UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20202021
or
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from  ________  to ________
Commission File Number: 001-33805
SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 26-0354783
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019
(Address of principal executive offices)
(212) 790-0000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Shares SCUNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes      No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes      No  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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 financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes No 
As of November 5, 2020,4, 2021, there were 22,581,12425,554,922 Class A Shares and 32,820,41331,359,400 Class B Shares outstanding.
 




SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION 
 
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Defined Terms
2007 OfferingsRefers collectively to our IPO and the concurrent private offering of approximately 38.1 million Class A Shares to DIC Sahir Limited, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Dubai Holdings LLC
active executive managing directorsExecutive managing directors who remain active in our business
Annual ReportOur annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as amended,2020, dated February 25, 202023, 2021 and filed with the SEC
Class A SharesOur Class A Shares, representing Class A common stock of Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., which are publicly traded and listed on the NYSE
Class B SharesClass B Shares of Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., which are not publicly traded, are currently held solely by our executive managing directors and have no economic rights but entitle the holders thereof to one vote per share together with the holders of our Class A Shares
CLOsCollateralized loan obligations
the Company, Sculptor Capital, the firm, we, us, ourRefers, unless the context requires otherwise, to the Registrant and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the Sculptor Operating Group
Distribution HolidayThe Sculptor Operating Partnerships initiated a distribution holiday (the “Distribution Holiday”) on the Group A Units, Group D Units, Group E Units and Group P Units and on certain RSUs that will terminate on the earlier of (x) 45 days after the last day of the first calendar quarter as of which the achievement of $600.0 million of Distribution Holiday Economic Income is realized and (y) April 1, 2026. Holders of Group A Units, Group D Units, Group E Units and Group P Units and certain RSUs, do not receive distributions during the Distribution Holiday
Distribution Holiday Economic IncomeDistribution Holiday Economic Income is the cumulative amount of Economic Income earned since October 1, 2018, less any dividends paid to Class A Shareholders or on the now-retired Preferred Units. Distribution Holiday Economic Income is a non-GAAP measure that is defined in the agreements of limited partnership of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships and is being presented to provide an update on the progress made toward the $600.0 million target required to exit the Distribution Holiday.
Exchange ActSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
executive managing directorsThe current executive managing directors of the Company, and, except where the context requires otherwise, also includes certain executive managing directors who are no longer active in our business
fundsThe multi-strategy funds, dedicated credit funds, including opportunistic credit funds and Institutional Credit Strategies products, real estate funds and other alternative investment vehicles for which we provide asset management services
GAAPU.S. generally accepted accounting principles
Group A UnitsRefers collectively to one Class A operating group unit in each of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships. Group A Units are limited partner interests held by our executive managing directors
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Group A-1 UnitsRefers collectively to one Class A-1 operating group unit in each of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships. Group A-1 Units are limited partner interests held by our executive managing directors
Group B UnitsRefers collectively to one Class B operating group unit in each of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships. Group B Units are limited partner interests held by Sculptor Corp
Group D UnitsRefers collectively to one Class D operating group unit in each of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships. Group D Units are limited partner interests held by our executive managing directors
Group E UnitsRefers collectively to one Class E operating group unit in each of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships. Group E Units are limited partner interests held by our executive managing directors
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Group P UnitsRefers collectively to one Class P operating group unit in each of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships. Group P Units are limited partner interests held by our executive managing directors
Institutional Credit StrategiesOur asset management platform that invests in performing credits, including leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, private credit/bespoke financing and investment grade credit via CLOs, aircraft securitizations,securitization vehicles, collateralized bond obligations, and other customized solutions
IPOOur initial public offering of 3.6 million Class A Shares that occurred in November 2007
NYSENew York Stock Exchange
Partner Equity UnitsRefers collectively to the Group A Units, Group E Units and Group P Units
Preferred UnitsOne Class A cumulative preferred unit in each of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships collectively represents one “Preferred Unit.” Certain of our executive managing directors collectively ownowned 100% of the Preferred Units. Preferred Units issued in 2016 and 2017 are, collectively, referred to as “2016 Preferred Units.” Preferred Units issued in 2019 are referred to as “2019 Preferred Units.” We redeemed in full the Preferred Units in the fourth quarter of 2020, and as of September 30, 2021 there were no Preferred Units outstanding.
PSUsClass A performance-based RSUs
RecapitalizationRefers to the recapitalization of our business that occurred in February 2019. As part of the Recapitalization, a portion of the interests held by our active and former executive managing directors were reallocated to existing members of senior management. In addition, we restructured the previously outstanding senior debt and Preferred Units
RegistrantSculptor Capital Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation
RSUsClass A restricted share units
Sculptor CorpSculptor Capital Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation
Sculptor Operating GroupRefers collectively to the Sculptor Operating Partnerships and their consolidated subsidiaries
Sculptor Operating Group UnitsRefers collectively to Sculptor Operating Group A, B, D, E, and P Units
Sculptor Operating PartnershipsRefers collectively to Sculptor Capital LP, Sculptor Capital Advisors LP and Sculptor Capital Advisors II LP
SECU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Securities ActSecurities Act of 1933, as amended
Special InvestmentsInvestments that we, as investment manager, believe lack a readily ascertainable market value, are illiquid or should be held until the resolution of a special event or circumstance

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Available Information
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information required by the Exchange Act with the SEC. We make available free of charge on our website (www.sculptor.com) our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and any amendments to those filings as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. We also use our website to distribute company information, including assets under management by investment strategy, and such information may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor our website, in addition to our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcast.webcasts. The contents of our website are not, however, a part of this report.
Also posted on our website in the “Investor Relations—Corporate Governance” section are charters for our Audit Committee; Compensation Committee; Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee and Corporate Responsibility and Compliance Committee, as well as our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics governing our directors, officers and employees. Information on, or accessible through, our website is not a part of, and is not incorporated into, this report or any other SEC filing. Copies of our SEC filings or corporate governance materials are available without charge upon written request to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary. Any materials we file with the SEC are also publicly available through the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov).
No statements herein, available on our website or in any of the materials we file with the SEC constitute, or should be viewed as constituting, an offer of any fund.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act that reflect our current views with respect to, among other things, future events, our operations and our financial performance. We generally identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “outlook,” “believe,” “expect,” “potential,” “continue,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seek,” “approximately,” “predict,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “opportunity,” “comfortable,” “assume,” “remain,” “maintain,” “sustain,” “achieve,” “see,” “think,” “position” or the negative version of those words or other comparable words.
Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based upon historical information and on our current plans, estimates and expectations. The inclusion of this or other forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved.
We caution that forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, estimates, risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the following: global economic, business, market and geopolitical conditions, including the impact of public health crises, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; whether we are able to satisfy the conditions to closing under our new senior secured credit facility; United States (“U.S.”) and foreign regulatory developments relating to, among other things, financial institutions and markets, government oversight, fiscal and tax policy; the outcome of third-party litigation involving us; the consequences of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act settlements with the SEC and the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) and any claims arising therefrom; whether the Company realizes all or any of the anticipated benefits from the Recapitalization and other related transactions; whether the Recapitalization and other related transactions result in any increased or unforeseen costs, indemnification obligations or have an impact on our ability to retain or compete for professional talent or investor capital; conditions impacting the alternative asset management industry; our ability to retain existing investor capital; our ability to successfully compete for fund investors, assets, professional talent and investment opportunities; our ability to retain our active executive managing directors, managing directors and other investment professionals; our successful formulation and execution of our business and growth strategies; our ability to appropriately manage conflicts of interest and tax and other regulatory factors relevant to our business; the anticipated benefits of changing the Registrant’s tax classification from a partnership to a corporation and subsequently converting from a limited liability company to a corporation; and assumptions relating to our operations, investment performance, financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth strategy and liquidity.
If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if our assumptions or estimates prove to be incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those indicated in these statements. These factors are not and should not be
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construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements and risks that are included in our
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filings with the SEC, including but not limited to our Annual Report and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020.Report.
There may be additional risks, uncertainties and factors that we do not currently view as material or that are not known. The forward-looking statements contained in this report are made only as of the date of this report. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement because of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS — UNAUDITED
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements

September 30, 2020December 31, 2019 September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
AssetsAssets  Assets  
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$290,297 $240,938 Cash and cash equivalents$143,005 $183,815 
Restricted cashRestricted cash3,578 4,501 Restricted cash1,803 3,162 
Investments (includes assets measured at fair value of $340,814 and $329,435, including assets sold under agreements to repurchase of $101,843 and $98,085 as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively)436,095 411,426 
Investments (includes assets measured at fair value of $458,106 and $309,805, including assets sold under agreements to repurchase of $161,013 and $123,616 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)Investments (includes assets measured at fair value of $458,106 and $309,805, including assets sold under agreements to repurchase of $161,013 and $123,616 as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)619,341 414,974 
Income and fees receivableIncome and fees receivable37,708 215,395 Income and fees receivable45,876 539,623 
Due from related partiesDue from related parties11,523 15,355 Due from related parties17,864 14,086 
Deferred income tax assetsDeferred income tax assets333,999 310,557 Deferred income tax assets226,103 240,288 
Operating lease assetsOperating lease assets107,585 115,810 Operating lease assets88,420 104,729 
Other assets, netOther assets, net75,003 82,608 Other assets, net71,634 82,500 
Assets of consolidated funds:Assets of consolidated funds: Assets of consolidated funds: 
Other assets of consolidated fundsOther assets of consolidated funds737 649 Other assets of consolidated funds— 
Total AssetsTotal Assets$1,296,525 $1,397,239 Total Assets$1,214,049 $1,583,177 
Liabilities and Shareholders’ EquityLiabilities and Shareholders’ Equity Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity 
LiabilitiesLiabilities  Liabilities  
Compensation payableCompensation payable$67,506 $187,180 Compensation payable$70,454 $234,006 
Unearned incentive income66,892 60,798 
Due to related parties194,975 211,915 
Unearned income and feesUnearned income and fees70,042 61,880 
Tax receivable agreement liabilityTax receivable agreement liability183,092 190,292 
Operating lease liabilitiesOperating lease liabilities118,091 128,043 Operating lease liabilities108,036 115,237 
Debt obligationsDebt obligations258,795 286,728 Debt obligations120,167 334,972 
Warrant liabilities, at fair valueWarrant liabilities, at fair value88,712 37,827 
Securities sold under agreements to repurchaseSecurities sold under agreements to repurchase101,892 97,508 Securities sold under agreements to repurchase159,218 122,638 
Other liabilitiesOther liabilities176,365 59,217 Other liabilities34,780 51,445 
Liabilities of consolidated funds:Liabilities of consolidated funds: Liabilities of consolidated funds: 
Other liabilities of consolidated fundsOther liabilities of consolidated funds443 389 Other liabilities of consolidated funds— 
Total LiabilitiesTotal Liabilities984,959 1,031,778 Total Liabilities834,503 1,148,297 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 18)
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Note 4)155,598 150,000 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 16)Commitments and Contingencies (Note 16)00
Shareholders’ EquityShareholders’ Equity  Shareholders’ Equity  
Class A Shares, par value $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 and 100,000,000 shares authorized, 22,557,205 and 21,284,945 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively226 213 
Class B Shares, par value $0.01 per share, 75,000,000 and 75,000,000 shares authorized, 32,820,413 and 29,208,952 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively328 292 
Class A Shares, par value $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 and 100,000,000 shares authorized, 25,216,856 and 22,903,571 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectivelyClass A Shares, par value $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 and 100,000,000 shares authorized, 25,216,856 and 22,903,571 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively252 229 
Class B Shares, par value $0.01 per share, 75,000,000 and 75,000,000 shares authorized, 32,887,882 and 32,824,538 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectivelyClass B Shares, par value $0.01 per share, 75,000,000 and 75,000,000 shares authorized, 32,887,882 and 32,824,538 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively329 328 
Additional paid-in capitalAdditional paid-in capital150,831 117,936 Additional paid-in capital207,791 166,917 
Accumulated deficitAccumulated deficit(396,077)(343,759)Accumulated deficit(265,848)(178,674)
Accumulated other comprehensive incomeAccumulated other comprehensive income146 732 
Shareholders’ deficit attributable to Class A ShareholdersShareholders’ deficit attributable to Class A Shareholders(244,692)(225,318)Shareholders’ deficit attributable to Class A Shareholders(57,330)(10,468)
Shareholders’ equity attributable to noncontrolling interestsShareholders’ equity attributable to noncontrolling interests400,660 440,779 Shareholders’ equity attributable to noncontrolling interests436,876 445,348 
Total Shareholders’ EquityTotal Shareholders’ Equity155,968 215,461 Total Shareholders’ Equity379,546 434,880 
Total Liabilities, Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests and Shareholders’ Equity$1,296,525 $1,397,239 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ EquityTotal Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity$1,214,049 $1,583,177 
See notes to consolidated unaudited financial statements.
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SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS — UNAUDITED
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
 (dollars in thousands)
Revenues    
Management fees$76,820 $68,053 $227,391 $195,389 
Incentive income27,031 41,525 134,379 89,085 
Other revenues1,786 2,316 5,145 7,693 
Income of consolidated funds— 58 90 
Total Revenues105,637 111,952 366,918 292,257 

Expenses    
Compensation and benefits53,078 65,030 201,759 197,739 
Interest expense3,277 4,488 12,280 14,944 
General, administrative and other39,672 26,465 92,070 203,786 
Expenses of consolidated funds— 34 53 
Total Expenses96,027 96,017 306,111 416,522 

Other (Loss) Income    
Changes in fair value of warrant liabilities(12,710)— (50,885)— 
Changes in tax receivable agreement liability(39)— (18)278 
Net losses on retirement of debt— — (30,198)(693)
Net gains on investments5,068 8,157 16,685 3,266 
Total Other (Loss) Income(7,681)8,157 (64,416)2,851 

Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes1,929 24,092 (3,609)(121,414)
Income taxes8,653 9,397 19,985 (17,971)
Consolidated Net (Loss) Income(6,724)14,695 (23,594)(103,443)
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests2,386 (4,393)20,777 63,552 
Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.(4,338)10,302 (2,817)(39,891)
Change in redemption value of Preferred Units— (2,285)— (5,598)
Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Class A Shareholders$(4,338)$8,017 $(2,817)$(45,489)
(Loss) Earnings per Class A Share    
(Loss) Earnings per Class A Share - basic$(0.17)$0.35 $(0.11)$(2.02)
(Loss) Earnings per Class A Share - diluted$(0.17)$0.25 $(0.50)$(2.71)
Weighted-average Class A Shares outstanding - basic25,334,903 22,729,285 24,743,527 22,542,047 
Weighted-average Class A Shares outstanding - diluted25,334,903 49,737,060 40,763,033 38,559,963 

See notes to consolidated unaudited financial statements.

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SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) — UNAUDITED
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
 (dollars in thousands)
Revenues    
Management fees$68,053 $62,956 $195,389 $187,979 
Incentive income41,525 30,423 89,085 118,378 
Other revenues2,316 3,646 7,693 12,458 
Income of consolidated funds58 1,820 90 6,732 
Total Revenues111,952 98,845 292,257 325,547 

Expenses    
Compensation and benefits65,030 78,343 197,739 244,767 
Interest expense4,488 6,323 14,944 19,054 
General, administrative and other26,465 48,272 203,786 114,487 
Expenses of consolidated funds34 507 53 646 
Total Expenses96,017 133,445 416,522 378,954 

Other Income (Loss)    
Changes in tax receivable agreement liability278 5,362 
Net losses on early retirement of debt(218)(693)(6,271)
Net gains (losses) on investments8,157 (2,169)3,266 3,668 
Net (losses) gains of consolidated funds(460)3,768 
Total Other Income (Loss)8,157 (2,847)2,851 6,527 

Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes24,092 (37,447)(121,414)(46,880)
Income taxes9,397 (1,446)(17,971)12,074 
Consolidated and Comprehensive Net Income (Loss)14,695 (36,001)(103,443)(58,954)
Less: Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests(4,393)11,435 63,552 26,653 
Less: Net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests(574)(8,745)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.10,302 (25,140)(39,891)(41,046)
Change in redemption value of Preferred Units(2,285)(5,598)44,364 
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Class A Shareholders$8,017 $(25,140)$(45,489)$3,318 
Earnings (Loss) per Class A Share    
Earnings (Loss) per Class A Share - basic$0.35 $(1.20)$(2.02)$0.16 
Earnings (Loss) per Class A Share - diluted$0.25 $(1.20)$(2.71)$0.12 
Weighted-average Class A Shares outstanding - basic22,729,285 20,907,021 22,542,047 20,703,211 
Weighted-average Class A Shares outstanding - diluted49,737,060 20,907,021 38,559,963 28,165,978 
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Consolidated net (loss) income$(6,724)$14,695 $(23,594)$(103,443)
Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income, Net of Tax
Other comprehensive loss - currency translation adjustment(565)— (1,248)— 
Comprehensive (Loss) Income(7,289)14,695 (24,842)(103,443)
Less: Comprehensive loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests2,678 (4,393)21,439 63,552 
Comprehensive (Loss) Income Attributable to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.$(4,611)$10,302 $(3,403)$(39,891)

See notes to consolidated unaudited financial statements.
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SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) — UNAUDITED

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019 2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)(dollars in thousands)
Number of Class A SharesNumber of Class A SharesNumber of Class A Shares
Beginning balanceBeginning balance22,311,432 20,631,750 21,284,945 19,905,126 Beginning balance25,101,187 22,311,432 22,903,571 21,284,945 
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation245,773 117,556 1,272,260 844,180 Equity-based compensation115,669 245,773 2,313,285 1,272,260 
Ending BalanceEnding Balance22,557,205 20,749,306 22,557,205 20,749,306 Ending Balance25,216,856 22,557,205 25,216,856 22,557,205 
Number of Class B SharesNumber of Class B SharesNumber of Class B Shares
Beginning balanceBeginning balance32,820,414 29,208,952 29,208,952 29,458,948 Beginning balance32,887,882 32,820,414 32,824,538 29,208,952 
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation(1)3,611,461 (249,996)Equity-based compensation— (1)63,344 3,611,461 
Ending BalanceEnding Balance32,820,413 29,208,952 32,820,413 29,208,952 Ending Balance32,887,882 32,820,413 32,887,882 32,820,413 
Class A Shares Par ValueClass A Shares Par ValueClass A Shares Par Value
Beginning balanceBeginning balance$223 $206 $213 $Beginning balance$251 $223 $229 $213 
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation13 Equity-based compensation23 13 
Reclassification upon corporate conversion205 
Ending BalanceEnding Balance$226 $207 $226 $207 Ending Balance$252 $226 $252 $226 
Class B Shares Par ValueClass B Shares Par ValueClass B Shares Par Value
Beginning balanceBeginning balance$328 $292 $292 $Beginning balance$329 $328 $328 $292 
Equity-based compensationEquity-based compensation36 Equity-based compensation— — 36 
Reclassification upon corporate conversion292 
Ending BalanceEnding Balance$328 $292 $328 $292 Ending Balance$329 $328 $329 $328 
Additional Paid-in CapitalAdditional Paid-in CapitalAdditional Paid-in Capital
Beginning balanceBeginning balance$142,288 $70,875 $117,936 $3,135,841 Beginning balance$200,733 $142,288 $166,917 $117,936 
Dividend equivalents on Class A restricted share unitsDividend equivalents on Class A restricted share units(61)483 814 961 Dividend equivalents on Class A restricted share units834 (61)7,311 814 
Equity-based compensation, net of taxesEquity-based compensation, net of taxes10,889 29,058 37,679 69,376 Equity-based compensation, net of taxes6,224 10,889 33,563 37,679 
Reclassification upon corporate conversion(3,235,728)
Impact of changes in Sculptor Operating Group ownership(124)
Reallocation of equity and income tax effects of Recapitalization35,408 
Amendment to tax receivable agreement50,318 
Change in redemption value of Preferred UnitsChange in redemption value of Preferred Units(2,285)(5,598)44,364 Change in redemption value of Preferred Units— (2,285)— (5,598)
Ending BalanceEnding Balance$150,831 $100,416 $150,831 $100,416 Ending Balance$207,791 $150,831 $207,791 $150,831 
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SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT) — UNAUDITED — (continued)

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019 2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)(dollars in thousands)
Accumulated DeficitAccumulated DeficitAccumulated Deficit
Beginning balanceBeginning balance$(406,440)$(358,204)$(343,759)$(3,564,727)Beginning balance$(247,058)$(406,440)$(178,674)$(343,759)
Cash dividends declared on Class A SharesCash dividends declared on Class A Shares(6,631)(11,613)(18,955)Cash dividends declared on Class A Shares(13,618)— (77,046)(11,613)
Dividend equivalents on Class A restricted share unitsDividend equivalents on Class A restricted share units61 (483)(814)(961)Dividend equivalents on Class A restricted share units(834)61 (7,311)(814)
Reclassification upon corporate conversion3,235,231 
Comprehensive net income (loss), excluding amounts attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests10,302 (25,140)(39,891)(41,046)
Consolidated net (loss) incomeConsolidated net (loss) income(4,338)10,302 (2,817)(39,891)
Ending BalanceEnding Balance$(265,848)$(396,077)$(265,848)$(396,077)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive IncomeAccumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Beginning balanceBeginning balance$419 $— $732 $— 
Currency translation adjustmentCurrency translation adjustment(273)— (586)— 
Ending BalanceEnding Balance$(396,077)$(390,458)$(396,077)$(390,458)Ending Balance$146 $ $146 $ 
Shareholders’ Deficit Attributable to Class A ShareholdersShareholders’ Deficit Attributable to Class A Shareholders$(244,692)$(289,543)$(244,692)$(289,543)Shareholders’ Deficit Attributable to Class A Shareholders$(57,330)$(244,692)$(57,330)$(244,692)
Shareholders’ Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling InterestsShareholders’ Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling InterestsShareholders’ Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
Beginning balanceBeginning balance$386,686 $453,892 $440,779 $419,431 Beginning balance$438,620 $386,686 $445,348 $440,779 
Currency translation adjustmentCurrency translation adjustment(292)— (662)— 
Capital contributionsCapital contributions3,535 958 7,084 1,576 Capital contributions763 3,535 3,727 7,084 
Capital distributionsCapital distributions(391)(264)(3,639)(891)Capital distributions(3,001)(391)(5,484)(3,639)
Equity-based compensation, net of taxesEquity-based compensation, net of taxes6,437 2,769 19,988 34,377 Equity-based compensation, net of taxes3,172 6,437 14,724 19,988 
Impact of changes in Sculptor Operating Group ownership124 
Reallocation of equity and income tax effects of Recapitalization(39,086)
Change in redemption value of Preferred Units57,042 
Comprehensive net income (loss), excluding amounts attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests4,393 (11,435)(63,552)(26,653)
Consolidated net (loss) incomeConsolidated net (loss) income(2,386)4,393 (20,777)(63,552)
Ending BalanceEnding Balance$400,660 $445,920 $400,660 $445,920 Ending Balance$436,876 $400,660 $436,876 $400,660 
Total Shareholders’ EquityTotal Shareholders’ Equity$155,968 $156,377 $155,968 $156,377 Total Shareholders’ Equity$379,546 $155,968 $379,546 $155,968 
Cash dividends paid on Class A SharesCash dividends paid on Class A Shares$$0.32 $0.53 $0.92 Cash dividends paid on Class A Shares$0.54 $— $3.19 $0.53 

See notes to consolidated unaudited financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS — UNAUDITED




Nine Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
20202019 20212020
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Cash Flows from Operating ActivitiesCash Flows from Operating Activities  Cash Flows from Operating Activities  
Consolidated net lossConsolidated net loss$(103,443)$(58,954)Consolidated net loss$(23,594)$(103,443)
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:  Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:  
Amortization of equity-based compensationAmortization of equity-based compensation60,342 106,270 Amortization of equity-based compensation54,089 60,342 
Depreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assetsDepreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assets5,379 6,941 Depreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assets7,439 5,379 
Net losses on early retirement of debt693 6,271 
Changes in fair value of warrant liabilitiesChanges in fair value of warrant liabilities50,885 — 
Net losses on retirement of debtNet losses on retirement of debt30,198 693 
Deferred income taxesDeferred income taxes(23,422)6,525 Deferred income taxes14,452 (23,422)
Non-cash lease expenseNon-cash lease expense16,026 15,911 Non-cash lease expense27,084 16,026 
Net gains on investments, net of dividendsNet gains on investments, net of dividends(617)(823)Net gains on investments, net of dividends(5,468)(617)
Operating cash flows due to changes in:Operating cash flows due to changes in:  Operating cash flows due to changes in:  
Income and fees receivableIncome and fees receivable177,687 48,031 Income and fees receivable493,657 177,687 
Due from related partiesDue from related parties3,833 (961)Due from related parties(3,724)3,833 
Other assets, netOther assets, net6,861 8,756 Other assets, net10,099 6,861 
Compensation payableCompensation payable(121,190)(43,143)Compensation payable(167,368)(121,190)
Unearned incentive income6,095 1,994 
Due to related parties(16,940)(4,140)
Unearned income and feesUnearned income and fees8,162 6,095 
Tax receivable agreement liabilityTax receivable agreement liability(7,200)(18,291)
Operating lease liabilitiesOperating lease liabilities(17,160)(13,485)Operating lease liabilities(17,354)(17,160)
Other liabilitiesOther liabilities117,996 798 Other liabilities(14,217)119,347 
Consolidated funds related items:Consolidated funds related items:  Consolidated funds related items:  
Net gains of consolidated funds(3,768)
Purchases of investments(128,917)
Proceeds from sale of investments263,505 
Other assets of consolidated fundsOther assets of consolidated funds(90)(31,815)Other assets of consolidated funds(3)(90)
Other liabilities of consolidated fundsOther liabilities of consolidated funds54 8,038 Other liabilities of consolidated funds54 
Net Cash Provided by Operating ActivitiesNet Cash Provided by Operating Activities112,104 187,034 Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities457,139 112,104 
Cash Flows from Investing ActivitiesCash Flows from Investing Activities  Cash Flows from Investing Activities  
Purchases of fixed assetsPurchases of fixed assets(1,781)(1,587)Purchases of fixed assets(3,407)(1,781)
Purchases of United States government obligationsPurchases of United States government obligations(322,439)(260,445)Purchases of United States government obligations(336,762)(322,439)
Maturities and sales of United States government obligationsMaturities and sales of United States government obligations316,879 181,278 Maturities and sales of United States government obligations199,290 316,879 
Investments in fundsInvestments in funds(18,501)(84,906)Investments in funds(101,600)(18,501)
Return of investments in fundsReturn of investments in funds5,790 56,947 Return of investments in funds27,701 5,790 
Net Cash Used in Investing ActivitiesNet Cash Used in Investing Activities(20,052)(108,713)Net Cash Used in Investing Activities(214,778)(20,052)
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30, 20212020
20202019
(dollars in thousands)
(dollars in thousands)
Cash Flows from Financing ActivitiesCash Flows from Financing Activities  Cash Flows from Financing Activities  
Contributions from noncontrolling and redeemable noncontrolling interests7,084 5,323 
Distributions to noncontrolling and redeemable noncontrolling interests(3,639)(103,983)
Contributions from noncontrolling interestsContributions from noncontrolling interests3,727 7,084 
Distributions to noncontrolling interestsDistributions to noncontrolling interests(5,484)(3,639)
Dividends on Class A SharesDividends on Class A Shares(11,613)(18,955)Dividends on Class A Shares(77,046)(11,613)
Proceeds from debt obligations, net of issuance costsProceeds from debt obligations, net of issuance costs3,276 Proceeds from debt obligations, net of issuance costs3,219 3,276 
Repayment of debt obligations, including prepayment costsRepayment of debt obligations, including prepayment costs(36,668)(187,790)Repayment of debt obligations, including prepayment costs(249,731)(36,668)
Proceeds from securities sold under agreements to repurchase, net of issuance costsProceeds from securities sold under agreements to repurchase, net of issuance costs36,134 Proceeds from securities sold under agreements to repurchase, net of issuance costs45,920 — 
Other, netOther, net(2,056)(1,166)Other, net(4,380)(2,056)
Net Cash Used in Financing ActivitiesNet Cash Used in Financing Activities(43,616)(270,437)Net Cash Used in Financing Activities(283,775)(43,616)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cashEffect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash(755)— 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cashNet change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash48,436 (192,116)Net change in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash(42,169)48,436 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of periodCash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period245,439 323,884 Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period186,977 245,439 
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, End of PeriodCash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, End of Period$293,875 $131,768 Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, End of Period$144,808 $293,875 
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow InformationSupplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information  Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information  
Cash paid during the period:Cash paid during the period:  Cash paid during the period:  
InterestInterest$10,794 $9,810 Interest$11,097 $10,794 
Income taxesIncome taxes$5,614 $4,199 Income taxes$6,263 $5,614 
Non-cash transactions:  
Increase in paid-in capital as a result of tax receivable agreement amendment$$50,318 
Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash:Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash:Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash:
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$290,297 $126,814 Cash and cash equivalents$143,005 $290,297 
Restricted cashRestricted cash3,578 4,954 Restricted cash1,803 3,578 
Total Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted CashTotal Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash$293,875 $131,768 Total Cash and Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash$144,808 $293,875 

See notes to consolidated unaudited financial statements.

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1. OVERVIEWORGANIZATION
Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. (the “Registrant”), a Delaware corporation, together with its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “Sculptor Capital”), is a global alternative asset management firm providing investment products in a range of areas, including multi-strategy, credit and real estate. With offices in New York, London, Hong Kong and Shanghai, the Company serves global clients through commingled funds, separate accounts and specialized products (collectively, the “funds”). Sculptor Capital’s distinct investment process seeks to generate attractive and consistent risk-adjusted returns across market cycles through a combination of bottom-up fundamental analysis, a high degree of flexibility, a collaborative team and integrated risk management. The Company’s capabilities span all major geographies, in strategies including fundamental equities, corporate credit, real estate debt and equity, merger arbitrage and structured credit and private investments.credit.
The Company manages multi-strategy funds, dedicated credit funds, including opportunistic credit funds and Institutional Credit Strategies products, real estate funds and other alternative investment vehicles. Through Institutional Credit Strategies, the Company’s asset management platform that invests in performing credits, the Company manages collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), aircraft securitizations,securitization vehicles, collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”), commingled products and other customized solutions for clients.
The Company’s primary sources of revenues are management fees, which are generally based on the amount of the Company’s assets under management, and incentive income, which is based on the investment performance of its funds. Accordingly, for any given period, the Company’s revenues will be driven by the combination of assets under management and the investment performance of the funds.
The Company has one operating and reportable segmentconducts its business and generates substantially all of its revenues primarily in the United States.States (the “U.S.”) through one operating and reportable segment. The single reportable segment reflects how the Company’s chief operating decision makers allocate resources, make operating decisions and assess financial performance on a consolidated basis under the Company’s ‘one-firm approach,’ which includes operating collaboratively across business lines, with predominantly a single expense pool. The Company conducts its operations through Sculptor Capital LP, Sculptor Capital Advisors LP and Sculptor Capital Advisors II LP (collectively, the “Sculptor Operating Partnerships” and collectively with their consolidated subsidiaries, the “Sculptor Operating Group”). The Registrant holds its interests in the Sculptor Operating Group indirectly through Sculptor Capital Holding Corporation (“Sculptor Corp”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant.
References to the Company’s “executive managing directors” include the current executive managing directors of the Company, and, except where the context requires otherwise, also include certain former executive managing directors who are no longer active in the Company’s business. References to the Company’s “active executive managing directors” refer to executive managing directors who remain active in the Company’s business.
COVID-19 Pandemic
In the first nine months of 2020, a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) spread across the world resulting in a wide-spread market and economic downturn. The Company’s largest fund, the Sculptor Master Fund, has generated performance-related appreciation through September 30, 2020. However, in the first quarter of 2020, the fund experienced significant performance-related depreciation driven by the market and economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which had a negative impact on the Company’s incentive income during the first quarter of 2020. In the second and third quarters of 2020, the Company generated strong returns that offset the first quarter losses. To the extent that the Company experiences significant performance-related depreciation in the fourth quarter of 2020, whether due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other factors, it would have a material impact on the Company’s ability to earn incentive income in 2020, as well as in future years until the losses are recovered for continuing fund investors.
In addition, in the first quarter of 2020, the Company also experienced significant unrealized losses on its risk retention investments held in certain of the CLOs that it manages as a result of the market and economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As of September 30, 2020, those unrealized losses had been recovered due to improved market conditions. The Company is required to hold these investments for the entire duration of the CLOs. To the extent that cash flows in the
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CLOs deteriorate, whether due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other factors, the Company could experience declining interest income and impairments on these investments.
A portion of the management fees the Company earns from its CLOs is subordinated to other obligations of the CLOs, including principal and interest on the notes issued by the CLOs. When certain overcollateralization tests are triggered, cash flows received on the underlying collateral in the CLOs that would have otherwise been distributed as subordinated management fees to the Company are redirected to pay principal and interest on the more senior obligations of the CLOs. In the second quarter of 2020, driven by the market and economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting ratings downgrades and defaults on certain of the collateral held by CLOs, certain impacted CLOs failed to satisfy one or more overcollateralization tests, and therefore, the Company has stopped recognizing management fees for these CLOs until the collateral tests are remedied and such fees are paid. The Company recovered a portion of those management fees in the third quarter, and as of September 30, 2020, the Company had approximately $8.3 million of subordinated management fees on a U.S. GAAP basis for which collection and revenue recognition has been deferred until certain overcollateralization tests have been cured. In the event the persistent market conditions do not sufficiently recover over the life cycle of these CLOs, the Company’s management fees from its securitization vehicles will continue to deteriorate. The Company will continue to evaluate its ability to collect these and any future fees; however, to the extent the overcollateralization tests in the CLOs have not been cured, the amount of fees for which collection and revenue recognition has been deferred would continue to increase, which would negatively impact the Company’s liquidity and the amounts it recognizes as revenue in future periods.
The Company has also evaluated its long-lived assets including operating lease assets and goodwill and has not identified any impairments to these assets as of September 30, 2020.
Company Structure
The Registrant is a holding company that, through Sculptor Corp, holds equity ownership interests in the Sculptor Operating Group. The Registrant had issued and outstanding the following share classes:
Class A Shares—Class A Shares are publicly traded and entitle the holders thereof to one vote per share on matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. The holders of Class A Shares are entitled to any distributions declared on the Class A Shares by the Registrant’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).Directors.
Class B Shares—Class B Shares are held by executive managing directors, as further discussed below. These shares are not publicly traded but rather entitle the executive managing directors to one vote per share on matters submitted to a vote of shareholders. These shares do not participate in the earnings of the Registrant, as the
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executive managing directors participate in the related economics of the Sculptor Operating Group through their direct ownership in the Sculptor Operating Group, subject to the Distribution Holiday discussed below.
The Company conducts its operations through the Sculptor Operating Group. The following is a list of the outstanding units of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships as of September 30, 2020:2021:
Group A Units—Group A Units are limited partner interests issued to certain executive managing directors. BeginningIn connection with the Recapitalization, as defined below, the Sculptor Operating Partnerships initiated a distribution holiday (the “Distribution Holiday”). Holders of Group A Units do not receive distributions on the final day ofsuch units during the Distribution Holiday (as defined in Note 3), eachHoliday. Each executive managing director may exchange his or her vested and booked-up (as defined below) Group A Units for an equal number of Class A Shares (or the cash equivalent thereof) over a period of two years in three equal installments commencing upon the final day of the Distribution Holiday and on each of the first and second anniversary thereof (or, for units that become vested and booked-up Group A Units after the final day of the Distribution Holiday, from the later of the date on which they would have been exchangeable in accordance with the foregoing and the date on which they become vested and booked-up Group A Units) (and thereafter such units will remain exchangeable), in each case, subject to certain restrictions. A “book-up” is achieved when sufficient appreciation has occurred to meet a prescribed capital account book-up target under the terms of the Sculptor Operating Partnership limited partnership agreements.
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Holders of Group A Units do not receive distributions during the Distribution Holiday. Group A Unit grants are accounted for as equity-based compensation. See Note 1413 in the Company’s Annual Reportannual report on Form 10-K as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2019, dated2020, filed with the SEC on February 25, 202023, 2021 (“Annual Report”) for additional information. The Company completed a recapitalization in February 2019 (“Recapitalization”). See Note 3 in the Company’s Annual Report for additional details. In connection with the Recapitalization each Group A Unit outstanding on the Recapitalization date was recapitalized into 0.65 Group A Units and 0.35 Group A-1 Units.
Group A-1 Units—Group A-1 Units are limited partner interests into which 0.35 of each Group A Unit was recapitalized in connection with the reallocation that was effectuated by the Recapitalization. The Group A-1 Units will be canceled at such time and to the extent that the Group E Units granted in connection with the Recapitalization vest and achieve a book-up. Group A-1 Units are not eligible to receive distributions at any time and do not participate in the net income (loss) of the Sculptor Operating Group. However, the holders of Group A-1 Units shall participate in any sale, change of control or other liquidity event that takes place prior to cancellation of the Group A-1 Units. In the Recapitalization, the holders of the 2016 Preferred Units, (asas defined below)below, forfeited an additional 749,813 Group A Units, which were recapitalized into Group A-1 Units.
Group B Units—Sculptor Corp holds a general partner interest and Group B Units in each Sculptor Operating Partnership. Sculptor Corp owns all of the Group B Units, which represent equity interest in the Sculptor Operating Partnerships. Except during the Distribution Holiday as described above, the Group B Units are economically identical to the Group A Units held by executive managing directors but are not exchangeable for Class A Shares and are not subject to vesting, book-up, forfeiture or minimum retained ownership requirements.
Group E Units—Group E Units are limited partner interests issued to certain executive managing directors that are only entitled to future profits and gains. Each Group E Unit converts into a Group A Unit and becomes exchangeable for one Class A Share (or the cash equivalent thereof) to the extent there has been a sufficient amount of appreciation for a Group E Unit to achieve a book-up target and, subject to other conditions contained in the limited partnership agreements of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships, the Distribution Holiday has ended (or an earlier exchange date is established by the Exchange Committee). The Group E Units are entitled to share in residual assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up and become eligible to participate in any tag along right, in a change of control transaction or other liquidity event only to the extent of their relative positive capital accounts (if any). In connection with the Recapitalization, all outstanding Group D Units, which were non-equity profits interests, converted into Group E Units on a one-for-one basis. Holders of Group E Units do not receive distributions during the Distribution Holiday. See Note 3 in the
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Company’s Annual Report for additional information.details. Group E Unit grants are accounted for as equity-based compensation. See Note 1413 in the Company’s Annual Report for additional information.
Group P Units—Group P Units are limited partner interests issued to certain executive managing directors that are only entitled to future profits and gains.gains upon satisfaction of certain service and performance conditions. Each Group P Unit becomes exchangeable for one Class A Share (or the cash equivalent thereof), in each case upon satisfaction of certain service and performance conditions at such time and, with respect to exchanges, to the extent there has been sufficient appreciation for a Group P Unit to achieve a book-up target and, subject to other conditions contained in the limited partnership agreements of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships, the Distribution Holiday has ended (or an earlier exchange date is established by the Exchange Committee). The Group P Units are entitled to share in residual assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up and become eligible to participate in any tag along right, in a change of control transaction or other liquidity event only to the extent that certain performance conditions are met and to the extent of their relative positive capital accounts (if any). The terms of the Group P Units may be varied for certain executive managing directors. Group P Unit grants are accounted for as equity-based compensation. See Note 1413 in the Company’s Annual Report for additional information.
Preferred Units— The Preferred Units arewere non-voting preferred equity interests in the Sculptor Operating Partnerships. Preferred Units issued in 2016 and 2017 are collectively referred to as the “2016 Preferred Units.” The 2016 Preferred Units were redeemed in full as a part of the Recapitalization. The Preferred Units issued in 2019 are referred to as the “2019 Preferred Units.” See Note 10 for additional information.The 2019 Preferred Units were redeemed in full at a 25% discount in the fourth quarter of 2020.
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Executive managing directors hold a number of Class B Shares equal to the number of Group A Units, vested Group E Units, Group A-1 Units (to the extent the corresponding Class B Shares have not been canceled in connection with the vesting of certain Group E Units issued in connection with the Recapitalization, as further discussed in Note 3)3 in the Company’s Annual Report) and Group P Units held. Upon the exchange of a Group A Unit or a Group P Unit for a Class A Share, the corresponding Class B Share is canceled and a Group B Unit is issued to Sculptor Corp. Class B Shares that relate to Group A-1 Units will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares.
The following table presents the number of shares and units (excluding Preferred Units) of the Registrant and the Sculptor Operating Partnerships, respectively, that were outstanding as of September 30, 2020:
2021:
 As of September 30, 20202021
Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
Class A Shares22,557,20525,216,856
Class B Shares32,820,41332,887,882
Warrants to purchase Class A Shares (Note 7)4,338,015 
Sculptor Operating Partnerships
Group A Units16,019,506
Group A-1 Units9,779,446
Group B Units22,557,20525,216,856
Group E Units12,975,82013,009,152
Group P Units3,385,000
In addition, the Company grants Class A restricted share units (“RSUs”) and performance-based RSUs (“PSUs”) to its employees and executive managing directors as a form of compensation. RSU and PSU grants are accounted for as equity-based compensation. See Note 1413 in the Company’s Annual Report for additional information.
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2. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
These unaudited, interim, consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”), and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s unaudited, interim, consolidated financial statements have been included and are of a normal and recurring nature. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.
The results of operations presented for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. For example, incentive income for the majority of the Company’s multi-strategy assets under management is recognized in the fourth quarter each year, based on full year investment performance.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In March 2020, the FASB issued and the Company adopted an accounting standards update ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (“ASU 2020-04”), related to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions that reference LIBOR or other reference rates that are expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 provides optional practical expedients and exceptions related to modifications of contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions affected by reference rate reform to ease the administrative burden in accounting for the future effects of the reform. There was no impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption of ASU 2020-04. The Company expects to apply the practical
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expedients, where appropriate, as relevant contract modifications are made during the reference rate reform transition period through December 31, 2022.
No other changes to GAAP that went into effect in the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, had a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Future Adoption of Accounting Pronouncements
No changes to GAAP that are not yet effective are expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
3. RECAPITALIZATION
On February 7, 2019, the Company completed the Recapitalization, which included a series of transactions that involved the reallocation of certain ownership interests in the Sculptor Operating Partnerships to existing members of senior management, a “Distribution Holiday” on interests held by active and former executive managing directors, an amendment to the tax receivable agreement, a “Cash Sweep” to pay down the 2018 Term Loan (as defined inSee Note 8) and 2019 Preferred Units, and various other related transactions. In addition, (i) $200.0 million2 of the 2016 Preferred Units was restructured into the Debt Securities (as described in Note 8) and (ii) $200.0 million of the 2016 Preferred Units was restructured into the 2019 Preferred Units.
Reallocation of Equity
In connection with the Recapitalization, holders of Group A Units collectively reallocated 35% of their Group A Units to existing members of senior management and for potential grants to new hires. The reallocation was effected by (i) recapitalizing such Group A Units into Group A-1 Units and (ii) creating and making grants to existing members of senior management (and reserving for future grants to active managing directors and new hires) of Group E Units. An equivalent number of Group A-1 Units will be canceled at such time and to the extent that Group E Units vest and achieve a book-up. Upon vesting, holders of Group E Units received in connection with the reallocation of Group A Units will be entitled to vote a corresponding number of Class B Shares previously allocated to Group A-1 Units. Until such time as the relevant Group E Units become vested, the Class B Shares corresponding to the Group A-1 Units will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares. In connection with the Recapitalization, the holders of the 2016 Preferred Units forfeited an additional 749,813 Group A Units (which were recapitalized into Group A-1 Units).
Distribution Holiday
The Sculptor Operating Partnerships initiated a distribution holiday (the “Distribution Holiday”) on the Group A Units, Group D Units, Group E Units and Group P Units and on certain RSUs that will terminate on the earlier of (x) 45 days after the last day of the first calendar quarter as of which the achievement of $600.0 million of Distribution Holiday Economic Income (as defined in the Sculptor Operating Partnerships’ limited partnership agreements) is realized and (y) April 1, 2026.
 During the Distribution Holiday, (i) the Sculptor Operating Partnerships shall only make distributions with respect to Group B Units, (ii) the performance thresholds of Group P Units and PSUs shall be adjusted to take into account performance and distributions during such period, and (iii) RSUs will continue to receive dividend equivalents in respect of dividends or distributions paid on the Class A Shares. For executive managing directors that have received Group E Units, distributions on RSUs, as well as distributions counted in determining whether performance conditions of Group P Units and PSUs are met, are limited to an aggregate amount not to exceed $4.00 per Group P Unit, PSU or RSU, as applicable, cumulatively during the Distribution Holiday. Following the termination of the Distribution Holiday, Group A Units and Group E Units (whether vested or unvested) shall receive distributions even if such units have not been booked-up.
The Distribution Holiday was effective retroactively to October 1, 2018. As a result, the Company recorded an adjustment to additional paid-in capital and noncontrolling interests to reallocate a portion of pre-Recapitalization earnings and
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related income tax effects from noncontrolling interests to the Company’s additional paid-in capital. Such adjustment is recorded within Recapitalization adjustment in the consolidated statement of shareholders’ equity (deficit).
Cash Sweep
As described in the Company’s Annual Report as partfor the complete listing of the Recapitalization, the Company instituted a “Cash Sweep” with regards to required paydowns of the 2018 Term Loan and the 2019 Preferred Units. During the third quarter of 2020, the Company entered into a new financing facility. In the near future, the Company is expected to close on the new facility and will make a borrowing, the proceeds of which, together with cash on hand, will be used to redeem the 2019 Preferred Units and repay the 2018 Term Loan and the Debt Securities in full. Upon redeeming the 2019 Preferred Units and repayment of the 2018 Term Loan and Debt Securities, the Cash Sweep described in the Company’s Annual Report will no longer be in effect; however, the new financing facility will be subject to a new cash sweep. See Note 8 for additional details.our accounting policies.
4.3. NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS
Noncontrolling interests represent ownership interests in the Company’s subsidiaries held by parties other than the Company, and primarily relate to the Group A Units held by executive managing directors.
Prior to the Recapitalization, the attribution of net income (loss) of each Sculptor Operating Partnership was based on the relative ownership percentages of the Group A Units (noncontrolling interests) and the Group B Units (indirectly held by the Registrant). In applying the substantive profit-sharing arrangements in the Sculptor Operating Partnerships’ limited partnership agreements to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, for periods subsequent to the Recapitalization and for the duration of the Distribution Holiday, the Company will allocate net income of each Sculptor Operating Partnership in any fiscal year solely to the Group B Units and any net loss on a pro rata basis based on the relative ownership percentages of the Group A Units and Group B Units. To the extent a Sculptor Operating Partnership incurs a net loss in an interim period, any net income recognized in a subsequent interim period in the same fiscal year is allocated on a pro rata basis to the extent of previously allocated net loss. Conversely, to the extent a Sculptor Operating Partnership recognizes net income in an interim period, any net loss incurred in a subsequent interim period in the same fiscal year is allocated solely to the Group B Units to the extent of previously allocated net income.
Noncontrolling interests are presented as a separate component of shareholders’ equity on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The primary components of noncontrolling interests are separately presented in the Company’s consolidated statements of changes in shareholders’ equity (deficit) to distinguish the shareholders’ equity (deficit) attributable to Class A shareholders and noncontrolling interest holders. Net income (loss) includes the net income (loss) attributable to the holders of noncontrolling interest on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
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The table below sets forth the calculation of noncontrolling interests related to the Group A Units for each Sculptor Operating Partnership (rounding differences may occur). The blended participation percentages presented below take into account ownership changes throughout the periods presented. In addition, the blended participation percentages in 2019 take into account the difference in methodology described above for the period prior to the Recapitalization Date compared to the period following the Recapitalization Date. For example, Sculptor Capital Advisors LP had net income in the period prior to the Recapitalization Date, and as a result, allocates a portion of its net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to the Group A Units.
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
 (dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Capital LP
Net income (loss)$5,081 $8,836 $(22,713)$(133,304)
Blended participation percentage39 %46 %39 %42 %
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Group A Units$2,003 $4,049 $(8,824)$(55,356)
Sculptor Capital Advisors LP
Net (loss) income$(11,795)$948 $(34,989)$(18,343)
Blended participation percentage39 %47 %39 %42 %
Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Group A Units$(4,556)$445 $(13,592)$(7,617)
Sculptor Capital Advisors II LP
Net income$6,581 $13,043 $48,164 $29,822 
Blended participation percentage%%%%
Net Income Attributable to Group A Units$ $ $ $ 
Total Sculptor Operating Group
Net (loss) income$(133)$22,827 $(9,538)$(121,825)
Blended participation percentagen/m20 %235 %52 %
Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Group A Units$(2,553)$4,494 $(22,416)$(62,973)
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
 (dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Capital LP
Net income (loss)$8,836 $(23,983)$(133,304)$(74,801)
Blended participation percentage46 %43 %42 %44 %
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Group A Units$4,049 $(10,377)$(55,356)$(32,589)
Sculptor Capital Advisors LP
Net income (loss)$948 $(10,838)$(18,343)$(2,864)
Blended participation percentage47 %12 %42 %n/m
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Group A Units$445 $(1,248)$(7,617)$5,447 
Sculptor Capital Advisors II LP
Net income (loss)$13,043 $(4,562)$29,822 $12,041 
Blended participation percentage%%%%
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Group A Units$0 $0 $0 $0 
Total Sculptor Operating Group
Net income (loss)$22,827 $(39,383)$(121,825)$(65,624)
Blended participation percentage20 %30 %52 %41 %
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Group A Units$4,494 $(11,625)$(62,973)$(27,142)
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n/m - not meaningful

The following table presents the components of the net (loss) income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests:
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Group A Units$4,494 $(11,625)$(62,973)$(27,142)
Other(101)190 (579)489 
 $4,393 $(11,435)$(63,552)$(26,653)
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Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Group A Units$(2,553)$4,494 $(22,416)$(62,973)
Other167 (101)1,639 (579)
 $(2,386)$4,393 $(20,777)$(63,552)

The following table presents the components of the shareholders’ equity attributable to noncontrolling interests:
 September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
(dollars in thousands)
Group A Units$391,959 $434,943 
Other8,701 5,836 
 $400,660 $440,779 
The Preferred Units and fund investors’ interests in certain consolidated funds (which were deconsolidated in the third quarter of 2019) are redeemable outside of the Company’s control. These interests are classified within redeemable noncontrolling interests in the consolidated balance sheets. The following tables present the activity in redeemable noncontrolling interests:
Three Months Ended September 30,
20202019
Preferred UnitsFundsPreferred UnitsTotal
(dollars in thousands)
Beginning Balance$153,313 $97,229 $150,000 $247,229 
Change in redemption value of Preferred Units2,285 
Capital contributions102 102 
Capital distributions(54,532)(54,532)
Funds deconsolidation(43,373)(43,373)
Comprehensive income574 574 
Ending Balance$155,598 $0 $150,000 $150,000 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
20202019
Preferred UnitsFundsPreferred UnitsTotal
(dollars in thousands)
Beginning balance$150,000 $157,660 $420,000 $577,660 
Fair value of Debt Securities exchanged for 2016 Preferred Units(167,799)(167,799)
Fair value of 2019 Preferred Units exchanged for 2016 Preferred Units(137,759)(137,759)
Issuance of 2019 Preferred Units, net of issuance costs136,964 136,964 
Change in redemption value of Preferred Units5,598 (101,406)(101,406)
Capital contributions3,747 3,747 
Capital distributions(126,779)(126,779)
Funds deconsolidation(43,373)(43,373)
Comprehensive income8,745 8,745 
Ending Balance$155,598 $0 $150,000 $150,000 

 September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Group A Units$425,401 $433,756 
Other11,475 11,592 
 $436,876 $445,348 
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5.4. INVESTMENTS AND FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES
The following table presents the components of the Company’s investments as reported in the consolidated balance sheets:
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
U.S. government obligations, at fair value$241,570 $104,295 
CLOs, at fair value216,536 205,510 
Equity method investments161,235 105,169 
Total Investments$619,341 $414,974 
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
(dollars in thousands)
United States government obligations, at fair value$152,174 $146,565 
CLOs, at fair value188,640 182,870 
Other investments, equity method95,281 81,991 
Total Investments$436,095 $411,426 
The Company invests in U.S. government obligations to manage excess liquidity and these investments are carried at fair value under the fair value option election with changes in fair value recorded within net gains on investments in the consolidated statements of operations.
CLOs, at fair value, consist of investments for which the fair value option has been elected and represents investments in notes of unconsolidated CLOs. Changes in fair value of these investments are included within net gains on investments in the consolidated statements of operations.
The Company’s equity investments include investments in funds, which are not consolidated, but in which the Company exerts significant influence. The Company has not elected the fair value option and is accounting for such investments under the equity method. The Company recognizes its share of earnings within net gains on investments in the consolidated statements of operations. Refer to Note 15 for details of the related party nature of such investments.
Fair Value Disclosures
Fair value represents the price that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date (i.e., an exit price). The Company and the funds it manages hold a variety of investments, certain of which are not publicly traded or that are otherwise illiquid. Significant judgement and estimation go into the assumptions that drive the fair value of these investments. The fair value of these investments may be estimated using a combination of observed transaction prices, prices from third parties (including independent pricing services and relevant broker quotes), models or other valuation methodologies based on pricing inputs that are neither directly nor indirectly market observable. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuations of investments that are determined to be illiquid or do not have readily ascertainable fair values, the estimates of fair value may differ from the values ultimately realized, and those differences can be material.
GAAP establishes a hierarchical disclosure framework that prioritizes and ranks the level of market price observability used in measuring assets and liabilities at fair value. Market price observability is impacted by a number of factors, including the type of assets and liabilities and the specific characteristics of the assets and liabilities. Assets and liabilitiesfinancial instrument. Financial instruments with readily available, actively quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively-quoted prices generally will have a higher degree of market price observability and lesser degree of judgment used in measuring fair value.
Assets and liabilitiesFinancial instruments measured at fair value are classified and disclosed into one of the following categories:categories based on the observability of inputs used in the determination of fair values:
Level IFair value is determined using quotedQuoted prices that are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.financial instruments as of the reporting date. The types of assets and liabilitiesfinancial instruments that would generally be included in this category are certain listed equities, U.S. government obligations and certain listed derivatives.
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Level IIFair value is determined using quotationsQuotations received from dealers making a market for these assets or liabilitiesfinancial instruments (“broker quotes”), valuations obtained from independent third-party pricing services, the use of models or other valuation methodologies based on pricing inputs that are either directly or indirectly market observable as of the measurement date. The types of assets and liabilitiesfinancial instruments that would generally be included in this category are certain corporate bonds, certain credit default swap contracts, certain bank debt securities, certain commercial real estate debt, less liquid equity securities, forward contracts and certain over the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives.derivatives where the fair value is based on observable inputs. These financial instruments exhibit higher levels of liquid market observability as compared to Level III financial instruments.
Level IIIFair value is determined using pricingPricing inputs that are unobservable in the market and includes situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability.financial instrument. The inputs into the determination of fair value of assets and liabilitiesfinancial instrument in this category may require significant management judgment or estimation in determining fair value of the assets or liabilities.estimation. The fair value of these assets and liabilitiesfinancial instruments may be estimated using a combination of observed transaction prices, independent pricing services, relevant broker quotes, models or other valuation methodologies based on pricing inputs that are neither directly or indirectly market observable.observable (e.g., cash flows, implied yields, EBITDA multiples). The types of assets and liabilitiesfinancial instruments that would generally be included in this category include CLOs, real estate investments, equity and debt securities issued by private entities, limited partnerships, certain corporate bonds,warrant liabilities, certain credit default swap contracts, certain bank debt securities, certain commercial real estate debt, certain OTC derivatives, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations and investments in affiliated credit funds.
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In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an asset or liability’sa financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The assessment of the significance of ana particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.financial instrument when the fair value is based on unobservable inputs.
For financial instruments for which the Company uses independent pricing services for valuation, the Company performs analytical procedures and compares independent pricing service valuations to other vendors’ pricing as applicable. The Company also performs due diligence reviews on independent pricing services on an annual basis and performs other due diligence procedures as may be deemed necessary.
Fair Value Measurements Categorized within the Fair Value Hierarchy
The following table summarizes the Company’s investmentsfinancial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis within the fair value hierarchy as of September 30, 2020:
 As of September 30, 2020
 Level ILevel IILevel IIITotal
 (dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within cash and cash equivalents:
United States government obligations$83,899 $$$83,899 
Included within investments:
United States government obligations$152,174 $$$152,174 
CLOs(1)
$$$188,640 $188,640 
2021:
 As of September 30, 2021
 Level ILevel IILevel IIITotal
 (dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
U.S. government obligations$241,570 $— $— $241,570 
CLOs(1)
$— $— $216,536 $216,536 
Liabilities, at Fair Value
Warrants$— $— $88,712 $88,712 
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(1) As of September 30, 2020,2021, investments in CLOs had contractual principal amounts of $178.9$202.8 million outstanding, which excludes the Company’s investments in subordinated tranches of the notes, as these do not have contractual principal payments.
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The following table summarizes the Company’s investmentsfinancial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis within the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2019:
 As of December 31, 2019
 Level ILevel IILevel IIITotal
 (dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within cash and cash equivalents:
United States government obligations$97,034 $$$97,034 
Included within investments:
United States government obligations$146,565 $$$146,565 
CLOs(1)
$$$182,870 $182,870 
2020:
 As of December 31, 2020
 Level ILevel IILevel IIITotal
 (dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within cash and cash equivalents:
U.S. government obligations$29,999 $— $— $29,999 
Included within investments:
U.S. government obligations$104,295 $— $— $104,295 
CLOs(1)
$— $— $205,510 $205,510 
Liabilities, at Fair Value
Warrants$— $— $37,827 $37,827 
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(1) As of December 31, 2019,2020, investments in CLOs had contractual principal amounts of $170.0$194.5 million outstanding, which excludes the Company’s investments in subordinated tranches of the notes, as these do not have contractual principal payments.
Reconciliation of Fair Value Measurements Categorized within Level III
Gains and losses, excluding those of the consolidated fundsrelated to foreign currency translation adjustments, are recorded within net gains (losses) on investments in the consolidated statements of operations. Gains and losses related to foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded in the statements of comprehensive income (loss), and gains and losses of the consolidated funds are recorded within net (losses) gains of consolidated funds.. Amortization of premium, accretion of discount and foreign exchange gains and losses on non-U.S. Dollardollar investments are also included within gains and losses in the tables below.
The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s Level III financial assets and liabilities for the three months ended September 30, 2021:
June 30, 2021Purchases / IssuancesInvestment Sales / SettlementsGains / (Losses) Included in EarningsGains / (Losses) Included in Other Comprehensive IncomeSeptember 30, 2021
(dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$219,433 $982 $(286)$335 $(3,928)$216,536 
Liabilities, at Fair Value
Warrants$76,002 $— $— $(12,710)$— $88,712 
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The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s Level III financial assets and liabilities for the three months ended September 30, 2020:
June 30, 2020Purchases / IssuancesInvestment Sales / SettlementsGains / (Losses) Included in EarningsGains / (Losses) Included in Other Comprehensive IncomeSeptember 30, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$178,842 $778 $(103)$9,123 $— $188,640 
June 30, 2020Transfers
In
Transfers
Out
Investment
Purchases / Issuances
Investment
Sales / Settlements
Gains / LossesSeptember 30, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$178,842 $$$778 $(103)$9,123 $188,640 
The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s Level III financial assets and liabilities for the threenine months ended September 30, 2019:2021:
December 31, 2020Purchases / IssuancesInvestment Sales / SettlementsGains / (Losses) Included in EarningsGains / (Losses) Included in Other Comprehensive IncomeSeptember 30, 2021
(dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$205,510 $34,276 $(16,431)$2,088 $(8,907)$216,536 
Liabilities, at Fair Value
Warrants$37,827 $— $— $(50,885)$— $88,712 
June 30, 2019Transfers
In
Transfers
Out
Investment
Purchases / Issuances
Investment
Sales / Settlements
Gains / LossesSeptember 30, 2019
(dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$181,547 $$$1,709 $(28)$(6,489)$176,739 
Investments of consolidated funds:
Bank debt$36,130 $5,326 $(17,427)$9,231 $(33,283)$23 $
The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s Level III financial assets and liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:
December 31, 2019Transfers InTransfers OutInvestment Purchases / IssuancesInvestment Sales / SettlementsGains / LossesSeptember 30, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$182,870 $$$5,185 $(288)$873 $188,640 
The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s Level III assets and liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2019:
December 31, 2018Transfers InTransfers OutInvestment Purchases / IssuancesInvestment Sales / SettlementsGains / LossesSeptember 30, 2019
(dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$181,868 $$$28,420 $(27,778)$(5,771)$176,739 
Investments of consolidated funds:
Bank debt$75,613 $7,982 $(40,272)$29,601 $(73,772)$848 $
Corporate bonds$$$$987 $(981)$(6)$
Transfers out of Level III presented in the tables above resulted from the fair values of certain securities becoming market observable, with fair value determined using independent pricing services. Transfers into Level III presented in the tables
December 31, 2019Purchases / IssuancesInvestment Sales / SettlementsGains / (Losses) Included in EarningsGains / (Losses) Included in Other Comprehensive IncomeSeptember 30, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$182,870 $5,185 $(288)$873 $— $188,640 
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above resulted from the valuation of certain investments with decreased market observability, with fair values determined using independent pricing services.
The table below summarizes the net change in unrealized gains and losses(losses) on the Company’s Level III investments heldfinancial instruments outstanding as of the reporting date:
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
 (dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$3,185 $(463)$873 $(5,612)
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
 (dollars in thousands)
Assets, at Fair Value
Included within investments:
CLOs$(3,593)$3,185 $(6,063)$873 
Liabilities, at Fair Value
Warrants$(12,710)$— $(50,885)$— 
Valuation Methodologies for Fair Value Measurements Categorized within Levels II andLevel III
Investments in CLOs bank debt and corporate bonds are valued using independent pricing services, and therefore the Company does not have transparency into the significant inputs used by such services.
The Company electedperforms procedures over the values provided by the pricing services as discussed above. Warrant liabilities are valued by independent pricing services using a Black-Scholes option pricing model, for which the Company’s Class A Share price, exercise price, risk free rate, volatility and term to measure its investments in CLOs at fair value through consolidated net income (loss) in orderexpiry are the primary inputs to simplify its accounting for these instruments. Changes in fair value of these investments are included within net gains on investmentsthe valuation. The Company reviews inputs, assumptions and valuation methodology used in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). The Company accrues interest income on its investments in CLOs using the effective interest method.warrants’ valuations.
Financial Instruments Not Measured at Fair Value of Other Financial Instruments
Management estimates that the carrying value of the Company’s other financial instruments not measured at the fair value, including its debt obligations and repurchase agreements, approximated their fair values as of September 30, 2020.2021. The fair value measurements for the Company’s debt obligations and repurchase agreements are categorized as Level III within the fair value hierarchy and were determined using independent pricing services. The fair value measurements for the Company’s debt obligations are categorized as Level III within the fair value hierarchy and for the 2020 Term Loan is determined using a discounted cash flow model and for CLO Investments Loans are determined using independent pricing services.
Loans Sold to CLOs Managed by the Company
From time to time the Company sells loans to CLOs managed by the Company. These loans are purchased by the Company in the open market and simultaneously sold for cash at cost to the CLOs. The loans are accounted for as transfers of financial assets as they meet the criteria for derecognition under GAAP. NaNNo loans were sold in each of the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019.2020. The Company invests in senior secured and subordinated notes issued by certain CLOs to which it sold loans in the past. These investments represent retained interests to the Company and are in the form of a 5% vertical strip (i.e., 5% of each of the senior and subordinated tranches of notes issued by each CLO). The retained interests are reported within investments on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. As of September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the Company’s investments in these retained interests had a fair value of $86.7$89.0 million and $88.2$90.3 million, respectively.
The Company is subject to risks associated with the performance of the underlying collateral and the market yield of the assets. The Company’s risk of loss from retained interest is limited to its investments in these interests. The Company receives quarterly payments of interest and principal, as applicable, on these retained interests. In the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, the Company received $2.3$2.1 million and $3.0$2.3 million, respectively, of interest and principal payments related to the retained interests.
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The Company uses independent pricing services to value its investments in the CLOs, including the retained interests, and therefore the only key assumption is the price provided by such service. A corresponding adverse change of 10% or 20% on price would have a corresponding impact on the fair value of the Company’s investments in CLOs.
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6.5. VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
In the ordinary course of business, the Company sponsors the formation of funds that are considered VIEs. See Note 2 ofin the Company's Annual Report for a discussion of entities that are VIEs and the evaluation of those entities for consolidation by the Company. The assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs were not material as of September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019.2020.
The Company’s direct involvement with funds that are VIEs and not consolidated by the Company, as it has been determined that the Company is not the primary beneficiary, is generally limited to providing asset management services and, in certain cases, insignificant investments in the VIEs. The maximum exposure to loss represents the potential loss of current investments or income and fees receivables from these entities, as well as the obligation to repay unearned revenues,income and fees, primarily incentive income subject to clawback, in the event of any future fund losses. The Company has commitments to certain funds that are VIEs as discussed in Note 18.16. The Company does not provide, nor is it required to provide, any type of non-contractual financial or other support to its VIEs that are not consolidated.
The table below presents the net assets of unconsolidated VIEs in which the Company has variable interests along with the maximum risk of loss as a result of the Company’s involvement with VIEs:
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
(dollars in thousands)
Net assets of unconsolidated VIEs in which the Company has a variable interest$9,531,763 $8,805,128 
Maximum risk of loss as a result of the Company’s involvement with VIEs:
Unearned revenues72,421 63,337 
Income and fees receivable11,023 21,841 
Investments208,691 200,215 
Maximum Exposure to Loss$292,135 $285,393 
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Net assets of unconsolidated VIEs in which the Company has a variable interest$10,929,724 $10,481,312 
Maximum risk of loss as a result of the Company’s involvement with VIEs:
Unearned income and fees70,042 61,880 
Income and fees receivable12,285 192,826 
Investments241,446 233,638 
Maximum Exposure to Loss$323,773 $488,344 

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6. LEASES
The Company has non-cancelable operating leases for its headquarters in New York and its offices in London, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and various other locations and data centers. The Company does not have renewal options other than a three-year renewal option for any of its lease in Hong Kong, which was not included in the determination of the related lease asset and liability.current leases. The Company also subleases a portion of its office space in London and New York through the end of the lease term. Finally,In addition, the Company has finance leases for computer hardware.
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Lease Cost
Operating lease cost$5,152 $5,135 $15,440 $15,430 
Short-term lease cost13 13 38 45 
Finance lease cost - amortization of leased assets199 137 529 411 
Finance lease cost - imputed interest on lease liabilities19 22 57 71 
Less: Sublease income(391)(380)(1,145)(1,145)
Net Lease Cost$4,992 $4,927 $14,919 $14,812 
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Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Supplemental Lease Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows for operating leases$5,634 $8,731 $16,837 $20,109 
Operating cash flows for finance leases$$22 $$71 
Finance cash flows for finance leases$256 $154 $907 $611 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations
Operating leases$$$$126,007 
Finance leases$$$745 $1,702 

September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
Lease Term and Discount Rate
Weighted average remaining lease term
Operating leases8.7 years9.3 years
Finance leases1.9 years2.1 years
Weighted average discount rate
Operating leases7.9 %7.9 %
Finance leases7.2 %7.9 %

Operating
Leases
Finance
Leases
(dollars in thousands)
Maturity of Lease Liabilities
October 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020$5,635 $
202121,028 867 
202219,831 248 
202319,125 
202415,353 
Thereafter82,234 
Total Lease Payments163,206 1,115 
Imputed interest(45,115)(49)
Total Lease Liabilities$118,091 $1,066 
As of September 30, 2020,2021, the Company has pledged collateral related to its lease obligations of $6.2 million, which is included within investmentscash and cash equivalents in the consolidated balance sheets.
In September 2021, the Company entered into a non-cancellable agreement to sublease a portion of its New York office space through the end of the original lease maturity in 2029. As a result of this agreement, the Company recognized an impairment loss on its right-of-use asset of $11.2 million and wrote-off related leasehold improvements and fixed assets in the amount of $2.3 million. These losses were recorded in the general, administrative and other expenses within the consolidated statements of operations. The Company used a discounted cash flows method to value the right-of-use asset to determine the impairment amount.
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Lease Cost
Operating lease cost$4,882 $5,152 $15,215 $15,440 
Short-term lease cost13 26 38 
Finance lease cost - amortization of leased assets199 199 596 529 
Finance lease cost - imputed interest on lease liabilities19 21 57 
Less: Sublease income(408)(391)(1,234)(1,145)
Net Lease Cost$4,681 $4,992 $14,624 $14,919 

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Supplemental Lease Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities
Operating cash flows for operating leases$5,398 $5,634 $16,563 $16,837 
Operating cash flows for finance leases$— $$$
Finance cash flows for finance leases$241 $256 $865 $907 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations
Operating leases$— $— $2,893 $
Finance leases$— $— $— $745 
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Operating Leases
 (dollars in thousands)
Sublease Rent Payments Receivable
October 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020$384 
20211,537 
20221,537 
20231,204 
2024
Thereafter
Total Sublease Rent Payments Receivable$4,662 
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
Lease Term and Discount Rate
Weighted average remaining lease term
Operating leases7.8 years8.5 years
Finance leases1.5 years1.6 years
Weighted average discount rate
Operating leases7.8 %7.9 %
Finance leases6.3 %7.2 %
Operating
Leases
Finance
Leases
(dollars in thousands)
Maturity of Lease Liabilities - Contractual Payments
October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021$5,383 $— 
202220,773 248 
202320,017 — 
202416,132 — 
202514,329 — 
Thereafter68,042 — 
Total Lease Payments144,676 248 
Imputed interest(36,640)(8)
Total Lease Liabilities - Contractual Payments$108,036 $240 
Operating Leases
 (dollars in thousands)
Sublease Rent - Contractual Payments
October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021$402 
20222,086 
20233,177 
20241,920 
20251,920 
Thereafter8,040 
Total Sublease Rent - Contractual Payments$17,545 

8. DEBT OBLIGATIONS
Debt Securities2018 Term LoanCLO Investments LoansTotal
(dollars in thousands)
Maturity of Debt Obligations
October 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020$0 $0 $0 $0 
20210 0 6,576 6,576 
202240,000 0 484 40,484 
202340,000 8,500 0 48,500 
202440,000 0 19,120 59,120 
Thereafter80,000 0 39,035 119,035 
Total Payments200,000 8,500 65,215 273,715 
Unamortized discounts & deferred financing costs(14,480)(130)(310)(14,920)
Total Debt Obligations$185,520 $8,370 $64,905 $258,795 
Debt Securities
In connection with the Recapitalization, the Sculptor Operating Partnerships, each as a borrower, entered into an unsecured senior subordinated term loan credit and guaranty agreement (the “Subordinated Credit Agreement”) under which $200.0 million of Debt Securities were issued in exchange for an equal amount of 2016 Preferred Units. In the near future, the Company is expected to repay all amounts outstanding under the Debt Securities at a 5% discount upon the closing of the 2020 Term Loan (as defined below). See the Company’s Annual Report for additional information regarding the Debt Securities.
2018 Term Loan
On April 10, 2018, Sculptor Capital LP, as borrower, and certain other subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, entered into a senior secured credit and guaranty agreement consisting of (i) a $250.0 million term loan facility (the “2018 Term Loan”) and (ii) a $100.0 million revolving credit facility (the “2018 Revolving Credit Facility”). Effective as of February 7, 2019, the Company terminated in full the commitments under the 2018 Revolving Credit Facility.
In accordance with the Cash Sweep described in Note 3, the Company repaid $36.5 million of the 2018 Term Loan during the first nine months of 2020. In the near future, the Company is expected to repay all amounts outstanding under the
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2018 Term Loan upon the closing of the 2020 Term Loan. See the Company’s Annual Report for additional information regarding the 2018 Term Loan.7. DEBT OBLIGATIONS AND WARRANTS
2020 Term LoanCLO Investments LoansTotal
(dollars in thousands)
Maturity of Debt Obligations
October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021$— $— $— 
2022— — — 
2023— — — 
2024— — — 
2025— — — 
2026— — — 
Thereafter95,000 39,035 134,035 
Total Payments95,000 39,035 134,035 
Unamortized discounts & deferred financing costs(13,637)(231)(13,868)
Total Debt Obligations$81,363 $38,804 $120,167 
2020 Credit Agreement
On September 25, 2020, Sculptor Capital LP, as borrower, (the “Borrower”), and certain other subsidiaries of the Company, as guarantors, entered into a credit and guaranty agreement (the “2020 Credit Agreement”), with Delaware Life Insurance Company (“Delaware Life”), consisting of (i) a senior secured term loan facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $320.0 million (the “2020 Term Loan”) and (ii) a senior secured revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $25.0 million (the “2020 Revolving Credit Facility”). The 2020 Term Loan and the 2020 Revolving Credit Facility mature on the seventh and sixth anniversary, respectively, of the initial funding of the 2020 Term Loan, which, we expect will occur in the near future (the “Closing Date”). Proceedsproceeds from the 2020 Term Loan togetherwere first allocated to the full fair value of the warrants issued in connection with cash on hand, will be used on the Closing Date to repay the Debt Securities and the 2018 Term Loan, as well as to redeem the 2019 Preferred Units in full.
Borrowings under the 2020 Credit Agreement bear interest at(which establishes both a per annum rate equal to, atliability and a debt discount, as described below), and the Company’s option, one, two, three or six month LIBOR (subject to a 0.75% floor) plus 6.25%, or a base rate (subject to a 1.75% floor) plus 5.25%. The interest rate will increase to LIBOR plus 8.25%, or a base rate plus 7.25%, inresidual proceeds, net of deferred offering costs and discounts, of $275.8 million was then recognized as the event that (i) certain repaymentsinitial carrying value of the 2020 Term Loan plus any repurchases of Sculptor Operating Group units for up to $50.0 million (the “Minimum Prepayment/Buyback Amount”) are less than $100.0 million as of May 15, 2021, (ii) certain repayments of the 2020 Term Loan (the “Minimum Term Loan Prepayment Amount”) are less than $100.0 million as of March 31, 2022, (clauses (i) and (ii), each a “Prepayment Based Step-Up Event”) or (iii) only in the event that a “Fall-Away Trigger” (as described below) has not occurred, the Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the 2020 Credit Agreement) exceeds 3.00 to 1.00 (“Leverage Based Step-Up Event”); provided, that the interest rate will subsequently decrease back to LIBOR plus 6.25%, or base rate plus 5.25%, in the event (a) following the occurrence of a Leverage Based Step-Up Event, the Total Net Leverage Ratio no longer exceeds 3.00 to 1.00 or (b) following the occurrence of a Prepayment Based Step-Up Event, (i) prior to March 31, 2022, the Minimum Prepayment/Buyback Amount is equal to or greater than $100.0 million and (ii) on or after March 31, 2022, the Minimum Term Loan Prepayment Amount is equal to or greater than $100.0 million.
A Fall-Away Trigger occurs upon the earlier of (i) when the Company has repaid, under certain provisions of the 2020 Credit Agreement, at least $175.0 million on the 2020 Term Loan and (ii) receipt by the Borrower of a senior unsecured debt rating (a “Debt Rating”) that is equal to or higher than BBB- by S&P or Fitch or Baa3 by Moody’s (a “Rating Upgrade”). The Borrower is also required to pay an undrawn commitment fee at a rate per annum equal to 0.50% of the undrawn portion of the 2020 Revolving Credit Facility.
The “Financial Covenant Period” means the period from the Closing Date to the date on which a Fall-Away Trigger has occurred. To the extent the Fall-Away Trigger relates to a Ratings Upgrade and occurs prior to the repayment of at least $175.0 million on the 2020 Term Loan as discussed above, then the Financial Covenant Period will again apply if the Borrower receives a Debt Rating equal to or less than BB+ by S&P or Fitch or Ba1 by Moody’s (or the absence of a Debt Rating), provided the highest rating will control, and will continue until a Fall-Away Trigger occurs again.
The 2020 Term Loan will amortize in equal quarterly installments in aggregate annual amounts equal to 0.75% of the
original principal amount of the 2020 Term Loan. On or prior to the 95th day after the end of each fiscal year, the Borrower is required to prepay the 2020 Term Loan in an amount equal to (a) 100% of Adjusted Distributable Earnings (as defined in the 2020 Credit Agreement), so long as an aggregate amount not exceeding $100.0 million of the 2020 Term Loan has been repaid, (b) 25% of Adjusted Distributable Earnings, so long as an aggregate amount of at least $100.0 million but not more than $150.0 million of the 2020 Term Loan has been repaid and (c) 0% of Adjusted Distributable Earnings, so long as an aggregate amount exceeding $150.0 million of the 2020 Term Loan has been repaid. These prepayments are reduced by any amounts of the 2020 Term Loan voluntarily prepaid during such applicable fiscal year (or contractually committed during such fiscal year to be made within 90 days of the last day of such fiscal year). The foregoing Adjusted Distributable Earnings prepayment shall only be required if, after giving pro forma effect to such mandatory prepayment, the Free Cash Balance (as defined in the 2020 Credit Agreement) as of the end of such fiscal year would not be less than $75.0 million. With respect to the fiscal year ending December
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31, 2020, the prepayments will be for any Adjusted Distributable Earnings earned during the period from the Closing Date to December 31, 2020. The 2020 Credit Agreement contains other customary prepayment provisions.
Certain prepayments of the 2020 Term Loan are subject to a prepayment premium (the “Call Premium”) equal to (a) prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, a customary “make-whole” premium equal to the present value of all required interest payments that would be due from the date of prepayment through and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date plus a premium of 3.0% of the principal amount of loans prepaid, (b) on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, a premium of 3.0% of the principal amount of loans prepaid, (c) on or after the third anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the four anniversary of the Closing Date, a premium of 2.0% of the principal amount of loans prepaid and (d) thereafter, 0%. TheOn June 21, 2021, the Company entered into a letter agreement amending the 2020 Credit Agreement to increase the amount of voluntary prepayments for which the Call Premium shall not apply from $175.0 million to voluntary prepayments$225.0 million in exchange for an amendment fee of $1.75 million. As such, no Call Premium was due on the first $225.0 million prepaid by the Company. The amendment fee was recorded as an additional discount to the 2020 Term Loan in the second quarter of 2021. In the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company prepaid $224.4 million of the 2020 Term Loan, resulting in an outstanding balance of up to (x)$95.0 million, which is due at maturity. The Company recognized a $30.2 million loss on this retirement of debt. As a result of the $175.0 million in the aggregate on or prior to March 31, 2022 or (y) $100.0 million of aggregate principal amountprepayments made through March 31, 2021, the Company is no longer subject to the cash sweep or financial maintenance covenants, other than the covenant requiring $20.0 billion minimum fee-paying assets under management described below.
The 2020 Term Loan and the 2020 Revolving Credit Facility mature on the seventh and sixth anniversary, respectively, of the initial funding of the 2020 Term Loan, which occurred on November 13, 2020 (the “Closing Date”). Proceeds from the
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2020 Term Loan, together with cash on hand, were used to repay the Debt Securities and the 2018 Term Loan, as defined in Note8 to our consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report, as well as to redeem the 2019 Preferred Units in full.
Borrowings under the 2020 Credit Agreement bear interest at any time.a per annum rate equal to, at the Company’s option, one, two, three or six-month LIBOR (subject to a 0.75% floor) plus 6.25%, or a base rate (subject to a 1.75% floor) plus 5.25%. The Borrower is also required to pay an undrawn commitment fee at a rate per annum equal to 0.50% of the undrawn portion of the 2020 Revolving Credit Facility.
The 2020 Credit Agreement includes three financial maintenance covenants. The first financial maintenance covenant prohibits the total fee-paying assets under management, subject to certain exclusions, of the Borrower, the guarantors and their consolidated subsidiaries as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be less than $20.0 billion. The second financial maintenance covenant, which only applies during the Financial Covenant Period, prohibits the total net leverage ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, commencing with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, to exceed 4.50 to 1.00. The third financial maintenance covenant, which only applies during the Financial Covenant Period, prohibits, as of the last day of two consecutive fiscal quarters, the sum of (i) cash and cash equivalents (including U.S. government obligations with a maturity of twelve months or less), (ii) undrawn commitments under the 2020 Revolving Credit Facility, and (iii) certain income and fees receivable and other revenue receivables of the Borrower, the guarantors and their consolidated subsidiaries to be less than (i) from the Closing Date until at least $100.0 million of the 2020 Term Loan has been repaid, under certain provisions of the 2020 Credit Agreement, $100.0 million and (ii) thereafter, $50.0 million. The 2020 Credit Agreement allows a limited right to cure an event of default resulting from noncompliance with the total net leverage ratio test described above with an equity contribution made to the Borrower.
The 2020 Credit Agreement contains customary events of default for a transaction of this type, after which obligations under the 2020 Credit Agreement may be declared immediately due and payable and sets forth certain types of bankruptcy or insolvency events of default involving the Borrower, the guarantors or any of the material subsidiaries of the foregoing after which the obligations under the 2020 Credit Agreement become automatically due and payable. The 2020 Credit Agreement also provided the counterparty a seat on the Company’s Board of Directors.
Pursuant toWarrants
In connection with the 2020 Credit Agreement, the Company expects in the near future to issue Delaware Lifehas issued and outstanding warrants to purchase approximately 4.3 million4,338,015 Class A Shares. The warrants have a 10-year term from the Closing Date and an initial exercise price per share equal to $11.93. The exercise price is subject to reduction forby an amount equal to any dividends paid on the Class A Shares. As a result, the exercise price was $8.74 per share as of September 30, 2021. The warrants will provide for customary adjustments in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event. In lieu of making a cash payment otherwise contemplated upon exercise, the holder may exercise the warrants in whole or in part to receive a net number of Class A Shares. In addition, one of the warrants provides that, upon exercise in whole or in part by the holder, the Company may decide in its sole discretion whether the holder’s exercise of such warrant will be settled by delivery of Class A Shares (which shares may be reduced to a net number of Class A Shares in accordance with the procedure described in the preceding sentence) or by the Company’s payment to the holder of an amount in cash equal to the Black-Scholes value as provided for in the applicable warrant agreement. If the Company undergoes a change of control prior to the expiration date, the holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase any remaining portion of the warrants not yet exercised at their Black-Scholes value as provided for in the applicable agreement. The warrants will restrict transfers and other dispositions for 18 months from the Closing Date, subject to certain exceptions.
CLO Investments Loans
The Company entered into loans to finance portions of investments in certain CLOs (collectively, the “CLO Investments Loans”). In general, the Company will make interest and principal payments on the loans at such time interest payments are received on its investments in the CLOs, and will make principal payments on the loans to the extent principal payments are received on its investments in the CLOs, with any remaining balance due upon maturity.
The loans are subject to customary events of default and covenants and also include terms that require the Company’s continued involvement with the CLOs. In addition to customary events of default included in financing arrangements of this type, an event of default would also be triggered if there is an event of default at the CLO level. Prior to the relevant CLO’s maturity date, this would include certain material covenant breaches, regulatory and insolvency events for the relevant CLO issuer, as well
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as a payment default, where the relevant CLO is unable to make interest payments on the senior, non-deferrable interest notes issued by the CLO. The CLO Investments Loans do not have any financial maintenance covenants and are secured by the related investments in CLOs, which investments had fair values of $64.5$43.3 million and $65.9$66.5 million as of September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, respectively.
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Carrying amounts presented in the table below are net of discounts, if any, and unamortized deferred financing costs. The interest rates on the CLO Investments Loans are variable based on LIBOR or EURIBOR (subject to a floor of zero percent). The maturity date for each CLO Investments Loan is the earlier of the final maturity date presented in the table below or the date at which the Company no longer holds a risk retention investment in the respective CLO.
Initial Borrowing DateContractual RateFinal Maturity DateCarrying Value
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
(dollars in thousands)
June 7, 2017LIBOR plus 1.48%November 16, 2029$17,195 $17,245 
August 2, 2017LIBOR plus 1.41%January 21, 203021,582 21,679 
September 14, 2017EURIBOR plus 2.21%September 14, 202419,067 18,237 
August 1, 2019EURIBOR plus 1.15%June 29, 20216,576 3,464 
February 27, 2020EURIBOR plus 0.80%January 11, 2022485 
$64,905 $60,625 
Initial Borrowing DateContractual RateFinal Maturity DateCarrying Value
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
June 7, 2017LIBOR plus 1.48%November 16, 2029$17,216 $17,200 
August 2, 2017LIBOR plus 1.41%January 21, 203021,588 21,584 
September 14, 2017EURIBOR plus 2.21%September 14, 2024— 19,868 
February 27, 2020EURIBOR plus 0.80%January 11, 2022— 505 
$38,804 $59,157 

9.8. SECURITIES SOLD UNDER AGREEMENTS TO REPURCHASE
On May 29, 2018, theThe Company entered intohas a €100.0€200.0 million master credit facility agreement (the “CLO Financing Facility”) to finance a portionportions of the risk retention investments in certain European CLOs managed by the Company. Subject to the terms and conditions of the CLO Financing Facility, the Company and the counterparty may enter into repurchase agreements on such terms agreed upon by the parties. Each transaction entered into under the CLO Financing Facility will bear interest at a rate based on the weighted average effective interest rate of each class of securities that have been sold plus a spread to be agreed upon by the parties. As of September 30, 2020, €12.32021, €61.4 million of the CLO Financing Facility remained available. On October 12, 2020, the Company amended the CLO Financing Facility to increase its borrowing capacity to €200.0 million.
Each transaction entered into under the CLO Financing Facility provides for payment netting and, in the case of a default or similar event with respect to the counterparty to the CLO Financing Facility, provides for netting across transactions. Generally, upon a counterparty default, the Company can terminate all transactions under the CLO Financing Facility and offset amounts it owes in respect of any one transaction against collateral it has received in respect of any other transactions under the CLO Financing Facility; provided, however, that in the case of certain defaults, the Company may only be able to terminate and offset solely with respect to the transaction affected by the default. During the term of a transaction entered into under the CLO Financing Facility, the Company will deliver cash or additional securities acceptable to the counterparty if the securities sold are in default. In addition to customary events of default included in financing arrangements of this type, an event of default would also be triggered if there is an event of default at the CLO level. Prior to the relevant CLO’s maturity date, this would include certain material covenant breaches, regulatory and insolvency events for the relevant CLO issuer, as well as a payment default where the relevant CLO is unable to make interest payments on the senior, non-deferrable interest notes issued by the CLO. Upon termination of a transaction, the Company will repurchase the previously sold securities from the counterparty at a previously determined repurchase price. The CLO Financing Facility may be terminated at any time upon certain defaults or circumstances agreed upon by the parties.
The repurchase agreements may result in credit exposure in the event the counterparty to the transaction is unable to fulfill its contractual obligations. The Company minimizes the credit risk associated with these activities by monitoring counterparty credit exposure and collateral values. Other than margin requirements, the Company is not subject to additional terms or contingencies which would expose the Company to additional obligations based upon the performance of the securities pledged as collateral.
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terms or contingencies which would expose the Company to additional obligations based upon the performance of the securities pledged as collateral.
The table below presents securities sold under agreements to repurchase that are offset, if any, as well as securities transferred to counterparties related to such transactions (capped so that the net amount presented will not be reduced below zero). No other material financial instruments were subject to master netting agreements or other similar agreements:
Securities Sold under Agreements to RepurchaseGross Amounts of Recognized LiabilitiesGross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance SheetNet Amounts of Liabilities in the Consolidated Balance SheetSecurities TransferredNet Amount
 (dollars in thousands)
As of September 30, 2021$159,218 $— $159,218 $159,218 $— 
As of December 31, 2020$122,638 $— $122,638 $122,638 $— 
Securities Sold under Agreements to RepurchaseGross Amounts of Recognized LiabilitiesGross Amounts Offset in the Consolidated Balance SheetNet Amounts of Liabilities in the Consolidated Balance SheetSecurities TransferredNet Amount
 (dollars in thousands)
As of September 30, 2020$101,892 $$101,892 $101,843 $49 
As of December 31, 2019$97,508 $$97,508 $97,508 $
The securities sold under agreements to repurchase have a set scheduled maturity date that corresponds to the maturities of the securities sold under such transaction. The table below presents the remaining final contractual maturity of the securities sold under agreement to repurchase by class of collateral pledged:
Investments in CLOs
Securities Sold under Agreements to RepurchaseOvernight and ContinuousUp to 30 Days30-90 DaysGreater Than 90 DaysTotal
(dollars in thousands)
As of September 30, 2020$$$$101,892 $101,892 
As of December 31, 2019$$$$97,508 $97,508 
Investments in CLOs
Securities Sold under Agreements to RepurchaseOvernight and ContinuousUp to 30 Days30-90 DaysGreater Than 90 DaysTotal
(dollars in thousands)
As of September 30, 2021$— $— $— $159,218 $159,218 
As of December 31, 2020$— $— $— $122,638 $122,638 

10. PREFERRED UNITS9. OTHER ASSETS, NET
InThe following table presents the near future,components of other assets, net as reported in the Company is expected to redeem the 2019 Preferred Units in full at a 25% discount upon the closing of the 2020 Term Loan. See the Company’s Annual Report for additional information regarding the 2019 Preferred Units.consolidated balance sheets:
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Fixed Assets:  
  Leasehold improvements$48,518 $52,801 
  Computer hardware and software54,854 50,085 
  Furniture, fixtures and equipment8,279 8,411 
  Accumulated depreciation and amortization(82,886)(80,833)
Fixed assets, net28,765 30,464 
Goodwill22,691 22,691 
Prepaid expenses12,477 19,229 
Other7,701 10,116 
Total Other Assets, Net$71,634 $82,500 

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11. OTHER ASSETS, NET
The following table presents the components of other assets, net as reported in the consolidated balance sheets:
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
(dollars in thousands)
Fixed Assets:  
  Leasehold improvements$52,798 $52,798 
  Computer hardware and software49,484 47,361 
  Furniture, fixtures and equipment8,411 8,411 
  Accumulated depreciation and amortization(79,108)(73,730)
Fixed assets, net31,585 34,840 
Goodwill22,691 22,691 
Prepaid expenses14,497 18,507 
Other6,230 6,570 
Total Other Assets, Net$75,003 $82,608 

12.10. OTHER LIABILITIES
The following table presents the components of other liabilities as reported in the unaudited consolidated balance sheets:
 September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
 (dollars in thousands)
Legal provisions{1)
$138,040 $19,100 
Accrued expenses12,637 19,275 
Uncertain tax positions8,250 8,250 
Unearned management fee6,410 311 
Unused trade commissions3,863 5,192 
Other7,165 7,089 
Total Other Liabilities$176,365 $59,217 
 September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
 (dollars in thousands)
Accrued expenses$16,144 $16,904 
Uncertain tax positions8,250 8,250 
Due to funds1
2,768 11,933 
Unused trade commissions2,160 3,494 
Other5,458 10,864 
Total Other Liabilities$34,780 $51,445 
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(1)See Note 18 for additional details.
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To the extent that a fee-paying fund is an investor in another fee-paying fund, the Company rebates a corresponding portion of the management fees charged in the investee fund. Due to funds amounts also reflect certain incentive income and management fee waivers.


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SEPTEMBER 30, 202011. REVENUES

13. REVENUES
The following table presents management fees and incentive income recognized as revenues for the three months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019:2020:
Three Months Ended September 30,
20212020
Management FeesIncentive IncomeManagement FeesIncentive Income
(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy funds$39,585 $16,394 $33,239 $22,013 
Credit
    Opportunistic credit funds13,141 9,779 12,512 16,585 
    Institutional Credit Strategies14,856 — 13,302 — 
Real estate funds9,238 858 9,000 2,927 
Total$76,820 $27,031 $68,053 $41,525 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
Management FeesIncentive IncomeManagement FeesIncentive Income
(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy funds$33,239 $22,013 $34,201 $13,732 
Credit
    Opportunistic credit funds12,512 16,585 11,217 2,664 
    Institutional Credit Strategies13,302 14,713 
Real estate funds9,000 2,927 2,613 14,027 
Other212 
Total$68,053 $41,525 $62,956 $30,423 
The following table presents management fees and incentive income recognized as revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019:2020:
Nine Months Ended September 30,
20212020
Management FeesIncentive IncomeManagement FeesIncentive Income
(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy funds$114,185 $97,507 $94,826 $58,377 
Credit
    Opportunistic credit funds39,065 22,038 33,308 24,005 
    Institutional Credit Strategies46,360 — 36,653 — 
Real estate funds27,781 14,834 30,594 6,703 
Other— — — 
Total$227,391 $134,379 $195,389 $89,085 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Management FeesIncentive IncomeManagement FeesIncentive Income
(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy funds$94,826 $58,377 $102,801 $59,516 
Credit
    Opportunistic credit funds33,308 24,005 32,356 35,653 
    Institutional Credit Strategies36,653 42,284 
Real estate funds30,594 6,703 9,862 23,209 
Other676 
Total$195,389 $89,085 $187,979 $118,378 
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A liability for unearned incentive income is generally recognized when the Company receives incentive income distributions from its funds, primarily its real estate funds, whereby the distributions received have not yet met the recognition threshold of being probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue will not occur. SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. — UNAUDITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The following table presents the activity incomposition of the Company’s unearned incentive income for the nine months endedand fees receivable as of September 30, 20202021 and 2019:
Nine Months Ended September 30,
20202019
(dollars in thousands)
Beginning of Period$60,798 $61,397 
Amounts collected during the period8,887 20,168 
Amounts recognized during the period(2,793)(18,174)
End of Period$66,892 $63,391 
December 31, 2020:
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Management fees$26,354 $25,937 
Incentive income19,522 513,686 
Income and Fees Receivable$45,876 $539,623 
The Company recognizes management fees over the period in which the performance obligation is satisfied. The Company records incentive income when it is probable that a significant reversal of income will not occur. The majority of management fees and incentive income receivable at each balance sheet date is generally collected during the following quarter.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The following table presents the composition of the Company’s unearned income and fees receivable as of September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019:2020:
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Management fees$737 $78 
Incentive income69,305 61,802 
Unearned Income and Fees$70,042 $61,880 
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
(dollars in thousands)
Management fees$23,767 $25,726 
Incentive income13,941 189,669 
Income and Fees Receivable$37,708 $215,395 

A liability for unearned incentive income is generally recognized when the Company receives incentive income distributions from its funds, primarily its real estate funds, whereby the distributions received have not yet met the recognition threshold of being probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue will not occur. A liability for unearned management fees is generally recognized when management fees are paid to the Company on a quarterly basis in advance, based on the amount of assets under management at the beginning of the quarter. In the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, the Company recognized $9.8 million and $3.9 million, respectively, of the beginning balance of unearned incentive income for each respective year. The Company recognized all of the beginning balances of unearned management fees during the respective quarter.
14.12. INCOME TAXES
The computation of the effective tax rate and provision at each interim period requires the use of certain estimates and significant judgment including, but not limited to, the expected operating income for the year, projections of the proportion of income earned and taxed in foreign jurisdictions, permanent differences, and the likelihood of recovering deferred tax assets existing as of the balance sheet date. The estimates used to compute the provision for income taxes may change as new events occur, additional information is obtained or as tax laws and regulations change. Accordingly, the effective tax rate for interim periods is not indicative of the tax rate expected for a full year.
The Sculptor Operating Partnerships are partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Registrant was a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes until the Corporate Classification Change on April 1, 2019. Prior to the Corporate Classification Change, only a portion of the income the Company earned has been subject to corporate-level income taxes in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. Following the Corporate Classification Change, generally all of the income the Registrant earns will be subject to corporate-level income taxes in the United States allowing us to realize a portion of our deferred tax assets on an accelerated basis as compared to under our prior structure.
The Company’s income tax provision and related income tax assets and liabilities are based on, among other things, an estimate of the impact of the Corporate Classification Change, inclusive of an analysis of tax basis and state tax implications of certain partnerships and their underlying assets and liabilities as of April 1, 2019. The Company’s estimate is based on the most recent information available; however, the impact of the conversion cannot be finally determined until the Company’s 2019 tax returns have been finalized. The Company does not currently expect such information to become available until the fourth quarter of 2020. The tax basis and state impact of the partnerships and their underlying assets and liabilities are based on estimates subject to finalization of the Company’s tax returns, and the impact of the Corporate Classification Change may differ, possibly materially, from the current estimates described herein.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 20202021

The following is a reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate: 
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30, Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019 2021202020212020
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rateStatutory U.S. federal income tax rate21.00 %21.00 %21.00 %21.00 %Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate21.00 %21.00 %21.00 %21.00 %
Income passed through to noncontrolling interests-0.39 %0.44 %-1.38 %4.18 %
Nondeductible transaction costs%%%-4.66 %
Tax effects of income recorded to equity in connection with the Recapitalization%%%3.46 %
Loss (income) passed through to noncontrolling interestsLoss (income) passed through to noncontrolling interests145.73 %-0.39 %-71.48 %-1.38 %
Foreign income taxesForeign income taxes4.57 %-2.93 %-2.03 %-7.38 %Foreign income taxes81.04 %4.57 %-114.01 %-2.03 %
RSU excess income tax benefit or expenseRSU excess income tax benefit or expense2.29 %-0.29 %-0.44 %-3.72 %RSU excess income tax benefit or expense8.39 %2.29 %-20.58 %-0.44 %
State and local income taxesState and local income taxes5.44 %1.62 %3.47 %-13.44 %State and local income taxes81.03 %5.44 %-53.09 %3.47 %
Nondeductible amortization of Partner Equity UnitsNondeductible amortization of Partner Equity Units5.66 %-10.19 %-4.36 %-22.99 %Nondeductible amortization of Partner Equity Units31.04 %5.66 %-54.32 %-4.36 %
Nondeductible interest expenseNondeductible interest expense0.85 %-5.72 %-0.74 %-4.57 %Nondeductible interest expense— %0.85 %— %-0.74 %
Foreign tax credits and deductionsForeign tax credits and deductions-17.02 %-1.94 %23.94 %0.38 %
Change in fair value of warrantsChange in fair value of warrants88.53 %— %-269.42 %— %
Disallowed executive compensationDisallowed executive compensation16.44 %3.70 %-15.19 %-0.74 %
Other, netOther, net-0.42 %-0.07 %-0.72 %2.36 %Other, net-7.61 %-2.18 %-0.60 %-0.36 %
Effective Income Tax RateEffective Income Tax Rate39.00 %3.86 %14.80 %-25.76 %Effective Income Tax Rate448.57 %39.00 %-553.75 %14.80 %
The Company recognizes tax benefits for amounts that are “more likely than not” to be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. For uncertain tax positions in which the benefit to be realized does not meet the “more likely than not” threshold, the Company establishes a liability, which is included within other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, the Company had a liability for unrecognized tax benefits of $8.3 million. As of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, the Company did not accrue interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. As of September 30, 2020,2021, the Company does not believe that there will be a significant change to the uncertain tax positions during the next 12 months. The Company’s total unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect its effective tax rate wasexpense by $4.8 million as of September 30, 2020.2021.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

13. GENERAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER
The following table presents the components of general, administrative and other expenses as reported in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss):operations:
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
 (dollars in thousands)
Occupancy and equipment$9,627 $7,549 $24,970 $22,685 
Information processing and communications6,033 5,223 16,890 15,881 
Recurring placement and related service fees4,696 4,057 14,290 14,229 
Professional services4,487 3,836 12,176 18,781 
Impairment of right-of-use asset1
11,240 — 11,240 — 
Insurance2,281 2,118 6,773 6,374 
Business development281 237 591 1,600 
Other expenses1,027 1,405 5,140 5,296 
39,672 24,425 92,070 84,846 
Legal provisions— 2,040 — 118,940 
Total General, Administrative and Other$39,672 $26,465 $92,070 $203,786 
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
 (dollars in thousands)
Occupancy and equipment$7,549 $7,555 $22,685 $22,663 
Information processing and communications5,223 5,074 15,881 15,924 
Recurring placement and related service fees4,057 3,527 14,229 10,372 
Professional services3,836 8,111 18,781 29,801 
Insurance2,118 2,176 6,374 6,500 
Business development237 1,032 1,600 2,989 
Foreign exchange (gains) losses(84)173 (394)(181)
Other expenses1,489 1,524 5,690 7,319 
24,425 29,172 84,846 95,387 
Legal provisions2,040 19,100 118,940 19,100 
Total General, Administrative and Other$26,465 $48,272 $203,786 $114,487 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020_______________

(1)

See Note 6 for additional details on impairment of right-of-use asset.
16.14. (LOSS) EARNINGS (LOSS) PER CLASS A SHARE
Basic (loss) earnings (loss) per Class A Share is computed by dividing the net (loss) income (loss) attributable to Class A Shareholders by the weighted-average number of Class A Shares outstanding for the period.
For the three months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, the Company included 297,927130,528 and 196,216297,927 RSUs respectively, that have vested but have not been settled in Class A Shares in the weighted-average Class A Shares outstanding used to calculate basic and diluted (loss) earnings (loss) per Class A Share. For the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, the Company included 473,070176,516 and 181,793473,070 RSUs respectively, that have vested but have not been settled in Class A Shares in the weighted-average Class A Shares outstanding used to calculate basic and diluted (loss) earnings (loss) per Class A Share.
When calculating dilutive (loss) earnings (loss) per Class A Share, the Company applies the treasury stock method to outstanding warrants and unvested RSUs andRSUs. At the Sculptor Operating Group Level, the Company applies the if-converted method to vested Group A Units and vested Group E Units. TheFor unvested Group A Units and unvested Group E Units, the Company applies the treasury stock method first to unvested Group A Units and Group E Units anddetermine the if-converted method on the resulting number of incremental units that would be issued.issuable and then applies the if-converted method to those resulting incremental units. The Company did not include the Group P Units or unvested PSUs in the calculationscalculation of dilutive (loss) earnings (loss) per Class A Share, as the applicable market performance conditions havehad not yet been met as of September 30, 2020.the end of each reporting period presented below. Certain PSUs vested in the second quarter of 2021 at which time they were converted into Class A Shares. The effect of dilutive securities on net (loss) income attributable to Class A Shareholders is presented net of tax.
The following tables present the computation of basic and diluted (loss) earnings (loss) per Class A Share:
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020Net Income Attributable to Class A ShareholdersWeighted- Average Class A Shares OutstandingEarnings Per Class A ShareNumber of Antidilutive Units Excluded from Diluted Calculation
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic$8,017 22,729,285 $0.35 
Effect of dilutive securities:
Group A Units4,264 16,019,506 
Group E Units— 10,988,269 
RSUs4,110,587 
Diluted$12,281 49,737,060 $0.25 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Three Months Ended September 30, 2019Net Loss Attributable to Class A ShareholdersWeighted- Average Class A Shares OutstandingLoss Per Class A ShareNumber of Antidilutive Units Excluded from Diluted Calculation
Three Months Ended September 30, 2021Three Months Ended September 30, 2021Net Loss Attributable to Class A ShareholdersWeighted- Average Class A Shares OutstandingLoss Per Class A ShareNumber of Antidilutive Units and Warrants Excluded from Diluted Calculation
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
BasicBasic$(25,140)20,907,021 $(1.20)Basic$(4,338)25,334,903 $(0.17)
Effect of dilutive securities:Effect of dilutive securities:Effect of dilutive securities:
Group A UnitsGroup A Units16,019,506 Group A Units— — 16,019,506 
Group E UnitsGroup E Units— 13,476,211 Group E Units— — 13,009,152 
RSUsRSUs4,903,263 RSUs— — 3,289,109 
WarrantsWarrants— — 4,338,015 
DilutedDiluted$(25,140)20,907,021 $(1.20)Diluted$(4,338)25,334,903 $(0.17)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020Net Income Attributable to Class A ShareholdersWeighted- Average Class A Shares OutstandingEarnings Per Class A ShareNumber of Antidilutive Units Excluded from Diluted Calculation
(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic$8,017 22,729,285 $0.35 
Effect of dilutive securities:
Group A Units4,264 16,019,506 — 
Group E Units— 10,988,269 — 
RSUs— — 4,110,587 
Diluted$12,281 49,737,060 $0.25 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021Net Loss Attributable to Class A ShareholdersWeighted- Average Class A Shares OutstandingLoss Per Class A ShareNumber of Antidilutive Units and Warrants Excluded from Diluted Calculation
 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic$(2,817)24,743,527 $(0.11)
Effect of dilutive securities:
Group A Units(17,720)16,019,506 — 
Group E Units— — 13,010,373 
RSUs— — 3,463,072 
Warrants— — 4,338,015 
Diluted$(20,537)40,763,033 $(0.50)
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 20202021

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020Net Loss Attributable to Class A ShareholdersWeighted- Average Class A Shares OutstandingLoss Per Class A ShareNumber of Antidilutive Units Excluded from Diluted Calculation
 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic$(45,489)22,542,047 $(2.02)
Effect of dilutive securities:
Group A Units(59,134)16,017,916 
Group E Units— 13,386,679 
RSUs4,186,109 
Diluted$(104,623)38,559,963 $(2.71)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019Net Income Attributable to Class A ShareholdersWeighted- Average Class A Shares OutstandingEarnings Per Class A ShareNumber of Antidilutive Units Excluded from Diluted Calculation
 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic$3,318 20,703,211 $0.16 
Effect of dilutive securities:
Group A Units17,344,925 
Group E Units— 6,908,523 — 
RSUs554,244 
Diluted$3,318 28,165,978 $0.12 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020Net Loss Attributable to Class A ShareholdersWeighted- Average Class A Shares OutstandingLoss Per Class A ShareNumber of Antidilutive Units Excluded from Diluted Calculation
 (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Basic$(45,489)22,542,047 $(2.02)
Effect of dilutive securities:
Group A Units(59,134)16,017,916 — 
Group E Units— — 13,386,679 
RSUs— — 4,186,109 
Diluted$(104,623)38,559,963 $(2.71)
17.15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Due from Related Parties
Amounts due from related parties relate primarily to amounts due from the funds for expenses paid on their behalf. These amounts are reimbursed to the Company on an ongoing basis.
DueCertain Amounts Related to Related PartiesTax Receivable Agreement Liability
Amounts due to related parties relate primarily to future payments owed to current andcertain former executive managing directors and Ziff Investors Partnership, L.P. II and certain of its affiliates and control persons (the “Ziffs”) under the tax receivable agreement, as discussed further in Note 18.16. The tax receivable agreement liability was $183.1 million as of September 30, 2021, and $88.3 million of the balance was due to related parties. The Company made payments totaling $7.2 million, and $18.2 million under the tax receivable agreement (inclusive of interest thereon) in the nine months ended September 30, 2020.2021 and 2020, respectively, of which $3.9 million and $10.0 million were paid to related parties. No payments were made in the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, and three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.respectively.
Management Fees and Incentive Income Earned from Related Parties and Waived Fees
The Company earns substantially all of its management fees and incentive income from the funds, which are considered related parties as the Company manages the operations of and makes investment decisions for these funds.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 20202021

As of September 30, 20202021 and 2019,2020, respectively, approximately $957.1$938.9 million and $1.0 billion$957.1 million of the Company’s assets under management represented investments by the Company, its executive managing directors, employees and certain other related parties in the Company’s funds. As of September 30, 2021 and 2020, approximately 54% and 2019, approximately 48% and 32%, respectively, of these assets under management were not charged management fees or incentive income. The following table presents management fees and incentive income charged on investments held by the Company’s executive managing directors, employees and certain other related parties:
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Fees charged on investments held by related parties:   
Management fees$869 $982 $2,696 $2,881 
Incentive income$154 $257 $2,307 $688 
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Fees charged on investments held by related parties:   
Management fees$982 $1,613 $2,881 $6,009 
Incentive income$257 $2,646 $688 $7,414 
Commitment to Purchase Interest in BharCap Sponsor LLC.
Other
In March 2021, the Company committed to acquire a non-controlling membership interest of BharCap Sponsor LLC, an entity managed by a member of the Company’s board of directors, in the amount of $3.0 million and as of September 30, 2021, has funded $210 thousand of the commitment. In connection with the Recapitalization,anticipated initial public offering of BharCap Acquisition Corp., a newly organized blank check company, BharCap Sponsor LLC purchased shares of BharCap Acquisition Corp.’s Class B common stock and has committed to purchase warrants in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the Company paid for Mr. Och’s expenses incurred in connection with these transactions in the amount of $5.0 million, of which $4.5 million was incurred in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the remainder in the first quarter of 2019. In addition, the Company will pay for reasonable expenses, if any, incurred by holdersclosing of the 2019 Preferred Units in connection with protecting the interests or enforcing the rightsinitial public offering of such securities.BharCap Acquisition Corp.
18.16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Tax Receivable Agreement
The purchase of Group A Units from current and former executive managing directors and the Ziffs with the proceeds from the 2007 Offerings, and subsequent taxable exchanges by them of Partner Equity Units for Class A Shares on a one-for-one basis (or, at the Company’s option, a cash equivalent), resulted, and, in the case of future exchanges, are anticipated to result, in an increase in the tax basis of the assets of the Sculptor Operating Group that would not otherwise have been available. The Company anticipates that any such tax basis adjustment resulting from an exchange will be allocated principally to certain intangible assets of the Sculptor Operating Group, and the Company will derive its tax benefits principally through amortization of these intangibles over a 15-year period. Consequently, these tax basis adjustments will increase, for tax purposes, the Company’s depreciation and amortization expenses and will therefore reduce the amount of tax that Sculptor Corp and any other future corporate taxpaying entities that acquire Group B Units in connection with an exchange, if any, would otherwise be required to pay in the future. Accordingly, pursuant to the tax receivable agreement, such corporate taxpaying entities (including Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. once it became treated as a corporate taxpayer following the CorporateCompany’s conversion from a partnership to a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, effective April 1, 2019 (the “Corporate Classification Change)Change”), have agreed to pay the executive managing directors and the Ziffs a percentage of the amount of cash savings, if any, in federal, state and local income taxes in the United StatesU.S. that these entities actually realize related to their units as a result of such increases in tax basis. For tax years prior to 2019, such percentage was 85% of such annual cash savings under the tax receivable agreement.
In connection with the Recapitalization, the Company amended the tax receivable agreement to provide that, conditioned on Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. electing to be classified as, or converting into, a corporation for U.S. tax purposes, (i) no amounts are due or payable with respect to the 2017 tax year, (ii) only partial payments equal to 85% of the excess of such cash savings that would otherwise be due over 85% of such cash savings determined assuming that taxable income equals Economic Income are due and payable in respect of the 2018 tax year and (iii) the percentage of cash savings required to be paid with respect to the 2019 tax year and thereafter, as well as with respect to cash savings from subsequent exchanges, is reduced to 75%. The amendment to the tax receivable agreement was effective on April 1, 2019, the date on which the Registrant changed its tax classification from a partnership to a corporation. As a result of the amendment to the tax receivable agreement, the Company released $67.2 million of previously accrued tax receivable agreement liability, which reduced its deferred income tax assets by $16.3 million. The net impact of $51.0 million was recognized as an increase to additional paid-in capital.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 20202021

In connection with the departure of certain former executive managing directors since the 2007 Offerings, the right to receive payments under the tax receivable agreement by those former executive managing directors was contributed to the Sculptor Operating Group. As a result, the Company expects to pay to the other executive managing directors and the Ziffs approximately 69% of the amount of cash savings, if any, in federal, state and local income taxes in the United StatesU.S. that the Company realizes as a result of such increases in tax basis with respect to future tax years. To the extent that the Company does not realize any cash savings, it would not be required to make corresponding payments under the tax receivable agreement.
The Company recorded its initial estimate of future payments under the tax receivable agreement as a decrease to additional paid-in capital and an increase in amounts due to related partiesthe tax receivable agreement liability in the consolidated financial statements. Subsequent adjustments to the liability for future payments under the tax receivable agreement related to changes in estimated future tax rates or state income tax apportionment are recognized through current period earnings in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss).operations.
The estimate of the timing and the amount of future payments under the tax receivable agreement involves several assumptions that do not account for the significant uncertainties associated with these potential payments, including an assumption that Sculptor Corp will have sufficient taxable income in the relevant tax years to utilize the tax benefits that would give rise to an obligation to make payments. The actual timing and amount of any actual payments under the tax receivable agreement will vary based upon these and a number of other factors. As of September 30, 2020,2021, the estimated future payment under the tax receivable agreement was $187.5$183.1 million, which is recorded in due to related partiesthe tax receivable agreement liability balance on the consolidated balance sheets.
The table below presents management’s estimate as of September 30, 2020,2021, of the maximum amounts that would be payable under the tax receivable agreement assuming that the Company will have sufficient taxable income each year to fully realize the expected tax savings. In light of the numerous factors affecting the Company’s obligation to make such payments, the timing and amounts of any such actual payments may differ materially from those presented in the table. The impact of any net operating losses is included in the “Thereafter” amount in the table below.
 Potential Payments Under Tax Receivable Agreement
 (dollars in thousands)
October 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020$11,805 
20219,935 
202229,559 
202346,089 
202443,002 
Thereafter47,071 
Total Payments$187,461 
 Potential Payments Under Tax Receivable Agreement
 (dollars in thousands)
October 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021$20,035 
202215,903 
202327,821 
202421,954 
202526,098 
202631,729 
Thereafter39,552 
Total Payments$183,092 
Litigation
From time to time, the Company is involved in litigation and claims incidental to the conduct of the Company’s business. The Company is also subject to extensive scrutiny by regulatory agencies globally that have, or may in the future have, regulatory authority over the Company and its business activities. This has resulted, or may in the future result, in regulatory agency investigations, litigation and subpoenas and costs related to each.
In U.S. v. Oz Africa Management GP, LLC, Cr. No. 16-515 (NGG) (EDNY), on November 4, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “Court”) ordered restitution consistent with the terms of the settlement agreement between Oz Africa Management GP, LLC (“Oz Africa”) and certain former shareholders of Africo Resources Ltd.
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SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. — UNAUDITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 20202021

(theagreement between Oz Africa Management GP, LLC (“Oz Africa”) and certain former shareholders of Africo Resources Ltd. (the “Claimants”), and imposed a sentence otherwise consistent with the Plea Agreement, dated September 29, 2016, between Oz Africa and the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (the “USAO”). Per the Court’s sentence and the settlement agreement, Oz Africa paid approximately $138.0 million to former shareholders of Africo Resources Ltd.
On November 3, 2020, the DOJ and USAO agreed with the Company to terminate Additionally, the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (the “DPA”) between the Company, the DOJ and the USAO upon (i) the Court entering its final judgment stating the sentence in the matter of U.S. v. Oz Africa Management GP, LLC, Cr. No. 16-515 (NGG) (EDNY), (ii) Oz Africa paying full restitution as ordered by the Court and (iii) the monetary penalty the Company paid under the DPA in 2016 being released from a DOJ suspense account to the United States Treasury, which will be within 10 days after the final judgment.was terminated shortly thereafter.
With completion of the aboveforegoing events, the Company will havehas put all legal issues stemming from legacy dealings in Africa behind us.it.
Investment Commitments
The Company has unfunded capital commitments of $83.5$70.7 million to certain funds it manages. Approximately $57.7$48.6 million of these commitments will be funded by contributions to the Company from certain employees and executive managing directors. The Company expects to fund these commitments over the approximately next eightseven years. In addition, certain current and former executive managing directors of the Company, collectively, have unfunded capital commitments to funds managed by the Company of up to $14.5$32.2 million. The Company has guaranteed these commitments in the event any executive managing director fails to fund any portion when called by the fund. The Company has historically not funded any of these commitments and does not expect to in the future, as these commitments are expected to be funded by the Company’s executive managing directors individually.
In addition, in March 2021, the Company committed to acquire a non-controlling membership interest of BharCap Sponsor LLC., see Note 15 for additional details.
Other Contingencies
In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts that provide a variety of general indemnifications. Such contracts include those with certain service providers, brokers and trading counterparties. Any exposure to the Company under these arrangements could involve future claims that may be made against the Company. Currently, no such claims exist or are expected to arise and, accordingly, the Company has not accrued any liability in connection with such indemnifications.
Additionally, the Company has agreements with certain of the funds it manages to reimburse certain expenses in excess of an agreed-upon cap. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 these amounts were not material.
17. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Dividend
On November 3, 2021, the Company announced a cash dividend of $0.28 per Class A Share. The dividend is payable on November 22, 2021, to holders of record as of the close of business on November 15, 2021.

Exchange of Group A Units for Class A Shares and Cash
On November 3, 2021 the Sculptor Operating Partnerships and Sculptor Corp exchanged 993,512 Group A Units held by certain former executive managing directors for a combination of $11.1 million cash and 317,926 Class A shares, equating to an execution price of $19.68 per Group A Unit. In addition, 534,969 Group A-1 Units held by such former executive managing directors were cancelled. The agreement to exchange such Group A Units was entered into on November 1, 2021 and was completed on November 3, 2021. The Class A Shares were issued in a transaction exempt from the registration requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Regulation D thereunder to accredited investors (as such term is defined in Regulation D).
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in Item 1 of this quarterly report and with our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in our Annual Report. In addition, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to those described under the heading “Forward-Looking Statements” in this report, and under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this quarterly report and in our Annual Report, and in other reports we file with the SEC, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis. An investment in our Class A Shares is not an investment in any of our funds.
Overview
COVID-19 Pandemic
In 2020, the first nine months of 2020, a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”)COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world, resulting in a wide-spread economic downturn. Our largest fund, the Sculptor Master Fund, generated performance-related appreciation through September 30, 2020. However, in the first quarter of 2020, the fund experienced significant performance-related depreciation driven by the market and economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which had a negative impact on our incentive income during the first quarter of 2020. In the second and third quarters of 2020, we generated strong returns that offset the first quarter losses. To the extent that we have performance-related depreciation at year-end, it could have a material impact on our ability to earn incentive income in 2020, as well as in future years until the losses are recovered for continuing fund investors.
In addition, in the first quarter of 2020, we also experienced significant unrealized losses on our risk retention investments held in certain of the CLOs that we manage as a result of the market and economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As of September 30, 2020, those unrealized losses had been recovered due to improved market conditions. We are required to hold these investments for the entire duration of the CLOs, to the extent that cash flows in the CLOs deteriorate, whether due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other factors, we could experience declining interest income and impairments on these investments.
A portion of the management fees we earn from our CLOs is subordinated to other obligations of the CLOs, including principal and interest on the notes issued by the CLOs. When certain overcollateralization tests are triggered, cash flows received on the underlying collateral in the CLOs that would have otherwise been distributed as subordinated management fees to us are redirected to pay principal and interest on the more senior obligations of the CLOs. In the second quarter of 2020, driven by the market and economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and resulting ratings downgrades and defaults on certain of the collateral held by CLOs, certain impacted CLOs failed to satisfy one or more overcollateralization tests, and therefore, we have stopped recognizing management fees for these CLOs until the collateral tests are remedied and such fees are paid. We recovered a portion of those management fees in the third quarter, and as of September 30, 2020, we had approximately $8.3 million of subordinated management fees on a U.S. GAAP basis ($7.9 million on an Economic Income Basis) for which collection and revenue recognition has been deferred until certain overcollateralization tests have been cured. In the event the persistent market conditions do not sufficiently recover over the life cycle of these CLOs, our management fees from our securitization vehicles will continue to deteriorate. We will continue to evaluate our ability to collect these and any future fees; however, to the extent the overcollateralization tests in the CLOs have not been cured, the amount of fees for which collection and revenue recognition has been deferred would continue to increase, which would negatively impact our liquidity and the amounts we recognize as revenue in future periods.
We have also evaluated our long-lived assets, including operating lease assets and goodwill, and have not identified any impairments to these assets as of September 30, 2020.
We have successfully executed aour business continuity plan and continued our operations with no material interruptions by implementing a work from home model as necessary to protect the health and well-being of our employees and in response to mandated precautions, where applicable. In addition, we haveWe also reached out to our critical vendors to ensure that they are well positioned to operate during the pandemic. We rely significantly on the effectiveness of our information technology infrastructure to continue our operations and to continue to maintain appropriate controls over operations, treasury function, accounting and financial reporting.
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Due to the uncertainty over the timing and extent of any possible global economic recovery, we cannot readily estimate or determine the effects that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will ultimately have on our future business and financial results.results, as well as on our liquidity and capital resources. Please see the COVID-19 commentary included throughout this MD&A, including “—Liquidity and Capital Resources” as well as “ItemResources,” “Part I—Item 1A. Risk Factors” and Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly reportour Annual Report for additional information on these impacts and the potential impacts on our results of operations and financial position.information.
2020 Credit Agreement
On September 25th,25, 2020, we entered into a new credit and guaranty agreement (the “2020financing facility, the 2020 Credit Agreement”) with Delaware Life Insurance Company (“Delaware Life”). Delaware Life agreed to issue usAgreement, consisting of (i) a $320.0 millionsenior secured term loan facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $320.0 million (the “2020 Term Loan”) and (ii) a $25.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $25.0 million (the “2020 Revolving Credit Facility”). We expect to close onUpon the closing of the 2020 Credit Agreement in the near future, and will usefourth quarter of 2020, we used the proceeds from the 2020 Term Loan to refinancerepay in full our existing 2018 Term Loan and Debt Securities, andas well as to redeem the 2019 Preferred Units while capturingin full, which allowed us to capture $62.3 million of negotiated discounts available under the Debt Securities and the 2019 Preferred Units. In connection with the 2020 Credit Agreement, we expect in the near future to issue Delaware Lifeissued warrants to purchase approximately 4.3 million Class A Shares and provide Delaware Lifeprovided the counterparty a seat on our boardBoard of directors (the “Board”).Directors. Through September 30, 2021, we voluntarily prepaid an aggregate of $225.0 million of the 2020 Term Loan, leaving a balance of $95.0 million, which is due at maturity. As a result of the prepayments, we are no longer subject to the cash sweep or financial maintenance covenants other than the $20.0 billion minimum fee-paying assets under management covenant. The 2020 Revolving Credit Facility can be usedremains undrawn and available for working capital and general corporate purposes. The 2020 Credit Agreement also comes with the opportunity to prepay up to $175.0 million on or prior to March 31, 2022,Please see “—Liquidity and extends the maturity of our debt for seven years. We are required under the 2020 Term Loan, to sweep 100% of the first $100.0 million and 25% of the following $50.0 million in Adjusted Distributable Earnings (as defined in the 2020 Credit Agreement), after public shareholder dividends. Refer to Note 8 for further information regarding the 2020 Credit Agreement.
Litigation Settlement
On November 4, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “Court”) ordered restitution consistent with the terms of the settlement agreement between Oz Africa Management GP, LLC (“Oz Africa”) and certain former shareholders of Africo Resources Ltd. Per the Court’s sentence and the settlement agreement, Oz Africa paid approximately $138.0 million to former shareholders of Africo Resources Ltd. We anticipate that our Deferred Prosecution Agreement will be terminated in the near future. See Note 18Capital Resources” for additional details. With completion of the above events, we will have put all legal issues stemming from legacy dealings in Africa behind us.information.
Overview of Our Financial Results
We reported a GAAP net incomeloss attributable to Class A Shareholders of $4.3 million in the third quarter of 2021, compared to net income of $8.0 million for the third quarter of 2020, compared to aand GAAP net loss of $25.1$2.8 million forin the third quarterfirst nine months of 2019, and GAAP2021, compared to a net loss of $45.5 million in the first nine months of 2020, compared to net income of $3.3 million in the first nine months of 2019.2020.
The increase in net incomeloss attributable to Class A Shareholders for the third quarter of 20202021 was primarily due to lower incentive income, higher general, administrative and other expense,expenses which included a right-of-use asset impairment loss and write-off of associated fixed assets and leasehold improvements, change in the fair value of warrant liabilities, and lower gains on investments, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits expense,expenses, higher revenues,management fees, and higher unrealized gains on our investments, partially offset by higher income taxlower interest expense.
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The increasedecrease in net loss attributable to Class A Shareholders for the first nine months of 20202021 was primarily due to higher general, administrative and other expense, primarily due to higher legal provisions incurred in 2020, higher revenues, net gains on investments, lower salary and benefits expenses, lower professional services expenses, and lower incentive income,equity-based compensation, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits expense, lowerchange in the fair value of warrant liabilities, higher income tax expense, higher management fees, a decrease in losses recognized on early retirement of debt, and lower interesthigher bonus expense. Also impacting our results to Class A Shareholders was an adjustment to the redemption value of Preferred Units recognized in connection with the Recapitalization in the first quarter of 2019 that increased net income attributable to Class A Shareholders in the first nine months of 2019 by $44.4 million. In the first nine months of 2020, an adjustment of $5.6 million to the redemption value of the Preferred Units related to the accrual of distributions on the units decreased amounts attributable to Class A Shareholders in the first nine months of 2020. Please see “—Results of Operations” for detailed discussion of the drivers of our results.
Economic Income was $44.0 million for the third quarter of 2021, compared to $42.4 million for the third quarter of 2020, compared to $2.9 million for the third quarter of 2019.2020. This increase was primarily due to lower general, administrativehigher management fees and other expense, higher incentive income, lower compensation and benefits expense, and higher management fees.
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expenses, partially offset by lower incentive income.
Economic Income was $160.1 million in the first nine months of 2021, compared to a loss of $39.5 million in the first nine months of 2020, compared to income of $73.1 million in first nine months of 2019.2020. This reduction in earningsincrease was primarily due to higher general, administrative and other expense, primarily due to higher legal provisions lowerincurred in 2020, higher incentive income and management fees, lower interest income, and higher interest expense, partially offset by lower compensationsalaries and benefits expense, and lower professional services expenses, partially offset by higher management fees. Please see “—Economic Income Analysis” for detailed discussion of the drivers of our results. bonus expense.
Economic Income is a non-GAAP measure. For additional information regarding non-GAAP measures, as well as for a discussion of the drivers of the year-over-year change in Economic Income, please see “—Economic Income Analysis.”
Overview of Assets Under Management and Fund Performance
Assets under management totaled $36.0$37.5 billion as of September 30, 2020.2021. Longer-dated assets under management, which are those subject to initial commitment periods of three years or longer, were $24.4$24.9 billion, comprising 68%66% of our total assets under management as of September 30, 2020. Assets under management in our dedicated credit, real estate and other strategy-specific funds were $26.0 billion, comprising 72% of2021. This amount excludes assets under management asthat had initial commitment periods of September 30, 2020.three years or longer and subsequently moved to shorter commitment periods at the end of their initial commitment period.
Assets under management in our multi-strategy funds totaled $10.0$11.5 billion as of September 30, 2020,2021, increasing $863.4 million,$1.5 billion, or 9%15%, year-over-year. This change was primarily driven by performance-related appreciation of $1.6 billion, partially offset by net capital outflows of $678.3 million, primarily in the Sculptor Master Fund, our largest multi-strategy fund, and $25.5 million of distributions to investors in certain smaller funds that we have decided to close.$1.4 billion.
Sculptor Master Fund generated a gross return of 16.8%10.5% and a net return of 12.4%7.4% year-to-date through September 30, 2020. Our active repositioning of the portfolio2021. The fund profited predominately from positions within corporate credit, structured credit, and capital deployment through the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic in the secondconvertible and third quarter of 2020, was instrumental in driving returns. All of Sculptor Master Fund’s strategies have generated positive performance year-to-date.derivative arbitrage. Please see “—Assets Under Management and Fund Performance—Multi-Strategy Funds” for additional information regarding the returns of the Sculptor Master Fund.
Assets under management in our dedicated credit products totaled $21.3$21.7 billion as of September 30, 2020,2021, increasing $426.2$337.7 million, or 2%, year-over-year. Assets under management in our opportunistic credit funds totaled $6.0$6.5 billion as of September 30, 2020, remaining relatively flat2021, increasing $491.7 million, or 8%, year-over-year. This was driven by $191.1$1.1 billion of performance-related appreciation, partially offset by $579.5 million of net outflows, and $21.4 million of distributions in our closed-end opportunistic credit funds, and $56.8 million of performance-related depreciation, partially offset by $247.0 million of net inflows.funds.
Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund, our global opportunistic credit fund, generated a gross return of -5.6%18.3% and a net return of -7.5%14.4% year-to-date through September September��30, 2020.2021. The negative returns were primarilyfund continued to see contributions to performance from exposure added in the depths of the dislocation. Corporate credit led performance from additional positive developments across a variety of our largest process driven byinvestments in both the corporate credit strategies, partially offset by positive performance in structured credit. Assets under management forU.S. and Europe. The portfolio benefited from the fund were $1.9 billion assuccessful progression of September 30, 2020.a number of long-term restructurings where we had added to our exposure over the past year at and near pricing lows.
Assets under management in Institutional Credit Strategies totaled $15.3$15.1 billion as of September 30, 2020, increasing $427.22021, decreasing $154.0 million, or 3%1%, year-over-year. The increaseThis was driven primarily by the launchwind down and redemption of various aircraft securitizations and a CBO, partially offset by a reduction in assets under management related to a decrease in the number of aircraft serving as collateral in certain of our aircraft securitization vehiclesCLOs, and changes in underlying collateral value and distributions.distributions, partially offset by the launch of four CLOs.
Assets under management in our real estate funds totaled $4.7$4.3 billion as of September 30, 2020, increasing $2.9 billion,2021, decreasing $366.1 million, or 164%8%, year-over-year primarily due to the launch of Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV during the fourth quarter of 2019, which had its final closing in the second quarter of 2020, and related co-investment vehicles, partially offset by $153.0$936.3 million of distributions and other reductions, primarily related to the expiration of the investment period ofSculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I and Sculptor Real Estate Fund III, as both of these funds’ respective investment periods have expired.
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This was partially offset by $563.5 million of net inflows driven by the launch of several Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV co-investment vehicles and related co-investment vehicles.additional capital called into Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I. Since inception through September 30, 2020,2021, the gross internal rate of return (“IRR”) was 28.1%28.0% and 18.4%18.6% net for Sculptor Real Estate Fund III (for which the investment period ended in September 2019). Since inception through September 30, 2021, the gross IRR was 17.8% and 12.3% net for Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I.
Assets Under Management and Fund Performance
Our financial results are primarily driven by the combination of our assets under management and the investment performance of our funds. Both of these factors directly affect the revenues we earn from management fees and incentive income. Growth in assets under management due to capital placed with us by investors in our funds and positive investment performance of our funds drive growth in our revenues and earnings. Conversely, poor investment performance slows our growth by
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decreasing our assets under management and increasing the potential for redemptions from our funds, which would have a negative effect on our revenues and earnings.
We typically accept capital from new and existing investors in our multi-strategy and certain open-end opportunistic credit funds on a monthly basis on the first day of each month. Investors in these funds (other than with respect to capital invested in Special Investments) typically have the right to redeem their interests in a fund following an initial lock-up period of one to four years. Following the expiration of these lock-up periods, subject to certain limitations, investors may redeem capital generally on a quarterly or annual basis upon giving 30 to 90 days’ prior written notice. The lock-up requirements for our funds may generally be waived or modified at the sole discretion of each fund’s general partner or board of directors, as applicable.
With respect to investors with quarterly redemption rights, requests for redemptions submitted during a quarter generally reduce assets under management on the first day of the following quarter. Accordingly, quarterly redemptions generally will have no impact on management fees during the quarter in which they are submitted. Instead, these redemptions will reduce management fees in the following quarter. With respect to investors with annual redemption rights, redemptions paid prior to the end of a quarter impact assets under management in the quarter in which they are paid, and therefore impact management fees for that quarter.
Investors in our closed-end credit funds, securitization vehicles, real estate and certain other funds are not able to redeem their investments. In those funds, investors generally make a commitment that is funded over an investment period (or at launch for our securitization vehicles). Upon the expiration of the investment period, the investments are then sold or realized over time, and distributions are made to the investors in the fund.
In a declining market, during periods when the hedge fund industry generally experiences outflows, or in response to specific company events, we could experience increased redemptions and a consequent reduction in our assets under management. Over the past few years, our assets under management have declined and this trend may continue to some extent for some period of time in light of the 2016 settlements and the global economic downturn as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the latter part of 2017 and 2018, net outflows from our multi-strategy funds began to normalize and were partially offset by growth in our Institutional Credit Strategies business, as well as positive fund performance. Our largest fund, the Sculptor Master Fund, generated performance-related appreciation through September 30, 2020. However, in the first quarter of 2020, the fund experienced significant performance-related depreciation driven by the market and economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which had a negative impact on our incentive income during the first quarter of 2020. Although in the second and third quarters of 2020, we generated strong returns that offset the first quarter losses, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every segment of the global economy and may have a negative impact on our assets under management, management fees and incentive income in future periods.
Information with respect to our assets under management throughout this report, including the tables set forth below, includes investments by us, our executive managing directors, employees and certain other related parties. As of September 30, 2020,2021, approximately 3% of our assets under management represented investments by us, our executive managing directors, employees and certain other related parties in our funds. As of that date, approximately 48%54% of these affiliated assets under management are not charged management fees and are not subject to an incentive income calculation. Additionally, to the extent that a fund is an investor in another fund, we waive or rebate a corresponding portion of the management fees charged to the fund.
As further discussed below in “—Understanding Our Results—Revenues—Management Fees,” we generally calculate management fees based on assets under management as of the beginning of each quarter. The assets under management in the tables below are presented net of management fees and incentive income as of the end of the period. Accordingly, the assets under management presented in the tables below are not the amounts used to calculate management fees for the respective periods.
Appreciation (depreciation) in the tables below reflects the aggregate net capital appreciation (depreciation) for the entire period and is presented on a total return basis, net of all fees and expenses (except incentive income on Special Investments), and includes the reinvestment of all dividends and other income. Management fees and incentive income vary by product. Appreciation (depreciation) within Institutional Credit Strategies includes the effects of changes in the par value of the underlying
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collateral of the CLOs and CBO, foreign currency translation changes in the measurement of assets under management of our European CLOs and changes in the portfolio appraisal values for aircraft securitizations.
Summary of Changes in Assets Under Management
The tables below present the changes to our assets under management for the respective periods based on the type of funds or investment vehicles we manage.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
June 30, 2020Inflows / (Outflows)Distributions / Other ReductionsAppreciation / (Depreciation)September 30, 2020June 30, 2021Inflows / (Outflows)Distributions / Other ReductionsAppreciation / (Depreciation)
Other(1)
September 30, 2021
(dollars in thousands)(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy fundsMulti-strategy funds$9,401,759 $(54,445)$— $605,980 $9,953,294 Multi-strategy funds$11,305,792 $(42,392)$— $193,142 $— $11,456,542 
CreditCreditCredit
Opportunistic credit funds Opportunistic credit funds5,880,126 93,403 (177,918)245,548 6,041,159  Opportunistic credit funds6,467,414 (66,337)(6,639)138,453 — 6,532,891 
Institutional Credit Strategies Institutional Credit Strategies15,399,295 3,470 (194,687)82,889 15,290,967  Institutional Credit Strategies15,654,998 445,433 (825,308)163 (138,311)15,136,975 
Real estate fundsReal estate funds4,736,544 669 (44,818)5,770 4,698,165 Real estate funds4,375,845 78,285 (118,247)(3,833)— 4,332,050 
Other770 — (770)— — 
TotalTotal$35,418,494 $43,097 $(418,193)$940,187 $35,983,585 Total$37,804,049 $414,989 $(950,194)$327,925 $(138,311)$37,458,458 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
June 30, 2019Inflows / (Outflows)Distributions / Other ReductionsAppreciation / (Depreciation)September 30, 2019
(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy funds$9,775,395 $(350,708)$(30,683)$(304,112)$9,089,892 
Credit
   Opportunistic credit funds6,025,955 97,220 (1,938)(79,137)6,042,100 
   Institutional Credit Strategies14,718,741 259,418 (19,894)(94,474)14,863,791 
Real estate funds2,921,525 9,262 (1,146,253)(4,777)1,779,757 
Other217,850 140 (42,803)— 175,187 
Total$33,659,466 $15,332 $(1,241,571)$(482,500)$31,950,727 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
December 31, 2019Inflows / (Outflows)Distributions / Other ReductionsAppreciation / (Depreciation)September 30, 2020June 30, 2020Inflows / (Outflows)Distributions / Other ReductionsAppreciation / (Depreciation)
Other(1)
September 30, 2020
(dollars in thousands)(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy fundsMulti-strategy funds$9,332,118 $(372,659)$(17,819)$1,011,654 $9,953,294 Multi-strategy funds$9,401,759 $(54,445)$— $605,980 $— $9,953,294 
CreditCreditCredit
Opportunistic credit funds Opportunistic credit funds6,025,306 286,165 (177,933)(92,379)6,041,159  Opportunistic credit funds5,880,126 93,403 (177,918)245,548 — 6,041,159 
Institutional Credit Strategies Institutional Credit Strategies15,710,319 422,716 (814,123)(27,945)15,290,967  Institutional Credit Strategies15,399,296 33 (194,562)531 85,669 15,290,967 
Real estate fundsReal estate funds3,393,876 1,422,774 (114,087)(4,398)4,698,165 Real estate funds4,736,544 669 (44,818)5,770 — 4,698,165 
OtherOther8,311 20 (8,331)— — Other770 — (770)— — — 
TotalTotal$34,469,930 $1,759,016 $(1,132,293)$886,932 $35,983,585 Total$35,418,495 $39,660 $(418,068)$857,829 $85,669 $35,983,585 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
December 31, 2020Inflows / (Outflows)Distributions / Other ReductionsAppreciation / (Depreciation)
Other(1)
September 30, 2021
(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy funds$10,504,024 $155,000 $(759)$798,277 $— $11,456,542 
Credit
   Opportunistic credit funds6,287,777 (490,748)(17,600)753,462 — 6,532,891 
   Institutional Credit Strategies15,697,827 1,480,827 (1,593,850)580 (448,409)15,136,975 
Real estate funds4,308,648 456,705 (431,070)(2,233)— 4,332,050 
Total$36,798,276 $1,601,784 $(2,043,279)$1,550,086 $(448,409)$37,458,458 
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December 31, 2018Inflows / (Outflows)Distributions / Other ReductionsAppreciation / (Depreciation)September 30, 2019December 31, 2019Inflows / (Outflows)Distributions / Other ReductionsAppreciation / (Depreciation)
Other(1)
September 30, 2020
(dollars in thousands)(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy fundsMulti-strategy funds$10,420,858 $(2,085,933)$(57,660)$812,627 $9,089,892 Multi-strategy funds$9,332,118 $(372,659)$(17,819)$1,011,654 $— $9,953,294 
CreditCreditCredit
Opportunistic credit funds Opportunistic credit funds5,751,411 222,548 (34,114)102,255 6,042,100  Opportunistic credit funds6,025,306 286,165 (177,933)(92,379)— 6,041,159 
Institutional Credit Strategies Institutional Credit Strategies13,491,734 1,733,588 (129,027)(232,504)14,863,791  Institutional Credit Strategies15,710,319 406,755 (813,438)224 (12,893)15,290,967 
Real estate fundsReal estate funds2,577,040 363,817 (1,156,301)(4,799)1,779,757 Real estate funds3,393,876 1,422,774 (114,087)(4,398)— 4,698,165 
OtherOther286,635 (62,728)(49,099)379 175,187 Other8,311 20 (8,331)— — — 
TotalTotal$32,527,678 $171,292 $(1,426,201)$677,958 $31,950,727 Total$34,469,930 $1,743,055 $(1,131,608)$915,101 $(12,893)$35,983,585 
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(1)Includes the effects of changes in the par value of the underlying collateral of the CLOs, foreign currency translation changes in the measurement of assets under management of our European CLOs and changes in the portfolio appraisal value for aircraft securitization vehicles.
In the nine months ended September 30, 2021, assets under management increased by $660.2 million, driven by performance-related appreciation of $1.6 billion, net inflows of $1.6 billion, distributions and other reductions of $2.0 billion, and a decrease of $448.4 million primarily due to the effects of changes in par value of underlying collateral of the CLOs. The net inflows were comprised of (i) $2.9 billion of gross inflows, driven by $1.5 billion in Institutional Credit Strategies, due to the launch of additional CLOs, $956.5 million in multi-strategy funds, primarily driven by inflows into the Sculptor Master Fund, and $456.7 million in real estate funds, primarily due to the launch of several Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV co-investment vehicles; and (ii) $1.3 billion of gross outflows due to redemptions, primarily in our multi-strategy and opportunistic credit funds. Distributions and other reductions of $2.0 billion were driven primarily by $1.6 billion of distributions from Institutional Credit Strategies as a result of the wind down and redemption of certain of our CLOs, and $431.1 million of distributions from our real estate funds as a result of realizations in our real estate funds. In 2021, excluding securitization vehicles within Institutional Credit Strategies, our largest sources of gross inflows were from high net worth and family offices, sovereign wealth and corporates, and pensions, while pensions and fund-of-funds were the largest source of gross outflows.
As of November 1, 2021, estimated assets under management decreased to $37.2 billion, driven by $431.7 million of distributions and other reductions to investors in certain funds, paydowns in our CLOs and a wind down of one of our CLOs, as well as $69.0 million of net outflows. These decreases were partially offset by $243.9 million of performance-related appreciation.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2020, ourassets under management increased by $1.5 billion. Our funds experienced performance-related appreciation of $886.9$915.1 million and net inflows of $1.8$1.7 billion. The net inflows were comprised of (i) $2.8 billion of gross inflows, driven by $1.4 billion in real estate funds, primarily due to additional closes of Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV, $641.3 million in opportunistic credit funds, and $452.8$436.9 million in Institutional Credit Strategies, primarily driven by a launch of an aircraft securitization;securitization vehicle; and (ii) $1.0 billion of gross outflows due to redemptions, primarily in our multi-strategy and open-ended credit funds. Additionally, our funds experienced distributions and other reductions of $1.1 billion, driven primarily by Institutional Credit Strategies, as there was a decrease in the number of aircraft serving as collateral in certain of our aircraft securitization vehicles for which we act as collateral manager. In 2020, excluding securitization vehicles within Institutional Credit Strategies, our largest sources of gross inflows were from corporate and other institutions, pensions, and private banks, while pensions were the largest source of gross outflows.
As of November 1, 2020, estimated assets under management decreased to $35.6 billion, driven by $236.4 million of net outflows, $143.1 million of performance-related depreciation, and approximately $9.3 million of distributions and other reductions to investors in certain funds.
In the nine months ended September 30, 2019, our funds experienced performance-related appreciation of $678.0 million and net inflows of $171.3 million. The net inflows were comprised of $2.8 billion of gross inflows and $2.6 billion of gross outflows due to redemptions, primarily in our multi-strategy funds. We also had $1.4 billion of distributions and other
reductions, primarily related to the expiration of the investment period of Sculptor Real Estate Fund III and related co-investment
vehicles. In nine months ended 2019, excluding securitization vehicles within Institutional Credit Strategies, our largest sources of gross inflows were from fund-of-funds, pensions, family offices and individuals, while related parties were the largest source of gross outflows. Gross outflows include approximately $971.6 million of redemptions to former executive managing directors, the majority of which were driven by the anticipated Liquidity Redemption discussed in Note 3 of our Annual Report.
Weighted-Average Assets Under Management and Average Management Fee Rates
The table below presents our weighted-average assets under management and average management fee rates. Weighted-average assets under management exclude the impact of third quarter investment performance for the periods presented, as these amounts generally do not impact management fees calculated for those periods. The average management fee rates presented below take into account the effect of non-fee paying assets under management. Please see the respective sections below for average management fee rates by fund type.
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Weighted-average assets under management$35,215,556 $33,406,239 $34,448,513 $32,380,058 
Average management fee rates0.72 %0.70 %0.70 %0.73 %
The changes in our average management fee rate for the periods presented occurred primarily because of a change in the mix of products that comprise our assets under management, as well as the deferral of recognition of certain subordinated
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management fees from our CLOs, as discussed above. Our average management fee willmay vary from period to period based on the mix of products that comprise our assets under management. The average management fee rates below consider management fees on Economic Income basis. For reconciliations of our non-GAAP measures to the respective
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GAAP measures, please see “—Economic Income Reconciliations” at the end of this MD&A.
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Weighted-average assets under management$37,428,049 $35,215,556 $36,712,865 $34,448,513 
Average management fee rates0.76 %0.72 %0.77 %0.70 %
Fund Performance Information
The tables below present performance information for the funds we manage. The performance information presented in this report is not indicative of the performance of our Class A Shares and is not necessarily indicative of the future results of any particular fund, including the accrued unrecognized amounts of incentive income. An investment in our Class A Shares is not an investment in any of our funds. There can be no assurance that any of our existing or future funds will achieve similar results. The timing and amount of incentive income generated from our funds are inherently uncertain. Incentive income is a function of investment performance and realizations of investments, which vary period-to-period based on market conditions and other factors. We cannot predict when, or if, any realization of investments will occur. Incentive income recognized for any particular period is not a reliable indicator of incentive income that may be earned in subsequent periods.
The return information presented in this report represents, where applicable, the composite performance of all feeder funds that comprise each of the master funds presented. Gross return information is generally calculated using the total return of all feeder funds, net of all fees and expenses except management fees and incentive income of such feeder funds and master funds and the returns of each feeder fund include the reinvestment of all dividends and other income. Net return information is generally calculated as the gross returns less management fees and incentive income. Return information that includes Special Investments excludes incentive income on unrealized gains attributable to such investments, which could reduce returns at the time of realization. Special Investments and initial public offering investments are not allocated to all investors in the funds, and investors that were not allocated Special Investments and initial public offering investments may experience materially different returns.
Multi-Strategy Funds
Sculptor’s multi-strategy funds invest in high-conviction investment ideas across asset classes, regions and investment strategies. Our primary focus is on idiosyncratic opportunities where return drivers are less sensitive to market direction.
The table below presents assets under management and investment performance for our multi-strategy funds. Assets under management are generally based on the net asset value of these products. Management fees generally range from 0.82%1.00% to 2.25%2.00% annually of assets under management. For the third quarter of 2020,2021, our multi-strategy funds had an average management fee rate of 1.27%1.26%.
We generally crystallize incentive income from the majority of our multi-strategy funds on an annual basis. Incentive income is generally equal to 20% of the realized and unrealized profits attributable to each investor. A portion of the assets under management in each of the Sculptor Master Fund and our other multi-strategy funds is subject to initial commitment periods of three years, and for certain of these assets, we only earn incentive income once profits attributable to an investor exceed a preferential return, or “hurdle rate,” which is generally equal to the 3-month T-bill rate for our multi-strategy funds. Once the investment performance has exceeded the hurdle rate for these assets, we may receive a “catch-up” allocation, resulting in a
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potential recognition by us of a full 20% of the net profits attributable to investors in these assets.
Returns for the Nine Months Ended September 30,Annualized Returns Since Inception Through September 30, 2020
Assets Under Management as of September 30,20202019
20202019GrossNetGrossNetGrossNet
Fund(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Master Fund(1)
$9,136,360 $8,320,734 16.8 %12.4 %12.8 %9.9 %16.7 %(2)11.6 %(2)
Sculptor Enhanced Master Fund787,563 624,312 15.7 %11.7 %16.7 %13.3 %15.0 %10.4 %
Other funds29,371 144,846 n/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/m
$9,953,294 $9,089,892 
Returns for the Nine Months Ended September 30,Annualized Returns Since Inception Through September 30, 2021
Assets Under Management as of September 30,20212020
20212020GrossNetGrossNetGrossNet
Fund(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Master Fund(1)
$10,476,043 $9,136,360 10.5 %7.4 %16.8 %12.4 %16.8 %(2)11.7 %(2)
Sculptor Enhanced Master Fund970,031 787,563 7.6 %5.2 %15.7 %11.7 %15.0 %10.4 %
Other funds10,468 29,371 n/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/m
$11,456,542 $9,953,294 
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n/m not meaningful
(1)The returns for the Sculptor Master Fund exclude Special Investments. Special Investments in the Sculptor Master Fund are held by investors representing a small percentage of assets under management in the fund. Inclusive of these Special Investments, the returns of the Sculptor Master Fund for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 were 10.9% gross and 7.9% net, for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were 15.8% gross and 11.6% net, for nine months ended September 30, 2019 were 11.3% gross and 8.5% net, and annualized since inception through September 30, 20202021 were 16.3%16.5% gross and 11.4%11.5% net.
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(2)The annualized returns since inception are those of the Sculptor Multi-Strategy Composite, which represents the composite performance of all accounts that were managed in accordance with our broad multi-strategy mandate that were not subject to portfolio investment restrictions or other factors that limited our investment discretion since inception on April 1, 1994. Performance is calculated using the total return of all such accounts net of all investment fees and expenses of such accounts, and the returns include the reinvestment of all dividends and other income. The performance calculation for the Sculptor Master Fund excludes realized and unrealized gains and losses attributable to currency hedging specific to certain investors investing in Sculptor Master Fund in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar.dollar. For the period from April 1, 1994 through December 31, 1997, the returns are gross of certain overhead expenses that were reimbursed by the accounts. Such reimbursement arrangements were terminated at the inception of the Sculptor Master Fund on January 1, 1998. The size of the accounts comprising the composite during the time period shown vary materially. Such differences impacted our investment decisions and the diversity of the investment strategies followed. Furthermore, the composition of the investment strategies we follow is subject to our discretion, has varied materially since inception and is expected to vary materially in the future. As of September 30, 2020,2021, the annualized returns since the Sculptor Master Fund’s inception on January 1, 1998 were 13.4%13.6% gross and 9.0%9.3% net excluding Special Investments and 13.0%13.3% gross and 8.8%9.1% net inclusive of Special Investments.
The $863.4 million, or 9%, year-over-year increase in assetsAssets under management in our multi-strategy funds wasincreased $1.5 billion, or 15%, year-over-year, primarily due to performance-related appreciation of $1.6 billion, partially offset by capital net outflows$1.4 billion. In 2021, the largest sources of $678.3 million, primarily from the Sculptor Master Fund,gross inflows into our largest multi-strategy fund, and distributions of $25.5 million in certain other multi-strategy funds that we have decidedwere from high net worth and family offices and sovereign wealth and corporates, while the largest sources of gross outflows were attributable to close. pensions and high net worth and family offices.
In the first nine months of 2020,2021, the largest sourcesSculptor Master Fund generated a gross return of gross outflows10.5% and a net return of 7.4%. The fund profited predominately from our multi-strategy funds were attributable to private banks, foundationspositions within corporate credit, structured credit, and endowments,convertible and family offices and individuals.derivative arbitrage.
In the first nine months of 2020, the Sculptor Master Fund generated a gross return of 16.8% and a net return of 12.4%. Our active repositioning of the portfolio and capital deployment through the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second and third quarter of 2020, was instrumental in driving returns. All of Sculptor Master Fund’s strategies have generated positive performance year-to-date.during the period.
In the first nine months of 2019, the Sculptor Master Fund generated a gross return of 12.8% and a net return of 9.9%. Sculptor Master Fund delivered positive returns across almost all strategies in the period with performance driven primarily by fundamental equities, merger arbitrage and convertible and derivative arbitrage.
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Credit
Assets Under Management as of September 30,
20202019
(dollars in thousands)
Opportunistic credit funds$6,041,159 $6,042,100 
Institutional Credit Strategies15,290,967 14,863,791 
$21,332,126 $20,905,891 

Credit
Assets Under Management as of September 30,
20212020
(dollars in thousands)
Opportunistic credit funds$6,532,891 $6,041,159 
Institutional Credit Strategies15,136,975 15,290,967 
$21,669,866 $21,332,126 
Opportunistic Credit Funds
Our opportunistic credit funds seek to generate risk-adjusted returns by capturing value in mispriced investments across disrupted, dislocated and distressed corporate, structured and private credit markets globally.
Certain of our opportunistic credit funds are open-end and allow for contributions and redemptions (subject to initial lock-up and notice periods) on a periodic basis similar to our multi-strategy funds. Our remaining opportunistic credit funds are closed-end, whereby investors make a commitment that is funded over an investment period. Upon the expiration of an investment period, the investments are then sold or realized over a period of time, and distributions are made to the investors in the fund.
Assets under management for our opportunistic credit funds are generally based on the net asset value of those funds plus any unfunded commitments. Management fees for our opportunistic credit funds generally range from 0.75% to 2.00%1.75% annually of the net asset value of these funds. For the third quarter of 2020,2021, our opportunistic credit funds had an average management fee rate of 0.84%0.82%.
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The table below presents assets under management and investment performance information for certain of our opportunistic credit funds. Incentive income related to these funds (excluding the closed-end opportunistic fund, which is explained further below) is generally equal to 20% of realized and unrealized profits attributable to each investor, and a portion of these assets under management is subject to hurdle rates, which are generally 6%5% to 8% for our open-end opportunistic credit funds. Once the cumulative investment performance has exceeded the hurdle rate, we may receive a “catch-up” allocation, resulting in a potential recognition by us of a full 20% of the net profits attributable to investors in these funds. The measurement periods for these assets under management generally range from one to five years.
Returns for the Nine Months Ended September 30,Annualized Returns Since Inception Through September 30, 2020
Assets Under Management as of September 30,20202019
20202019GrossNetGrossNetGrossNet
Fund(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund(1)
$1,888,511 $1,658,348 -5.6 %-7.5 %2.4 %1.1 %12.9 %8.9 %
Customized Credit Focused Platform3,279,505 3,220,292 -2.1 %-2.0 %5.4 %3.9 %15.1 %11.4 %
Closed-end opportunistic credit funds349,006 548,312 See below for return information on our closed-end opportunistic credit funds.
Other funds524,137 615,148 n/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/m
$6,041,159 $6,042,100 
Returns for the Nine Months Ended September 30,Annualized Returns Since Inception Through September 30, 2021
Assets Under Management as of September 30,20212020
20212020GrossNetGrossNetGrossNet
Fund(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund(1)
$2,321,291 $1,888,511 18.3 %14.4 %-5.6 %-7.5 %14.2 %10.1 %
Customized Credit Focused Platform3,878,535 3,279,505 See below for return information on our Customized Credit Focused Platform.
Closed-end opportunistic credit funds333,065 349,006 See below for return information on our closed-end opportunistic credit funds.
Other funds— 524,137 n/mn/mn/mn/mn/mn/m
$6,532,891 $6,041,159 
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n/m not meaningful
(1)The returns for the Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund exclude Special Investments. Special Investments in the Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund are held by investors representing a small percentage of assets under management in the fund. Inclusive of these Special Investments, the returns of the Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 were 18.3% gross and 14.5% net, for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were -6.0% gross and -7.7% net, for nine months ended September 30, 2019 were 2.3% gross and 1.1% net, and annualized since inception through September 30, 20202021 were 12.5%13.8% gross and 8.6%9.9% net.
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Assets under management in our opportunistic credit funds decreasedincreased by $0.9$491.7 million, remaining relatively flator 8%, year-over-year. This was driven primarily by $191.1 million of distributions in our closed-end opportunistic credit funds, and $56.8 million$1.1 billion of performance-related depreciation,appreciation, partially offset by $247.0$579.5 million of net inflows.outflows.
In the first nine months of 2021, the Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund, our global opportunistic credit fund, generated a gross return of 18.3% and a net return of 14.4%. The fund continued to see contributions to performance from exposure added in the depths of the dislocation. Corporate credit led performance from additional positive developments across a variety of our largest process driven investments in both the U.S. and Europe. The portfolio benefited from the successful progression of a number of long-term restructurings where we had added to our exposure over the past year at and near pricing lows.
In the first nine months of 2020, the Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund, our global opportunistic credit fund, generated a gross return of -5.6% and a net return of -7.5%. The negative returns were primarily driven by the corporate credit
strategies, partially offset by positive performance in structured credit.
In
Our Customized Credit Focused Platform invests in a flexible credit mandate across the first nine months of 2019,credit spectrum to allow timely investments as market conditions change and dislocate.

Weighted Average Return for the Nine Months Ended September 30,(2)
Inception to Date as of September 30, 2021
20212020IRR
Net Invested Capital Multiple(5)
Customized Credit Focused PlatformGrossNetGrossNet
Gross(3)
Net(4)
Opportunistic Credit Performance(1)
17.8 %14.1 %3.1 %2.3 %16.0 %12.3 %2.6x
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(1)Performance presented is for the Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund, our global opportunistic credit fund, generated a gross returnstrategies in the Customized Credit Focused Platform. As of 2.4% and a net returnSeptember 30, 2021, approximately 95% of 1.1%. Performance was broad-based with gains across both the structured and corporateinvested capital in the Customized Credit Focused Platform is invested in the Platform’s opportunistic credit strategies.
(2)Weighted Average Returns reflect the total profit & loss divided by the weighted average capital base for the period.
(3)Gross IRR represents estimated, unaudited, annualized pre-tax returns based on the timing of cash inflows and outflows for each investment. It is calculated in the same manner as Net IRR, however, it does not reflect adjustments to cash flows related to incentive income, management fees and the applicable fund expenses. Gross IRR represents the estimated, unaudited, annualized pre-tax return based on the actual and/or projected timing of cash inflows from, and outflows to, investors for each investment (irrespective of any funding from a credit facility or other third-party financing source used by the Customized Credit Focused Platform). In certain cases, funding from a credit facility or other third party financing source was initially used by the Customized Credit Focused Platform to acquire an investment or pay certain expenses, which may have the effect of increasing the Gross IRR above that which would have been presented, had drawdowns from limited partners been initially used to acquire the investment or pay such expenses. Gross IRR includes the effect of investment hedges as determined by the Company. There can be no assurance that an appropriate hedge will be identified for each investment or that an appropriate hedge will be available for all investments.
(4)Net IRR is the Gross IRR adjusted to reflect actual management fees, incentive income and expenses incurred by the Customized Credit Focused Platform.
(5)Net Invested Capital Multiple: Given the Customized Credit Focused Platform has an active liquid investment program, a key element of which includes ramping up and ramping down depending on market conditions - much of which has recently been deployed - this is a multiple measuring the current net asset value over the net invested capital, where net invested capital represents cumulative contributions less cumulative distributions.
The table below presents assets under management, investment performance and other information for our closed-end opportunistic credit funds. Our closed-end opportunistic credit funds follow a European-style waterfall, whereby incentive income may be paid to us only after a fund investor receives distributions in excess of their total contributed capital and a preferential return, which is generally 6% to 8%. Incentive income related to these funds is generally equal to 20% of the cumulative realized profits in excess of the preferential return attributable to each investor over the life of the fund. Once the investment performance has exceeded the preferential return, we may receive a “catch-up” allocation, resulting in a potential recognition by us of a full 20% of the net profits attributable to investors in these funds. These funds have concluded their
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investment periods, and therefore we expect assets under management for these funds to decrease as investments are sold and the related proceeds are distributed to the investors in these funds.
Assets Under Management as of September 30,Inception to Date as of September 30, 2020
20202019Total Commitments
Total Invested Capital(1)
Gross IRR(2)
Net IRR(3)
Gross MOIC(4)
Fund (Investment Period)(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor European Credit Opportunities Fund (2012-2015)$— $— $459,600 $305,487 15.7 %11.8 %1.5x
Sculptor Structured Products Domestic Fund II (2011-2014)15,986 60,682 326,850 326,850 19.4 %15.3 %2.1x
Sculptor Structured Products Offshore Fund II (2011-2014)14,659 64,896 304,531 304,531 16.8 %13.1 %1.9x
Sculptor Structured Products Offshore Fund I (2010-2013)4,315 4,573 155,098 155,098 23.8 %19.1 %2.1x
Sculptor Structured Products Domestic Fund I (2010-2013)3,957 4,230 99,986 99,986 22.6 %18.0 %2.0x
Other funds310,089 413,931 412,170 78,781 n/mn/mn/m
$349,006 $548,312 $1,758,235 $1,270,733 
Assets Under Management as of September 30,Inception to Date as of September 30, 2021
20212020Total Commitments
Total Invested Capital(1)
Gross IRR(2)
Net IRR(3)
Gross MOIC(4)
Fund (Investment Period)(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor European Credit Opportunities Fund (2012-2015)$— $— $459,600 $305,487 15.7 %11.8 %1.5x
Sculptor Structured Products Domestic Fund II (2011-2014)8,534 15,986 326,850 326,850 19.4 %15.3 %2.1x
Sculptor Structured Products Offshore Fund II (2011-2014)8,125 14,659 304,531 304,531 16.8 %13.1 %1.9x
Sculptor Structured Products Offshore Fund I (2010-2013)3,373 4,315 155,098 155,098 23.8 %19.1 %2.1x
Sculptor Structured Products Domestic Fund I (2010-2013)4,184 3,957 99,986 99,986 22.6 %18.0 %2.0x
Other funds308,849 310,089 309,000 140,739 n/mn/mn/m
$333,065 $349,006 $1,655,065 $1,332,691 
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(1)Represents funded capital commitments net of recallable distributions to investors.
(2)Gross IRR for our closed-end opportunistic credit funds represents the estimated, unaudited, annualized return based on the timing of cash inflows and outflows for the fund as of September 30, 2020,2021, including the fair value of unrealized investments as of such date, together with any appreciation or depreciation from related hedging activity. Gross IRR does not include the effects of management fees or incentive income, which would reduce the return, and includes the reinvestment of all fund income.
(3)Net IRR is calculated as described in footnote (2), but is reduced by all management fees, as well as paid incentive and accrued incentive income that will be payable upon the distribution of each fund’s capital in accordance with the terms of the relevant fund. Accrued incentive income may be higher or lower at such time. The net IRR represents a composite rate of return for a fund and does not reflect the net IRR specific to any individual investor.
(4)Gross MOIC for our closed-end opportunistic credit funds is calculated by dividing the sum of the net asset value of the fund, accrued incentive income, life-to-date incentive income and management fees paid and any non-recallable distributions made from the fund by the invested capital.
Institutional Credit Strategies
Institutional Credit Strategies is our asset management platform that invests in performing credits, including leveraged loans, high-yield bonds, private credit/bespoke financing and investment grade credit via CLOs, aircraft securitizations,securitization vehicles, CBOs, and other customized solutions for clients.
Assets under management for Institutional Credit Strategies are generally based on the par value of the collateral and cash held for CLOs and CBO, and adjusted portfolio values for our aircraft securitizations.securitization vehicles. However, assets under management are reduced for any investments in these securitization vehicles held by our other funds to avoid double counting these assets. Management fees for Institutional Credit Strategies generally range from 0.30%0.25% to 0.50% annually of assets under management. For the third quarter of 2020,2021, Institutional Credit Strategies had an average management fee rate of 0.41%0.42% gross of rebates on cross-investments from other funds we manage (0.33%(0.32% net of such rebates). The increase inThese average rates exclude the average management fee rate for the third quarternet impact of 2020 occurred primarily due to the reversal of the deferral of recognition of certaindeferred subordinated management fees from our CLOs in the second quarter of 2020, as discussed above.fees.
Incentive income from our CLOs and CBO is generally equal to 20% of the excess cash flows due to the holders of the subordinated notes issued by the CLOs and CBO and is generally subject to a 12% hurdle rate. Because of the hurdle rate and structure of our CLOs and CBO, we do not expect to earn a meaningful amount of incentive income from these entities, and therefore no return information is presented for these vehicles. We do not earn incentive income from our aircraft securitizations.securitization
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Most Recent Closing or Refinancing YearAssets Under Management as of September 30,
Deal Size20202019
(dollars in thousands)
Collateralized loan obligations2017$4,209,590 $3,492,539 $3,475,032 
20187,487,273 7,108,237 7,041,843 
20192,985,214 2,913,465 2,834,403 
2020409,250 398,021 394,909 
15,091,327 13,912,262 13,746,187 
Aircraft securitizations2018696,000 475,415 497,611 
20191,128,000 381,680 543,505 
2020472,732 183,122 — 
2,296,732 1,040,217 1,041,116 
Collateralized bond obligation2019349,550 274,632 — 
Other fundsn/an/a63,856 76,488 
$17,737,609 $15,290,967 $14,863,791 
vehicles.
Most Recent Launch or Refinancing YearAssets Under Management as of September 30,
Deal Size20212020
(dollars in thousands)
Collateralized loan obligations2017$2,269,082 $1,610,120 $1,643,275 
20186,920,173 6,106,647 6,601,668 
20191,115,396 463,456 1,073,495 
20201,868,287 1,703,807 1,433,921 
20214,680,601 3,964,836 3,209,415 
16,853,539 13,848,866 13,961,774 
Aircraft securitization vehicles2018696,000 447,999 475,415 
20191,128,000 323,089 381,680 
2020472,732 171,372 183,122 
2,296,732 942,460 1,040,217 
Collateralized bond obligation2019349,550 273,987 274,632 
Other fundsn/an/a71,662 14,344 
$19,499,821 $15,136,975 $15,290,967 
Assets under management in Institutional Credit Strategies totaled $15.3$15.1 billion as of September 30, 2020, increasing $427.22021, decreasing $154.0 million, or 3%1%, year-over-year. The year-over-year increasedecrease in assets under management in Institutional Credit Strategies was driven primarily by the launcheswind down and redemption of aircraft securitizationscertain of our CLOs, and a CBO,changes in underlying collateral value and distributions, partially offset by $819.2 millionthe launch of distributions and other reductions due to a decreasefour CLOs. In 2021 we priced seven refinancing transactions in our existing CLOs extending the numbermaturity of aircraft serving as collateral in certain of our aircraft securitization vehiclesthese transactions, but often at lower average net fees. Refinancing CLOs produces further returns for which we act as collateral manager. In addition, in 2020 we refinanced one of our 2016 CLOs.the CLO subordinated note holders.
Real Estate Funds
Our real estate funds generally make investments in commercial and residential real estate, including real property, multi-property portfolios, real estate-related joint ventures, real estate operating companies and other real estate-related assets.
Assets under management for our real estate funds are generally based on the amount of capital committed by our fund investors during the investment period and the amount of actual capital invested for periods following the investment period. However, assets under management are reduced for unfunded commitments by our executive managing directors that will be funded through transfers from other funds in order to avoid double counting these assets. Management fees for our real estate funds, exclusive of co-investment vehicles, generally range from 0.38%0.50% to 1.50% annually of assets under management;management, however, management fees for Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I are based on invested capital both during and after the investment period. For the third quarter of 2020,2021, our real estate funds, inclusive of co-investment vehicles, had an average management fee rate of 0.70%0.79%.
The tables below present assets under management, investment performance and other information for our real estate funds. The amounts included within “other funds” below mainly relate to co-investment vehicles. Our real estate funds generally follow an American-style waterfall, whereby incentive income may be paid to us after a fund investment is realized if a fund investor receives distributions in excess of the capital contributed for such investment, as well as a preferential return on such investment, which is generally 6% to 10%. Upon each subsequent realization, incentive income, which is generally 20% of realized profits, is recalculated based on the cumulative realized profits in excess of the preferential return attributable to each investor over the life of the fund. Once the investment performance has exceeded the hurdlepreferential rate, we may receive a “catch-up” allocation, resulting in a potential recognition by us of a full 20% of the realized net profits attributable to investors in these funds.
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Due to the recalculation of cumulative realized profits upon each realization, the fund may clawback incentive income previously paid to us. As a result, we record incentive income paid to us by the real estate funds as unearned revenue in our consolidated balance sheets until the criteria for revenue recognition has been met.
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For funds that have concluded their investment periods, we expect assets under management to decrease as investments are sold and the related proceeds are distributed to the investors in these funds.
Assets Under Management as of September 30,
20212020
Fund (Investment Period)(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Real Estate Fund II (2011-2014)$26,148 $60,550 
Sculptor Real Estate Fund III (2014-2019)
332,515 474,133 
Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV (2019-2023)2,593,280 2,593,233 
Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I (2015-2020)354,588 730,931 
Co-investment and other funds1,025,519 839,318 
$4,332,050 $4,698,165 

Inception to Date as of September 30, 2021
Total Investments
Realized/Partially Realized Investments(1)
Total Commitments
Invested Capital(2)
Total
Value(3)
Gross IRR(4)
Net IRR(5)
Gross MOIC(6)
Invested CapitalTotal
Value
Gross IRR(4)
Gross MOIC(6)
Fund(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Real Estate Fund I$408,081 $386,298 $847,612 25.5 %16.1 %2.2x$386,298 $847,612 25.5 %2.2x
Sculptor Real Estate Fund II839,508 762,588 1,585,106 32.8 %21.6 %2.1x762,588 1,585,106 32.8 %2.1x
Sculptor Real Estate Fund III1,500,000 1,101,784 1,898,503 28.0 %18.6 %1.7x889,483 1,619,875 32.1 %1.8x
Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV(7)
2,596,024 382,017 541,207 n/mn/mn/m161,730 268,404 n/mn/m
Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I736,225 624,633 755,111 17.8 %12.3 %1.2x274,660 364,726 20.6 %1.3x
Co-investment and other funds1,334,402 914,128 1,119,844 n/mn/mn/m188,232 333,798 n/mn/m
$7,414,240 $4,171,448 $6,747,383 $2,662,991 $5,019,521 

Assets Under Management as of September 30,
20202019
Fund(dollars in thousands)
    Sculptor Real Estate Fund I$— $13,578 
     Sculptor Real Estate Fund II60,550 63,011 
Sculptor Real Estate Fund III474,133 530,996 
Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV2,593,233 — 
Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I730,931 730,365 
Other funds839,318 441,807 
$4,698,165 $1,779,757 

Inception to Date as of September 30, 2020
Total Investments
Realized/Partially Realized Investments(1)
Total Commitments
Invested Capital(2)
Total
Value(3)
Gross IRR(4)
Net IRR(5)
Gross MOIC(6)
Invested CapitalTotal
Value
Gross IRR(4)
Gross MOIC(6)
Fund (Investment Period)(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Real Estate Fund I(7) (2005-2010)
$408,081 $386,298 $847,612 25.5 %16.1 %2.2x$386,298 $847,612 25.5 %2.2x
Sculptor Real Estate Fund II(7) (2011-2014)
839,508 762,588 1,557,175 32.8 %21.5 %2.0x762,588 1,557,175 32.8 %2.0x
Sculptor Real Estate Fund III(7) (2014-2019)
1,500,000 1,053,677 1,736,897 28.1 %18.4 %1.6x765,998 1,346,990 34.0 %1.8x
Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV(8) (2019-2023)
2,596,024 204,516 227,279 n/mn/mn/m— — n/mn/m
Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I (2015-2020)
736,225 378,784 447,164 15.8 %10.6 %1.2x130,028 168,733 22.6 %1.3x
Other funds1,146,672 447,070 599,989 n/mn/mn/m64,761 114,070 n/mn/m
$7,226,510 $3,232,933 $5,416,116 $2,109,673 $4,034,580 

Unrealized Investments as of September 30, 2020
Invested CapitalTotal
Value
Gross
MOIC(6)
Fund (Investment Period)(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Real Estate Fund I (2005-2010)(7)
$— $— — 
Sculptor Real Estate Fund II (2011-2014)(7)
— — — 
Sculptor Real Estate Fund III (2014-2019)(7)
287,679 389,907 1.4x
Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV (2019-2023)(8)
204,516 227,279 n/m
Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I (2015-2020)248,756 278,431 1.1x
Other funds382,309 485,919 n/m
$1,123,260 $1,381,536 
Unrealized Investments as of September 30, 2021
Invested CapitalTotal
Value
Gross
MOIC(6)
Fund(dollars in thousands)
Sculptor Real Estate Fund I$— $— — 
Sculptor Real Estate Fund II— — — 
Sculptor Real Estate Fund III212,301 278,628 1.3x
Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV(7)
220,287 272,802 n/m
Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I349,973 390,385 1.1x
Co-investment and other funds725,896 786,046 n/m
$1,508,457 $1,727,861 
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n/m not meaningful
(1)An investment is considered partially realized when the total amount of proceeds received, including dividends, interest or other distributions of income and return of capital, represents at least 50% of invested capital.
(2)Invested capital represents total aggregate contributions made for investments by the fund.
(3)Total value represents the sum of realized distributions and the fair value of unrealized and partially realized investments as of September 30, 2020.2021. Total value will be impacted (either positively or negatively) by future economic and other factors. Accordingly, the total value ultimately realized will likely be higher or lower than the amounts presented as of September 30, 2020.2021.
(4)Gross IRR for our real estate funds represents the estimated, unaudited, annualized return based on the timing of cash inflows and outflows for the aggregated investments as of September 30, 2020,2021, including the fair value of unrealized and partially realized investments as of such date, together with any
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unrealized appreciation or depreciation from related hedging activity. Gross IRR is not adjusted for estimated management fees, incentive income or other fees or expenses to be paid by the fund, which would reduce the return.
(5)Net IRR is calculated as described in footnote (4), but is reduced by management fees and other fund-level fees and expenses not adjusted for in the calculation of gross IRR. Net IRR is further reduced by paid incentive and accrued incentive income that will be payable upon the distribution of each fund’s capital in accordance with the terms of the relevant fund. Accrued incentive income may be higher or lower at such time. The net IRR represents a composite rate of return for a fund and does not reflect the net IRR specific to any individual investor.
(6)Gross MOIC for our real estate funds is calculated by dividing the value of a fund’s investments by the invested capital, prior to adjustments for incentive income, management fees or other expenses to be paid by the fund.
(7)These funds have concluded their investment periods, and therefore we expect assets under management for these funds to decrease as investments are sold and the related proceeds are distributed to the investors in these funds.
(8)This fund has invested less than half of its committed capital; therefore, IRR and MOIC information is not presented, as it is not meaningful.
Assets under management in our real estate funds increased $2.9totaled $4.3 billion as of September 30, 2021, decreasing $366.1 million, or 164%8%, year-over-year due to net inflows of $3.1 billion, primarily due to the launch of Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV during the fourth quarter of 2019, which had its final closing in the second quarter of 2020, and related co-investment vehicles, partially offset by $153.0$936.3 million of distributions and other reductions, primarily related to the expiration of the investment period ofSculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I and Sculptor Real Estate Fund III, as both of these funds’ respective investment periods have expired. This was partially offset by net inflows of $563.5 million, primarily due to the launch of several Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV co-investment vehicles and related co-investment vehicles.additional capital called into Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I. Our real estate funds continue to deploy capital and generate strong returns with an 18.4%18.6% annualized net return in Sculptor Real Estate Fund III. Despite the recent market dislocation, we believe our diversified approach across product types, positionIII and 12.3% annualized net return in the capital structure, focus on current income and modest use of leverage has allowed our portfolios to generate consistent returns over time. While we continue to actively navigate the current economic and market conditions resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, to the extent our ability to realize investments may be delayed or operating cash flows from existing investments may be reduced or deferred, we may experience a delay in our ability to recognize incentive income from these funds.Sculptor Real Estate Credit Fund I.
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Longer-Term Assets Under Management
As of September 30, 2020,2021, approximately 68%66% of our assets under management were subject to initial commitment periods of three years or longer. longer, excluding assets under management that had initial commitment periods of three years or longer and subsequently moved to shorter commitment periods at the end of their initial commitment period. The table below presents the amount of these assets under management.
September 30, 2021December 31, 2020
(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy funds$719,790 $463,681 
Credit
Opportunistic credit funds4,705,373 4,250,444 
Institutional Credit Strategies15,121,877 15,683,304 
Real estate funds4,332,049 4,308,648 
$24,879,089 $24,706,077 
Incentive income on these assets, if any, is based on the cumulative investment performance generated over this commitment period. The table below presents the amount of these assets under management, as well as the amount of incentive income accrued at the fund level but that has not yet been recognized in our revenues. Further, theseThese amounts may ultimately not be recognized as revenue by us in the event of future losses in the respective funds. See “—Understanding Our Results—Revenues—Incentive Income” for additional information.
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
Longer-Term Assets Under ManagementAccrued Unrecognized Incentive IncomeLonger-Term Assets Under ManagementAccrued Unrecognized Incentive Income
(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy funds$421,753 $19,909 $344,623 $11,280 
Credit
Opportunistic credit funds4,052,368 133,328 4,012,023 143,134 
Institutional Credit Strategies15,276,624 — 15,667,058 — 
Real estate funds4,698,167 103,290 3,393,877 99,163 
Other— — 8,311 — 
$24,448,912 $256,527 $23,425,892 $253,577 
The table below presents the changes in the amount of incentive income accrued at the fund level but that has not yet been recognized in our revenues during nine months ended September 30, 2021:
December 31, 2020Recognized Incentive IncomePerformanceSeptember 30, 2021
(dollars in thousands)
Multi-strategy funds$14,932 $(3,844)$11,735 $22,823 
Credit
Opportunistic credit funds14,925 (2,961)102,798 114,762 
Real estate funds98,371 (14,833)31,458 114,996 
$128,228 $(21,638)$145,991 $252,581 
Accrued unrecognized incentive income associated with longer-term assets increased by $3.0$124.4 million during the first nine months of 2020, primarily driven by positive performance in multi-strategy, opportunistic credit, and real estate funds, partially offset by recognized incentive income, primarily in our opportunistic credit funds.ended September 30, 2021. We expect a large portion of the amounts related to our opportunistic credit funds to be recognized in the fourth quarter of 2020. For the remaindergenerated an additional $146.0 million of accrued unrecognized incentive income we generally recognizedue to our strong fund performance and recognized $21.6 million of incentive income in multi-strategythe the period.
Our accrued unrecognized incentive income (“ABURI”) from longer-term assets under management generally comprise the following:
Multi-strategy funds. Multi-strategy ABURI is derived from clients in the three-year liquidity tranche, where incentive income other than tax distributions will be recognized at the end of each client’s three-year period.
Opportunistic credit funds. Opportunistic credit funds ABURI is derived from three sources:
Clients in the three-year and four-year liquidity tranches of an open-end opportunistic credit fundsfund, where incentive income other than tax distributions will be recognized at or near the end of their respective commitment periods, which are generally three to five years, when such amounts are probable of not significantly reversing. We may begin recognizing incentive income related to assets under management in oureach client’s three-year or four-year period
Long dated closed-end opportunistic credit funds, where incentive income other than tax distributions will be recognized during each fund’s harvest period after invested capital and real estate funds aftera preferred return has been distributed to the conclusionclients
The Customized Credit Focused Platform, where incentive income other than tax distributions is recognized at the end of their respective investmenta multi-year term; previously crystallized on December 31, 2020
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Real estate funds. Real Estate ABURI is derived from long-dated real estate funds, where incentive income other than tax distributions will start to be recognized following the completion of each fund’s investment period when suchas investments are realized and after invested capital and a preferred return has been distributed to the clients.
Certain ABURI amounts presented above will generally have compensation expense (on an Economic Income Basis) that will reduce the amount ultimately realized on a net basis. Compensation expense relating to ABURI from our real estate funds is generally recognized at the same time the related incentive income revenue is recognized. Compensation expense relating to ABURI generated from our multi-strategy funds and opportunistic credit funds is generally recognized in the fourth quarter of the year the underlying fund performance is generated which may not occur at the same time that the related revenues are probable of not significantly reversing. However, these investment periods may generally be extended for an additional one to two years.generated.
Understanding Our Results
Revenues
Our operations historically have been financed primarily by cash flows generated by our business. Our principal sources of revenues are management fees and incentive income. For any given period, our revenues are influenced by the amount of our assets under management, the investment performance of our funds and the timing of when we recognize incentive income for certain assets under management as discussed below.
The ability of investors to contribute capital to and redeem capital from our funds causes our assets under management to fluctuate from period to period. Fluctuations in assets under management also result from our funds’ investment performance. Both of these factors directly impact the revenues we earn from management fees and incentive income. For example, a $1.0 billion increase or decrease in assets under management subject to a 1% management fee would generally increase or decrease annual management fees by $10.0 million. If profits, net of management fees, attributable to a fee-paying fund investor were $10.0 million in a given year, we generally would earn incentive income equal to $2.0 million, assuming a 20% incentive income rate, a one-year commitment period, no hurdle rate and no high-water marks from prior years.
For any given quarter, our revenues are influenced by the combination of assets under management and the investment performance of our funds. For example, incentive income for the majority of our multi-strategy assets under management is recognized in the fourth quarter each year, based on full year investment performance.
Management Fees. Management fees are generally calculated and paid to us on a quarterly basis in advance, based on the amount of assets under management at the beginning of the quarter. Management fees are prorated for capital inflows and redemptions during the quarter. Accordingly, changes in our management fee revenues from quarter to quarter are driven by changes in the quarterly opening balances of assets under management, the relative magnitude and timing of inflows and redemptions during the respective quarter, the impact of differing management fee rates charged on those inflows and redemptions, as well as the impact of deferring certainthe deferral of subordinated management fees forfrom certain CLOs, as discussed above.CLOs. See “—Weighted-Average Assets Under Management and Average Management Fee Rates” for information on our average management fee rate and Note 1312 to our consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report for additional information regarding management fees.
Incentive Income. We earn incentive income based on the cumulative performance of our funds over a commitment period. We recognize incentive income when such amounts are probable of not significantly reversing. See Note 1312 to our consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report for additional information regarding incentive income.
Other Revenues. Other revenues consist primarily of interest income on investments in CLOs, cash equivalents and long-term U.S. government obligations, as well as subrental income. Interest income is recognized on an effective yield basis. Subrental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
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Income of Consolidated Funds. 
Revenues recorded as income of consolidated funds consist of interest income, dividend income and other miscellaneous items.

Expenses
Compensation and Benefits. Compensation and benefits consist of salaries, employee benefits, payroll taxes, and discretionary and guaranteed cash bonus expenses. We generally recognize compensation and benefits expenses over the related service period.
On an annual basis, compensation and benefits comprise a significant portion of total expenses, with discretionary cash bonuses generally comprising a significant portion of total compensation and benefits. We accrue minimum annual discretionary cash bonuses on a straight-line basis during the year. The total amount of discretionary cash bonuses ultimately recognized for the
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full year, which is determined in the fourth quarter of each year, could differ materially from the minimum amount accrued, as the total discretionary cash bonus is dependent upon a variety of factors, including fund performance for the year.
Compensation and benefits also include equity-based compensation expense, which is primarily in the form of RSUs granted to our independent board members, employees and executive managing directors, as well as PSUs and Partner Equity Units granted to executive managing directors.
We also have profit-sharing arrangements whereby certain employees or executive managing directors are entitled to a share of incentive income that we earn from certain funds. This incentive income is typically paid to us and then we pay a portion to the profit-sharing participant as investments held by these funds are realized. To the extent that the payments to the employees or executive managing directors are probable and reasonably estimable, we accrue these payments as compensation expense for GAAP purposes, which may occur prior to the recognition of the related incentive income.
Deferred cash interests (“DCIs”) are also granted to certain employees and executive managing directors as a form of compensation. DCIs reflect notional fund investments made by us on behalf of an employee or executive managing director. DCIs generally vest over a three-year period, subject to an employee’s or executive managing director’s continued service. Upon vesting, we pay the employee or executive managing director an amount in cash equal to the notional investment represented by the DCIs, as adjusted for notional fund performance. Except as otherwise provided in the relevant DCI plan or in an award agreement, in the event of a termination of the employee’s or executive managing director’s service, any portion of the DCIs that is unvested as of the date of termination will be forfeited.
Interest Expense. Amounts included within interest expense relate primarily to indebtedness outstanding. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Debt Obligations” and “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase”Financing Arrangements” for additional information.
General, Administrative and Other. General, administrative and other expenses are comprised of professional services, occupancy and equipment, information processing and communications, recurring placement and related service fees, business development, insurance, impairment of right-of-use lease assets, foreign exchangecurrency transaction gains and losses, and other miscellaneous expenses. Legal settlements and provisions are also included within general, administrative and other.
Expenses of Consolidated Funds. Expenses recorded as expenses of consolidated funds consist of interest expense and other miscellaneous expenses.
Other (Loss) Income (Loss)
Changes in Tax Receivable Agreement Liability. Changes in tax receivable agreement liability consists of changes in our estimate of the future payments related to the tax receivable agreement that result from changes in future income tax savings due to changes in tax rates. See Note 1816 to our consolidated financial statements included in this report for additional information.
Net Losses on Early Retirement of Debt. Net losses on early retirement of debt consist of net losses realized upon the early retirement of any indebtedness outstanding, and include the write-off of unamortized debt discounts and issuance costs, as well as other fees incurred in connection with the early retirement of debt.
Net Gains (Losses) on Investments. Net gains (losses) on investments primarily consist of realized and unrealized net gains and losses on investments in our funds, including investments in U.S. government obligations, CLOs and other funds we manage.
Net GainsChanges in Fair Value of Consolidated Funds.Warrant Liabilities.  NetChanges in fair value of warrant liabilities represent gains (losses) gainsfrom changes in fair value of consolidated funds consist of net realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments held by the consolidated funds.warrants.
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Income Taxes
Income taxes consist of our provision for federal, state and local income taxes in the United StatesU.S. and foreign income taxes, including provisions for deferred income taxes resulting from temporary differences between the tax and GAAP bases. The
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computation of the provision requires certain estimates and significant judgment, including, but not limited to, the expected taxable income for the year, projections of the proportion of income earned and taxed in foreign jurisdictions, permanent differences between the tax and GAAP bases and the likelihood of being able to fully utilize deferred income tax assets existing as of the end of the period.
The Sculptor Operating Partnerships are partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Registrant was a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes until the Corporate Classification Change on April 1, 2019. Prior to the Corporate Classification Change, only a portion of the income we earned was subject to corporate-level income taxes in the United StatesU.S. and foreign jurisdictions. Following the Corporate Classification Change, generally all of the income allocated to the Registrant from the Sculptor Operating Group will be subject to corporate-level income taxes in the United States.U.S. See Note 1412 for additional information regarding significant items impacting our income tax provision and effective tax rate.
Net (Loss) Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
Noncontrolling interests represent ownership interests in our subsidiaries held by parties other than us and are primarily made up of Group A Units. Increases or decreases in net (loss) income attributable to the Group A Units are driven by the earnings of the Sculptor Operating Group. See Note 43 for additional information regarding our ownership interest in the Sculptor Operating Group.
Prior to the fourth quarter of 2019, we consolidated certain of our opportunistic credit funds, wherein investors are able to redeem their interests after an initial lock-up period of up to three years. Allocations of earnings to these interests were reflected within net income (loss) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss). Increases or decreases in the net income (loss) attributable to fund investors’ interests in consolidated funds were driven by the earnings of those funds as allocated under the contractual terms of the relevant fund agreements.
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Results of Operations
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20202021 Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20192020
RevenuesNet (Loss) Income Attributable to Class A Shareholders
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Class A Shareholders$(4,338)$8,017 $(2,817)$(45,489)
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
 (dollars in thousands)
Management fees$68,053 $62,956 $195,389 $187,979 
Incentive income41,525 30,423 89,085 118,378 
Other revenues2,316 3,646 7,693 12,458 
Income of consolidated funds58 1,820 90 6,732 
Total Revenues$111,952 $98,845 $292,257 $325,547 
Refer below for the discussion of the contributing factors to changes in Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Class A Shareholders from the prior year periods.
Revenues
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
 (dollars in thousands)
Management fees$76,820 $68,053 $227,391 $195,389 
Incentive income27,031 41,525 134,379 89,085 
Other revenues1,786 2,316 5,145 7,693 
Income of consolidated funds— 58 90 
Total Revenues$105,637 $111,952 $366,918 $292,257 
Total revenues for the quarter-to-date period increased $13.1were $105.6 million, decreasing $6.3 million, primarily due to the following:
A $5.1An $8.8 million increase in management fees, primarily due to the following:
Multi-strategy funds.$1.0$6.3 million decreaseincrease in multi-strategy funds due to lowerhigher average assets under management.
Institutional Credit Strategies. A $1.6 million increase in Institutional Credit Strategies primarily due to the recovery of $2.3 million of previously deferred subordinated management fees in the third quarter of 2021, compared to the deferral of $1.7 million of subordinated management fees in the third quarter of 2020. This increase was partially offset by decreases driven by a reduction in assets under management in certain of our CLOs due to distributions, as well as the redemption of a CLO in the second quarter of 2021.
See “—Assets Under Management and Fund Performance—Weighted-Average Assets Under Management and Average Management Fee Rates” above for information regarding our average management fee rates.
Opportunistic credit funds.A $1.3 million increase in opportunistic credit funds, primarily due to higher average assets under management in certain of our open-ended credit funds.
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Institutional Credit Strategies. A $1.4$14.5 million decrease primarily due to the deferral in 2020 of subordinated management fees from certain of the CLOs we manage. See “—Overview—COVID-19 Pandemic” for a discussion on these fee deferrals.
Real estate funds. A $6.4 million increase in real estate funds, primarily due to the launch of Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV during the fourth quarter of 2019, which had its final closing in the second quarter of 2020.
An $11.1 million increase in incentive income, primarily due to the following:
Multi-strategy funds. An $8.3A $5.6 million increasedecrease in incentive income from our multi-strategy funds, which was driven by a $10.4$5.2 million increasedecrease in incentive income from assets under management subject to a one-year measurement period, partially offset by a $1.6 million decrease related to fund investor redemptions.period.
Opportunistic credit funds. A $13.9$6.8 million increasedecrease in incentive income from our opportunistic credit funds, which was driven by a $16.3 million decrease in incentive income from longer-term assets under management, partially offset by an $8.3 million increase related to fund investor redemptions and a $1.2 million increase in our opportunistic credit funds.incentive income from assets under management subject to a one-year measurement period.
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Real estateEstate funds. An $11.1A $2.1 million decrease in incentive income from our real estate funds, primarily due to lower realizations, as these will vary from period to period based on exit opportunities.
A $1.3 million$530 thousand decrease in other revenues driven by a decrease in interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents, primarily due to lower interest rates.
A $1.8 million decrease in income of consolidated funds primarily due to the majority of the assets related to the funds being deconsolidated in the third quarter of 2019.
Total revenues for the year-to-date period decreased $33.3were $366.9 million, increasing $74.7 million, primarily due to the following:
A $7.4$32.0 million increase in management fees, primarily due to the following:
Multi-strategy funds. An $8.0A $19.4 million decreaseincrease in multi-strategy funds due to lowerhigher average assets under management.
Opportunistic credit funds. A $5.7 million increase in opportunistic credit funds due to higher average assets under management in the Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund, as well as higher average fee-paying assets under management in certain of our open-ended credit funds. These increases were partially offset due to the liquidation of one of our open-ended credit funds in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Institutional Credit Strategies. A $5.6$9.7 million decreaseincrease in Institutional Credit Strategies primarily due to the recovery of $5.5 million of previously deferred subordinated management fees in the first nine months of 2021, compared to the deferral in 2020of $8.3 million of subordinated management fees fromin the prior year period, as well as the launches of additional CLOs in 2021. These increases were partially offset by decreases driven by: (i) a reduction in assets under management in certain of our CLOs due to distributions; (ii) a decrease in the CLOs we manage. See “—Overview—COVID-19 Pandemic”portfolio appraisal value for certain of our aircraft securitization vehicles; and (iii) the redemption of a discussion on these fee deferrals.CLO in the second quarter of 2021.
Real estate funds.Estate Funds. A $20.7$2.8 million increasedecrease in real estate funds primarily due to the launch of Sculptorlower management fees from Real Estate Fund III and related co-investment vehicles due to lower average assets under management, driven by realizations, as well as lower management fees from Real Estate Fund IV duringas a result of management fees in the fourth quarter of 2019, which had itsprior year including amounts retroactively applied to the initial commitment period for new commitments that came into the fund in 2020 upon final closing in the second quarter of 2020. This increase was partially offset by lower average assets under management in Sculptor Real Estate Fund III and related co-investment vehicles, as a result of the expiration of the investment period in the prior year.
See “—Assets Under Management and Fund Performance—Weighted-Average Assets Under Management and Average Management Fee Rates” above for information regarding our average management fee rates.
A $29.3$45.3 million decreaseincrease in incentive income, primarily due to the following:
Multi-strategy funds. A $1.1$39.1 million decreaseincrease in incentive income from our multi-strategy funds, which was driven by:by strong fund performance, resulting in the following increases: (i) a $17.2$22.4 million decrease relatedincrease in incentive income from assets under management subject to fund investor redemptions;a one-year measurement period; (ii) a $3.9$9.7 million decreaseincrease in tax distributions taken to cover tax liabilities on accrued unrecognized incentive income on longer-term assets under management; (iii) a $6.0 million increase in incentive income from longer-term assets under management; and (iii)(iv) a $3.0$1.0 million increase related to fund investor redemptions.
Opportunistic credit funds. A $1.9 million decrease in incentive income from our opportunistic credit funds, primarily driven by a $16.6 million decrease in incentive income from longer-term assets under management and a $5.1 million decrease in tax distributions taken to cover tax liabilities on accrued unrecognized incentive income that has been accrued on certain longer-term assets under management. These decreases were partially offset by a $22.9$10.2 million increase in incentive income related to fund investor redemptions and an $8.8 million increase in incentive income from assets under management subject to a one-year measurement period.
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Opportunistic credit funds. An $11.6 million decrease in incentive income from our opportunistic credit funds, which was driven by: (i) a $13.6 million decrease in tax distributions; and (ii) a $4.3 million decrease from assets under management subject to a one-year measurement period. These decreases were partially offset by a $6.8 million increase from longer-term assets under management.
Real estate funds. A $16.5An $8.1 million decreaseincrease in incentive income from our real estate funds, primarily due to lowera $5.0 million increase in realizations, as these will varyprimarily from periodSculptor Real Estate Fund II, and a $3.2 million
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increase in tax distributions taken to period basedcover tax liabilities on exit opportunities.accrued unrecognized incentive income on longer-term assets under management.
A $4.8$2.5 million decrease in other revenues driven by a $3.0 million decrease in interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents, primarily due to lower interest rates.
A $6.6 million decrease in income of consolidated funds primarily due to the majority of the assets related to the funds being deconsolidated in the third quarter of 2019.
Expenses
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Compensation and benefits$65,030 $78,343 $197,739 $244,767 
Interest expense4,488 6,323 14,944 19,054 
General, administrative and other26,465 48,272 203,786 114,487 
Expenses of consolidated funds34 507 53 646 
Total Expenses$96,017 $133,445 $416,522 $378,954 
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Compensation and benefits$53,078 $65,030 $201,759 $197,739 
Interest expense3,277 4,488 12,280 14,944 
General, administrative and other39,672 26,465 92,070 203,786 
Expenses of consolidated funds— 34 53 
Total Expenses$96,027 $96,017 $306,111 $416,522 
Total expenses for the quarter-to-date period were $96.0 million, remaining relatively flat, primarily due to the following:
A $13.2 million increase in general, administrative and other expense primarily driven by a $13.3 million increase in occupancy and equipment expense, driven by the recognition of an $11.2 million impairment loss on a right-of-use asset and a $2.3 million loss incurred on the write-off of leasehold improvements related to the sublease transaction described in Note 6. This increase was partially offset by $2.0 million of legal provision accruals incurred in the prior year period.
An offsetting $12.0 million decrease in compensation and benefits expenses primarily driven by a $6.8 million decrease in equity-based compensation due to: (i) a $2.4 million decrease in RSUs amortization driven by the accelerated vesting of certain RSUs in the second quarter of 2021 as a result of separation-related compensation for a departing executive; (ii) a $2.0 million decrease in amounts related to Group P Units as a result of the related service period ending during 2020; (iii) a $1.4 million decrease in amounts related to Group E Units, as the remaining units are being amortized on an accelerated basis (i.e., each tranche is being amortized over its respective service period), resulting in decreasing expenses in each subsequent vesting year on these awards; and (iv) a $976 thousand decrease in amounts related to PSUs, as a result of the departure of a former executive. In addition, bonus expense decreased $37.4by $3.3 million due to lower guaranteed and discretionary bonus accruals, partially offset by higher deferred cash compensation grants. Lastly, salaries and benefits decreased by $1.9 million, as our worldwide headcount decreased to 336 as of September 30, 2021, from 359 as of September 30, 2020.
An offsetting $1.2 million decrease in interest expense primarily due to lower average outstanding debt balance.
Total expenses for the year-to-date period were $306.1 million, decreasing $110.4 million, primarily due to the following:
A $21.8$111.7 million decrease in general, administrative and other expenses primarily due todriven by: (i) a $17.1$118.9 million decrease inof legal provision accruals related to the matters described in Note 18, driven by a $2.0 million legal provision accrual in the third quarter of 2020, compared to $19.1 million in the third quarter of 2019;prior year; (ii) a $4.3$6.6 million decrease in professional services expenses, primarily driven by lower legal costs incurred related to the matters described in Note 18;and accounting fees; and (iii) reductions across various other operating expense categories, driven by travel restrictions and employees working from home.
A $13.3$2.7 million decrease in interest expense, primarily due to lower average outstanding debt balance.
An offsetting $4.0 million increase in compensation and benefits expenses primarily driven by a $14.0$17.8 million increase in bonus expense due to: (i) separation-related compensation for a departing executive; (ii) an increase in deferred cash compensation grants; and (iii) higher real estate incentive income profit sharing expense driven by
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realizations from Sculptor Real Estate Fund II. These increases were partially offset by lower guaranteed and discretionary bonus accruals. The increase in bonus expense was partially offset by a $7.5 million decrease in salaries and benefits, as our worldwide headcount decreased to 336 as of September 30, 2021, from 359 as of September 30, 2020. Further, driving the decrease in salaries and benefits was the capitalization of $1.9 million of certain internal software implementation costs, as we continue to invest in technology to enhance future operational efficiencies. In addition, equity-based compensation expense decreased by $6.3 million primarily due to: (i) a $9.6$10.2 million decrease in amounts related to Group E Units, primarily due toas the remaining Group E Unitsunits are being amortized on an accelerated basis (i.e., each tranche is being amortized over its respective service period), resulting in decreasing expenses in each subsequent vesting year on these awards that were granted in connection with the Recapitalization in 2019;awards; and (ii) a $2.9 million decrease in RSUs amortization primarily as a result of fewer average number of awards outstanding in the current year period and lower average grant date fair values. These decreases were partially offset by a $1.5 million increase in bonus expense, driven by higher discretionary bonus accruals, offset by lower guaranteed bonus accruals.
A $1.8 million decrease in interest expense primarily due to: (i) an $889 thousand decrease in interest expense related to the 2018 Term Loan due to repayments made in connection with the Recapitalization and subsequent paydowns in accordance with the Cash Sweep; and (ii) an $895 thousand decrease in interest expense related to the Debt Securities, primarily due to a $3.4 million decrease in non-cash interest expense accretion of the discount taken at the time of the Recapitalization, partially offset by a $2.5 million increase as a result of interest payments beginning in 2020. The decrease in interest expense was also driven by lower interest rates.
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Total expenses for the year-to-date period increased $37.6 million, primarily due to the following:
An $89.3 million increase in general, administrative and other expenses primarily driven by a $99.8 million increase in legal provision accruals for the matters described in Note 18, driven by $118.9 million of legal provision accruals in the first nine months of 2020, compared to $19.1 million in 2019, as well as a $3.9 million increase in recurring placement and related service fees, driven by Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV, which held its final closing in the second quarter of 2020. These increases were partially offset by an $11.0 million decrease in professional services expenses, primarily due to higher legal and accounting fees incurred in connection with the Recapitalization in the prior-year period, as well as reductions across various other operating expense categories, driven by travel restrictions and employees working from home.
An offsetting $47.0 million decrease in compensation and benefits expenses driven by: (i) a $45.9 million decrease in equity-based compensation expense primarily due to (x) a $25.7$6.4 million decrease in amounts related to Group EP Units granted in connection withas a result of the Recapitalization thatrelated service period ending during 2020. These decreases were fully vested and therefore were fully expensed in the first quarter of 2019, as well as the remaining Group E Units being amortized onpartially offset by an accelerated basis (i.e., each tranche is being amortized over its respective service period), resulting in decreasing expenses each year on these awards, and (y) an $18.8$11.7 million decreaseincrease in RSUs amortization primarily due to acceleration of the compensation cost as a result of fewer average number of awards outstanding in the current year period and lower average grant date fair values; and (ii)separation-related compensation for a $1.8 million decrease in salaries and benefits, as our worldwide headcount decreased to 359 as of September 30, 2020, from 389 as of September 30, 2019.
An offsetting $4.1 million decrease in interest expense primarily due to a $4.2 million decrease in interest expense related to the 2018 Term Loan due to repayments made in connection with the Recapitalization and subsequent paydowns in accordance with the Cash Sweep. Interest expense on the Debt Securities remained flat year-over-year due to a $7.2 million decrease in non-cash interest expense accretion of the discount taken at the time of the Recapitalization, partially offset by a $7.3 million increase as a result of interest payments beginning in 2020. The decrease in interest expense was also driven by lower interest rates.departing executive.
Other (Loss) Income (Loss)
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
 (dollars in thousands)
Changes in fair value of warrant liabilities$(12,710)$— $(50,885)$— 
Changes in tax receivable agreement liability(39)— (18)278 
Net losses on retirement of debt— — (30,198)(693)
Net gains on investments5,068 8,157 16,685 3,266 
Total Other (Loss) Income$(7,681)$8,157 $(64,416)$2,851 
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
 (dollars in thousands)
Changes in tax receivable agreement liability$— $— $278 $5,362 
Net losses on early retirement of debt— (218)(693)(6,271)
Net gains (losses) on investments8,157 (2,169)3,266 3,668 
Net (losses) gains of consolidated funds— (460)— 3,768 
Total Other Income (Loss)$8,157 $(2,847)$2,851 $6,527 

Total other income (loss) increased by $11.0 millionincome for the quarter-to-date period due to higher net gains on our equity method investments as well aswas a loss of $7.7 million, decreasing by $15.8 million, and for the year-to-date period was a loss of $64.4 million, decreasing $67.3 million, which resulted from the following:
Changes in fair value of warrant liabilities. The amounts in 2021 for both the quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods are the result of an increase in the fair value of warrants to purchase our Class A Shares that were issued in connection with the 2020 Credit Agreement. The change was primarily due to the increase in our Class A Share price, an adjustment to the exercise price due to dividends, and the change in risk-free rate from the issuance date of the warrants to September 30, 2021.
Changes in tax receivable agreement liability. The amounts in 2021 and 2020 are both a result of changes in projected future tax rates impacting the anticipated liability under the tax receivable agreement.
Net losses on retirement of debt. No losses on retirement of debt were incurred in the quarter-to-date periods in 2021 or 2020. The year-to-date amount in 2021 was primarily related to the $224.4 million prepayment of amounts outstanding under the 2020 Term Loan and a $19.9 million repayment of a CLO Investment Loan, while the amount in 2020 was primarily related to the $36.5 million repayment of amounts outstanding under the 2018 Term Loan. These amounts were comprised of unamortized discounts and deferred financing costs that were proportionately written-off in connection with these repayments.
Net gains on investments. For both the quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods, the amounts in 2021 and 2020 represent investment income on our equity method investments, risk retention investments in CLOs.
Total otherCLOs and U.S. government obligations. Investment income (loss)for the current quarter-to-date period decreased by $3.7$3.1 million from the prior year quarter-to-date period, primarily due to lower investment income from equity method and CLOs investments, partially offset by higher income on treasuries. Investment income for the year-to-date period primarilyincreased by $13.4 million from the prior year-to-date period, due to changes in tax receivable agreement liability as a resulthigher gains across all of conversion to a C-corporation in the prior year period, and a decrease in gains onour investments in consolidated funds as the majority of the assets related to the funds were deconsolidated in the third quarter of 2019. Offsetting these decreases, losses recognized on early retirement of debt decreased, as we paid down $150.0 million of amounts outstanding on the 2018 Term Loan in the first nine months of 2019 and terminated the 2018 Revolving Credit Facility in connection with the Recapitalization in the first quarter of 2019.categories.
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Income Taxes
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Income taxes$9,397 $(1,446)$(17,971)$12,074 
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Income taxes$8,653 $9,397 $19,985 $(17,971)
Income tax expense for the quarter-to-date period increasedwas $8.7 million, decreasing by $10.8$744 thousand, and for the year-to-date period was $20.0 million, increasing by $38.0 million. Income tax expense was lower for the quarter-to-date period primarily due to higher profits before taxes for the period, partially offset by a decrease indecreased profitability, and income tax expense from Recapitalization-related expenses incurredwas higher for the year-to-date period due to increased profitability and the change in the prior yearfair value of warrant liabilities that wereis non-deductible for tax purposes.
Income tax expense for the year-to-date period decreased by $30.0 million. Income tax expense was higher in 2019 for the year-to-date period primarily due to the deferred tax impacts of the Corporate Classification Change and the Recapitalization, combined with a decrease in profitability in the current year period.
Net (Loss) Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests
The following table presents the components of the net (loss) income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests and to redeemable noncontrolling interests:
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
 (dollars in thousands)
Group A Units$4,494 $(11,625)$(62,973)$(27,142)
Other(101)190 (579)489 
Total$4,393 $(11,435)$(63,552)$(26,653)
Redeemable noncontrolling interests$— $574 $— $8,745 
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
 (dollars in thousands)
Group A Units$(2,553)$4,494 $(22,416)$(62,973)
Other167 (101)1,639 (579)
Total$(2,386)$4,393 $(20,777)$(63,552)
Net (loss) income (loss) allocatedattributable to noncontrolling interests increased by $15.8 million for the quarter-to-date period. The increase in income for the quarter-to-date period was primarily driven$2.4 million, decreasing by higher profitability of the Sculptor Operating Group, resulting from the drivers discussed above.
Net$6.8 million, and net loss allocated to noncontrolling interests increasedwas $20.8 million, decreasing by $36.9$42.8 million for the year-to-date period. The loss forDuring the year-to-date period was primarily drivenDistribution Holiday, net income earned by lower profitability of theany Sculptor Operating Partnership is allocated 100% to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., while losses are allocated on a pro rata basis among the Group resulting from the drivers discussed above. SeeA Units (noncontrolling interests) and Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. as described in Note 4 for additional details.3.
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Class A Shareholders

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Class A Shareholders$8,017 $(25,140)$(45,489)$3,318 
Net income (loss) attributable to Class A Shareholders increased by $33.2 million for the quarter-to-date period, primarily due to lower general, administrative and other expense, lower compensation and benefits expense, higher revenues, and higher unrealized gains on our investments, partially offset by higher income tax expense.
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Net income (loss) attributable to Class A Shareholders decreased by $48.8 million for the year-to-date period. The year-over-year decrease was primarily due to higher general, administrative and other expense, primarily due to higher legal provisions, and lower incentive income, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits expense, lower income tax expense, higher management fees, a decrease in losses recognized on early retirement of debt, and lower interest expense. Also impacting our results to Class A Shareholders was an adjustment to the redemption value of Preferred Units recognized in connection with the Recapitalization in the first quarter of 2019 that increased net income attributable to Class A Shareholders inFor the first nine months of 2019 by $44.4 million. In2021, Sculptor Capital LP, which earns most of our management fees and incurs most of our operating expenses, generated a lower loss than in the prior year period, as management fees were higher and operating expenses were lower in 2021 compared to 2020 for the year-to-date period. For the quarter-to-date period, Sculptor Capital LP, generated slightly lower net income allocated to the Group A Units compared to the prior year period. Sculptor Capital Advisors II LP, along with Sculptor Capital Advisors LP, earn most of our incentive income. For both the third quarter and the first nine months of 2020, an adjustment of $5.6 million to2021, Sculptor Capital Advisors LP generated losses that were allocated on a pro rata basis among the redemption value ofGroup A Units (noncontrolling interests) and Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. For both the Preferred Units related to the accrual of distributions on the units decreased amounts attributable to Class A Shareholders inthird quarter and the first nine months of 2020.2021, Sculptor Capital Advisors II LP generated net income, and therefore we allocated 100% of its income to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
Economic Income Analysis
In addition to analyzing our results on a GAAP basis, management also reviews our results on an “Economic Income” basis. Economic Income excludes the adjustments described below that are required for presentation of our results on a GAAP basis, but that management does not consider when evaluating operating performance in any given period. Management uses Economic Income as the basis on which it evaluates our financial performance and makes resource allocation and other operating decisions. Management considers it important that investors review the same operating information that it uses.
Economic Income is a measure of pre-tax operating performance that excludes the following from our results on a GAAP basis:
Income allocations to our executive managing directors on their direct interests in the Sculptor Operating Group. Management reviews operating performance at the Sculptor Operating Group level, where our operations are performed, prior to making any income allocations.
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Equity-based compensation expenses, depreciation and amortization expenses, changes in fair value of warrant liabilities, changes in the tax receivable agreement liability, net losses on early retirement of debt, gains and losses on fixed assets, and gains and losses on investments in funds, and impairment on right-of-use lease assets, as management does not consider these items to be reflective of operating performance. However, the fair value of RSUs that are settled in cash to employees or executive managing directors is included as an expense at the time of settlement.
Amounts related to non-cash interest expense accretion on Debt Securities issued in exchange for 2016 Preferred Units in connection withdebt. The 2020 Term Loan and the Recapitalization. Upon exchange, Debt Securities were each recognized at fair valuea significant discount, as proceeds from each borrowing were allocated to warrant liabilities and are being accretedthe 2019 Preferred Units, respectively, resulting in non-cash accretion to par value over time through interest expense for GAAP; however, managementGAAP. Management excludes these non-cash expenses from Economic Income, as it does not consider this interest accretionthem to be reflective of our operating performance.economic borrowing costs.
Amounts related to the consolidated funds, including the related eliminations of management fees and incentive income, as management reviews the total amount of management fees and incentive income earned in relation to total assets under management and fund performance.
In addition, expenses related to incentive income profit-sharing arrangements are generally recognized at the same time the related incentive income revenue is recognized, as management reviews the total compensation expense related to these arrangements in relation to any incentive income earned by the relevant fund. Further, deferred cash compensation is expensed in full in the year granted for Economic Income, rather than over the service period for GAAP.
As a result of the adjustments described above, as well as an adjustment to present management fees net of recurring placement and related service fees (rather than considering these fees an expense), management fees, incentive income, other revenues, compensation and benefits, interest expense, general, administrative and other expenses and net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests as presented on an Economic Income basis are also non-GAAP measures.
For reconciliations of our non-GAAP measures to the respective GAAP measures, please see “—Economic Income Reconciliations” at the end of this MD&A.
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Our non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as alternatives to our GAAP net income allocated to Class A Shareholders or cash flow from operations, or as indicative of liquidity or the cash available to fund operations. Our non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.
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Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20202021 Compared to Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20192020
Economic Income (Non-GAAP)
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Economic Income$44,049 $42,428 $160,096 $(39,514)
Refer below for the discussion of the contributing factors to changes in Economic Income from the prior year periods.
Economic Income Revenues (Non-GAAP)
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Economic Income Basis
Management fees$63,477 $59,163 $179,771 $176,813 
Incentive income41,548 30,682 89,121 118,637 
Other revenues2,316 3,646 7,693 12,458 
Total Economic Income Revenues$107,341 $93,491 $276,585 $307,908 
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Economic Income Basis
Management fees$71,675 $63,477 $211,648 $179,771 
Incentive income27,031 41,548 134,380 89,121 
Other revenues1,786 2,316 5,145 7,693 
Total Economic Income Revenues$100,492 $107,341 $351,173 $276,585 
Economic Income revenues for the quarter-to-date period increased $13.9were $100.5 million, decreasing $6.8 million, primarily due to the following:
A $4.3An $8.2 million increase in management fees, driven primarily due toby the following:
Opportunistic creditMulti-strategy funds. A $1.3$5.7 million increase in opportunistic credit funds due to higher average assets under management in certain of our open-ended credit funds.management.
Institutional Credit Strategies. A $1.7$1.6 million decrease, primarilyincrease due to the recovery of $2.3 million of previously deferred subordinated management fees in the third quarter of 2021, compared to the deferral in 2020of $1.7 million of subordinated management fees fromin the third quarter of 2020. This increase was partially offset by decreases driven by a reduction in assets under management in certain of theour CLOs we manage. See “—Overview—COVID-19 Pandemic” for a discussion on these fee deferrals.
Real estate funds. A $5.7 million increase in real estate funds, primarily due to distributions, as well as the launchredemption of Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV during the fourth quarter of 2019, which had its final closinga CLO in the second quarter of 2020.2021.
See “—Assets Under Management and Fund Performance—Weighted-Average Assets Under Management and Average Management Fee Rates” above for information regarding our average management fee rates.
A $10.9$14.5 million increasedecrease in incentive income, primarily due to the following:
Multi-strategy funds. An $8.3A $5.6 million increasedecrease in incentive income from our multi-strategy funds, which was driven by a $10.4$5.2 million increasedecrease in incentive income from assets under management subject to a one-year measurement period, partially offset by a $1.6 million decrease related to fund investor redemptions.period.
Opportunistic credit funds. A $13.7$6.8 million increasedecrease in incentive income from our opportunistic credit funds, which was driven by a $16.3 million decrease in incentive income from longer-term assets under management, partially offset by an $8.3 million increase related to fund investor redemptions and a $1.2 million increase in our opportunistic credit funds.incentive income from assets under management subject to a one-year measurement period.
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Real estateEstate funds. An $11.1A $2.1 million decrease in incentive income from our real estate funds, primarily due towhich was driven by lower realizations, as these will vary from period to period based on exit opportunities.
A $1.3 million$530 thousand decrease in other revenues driven by a decrease in interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents, primarily due to lower interest rates.
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Economic Income revenues for the year-to-date period decreased $31.3were $351.2 million, increasing $74.6 million, primarily due to the following:
A $3.0$31.9 million increase in management fees, driven primarily by the following:
Multi-strategy funds. A $7.4$16.8 million decreaseincrease due to lowerhigher average assets under management.
Opportunistic credit funds. A $5.8 million increase due to higher average assets under management in the Sculptor Credit Opportunities Master Fund, as well as higher average fee-paying assets under management in certain of our open-ended credit funds. These increases were partially offset due to the liquidation of one of our open-ended credit funds in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Institutional Credit Strategies. A $6.2$9.6 million decrease, primarilyincrease due to the recovery of $5.5 million of previously deferred subordinated management fees in the first nine months of 2021, compared to the deferral in 2020of $8.3 million of subordinated management fees fromin the prior year period, as well as the launches of additional CLOs in 2021. These increases were partially offset by decreases driven by: (i) a reduction in assets under management in certain of theour CLOs we manage. See “—Overview—COVID-19 Pandemic” for a discussion on these fee deferrals.
Real estate funds. A $16.3 million increase, primarily due to distributions; (ii) a decrease in the launchportfolio appraisal value for certain of Sculptor Real Estate Fund IV duringour aircraft securitization vehicles; and (iii) the fourth quarterredemption of 2019, which had its final closinga CLO in the second quarter of 2020. This increase was partially offset by lower average assets under management in Sculptor Real Estate Fund III and related co-investment vehicles, as a result of the expiration of the investment period in the prior year.2021.
See “—Assets Under Management and Fund Performance—Weighted-Average Assets Under Management and Average Management Fee Rates” above for information regarding our average management fee rates.
A $29.5$45.3 million decreaseincrease in incentive income, primarily due to the following:
Multi-strategy funds. A $1.1$39.1 million decreaseincrease in incentive income from our multi-strategy funds, which was driven by:by strong fund performance, resulting in the following increases: (i) a $17.2$22.4 million decrease relatedincrease in incentive income from assets under management subject to fund investor redemptions;a one-year measurement period; (ii) a $3.9$9.7 million decreaseincrease in tax distributions taken to cover tax liabilities on accrued unrecognized incentive income on longer-term assets under management; (iii) a $6.0 million increase in incentive income from longer-term assets under management; and (iii)(iv) a $3.0$1.0 million increase related to fund investor redemptions.
Opportunistic credit funds. A $1.9 million decrease in incentive income from our opportunistic credit funds, primarily driven by a $16.6 million decrease in incentive income from longer-term assets under management and a $5.1 million decrease in tax distributions taken to cover tax liabilities on accrued unrecognized incentive income that has been accrued on certain longer-term assets under management. These decreases were partially offset by a $22.9$10.2 million increase in incentive income related to fund investor redemptions and an $8.8 million increase in incentive income from assets under management subject to a one-year measurement period.
Opportunistic credit funds. An $11.9 million decrease in incentive income from our opportunistic credit funds, which was driven by: (i) a $13.6 million decrease in tax distributions; and (ii) a $4.3 million decrease from assets under management subject to a one-year measurement period. These decreases were partially offset by a $6.8 million increase from longer-term assets under management.
Real estate funds. A $16.5An $8.1 million decreaseincrease in incentive income from our real estate funds, primarily due to lowera $5.0 million increase in realizations, as these will varyprimarily from periodSculptor Real Estate Fund II, and a $3.2 million increase in tax distributions taken to period basedcover tax liabilities on exit opportunities.accrued unrecognized incentive income on longer-term assets under management.
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A $4.8$2.5 million decrease in other revenues driven by a $3.0 million decrease in interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents, primarily due to lower interest rates.
Economic Income Expenses (Non-GAAP)
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Economic Income Basis
Compensation and benefits$41,338 $46,181 $122,378 $130,043 
Interest expense3,657 2,074 11,462 8,390 
General, administrative and other expenses19,917 42,308 182,259 96,360 
Total Economic Income Expenses$64,912 $90,563 $316,099 $234,793 
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
Economic Income Basis
Compensation and benefits$34,445 $41,338 $122,768 $122,378 
Interest expense3,038 3,657 11,256 11,462 
General, administrative and other expenses18,960 19,917 57,053 182,259 
Total Economic Income Expenses$56,443 $64,912 $191,077 $316,099 
Economic Income expenses for the quarter-to-date period decreased $25.7were $56.4 million, decreasing $8.5 million, primarily due to the following:
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A $6.9 million decrease in compensation and benefits expenses, driven by a $5.0 million decrease in bonus expense, primarily due to lower guaranteed and discretionary bonus accruals, and a $1.9 million decrease in salaries and benefits, as our worldwide headcount decreased to 336 as of September 30, 2021, from 359 as of September 30, 2020.
A $22.4$1.0 million decrease in general, administrative and other expenses primarily driven by $2.0 million of legal provision accruals incurred in the prior year period, partially offset by a $648 thousand increase in legal fees.
A $619 thousand decrease in interest expense primarily driven by lower average outstanding debt balance.
Economic Income expenses for the year-to-date period were $191.1 million, decreasing $125.0 million, primarily due to (i) a $17.1the following:
A $125.2 million decrease in general, administrative and other expenses primarily driven by: (i) $118.9 million of legal provision accruals related to the matters described in Note 18, due to a $2.0 million legal provision accrual in the third quarter of 2020, compared to $19.1 million in the third quarter of 2019;prior year; (ii) a $4.3$6.6 million decrease in professional services expenses, primarily driven by lower legal costs incurred related to the matters described in Note 18;and accounting fees; and (iii) reductions across various other operating expense categories, driven by travel restrictions and employees working from home.
A $4.8 million decrease in compensationCompensation and benefits expenses remained relatively flat year-over-year, driven by various offsetting items, including a $4.0$7.9 million decreaseincrease in bonus expense, primarily due to lowerto: (i) separation-related compensation for a departing executive; (ii) higher real estate incentive income profit-sharing expensesprofit sharing expense driven by realizations from Sculptor Real Estate Fund II; and guaranteed bonus accrual.(iii) an increase in deferred cash compensation grants. These decreasesincreases were partially offset by higherlower guaranteed and discretionary bonus accrual
A $1.6 millionaccruals. The increase in interestbonus expense primarily due to a $2.5 million increase related to the Debt Securities, which began paying interest in 2020, partially offset by an $889 thousand decrease in interest expense related to the 2018 Term Loan due to repayments made in connection with the Recapitalization and subsequent paydowns in accordance with the Cash Sweep.
Economic Income expenses for the year-to-date period increased $81.3 million, primarily due to the following:
An $85.9 million increase in general, administrative and other expenses primarily driven by a $99.8 million increase in legal provision accruals for the matters described in Note 18, driven by $118.9 million of legal provision accruals in the first nine months of 2020, compared to $19.1 million in 2019. This increase was partially offset by an $11.0 million decrease in professional services expenses, primarily due to higher legal and accounting fees incurred in connection with the Recapitalization in the prior-year period, as well as reductions across various other operating expense categories, driven by travel restrictions and employees working from home.
A $3.1 million increase in interest expense primarily due to a $7.3 million increase related to the Debt Securities, which began paying interest in 2020, partially offset by a $4.2 million decrease in interest expense related to the 2018 Term Loan due to repayments made in connection with the Recapitalization and subsequent paydowns in accordance with the Cash Sweep.
An offsetting $7.7 million decrease in compensation and benefits expenses, driven by (i) a $5.8 million decrease in bonus expense, primarily due to lower incentive income profit-sharing expenses, lower guaranteed bonus accruals, and deferred cash compensation forfeiture reversals, partially offset by higher discretionary bonus accruals; and (ii) a $1.8$7.5 million decrease in salaries and benefits, as our worldwide headcount decreased to 336 as of September 30, 2021, from 359 as of September 30, 2020, from 3892020. Further, driving the decrease in salaries and benefits was the capitalization of $1.9 million of certain internal software implementation costs, as of September 30, 2019.we continue to invest in technology to enhance future operational efficiencies.
Economic Income (Non-GAAP)
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
Economic Income$42,428 $2,931 $(39,514)$73,120 
Economic Income was $42.4 millionInterest expense remained relatively flat year-over-year, primarily due to interest accruals on the 2020 Term Loan, partially offset by interest no longer accruing on the 2018 Term Loan or Debt Securities, as these were repaid in full in the thirdfourth quarter of 2020 compared to $2.9 million in connection with the third quarterclosing of 2019. This increase was primarily due to lower general, administrative and other expense, higher incentive income, lower compensation and benefits expense, and higher management fees.the 2020 Term Loan.
Economic Income was a loss of $39.5 million in the first nine months of 2020, compared to income of $73.1 million in the first nine months of 2019. This reduction in earnings was primarily due to higher general, administrative and other expense,
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primarily due to higher legal provisions, lower incentive income, lower interest income, and higher interest expense, partially offset by lower compensation and benefits expense, and higher management fees.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Overview
The working capital needs of our business have historically been met, and we anticipate will continue to be met, through cash generated from management fees and incentive income earned from our funds.
We ended the quarter with $143.0 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, $241.6 million of longer-term U.S. government obligations (Treasury bills) and $45.9 million of management fees and incentive income receivable (the majority of which will be collected in the fourth quarter of 2021). We also have access to an additional $25.0 million through our undrawn 2020 Revolving Credit Facility.
Based on management’s experience and our current level of assets under management, we believe that our current liquidity position, together with the cash generated from management fees will be sufficient to meet our anticipated fixed operating expenses (as defined below) and other working capital needs for at least the next 12 months. For our longer-term liquidity needs, we expect to continue to fund our fixed operating expenses through management fees and to fund discretionary cash bonuses and the repayment of our financing arrangements through a combination of management fees and incentive income. We may also decide to meet these requirements by issuing additional debt, equity or other securities.
Over the long term, we believe we will be able to grow our assets under management and generate positive investment performance in our funds, which we expect will allow us to grow our management fees and incentive income in amounts sufficient to cover our long-term liquidity requirements.
To maintain maximum flexibility to meet demands and opportunities both in the short and long term, and subject to existing contractual arrangements, we may want to use cash on hand, issue additional equity or borrow additional funds to:
Support the future growth in our business.
Create new or enhance existing products and investment platforms.
Repay amounts due under our debt obligations and repurchase agreements.
Repurchase Class A Shares or Sculptor Operating Group fromUnits.
Pursue new investment opportunities.
Develop new distribution channels.
Pay dividends.
Recent Developments
In the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we repaid $224.4 million of the 2020 Term Loan, leaving a balance of $95.0 million.
In September 2021, we subleased a portion of our funds, as well as other sourcesNew York City office space. As a result of liquidity noted above and below.the sublease, we expect to save $14.3 million of rent costs through the lease maturity in 2029.
Liquidity Needs
Over the next 12 months, we expect that our primary liquidity needs will be to:
Pay our operating expenses.
Pay interest and principal as applicable, on our repurchase agreements, debt obligations and 2019 Preferred Units.financing arrangements.
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Provide capital to facilitate the growth of our business, including making risk retention investments in CLOs managed by us that are subject to EU and UK risk retention rules.
Pay income taxes, as well as compensation-relatedRSU tax withholding obligations.obligations and amounts due under the tax receivable agreement.
Make cash distributions in accordance with our distribution policy as discussed below under “—Dividends and Distributions.”policy.
On November 4, 2020, we paid approximately $138.0 million to resolve U.S. v. Oz Africa Management GP, LLC, Cr. No. 16-515 (NGG) (EDNY), as described in Note 18 to our consolidated financial statements included in this quarterly report.
Upon closing of the 2020 Credit Agreement, which we expect to occur in the near future, we will repay the Debt Securities and 2018 Term Loan and redeem the 2019 Preferred Units in full, using proceeds from the 2020 Term Loan and cash on hand.Operating Expenses
We generally rely on management fees to cover our “fixed” operating expenses, which we define as salaries, benefits, a minimum discretionary bonus and general, administrative and other expenses, including upcoming lease payments as presented in Note 6 to our consolidated financial statements, incurred in the ordinary course of business. Net capital outflows from our multi-strategy funds over the last several years have resulted in lower management fees during that time. While outflows have stabilized over the last couple of quarters and we continuously make every effort to scale our operations so that management fees are sufficient to cover our fixed operating expenses, our management fees may not always cover these expenses. Additionally, the global economic downturn due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk that our management fees may decline if net outflows increase or as a result of performance-related depreciation due to the pandemic or other reasons. No assurances can be given that our management fees will be sufficient to cover our fixed operating expenses in future periods.
To the extent our management fees do not cover our fixed operating expenses, as well as to fund any other liabilities, we intend towould rely on cash on hand and incentive income to cover any shortfall, as well as to fund any other liabilities.shortfall. We cannot predict the amount of incentive income, if any, that we may earn in any given year. Total annual revenues, which are heavily influenced by the amount of incentive income we earn, historically have been sufficient to fund both our fixed operating expenses and all of our other working capital needs, including annual discretionary cash bonuses. These cash bonuses, which historically have comprised our largest cash operating expense, are variable such that in any year where total annual revenues are greater or less than the prior year, cash bonuses may be adjusted accordingly. Our ability to scale our largest cash operating expense to our total annual revenues helps us manage our cash flow and liquidity position from year to year.
Based on our past results, management’s experience and our current level of assets under management, we believe that our existing cash resources, together with the cash generated from management fees will be sufficient to meet our anticipated fixed operating expenses and other working capital needs for at least the next 12 months. Working capital does not include contingent liabilities.
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Historically, we have determined the amount of discretionary cash bonuses during the fourth quarter of each year, based on our total annual revenues.revenues and fund performance. We have historically funded these amounts through fourth quarter management fees and incentive income crystallized on December 31, which represents the majority of the incentive income we typically earn each year. To the extent our funds generate incentive income in the fourth quarter, we may elect to increase the amount of cash bonuses paid to employees over the amount already accrued throughout the year, with any incremental amounts recognized as expense in the fourth quarter. Although we cannot predict the amount, if any, of incentive income we may earn, we are able to regularly monitor expected management fees and we believe that we will be able to adjust our expense infrastructure, including discretionary cash bonuses, as needed to meet the requirements of our business and in order to maintain positive operating cash flows. Nevertheless, if we generate insufficient cash flows from operations to meet our short-term liquidity needs, we may have to borrow funds or sell assets, subject to existing contractual arrangements.
Financing Arrangements
We may use cash on hand to repay all or a portion ofpay interest and principal due on our indebtedness outstanding or any other liabilitiesfinancing arrangements, including debt obligations and repurchase agreements, prior to their respective maturity or due dates, which would reduce amounts available to distribute to our Class A Shareholders. Additionally, weWe may also refinance all or a portion of ourany borrowings outstanding indebtednesson or prior to their respective maturity dates. For any amounts unpaid as of a maturity or due date, we will be required to repay the remaining balance by using cash on hand, refinancing the remaining balance by issuingincurring new notes or entering into new credit facilities,debt, which could result in higher borrowing costs, or by issuing equity or other securities, which would dilute existing shareholders. No assurance can be given that we will be ableSee Notes 7 and 8 to issue new notes, enter into new credit facilities or issue equity or other securities in the futureour consolidated financial statements for details on attractive terms or at all. Any new notes or new credit facilities that we may be able to issue or enter into may have covenants that impose additional limitations on us, including with respect to making distributions, entering into business transactions or other matters, and may result in increased interest expense. If we are unable to meet our debt obligations on terms that are favorable to us, our business may be adversely impacted.and repurchase agreements.
On July 27, 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced that it would phase out LIBOR as a benchmark by the end of 2021. To address a potential transition away from LIBOR, the Debt Securities, 2018 Term Loan and 2020 Credit Agreement each provides for an agreed upon methodology to calculate the new floating rate reference plus new applicable spreads. In the first quarter of 2020, we formed an internal LIBOR transition working group to help effectuate an orderly transition from LIBOR. Our senior management has oversight of these transition efforts, and periodic updates are provided to the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. See “Part I, Item 1A.CLO Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Changes in the method of determining LIBOR, or the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate, may adversely affect our credit arrangements and our collateralized loan obligation transactions” in our Annual Report for additional information.Retention Investments
In order to meet risk retention requirements for certain of the CLOs we manage, we use a combination of cash on hand, as well as financing under the CLO Investments Loans and repurchase agreements to fund our 5% risk retention investments. We expect to continue relying on a combination of cash on hand and financing to fund future CLO risk retention investments.
For our other longer-term liquidity requirements, we expect to continue to fund our fixed operating expenses through management fees and to fund discretionary cash bonuses and the repayment Payments of our debt obligations through a combination of management fees and incentive income. We may also decide to meet these requirements by issuing additional debt, equity or other securities.
Over the long term, we believe we will be able to grow our assets under management and generate positive investment performance in our funds, which we expect will allow us to grow our management fees and incentive income in amounts sufficient to cover our long-term liquidity requirements.
To maintain maximum flexibility to meet demands and opportunities both in the short and long term, and subject to existing contractual arrangements, we may want to use cash on hand, issue additional equity or borrow additional funds to:
Support the future growth in our business.
Create new or enhance existing products and investment platforms.
Repay amounts due under our debt obligations, and repurchase agreements, as well as the 2019 Preferred Units.
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Repurchase Class A Shares or Sculptor Operating Group Units.
Pursue new investment opportunities.
Develop new distribution channels.
Market conditions, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and other factors may make it more difficult or costly to raise or borrow additional funds. Excessive costs or other significant market barriers may limit or prevent us from maximizing our growth potential and flexibility.
Debt Obligations
We have evaluated our financing arrangements in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure compliance with debt covenants. As of the date of this filing, we remain in compliance with our debt covenants and we expect to continue to be in compliance under the terms of these arrangements in the near term. Our ability to access financial markets, should it be necessary, may be limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As discussed in Notes 8 and 10, in the near future, we will repay the 2018 Term Loan and Debt Securities and redeem the 2019 Preferred Units in full in connection with the closing of the 2020 Credit Agreement. See Note 8 for details regarding the 2020 Credit Agreement, including certain financial maintenance covenants included in the arrangement.
CLO Investments Loans and Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase
We enter into loans and repurchase agreements to finance portions of our required risk retention investments in CLOs. In general, we will make interest and principal payments on these borrowings are generally due at such time interest and principal payments are received on our risk retention investments in the related CLOs. These financing arrangements are not subject to any financial maintenance covenants, but are subject to customary events of defaultCLOs; therefore, our CLO risk retention investments and covenants included in financing arrangements of this typerelated financings generally have a net positive impact on our liquidity at each CLO interest and also include terms that require our continued involvement with the CLOs. In addition to customary events of default included in financing arrangements of this type, the CLO Investments Loans may be accelerated to the extent there is an event of default (“EOD”) at the CLO level. Prior to the relevant CLO’s maturity date, this would include certain material covenant breaches, regulatory and insolvency events for the relevant CLO issuer, as well as aprincipal payment default where the relevant CLO is unable to make interest payments on the senior, non-deferrable interest notes issued by the CLO. For the repurchase agreements, in addition to customary events of default and covenants included in financing arrangements of this type, there are margin requirements that may cause us to post additional cash collateral; however, this is only triggered in the event of an EOD at the CLO level. Currently, we do not view any of the customary or CLO level EODs for these types of financing arrangements as a material risk. In particular, an EOD related to an interest payment default on the senior, non-deferrable interest notes of the type of cash flow CLOs that we manage has been unprecedented even during the credit crisis in 2008 and 2009. See Notes 9 and 11 to our consolidated financial statements for additional details.date.
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Tax Receivable Agreement
We have made, and may in the future be required to make, payments under the tax receivable agreement that we entered into with our executive managing directors and Ziff Investors Partnership, L.P. II and certain of its affiliates and control persons (the “Ziffs”). As of September 30, 2020,2021, assuming no material changes in the relevant tax law and that we generate sufficient taxable income to realize the full tax benefit of the increased amortization resulting from the increase in tax basis of certain Sculptor Operating Group assets, we expected to pay our executive managing directors and the Ziffs approximately $187.5$183.1 million. Future cash savings and related payments to our executive managing directors under the tax receivable agreement in respect of subsequent exchanges would be in addition to these amounts. See Note 1816 to our consolidated financial statements for additional details.
Payments under the tax receivable agreement are anticipated to increase the tax basis adjustment and, consequently, result in increasing annual amortization deductions in the taxable years of and after such increases to the original basis adjustments, and potentially will give rise to increasing tax savings with respect to such years and correspondingly increasing payments under the tax receivable agreement.
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The obligation to make payments under the tax receivable agreement is an obligation of Sculptor Corp, and any other corporate taxpaying entities that hold Group B Units, and not of the Sculptor Operating Group. We may need to incur debt to finance payments under the tax receivable agreement to the extent the Sculptor Operating Group does not distribute cash to Sculptor Corp in an amount sufficient to meet our obligations under the tax receivable agreement.
The actual increase in tax basis of the Sculptor Operating Group assets resulting from an exchange or from payments under the tax receivable agreement, as well as the amortization thereof and the timing and amount of payments under the tax receivable agreement, will vary based upon a number of factors, including the following:
The amount and timing of our income will impact the payments to be made under the tax receivable agreement. To the extent that we do not have sufficient taxable income to utilize the amortization deductions available as a result of the increased tax basis in the Sculptor Operating Partnerships’ assets, payments required under the tax receivable agreement would be reduced.
The price of our Class A Shares at the time of any exchange will determine the actual increase in tax basis of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships’ assets resulting from such exchange; payments under the tax receivable agreement resulting from future exchanges, if any, will be dependent in part upon such actual increase in tax basis.
The composition of the Sculptor Operating Group assets at the time of any exchange will determine the extent to which we may benefit from amortizing the increased tax basis in such assets and thus will impact the amount of future payments under the tax receivable agreement resulting from any future exchanges.
The extent to which future exchanges are taxable will impact the extent to which we will receive an increase in tax basis of the Sculptor Operating Group assets as a result of such exchanges, and thus will impact the benefit derived by us and the resulting payments, if any, to be made under the tax receivable agreement.
The tax rates in effect at the time any potential tax savings are realized, which would affect the amount of any future payments under the tax receivable agreement.
Depending upon the outcome of these factors, payments that we may be obligated to make to our current and former executive managing directors and the Ziffs under the tax receivable agreement in respect of exchanges could be substantial. In light of the numerous factors affecting our obligation to make payments under the tax receivable agreement, the timing and amounts of any such actual payments are not reasonably ascertainable.
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Dividends and Distributions
The table below presents the cash dividends paid on our Class A Shares in 2021 and 2020. We did not declare a dividend in respect of the first three quarters of 2020 in respect of earnings for the first three quarters. Dividends are generally declared and 2019.paid in the quarter following the quarter to which they relate. For example, the dividend paid on November 22, 2021, was in respect of earnings for the third quarter of 2021. We paid no related cash distributions to our executive managing directors on their Sculptor Operating Group Units in the respective periods.
periods as a result of the Distribution Holiday.
 Class A Shares
Payment DateRecord DateDividend
per Share
August 24, 2021August 17, 2021$0.54 
May 25, 2021May 18, 2021$0.30 
March 4, 2021February 25, 2021$2.35 
March 3, 2020February 25, 2020$0.53 
November 25, 2019November 18, 2019$0.03 
August 21, 2019August 14, 2019$0.32 
May 28, 2019May 20, 2019$0.37 
March 29, 2019March 22, 2019$0.23 
As discussed in NoteOn November 3, in2021, we announced a cash dividend of $0.28 per Class A Share. The dividend is payable on November 22, 2021, to holders of record as of the close of business on November 15, 2021.
In connection with the Recapitalization, and pursuant to the Cash Sweep, we and our executive managing directors agreed to a “Distribution Holiday” on the Group A Units, Group D Units, Group E Units, Group P Units and certain RSUs that will terminate on the earlier of (x) 45 days after the last day of the first calendar quarter as of which the achievement of $600.0 million of Distribution Holiday Economic Income adjusted for certain items described in the Sculptor Operating Partnership limited partnership agreements is realized and (y) April 1, 2026. During the Distribution Holiday, dividends may continue to be paid on our Class A Shares. As of September 30, 2021, we have generated a total of $510.4 million of Distribution Holiday Economic Income, compared to the target of $600.0 million.
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As agreedDistribution Holiday Economic Income is the cumulative amount of Economic Income earned since October 1, 2018, less any dividends paid to as partClass A Shareholders or on the now-retired Preferred Units. Distribution Holiday Economic Income is a non-GAAP measure that is defined in the agreements of limited partnership of the Recapitalization, duringSculptor Operating Partnerships and is being presented to provide an update on the progress made toward the $600.0 million target required to exit the Distribution Holiday. Please see “—Distribution Holiday pursuantEconomic Income Reconciliation” for a reconciliation of Distribution Holiday Economic Income to net income attributable to Class A Shareholders.
During the Cash Sweep,Distribution Holiday, we expect to pay dividends on our Class A Shares annually in an aggregate amount equal to not less than 20% or greater than 30% of our annual Economic Income less an estimate of payments under the tax receivable agreement, Preferred Units distributions (whether paid or deferred) and income taxes related to the earnings for the periods; provided, that, if the minimum amount of dividends eligible to be made hereunder would be $1.00 or less per Class A Share, then up to $1.00 per Class A Share (subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any equity dividend, equity split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to the Class A Shares). As a resultDuring the Distribution Holiday, (i) we will only make distributions with respect to Group B Units, (ii) the performance thresholds of our Economic Income for the first three quarters of 2020, less an estimate for payments under the tax receivable agreement, accrued PreferredGroup P Units and PSUs shall be adjusted to take into account performance and distributions during such period, and income taxes, we did not declare a(iii) RSUs will continue to receive dividend equivalents in respect of the first three quarters of 2020. Dividends are generally declared and paid in the quarter following the quarter to which they relate. For example, the dividenddividends or distributions paid on March 3, 2020, wasthe Class A Shares. For certain executive managing directors, distributions on RSUs, as well as distributions counted in respectdetermining whether performance conditions of earnings forGroup P Units and PSUs are met, are limited to an aggregate amount not to exceed $4.00 per Group P Unit, PSU or RSU, as applicable, cumulatively during the fourth quarterDistribution Holiday. Following the termination of 2019.the Distribution Holiday, Group A Units and Group E Units (whether vested or unvested) shall receive distributions even if such units have not been booked-up.
The declaration and payment of any distribution may be subject to legal, contractual or other restrictions. For example, as a Delaware corporation, the Registrant’s Board may only declare and pay dividends either out of its surplus (as defined in Delaware General Corporation Law) or in case there is no such surplus, out of its net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared and/or the preceding fiscal year. Our cash needs and payment obligations may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter, and we may have material unexpected expenses in any period. This may cause amounts available for distribution to significantly fluctuate from quarter to quarter or may reduce or eliminate such amounts.
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Additionally, RSUs outstanding accrue dividend equivalents equal to the dividend amounts paid on our Class A Shares. To date, these dividend equivalents have been awarded in the form of additional RSUs, which accrue additional dividend equivalents. The dividend equivalents will only be paid if the related RSUs vest and will be settled at the same time as the underlying RSUs. Our Board of Directors has the right to determine whether the RSUs and any related dividend equivalents will be settled in Class A Shares or in cash. We currently withhold shares to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to vested RSUs and dividend equivalents held by our employees, which results in the use of cash from operations or borrowings to satisfy these tax-withholding payments.
Historically, when we have paid dividends on our Class A Shares, we also made distributions to our executive managing directors on their interests in the Sculptor Operating Group, subject to the terms of the limited partnership agreements of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships; however, as part of the Recapitalization, the Sculptor Operating Partnerships initiated the Distribution Holiday. See Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements in this reportour Annual Report for additional information regarding the Distribution Holiday.
Our cash distribution policy has certain risks and limitations, particularly with respect to our liquidity. Although we expect to pay distributions according to our policy, we may not make distributions according to our policy, or at all, if, among other things, we do not have the cash necessary to pay the distribution. Furthermore, by paying cash distributions rather than investing that cash in our businesses, we might risk slowing the pace of our growth, or not having a sufficient amount of cash to fund our obligations, operations, new investments or unanticipated capital expenditures, should the need arise. In such event, we may not be able to execute our business and growth strategy to the extent intended.
Risks to Our Liquidity
Net capital outflows from our multi-strategy funds over the last several years caused our management fees to decline for a period of time. While outflows have stabilized over the last couple of quarters and we continuously make every effort to scale our operations so that management fees are sufficient to cover our fixed operating expenses, our management fees may not always cover these expenses. Additionally, in the event that a future contingent liability were to arise that exceeded our liquidity resources, we would need to rely on new sources of liquidity such as issuing additional equity or borrowing additional funds.
Any new borrowing arrangement that we may enter into may have covenants that impose additional limitations on us, including with respect to making distributions, entering into business transactions or other matters, and may result in increased interest expense. If we are unable to meet our debt obligations on terms that are favorable to us, our business may be adversely impacted. No assurance can be given that we will be able to issue new notes, enter into new credit facilities or issue equity or other securities in the future on attractive terms or at all.
Adverse market conditions, including the COVID-19 pandemic, increase the risk that our management fees and incentive income may decline if net outflows increase or as a result of performance-related depreciation in our funds. Lower revenues and other factors may make it more difficult or costly to raise or borrow additional funds, and excessive borrowing costs or other significant market barriers may limit or prevent us from maximizing our growth potential and flexibility. We have also evaluated our financing arrangements in light of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure compliance with debt covenants. Through the date of this filing, we remain in compliance with our debt covenants and expect to continue to be in compliance in the near term. Our ability to access financial markets, should it be necessary, may be limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our CLO risk retention financing arrangements are not subject to any financial maintenance covenants, but are subject to customary events of default and covenants included in financing arrangements of this type and also include terms that require our continued involvement with the CLOs. In addition to customary events of default included in financing arrangements of this type, the CLO Investments Loans may be accelerated to the extent there is an event of default (“EOD”) at the CLO level. Prior to the relevant CLO’s maturity date, this would include certain material covenant breaches, regulatory and insolvency events for the relevant CLO issuer, as well as a payment default where the relevant CLO is unable to make interest payments on the senior, non-deferrable interest notes issued by the CLO. For the repurchase agreements, in addition to customary events of default and covenants included in financing arrangements of this type, there are margin requirements that may cause us to post additional cash collateral; however, this is only triggered in the event of an EOD at the CLO level. Currently, we do not view any of the customary or CLO level EODs for these types of financing arrangements as a material risk. In particular, an EOD related to an
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interest payment default on the senior, non-deferrable interest notes of the type of cash flow CLOs that we manage has been unprecedented even during the credit crisis in 2008 and 2009.
On March 5, 2021, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced that it would phase out LIBOR as a benchmark immediately after December 31, 2021, for sterling, euro, Japanese yen, Swiss franc and 1-week and 2-month U.S. Dollar settings and immediately after June 30, 2023, the remaining U.S. Dollar settings. To address the transition away from LIBOR, the 2020 Credit Agreement provides for an agreed upon methodology to establish a new floating rate reference plus new applicable spreads. In the first quarter of 2020, we formed an internal LIBOR Transition Working Group to help effectuate an orderly transition from LIBOR. Our senior management has oversight of these transition efforts, and periodic updates are provided to the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. See “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Changes in the method of determining LIBOR, or the replacement of LIBOR with an alternative reference rate, may adversely affect our credit arrangements and our collateralized loan obligation transactions” in our Annual Report for additional information.
Our Funds’ Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our funds have access to liquidity from our prime brokers and other counterparties. Additionally, our funds may have committed facilities in addition to regular financing from our counterparties. These sources of liquidity provide our funds with additional financing resources, allowing them to take advantage of opportunities in the global marketplace.
Our funds’ current liquidity position could be adversely impacted by any substantial, unanticipated investor redemptions from our funds that are made within a short time period. As discussed above in “—Assets Under Management and Fund Performance,” capital contributions from investors in our multi-strategy and open-end opportunistic credit funds generally are subject to initial lock-up periods of one to three years. Following the expiration of these lock-up periods, subject to certain limitations, investors may redeem capital generally on a quarterly or annual basis upon giving 30 to 90 days’ prior written notice. These lock-ups and redemption notice periods help us to manage our liquidity position. Investors in our other funds are generally not allowed to redeem until the end of the life of the fund.
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We also follow a rigorous risk management process and regularly monitor the liquidity of our funds’ portfolios in relation to economic and market factors and the timing of potential investor redemptions. As a result of this process, we may determine to reduce exposure or increase the liquidity of our funds’ portfolios at any time, whether in response to global economic and market conditions, redemption requests or otherwise. For these reasons, we believe we will be well prepared to address market conditions and redemption requests, as well as any other events, with limited impact on our funds’ liquidity position. Nevertheless, significant redemptions made during a single quarter could adversely affect our funds’ liquidity position, as we may meet redemptions by using our funds’ available cash or selling assets (possibly at a loss). Such actions would result in lower assets under management, which would reduce the amount of management fees and incentive income we may earn. Our funds could also meet redemption requests by increasing leverage, provided we are able to obtain financing on reasonable terms, if at all. We believe our funds have sufficient liquidity to meet any anticipated redemptions for the foreseeable future. Please see the risk factor included in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this quarterly report for additional information.
Cash Flows Analysis
Operating Activities. Net cash from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 was $112.1$457.1 million and $187.0$112.1 million, respectively. Our net cash flows from operating activities are generally comprised of current-year management fees, the collection of incentive income earned during the fourth quarter of the previous year, interest income collected on our investments in CLO’s, less cash used for operating expenses, including interest paid on our debt obligations. Additionally, net cash from operating activities also includes the investment activities of the funds we consolidate.
Net cash flows from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 decreased2021 increased from the prior year period driven by investment activitiesdue to higher year-end incentive income earned in 2020 than in 2019, a large portion of the funds we consolidate. These investment-related cash flows are of the consolidated funds and do not directly impact the cash flows related to our Class A Shareholders. As we deconsolidated certain of our funds2020 incentive was collected in the third quarter 2019, we do not expect significant cash flows in the future from consolidated funds. This decrease was partially offset by higherbeginning of 2021, as compared to year-end incentive income earned in 2019, a large portion of which was collected in the beginning of 2020, as compared to year-end incentive income earned in 2018, a large portion of which was collected in the beginning of 2019. The increases in operating cash flows were partially offset by higher discretionary bonuses in 2019, which were paid in the first quarter of 2020, as compared to discretionary bonuses in 2018, which were paid in the first quarter of 2019.2020. Additionally, in the current year period as compared to the prior year period, we collected lessmore incentive income from our real estate funds. These increases in operating cash flows were partially offset by higher discretionary bonuses in 2020, which were paid in the first quarter of 2021, as compared to discretionary bonuses in 2019, which were paid in the first quarter of 2020.
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Investing Activities. Net cash from investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 was $(20.1)$(214.8) million, and $(108.7)$(20.1) million, respectively. Investing cash outflows in 2021 and 2020 primarily related to purchases of U.S. government obligations and investments made in our funds, partially offset by maturities and sales of U.S. government obligations. Investing cash outflows in 2019 primarily related to purchases of U.S. government obligations and investments in our funds, partially offset by return of investments of U.S. government obligations and investments in funds.
Financing Activities. Net cash from financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 and 2019 was $(43.6)$(283.8) million, and $(270.4)$(43.6) million, respectively. Net cash from financing activities is generally comprised of dividends paid to our Class A Shareholders, borrowings and repayments related to our debt obligations, and proceeds from repurchase agreements used to finance risk retention investments in our European CLOs. Contributions from noncontrolling interests, which primarily relate to fund investor contributions into the consolidated funds (prior to the deconsolidation of certain of our funds in the third quarter of 2019), and distributions to noncontrolling interests, which primarily relate to fund investor redemptions from the consolidated funds (prior to the deconsolidation of certain of our funds in the third quarter of 2019) and distributionsDistributions to our executive managing directors on their Group A Units (prior to the Distribution Holiday), are also included in net cash from financing activities.
As we deconsolidated certain of our funds in the third quarter 2019, we do not expect significant cash flows in the future from consolidated funds.
In the nine months ended September 30, 2021, we repaid $224.4 million of the 2020 Term Loan and a $19.9 million CLO Investment Loan. In thenine months ended September 30, 2020, we repaid $36.5 million of the 2018 Term Loan. InAdditionally, in thenine months ended September 30, 2019, we repaid $150.0 million of the 2018 Term Loan and $37.8 million of CLO Investment Loans and2021, we entered into $45.9 million of repurchase agreements to finance or refinance risk retention investments in our European CLOs.
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We paid dividends of $77.0 million to our Class A Shareholders in the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to dividends of $11.6 million to our Class A Shareholders in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to dividends of $19.0 million to our Class A Shareholders in the nine months ended September 30, 2019. In 2020, the only dividend paid was in respect of the fourth quarter of 2019, which was paid on March 3, 2020. No dividends were declared in respect of the first three quarters of 2020. No distributions were made to our executive managing directors in the nine months ended September 30, 20202021 or the nine months ended September 30, 2019,2020, as a result of the Distribution Holiday.
Contractual Obligations
The table below summarizes our contractual cash obligations as of September 30, 2020, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods. This table does not reflect the payoff of our 2018 Term Loan and Debt Securities or the $320.0 million borrowing under our 2020 Term Loan, each of which, we expect will occur in the near future, in connection with the closing of the 2020 Credit Agreement. See Note 8 for additional information.
 October 1, 2020-December 31, 20202021-20222023-2024ThereafterTotal
 (dollars in thousands)
Long-term debt(1)
$— $47,060 $107,620 $119,035 $273,715 
Estimated interest on long-term debt(2)
2,902 22,334 14,666 6,998 46,900 
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase(3)
— — — 101,892 101,892 
Operating leases(4)
5,635 40,859 34,478 82,234 163,206 
Tax receivable agreement(5)
11,805 39,494 89,091 47,071 187,461 
Unrecognized tax benefits(6)
— — — — — 
Incentive income subject to clawback(7)
— — — — — 
Total Contractual Obligations$20,342 $149,747 $245,855 $357,230 $773,174 
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(1)Represents indebtedness outstanding under the Debt Securities, 2018 Term Loan and the CLO Investments Loans. In relation to CLO Investments Loans, the amounts present our best estimate of the timing of expected payments on investments in CLOs, as the timing of payments on CLO Investments Loans is contingent on principal payments made to us on our investments in CLOs. Amounts presented represent expected cash payments, and have not been reduced for any discounts or deferred debt issuance costs that are netted against these balances for presentation in our consolidated balance sheet.
(2)Represents expected future interest payments on long-term debt based on the LIBOR and EURIBOR rates that were in effect as of September 30, 2020.
(3)Represents payments on securities sold under agreements to repurchase in accordance with the set scheduled maturity date that corresponds to the maturities of the securities sold under such transaction and exclude any interest payments as such amounts cannot be reasonably estimated. Interest payments on securities sold under agreements are based on the weighted average effective interest rate of each class of securities that have been sold, plus a spread to be agreed upon by the parties.
(4)Represents the payments required under our various operating leases for office space and data centers.
(5)Represents the maximum amounts that would be payable to our executive managing directors and the Ziffs under the tax receivable agreement assuming that we will have sufficient taxable income each year to fully realize the expected tax savings resulting from the purchase by the Sculptor Operating Group of Group A Units with proceeds from the 2007 Offerings, as well as subsequent exchanges. In light of the numerous factors affecting our obligation to make such payments, the timing and amounts of any such actual payments may differ materially from those presented in the table above.
(6)We are not currently able to make a reasonable estimate of the timing of payments in individual years in connection with our unrecognized tax benefits of $8.3 million, and therefore these amounts are not included in the table above.
(7)As of September 30, 2020, we had incentive income collected from certain of our funds that is subject to clawback in the event of future losses in the respective fund. We are not currently able to make a reasonable estimate of the timing of payments, if any, as the payments are contingent on future realizations of investments in the respective fund, the timing of which is uncertain.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
In the normal course of business, we enter into various off-balance sheet arrangements including sponsoring and owning general partner interests in our funds and retained interests in a CLO we manage. We also have ongoing capital commitment arrangements with certain of our funds. None of our off-balance sheet arrangements require us to fund losses or guarantee target returns to investors in any of our other investment funds. See Notes 5 and 6 of our consolidated financial statements included in this report for information on our retained and variable interests in our funds and CLOs.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Critical accounting policies are those that require us to make significant judgments, estimates or assumptions that affect amounts reported in our financial statements or the notes thereto. We base our judgments, estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable and prudent. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates. See Note 2 toin our consolidated financial statements included in this reportAnnual Report for a description of our accounting policies. Set forth below is a summary of what we believe to be our most critical accounting policies and estimates.
Fair Value of Investments
The valuation of investments held by our funds is the most critical estimate made by management impacting our results. Pursuant to specialized accounting for investment companies under GAAP, investments held by the funds are carried at their estimated fair values. The valuation of investments held by our funds has a significant impact on our results, as our management fees and incentive income are generally determined based on the fair value of these investments.
GAAP prioritizes the level of market price observability used in measuring assets and liabilities at fair value. Market price observability is impacted by a number of factors, including the type of assets and liabilities and the specific characteristics of the assets and liabilities. Assets and liabilities with readily available, actively quoted prices (Level I) or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices (Level II) generally will have a higher degree of market price observability and lesser degree of judgment used in measuring fair value than those measured using pricing inputs that are unobservable in the market (Level III). See Note 54 to our consolidated financial statements included in this report for additional information regarding fair value measurements.
As of September 30, 2021, the absolute values of our funds’ invested assets and liabilities (excluding the notes and loans payable of our securitization vehicles) were classified within the fair value hierarchy as follows: approximately 38% within Level I; approximately 44% within Level II; and approximately 18% within Level III. As of December 31, 2020, the absolute values of our funds’ invested assets and liabilities (excluding the notes and loans payable of our securitization vehicles) were classified within the fair value hierarchy as follows: approximately 31%35% within Level I; approximately 52%48% within Level II; and approximately 17% within Level III. As of December 31, 2019, the absolute values of our funds’ invested assets and liabilities (excluding the notes and loans payable of our securitization vehicles) were classified within the fair value hierarchy as follows: approximately 30% within Level I; approximately 51% within Level II; and approximately 19% within Level III. The percentage of our funds’ assets and liabilities within the fair value hierarchy will fluctuate based on the investments made at any given time and such fluctuations could be significant. A portion of our funds’ Level III assets relate to Special Investments or other investments on which we do not earn any incentive income until such investments are sold or otherwise realized. Upon the sale or realization event of these assets, any realized profits are included in the calculation of
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incentive income for such year. Accordingly, the estimated fair value of our funds’ Level III assets may not have any relation to the amount of incentive income actually earned with respect to such assets.
Valuation of Investments. Fair value represents the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. The fair value of our funds’ investments is based on observable market prices when available. We, as the investment manager of our funds, determine the fair value of investments that are not actively traded on a recognized securities exchange or otherwise lack a readily ascertainable market value. The methods and procedures to value these investments may include the following: performing comparisons with prices of comparable or similar securities; obtaining valuation-related information from the issuers; calculating the present value of future cash flows; assessing other analytical data and information relating to the investment that is an indication of value; obtaining information provided by third parties; and evaluating financial information provided by the management of these investments.
Significant judgment and estimation go into the assumptions that drive our valuation methodologies and procedures for assets that are not actively traded on a recognized securities exchange or otherwise lack a readily ascertainable market value. The valuation of investments can be more difficult when severe economic and market shocks occur. The COVID-19 pandemic is an example of such a shock. The actual amounts ultimately realized could differ materially from the values estimated based on the use of these methodologies. Realizations at values significantly lower than the values at which investments have been reflected could result in losses at the fund level and a decline in future management fees and incentive income. Such situations may also negatively impact fund investor perception of our valuation policies and procedures, which could result in redemptions and difficulties in raising additional capital.
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We have established an internal control infrastructure over the valuation of financial instruments that includes ongoing oversight by our Valuation Controls Group and Valuation Committee, as well as periodic audits by our Internal Audit Group.function. These management control functions are segregated from the trading and investing functions.
The Valuation Committee is responsible for establishing the valuation policy and monitors compliance with the policy, ensuring that all of the funds’ investments reflect fair value, as well as providing oversight of the valuation process. The valuation policy includes, but is not limited to the following: determining the pricing sources used to value specific investment classes; the selection of independent pricing services; performing due diligence of independent pricing services; and the classification of investments within the fair value hierarchy. The Valuation Committee reviews a variety of reports on a monthly basis, which include the following: summaries of the sources used to determine the value of the funds’ investments; summaries of the fair value hierarchy of the funds’ investments; methodology changes and variance reports that compare the values of investments to independent pricing services. The Valuation Committee is independent from the investment professionals and may obtain input from investment professionals for consideration in carrying out its responsibilities.
The Valuation Committee has assigned the responsibility of performing price verification and related quality controls in accordance with the valuation policy to the Valuation Controls Group. The Valuation Controls Group’s other responsibilities include the following: overseeing the collection and evaluation of counterparty prices, broker-dealer quotations, exchange prices and pricing information provided by independent pricing services. Additionally, the Valuation Controls Group is responsible for performing back testing by comparing prices observed in executed transactions to valuations and valuations provided by independent pricing service providers on a bi-weekly and monthly basis; performing stale pricing analysis on a monthly basis; performing due diligence reviews on independent pricing services on an annual basis; and recommending changes in valuation policies to the Valuation Committee. The Valuation Controls Group also verifies that indicative broker quotations used to value certain investments are representative of fair value through procedures such as comparison to independent pricing services, back testing procedures, review of stale pricing reports and performance of other due diligence procedures as may be deemed necessary.
Investment professionals and members of the Valuation Controls Group review a daily profit and loss report, as well as other periodic reports that analyze the profit and loss and related asset class exposure of the funds’ investments.
The Internal Audit Groupfunction employs a risk-based program of audit coverage that is designed to provide an assessment of the design and effectiveness of controls over our operations, regulatory compliance, valuation of financial instruments and reporting. Additionally, the Internal Audit Groupfunction meets periodically with management and the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors to evaluate and provide guidance on the existing risk framework and control environment assessments.
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For information regarding the impact that the fair value measurement of assets under management has on our results, please see “Part I—Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”
Recognition of Incentive Income
The determination of whether to recognize incentive income under GAAP requires a significant amount of judgment regarding whether it is probable that a significant revenue reversal of incentive income that we are potentially entitled to as of a point in time will not occur in future periods, which would preclude the recognition of such amounts as incentive income. Management considers a variety of factors when evaluating whether the recognition of incentive income is appropriate, including: the performance of the fund, whether we have received or are entitled to receive incentive income distributions and whether such amounts are restricted, the investment period and expected term of the fund, where the fund is in its life-cycle, the volatility and liquidity of investments held by the fund, our team’s experience with similar investments and potential sales of investments within the fund. Management continuously evaluates whether there are additional considerations that could potentially impact the recognition of incentive income and notes that the recognition, and potential reversal, of incentive income is subject to potentially significant variability due to changes to the aforementioned considerations. See Note 11 for details on amounts recognized and deferred for incentive income.
Variable Interest Entities
The determination of whether or not to consolidate a variable interest entity under GAAP requires a significant amount of judgment concerning the degree of control over an entity by its holders of variable interests. To make these judgments,
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management has conducted an analysis, on a case-by-case basis, of whether we are the primary beneficiary and are therefore required to consolidate the entity. Management continually reconsiders whether we should consolidate a variable interest entity. Upon the occurrence of certain events, such as investor redemptions or modifications to fund organizational documents and investment management agreements, management will reconsider its conclusion regarding the status of an entity as a variable interest entity.
Income Taxes
We use the asset and liability method of accounting for deferred income taxes. Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. A valuation allowance is established when management believes it is more likely than not that a deferred income tax asset will not be realized.
Substantially all of our deferred income tax assets relate to the goodwill and other intangible assets deductible for tax purposes by Sculptor Corp that arose in connection with the purchase of Group A Units with proceeds from the 2007 Offerings, subsequent exchanges of Group A Units for Class A Shares and subsequent payments made under the tax receivable agreement, in addition to any related net operating loss carryforward. In accordance with relevant provisions of the Code, we expect to take these goodwill and other intangible deductions over the 15-year period following the 2007 Offerings and subsequent exchanges, as well as an additional 20-year loss carryforward period available to us for net operating losses generated prior to 2018 and indefinite carryforward period for net operating losses generated beginning in 2018, in order to fully realize the deferred income tax assets. Our analysis of whether we expect to have sufficient future taxable income to realize these deductions is based solely on estimates over this period.
Sculptor Corp generated taxable income of $58.2$91.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, before taking into account deductions related to the amortization of the goodwill and other intangible assets. We determined that we would need to generate taxable income of at least $1.0 billion$848.8 million over the remaining 3-yeartwo-year weighted-average amortization period, as well as an additional 20-year loss carryforward period available for expiring losses, in order to fully realize the deferred income tax assets. Using the estimates and assumptions discussed below, we expect to generate sufficient taxable income over the remaining amortization and loss carryforward periods available to us in order to fully realize the deferred income tax assets.
To generate $1.0 billion$848.8 million in taxable income over the remaining amortization and loss carryforward periods available to us, we estimated that, based on estimated assets under management of $35.8$36.9 billion as of October 1, 2020,2021, we would need to generate a minimum compound annual growth rate in assets under management of less than 3% over the period for which the
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taxable income estimate relates to fully realize the deferred income tax assets, assuming no performance-related growth, and therefore no incentive income. The assumed nature and amount of this estimated growth rate are not based on historical results or current expectations of future growth; however, the other assumptions underlying the taxable income estimates, are based on our near-term operating budget. If our actual growth rate in assets under management falls below this minimum threshold for any extended time during the period for which these estimates relate and we do not otherwise experience offsetting growth rates in other periods, we may not generate taxable income sufficient to realize the deferred income tax assets and may need to record a valuation allowance.
Management regularly reviews the model used to generate the estimates, including the underlying assumptions. If it determines that a valuation allowance is required for any reason, the amount would be determined based on the relevant circumstances at that time. To the extent we record a valuation allowance against our deferred income tax assets related to the goodwill and other intangible assets, we would record a corresponding decrease in the liability under the tax receivable agreement equal to approximately 69% of such amount; therefore, our consolidated net income (loss) would only be impacted by 31% of any valuation allowance recorded against the deferred income tax assets.
Actual taxable income may differ from the estimate described above, which was prepared solely for determining whether we currently expect to have sufficient future taxable income to realize the deferred income tax assets. Furthermore, actual or estimated future taxable income may be materially impacted by significant changes in assets under management, whether as a result of fund investment performance or fund investor contributions or redemptions, significant changes to the assumptions underlying our estimates, future changes in income tax law, state income tax apportionment or other factors.
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As of September 30, 2020,2021, we had $243.1 million of net operating losses available to offset future taxable income for federal income tax purposes that will expire between 2030 and 2037, and $120.8$153.5 million of net operating losses available to be carried forward without expiration. Additionally, $165.0$173.6 million of net operating losses are available to offset future taxable income for state income tax purposes and $161.2$169.8 million for local income tax purposes that will expire between 2035 and 2040.2041.
Based on the analysis set forth above, as of September 30, 2020,2021, we have determined that it is not necessary to record a valuation allowance with respect to our deferred income tax assets related to the goodwill and other intangible assets deductible for tax purposes, and any related net operating loss carryforward. However, we have determined that we may not realize certain foreign income tax credits and accordingly, a valuation allowance of $11.1$9.8 million has been established for these items.
Impact of Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements on Recent and Future Trends
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) has issued various Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) that could impact our future trends. For additional details regarding these ASUs, including methods of adoption, see Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in this report for additional information.
No changes to GAAP that went into effect during the nine months ended September 30, 2020,2021, are expected to substantively impact our future trends.
Expected Impact of Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements on Future Trends
None of the changes to GAAP that have been issued but that we have not yet adopted are expected to substantively impact our future trends.
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Economic Income Reconciliations
The tables below present the reconciliations of total Economic Income and its components to the respective GAAP measures for the periods presented in this MD&A:
Three Months Ended September 30, Three Months Ended September 30,
20202019 20212020
(dollars in thousands)

(dollars in thousands)
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Class A Shareholders—GAAP$8,017 $(25,140)
Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Class A Shareholders—GAAPNet (Loss) Income Attributable to Class A Shareholders—GAAP$(4,338)$8,017 
Change in redemption value of Preferred UnitsChange in redemption value of Preferred Units2,285 — Change in redemption value of Preferred Units— 2,285 
Net Income (Loss) Allocated to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.—GAAP10,302 (25,140)
Net income (loss) allocated to Group A Units4,494 (11,625)
Net (Loss) Income Allocated to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.—GAAPNet (Loss) Income Allocated to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.—GAAP(4,338)10,302 
Net (loss) income allocated to Group A UnitsNet (loss) income allocated to Group A Units(2,553)4,494 
Equity-based compensation, net of RSUs settled in cashEquity-based compensation, net of RSUs settled in cash17,972 31,952 Equity-based compensation, net of RSUs settled in cash11,170 17,972 
Adjustment to recognize deferred cash compensation in the period of grantAdjustment to recognize deferred cash compensation in the period of grant4,996 2,264 Adjustment to recognize deferred cash compensation in the period of grant6,493 4,996 
Recapitalization-related non-cash interest expense accretion831 4,249 
2020 Term Loan and Debt Securities non-cash discount accretion2020 Term Loan and Debt Securities non-cash discount accretion239 831 
Income taxesIncome taxes9,397 (1,446)Income taxes8,653 9,397 
Net losses on early retirement of debt— 218 
Net (gains) losses on investments(8,158)2,169 
Changes in fair value of warrant liabilitiesChanges in fair value of warrant liabilities12,710 — 
Net gains on investmentsNet gains on investments(5,068)(8,158)
Impairment of right-of-use assetImpairment of right-of-use asset11,240 — 
Adjustment for expenses related to compensation and profit-sharing arrangements based on fund investment performanceAdjustment for expenses related to compensation and profit-sharing arrangements based on fund investment performance724 (2,055)Adjustment for expenses related to compensation and profit-sharing arrangements based on fund investment performance970 724 
Changes in tax receivable agreement liabilityChanges in tax receivable agreement liability39 — 
Depreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assetsDepreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assets1,442 2,166 Depreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assets4,130 1,442 
Other adjustmentsOther adjustments428 179 Other adjustments364 428 
Economic Income—Non-GAAPEconomic Income—Non-GAAP$42,428 $2,931 Economic Income—Non-GAAP$44,049 $42,428 
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Nine Months Ended September 30, Nine Months Ended September 30,
20202019 20212020


(dollars in thousands)

(dollars in thousands)
Net (Loss) Income Attributable to Class A Shareholders—GAAP$(45,489)$3,318 
Net Loss Attributable to Class A Shareholders—GAAPNet Loss Attributable to Class A Shareholders—GAAP$(2,817)$(45,489)
Change in redemption value of Preferred UnitsChange in redemption value of Preferred Units5,598 (44,364)Change in redemption value of Preferred Units— 5,598 
Net Loss Allocated to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.—GAAP Net Loss Allocated to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.—GAAP(39,891)(41,046)Net Loss Allocated to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.—GAAP(2,817)(39,891)
Net loss allocated to Group A Units Net loss allocated to Group A Units(62,973)(27,142)Net loss allocated to Group A Units(22,416)(62,973)
Equity-based compensation, net of RSUs settled in cashEquity-based compensation, net of RSUs settled in cash60,011 106,270 Equity-based compensation, net of RSUs settled in cash53,394 60,011 
Adjustment to recognize deferred cash compensation in the period of grantAdjustment to recognize deferred cash compensation in the period of grant13,109 6,849 Adjustment to recognize deferred cash compensation in the period of grant21,230 13,109 
Recapitalization-related non-cash interest expense accretion3,482 10,664 
2020 Term Loan and Debt Securities non-cash discount accretion2020 Term Loan and Debt Securities non-cash discount accretion1,024 3,482 
Income taxesIncome taxes(17,971)12,074 Income taxes19,985 (17,971)
Net losses on early retirement of debt693 6,271 
Changes in fair value of warrant liabilitiesChanges in fair value of warrant liabilities50,885 — 
Net losses on retirement of debtNet losses on retirement of debt30,198 693 
Net gains on investmentsNet gains on investments(3,266)(3,668)Net gains on investments(16,685)(3,266)
Impairment of right-of-use assetImpairment of right-of-use asset11,240 — 
Adjustment for expenses related to compensation and profit-sharing arrangements based on fund investment performanceAdjustment for expenses related to compensation and profit-sharing arrangements based on fund investment performance2,241 1,604 Adjustment for expenses related to compensation and profit-sharing arrangements based on fund investment performance4,367 2,241 
Changes in tax receivable agreement liabilityChanges in tax receivable agreement liability(278)(5,362)Changes in tax receivable agreement liability18 (278)
Depreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assetsDepreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assets5,379 6,941 Depreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assets7,439 5,379 
Other adjustmentsOther adjustments(50)(335)Other adjustments2,234 (50)
Economic Income—Non-GAAPEconomic Income—Non-GAAP$(39,514)$73,120 Economic Income—Non-GAAP$160,096 $(39,514)
Economic Income Revenues
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
 
Management fees—GAAP$68,053 $62,956 $195,389 $187,979 
Adjustment to management fees(1)
(4,576)(3,793)(15,618)(11,166)
Management Fees—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP63,477 59,163 179,771 176,813 
Incentive income—Economic Income Basis—GAAP41,525 30,423 89,085 118,378 
Adjustment to incentive income(2)
23 259 36 259 
Incentive Income—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP41,548 30,682 89,121 118,637 
Other Revenues—Economic Income Basis—GAAP and Non-GAAP2,316 3,646 7,693 12,458 
Total Revenues—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP$107,341 $93,491 $276,585 $307,908 
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
 (dollars in thousands)
Management fees—GAAP$76,820 $68,053 $227,391 $195,389 
Adjustment to management fees(1)
(5,145)(4,576)(15,743)(15,618)
Management Fees—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP71,675 63,477 211,648 179,771 
Incentive income—Economic Income Basis—GAAP27,031 41,525 134,379 89,085 
Adjustment to incentive income(2)
— 23 36 
Incentive Income—Economic Income Basis—GAAP and Non-GAAP27,031 41,548 134,380 89,121 
Other Revenues—Economic Income Basis—GAAP and Non-GAAP1,786 2,316 5,145 7,693 
Total Revenues—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP$100,492 $107,341 $351,173 $276,585 
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(1)Adjustment to present management fees net of recurring placement and related service fees, as management considers these fees a reduction in management fees, not an expense. The impact of eliminations related to the consolidated funds is also removed.
(2)Adjustment to exclude the impact of eliminations related to the consolidated funds.

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Economic Income Expenses
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2020201920202019
(dollars in thousands)
 
Compensation and benefits—GAAP$65,030 $78,343 $197,739 $244,767 
Adjustment to compensation and benefits(1)
(23,692)(32,162)(75,361)(114,724)
Compensation and Benefits—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP$41,338 $46,181 $122,378 $130,043 
Interest expense—GAAP$4,488 $6,323 $14,944 $19,054 
Adjustment to interest expense(2)
(831)(4,249)(3,482)(10,664)
Interest Expense—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP$3,657 $2,074 $11,462 $8,390 
General, administrative and other expenses—GAAP$26,465 $48,272 $203,786 $114,487 
Adjustment to general, administrative and other expenses(3)
(6,548)(5,964)(21,527)(18,127)
General, Administrative and Other Expenses—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP$19,917 $42,308 $182,259 $96,360 
 Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
 2021202020212020
(dollars in thousands)
 
Compensation and benefits—GAAP$53,078 $65,030 $201,759 $197,739 
Adjustment to compensation and benefits(1)
(18,633)(23,692)(78,991)(75,361)
Compensation and Benefits—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP$34,445 $41,338 $122,768 $122,378 
Interest expense—GAAP$3,277 $4,488 $12,280 $14,944 
Adjustment to interest expense(2)
(239)(831)(1,024)(3,482)
Interest Expense—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP$3,038 $3,657 $11,256 $11,462 
General, administrative and other expenses—GAAP$39,672 $26,465 $92,070 $203,786 
Adjustment to general, administrative and other expenses(3)
(20,712)(6,548)(35,017)(21,527)
General, Administrative and Other Expenses—Economic Income Basis—Non-GAAP$18,960 $19,917 $57,053 $182,259 
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(1)Adjustment to exclude equity-based compensation, as management does not consider these non-cash expenses to be reflective of our operating performance. However, the fair value of RSUs that are settled in cash to employees or executive managing directors is included as an expense at the time of settlement. In addition, expenses related to incentive income profit-sharing arrangements are generally recognized at the same time the related incentive income revenue is recognized, as management reviews the total compensation expense related to these arrangements in relation to any incentive income earned by the relevant fund. Further, deferred cash compensation is expensed in full in the year granted for Economic Income, rather than over the service period for GAAP.
(2)Adjustment to exclude amounts related to non-cash interest expense accretion on Debt Securities issued in exchange for 2016 Preferred Units in connection withdebt. The 2020 Term Loan and the Recapitalization. Upon exchange, Debt Securities were each recognized at fair valuea significant discount, as proceeds from each borrowing were allocated to warrant liabilities and are being accretedthe 2019 Preferred Units, respectively, resulting in non-cash accretion to par value over time through interest expense for GAAP; however, managementGAAP. Management excludes these non-cash expenses from Economic Income, as it does not consider this interest accretionthem to be reflective of the operating performance of the Company.our economic borrowing costs.
(3)Adjustment to exclude depreciation, amortization, and losses on fixed assets, and impairment of right-of-use lease assets as management does not consider these items to be reflective of our operating performance. Additionally, recurring placement and related service fees are excluded, as management considers these fees a reduction in management fees, not an expense.
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Distribution Holiday Economic Income Reconciliation
The table below presents the reconciliation of Distribution Holiday Economic Income to net income (loss) attributable to Class A Shareholders from October 1, 2018, to September 30, 2021.
From October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2021
(dollars in thousands)
Net income attributable to Class A shareholders$218,302 
Change in redemption value of Preferred Units(37,412)
Net Income Allocated to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.180,890
Net loss allocated to Group A Units(72,965)
Equity-based compensation, net of RSUs settled in cash272,339 
Adjustment to recognize deferred cash compensation in the period of grant(13,792)
2020 Term Loan and Debt Securities non-cash discount accretion19,746 
Income taxes142,241 
Changes in fair value of warrant liabilities58,433 
Net losses on retirement of debt41,584
Net gains on investments(29,346)
Impairment of right-of-use asset11,240 
Adjustment for expenses related to compensation and profit-sharing arrangements based on fund investment performance(2,429)
Changes in tax receivable agreement liability(4,422)
Depreciation, amortization and net gains and losses on fixed assets25,611 
Other adjustments3,619 
Less: Dividends paid on 2019 Preferred Units(6,952)
Less: Dividends to Class A Shareholders declared with respect to such periods(115,355)
Distribution Holiday Economic Income—Non-GAAP$510,442

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our predominant exposure to market risk is related to our role as general partner or investment manager for the funds, and the sensitivities to movements in the fair value of their investments that may adversely affect our management fees and incentive income.
The quantitative information provided in this section was prepared using estimates and assumptions that management believes are reasonable to provide an indication of the directional impact that a hypothetical adverse movement in certain risks would have on net income attributable to Class A Shareholders. The actual impact of a hypothetical adverse movement in these risks could be materially different from the amounts shown below.
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Management of Market Risk
Risk management is highly integrated with our investment process and the operations of our business. Our approach to investing and managing risk is based on (i) proactive risk management, (ii) preservation of capital, (iii) dynamic capital allocation and (iv) expertise across strategies and geographies. We constantly monitor risk and have instituted a formal and consistent process to disseminate information, conduct informed debate, and take proactive or responsive action across our portfolios. In addition to our formalized process, we conduct custom studies and optimizations for various groups on an as-needed, ad hoc basis such as bespoke hedge solutions, pre-trade what-if analysis, and portfolio rebalance alternatives. Our goal is to preserve capital during periods of market decline and generate competitive investment performance in rising markets. We use sophisticated risk tools and active portfolio management to govern exposures to market and other risk factors. We adhere strictly to each fund’s mandate and provisions with respect to leverage. We are knowledgeable about the risks of fund leverage, respectful of its limits, and judicious in our application. We allocate to individual investments based on a thorough analysis of the risk/reward for each opportunity under consideration and the investment objectives for each of our funds. When managing our funds’ exposure to market risks, we may from time to time use hedging strategies and various forms of derivative instruments to limit the funds’ exposure to changes in the relative values of investments that may result from market developments, including changes in prevailing interest rates, currency exchange rates and commodity prices.
Changes in Fair Value
Fair value of the financial assets and liabilities of theour funds may fluctuate in response to changes in the value of investments, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, and interest rates.rates, among other factors. The fair value changes in the financial assets and liabilities of theour funds may affect the amount of our assets under management and may impact the amount of management fees and incentive income we may earn from the funds.
The amount of our assets under management in our multi-strategy and opportunistic credit funds is generally based on net asset value (plus unfunded commitments in certain cases). A 10% change in the fair value of the net assets held by our funds as of September 30, 20202021 and December 31, 2019,2020, would have resulted in a change of approximately $1.5$1.7 billion and $1.4$1.6 billion, respectively, in assets under management. Assets under management for our real estate funds and securitization vehicles are not based on net asset value.
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Impact on Management Fees
Management fees for our multi-strategy and opportunistic credit funds are generally based on the net asset value of those funds. Accordingly, management fees will generally change in proportion to changes in the fair value of investments held by these funds. Management fees for our real estate funds and securitization vehicles are not based on net asset value; therefore, management fees are not directly impacted by changes in the fair value of investments held by those funds.
A hypothetical 10% changedecline in the fair value of the net assets held by our funds aswould have resulted in a reduction of October 1, 2020 (the date management fees are calculated for the fourth quarter of 2020) would have impacted management fees calculated on that day by approximately $4.3 million. A 10% change$15.2 million in the fair value of the net assets held by our funds as of January 1, 2020, would have impacted management fees charged on that day by approximately $3.6 million.nine months ended September 30, 2021 and $12.7 million in nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Impact on Incentive Income
Incentive income for our funds is generally based on a percentage of profits generated by our funds over a commitment period, which is impacted by global market conditions and other factors. Major factors that influence the degree of impact include how the investments held by our funds are impacted by changes in the market and the extent to which any hurdle rates or high-water marks impact our ability to earn incentive income. Consequently, incentive income cannot be readily predicted or estimated.
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A 10% change in the fair value of the net assets held by our funds as of the end of any year could significantly affect our incentive income. We do not earn incentive income on unrealized gains attributable to Special Investments and certain other investments, and therefore a change in the fair value of those investments would have no effect on incentive income until such investments are sold or otherwise realized.
Exchange Rate Risk
Changes in currency rates will impact the carrying value of financial instruments denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. We hold certain cash as well asand risk retention investments in ourthe European CLOs andas well as related financing (CLO Investments Loans and repurchase agreements) denominated in non-U.S. dollar currencies, which may be affected by movements in the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies. Additionally, a portion of our operating expenses and management fees are denominated in non-U.S. dollar currencies. We manage our exposure to exchange rate risks through our regular operating activities, wherein we may align foreign currency payments and receipts, and when appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments to economically hedge certain foreign currency exposure, although the impact of these were not material in nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.
We estimate that as of September 30, 2021 and 2020, and December 31, 2019, a hypothetical 10% weakening or strengthening of the U.S. dollar against all or any combination of currencies to which we have exposure to exchangeforeign currency rates would not have a material direct impact on our revenues, net income attributable to Class A Shareholders or Economic Income. The impact on cash flows from financial instruments would be insignificant.
Our investment funds hold investments that are denominated in non-U.S. dollar currencies that may be affected by movement in the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and non-U.S. dollar currencies. The funds may seek to hedge resulting currency exposure through borrowings in foreign currencies or through the use of derivative financial instruments.
Interest Rate Risk
Borrowings under the Debt Securities and 20182020 Term Loan and our investments in CLOs accrue interest at variable rates. Interest rate changes may therefore affect the amount of our interest payments, future earnings and cash flows. We estimate that at as of September 30, 2021 and 2020, and December 31, 2019, a 100-basis pointhypothetical one percentage increase or decrease in variable interest rates would not have a material direct impact on our annual interest income, interest expense, net income attributable to Class A Shareholders or Economic Income. A tightening of credit and an increase in prevailing interest rates could make it more difficult for us to raise capital and sustain the growth rate of the funds.
Our investment funds hold investments that may be affected by changes in interest rates. A material increase in interest rates would be expected to negatively affect valuation of investments that accrue interest at fixed rates. The actual impact would be dependent upon the average duration of fixed income holdings at the time and may be partially offset by the use of derivative financial instruments and higher interest income on variable rate securities. For funds that pay management fees based on net asset value, we estimate that our management fees would change proportionally with such increases or decreases in net asset value.
Credit Risk
Credit risk is the risk that counterparties or debt issuers may fail to fulfill their obligations or that the collateral value may become inadequate to cover our exposure. We manage credit risk by monitoring the credit exposure to and the creditworthiness of counterparties, requiring additional collateral where appropriate.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as
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appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
As of September 30, 2020,2021, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and were operating at a reasonable assurance level as of September 30, 2020.2021.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act, that occurred in the third quarter of 20202021 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Further, because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls.
The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of controls to future periods are subject to risks. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with policies or procedures.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are from time to time involved in litigation and claims incidental to the conduct of our business. Like other businesses in our industry, we are subject to extensive scrutiny by regulatory agencies globally that have, or may in the future have, regulatory authority over us and our business activities. This has resulted in, or may in the future result in, regulatory agency investigations, litigation and subpoenas, and related sanctions and costs. See “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business—Regulatory changes in jurisdictions outside the United StatesU.S. could adversely affect our business” in our Annual Report. See Note 1816 to our consolidated financial statements included in this report for additional information.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the risk factor below, pleasePlease see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report for a discussion of the risks material to our business.
The uncertainty surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the length and severity of its impact on global economic activity, has had a substantial negative impact on many benchmark market indices and significantly increased volatility in equity and debt prices, interest and exchange rates, commodity prices and the ratings and cash flows of collateral in the CLOs that we manage. These factors have adversely impacted our business in many ways, including reducing the amount of our assets under management and our incentive income in the first quarter of 2020 and to the extent that we have performance-related depreciation at year-end, may cause us to recognize lower management fees and incentive income in the remainder of 2020, which could further adversely impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and liquidity. Additionally, we face various potential operational challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The global economic downturn related to the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted the amount of our assets under management and may cause us to recognize lower management fees and incentive income in 2020 and may continue to adversely impact our revenues in the near term. The degree to which COVID-19 may continue to impact our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain, difficult to predict and outside of our control, including the continued global spread of COVID-19, the severity and the duration of the pandemic, further actions that may be taken by governmental authorities, businesses or individuals and how quickly and to what extent normal economic and operating conditions can resume. Risks that could be brought by the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic include, but are not limited to, dislocations in market prices for investments in our funds, substantial market uncertainty which could lead to a decline in assets under management and other negative effects that could flow from an overall economic downturn. As a result, the further impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity cannot be reasonably estimated at this time, but the impact could be significant.
In addition, in the first quarter of 2020, we experienced significant unrealized losses on our risk retention investments held in certain of the CLOs that we manage as a result of the market and economic impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and as of September 30, 2020, those unrealized losses had been recovered due to improved market conditions. Although this has not had a material impact on the interest income generated from our CLO investments to date, it has reduced the fair value of our investments and may have a material impact on the amount of interest income we may earn from these investments in the future. Furthermore, because of ratings downgrades and defaults on certain of the collateral held by our CLOs, some of those CLOs failed to satisfy one or more overcollateralization tests, and as a result, we have stopped recognizing management fees for these CLOs until the collateral tests are remedied and such fees are paid. We recovered a portion of those management fees in the third quarter. In the event the persistent market conditions do not sufficiently recover over the life cycle of these impacted CLOs, management fees from our securitization vehicles will continue to deteriorate. To the extent the overcollateralization tests in our CLOs have not been resolved, the amount of management fees for which collection and revenue recognition has been deferred would continue to increase, which may negatively impact the amounts we recognize as revenue in future periods.
To ensure the safety of our employees and in response to mandated precautions, where applicable, nearly all of our employees are working remotely at this time to mitigate the risks associated with COVID-19. While we believe we have been successful in implementing our business continuity plan, unexpected operational challenges may arise in the future. If we or any of
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our key service providers were to experience material disruptions in the ability for our or their employees to work remotely, our ability to operate our business could be materially adversely impacted. If our employees, including our executive managing directors and key investment professionals, were to become seriously ill, our ability to operate our business could be materially disrupted. Any such disruptions to our business operations could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operation, financial condition or liquidity.
In addition, the continuation or a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic could heighten many other risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
None.
Item 5. Other Information
Amendment to Deferred Prosecution Agreement
Exchange of Group A Units for Class A Shares and Cash
On November 3, 2020, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (the “USAO”) agreed with the Company to terminate the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (the “DPA”) between the Company, the DOJ and the USAO upon (i) the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “Court”) entering its final judgment stating the sentence in the matter of U.S. v. Oz Africa Management GP, LLC, Cr. No. 16-515 (NGG) (EDNY), (ii) Oz Africa Management GP, LLC paying full restitution as ordered by the Court and (iii) the monetary penalty the Company paid under the DPA in 2016 being released from a DOJ suspense account to the United States Treasury, which will be within 10 days after the final judgment. The foregoing description of the Second Amendment to the DPA (the “Amendment”) between the Company, the DOJ and the USAO does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and which is incorporated herein by reference.
Resignation of Chief Financial Officer
On November 3, 2020, Thomas Sipp informed the Company of his decision to resign as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective January 15, 2021. The Company expects to announce a successor Chief Financial Officer in the near future.
In connection with Mr. Sipp’s resignation, Mr. Sipp entered into partner agreements, dated November 9, 2020, between Mr. Sipp and each of2021 the Sculptor Operating Partnerships pursuantand Sculptor Corp exchanged 993,512 Group A Units held by certain former executive managing directors for a combination of $11.1 million cash and 317,926 Class A shares, equating to which Mr. Sipp agreedan execution price of $19.68 per Group A Unit. In addition, 534,969 Group A-1 Units held by such former executive managing directors were cancelled. The agreement to be available to assist with reasonable requests from the Company’s successor Chief Financial Officer until June 30, 2021 in order to effect the transition.
The partner agreements provide that:
Mr. Sipp will continue to receive his annual base compensation until January 15, 2021.
With respect to Mr. Sipp’s 2020 annual bonus, 50% of the portion ofexchange such bonus represented by DCIs and RSUs that is scheduled to vestGroup A Units was entered into on January 1, 2022 shall continue to vest on January 1, 2022, and the remainder of Mr. Sipp’s 2020 annual bonus represented by DCIs and RSUs shall be forfeited.

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Mr. Sipp will retain (i) 111,783 unvested RSUs awarded on May 3, 2018 (including distribution equivalent units), which shall vest on May 3, 2021; (ii) 22,263 unvested RSUs awarded on February 20, 2019 (including distribution equivalent units), which shall vest in equal installments on JanuaryNovember 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022; (iii) 17,738 unvested RSUs awardedwas completed on January 31, 2020 (including distribution equivalent units), which shall vestNovember 3, 2021. The Class A Shares were issued in equal installments on January 1, 2021a transaction exempt from the registration requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof and January 1, 2022; (iv) an unvested DCI balance of $317,525Regulation D thereunder to accredited investors (as of September 30, 2020) with respect to DCIs awarded on February 15, 2019, 50% of which shall vest on January 1, 2021 (based on the DCI balance at such time) and the remainder shall vest on January 1, 2022 (based on the DCI balance at such time); (v) an unvested DCI balance of $411,777 (as of September 30, 2020) with respect to DCIs awarded on February 3, 2020, 50% of which shall vest on January 1, 2021 (based on the DCI balance at such time) and the remainder shall vest on January 1, 2022 (based on the DCI balance at such time); and (vi) 83,334 Group E-1 Units granted on February 7, 2019, which shall vest on December 31, 2020.term is defined in Regulation D).
Mr. Sipp will forfeit (i) 8,868 unvested RSUs awarded on January 31, 2020 (including distribution equivalent units), which would have vested on January 1, 2023; (ii) an unvested DCI balance of $205,888 DCIs (as of September 30, 2020) awarded on February 3, 2020, which would have vested on January 1, 2023 (based on the DCI balance at such time); and (iii) 166,666 Group E-1 Units awarded on February 7, 2019, which would have vested in equal installments on December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022.
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
Description
101*The following financial information from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2020,2021, formatted in iXBRL (Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss); (iii)(iv) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit); (iv)(v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and (v)(vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
104*Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as iXBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
*Filed herewith
**Certain schedules have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K.
+Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: November 9, 20205, 2021

SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
  
By: /s/ Thomas M. SippDava Ritchea
  Thomas M. SippDava Ritchea
  Chief Financial Officer and Executive Managing Director

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