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Section 4. Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP Glendower Capital Secondary Opportunities Fund IV, LP
Growth and prominence of GP-led Secondaries
The volume of GP-led Secondaries in 2017 was US$14 billion, representing approximately 24% of total Secondary
market deal volumes.63 These transactions included recaps and restructurings. tender offers, direct secondaries and
spin-outs. Historically, transactions involving buyout funds have dominated the landscape (70% of all GP-led
Secondaries volume in 201664); however, there was significant growth in the real assets space with infrastructure funds
representing 15%, followed by real estate, energy and venture.
Exhibit 17: GP-led Secondaries Transaction Volume (2006 — 2017)"
% of Secondary
USSOn market deal totem°
15 30%
14.0
14
13
25%
12
11
10 90 20%
9
8 71
15%
7
6
5 10%
4
3 2.4 27
1.9 t9 5%
2 6
1 1
0.6
0 0%
2006 2007 2038 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
GP.led sccondares —GP•led secondaries as % of kite
A number of factors are driving the trend for the general partners of underlying funds to organize liquidity solutions on
behalf of their investors:
• The global financial crisis left many GPs delaying exits by several years resuking in a build-up of inventory of assets
for sale. Today, there is US$0.6 trillion of unrealized private equity assets locked in vintages 2008 and earlier.
• LPs are taking a more proactive approach to rebalancing their portfolios, which have included growing demands for
the liquidity that GPs have long promised.
■ A greater and growing ntrnber of high-quality managers are now utilizing the Secondary market to solve unique
issues among their funds (i.e., end of fund life planning, additional capital to support existing portfolio companies,
release of capital for latest offering etc.).
■ Continued evolution and refinement of transaction structures.
Glendower believes that this reality has led to an influx of GP-led liquidity offerings and restructurings Once mere
Greenhill Cogent Secondary Market Trends 8 Oak.* January 2018.
Greenlet Cogent Secondary Market Trends 8 Oilcok January 2017.
Glendower Cereal based on Greenlet Secondary Market Trends 8 Outkok January 2018 and EvercoreHt 2017 Seocadary Market Survey Resin
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