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Section 1: Executive Summary Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV. LP
Executive Summary
Overview
Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP (*SOF IN/' or the 'Fund') is being formed by Glendower Capital.
LLP ("Glendower Capital', 'Glendower or the 'Manager), an independent investment firm, privately held by its
partners and focused on secondary private markets. Glendower was formed by the secondary opportunities team that
spun-out from Deutsche Asset Management on August 1. 2017.
The Fund is seeking US$1.75 billion in aggregate commitments with the aim of generating attractive risk-adjusted
investment returns. principally in the form of capital appreciation, through the acquisition, holding and disposition of a
diverse portfolio of investments including large and mid-market buyout. growth capital, venture capital, special situations.
turnaround, mezzanine, distressed opportunities. real estate and infrastructure assets primarily on the secondary market.
The Fund will target globally. but primarily in the U.S. and Europe, (i) the acquisition of interests in established generalist
and specialist private equity fund structures (including funds of funds. feeder funds and other similar structures) on the
secondary market (each such fund or structure, a "Fund Secondary and. together. 'Fund Secondaries'), (i) the
acquisition of investment interests in private equity fund structures or portfolios of private equity assets on the secondary
market through bespoke liquidity solutions (each such investment interest, a "GP-led Secondary and, together. 'GP-led
Secondaries"). and (iii) co-investments in individual portfolio companies alongside private equity kind sponsors (each
such co-investment. a 'Single Asset Dear).
SOF IV will be the fourth dedicated secondary hind led by Carlo Pirzio-Biroli and Charles Smith (the 'Managing
Partners") and invested by Glendower Capital's team of investment professionals. As described in *History'
(immediately below), this will be the first dedicated secondary fund raised outside of Deutsche Asset Management by the
Managing Partners and the Glendower SOF Team (as defined below) and managed by Glendower Capital.
History
Carlo Pirzio-Biroli and Charles Smith, Managing Partners of Glendower, co-founded Deutsche Asset Management's
Secondary Opportunities Fund investment program (the 'SOF Business') in 2006 after having worked together from
2003 to 2006 to restructure and wind down Deutsche Bank's E5.1 billion proprietary balance sheet private equity
portfolio.' Chi Cheung and Deirdre Davies (Partners of Glendower) and Francesco Rigamonti (Senior Advisor to
Glendower) were pan of the team initially assembled by the Managing Partners in 2003 in London. The team was
subsequently expanded to include Adam Graev and Joshua Glaser (Partners of Glendower) in 2007 and 2013,
respectively, in New York, as well as certain junior professionals, to become the `SOF Team' and, on and from August 1,
2017. the "Glendower SOF Team".2 From 2006 to 2017 the Managing Partners led the SOF Team in establishing,
fundraising and investing SOF, SOF D. SOF II and SOF III (collectively the -SOF Funds' or the 'SOF Program') with
aggregate commitments of US$3 billion. More specifically-
• SOF,3 the initial SOF Program secondary fund that was formed in 2006 and held a final close in early 2007 with a
US$566 million pool of commitments.
■ SOF WI a top-up secondary hind that was formed in 2010 with a US$147 million pool of commitments.
The Deutsche earic proprieiary curate equty restructuring took place between 2003 and 2006 Carlo Przio-flroi and Charles Smith played a role
alongside aher Deutsche Bank colleagues in the transacbons trat contntutei to the deposition of Deutsche Bard(s proprietary prrvate equity portfolio
Carlo Pao-Boob and Gnarls Smell were net involeed in an such transactors and the efforts described n thee Memorandum in respect of the
Monetary privale equity restructuring are attrentable to the whole Deitch° Balk team rather than my individual within it
References to the 'Glendower SOF Team' may also include ineeslmenl professional and Other persornel that are subsequently hied by the
Manager
SOF is a pool or capital dedtaled to the secondary market closed in 2007, which was structured through three separate investrneM vehicles C43
Secondary Opp:Names Fund A L P relOF Al DB Secondary Opportunities Fund B. LP (SOF Ir) and DB Secondary Opportunities Fund C LP
(SOF collectively -SOF
CB Seconday Oppolunities Rind D. LP. (*SOF D'} is a pool of capital dedtaled to the secaxiary Market Closed in 2010 SOF D s a Euro
denom inated fund LISS values have been 024werted to Sums et the September 33. 2017 rate of 1.1822
Confidential Prnrato Placement Memorandum 2
CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0094121
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