each class is calculated by dividing the net asset value for that class by the total number of outstanding common shares of that class on the reporting date.
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3. Related Party Transactions
Management Agreement
The Company intends to enter into a management agreement with the Manager (“Management Agreement”). Pursuant to the Management Agreement, the Manager is responsible for sourcing, evaluating and monitoring the Company’s investment opportunities and making recommendations to the Company’s executive committee related to the acquisition, management, financing and disposition of the Company’s assets, in accordance with the Company’s investment objectives, guidelines, policies and limitations, subject to oversight by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement
The Company has entered into an Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement (the “Expense Limitation Agreement”) with the Manager pursuant to which the Manager will forego an amount of its monthly management fee and pay, absorb or reimburse certain expenses of the Company to the extent necessary so that, for any month, the Company’s annual Specified Expenses (as defined below) do not exceed 0.60% of the Company’s net assets as of the end of each calendar month. “Specified Expenses” is defined to include all expenses incurred in the business of the Company, including organizational and offering costs, with the exception of (i) the management fee, (ii) the performance participation allocation, (iii) the servicing fee, (iv) the distribution fee, (v) asset or entity level expenses, (vi) brokerage costs or other investment-related out-of-pocket expenses, including with respect to unconsummated transactions, (vii) dividend/interest payments (including any dividend payments, interest expenses, commitment fees, other expenses related to any leverage incurred by the Company), (viii) taxes, (ix) ordinary corporate operating expenses (including costs and expenses related to hiring, retaining, and compensating employees and officers of the Company), (x) certain insurance costs and (xi) extraordinary expenses (as determined in the sole discretion of the Manager).
The Expense Limitation Agreement will be in effect through and including December 31, 2023, but may be renewed by the mutual agreement of the Manager and the Company for successive terms.
Management believes that it is not probable for the Company to be required to reimburse the expenses waived by the Manager.
4. Commitments and Contingencies
The Company was not subject to any material litigation nor was the Company aware of any material litigation threatened against it.
Indemnifications
Under the Company’s LLC Agreement and organizational documents, its members of the Board, the Manager, KKR, and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, representatives, agents and employees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Company. In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and that provide general indemnifications. The Company’s maximum liability exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as future claims that have not yet occurred may be made against the Company.
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Exhibit 3.2

 

 

 

 

KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

 

DATED AS OF OCTOBER 25, 2022

 

 

 

 

 


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

 

OF

 

KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC

 

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2022 (this “Agreement”), of KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC (the “Company”) is entered into by its sole member, KKR Group Assets Holdings III L.P. (the “Sole Member”), as a Class G Member (as defined herein).

 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. § 18-101 et seq.), as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to the Certificate of Formation of the Company filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 21, 2022 (the “Certificate of Formation”) and the Sole Member’s execution of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of September 21, 2022 (the “Original Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Sole Member wishes to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Sole Member hereby amends and restates the Original Agreement in its entirety and does hereby agree as follows:

 

1.           Name. The name of the Company is KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC or such other name as the Sole Member may from time to time hereafter designate.

 

2.           Definitions. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth therefor in Section 18-101 of the Act. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth below shall have the following respective meanings:

 

Class G Member” means the Sole Member, in its capacity as a holder of Class G Shares, and includes any person or entity admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class G Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class G Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class G Shares and for so long as such person or entity continues to hold Class G Shares.

 

Class G Shares” means the Class G Shares issued to the Class G Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

Contribution Agreement” means that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Sole Member, pursuant to which, inter alia, the Sole Member makes a capital contribution to the Company and the Company issues 40 Class G Shares to the Sole Member.

 


 

Interest” means, with respect to a member of the Company, including the Sole Member, such member’s (i) limited liability company interest (within the meaning of Section 18-101(10) of the Act) in the Company and (ii) rights with respect to Class G Shares held by such member, if any.

 

3.           Purpose and Powers.

 

(a)         The Company is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company is, engaging in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

 

(b)         In furtherance of its purposes, but subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall have the power and is hereby authorized to do any and all things and engage in any and all activities as may be necessary, convenient or incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company, and shall have and exercise all of the powers and rights conferred upon limited liability companies formed pursuant to the Act.

 

4.           Registered Office and Agent. The registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is located at c/o Maples Fiduciary Services (Delaware) Inc., 4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 302, County of New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware 19807. The name and address of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware are Maples Fiduciary Services (Delaware) Inc., 4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 302, County of New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware 19807. The registered agent or office of the Company may be changed, from time to time, by an amendment to the Certificate of Formation.

 

5.           Members; Contribution Agreement and Class Shares.

 

(a)         The name and business address of the Sole Member, and the number of Class G Shares held by the Sole Member, as of the date hereof is set forth on Schedule A hereto. The Sole Member hereby continues as a member of the Company, and is admitted to the Company as the sole Class G Member, upon its execution of this Agreement. As of the date hereof, the Sole Member holds all of the issued and outstanding Class G Shares. One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Sole Member. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the members of the Company shall have no power or authority to act for or on behalf of, or to bind, the Company.

 

(b)         The Company is hereby authorized to execute, deliver and perform, and the Sole Member and any Officer or Director, acting alone, on behalf of the Company is hereby authorized to execute and deliver (i) the Contribution Agreement, (ii) the Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement, by KKR DAV Manco LLC, and accepted and agreed by the Company, and (iii) all documents, agreements, or certificates contemplated thereby or related thereto, and any amendments or restatements thereto, all without any further act, vote or approval of the Board or any other person or entity notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement.

 

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(c)         As of the date hereof, pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, the Sole Member has made a capital contribution to the Company in the amount set forth in the Contribution Agreement in exchange for the Company’s issuance to the Sole Member of 40 Class G Shares.

 

6.           Board of Directors. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the business and affairs of the Company will be managed by a board (the “Board”) of directors (each, a “Director”). The Board has the power to do any and all acts necessary or convenient to or for the furtherance of the purposes described in this Agreement, including all powers, statutory or otherwise, possessed by managers of a Delaware limited liability company formed under the Act and not expressly modified by this Agreement. Each Director shall be a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of the Act. Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares may determine the size of the entire Board and may designate, remove or replace any Director, with or without cause, at any time. The size of the entire Board and the initial Directors of the Company as of the date of this Agreement are set forth on Schedule B hereto. A meeting of the Board may be called by notice that is provided to all Directors, and no notice is required with respect to any particular Director if such Director consents in writing (including by e-mail) to a waiver of such notice either before or after the meeting. A majority of the Directors constituting the entire Board who are present in person or by written proxy at the meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any action by the Board may be taken at a meeting with the approval of a majority of the Directors constituting the entire Board. Any action by the Board may be taken by written consent in lieu of having a meeting if (i) all Directors receive notice of the action to be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting and (ii) a majority of the Directors constituting the entire Board consents to the action in writing (including by e-mail).

 

7.           Limited Liability. Except as otherwise provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no member, Director, Officer, employee, advisor, agent or representative of the Company shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a member, Director, Officer, employee, advisor, agent or representative of the Company.

 

8.           Term. The term of the Company commenced on the date of filing of the Certificate of Formation and will continue until the Company is dissolved and its affairs are wound up in accordance with Section 13 of this Agreement and the Certificate of Formation is canceled in the manner required by the Act.

 

9.           Capital Contributions. The Sole Member will make capital contributions to the Company from time to time, as it shall determine, which contributions shall be set forth on the Company’s books and records.

 

10.         Assignments of Member Interest. The Sole Member may sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber any of its Interest. If the Sole Member transfers all of its Interest pursuant to this Section 10, the transferee shall be admitted to the Company upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Such admission shall be deemed effective simultaneously with the transfer, and, simultaneously with such admission, the transferor Sole Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.

 

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11.         Allocations and Distributions. Distributions of cash or other assets of the Company will be made at such times and in such amounts as the Sole Member may determine in its sole and absolute discretion. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company will not make a distribution to the Sole Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other applicable law.

 

12.         Dissolution.

 

(a)         The Company will be dissolved and its affairs wound up upon the first to occur of the following: (i) the written consent of the Sole Member to dissolve the Company; (ii) the time at which there are no members of the Company, except that the Company will not be dissolved and will not be required to be wound up if a New Member is admitted to the Company in accordance with Section 12(b), effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of the last remaining member of the Company (the “Terminating Event”) within ninety (90) calendar days after the occurrence of the Terminating Event, or (iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Act.

 

(b)         Upon the occurrence of a Terminating Event, a person or entity, including the personal representative of the last remaining member of the Company or its nominee or designee, may be admitted to the Company as a member of the Company (the “New Member”) and such New Member will be so admitted to the Company effective as of such Terminating Event upon such New Member’s execution of an instrument in writing, either before or after the Terminating Event, stating that such New Member is to be so admitted to the Company in accordance with this Section 12, and such New Member agrees in writing to become a party to, and bound by, this Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.

 

(c)         Upon the dissolution and winding up of the Company, the assets of the Company will be applied as provided in Section 18-804 of the Act.

 

13.         Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

 

14.         Officers.

 

(a)         The Board may designate persons as the Board may deem necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the Company’s business (subject to the supervision and control of the Board), to be officers (each, an “Officer”) with titles, including, but not limited to, “chairman,” “chief executive officer,” “president,” “vice president,” “chief investment officer,” “chief operating officer,” “chief financial officer,” “treasurer,” “assistant treasurer,” “ assistant vice president-taxes,” “treasurer,” “secretary,” “managing director,” “senior managing director”, “chief financial officer,” “assistant treasurer” and “general counsel,” “secretary,” and “assistant secretary” as and to the extent authorized by this Agreement or the Board. The Board may designate, remove or replace any Officer, with or without cause, at any time.

 

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(b)         The persons set forth on Schedule C hereto are initially designated to serve as Officers of the Company with the titles set forth on Schedule C hereto.

 

15.         Authorization.

 

(a)         Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, each Director and, subject to the authorization of the Board, each Officer (such Director or Officer, an “Authorized Person”) is hereby authorized, without the need for any further act, vote or consent of the Sole Member, (i) to execute and deliver, and to perform the Company’s obligations under, this Agreement, and (ii) to take any action, in such capacity, contemplated by or arising out of this Agreement.

 

(b)         Each Authorized Person, acting individually, is hereby authorized and empowered, as an authorized person of the Company within the meaning of the Act, or otherwise:

 

(i)           to execute and deliver and/or file (in the name and on behalf of the Company) any agreement of the Company (including, without limitation, any investment advisory agreements) (and any amendments, restatements, and/or supplements thereof), the Certificate of Formation (and any amendments, restatements and/or supplements thereof) and any other certificates, notices, applications and other documents (and any amendments, restatements, and/or supplements thereof) to be filed with any government or governmental or regulatory body by or on behalf of the Company, including, without limitation, any such documents that may be necessary or advisable for the Company to qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Company desires to do business; and

 

(ii)          to prepare or cause to be prepared, and to sign, execute, and deliver and/or file (in the name and on behalf of the Company): (A) such agreements, instruments, certificates and other documents as may be necessary or desirable in furtherance of the Company’s purposes, (B) any certificates, forms, notices, applications, or other documents to be filed with any government or governmental or regulatory body on behalf of the Company, (C) a registration statement on Form 10 and any amendments thereto pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (D) any certificates, forms, notices, applications, and other documents that may be necessary or advisable in connection with any bank account of the Company or any banking facilities or services that may be utilized by the Company and all checks, notes, drafts and other documents of the Company that may be required in connection with any such bank account or any such banking facilities or services, (E) resolutions with respect to any of the foregoing matters, and (F) any amendments, restatements, and/or supplements of any of the foregoing.

 

The authority granted to any person in this Section 15 may be revoked at any time by the Board.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the execution, delivery and filing of the Company’s Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware by Jason Carss is hereby authorized, approved, confirmed and ratified in all respects as the actions of an authorized person of the Company within the meaning of the Act.

 

16.         Other Business. Any member of the Company, Director, Officer, employee, advisor, agent or representative of the Company or any affiliate of any of the foregoing (each, an “Indemnified Person”) may engage in or possess an interest in other business opportunities or ventures (unconnected with the Company) of every kind and description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Company, and the Company shall have no rights by virtue of this Agreement in and to such independent opportunities or ventures or to the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such opportunity or venture, even if competitive with the business of the Company, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper or a breach of any duty existing at law, in equity or otherwise. No Indemnified Person shall be obligated to present any particular investment opportunity or venture to the Company even if such opportunity or venture is of a character that, if presented to the Company, could be taken by the Company, and any Indemnified Person shall have the right to take for its own account (individually, as a partner or fiduciary, or otherwise) or to recommend to others any such particular investment opportunity or venture.

 

17.         Exculpation; Indemnification.

 

(a)         Exculpation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, an Indemnified Person (including such Indemnified Person’s heirs, executors or administrators) shall not be liable to the Company or any other person or entity bound by this Agreement for any loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, claim or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that such Indemnified Person, or a person for whom such Indemnified Person was the legal representative, is or was a member of the Company (including without limitation, the Sole Member or a Class G Member) or a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of such member (including without limitation, the Sole Member or a Class G Member) or the Company or, while a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of a member of the Company (including without limitation, the Sole Member or a Class G Member) or the Company; provided that such Indemnified Person shall not be entitled to exculpation hereunder only to the extent such person’s conduct constituted fraud, bad faith or willful misconduct. A director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company or any other subsidiary designated from time to time by the Company (a “Subsidiary Person”) will be deemed to be an Indemnified Person serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of such subsidiary as an Other Company for purposes of this Section 17 (regardless of whether such person is or was a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of the Company), and such Subsidiary Person shall be exculpated in accordance with this Section 17; provided that such person shall not be entitled to exculpation hereunder to the extent (i) such person’s conduct constituted fraud, bad faith or willful misconduct or (ii) such person’s actions or omissions were not made during the course of performing or otherwise in connection with (x) his or her duties as a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of such subsidiary or an affiliate thereof or (y) a request made by such subsidiary or an affiliate thereof.

 

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(b)         Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify any Indemnified Person (including such Indemnified Person’s heirs, executors or administrators) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, claim or proceeding (brought in the right of the Company or otherwise), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, and whether formal or informal, including appeals, by reason of the fact that such Indemnified Person, or a person for whom such Indemnified Person was the legal representative, is or was a member of the Company (including without limitation, the Sole Member or a Class G Member) or a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of such member (including without limitation, the Sole Member or a Class G Member) or the Company from and against all loss and liability suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with such action, suit, claim or proceeding, including appeals; provided that such Indemnified Person shall not be entitled to indemnification hereunder only to the extent such person’s conduct constituted fraud, bad faith or willful misconduct. A Subsidiary Person will be deemed to be an Indemnified Person serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of such subsidiary as an Other Company for purposes of this Section 17 (regardless of whether such person is or was a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of the Company), and the Company shall indemnify such Subsidiary Person in accordance with this Section 17; provided that such person shall not be entitled to indemnification hereunder to the extent (i) such person’s conduct constituted fraud, bad faith or willful misconduct or (ii) such person’s actions or omissions were not made during the course of performing or otherwise in connection with (x) his or her duties as a director, officer, partner, trustee, manager, member, employee or agent of such subsidiary or an affiliate thereof or (y) a request made by such subsidiary or an affiliate thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing two sentences, except as otherwise provided in Section 17(d), the Company shall be required to indemnify a person described in the foregoing two sentences in connection with any action, suit, claim or proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such person only if the commencement of such action, suit, claim or proceeding (or part thereof) by such person was authorized by the Board or, in the case of a Subsidiary Person, such subsidiary or the Board.

 

(c)         Advancement of Expenses. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall promptly pay expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any person described in Section 17(b) in appearing at, participating in or defending any action, suit, claim or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, claim or proceeding, including appeals, upon presentation of an undertaking on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 17 or otherwise. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 17(d), the Company shall be required to pay expenses of a person described in such sentence in connection with any action, suit, claim or proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such person only if the commencement of such action, suit, claim or proceeding (or part thereof) by such person was authorized by the Board.

 

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(d)         Unpaid Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such action, suit, claim or proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Section 17 is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by any person described in Section 17(b) has been received by the Company, such person may file proceedings to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Company shall have the burden of proving that such person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

 

(e)         Insurance. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person described in Section 17(b) against any liability asserted against such person, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Section 17 or otherwise.

 

(f)          Enforcement of Rights. The provisions of this Section 17 shall be applicable to all actions, claims, suits or proceedings made or commenced on or after the date of this Agreement, whether arising from acts or omissions to act occurring on, before or after its adoption. The provisions of this Section 17 shall be deemed to be a contract between the Company and each person entitled to indemnification under this Section 17 (or legal representative thereof) who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section 17 and the relevant provisions of applicable law, if any, are in effect, and any amendment, modification or repeal hereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of facts or any action, suit, claim or proceeding then or theretofore existing, or any action, suit, claim or proceeding thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part on any such state of facts. If any provision of this Section 17 shall be found to be invalid or limited in application by reason of any law, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions hereof. The rights of indemnification provided in this Section 17 shall neither be exclusive of, nor be deemed in limitation of, any rights to which any person may otherwise be or become entitled or permitted by contract, this Agreement, insurance or as a matter of law, both as to actions in such person’s official capacity and actions in any other capacity, it being the policy of the Company that indemnification of any person whom the Company is obligated to indemnify pursuant to Section 17(a) shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

(g)         Benefit Plans. For purposes of this Section 17, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, manager, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, manager, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries.

 

(h)         Non-Exclusivity. This Section 17 shall not limit the right of the Company, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to, and purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of, persons other than persons described in Section 17(b).

 

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18.         Exclusive Jurisdiction. Each member of the Company (including the Sole Member and each Class G Member) and any other person or entity holding any beneficial interest in the Company (whether through a broker, dealer, bank, trust company or clearing corporation or an agent of any of the foregoing or otherwise), to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) irrevocably agrees that any claims, suits, actions or proceedings arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement (including any claims, suits or actions to interpret, apply or enforce (A) the provisions of this Agreement, (B) the duties, obligations or liabilities of the Company to its members, or of the members or the Board, Directors or Officers to the Company (or to the members of the Company), or among members of the Company, (C) the rights or powers of, or restrictions on, the Company, the members of the Company, Board, Directors or the Officers, (D) any provision of the Act, or (E) any other instrument, document, agreement or certificate contemplated by any provision of the Act relating to the Company (regardless of whether such claims, suits, actions or proceedings (x) sound in contract, tort, fraud or otherwise, (y) are based on common law, statutory, equitable, legal or other grounds, or (z) are derivative or direct claims)), shall be exclusively brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction thereof, any other court in the State of Delaware with subject matter jurisdiction; (ii) irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in connection with any such claim, suit, action or proceeding; (iii) irrevocably agrees not to, and waives any right to, assert in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding that (A) it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts or any other court to which proceedings in such courts may be appealed, (B) such claim, suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or (C) the venue of such claim, suit, action or proceeding is improper; (iv) expressly waives any requirement for the posting of a bond by a party bringing such claim, suit, action or proceeding; (v) consents to process being served in any such claim, suit, action or proceeding by mailing, certified mail, return receipt requested, a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect for notices hereunder, and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof; provided, that nothing in clause (v) hereof shall affect or limit any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law; and (vi) IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH CLAIM, SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

 

19.         Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except with respect to Sections 16 and 17 hereof, which is for the benefit of the Indemnified Persons, the terms and provisions of this Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of the Sole Member and its respective successors and assigns, and it is not the intention of the Sole Member to confer third-party beneficiary rights, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other person such rights.

 

20.         Separability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement is considered separable and if, for any reason, any provision or provisions in this Agreement are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality will not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.

 

21.         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement.

 

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22.         Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior understandings or agreements between the parties.

 

23.         Interpretation. Definitions in this Agreement apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. The words “include” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The terms “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section, paragraph or subdivision. The Section titles appear as a matter of convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. All Section, paragraph, clause or Schedule references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such parts of this Agreement.

 

24.         Amendments. This Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended except pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Sole Member, except that Schedules B and C may be amended from time to time on behalf of the Sole Member to reflect the addition, removal or replacement of any Director made by the Sole Member or any Officer made by the Board in accordance with this Agreement, without the execution and delivery by the Sole Member of a written agreement to amend this Agreement.

 

26.          Electronic Signature. For the avoidance of doubt any person’s execution and delivery of this Agreement by electronic signature and electronic transmission (jointly, an “Electronic Signature”), including via DocuSign or other similar method, shall constitute the execution and delivery of a counterpart of this Agreement by or on behalf of such person and shall bind such person to the terms of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that this Agreement and any additional information incidental hereto may be maintained as electronic records. Any person executing and delivering this Agreement by Electronic Signature further agrees to take any and all reasonable additional actions, if any, evidencing its intent to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, as may be reasonably requested by the Company.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above. 

 

  SOLE MEMBER:
     
  KKR Group Assets Holdings III L.P.
     
  By: /s/ Christopher Lee
  Name: Christopher Lee
  Title:   Assistant Secretary

 

[Signature Page to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of KKR
Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC]

 


 

SCHEDULE A

 

Sole Member of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC

 

Sole Member   Address   Number of Class G Shares Held
         
KKR Group Assets Holdings III L.P.   30 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001   40

 


 

SCHEDULE B

 

Board of Directors

 

The entire Board shall consist of the following person as the sole Director of the Company:

 

Sole Director

 

Raj Agrawal

 


 

SCHEDULE C

 

Officers

 

The following persons are Officers of the Company with the titles set forth opposite his/her name:

 

Officer   Title
     
Tara Davies   Chief Executive Officer
     
Jeff Van Horn   Chief Financial Officer
     
Michael Ryan   Chief Operating Officer
     

James Cunningham

  Chief Investment Officer
     
Jason Carss   General Counsel & Secretary
     
Mark Matthews   Treasurer
     
Edward Valentino   Assistant Treasurer
     
Christopher Lee   Assistant Secretary
     
Mary Shaw   Vice President, Tax

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.3

 

KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC

 

a Delaware Limited Liability Company

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
ARTICLE I FORMATION 1
ARTICLE II NAME AND CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 2
Section 2.1 Name 2
Section 2.2 Certain Definitions 2
ARTICLE III POWERS AND PURPOSE 17
Section 3.1 Purpose 17
Section 3.2 No State Law Partnership 17
Section 3.3 Authority 18
ARTICLE IV RESIDENT AGENT AND PRINCIPAL OFFICE 19
ARTICLE V BOARD OF DIRECTORS 20
Section 5.1 Powers 20
Section 5.2 Number and Classification; Director Agreement 20
Section 5.3 Committees 21
Section 5.4 Resignation or Removal 22
Section 5.5 Meetings; Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary 22
Section 5.6 Remote Meeting 22
Section 5.7 Compensation 23
Section 5.8 Quorum; Adjournment 23
Section 5.9 Conflicts of Interest 23
Section 5.10 Action Without a Meeting 23
ARTICLE VI OFFICERS 23
Section 6.1 Officers 23
Section 6.2 Delegation of Duties 24
Section 6.3 Officers as Agents 24
ARTICLE VII SHARES; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS 24
Section 7.1 Shares 24
Section 7.2 Establishment of New Classes; Authorized Shares 25
Section 7.3 Capital Contribution by the Class G Member; Powers of Class G Members 26
Section 7.4 Additional Capital Contributions 27
Section 7.5 Offering of Shares 27
Section 7.6 Admission of Members 27
Section 7.7 Repurchase of Shares 28
ARTICLE VIII CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 28
Section 8.1 Company Capital 28
Section 8.2 Establishment and Determination of Capital Accounts 28

 

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Section 8.3 Computation of Amounts 29
Section 8.4 Negative Capital Accounts 29
Section 8.5 Adjustments to Book Value 29
Section 8.6 Compliance With Section 1 30
Section 8.7 Transfer of Capital Accounts 30
ARTICLE IX DISTRIBUTIONS; ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES 30
Section 9.1 Generally 30
Section 9.2 Allocation of Profit and Loss 31
Section 9.3 Special Allocations 31
Section 9.4 Amounts Withheld 32
Section 9.5 Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c) 33
Section 9.6 Allocation of Income and Loss 33
Section 9.7 Preparation of Tax Returns 33
Section 9.8 Tax Elections 33
Section 9.9 Tax Matters 33
Section 9.10 Withholding 34
ARTICLE X RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP OF UNITS 34
Section 10.1 Resignation of a Member 34
Section 10.2 Assignment 34
Section 10.3 Substitution 36
Section 10.4 Status of an Assigning Member 36
Section 10.5 Further Restrictions on Transfers 36
Section 10.6 Elimination or Modification of Restrictions 37
Section 10.7 Records 37
Section 10.8 Authorization to Redeem KKR Shares 37
Section 10.9 Mandatory Repurchases 37
ARTICLE XI MEMBERS, MEETINGS AND VOTING RIGHTS OF THE MEMBERS 38
Section 11.1 Special Meetings of Members 38
Section 11.2 Notice of Meetings 39
Section 11.3 Record Date 39
Section 11.4 Conduct of Meeting 40
Section 11.5 Adjournment 40
Section 11.6 Quorum 40
Section 11.7 Proxies 41
Section 11.8 Member Action Without a Meeting 41
Section 11.9 Limited Voting Rights of the Members 41
ARTICLE XII BOOKS AND RECORDS, REPORTS AND RETURNS 41
Section 12.1 Tax Information 41
Section 12.2 Annual Report 42
Section 12.3 Filings 42
Section 12.4 Method of Accounting 42
ARTICLE XIII MANAGER; ADVISOR 42

 

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Section 13.1 Appointment and Initial Manager; Authorization of Payments to Manager 42
Section 13.2 Supervision of Manager Compensation and the Manager 43
Section 13.3 Management Agreement 43
Section 13.4 Organization and Offering Expenses 43
Section 13.5 Reimbursement for Company Expenses and Expenses of Infrastructure Assets 43
ARTICLE XIV VALUATION 43
Section 14.1 Review of Policies 43
Section 14.2 Valuation 43
ARTICLE XV CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 44
Section 15.1 Generally; Specific Authorization 44
Section 15.2 Standards of Conduct 48
Section 15.3 Modification of Duties 49
Section 15.4 Corporate Opportunity; Authorization to Compete 49
Section 15.5 Other Duties 49
ARTICLE XVI LIABILITY LIMITATION, INDEMNIFICATION AND TRANSACTIONS WITH THE COMPANY 50
Section 16.1 Limitation of Member Liability 50
Section 16.2 Limitation of Liability 50
Section 16.3 Indemnification 51
ARTICLE XVII AMENDMENTS 53
Section 17.1 Amendments Generally 53
Section 17.2 Amendments with the Consent of the Majority of the Members 53
ARTICLE XVIII DURATION AND DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY 54
Section 18.1 Duration 54
Section 18.2 Dissolution; Winding Up 54
ARTICLE XIX MISCELLANEOUS 55
Section 19.1 Covenant to Sign Documents 55
Section 19.2 Notices 55
Section 19.3 Entire Agreement 55
Section 19.4 Submission to Jurisdiction 55
Section 19.5 Waiver 56
Section 19.6 Severability 56
Section 19.7 Application of Delaware law 56
Section 19.8 Captions 57
Section 19.9 Number and Gender 57
Section 19.10 Counterparts; Electronic Signature 57
Section 19.11 Waiver of Action for Partition 57
Section 19.12 Waiver of Appraisal Rights 57
Section 19.13 Assignability 57

 

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Section 19.14 Anti-Money Laundering 57
Section 19.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries 57

 

Schedule A – Share Repurchase Plan

Schedule B – Distribution Reinvestment Plan

Schedule C – Initial Directors

Schedule D – Repurchase Arrangement

 

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THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (as amended from time to time and including any schedules, exhibits, annexes or other documents attached to this Agreement from time to time, this “Agreement”) of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC (the “Company”) is made and entered into as of _____________, 2022 by the Initial Member (as defined herein), KKR DAV Manager LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the Manager (as defined herein), and KKR Group Assets Holdings III L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“KKR Group Assets Holdings III”) as the sole Class G Member as of the date hereof, and any other Persons who are or hereafter become Members of the Company or parties hereto as provided herein by. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement without definition shall have the respective meanings specified in Section 2.2 and, unless otherwise specified, article and section references used herein refer to Articles and Section of this Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed on September 23, 2022, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. § 18-101 et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Act”), by the filing of a Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and KKR Group Assets Holdings III’s execution of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of September 21, 2022 (the “Original Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Original Agreement was amended and restated pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of October 25, 2022 the “A&R Agreement”), executed by KKR Group Assets Holdings III, as the sole member;

 

WHEREAS, on October 25, 2022, the Company issued 40 Class G Shares (as defined in the A&R Agreement) (the “Original Class G Shares”) to KKR Group Assets Holdings III in exchange for a capital contribution to the Company of $1,000 and, upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, such Original Class G Shares remain issued and outstanding Class G Shares; and

 

WHEREAS, the undersigned intend for this Agreement to be the Company’s “limited liability company agreement” (as such term is defined in the Act) and, by their execution of this Agreement, hereby amend and restate the A&R Agreement in its entirety.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby amend and restate the A&R Agreement in its entirety, and hereby agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I
FORMATION

 

The Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company by filing its Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 23, 2022, pursuant to and in accordance with the Act. Any Person designated by the Board of Directors as such shall be a designated “authorized person” of the Company within the meaning of the Act and shall execute, deliver and file any amendments and/or restatements of the certificate of formation of the Company and any other certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) required or permitted to be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in a jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business.

 

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ARTICLE II
NAME AND CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

Section 2.1            Name. The name of the Company is “KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC”. The Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) may determine that the Company may use any other designation or name for the Company.

 

Section 2.2            Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth below shall have the following respective meanings:

 

Act” is defined in the recitals. All references herein to sections of the Act shall include any corresponding provisions of succeeding law.

 

Adjusted Capital Account” means, with respect to any Member for any taxable year or other period, the balance, if any, in such Member’s Capital Account as of the end of such year or other period, after giving effect to the following adjustments:

 

(a)           Credit to such Capital Account any amounts that such Member is obligated to restore or is deemed obligated to restore as described in the penultimate sentence of the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1) and Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5); and

 

(b)           Debit to such Capital Account the items described in the Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), and (6).

 

The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with the provisions of Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury Regulations to the extent relevant thereto and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

Affiliate” means with respect to a Person (i) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such other Person, (ii) any executive officer, employee or general partner of such Person, (iii) any member of the board of directors or board of managers (or bodies performing similar functions) of such Person, and (iv) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer or general partner; provided, that, it is acknowledged and agreed that (x) KKR and any KKR Vehicles are Affiliates of the Manager and (y) portfolio entities of any KKR Vehicles shall not be deemed Affiliates of the Manager.

 

Agreement” is defined in the preamble.

 

Applicable Employees” employees of KKR that are members of KKR’s finance, tax, legal, compliance, technology, public affairs and operations teams that spend time on Company-related matters.

 

A&R Agreement” is defined in the recitals.

 

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Asset Leasing Fees” means all fees at market rates (net of related expenses) paid directly or indirectly to KKR or any of its Affiliates for Asset Leasing Services in respect of an Infrastructure Asset or for the benefit of any Infrastructure Asset.

 

Asset Leasing Services” means services in respect of Infrastructure Assets related to asset leasing arrangements, including assistance with sourcing of leasing opportunities and negotiating financing relating thereto as well as repurposing and maintenance services.

 

Assignee” means any Person to whom any Shares have been Assigned, in whole or in part, in a manner permitted by Section 10.2 of this Agreement.

 

Assignment” means, with respect to any Shares, the offer, sale, assignment, transfer, gift or other disposition of, such Share, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, except that in the case of a bona fide pledge or other hypothecation, no Assignment shall be deemed to have occurred unless and until the secured party has exercised its right of foreclosure with respect thereto; and the terms “Assign”, “Assigned” and “Assigning” have a correlative meaning.

 

Audit Committee” means the committee of the Board of Directors described in Section 5.3(b).

 

Board of Directors” is defined in Section 2.1.

 

Book Value” means, with respect to any Company property, the Company’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, adjusted from time to time to reflect the adjustments required or permitted by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(d)-(g).

 

Break-Up Fees” means any fee, option, settlement, judgment or other similar compensation or award, net of related expenses, paid to the Manager or any of its Affiliates relating to a potential investment by the Company that was not consummated or any other income received by the Company arising from litigation brought by or on behalf of the Company that does not relate to a particular investment; provided that no amount paid to any Senior Advisor, Executive Advisor, Industry Advisor or KKR Advisor by any Person shall be a “Break-Up Fee”; and provided further that if any interest in such potential investment would have been issued to any KKR Vehicle or a person whose investment in such interest would have been offered, sold, placed, underwritten, syndicated, solicited or otherwise arranged by a Regulated Broker-Dealer, then only such portion of fees that is fairly allocable, based upon the nature of the transaction giving rise to the fee, to the proposed investment by the Company shall be included; and provided further that Break-Up Fees shall exclude Management Fees, Monitoring Fees, Regulated Broker-Dealer Fees and Transaction Fees, if any.

 

Broken Deal Expenses” means all out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses fairly allocable to the Company (i) in developing, negotiating and structuring prospective or potential investments that are not ultimately made, including any travel-related costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including costs and expenses of accommodations and meals, costs and expenses related to attending trade association meetings, conferences or similar meetings for purposes of evaluating potential investment opportunities or developing potential investment ideas, trends and themes within industries, sectors or geographies, and, with respect to travel on non-commercial aircraft, costs of travel at a comparable business class commercial airline rate), any deposits or down payments of cash or other property that are forfeited in connection with, or amounts paid as a penalty for not consummating, a proposed investment that is not ultimately made, and (ii) for diligence and other services performed by the Manager, its Affiliates, Capstone, their investment professionals, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors or Industry Advisors in connection with their investment activities, including procuring, developing, implementing or maintaining information technology, data subscription and license-based services, research publications, materials, equipment and services, computer software or hardware and electronic equipment, and performing research related to investments, industries, sectors, geographies or other relevant market, economic, geopolitical or similar data or trends, including risk analysis software, in each case including fees, costs and expenses of the type described in the definition of Company Expenses; provided that for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any such diligence or other services performed by the Manager pursuant to this clause (ii), the Manager shall only be reimbursed for its out-of-pocket costs and expenses. In determining the amount of Broken Deal Expenses that may be fairly allocable to the Company and to any KKR Vehicles that may participate in investments with the Company, the Manager will take into account such factors as it deems appropriate, including, for example, committed or available capital of the Company and KKR Vehicles, the amount of capital historically invested, or remaining invested, in similar investments, and the percentage of similar investments in which the Company or KKR Vehicles have historically participated.

 

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Capital Account” is defined in Section 8.2.

 

Capital Contributions” means the total investment, including the original investment and amounts reinvested pursuant to the DRIP, by a Member or by all Members, as the case may be.

 

Capstone” means any or all of KKR Capstone Americas LLC, KKR Capstone EMEA LLP, KKR Capstone EMEA (International) LLP, KKR Capstone Asia Limited, their Affiliates, any entities serving a similar role thereto and their respective subsidiaries.

 

Capstone Executives” means the employees of Capstone.

 

Capstone Fees” means any amount paid to Capstone for consulting services rendered to KKR, any of its Affiliates, the Company, any KKR Vehicle, any Infrastructure Asset or otherwise.

 

Certificate” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company and any and all amendments thereto and restatements thereof filed on behalf of the Company with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Act.

 

Class” means Class D Shares, Class E Shares, Class F Shares, Class G Shares, Class H Shares, Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares, Class U Shares and any other class of Shares that the Board of Directors may create from time to time pursuant to this Agreement. The Investor Shares shall not collectively constitute a separate Class of Shares for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Class D Shares” means the Class D Shares issued to the Class D Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

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Class D Member” means any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class D Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class D Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class D Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold Class D Shares.

 

Class E Member” means any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class E Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class E Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class E Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold Class E Shares.

 

Class E Shares” means the Class E Shares issued to the Class E Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

Class F Member” means any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class F Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class F Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class F Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold Class F Shares.

 

Class F Shares” means the Class F Shares issued to the Class F Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

Class G Member” means any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class G Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class G Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class G Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold Class G Shares. As of the date of this Agreement, the only Class G Member is KKR Group Assets Holdings III.

 

Class G Shares” means the Class G Shares issued to the Class G Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

Class H Member” means any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class H Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class H Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class H Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold Class H Shares.

 

Class H Shares” means the Class H Shares issued to the Class H Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

Class I Member” means any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class I Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class I Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class I Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold Class I Shares.

 

Class I Shares” means the Class I Shares issued to the Class I Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

Class R Conversion Rate” means a fraction, the numerator of which is the NAV per Share of Class R Shares and the denominator of which is the NAV per Share of Class I Shares, each calculated as of the most recent month-end.

 

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Class R Member” means any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class R Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class R Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class R Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold Class R Shares.

 

Class R Shares” means the Class R Shares issued to the Class R Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

Class S Member” means any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class S Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class S Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class S Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold Class S Shares.

 

Class S Shares” means the Class S Shares issued to the Class S Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

Class U Member” means any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding Class U Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding Class U Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding Class U Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold Class U Shares.

 

Class U Shares” means the Class U Shares issued to the Class U Members having the rights, obligations and terms specified in this Agreement.

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Company” is defined in the preamble.

 

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Company Expenses” means expenses of the Company’s operations, including, without limitation, expenses incurred by the Company, as well as all fees, costs and expenses fairly allocable to the Company, including: (a) fees, costs and expenses of outside counsel, accountants, auditors, appraisers, valuation experts, consultants, administrators, custodians, depositaries, trustees and other similar outside advisors and service providers with respect to the Company and its Infrastructure Assets (including allocable compensation and expenses of Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors and Industry Advisors and allocable fees and expenses of Capstone related to the Company’s activities, and including the cost of any valuation of, or fairness opinion relating to, any Infrastructure Assets or other asset or liability, or potential transaction, of the Company); (b) fees, costs and expenses of identifying, investigating (and conducting diligence with respect to), evaluating, structuring, consummating, holding, monitoring or selling potential and Infrastructure Assets, including (i) brokerage commissions, clearing and settlement charges, investment banking fees, bank charges, placement, syndication and solicitation fees, arranger fees, sales commissions and other investment, execution, closing and administrative fees, costs and expenses; (ii) any travel-related costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith (including costs and expenses of accommodations and meals, costs and expenses related to attending trade association meetings, conferences or similar meetings for the purposes of evaluating actual or potential business opportunities, including with respect to travel on non-commercial aircraft, costs of travel at a comparable business class commercial airline rate), including any such expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of the portfolio management committees; (iii) expenses associated with portfolio and risk management, including hedging transactions, currency hedging and other similar arrangements for hedging purposes; (iv) fees, costs and expenses incurred in the organization, operation, administration, restructuring or winding-up, dissolution, liquidation and termination of any entities through which the Company acquires assets; (v) fees, costs and expenses of outside counsel, accountants, auditors, consultants (including Capstone) and other similar outside advisors and service providers incurred in connection with designing, implementing and monitoring participation by Infrastructure Assets in compliance and operational “best practices” programs and initiatives; and (vi) fees, costs and expenses (including allocable compensation and overhead of Applicable Employees or other KKR personnel engaged in the foregoing activities) incurred in connection with assessing and reporting the social and environmental impact and environmental, social and governance performance of Infrastructure Assets and potential Infrastructure Assets (including fees, costs and expenses payable to BSR (formerly, “Business for Social Responsibility”) and/or any similar third-party service provider) and of outside counsel, accountants, auditors, consultants and other similar outside advisors and service providers incurred in connection with designing, implementing and monitoring any impact assessment program; (c) any taxes, fees or other governmental charges levied against the Company or on its income or assets or in connection with its business or operations including the business or operations of any entities through which the Company invests, and preparation expenses in connection with such governmental charges or to otherwise comply with applicable tax reporting obligations or any legal implementation of such regimes, but excluding any amounts to the extent that the Company has been reimbursed therefor; (d) fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any audit, examination, investigation or other proceeding by any taxing authority or incurred in connection with any governmental inquiry, investigation or proceeding, in each case, involving or otherwise applicable to the Company, including the amount of any judgments, settlements, remediation or fines paid in connection therewith, excluding, any fine or penalty paid by KKR or any of its Affiliates to a governmental body of competent jurisdiction on the basis of a finding that KKR or such Affiliate has breached a fiduciary duty to the Company or the Members (for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing does not include any fine or penalty related to activities taken by KKR or its Affiliates on behalf of the Company); (e) fees, costs and expenses of the Board of Directors and any third-party advisory committees (including, without limitation, (1) travel, accommodation, meal, event, entertainment and other similar fees, costs and expenses in connection with meetings of the Board of Directors (including such fees, costs and expenses incurred with respect to non-Independent Directors) and (2) the fees, costs and expenses of any legal counsel or other advisors retained by, or at the direction or for the benefit of, the Board of Directors; (f) fees, costs and expenses of holding any annual or other information meeting of the Members (including (1) meal, event, entertainment and other similar fees, costs and expenses and (2) travel and accommodation costs of KKR personnel, Senior Advisors, Executive Advisors, Industry Advisors, KKR Advisors and Capstone Executives attending such annual or other information meetings (including with respect to travel on non-commercial aircraft, costs of travel at a comparable business class commercial airline rate)); (g) the portion fairly allocable to the Company of fees, costs and expenses (including allocable compensation and expenses of KKR personnel who are attorneys, accountants and tax advisors or professionals) incurred in connection with legal, regulatory and tax services provided on behalf of the Company, its Infrastructure Assets and compliance with U.S. federal, state or local law or other non-U.S. law or other law and regulation relating to the Company’s activities (including expenses relating to the preparation and filing of reports and notices to be filed with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, reports, filings, disclosures and notices prepared in connection with the laws and/or regulations of jurisdictions in which the Company engages in activities and/or any other regulatory filings, notices or disclosures of the KKR Advisors and/or their respective Affiliates relating to the Company and its activities; (h) fees, costs and expenses associated with the Company’s administration, including in relation to calling capital from and making distributions to the Members, the administration of assets, financial planning and treasury activities, the preparation and delivery of all of the Company’s financial statements, tax returns and Schedule K-1s (including any successors thereto), reporting on impact and ESG-related matters, subscriptions, distribution notices, other reports and notices and other required or requested information (including the cost of any third-party administrator that provides accounting and administrative services to the Company), fees, costs and expenses incurred to audit such reports, provide access to such reports or information (including through a website or other portal) and any other operational, secretarial or postage expenses relating thereto or arising in connection with the distribution thereof (and including, in each case, technology development and support with respect to such activities, other administrative support therefor and allocable compensation and overhead of KKR personnel engaged in the aforementioned activities and KKR personnel providing oversight of any third-party administrator engaged in the aforementioned activities); (i) principal, interest on and fees, costs and expenses relating to or arising out of all borrowings made by the Company, including fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the negotiation and establishment of the relevant credit facility, credit support or other relevant arrangements with respect to such borrowings or related to securing the same by mortgage, pledge or other encumbrance, if applicable; (j) fees, costs and expenses related to the offering of Shares (including expenses associated with updating the offering materials, expenses associated with printing such materials, expenses associated with subscriptions and redemptions and travel expenses relating to the ongoing offering of Shares) or a transfer of Shares or repurchase (but only to the extent not paid or otherwise borne by the transferring Member and/or the assignee of the transferring Member, as applicable); (k) fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any amendments, restatements or other modifications to, and compliance with the Company’s PPM, the Registration Statement, this Agreement, any other constituent or related documents of the Company, including the solicitation of any consent, waiver or similar acknowledgment from the Members or preparation of other materials in connection with compliance (or monitoring compliance) with such documents; (l) fees, costs and expenses related to procuring, developing, implementing or maintaining information technology, data subscription and license-based services, research publications, materials, equipment and services, computer software or hardware and electronic equipment used in connection with providing services to the Company (including in connection with reporting and valuations), in connection with identifying, investigating (and conducting diligence with respect to) or evaluating, structuring, consummating (including license fees and maintenance costs for workflow technology that facilitates the closing of acquisitions by, among other things, managing allocations (as between the Company or other relevant persons, conflicts of interest and compliance with law, all in accordance with policies and procedures established by KKR and its Affiliates), holding, monitoring or selling potential and actual investments, or in connection with obtaining or performing research related to potential or actual acquisitions, industries, sectors, geographies or other relevant market, economic, geopolitical or similar data or trends, including risk analysis software; (m) premiums and fees for insurance for the benefit of, or allocated to, the Company (including directors’ and officers’ liability, errors and omissions or other similar insurance policies, and any other insurance for coverage of liabilities incurred in connection with the activities of, or on behalf of, the Company, including an allocable portion of the premiums and fees for one or more “umbrella” policies that cover the Company, KKR and its Affiliates) and costs of ERISA fidelity bonds; (n) expenses of any actual or potential litigation or other dispute related to the Company or any actual or potential acquisition (including expenses incurred in connection with the investigation, prosecution or defense of litigation and the appointment of any agents for service of process on behalf of the Company) and other extraordinary expenses related to the Company or such acquisitions (including fees, costs and expenses classified as extraordinary expenses under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States) and the amount of any judgments, fines, remediation or settlements paid in connection therewith, directors and officers, liability or other insurance (including title insurance) and indemnification (including advancement of any fees, costs or expenses to persons entitled to indemnification) or extraordinary expense or liability relating to the affairs of the Company, in each case, to the extent such costs, expenses and amounts relate to claims or matters that are otherwise entitled to indemnification under applicable law; (o) fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the dissolution, winding up and termination of the Company; (p) all other costs and expenses of the Company and its Affiliates in connection with the business or operation of the Company and its Infrastructure Assets; and (q) any Broken Deal Expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, Company Expenses may include any of the fees, costs, expenses and other liabilities described above incurred in connection with services provided, or other activities engaged in, by KKR and its Affiliates, in addition to third parties. In determining the amount of Company Expenses that may be fairly allocable to the Company and to any KKR Vehicles that may participate in joint ventures with the Company, the Manager and its Affiliates will take into account such factors as they deem appropriate, including, for example, committed or available capital of the Company and KKR Vehicles, the amount of capital historically invested, or remaining invested, in a particular investment or similar investments, the aggregate net asset value of the Company and KKR Vehicles and the percentage of similar investments in which the Company or KKR Vehicles have historically participated.

 

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Company Group” means, collectively, the Company, any current or former Subsidiary of the Company or any other Person in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company currently owns or formerly owned an interest directly or indirectly.

 

Company Minimum Gain” means “partnership minimum gain” as defined in the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(2) and as computed in accordance with the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).

 

DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

Director” is defined in Section 5.2(a). A Director is hereby designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of Section 18-101(12) of the Act.

 

Dissolution Event” is defined in Section 18.2(a).

 

Distributor” means KKR Capital Markets LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its successor, in the capacity as the principal underwriter and distributor of the Company’s Shares.

 

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DRIP” means the Company’s Distribution Reinvestment Plan, attached hereto as Schedule B, as amended, modified, revised or restated from time to time.

 

Electronic Signature” is defined in Section 19.10.

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto.

 

Executive Advisors” means the individuals providing advisory services to KKR or any of its Affiliates, investment funds, vehicles and accounts sponsored by KKR or any of its Affiliates and the portfolio companies of such funds, vehicles and accounts and who are designated as “Executive Advisors” by KKR.

 

Executive Committee” means the committee consisting of at least two (2) members, consisting of officers or Directors of the Company who shall be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer from time to time. As of the date hereof, the Executive Committee shall consist of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. The Chief Executive Officer may appoint additional members of the Executive Committee, as well as remove any existing members from time to time in his or her discretion.

 

Hurdle Amount” for any period during a Reference Period means that amount that results in a 5% annualized internal rate of return on the NAV of Investor Shares outstanding at the beginning of the then-current Reference Period and all Investor Shares issued since the beginning of the then-current Reference Period, calculated in accordance with recognized industry practices and taking into account the timing and amount of all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on all such shares but excluding applicable expenses for the Servicing Fee.

 

The ending NAV of Investor Shares used in calculating the internal rate of return will be calculated before giving effect to any allocation/accrual to the Performance Participation Allocation and applicable expenses for the Servicing Fee. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Hurdle Amount for any period will exclude any Investor Shares repurchased during such period, which Shares will be subject to the Performance Participation Allocation upon repurchase as provided for in the definition of “Performance Participation Allocation.”

 

Except as provided for in the definition of “Loss Carryforward Amount,” any amount by which the Total Return falls below the Hurdle Amount will not be carried forward to subsequent periods.

 

The Class H Member will not be obligated to return any portion of the Performance Participation Allocation paid due to the subsequent performance of the Company.

 

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Indemnified Party” means (i) the members of the Board of Directors, (ii) the officers of the Company, and (iii) any employee, agent or other person in relation to the Company or its Subsidiaries determined to be qualified as such by the Board or the Executive Committee.

 

Independent Director” means a Director who is satisfies the director independence tests provided for in Section 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, as may be amended from time to time.

 

Industry Advisors” means the individuals providing advisory services to KKR or any of its Affiliates, investment funds, vehicles and accounts sponsored by KKR or any of its Affiliates and the portfolio companies of such funds, vehicles and accounts and who are designated as “Industry Advisors” by KKR.

 

Infrastructure Assets” means individually and collectively, any entity owned, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, by the Company, including as the context requires, portfolio companies, holding companies, special purpose vehicles and other entities through which infrastructure assets or businesses will be held.

 

Initial Member” means KKR Group Assets Holdings III L.P.

 

Investor Shares” means any Shares that are not KKR Shares.

 

“KKR” means, collectively, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its Subsidiaries; the Affiliates of KKR includes KKR & Co. Inc. and its controlling stockholder and Subsidiaries, which in turn includes The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC and its Subsidiaries.

 

KKR Advisor” means individuals who were formerly employed by KKR that are providing advisory services to KKR or any of its Affiliates, investment funds, vehicles and accounts sponsored by KKR or any of its Affiliates and the portfolio companies of such funds, vehicles and accounts and who are designated from time to time as “KKR Advisors” by KKR.

 

KKR Group Assets Holdings III” is defined in the preamble.

 

KKR Member” means a Class E Member, a Class F Member, a Class G Member, a Class H Member or any other Person admitted as an additional member of the Company holding KKR Shares or a substitute member of the Company holding KKR Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case in its capacity as a member of the Company holding KKR Shares and for so long as such Person continues to hold KKR Shares.

 

KKR Shares” means Class E Shares, Class F Shares, Class G Shares, Class H Shares and any other Class of Shares designated by the Board of Directors as “KKR Shares”.

 

KKR Vehicles” means the funds, investment vehicles and accounts managed, now or in the future, by KKR, the Manager or any of their respective Affiliates (excluding for this purpose, KKR proprietary entities), including funds, investment vehicles and accounts pursuing the following strategies: private equity (including growth equity, impact, and core strategies), credit (including (i) leveraged credit strategies, including leveraged loan, high-yield bond, opportunistic credit and revolving credit strategies, and (ii) alternative credit strategies, including special situations and private credit strategies such as direct lending and private opportunistic credit (or mezzanine) investment strategies), and real asset strategies (including real estate, energy and infrastructure strategies).

 

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Loan Servicing Fees” means any fees or other payments paid to KKR or its Affiliates relating to loan administration services, loan or asset resolution, restructuring and reconstruction and other services (including sourcing) that are provided or performed by asset reconstruction companies, other asset recovery firms, loan administration companies or similar companies.

 

Loss” for any period means all items of Company loss, deduction and expense for such period determined according to Section 8.3.

 

Loss Carryforward Amount” shall initially equal zero and shall cumulatively increase by the absolute value of any negative quarterly Total Return and decrease by any positive quarterly Total Return; provided, that the Loss Carryforward Amount shall at no time be less than zero and provided further that the calculation of the Loss Carryforward Amount will exclude the Total Return related to any Investor Shares repurchased during the applicable Reference Period, which Shares will be subject to the Performance Participation Allocation upon repurchase as provided for in the definition of “Performance Participation Allocation.” For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to Shares repurchased during the applicable Reference Period, the Loss Carryforward Amount shall not include amounts that would have been attributable to such repurchased Shares had such Shares not been repurchased during the applicable Reference Period. The effect of the Loss Carryforward Amount is that the recoupment of past quarterly Total Return losses will offset the positive quarterly Total Return for purposes of the calculation of the Performance Participation Allocation. This is referred to as a “High Water Mark.”

 

Management Agreement” means the Management Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Manager, as amended, modified, revised or restated from time to time, and any similar agreement with a successor Manager.

 

Management Fee” has the meaning set forth in the Management Agreement.

 

Manager” means KKR DAV Manager LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of KKR, or any other Person designated from time to time as the “Manager” of the Company pursuant to the Management Agreement.

 

Member Nonrecourse Debt” means “partner nonrecourse debt” as defined in the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4).

 

Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain” means an amount, with respect to each Member Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Company Minimum Gain that would result if such Member Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(3).

 

Member Nonrecourse Deductions” means “partnership nonrecourse deductions” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1) and as computed in accordance with the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

 

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For any taxable year or other period, the amount of Member Nonrecourse Deductions with respect to a Member Nonrecourse Debt equals the excess, if any, of the net increase, if any, in the amount of the Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt over the aggregate amount of any distributions during such year to the Member that bears the economic risk of loss for such Member Nonrecourse Debt to the extent such distributions are from proceeds of such Member Nonrecourse Debt and are allocable to an increase in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, determined according to the provisions of the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2).

 

Members” means the holders of record of Shares admitted to the Company as members of the Company in accordance with this Agreement, in their capacity as members of the Company.

 

Membership Interest” means a Member’s rights in one or more Shares at any particular time, including the Member’s right to share in the income, gains, losses, deductions, credits, or similar items of the Company, to receive distributions from the Company, any right to vote or participate in management of the Company and any right to information concerning the business and affairs of the Company provided by this Agreement or the Act.

 

Membership List” means a list, in alphabetical order by name, setting forth the name, address and business or home telephone number of, and number of Shares held by, each Member, which list shall be printed on white paper in a readily readable type size (in no event smaller than 10-point type) and shall be updated at least quarterly to reflect any changes in the information contained therein.

 

Monitoring Fee” means any amount paid to the Manager or any of its Affiliates pursuant to a general retainer agreement or as a fee for consulting services rendered by the Manager or any of its Affiliates to, or for the benefit of, an Infrastructure Asset after the initial investment in such Infrastructure Asset, including directors’ fees paid to employees of KKR or any of its Affiliates in connection with service on the board of directors (or similar body) of an Infrastructure Asset, but excluding amounts reimbursed with respect to the Infrastructure Asset for out-of-pocket and administrative expenses (such as accounting or legal fees relating to the investment in the Infrastructure Asset), Management Fees, Regulated Broker-Dealer Fees, Service Costs, Asset Leasing Fees, Capstone Fees, Loan Servicing Fees and Transaction Fees; provided that no amount paid to any Senior Advisor, Executive Advisor, Industry Advisor or KKR Advisor by any Person shall be a “Monitoring Fee”; and provided further that, if any interest in such Infrastructure Asset is held by any KKR Vehicle or a person whose investment in such interest was offered, sold, placed, underwritten, syndicated, solicited or otherwise arranged by a Regulated Broker-Dealer, then only such portion of fees that is fairly allocable to the investment by the Company in such Infrastructure Asset, based upon the nature of the transaction giving rise to the fee, shall be included. For the avoidance of doubt, any directors’ fees paid to Capstone Executives in connection with service on the board of directors (or similar body) of an Infrastructure Asset shall not constitute “Monitoring Fees.”

 

NAV” means, for any Shares, the net asset value of such Shares, determined in accordance with Section 14.2.

 

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Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1). The amount of Nonrecourse Deductions for a given period equals the excess, if any, of the net increase, if any, in the amount of Company Minimum Gain during such period, over the aggregate amount of any distributions during such period of proceeds of a Nonrecourse Liability that are allocable to an increase in Company Minimum Gain, determined according to the provisions of the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(c).

 

Nonrecourse Liability” has the meaning set forth in the Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(3).

 

Original Agreement” is defined in the recitals.

 

Original Class G Shares” is defined in the recitals.

 

Partnership Representative” is defined in Section 9.9(a).

 

Percentage Interest” means, unless specifically provided otherwise, the percentage ownership interest of any Member determined at any time by dividing the number of Shares owned by a Member by the total outstanding Shares owned by all Members. If specifically provided, the determination of a Member’s Percentage Interest may be made on a Class-by-Class basis by dividing the number of Shares of a particular Class owned by a Member by the total outstanding Shares of such Class owned by all Members.

 

Performance Participation Allocation” means the performance participation allocation to be received by the Class H Member equal to 12.5% of the Total Return attributable to Investor Shares subject to a 5% annual Hurdle Amount and a High Water Mark with 100% Catch-Up. Such allocation will be measured and allocated or paid quarterly and accrued monthly (subject to pro-rating for partial periods) payable either in cash or in Class F Shares. Specifically, the Class H Member is allocated a Performance Participation Allocation in an amount equal to:

 

First, if the Total Return for the applicable period exceeds the sum of (i) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (ii) the Loss Carryforward Amount (any such excess, “Excess Profits”), 100% of such Excess Profits until the total amount allocated to the Class H Member equals 12.5% of the sum of (x) the Hurdle Amount for that period and (y) any amount allocated to the Class H Member pursuant to this clause (any such amount, the “Catch-Up”); and

 

Second, to the extent there are remaining Excess Profits, 12.5% of such remaining Excess Profits.

 

The Class H Member will also be allocated a Performance Participation Allocation with respect to all Investor Shares that are repurchased in connection with repurchases of shares in an amount calculated as described above with the relevant period being the portion of the Reference Period for which such share was outstanding, and proceeds for any such share repurchases will be reduced by the amount of any such Performance Participation Allocation.

 

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The Class H Member may elect to receive the Performance Participation Allocation in cash and/or Class F Shares. If the Performance Participation Allocation is paid in Class F Shares, such Class F Shares may be repurchased at the Class H Member’s request and will be subject to the limitations of the Share Repurchase Plan.

 

Person” means a natural person, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, trust (including a common law trust, business trust, statutory trust, voting trust or any other form of trust), estate, association (including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee), corporation, government (including a country, state, county or any other governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality), custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity (or series thereof) in its own or any representative capacity, in each case, whether domestic or foreign.

 

Plan” means any (i) “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether or not subject to ERISA), (ii) “plan” within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code (whether or not subject to Section 4975 of the Code), (iii) insurance general account whose assets are deemed to include assets subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code under ERISA or the regulations promulgated thereunder, (iv) plan, fund or other similar program that is established or maintained outside the United States which provides for retirement income, a deferral of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment and (v) entity the assets of which constitute, or are deemed to constitute the assets of, any of the foregoing described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) pursuant to ERISA or otherwise.

 

Portfolio Company Service Providers” means an Infrastructure Asset of the Company or portfolio company of a KKR Vehicle engaged by the Company and its Infrastructure Assets to provide some or all of the following services (a) management services with respect to an Infrastructure Asset (i.e., management of operational services); (b) operational services with respect to an Infrastructure Asset (i.e., general management of an Infrastructure Asset’s day to day operations); (c) transaction support services with respect to actual or potential investments (including, without limitation, managing relationships with brokers and other potential sources of investments, identifying and sourcing potential investments, coordinating with investors, assembling relevant information, conducting financial and market analyses and modelling, coordinating closing/post-closing procedures for acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions, coordination of design and development activities, assistance with due diligence, marketing and distribution, overseeing brokers, lawyers, accountants and other advisors, providing in-house legal and accounting services, assistance with due diligence, preparation of project feasibilities, site visits and transaction consulting); (d) corporate support services (including, without limitation, accounts payable, accounting/audit (including valuation support services), account management, insurance, procurement, placement, brokerage, consulting, cash management, finance/budget, corporate secretarial services, data management, directorship services, domiciliation, human resources, information technology/systems support, internal compliance/KYC, judicial processes, legal, operational coordination (i.e., coordination with joint ventures partners), risk management, reporting, tax, tax analysis and compliance (e.g., CIT and VAT compliance), transfer pricing and internal risk control, treasury and valuation services); and (e) loan servicing and management (including, without limitation, monitoring, restructuring and work-out of performing, sub-performing and nonperforming loans, administrative services, and cash management).

 

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PPM” means the Company’s Confidential Private Placement Memorandum.


Profit” for any period means all items of Company income and gain for such period determined according to Section 8.3.

 

Reference Period” means the period ending March 31st, June 30th, September 30th or December 31st.

 

Regulatory Allocations” is defined in Section 9.3(e).

 

Registration Statement” means the Company’s registration statement on Form 10 filed with the SEC on September 30, 2022, as amended from time to time.

 

Regulated Broker-Dealer” means a U.S. registered broker-dealer or a non-U.S. equivalent thereof.

 

Regulated Broker-Dealer Fees” means any placement, underwriting, syndication, solicitation, arranger, dealer-manager, brokerage or other fees, including discounts, commissions and concessions, paid to a Regulated Broker-Dealer for Regulated Broker-Dealer Services.

 

Regulated Broker-Dealer Services” means services rendered by a Regulated Broker-Dealer in connection with the offer, sale, placement, underwriting, syndication, arrangement, structuring, restructuring, purchase, repurchase or exchange of securities or financing, or the effectuation of any securities or financing transactions.


Repurchase Arrangement” means the Repurchase Arrangement, attached hereto as Schedule D, as adopted by the Board of Directors from time to time with respect to the Company’s repurchase of Class E Shares, as such arrangement may be amended, modified, revised or restated from time to time.

 

Share Repurchase Plan” means the Share Repurchase Plan, attached hereto as Schedule A, as amended, modified, revised or restated from time to time.

 

SEC” means U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Senior Advisors” means the individuals providing advisory services to KKR or any of its Affiliates, investment funds, vehicles and accounts sponsored by KKR or any of its Affiliates and the portfolio companies of such funds, vehicles and accounts and who are designated as “Senior Advisors” by KKR.

 

Service Costs” means any amounts paid to the Manager or any of its Affiliates (or any of their respective employees or agents) by an Infrastructure Asset or any Person through which the Company invests in an Infrastructure Asset for local administration or management services related to such Infrastructure Asset or Person that (i) are determined by the Manager, acting in good faith, to be reasonably necessary in order to achieve beneficial legal, tax or regulatory treatment with respect to the relevant an Infrastructure Asset and (ii) would otherwise be payable to a third party for such services.

 

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Shares” is defined in Section 7.1(a). Shares may be Investor Shares or KKR Shares.

 

Similar Law” Any U.S. or non-U.S. federal, state, local or other law, regulation or established policy that could cause the underlying assets of the Company to be treated as assets of a Member by virtue of its Shares and thereby subject the Company and such Persons of the Company responsible for the operation of the Company and/or investment of the Company’s assets (as contemplated under this Agreement) to laws or regulations that are similar to the fiduciary responsibility or prohibited transaction provisions contained in Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

Special Approval” means approval by a majority of the Independent Directors, which may include the approval of the Audit Committee.

 

Subscription Agreement” means the document that a Person who buys Shares of the Company must execute and deliver with full payment for the Shares; provided, however, that a KKR Member may not be required to execute and deliver a Subscription Agreement in connection with such KKR Member’s acquisition of KKR Shares.

 

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, either (i) any corporation, company, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other Person in which such Person owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the outstanding equity securities or interests, the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such Person or (ii) a partnership of which such Person, or a Subsidiary of such Person, is a general partner, and a limited liability company of which such Person, or a Subsidiary of such Person, is a managing member.

 

Substitute Member” means any Assignee of Shares who is admitted to the Company as a Member pursuant to Section 10.3 of this Agreement.

 

Termination Fee” means a termination fee equal to three (3) times sum of (i) the average Management Fee earned by the Manager and (ii) the average annual Performance Participation Allocation received by KKR during the 24-month period immediately preceding the most recently completed calendar quarter prior to the date of termination of the Management Agreement.

 

Total Return” for any period since the end of the prior Reference Period shall equal the sum of:

 

i.              all distributions accrued or paid (without duplication) on Investor Shares outstanding at the end of such period since the beginning of the then-current Reference Period; plus

 

ii.            the change in aggregate NAV of such Investor Shares since the beginning of the Reference Period before giving effect to (x) changes resulting solely from the proceeds of issuances of the Investor Shares, (y) any allocation/accrual to the Performance Participation Allocation and (z) applicable Servicing Fee expenses (including any payments made to the Company for payment of such expenses).

 
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For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Total Return will (i) include any appreciation or depreciation in the NAV of Investor Shares issued during the then-current Reference Period, (ii) treat any withholding tax on distributions paid by or received by the Company as part of the distributions accrued or paid on Investor Shares, (iii) exclude the proceeds from the initial issuance of such Shares and (iv) exclude any taxes (whether paid, payable, accrued or otherwise) of any intermediate entity through which the Company indirectly invests in a portfolio company, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Manager.

 

Transaction Fee” means all fees (net of related expenses) paid directly or indirectly to the Manager or any of its Affiliates for investment banking or similar services rendered by, or on behalf of, the Manager or any of its Affiliates with respect to an Infrastructure Asset, including closing fees; provided that no amount paid to any Senior Advisor, Executive Advisor, Industry Advisor or KKR Advisor by any Person shall be a “Transaction Fee”; and provided further that if any interest in such Infrastructure Asset is issued to any KKR Vehicle or a person whose investment in such interest was offered, sold, placed, underwritten, syndicated, solicited or otherwise arranged by a Regulated Broker-Dealer, then only such portion of fees that is fairly allocable, based upon the nature of the transaction giving rise to the fee, to the investment of the Company in such Infrastructure Asset shall be included; and provided further that Transaction Fees shall exclude Management Fees, Capstone Fees, Monitoring Fees, Service Costs, Loan Servicing Fees, Asset Leasing Fees, Break-Up Fees and Regulated Broker-Dealer Fees, if any.

 

Treasury Regulations” means the Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code.

 

ARTICLE III
POWERS AND PURPOSE

 

Section 3.1            Purpose. The purpose of the Company is to (i) control and manage joint ventures that own majority stakes in Infrastructure Assets as well as, directly or indirectly, majority stakes in Infrastructure Assets, (ii) control and manage joint ventures that own influential yet non-majority stakes in Infrastructure Assets, and (iii) engage in such other lawful business or activity that may be engaged in by a limited liability company formed under the Act, as such businesses or other activities may be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. The Company intends to operate its business in a manner permitting it to maintain our exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, the Board of Directors is authorized to cause the Company to take any action in connection with maintaining such exemption without the consent of any other Person.

 

Section 3.2            No State Law Partnership. The Company is a Delaware limited liability company that will be treated as a partnership only for federal income tax purposes, and if applicable, state tax purposes, and no Member shall be deemed to be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member, for any purposes other than federal income tax purposes and, if applicable, state tax purposes, and this Agreement shall not be construed to suggest otherwise. The Members intend that the Company shall be treated as a partnership for federal and, if applicable, state income tax purposes, and each Member and the Company shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with such treatment; provided, however, the Manager may, in its sole discretion and without the consent of any other Person, cause the Company to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise to be taxed as an entity for federal income tax purposes and, if applicable, state income tax purposes.

 

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Section 3.3             Authority.

 

(a)           By executing the Subscription Agreement and subscribing for Shares, each Member hereby agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and any amendments or supplements thereto or cancellations thereof and authorizes and appoints with full power of substitution as such Member’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in such Member’s name, place and stead, the Manager and the Company, and each of their authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, to execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices, as may be required or advisable under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other applicable jurisdiction:

 

(i)            any and all certificates, instruments, agreements or other documents, whether related to this Agreement or otherwise, and any amendment of any thereof (including amendments reflecting the addition of any Person as a Member or any admission or substitution of other Members or the Capital Contribution made by any such Person or by any Member) and any other document, certificate or instrument required to be executed and delivered, at any time, in order to reflect the admission of any Member (including any Substitute Member);

 

(ii)           any other document, certificate or instrument required to reflect any action of the Members duly taken in the manner provided for in this Agreement, whether or not such Member voted in favor of or otherwise consented to such action;

 

(iii)          any other document, certificate or instrument that may be required by any regulatory body or other agency or the applicable laws of the United States, any state or any other jurisdiction in which the Company is doing or intends to do business or that the Board of Directors or the Manager deems necessary or advisable;

 

(iv)          any certificate of dissolution or cancellation of the Certificate that may be reasonably necessary to effect the termination of the Company;

 

(v)           any instrument or papers required to terminate the business of the Company pursuant to Article XVIII hereof; provided, however, that no such attorney-in-fact shall take any action as attorney-in-fact for any Member if such action could in any way increase the liability of such Member beyond the liability expressly set forth in this Agreement or alter the rights of such Member under Section 11.9, unless (in either case) such Member has given a power of attorney to such attorney-in-fact expressly for such purpose;

 

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(vi)          all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates, documents and other instruments that the Board of Directors determines to be necessary or appropriate to (i) make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Members hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or (ii) effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement; provided, that when required by Section 11.9 or any other provision of this Agreement that establishes a percentage of the Members or of the Members holding any Class of Shares required to take any action, the Manager and the Company, and each of their authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, may exercise the power of attorney made in this Section 3.3 only after the necessary vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action of the Members or of the Members holding such Class of Shares; and

 

(vii)         all elections, in its sole discretion, for U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax matters in respect of, or on behalf of, the Company.

 

(b)           Nothing contained in this Section 3.3 shall be construed as authorizing the Manager or the Company, or each of their authorized officers or attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, to amend, change or modify this Agreement except in accordance with Article XVII or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.

 

(c)           The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, not be affected by the subsequent death, incompetency, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy or termination of any Member and the transfer of all or any portion of such Member’s Shares and shall extend to such Member’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each Member hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the Manager or the Company, and each of their authorized officers or attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each Member, to the maximum extent permitted by law, hereby waives any and all defenses that may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the Manager or the Company, and each of their authorized officers or attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, taken in good faith under such power of attorney in accordance with this Section 3.3.

 

(d)          Each Member hereby agrees to execute and deliver to the Board of Directors promptly after receipt of the Board of Directors’ written request therefore, such other and further statements of interest and holdings, designations, and further statements of interest and holdings, designations, powers of attorney and other instruments that the Board of Directors deem necessary to comply with any laws, rules or regulations relating to the Company’s activities.

 

ARTICLE IV
RESIDENT AGENT AND PRINCIPAL OFFICE

 

The address of the Company’s registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o Maples Fiduciary Services (Delaware) Inc., 4001 Kennett Pike, Suite 302, County of New Castle, Wilmington, Delaware 19807. The name of the registered agent at such address is Maples Fiduciary Services (Delaware) Inc. The address of the principal office and place of business of the Company is 30 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001 (or at such other address as determined by the Board of Directors with notice to the Members). The Company may have such other offices or places of business as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

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ARTICLE V
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 5.1             Powers.

 

(a)           Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Board of Directors shall have complete and exclusive discretion to manage the business and affairs of the Company (including the rights and duties set forth in Article XV of this Agreement) and is authorized to and shall have all powers and rights necessary, appropriate or advisable to effectuate and carry out the purposes, investment policies and business of the Company. No Member, by reason of its status as such, shall have any authority to act for or bind the Company but shall have only the right to vote on or approve the actions specified herein to be voted on or approved by the Members or a specified Class or Classes thereof (if such Member owns Shares of that Class or Classes) or, to the extent not inconsistent with this Agreement, in the Act.

 

(b)          The Company shall have such officers as are provided for in Article VI. The Board of Directors may appoint, employ, or otherwise contract with such other Persons for the transaction of the business of the Company or the performance of services for or on behalf of the Company as it shall determine in its sole discretion. The Board of Directors may delegate to the Manager, the Executive Committee, any officer of the Company or the Manager, or to any such other Person such authority to act on behalf of the Company as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

 

(c)           Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, when the taking of such action has been authorized by the Board of Directors, any Director or officer of the Company or the Manager, or any other person specifically authorized by the Board of Directors, may execute any contract or other agreement or document on behalf of the Company and may execute on behalf of the Company and file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware any certificates or filings provided for in the Act.

 

Section 5.2             Number and Classification; Director Agreement.

 

(a)           Initially, the Board of Directors has six (6) members (the “Directors”), including three (3) Independent Directors and three (3) non-Independent Directors, appointed by Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares. The number of Directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares. Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares have additional authority over the number of Directors on the Board of Directors, as provided in Section 7.3(b). Each Director shall have the powers and authority of “managers” under the Act; provided that, notwithstanding the last sentence of Section 18-402 of the Act, except as provided in this Agreement or in a resolution of the Board of Directors, a Director may not bind the Company.

 

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(b)           The names of the Directors are set forth in the books and records of the Company. In addition to the books and records of the Company, the names of the initial Directors are set forth on Schedule C attached to this Agreement.

 

(c)           Subject to Section 5.2(a), Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares may increase the number of Directors and fill any vacancy, whether resulting from an increase in the number of Directors or otherwise, on the Board of Directors. Any and all vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled by Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares.

 

(d)           Except as otherwise provided by law or by this Agreement, Directors shall hold office until their successors are elected and duly qualified or until their earlier death, disability, resignation or removal.

 

Section 5.3             Committees.

 

(a)           Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the then total number of members of the Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors, which, to the extent provided in such resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise, subject to applicable law and this Agreement, the powers and authority of the Board of Directors. A majority of all the members of any such committee present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the committee. A majority of all the members of any such committee present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum exists may determine its action and fix the time and place, if any, of its meetings and specify what notice thereof, if any, shall be given, unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide. The Board of Directors shall have the power to change the members of any such committee at any time, to fill vacancies and to discharge any such committee, either with or without cause, at any time. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present or represented by proxy at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

 

(b)           The Board of Directors shall have an Audit Committee. Such committee shall have and exercise such power and authority as the Board of Directors shall specify from time to time. Upon consideration of the criteria contained in Section 10A(m)(3) and Rule 10A-3(b)(1) of the Exchange Act, and Section 303A of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, in each case including any amendments, replacements or successors thereto, each Director that is a member of such committee shall be an Independent Director. Each Director that is a member of such committee shall be “financially literate” pursuant to the requirements of Section 303A.07 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual, including any amendments, replacements or successors thereto.

 

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Section 5.4             Resignation or Removal.

 

(a)           Any Director may resign at any time by giving notice of such Director’s resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Secretary of the Board of Directors. Any such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if the time when it shall become effective shall not be specified therein, then it shall take effect immediately upon its receipt by the Company. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

(b)          Notwithstanding anything in the Agreement or other agreement, document or understanding to the contrary, any Director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares without the consent of the Board of Directors or any other Person.

 

Section 5.5            Meetings; Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary. The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or outside the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by any Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in the absence of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, by any Director on at least 24 hours’ (or less in times of emergency) notice to each Director, either personally or by telephone or by mail, telegraph, telex, cable, wireless or other form of electronic transmission or communication at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Notice of any such meeting need not be given to any Director, however, if waived by such Director in writing or by telegraph, telex, cable, wireless or other form of electronic transmission or communication, or if such Director shall be present at such meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting. Directors may participate in a meeting (including in a remote meeting) of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof in person or by proxy granted to another Director. Any such proxy may be granted in writing, by means of electronic transmission or as otherwise permitted by law. The Board of Directors may appoint a “Chairman,” “Vice Chairman” and “Secretary” of the Board of Directors, who shall have the powers and perform such duties as provided in this Agreement and as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. At each meeting of the Board of Directors, any Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in the absence of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Director chosen by a majority of the Directors present in person or represented by proxy, shall act as chairman of the meeting. In case the Secretary of the Board of Directors shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors, a Director or officer chosen by a majority of the Directors present in person or represented by proxy shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

Section 5.6            Remote Meeting. Members of the Board of Directors, or members of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in meetings of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, by means of telephone conference or similar communications equipment that allows all Persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

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Section 5.7           Compensation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of Directors or to establish policies for the compensation of Directors and for the reimbursement of expenses of Directors, in each case, in connection with services provided by Directors to the Company. The Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as Director. Payment of any compensation of Directors may be in cash and/or in Shares, in the discretion of the Board of Directors. No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings, or their service as committee members may be compensated as part of their stated salary as a Director.

 

Section 5.8           Quorum; Adjournment. Subject to the Section 5.10, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the then total number of Directors present in person or represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and, except as otherwise provided by law, or this Agreement, the act of a majority of the then total number of Directors (including action by proxy) shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the Directors present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall exist.

 

Section 5.9            Conflicts of Interest. If a Director elects to abstain from voting on any matter in which he or she has a conflict of interest, the vote of a majority of the then total number of Directors who have not so abstained shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.10          Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, as the case may be, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if a consent thereto is signed or transmitted electronically, as the case may be, by all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be. After any such action is taken, the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form or shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

ARTICLE VI
OFFICERS

 

Section 6.1             Officers.

 

(a)           The officers of the Company shall include a “Chief Executive Officer” who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors, and who shall hold office for such terms as shall be determined by the Board of Directors or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Any other officer of the Company shall be selected and designated pursuant to Section 6.1(b). Any vacancies occurring in any office of the Chief Executive Officer shall be filled by the Board of Directors in the same manner as such officers are appointed pursuant to this Section 6.1(a). Any vacancies occurring in any other offices shall be filled pursuant to Section 6.1(b). An officer of the Company may be removed from office with or without cause at any time by either (i) the Board of Directors or (ii) Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares.

 

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(b)          The Chief Executive Officer may, from time to time as he or she deems advisable, select and designate other officers of the Company and assign titles to any such Persons, including “President,” “Chief Operating Officer,” “Chief Investment Officer,” “Chief Financial Officer,” “General Counsel,” “Chief Legal Officer,” “Chief Administrative Officer,” “Chief Compliance Officer,” “Principal Accounting Officer,” “Vice President,” “Treasurer,” “Assistant Treasurer,” “Secretary,” “Assistant Secretary,” “General Manager,” “Senior Managing Director,” “Managing Director,” “Director” or “Principal.” Any vacancies occurring in any office other than the offices of Chief Executive Officer may be filled by the Chief Executive Officer in the same manner as such officers are appointed and selected pursuant to this Section 6.1.

 

Section 6.2            Delegation of Duties. Unless the Board of Directors determines otherwise, if a title is one commonly used for officers of a corporation incorporated under the DGCL, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such Person of the authorities and duties that are normally associated with that office. The Board of Directors may delegate to any officer any of the Board of Director’s powers to the extent permitted by applicable law, including the power to bind the Company. Any delegation pursuant to this Section 6.2 may be revoked at any time by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6.3            Officers as Agents. The officers, to the extent of their powers set forth under applicable law or this Agreement or otherwise vested in them by action of the Board of Directors not inconsistent with applicable law or this Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business and the actions of the officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company.

 

ARTICLE VII
SHARES; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 7.1             Shares.

 

(a)           A Member’s Membership Interest in the Company shall be represented by the “Share” or “Shares” held by such Member. Investor Shares will be offered monthly on a continuous basis at NAV per Share. Initially, there shall be (A) four classes of KKR Shares: (i) Class E Shares (as of the date hereof, there are no Class E Shares issued and outstanding), (ii) Class F Shares (as of the date hereof, there are no Class F Shares issued and outstanding), (iii) Class G Shares (as of the date hereof, there are 40 Class G Shares issued and outstanding all of which are owned by KKR Group Assets Holdings III), and (iv) Class H Shares (as of the date hereof, there are no Class H Shares issued and outstanding); and (B) five Classes of Investor Shares: (i) Class D Shares, (ii) Class I Shares, (iii) Class R Shares, (iv) Class S Shares and (v) Class U Shares. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, including Article XVII, Classes of Investor Shares shall be subject to such sales loads, servicing fees, distribution fees, dealer manager fees, commissions, other fees, and minimum investment requirements described below, as may be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time in its sole discretion and set forth in the Company’s PPM.

 

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(b)          Class E Shares, Class F Shares, Class G Shares and Class H Shares are not subject to the Management Fee or the Performance Participation Allocation. Subject to the terms of any Class Designation, any other Class of KKR Shares established pursuant to this Agreement after the date hereof will not be subject to the Management Fee or the Performance Participation Allocation.

 

(c)           For as long as the Management Agreement has not been terminated, the Class H Members may receive a Performance Participation Allocation from the Company.

 

(d)           Subject to any applicable minimum investment requirements, the Board of Directors may accept subscriptions for fractional Shares.

 

(e)           Each Class R Share held by a Class R Member shall automatically and without any action on the part of the Class R Member, the Board of Directors or any other Person thereof convert into a number of Class I Shares equal to the number of Class R Shares held by such Class R Member multiplied by the Class R Conversion Rate if the aggregate subscriptions of Class R Shares by Class R Members who subscribe through the same intermediary as the Class R Member is less than $250 million during the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement between the Dealer Manager and such intermediary. Simultaneously with any such conversion, the applicable Class R Member will automatically and without any action on the part of such Class R Member or any other Person be admitted to the Company as a Class I Member and shall cease to be a Class R Member.

 

Section 7.2             Establishment of New Classes; Authorized Shares.

 

(a)           In addition to the Class D Shares, the Class E Shares, the Class F Shares, the Class G Shares, the Class H Shares, the Class I Shares, the Class R Shares, the Class S Shares and the Class U Shares, the Board of Directors may, without the consent of any other Person, cause the Company to (i) create additional Classes of Shares, including Investor Shares and KKR Shares, having such terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers and duties (which rights or powers may be senior to existing Classes of Shares), as the Board of Directors shall determine, including, without limitation: (A) the right of any such Class of Shares to share in Company distributions; (B) the allocation to any such Class of Shares of items of Company income, gains, losses, deductions and credits; (C) the rights of any such Class of Shares upon dissolution of the Company; and (D) the right of any such Class of Shares to vote on matters relating to the Company and this Agreement and, (ii) issue Shares of any Class, including Investor Shares and KKR Shares, for such consideration, if any, as the Board of Directors may deem appropriate; provided, however, that the Board of Directors shall not effect any issuance of any additional Class G Shares or create any additional Classes of Shares, including Investor Shares and KKR Shares, with (I) any terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers or duties pari passu or senior to the terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers or duties of the Class G Shares (including, without limitation, those terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers and duties contemplated by Sections 5.2, 5.4, 6.1, 7.3, 11.1 and 11.8 of this Agreement), or (II) any voting rights different from voting rights granted to holders of any Class of Shares created and existing on the date hereof, without obtaining the prior written consent of Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares. The Members understand and agree that, except as otherwise provided for in this Section 7.2(a) or any other section of this Agreement, rights afforded to any additional Class of Shares (including, without limitation, rights to Company distributions) may be senior to and result in a reduction and/or dilution in the rights of then outstanding Shares. In connection with the creation of any additional Class of Shares, the Board of Directors shall, without the consent of any other Person, approve a Class designation (a “Class Designation”) setting forth the terms of such Class of Shares and, notwithstanding Section 17.2, may, without the consent of any other Person, amend this Agreement to reflect the terms of such Class of Shares. Any such Class Designation shall be attached as an annex to this Agreement.

 

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(b)          Subject to Section 7.2(a), the Board of Directors may cause the Company to issue any number of Shares of any Class, including KKR Shares and Investor Shares, without the consent of any Person; provided that no Class G Shares will be issued without the approval of the Class G Members representing a majority of the Class G Shares. Subject to the terms of any Class Designation and except as provided in Section 7.2(a), each Class of Investor Shares will have the same voting rights.

 

(c)           As set forth in the Management Agreement, the Management Fee may be paid, at the Manager’s election in cash or Class F Shares. To the extent that the Manager elects to receive any portion of the Management Fee in Class F Shares, the Company may repurchase such Class F Shares from the Manager at a later date pursuant to the Share Repurchase Plan.

 

(d)           To the extent that the Class H Member elects to receive any portion of the Performance Participation Allocation in Class F Shares, the Company may repurchase such Class F Shares from the Class H Member at a later date pursuant to the Share Repurchase Plan.

 

Section 7.3             Capital Contribution by the Class G Member; Powers of Class G Members.

 

(a)           As of the date hereof, the Initial Member, being the sole Class G Member on the date hereof, has made a Capital Contribution to the Company of $1,000 in exchange for the Company’s issuance to such Class G Member as of the date hereof of 40 Class G Shares. Subject to applicable law and except as may otherwise be agreed by the Company and such Class G Member, such Class G Member shall have no obligation to make any further capital contributions to the Company.

 

(b)          Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement that sets forth the right, preferences and powers of the Class G Shares, Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares shall have the following rights, preferences and powers:

 

(i)            to increase or decrease the number of Directors constituting the entire Board of Directors, as provided in Section 5.2(a);

 

(ii)           to appoint and elect the Directors and fill any vacancy, whether resulting from an increase in the number of Directors or otherwise, on the Board of Directors, as provided in Section 5.2(c);

 

(iii)          to remove any Director from office at any time, with or without cause, without the consent of the Board of Directors or any other Person, pursuant to Section 5.4;

 

(iv)          to remove any officer of the Company from office with or without cause at any time, pursuant to Section 6.1(a); and

 

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(v)           to call a special meeting of the Members, as provided in Section 11.1.

 

(c)           Except for the Class G Shares, no Class of Shares will have any rights, powers or preferences with respect to determining the number of Directors constituting the entire Board of Directors or the appointment, election, or removal of any Directors or officers of the Company.

 

(d)           Neither the Company nor the Board of Directors shall take any of the following actions without the consent of Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares:

 

(i)            effect any issuance of any additional Class G Shares or the creation of any Class of Shares with (I) any terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers or duties pari passu or senior to the terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers or duties of the Class G Shares (including, without limitation, those terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers and duties contemplated by Sections 5.2, 5.4, 11.1 and 11.8 of this Agreement), or (II) any voting rights different from voting rights granted to holders of any Class of Shares created and existing on the date hereof; or

 

(ii)           make any amendment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 17.1 or Section 17.2.

 

Section 7.4            Additional Capital Contributions. Subject to applicable law and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any Class Designation or as agreed by the Company and such Member, no Member shall be required to make any Capital Contribution in addition to the purchase price paid for such Member’s Shares.

 

Section 7.5           Offering of Shares. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Board of Directors shall have sole and complete discretion in determining the terms and conditions of the offer and sale of Shares and are hereby authorized and directed to do all things which the Board of Directors deems to be necessary, convenient, appropriate and advisable in connection therewith, including and the execution or performance of agreements with selling agents and others concerning the marketing of the Shares, all on such basis and upon such terms as the Board of Directors shall determine.

 

Section 7.6             Admission of Members.

 

(a)          No action or consent by any Members shall be required for the admission of Members to the Company. Subscriptions will be accepted or rejected by the Board of Directors and, if rejected, all funds shall be returned to such subscribers. The Board of Directors may refuse to accept subscriptions for Shares and contributions tendered therewith for any reason whatsoever.

 

(b)          A Person, other than a prospective KKR Member, shall be admitted as a Member and shall automatically be bound by this Agreement as a party hereto effective as at such time as determined by the Company and following (i) the execution by such Person of a Subscription Agreement or a counterpart thereof and (ii) such Person’s Subscription Agreement is accepted by the Company in the manner described therein. A prospective KKR Member shall be admitted to the Company as a Class E Member, Class F Member, Class G Member and/or Class H Member, as applicable, effective as at such time as determined by the Company and following the execution by such Person of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement or a Subscription Agreement; provided, however, that the admission of a new Class G Member shall require the approval of Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares.

 

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Section 7.7             Repurchase of Shares.

 

(a)           The Share Repurchase Plan in effect as of the date hereof is attached as Schedule A to this Agreement. The Board of Directors may, without the consent of any Person, amend, modify, revise or restate the Share Repurchase Plan from time to time and any such amendment, modification, revision or restatement of the Share Repurchase Plan shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement.

 

(b)           Class E Shares are not subject to the Share Repurchase Plan, including any repurchase limitations set forth therein. Class E Shares may be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the Repurchase Arrangement adopted by the Board of Directors. The Repurchase Arrangement in effect as of the date hereof is attached as Schedule D to this Agreement. The Board of Directors may, without the consent of any Person, amend, modify, revise or restate the Repurchase Arrangement from time to time and any such amendment, modification, revision or restatement of the Repurchase Arrangement shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement; provided, however that any such amendment, modification, revision or restatement that applies to Class E Shares shall require approval of the Class E Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class E Shares.

 

ARTICLE VIII
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS

 

Section 8.1            Company Capital. No Member shall be paid interest on any Capital Contribution to the Company or on such Member’s Capital Account, and no Member shall have any right (i) to demand the return of such Member’s Capital Contribution or any other distribution from the Company (whether upon resignation or otherwise), except upon dissolution of the Company pursuant to Section 18.2 hereof or pursuant to the Share Repurchase Plan or the Repurchase Arrangement, as applicable, (ii) to cause a partition of the Company’s assets, or (iii) to own or use any particular or individual assets of the Company.

 

Section 8.2            Establishment and Determination of Capital Accounts. A capital account (“Capital Account”) shall be established for each Member. The Capital Account of each Member shall consist of his, her or its Capital Contribution and shall be (i) increased by (a) the amount of any Company liabilities that are assumed by such Member, and (b) such Member’s share of Profits allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 9.2, (ii) decreased by (a) such Member’s share of Losses allocated to such Member pursuant to Section 9.2 and (b) any distributions to such Member (net of liabilities assumed by such Member and liabilities to which such property is subject) and (iii) adjusted as otherwise required by the Code and the regulations thereunder, including the rules of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). Any references in this Agreement to the Capital Account of a Member shall be deemed to refer to such Capital Account as the same may be increased or decreased from time to time as set forth above. In furtherance of the foregoing and in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.1061-3(c)(3)(ii)(B), the Company shall, (i) calculate separate allocations attributable to (A) the Performance Participation Allocation and any other distribution entitlements that are not commensurate with capital contributed to the Company, and (B) any distribution entitlements of the Members that are commensurate with capital contributed to the Company (in each case, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1061-3(c)(3)(ii)(B) and as reasonably determined by the Company), and (ii) consistently reflect each such allocation in its books and records.

 

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Section 8.3            Computation of Amounts. For purposes of computing the amount of any item of income, gain, loss, deduction or expense to be reflected in Capital Accounts, the determination, recognition and classification of each such item shall be the same as its determination, recognition and classification for federal income tax purposes; provided that:

 

(i)            any income that is exempt from Federal income tax shall be added to such taxable income or losses;

 

(ii)           any expenditures of the Company described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), shall be subtracted from such taxable income or losses;

 

(iii)          if the Book Value of any Company property is adjusted pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(e) (in connection with a distribution of such property) or (f) (in connection with a revaluation of Capital Accounts), then the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such property;

 

(iv)          if property that is reflected on the books of the Company has a Book Value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such property, then depreciation, amortization and gain or loss with respect to such property shall be determined by reference to such Book Value; and

 

(v)           the computation of all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and expense shall be made without regard to any election pursuant to Section 754 of the Code that may be made by the Company, unless the adjustment to basis of Company property pursuant to such election is reflected in Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(m).

 

Section 8.4            Negative Capital Accounts. No Member shall be required to pay to the Company or any other Member any deficit or negative balance which may exist from time to time in such Member’s Capital Account.

 

Section 8.5            Adjustments to Book Value. The Company shall adjust the Book Value of its assets to fair market value in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section l.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(f) as of the following times: (a) at the Board of Directors’ discretion, in connection with the issuance of Shares and the computation of NAV; (b) at the Board of Directors’ discretion, in connection with the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of Company assets, including cash, if as a result of such distribution, such Member’s interest in the Company is reduced (including a redemption); and (c) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1 (b)(2)(ii)(g). Any such increase or decrease in Book Value of an asset made pursuant to Section 8.5(a) or (b) shall, as a matter of administrative convenience, occur on a quarterly basis to take into consideration the contributions by and distributions to Members over the course of a given quarter. Furthermore, any such increase or decrease in Book Value of an asset shall be allocated as a Profit or Loss to the Capital Accounts of the Members under Section 9.2 (determined immediately prior to the issuance of the new Shares or the distribution of assets in an ownership reduction transaction).

 

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Section 8.6            Compliance With Section 1.704-1(b). The provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Section 1.704-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations, and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Treasury Regulations. If the Board of Directors determines that it is prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any debits or credits thereto (including debits or credits relating to liabilities which are secured by contributed or distributed property or which are assumed by the Company or any Member), are computed in order to comply with such regulations, the Board of Directors may make such modification, provided that it is not likely to have a material effect on the amount distributable to any Member pursuant to Section 9.1 on the dissolution of the Company. The Board of Directors also shall (a) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Members and the amount of Company capital reflected on the Company’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(iv)(g), and (b) make any appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b).

 

Section 8.7            Transfer of Capital Accounts. The original Capital Account established for each substituted Member shall be in the same amount as the Capital Account of the Member (or portion thereof) to which such substituted Member succeeds, at the time such substituted Member is admitted to the Company. The Capital Account of any Member whose interest in the Company shall be increased or decreased by means of the transfer of Shares. Any reference in this Agreement to a Capital Contribution of or distribution to a Member that has succeeded any other Member shall include any Capital Contributions or distributions previously made by or to the former Member on account of its Shares.

 

ARTICLE IX
DISTRIBUTIONS; ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES

 

Section 9.1             Generally.

 

(a)           Subject to the provisions of Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Act and the payment of the Performance Participation Allocation, the Board of Directors shall have sole discretion regarding the amounts and timing of distributions to Members, in each case subject to the retention of, or payment to third parties of, such funds or reserves as the Board of Directors deems necessary with respect to anticipated business needs of the Company which shall include (but not by way of limitation) the payment or the making of provision for the payment when due of Company obligations, including the payment of any management or administrative fees and expenses or any other obligations.

 

(b)           Company distributions may exceed Company earnings and cash flow from operating activities and may be paid from borrowings, offering proceeds and other sources.

 

(c)           Subject to the rights of any holders of Shares specified in any Class Designation and the terms of any Class of Shares specified herein or in any Class Designation, distributions of cash shall be paid to the holders of record of such Shares as of the applicable record date established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 11.3(c) pro rata in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests on such record date.

 

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(d)           Cash distributions to holders of Shares pursuant to Section 9.1(c) are subject to the terms of the DRIP and such cash distributions will automatically be reinvested under the DRIP in additional whole and fractional Shares unless such holders have elected in their Subscription Agreement to receive distributions in cash. Members may terminate their participation in the DRIP with prior written notice to the Company. Under the DRIP, distributions in respect of Shares are reinvested in Shares of the same Class for a purchase price equal to the most recently available NAV per Share.

 

(e)           The DRIP in effect as of the date hereof is attached as Schedule B to this Agreement. The Board of Directors may, without the consent of any Person, amend, modify, revise or restate the DRIP from time to time and any such amendment, modification, revision or restatement of the DRIP shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no distribution shall be made to a Member if and to the extent that such distribution would violate the Act or other applicable law.

 

Section 9.2             Allocation of Profit and Loss.

 

(a)           For each fiscal year of the Company, after adjusting each Member’s Capital Account for all Capital Contributions and distributions during such fiscal year and all special allocations pursuant to Section 9.3 with respect to such fiscal year, all Profits and Losses (including special allocations of distribution fees and other than Profits and Losses specially allocated pursuant to Section 9.3) shall be allocated to the Members’ Capital Accounts in a manner such that, as of the end of such fiscal year, the Capital Account of each Member (which may be either a positive or negative balance) shall be equal to the amount which would be distributed to such Member if the Company were to liquidate all of its assets for the Book Value thereof and distributed the proceeds thereof pursuant to the order of priorities set forth herein, minus such Member’s share of Company Minimum Gain and Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, computed immediately prior to the hypothetical liquidation of the Company’s assets.

 

(b)          The Company shall separately track and reflect on its books and records Company Expenses allocable to a single Class (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Management Fees), as determined by the Manager in good faith, and allocate such Company Expenses to such Class.

 

Section 9.3            Special Allocations. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.2:

 

(a)           Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated to the Members, pro rata in proportion to the value of their respective interests in the Company, as determined by the Board of Directors. If there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during any taxable year, each Member shall be specially allocated items of taxable income or gain for such taxable year (and, if necessary, subsequent taxable years) in an amount equal to such Member’s share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(g) (subject to the exceptions thereunder). The items to be so allocated shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f)(6). This paragraph is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

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(b)           Member Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated in the manner required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i). Except as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain during any taxable year, each Member that has a share of such Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be specially allocated items of taxable income or gain for such taxable year (and, if necessary, subsequent taxable years) in an amount equal to that Member’s share of the net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain (subject to the exceptions thereunder). Items to be allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(i)(4) and 1.704-2(j)(2). This paragraph is intended to comply with the minimum gain chargeback requirements in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(c)           If any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of taxable income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the adjusted capital account deficit (determined according to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)) created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible. This paragraph is intended to comply with the qualified income offset requirements in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

 

(d)           No allocation of Loss shall be made pursuant to Section 9.2 to the extent that it causes or increases a deficit balance in any Member’s Adjusted Capital Account. To the extent any allocation of Loss would cause the Adjusted Capital Account balance of any of the Members to have a deficit balance, such Loss shall be allocated to the Members with positive balances in their Adjusted Capital Accounts in proportion with such relative positive Adjusted Capital Account balances.

 

(e)           The allocations set forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) above (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations under Code Section 704.

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 9.3 (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating Profits and Losses among Members so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations of Profits and Losses and other items and the Regulatory Allocations (including Regulatory Allocations that, although not yet made, are expected to be made in the future) to each Member shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to such Member if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred.

 

Section 9.4             Amounts Withheld. All amounts withheld pursuant to Section 9.10 from any distribution to a Member shall be treated as amounts distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 9.1 for all purposes under this Agreement.

 

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Section 9.5             Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c).

 

(a)           The income, gains, losses, deductions and expenses of the Company shall be allocated, for federal, state and local income tax purposes, among the Members in accordance with the allocation of such income, gains, losses, deductions and expenses among the Members for computing their Capital Accounts, except that if any such allocation is not permitted by the Code or other applicable law, the Company’s subsequent income, gains, losses, deductions and expenses shall be allocated among the Members so as to reflect as nearly as possible the allocations set forth herein in computing their Capital Accounts.

 

(b)          In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss, deduction and expense with respect to any property contributed to the capital of the Company shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its fair market value at the time of contribution using any reasonable method (including the “traditional method”) provided for in the Treasury Regulations as selected by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion.

 

(c)           If the Book Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to Section 8.5, subsequent allocations of items of taxable income, gain, loss, deduction and expense with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Book Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c). Any elections or other decisions relating to such allocations shall be made by the Board of Directors in any manner that reasonably reflects the purpose and intent of this Agreement. Allocations pursuant to this Section 9.5 are solely for purposes of federal, state and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items or distributions pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.6            Allocation of Income and Loss. All items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit allocable to any interest in the Company shall be allocated on a monthly basis based upon the results of Company operations during such month, without regard to whether cash distributions were made to the Member during such calendar month; however, such allocation shall be made in accordance with a method permissible under Code Section 704(c) and the regulations thereunder.

 

Section 9.7            Preparation of Tax Returns. The Board of Directors shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns with respect to Company income, gains, deductions, losses and other items required of the Company for federal and state income tax purposes and shall use all reasonable effort to furnish the tax information reasonably required by Members for federal and state income tax reporting purposes pursuant to Section 12.

 

Section 9.8            Tax Elections. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Manager shall, in its sole discretion, determine whether to make any available election pursuant to the Code. The Manager shall have the right to seek to revoke any such election, including any election related to the matters described in Section 3.2 upon the Manager’s determination in its sole discretion.

 

Section 9.9             Tax Matters.

 

(a)           The Board of Directors shall designate the “partnership representative” (the “Partnership Representative”) within the meaning of Section 6223(a) of the Code with respect to operations conducted by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. The Partnership Representative, subject to prior approval by the Board of Directors, is authorized and required to represent the Company (at the expense of the Company) in connection with all examinations of the affairs of the Company by any U.S. federal, state or local tax authorities, including any resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, to expend funds of the Company for professional services and costs associated therewith and may act as or appoint an individual to act as a “designated individual” on behalf, and subject to the direction and control, of the Partnership Representative in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 301.6223-1. The Partnership Representative, subject to prior approval by the Board of Directors, shall be authorized to take any actions necessary under the Code (or any similar state, local or foreign law) that it deems appropriate in its sole discretion, including making an election under Section 6226(a) of the Code with respect to any imputed underpayment. This Section 9.9 shall survive the dissolution, winding-up and termination of the Company, and each Member’s obligations pursuant to this Section 9.9 shall survive such Member’s ceasing to be a Member of the Company.

 

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Section 9.10          Withholding. Each Member hereby indemnifies the Company for and authorizes the Company to withhold from or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Member any amount of federal, state, local or foreign taxes that the Board of Directors determines, in its sole discretion, that the Company is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable to such Member pursuant to this Agreement, including any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Company, including pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446, 1471, 1472 or 6226 of the Code. This Section 9.10 shall survive the dissolution, winding-up and termination of the Company, and each Member’s obligations pursuant to this Section 9.10 shall survive such Member’s ceasing to be a Member of the Company.

 

ARTICLE X
RESTRICTION ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP OF UNITS

 

Section 10.1          Resignation of a Member. Other than as provided in Section 10.8 with respect to KKR Members, a Member may resign from the Company only by having all of such Member’s Shares repurchased pursuant to Section 10.9 or pursuant to the Share Repurchase Plan or Repurchase Arrangement, as applicable, or by assigning all of such Member’s Shares in accordance with this Article X. The resignation of a Member shall not, in and of itself, dissolve or terminate the Company. In the event that a Member ceases to be a member of the Company because of death, legal incompetence, dissolution or other termination, the estate, legal representative or successor of such Member shall be deemed to be the Assignee of the Shares of such Member and may become a Substitute Member only upon compliance with the provisions of Section 10.3. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, no Class G Share may be redeemed, repurchased, Assigned, or otherwise transferred without the prior written consent of the KKR Member that is the holder thereof; and any purported redemption, repurchase, Assignment or other transfer without such consent shall be null and void to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

Section 10.2           Assignment.

 

(a)           Subject to the provisions of Sections 10.2(b) and (c), 10.3 and 10.5 of this Agreement, any Member may Assign all or any portion of the Shares owned by such Member to any Person (the “Assignee”); provided, that:

 

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(i)            such Member and such Assignee shall each execute a written Assignment instrument, which shall:

 

(A)         set forth the terms of such Assignment;

 

(B)          evidence the acceptance by the Assignee to be bound by all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement;

 

(C)          include a representation by both such Member and such Assignee that such Assignment was made in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations (including such minimum investment and investor suitability requirements as may then be applicable under state securities laws); and

 

(D)          otherwise be satisfactory in form and substance to the Board of Directors.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Board of Directors shall specifically consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, no Shares may be Assigned:

 

(i)            to a minor or incompetent (unless a guardian, custodian or conservator has been appointed to handle the affairs of such Person);

 

(ii)           to any Person if such Assignment would affect the Company’s existence or qualification as a limited liability company under the Act or the applicable laws of any other jurisdiction in which the Company is then conducting business;

 

(iii)          to any Person not permitted to be an Assignee under applicable law, including applicable federal and state securities laws;

 

(iv)          if such Assignment would result in the transfer of less than 1 Share (unless such Assignment is of all of the Shares owned by such Member);

 

(v)           if such Assignment would result in the retention by such Member of less than 1 Share; or

 

(vi)          if, in the reasonable belief of the Board of Directors, such Assignment might violate applicable law.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Shares may be Assigned if, in the determination of the Board of Directors, such Assignment would not be in the best interests of the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempt to make any Assignment of Shares in violation of this Section 10.2(b) shall be null and void ab initio.

 

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(c)           Assignments made in accordance with this Section 10.2 shall be considered consummated upon satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions of this Section 10.2 shall have been satisfied.

 

Section 10.3          Substitution.

 

(a)           An Assignee shall be admitted to the Company as a Substitute Member upon the applicable Assignment being considered consummated pursuant to Section 10.2(c) and the satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

(i)            the Board of Directors has reasonably determined that all conditions specified in Section 10.2 have been satisfied and that no adverse effect to the Company does or may result from such admission; and

 

(ii)           such Assignee shall have executed a transfer agreement and such other forms as the Board of Directors reasonably may require to determine compliance with this Article X, and shall be deemed to have authorized and appointed with full power of substitution as its, his or her true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its, his or her name, place and stead, the Manager and the Company, and each of their authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, to take such actions as set forth in Section 3.3.

 

(b)           An Assignee who does not become a Substitute Member in accordance with this Section 10.3 and who desires to make a further Assignment of its, his or her Shares shall be subject to all the provisions of Article X to the same extent and in the same manner as a Member desiring to make an Assignment of Shares. Failure or refusal of the Board of Directors to admit an Assignee as a Substitute Member shall in no way affect the right of such Assignee to receive distributions and the share of the Profits or Losses for tax purposes to which its, his or her predecessor in interest would have been entitled in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Section 10.4          Status of an Assigning Member. Any Member that shall Assign all of its, his or her Shares shall be deemed to have resigned from the Company as a Member, cease to be a Member and shall no longer have any of the rights or privileges of a Member.

 

Section 10.5          Further Restrictions on Transfers. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, the following restrictions shall also apply to any and all proposed sales, assignments and transfer of Shares, and any proposed sale, assignment or transfer in violation of same shall be, to the fullest extent permitted by law, void ab initio, unless otherwise waived by the Board of Directors.

 

(a)           No Member shall make any transfer or assignment of all or any part of its, his or her Shares if said transfer or assignment, when considered with all other transfers during the same applicable 12 month period, would, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, result in the termination of the Company’s status as a partnership, or cause the Company to be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a corporation for federal or state income tax purposes.

 

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(b)           No Member shall make any transfer or assignment of all or any of its, his or her Shares unless the transferee that would have been qualified to purchase Shares in the offering of Shares. The Board of Directors may require that transferees acquire or hold a minimum number of Shares.

 

(c)           Each Member that is a legal entity acknowledges that its management shall have a fiduciary responsibility for the safekeeping and use of all funds and assets of any assignee to all or a portion of its interest as a Member, and that the management of each Member that is a legal entity shall not employ, or permit another to employ such funds or assets that are attributable to any assignee of all or a portion of such Member’s interest as a Member in any manner except for the exclusive benefit of the assignee. Each Member agrees that it will not contract away the foregoing fiduciary duty.

 

Section 10.6          Elimination or Modification of Restrictions. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Article X, the Board of Directors may amend this Agreement without the consent of any Person to eliminate or modify any restriction on substitution of Members or assignment of Shares at such time as the restriction is no longer necessary or advisable.

 

Section 10.7          Records. The Board of Directors shall cause the Membership List to be updated to reflect changes in the Members accomplished in accordance with this Agreement, which updates shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement.

 

Section 10.8         Authorization to Redeem KKR Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement but subject to the Act and any applicable limitations set forth in the Share Repurchase Plan or in the Repurchase Arrangement, the Company is hereby authorized to redeem all or any portion of the KKR Shares upon such terms and conditions as the Company and the applicable KKR Member may agree from time to time without the consent of any other Person. A KKR Member that shall have all of such KKR Member’s KKR Shares redeemed by the Company shall cease to be a KKR Member and shall no longer have any of the rights or privileges of a KKR Member.

 

Section 10.9           Mandatory Repurchases.

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement but subject to the Act, the Board of Directors may cause the Company to repurchase from time to time all or any portion of the Shares of a Member without the consent or action by such Member or any other Person if the Board of Directors determines that:

 

(i)            the Shares have been transferred in violation of this Agreement, or have vested in any Person by operation of law as a result of the death, divorce, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or adjudicated incompetence of the Member;

 

(ii)           any transferee does not meet any investor eligibility requirements established by the Company from time to time;

 

(iii)          ownership of Shares by a Member or other Person is likely to cause the Company to be in violation of, or require registration of the Shares under, or subject the Company to additional registration or regulation under, the securities, commodities, or other laws of the U.S. or any other jurisdiction in the world, including without limitation the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

 

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(iv)          continued ownership of the Shares by a Member may be harmful or injurious to the business or reputation of the Company, the Manager, KKR, or any of their Affiliates, or may subject the Company or any Member to an undue risk of adverse tax or other fiscal or regulatory consequences;

 

(v)           any of the representations and warranties made by a Member or other Person in connection with the acquisition of Shares was not true when made or has ceased to be true;

 

(vi)          with respect to a Member subject to special laws or regulations, the Member is likely to be subject to additional regulatory or compliance requirements under these special laws or regulations by virtue of continuing to hold any Shares;

 

(vii)         it would be in the interest of the Company for the Company to repurchase the Shares; or

 

(viii)        continued ownership of any Shares by a Member all or any portion of the assets of the Company may be characterized as assets of a Plan for purposes of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any applicable Similar Law.

 

(b)           Shares repurchased pursuant to Section 10.9(a) will be repurchased at a price equal to the transaction price, of the Class of Shares being repurchased on the date of such repurchase, which will be equal to the Company’s most recently published NAV per Share for the applicable Class of Shares unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion. Members whose Shares are repurchased by the Company will not be entitled to a return of any amount of sales load that was charged in connection with such Member’s purchase of such Shares. If the Company requires the mandatory repurchase of any Shares of any Member, such repurchase will not be subject to the repurchase limits under the Share Repurchase Plan, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion. A Member that shall have all of such Member’s Shares repurchased by the Company shall cease to be a Member and shall no longer have any of the rights or privileges of a Member.

 

(c)           From time to time, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and without the consent of any other Person, assign the Company’s right to repurchase Shares pursuant to this Section 10.9 to KKR or its Affiliates.

 

ARTICLE XI
MEMBERS, MEETINGS AND VOTING RIGHTS OF THE MEMBERS

 

Section 11.1          Special Meetings of Members. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any Class of Shares, special meetings of the Members or any Class thereof for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only by or at the direction of (i) the Board of Directors or (ii) Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares. A special meeting shall be held at a time and place determined by (i) the Board of Directors in its sole discretion if the Board of Directors has called such special meeting, or (ii) by the Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares in their sole discretion if the Class G Members have called such special meeting, on a date not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days after notice of the meeting is given. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Persons calling the special meeting shall have full power and authority concerning the satisfaction of the foregoing requirements of this Section 11.1 and any similar matters.

 

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Section 11.2          Notice of Meetings. If required by law, whenever Members are required to take any action at a meeting of Members, a notice in writing or by electronic transmission of the meeting, which shall state the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which Members and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the Members entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining Members entitled to notice of the meeting, shall be mailed to or transmitted electronically by the secretary or other officer of the Company to each Member of record entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the Members entitled to notice of the meeting. Unless otherwise provided by law or this Agreement, any such notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each Member entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the Members entitled to notice of the meeting.

 

Section 11.3           Record Date.

 

(a)           In order that the Company may determine the Members entitled to notice of any meeting of Member or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the Members entitled to vote at or attend such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determinations. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining Members entitled to notice of or to vote at or attend a meeting of Members shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of Members of record entitled to notice of or to vote at or attend a meeting of Members shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of Members entitled to vote at or attend the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for Members entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of Members entitled to vote in accordance herewith at or attend the adjourned meeting.

 

(b)           In order that the Company may determine the Members entitled to express consent to Company action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date for determining Members entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for such purpose shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Company in accordance with applicable law.

 

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(c)           In order that the Company may determine the Members entitled to receive payment of any distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of Shares or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than 60 days prior to such action. If no such record date is fixed, the record date for determining Members for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

Section 11.4          Conduct of Meeting. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Board of Directors shall have full power and authority concerning the manner of conducting any meeting of the Members or solicitation of written consents in lieu of a meeting of Members, including the determination of Persons entitled to vote, the existence of a quorum, the satisfaction of the requirements of Section 11.1, the conduct of voting, the validity and elect of any proxies, the determination of any controversies, votes or challenges arising in connection with or during the meeting or voting and similar matters. The Board of Directors shall designate a Person to serve as chairman of any meeting, who, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall, among other things, be entitled to exercise the powers of the Board of Directors set forth in this Section. The Board of Directors may make such other regulations consistent with applicable law and this Agreement as it may deem necessary or advisable concerning the conduct of any meeting of the Members or solicitation of Member action by written consent in lieu of a meeting, including regulations in regard to the appointment of proxies, the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes and approvals, the submission and examination of proxies and other evidence of the right to vote, and the revocation of ballots, proxies and written consents.

 

Section 11.5          Adjournment. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting and a new record date need not be fixed, if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless such adjournment shall be for more than 30 days. At the adjourned meeting, the Company may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Member entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of Members entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining Members entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of Members entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each Member of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

 

Section 11.6          Quorum. The Members holding a majority of the outstanding Shares of the Class or Classes entitled to vote at a meeting (including Shares owned by the KKR Members) represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of Members of such Class or Classes unless any such action by the Members requires approval by Members holding a greater percentage of such Shares, in which case the quorum shall be such greater percentage. At any meeting of Members duly called and held in accordance with this Agreement at which a quorum is present, the act of Members holding outstanding Shares that in the aggregate represents a majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote at such meeting shall be deemed to constitute the act of all Members, unless a greater or different percentage is required with respect to such action under this Agreement or applicable law, in which case the act of the Members holding outstanding Shares that in the aggregate represents at least such greater or different percentage of the voting power shall be required. The Members present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Members to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by the required percentage of the outstanding Shares specified in this Agreement (including Shares owned by the KKR Members). In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of Members may be adjourned from time to time by the affirmative vote of Members holding at least a majority of the Shares present and entitled to vote at such meeting (including Shares owned by the KKR Members) represented either in person or by proxy, but no other business may be transacted, except as provided in Section 11.5.

 

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Section 11.7           Proxies. The Board of Directors may adopt procedures with respect to the use of proxies at any meeting of Members.

 

Section 11.8         Member Action Without a Meeting. If consented to by the Board of Directors in writing (which consent shall not be required with respect to any action to be taken solely by the Class G Members), any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Members entitled to vote may be taken without a meeting, without a vote and without prior notice, if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken are signed by Members owning not less than the minimum percentage of the outstanding Shares (including Shares owned by the KKR Members) that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all the Members entitled to vote were present and voted.

 

Section 11.9           Limited Voting Rights of the Members.

 

Subject to the terms of any Class Designation, the Members (other than the KKR Members) shall be entitled to vote only on the following matters specified in this Section 11.9, and shall otherwise have no voting rights whatsoever with respect to the Company:

 

(a)           The Company shall not merge, consolidate, convert, or divide (pursuant to Section 18-217 of the Act) without the consent of Members holding a majority of the outstanding Shares of all Classes.

 

(b)           Any amendments to this Agreement requiring the consent of the Members pursuant to Section 17.2.

 

ARTICLE XII
BOOKS AND RECORDS, REPORTS AND RETURNS

 

Section 12.1          Tax Information. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts, at the Company’s expense, to cause to be prepared and distributed to the Members not later than 75 days after the end of the Company’s fiscal year, copies of Schedule K-1 for such Member. Each Member shall, including any time after such Member resigns as or otherwise ceases to be a Member, file its income tax returns in a manner consistent with the tax information provided to them by the Company (including on IRS Forms 1065 and Schedule K-1).

 

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Section 12.2          Annual Report. The Company shall cause to be prepared at least annually, at Company expense, audited financial statements of the Company, together with a report of the Company’s independent auditors thereupon, within 120 days after the end of the Company’s fiscal year.

 

Section 12.3          Filings. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the income tax returns for the Company to be prepared and timely filed with the appropriate authorities (with due regard for any extension of time for filing any such income tax returns as elected by the Company). The Company shall also use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be prepared and timely filed, with appropriate federal and state regulatory and administrative bodies, all reports required to be filed with those entities under then current applicable laws, rules and regulations. The reports shall be prepared by the accounting or reporting basis required by the regulatory bodies. Any Member shall be provided with a copy of any of the reports upon request without expense to him or her. The Company shall file, with the administrators for the various states in which the Company is registered, as required by such states, a copy of each report referred to in this Article XII.

 

Section 12.4          Method of Accounting. The accrual method of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”), shall be used for both income tax purposes and financial reporting purposes; provided, however, the Board of Directors may change the method of accounting from time to time to the extent that such change is permitted (under the Code and US GAAP) and disclosed in a report publicly filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission or as disclosed in a written notice sent to Members.

 

ARTICLE XIII
MANAGER; ADVISOR

 

Section 13.1           Appointment and Initial Manager; Authorization of Payments to Manager.

 

(a)           As set forth in the Management Agreement, the Company hereby designates KKR DAV Manager LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of KKR as of the date hereof, as the initial Manager.

 

(b)           In consideration for the services to be provided by the Manager hereunder and under the Management Agreement, the Company is hereby authorized to pay to the Manager the Management Fee. In addition to the Management Fee, the Company is authorized to pay all other costs and expenses of its operations, including compensation of its directors, employees and employees of the Manager, custodial expenses, leveraging expenses, transfer agent expenses, legal fees, expenses of independent auditors, expenses of its periodic repurchases, expenses of preparing, printing and distributing prospectuses, shareholder reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to governmental agencies and taxes, if any.

 

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Section 13.2           Supervision of Manager Compensation and the Manager.

 

(a)           The Board of Directors may exercise broad discretion in allowing the Manager to administer and regulate the operations of the Company, to act as agent for the Company and to make executive decisions that conform to general policies and principles established by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall monitor the Manager to assure that the administrative procedures, operations and programs of the Company are in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(b)           The Board of Directors is responsible for determining the compensation paid to the Manager, including any compensation paid pursuant to the Management Agreement. The Board of Directors may consider all factors that they deem relevant in making these determinations.

 

Section 13.3          Management Agreement. The Company shall comply with all of its duties and obligations under the Management Agreement. Upon termination of the Management Agreement, the Company shall pay the Termination Fee to the Class H Members, pro rata in proportion to the Class H Percentage Interest of such Class H Members.

 

Section 13.4          Organization and Offering Expenses. The Company shall reimburse the Manager for any organizational and offering costs incurred by the Manager on behalf of the Company prior to the commencement of operations of the Company (including legal, accounting, printing, mailing, subscription processing and filing fees and expenses, due diligence expenses of participating broker-dealers supported by detailed and itemized invoices, costs in connection with preparing sales materials, design and website expenses, fees and expenses of the Company).

 

Section 13.5          Reimbursement for Company Expenses and Expenses of Infrastructure Assets. The Company shall reimburse the Manager and its Affiliates for any Company Expenses incurred on behalf of the Company.

 

ARTICLE XIV
VALUATION

 

Section 14.1          Review of Policies and Procedures. The Board of Directors may review the valuation policies and procedures of the Company from time to time to determine that the policies and procedures being followed by the Company at any time are in the best interests of its Members. Each such determination and the basis therefor shall be set forth in the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 14.2          Valuation.

 

(a)           The Company shall determine the NAV of its Shares monthly. The NAV per Share of each Class of the Company’s Shares shall be determined by dividing the total assets of the Company (the value of investments, plus cash or other assets, including interest and distributions accrued but not yet received) attributable to such Class less the value of any liabilities (including accrued expenses or distributions) of such Class, by the total number of Shares outstanding of such Class.

 

(b)           The Board of Directors is responsible for the valuation process and hereby delegates the supervision of the valuation process to the Manager. The Board of Directors has adopted policies and procedures for determining the fair value of the Company’s assets, and hereby delegates responsibility for applying the valuation policies to the Manager. The Manager, pursuant to the policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Company’s valuation policies, overseeing the calculation of the NAV per Share for each Class of Shares and reporting to the Board of Directors. The Manager shall provide the Board of Directors with periodic reports on a quarterly basis, or more frequently if necessary, describing the valuation process applicable to that period.

 

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(c)           The Company’s Infrastructure Assets will be valued at fair value in a manner consistent with US GAAP.


(d)          From time to time, the Board of Directors and the Manager may adopt changes to the valuation policies and procedures if they determine that such changes are likely to result in a more accurate reflection of estimated fair value.

 

ARTICLE XV
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

 

Section 15.1           Generally; Specific Authorization.

 

(a)           The Company shall not consummate any sale of an Infrastructure Asset to, or acquisition of an Infrastructure Asset from KKR, any KKR Vehicle or any of their respective Affiliates unless such transaction (A) is on terms no less favorable to the Company than could have been obtained on an arm’s length basis from an unrelated third party and (B) has been approved in advance by (x) the Executive Committee and (y) Special Approval.

 

(b)           Unless otherwise expressly provided for in this Article XV, whenever a potential conflict of interest exists or arises, any resolution or course of action by the Board of Directors, the Manager or Affiliates of the Manager (including KKR and the KKR Vehicles) in respect of such conflict of interest shall be permitted and deemed approved by all Members, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement, of any agreement contemplated herein, or of any duty otherwise existing hereunder, at law or in equity, if the resolution or course of action in respect of such conflict of interest is (i) approved by Special Approval, (ii) determined by the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, to be on terms which are, in the aggregate, no less favorable to the Company than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties, (iii) determined by the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, to be fair and reasonable to the Company, taking into account the totality of the relationships between the parties involved (including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to the Company) or (iv) approved by the vote of Members owning a majority of the Investor Shares (excluding Investor Shares owned by KKR and its Affiliates). The Board of Directors or the Manager shall be authorized but not required, in connection with its resolution of such conflict of interest, to seek Special Approval or Member approval of such conflict of interest, and the Board of Directors or the Manager may also adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval or Member approval. Failure to seek Special Approval shall not be deemed to indicate that a conflict of interest exists for that Special Approval could not have been obtained. Whenever the Board of Directors or the Manager makes a determination to refer or not to refer any potential conflict of interest to the Audit Committee for Special Approval, to seek or not to seek Member approval, or to adopt or not to adopt a resolution or course of action that has not received Special Approval or approval by the Members, then the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, shall be entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to make such determination or to take or decline to take such other action free of any duty or obligation whatsoever to the Company, any Member or any other Person bound by this Agreement, and the Board of Directors and the Manager, as applicable, shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard or duty imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Act or any other law, rule or regulation or in equity, and the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, in making such determination or taking or declining to take such other action shall be permitted to do so in its sole discretion. If Special Approval is sought, then it shall be presumed that, in making its decision, the Audit Committee acted in good faith, and if the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, determines that the resolution or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest satisfies either of the standards set forth in clauses (ii) or (iii) above or that a member satisfies the eligibility requirements to be a member of the Audit Committee, then it shall be presumed that, in making its decision, the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, acted in good faith. In any proceeding brought by any Member or by or on behalf of such Member or any other Member or the Company challenging any action by the Audit Committee with respect to any matter referred to the Audit Committee for Special Approval by the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, any action by the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, in determining whether the resolution or course of action taken with respect to a conflict of interest satisfies either of the standards set forth in clauses (ii) or (iii) above or whether a member of the Audit Committee satisfies the eligibility requirements to be a member of the Audit Committee, the Person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding shall have the burden of overcoming the presumption that the Audit Committee, the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, acted in good faith by clear and convincing evidence.

 

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(c)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the existence of any conflicts of interest in connection with the following transactions are hereby approved by all of the Members and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any such duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise:

 

(i)            The designation of any Person as the Manager and the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of the Management Agreement, including the Company’s payment of the Management Fee and any other payment by the Company to the Manager contemplated by this Agreement or the Management Agreement;

 

(ii)           The Company’s payment of the Performance Participation Allocation;

 

(iii)          The Company’s payment of Regulated Broker-Dealer Fees or Capstone Fees;

 

(iv)          The Company’s payment of fees and expenses under the consulting agreement between KKR and Water Capital Partners, LLC;

 

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(v)           The receipt by KKR or its Affiliates of (A) Transaction Fees, Monitoring Fees and other fees in connection with the purchase, monitoring or disposition of Infrastructure Assets, and (B) Break-Up Fees or similar fees in connection with unconsummated transactions;

 

(vi)          The retention by the Company (or any subsidiary through which the Company owns and operates Infrastructure Assets) of service providers in which KKR has an interest or which are Affiliates of KKR to provide Asset Leasing Services and the payment of Asset Leasing Fees;

 

(vii)         The Company’s reimbursement of the Manager for any organizational and offering costs incurred by the Manager on behalf of the Company prior to the sale of Investor Shares by the Company (including legal, accounting, printing, mailing, subscription processing and filing fees and expenses, due diligence expenses of participating broker-dealers supported by detailed and itemized invoices, costs in connection with preparing sales materials, design and website expenses, fees and expenses of the Company);

 

(viii)        The Company’s reimbursement of the Manager for any Company Expenses incurred on behalf of, or allocated to, the Company and the good faith determination by the Manager of whether expenses are Company Expenses and the allocation thereof;

 

(ix)           The Company’s reimbursement of the Manager for expenses incurred on behalf of, or allocated to, the Company for ownership and operation of Infrastructure Assets;

 

(x)            The Company’s reimbursement by KKR or KKR Vehicles for services provided by the Company’s employees to KKR or such KKR Vehicles;

 

(xi)           The Company’s engagement with the Distributor as the principal underwriter and distributor of the Company’s Shares, including any transaction related to the Distributor appointing other broker-dealers to assist in the sale of the Company’s Shares;

 

(xii)          The Company’s entry into joint ventures with KKR Vehicles;

 

(xiii)         The Company’s borrowing of money pursuant to an unsecured line of credit with KKR or its Affiliates for investment purposes, to finance the acquisition of Infrastructure Assets prior to receiving sufficient subscriptions, to pay operating expenses, to make distributions, to satisfy repurchase requests from Members and to otherwise provide the Company with temporary liquidity;

 

(xiv)         The Company’s ownership, acquisition, financing or other activities related to dealing with the Infrastructure Assets;

 

(xv)          The Company’s issuance or repurchase of any Shares, including KKR Shares, to (or from with respect to a repurchase) the Company’s employees, officers or directors or to KKR, the Manager, or their respective Affiliates or employees;

 

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(xvi)         The allocation of investment opportunities over time among the Company or other companies, funds, investment vehicles or pools of capital managed by KKR and its Affiliates, consistent with KKR’s allocation policy;

 

(xvii)       Any other transaction or conflict of interest contemplated by or disclosed in (i) the Company’s PPM to prospective investors, as amended from time to time, or (ii) the Registration Statement;

 

(xviii)      Any indemnification or advancement payment to an Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 16.3;

 

(xix)         The Company’s purchase and maintenance (or reimbursement for the cost of) insurance described in Section 16.3(d);

 

(xx)          The Manager causing the Company and/or its Infrastructure Assets to make contributions to charitable initiatives or other non-profit organizations that the Manager believes could, directly or indirectly, enhance the value of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets or otherwise serve a business purpose for, or be beneficial to, the Company’s Infrastructure Assets;

 

(xxi)         Service Costs paid to the Manager or any of its Affiliates (or any of their respective employees or agents) by an Infrastructure Asset or any Person through which the Company invests in an Infrastructure Asset;

 

(xxii)        Loan Servicing Fees paid to KKR or its Affiliates;

 

(xxiii)       The Company’s redemption of KKR Shares pursuant to Section 10.8;

 

(xxiv)       The repurchase of Shares pursuant to Section 10.9 by the Company or its Affiliates;

 

(xxv)        The assignment by the Company of its right to repurchase Shares pursuant to Section 10.9 to KKR or its Affiliates in accordance with Section 10.9(c);

 

(xxvi)       The timing of any business decision to coincide with an investment decision of any company, fund, investment vehicle or pool of capital manager by KKR or its Affiliates;

 

(xxvii)     The allocation of acquisition-related expenses, including Broken Deal Expenses, incurred in respect of unconsummated investments and expenses more generally relating to a particular investment strategy among the Company and such other companies, funds, investment vehicles and pools of capital participating, or that would have participated in such investments, or that otherwise participate in the relevant investment strategy;

 

(xxviii)     The Manager’s waiver or modification of any Management Fee;

 

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(xxix)       The waiver or modification of any Performance Participation Allocation allocable to the Class H Member;

 

(xxx)        KKR Shares not being subject to the Management Fee or the Performance Participation Allocation;

 

(xxxi)        The Company’s payment of a Performance Participation Allocation of cash or Class F Shares to the Class H Member pursuant to Section 7.1(c);

 

(xxxii)      Transactions with Portfolio Company Service Providers and KKR Vehicles; and


(xxxiii)     The Company’s payment of the Termination Fee pursuant to Section 13.3.

 

Section 15.2          Standards of Conduct.

 

(a)           Whenever the Manager or the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof (including the Audit Committee), makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other action, or any Affiliate of the Manager causes the Manager to do so, in its capacity as the Manager as opposed to in its individual capacity, whether under this Agreement or any other agreement, then, unless another express lesser standard is provided for in this Agreement, the Manager, the Board of Directors or such committee or such Affiliates causing the Manager to do so, shall make such determination or take or decline to take such other action in good faith and shall not be subject to any other or different duties or standards (including fiduciary duties or standards) imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. A determination or other action or inaction will conclusively be deemed to be in “good faith” for all purposes of this Agreement, if the Person or Persons making such determination or taking or declining to take such other action subjectively believes that the determination or other action or inaction is in, or not adverse to, the best interests of the Company; provided, however, that if the Board of Directors or the Manager is making a determination or taking or declining to take an action pursuant to clause (ii) or clause (iii) of the first sentence of Section 15.1, then in lieu thereof, such determination or other action or inaction will conclusively be deemed to be in “good faith” for all purposes of this Agreement if the members of the Board of Directors or the Manager, as applicable, making such determination or taking or declining to take such other action subjectively believe that the determination or other action or inaction meets the standard set forth in clause (ii) or clause (iii) of the first sentence of Section 15.1, as applicable. Whenever in this Agreement the Board of Directors, or the Audit Committee is permitted or required to make a decision in its “sole discretion” or “discretion” or that it deems “necessary or appropriate” or “necessary or advisable” or under a grant of similar authority or latitude, the Board of Directors, the Manager or the Audit Committee, as applicable, shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including the interests of KKR and its Affiliates, and shall not be subject to any other or different duties or standards (including fiduciary duties or standards) imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity. When resolving a conflict of interest or a potential conflict of interest, including pursuant to Section 15.1, the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee may consider any factors and other information that the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee, as applicable, determines in its sole discretion to consider.

 

(b)          Whenever the Manager or a member of the Board of Directors makes a determination or takes or declines to take any other action, or any of their respective Affiliates causes it or such member to do so, in its or such member’s individual capacity as opposed to in its capacity as Manager or in such member’s capacity as a Director, as applicable, whether under this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or otherwise, then the Manager or such member, as applicable, or such Affiliates causing it or such member to do so, are entitled, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to make such determination or to take or decline to take such other action free of any duty or obligation whatsoever to the Company, any Member or any other Person bound by this Agreement, and the Manager or such member, as applicable, or such Affiliates causing it or such member to do so, shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be required to act in good faith or pursuant to any other standard imposed by this Agreement, any other agreement contemplated hereby or under the Act or any other law, rule or regulation or at equity, and the Person or Persons making such determination or taking or declining to take such other action shall be permitted to do so in their sole discretion.

 

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Section 15.3          Modification of Duties. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement or expressly required by the Act or applicable preemptive U.S. federal law, neither the Manager nor any of the Indemnified Parties shall have any duties or liabilities, including fiduciary duties, to the Company, any Member or any other Person bound by this Agreement and the provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict, eliminate or otherwise modify the duties and liabilities, including fiduciary duties, of the Manager or the Indemnified Parties otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Manager or the Indemnified Parties. Any exculpation or indemnification standards contained herein shall not restore or create, whether in contract or otherwise, any such duties or liabilities.

 

Section 15.4          Corporate Opportunity; Authorization to Compete. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any duty that would otherwise exist at law or in equity, each of the Indemnified Parties may engage in or possess an interest in any other business or venture of any kind, independently or with others, on its own behalf or on behalf of other entities with which any of the Indemnified Parties is affiliated or otherwise, and each of the Indemnified Parties may engage in any such activities, whether or not competitive with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, without any obligation to offer any interest in such activities to the Company, an Affiliate of the Company or to any other Member. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any duty that would otherwise exist at law or in equity, neither the Company, any Affiliate of the Company nor any Member shall have any right, by virtue of this Agreement or the existence of the Company, in or to such activities, or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such activities, even if competitive with the business of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper or the breach of this Agreement or of any duty otherwise existing hereunder, at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

Section 15.5           Other Duties. The Members acknowledge and agree that the Company may enter into joint ventures with KKR Vehicles and that the Indemnified Parties may owe duties (including fiduciary duties) to such other KKR Vehicles now or in the future and that, (i) such duties (including fiduciary duties) may take priority over the duties of such Indemnified Party to the Company, including the Members, and (ii) to the extent an Indemnified Party acts in compliance with its duties (including fiduciary duties) to any such KKR Vehicle, any action taken or omission with respect to the Company in connection with or arising from such compliance shall be deemed consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including the implied contractual covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or of any duty otherwise existing at law, in equity or otherwise.

 

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ARTICLE XVI
LIABILITY LIMITATION, INDEMNIFICATION
AND TRANSACTIONS WITH THE COMPANY

 

Section 16.1          Limitation of Member Liability. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement or in any Class Designation and except as required by law, the liability of each Member in such capacity shall be limited to the amount of such Member’s Capital Contribution and pro rata share of any undistributed Profits. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Agreement or in any Class Designation and except as required by law, after the payment of all subscription proceeds for the Shares purchased by such Member, no Member shall have any further obligations to the Company, be subject to any additional assessment or be required to contribute any additional capital to, or to loan any funds to, the Company, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Member. No Member shall have any personal liability on account of any obligations and liabilities of, including any amounts payable by, the Company under or pursuant to, or otherwise in connection with, this Agreement or the conduct of the business of the Company solely by reason of being a member of the Company. To the fullest extent permitted by law, no Member shall have any duties (including fiduciary duties) or obligations to the Company or any other Member.

 

Section 16.2           Limitation of Liability.

 

(a)           To the fullest extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, no Indemnified Party will be liable to the Company, any Member or any other Person bound by this Agreement for any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising as a result of: (i) any act or omission of an Indemnified Party, or for any breach of contract (including a breach of this Agreement) or any breach of duties (including breach of fiduciary duties) whether arising hereunder, at law, in equity or otherwise, unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that, (A) in respect of the matter in question, the Indemnified Party acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud or willful misconduct or (B) the Indemnified Party’s action or omission was not made during the course of performing, or pursuant to, the Indemnified Party’s duties as a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee or agent of the Company or an Affiliate thereof, (ii) any action or omission to act by any other Person, (iii) any mistake, action, inaction, negligence, dishonesty, fraud or bad faith of any broker, placement agent or other agent as provided in this Agreement or (iv) any change in U.S. federal, state or local or non-U.S. income tax laws, or in interpretations thereof, as they apply to the Company or the Members, whether the change occurs through legislative, judicial or administrative action. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, to the fullest extent permitted by law, no Member shall be liable to the Company, any other Member or any other Person bound by this Agreement.

 

(b)          Each Indemnified Party may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the advice or opinion of such Persons as to matters that such Indemnified Party reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion.

 

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(c)           Each Indemnified Party shall, in the performance of such Person’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of the Company.

 

(d)           Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 16.2 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the liability of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 16.2 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

 

Section 16.3           Indemnification.

 

(a)           To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (i) the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, interest, settlements or other amounts arising as a result of any act or omission of an Indemnified Party, or for any breach of contract (including breach of this Agreement) or any breach of duties (including breach of fiduciary duties) whether arising hereunder, at law, in equity or otherwise; provided, that an Indemnified Party will not be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that the Indemnified Party’s action or omission constitutes fraud, willful misconduct or bad faith or the Indemnified Party’s actions or omissions were not made during the course of performing or pursuant to the Indemnified Party’s duties as a director, officer, trustee, manager, employee or agent of the Company or an Affiliate thereof, (ii) the Company shall also have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that the person is or was an employee or agent of the Company, or, while serving as an employee or agent of the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, its participants or beneficiaries, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, agent or trustee, from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses of any kind, including legal fees and amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromises and settlements, as fines and penalties and legal or other costs and expenses of investigating or defending against any claim or alleged claim, of any nature whatsoever, known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, that are incurred by such person, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The Executive Committee shall have the non-exclusive authority to determine the extent to which employees or agents are entitled to be indemnified pursuant to this Section 16.3(a)(ii).

 

(b)           To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall promptly pay expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by any person described in Section 16.3(a) in appearing at, participating in or defending any action, suit, claim or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, claim or proceeding, including appeals, upon presentation of an undertaking on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 16.3 or otherwise.

 

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(c)           The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 16.3 shall not be exclusive of any rights to which any Indemnified Party may otherwise be entitled or hereafter acquire under any law, statute, rule, regulation, charter document, by-law, contract or agreement. The indemnification obligation of the Company to an Indemnified Party with respect to any indemnifiable amounts shall be reduced by any indemnification payments actually received by such Indemnified Party from any member of the Company Group with respect to the same indemnifiable amounts. Solely for purposes of clarification, and without expanding the scope of indemnification pursuant to this Section 16.3, the Members intend that, to the maximum extent permitted by law, as between (a) the Company Group and (b) the Company, this Section 16.3 shall be interpreted to reflect an ordering of liability for potentially overlapping or duplicative indemnification payments, with any applicable Person in the Company Group having primary liability and the Company having only secondary liability. The possibility that an Indemnified Party may receive indemnification payments from a Person in the Company Group shall not restrict the Company from making payments under this Section 16.3 to an Indemnified Party that is otherwise eligible for such payments, but such payments by the Company are not intended to relieve any Person in the Company Group from any liability that it would otherwise have to make indemnification payments to such Indemnified Party and, if an Indemnified Party that has received indemnification payments from the Company actually receives duplicative indemnification payments from a Person in the Company Group for the same indemnifiable amounts, such Indemnified Party shall repay the Company to the extent of such duplicative payments. If, notwithstanding the intention of this Section 16.3, a Person in the Company Group’s obligation to make indemnification payments to an Indemnified Party is relieved or reduced under applicable law as a result of payments made by the Company pursuant to this Section 16.3, or if otherwise necessary to effect the intention of the Members in this Section 16.3, the Company shall have, to the maximum extent permitted by law, a right of subrogation against (or contribution from) such Person in the Company Group for amounts paid by the Company to an Indemnified Party that relieved or reduced the obligation of such Person in the Company Group to such Indemnified Party. As used in this Section 16.3, “indemnification” payments made or to be made by a Person in the Company Group shall be deemed to include (i) advancement of expenses in connection with indemnification obligations, (ii) payments made or to be made by any successor to the indemnification obligations of such Person in the Company Group and (iii) equivalent payments made or to be made by or on behalf of such Person in the Company Group (or such successor) pursuant to an insurance policy or similar arrangement.

 

(d)           The indemnification provided by this Section 16.3 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnified Party may be entitled under this Agreement, any other agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Members, as a matter of law, in equity or otherwise, both as to actions in the Indemnified Party’s capacity as an Indemnified Party and as to actions in any other capacity, and shall continue as to an Indemnified Party who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Indemnified Party.

 

(e)           The Company may purchase and maintain (or reimburse the Manager or its Affiliates for the cost of) insurance, on behalf of the Indemnified Parties and such other Persons as the Board of Directors shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against, or expense that may be incurred by, such Person in connection with the Company’s activities or such Person’s activities on behalf of the Company, regardless of whether the Company would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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(f)            The provisions of this Section 16.3 are for the benefit of the Indemnified Parties and their heirs, successors, assigns, executors and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.

 

(g)          No amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 16.3 or any provision hereof shall in any manner terminate, reduce or impair the right of any past, present or future Indemnified Party to be indemnified by the Company, nor the obligations of the Company to indemnify any such Indemnified Party under and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 16.3 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted.

 

ARTICLE XVII
AMENDMENTS

 

Section 17.1          Amendments Generally. Subject to Section 7.2(a), 7.3 and Section 17.2 of this Agreement, this Agreement may be amended, at any time and from time to time, by the Board of Directors with the consent of Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares.

 

Section 17.2          Amendments with the Consent of the Majority of the Members. Notwithstanding Section 17.1, any amendment that would have a material adverse effect on the rights or preferences of any Class of Shares in relation to other Class of Shares must be approved by the holders of not less than a majority of the Shares of the Class so affected; provided, however, that the creation and issuance of any Class of Shares that does not require the consent of the Class G Members under Section 7.2 or Section 7.3 shall not be deemed an alteration of the terms, rights, designations, preferences, powers or duties of the Class G Shares; provided, further that the Board of Directors may, with the consent Class G Members holding a majority of the outstanding Class G Shares and without the consent of any other Members, amend, supplement, waive or modify any provision of this Agreement and execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith, to reflect: (i) any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification that the Board of Directors determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the creation, authorization or issuance of any Class or series of Shares or other equity interest in the Company; (ii) the admission, substitution, withdrawal or removal of Directors in accordance with this Agreement; (iii) a change in the name of the Company, the location of the principal place of business of the Company or the registered office of the Company; (iv) any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification that the Board of Directors determines to be necessary or appropriate to address changes in U.S. federal income tax regulations, legislation or interpretation; and (v) a change in the Fiscal Year or taxable year of the Company and any other changes that the Board of Directors determines to be necessary or appropriate as a result of a change in the Fiscal Year or taxable year of the Company including a change in the dates on which distributions are to be made by the Company.

 

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ARTICLE XVIII
DURATION AND DISSOLUTION OF THE COMPANY

 

Section 18.1           Duration. The Company shall continue perpetually unless terminated in accordance with the Act and the provisions of this Article XVIII.

 

Section 18.2           Dissolution; Winding Up.

 

(a)           Events Causing Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved upon the happening of any of the following events (each a “Dissolution Event”):

 

(i)            the adoption of a resolution by the Board of Directors approving the dissolution of the Company;

 

(ii)           the operations of the Company shall cease to constitute legal activities under the Act or any other applicable law (as determined by the Board of Directors);

 

(iii)          at any time there are no members of the Company unless the Company is continued without dissolution in accordance with the Act; or

 

(iv)          the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Act.

 

(b)          Winding Up of the Company. Upon the occurrence of a Dissolution Event, the winding up of the Company and the termination of its existence shall be accomplished as follows:

 

(i)            the Board of Directors shall proceed to wind up the affairs of the Company and all of the powers of the Board of Directors under this Agreement shall continue;

 

(ii)           in connection with the winding up of the affairs of the Company, the Board of Directors shall liquidate the assets of the Company as promptly as is consistent with obtaining current fair market value of such assets (provided, however, that the Board of Directors may determine to distribute the Company’s assets, in whole or in part, in kind);

 

(iii)          after paying or making reasonable provision for the payment to the Company’s creditors of all claims and obligations, including all contingent, conditional or unmatured contractual claims, in accordance with the Act, the Company shall distribute the remaining assets of the Company among the Members in accordance with Section 9.1(c);provided, however, that such distributions shall not be subject to the DRIP; and

 

(iv)          upon completion of the winding up of the Company, including the distribution of Company property as provided in this Section 18.2(b), the Board of Directors shall cause the filing of a certificate of cancellation of the Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the Act and of all qualifications and registrations of the Company as a foreign limited liability company in jurisdictions in which the Company shall be qualified to transact business, and shall take such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the existence of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE XIX
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 19.1          Covenant to Sign Documents. Each Member covenants, for itself, himself or herself and its, his or her successors and assigns, to execute, with acknowledgment or verification, if required, any and all certificates, documents and other writings which may be necessary or expedient to form the Company and to achieve its purposes, including the Certificate and all amendments thereto, and all such filings, records or publications necessary or appropriate laws of any jurisdiction in which the Company shall conduct its business.

 

Section 19.2          Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement, all notices which any Member may desire or may be required to give any other Members shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given when delivered personally, when deposited in the United States mail, first-class postage pre-paid, when publicly disclosed by press release or in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, when delivered electronically, or when made publicly in any other manner, including by press release, to the extent permitted by the Act.

 

Notices to Members delivered personally or electronically shall be addressed to the Members at the last address shown on the Company records. The Board of Directors may set a record date for the Members entitled to notice, in which only the Members as of the record date shall be entitled to receive such notice pursuant to this Section 19.2. Notices to the Directors, to the Manager or to the Company shall be delivered to the Company’s principal office and place of business at the address set forth in Article IV or as hereafter may be changed by the Board of Directors with notice to the Members.

 

Section 19.3        Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including any Class Designation) and the Subscription Agreements constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede any and all prior agreements and representations, either oral or in writing, among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter contained herein.

 

Section 19.4           Submission to Jurisdiction.

 

(a)           The parties hereto agree that, (i) except as provided in clause (ii) below, any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including any claim or cause of action (whether in contract, tort, statute, common law or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including (A) any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement, (B) any derivative action, suit or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (C) any suit, action or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a duty owed by any current or former Director, officer, employee, Manager or Member of the Company, their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, representatives, agents, shareholders, members, managers, partners and employees, and any other Person who serves at the request of KKR or its Affiliates as a director, officer, agent, member, manager, partner, stockholder, trustee or employee of the Company or any other Person, (D) any suit, action or proceeding asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Act or this Agreement or as to which the Act confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or (E) any suit, action or proceeding asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine), shall be brought exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or if such court does not have jurisdiction over the subject matter of such proceeding or if such jurisdiction is not available, in the other courts of the State of Delaware or in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, (ii) notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, but subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 19.4(a), the federal district courts of the United States shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any action, suit or proceeding asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act, and (iii) each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any of such courts or that any such suit, action or proceeding which is brought in any of such courts has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the fullest extent permitted by law as it now exists or may hereafter be amended, any Person acquiring or holding any interest in any security of the Company shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 19.4.

 

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(b)           Subject to applicable law, process in any such action, suit or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing and subject to applicable law, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 19.2 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or at equity. WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND RELEASES TO THE OTHER ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY, AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SEEK A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING.

 

Section 19.5          Waiver. No waiver by any party hereto of any breach of, or default under, this Agreement by any other party shall be construed or deemed a waiver of any other breach of or default under this Agreement, and shall not preclude any party from exercising or asserting any rights under this Agreement with respect to any other.

  

Section 19.6          Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or condition of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

 

Section 19.7          Application of Delaware law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract, tort, statute, common law or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), shall be governed by, and enforced in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware.

 

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Section 19.8           Captions. Section titles or captions contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Agreement.

 

Section 19.9           Number and Gender. Whenever the singular number is used in this Agreement and when required by the context, the same shall include the plural, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders.

 

Section 19.10        Counterparts; Electronic Signature. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, any or all of which may be signed by the Manager and the Company, and each of their authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, on behalf of the Members as their attorney-in-fact. Counterpart signature pages to each Member’s Subscription Agreement shall also constitute a counterpart to this Agreement upon acceptance thereof by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt a Person’s execution and delivery of this Agreement by electronic signature and electronic transmission (jointly, an “Electronic Signature”), including via DocuSign or other similar method, shall constitute the execution and delivery of a counterpart of this Agreement by or on behalf of such Person and shall bind such Person to the terms of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that this Agreement and any additional information incidental hereto may be maintained as electronic records. Any Person executing and delivering this Agreement by Electronic Signature further agrees to take any and all reasonable additional actions, if any, evidencing its intent to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, as may be reasonably requested by the Company.

 

Section 19.11        Waiver of Action for Partition. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives during the term of the Company any right that it may have to maintain any action for partition with respect to any property of the Company or to cause the Company to be dissolved or liquidated.

 

Section 19.12         Waiver of Appraisal Rights. Each Member hereby agrees that it shall not have any appraisal rights pursuant to Section 18-210 of the Act or otherwise.

 

Section 19.13        Assignability. Each and all of the covenants, terms, provisions and arguments herein contained shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the respective parties hereto, subject to the requirements of Article X.

 

Section 19.14        Anti-Money Laundering. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company and the Manager, in its own name and on behalf of the Company, shall be authorized, without the consent of any Person, including any Member, to take such action as it determines to be necessary or advisable to comply, or to cause the Company to comply, with any anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist laws, rules, regulations, directives or special measures.

 

Section 19.15        No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except for the Indemnified Parties, there are no intended or unintended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement (it being understood that each Indemnified Party is an express third party beneficiary with respect to the provisions of this Agreement applicable to them as if they were parties to this Agreement).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement on this __ day of _____________, 2022.

 

MEMBERS (other than the Class G Member below) pursuant to the powers or attorney granted to the [Company / / Manager] under their Subscription Agreements:

 
By: [KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC / / [KKR DAV Manager LLC]] as attorney-in-fact for the Members of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC (other than the Class G Member below)
 
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

CLASS G MEMBER:

KKR GROUP ASSET HOLDINGS III L.P.
 
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

MANAGER:

 

KKR DAV MANAGER LLC

   
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

[Share Repurchase Plan]

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

[Distribution Reinvestment Plan]

 

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SCHEDULE C

 

Directors as of __, 2022

 

Raj Agrawal

 

Tara Davies

 

James Cunningham

 

John W. Somerhalder II (Independent Director)

 

Joshua Mills (Independent Director)

 

Phillip Nolan (Independent Director)

 

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SCHEDULE D

 

[Repurchase Arrangement – Class E Shares]

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

Subscription Agreement for Shares of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC (the “Company”)

 

1. Your Investment
 

Investment Amount $

☐ Initial Purchase

☐ Subsequent Purchase

  Investment Method
 

☐ By mail

Attach a check to this agreement. Make all checks payable to: KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC

 
  ☐ By wire Name: [  ] AS AGENT FOR KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC  
    Bank Name: [  ]
    ABA:   [  ]
    DDA:   [  ]
  ☐  Broker-dealer/Financial advisor will make payment on your behalf

* All checks must be in U.S. Dollars drawn on a domestic bank. Cash, cashier’s checks/official bank checks, temporary checks, foreign checks, money orders, third-party checks, or travelers checks are not accepted.

Share Class Selection (required)

☐    Share Class S (minimum initial investment $[ ] (unless waived)

☐    Share Class D (minimum initial investment $[ ] (unless waived)

☐    Share Class U (minimum initial investment $[ ] (unless waived)

☐    Share Class I (minimum initial investment $[ ] (unless waived)

☐    Share Class R (minimum initial investment $[ ] (unless waived)

Are you a KKR Employee or Affiliate, a Company Officer or Director or an Immediate Family Member1 of a Company Officer or Director (required)?
☐  KKR Employee ☐  KKR Affiliate ☐  Company Officer or Director ☐  Immediate Family Member of Company Officer or Director ☐  Not Applicable
2. Ownership Type (Select only one)
 

Taxable Account Type

BROKERAGE ACCOUNT NUMBER_________________

☐     Individual Or Joint Tenant With Rights Of Survivorship

☐    Transfer on Death (Optional Designation. Not Available for Louisiana Residents. See Section 3C.)

☐     Tenants in Common

☐     Community Property

☐     Uniform Gift/Transfer to Minors
State of

☐     Trust (Include Certification of Investment Powers Form)

☐     Corporation / Partnership / Other

(Corporate Resolution or Partnership Agreement Required)

Non-Taxable Account Type

Custodian Account Number

☐    IRA

☐    ROTH IRA

☐    SEP IRA

☐    Simple IRA

☐    Pension Plan (Include Certification of Investment Powers Form)

☐    Other

     

Custodian Information (to be completed by custodian): Name______________________ Tax ID #_____________ Phone #_____________

 

 
1 “Immediate Family Member” means the child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, or mother-, father-, son-, daughter-, brother-, or sister-in-law of an officer or director, and includes adoptive relationships.

 

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Entity Name - Retirement Plan/Trust/Corporation/Partnership/Other

(Trustee(s) and/or authorized signatory(s) information MUST be provided in Sections 3A and 3B)

       
Entity Name Tax ID Number Date of Trust (as applicable): Exemptions
(See Form W-9 instructions at www.irs.gov)
       
Entity Type (Select one. Required) Jurisdiction of Formation
 Retirement Plan        Trust        S-Corp  C-Corp            LLC       Partnership Exempt payee code (if any)_____________
 Other Jurisdiction (if Non-U.S.)_________________
(Attach a completed applicable Form W-8)
Exemption from FATCA reporting
 code (if any)
3. Investor Information
 

A. Investor Name (Investor/Trustee/Executor/Authorized Signatory Information)

(Residential street address MUST be provided. See Section 4 if mailing address is different than residential street address.)

       
First Name (MI) Last Name  
Social Security Number/Tax ID Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY) Daytime Phone Number
Residential Street Address City Country/State Zip Code
Email Address      
           
If Non-U.S. Citizen, Specify Country of Citizenship and Select One below (required)
☐  Resident Alien ☐  Non-Resident Alien
(Attach a completed Form W-8BEN, Rev. Oct. 2021)
Country of Citizenship
If you are a KKR Employee, Officer, Director or Affiliate, please Select One below (required)
☐  KKR Employee ☐  KKR Officer or Director ☐  KKR Affiliate
         

 

B. Co-Investor Name (Co-Investor/Co-Trustee/Co-Authorized Signatory Information, if applicable)
           
First Name (MI) Last Name  
Social Security Number/Tax ID Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY) Daytime Phone Number
Residential Street Address City Country/State Zip Code
Email Address      
If Non-U.S. Citizen, Specify Country of Citizenship and Select One below (required)
 
☐  Resident Alien ☐  Non-Resident Alien   Country of Citizenship
  (Attach a completed Form W-8BEN, Rev. Oct. 2021)  
If you are a KKR Employee, Officer, Director or Affiliate, please Select One below (required)
☐  KKR Employee ☐  KKR Officer or Director ☐  KKR Affiliate
C. Transfer on Death Beneficiary Information (Individual or Joint Account with rights of survivorship only.) (Not available for Louisiana residents.) (Beneficiary Date of Birth required. Whole percentages only; must equal 100%.)
First Name (MI) Last Name SSN Date of Birth
(MM/DD/YYYY)
☐  Primary Beneficiary
☐  Secondary Beneficiary ___%
First Name (MI) Last Name SSN Date of Birth
(MM/DD/YYYY)
☐  Primary
☐  Secondary Beneficiary ___%
First Name (MI) Last Name SSN Date of Birth
(MM/DD/YYYY)
☐  Primary
☐  Secondary Beneficiary ___%
First Name (MI) Last Name SSN Date of Birth
(MM/DD/YYYY)
☐  Primary
☐  Secondary Beneficiary ___%

 

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4. Contact Information (If different than provided in Section 3A)
       
Email Address      
Mailing Address City State Zip Code
         
5. Select How You Want to Receive Your Distributions (If different than provided in Section 3A)

Please read the following section carefully.

YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED IN THE DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN UNLESS YOU CHECK THE BOX BELOW.

(Refer to K-INFRA’s Private Placement Memorandum for terms of the Distribution Reinvestment Plan)

☐ Please check here if you do NOT want to be enrolled in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan and complete the Cash Distribution Information section below.

IMPORTANT: If you are not enrolled in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan, please complete the Cash Distribution Information section below.

Cash Distribution Information

For Custodial held accounts, if you are not enrolled in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan, the funds must be sent to the Custodian

 

 
A. ☐  Check Mailed to the address set forth above (Available for Non-Custodial Investors only.)  
B. ☐  Check Mailed to Third Party/Custodian  
Name/Entity Name/Financial Institution Mailing Address  
City State Zip Code Account Number (Required)  
C. ☐  Direct Deposit (Non-Custodian Investors Only)  
D. ☐  Direct Deposit (Custodian Investors Only)  
I authorize KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC or its agent to deposit my distribution into my checking or savings account. This authority will remain in force until I notify KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC in writing to cancel it. In the event that KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC deposits funds erroneously into my account, they are authorized to debit my account for an amount not to exceed the amount of the erroneous deposit.  
Financial Institution Name        
Mailing Address City State Zip Code  
Your Bank’s ABA Routing Number or SWIFT Routing Number Your Bank Account Number  
PLEASE ATTACH A INSTRUCTIONS FROM YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FOR NON-US BANK TRANSFERS  
                 

 

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6. Broker-Dealer/Financial Advisor Information  (Required Information. All fields must be completed.)
The Financial Advisor must sign below to complete the order. The Financial Advisor hereby warrants that he/she is duly licensed and may lawfully sell Shares in the state designated as the investor’s legal residence.  
Broker-Dealer Financial Advisor Name  
Advisor Mailing Address  
City State/Country Zip Code  
Financial Advisor Number Branch Number Telephone Number  
E-mail Address Fax Number  
           

Please note that unless previously agreed to in writing by KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, all sales of securities must be made through a Broker-Dealer, including when an RIA has introduced the sale. In all cases, Section 6 must be completed.

 

The undersigned confirm(s), which confirmation is made on behalf of the Broker-Dealer with respect to sales of securities made through a Broker-Dealer, that they (i) have reasonable grounds to believe that the information and representations concerning the investor identified herein are true, correct and complete in all respects; (ii) have discussed such investor’s prospective purchase of Shares with such investor; (iii) have advised such investor of all pertinent facts with regard to the lack of liquidity and marketability of the Shares; (iv) have delivered or made available a current Private Placement Memorandum and related supplements, if any, to such investor; (v) have reasonable grounds to believe that the investor is purchasing these Shares for his or her own account; (vi) have reasonable grounds to believe that the purchase of Shares is a suitable investment for such investor, that such investor meets the suitability standards applicable to such investor set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum and related supplements and that such investor is in a financial position to enable such investor to realize the benefits of such an investment and to suffer any loss that may occur with respect thereto; and (vii) have advised such investor that the shares have not been registered and are not expected to be registered under the laws of any country or jurisdiction outside of the United States except as otherwise described in the Private Placement Memorandum. The undersigned Financial Advisor represents and certifies that, if the investor is a “retail customer” as defined in Regulation Best Interest, (i) the undersigned has a reasonable basis to believe that (a) a purchase of Shares would be in the best interest of the investor based upon the investor’s investment profile and the potential risks, rewards, and costs associated with such an investment and (b) the undersigned has not placed its interests or those of the Financial Advisor ahead of the interest of the investor in recommending such investment and (ii) the undersigned and the Financial Advisor have complied with any applicable enhanced standard of conduct, including, but not limited to, the other requirements of Regulation Best Interest in relation to the proposed purchase of Shares. The undersigned Financial Advisor further represents and certifies that, in connection with this subscription for Shares, he or she has complied with and has followed all applicable policies and procedures under his or her firm’s existing Anti-Money Laundering Program and Customer Identification Program.

 

If you do not have another broker-dealer or other financial intermediary introducing you to KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, then KKR Capital Markets LLC (KCM) may be deemed to act as your broker of record in connection with any investment in KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC. KCM is not a full-service broker-dealer and may not provide the kinds of financial services that you might expect from another financial intermediary, such as holding securities in an account. If KCM is your broker-dealer of record, then your Shares will be held in your name on the books of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC. KCM will not monitor your investments, and has not and will not make any recommendation regarding your investments. If you want to receive financial advice regarding a prospective investment in the Shares, contact your broker-dealer or other financial intermediary.

X       X      
               
  Financial Advisor Signature   Date  

Branch Manager Signature

(If required by Broker-Dealer)

  Date
7. Electronic Delivery

Instead of receiving paper copies of the private placement memorandum, private placement memorandum supplements, annual reports, proxy statements, and other shareholder communications and reports, including your account-specific information, tax forms and Schedule K-1s (if applicable), you hereby elect to receive electronic delivery of shareholder communications from KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC. If you DO NOT consent to electronic delivery, including pursuant to email, please check the box below.

We encourage you to reduce printing and mailing costs and to conserve natural resources by electing to receive electronic delivery of shareholder communications and statement notifications. By electing to electronically receive shareholder communications, including your account-specific information, you authorize said offering(s) to either (i) email shareholder communications to you directly or (ii) make them available on our website and notify you by email when and where such documents are available.

You will not receive paper copies of these electronic materials unless specifically requested, the delivery of electronic materials is prohibited or we, in our sole discretion, elect to send paper copies of the materials.

By consenting to electronic access, you will be responsible for your customary internet service provider charges and may be required to download software in connection with access to these materials. NO ACTION IS REQUIRED FOR ELECTRONIC DELIVERY.

I DO NOT consent to electronic delivery    

 

Email
If blank, the email provided in Section 4 or Section 3A will be used.
8. Subscriber Signatures

KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC is required by law to obtain, verify and record certain personal information from you or persons on your behalf in order to establish the account. Required information includes name, date of birth, permanent residential address and social security/taxpayer identification number. We may also ask to see other identifying documents. If you do not provide the information, KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC may not be able to open your account. By signing the Subscription Agreement, you agree to provide this information and confirm that this information is true and correct. If we are unable to verify your identity, or that of another person(s) authorized to act on your behalf, or if we believe we have identified potentially criminal activity, we reserve the right to take action as we deem appropriate which may include closing your account.

 

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The parties hereto agree that this Subscription Agreement (or any agreement, document or notice required or permitted by this Subscription Agreement, or any amendment to this Subscription Agreement) and any additional information incidental thereto may be electronically presented, signed, delivered, transmitted, and/or maintained as electronic records. For the avoidance of doubt, your execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement (or any agreement, document or notice required or permitted by this Subscription Agreement) by electronic signature and/or electronic transmission shall constitute the execution and delivery of a counterpart of the executed document by or on behalf of you and shall bind you to its terms. The authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, a manually signed paper document which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format or transmitted via facsimile), or an electronically signed document converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. Your executing and delivering this Subscription Agreement or any document electronically further means you agree to take any and all reasonable additional actions, if any, evidencing your intent to be bound by the terms of this Subscription Agreement or other such document, as may be reasonably requested by KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC.

 

This Subscription Agreement will be considered accepted by KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC before the later of (i) two business days before the first calendar day of each month and (ii) three business days after we make the transaction price (including any subsequently revised transaction price) available by posting it on our website.

 

Please separately initial each of the representations below. Except in the case of fiduciary accounts, you may not grant any person a power of attorney to make the representations on your behalf. In order to induce KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC to accept this subscription, I hereby represent and warrant (i) that I am an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under Regulation D under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and to you as follows:

 

  8.a. Please Note: All Items in this Section Must Be Read and Initialed

 

    Investor   Co-Investor
I have received a copy of the Private Placement Memorandum. I understand that by signing this Subscription Agreement, I agree to be admitted as a member of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC and will be subject to the Private Placement Memorandum and the Limited Liability Company Agreement of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC. I am capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares, are able to bear the risks of an investment in the Shares and understand the risks of, and other considerations relating to, a purchase of the Shares of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, including the matters set forth under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Potential Conflicts of Interest” in the Private Placement Memorandum.        
For Individuals   Initials   Initials
A natural person with individual net worth (or joint net worth with spouse or spousal equivalent*) in excess of $1 million. For purposes of this item, “net worth” means the excess of total assets at fair market value, including automobiles and other personal property and property owned by a spouse or spousal equivalent*, but excluding the value of the primary residence of such natural person, over total liabilities. For this purpose, the amount of any mortgage or other indebtedness secured by an Investor’s primary residence should not be included as a “liability”, except to the extent the fair market value of the residence is less than the amount of such mortgage or other indebtedness.        
         
A natural person with individual income (without including any income of the Investor’s spouse or spousal equivalent*) in excess of $200,000, in each of the two most recent years and who reasonably expects to reach the same income level in the current year.        
         
A natural person with joint income with their spouse or spousal equivalent* in excess of $300,000, in each of the two most recent years and who reasonably expects to reach the same income level in the current year.        
         
The Investor (including all owners in a joint account) holds in good standing either the General Securities Representative license (Series 7), the Private Securities Offerings Representative license (Series 82), the Investment Adviser Representative license (Series 65), and/or any other professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the Securities and Exchange Commission has designated under Rule 501(a)(10) under the 1933 Act as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status.        
* A cohabitant occupying a relationship generally equivalent to that of a spouse.
For Entities (Initial only applicable boxes)        
A plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if the plan has total assets in excess of $5 million An entity, including a grantor trust, in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors (for this purpose, a beneficiary of a trust is not an equity owner, but the grantor of a grantor trust may be an equity owner).        
A bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the 1933 Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the 1933 Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity.        
An insurance company as defined in Section 2(a)(13) of the 1933 Act.        
A broker-dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”).        
An investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).        

 

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A business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the 1940 Act        
A Small Business Investment Company licensed by the Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended.        
A private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”).        
A corporation, an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, in each case not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring Shares, with total assets in excess of $5 million.        
A trust with total assets in excess of $5 million not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring Shares, whose purchase is directed by a person with such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Shares.        
An employee benefit plan within the meaning of the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) if the decision to invest in the Shares is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5 million or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors.        
A plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if the plan has total assets in excess of $5 million        
Rural Business Investment Company as defined in Section 384A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.        
An investment adviser registered pursuant to Section 203 of the Advisers Act or registered under the laws of any U.S. state.        
An investment adviser relying on an exemption from registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 203(l) or (m) of the Advisers Act.        
An entity, of a type not listed above, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Interests offered, that owns in excess of $5,000,000 in “investments,” as defined in Rule 2a51-1 under the 1940 Act.        
A “family office” (as defined in Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers Act) with assets under management in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Interests offered, and whose purchase of the Interests is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such family office is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the purchase of the Interests.        
A “family client” (as defined in Rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Advisers Act) of a “family office” meeting the requirements of the immediately preceding category, whose purchase of the Interests is directed by such family office.        
    Initials   Initials
If I am an entity that was formed for the purpose of purchasing Shares, each individual that owns an interest in such entity meets the general suitability requirements described above.        
For All Investors (REQUIRED)   Initials   Initials
I acknowledge that there is no public market for the Shares and, thus, my investment in Shares is not liquid.        
    Initials   Initials
I acknowledge that the Shares have not been registered with the SEC and are not expected to be registered under the laws of any country or jurisdiction outside of the United States.        
    Initials   Initials
I am purchasing the Shares for my own account.        
    Initials   Initials
I understand that the transaction price per share at which my investment will be executed will be made available at [www.kkr.com].        
    Initials   Initials
I understand that my subscription request will not be accepted before the later of (i) two business days before the last business day of the month and (ii) three business days after the transaction price is made available. I understand that I am not committed to purchase shares at the time my subscription order is submitted and I may cancel my subscription at any time before the time it has been accepted as described in the previous sentence. I understand that I may withdraw my purchase request by notifying the transfer agent, through my financial intermediary or directly on KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC’s toll-free, automated telephone line, 855-844-8655.        
        Initials   Initials

 

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In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the minimum standards above shall be met by the beneficiary, the fiduciary, account, or, by the donor or grantor, who directly or indirectly supplies the funds to purchase the shares if the donor or grantor is the fiduciary.
If you do not have another broker-dealer or other financial intermediary introducing you to KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, then KKR Capital Markets LLC (KCM) may be deemed to be acting as your broker-dealer of record in connection with any investment in KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC. For important information in this respect, see Section 6 above. I declare that the information supplied above is true and correct and may be relied upon by KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC. I acknowledge that the Broker-Dealer/Financial Advisor (Broker-Dealer/Financial Advisor of record) indicated in Section 6 of this Subscription Agreement and its designated clearing agent, if any, will have full access to my account information, including the number of shares I own, tax information (including the Schedule K-1) and redemption information. Investors may change the Broker-Dealer/Financial Advisor of record at any time by contacting KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC at the number indicated below.
SUBSTITUTE IRS FORM W-9 CERTIFICATIONS (required for U.S. investors):

Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:

(1)   The number shown on this Subscription Agreement is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and

(2)   I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and

(3)   I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (including a resident alien) (defined in IRS Form W-9); and

(4)   The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I am exempt from FATCA reporting is correct.

Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return.

The Internal Revenue Service does not require your consent to any provision of this document other than the certifications required to avoid backup withholding.
X       X      
               
  Signature of Investor   Date   Signature of Co-Investor or Custodian
(If applicable)
  Date
(MUST BE SIGNED BY CUSTODIAN OR TRUSTEE IF PLAN IS ADMINISTERED BY A THIRD PARTY)
 
X              
               
  Signature of Custodian   Date        
9. Miscellaneous

If investors participating in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan or making subsequent purchases of Shares of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC experience a material adverse change in their financial condition or can no longer make the representations or warranties set forth in Section 8 above, they are asked to promptly notify KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC and the Broker-Dealer in writing. The Broker-Dealer may notify KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC if an investor participating in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan can no longer make the representations or warranties set forth in Section 8 above, and KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC may rely on such notification to terminate such investor’s participation in the Distribution Reinvestment Plan.

No sale of Shares may be completed until at least [five] business days after you receive the Private Placement Memorandum (unless waived). To be accepted, a subscription request must be made with a completed and executed subscription agreement in good order and payment of the full purchase price at least five business prior to the first calendar day of the month (unless waived). You will receive confirmation of your purchase pursuant to Section 7 above.

All items on the Subscription Agreement must be completed in order for your subscription to be processed. Subscribers are encouraged to read the Private Placement Memorandum in its entirety for a complete explanation of an investment in the Shares of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC.

KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC Investor Contact: 888-920-1959 Option 1

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

 

DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

 

KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC (the “Company”), hereby adopts the following Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) with respect to distributions declared by its board of directors (the “Board”), on shares of the Company’s limited liability interests (the “Shares”):

 

1. Participation; Agent. The Company’s Plan is available to shareholders of record of the Shares. DST Systems, Inc. (“Plan Administrator”) acting as agent for each participant in the Plan, will apply distributions from the Company (each, a “Distribution” and collectively, “Distributions”), net of any applicable withholding taxes, that become payable to such participant on Shares (including shares held in the participant’s name and shares accumulated under the Plan), to the purchase of additional whole and fractional Shares for such participant.

 

2. Eligibility and Election to Participate. Participation in the Plan is limited to registered owners of Shares. The Company’s Board reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan. Shareholders automatically participate in the Plan, unless and until an election is made to withdraw from the Plan on behalf of such participating shareholder. If participating in the Plan, a shareholder is required to include all of the Shares owned by such shareholder in the Plan.

 

3. Share Purchases. When the Company declares a Distribution, the Plan Administrator, on the shareholder’s behalf, will receive additional authorized shares from the Company either newly issued or repurchased from shareholders by the Company and held as treasury shares. The number of shares to be received when Distributions are reinvested will be determined by dividing the amount of the Distribution by the Company’s net asset value per share as of as of the end of the prior month. There will be no sales load charged on Shares issued to a shareholder under the Plan. All shares purchased under the Plan will be held in the name of the relevant participant. In the case of shareholders, such as banks, brokers or nominees, that hold shares for others who are beneficial owners participating under the Plan, the Plan Administrator will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of shares certified from time to time by the record shareholder as representing the total amount of shares registered in the shareholder’s name and held for the account of beneficial owners participating under the Plan. If a shareholder requests that the Company repurchase all of the shareholder’s Shares, any Shares issued to the shareholder under the Plan subsequent to the expiration of the repurchase offer will be considered part of the shareholder’s repurchase request.

 

4. Timing of Purchases. The Company expects to issue Shares pursuant to the Plan, immediately following each Distribution payment date and the Plan Administrator will make every reasonable effort to reinvest all Distributions on the day the Distribution is paid (except where necessary to comply with applicable securities laws) by the Company. If, for any reason beyond the control of the Plan Administrator, reinvestment of the Distributions cannot be completed within 30 days after the applicable Distribution payment date, funds held by the Plan Administrator on behalf of a participant will be distributed to that participant.

 

5. Account Statements. The Plan Administrator will maintain all shareholder accounts and furnish written confirmations of all transactions in the accounts, including information needed by shareholders for personal and tax records. The Plan Administrator will hold shares in the account of the shareholders in non-certificated form in the name of the participant, and each shareholder’s proxy, if any, will include those shares purchased pursuant to the Plan. The Plan Administrator will confirm to each participant each acquisition made pursuant to the Plan as soon as practicable but not later than 10 business days after the date thereof. No less frequently than quarterly, the Plan Administrator will provide to each participant an account statement showing the Distribution, the number of shares purchased with the Distribution, and the year-to-date and cumulative Distributions paid.

 

6. Expenses. There will be no direct expenses to participants for the administration of the Plan. There is no direct service charge to participants with regard to purchases under the Plan; however, the Company reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants. All fees associated with the Plan will be paid by the Company.

 

7. Taxation of Distributions. Each Shareholder is generally required to take into account its allocable share of items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of the Company in computing its U.S. federal income tax liability, regardless of whether Distributions are made. Distributions of cash by the Company to a Shareholder generally are not taxable to such Shareholder unless the amount of cash distributed to such Shareholder is in excess of the Shareholder’s adjusted basis in its Shares. Accordingly, a Shareholder participating in the Plan may need to use cash from other sources in order to pay any tax liability in respect of its allocable share of items of income and gain allocated to such Shareholder by the Company. Participants in the Plan are urged to refer to “Section IX. Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax and Regulatory Considerations” of our private placement memorandum for additional information regarding the tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of Company Shares.

 


 

8. Absence of Liability. Neither the Company nor the Plan Administrator shall have any responsibility or liability beyond the exercise of ordinary care for any action taken or omitted pursuant to the Plan, nor shall they have any duties, responsibilities or liabilities except such as expressly set forth herein. Neither the Company nor the Plan Administrator shall be liable for any act done in good faith or for any good faith omission to act, including, without limitation, any claims of liability: (a) arising out of the failure to terminate a participant’s account prior to receipt of written notice of such participant’s death, or (b) with respect to prices at which shares are purchased or sold for the participant’s account and the terms on which such purchases and sales are made. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, LIABILITY UNDER THE U.S. FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS CANNOT BE WAIVED.

 

9. Termination of Participation. A shareholder who does not wish to have Distributions automatically reinvested may terminate participation in the Plan at any time by written instructions to that effect to the Plan Administrator. Such written instructions must be received by the Plan Administrator three (3) days prior to the record date of the Distribution or the shareholder will receive such Distribution in Shares through the Plan. If a shareholder terminates Plan participation, the Company may, at its option, ensure that the terminating shareholder’s account will reflect the number of Shares in such shareholder’s account and provide a check or other instrument of payment for the cash value of any fractional share in such account. Upon termination of participation in the Plan for any reason, future distributions will be distributed to the shareholder in cash or in-kind.

 

10. Amendment, Supplement, Termination, and Suspension of Plan. This Plan may be amended, supplemented, or terminated by the Company at any time in its sole and absolute discretion. The amendment or supplement shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to a subsequent appropriate filing made by the Company and shall be deemed to be accepted by each participant unless, prior to its effective date thereof, the Plan Administrator receives written notice of termination of the participant’s account. Amendment may include an appointment by the Company or the Plan Administrator with the approval of the Company of a successor agent, in which event such successor shall have all of the rights and obligations of the Plan Administrator under this Plan. The Company may suspend the Plan at any time without notice to the participants.

 

11. Governing Law. This Plan and the authorization form signed by the participant (which is deemed a part of this Plan) and the participant’s account shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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Exhibit 4.3

 

KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC  

Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R, and Class F Share Repurchase Plan 

Effective as of [●], 2022

 

Definitions

 

Board – shall mean the Company’s board of directors.

 

Class S shares – shall mean the shares of the Company’s limited liability interests classified as Class S.

 

Class D shares – shall mean the shares of the Company’s limited liability interests classified as Class D.

 

Class U shares – shall mean the shares of the Company’s limited liability interests classified as Class U.

 

Class I shares – shall mean the shares of the Company’s limited liability interests classified as Class I.

 

Class R shares – shall mean the shares of the Company’s limited liability interests classified as Class R.

 

Class F shares – shall mean the shares of the Company’s limited liability interests classified as Class F.

 

Company – shall mean KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Manager – shall mean KKR DAV Manager LLC.

 

NAV – shall mean the aggregate net asset value of the Company attributable to its Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R and Class F shares, or the net asset value of a class of its shares, as the context requires, determined in accordance with the Company’s Valuation Policies and Procedures.

 

Plan – shall mean this share repurchase plan of the Company.

 

Shareholders – shall mean the holders of Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R or Class F shares.

 

Transaction Price – shall mean the repurchase price per share for each class of shares, which shall be equal to the then-current offering price (net of any withholding taxes) before applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fees.

 

Share Repurchase Plan

 

Shareholders may request that the Company repurchase Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R, or Class F shares through their financial advisor or directly with the Company’s transfer agent. The procedures relating to the repurchase of the Company’s Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R, and Class F shares are as follows:

 

Certain broker-dealers require that their clients process repurchases through their broker-dealer, which may impact the time necessary to process such repurchase request, impose more restrictive deadlines than described under this Plan, impact the timing of a Shareholder receiving repurchase proceeds and require different paperwork or process than described in this Plan. Shareholders should contact their broker-dealer first if they want to request the repurchase of their shares.

 

Under this Plan, to the extent the Company chooses to repurchase shares in any particular month the Company will only repurchase shares as of the opening of the last calendar day of that month (a “Repurchase Date”). To have shares repurchased, a Shareholder’s repurchase request and required documentation must be received in good order by 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the second to last business day of the applicable month. Settlements of share repurchases will generally be made within three business days of the Repurchase Date. Repurchase requests received and processed by the Company’s transfer agent will be effected at a repurchase price equal to the Transaction Price on the applicable Repurchase Date (which will generally be equal to the Company’s prior month’s NAV per share).

 

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A Shareholder may withdraw his or her repurchase request by notifying the transfer agent, directly or through the Shareholder’s financial intermediary, on our toll-free, automated telephone line, 855-844-8655. The line is open on each business day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (Eastern time). Repurchase requests must be cancelled before 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the last business day of the applicable month.

 

If a repurchase request is received after 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the second to last business day of the applicable month, the repurchase request will be executed, if at all, on the next month’s Repurchase Date at the Transaction Price applicable to that month, unless such request is withdrawn prior to the repurchase. Repurchase requests received and processed by the Company’s transfer agent on a business day, but after the close of business on that day or on a day that is not a business day, will be deemed received on the next business day. All questions as to the form and validity (including time of receipt) of repurchase requests and notices of withdrawal will be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, and such determination shall be final and binding.

 

Repurchase requests may be made by mail or by contacting a financial intermediary, both subject to certain conditions described in this Plan. If making a repurchase request by contacting the Shareholder’s financial intermediary, the Shareholder’s financial intermediary may require the Shareholder to provide certain documentation or information. If making a repurchase request by mail to the transfer agent, the Shareholder must complete and sign a repurchase authorization form, which can be found at the end of this Plan and which is available on our website, [●]. Written requests should be sent to the transfer agent at the following address:

 

Regular Mail:
KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
DST Systems, Inc. 

PO Box 219349 

Kansas City, MO 64121-9349

 

Overnight Address: 

KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC 

DST Systems, Inc. 

430 W 7th St. Suite 219349 

Kansas City, MO 64105

 

Toll Free Number: 855-844-8655

 

Corporate shareholders and other non-individual entities must have an appropriate certification on file authorizing repurchases. A signature guarantee may be required.

 

For processed repurchases, Shareholders may request that repurchase proceeds are to be paid by mailed check provided that the check is mailed to an address on file with the transfer agent for at least 30 days. Shareholders should check with their broker-dealer that such payment may be made via check or wire transfer, as further described below.

 

Shareholders may also receive repurchase proceeds via wire transfer, provided that wiring instructions for their brokerage account or designated U.S. bank account are provided. For all repurchases paid via wire transfer, the funds will be wired to the account on file with the transfer agent or, upon instruction, to another financial institution provided that the Shareholder has made the necessary funds transfer arrangements. The customer service representative can provide detailed instructions on establishing funding arrangements and designating a bank or brokerage account on file. Funds will be wired only to U.S. financial institutions (ACH network members).

 

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A medallion signature guarantee will be required in certain circumstances described below. A medallion signature guarantee may be obtained from a domestic bank or trust company, broker-dealer, clearing agency, savings association or other financial institution which participates in a medallion program recognized by the Securities Transfer Association. The three recognized medallion programs are the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program and the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program. Signature guarantees from financial institutions that are not participating in any of these medallion programs will not be accepted. A notary public cannot provide signature guarantees. The Company reserves the right to amend, waive or discontinue this policy at any time and establish other criteria for verifying the authenticity of any repurchase or transaction request. The Company may require a medallion signature guarantee if, among other reasons: (1) the amount of the repurchase request is over $500,000; (2) a Shareholder wishes to have repurchase proceeds transferred by wire to an account other than the designated bank or brokerage account on file for at least 30 days or sent to an address other than such Shareholder’s address of record for the past 30 days; or (3) the Company’s transfer agent cannot confirm a Shareholder’s identity or suspects fraudulent activity.

 

If a Shareholder has made multiple purchases of the Company’s Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R or Class F shares, any repurchase request will be processed on a first in/first out basis unless otherwise requested in the repurchase request.

 

Sources of Funds for Repurchases

 

The Company may fund repurchase requests from sources other than cash flow from operations, including, without limitation, borrowings, offering proceeds and the sale of the Company’s assets, and the Company has no limits on the amounts it may fund from such sources.

 

Repurchase Limitations

 

The Company may repurchase fewer shares than have been requested in any particular month to be repurchased under this Plan, or none at all, in its discretion at any time. In addition, the aggregate NAV of total repurchases of Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R and Class F shares will be limited to no more than 2% of the Company’s aggregate NAV per month (measured using the aggregate NAV as of the end of the immediately preceding month) and no more than 5% of the Company’s aggregate NAV per calendar quarter (measured using the average aggregate NAV as of the end of the immediately preceding three months).

 

In the event that the Company determines to repurchase some but not all of the shares submitted for repurchase during any month, shares submitted for repurchase during such month will be repurchased on a pro rata basis after the Company has repurchased all shares for which repurchase has been requested due to death, divorce, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or adjudicated incompetence of the shareholder. All unsatisfied repurchase requests must be resubmitted after the start of the next month or quarter, or upon the recommencement of this Plan, as applicable.

 

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If the Transaction Price for the applicable month is not made available by the tenth business day prior to the last business day of the month (or is changed after such date), the Company may elect not to accept repurchase requests for such month and Shareholders who wish to have their shares repurchased the following month would then be required to resubmit their repurchase requests. The Transaction Price for each month will be available on our website at www.kinfra.com.

 

Should repurchase requests, in the Company’s judgment, place an undue burden on the Company’s liquidity, adversely affect the Company’s operations or risk having an adverse impact on the Company as a whole, or should the Company otherwise determine that investing its liquid assets in infrastructure or other illiquid assets rather than repurchasing the Company’s shares is in the best interests of the Company as a whole, the Company may choose to repurchase fewer shares in any particular month than have been requested to be repurchased, or none at all. Further, the Board may make exceptions to, modify or suspend this Plan if in its reasonable judgment it deems such action to be in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders. Material modifications, including any amendment to the 2% monthly or 5% quarterly limitations on repurchases, to and suspensions of this Plan will be promptly disclosed to Shareholders in a supplement to the Company’s private placement memorandum or special or periodic report filed by the Company. Material modifications will also be disclosed on the Company’s website. In addition, the Company may determine to suspend this Plan due to regulatory changes, changes in law or if the Company becomes aware of undisclosed material information that it believes should be publicly disclosed before shares are repurchased.

 

If this Plan is suspended, the Board will consider at least quarterly whether the continued suspension of the Plan is in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders. The Board must affirmatively authorize the recommencement of the Plan before Shareholder requests will be considered again. The Board cannot terminate this Plan absent a liquidity event which results in the Company’s Shareholders receiving cash or securities listed on a national securities exchange or where otherwise required by law.

 

As described in the Company’s private placement memorandum, Class E shares of the Company will not be subject to this Plan, including with respect to any repurchase limits or the calculation of NAV.

 

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REPURCHASE AUTHORIZATION
FOR KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC

 

 

Use this form to request repurchase of your shares in KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC. Please complete all sections below.

 

1 REPURCHASE FROM THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT  

   

Name(s) on the Account

 

   

Account Number

 

Social Security Number/TIN
   

Financial Advisor Name

 

Financial Advisor Phone Number
   
2 REPURCHASE AMOUNT (Check one, required) 3 REPURCHASE TYPE (Check one, required)
☐ All Shares

☐ Normal 

☐ Death 

☐ Divorce 

☐ Dissolution 

☐ Bankruptcy 

☐ Insolvency 

☐ Adjudicated Incompetence 

☐ Number of Shares                                      
☐ Dollar Amount $                                       

 

Additional documentation is required if repurchasing due to Death, Divorce, Dissolution, Bankruptcy, Adjudicated Incompetence.
Contact Investor Relations for detailed instructions at 855-844-8655.

 

4 PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS (Select only one)

 

Indicate how you wish to receive your repurchase payment below. If an option is not selected, a check will be sent to your address of record. Repurchase proceeds for qualified accounts, including IRAs and other Custodial accounts, and certain Broker-controlled accounts as required by your Broker/Dealer of record, will automatically be issued to the Custodian or Broker/Dealer of record, as applicable. All Custodial held and Broker-controlled accounts must include the Custodian and/or Broker/Dealer signature. 

 
Cash/Check Mailed to Address of Record
 
Cash/Check Mailed to Third Party/Custodian (Signature Guarantee required)
 
I authorize KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC or its agent to deposit my distribution into my checking or savings account. (Signature Guarantee required if checking or savings account is not on record) (Signature Guarantee required )
       

Name / Entity Name / Financial Institution

 

Mailing Address

 

       

City

 

State

 

Zip Code

 

Account Number

 

 

☐ Cash/Direct Deposit Attach a pre-printed voided check. (Non-Custodian Investors Only)

 

I authorize KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC or its agent to deposit my distribution into my checking or savings account. In the event that KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC deposits funds erroneously into my account, they are authorized to debit my account for an amount not to exceed the amount of the erroneous deposit.  

       

Financial Institution Name

 

Mailing Address

 

City

 

State

 

       

Your Bank’s ABA Routing Number

 

Your Bank Account Number

 

 

Please Attach a Pre-Printed Voided Check

 

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5 SHARE REPURCHASE PLAN CONSIDERATIONS (Select only one)

 

Our share repurchase plan contains limitations on the number of shares that can be repurchased under the plan during any month and quarter. In addition to these limitations, we cannot guarantee that we will have sufficient funds to accommodate all repurchase requests made in any applicable repurchase period and we may elect to repurchase fewer shares than have been requested in any particular month, or none at all. If the number of shares subject to repurchase requests exceeds the then applicable limitations, or if we otherwise do not make all requested repurchases, each shareholder’s request will be reduced on a pro rata basis after we have repurchased all shares for which repurchase has been requested due to death, divorce, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or adjudicated incompetence. If repurchase requests are reduced on a pro rata basis after we have repurchased all shares for which repurchase has been requested due to death, divorce, dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or adjudicated incompetence, you may elect (at the time of your repurchase request) to either withdraw your entire request for repurchase or have your request honored on a pro-rata basis. If you wish to have the remainder of your initial request repurchased, you must resubmit a new repurchase request for the remaining amount. Please select one of the following options below. If an option is not selected, your repurchase request will be processed on a pro-rata basis, if needed.

 

Process my repurchase request on a pro-rata basis.

 

Withdraw (do not process) my entire repurchase request if amount will be reduced on a pro-rata basis.

 

6 COST BASIS SELECTION (Select only one)

 

U.S. federal income tax information reporting rules generally apply to certain transactions in our shares. Where they apply, the “cost basis” calculated for the shares involved will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and to you. Generally these rules apply to our shares, including those purchased through our distribution reinvestment plan. You should consult your own tax advisor regarding the consequences of these new rules and your cost basis reporting options.

 

Indicate below the cost basis method you would like us to apply.

 

IMPORTANT: If an option is not selected, your cost basis will be calculated using the FIFO method.

 

FIFO (First – In / First Out)

 

LIFO (Last – In / First Out) Consult your tax advisor to determine whether this method is available to you.

 

Specific Lots

 

If you have selected “Specific Lots,” please identify the lots below:

 

   

Date of Purchase:

 

Amount of Purchase:
   

Date of Purchase:

 

Amount of Purchase:
   

Date of Purchase:

 

Amount of Purchase:

 

7 AUTHORIZATION AND SIGNATURE

 

IMPORTANT: Signature Guarantee may be required if any of the following applies:

 

Amount to be repurchased is $500,000 or more.

 

The repurchase is to be sent to an address other than the address we have had on record for the past 30 days.

 

The repurchase is to be sent to an address other than the address on record.

 

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If name has changed from the name in the account registration, we must have a one-and-the-same name signature guarantee. A one-and-the-same signature guarantee must state “<Previous Name> is one-and-the-same as <New Name>” and you must sign your old and new name.

 

The repurchase proceeds are deposited directly according to banking instructions provided on this form. (Non-Custodial Investors Only)

 

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Investor Name (Please Print)

 

Signature

 

Date

 

     

Co-Investor Name (Please Print)

 

Signature

 

Date

 

     

Signature Guarantee 

(Affix Medallion or Signature Guarantee Stamp Below)

 

 

Custodian and/or Broker/Dealer Authorization 

(if applicable) 

                                                                                                

Signature of Authorized Person 

 

* Please refer to the private placement memorandum you received in connection with your initial investment in KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, as amended by any amendments or supplements to that memorandum, for a description of the current terms of our share repurchase plan. The repurchase price will be available in supplements to the private placement memorandum and on our website, [●]. There are various limitations on your ability to request that we repurchase your shares. Please see a copy of the applicable private placement memorandum, as amended and supplemented to date, for the current repurchase price. In addition, the aggregate NAV of total repurchases of Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R and Class F shares will be limited to no more than 2% of the Company’s aggregate NAV per month (measured using the aggregate NAV as of the end of the immediately preceding month) and no more than 5% of the Company’s aggregate NAV per calendar quarter (measured using the average aggregate NAV as of the end of the immediately preceding three months). Our board of directors may determine to make exceptions to, amend or suspend our share repurchase plan without shareholder approval. Material modifications to and suspensions of the share repurchase plan will be made available at [●]. Repurchase of shares, when requested, will generally be made monthly; provided however, that the board of directors may determine from time to time to adjust the timing of repurchases. All requests for repurchases must be received in good order by 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the second to last business day of the applicable month. A Shareholder may withdraw his or her repurchase request by notifying the transfer agent, directly or through the Shareholder’s financial intermediary, on our toll-free, automated telephone line, 855-844-8655. Repurchase requests must be cancelled before 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the applicable Repurchase Date (or if such Repurchase Date is not a business day, the prior business day). We cannot guarantee that we will have sufficient available funds or that we will otherwise be able to accommodate any or all requests made in any applicable repurchase period. All questions as to the form and validity (including time of receipt) of repurchase requests and notices of withdrawal will be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, and such determination shall be final and binding.

 

 

Mail to: KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC DST Systems, Inc. PO Box 219349 Kansas City, MO 64121-9349

 

Overnight Delivery: KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC DST Systems, Inc. 430 W. 7th St., Suite 219349 Kansas City, MO 64105-1407

 

Investor Relations: 855-844-8655

 

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Exhibit 4.4

 

KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC
KKR Share Repurchase Arrangement
Effective as of [●], 2022

 

Definitions

 

Board – shall mean the Company’s board of directors.

 

Company – shall mean KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Eligible Shares – shall mean Class E Shares of the Company.

 

Excess Operating Cash Flow – shall mean, for any given month, the Company’s net cash provided by operating activities, if any, less any amounts of such cash used, or designated for use, to pay distributions to Shareholders.

 

Existing Share Repurchase Plan – shall mean the Class S, Class D, Class U, Class I, Class R and Class F Share Repurchase Plan, effective as of [●], 2022, as amended or supplemented.

 

KKR Investor – shall refer collectively to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities.

 

Monthly Repurchase Amount – shall mean, for any given month, the number of Eligible Shares having an aggregate NAV equal to (i) the net proceeds from new subscriptions for Shares in the Offering that month (which subscriptions will be accepted as of the first calendar day of the following month) less (ii) the aggregate repurchase amount (excluding any amount of the aggregate repurchase price paid using Excess Operating Cash Flow) of Shares repurchased by the Company that month pursuant to the Existing Share Repurchase Plan.

 

NAV – shall mean the net asset value of the Company or a class of its Shares, as the context requires, determined in accordance with the Company’s valuation policies and procedures.

 

Offering – shall mean the continuous private offering of the Shares pursuant to Regulation D and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Shares – shall mean shares of the Company’s limited liability interests.

 

Shareholders – shall mean the holders of the Shares.

 

Transaction Price – shall mean the repurchase price per share for each class of Shares, which shall be equal to the then-current offering price before applicable selling commissions and dealer manager fees, as determined monthly.

 


 

Share Repurchase Arrangement

 

In recognition of the KKR Investor supporting the Company’s initial and potential future acquisitions, the Company has adopted this Share Repurchase Arrangement.

 

Timing and Amount of Repurchase Offers

 

After [●], subject to the limitations below, as of the last calendar day of each month the Company will offer to repurchase Eligible Shares from the KKR Investor in an amount equal to (1) the Monthly Repurchase Amount for that month plus (2) any Monthly Repurchase Amounts from prior months that have not yet been repurchased. The KKR Investor will notify the Company if and to what extent it elects to have the Company repurchase the Eligible Shares offered for repurchase in a manner agreed upon by the Company and the KKR Investor. The Company will make these repurchase offers until all Eligible Shares have been repurchased from the KKR Investor. For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of the repurchase offers to the KKR Investor are not subject to the volume limitations in the Existing Share Repurchase Plan.

 

Price of Repurchase Offers

 

The price per share for each repurchase from the KKR Investor will be the Transaction Price for the Class E Shares in effect at the time of repurchase. For the avoidance of doubt, the KKR Investor shall have no obligation to proceed with a repurchase during any calendar month.

 

Limitations

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no repurchase offer will be made to the KKR Investor for any month in which (1) the 2% monthly or 5% quarterly repurchase limitations in the Existing Share Repurchase Plan have been decreased or (2) the full amount of all Shares (excluding the Eligible Shares) requested to be repurchased under the Existing Share Repurchase Plan is not repurchased. Additionally, should repurchase requests, in the Company’s judgment, place an undue burden on the Company’s liquidity, adversely affect the Company’s operations or risk having an adverse impact on the Company as a whole, the Company may elect not to offer to repurchase shares from the KKR Investor, or may offer to purchase less than the Monthly Repurchase Amount. Further, the Board may modify, suspend or terminate this share repurchase arrangement if it deems such action to be in the best interests of the Company and its Shareholders. Material modifications to and suspensions of this share repurchase arrangement will be promptly disclosed to Shareholders in a supplement to the Company’s private placement memorandum or special or periodic report filed by the Company. In addition, the Company may in its sole discretion determine to suspend purchases under this share repurchase arrangement if it is prohibited from purchasing Shares by a legal, contractual or regulatory restriction applicable to it or its affiliates.

 

The KKR Investor will not request that Eligible Shares be repurchased under the Existing Share Repurchase Plan.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

  

 

 

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC

 

and

 

KKR DAV Manager LLC

 

 

 


 

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ], 2022, by and between KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and KKR DAV Manager LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a limited liability company and intends to elect to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Manager to provide various management and other services with respect to the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Manager is willing to furnish management and other services in the manner and on the terms hereinafter set forth; and

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.             Definitions.

 

(a)           The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1(a):

 

Affiliate” means with respect to a Person (i) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such other Person, (ii) any executive officer, employee or general partner of such Person, (iii) any member of the board of directors or board of managers (or bodies performing similar functions) of such Person, and (iv) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer or general partner; provided, that, it is acknowledged and agreed that (x) KKR and any KKR Vehicles are Affiliates of the Manager and (y) portfolio entities of any KKR Vehicles shall not be deemed Affiliates of the Manager, except in the case of Section 2(e), Section 3(a) and Section 3(d).

 

Agreement” means this Management Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Allocation Policy” means the allocation policy and procedures of the Manager and/or its Affiliates, in effect from time to time, with respect to the allocation of opportunities among the Company and one or more KKR Vehicles (as the same may be amended, updated or revised from time to time).

 

Asset Leasing Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Board” means the board of directors of the Company.

 

Break-Up Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 


 

Broken Deal Expenses” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are not required to be open.

 

Cause Event” means (i) a final judgment by any court or governmental body of competent jurisdiction not stayed or vacated within thirty (30) days that the Manager, its agents or its assignees has committed a felony or a material violation of applicable securities laws that has a material adverse effect on the business of the Company or the ability of the Manager to perform its duties under the terms of this Agreement, (ii) an order for relief in an involuntary bankruptcy case relating to the Manager or the Manager authorizing or filing a voluntary bankruptcy petition, (iii) the dissolution of the Manager, or (iv) a determination that the Manager has (a) committed actual fraud against the Company, (b) misappropriated or embezzled funds of the Company, or (c) acted, or failed to act, in a manner constituting bad faith, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard in the performance of its duties under this Agreement; provided, however, that if any of the actions or omissions described in this clause (iv) are caused by an employee and/or officer of the Manager or one of its Affiliates and the Manager takes all necessary action against such Person and cures the damage caused by such actions or omissions within thirty (30) days of such determination, then such event shall not constitute a Cause Event.

 

Capstone Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(c) hereof.

 

Class” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Class F Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Code” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Company” means KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and, where the context requires, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates.

 

Company Expenses” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Company Indemnified Party” has meaning set forth in Section 8(d) hereof.

 

Conduct Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(m) hereof.

 

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Confidential Information” means all confidential, proprietary or non-public information of, or concerning the performance, terms, business, operations, activities, personnel, training, finances, actual or potential investments, plans, compensation, clients or investors of the Company or its respective Subsidiaries, written or oral, obtained by the Manager in connection with the services rendered hereunder; provided that Confidential Information shall not, include information which (v) is in the public domain at the time it is received by the Manager, (w) becomes public other than by reason of a disclosure by the Manager in breach of this Agreement, (x) was already in the possession of the Manager (as demonstrated by the Manager’s written records) lawfully and on a non-confidential basis prior to the time it was received by the Manager from the Company or its Affiliates, (y) was obtained by the Manager from a third party which, to the best of such Manager’s knowledge, was not disclosed in breach of an obligation of such third party not to disclose such information, or (z) was developed independently by the Manager without using or referring to any of the Confidential Information.

 

Effective Date” means [ ], 2022.

 

Effective Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(b) hereof.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee of the Company.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States on the date such principles are applied.

 

Governing Agreements” means, with regard to any entity, the articles of incorporation or certificate of incorporation and bylaws in the case of a corporation, the certificate of limited partnership (if applicable) and the partnership agreement in the case of a general or limited partnership, the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement in the case of a limited liability company, the trust instrument in the case of a trust, or similar governing documents in each case as amended from time to time.

 

Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(b) hereof.

 

Independent Director” means, a member of the Board who is “independent” in accordance with the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Infrastructure Assets” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Investment Advisers Act” means the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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Investor Shares” means Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares and Class U Shares of the Company, as set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

KKR” means, collectively, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and any Affiliate thereof.

 

KKR Vehicles” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreement.

 

Loan Servicing Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Management Fee” means the management fee, without duplication, payable monthly in arrears with respect to each calendar month commencing with the month in which the Effective Date occurs, in an amount equal to:

 

(i) 1.25% per annum of the Net Asset Value attributable to Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class S Shares and Class U Shares;

 

(ii) 1.00% per annum of the Net Asset Value attributable to Class R Shares; provided that such Class R Shares are held in connection with an intermediary’s aggregate subscription for at least $250 million and less than $500 million of Class R Shares during the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement with such intermediary; and

 

(iii) 0.95% per annum of the Net Asset Value attributable to Class R Shares; provided that such Class R Shares are held in connection with an intermediary’s aggregate subscription for at least $500 million of Class R Shares during the 12-month period following the execution of a selling agreement with such intermediary;

 

each before giving effect to any accruals for the Management Fee, the Servicing Fee, the Performance Participation Allocation, redemptions for that month, any distributions and without taking into account any taxes (whether paid, payable or otherwise) of any intermediate entity through which the Company indirectly invests in an Infrastructure Asset, as determined in the good faith judgment of the Manager. The Management Fee shall be pro rated for partial periods, to the extent necessary, as described more fully elsewhere herein.

 

Manager” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Manager Expenses” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof.

 

Manager Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) hereof.

 

Manager Permitted Disclosure Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.

 

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Monitoring Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Net Asset Value” means the net asset value of the assets attributable to the Company or a Class, as the case may be, determined in accordance with the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Other Fees” means Break-Up Fees, Monitoring Fees and Transaction Fees, in each case net of applicable withholding taxes, VAT or similar taxes and costs related to currency conversion, if any.

 

Performance Participation Allocation” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Person” means any natural person, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, estate, trust, joint venture, any federal, state, county or municipal government or any bureau, department or agency thereof or any other legal entity and any fiduciary acting in such capacity on behalf of the foregoing.

 

Regulated Broker Dealer Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Regulation FD” means Regulation FD as promulgated by the SEC.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Service Costs” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Servicing Fee” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Share Repurchase Plan” means the share repurchase plan of the Company, with such modifications as approved by the Board from time to time.

 

Subsidiary” means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture or other entity or organization of which: (a) the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company is a general partner or managing member, or (b) voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions with respect to such entity or organization is held by the Company or by any one or more of the Company’s subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, each of K-INFRA Holdings I LLC and K-INFRA Holdings II LLC, is a Subsidiary.

 

Termination Fee” means a termination fee equal to three (3) times the average annual Management Fee earned by the Manager during the 24-month period immediately preceding the most recently completed calendar quarter prior to the Effective Termination Date.

 

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Termination Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(b) hereof.

 

Termination Without Cause” has the meaning set forth in Section 10(b) hereof.

 

Transaction Fees” has the meaning set forth in the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

(b)           As used herein, accounting terms relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, not defined in Section 1(a) and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1(a), to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. As used herein, “calendar quarters” shall mean the period from January 1 to March 31, April 1 to June 30, July 1 to September 30 and October 1 to December 31 of the applicable year.

 

(c)           The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

(d)           The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”

 

Section 2.             Appointment and Duties of the Manager.

 

(a)           The Company hereby appoints the Manager to manage the day-to-day business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, subject at all times to the further terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to the directions of the Executive Committee and to the supervision of the Board. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Manager hereby agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to perform each of the duties set forth herein, provided that the Company reimburses the Manager for costs and expenses in accordance with Section 7 hereof. The appointment of the Manager shall be exclusive to the Manager, except to the extent that the Manager elects, in its sole and absolute discretion, subject to the terms of this Agreement, to cause the duties of the Manager as set forth herein to be provided by third parties and/or its Affiliates.

 

(b)           The Manager, in its capacity as manager of the business and affairs of the Company, at all times will be subject to the direction of the Executive Committee and the supervision of the Board and will have only such functions and authority as the Board may delegate to it, including, without limitation, managing the Company’s activities and business affairs in conformity with the Company’s business objectives and other policies that are approved and monitored by the Board and/or the Executive Committee.

 

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(c)           Subject to the oversight of the Board and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Manager will have plenary authority with respect to the management of the business and affairs of the Company and will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Company; provided, however, that decisions with respect to Infrastructure Assets shall require approval by the Executive Committee. The Manager will perform (or cause to be performed through one or more of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) such services and activities relating to the business and affairs of the Company as may be appropriate or otherwise mutually agreed from time to time, which may include, without limitation:

 

(i)            originating, recommending opportunities to form, acquiring, structuring, coordinating and assisting with managing operations of any joint venture or Infrastructure Assets held by the Company and conducting all matters with the joint venture partners consistent with the business objectives and strategies of the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the power to structure joint ventures that provide that any controlling interest of the Company shall be forfeited upon termination of this Agreement);

 

(ii)           serving as an advisor to the Company with respect to the establishment and periodic review of the Company’s business objectives, financing activities and operations, any modifications to which will be approved by a majority of the Board;

 

(iii)          identifying, investigating, analyzing, and selecting possible acquisition opportunities and originating, negotiating, acquiring, consummating, documenting, monitoring, evaluating, financing, retaining, identifying potential acquirers, investigating potential dispositions, selling, negotiating for prepayment, restructuring, refinancing, hypothecating, pledging or otherwise disposing of Infrastructure Assets and other interests consistent in all material respects with the Company’s business objectives;

 

(iv)          with respect to prospective purchases, sales, exchanges or other dispositions, conducting negotiations on the Company’s behalf with sellers, purchasers, and other counterparties and, if applicable, their respective agents, advisors and representatives;

 

(v)           negotiating and entering into, on the Company’s behalf, repurchase agreements, interest rate or currency swap agreements, hedging arrangements, financing arrangements (including bank loans, institutional sources of financing and/or one or more credit facilities), foreign exchange transactions, derivative transactions, and other agreements and instruments required or appropriate in connection with the Company’s activities;

 

(vi)          engaging and supervising, on the Company’s behalf and at the Company’s expense, independent contractors, advisors, consultants, attorneys, accountants, auditors, administrators, and other service providers (which may include Affiliates of the Manager) that provide various services with respect to the Company, including, without limitation, investment banking, securities brokerage, consulting services, credit analysis, risk management services, asset management services, loan servicing, other financial, legal or accounting services, due diligence services, underwriting review services, and all other services (including transfer agent and registrar services) as may be required relating to the Company’s activities or acquisitions (or potential acquisitions);

 

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(vii)         providing executive and administrative personnel, office space and office services for the Company and as required in rendering services to the Company;

 

(viii)        administering the day-to-day operations and performing and supervising the performance of such other administrative functions necessary to the Company’s management as may be agreed upon by the Manager and the Board, including, without limitation, the collection of revenues and the payment of the Company’s debts and obligations and maintenance of appropriate computer services to perform such administrative functions;

 

(ix)           communicating on the Company’s behalf with the holders of any of the Company’s equity or debt securities as required to satisfy the reporting and other requirements of any governmental bodies or agencies or trading markets and to maintain effective relations with such holders;

 

(x)            advising the Company in connection with policy decisions to be made by the Board or the Executive Committee;

 

(xi)           engaging one or more sub-advisors with respect to the management of the Company, including, where appropriate, Affiliates of the Manager;

 

(xii)          evaluating and recommending to the Executive Committee hedging strategies and engaging in hedging activities on the Company’s behalf, consistent with the Company’s business objectives;

 

(xiii)         advising the Company regarding the maintenance of the Company’s exclusion from the definition of investment company under the Investment Company Act, monitoring compliance with the requirements for maintaining such exclusion and using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Company to maintain such exclusion from the definition of an investment company under the Investment Company Act;

 

(xiv)         furnishing reports to the Company regarding the Company’s activities and services performed for the Company by the Manager and its Affiliates;

 

(xv)          monitoring the operating performance of the Company’s Infrastructure Assets and providing periodic reports with respect thereto to the Board and the Executive Committee, including comparative information with respect to such operating performance and budgeted or projected operating results and providing advice regarding the management of joint ventures and Infrastructure Assets;

 

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(xvi)         investing and reinvesting any moneys and securities of the Company (including investing in short-term investments pending deployment in other Infrastructure Assets, payment of fees, costs and expenses, or payments of dividends or distributions to the Company’s shareholders and partners) and advising the Company as to the Company’s capital structure and capital raising;

 

(xvii)       causing the Company to retain a qualified independent public accounting firm and legal counsel, as applicable, to assist in developing appropriate accounting procedures and systems, internal controls and other compliance procedures and systems with respect to financial reporting obligations and to conduct periodic compliance reviews with respect thereto;

 

(xviii)      assisting the Company in qualifying to do business in all applicable jurisdictions and to obtain and maintain all appropriate licenses;

 

(xix)         assisting the Company in complying with all regulatory requirements applicable to the Company in respect of the Company’s business activities, including (1) preparing or causing to be prepared all financial statements required under applicable regulations and contractual undertakings and all reports and documents, if any, required under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act and facilitating compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010;

 

(xx)          assisting the Company in taking all necessary actions to enable the Company to make required tax filings and reports;

 

(xxi)         placing, or arranging for the placement of, all orders pursuant to the Manager’s investment determinations for the Company either directly with the issuer or with a broker or dealer (including any affiliated broker or dealer), and selecting the markets in which such orders shall be executed;

 

(xxii)        handling and resolving all claims, disputes or controversies (including all litigation, arbitration, settlement or other proceedings or negotiations) in which the Company may be involved or to which the Company may be subject arising out of the Company’s day-to-day activities (other than with the Manager or its Affiliates), subject to such reasonable limitations or parameters as may be imposed from time to time by the Board or the Executive Committee;

 

(xxiii)       using commercially reasonable efforts to cause expenses incurred by the Company or on the Company’s behalf to be commercially reasonable or commercially customary and within any budgeted parameters or expense guidelines set by the Board or the Executive Committee from time to time;

 

(xxiv)       advising the Company with respect to and structuring long-term financing vehicles for the Company’s portfolio of assets, and offering and selling securities publicly or privately in connection with any such structured financing;

 

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(xxv)        serving as the Company’s advisor with respect to decisions regarding any of the Company’s financings, hedging activities or borrowings undertaken by the Company, including (1) assisting the Company in developing criteria for debt and equity financing that is specifically tailored to the Company’s business objectives, and (2) advising the Company with respect to obtaining appropriate financing for the Company’s assets (which, in accordance with applicable law and the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Company’s Governing Agreements may include financing by the Manager or its Affiliates);

 

(xxvi)       providing the Company with portfolio management and other related services;

 

(xxvii)     arranging marketing materials and other related documentation, advertising, industry group activities (such as conference participations and industry organization memberships) and other promotional efforts designed to promote the Company’s business; and

 

(xxviii)    performing such other services from time to time in connection with the management of the business and affairs of the Company and its activities as the Board or the Executive Committee shall reasonably request and/or the Manager shall deem appropriate under the particular circumstances.

 

(d)           The Manager may retain, for and on behalf, and at the sole cost and expense, of the Company, such services of the Persons and firms as the Manager deems necessary or advisable in connection with the management and operations of the Company, which may include Affiliates of the Manager; provided that any such services may be provided by Affiliates only to the extent (i) such services are on arm’s length terms and competitive market rates in relation to terms that are then customary for agreements regarding the provision of such services to companies that have assets similar in type, quality and value to the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) the specific type of transaction is expressly provided for under this Agreement or the Company’s Governing Agreements (including the payment of Management Fees, Monitoring Fees, Transaction Fees, Regulated Broker Dealer Fees, Loan Servicing Fees, Service Costs, Asset Leasing Fees, Capstone Fees and Break-Up Fees) or (iii) such services are approved by a majority of the Independent Directors. In performing its duties under this Section 2, the Manager shall be entitled to rely reasonably on qualified experts and professionals (including, without limitation, accountants, legal counsel and other professional service providers) hired by the Manager at the Company’s sole cost and expense. The Manager shall keep the Board and the Executive Committee reasonably informed on a periodic basis as to any services provided by Affiliates of the Manager.

 

(e)           The Manager shall refrain from any action that, in its sole judgment made in good faith, (i) would adversely and materially affect the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ status as entities excluded from investment company status under the Investment Company Act or (ii) would materially violate the Conduct Policies, any law, rule or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the Company and its Subsidiaries or that would otherwise not be permitted by the applicable Governing Agreements. If the Manager is ordered to take any action by the Executive Committee, the Manager shall seek to promptly notify the Executive Committee if it is the Manager’s reasonable judgment that such action would adversely and materially affect such status or violate any such law, rule or regulation or Governing Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Manager nor any of its Affiliates shall be liable to the Company, the Board, the Executive Committee or the Company’s shareholders for any act or omission by the Manager or any of its Affiliates, except as provided in Section 8 of this Agreement.

 

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(f)            The Company (including the Board and the Executive Committee) agrees to take all actions reasonably required to permit and enable the Manager to carry out its duties and obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, all steps reasonably necessary to allow the Manager to make any filing required to be made under the Securities Act, Exchange Act, Code, or other applicable law, rule or regulation on behalf of the Company in a timely manner. The Company further agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to make available to the Manager all resources, information and materials reasonably requested by the Manager to enable the Manager to satisfy its obligations hereunder, including its obligations to deliver financial statements and any other information or reports with respect to the Company.

 

(g)           As frequently as the Manager may deem reasonably necessary or advisable, or at the direction of the Board or the Executive Committee, the Manager shall prepare, or, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, cause to be prepared, (i) reports and other information on the Company’s operations and (ii) other information relating to any proposed or consummated Infrastructure Asset as may be reasonably requested by the Company.

 

(h)           The Manager shall prepare, or, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, cause to be prepared, all periodic reports and financial statements with respect to the Company reasonably required by the Board or the Executive Committee in order for the Company to comply with its Governing Agreements, or any other materials required to be filed with any governmental body or agency, including but not limited to the SEC, and shall prepare, or, at the sole cost and expense of the Company, cause to be prepared, all materials and data necessary to complete such reports and other materials, including, without limitation, an annual audit of the Company’s books of account by a nationally recognized independent accounting firm.

 

(i)            The Manager shall prepare, or, at the sole cost and expense to the Company, cause to be prepared, regular reports for the Board or the Executive Committee to enable the Board or the Executive Committee to review the Company’s acquisitions, portfolio composition and characteristics, performance, asset performance and consistency with the Company’s business objectives, and policies approved by the Board.

 

(j)           Officers, employees and agents of the Manager and its Affiliates may serve as directors, officers, employees, agents, nominees or signatories for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent permitted by their Governing Agreements. When executing documents or otherwise acting in such capacities for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, such Persons shall indicate in what capacity they are executing on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the foregoing, while this Agreement is in effect, the Manager will provide the Company with a management team along with appropriate support personnel, to provide the management services to be provided by the Manager to the Company hereunder, who shall devote such of their time to the management of the Company as necessary and appropriate, commensurate with the level of activity of the Company from time to time.

 

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(k)           At all times during the term of this Agreement, the Manager, shall maintain “errors and omissions” insurance coverage and other insurance coverage that is customarily carried by managers performing functions similar to those of the Manager under this Agreement with respect to assets similar to the assets of the Company and the Subsidiaries.

 

(l)           The Manager may provide, or at the sole cost and expense of the Company, shall cause to be provided, such internal audit, compliance, legal, finance and control services as may be required for the Company to comply with applicable law (including the Securities Act, Investment Advisers Act and Exchange Act), regulation (including SEC regulations) and the rules and requirements of a National Securities Exchange and as otherwise reasonably requested by the Company or the Board or the Executive Committee from time to time.

 

(m)          The Manager agrees to be bound by the Company’s Code of Ethics and other compliance and governance policies and procedures required under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, if any (collectively, the “Conduct Policies”), and to take, or cause to be taken, all actions reasonably required to cause its officers, directors, members, and employees, and any officers or employees of its Affiliates acting on behalf of the Manager who are involved in the business and affairs of the Company, to be bound by the Conduct Policies to the extent applicable to such Persons.

 

Section 3.             Additional Activities of the Manager; Allocation of Opportunities; Non-Solicitation; Restrictions.

 

(a)           Nothing in this Agreement shall (i) prevent the Manager or any of its Affiliates, or any of its or their officers, directors or employees, from engaging in other businesses or from rendering services of any kind to any other Person or entity, whether or not the business or investment objectives or policies of any such other Person or entity are similar to those of the Company, including, without limitation, the sponsoring, closing and/or managing of any KKR Vehicles that employ business or investment objectives or strategies that overlap, in whole or in part, with the business objectives of the Company, (ii) in any way bind or restrict the Manager or any of its Affiliates, or any of its or their officers, directors or employees from buying, selling or trading any securities or commodities for their own accounts or for the account of others for whom the Manager or any of its Affiliates, or any of its or their officers, directors or employees may be acting, or (iii) prevent the Manager or any of its Affiliates from receiving fees or other compensation or profits from such activities described in this Section 3(a) which shall be for the Manager’s (and/or its Affiliates’) sole benefit. While information and recommendations supplied to the Company shall, in the Manager’s reasonable and good faith judgment, be appropriate under the circumstances and in light of the business objectives and policies of the Company, they may be different in certain material respects from the information and recommendations supplied by the Manager or any Affiliate of the Manager to others (including, for greater certainty, the KKR Vehicles and their investors, including KKR Vehicles in which the Manager or its Affiliates may have a beneficial interest, as described more fully in Section 3(b)). The Manager and the Company acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) Affiliates of the Manager sponsor, advise and/or manage one or more KKR Vehicles and may in the future sponsor, advise and/or manage additional KKR Vehicles, (ii) the Manager will allocate opportunities that overlap with the business objectives of the Company and such KKR Vehicles in accordance with the Allocation Policy and (iii) nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Company from forming, acquiring, selling assets to or merging with any joint ventures with KKR Vehicles or purchasing assets from, selling assets, merging with or arranging financing from or providing financing to KKR Vehicles.

 

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(b)           In connection with the services of the Manager hereunder, the Company and the Board acknowledge and/or agree that (i) as part of KKR’s regular businesses, personnel of the Manager and its Affiliates will work on other projects and matters (including with respect to one or more KKR Vehicles), and that conflicts may arise with respect to the allocation of personnel between the Company and one or more KKR Vehicles and/or the Manager and such other Affiliates, (ii) there will be circumstances where acquisitions or investments that are consistent with the Company’s business objectives will be shared with, or may be allocated to, one or more KKR Vehicles (in lieu of the Company) in accordance with the Allocation Policy, (iii) KKR Vehicles will invest, from time-to-time, in investments in which the Company may also acquire or invest (including at a different level of an issuer’s capital structure (e.g., an investment by a KKR Vehicle in a debt instrument of the same portfolio entity in which the Company owns an equity interest or vice versa) or in a different tranche of fundraising with respect to an issuer in which the Company has an interest) and while KKR will seek to resolve any such conflicts in a fair and equitable manner in accordance with the Allocation Policy and its prevailing policies and procedures with respect to conflicts resolution among the Company and KKR Vehicles generally, such transactions shall not be required to be presented to the Board for approval, and there can be no assurance that any such conflicts will be resolved in favor of the Company, (iv) the Manager and its Affiliates will from time-to-time receive Monitoring Fees, Transaction Fees, Regulated Broker Dealer Fees, Loan Servicing Fees, Service Costs, Asset Leasing Fees, and Capstone Fees, and while such fees give rise to conflicts of interest, the Company will not receive a Management Fee offset with respect to such fees except as expressly provided for herein, and (v) the terms and conditions of the Governing Agreements of KKR Vehicles (including with respect to the economic, reporting, and other rights afforded to investors in such KKR Vehicles) are materially different from the terms and conditions applicable to the Company and its shareholders, and neither the Company nor any such shareholders (in such capacity) shall have the right to receive the benefit of any such different terms applicable to investors in such KKR Vehicles as a result of an investment in the Company or otherwise. The Manager shall keep the Board and the Executive Committee reasonably informed on a periodic basis in connection with the foregoing.

 

(c)           Where acquisitions or investments that are consistent with the Company’s business objectives are shared with one or more KKR Vehicles, the Manager may, but is not obligated to, aggregate sales and purchase orders of securities and other assets of the Company with similar orders being made simultaneously for such KKR Vehicles, if in the Manager’s judgment, such aggregation is likely to result generally in an overall economic benefit to the Company. The determination of such economic benefit to the Company by the Manager is subjective and represents the Manager’s evaluation that the Company is benefited by relatively better purchase or sales prices, lower commission expenses, increased access to opportunities, beneficial timing of transactions or a combination of these and other factors.

 

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(d)           Subject to Section 3(b), the Board may periodically review the Company’s business objectives and the Company’s portfolio of Infrastructure Assets when and as determined in its discretion, but will not review each proposed Infrastructure Asset or other interest acquired by the Company; provided, that the Company shall not consummate any transaction that involves (i) the sale of any Infrastructure Asset to or (ii) the acquisition of any Infrastructure Asset from, KKR, any KKR Vehicle or any of their respective Affiliates unless such transaction (A) is on terms no less favorable to the Company than could have been obtained on an arm’s length basis from an unrelated third party and (B) has been approved in advance by (x) Executive Committee and (y) a majority of the Independent Directors. In connection with the foregoing, it is understood and/or agreed that while conflicts of interests will arise from time-to-time in connection with the activities of the Company, KKR and the KKR Vehicles (including as more fully described in Section 3(b) above) and that the Manager will seek to resolve any such conflicts of interest in a fair and equitable manner in accordance with the Allocation Policy and its prevailing policies and procedures with respect to conflicts resolution among KKR Vehicles generally, only those transactions set forth above shall be required to be presented for approval by the Independent Directors; provided, that the foregoing shall not limit the ability of the Manager, in its discretion, to present additional matters involving the Company to the Independent Directors from time-to-time for review, advice and/or approval to the extent the Manager reasonably determines that doing so is appropriate under the circumstances (including, without limitation, as a result of a determination that such matters give rise to material conflicts of interest that are appropriate to be reviewed and/or approved by the Independent Directors); provided, further, that if (x) the majority of the Independent Directors approve any matter or transaction presented for their approval despite a conflict of interest after the Manager has disclosed all material facts relating to such conflict of interest or (y) the Manager acts in a manner, or pursuant to standards or procedures, approved by a majority of the Independent Directors with respect to such conflicts of interest that arise or may arise from time to time, then the Manager shall not have any liability to the Company or any shareholder by reason of such conflict of interest for actions in respect of such matter taken in good faith by any of them, including actions in the pursuit of their own interests.

 

(e)           In the event of a Termination Without Cause of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 10(b) hereof, for two (2) years after such termination of this Agreement, the Company shall not, without the consent of the Manager, employ or otherwise retain any employee of the Manager or any of its Affiliates or any person who has been employed by the Manager or any of its Affiliates at any time within the two (2) year period immediately preceding the date on which such Person commences employment with or is otherwise retained by the Company. The Company acknowledges and agrees that, in addition to any damages, the Manager may be entitled to equitable relief for any violation of this Section 3(e) by the Company, including, without limitation, injunctive relief.

 

(f)           At the reasonable request of the Board or the Executive Committee, the Manager shall review the Allocation Policy with the Board or the Executive Committee and respond to reasonable questions regarding the Allocation Policy as it relates to services under the Agreement. The Manager shall promptly provide the Board or the Executive Committee with a description of any material amendments, updates and revisions to the Allocation Policy.

 

Section 4.            Bank Accounts. At the direction of the Board or the Executive Committee, the Manager may establish and maintain, as agent on behalf of the Company, one or more bank accounts with a “qualified custodian” in the name of the Company or any Subsidiary in accordance with applicable law, and may cause the Company to deposit into any such account or accounts, and disburse funds from any such account or accounts, under such terms and conditions as the Board may approve; and the Manager shall ensure that such custodian(s) from time to time render statements, including appropriate accountings of such collections and payments to the Board and, upon request, to the auditors of the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

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Section 5.             Records; Confidentiality.

 

The Manager shall maintain appropriate books of account, records and files relating to services performed hereunder, and such books of account, records and files shall be accessible for inspection by representatives of the Company at any time during normal business hours upon advance written notice. The Manager shall have full responsibility for the maintenance, care and safekeeping of all such books of account, records and files (it being understood that services may be provided with respect to the Company by service providers (e.g., administrators, prime brokers and custodians) and so long as such service providers are monitored by the Manager with due care, the Manager shall be in compliance with the foregoing). Until the first (1st) anniversary of the termination of this Agreement, the Manager shall keep confidential any and all Confidential Information and shall not use Confidential Information in contravention of its duties under this Agreement or disclose Confidential Information, in whole or in part, to any Person other than (i) to officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, advisors of the Manager or its Affiliates who need to know such Confidential Information for the purpose of rendering services hereunder or in furtherance of KKR’s asset management or capital markets businesses, (ii) to appraisers, lenders or other financing sources, co-originators, custodians, administrators, brokers, commercial counterparties or any similar entity and others in the ordinary course of the Company’s business ((i) and (ii) collectively, “Manager Permitted Disclosure Parties”), (iii) in connection with any governmental or regulatory filings of the Company or its Affiliates (including, any filings made by KKR as a result of its status as a public company) or disclosure or presentations to investors of the Company or KKR (subject to compliance with Regulation FD), (iv) to governmental agencies or officials having jurisdiction over the Company or the Manager, (v) as requested by law, legal process or regulatory request to which the Manager or any Person to whom disclosure is permitted hereunder is a party or subject, (vi) to existing or prospective investors in KKR Vehicles and their advisors to the extent such Persons reasonably request such information, subject to an undertaking of confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-use, or (vii) otherwise with the consent of the Company, including pursuant to a separate agreement entered into between the Manager and/or any KKR Vehicles and the Company. The Manager agrees to inform each of its Manager Permitted Disclosure Parties of the non-public nature of the Confidential Information. Nothing herein shall prevent the Manager from disclosing Confidential Information (i) upon the order of any court or administrative agency, (ii) upon the request or demand of, or pursuant to any law or regulation to, any regulatory agency or authority, (iii) to the extent reasonably required in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder, or (iv) to its legal counsel or independent auditors; provided, however that with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), it is agreed that, so long as not legally prohibited, the Manager will (x) consider, and if advisable seek, at the Company’s sole expense, an appropriate protective order or confidentiality agreement, (y) notify the Board and the Executive Committee of such disclosure, and (z) in the absence of an appropriate protective order or confidentiality agreement, disclose only that portion of such information that is responsive to such request or demand.

 

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Section 6.             Compensation.

 

(a)           For the services rendered under this Agreement, the Company shall pay the Management Fee to the Manager. The Manager will not receive any Management Fees for the period prior to the Effective Date.

 

(b)           The parties acknowledge that the Management Fee is intended in part to compensate the Manager for the costs and expenses (other than reimbursable costs and expenses) the Manager will incur hereunder, as well as certain expenses not otherwise reimbursable under Section 7 below, in order for the Manager to provide the Company the management services and certain general administrative services rendered under this Agreement. The management fee paid by the Manager under a sub-advisory agreement (if any) shall not constitute an expense reimbursable by the Company under this Agreement or otherwise unless otherwise approved by the Board.

 

(c)           The Management Fee payable in any monthly period shall be reduced by an amount equal to any Other Fees allocable to Investor Shares incurred by the Company, a Subsidiary or a prospective portfolio company during the immediately preceding monthly period, as reduced by any Broken Deal Expenses previously incurred (but only to the extent such Broken Deal Expenses have not already been netted against Other Fees or reimbursed by third parties or the Company). To the extent that the amount of Broken Deal Expenses allocable to Investor Shares incurred during a period exceeds the amount of Other Fees allocable to Investor Shares received during such period, the Manager may, in its sole discretion, apply such excess amount of Broken Deal Expenses against Other Fees (as described in the preceding sentence) in subsequent periods or seek direct reimbursement of such amounts from the Company as a Company Expense. In the event that the amount of fee reduction referred to in the preceding sentences exceeds the Management Fee for such monthly period, such excess shall be carried forward to reduce the Management Fee payable in following monthly periods. To the extent such excess fee reduction remains unapplied upon the Company’s final distribution of assets, the Manager or an Affiliate thereof shall retain such unapplied amount. For the avoidance of doubt, Capstone Fees, Service Costs, Asset Leasing Fees, Loan Servicing Fees and Regulated Broker Dealer Fees do not constitute Other Fees.

 

(d)           The Management Fee shall be payable in arrears in cash or Class F Shares of the Company, in monthly installments commencing with the month in which the Effective Date occurs. If applicable, the initial and final installments of the Management Fee shall be pro-rated based on the number of days during the initial and final month, respectively, that this Agreement is in effect. The Manager shall calculate each monthly installment of the Management Fee, and deliver such calculation to the Company, within thirty (30) days following the last day of each calendar month.

 

(e)           The Company shall make any payments due hereunder to the Manager or, if the Manager directs, to an Affiliate of the Manager. The Manager may elect to receive all or a portion of the Management Fee in Class F Shares of the Company in lieu of cash as follows:

 

(i) At the beginning of each fee calculation period, the Manager will notify the Company of its election to receive any Management Fees for such payment period in cash, Class F Shares or a combination of cash and Class F Shares

 

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(ii) The number of Class F Shares that the Manager will receive will be equal to the quotient of (x) the sum of the cash value of Management Fees elected by the Manager for payment in Class F Shares and (y) the then-current price of the Company’s Class F Shares when such fees become due.

 

(f)            If the Manager elects to receive any portion of its Management Fee in Class F Shares of the Company, the Manager may elect to have the Company repurchase such Class F Shares from the Manager at a later date. Class F Shares of the Company obtained by the Manager will be subject to the repurchase limits of the Share Repurchase Plan.

 

(g)           The parties understand that if an intermediary does not meet the $250 million Class R Shares aggregate investment threshold specified in the definition of Management Fee, applicable Class R Shares will automatically convert to Class I Shares in accordance with the Company’s Governing Agreements.

 

Section 7.             Expenses of the Company.

 

(a)           Subject to Section 7(b) and except as otherwise specified in the definition of Company Expenses, the Manager shall be responsible for the expenses related to any and all personnel of the Manager and its Affiliates who provide services to the Company pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise (including, without limitation, each of the officers of the Company and any directors of the Company who are also directors, officers or employees of the Manager or any of its Affiliates), including, without limitation, normal overhead expenses relating to the business or operation of the Manager (including rent, office furniture, fixtures and computer equipment), salaries, bonus and other wages, payroll taxes and the cost of employee benefit plans of such personnel, and costs of insurance (other than insurance specifically required under this Agreement) with respect to such personnel (“Manager Expenses”).

 

(b)           The Company shall pay all of its costs and expenses and shall reimburse the Manager or its Affiliates for documented costs and expenses of the Manager and its Affiliates to the extent incurred on behalf of the Company that are Company Expenses in accordance with this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Manager Expenses are not Company Expenses. The Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine whether a cost or expense is a Manager Expense or Company Expense.

 

(c)           The Manager may, at its option, elect not to seek reimbursement for certain expenses during a given monthly period, which determination shall not be deemed to construe a waiver of reimbursement for such expenses, or similar expenses, in future periods.

 

(d)           The Manager shall prepare a written expense statement in reasonable detail documenting the costs and expenses of the Company incurred during each calendar month to be reimbursed by the Company, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver the same to the Company within five (5) days following the end of the applicable calendar month (subject to reasonable delays resulting from delays in the receipt of information). The amounts payable for such cost and expense reimbursement shall be paid by the Company; provided, that such payments may be offset by the Manager against amounts due to the Company from the Manager.

 

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(e)           The provisions of this Section 7 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement to the extent such expenses have previously been incurred or are incurred in connection with such expiration or termination.

 

Section 8.             Limits of the Manager’s Responsibility; Indemnification

 

(a)           The Manager assumes no responsibility under this Agreement other than to render the services called for hereunder in good faith and shall not be responsible for any action of the Board or the Executive Committee in following or declining to follow any advice or recommendations of the Manager. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Manager and its Affiliates, including but not limited to their respective directors, officers, employees, managers, trustees, control persons, partners, shareholders, and equityholders, will not be liable to the Company, any Subsidiary, the Board, the Executive Committee, the Company’s shareholders or any Subsidiary’s shareholders or partners for any acts or omissions by the Manager or its Affiliates performed in accordance with and pursuant to this Agreement, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by or through a claim, by the enforcement of any judgment or assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, or otherwise, except by reason of acts or omission constituting bad faith, fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of their respective duties under this Agreement. The Company shall, to the full extent lawful, reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless the Manager, its Affiliates, and the directors, officers, employees and shareholders of the Manager and its Affiliates including but not limited to their respective directors, officers, employees, managers, trustees, control persons, partners, shareholders and equityholders (each, a “Manager Indemnified Party”), of and from any and all expenses, losses, damages, liabilities, demands, charges and claims of any nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) (collectively “Losses”) in respect of or arising from any acts or omissions of such Manager Indemnified Party performed in good faith under this Agreement and not constituting bad faith, fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duties of such Manager Indemnified Party under this Agreement. In addition, the Manager will not be liable for trade errors that may result from ordinary negligence, including, without limitation, errors in the investment decision making process and/or in the trade process.

 

(b)           The Manager shall, to the full extent lawful, reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Subsidiaries and the directors, officers, employees and shareholders of the Company and its Subsidiaries and each Person, if any, controlling the Company (each, a “Company Indemnified Party”; a Manager Indemnified Party and a Company Indemnified Party are each sometimes hereinafter referred to as an “Indemnified Party”) of and from any and all Losses in respect of or arising from (i) any acts or omissions of the Manager constituting bad faith, fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duties of the Manager under this Agreement or (ii) any claims by the Manager’s or its Affiliate’s employees relating to the terms and conditions of their employment by the Manager or its Affiliate (other than claims by employees of the Company relating to the terms and conditions of their employment by the Company).

 

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(c)           In case any such claim, suit, action, investigation or proceeding (a “Claim”) is brought against any Indemnified Party in respect of which indemnification may be sought by such Indemnified Party pursuant hereto, the Indemnified Party shall give prompt written notice thereof to the indemnifying party, which notice shall include all documents and information in the possession of or under the control of such Indemnified Party reasonably necessary for the evaluation and/or defense of such Claim and shall specifically state that indemnification for such Claim is being sought under this Section; provided, however, that the failure of the Indemnified Party to so notify the indemnifying party shall not limit or affect such Indemnified Party’s rights other than pursuant to this Section unless the failure to provide such notice results in material prejudice to the indemnifying party. Upon receipt of such notice of Claim (together with such documents and information from such Indemnified Party), the indemnifying party shall, at its sole cost and expense, in good faith control and defend any such Claim (including any settlement thereof) with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, which counsel may, without limiting the rights of such Indemnified Party pursuant to the next succeeding sentence of this Section, also represent the indemnifying party in such Claim. In the alternative, such Indemnified Party may elect to conduct the defense of the Claim, if (i) such Indemnified Party reasonably determines that the conduct of its defense by the indemnifying party could be materially prejudicial to its interests, (ii) the indemnifying party refuses to assume such defense (or fails to give written notice to the Indemnified Party within ten (10) days of receipt of a notice of Claim that the indemnifying party assumes such defense), or (iii) the indemnifying party shall have failed, in such Indemnified Party’s reasonable judgment, to defend the Claim in good faith. The indemnifying party may settle any Claim against such Indemnified Party, provided (i) such settlement is without any Losses (including equitable relief) whatsoever to such Indemnified Party, (ii) the settlement does not include or require any admission of liability or culpability by such Indemnified Party and (iii) the indemnifying party obtains an effective written release of liability for such Indemnified Party from the party to the Claim with whom such settlement is being made, which release must be reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Party, and a dismissal with prejudice with respect to all claims made by the party against such Indemnified Party in connection with such Claim. Subject to the immediately prior sentence, the applicable Indemnified Party shall reasonably cooperate with the indemnifying party, at the indemnifying party’s sole cost and expense, in connection with the defense or settlement of any Claim in accordance with the terms hereof. If such Indemnified Party is entitled pursuant to this Section 8 to elect to defend such Claim by counsel of its own choosing and so elects, then the indemnifying party shall be responsible for any good faith settlement of such Claim entered into by such Indemnified Party. Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, no Indemnified Party may pay or settle any Claim and seek reimbursement therefor under this Section.

 

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(d)           Any Indemnified Party entitled to indemnification hereunder shall first seek recovery from any other indemnity then available with respect to portfolio entities and/or any applicable insurance policies by which such Indemnified Party is indemnified or covered prior to seeking recovery hereunder and shall obtain the written consent of the Company or Manager (as applicable) prior to entering into any compromise or settlement which would result in an obligation of the Company or Manager (as applicable) to indemnify such Indemnified Party. If such Indemnified Party shall actually recover any amounts under any applicable insurance policies or other indemnity then available, it shall offset the net proceeds so received against any amounts owed by the Company or Manager (as applicable) by reason of the indemnity provided hereunder or, if all such amounts shall have been paid by the Company or Manager (as applicable) in full prior to the actual receipt of such net insurance proceeds, it shall pay over such proceeds (up to the amount of indemnification paid by the Company or Manager (as applicable) to such Indemnified Party) to the Company or Manager (as applicable). If the amounts in respect of which indemnification is sought arise out of the conduct of the business and affairs of the Company or Manager and also of any other Person or entity for which the Indemnified Party hereunder was then acting in a similar capacity, the amount of the indemnification to be provided by the Company or Manager (as applicable) may be limited to the Company’s or Manager’s (as applicable) allocable share thereof if so determined by the Company or Manager (as applicable) in good faith. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8 and for greater certainty it is understood and/or agreed that, to the extent that an Indemnified Party is also entitled to be indemnified by one or more portfolio entities, it is intended that (i) such portfolio entities shall be the indemnitors of first resort, (ii) the Company’s or Manager’s (as applicable) obligation, if any, to indemnify any Indemnified Party shall be reduced by any amount that such Indemnified Party shall collect as indemnification from such entity and from any then available insurance policies, which the Indemnified Party shall have an obligation to seek payment from prior to seeking payment from the Company or Manager in respect of such Claims, and (iii) if the Company or Manager pays or causes to be paid any amounts that should have been paid by such portfolio entity or under such insurance policies, then (x) the Company or Manager (as applicable) shall be fully subrogated to all rights of the relevant Indemnified Party with respect to such payment, and (y) each relevant Indemnified Party shall assign to the Company or Manager (as applicable) all of the Indemnified Party’s rights to indemnification from or with respect to such entity’s indemnification.

 

(e)           The provisions of this Section 8 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.             No Joint Venture. The Company and the Manager are not partners or joint venturers with each other and nothing herein shall be construed to make them such partners or joint venturers or impose any liability as such on either of them.

 

Section 10.           Term; Termination Without Cause.

 

(a)           This Agreement became effective on the Effective Date and shall continue in operation unless terminated in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, with not less than one hundred eighty (180) days’ prior written notice to the Manager (the “Termination Notice”), the Company may, without cause, terminate this Agreement (a “Termination Without Cause”) upon a unanimous vote of the Independent Directors that there has been unsatisfactory performance by the Manager that is materially detrimental to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Upon a Termination Without Cause, the Company shall pay the Manager the Termination Fee before or on the last day of the term of this Agreement (the “Effective Termination Date”).

 

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(c)           The Manager may deliver written notice to the Company informing it of the Manager’s intention to terminate this Agreement upon no less than one hundred eighty (180) days’ notice, whereupon this Agreement shall terminate effective on the latter of (i) 180 days from the date such notice is sent or (ii) such latter date as the Manager may determine. The Company is not required to pay to the Manager the Termination Fee if the Manager terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10(c).

 

(d)           Except as set forth in this Section 10, a Termination Without Cause of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without any further liability or obligation of either party to the other, except as provided in Section 3(b), Section 5, Section 7, Section 8, Section 10(e) and Section 14 of this Agreement.

 

(e)           If the Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10, the Company shall forfeit any controlling interest in any joint venture.

 

(f)           If the Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10, the Company shall, before the Effective Termination Date, cause the name of the Company to be changed to omit reference to “KKR,” and the Company, any successor manager or any other Person shall make no further use of “KKR” or any similar name or any derivations thereof in relation to the activities of the Company.

 

(g)           The Manager shall cooperate, at the Company’s expense, with the Company in executing an orderly transition of the management of the Company’s consolidated assets to a new manager.

 

Section 11.           Assignments.

 

(a)           Assignments by the Manager. This Agreement may not be assigned by the Manager without the consent of the Company, which consent shall be approved by a majority of the Company’s Independent Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager may, at any time without the approval of the Company and without the approval of the Company’s Independent Directors, (i) assign this Agreement to one or more Affiliates of the Manager and (ii) delegate to one or more of its Affiliates, including sub-advisors where applicable, the performance of any of its responsibilities hereunder so long as it remains liable for any such Affiliate’s performance, in each case so long as such assignment or delegation does not require the Company’s consent under the Investment Advisers Act (but if such consent is required, the Company shall not unreasonably withhold, condition or delay its consent). Any such permitted assignment shall bind the assignee under this Agreement in the same manner as the Manager is bound, and the Manager shall be liable to the Company for all acts or omissions of the assignee under any such assignment. In addition, the assignee shall execute and deliver to the Company a counterpart of this Agreement naming such assignee as the Manager. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude any pledge, hypothecation or other transfer of any amounts payable to the Manager under this Agreement.

 

(b)           Assignments by the Company. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of the Manager.

 

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Section 12.           Termination for Cause.

 

(a)           The Company may terminate this Agreement effective upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of termination from the Company to the Manager, without payment of any Termination Fee, upon the occurrence of a Cause Event.

 

(b)           The Manager may terminate this Agreement effective upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice of termination to the Company in the event that the Company shall default in the performance or observance of any material term, condition or covenant contained in this Agreement and such default shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice thereof specifying such default and requesting that the same be remedied in such 30-day period. The Company is required to pay to the Manager the Termination Fee if the termination of this Agreement is made pursuant to this Section 12(b).

 

(c)           The Manager may terminate this Agreement if the Company becomes required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, with such termination deemed to occur immediately before such event, in which case the Company shall not be required to pay the Termination Fee.

 

Section 13.           Action Upon Termination. From and after the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Sections 10, 11, or 12 of this Agreement, the Manager shall not be entitled to compensation for further services hereunder, but shall be paid all compensation accruing to the date of termination and, if terminated pursuant to Section 10(b) or Section 12(b) hereof, the Termination Fee. Upon any such termination, the Manager shall forthwith:

 

(a)           after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its expenses to which it is then entitled, pay over to the Company or a Subsidiary all money collected and held for the account of the Company or a Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement;

 

(b)           deliver to the Board a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by it and a statement of all money held by it, covering the period following the date of the last accounting furnished to the Board with respect to the Company and any Subsidiaries; and

 

(c)           deliver to the Board all property and documents of the Company and any Subsidiaries then in the custody of the Manager, provided that the Manager shall be permitted to retain copies of such documents for its records, and if so retained, the Manager shall continue to be bound by the confidentiality obligations and other obligations set forth in Section 5 hereof with respect to the retained documents.

 

Section 14.           Release of Money or Other Property Upon Written Request.

 

The Manager agrees that any money or other property of the Company (which such term, for the purposes of this Section, shall be deemed to include any and all of its Subsidiaries, if any) shall be held in the name of the Company or any Subsidiary, and in the case of securities and funds of the Company, shall be maintained by a qualified custodian in the name of the Company or any Subsidiary in accordance with applicable law. The Manager shall not be liable to the Company, the Board, the Executive Committee or the Company’s shareholders for any acts or omissions by the Company in connection with the money or other property held by such custodian(s) in accordance with this Section. The Company shall indemnify the Manager, its directors, officers, shareholders, employees and agents against any and all Losses which arise in connection with the Manager’s proper release or direction of such money or other property to the Company’s custodian(s) in accordance with the terms of this Section 14. Indemnification pursuant to this provision shall be in addition to any right of the Manager to indemnification under Section 8 of this Agreement.

 

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Section 15.           Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)           The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Manager as follows:

 

(i)            The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the limited liability company power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its assets, to lease any property it may operate as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is now engaged and is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for failures to be so qualified, authorized or licensed that could not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole.

 

(ii)           The Company has the limited liability company power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder and has taken all necessary action to authorize this Agreement on the terms and conditions hereof and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder. No consent of any other Person that has not already been obtained, including shareholders and creditors of the Company, and no license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required by the Company in connection with this Agreement or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder. This Agreement has been, and each instrument or document required hereunder will be, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company, and this Agreement constitutes, and each instrument or document required hereunder when executed and delivered hereunder will constitute, the legally valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

(iii)          The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the documents or instruments required hereunder will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation binding on the Company, or any order, judgment, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority binding on the Company, or the Governing Agreements of, or any securities issued by the Company or of any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets may be bound, the violation of which would have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a whole, and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any lien or any of its property, assets or revenues pursuant to the provisions of any such mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking.

 

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(b)           The Manager hereby represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

(i)            The Manager is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has the limited liability company power and authority and the legal right to conduct the business in which it is now engaged and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except for failures to be so qualified, authorized or licensed that could not in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Manager.

 

(ii)           The Manager has the limited liability company power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize this Agreement on the terms and conditions hereof and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder. No consent of any other Person, including members and creditors of the Manager, and no license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority is required by the Manager in connection with this Agreement or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement and all obligations required hereunder. This Agreement has been, and each instrument or document required hereunder will be, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Manager, and this Agreement constitutes, and each instrument or document required hereunder when executed and delivered hereunder will constitute, the legally valid and binding obligation of the Manager enforceable against the Manager in accordance with its terms.

 

(iii)          The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the documents or instruments required hereunder will not violate any provision of any existing law or regulation binding on the Manager, or any order, judgment, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority binding on the Manager, or the Governing Agreements of, or any securities issued by the Manager or of any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which the Manager is a party or by which the Manager or any of its assets may be bound, the violation of which would have a material adverse effect on the business operations, assets or financial condition of the Manager, and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any lien or any of its property, assets or revenues pursuant to the provisions of any such mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking.

 

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Section 16.           Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           Notices. Any notices that may or are required to be given hereunder by any party to another shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) personally delivered or delivered by facsimile, when received, (ii) sent by U.S. Express Mail or recognized overnight courier, on the second following Business Day (or third following Business Day if mailed outside the United States), (iii) delivered by electronic mail, when received or (iv) posted on a password protected website maintained by the Manager and for which the Company has received access instructions by electronic mail, when posted:

 

The Company: KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
30 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001
Attention: General Counsel
Email: general.counsel@kkr.com

 

The Manager: KKR DAV Manager LLC
c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.
30 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001
Attention: General Counsel
Email: general.counsel@kkr.com

 

(b)           Binding Nature of Agreement; Successors and Assigns; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns as provided herein. Except for Section 3 and Section 8, none of the provisions of this Agreement are intended to be, nor shall they be construed to be, for the benefit of any third party.

 

(c)           Integration. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.

 

(d)           Amendments. Neither this Agreement, nor any terms hereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in an instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto.

 

(e)           GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ANY DISTRICT WITHIN SUCH STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY ACTION OR JUDGMENT RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN SUCH COURT.

 

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(f)            WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

(g)           Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

(h)           No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of a party hereto, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

(i)            Section Headings. The section and subsection headings in this Agreement are for convenience in reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the interpretation of any provisions hereof.

 

(j)            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

(k)           Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Management Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC
     
  By:              
    Name:          [ ]
    Title:            [ ]

 

  KKR DAV Manager LLC
     
  By:              
    Name:          [ ]
    Title:            [ ]

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

DEALER-MANAGER AGREEMENT

 

THIS DEALER-MANAGER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement’) is made as of this [•] day of [_________], 2022, by and between KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and KKR Capital Markets LLC (the “Dealer-Manager”), a Delaware limited liability company.

 

WHEREAS, the Company is conducting a private placement offering in accordance with Rule 506(b) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), of Class D Shares, Class I Shares, Class R Shares, Class S Shares and Class U Shares (“Shares”) through a private placement memorandum (the “Private Placement Memorandum”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”);

 

WHEREAS, the Dealer-Manager is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act, and is a member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to retain the Dealer-Manager to serve as dealer-manager of each class of the Shares and for such additional classes of Shares that the Company may issue in the future, on the terms and conditions set forth below;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter contained and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1 APPOINTMENT

 

1.1           Dealer-Manager. The Company hereby appoints Dealer-Manager as its dealer-manager of Shares and to provide such other services in accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement. Dealer-Manager accepts such appointment and agrees to furnish certain related services as set forth in this Agreement.

 

1.2           Appointment not Exclusive. Notwithstanding Dealer-Manager’s appointment as dealer-manager of Shares, the Company reserves the right to make sales of Shares without sales charges consistent with the terms of the Private Placement Memorandum, including direct sales of Shares, and to engage in other legally authorized transactions in Shares. Such other transactions may include, without limitation, transactions between the Company or any class and its shareholders only; transactions involving the reorganization of the Company; and transactions involving the merger or combination of the Company with another corporation or trust.

 

SECTION 2 SOLICITATION OF SALES AND OTHER SERVICES

 

2.1           Solicitation of Sales. The Company grants to Dealer-Manager the right to sell its Shares authorized for issue, at the net asset value per Share, plus any applicable sales charges, in accordance with the Private Placement Memorandum, as agent and on behalf of the Company, during the term of this Agreement and subject to the rules and regulations of the SEC and the laws governing the sale of securities in the various states (“Blue Sky Laws”). The Company may terminate, suspend or withdraw the offering of Shares whenever, in its sole discretion, it deems such action to be desirable. The Dealer-Manager agrees that no offer or sale of Shares will be made in any state or jurisdiction, or to any prospective investor located in any state or jurisdiction, where Shares have not been registered or qualified for offer and sale under applicable state securities laws unless Shares are exempt from the registration or qualification requirements of such laws. Investments will be sold (i) in the United States only to U.S. persons who are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act and (ii) outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the 1933 Act and pursuant to the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the offer and sale of Shares in the applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction. The Dealer-Manager agrees to provide a current Private Placement Memorandum, including any written supplements, to prospective shareholders. The Dealer-Manager may prepare, print and distribute such other sales literature and advertising materials in connection with the offering of Shares as it deems appropriate. Without limiting the foregoing, the Dealer-Manager shall perform or supervise the performance by others of the services set forth herein.

 


 

2.2           Dealer-Manager will have the right, as agent, to sell Shares to broker-dealers that are members of FINRA and who have entered into selling agreements with Dealer-Manager; or through other financial intermediaries, in each case against orders therefore. In consideration of these rights granted to the Dealer-Manager, the Dealer-Manager agrees to use all commercially reasonable efforts in connection with the sale of Shares; provided, however, that the Dealer-Manager will not be prevented from entering into like arrangements (including arrangements involving the payment of underwriting commissions) with other issuers. The provisions of this paragraph do not obligate the Dealer-Manager to register as a broker or dealer under the Blue Sky Laws of any jurisdiction or laws of any foreign jurisdiction in which it is not now registered or to maintain its registration in any jurisdiction in which it is now registered or obligate the Dealer-Manager to sell any particular number of Shares. The Dealer-Manager will not direct remuneration from commissions paid by the Company for portfolio securities transactions to a broker or dealer for promoting or selling Shares. The Company reserves the right to refuse at any time or times to sell any of its Shares for any reason deemed adequate by it. All orders through the Dealer-Manager will be subject to acceptance and confirmation by the Company. Throughout the term of this Agreement, the Dealer-Manager shall maintain such licenses and registrations as are necessary to permit it and its representatives and agents to provide the services hereunder.

 

2.3           Other Services. Without limiting the foregoing, the Dealer-Manager will perform or supervise the performance by others of the additional services set forth herein, including the following personal investor services and account maintenance services:

 

(a)           providing administrative, operational and infrastructural support for the selling of Shares and settlement of transactions with shareholders, as necessary;

 

(b)           handling inquiries regarding the Company from shareholders in the Company, including but not limited to, questions concerning such shareholders’ investments in the Company, including repurchase offers, reports and tax information provided by the Company;

 

(c)           assisting in the enhancement of relations and communications between shareholders and the Company;

 

(d)           assisting in the establishment and maintenance of shareholders’ accounts with the Company, including notifying the Company or its agents of any changes in account information;

 

(e)           assisting in receiving and forwarding purchase and repurchase requests and payments to and from such shareholders;

 

(f)            assisting the Company or its agent (including the Company’s transfer agent) with the process of receiving and forwarding purchase and repurchase requests and payments to and from shareholders;

 

(g)           providing such other similar services as the Company may reasonably request to the extent Dealer-Manager is permitted to do so under applicable statutes, rules and regulations; and

 

(h)           assisting, as requested, in the repurchase of Shares owned by shareholders.

 

SECTION 3 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

3.1           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company. The Company represents, warrants and covenants that:

 

(a)           it is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware, and has all requisite power under the laws of such state and applicable federal law to conduct its business as now being conducted and to perform its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(b)           this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company, including by unanimous affirmative vote of a majority of the independent directors of the Company; and when executed and delivered by the Company, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms;

 

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(c)           it shall timely perform all obligations identified in this Agreement as obligations of the Company, including, without limitation, providing the Dealer-Manager with all marketing materials reasonably requested by the Dealer-Manager and giving all necessary consents or approvals in good faith and within a timely manner;

 

(d)           each Private Placement Memorandum has been prepared in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and no Private Placement Memorandum will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact that is required to be stated therein so as to make the statements contained in such Private Placement Memorandum not misleading;

 

(e)           it will notify the Dealer-Manager as soon as reasonably practical in advance of any matter which could materially affect the Dealer-Manager’s performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, including any amendment to the Private Placement Memorandum;

 

(f)            it will provide Dealer-Manager with a copy of each Private Placement Memorandum as soon as reasonably possible prior to or contemporaneously with the distribution of such Private Placement Memorandum;

 

(g)           it shall fully cooperate with requests from government regulators and the Dealer-Manager for information relating to customers and/or transactions involving the Shares, as permitted by law, in order for the Dealer-Manager to comply with its regulatory obligations;

 

(h)           the Shares have not been registered under the 1933 Act, the securities laws of any other state or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, but will be offered and sold in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements under the 1933 Act and any other applicable laws pursuant to the Private Placement Memorandum

 

(i)            the Shares are being offered and sold (i) in the United States under the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder and other exemptions of similar import in the laws of the states and jurisdictions where the offering will be made, to U.S. persons who are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act, and (ii) outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the 1933 Act. As of the date hereof, no jurisdiction in which the Shares have been or will be offered or sold has issued any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for sale in such jurisdiction and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened;

 

(j)            the Company is conducting an offering of Shares as a private placement and shall not take any action that (i) causes the offering of the Shares to lose any exemption from registration with the SEC provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act and/or any regulations promulgated thereunder or (ii) causes the offering of Shares to lose its exemption from registration provided by Rule 506(b) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; and

 

(k)           the Company intends to conduct its business so as not to be an “investment company” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder, and it will exercise reasonable diligence to ensure that it does not become an “investment company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act.

 

3.2           Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Dealer-Manager. Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that:

 

(a)            it has full power, right and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly approved by all requisite actions on its part, and no other proceedings on its part are necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it; this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;

 

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(b)           it is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC under the 1934 Act and a member of FINRA;

 

(c)           it is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations aimed at the prevention and detection of money laundering and/or the financing of terrorism activities including Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by USA PATRIOT Act, U.S. Treasury Department, including the Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”), Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the SEC (collectively, “Money Laundering Laws”) in its duties as a Dealer-Manager under this Agreement, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, such duties and corresponding compliance with Money Laundering Laws may be delegated or otherwise carried out by placement agents, financial intermediaries, the Company’s administrator or the Company’s transfer agent pursuant to separate agreements between such party and the Company or Dealer-Manager;

 

(d)           it has an anti-money laundering program (“AML Program”), that at minimum includes, (i) an AML compliance officer designated to administer and oversee the AML Program, (ii) ongoing training for appropriate personnel, (iii) internal controls and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect suspicious activity monitoring and terrorist financing activities; (iv) appropriate risk-based procedures for conducting ongoing customer due diligence, including: (a) understanding the nature and purpose of customer relationships for the purpose of developing a customer risk profile and (b) conducting ongoing monitoring to identify and report suspicious transactions and, on a risk basis, to maintain and update customer information (including beneficial ownership information of legal entity customers); and (v) appropriate record keeping procedures;

 

(e)           it shall not give any information or make any representations other than those contained in the current Private Placement Memorandum or contained in shareholder reports or other material that may be prepared by or on behalf of the Company for the Dealer-Manager’s use. The Dealer-Manager may prepare and distribute sales literature and other material as it may deem appropriate, provided that such literature and materials have been prepared in accordance with applicable rules and regulations; and provided further, that the Company has previously approved such material;

 

(f)            it will offer Shares, and in its agreements with Intermediaries (as defined below) will require that the Intermediaries offer Shares, only to those persons who meet the suitability standards set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum or in any suitability letter or memorandum sent by the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, only from investors each of which, together with any other investor for which such investor is acting as a trustee or other fiduciary, the Dealer-Manager or Intermediary making such offering of Shares, shall reasonably believe (a) is an “accredited investor” with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act; or (b) is not a United States person within the meaning of Rule 902 under the 1933 Act) and will only make offers to persons in the jurisdictions in which it is advised in writing that the Shares are qualified for sale or that such qualification is not required. Notwithstanding the qualification of the Shares for sale in any respective jurisdiction (or the exemption therefrom), the Dealer-Manager represents, warrants and covenants that it will not offer Shares and will not permit any of its registered representatives to offer Shares in any jurisdiction unless both the Dealer-Manager and such registered representative are duly licensed to transact securities business in such jurisdiction. In offering Shares, the Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors.

 

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(g)           neither it, nor any person associated with the Dealer-Manager shall offer or sell (nor will the Dealer-Manager in its agreements with Intermediaries (defined below) permit the Intermediaries to offer or sell) Shares in any jurisdiction except to investors who satisfy the investor suitability standards and minimum investment requirements under the most restrictive of the following: (a) applicable provisions described in the Private Placement Memorandum, including status as an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act, minimum income and net worth standards; (b) applicable laws of the jurisdiction of which such investor is a resident; or (c) applicable FINRA Rules. The Dealer-Manager agrees to ensure that, in recommending the purchase, sale or exchange of Shares to an investor, the Dealer-Manager, or a person associated with the Dealer-Manager, shall have reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the investor (and thereafter maintained in the manner and for the period required by the SEC, any state securities commission, any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction, FINRA or the Company) concerning his or her age, investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs and any other information known to the Dealer-Manager, or person associated with the Dealer-Manager, that (i) the investor can reasonably benefit from an investment in the Shares based on the investor’s overall investment objectives and portfolio structure, (ii) the investor is able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on the investor’s overall financial situation and (iii) the investor has an apparent understanding of (A) the fundamental risks of the investment, (B) the risk that the investor may lose his or her entire investment in the Shares, (C) the lack of liquidity of the Shares, (D) the background and qualifications of the Manager or the persons responsible for directing and managing the Company and (E) the tax consequences of an investment in the Shares. In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts, the suitability standards must be met by the person who directly or indirectly supplied the funds for the purchase of the Shares or by the beneficiary of such fiduciary account; and the purchaser of Shares has a substantive pre-existing relationship with the Dealer-Manager pursuant to Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer-Manager further represents, warrants and covenants that the Dealer-Manager, or a person associated with the Dealer-Manager, will make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability and appropriateness of an investment in Shares of each proposed investor by reviewing documents and records disclosing the basis upon which the determination as to suitability was reached as to each purchaser of Shares pursuant to a subscription solicited by the Dealer-Manager, whether such documents and records relate to accounts which have been closed, accounts which are currently maintained or accounts hereafter established. The Dealer-Manager agrees to retain its records in compliance with applicable law and make available a record of the information obtained to determine that an investor meets the suitability standards imposed on the offer or sale of Shares at the time of the initial purchase of Shares to (i) the Company and (ii) representatives of the SEC, FINRA and applicable state or non-U.S. securities administrators upon the Dealer-Manager’s receipt of an appropriate document subpoena or other appropriate request for documents from any such agency for a period of at least six years following the termination of this Agreement. In addition, at the Company’s reasonable written request, which shall be no later than the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement, and at the Company’s sole expense, the Dealer-Manager agrees to retain such records for a reasonable period of time beyond the six year anniversary of the date of termination of this Agreement. The Dealer-Manager shall not purchase any Shares for a discretionary account without obtaining the prior written approval of the Dealer-Manager’s customer and his or her signature on a subscription agreement. In selling Shares, the Dealer-Manager will comply, and in its agreements with Intermediaries, the Dealer-Manager will require that the Intermediaries comply, with the provisions of the FINRA Rules, Regulation Best Interest under the 1934 Act, as well as all other applicable rules and regulations relating to suitability of investors.

 

SECTION 4 NO REGISTRATION OF SHARES

 

The Shares have not been registered under the 1933 Act, the securities laws of any other State or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, but will be offered and sold in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any other applicable laws pursuant to the Private Placement Memorandum. The Shares are being offered and sold (i) in the United States under the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder and other exemptions of similar import in the laws of the states and jurisdictions where the Offering will be made, to U.S. persons who are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act, and (ii) outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the 1933 Act. Neither the Company nor the Dealer Manager shall take any action that (i) causes the offering of the Shares to lose any exemption from registration with the SEC provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act and/or any regulations promulgated thereunder or (ii) causes the offering of Shares to lose its exemption from registration provided by Rule 506(b) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Dealer Manager shall exercise reasonable diligence to (and shall require Intermediaries to) avoid taking any action that would cause the Company to be an “investment company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act and/or any regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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SECTION 5 AGREEMENTS WITH FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

 

The Dealer-Manager is authorized to enter into written agreements (“Selling Agent Agreements”) with banks, broker/dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions (collectively, “Intermediaries”), on terms and conditions consistent with this Agreement and all applicable laws, regulations and exemptive relief, and to fix therein the portion of the sales charge, if any, that may be allocated to the Intermediaries on such terms and conditions as the Dealer-Manager will deem necessary or appropriate. The Selling Agent Agreements shall be on the general forms that are approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. The Dealer-Manager also may enter into other forms of agreements relating to selling agent activities and support as it deems appropriate, provided that the Dealer-Manager determines that the Company’s responsibility or liability to any person under, or on account of any acts or statements of any such Intermediary under, any such agreement does not exceed its responsibility or liability under the general form(s) of Selling Agent Agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, and provided further that the Dealer-Manager determines that the overall terms of any such agreement are not materially less advantageous to the Company than the overall terms of the general form(s) of Selling Agent Agreement approved by the Board of Directors of the Company. Any Shares sold to Intermediaries for resale will be resold by such intermediaries only at the price set forth in the applicable Private Placement Memorandum or as otherwise permissible under the federal and state securities laws. With respect to Intermediaries who are acting as brokers or dealers within the United States, the Dealer-Manager will offer and sell Shares, as agent for the Company, only to such financial intermediaries who are members in good standing of FINRA. The Dealer-Manager agrees, and each Intermediary shall have agreed, to comply and shall comply with any applicable requirements with respect to its and each Intermediary’s participation in any resales or transfers of the Shares. In addition, the Dealer-Manager agrees, and each Intermediary shall have agreed, that should it or they assist with the resale or transfer of the Shares, it and each Intermediary will fully comply with all applicable FINRA or SEC rules or any other applicable federal or state laws, including Regulation D under the 1933 Act. The Company acknowledges that Dealer-Manager may act as the Company’s agent for transmitting, or arranging for transmission of, distribution and/or shareholder servicing fees to be paid to Intermediaries in accordance with arrangements between the Company and such Intermediaries. During the offering, offers and sales of Shares pursuant to the terms of any Selling Agent Agreements that are from “benefit plan investors” (within the meaning of Section 3(12) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or other investors who are or whose assets are subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code must be properly and clearly identified to the Company. At the Company’s request, the Dealer-Manager shall provide to the Company a list of all investors and Intermediaries with whom the Dealer-Manager has initiated oral or written discussions regarding the offering.

 

SECTION 6 EXPENSES

 

6.1           Company Expenses. The Company will pay all fees and expenses (i) in connection with the preparation of any Private Placement Memorandum and amendments for the issue of its Shares; (ii) in connection with the registration and qualification of Shares for sale in the various states in which the Board of Directors of the Company will determine advisable to qualify such Shares for sale; (iii) of preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing any report or other communication to shareholders of the Company in their capacity as such; (iv) charged by FINRA in connection with FINRA review of Company advertising and marketing materials; and (v) of preparing, setting in type, printing and mailing any Private Placement Memorandum sent to existing shareholders.

 

6.2           Dealer-Manager Expenses. Dealer-Manager will pay all of its costs and expenses (other than expenses which one or more dealers may bear pursuant to any agreement with Dealer-Manager) incurred by it in connection with the performance of its distribution duties hereunder.

 

SECTION 7 COMPENSATION

 

7.1           Compensation to Dealer-Manager. As compensation for providing the services under this Agreement, the Dealer-Manager will receive from the Company:

 

(a)           all distribution and service fees, as applicable, at the rate and under the terms and conditions set forth in the Private Placement Memorandum applicable to the appropriate class of shares of the Company, as such Private Placement Memoranda may be amended from time to time, and subject to any further limitations on such fees as the Board of Directors of the Company may impose;

 

(b)           all front-end sales charges, if any, on purchases of Shares sold subject to such charges as described in the Private Placement Memorandum, as amended from time to time. The Dealer-Manager, or brokers, dealers and other financial institutions and intermediaries that have entered into sub-distribution agreements with the Dealer-Manager, may collect the gross proceeds derived from the sale of such Shares, remit the net asset value thereof to the Company upon receipt of the proceeds and retain the applicable sales charge; and

 

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(c)           all contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSC”), if any, applied on repurchases of Shares subject to such charges on the terms and subject to such waivers as are described in the Private Placement Memorandum, or as otherwise required pursuant to applicable law.

 

7.2           Payments to Financial Intermediaries. The Dealer-Manager may re-allow any or all of the distribution or service fees, front-end sales charges and CDSCs that it is paid by the Company to such brokers, dealers and other financial institutions and intermediaries as the Dealer-Manager may from time to time determine.

 

SECTION 8 INDEMNIFICATION; CONTRIBUTION; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

 

8.1           Indemnification of Dealer-Manager. The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Dealer-Manager, each of its directors, officers, employees and each person, if any, who controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Dealer-Manager within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Dealer-Manager Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, whatsoever (including any investigation, legal or other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted) to which the Dealer-Manager Indemnified Parties may become subject, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Private Placement Memorandum, or any marketing literature or materials distributed on behalf of the Company with respect to the securities covered by the Private Placement Memorandum (the “Covered Documents”) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Dealer-Manager for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Dealer-Manager in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Covered Documents about the Dealer-Manager in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Dealer-Manager expressly for use therein. In no case is the indemnity by the Company in favor of the Dealer-Manager or any other person to be deemed to protect the Dealer-Manager or any other person against any liability to the Company or its shareholders to which the Dealer-Manager or such person otherwise would be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, or gross negligence, in the performance of its duties, or by reason of its reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement.

 

8.2           Indemnification of the Company. Dealer-Manager agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, officers, employees and each person, if any, who controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act (collectively, the “Company Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, whatsoever (including any investigation, legal or other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted) to which the Company Indemnified Parties may become subject, to the extent, but only to the extent, that an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in a Covered Document, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Dealer-Manager.

 

8.3           Indemnification Procedures.

 

(a)            If any action or claim shall be brought against any Dealer-Manager Indemnified Party or Company Indemnified Party (any such party, an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), in respect of which indemnity may be sought against the other party hereto, such Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the indemnifying party in writing, and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and payment of all fees and expenses; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party except to the extent such indemnifying party has been materially prejudiced by such failure.

 

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(b)           Any Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense and employ counsel, or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any impleaded party) included such Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party and such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or which may also result in a conflict of interest (in which case if such Indemnified Party notifies the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such Indemnified Party), it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys for all such Indemnified Parties.

 

(c)            No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the Indemnified Party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any Indemnified Party.

 

(d)           The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent, but if such action is settled with the written consent of the indemnifying party, or if there shall be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action and the time for filing all appeals has expired, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnified Party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.

 

(e)           The obligations of the indemnifying party under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability that the indemnifying party may otherwise have.

 

8.4           Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is insufficient or unavailable to any Indemnified Party under this Section 8 in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by damages, liabilities or expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Dealer-Manager on the other from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the Indemnified Party failed to give the notice required under Section 8.3(a), above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Dealer-Manager on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Dealer-Manager on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the amount of gross proceeds received by the Company from the offering of the Shares under this Agreement (expressed in dollars) bears to the net profits received by the Dealer-Manager under this Agreement. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the Dealer-Manager on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Dealer-Manager agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 8.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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8.5           Consequential Damages. In no event and under no circumstances will either party to this Agreement be liable to anyone, including, without limitation, the other party, for consequential damages for any act or failure to act under any provision of this Agreement.

 

8.6           Limitation of Liability. The Company is a limited liability company organized under Delaware law and under a Certificate of Formation, which is on file at the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware, and a Limited Liability Company Agreement, each of which to which reference is hereby made. The obligations of the Company entered into in the name of the Company or on behalf thereof by any of the Directors, officers, employees or agents are made not individually, but in such capacities, and are not binding upon any of the Directors, officers, employees, agents or shareholders of the Company personally, but bind only the assets of the Company, and all persons dealing with the Company must look solely to the assets of the Company for the enforcement of any claims against the Company.

 

SECTION 9 TERM AND TERMINATION

 

This Agreement will be effective upon its execution, and, unless terminated as provided, will continue in operation unless terminated in accordance with the terms hereof. This Agreement may be terminated at any time without penalty by a vote of the Directors of the Company or by the Dealer-Manager upon not less than sixty days prior written notice to the Company.

 

SECTION 10 MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1         Records. The books and records pertaining to the Company, which are in the possession or under the control of Dealer-Manager, will be prepared and maintained as required under applicable securities laws, rules and regulations. The Company and its authorized persons will have access to such books and records at all times during the Dealer-Manager’s normal business hours. Upon the reasonable request of the Company, the Dealer-Manager will provide copies of such books and records to the Company or its authorized persons, at the Company’s expense.

 

10.2         Independent Contractor. The Dealer-Manager will undertake and discharge its obligations hereunder as an independent contractor. Neither Dealer-Manager nor any of its officers, directors, employees or representatives is or will be an employee of the Company in connection with the performance of Dealer-Manager’s duties hereunder. Dealer-Manager will be responsible for its own conduct and the employment, control, compensation and conduct of its agents and employees, and for any injury to such agents or employees or to others through its agents and employees.

 

10.3         Notices. All notices provided for or permitted under this Agreement will be deemed effective upon receipt, and will be in writing and (a) delivered personally, (b) sent by commercial overnight courier with written verification of receipt, (c) sent via electronic mail, or (d) sent by certified or registered U.S. mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, to the party to be notified, at the address for such party set forth below. Notices to the Dealer-Manager will be sent to the attention of: Chief Compliance Officer, KKR Capital Markets LLC, 30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. Notices to the Company will be sent to the attention of: KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC, 30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001. Email notices to the Dealer-Manager will be sent to complianceny@kkr.com, and to the Company will be sent to complianceny@kkr.com.

 

10.4         Dispute Resolution. Whenever either party desires to institute legal proceedings against the other party concerning this Agreement, it will provide written notice to that effect to such other party. The party providing such notice will refrain from instituting said legal proceedings for a period of thirty (30) days following the date of provision of such notice. During such period, the parties will attempt in good faith to amicably resolve their dispute by negotiation among their executive officers.

 

10.5         Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto and supersedes any prior agreement, draft or agreement or proposal with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended only if such amendment is approved by the vote of a majority of the Directors of the Company.

 

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10.6         Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflict of laws or choice of laws rules or principles thereof.

 

10.7         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which will constitute one and the same instrument. Each such counterpart will be deemed an original, and it will not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. This Agreement will be deemed executed by both parties when any one or more counterparts hereof or thereof, individually or taken together, bears the original, scanned or facsimile signatures of each of the parties.

 

10.8         Force Majeure. No breach of any obligation of a party to this Agreement (other than obligations to pay amounts owed) will constitute an event of default or breach to the extent it arises out of a cause, existing or future, that is beyond the control and without negligence of the party otherwise chargeable with breach or default, including without limitation: work action or strike; lockout or other labor dispute; flood; war; riot; theft; act of terrorism, earthquake or natural disaster. Either party desiring to rely upon any of the foregoing as an excuse for default or breach will, when the cause arises, give to the other party prompt notice of the facts which constitute such cause; and, when the cause ceases to exist, give prompt notice thereof to the other party.

 

10.9         Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is determined to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction will be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability in such jurisdiction, without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any provision of this Agreement to be invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree that the court making such determination will have the power to reduce the scope, duration, or area of the provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace the provision with a provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the original intention of the parties, and this Agreement will be enforceable as so modified.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Dealer-Manager have each duly executed this Agreement, as of the day and year above written.

 

KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC   KKR Capital Markets LLC  
           
By:     By:    
Name:     Name:    
Title:     Title:    

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.3

 

KKR DAV Manco LLC
30 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001

 

October 25, 2022

 

KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC

30 Hudson Yards
New York, NY 10001

 

Re: Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

KKR DAV Manco LLC (the “Manager”) hereby confirms its agreement as follows in respect of KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC (the “Company”):

 

1.           Expense Limitation. Through and including, December 31, 2023 (the “Limitation Period”), subject to the terms hereof, the Manager agrees that, except as provided in Section 2 below, it will forego an amount of its monthly management fee and pay, absorb or reimburse certain expenses of the Company, to the extent necessary so that, for any fiscal year, the Company’s annual Specified Expenses (as defined below) do not exceed 0.60% of the Company’s net assets as of the end of each calendar month (the “Expense Limitation”). In any month, the Manager shall reimburse the Company for Specified Expenses over the Expense Limitation by first foregoing at that time the requisite amount of its monthly management fee and then, if such foregone amount is insufficient, by directly reimbursing the Company for any additional excess Specified Expenses over such Expense Limitation. For purposes of this letter agreement, the monthly value of the Company’s net assets will be determined in a manner consistent with the Company’s private placement memorandum (the “Private Placement Memorandum”).

 

2.           Specified Expenses. The Expense Limitation applies only to the Company’s “Specified Expenses,” which is defined to include all expenses incurred in the business of the Company, including organizational and offering costs, with the exception of (i) the management fee (as described in the Private Placement Memorandum), (ii) the performance participation allocation (as described in the Private Placement Memorandum), (iii) the servicing fee (as described in the Private Placement Memorandum), (iv) the distribution fee (as described in the Private Placement Memorandum), (v) asset or entity level expenses (as described in the Private Placement Memorandum), (vi) brokerage costs or other investment-related out-of-pocket expenses, including with respect to unconsummated transactions, (vii) dividend/interest payments (including any dividend payments, interest expenses, commitment fees, or other expenses related to any leverage incurred by the Company), (viii) taxes, (ix) ordinary corporate operating expenses (including costs and expenses related to hiring, retaining, and compensating employees and officers of the Company), (x) certain insurance costs, and (xi) extraordinary expenses (as determined in the sole discretion of the Manager).

 

3.           Term. This letter agreement will remain in effect throughout the Limitation Period, unless terminated by the Company’s Board of Directors upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Manager. This letter agreement may be renewed by the mutual agreement of the Manager and the Company for successive terms. Unless so renewed, this letter agreement will terminate automatically at the end of the Limitation Period. This letter agreement will also terminate automatically upon the termination of that certain Management Agreement (the “Management Agreement”) between the Company and the Manager unless a new management agreement with the Manager (or with an affiliate under common control with the Manager) becomes effective upon such termination.

 

4.           Excess Expenses. In consideration of the Manager’s agreement as provided herein, the Company agrees to carry forward the amount of the foregone management fees and expenses paid, absorbed, or reimbursed by the Manager, for a period not to exceed three years from the end of the month in which the Manager waived or reimbursed such fees or expenses (“Excess Expenses”) and to reimburse the Manager in the amount of such Excess Expenses as promptly as possible, on a monthly basis, but only to the extent that such reimbursement does not cause the Company’s annual Specified Expenses plus recoupment to exceed 0.60% of the Company’s net assets as of the end of each calendar month. For the avoidance of doubt, if, at the end of any fiscal year in which the Company has reimbursed the Manager for any Excess Expenses, the Company’s Specified Expenses for such fiscal year exceed the Expense Limitation, the Manager shall promptly pay the Company an amount equal to the lesser of: (i) the amount by which the Company’s Specified Expenses for such fiscal year exceed the Expense Limitation; and (ii) the amount of reimbursements for Excess Expenses paid by the Company to the Manager in such fiscal year. Any payment by the Manager to the Company pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall be subject to later reimbursement by the Company in accordance with this Section 4. The Manager’s obligations under this Section 4 shall survive termination of this letter agreement.

 


 

5.           Entire Agreement; Amendment. This letter agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements between the parties hereto relating to the matters contained herein and may not be modified, waived or terminated orally and may only be amended by an agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto.

 

6.           Construction and Forum. This letter agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court.

 

7.           Counterparts. For the convenience of the parties, any number of the counterparts of this letter agreement may be executed by any one or more parties hereto, including by facsimile or PDF, and each such executed counterpart shall be, and shall be deemed to be, an original, but all of which shall constitute, and shall be deemed to constitute, in the aggregate but one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to this letter agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this letter agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.

 

8.           Severability. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or texts of this letter agreement shall be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this letter agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this letter agreement.

 

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  KKR DAV MANCO LLC
   
  By: /s/ Jason Carss
  Name: Jason Carss
  Title: Assistant Secretary
   
Accepted and Agreed:  
   
KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC  
       
By: /s/ Raj Agrawal  
Name: Raj Agrawal  
Title: Sole Director  

 

[Signature Page to KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate LLC Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement]

 


Exhibit 21.1

SUBSIDIARIES OF KKR INFRASTRUCTURE CONGLOMERATE LLC

Name
Jurisdiction
K-INFRA Holdings I LLC
Delaware
K-INFRA Holdings II LLC
Delaware