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OCH-ZIFF



SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, GROUP LLCINC.
NOTICE OF SPECIALANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 13, 2019JUNE 24, 2021
Dear Shareholder:
You are invited to a Special Meetingthe annual meeting of Shareholders (the “Special“Annual Meeting”) of Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLCInc. (the “Company”). The SpecialAnnual Meeting will be held solely online on May 13, 2019June 24, 2021 at 11:9:00 a.m. Eastern Time at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/OZM2019SMSCU2021. At this Specialthe 2021 Annual Meeting, youthe following items of business will be askedconsidered:
1.The election of Ms. Meghna Desai, Ms. Marcy Engel and Mr. Bharath Srikrishnan as Class II directors to considerserve for a term of three years and vote upon a proposal to approve the adoptionuntil their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
2.Ratification of the second amendment (the “Plan Amendment”) toappointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC 2013 Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”).year ending December 31, 2021.
The Plan Amendment, which is attached to this proxy statement as Annex A, increases3.Any other business that may properly come before the numberAnnual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements of the Company’s Class A Shares authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan by a totalAnnual Meeting.
These items of 9,779,446 shares in order to implement the issuance of certain Group E Units (as defined in the proxy statement accompanying this notice) of OZ Management LP, OZ Advisors I LP and OZ Advisors II LP (the “Operating Partnerships”) in connection with the previously announced recapitalization of the Company and its Operating Partnerships. The Company’s Board of Directors believes that the Plan Amendment is in the best interests of the Company’s shareholders and recommends that the shareholders approve the Plan Amendment. The Plan Amendment will not be effective unless approved by the shareholders. The Plan Amendment isbusiness are more fully described in the proxy statement accompanying this Notice.
The Board of Directors has set the close of business on March 18, 2019April 27, 2021 as the record date for determining shareholdersShareholders of the Company entitled to notice of and to vote at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. A list of the shareholdersShareholders as of the record date will be available for inspection by shareholders,Shareholders, for any purpose germane to the SpecialAnnual Meeting, at the Company’s offices and at the offices of American Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC, the Company’s independent share transfer agent, during normal business hours for a period of 10 days prior to the Special Meeting andAnnual Meeting. The list will also be available for inspection by Shareholders electronically during the SpecialAnnual Meeting at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/OZM2019SMSCU2021 when you enter the control number we have provided to you.
All shareholdersShareholders are cordially invited to attend the SpecialAnnual Meeting. EVEN IF YOU CANNOT VIRTUALLY ATTEND THE SPECIALANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE PROMPTLY VOTE YOUR PROXY BY CAREFULLY FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE PROXY CARD.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
SpecialAnnual Meeting to be Held on May 13, 2019:June 24, 2021: the Proxy Statement and Annual Report
isto Shareholders are Available at www.proxyvote.com



                                             
By Order of the Board of Directors,
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Katrina PagliaDavid Levine
Secretary
April 3, 201928, 2021
New York, New York





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SCULPTOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, GROUP LLCINC.
9 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
PROXY STATEMENT
Our board of directors (the “Board of Directors” or the “Board”) is providing these proxy materials to you in connection with the solicitation of proxies by Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLCInc. on behalf of the Board for use at the SpecialAnnual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special“Annual Meeting”) of Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLC,Inc., which will take place at 11:9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on May 13, 2019,June 24, 2021, and any adjournment or postponement thereof. The SpecialAnnual Meeting will be a completely “virtual meeting” of shareholders. You will be able to virtually attend the SpecialAnnual Meeting, where you will be able to vote electronically and submit questions during the live webcast, by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/OZM2019SMSCU2021 and entering the 16-digit control number included in our noticeNotice of Internet availability,Availability of Proxy Materials, on your proxy card or in the voting instructions that accompanies your proxy materials.
The Company intends to make available this proxy statement and the accompanying proxy card on or about April 3, 201928, 2021 to all shareholders entitled to vote at the SpecialAnnual Meeting.
In this proxy statement, references to “Oz Management,“Sculptor Capital,” “our Company,” “the Company,” “the firm,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer, unless the context requires otherwise, to Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLCInc. (the “Registrant”), a Delaware limited liability company,corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the OzSculptor Operating Group. References to the “Oz“Charter” refer to our Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of November 5, 2019. References to the “Bylaws” refer to our Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective September 12, 2019.
References to the “Sculptor Operating Group” refer, collectively, to OZ ManagementSculptor Capital LP, a Delaware limited partnership, which we refer to as “OZ Management,” OZSculptor Capital Advisors LP, a Delaware limited partnership, which we refer to as “OZ Advisors I,” OZSculptor Capital Advisors II LP, a Delaware limited partnership, which we refer to as “OZ Advisors II” and each of their consolidated subsidiaries. References to our “Operating Partnerships” refer, collectively, to OZ Management, OZSculptor Capital LP, Sculptor Capital Advisors ILP and OZSculptor Capital Advisors II.II LP. References to our “intermediate holding companies”“Sculptor Corp” refer collectively, to Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation and Och-Ziff Holding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, both of which are wholly owned subsidiariessubsidiary of Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLC.Inc.
References to our “executive managing directors” refer to the current limited partnersactive executive managing directors of the Oz Operating Group entities, other than our intermediate holding companies, including our founder, Mr. Daniel S. Och,Company, and, except where the context requires otherwise, includealso includes certain limited partnersexecutive managing directors who are no longer active in the business of the Company.our business. References to the ownership of our executive managing directors include the ownership of certain estate and personal planning vehicles, such as family trusts, of such executive managing directors and their immediate family members. References to our “active executive managing directors” refer to executive managing directors who remain active in our business. References to the “Ziffs” refer collectively to Ziff Investors Partnership, L.P. II and certain of its affiliates and control persons.
References to “Class A Shares” refer to our Class A Shares, representing Class A limited liability company interestscommon stock of Oz Management,Sculptor Capital, which are publicly traded and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which we refer to as the “NYSE.” References to “Class B Shares” refer to Class B Shares of Oz Management,Sculptor Capital, which are not publicly traded, are currently held by our active and former 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. References to “Shares” refer to our Class A Shares and Class B Shares, collectively. References to our “shareholders” refer to holders of our Class A Shares and Class B Shares, collectively. The terms “Group A Units,” “Group A-1 Units,” “Group B Units,” “Group D Units,” “Group E Units,” “Group E-1 Units,” “Group E-2 Units” and “Group P Units” refer to the aggregate of interests consisting of one Class A, Class A-1, Class B, Class D, Class E, Class E-1, Class E-2 or Class P, as applicable, common unit in each OzSculptor Operating Group entity, and “Group Unit” or “Unit” refers generally to the aggregate of interests consisting of one common unit of any or all of the Group
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A, Group A-1, Group B, Group D, Group E, Group E-1, Group E-2 or Group P common units in each OzSculptor Operating Group


entity. The term “Profit Sharing Interests,” or “PSIs,” refers to non-equity, limited partner profits interests in the OzSculptor Operating Group entities that participate in distributions of future profits of the OzSculptor Operating Group.
AtAs of April 27, 2021, the closeRecord Date for the Annual Meeting, the Class B Shares represent 57.1% of tradingour total combined voting power. Each Class B Shareholder is entitled to one vote per share held of record on January 3, 2019, we effectedall matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders except that Class B Shares that relate to our Group A-1 Units, which represent 11.2% of our total combined voting power, will be voted pro rata in accordance with the previously announced 1-for-10 reverse share split (the “Reverse Share Split”)vote of the Class A Shares. As a resultAccordingly, holders of the Reverse Share Split, every ten issued and outstanding Class A Shares were combined into one Class A Share. Corresponding adjustments were also made to the Class B Shares. ShareShares (other than Class B Shares that relate to our Group A-1 Units) should vote their shares by completing proxies online or by telephone or by mailing their proxy cards, or they may attend and unit amounts presented throughout this proxy statement have been adjusted to give effect tovote via webcast at the Company’s Reverse Share Split.Annual Meeting.
References to our “IPO” refer to our initial public offering of 3.6 million Class A Shares that occurred in November 2007. References to the “2007 Offerings” refer collectively to our IPO and the concurrent private offering of approximately 3.8 million Class A Shares to DIC Sahir Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dubai International Capital LLC, which we refer to as “DIC.” References to the “2011 Offering” refer to our public offering of 3.3 million Class A Shares in November 2011. References to “funds” refer to the multi-strategy, dedicated credit, real estate and other single strategy funds, and other alternative investment vehicles for which we provide asset management services.
No statements made herein, on our website or in any of the materials we file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which we refer to as the “SEC,” constitute, or should be viewed as constituting, an offer of any fund.
Our executive managing directors hold all of our Class B Shares and have granted an irrevocable proxy to vote all of their Class B Shares to the Class B Shareholder Committee, the sole member of which is currently Mr. Och. Mr. Och, who holds approximately 59.4% of the total voting interest in the Company as of March 18, 2019, has agreed, in his capacity as sole member of the Class B Shareholder Committee, to vote in favor of the Plan Amendment. Please be advised that if Mr. Och votes as he has agreed, his vote is sufficient to satisfy the quorum and voting requirements under our Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of November 13, 2007 (the “Operating Agreement”), and Delaware law, as currently in effect, that are necessary to adopt the Plan Amendment.







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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THESE PROXY MATERIALS AND VOTING
Why am I receiving these materials?
We have made available this proxy statement and proxy card because the Board of Directors of Oz ManagementSculptor Capital is soliciting your proxy to vote at the SpecialAnnual Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof. The SpecialAnnual Meeting will be held on May 13, 2019June 24, 2021 at 11:9:00 a.m. Eastern Time via live webcast through the www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/OZM2019SMSCU2021. You will need the 16-digit control number provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or your proxy card (if applicable). This solicitation is for proxies for use at the SpecialAnnual Meeting or any reconvened meeting after an adjournment or postponement of the SpecialAnnual Meeting.
You are invited to join the SpecialAnnual Meeting and we request that you vote on the proposalproposals described in this proxy statement. However, you do not need to join the SpecialAnnual Meeting to vote your Shares. Instead, you may simply complete, sign and return the proxy card or vote by telephone or Internet, as discussed below.
How are we distributing our proxy materials?
To expedite delivery, reduce our costs and decrease the environmental impact of printing and mailing our proxy materials, we used “Notice and Access” in accordance with an SEC rule that permits us to provide these materials to our shareholders over the Internet. On April 3, 2019,28, 2021, we sent a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials to certain of our shareholders containing instructions on how to access our proxy materials online. If you received a Notice, you will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials in the mail unless you specifically request them. Instead, the Notice instructs you on how to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials online. The Notice also instructs you on how you may submit your proxy via the Internet. If you received a Notice and would like to receive a copy of our proxy materials, follow the instructions contained in the Notice to request a paper or email copy on a one-time or ongoing basis. Shareholders who do not receive the Notice will continue to receive either a paper or electronic copy of this proxy statement.statement and our 2020 Annual Report to Shareholders, which was sent on or about April 28, 2021.
Who is entitled to vote at and attend the SpecialAnnual Meeting?
Only shareholders of record of our Shares at the close of business on the record date, March 18, 2019,April 27, 2021, are entitled to receive notice of, to vote at and join the SpecialAnnual Meeting. Each outstanding Class A Share and Class B Share entitles its holder to cast one vote on each matter to be voted upon. Class B Shares that relate to our Group A-1 Units, which represent 11.2% of our total combined voting power, will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares.
What is the difference between Class A Shares and Class B Shares?
The Class A Shares represent Class A limited liability company interestsshares of the Registrant and are listed on the NYSE. The holders of Class A Shares are entitled to one vote per share and any dividends we may pay. The Class A Shares vote together with the Class B Shares on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders.
The Class B Shares are held by our active and former executive managing directors. They have no economic rights (and therefore no rights to any dividends or distributions we may pay) and are not publicly traded, but rather entitle the holders to one vote per share together with the Class A Shareholders. Class B Shares that relate to our Group A-1 Units, which represent 11.2% of our total combined voting power, will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares. The Class B Shares are intended solely to provide our active and former executive managing directors with voting interests in Oz ManagementSculptor Capital commensurate with their economic interests in the OzSculptor Operating Group. The Class B Shares are not currently and are not expected to be registered for public sale or listed on the NYSE or any other securities exchange.
What is the difference between holding Shares as a shareholder of record and as a beneficial owner?
Most of the holders of our Class A Shares hold their shares beneficially through a broker or other nominee rather than directly in their own name. All of our Class B Shares are held directly by our active and former executive managing directors in their names. As summarized below, there are some distinctions between Shares owned beneficially and those held of record.
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Beneficial Owner:    If your Class A Shares are held in a brokerage account or by another nominee, you are considered the beneficial owner of Class A Shares held in “street name,” and these proxy materials are being forwarded to you together with a voting instruction card by your broker, trustee or other nominee, as the case may be. As the beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your broker, trustee or other nominee how to vote. The voting instruction card from your broker, trustee or other nominee contains voting instructions for you to use in directing the broker, trustee or other nominee how to vote your Class A Shares.


Because a beneficial owner is not the shareholder of record, you may not electronically vote your Class A Shares at the SpecialAnnual Meeting unless you obtain a “legal proxy” from the broker, trustee or other nominee that holds your Shares giving you the right to vote the Shares at the SpecialAnnual Meeting.
Shareholder of Record:    If your Shares are registered directly in your name with us or our share transfer agent, American Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC, you are considered the shareholder of record with respect to those Shares and these proxy materials are being sent directly to you by the Company. As the shareholder of record, you have the right to grant your voting proxy directly to us or to vote electronically at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. We have enclosed or sent a proxy card for you to use.
What will I need in order to virtually attend the SpecialAnnual Meeting?
You are entitled to attend the virtual SpecialAnnual Meeting only if you were a shareholder of record as of the record date for the SpecialAnnual Meeting, or March 18, 2019April 27, 2021 (the “Record Date”), or you hold a valid proxy for the SpecialAnnual Meeting. You may attend the SpecialAnnual Meeting, vote, and submit a question during the SpecialAnnual Meeting by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/OZM2019SMSCU2021 and using your 16-digit control number to enter the meeting.
Shares held in your name as the shareholder of record may be voted electronically during the SpecialAnnual Meeting. Shares for which you are the beneficial owner but not the shareholder of record also may be voted electronically during the SpecialAnnual Meeting. If you are a beneficial owner of Shares held in the name of a broker, trustee or other nominee, you must obtain a “legal proxy,” executed in your favor, from such broker, trustee or other nominee to be able to vote electronically at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. Follow the instructions from your broker, trustee or other nominee included with these proxy materials or contact your broker, trustee or other nominee to request a “legal proxy.” You should allow yourself enough time prior to the SpecialAnnual Meeting to obtain this “legal proxy” from the holder of record.
Even if you plan to virtually attend the SpecialAnnual Meeting, the Company recommends that you vote your shares in advance, so that your vote will be counted if you later decide not to attend the SpecialAnnual Meeting.
What constitutes a quorum?
The presence of a quorum is required for business to be conducted at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. The presence at the SpecialAnnual Meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of our Shares outstanding as of the Record Date and entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum. As of the March 18, 2019April 27, 2021 Record Date, 49,905,35357,618,103 Shares (comprised of 20,446,40124,730,221 Class A Shares and 29,458,95232,887,882 Class B Shares) were outstanding and entitled to vote. If you submit a properly executed proxy card, regardless of whether you abstain from voting, you will be considered in determining the presence of a quorum.
How do I vote my shares?
You may vote via webcast at the SpecialAnnual Meeting or by mail. If you are a holder of record of Shares, you also can choose to vote by telephone or electronically through the Internet. If you hold your Shares in “street name” through a broker, trustee or other nominee, you also may be able to vote by telephone or electronically through the Internet in accordance with the voting instructions provided to you by such broker, trustee or other nominee.
Voting by Mail:    If you are a holder of record of Shares and choose to vote by mail, simply complete, sign and date your proxy card and mail it in the accompanying pre-addressed envelope. Proxy cards submitted by mail must be received by our Office of the Secretary prior to the SpecialAnnual Meeting in order for your Shares to be voted. If you hold Shares beneficially in street name and choose to vote by mail, you must complete, sign and date the voting instruction card provided by your broker, trustee or other nominee and mail it in the accompanying pre-addressed envelope within the specified time period.
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Voting by Telephone or Internet:    If you are a holder of record of Shares, you can choose to vote by telephone or by Internet. You can vote by telephone by calling the toll-free telephone number on your proxy card. The website for Internet voting is listed on the proxy card. Please have your proxy card handy when you call or go online. Telephone and Internet voting facilities for shareholders of record will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 12, 2019.June 23, 2021. If you hold your Shares beneficially in street name, the availability of telephonic or Internet voting will depend on the voting process of your broker, trustee or other nominee. Please check with your broker, trustee or other nominee and follow the voting procedures your broker, trustee or other nominee provides to vote your Shares.
Voting at the SpecialAnnual Meeting:    If you are a holder of record of Shares, you may attend and vote via webcast at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. If you are a beneficial owner of Shares held in the name of a broker, trustee or other nominee, you must obtain a “legal proxy,” executed in your favor, from such broker, trustee or other nominee to be able to vote at the Special


Annual Meeting. Follow the instructions from your broker, trustee or other nominee included with these proxy materials or contact your broker, trustee or other nominee to request a “legal proxy.” You should allow yourself enough time prior to the SpecialAnnual Meeting to obtain this “legal proxy” from the holder of record.
Even if you plan to participate virtually at the SpecialAnnual Meeting, we encourage shareholders to vote well before the SpecialAnnual Meeting, by completing proxies online or by telephone, or by mailing their proxy cards. Shareholders can vote via the Internet in advance of or during the meeting. Any vote properly cast at the SpecialAnnual Meeting will supersede any previously submitted proxy or voting instructions. For additional information, please see “Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy after I return my proxy card?” below.
How does the Board recommend I vote on the proposal?proposals?
The Board’s recommendations are set forth after the description of each proposal in this proxy statement. In summary, the Board recommends a vote “FOR”vote:
“FOR” the approvalelection of the adoption of the second amendment (the “Plan Amendment”)Ms. Meghna Desai, Ms. Marcy Engel and Mr. Bharath Srikrishnan as Class II directors to the Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC 2013 Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”)serve for three-year terms (see Proposal No. 1); and
“FOR” the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2021 (see Proposal No. 2).
What vote is required to approve each proposal?
Election of Directors.    For Proposal No. 1, the election of directors, each Shareholder is entitled to vote for three nominees for Class II director. Directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any duly convened meeting at which a quorum is present. Thus, the three nominees with the greatest number of votes will be elected. Abstentions will have no effect on the election of Class II directors, as they are not counted as votes cast. There is no cumulative voting.
Other Proposals.    For Proposal No. 2, the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, a majority of the votes cast will be required for approval. A majority of votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for” must exceed the number of votes cast “against.” Abstentions are not counted as votes “for” or “against” this proposal and thus will have no effect on the outcome of the vote.
Notwithstanding the vote standards described herein, please be advised that Proposal No. 2 is advisory only and will not be binding on the Company or the Board and will not create or imply any change in the fiduciary duties of, or impose any additional fiduciary duty on, the Company or the Board. However, the Board and Audit Committee, as the case may be, will take into account the outcome of the votes when considering what action, if any, should be taken in response to the advisory votes by Shareholders.
A “broker non-vote” would occur only if a broker, trustee or other nominee does not have discretionary authority and has not received instructions with respect to a particular item from the beneficial owner or other person entitled to vote such Shares. Although the determination of whether a broker, bank or other nominee will have discretionary voting power for a particular item is typically determined only after proxy materials are filed with the SEC, we expect that the proposal on ratification of the appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal No. 2) will be a routine matter and that the election of each nominee for director (Proposal No. 1) will be a non-routine matter. Accordingly, we expect that brokers will have discretionary voting power to vote Shares for which no voting instructions have been provided by the
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beneficial owner with respect to Proposal No. 2. We expect that brokers will not have discretionary voting power to vote Shares with respect to Proposal No. 1, and broker non-votes will have no effect on this proposal, as broker non-votes are not counted as votes cast.
As of April 27, 2021, the Record Date for the Annual Meeting, the Class B Shares represent 57.1% of our total combined voting power. Each Class B Shareholder is entitled to one vote per share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of our shareholders except that Class B Shares that relate to our Group A-1 Units, which represent 11.2% of our total combined voting power, will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares. Accordingly, holders of Class B Shares (other than Class B Shares that relate to our Group A-1 Units) should vote their shares by completing proxies online or by telephone or by mailing their proxy cards, or they may attend and vote via webcast at the Annual Meeting.
How will my Shares be voted if I do not indicate a vote on my proxy card?card or voting instruction form?
Your Shares will be voted as you indicate on the proxy card or voting instruction form, as applicable. If you return your signed proxy card but do not mark the boxes indicating how you wish to vote, your Shares will be voted as recommended by the Board. See the question above entitled “How does the Board recommend I vote on the proposal?proposals?
Your Shares will be voted in accordance with the discretion of the proxyholders as to any other matter that is properly presented at the Annual Meeting.
Can I change my vote or revoke my proxy after I return my proxy card?card or voting instruction form?
Yes. Even after you have submitted your proxy, you may change your vote at any time before the proxy is exercised at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. If you are a shareholder of record as of March 18, 2019,April 27, 2021, regardless of the way in which you submitted your original proxy, you may change it by:
returning a later-dated signed proxy card to us, prior to the SpecialAnnual Meeting, at Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLC,Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary;
delivering a later-dated written notice of revocation to us, prior to the SpecialAnnual Meeting, at Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLC,Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary;
submitting a later-dated proxy by telephone or Internet (only your last telephone or Internet proxy will be counted) prior to the SpecialAnnual Meeting; or
attending the SpecialAnnual Meeting and properly voting via webcast.
If your Shares are held through a broker, trustee or other nominee, you will need to contact that nominee if you wish to change your voting instructions. You may also vote via webcast at the SpecialAnnual Meeting if you obtain a “legal proxy” as described in the answer to the question above entitled “How do I vote my shares?—Voting at the SpecialAnnual Meeting.”
Mere attendance at the SpecialAnnual Meeting will not cause your previously granted proxy to be revoked.
What vote is required to approvehappens if additional matters are presented at the Plan Amendment?Annual Meeting?
ApprovalOther than the items of the adoption of the Plan Amendment requires approval by a majority of the votes cast. A majority of votes cast means that the number of votes cast “for” must exceed the number of votes cast “against.” Abstentionsbusiness described in this proxy statement, we are not counted as votes “for” or “against” this proposal and thus will have no effect on the outcomeaware of the vote.
Under NYSE rules, the Plan Amendment is not considered a “routine” matter. If you own your Shares in “street name” through a brokerage account orany other nominee, your broker or other nominee will not be permitted to exercise voting discretion with respect to the matterbusiness to be acted upon at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. Thus, ifIf you aregrant a beneficial holder and do not provide specific voting instructions to your broker,proxy, the broker that holds your sharespersons named as proxyholders will not have discretionary authoritythe discretion to vote your Shares on any additional matters properly presented for a vote at the approvalAnnual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. If, for any reason, our nominees for Class II directors are not available as candidates for director, the persons named as proxyholders will vote your proxy for such other candidates as may be nominated by the Board of Directors, or the Plan Amendment. Accordingly, we encourage you to provide voting instructions to your broker, whether or not you plan to attend the meeting.
Mr. Och, the Chairmansize of the Board holds approximately 59.4% of the total voting interest in the Company as of March 18, 2019. Mr. Och has agreed, in his capacity as sole member of the Class B Shareholder Committee, to vote in favor of the Plan Amendment. Please be advised that if Mr. Och votes as he has agreed, his vote is sufficient to satisfy the quorum


and voting requirements under our Operating Agreement and Delaware law, each as currently in effect, that are necessary to adopt the Plan Amendment.
Can additional matters be presented at the Special Meeting?
No. Pursuant to the Operating Agreement, only business that is described in this proxy statement may be acted upon at the Special Meeting. Accordingly, the Plan Amendment is the only matter thatDirectors will be acted upon at the Special Meeting.reduced.
Who will count the votes?
Representatives of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. will count the votes and act as the inspector of election.
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Who will pay for the cost of this proxy solicitation?
We will pay the cost of soliciting proxies. Our directors, officers and other employees, without additional compensation, may solicit proxies personally or in writing, by telephone, e-mail, or otherwise. We are required to request that brokers, trustees and other nominees who hold Shares in their names furnish our proxy materials to the beneficial owners of the Shares, and we must reimburse these brokers, trustees and other nominees for the expenses of doing so in accordance with statutory fee schedules.




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PROPOSAL NO. 1


APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE PLAN AMENDMENTCORPORATE GOVERNANCE
TO THE OCH-ZIFF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 2013 INCENTIVE PLAN
GeneralBoard of Directors
The following information relatesprimary functions of our Board of Directors are to:
provide oversight, counseling and direction to our management in the interest and for the benefit of our Shareholders;
monitor senior management’s performance;
actively oversee risks that could affect our Company;
oversee and promote the exercise of responsible corporate governance; and
perform the duties and responsibilities assigned to them under our Charter, Bylaws and other organizational documents, Corporate Governance Guidelines and the laws of Delaware, our state of formation.
Corporate Governance Guidelines
Our Board of Directors has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines as a framework for the governance of the Company. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines work together with our Charter and Bylaws, which contain certain processes and procedures relating to our corporate governance. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines describe additional processes and procedures that are intended to meet the listing standards of the NYSE and also provide reasonable assurance that our Board of Directors acts in the best interest of our Shareholders. The Corporate Governance Guidelines address issues relating to the recommendationBoard of Directors, such as membership, Board leadership and meetings and procedures, as well as issues relating to the committees of the Board, that shareholders approvesuch as structure, function, charters, membership and responsibilities. The full text of our Corporate Governance Guidelines can be found in the Plan Amendment“Investor Relations— Corporate Governance—Governance Documents” section of our website (www.sculptor.com). A copy may also be obtained upon written request to the 2013 Plan to increase the number of Class A Shares authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan in order to provide for the issuance of Group E Units, including Group E-1 Units in connection with the recapitalizationus at Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the CompanySecretary.
Director Independence
Under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, a majority of the directors serving on our Board must qualify as independent directors and each of the Oz Operating Group announcedAudit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee and Committee on December 6, 2018. For additional informationCorporate Responsibility and Compliance must consist solely of independent directors. As described in the Corporate Governance Guidelines, our Board annually (or as circumstances warrant) makes an affirmative determination regarding the recapitalization, see the section below entitled “Recapitalization Transactions” and our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 11, 2019.
In connection with the Recapitalization (as defined in the section below entitled “Recapitalization Transactions”), effective as of February 7, 2019, the Board approved the Plan Amendment, subject to and conditioned upon the approval by shareholders, to increase the number of Class A Shares authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan by a total of 9,779,446 shares in order to provide for the issuance of Group E-1 Units to certain active executive managing directors in the Recapitalization and to provide for future grants of Group E Units to active executive managing directors and new hires. In addition, on February 7, 2019, the Compensation Committee approved the issuance (subject to certain vesting and forfeiture conditions) of an aggregate of 9,655,232 Group E-1 Units under the 2013 Plan to certain active executive managing directors in connection with the Recapitalization. The exchange rights of the holders of Group E-1 Units issued, whereby Group E-1 Units are exchangeable for Class A Shares pursuant to the terms of the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements (as defined below), are conditioned upon, among other things, shareholder approval of the Plan Amendment as described in this Proposal No. 1. For details regarding the issuance of Group E-1 Units to our Named Executive Officers, see “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.”
The 2013 Plan was originally adopted by our Board and approved by our shareholders on May 7, 2013. On May 9, 2017, the 2013 Plan was amended by the first amendment to the 2013 Plan to increase the number of Class A Shares authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan by a total of 15,000,000 shares effective May 9, 2017 (“First Amendment”). This proposed Plan Amendment increases the number of Class A Shares authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan by a total of 9,779,446 shares in order to implement the issuance of certain Group E Units to certain active executive managing directors in connection with the Recapitalization and provide for future grants of Group E Units to active executive managing directors and new hires. As of the Record Date, a total of 24,610,608 Class A Shares were authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan, with approximately 9,054,259 Class A Shares available for issuance under future grants, excluding the grants of Group E-1 Units described above. Following the approval of Plan Amendment, the number of Class A Shares authorized for issuance will be increased by 9,779,446 shares effective as of February 7, 2019, bringing the total number of Class A Shares authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan to 34,390,054 shares, of which approximately 9,178,473 shares will remain available for issuance in connection with future awards.
The Company is seeking shareholder approval so that it may grant Group E Units under the 2013 Plan, including the issuance of Group E-1 Units as part of the Recapitalization. The grant of Group E Units, including the issuance of Group E-1 Units (among other actions taken in connection with the Recapitalization), will further promote the retention and motivation of certain executive managing directors and serves to further align such executive managing directors with the Company’s fund investors and Class A Shareholders. Subject to shareholder approval, we plan to register the additional number of 9,779,446 Class A Shares reserved under the 2013 Plan on a Registration Statement on Form S-8.
Dilution and Historical Usage
In evaluating whether to amend the 2013 Plan and determining the number of Class A Shares to request for approval, the Board evaluated the dilution and existing terms of outstanding awards under the 2013 Plan. Prior to the approval of the Plan Amendment (and in all cases excluding the Group E Units, with respect to which the issuance of Class A Shares upon exchange of such Group E Units is subject to shareholder approval of the Plan Amendment), as of February 7, 2019, (i) a total of 24,610,608 Class A Shares were authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan, with approximately 9,481,298 available for issuance under future grants, and (ii) a total of 58,620,868 Class A Shares were outstanding, assuming the exchange of all outstanding Group Units into Class A Shares and the settlement of all outstanding Class A restricted share units (including performance-based restricted share units) in Class A Shares. Subject to shareholder approval of the Plan Amendment (and in all cases, including the Group Units described above), as of February 7, 2019, (i) there will be 34,390,054 Class A Shares authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan, of which approximately 9,605,512 will be available for issuance under future


grants, and (ii) an aggregate total of 68,276,100 Class A Shares outstanding, assuming the exchange of all Group Units into Class A Shares and the settlement of all outstanding restricted share units (including performance-based restricted share units) in Class A Shares. The closing trading priceindependence of each Class A Sharedirector. An “independent” director meets both the NYSE’s definition of independence, as ofwell as the record date was $16.23.
Recapitalization Transactions
As previously disclosed, on December 6, 2018, the Company announced that the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, and Daniel S. Och, the Chairman of the Board and its largest shareholder, entered into a letter agreement dated December 5, 2018, providing for the implementation of certain transactions, as set forth in the term sheet attached theretoBoard’s independence standards (the letter agreement, together with the term sheet attached thereto, each as amended on January 14, 2019, on January 31, 2019 and on February 6, 2019 to extend the date for entry into definitive agreements from January 15, 2019 to February 8, 2019 (as amended, the “Letter Agreement”“Director Independence Standards”)). The Letter Agreement provided for, among other things, the preparation and execution of further agreements (the “Implementing Agreements”) and other actions to implement the transactions contemplated by the Letter Agreement (collectively, the “Recapitalization”). On February 7, 2019, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into the Implementing Agreements providing for the consummation of the Recapitalization.
Pursuant to the Recapitalization, among other things, Mr. Och and the other holders of Group A Units in the Operating Partnerships, 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 held by the holders of the Group A 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. The Group A-1 Units will be canceled at such time and to the extent as such Group E Units vest and achieve a book-up. The Group E-1 Units generally vest (i) with respect to Group E-1 Units issued to a limited partner holding Group A-1 Units up to and including the number of Group A-1 Units held by such limited partner immediately following the Recapitalization, on December 31, 2019 and (ii) with respect to all other Group E-1 Units, one-third on each of December 31, 2020, December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2022, provided, that, in each case as determined by the recipient remains in continuous service through each vesting date, subject to accelerated vesting or continued vesting, as applicable, upon the occurrence of certain liquidity events or a qualifying termination of service.
For additional information regarding the Recapitalization, see “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.” The exchange rights in respect of Group E-1 Units are subject to shareholder approval of the Plan Amendment.
Terms and Provisions
The material terms and provisions of the 2013 Plan, as amended on May 9, 2017, including the proposed Plan Amendment contained in this Proposal No. 1, are summarized below. This description does not purport to be complete, and is qualifiedBoard in its entirety by reference to the Plan Amendment, a copy of which isbusiness judgment. The Director Independence Standards, attached as Annex A to this proxy statement, are set forth in our Corporate Governance Guidelines and are also available on our website (www.sculptor.com). Our Board undertook its annual review of director independence in April 2021, and in the 2013 Planprocess reviewed the independence of each director. In determining independence, our Board reviews, among other things, whether each director has any material relationship with us. An independent director must not have any material relationship with us, or any relationship that was filedwould interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director.
Based on the standards set forth by the NYSE and in our Director Independence Standards, the Board has affirmatively determined, after its annual review, that Marcy Engel, David W. Bonanno, Meghna Desai (a Class II Director Nominee), Georganne C. Proctor, J. Morgan Rutman and Bharath Srikrishnan are each independent. James S. Levin and Wayne Cohen are members of management and therefore not independent.
Board Leadership Structure; Executive Sessions of the Independent Directors
Marcy Engel is our Chairperson of the Board, and James Levin is our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). Our Bylaws permit the roles of Chairperson and CEO to be filled by the same or different individuals. This allows the Board flexibility to determine whether the two roles should be separated or combined in the future based upon the Company’s needs and the
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Board’s assessment of the Company’s leadership from time to time. Our Board periodically reviews the Company’s leadership structure and whether separating or combining the roles of Chairperson and CEO is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders. When making this determination, the Board will consider any recommendation of the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee, the current circumstances at the Company, the skills and experiences of the individuals involved and the leadership composition of the Board. Separating the positions of CEO and Chairperson allows our CEO to focus on our day-to-day business, while allowing the Chairperson of the Board to lead the Board in its fundamental role of providing advice to and independent oversight of management.
In addition, our Board, in accordance with our Corporate Governance Guidelines, annually determines whether a Lead Independent Director is necessary and may determine not to designate a Lead Independent Director for so long as Exhibit 10.1the roles of Chairperson of the Board and the Company's Chief Executive Officer are not held by the same individual, or when the Chairperson would not be deemed independent under governing listing standards. The Board has determined that a Lead Independent Director is not necessary at this time.
Pursuant to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2013,Corporate Governance Guidelines, the independent directors meet in executive sessions, at which the Chairperson presides, without management present at least once every quarter. Following these sessions, the Chairperson of the Board provides management with specific feedback and input regarding information flow, agenda items and any other relevant matters, thereby enhancing the oversight function of the independent directors and the First Amendment to the 2013 Plan that was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2017.
Summarycommittees of the 2013 PlanBoard.
Summary
Committees of the Board
The Board has four standing committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee and the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board may establish and maintain other committees from time to time, as it deems necessary and appropriate. The following istable provides a summary of the material termsmembership of the 2013 Plan,Board and each of its standing committees as amended, assumingof April 28, 2021. If elected, it is expected that Meghna Desai will join committees immediately after the Plan AmendmentAnnual Meeting. 
DirectorAudit CommitteeNominating,
Corporate
Governance and
Conflicts Committee
Compensation
Committee
Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance
Marcy EngelXXChairChair
David W. BonannoChairXX
Georganne C. Proctor(1)
Chair(1)
XXX
J. Morgan Rutman
Bharath SrikrishnanX
James S. Levin
Wayne Cohen
(1) Ms. Proctor is approvednot standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. A new Chair of the Audit Committee, and a new member of each of the Audit Committee, Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee, Compensation Committee and Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance will be appointed effective immediately after the Annual Meeting.
Each of the four standing committees operate under a written charter adopted by our shareholders. The 2013 Plan was originally adopted on May 7, 2013the Board. For additional information regarding each committee’s duties and amended effective May 9, 2017. Subjectresponsibilities, please refer to the approvalcommittee charters, which are available in the “Investor Relations— Corporate Governance—Governance Documents” section of our shareholderswebsite (www.sculptor.com). Copies of the committee charters may also be obtained upon written request to us at Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary.
Audit Committee
The primary responsibilities of the Audit Committee are to assist the Board in its oversight of: (i) the integrity of the Company’s financial statements; (ii) the Company’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; (iii) the qualifications and independence of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; and (iv) the performance
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of the Company’s internal audit function and our independent registered public accounting firm. Among its specific duties and responsibilities, the Audit Committee:
is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm;
considers and monitors the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm by:
obtaining and reviewing a report by the independent registered public accounting firm which describes any relationships that may reasonably be thought to bear on the independence of such accounting firm;
discussing with such accounting firm the potential effects of any such relationships on independence; and
obtaining a description of each category of services provided by such accounting firm to the Company together with a list of fees billed for each category;
reviews and discusses with management and the independent registered public accounting firm our earnings press releases, financial statements and the specific disclosures under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, including any significant financial items and accounting policies or changes relating to such items or policies;
reviews and discusses with management, our Chief Compliance Officer, our internal auditors and the independent registered public accounting firm their reports regarding the adequacy and effectiveness of our financial reporting process and internal controls, including internal control over financial reporting and disclosure controls and procedures;
reviews and discusses with management and our internal auditors the scope of and the work performed under our internal audit program and our practices pertaining to risk assessment and risk management;
reviews significant tax, legal and regulatory matters;
oversees procedures for handling complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls and auditing matters, including procedures for the confidential, anonymous submission of concerns by employees regarding accounting and auditing matters; and
oversees the Company’s cybersecurity and other information technology risks, controls and procedures, including the Company's plans to mitigate cybersecurity risks and to respond to and potentially disclose cyber incidents.
The Audit Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board. For additional information regarding the Audit Committee’s duties and responsibilities, please refer to the Audit Committee Charter, which is available in the “Investor Relations—Corporate Governance—Governance Documents” section of our website (www.sculptor.com). Copies of the Audit Committee Charter may also be obtained upon written request to us at Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary.
The current members of the Audit Committee are Ms. Engel, Mr. Srikrishnan, and Ms. Proctor. Ms. Proctor currently serves as Chair. Ms. Proctor is not standing for re-election at the SpecialAnnual Meeting. Immediately following the Annual Meeting, our Board of Directors expects to appoint an independent director to the Plan Amendment will become effective asAudit Committee and appoint the Chair of the dateAudit Committee. The Board has determined that each of such approvalMr. Srikrishan and if approved, will continueMs. Proctor is an “Audit Committee Financial Expert” for purposes of SEC rules, as each possesses accounting and related financial management expertise. The Board also has determined in effect until terminated by the Board except as noted below, providedits business judgment that if the Plan Amendment is not approved by our shareholders, the Plan Amendment will not be effective. Mr. Och has agreed, in his capacity as soleeach member of the Class B ShareholderAudit Committee to vote in favoris financially literate, as required by the NYSE. All members of our Audit Committee are independent directors within the meaning of the Director Independence Standards included in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, the NYSE listing standards and Section 10A(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Audit Committee Charter restrict Audit Committee members from simultaneously serving on the
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audit committees of more than two other public companies without a specific Board determination that such simultaneous service will not impair the ability of such member to serve on our Audit Committee. Currently, none of the members of the Audit Committee sits on the audit committees of more than two other public companies.
Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee
The primary responsibilities of the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee are to: (i) identify individuals qualified to become members of our Board; (ii) recommend to the Board director candidates for election at our Annual Meetings; (iii) develop and recommend to our Board a set of corporate governance guidelines; (iv) oversee the evaluation of the Board and its committees; and (v) establish and oversee policies governing conflicts of interest that may arise through related party transactions. Among its specific duties and responsibilities and subject to the agreements described below in “—Selection of Director Nominees,” the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee:
establishes processes and procedures for the selection and nomination of directors;
as part of a fulsome annual self-evaluation process, reviews the size and composition of the Board and its committees and recommends any appropriate changes to the Board;
recommends to the Board candidates for election or reelection to the Board at each annual meeting of Shareholders;
periodically reviews our Corporate Governance Guidelines to assess whether they are appropriate for the Company and comply with the requirements of the NYSE and other relevant requirements, and recommends to the Board changes as appropriate to these guidelines; and
oversees policies and procedures governing related person transactions, periodically reviews and updates as appropriate these policies and procedures and reviews and approves or ratifies any related person transactions, other than related person transactions that are pre-approved pursuant to our Related Person Transaction Policy, described under “Certain Matters and Related Person Transactions—Policy on Transactions and Arrangements with Related Persons.”
The Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board. The Committee seeks to have a Board that reflects the appropriate balance of knowledge, experience, skills, expertise and diversity (including, but not limited to, diversity of occupational and personal backgrounds) and considers these criteria when nominating individuals to serve on the Board. The Committee assesses its achievement of diversity through the review of Board composition as part of the Board’s annual self-assessment process. For additional information regarding the Committee’s duties and responsibilities, please refer to the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee Charter, which is available in the “Investor Relations—Corporate Governance—Governance Documents” section of our website (www.sculptor.com). Copies of the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee Charter may also be obtained upon written request to us at Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary.
The current members of the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee are Ms. Engel, Mr. Bonanno and Ms. Proctor. Mr. Bonanno was appointed as the Chair on April 22, 2021 and currently serves as Chair. Ms. Proctor is not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Immediately following the Annual Meeting, our Board of Directors expects to appoint an independent director to the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee. All members of our Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee are independent directors within the meaning of the Director Independence Standards, included in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and the NYSE listing standards.
Compensation Committee
The primary responsibilities of the Compensation Committee are to assist the Board in matters relating to the compensation of our executive officers, employees and directors. Among its specific duties, the Compensation Committee:
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oversees and makes recommendations regarding our overall compensation structure, and policies and practices, and assesses whether our compensation structure establishes appropriate incentives for our executive managing directors, management and employees;
reviews and approves corporate goals and objectives as relevant to the compensation of the executive officers, and determines and approves, or recommends to the Board, as appropriate, any compensation to be paid to the executive officers;
oversees our Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan Amendment. If(the “2007 Plan”) and our 2013 Incentive Plan (the “2013 Incentive Plan”) and any other equity-based incentive compensation plans and other compensation and employee benefit plans;
reviews and discusses with management the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and related disclosures included in our annual proxy statement;
reviews the compensation of directors for service on our Board and its committees and recommends changes in compensation to our Board, to the extent warranted.
The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board. For additional information regarding the Committee’s duties and responsibilities, please refer to the Compensation Committee Charter, which is available in the “Investor Relations—Corporate Governance—Governance Documents” section of our website (www.sculptor.com). Copies of the Compensation Committee Charter may also be obtained upon written request to us at Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary. The Compensation Committee may delegate any of the duties and responsibilities to a subcommittee consisting of not less than two members of the Compensation Committee; the Committee also may delegate any of its duties and responsibilities regarding non-executive compensation to management.
The current members of the Compensation Committee are Ms. Engel, Mr. Och votesBonanno and Ms. Proctor. Ms. Engel was appointed as the Chair on April 22, 2021 and currently serves as Chair. Ms. Proctor is not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Immediately following the Annual Meeting, our Board of Directors expects to appoint an independent director to the Compensation Committee. All members of our Compensation Committee are independent directors within the meaning of the Director Independence Standards included in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and the NYSE listing standards applicable to compensation committee members and are also “non-employee” directors as defined by Rule 16b-3(b)(3) under the Exchange Act.
Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance
The primary responsibilities of the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance are to assist the Board in overseeing management’s efforts to ensure a culture of ethical business practices within the Company and to sustain an industry-leading legal and regulatory compliance program. The role of the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance is one of oversight, recognizing that management is responsible for instilling the Company’s ethics and compliance throughout the Company’s employee base.
The Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance is responsible for overseeing and making recommendations regarding management’s efforts to instill and encourage ethical business practices, and the Company’s legal and regulatory compliance programs.
Among its specific duties and responsibilities relating to the oversight of management’s efforts to ensure a culture of ethical business practices and an industry-leading legal and regulatory compliance program, the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance:
reviews and evaluates management’s ethics and culture initiatives, including training on ethical decision-making, to determine if further enhancements are needed to reinforce business practices by employees that are ethical and fully compliant with legal and regulatory requirements;
reviews and evaluates the Company’s compliance initiatives, including training and the processes for the reporting and resolution of ethics and compliance issues;
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reviews and evaluates management’s efforts to ensure that the Company’s investment decisions reflect the Company’s commitment to ethical business practices and compliance;
reviews and evaluates internal and external information (including government actions brought in the asset management industry) based on criteria to be developed by the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance, to assess whether there are significant concerns regarding the Company’s business practices or compliance practices;
may make recommendations to the Compensation Committee on possible employee compensation actions, such as clawbacks and other remedies, to reward ethical behavior and discourage unethical behavior; and
reviews the annual report prepared by the Chief Compliance Officer and provides an annual presentation to the Board that includes (i) an assessment of the state of the Company’s compliance functions; (ii) significant compliance issues involving the Company of which the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance has been made aware, including a summary of the results of any internal investigations conducted by the Company; (iii) any potential patterns of non-compliance identified within the Company; (iv) any significant disciplinary actions against any compliance or internal audit personnel or any Company personnel relating to ethics or compliance matters; and (v) any other issues that may reflect any systemic or widespread problems in compliance or regulatory matters exposing the Company to substantial compliance risk. In advance of such presentation, the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance and the Audit Committee, either through their respective chairs or otherwise, shall confer on any matters of mutual interest in light of their respective responsibilities.
The Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance operates under a written charter adopted by the Board. For additional information regarding the duties and responsibilities of the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance, please refer to the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance Charter, which is available in the “Investor Relations—Corporate Governance—Governance Documents” section of our website (www.sculptor.com). Copies of the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance Charter may also be obtained upon written request to us at Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary.
The current members of the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance are Ms. Engel, Mr. Bonanno, and Ms. Proctor. Ms. Engel serves as the Chair. Ms. Proctor is not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Immediately following the Annual Meeting, our Board of Directors expects to appoint an independent director to the Committee on Corporate Responsibility. All members of the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance are independent directors within the meaning of the Director Independence Standards, included in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and the NYSE listing standards.
Board Role in Risk Oversight
Our Board is responsible for overseeing the effectiveness of management’s overall risk management programs and processes and focuses on our overall risk management strategies. Management is responsible for the day-to-day assessment and management of risk and the development and implementation of related mitigation procedures and processes. In exercising this responsibility, management regularly conducts risk assessments of our business and operations, including our funds’ portfolios. Management’s risk management processes cover the full scope of our operations, are global in nature and designed to identify and assess risks as well as determine appropriate ways to mitigate and manage risks. Further, our Risk Committee, which is comprised of members of senior management, oversees portfolio risk management processes. Additionally, our Business Risk Committee, which is also comprised of members of senior management, reviews and evaluates proposed transactions prior to commitment that may present certain risks for our Company, including legal, compliance, reputational or other business risks.
Our Board has delegated to its committees specific risk oversight responsibilities as summarized below. The chairs of the committees report regularly to the Board on the areas of risk they are responsible for overseeing. Further, under our Corporate Governance Guidelines, each of our directors has full and free access to members of the Company’s management and, in accordance with our organizational documents and agreements, may consult with the Company’s management committees. The Board and its committees oversee risks associated with their respective principal areas of focus, summarized as follows:
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The Board as a whole has primary responsibility for overseeing strategic, financial and execution risks associated with the Company’s operations and operating environment, including: (i) significant changes in economic and market conditions worldwide that may pose significant risk to our overall business; (ii) major legal, regulatory and compliance matters that may present material risk to the Company’s operations, plans, prospects or competitive position; (iii) strategic and competitive developments; and (iv) senior management succession planning. The Board reviews information concerning these and other relevant matters that are regularly presented by management, including our Risk Committee, our internal auditors, our Chief Legal Officer and our Chief Compliance Officer, as well as each of the committees of the Board.
The Audit Committee has primary responsibility for addressing risks relating to financial matters, particularly financial reporting, accounting practices and policies, disclosure controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting and significant tax, legal and regulatory compliance matters. Our Chief Financial Officer regularly provides reports to the Audit Committee on these matters. Additionally, the Company’s internal auditors report independently to the Audit Committee and our Chief Legal Officer and our Chief Compliance Officer independently report quarterly to the Audit Committee regarding legal matters, compliance matters, and the activities of the Business Risk Committee. In addition, our Board has delegated primary responsibility to the Audit Committee for the oversight of the Company’s cybersecurity and other information technology risks, controls and procedures, including the Company's ongoing monitoring of cybersecurity risks, the implementation of plans to mitigate cybersecurity risks and plans to respond to and potentially disclose cyber incidents. The Audit Committee reports in turn, at least annually, to the Board regarding the Company’s cybersecurity risk management. To assist in performing this oversight function, the Audit Committee receives at least quarterly reports from the Company’s Cybersecurity Risk Oversight Committee. The Cybersecurity Risk Oversight Committee has supervisory responsibilities with respect to the Company’s information technology use and data security, including, but not limited to, enterprise cybersecurity, privacy, data collection and protection and compliance with information security and data protection laws. The Cybersecurity Risk Oversight Committee is committed to evaluating and mitigating cybersecurity risks and, accordingly, is responsible for ensuring that the Company’s information security program and associated internal controls are reasonably designed to provide adequate safeguards to protect against security threats or hazards to our technology systems. The Cybersecurity Risk Oversight Committee meets monthly, is cross-functional and is co-chaired by the Company’s Chief Legal Officer and Chief Technology Officer.
The Compensation Committee has primary responsibility for addressing risks and exposures associated with the Company’s compensation policies, plans and practices, regarding both executive compensation and the compensation structure generally, including whether it provides appropriate incentives and alignment of interests between our executives and the holders of our Class A Shares. Management has reviewed the Company’s compensation policies and practices for our executive managing directors and employees as they relate to our risk management and reported its findings to the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has concluded that our compensation policies and practices, as described in the section below entitled “Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” encourage and reward prudent business judgment and appropriate risk-taking over the long term and do not create incentives for risk-taking that are reasonably likely to pose material risks to the Company.
The Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee oversees risks associated with the independence of the Board and potential conflicts of interest.
The Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance oversees risks associated with our legal and regulatory compliance programs.
Director Attendance at the Annual Meeting and Board and Committee Meetings
Pursuant to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, all of our directors are expected to prepare for, attend and actively participate in all Board meetings and all meetings of any committee of the Board of which they are a member. Also, pursuant to our Corporate Governance Guidelines, our directors are encouraged to attend the Company’s Annual Meetings. All of our then incumbent directors attended the 2020 Annual Meeting. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Board held 22 meetings, the Audit Committee held seven meetings, the Compensation Committee held thirteen meetings, the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee held eight meetings and the Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance held five meetings.
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During 2020, each then incumbent member of the Board attended 75% or more of the aggregate of the total number of meetings of the Board and the total number of meetings held by committees on which he has agreed, thenor she served during the Plan Amendmentperiod for which he or she was a director or committee member.
Selection of Director Nominees
The Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee makes a recommendation to the full Board as to any persons it believes should be nominated to serve as a member of the Board, and the Board determines the nominees after considering the recommendation and report of the committee. The Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee will consider candidates for Board membership suggested by other members of the Board, management and holders of our Class A Shares. The Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee may retain the services of one or more third-party search firms to assist in identifying and evaluating potential candidates for Board membership. The Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee does not have a formal policy for consideration of director candidates recommended by our Shareholders, as our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that such candidates will be effective.
The 2013 Plan providesevaluated using the same criteria as candidates recommended by members of our Board or management. Shareholders may recommend any person for consideration as a director nominee by writing to the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee at Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary. Recommendations must include the name and address of the Shareholder making the recommendation, a representation that the Shareholder is a holder of our Shares, the full name of and biographical information about the individual recommended, including the individual’s business experience for at least the five previous years and qualifications as a director, and any other information the Shareholder believes would be helpful to the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee in evaluating the individual recommended.
Once a director candidate is identified, the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee evaluates the candidate by considering criteria that it deems to be relevant. Although there are no specific minimum qualifications, the criteria evaluated by the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee may include, among others, business experience and skills, independence, judgment, integrity, diversity, the ability to commit sufficient time and attention to Board activities, and the absence of actual and/or potential conflicts of interest. The Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee considers these criteria in the context of the perceived needs of the Board as a whole at any given time.
In evaluating whether to nominate an incumbent director whose term of office is about to expire, and subject to the agreements described below and in “Certain Agreements of the Registrant and the Sculptor Operating Group Entities,” the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee also reviews the director’s overall service to the Company during his or a participating subsidiary or affiliate (which are OZ Management, OZ Advisors Iher term, including the number of meetings attended, participation in and OZ Advisors IIcontribution to the deliberation of the Board and each other subsidiary or affiliate thatits committees, independence matters, and the benefits of continuity among Board members. In the event such incumbent director is a member of the OzNominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee, such director recuses himself or herself from that portion of the meeting.
In addition to the selection arrangements described above:
Mr. Och, the Company and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries entered into a governance agreement, dated February 7, 2019 (the “Governance Agreement”), pursuant to which the parties agreed to various corporate governance arrangements, including with respect to Mr. Och’s selection of a director nominee. Mr. Rutman currently occupies this Board seat.
Under the terms of our agreements with Delaware Life, Delaware Life has the right to nominate one director for election or re-election to the Board for so long as Delaware Life (including its affiliates and certain other entities from time to time upon mutual agreement of the Company and Delaware Life) continues to beneficially own at least 50% of the voting stock of the Company beneficially owned by it on November 13, 2020 (assuming the warrants held by Delaware Life were fully converted to Class A Shares). Mr. Srikrishnan currently occupies this Board seat.
Mr. Levin, in consultation with the Partner Management Committee, shall have the right to nominate a director to the Board from the executive managing directors then serving on the Partner Management Committee (the “PMC Board Seat”). Mr. Cohen currently occupies the PMC Board Seat.
See “Certain Agreements of the Registrant and the Sculptor Operating Group Entities” for additional information.
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In accordance with the selection process and agreements described above, the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee recommended that the Board of Directors nominate a slate of candidates for election as definedClass II directors at the Annual Meeting.
Communications with the Board
Any Shareholder or other interested party who wishes to communicate directly with the Board as a group or any individual member of the Board should write to: The Board of Directors, c/o Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary. Any Shareholder or other interested party who wishes to communicate directly with the independent directors as a group or any individual independent member of our Board should write to: Independent Directors, c/o Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary.
Relevant communications will be distributed to any or all directors as appropriate depending on the facts and circumstances outlined in the Operating Agreement) may grantindividual communication. In accordance with instructions from the Board, the Office of the Secretary reviews all correspondence, organizes the communications for review by the Board and distributes such communications to the full Board, to the independent directors or sell equity-based awards based onto one or consistingmore individual members, as appropriate. In addition, at the request of Class A Shares, Class B Shares,the Board, communications that do not directly relate to our Board’s duties and interests in theresponsibilities as directors will be excluded from distribution. Such excluded items include, among others, “spam,” advertisements, mass mailings, form letters, and email campaigns that involve unduly large numbers of similar communications; solicitations for goods, services, employment or contributions; and surveys. Additionally, communications that appear to be unduly hostile, intimidating, threatening, illegal or similarly inappropriate will also be screened for omission. Any excluded communication will be made available to any director upon his or her request.
Code of Ethics
The Board has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”) applicable to all of our executive managing directors, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, employees and officers, and all members of the Oz Operating Group (“LTIP Units”)Board. The Code of Ethics works in conjunction with the other compliance policies and procedures implemented by the Company. The Code of Ethics requires avoidance of conflicts of interest, compliance with all applicable laws and other legal requirements, conduct of business in an honest and ethical manner, integrity and actions in our best interest. Everyone subject to the Code of Ethics is required to report any suspected violation of the Code of Ethics or of any law, rule or regulation or internal corporate policy or any other unethical behavior to his or her supervisor or manager, our Chief Administrative Officer or a member of our Legal and Compliance Department. We intend to satisfy any disclosure requirements regarding any amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of the Code of Ethics for Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers by posting such information on our corporate website. A copy of the Code of Ethics is available on our website (www.sculptor.com) and may also be obtained upon written request to: Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., including, among other interests,9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Group E Units. Secretary.
The 2013 Plan providesSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 requires companies to have procedures in place to receive and address complaints received regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters and to allow for the issuanceconfidential and anonymous submission by employees of options, share appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units,concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. We currently have such procedures in place and our Audit Committee is responsible for overseeing them.


Prohibition on Hedging, Pledging and Short Sales
performance shares, unrestricted shares or other share-based awards,We prohibit all of our personnel, including but not limited to LTIP Units granted or sold under the 2013 Plan to selected employees, directors, executive managingour directors and consultants.
Shares Reserved
Subject to shareholder approval of the Plan Amendment, Class A Shares will be authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan will be increased by 9,779,446 shares effective as of February 7, 2019, bringing the total number of Class A Shares authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan to 34,390,054 shares, of which approximately 9,178,473 shares will remain available for issuanceexecutive officers, from engaging in connection with future awards. Such Class A Shares may be issued pursuant to grants of options, share appreciation rights, restricted shares, restricted share units, performance shares, unrestricted shares or other share-based awards, including but not limited to LTIP Units, granted or sold under the 2013 Plan.
Subject to equitable adjustments as described below, the maximum number of Class A Shares that may be delivered pursuant to awards will be the sum of (x) 9,779,446 Class A Shares made available as of February 7, 2019 (which amount represents the increasehedging transactions in the number of Class A Shares authorized for issuance under the 2013 Plan as contemplated by the Plan Amendment) and (y) 24,610,608 Class A Shares (after giving effect to the Reverse Share Split), as increased on the first day of each fiscal year by a number of Class A Shares equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the increase, if any, in the number of outstanding Class A Shares from the number of outstanding Class A Shares on the first day of the immediately preceding fiscal year (in each case, calculated assuming that all Group Units that are or may be convertible or exchangeable for Class A Shares are so converted or exchanged for this purpose). If any award expires or terminates unexercised, becomes unexercisable or is forfeited as to any Class A Shares, or is tendered or withheld as to any Class A Shares in payment of the exercise price of the award or the taxes payable with respect to the exercise or vesting of the award, then such unpurchased, forfeited, tendered or withheld Class A Shares will thereafter be available for further awards under the 2013 Plan unless, in the case of options, related share appreciation rights (as described below) are exercised.
Eligibility and Participation
Any of our officers, employees, directors, executive managing directors and consultants are eligible to participate in the 2013 Plan, subject to selection as an eligible participant by the Compensation Committee. We have 416 employees as of December 31, 2018, but awards will generally be limited to executive and management-level employees. As of December 31, 2018, the Company does not have any consultants eligible to receiveCompany’s equity awards under the 2013 Plan.
Plan Administration
Pursuant to the terms of the 2013 Plan, the administrator of the 2013 Plan (the “Administrator”) is the Board or, if and to the extent that the Board does not administer the 2013 Plan, the Compensation Committee. Subject to any restrictions on the authority delegated to it by the Board, the Administrator will have the power and authority, without limitation:
to select participants;
to determine whether and to what extent awards are to be granted to participants;
to determine the number of Class A Shares, Class B Shares or LTIP Units to be covered by each award;
to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the 2013 Plan, which will govern award documentssecurities (including, but not limited to, (i)short sales or the restrictions applicable to awardstrading of any options, futures or derivatives) or holding the Company’s equity securities in a margin account. In addition, we prohibit our directors and executive officers from pledging the conditions under which restrictions applicable toCompany’s equity securities, including unvested RSUs, as collateral.
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PROPOSAL NO. 1
ELECTION OF CLASSII DIRECTORS
General
Our Board currently consists of seven members. Our Board may consist of such awards will lapse; (ii) the Performance Goals (as defined in the 2013 Plan) and periods applicable to awards; (iii) the exercise price, base price or purchase price, if any, of awards; (iv) the vesting schedule applicable to awards; (v) theother number of Class A Shares, Class B Shares or LTIP Units subject to awards; and (vi) any amendments to the terms and conditions of outstanding awards, including but not limited to reducing the exercise price or base price of such awards, extending the exercise period of such awards and accelerating the vesting schedule of such awards);
to make fair market value determinations with respect to any award;
to determine the duration and purpose of leaves of absence thatdirectors as may be granted to a participant without constituting a termination of the participant’s employment or service for purposes of awards;
to adopt, alter and repeal such administrative rules, guidelines and practices governing the 2013 Plan as it will from time to time deem advisable;


to construe and interpret the terms and provisionsbe determined by a majority of the 2013 Plan and any award (and the award document relating to the award), and to otherwise supervise the administration of the 2013 Plan and exercise all powers and authorities either specifically granted under the 2013 Plan or advisable in the administration of the 2013 Plan;
to delegate its authority, in whole or in part, to two or more individuals (who may or may not be members of the Board), subject to the requirements of applicable law or any stock exchange on which the Class A Shares are listed;
to delegate its authority, in whole or in part, and with respect to participants who are not executive officers of the Company, to one or more individuals (who may or may not be members of the Board), subject to the requirements of applicable law or any stock exchange on which the Class A Shares are listed; and
to determine at any time whether, to what extent and under what circumstances and method or methods awards may be settled by the Company, or any participating subsidiary or affiliate.
Types of Awards
As described in “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis,” our current equity compensation awards have generally been composed of restricted share units and LTIP Units in the form of Group Units. The 2013 Plan permits the Administrator to grant the equity awards as described below, although the Company currently does not have any options or share appreciation rights outstanding.
Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units and Performance Shares
Awards of restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares may be issued either alone or in addition to other awards. The Administrator determines the participants to whom, and the time or times at which, awards of restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares are made; the number of Class A SharesBoard to be awarded; the price, if any, to be paid by the participant for the acquisition of restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares; the Restricted Period (as defined below for this purpose), if any, applicable to awards of restricted shares or restricted share units; the Performance Goals (as described below), if any, applicable to awards of restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares; any rights to distribution equivalents; and all other conditions of the awards of restricted shares, restricted share units and performance shares. The Administrator may also condition the grant of the award of restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares upon the exercise of options, or upon such other criteria as the Administrator may determine, in its sole discretion. If the restrictions, Performance Goals and/or conditions established by the Administrator are not attained, a participant will forfeit his or her restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares. The provisions of the awards of restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares need not be the same with respect to each participant.
Restrictions and Conditions. The awards of restricted shares, restricted share units and performance shares are subject to the following restrictions and conditions and any additional restrictions or conditions as determined by the Administrator:
Subject to the provisions of the 2013 Plan and the award document, during such period as may be set by the Administrator commencing on the date of the award (the “Restricted Period”), the participant is not permitted to sell, transfer, pledge or assign restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares, but the Administrator may, in its sole discretion, provide for the lapse of such restrictions in installments and may accelerate or waive such restrictions in whole or in part based on such factors and such circumstances as the Administrator may determine, in its sole discretion, including but not limited to the attainment of certain Performance Goals, the participant’s termination of employment or service as a director, executive managing director or consultant of or service provider to the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate (together, the “participating entities”) or the participant’s death or disability.
Except as may be provided in the award document, the participant generally has the rights of a shareholder with respect to restricted shares and performance shares during the Restricted Period. The participant generally does not have the rights of a shareholder with respect to Class A Shares subject to awards of restricted share units during the Restricted Period, but, at the discretion of the Administrator, distribution equivalents may be awarded during a Restricted Period with respect to the number of Class A Shares covered by restricted share units and may be accrued and paid to the participant promptly after, and only after, the Restricted Period, if any, applicable to such distribution equivalents has expired without forfeiture. Certificates for unrestricted Class A Shares are delivered to the participant promptly after, and only after, the Restricted


Period has expired without forfeiture in respect of such awards of restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares except as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will otherwise determine.
The rights of participants granted awards of restricted shares, restricted share units or performance shares upon termination of employment or service as a director, executive managing director or consultant of or service provider to the Company or to any subsidiary or affiliate for any reason during the Restricted Period is set forth in the award document.
Other Share-Based Awards
The Administrator is authorized to grant awards to participants in the form of other share-based awards, as deemed by the Administrator to be consistent with the purposes of the 2013 Plan and as evidenced by an award document, including but not limited to awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to Class A Shares, including awards valued by reference to book value, fair value or performance of the Company or any subsidiary, affiliate or partnership interests, including distribution equivalents and restricted or performance units. Other share-based awards may be granted as free-standing awards or in tandem with other awards. The Administrator determines the terms and conditions of such awards, consistent with the terms of the 2013 Plan, including any performance goals and performance periods. Class A Shares, partnership interests, or other securities or property delivered pursuant to an award in the nature of a purchase right granted will be purchased for such consideration, paid for at such times, by such methods, and in such forms, including but not limited to Class A Shares, other awards, notes or other property, as the Administrator will determine, subject to any required corporate action. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, settle such other share-based awards for cash, Class A Shares, partnership interests, or other property as appropriate if it determines, after consultation with its legal counsel and tax advisers, that such alternate settlement would be in the Company’s best interests.
The Administrator is also authorized to grant LTIP Units to participants that, whether vested or unvested, entitle the participant to receive, currently or on a deferred or contingent basis, distributions or distribution equivalents with respect to a number of LTIP Units or other distributions from the members of the Oz Operating Group, with respect to which the Administrator may provide in the award document that such amounts (if any) will be deemed to have been reinvested in additional LTIP Units. The LTIP Units may include an exchange ratio pursuant to which the LTIP Units (with or without other property) may be exchanged for Class A Shares in accordance with the terms of our Bylaws. Pursuant to the Company’s Operating Agreement,Charter and inBylaws, our Board is divided into three classes of approximately equal size. Each Class of directors is elected for a three-year term, and the election of the classes is staggered such case may includethat only one Class B Shares, butof directors is elected each year.
Directors Standing for Election
Two of our current directors are standing for election, Ms. Marcy Engel and Mr. Bharath Srikrishnan, both Class II directors, who have consented to serve for an additional three-year term ending at the number of Class B Shares issued2024 Annual Meeting and until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified. Additionally, Ms. Meghna Desai, a new nominee standing for election as a featureClass II director, has consented to serve for a three-year term ending at the 2024 Annual Meeting and until her successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified. Ms. Georganne C. Proctor, a current Class II director, is not standing for re-election. Accordingly, Ms. Proctor is not included as a nominee for election and her term will end at the Annual Meeting.
We do not know of any reason why the nominees would be unable to serve as Class II directors. However, if any of the LTIP Unitsnominees should become unavailable to serve, the Board may not exceeddesignate a substitute nominee or reduce the number of Class A Shares acquirable upon the exchangesize of the LTIP Units included in such LTIP UnitsBoard. If the Board designates a substitute nominee, the persons named as proxyholder will vote “FOR” that substitute nominee.
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that Shareholders vote
“FOR” the election of Ms. Engel, Mr. Srikrishnan and that suchMs. Desai as Class B Shares are canceled to the extentII directors.
The following table sets forth biographical information as of and at the same time that the exchangeable LTIP Units are exchanged for such Class A Shares. LTIP Units may be structured as profits interests, capital interests or other types of partnership interests for federal income tax purposes. The Administrator has the authority to determine the number of Class A Shares, interests, units or rights underlying LTIP Units in light of all applicable circumstances, including but not limited to performance-based vesting conditions, operating partnership capital account allocations, value accretion factors, and conversion or exchange ratios, to the extent set forth in the limited partnership agreements of the Operating Partnerships (the “Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements”), the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) or otherwise.
Options
Each participant who is granted an option must enter into an award document containing such terms and conditions as the Administrator determines, in its discretion, which award document must set forth, among other things, the exercise price of the option, the term of the option and provisions regarding exercisability of the option. The provisions of each option need not be the sameApril 28, 2021 with respect to each participant. More than one option may be grantednominee for director:
Name
Director
Class
Expiration
of Term
AgePosition
Marcy EngelII202161Chairperson, Independent Director
Bharath SrikrishnanII202143Independent Director
Meghna DesaiIIN/A36Nominee
Following are the biographies for our director nominees, including information concerning the particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee and the Board to conclude that the nominees should serve on the Board:
Marcy Engel has been the Chairperson of our Board since February 2021 and joined our Board in June 2018. From 2019 to 2020, Ms. Engel was an Executive Vice President and General Counsel of a family office. Prior to this role, Ms. Engel was the Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., a global alternatives investment firm, which she joined in 2005. In this role she was responsible for all of the non-investment aspects of Eton Park’s business including Investor Relations, Technology, Operations, Finance, Treasury, Risk, Legal and Compliance, and Human Resources and Facilities. In addition, she focused on strategy and other firm wide matters. Prior to joining Eton Park, Ms. Engel worked for Citigroup and its predecessor firms, Salomon Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers, Inc., where, among other roles, she was Head of Planning and Operating Risk for its Fixed Income Division and served as General Counsel of Salomon Smith Barney and Managing Deputy General Counsel of Citigroup’s Global Corporate and Investment Bank and was a member of its Management Committee. Since 2003, Ms. Engel has been a member of the Board of Advisors of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and since 2007, she has been a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Literature, Science and the Arts School at the University of Michigan. Ms. Engel holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Ms. Engel has significant experience in the financial services sector, including serving as a senior executive with an alternative investment firm, an investment bank and a bank. She has in depth knowledge and experience in financial services
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regulation, legal and compliance, risk management and controls, along with an overall strong background in management and operational aspects of such companies.
Bharath Srikrishnan joined our Board in November 2020. Mr. Srikrishnan is is the Founder and Managing Partner of BharCap Partners, LLC. Prior to BharCap, Mr. Srikrishnan spent five years as a Partner on Pine Brook Road Advisors, L.P.’s financial services investment team. He was also a member of Pine Brook’s Investment Committee. Mr. Srikrishnan represents Pine Brook as a board director of Fair Square Financial Holdings LLC and United PanAm Financial Corp. He represents BharCap as a board director of Sculptor Capital and TRIA Capital Partners. Mr. Srikrishnan formerly served as chairman of WhiteStar Asset Management, LLC and as a board director of Trinitas Capital Management, LLC and MidCap Financial LLC. Mr. Srikrishnan has 21 years of financial services investment, operating and advisory experience. Before joining Pine Brook, he was a Managing Director at Five Mile Capital Partners, where he was responsible for leading the firm’s financial services investment activities. Mr. Srikrishnan previously was a Principal of Lee Equity Partners, where he focused on making financial services private equity investments. Additionally, he was a Co-founder and Managing Director of NewStar Financial, Inc., a private equity-backed middle market commercial finance company that successfully completed an initial public offering. Mr. Srikrishnan began his career as an analyst in the Financial Institutions Group of Salomon Smith Barney and as an associate with Capital Z Financial Services Partners. Mr. Srikrishnan holds a B.S. from Boston College in Finance, Operations and Strategic Management (cum laude). Mr. Srikrishnan also serves as a board director of the USA Wrestling Foundation and the YMCA of Greenwich. Through his background holding senior roles at sophisticated asset managers and corporations, he brings a deep understanding of the industry and financial markets that will serve our Company well.
Meghna R. Desai is currently a Director at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Office of Investments, a large investment fund. In this role she is responsible for leading investments and asset management across the private equity, private credit and real asset portfolios. Prior to joining New York Presbyterian Hospital, Ms. Desai was the Head of Private Markets & Credit for the State of New Jersey, Division of Investment, a prestigious state pension fund. In this role, she was responsible for leading investments and asset management of a multi-billion dollar private equity, credit and real asset portfolio. Prior to her role at the State of New Jersey, Division of Investment, Ms. Desai held roles at ETF market making firms and in equity research at Renaissance Capital. Ms. Desai has served on numerous fund advisory boards. Ms. Desai graduated magna cum laude from New York University in 2006 with a B.A. in Biochemistry. Ms. Desai is a Chartered Financial Analyst. Ms. Desai’s extensive investment and asset management experience, and her deep understanding of the industry and financial markets, will serve our Company well.
Directors Continuing in Office
The following table sets forth information as of April 28, 2021 with respect to each director continuing in office beyond the Annual Meeting:
Name
Director
Class
Expiration
of Term
AgePosition
James S. LevinI202338Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer
Wayne CohenI202346Director, President and Chief Operating Officer
David W. BonannoIII202239Independent Director
J. Morgan RutmanIII202259Independent Director
Following are the biographies for our directors noted above, including information concerning the particular experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee and the Board to conclude that the director should serve on the Board:
James S. Levin joined Sculptor Capital in 2006 and our Board in June 2020, and is our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. He is also an Executive Managing Director, Chairperson of our Partner Management Committee, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee and a member of the private investment committees. Mr. Levin oversees all aspects of the Firm’s investment portfolios, including capital allocation across investment strategies and geographies, as well as driving our business strategy and making key operating decisions. Mr. Levin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Harvard University. Mr. Levin serves on the Board of the East Harlem Tutorial Program. Mr. Levin's leadership of the investment professionals at Sculptor Capital as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer, and his service on the
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Partner Management Committee enable him to bring to the same participantBoard valuable insights and be outstanding concurrently. The following areperspectives about Sculptor Capital, including a thorough understanding of the general termsCompany’s business, operations and conditions applicableprospects, the alternative asset management industry, and the global markets and economies.
Wayne Cohen joined Sculptor Capital in 2005 and our Board in April 2021, and is our President and Chief Operating Officer. He is also an Executive Managing Director and a member of our Partner Management Committee. In this role, Mr. Cohen is primarily responsible for helping shape Sculptor Capital’s strategy, in addition to having a broad scope of responsibility managing day-to-day operations of Sculptor Capital and overseeing its investor relations and non-investment functions. Mr. Cohen holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Tulane University (magna cum laude) and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. This experience provides Mr. Cohen with a thorough understanding of Sculptor Capital, the industry and financial markets, along with an option:overall strong background in management and operational aspects of Sculptor Capital and financial institutions that will serve our Company well.
Exercise PriceDavid W. Bonanno. The exercise price joined our Board in March 2021. Mr. Bonanno is the Chief Financial Officer and a director of Far Peak Acquisition Corporation. Until recently (from 2018), Mr. Bonanno served as Chief Financial Officer and was a director of Far Point Acquisition Corporation through its completion of its business combination with Global Blue in August 2020. From 2008 to 2020, Mr. Bonanno was a Managing Director at Third Point LLC, a New York based investment manager, which co-sponsored Far Point Acquisition Corporation. During his twelve-year tenure at Third Point, Mr. Bonanno was responsible for analyzing and executing public and private investment opportunities across a broad range of industries including financial technology, financial services, telecommunications, energy and real estate. Mr. Bonanno previously served as a director of Social Finance, Inc. (SoFi), Energean PLC (LSE: ENOG), Far Point Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: FPAC), Hellenic Bank PCL (CSE: HB), Neptune Financial, Inc. and Tollerton Investments Limited. Mr. Bonanno graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 2004 with an optionA.B. in Psychology. Mr. Bonanno’s extensive investment experience at Third Point, his current and prior board experiences and his deep understanding of the industry and financial markets will serve our Company well.
J. Morgan Rutman joined our Board in July 2019. Mr. Rutman is determined bycurrently President of Willoughby Capital Holdings, LLC, which was established to serve as a single family office for Daniel S. Och in January of 2009. In 1993, Mr. Rutman co-founded Harvest Management LLC, a multi-strategy hedge fund focused on event-driven situations. Mr. Rutman was a Managing Member of Harvest until his retirement in 2008. Prior to establishing Harvest, Mr. Rutman was one of the Administratorfour founding General Partners of Farallon Partners, a hedge fund specializing in merger arbitrage and distressed securities/bankruptcy investing. Previously, he had co-managed Steinhardt Partners' merger arbitrage portfolio. Mr. Rutman began his investment career at Dillon Read as an analyst in its merger arbitrage department. Mr. Rutman graduated with honors from the Whittamore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. He has served on the Board of the University of New Hampshire’s Foundation since 2001, heading its Investment Committee from 2008-2011 and becoming Chairman of the Board from 2014-2017. In 2016 Mr. Rutman joined the University System of New Hampshire Trustee Board, where he is the Chair of the Finance Committee for Investments and serves on the Executive Committee and the Governance Committee. Mr. Rutman has significant experience in the asset management and finance industries. His background holding numerous senior positions at sophisticated asset managers allows him to bring a deep understanding of the industry and financial markets that serves our Company well.

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PROPOSAL NO. 2
RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
General
Our Audit Committee has appointed Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. In connection with this appointment, Ernst & Young LLP will examine and report to Shareholders on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for 2021. Ernst & Young LLP is an independent registered public accounting firm and has served as our independent registered public accounting firm since our IPO in 2007. Ernst & Young LLP also currently serves, and in prior years has served, as the independent auditors for our funds.
Although not required, the Board has put this proposal before the Shareholders because it believes that seeking Shareholder ratification of the Audit Committee’s appointment of our independent registered public accounting firm is good corporate governance practice. This vote is only advisory, however, because the Audit Committee has the sole authority to retain and dismiss our independent registered public accounting firm. If the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP is not ratified, the Audit Committee will evaluate the basis for the Shareholders’ vote when determining whether to continue the firm’s engagement. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee in its sole discretion atmay direct the timeappointment of grant; provided, however, that the exercise price relating to each Class A Share purchasable under an option may not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of each Class A Share on the date of grant.
Option Term. The maximum term of each option is fixed by the Administrator, but no option is exercisable more than ten (10) years after the date such option is granted. Each option’s term is subject to earlier expiration pursuant to the applicable provisions in the 2013 Plan and the award document. No option is exercisable after the expiration of its term.
Exercisability. Each option is exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions, including the attainment of pre-established Performance Goals, as are determined by the Administrator in the award document. The Administrator may also provide that any option will be exercisable only in installments, and the Administrator may waive such installment exercise provisionsa different independent registered public accounting firm at any time in whole or in part, based onif it determines that such factors as the Administrator may


determine in its sole discretion. The Administrator has the authority to accelerate the exercisability of any outstanding option at such time and under such circumstances as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. An option may nota change would be exercised for a fraction of a Class A Share.
Method of Exercise. Options may be exercised in whole or in part by giving written notice of exercise to the Company specifying the number of Class A Shares to be purchased, accompanied by payment in full of the aggregate exercise price of the Class A Shares so purchased in cash or its equivalent, as determined by the Administrator. As determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion with respect to any option or category of options, payment in whole or in part may also be made (i) by means of consideration received under any cashless exercise procedure approved by the Administrator (including, but not limited to, the withholding of Class A Shares otherwise issuable upon exercise); (ii) in the form of unrestricted Class A Shares already owned by the participant which have a fair market value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Class A Shares as to which such option will be exercised; (iii) any other form of consideration approved by the Administrator and permitted by applicable law; or (iv) any combination of the above.
Rights as Shareholder. A participant has no rights to distributions or any other rights of a shareholder with respect to the Class A Shares subject to an option until the participant has given written notice of exercise, has paid in full for such Class A Shares, subject to satisfaction of applicable withholding taxes and if requested, provides a representation that the participant is not acquiring the Class A Shares with a view to distribute.
Transfers of Options. Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator, no option is transferable by a participant other than by the laws of descent and distribution.
Termination of Employment or Service
General Rule. Unless the applicable award document provides otherwise or unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, in the event that the employment or service of a participant terminates for any reason other than cause (as defined in the 2013 Plan), disability (as defined in the 2013 Plan), or death, but including termination by reason of the entity employing the participant or to which the participant is rendering services ceasing to be a subsidiary or affiliate, (A) options granted to such participant, to the extent that they are exercisable at the time of such termination, will remain exercisable until the date that is ninety (90) days after such termination, on which date they will expire and (B) options granted to such participant, to the extent that they were not exercisable at the time of such termination, will expire at the close of business on the date of such termination. The ninety (90)-day period will be extended to one (1) year after the date of such termination in the event of the participant’s death during such ninety (90)-day period.
Disability and Death. Unless the applicable award document provides otherwise or unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, in the event that the employment or service of a participant will terminate on account of the disability or death of the participant, (A) options granted to such participant, to the extent that they were exercisable at the time of such termination, will remain exercisable until the date that is one (1) year after such termination, on which date they will expire and (B) options granted to such participant, to the extent that they were not exercisable at the time of such termination, will expire at the close of business on the date of such termination.
Cause. In the event of the termination of a participant’s employment or service for cause, all outstanding options, including vested options, will expire at the commencement of business on the date of such termination.
Other Change in Employment or Service Status. An option may be affected, both with regard to vesting schedule and termination, by leaves of absence, changes from full-time to part-time employment, disability or other changes in the employment or service status of a participant, in the discretion of the Administrator. The Administrator will follow applicable written policiesbest interests of the Company with regard to such matters.and its Shareholders.
Share Appreciation Rights
Share appreciation rights may be granted either alone (“Free-Standing Share Appreciation Rights”) or in conjunction with all or partRepresentatives of any option (“Related Share Appreciation Rights”). Related Share Appreciation Rights may be granted either at or after the time of the grant of such option. The Administrator determines the participants to whom, and the time or times at which, grants of share appreciation rightsErnst & Young LLP are made; the number of Class A Sharesexpected to be awarded;present at the exercise price;Annual Meeting and all other conditions of share appreciation rights. No Related Share Appreciation Rights may be granted for more Class A Shares than are subject to the option to which they relate, and any share appreciation rights must be granted with an exercise price not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of Class A Shares on the date of grant. The provisions


of share appreciation rights need not be the same with respect to each participant. The following are the general terms and conditions applicable to a share appreciation right:
Exercisability. Free-Standing Share Appreciation Rights are exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Administrator at or after grant. Related Share Appreciation Rights are exercisable only at such time or times and to the extent that the options to which they relate are exercisable.
Payment Upon Exercise. Upon the exercise of a Free-Standing Share Appreciation Right, the participant is entitled to receive up to, but not more than, the value equal to the excess of the fair market value of a Class A Share as of the date of exercise over the exercise price specified in the Free-Standing Share Appreciation Right (which price will be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of such Class A Share on the date of grant) multiplied by the number of Class A Shares in respect of which the Free-Standing Share Appreciation Right is being exercised, with the Administrator having the right to determine the form of payment. A Related Share Appreciation Right may be exercised by a participant by surrendering the applicable portion of the related option. Upon such exercise and surrender, the participant will be entitled to receive up to, but not more than, the value equal to the excess of the fair market value of a Class A Share as of the date of exercise over the exercise price specified in the related option (which price will be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value of a Class A Share on the date of grant) multiplied by the number of Class A Shares in respect of which the Related Share Appreciation Right is being exercised, with the Administrator having the right to determine the form of payment. Options that have been so surrendered, in whole or in part, will no longer be exercisable to the extent the Related Share Appreciation Rights have been so exercised. The Administrator may determine to settle the exercise of a share appreciation right in cash (or in any combination of Class A Shares and cash).
Rights as a Shareholder. A participant has no rights to distributions or any other rights of a shareholder with respect to the Class A Shares subject to share appreciation rights until the participant has given written notice of exercise, and Class A Shares have been issued to the participant upon such exercise, and the participant has satisfied any applicable withholding taxes and, if requested, has provided a representation that the participant is not acquiring the Class A Shares with a view to distribute.
Non-Transferability. Share appreciation rights are not transferable, but Related Share Appreciation Rights are transferable only when and to the extent the related option would be transferable.
Termination of Employment or Service. In the event of the participant’s termination of employment or service, Free-Standing Share Appreciation Rights will be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as will be determined by the Administrator and Related Share Appreciation Rights will be exercisable at such time or times and subject to such terms and conditions as set forth in the award document.
Term. The term of each Free-Standing Share Appreciation Right is fixed by the Administrator, but no Free-Standing Share Appreciation Right is exercisable more than ten (10) years after the date such Free-Standing Share Appreciation Right is granted. The term of each Related Share Appreciation Right is the term of the option to which it relates, but no Related Share Appreciation Right is exercisable more than ten (10) years after the date such Related Share Appreciation Right is granted.
Performance Goals
Performance Goals are based on one or more of the following criteria: (i) earnings, including operating income, earnings before or after taxes, earnings before or after interest, depreciation, amortization, or extraordinary or special items or book value per share (which may exclude nonrecurring items); (ii) pre-tax income or after-tax income; (iii) earnings per share (basic or diluted); (iv) operating profit; (v) economic income, distributable earnings or distributable earnings per share; (vi) revenue, revenue growth or rate of revenue growth; (vii) return on assets (gross or net), return on investment, return on capital, or return on equity; (viii) returns on sales or revenues; (ix) operating expenses; (x) share price appreciation; (xi) cash flow, free cash flow, cash flow return on investment (discounted or otherwise), net cash provided by operations, or cash flow in excess of cost of capital; (xii) implementation or completion of critical projects or processes; (xiii) economic value created; (xiv) cumulative earnings per share growth; (xv) operating margin or profit margin; (xvi) share price or total shareholder return; (xvii) cost targets, reductions and savings, productivity and efficiencies; (xviii) strategic business criteria, consisting of one or more objectives based on meeting specified market penetration, geographic business expansion, investor satisfaction, employee satisfaction, human resources management, supervision of litigation, or information technology goals, and goals relating to acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and similar transactions, and budget comparisons; (xix) personal professional objectives, including any of the foregoing Performance Goals, the implementation of policies and plans, the negotiation of transactions, the development of long-term business goals, the formation of joint ventures, research or


development collaborations, and the completion of other corporate transactions; and (xx) any combination of, or a specified increase in, any of the foregoing.
Where applicable, the Performance Goals may be expressed in terms of attaining a specified level of the particular criteria or the attainment of a percentage increase or decrease in the particular criteria, and may be applied to one or more of the Company, a subsidiary or affiliate, or a division or strategic business unit of the Company, or may be applied to the performance of the Company relative to a market index, a Group of other companies or a combination thereof, all as determined by the Administrator. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be made (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur).
Each of the foregoing Performance Goals are not requiredexpected to be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and are subjectavailable to certification by the Administrator, but the Administrator has the authorityrespond to make equitable adjustments to the Performance Goals in recognition of unusual or non-recurring events affecting the participating entities or the financial statements of the participating entities, in response to changes in applicable laws or regulations, or to account for items of gain, loss or expense determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence or related to the disposal of a segment of a business or related to a change in accounting principles.
Equitable Adjustments
In the event of any change in capitalization, an appropriate equitable substitution or proportionate adjustment will be made, in each case in the manner to be determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, in order to prevent an enlargement or dilution of rights, in (i) the aggregate number of Class A Shares reserved for issuance under the 2013 Plan and the maximum number of Class A Shares that may be subject to awards granted to any participant in any fiscal year; (ii) the kind, number and exercise price, base price, or ratio of Class A Shares subject to outstanding options, share appreciation rights and exchangeable LTIP Units; and (iii) the kind and number of Class A Shares, or LTIP Units and the purchase price of Class A Shares subject to outstanding awards of restricted shares, restricted share units, performance shares, unrestricted shares or other share-based awards, including but not limited to LTIP Units, but any fractional shares or units resultingquestions from the adjustment will be eliminated. Without limiting the generality of the above, in connection with a change in capitalization, the Administrator will take such action as is necessary to adjust the outstanding awards to reflect the change in capitalization, including but not limited to the cancellation of any outstanding award in exchange for payment in cash or other property of the aggregate fair market value of the Class A Shares, or LTIP Units covered by such award, reduced by the aggregate exercise price, base price, or purchase price thereof, if any.
Change in Control
In the event of a change in control (as defined in the 2013 Plan), any outstanding option that is not assumed or continued, or for which an equivalent option or right is not substituted pursuant to the change in control transaction’s governing document, will become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to the effective date of such change in control and will expire upon the effective date of such change in control. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator and evidenced in an award document, in the event that (i) a change in control occurs and (ii) the participant’s employment or service is terminated by the Company, its successor or affiliate thereof without cause on or after the effective date of the change in control but prior to twelve (12) months following such change in control, then: (1) any unvested or unexercisable portion of any award carrying a right to exercise will become vested and exercisable; and (2) the restrictions, deferral limitations, payment conditions and forfeiture conditions applicable to any other award will lapse and all unvested awards will be deemed fully vested and performance conditions imposed with respect to such awards will be deemed to be fully achieved.
Definition of Change in Control
For purposes of the 2013 Plan, “Change in Control” generally means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1)any person or any Group of persons acting together which would constitute a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or restated from time to time and any successor to such statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), or any successor provisions thereto, excluding any permitted transferee or any Group of permitted transferees, becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding voting securities; or


(2)
the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of directors of the Company then serving: individuals who, on the effective date, constitute the Board and any new director (other than a director whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors on the effective date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended by the directors referred to in this clause (2); or
(3)there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other corporation or other entity and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (i) the members of the Board immediately prior to the merger or consolidation do not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or, if the surviving company is a subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof, or (ii) all of the persons who were the respective beneficial owners of the voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the person resulting from such merger or consolidation; or
(4)the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company, or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than the sale or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are beneficially owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their beneficial ownership of such securities of the Company immediately prior to such sale.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except with respect to clause (2) and clause (3)(i) above, a “Change in Control” will not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the record holders of the shares of the Company immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Company immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.
Withholding Taxes
Each participant will, no later than the date as of which the value of an award first becomes includible in the gross income of the participant for non-U.S. or U.S. federal, state, or local income tax purposes, pay to any participating entity, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any non-U.S. or U.S. federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to the award. The obligations of any participating entity under the 2013 Plan will be conditional on the making of such payments or arrangements, and any such participating entity will, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the participant. Whenever cash is to be paid pursuant to an award, any participating entityShareholders. They also will have the rightopportunity to deduct an amount sufficientmake a statement if they desire to satisfy any non-U.S. or U.S. federal, state and local withholding tax requirements related thereto. Whenever Class A Shares or LTIP Units are to be delivered pursuant to an award, any participating entity will havedo so.
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that Shareholders vote
“FOR” the right to require the participant to remit to any such participating entity in cash an amount sufficient to satisfy any non-U.S. or U.S. federal, state and local withholding tax requirements related thereto. With the approvalratification of the Administrator, a participant may elect to satisfy the foregoing requirement by electing to have any participating entity withhold from deliveryAudit Committee’s appointment of Class A Shares, LTIP Units, or other property or by delivering already owned unrestricted Class A Shares, LTIP Units, or other property, in each case having a value equal to the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld. Such Class A Shares, LTIP Units, or other property will be valued at their fair market value, if any, on the business day immediately preceding the date on which the amount of tax to be withheld is determined. Fractional share or unit amounts will be settled in cash. Such an election may be made with respect to all or any portion of the Class A Shares, LTIP Units, or other property to be delivered pursuant to an award. Each participating entity may also use any other method of obtaining the necessary payment or proceeds, Ernst & Young LLP
as permitted by law, to satisfy its withholding obligation with respect to any award.our independent registered public accounting firm for 2021.
Term, Amendment
Principal Accountant Fees and Termination of the Plan
The Plan will terminate on the tenth anniversary of the effective date (as defined in the 2013 Plan), but awards granted before such termination may extend beyond that date. The Board may amend, alter or terminate the 2013 Plan, but no amendment, alteration, or termination will be made that would impair the rights of a participant under any award granted


without such participant’s consent. Unless the Board determines otherwise, the Board will obtain approval of the Company’s shareholders for any amendment that would require such approval in order to satisfy any applicable laws.
Governing Law
The Plan is construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the application of the principles of conflicts or choice of laws.
New Plan Benefits
Generally, awards under the 2013 Plan are made by the Administrator in its discretion and depend on a number of factors, including the fair market value of our Class A Shares on future dates, and therefore cannot be determined in advance. However, on February 7, 2019, the Compensation Committee approved the issuance of an aggregate of 9,655,232 Group E-1 Units under the 2013 Plan to certain active executive managing directors in connection with the Recapitalization as set forth in the table below (see also the section of this proxy statement entitled “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization” for further information). Otherwise, the future awards that would be received under the 2013 Plan by our executive officers and other service providers are discretionary and are therefore not determinable at this time.
The table below describes the awards of Group E-1 Units that were granted under the 2013 Plan to each of the Named Executive Officers, to all of the Company’s executive officers as a group, to all of the Company’s non-executive directors as a group, and to all of the Company’s non-executive officer employees as a group. The exchange rights in respect of such Group E-1 Units, whereby Group E-1 Units are exchangeable for Class A Shares pursuant to the terms of the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements, are conditioned upon shareholder approval of the Plan Amendment.
NEW PLAN BENEFITS
2013 Plan(1)
Name and Position
Dollar Value(2)
Number of Units
Robert S. Shafir
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Managing Director

Thomas M. Sipp
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Managing Director
250,000
James Levin
Chief Investment Officer, Executive Managing Director
3,560,378
Wayne Cohen
President, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Managing Director
324,232
David Levine
Chief Legal Officer, Executive Managing Director
150,000
Daniel S. Och
Former Chief Executive Officer, Current Chairman of the Board
and Executive Managing Director

Alesia Haas
Former Chief Financial Officer

Executive Group (all current executive officers, as a group)4,284,610
Non-Executive Director Group (all current directors who are not executive officers, as a group)
Non-Executive Officer Employee Group (all employees, including all current officers who are not executive officers, as a group)5,370,622
(1)No options have been granted under the 2013 Plan.
(2)The dollar value of the Group E-1 Units, which is based on the future profits and gains of the Oz Operating Group, is not determinable at this time.
Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following paragraphs describe the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the 2013 Plan, as amended. Please note that the following is only a brief summary of the U.S. federal income tax laws and regulations that apply to the awards. Participants should not rely on this summary for a complete statement of those laws and regulations. This summary does not address all possible tax aspects of transactions that may arise under the 2013 Plan, as amended, including foreign, state or local tax consequences. The tax laws and regulations are complex and are subject to legislative or regulatory changes. In


addition, circumstances peculiar to certain individuals may change the usual income tax results. State and local income taxes also may apply. If the participant is a resident of, or is employed in, a country other than the United States, the participant may be subject to taxation by that country in addition to or in lieu of U.S. federal income taxes. For example, employees in the United Kingdom may be subject to different tax rules. For all of these reasons, each participant should consult a tax advisor to determine the income tax consequences of any particular transaction.
Restricted Share and Performance Share Awards
The participant generally will not be taxed upon the grant of a restricted share or performance share award, but rather will recognize ordinary income in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Class A Shares at the time the Class A Shares are no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture (as defined in the Code). However, the participant may elect (not later than 30 days after being granted such Class A Shares) to recognize ordinary income at the time the restricted Class A Shares are awarded in an amount equal to their fair market value at that time, notwithstanding the fact that such Class A Shares are subject to restrictions and a substantial risk of forfeiture. If such an election is made, no additional taxable income will be recognized by the participant at the time the restrictions lapse. However, if Class A Shares in respect of which such election was made are later forfeited, no tax deduction is allowable to the participant for the forfeited Class A Shares. Following vesting of the Class A Shares, the tax treatment of the Class A Shares while they are held by the participant generally will be the same as described under “Restricted Share Units” below with respect to Class A Shares received and retained following the vesting of the restricted share units.
Restricted Share Units
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. participants will not have taxable income on the award of a restricted share unit. Generally, if and when the underlying Class A Shares are delivered to the participant or the participant’s account, the participant will recognize ordinary compensation income in an amount equal to the fair market value of the Class A Shares the participant receives, which will be subject to any applicable wage-based withholding and reporting requirements. Similarly, if and when the restricted share units (and/or any distribution equivalents credited thereto) are cash settled, the participant will recognize ordinary compensation income equal to the amount of cash paid to the participant, which will be subject to wage-based withholding and reporting (if applicable).
When the restricted share units and any related distribution equivalents vest, the participant will be notified of the amount of the participant’s withholding tax obligation, if applicable. The Company will satisfy any withholding obligation by reducing the number of Class A Shares or the amount of cash it delivers to the participant in an amount sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation. Alternatively, the participant may elect to pay all or part of the withholding tax in cash or cash equivalents by (i) delivering to the Company a written election form satisfactory to the Company to that effect prior to the vesting date for the related restricted share units and (ii) delivering the cash or cash equivalents to the Company no later than the vesting date for the related restricted share units.
If the participant retains any Class A Shares received upon vesting of the restricted share units, the participant will be required to report the participant’s share of the Company’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit on the participant’s individual tax return. The participant will also recognize taxable gain (or loss) upon the sale or other taxable disposition of the Class A Shares equal to the difference between the sales proceeds and the participant’s tax basis in the Class A Shares.
Other Share-Based Awards
In the case of other share-based awards, depending on the form of the award, the participant generally will not be taxed upon the grant of such an award, but, rather, will recognize ordinary income when such an award vests or otherwise is free of restrictions.
LTIP Units
LTIP Units may be issued in a variety of classes and may contain a variety of terms. Certain LTIP Units may be structured as “profits interests” in one or more of the Oz Operating Group entities. Generally, a participant will not realize federal income tax upon the issuance or vesting of such LTIP Units as long as the participant does not dispose of the interests within two (2) years from the issuance of the LTIP Units. A participant may make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code (not later than 30 days after the LTIP Units are granted to the participant) to ensure there is no income recognition event at the time of vesting of those LTIP Units.


Certain LTIP Units may be structured as “capital interests” in one or more of the Oz Operating Group entities. Generally, the participant will not realize federal income tax upon the issuance or vesting of such LTIP Units provided that the LTIP Units are issued in exchange for a contribution of cash and/or property the value of which equals or exceeds the value of the LTIP Units on the issue date, determined without regard to “lapse” restrictions as defined in applicable tax regulations. The participant may make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code (not later than 30 days after the LTIP Units are granted to the participant) to ensure there is no income recognition event at the time of vesting of those LTIP Units.
During the period the participant holds LTIP Units issued as profits or capital interests in an Oz Operating Group entity, the participant will generally be treated as a partner in the partnership and will be required to report his or her share of the partnership’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit on his or her individual tax return. The participant will generally recognize taxable gain (or loss) upon the sale or other taxable disposition of the LTIP Units (including an exchange for Class A Shares) equal to the difference between the amount realized and the participant’s tax basis in the LTIP Units, some amount of which may be treated as ordinary income. If the participant exchanges his or her LTIP Units for Class A Shares, the tax treatment of the Class A Shares while they are held by the participant generally will be the same as described under “Restricted Share Units” above with respect to Class A Shares received and retained following the vesting of restricted share units.
The terms of a given class of LTIP Units will be determined based on the organizational documents of the entity or entities granting such LTIP Units and any agreements entered into between such entity or entities and the recipient of such LTIP Units. The U.S. federal income tax consequences of the grant, vesting, sale or forfeiture of a given LTIP Unit, as well as the U.S. federal income tax effects of any distributions or allocations made with respect to such LTIP Unit, will depend upon the terms of such LTIP Unit.
Options
All options granted under the Plan will be nonqualified stock options (“NQSOs”). The participant will not recognize taxable income upon the grant of NQSOs. Upon the exercise of NQSOs, the participant will recognize taxable ordinary income equal to the difference between the fair market value of the Class A Shares, determined as of the exercise date, and the option exercise price. When the participant sells the Class A Shares, the participant will recognize taxable gain (or loss) equal to the difference between the amount the participant receives from the sale and the tax basis of the Class A Shares sold.
If the participant pays the option exercise price entirely in cash, the tax basis of the Class A Shares will be equal to their fair market value on the exercise date and the shares’ holding period will begin on the exercise date. Special rules may apply if the participant uses Class A Shares the participant already owns to pay the option exercise price.
Share Appreciation Rights
The participant will not be deemed to receive any income at the time a share appreciation right is granted. When any part of a Class A Share appreciation right is exercised, the participant will be deemed to have received ordinary income at the time of exercise or payment in an amount equal to the then fair market value of any Class A Shares and any cash the participant receives.
Tax Consequences for the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates
In the foregoing cases, to the extent the participant recognizes ordinary income as compensation in connection with an award, the Company or its relevant subsidiary or affiliate will be generally entitled to a deduction at the same time and in the same amount as the participant recognizes such ordinary income.


Equity Compensation Plan InformationServices
The following table summarizes the securities authorizedaggregate fees billed for issuance underprofessional services provided to the Company’s equity compensation plans as ofCompany by Ernst & Young LLP for the years ended December 31, 2018:2020 and 2019:
Fee Category20202019
(dollars in thousands)
Audit Fees(1)
$3,125 $3,709 
Audit-Related Fees(2)
96 71 
Tax Fees(3)
1,453 2,341 
Total Fees$4,674 $6,121 
(1)Audit Fees.    Consist of fees for professional services provided in connection with the annual audit of our consolidated financial statements, the annual audit of internal control over financial reporting and the services that an independent registered public accounting firm would customarily provide in connection with subsidiary audits, other regulatory filings, and similar engagements, such as attest services, comfort letters, consents and reviews of documents filed with or submitted to the SEC.
(2)Audit-Related Fees.    Consist primarily of fees for services rendered in connection with the audits of our employee benefit plans and agreed-upon procedures related to our term loans.
(3)Tax Fees.    Consist of the aggregate fees billed for tax compliance, which generally involves assistance in preparing, reviewing or filing various tax related filings in the U.S. and in foreign jurisdictions, and tax consulting.
Ernst & Young LLP also provides audit and tax consulting and compliance services to funds that we do not consolidate. During 2020, fees for these services were approximately $10.3 million for audit fees and $2.8 million for tax
20


Plan Category
Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights
(a)
 
Weighted Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights (1)
(b)
 
Number of Securities
Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation
Plans (2)
(excluding securities reflected under column(a))
(c)
Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Shareholders(3)
15,241,601
 
 10,296,017
Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Shareholders
 
 
Total15,241,601
 
 10,296,017

(1)
Represents restricted share units, Group A Units, Group D Units and Group P Units. Because the restricted share units, Group A Units, Group D Units and Group P Units each have no exercise price, the weighted-average exercise price calculation is zero.
(2)
On January 1, 2019, in accordance with the terms of the plans referenced in footnote 3 below, the number of Class A Shares that may be issued pursuant to awards under the applicable plan was increased for the 2013 Plan, by a number of Class A Shares equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the increase, if any, in the number of outstanding Class A Shares from the number of outstanding Class A Shares on January 1, 2018 (calculated assuming the exchange of all Group Units other than those comprised of Group B Units for Class A Shares). The number of Class A Shares reserved under the plans referenced in footnote 3 below is also subject to adjustment in the event of a share split, share dividend, or other change in our capitalization. Generally, awards that are forfeited or canceled under the 2013 Plan will be available for future grants under the applicable plan. The Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC Amended and Restated 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (“2007 Plan”) expired on November 11, 2017 and no new awards were granted on or after that date.
(3)
Consists of (i) the 2007 Plan and (ii) the 2013 Plan.


fees. During 2019, fees for these services were approximately $10.2 million for audit fees and $2.9 million for tax fees. The fees for these services are provided to and paid by the funds and therefore are not included in the above table.
The BoardAudit Committee determined that the non-audit services provided by Ernst & Young LLP during the year ended December 31, 2020 were compatible with maintaining the independence of Directors recommends that shareholders voteErnst & Young LLP.
“FOR”
Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Our Audit Committee has adopted a policy implementing the adoptionSEC’s rules requiring it to pre-approve all audit, audit-related and all permissible non-audit services performed by our independent registered public accounting firm. These pre-approval requirements are intended to comply with rules of the Plan AmendmentSEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which are applicable to all public companies, and to help assure that the provision of services does not impair our independent registered public accounting firm’s independence from the Company. The policy specifically sets forth services that are pre-approved, as well as services that are prohibited. Any request to provide a service that has been pre-approved by the Audit Committee is submitted to the Company’s 2013 Plan.Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer for authorization. If there is any question as to whether a service has been pre-approved, the Audit Committee or the Chair of the Audit Committee is consulted for a determination. The term of any pre-approval is 12 months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Audit Committee specifically provides for a different period.
For services not specifically pre-approved pursuant to the policy, a written request will be submitted in advance to the Audit Committee by management along with documentation describing the scope of the proposed service, the fee structure for the service and any other relevant information. Prior to approving any service, the Audit Committee must discuss with the independent registered public accounting firm the potential effects of the proposed services on the independent registered public accounting firm’s independence and seek management’s views on whether the requested services are consistent with the policy as well as applicable law.
INTEREST OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS IN THE 2013 PLANOur Audit Committee has delegated to the Chair of our Audit Committee the authority to approve any audit, audit-related or non-audit services to be provided to us by our independent registered public accounting firm. Any approval of services pursuant to this delegated authority is reported on at the next meeting of the Audit Committee.
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Audit Committee Report
The officers and employeesAudit Committee reviews our financial reporting process on behalf of the Company, its affiliatesBoard. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements, the reporting process and maintaining our system of internal control over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm was engaged to audit and express opinions on the conformity of our financial statements to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP, and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
In this context, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements prepared for inclusion in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and our subsidiariesinternal control over financial reporting with management and Ernst & Young LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also has reviewed and discussed with Ernst & Young LLP the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) and the SEC. As part of that review, the Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from Ernst & Young LLP regarding communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence that are required by applicable rules of the PCAOB and has discussed with Ernst & Young LLP its independence from management and the Company.
Relying on the reviews and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board, and the Board has approved, the inclusion of the audited financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, for filing with the SEC.
Submitted by the members of the Board have received and/or will be eligible to receive awards under the 2013 Plan if the Plan Amendment is approved. In addition, the 2013 Plan provides for indemnification of the members of our Board (or the committee of the Board of directors administering the 2013 Plan, if any) to the fullest extent permitted and as provided in the Operating Agreement, with respect to determinations made in connection with the 2013 Plan. Accordingly, the members of the Board and the executive officers of our Company have a substantial interest in the approval of the Plan Amendment.

Audit Committee:
Georganne C. Proctor, Chair
Marcy Engel
Bharath Srikrishnan

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OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
The following tables set forth the beneficial ownership of our Class A Shares and Class B Shares, and, solely in respect of our Named Executive Officers, our directors, and our directors and executive officers as a group, the beneficial ownership of our Group A Units and Group E Units. The information is presented as of March 18, 2019April 20, 2021 with respect to (i) each person known to us to beneficially own more than 5% of either Class of our outstanding Shares; (ii) each of our directors; (iii) each of the Named Executive Officers (as set forth below); and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group.
Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC. To our knowledge, each person named in the table below has sole voting and investment power with respect to all of the equity shown as beneficially owned by such person, except as otherwise set forth in the notes to the table and pursuant to applicable community property laws (or other beneficial ownership shared with a spouse). Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each person named in the table is c/o Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLC,Inc., 9 West 57th57th Street, New York, New York 10019.
 Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.
 
Class A Shares(1)
 
Class B Shares(1)(2)
 
Total
Voting
Power(3)
Name and Address of Beneficial OwnerAmount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
 
Percent
of Class (3)
 Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
Percent
of Class (3)
 
Named Executive Officers
Robert S. Shafir(18)
2,185,178 8.8 %— — %3.8 %
James Levin(4)
398,646 1.6 %3,402,666 10.3 %6.6 %
Thomas M. Sipp(17)
316,953 1.3 %83,334 **
Wayne Cohen(5)
— — %1,427,433 4.3 %2.5 %
David Levine— — %100,000 **
Dava Ritchea— — %— — %— %
Principal Shareholders
Daniel S. Och(6)
203,667 *10,983,195 33.4 %19.3 %
DIC Sahir Limited(7)
2,995,309 12.0 %— — %5.2 %
Abrams Capital Management(8)
1,119,841 4.5 %— — %1.9 %
Morgan Stanley(9)
1,105,584 4.4 %— — %1.9 %
BlackRock, Inc.(10)
1,262,455 5.1 %— — %2.2 %
Samlyn Capital(11)
1,490,084 6.0 %— — %2.6 %
David Windreich(13)
— — %3,340,637 10.2 %5.8 %
Directors
David Bonanno— — %— — %— %
Marcy Engel(14)
27,091 *— — %*
Georganne C. Proctor(15)
39,849 *— — %*
J. Morgan Rutman(16)
13,865 *— — %*
Bharath Srikrishnan— — %— — %— %
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (11 persons)2,981,582 12.0 %5,013,433 15.2 %13.8 %
* Less than 1%

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Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC  Sculptor Operating Group
Class A Shares(1)
 
Class B Shares(1)(2)
 
Total
Voting
Power
(3)
 
Group A Units(1)
Group E Units(12)
Name and Address of Beneficial OwnerAmount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
 Percent
of Class
 Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
 Percent
of Class
  Name and Address of Beneficial OwnerAmount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
 Percent
of Class
Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
Percent
of Class
Named Executive Officers          Named Executive Officers
Robert S. Shafir373,256
 1.8% 
 % *
 Robert S. Shafir— — %— — %
James LevinJames Levin497,370 3.1 %3,918,863 30.1 %
Thomas M. Sipp
 % 

 

 % Thomas M. Sipp— — %83,334 *
James Levin(4)
288,342
 1.4% 
 % *
 
Wayne Cohen(5)
4,021
 *
 
 % *
 
Wayne Cohen(5)
229,764 1.4 %705,272 5.4 %
David Levine
 % 
 % % David Levine— — %150,000 1.2 %
Daniel S. Och(6)
195,707
 *
 29,458,952
 100.0%
(7) 
59.4%
(8) 
Alesia Haas(9)

 % 
 % % 
Principal Shareholders

 

 

 

 

 
DIC Sahir Limited(10)
2,995,309
 14.6% 
 % 6.0% 
Abrams Capital Management(11)
2,223,859
 10.9% 
 % 4.5% 
Dava RitcheaDava Ritchea— — %200,000 1.5 %
Directors

 

 

 

 

 Directors
Allan S. Bufferd4,182
 *
 
 % *
 
David BonannoDavid Bonanno— — %— — %
Marcy Engel
 % 
 % % Marcy Engel— — %— — %
Michael D. Fascitelli
 % 
 % % 
Richard G. Ketchum
 % 
 % % 
Georganne C. Proctor2,413
 *
 
 % *
 Georganne C. Proctor— — %— — %
J. Morgan RutmanJ. Morgan Rutman— — %— — %
Bharath SrikrishnanBharath Srikrishnan— — %— — %
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (11 persons)867,921
 4.2% 29,458,952
 100.0% 60.8% All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (11 persons)727,134 4.5 %5,057,469 38.9 %
* Less than 1%

(1)Our executive managing directors are parties to an exchange agreement with the Registrant, Sculptor Corp and each of the Sculptor Operating Group entities (the “Class A Unit Exchange Agreement”), under which each of our executive managing directors is entitled to exchange their Group A Units for Class A Shares (or, at our option, the cash equivalent thereof) on a one-for-one basis, subject to exchange rate adjustments for splits, unit distributions and reclassifications and subject to vesting and and other conditions. Each of our executive managing directors holding Group A Units holds one Class B Share for each Group A Unit held by such executive managing director. See Note (2) below. Upon any such exchange of Group A Units for Class A Shares, an executive managing director’s corresponding Class B Shares will be automatically canceled and, as a result, there will be no effect on the number of voting Shares outstanding.

(2)The Class B Shares entitle the holders to one vote per share, but have no economic rights. Each of our executive managing directors holding Group A Units holds one Class B Share for each Group A Unit. In addition, each of our executive managing directors holding Group P Units holds one Class B Share for each Group P Unit, and each of our executive managing directors holding Group A-1 Units (to the extent the associated Group E Units have not vested) holds one Class B Share for each Group A-1 Unit and such Class B Shares that relate to our Group A-1 Units, which represent 11.2% of our total combined voting power, will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares. One Class B Share will be issued to each holder of Group E Units upon the vesting of each such holder’s Group E Unit, at which time, in the case of Group E Units other than Group E-2 Units, a corresponding number of Class B Shares held by holders of Group A-1 Units will be canceled. All of our Class B Shares are held by our active and former executive managing directors. See Note (12) below regarding the issuance of Class B Shares upon the vesting of Group E Units.
(3)Based on 57,822,875 Shares, 24,934,993 Class A Shares and 32,887,882 Class B Shares issued and outstanding as of April 20, 2021.
(4)Mr. Levin’s beneficial ownership includes 25,376 Class A Shares, 91,855 Group A Units and 2,822,026 Group E Units beneficially owned by trusts that are for the benefit of Mr. Levin or members of the Levin family. Mr. Levin's total combined voting power is 6.3% after excluding Class B Shares owned by Mr. Levin that relate to Group A-1 Units that will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares.
(5)Mr. Cohen’s beneficial ownership includes 26,477 Group A Units and 180,000 Group E Units that are held by trusts that are for the benefit of Mr. Cohen or members of the Cohen family. Mr. Cohen's total combined voting power is 2.3% after excluding Class B Shares owned by Mr. Cohen that relate to Group A-1 Units that will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares.
(6)Mr. Och’s total combined voting power is 13.5% after excluding Class B Shares owned by Mr. Och that relate to Group A-1 Units that will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares.
(7)Based solely on a Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on August 12, 2014 (but giving effect to the Company’s 1-for-10 reverse share split that was effective following the close of trading on NYSE on
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 Oz Operating Group
 
Group A Units(1)
 
Group E Units(12)
Name and Address of Beneficial OwnerAmount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
 Percent
of Class
 Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
 Percent
of Class
Named Executive Officers
 
    
Robert S. Shafir
 % 1
 *
Thomas M. Sipp
 % 250,001
 1.8%
James Levin(4)
497,370
 3.1% 3,918,863
 28.9%
Wayne Cohen(5)
229,764
 1.4% 705,272
 5.2%
David Levine
 % 150,000
 1.1%
Daniel S. Och(6)(13)
7,620,988
 47.6% 
 %
Alesia Haas(9)

 % 
 %
Directors
 
    
Allan S. Bufferd
 % 
 %
Marcy Engel
 % 
 %
Michael D. Fascitelli
 % 
 %
Richard G. Ketchum
 % 
 %
Georganne C. Proctor
 % 
 %
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (11 persons)8,348,122
 52.1% 5,024,137
 37.1%
* Less than 1%
(1)
Our executive managing directors are parties to an exchange agreement with the Registrant, our intermediate holding companies and each of the Oz Operating Group entities (the “Class A Unit Exchange Agreement”), under which each of our executive managing directors is entitled to exchange their Group A Units for Class A Shares (or, at our option, the cash equivalent thereof) on a one-for-one basis, subject to exchange rate adjustments for splits, unit distributions and reclassifications and subject to vesting and book-up requirements. Each of our executive managing directors holding Group A Units holds one Class B Share for each Group A Unit held by such executive managing director. See Note (2) below. Upon any such exchange of Group A Units for Class A Shares, an executive managing director’s corresponding Class B Shares will be automatically canceled and, as a result, there will be no effect on the number of voting Shares outstanding. Exchanges of vested Group A Units for our Class A Shares are subject to transfer restrictions that generally limit our executive managing directors’ ability to transfer or exchange Group A Units. For additional details with respect to the rights of our executive managing directors to exchange their Group A Units, please see “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.”
(2)
The Class B Shares entitle the holders to one vote per share, but have no economic rights. Each of our executive managing directors holding Group A Units holds one Class B Share for each Group A Unit. In addition, each of our executive managing directors holding Group P Units holds one Class B Share for each Group P Unit, and each of our executive managing directors holding Group A-1 Units (to the extent the associated Group E Units have not vested) holds one Class B Share for each Group A-1 Unit. One Class B Share will be issued to each holder of Group E Units upon the vesting of each such holder’s Group E Unit, at which time a corresponding number of Class B Shares held by holders of Group A-1 Units will be canceled. For additional details with respect to the Group P Units and the associated Class B Shares, please see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Group P Units.” All of our Class B Shares are held by our executive managing directors, and each of our executive managing directors owning Class B Shares (including each of our Named Executive Officers) granted to the Class B Shareholder Committee, the sole member of which is currently Mr. Och, an irrevocable proxy to vote all of their Class B Shares as such Committee shall determine, until the “Transition Date,” which will be the 30th day following the completion of the Liquidity Redemption (as defined below), subject to extension in certain cases whereby Mr. Och or his related parties are not permitted to effect redemptions of their capital in funds managed by the Company. Unless the Transition Date first occurs, this proxy will survive until the later of (i) Mr. Och’s withdrawal, death or disability or (ii) such time as our executive managing directors hold less than 40% of the total combined voting power of our Company. See Note (12) below regarding the issuance of Class B Shares upon the vesting of Group E Units.


(3)Based on 49,905,353 Shares, 20,446,401 Class A Shares and 29,458,952 Class B Shares issued and outstanding as of March 18, 2019.
(4)Mr. Levin’s beneficial ownership includes 29,121 Class A Shares, 91,855 Group A Units and 651 Group E Units beneficially owned by trusts that are for the benefit of Mr. Levin or members of the Levin family. Mr. Levin also holds 1,771,048 Class B Shares, with respect to which he has granted an irrevocable voting proxy to the Class B Shareholder Committee as described in Note (2) above.
(5)Mr. Cohen’s beneficial ownership includes 26,477 Group A Units that are held by trusts that are for the benefit of Mr. Cohen or members of the Cohen family. Mr. Cohen holds 1,024,949 Class B Shares, with respect to which he has granted an irrevocable voting proxy to the Class B Shareholder Committee as described in Note (2) above.
(6)Mr. Och served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer until February 5, 2018. In connection with the Recapitalization, Mr. Och will resign as Chairman effective March 31, 2019.
(7)Mr. Och has direct beneficial ownership of 12,729,954 Class B Shares and, as the sole member of the Class B Shareholder Committee, has beneficial ownership of the 16,728,998 Class B Shares held by the other executive managing directors that are subject to the irrevocable voting proxy described in Note (2) above.
(8)The total voting power percentage shown for Mr. Och reflects all Class B Shares subject to the irrevocable voting proxy described in Note (2) above.
(9)Ms. Haas resigned from the Company effective June 1, 2018.
(10)
Based solely on a Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 3 filed with the SEC on August 12, 2014 (but giving effect to the Company’s 1-for-10 reverse share split that was effective following the close of trading on NYSE on January 3, 2019), DIC Sahir Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai International Capital LLC (“DIC”), Dubai Holding Investments Group LLC (“DHIG”), Dubai Holding LLC (“Dubai Holding”), Ahmad Abdulla Juma Bin Byat and HE Mohammad Abdullah Ali Al Gergawi reported shared dispositive power and shared voting power over these shares. DIC is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Dubai Holding, which is majority-owned by Mr. Gergawi. The address for DIC is c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309, Ugland House Grand Cayman KYI-1104, Cayman Islands. The address for DHIG, Dubai Holding, Mr. Bin Byat and Mr. Gergawi is c/o Dubai Holding LLC, Emirates Towers, Offices, Level 49, P.O. Box 73311, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
(11)
Based solely on a Schedule 13G, Amendment No. 2 filed with the SEC on January 26, 2017 (but giving effect to the Company’s 1-for-10 reverse share split that was effective following the close of trading on NYSE on January 3, 2019), Abrams Capital, LLC (“Abrams Capital”), Abrams Capital Management, LLC (“Abrams CM LLC”), Abrams Capital Management, L.P. (“Abrams CM LP”) and David Abrams reported combined shared voting power over 2,223,859 Class A Shares, shared dispositive power for 2,223,859 Class A Shares and aggregate beneficial ownership of 2,223,859 Class A Shares as of January 24, 2017. Abrams Capital Partners II, L.P. (“ACP II”), reported shared voting power for 1,887,640 Class A Shares, shared dispositive power for 1,887,640 Class A Shares, and aggregate beneficial ownership of 1,887,640 Class A Shares as of January 24, 2017. Shares reported for Abrams Capital and Abrams CM LP represent shares beneficially owned by ACP II and other private investment funds for which Abrams Capital serves as general partner and Abrams CM LP serves as investment manager. Shares reported for Abrams CM LLC represent shares beneficially owned by Abrams CM LP. Abrams CM LLC is the general partner of Abrams CM LP. Shares reported for Mr. Abrams represent shares reported for Abrams Capital and Abrams CM LLC. Mr. Abrams is the managing member of Abrams Capital and Abrams CM LLC. The address for Abrams Capital, Abrams CM LLC, Abrams LP, ACP II and Mr. Abrams is 222 Berkeley Street, 21st Floor, Boston, MA 02116.
(12)
Group E Units are limited partner profits interests issued to certain executive managing directors that are only entitled to future profits and gains. One Class B Share will be issued to each holder of Group E Units upon the vesting of each Group E Unit of such holder, at which time a corresponding number of Class B Shares held by holders of Group A-1 Units will be canceled and, as a result, there will be no effect on the number of voting Shares outstanding. For additional details, please see “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.”
(13)Mr. Och’s beneficial ownership includes 5,244,085 Group A Units beneficially owned by trusts that are for the benefit of members of the Och family.


(8)Based solely on a Schedule 13G, Amendment No. 4 filed with the SEC on November 18, 2020, Abrams Capital, LLC (“Abrams Capital”), Abrams Capital Management, LLC (“Abrams CM LLC”), Abrams Capital Management, L.P. (“Abrams CM LP”), and David Abrams reported combined shared voting power over 1,119,841 Class A Shares, shared dispositive power for 1,119,841 Class A Shares and aggregate beneficial ownership of 1,119,841 Class A Shares as of November 18, 2020. Abrams Capital Partners II, L.P. (“ACP II”), reported shared voting power for 950,543 Class A Shares, shared dispositive power for 950,543 Class A Shares, and aggregate beneficial ownership of 950,543 Class A Shares as of November 18, 2020. Shares reported for Abrams Capital and Abrams CM LP represent shares beneficially owned by ACP II and other private investment funds for which Abrams Capital serves as general partner and Abrams CM LP serves as investment manager. Shares reported for Abrams CM LLC represent shares beneficially owned by Abrams CM LP. Abrams CM LLC is the general partner of Abrams CM LP. Shares reported for Mr. Abrams represent shares reported for Abrams Capital and Abrams CM LLC. Mr. Abrams is the managing member of Abrams Capital and Abrams CM LLC. The address for Abrams Capital, Abrams CM LLC, Abrams LP, ACP II and Mr. Abrams is 222 Berkeley Street, 21st Floor, Boston, MA 02116.
(9)Based solely on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on July 12, 2019, Morgan Stanley reported shared voting power over 1,006,680 Class A Shares, shared dispositive power for 1,105,584 Class A Shares, and an aggregate beneficial ownership of 1,105,584 Class A Shares as of July 5, 2019. The address for Morgan Stanley is 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036.
(10)Based solely on a Schedule 13G, Amendment No. 1 filed with the SEC on February 1, 2021, BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) reported sole voting power over 1,243,217 Class A Shares, sole dispositive power over 1,262,455 Class A Shares, and an aggregate beneficial ownership of 1,262,455 Class A Shares as of February 6, 2020. The address for BlackRock is 55 E 52nd St., New York, NY 10055.
(11)Based solely on a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021, Samlyn Capital, LLC. (“Samlyn Capital”) reported shared voting power over 1,490,084 Class A Shares, shared dispositive power over 1,490,084 Class A Shares, and an aggregate beneficial ownership of 1,490,084 Class A Shares as of February 16, 2021. The address for Samlyn Capital is 500 Park Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10022.
(12)Group E Units are limited partner profits interests issued to certain executive managing directors that are only entitled to future profits and gains. One Class B Share will be issued to each holder of Group E Units upon the vesting of each Group E Unit of such holder, at which time, in the case of Group E Units other than Group E-2 Units, a corresponding number of Class B Shares held by holders of Group A-1 Units will be canceled and, as a result, there will be no effect on the number of voting Shares outstanding. 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.
(13)Mr. Windreich’s total combined voting power is 4.3% after excluding Class B Shares owned by Mr. Windreich that relate to Group A-1 Units that will be voted pro rata in accordance with the vote of the Class A Shares.
(14)Includes 27,091 vested RSUs. With respect to each vested RSU, Ms. Engel shall receive one Class A Share on or before the third business day following her departure from our Board of Directors.
(15)Includes 39,849 vested RSUs. With respect to each vested RSU, Ms. Proctor shall receive one Class A Share on or before the third business day following her departure from our Board of Directors.
(16)Includes 13,865 vested RSUs. With respect to each vested RSU, Mr. Rutman shall receive one Class A Share on or before the third business day following his departure from our Board of Directors.
(17)Mr. Sipp withdrew from the Sculptor Operating Group effective January 15, 2021.
(18)Mr. Shafir withdrew from the Sculptor Operating Group and resigned from the Board of Directors effective April 1, 2021.
Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with SEC rules, which generally attribute beneficial ownership of securities to each person who possesses, either alone or shared with others, the power to vote or dispose of such securities. The rules also treat as beneficially owned all securities that would be receivable upon the conversion or vesting of derivative securities within 60 days as of the determination date. None of our executive officers or directors has received any
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equity grants that will vest in the 60 days after March 18, 2019.April 20, 2021, except for Mr. Sipp’s Sign-On RSUs, of which 123,967 will vest on May 3, 2021.
The foregoing table does not reflect Group P Units, which are subject to both a Service Condition and a Performance Condition as further discusseddescribed below in “—Executive Officers Incentive Compensation Programs—Group PIncentive Units,” and which are disclosed below in “—Compensation Committee Report—Executive and Director Compensation—Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End 2018.2020.
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our officers and directors, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of our Class A Shares, to file with the SEC reports of ownership and changes in ownership of our equity securities. To the Company’s knowledge, and based on a review of the copies of such reports filed with the SEC or provided to us, together with written representations from our officers and directors that no other reports were required to be filed during 2018, we believe that during the year ended December 31, 2018, our executive officers, directors and shareholders who beneficially own more than 10% of our Class A Shares filed on a timely basis all reports due under Section 16(a).

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EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Executive Summary
Our compensation philosophy focuses on: 1) providing alignment with Class A Shareholders and fund investors; 2) pay for performance; 3) talent retention in an intensely competitive market for investment and non-investment professionals in the hedge fund industry; 4) long-term commitment; and 5) incorporating appropriate risk mitigating features.
Executive SummaryOur CIO’s contract is reflective of this philosophy – compensation is formulaic, not discretionary, and ties to fund performance. When our funds perform well, profits increase, resulting in benefit to our Class A Shareholders in addition to fund investors.
Leadership ChangesTo retain talent, we pay competitively to other alternative asset managers in 2018the hedge fund business, which is our peer group. We are the only publicly traded hedge fund firm and thus we do not have any publicly traded peers.
On February 5, 2018, Mr. Shafir joinedThe Compensation Committee retains an independent compensation consultant and the Company uses market comparables to inform our approach.
We undertook a shareholder outreach effort following last year’s say on pay advisory vote.
Leadership of our company is transitioning. We have a new CEO, Board Chair, and several new members of the Board. All feedback from the shareholder outreach will be considered by new leadership as we move forward.
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Introduction
This Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes our compensation program for 2020 and how it operates for our Named Executive Officers. Our Named Executive Officers for 2020 are:
Robert Shafir(1)    Former Chief Executive Officer replacing Mr. Och who had previously served in such capacity. For the remainder of 2018, Mr. Och served as the Company’s Chairman and as an Executive Managing Director. In connection with the Recapitalization, Mr. Och will resign as Chairman effective March 31, 2019. For additional information regarding Mr. Och’s departure from the Board in connection with the Recapitalization, see “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.”(“Former CEO”)
On April 16, 2018, Mr.Thomas Sipp joined the Company as(2)     Former Chief Financial Officer replacing Ms. Haas who had previously served in such capacity. Ms. Haas resigned from the Company effective June 1, 2018.
Each of Messrs.James Levin Cohen,(3)    Chief Executive Officer and Levine continued in their capacity as Co-ChiefChief Investment Officer and Head of Global Credit,
Wayne Cohen    President and Chief Operating Officer and
David Levine    Chief Legal Officer respectively.
Messrs.(1) Mr. Shafir Och,withdrew from the Sculptor Operating Group effective April 1, 2021.
(2) Mr. Sipp withdrew from the Sculptor Operating Group effective January 15, 2021. Dava Ritchea is our current Chief Financial Officer, effective January 11, 2021.
(3) Mr. Levin Cohen,was our Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) for Fiscal Year 2020, and Levinein addition assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2021.

This Compensation Discussion and Ms. HaasAnalysis places a greater focus on the compensation of our CIO, Mr. Levin, who has transitioned to CEO and CIO as of April 1, 2021. Compensation for Mr. Levin is more in-line with our forward looking pay practices and the compensation philosophy for our broader investment team. The Board and Mr. Levin intend to negotiate a new agreement that will address compensation for service in each role. With respect to service as CEO, we expect Mr Levin’s agreement to include compensation-related metrics that are includedmore traditional for a CEO, such as Class A Share performance, and will take into account the feedback we have received from our Class A Shareholders (described further below). With respect to service as CIO, we expect Mr. Levin’s agreement to remain aligned with fund investors.

This Compensation Discussion and Analysis has a more limited focus on the compensation structure for our Former CEO during 2020, who left the Company on April 1, 2021. The Former CEO’s compensation structure was negotiated at the time he joined the Company in 2018 by different board members during a time where the Company faced significant headwinds.
2020 Performance and Highlights
We are committed to delivering long-term shareholder value for our Class A Shareholders. In 2020 management continued to focus its efforts on developing key drivers of shareholder value. In a year filled with challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our executive managing directors and employees performed exceptionally well for both our fund investors and Class A Shareholders:

We delivered strong earnings to our Class A Shareholders.    Our economic income (non-GAAP) was $306.1 million for 2020, the highest since 2017, on the back of strong fund performance.

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For additional information about non-GAAP measures, including reconciliations to the most directly comparable financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP, please see our annual report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, dated February 23, 2021 and our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as amended, dated February 25, 2020.

We delivered strong investment returns to our fund investors. Our flagship product, the Sculptor Master Fund, generated its strongest returns in over a decade. Performance in the “SummarySculptor Master Fund was up 19.5% for 2020, comparing favorably to the MSCI World Index and HFRI, which were up 14.1% and 11.6% respectively, for the same period.

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1. 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. Performance is calculated using the total return of all such accounts net of all investment fees and expenses of such accounts. The returns exclude Special Investments which are held by investors representing a small percentage of assets under management in the fund.
2. These comparisons show the returns of the MSCI World Index (GDDLWI) and the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index (HFRIFWI) (collectively, the “Broader Market Indices”) against the Sculptor Multi-Strategy Composite. These comparisons are intended solely for illustrative purposes to show a historical comparison of the Sculptor Multi-Strategy Composite to the broader equity markets, as represented by the Broader Market Indices, and should not be considered as an indication of how the Sculptor Master Fund or the feeder funds will perform relative to the Broader Market Indices in the future.
We materially strengthened our balance sheet.We started the year with $445 million in obligations and ended January 2021 with $145 million, leaving us with the most stable and flexible capital structure since our IPO in 2007. We accomplishedthis through a combination of strong earnings and a refinancing transaction that allowed us to capture $62.3 million in discounts on prior obligations.

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The table above presents principal outstanding of the debt obligations and par value and deferred dividends accrued on Preferred Units. The amounts shown exclude the non-recourse debt and repos used to finance our risk retention investments.

We increased assets under management.We started the year with $34.5 billion assets under management and ended with $36.8 billion.We had one of the best fundraising efforts in five years in our multi-strategy and opportunistic credit funds, raising over a billion dollars of new capital into these funds. In addition, we held the final closing of our largest ever opportunistic real estate fund, Sculptor Real Estate IV, with almost $2.6 billion in commitments.

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We put legacy legal issues behind us.We settled U.S. v. Oz Africa Management GP, LLC, Cr. No. 16-515 (NGG) (EDNY) in 2020, which put all legal issues stemming from legacy dealings in Africa behind us.

We successfully executed on strategic goals, including CEO succession and diversity efforts.We announced Mr. James Levin as our next Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2021.We lined up, and
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subsequently announced in 2021, the appointment of Marcy Engel as Chair of the Board, marking the only current female Chair of a publicly traded alternative asset manager.We also added two women, Julie Siegel, our Chief Administrative Officer, and Dava Ritchea, our Chief Financial Officer, to the Partner Management Committee.
We implemented our business continuity plan and continued operations with no material interruptions following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.We successfully implemented a work from home model necessary to protect the health and well-being of our employees.
Summary of 2020 Named Executive Officer Compensation Table
Our Named Executive Officers received the following cash and non-cash compensation for 2018” below (each,2020:
NameSalary ($)Current Bonus ($)Deferred Bonus ($)Sculptor Operating Group D/E Unit Distributions ($)Special Long-Term Awards - Value at Realization ($)
Other ($)
Total ($)
Robert Shafir2,000,000 2,325,000 6,425,000 — 8,176,014 1,806 18,927,820 
Thomas Sipp500,000 3,967,262 248,181 — 1,580,583 41,786 6,337,812 
James Levin— 33,488,323 14,352,139 — 3,324,424 43,301 51,208,187 
Wayne Cohen— 6,684,414 985,000 — — 41,786 7,711,200 
David Levine500,000 2,745,443 697,500 — 228,586 41,786 4,213,315 
The table above is a “Namedsummary of the annual total compensation for our Named Executive Officer”).
Background and Evolution of Compensation Programs
Each ofOfficers. It is important to recognize that the way we present compensation for our Named Executive Officers other than Ms. Haas,in the table above is different from the SEC-required disclosure in the Summary Compensation Table below and is not a limited partner of eachsubstitute for the information in that table. Rather, it is intended to reflect how the Compensation Committee, Board and management review total compensation for our Named Executive Officers. Please see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Compensation Overview” below for detail and explanation on the table above.
In addition, as further described below, as part of the Oz Operating Group entities. The compensation of our2019 Recapitalization, active executive managing directors is generally provided through(including the Named Executive Officers) agreed to give up distributions on their interests in the OzSculptor Operating Group entitiesUnits during the Distribution Holiday. Assuming distributions would have been made on Sculptor Operating Group Units at the same per unit rate as our Q1-Q4 2019 and pursuantQ1-Q4 2020 dividends, (i) Mr. Levin gave up $5,520,291 and $10,378,148 in 2019 and 2020 respectively; (ii) Mr. Cohen gave up $1,168,795 and $2,197,335 in 2019 and 2020 respectively; (iii) Mr. Levine gave up $187,500 and $352,500 in 2019 and 2020 respectively and (iv) Mr. Sipp gave up $312,501 and $195,835 in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Mr. Shafir only had one Sculptor Operating Group Unit in 2019 and 2020.

Compensation Philosophy and Approach
The philosophy underlying our approach to compensation principally rests on the issuance of Class following five objectives:
1. Alignment.A restricted share units (“RSUs”). For that reason, and except where otherwise provided, the discussion below addresses our compensation philosophy for our executive managing directors in general, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other Named Executive Officers.
Since our inception in 1994, ourkey objective in setting compensation for our executive managing directors has been(including the Named Executive Officers) and employees is to align their interests with those of the investors in the funds by entering into agreements with our executive managing directors that provide for the payment of discretionary distributions on their interests in the Oz Operating Group as their primary form of compensation. To further align interests, we have offered them the opportunity to invest their own capital in our funds.
When we became a public company in November 2007, we continued implementing this objective and also sought to significantly align the interests of our executive managing directors with those oftwo principal stakeholders: our Class A Shareholders and the investors in our funds:
(a) The majority of compensation paid to our Current CEO and CIO in 2020 is formulaic, not discretionary, and is based solely on the gross profit & loss of nearly all funds and assets managed by reclassifying each executive managing director’s intereststhe Company. Since our CIO did not assume the role of CEO until April 1, 2021, compensation in respect of Fiscal Year 2020 was solely in respect of service as CIO.This directly aligns our Current CEO and CIO’s compensation with the Oz Operating Groupreturns to fund investors, which also directly ties to earnings and distributions to Class A Shareholders through incentive fee income and management fees. The Board and Mr.
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Levin intend to negotiate a new agreement that will address compensation for service as GroupCEO and CIO. With respect to service as CEO, we expect Mr. Levin’s agreement to include compensation-related metrics that are more traditional for a CEO, such as Class A Units, which represent common equity interests inShare performance, and will take into account the Oz Operating Group entities. The Group A Units are exchangeable forfeedback we have received from our Class A SharesShareholders, as discussed below.
(b) Investment professionals are paid predominantly based on the profits & losses generated in their strategy, aligning them to fund investors and Class A Shareholders.
(c) A significant portion of compensation paid to our Former CEO during his term was equity-based, providing direct alignment with Class A Shareholders.
2. Pay for Performance.Compensation packages for our investment professionals, including our Current CEO and CIO and many executive managing directors, are tied directly to the performance of our funds, and therefore correlate highly to our earnings for the year. Such compensation packages are largely based on the profits generated by our funds. Additionally, as explained more fully below, all executive managing directors (including Named Executive Officers) have a one-for-one basis (subjectportion of their compensation that is directly related to certain exchange rate adjustments for splits, unit distributionsfund performance and reclassifications)equity appreciation.
For example, Mr. Levin’s compensation in 2019 and 2020 is formulaic (a percentage of profits and losses generated by a list of funds attached to his Partner Agreement). The holdersprofits of such Groupour funds generate returns for our investors and revenue to our Class A UnitsShareholders through incentive income. In addition, higher profits from our funds increase assets under management and generally receive distributions only when distributions are madeshould lead to additional inflows, each of which lead to higher management fees, which in turn leads to increased earnings for the Company and value to our Class A Shareholders. The Group A Units grantedMr. Levin’s compensation metric therefore provides appropriate alignment to our pre-IPO partners (“Pre-IPO Partners”) in connection with the reorganization of our business that took place prior to the 2007 Offerings generally became fully vested in 2012, although they remain subject to minimum retained ownership requirements and transfer restrictions. For details on the treatment of Group A Units in the Recapitalization, please see “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization,” below.
In addition, all of our active executive managing directors hold a Class C non-equity interest in each of the Operating Partnerships (“Class C Non-Equity Interests”), in respect of which the Compensation Committee, together with the Chairman of the Partnership Management Committee, may determine to make discretionary income allocations to such active executive managing directors. These interests are issued to our executive managing directors to provide us with flexibility in compensating our executive managing directors and to help ensure our ability to attract and retain top executive talent. The terms of the Group A Units, Class C Non-Equity Interests and other interests in the Oz Operating Group entities that are and may be held by our executive managing directors are set forth in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements.
New executive managing directors admitted to the Oz Operating Group following the IPO have in connection with their admission generally received grants of Group D Units, which represent non-equity profits interests in the Oz Operating Group entities. We have also issued Group D Units to certain executive managing directors, as distributions on PSIs, and in connection with other performance-related grants. Group D Units receive cash distributions equal in amount to, and at the


same time as, distributions paid with respect to Group A Units, corresponding to the timing of dividends paid to holders of our Class A Shares, and each Group D Unit automatically converts into a Group A Unit when there has been sufficient appreciation (as described in “—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Group D Units,” below) to result in such Group D Unit becoming economically equivalent to one Group A Unit. In 2018, we made grants of Group D Units to our executive managing directors, including some of our Named Executive Officers, as discussed in “—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions” below.
Beginning in 2016, the Oz Operating Group began to issue PSIs to active executive managing directors. PSIs are non-equity, limited partner profits interests in the Oz Operating Group entities that generally participate in distributions of future profits of the Oz Operating Group on a pro rata basis with the Group A, B and D Units, with distributions payable in a combination of cash, deferred cash interests (“DCIs”) and Group D Units, and are described more fully in “—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Profit Sharing Interests,” below. The Oz Operating Group has not granted any PSIs since March 2017.
Beginning in 2017, the Oz Operating Group entities began making grants of DCIs pursuant to the Och-Ziff Deferred Cash Interest Plan (the “DCI Plan”), discussed further in “—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Deferred Cash Interests” below. We believe that the vesting terms of DCIs, described further below, create retention incentives for Named Executive Officers. Also beginning in 2017, the Oz Operating Group entities began making grants of Group P Units pursuant to Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements, discussed further in “—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Group P Units,” below. We believe that the service portion of the vesting terms of Group P Units, described further below, create retention incentives for Named Executive Officers.  In addition, the associated performance threshold creates significant alignment with our Class A Shareholders.
We may grant RSUs to our executive managing directors, including grants of RSUs instead of the portion of distributions we make in respect of PSIs that would otherwise be made in the form of Group D Units as described above. In 2018, we granted Class A performance-based RSUs (“PSUs”) to Mr. Shafir and RSUs to Messrs. Shafir, Sipp and Levin, and in 2019, we granted RSUs to certain of our Named Executive Officers in respect of their 2018 annual bonus, in each case, pursuant to the 2013 Plan, as discussed further in “—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—PSUs and RSUs” below.
We believe that ownership of substantial interests in the Oz Operating Group by our executive managing directors, including each of our Named Executive Officers, creates significant alignment with our Class A Shareholders and investors in our funds.
3. Retain Talent.As an alternative asset manager, our people are our most valuable asset.The investment acumen and skills of our professionals are in high demand.We need to pay competitively as compared to other hedge funds (including by paying minimum annual bonuses to certain executive managing directors) to secure our key people, particularly as industry peers regularly seek to hire fromother firms. We work closely with Semler Brossy, our external compensation consultant, and strengthensregularly assess our culturepay practices at all levels of teamworkthe organization relative to our peers to ensure our compensation system is competitive.
4. Long-Term Commitment.Our compensation practices seek to incent long-term commitment from our executive managing directors, including our Named Executive Officers.We have accomplished this in several ways:
(a) We defer a material portion of each individual’s annual bonus in the form of RSUs and collaboration.Deferred Cash Interests (“DCIs”), which vest over a three-year period. If the individual resigns, the unvested portion is forfeited.
(b) As explained more fully below, in 2019 the Firm announced a Recapitalization transaction that involved former executive managing directors transferring 35% of their equity to active executive managing directors to better align the interests of active executive managing directors with public shareholders (the “2019 Recapitalization”).This equity vests over five years, subject to certain exceptions, and is designed to bolster long-term commitment. In exchange for these equity grants, active executive managing directors agreed to up to a 20% compensation reduction. The equity reallocation and compensation reductions increase profitability to shareholders without any dilutive impact to share count and increase our compensation attributable to long-term vesting equity grants.
(c) To further bolster long-term commitment, as part of the 2019 Recapitalization, certain of our executive managing directors, including four Named Executive Officers, signed four-year partner agreements.
(d) All executive managing directors, including all Named Executive Officers, are subject to a non-competition covenant, restricting employment by competitors for a period of time. The usage of non-competition covenants is one of the tools used to reduce the risk of our competitors poaching our top talent.
It is essential to our client base that there be minimized turnover with respect to those key individuals managing their money. Investors in most of our funds have required certain key person provisions that are triggered upon the loss of services of one or more key investment professionals and could, upon the occurrence of such event, provide the investors in
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the funds with certain rights such as early redemption rights (including by conversion to interests providing for more frequent liquidity). The loss of our key investment professionals could therefore have a material adverse impact on our business. Our compensation practices therefore seek to incent long-term commitment from our executive managing directors, including our Named Executive Officers
5. Ensure Appropriate Risk Mitigants.Our compensation program includes elements that discourage excessive risk-taking and that align the compensation of our executive managing directors with our long-term performance. These ownership interestselements include forfeitures, clawbacks and stock retention requirements. As to forfeitures, by contract, if any executive managing director is terminated for cause, he/she loses all unvested deferred compensation. As to clawbacks, if our Former CEO were terminated for cause, he would lose certain vested awards and would be required to return all Class A shares received over the prior two years.If our Current CEO and CIO were terminated for cause, he would lose certain vested awards and would be required to return a material amount of previously awarded RSUs.If our President and COO were terminated for cause, he would lose certain vested awards.
As to stock retention requirements, our Former CEO was required to hold at least 50% of the after-tax portion of Class A shares delivered in respect of equity awards.Our CIO is required to hold at least 70% of the aggregate of 950,000 RSUs awarded in 2013 (post-tax) and 950,000 units also awarded in 2013.In addition, Group Units held by our executive managing directors are also subject to transfer restrictions which are designed to ensure continuation of that ownership. Furthermore, we continue to encourage our Named Executive Officers and other executive managing directors to invest their own capital in the funds that we manage. As a result of these investments, our executive managing directors continue to have significant interests in our funds.
Highlights of 2018 Compensation
The compensation awarded in respect of 2018 to our executive managing directors, including each of the Named Executive Officers, was consistent with our long-term compensation philosophy of aligning the interests of our executive managing directors with those of the investors in the funds and our Class A Shareholders by providing them with income payments based primarily on their interests in our business.
For 2018, Mr. Och was not awarded any salary, bonus, cash compensation or other discretionary compensation except for personal security and certain other limited perquisites of the type that we have customarily paid to all of our executive managing directors.
Our other Named Executive Officers received the following cash and other incentive compensation for 2018:
Mr. Shafir received a base salary of $1,809,524 (which represents his prorated annual base salary of $2,000,000 per year since he joined the Company on February 5, 2018). In addition to his base salary, Mr. Shafir received a discretionary annual bonus in the amount of $2,000,000, of which $1,200,000 was paid in cash, and the remaining $800,000 was delivered in the form of DCIs awarded under the DCI Plan.
Mr. Sipp received aggregate quarterly payments totaling $331,044, (which represents his prorated quarterly payments of $500,000 per year since he joined the Company on April 16, 2018). In addition to those quarterly payments, Mr. Sipp received a guaranteed annual bonus in the amount of $1,500,000 and an additional discretionary bonus in the amount of $868,956. With respect to his guaranteed annual bonus, of which $767,582 was paid in cash, $366,209 was delivered in the form of DCIs awarded under the DCI Plan, and the remaining


$366,209 was delivered in the form of RSUs under the 2013 Plan. The discretionary bonus was paid entirely in cash.
Mr. Levin received aggregate quarterly payments totaling $4,000,000. In addition to those quarterly payments, Mr. Levin received a guaranteed annual bonus in the amount of $2,000,000, of which $200,000 was paid in cash, $900,000 was delivered in the form of DCIs awarded under the DCI Plan, and the remaining $900,000 was delivered in the form of RSUs under the 2013 Plan.
Mr. Cohen received aggregate quarterly payments totaling $2,000,000. In addition to those quarterly payments, Mr. Cohen received a discretionary annual bonus in the amount of $700,000, of which $525,000 was paid in cash, $87,500 was delivered in the form of DCIs awarded under the DCI Plan, and the remaining $87,500 was delivered in the form of RSUs under the 2013 Plan.
Mr. Levine received aggregate quarterly payments totaling $500,000. In addition to those quarterly payments, Mr. Levine received a guaranteed annual bonus in the amount of $1,500,000 and an additional discretionary bonus in the amount of $520,000. With respect to his guaranteed annual bonus, $1,000,000 was paid in cash, $250,000 was delivered in the form of DCIs awarded under the DCI Plan, and the remaining $250,000 was delivered in the form of RSUs under the 2013 Plan. The discretionary bonus was paid $390,000 in cash, $65,000 was delivered in the form of DCIs awarded under the DCI Plan, and the remaining $65,000 was delivered in the form of RSUs under the 2013 Plan.
Each of Messrs. Sipp, Cohen and Levine received payments in the amounts of $49,587 for 2018 pursuant to the Partner Incentive Pool (the “Partner Incentive Pool”) which amounts were paid on January 31, 2019.
Ms. Haas, who resigned from the Company on June 1, 2018, received aggregate quarterly payments totaling $250,000.
Messrs. Levin and Cohen were awarded cash distributions with respect to their Group D Units of $215,091 and $228,624, respectively.
Messrs. Shafir, Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine each received limited perquisites of the type that we have customarily paid to all of our executive managing directors.
Our Named Executive Officers received the following additional equity or equity-based compensation in 2018:
In connection with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Shafir received (i) a grant of one vested Group D Unit upon his admission as a limited partner of the Operating Partnerships, (ii) a one-time sign-on grant of 1,200,000 RSUs under the 2013 Plan (the “Shafir Sign-On RSUs”), (iii) a one-time sign-on grant of 1,000,000 PSUs under the 2013 Plan (the “Sign-On PSUs”), and (iv) a grant of 199,203 RSUs in connection with his first annual grant of RSUs, in each case, pursuant to the Shafir Employment Agreement (as defined below).
In connection with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Sipp received (i) a grant of one vested Group D Unit upon his admission as a limited partner of the Operating Partnerships and (ii) a sign-on grant of 300,000 RSUs under the 2013 Plan (the “Sipp Sign-On RSUs”), in each case, pursuant to the Sipp Partner Agreements (as defined below).
Mr. Levin received a grant of 1,340,000 RSUs under the 2013 Plan pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements (as defined below).
Pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, Mr. Levin forfeited his entire grant of 3,900,000 Group D Units that was previously made to him in 2017.
Summary of Compensation Program Changes for 2019minimum retained ownership requirement.
In connection with the Recapitalization, we made certain changes to our compensation program effective as of the closing of the Recapitalization (as described in “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization” below).
Compensation Philosophy and Process
We believe that our long-term philosophyAt the beginning of seeking to align2020, the interests of our executive managing directors with those of the investors in our funds and our Class A Shareholders has been a key contributor to our historical growth and success. In furtherance of this philosophy, our compensation programs are designed to attract, retain and motivate executives


and other professionals of the highest level of talent and effectiveness. Our Compensation Committee and management regularly reevaluate our compensation programs to ensure we are meeting these objectives.
The Compensation Committee reviews theFormer CEO set goals and objectives relevant to our Chieffor each Named Executive Officer’s compensation.
ForOfficer. Throughout the portion of 2018 during which Mr. Shafir served as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Shafir’s annual compensation included a base salary, discretionary annual bonus and an annual RSU grant underyear, the 2013 Plan. In addition, in connectionFormer CEO met with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Shafir received the following one-time awards: (i) a grant of one vested Group D Unit upon his admission as a limited partner of the Operating Partnerships, (ii) a sign-on grant of RSUs under the 2013 Plan, and (iii) a sign-on grant of PSUs under the 2013 Plan. For further information, see “—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions—Shafir Employment Agreement and Partner Agreements” below. The Compensation Committee intends to evaluate Mr. Shafir’s performance annually to determine whether to provide any additional cash or equity-based compensation in recognition of his performance.
For the portion of 2018 during which Mr. Och served as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Och’s compensation was limited to certain perquisites. Pursuant to the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements, Mr. Och has received, and may prior to the Transition Date receive, his pro rata portion of vested or unvested Group Units forfeited by executive managing directors who have withdrawn from the Oz Operating Group. Such forfeited Group Units are reallocated on a pro rata basis to the remaining active executive managing directors. Mr. Och did not receive any reallocated units in 2018. Considering these items, the Compensation Committee evaluates Mr. Och’s performance annually to determine whether to provide any additional cash or equity-based compensation in recognitiondiscuss progress on these goals, and at the end of Mr. Och’s performance. The Compensation Committee determined that Mr. Och’s compensation remained appropriate in form and, with respect to perquisites, amount, andthe year, the Compensation Committee therefore made no changes to Mr. Och’s compensation for 2018.
The Compensation Committee, with input from the Chief Executive Officer, also reviews the goals and objectives relevant to each of our other Named Executive Officers and similarly undertakesundertook an annual performance evaluationsevaluation with the Former CEO to determine whether to provide any additional compensation to these executives. Furthermore, ourexecutives for fiscal year 2020 based on a combination of the Company’s performance and the individual’s achievement of goals and objectives . In addition, the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, consider recommendations of the Chairman of the Partner Management Committee solely with respect to discretionary income allocations payable on Class C Non-Equity Interests to those ofseparately set out goals and objectives for our executive managing directors who are alsoFormer CEO and reviewed performance when determining our Named Executive Officers.Former CEO’s compensation for fiscal year 2020.
The Compensation Committee iswas also provided with information concerning the Company’s practices for compensating its other executive managing directors, managing directors and other employees. In general, our managing directors execute a managing director agreement with us, which provides for a fixed annual salary and an annual discretionary bonus, generally payable in a mix of cash, RSUs and DCIs. Other employees, who do not have employment agreements with us, are compensated with a fixed salary, and may receive an annual discretionary bonus payable in cash and in some cases partly in RSUs. In general, our employee compensation programs are designed to enablemeet our five compensation objectives described above, which enables us to attract and retain the most talented employees in our industry in keeping with our one-firm, team-based culture, which emphasizes employee collaboration and the successculture.
Components of our Company as a whole. These attributes foster alignmentCore Annual Compensation Program
Our core annual compensation program consists of both fixed and variable compensation. The following forms of compensation are used to ensure we continue to align the interests of our employees and executive managing directors (including our Named Executive Officers) with those of our Class A Shareholders and those of the investors in our funds, while retaining key talent:
a.Base Salary/Draw - We generally pay base salaries in line with market compensation rates for each role within our organization. We work closely with compensation experts on determining market rates.
b.Cash Bonus - Cash bonuses are awarded to our executive managing directors (including our Named Executive Officers) and employees to compensate them for their individual and collective performance, and to ensure our ability to attract and retain top talent. Certain executive managing directors have minimum annual bonus amounts that were (i) negotiated in connection with a new hire, (ii) negotiated in connection with contracts signed as part of the 2019 Recapitalization, or (iii) otherwise negotiated in order to attract and retain key talent.
c.Deferred Cash Interests - We currently grant DCIs pursuant to the Sculptor Deferred Cash Interest Plan (the “DCI Plan”) as part of the annual bonus awarded to our executive managing directors (including our Named Executive Officers). We also grant DCIs pursuant to the Sculptor Deferred Cash Interest Plan for Employees (the “Employee DCI Plan”) as part of the annual bonus awarded to our managing directors. DCIs reflect notional fund investments made by the Sculptor Operating Group on behalf of an executive managing director or employee and are subject to
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multi-year vesting conditions.DCIs align our executive managing directors’ interests to those of our Class A Shareholders and fund investors by tying the ultimate value of the award to fund performance and promoting long-term retention through vesting requirements. For further details on the DCIs, please see “Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Deferred Cash Interests” below.
d.Restricted Stock Units - We currently grant RSUs as part of the annual bonus awarded to our executive managing directors (including our Named Executive Officers) and managing directors. RSUs are granted pursuant to the 2013 Incentive Plan and are subject to vesting conditions. RSUs align our executive managing directors’ interests to those of our Class A Shareholders by tying the ultimate value of the award to Class A Share performance and promoting long-term retention through vesting requirements. For further details on the RSUs, please see “Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—PSUs and RSUs” below.

e.Partner Incentive Pool – The Partner Incentive Pool is a formulaic compensatory arrangement designed to further align executive managing directors, including certain Named Executive Officers, to fund investors and Class A Shareholders. The pool is calculated based on the profits and losses of the funds that we manage. It pays out, in an aggregate range of 25 to 100 basis points, with the ultimate aggregate payout percentage determined by the CEO, subject to Compensation Committee approval, based on overall fund and Company performance for the year. In consultation with the Compensation Committee, the CEO allocates a fixed percentage of the pool to each eligible executive managing director and the Compensation Committee reviews and approves any allocation to a Named Executive Officer. The Company uses these ranges and allocations to align the Partner Incentive Pool’s size and allocation to the Company’s performance, as measured by the performance of its funds under management. The Partner Incentive Pool payout percentages for Fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020 are set forth below.For 2020, like 2019, a year in which exceptionally strong results were obtained as detailed in “2020 Performance and Highlights” above, the Board approved a payout ratio of 90 basis points. By contrast, in 2018, a year of less strong performance, the Board approved a payout ratio of 25 basis points.Our Former CEO, Current CEO and CIO, and CFO did not participate in the plan during 2020.For further details, please see “Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Partner Incentive Pool” below.

Fiscal Year202020192018
Partner Incentive Pool Payout Percentage0.90 %0.90 %0.25 %
f.Transfer of Value to Company by the Active Executive Managing Directors resulting from the 2019 Recapitalization - As further described below, under the 2019 Recapitalization, certain active executive managing directors agreed to compensation reductions in an aggregate amount of approximately $19.8 million for 2019 and approximately $16.0 million for 2020, and all active executive managing directors gave up distributions on Sculptor Operating Group Units during the Distribution Holiday in an aggregate amount of approximately $15.3 million for 2019 and approximately $28.7 million for 2020 (assuming distributions would have been made on Sculptor Operating Group Units at the same per unit rate as our Q1-Q4 2019 and Q1-Q4 2020 dividends).
2019 Recapitalization
The 2019 Recapitalization has directly impacted our approach to compensation and brought significant benefit to Class A Shareholders.Key aspects are as follows:
Senior Management Alignment and Cash Compensation Reductions. The 2019 Recapitalization corrected an equity misalignment between active executive managing directors and Class A shareholders, all at no cost or dilution to Class A shareholders.As noted above, former executive managing directors reallocated 35% of their Group A Units in each of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships to existing members of senior management in the form of Class E Units and for potential grants to new hires. The Class E Units related to this reallocation vest over a five-year period. In conjunction with such reallocation, certain members of senior management made long-term commitments to the Company and agreed to a 10-20% reduction in their annual compensation. The reallocation of Units materially
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increased equity ownership for active executive managing directors solely through the reallocation from former executive managing directors (and not the Class A Shareholders), allowing active executive managing directors to be further aligned with our Class A Shareholders. In addition, vesting conditions imposed on the Class E Units helped ensure the stability and commitment of the Company’s key senior investment professionals and senior leadership. Class A Shareholders have benefited as this resulted in aggregate cash compensation reductions to active executive managing directors of approximately $19.8 million for 2019 and approximately $16.0 million for 2020 paid for by equity grants that caused no dilution and provided greater alignment with active executive managing directors.
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Balance Sheet Enhancement.Active and former executive managing directors agreed to temporarily forego distributions on all of their common units in the Sculptor Operating Partnerships.In addition, during the Distribution Holiday, distribution equivalent units paid on RSUs held by certain executive managing directors (including all Named Executive Officers) are limited to $4.00 per RSU. However, the parties agreed that the Class A Shareholders would continue to receive distributions during the Distribution Holiday (generally, 20%-30% of distributable earnings per year). The Distribution Holiday 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 million of Distribution Holiday Economic Income (as defined in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements) is realized and (y) April 1, 2026.The Distribution Holiday was designed to enable the Company to strengthen its balance sheet by paying down its debt and preferred securities, while continuing to pay Class A Shareholders a dividend.For Fiscal Year 2019 and 2020, active executive managing directors gave up approximately $15.3 million and $28.7 million of distributions, respectively (assuming distributions would have been made on Sculptor Operating Group Units at the same per unit rate as our Q1-Q4 2019 and Q1-Q4 2020 dividends). In addition, the Company amended the Tax Receivable Agreement to (i) provide that certain payments are no longer due to the recipients for tax years 2017 and 2018 (ii) reduce the percentage of tax savings required to be paid with respect to the 2019 tax year and thereafter from 85%-75%.These amendments further facilitated deleveraging of the Company’s balance sheet.
In November 2020 we refinanced the preferred shares and subordinated debt outstanding at the time of the 2019         Recapitalization with a new term loan, allowing us to capture $62.3 million in discounts on the preferred shares and
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subordinated debt. Through January 2021, the Company voluntarily prepaid an aggregate of $175.0 million of the 2020 term loan, leaving a balance of $145.0 million, which is due at maturity. For further information, please see “Certain Agreements of the Registrant and the Sculptor Operating Group Entities” below.
Considerations with respect to our Market for Talent
We primarily compete with private, alternative asset managers including, among others, those listed in the table below. Our private hedge fund competitors largely operate open-ended vehicles with periodic incentive crystallizations, similar to our multi-strategy and credit funds, which contribute the largest portion of our fee revenue. Competition for talent in this industry is fierce, with high turnover, especially for investment professionals. Investors in most of our funds, and those of our competitors, have certain key person provisions that are triggered upon the loss of services of one or more key investment professionals and could, upon the occurrence of such event, provide the investors in the funds with certain rights such as early redemption rights. Accordingly, paying competitive compensation for our industry is vital for the long-term success of our business.
To this end, the Compensation Committee considers a survey of available information on pay practices of private hedge funds, and the input of the Compensation Committee’s independent compensation consultant (Semler Brossy), when making decisions. CEOs and CIOs of our peers are typically compensated from bottom line equity distributions that are shared by a small partner group. The CEO/CIO is often the largest, if not majority owner. These asset managers have significant margins on both their management fee and incentive fee streams. Management fee cashflow is relatively stable for managers year-to-year creating a sizable minimum annual cashflow to equityholders, similar to the minimum compensation in our CIO’s compensation structure. Incentive fees vary significantly with performance, creating volatility in the equity distributions from this fee stream, similar to the CIO payout formula in our compensation framework.
Our competitors do not trade on the public markets. Although there are a limited number of publicly-traded, alternative asset managers (Apollo, Ares, Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR), these are imperfect comparators, as many of these asset managers pay their talent via carried interest (as opposed to cash bonuses) due to the closed-end structure of their investment funds and products.

The table below includes a significant number of our competitors for talent. The Compensation Committee believes that the compensation paid to our Named Executive Officers is competitive with the talent market that we compete in with consideration to the Company’s size and performance.


Competitors
Millenium ManagementCitadel
Renaissance TechnologiesAppaloosa Management
Coatue ManagementViking Global Investors
Tiger Global ManagementPershing Square Capital Management
Point 72 Asset ManagementElliott Management

2020 Stockholder Engagement Regarding Compensation Matters
The Company held an advisory “say on pay” vote as part of our 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.Approximately 68% of votes were cast in favor of our say on pay proposal.Following the annual meeting, the Company made an extensive shareholder engagement effort. Our Board and management team are committed to (i) enhancing our disclosure in this proxy statement with the goal of more clearly and concisely explaining our compensation program to our Class A Shareholders, (ii) engaging with Class A Shareholders and incorporating their feedback into our compensation planning and (iii) working with Semler Brossy to structure our compensation program in ways to further align our executive managing directors with Class A Shareholders and fund investors.Additional detail on these events, as well as planned future steps, is provided below.
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2020 Say-on-Pay and Shareholder Engagement
Following the 2020 say on pay vote, we undertook an extensive effort, led by our then Chairman, to solicit feedback from shareholders on: (i) the design of our compensation program, and (ii) opportunities to improve the quality and clarity of the description of our compensation program.

In the Fall of 2020, we conducted an extensive stockholder outreach effort which included seeking feedback from 14 external stockholders that owned 1% or more of our Class A Shares, representing 43.8% of our Class A Shares issued and outstanding as of such time. Three of such stockholders, each a large institutional asset manager agreed to provide such feedback.Our then Chairman of the Board and Chief Legal Officer participated in each discussion.
We expressed to our shareholders that the Company values and gives serious consideration to the views of Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”), Glass Lewis and other governance services. The Company clarified certain key points underpinning the ISS and Glass Lewis reports, which recommended an Against vote on the advisory vote to ratify Named Executive Officer compensation. In particular the Company clarified the following key points:
We are being compared to an inapposite peer group. ISS compared us to 18 publicly traded financial services firms, including boutique investment banks.We do not view any as peers, as we compete with none for talent. Compensation designed to be in-line with these peers could lead to our inability to retain top talent and ultimately impact fund performance and shareholder value.The Company is principally a hedge fund manager, none of whom trade publicly and are therefore not available as ISS comparisons. Please see a list of our competitors in “Considerations with respect to our Market for Talent” above.
A material contributor to 2019 NEO compensation – E units – were reallocations of equity from former to active executive managing directors and were paid for through contractual compensation reductions, which reduced 2019 compensation. Stock Awards and total compensation were inflated in last year’s Summary Compensation Table as a result of the inclusion of the grant date fair market value of this reallocation of equity under applicable accounting rules.
The reallocation process further aligned our active executive managing directors with Class A Shareholders by allocating ownership away from retired executive managing directors. This is a common process at private alternative asset managers, where various mechanisms are used from time-to-time to realign ownership to active management.
The compensation of our executive managing directors is largely formulaic, and not overly discretionary. For example:
Mr. Levin’s compensation in 2019 and 2020 is formulaic (a percentage of profits and losses generated by a list of funds attached to his Partner Agreement) as described above in “Compensation Philosophy and Approach—Pay for Performance” above.
Mr. Shafir’s compensation provides for minimal discretion.Mr. Shafir was primarily compensated through an annual RSU award of $5 million, base salary of $2 million, a guaranteed bonus of $2 million and ongoing vesting of 1,000,000 sign-on RSUs.He also was awarded 1,000,000 sign-on performance-stock units, which must meet both service-based and performance-based conditions.Mr. Shafir received an annual discretionary bonus of up to $2 million, but this is the only discretionary portion of his compensation.We believe the issues raised by ISS with respect to Mr. Shafir’s compensation are largely based off of a use of inapposite peers.
Minimum annual compensation is currently necessary to retain talent - while some of our competitors are able to pay minimum annual compensation more organically (through large equity ownership by founders and large net
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management fees distributions), we currently are not making distributions to our active executive managing directors, pursuant to the Distribution Holiday. As described in this Proxy Statement, we need to pay competitively as compared to other hedge funds to secure our key people, and therefore minimum annual compensation is, in certain circumstances, necessary to retain key talent.
We received helpful guidance and insight from our Class A Shareholders. For example:
Class A Shareholders suggested the Company include more fulsome disclosure regarding the 2019 Recapitalization, compensation philosophy, proper peer group and the role of Compensation Committee in compensation of our Named Executive Officers in the proxy statement.
Class A Shareholders suggested that a portion of deferred compensation be paid in performance stock units (which include performance-based vesting tied to metrics such as stock price appreciation or growth in assets under management).
Class A Shareholders suggested the Company include broader clawback policies in contracts with executive managing directors.
Class A Shareholders suggested the Company consider whether guaranteed minimum compensation awards are necessary, and if so, at what levels.
The Board of Directors, under the leadership of our new Chair Marcy Engel, seated in that role since February 2021, and the Compensation Committee are carefully considering the feedback and the results of the say-on-pay vote at our 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.Each of the areas raised in the shareholder outreach are under consideration.The Compensation Committee, in regular consultation with our external compensation consultant and management, plan to continue to engage in productive discussions with ISS. We are committed to being responsive to our shareholders and maintaining a compensation program that is properly aligned with the best interest of our Class A Shareholders and fund investors. For example, the Board and Mr. Levin intend to negotiate a new agreement that will address compensation for service as CEO and CIO. With respect to service as CEO, we expect Mr. Levin’s agreement to include compensation-related metrics that are more traditional for a CEO, such as Class A Share performance, and will take into account the feedback we have received from our Class A Shareholders. With respect to service as CIO, we expect Mr. Levin’s agreement to remain aligned with fund investors.
With respect to our Class A Shareholders’ concerns regarding disclosure, we believe we have made significant enhancements to our disclosure in this proxy statement with the goal of more clearly and concisely explaining our compensatory program to our shareholders and why it is aligned with their best interests and the interests of the investors in our funds. The annual discretionary cash bonuses we pay represent a significant element of our annual compensation and benefits program and are determined in accordance with our team-based culture and, for any given year, are based on a combination of individual performance and the Company’s annual financial performance.
Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs
We believe that ownership of substantial interests in the OzSculptor Operating Group and RSUs held by our executive managing directors, including each of ourthe Named Executive Officers, together with RSUs and DCIs held by them, creates significant alignment with our Class A Shareholders and investors in our funds and strengthens our culture of teamwork and collaboration, and in alignmentcollaboration. In line with that philosophy, we sponsor several equity and equity-based incentive plans for our executive managing directors, including our Named Executive Officers, as further described below. For additional information regarding the effectsThe terms of the Recapitalization on our equity and equity-based incentive plans, please see “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.”
Group D Units
Beginning in 2013, executive managing directors have been eligible to receive grants of Group D Units under the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements and related plans. Group D Units represent non-equity profitsvarious interests in the OzSculptor Operating Group entities that are and canmay be granted alone or as a PSI distribution. Generally, Group D Units are entitled to receive cash distributions in equal amounts and at the same time as distributions are paid with respect to Group A Units. Group D Units are only entitled to share in residual assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, and become eligible to


participate in any exchange right or tag along right in a change of control transaction to the extent that there has been a threshold amount of appreciation. Each Group D Unit automatically converts into one Group A Unit to the extent that they have become economically equivalent to one Group A Unit.
With respect toheld by our Named Executive Officers each of Messrs. Shafir and Sipp received a grant of one vested Group D Unit upon their admission as a limited partner in the Oz Operating Group entities. On February 16, 2018, each of the Operating Partnerships entered into a partner agreement with Mr. Levin (the “2018 Levin Partner Agreements”). Pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, Mr. Levin forfeited his entire grant of 3,900,000 Group D Units that was previously made to him in 2017. For details on each of the Named Executive Officer’s Group D Units, including the terms of such grants that vary from the terms generally applicable under the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements, please see “—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions” below.
The Recapitalization also provides for a “Group D Election” and a “Distribution Holiday,” each as defined and described below in “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.” For further details on the effect of the Recapitalization on the Group D Units, please see “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.”
Group P Units
In February 2017, the Board approved the 2017 incentive program and creation of Group P Units in order to provide awards which vest on performance metrics relating to total shareholder return. Group P Units entitle the holders to receive distributions of future profits of the Oz Operating Group once the Group P Units vest by satisfying both a Service Condition and a Performance Condition (further discussed below). Once vested, holders are entitled to receive the same distributions per unit on each Group P Unit as holders of the Group A Units and Group D Units. Each vested Group P Unit also becomes exchangeable for one Class A Share (or the cash equivalent thereof) on the terms described in the Group P Unit Exchange Agreement upon achievement of sufficient appreciation to meet a prescribed capital account book-up target. Generally upon a Class P Liquidity Event (as defined in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements), the Service Condition will be waived and each Group P Unit will be entitled to participate pro rata with other Group Units to the extent that (i) the applicable Performance Condition is deemed satisfied based on the price implied by the Class P Liquidity Event; and (ii) sufficient appreciation has occurred to meet a prescribed capital account book-up target.
An award of Group P Units will generally vest if: (i) the executive managing director has continued in uninterrupted service until the third anniversary of the date of grant (the “Service Condition”), and (ii) on or after such date, the total shareholder return on Class A Shares based on the average closing price on the NYSE for the calendar month prior to the date of grant (or for the month of January 2017 with respect to the Group P Units granted to the Named Executive Officers on March 1, 2017) equals or exceeds certain specified thresholds (expressed as percentages, “Performance Thresholds”) (the “Performance Condition”). The Performance Thresholds are set on the date of grant. The Performance Thresholds for the Group P Units granted on March 1, 2017 are as follows: 20% of the Group P Units vest upon a Performance Threshold of 25% being achieved; an additional 40% (for a total of 60%) of the Group P Units vest upon a Performance Threshold of 50% being achieved; an additional 20% (for a total of 80%) of the Group P Units vest upon a Performance Threshold of 75% being achieved; and an additional 20% (for a total of 100%) of the Group P Units vest upon a Performance Threshold of 125% being achieved. Generally, all of an executive managing director’s unvested Group P Units will be forfeited upon the earlier of (i) the termination of the executive managing director’s service for any reason and (ii) the last day of the sixth anniversary of the date of grant. If the executive managing director’s service is terminated for cause at any time, all of the executive managing director’s vested and unvested Group P Units will be forfeited. If the executive managing director retires on or after the date on which the Service Condition is satisfied but prior to the Performance Condition being satisfied, the executive managing director will conditionally retain all of the Group P Units subject to satisfaction of the Performance Condition. If the executive managing director resigns (other than for retirement) or is terminated for any reason other than for cause on or after the date on which the Service Condition is satisfied, any unvested Group P Units will be conditionally retained until the earlier of the first anniversary of the date of such termination and the sixth anniversary of the date of grant, subject to satisfaction of the Performance Condition.
With respect to our Named Executive Officers, Mr. Levin forfeited 2,900,000 Group P Units pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements. None of the Named Executive Officers received grants of Group P Units in 2018.
For further details on the effect of the Recapitalization on the Group P Units, including the Distribution Holiday, please see “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.”
Profit Sharing Interests
Beginning in 2016, the Oz Operating Group began to grant PSIs to new executive managing directors upon their admission as limited partners to the Oz Operating Group entities. PSIs are non-equity, limited partner profits interests in the


Oz Operating Group that participate in distributions of future profits of the Oz Operating Group on a pro rata basis with the Group A, B and D Units. Distributions on the PSIs are made in a combination of cash (which may include DCIs) and Group D Units, at such times and in such proportions as set forth in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements subject toand the discretionNamed Executive Officers' individual partner agreements, the terms of the ChairmanRSUs that are or may be held by our Named Executive Officers are set forth in the 2013 Incentive Plan and the individual award agreements and the terms of the Partner Management Committee (currently Mr. Och). The CompanyDCIs that are or may grants RSUs to executive managing directors, instead of Group D Units for the portion of the distribution it makes in respect of PSIs that would otherwise be madeheld by our Named Executive Officers are set forth in the form of Group D Units. PSIs are subject to forfeiture upon the departure of an executive managing director, and the number of PSIs held by an executive managing director can be increased or decreased each year at the PMC Chairman’s discretion. In the PMC Chairman’s sole discretion, PSIs may participate in a PSI Liquidity Event (as defined in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements) on the same terms as Group A Units, but only to the extent that the PSIs have become economically equivalent to Group A Units, although PSIs do not convert into Group A Units upon becoming economically equivalent to them. PSIs may share in residual assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up to the extent that there has been a threshold amount of appreciation subsequent to issuance of the PSIs. The Oz Operating Group has not granted any PSIs since 2017.
For further details on the effect of the Recapitalization on the PSIs, including the Distribution Holiday, please see “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.”DCI Plan.
Deferred Cash Interests (“DCIs”)
On February 27, 2017, the Board approved the DCI Plan, pursuant to which DCIs may be granted. DCIs reflect notional fund investments made by the OzSculptor Operating Group on behalf of an executive managing director. Under the
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terms of the DCI Plan, unless otherwise provided for in an award agreement, DCIs vest in three equal portions over three (3) years commencing on January 1st of the calendar year following the applicable grant date, subject to an executive managing director’s continued service. Upon vesting, the OzSculptor Operating Group pays the executive managing director an amount in cash equal to the notional investment represented by the DCIs, as adjusted for notional fund performance. Under the DCI Plan, except as otherwise provided in an award agreement or partner agreement, in the event of a termination of the executive managing director’s service, any portion of the DCIs that is unvested as of the date of termination will be forfeited.
With respect to ourOur Named Executive Officers each of Messrs. Shafir, Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine are eligible to receive DCIs as a component of payment of their respective annual bonusbonuses pursuant to their respective partner agreements and Omnibus Agreements, discussed further in “—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits“Partner Agreements” below. DCIs align our executive managing directors interest to those of our Class A Shareholders and Change in Control Provisions” below.fund investors by tying the ultimate value of the award to fund performance and promoting long-term retention through vesting requirements.
In 2018, each of Mr. Levine and Ms. Haas2021, our Named Executive Officers received a grantthe following grants of DCIs in respect of their 20172020 annual bonus in the amount of $945,000bonuses: Mr. Shafir, $1,425,000; Mr. Sipp, $148,909; Mr. Levin, $10,764,104; Mr. Cohen, $591,000; and $1,400,000, respectively, pursuant to the DCI Plan. Ms. Haas subsequently forfeited her DCIs upon her departure in 2018.Mr. Levine, $418,500.
In 2019, we granted DCIs to certain of our Named Executive Officers in respect of their 2018 annual bonus, in each case, pursuant to the DCI Plan.
PSUs and RSUs
In 2018, we granted to Mr. Shafir the Sign-On PSUsClass A performance-based RSUs (“PSUs”) in connection with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer pursuant to the Shafir Employment Agreement (as defined below).2013 Incentive Plan. In general, PSUs entitle the holder to receive a Class A Share, or cash equal to the fair value of a Class A Share at the election of the Board, upon completion of the requisite service period, as well as satisfying certain performance conditions based on achievement of targeted total shareholder return on Class A Shares. PSUs do not begin to accrue dividend equivalents until the requisite service period has been completed and performance conditions have been achieved. We did not grant any PSUs in 2020. PSUs align the interests of active executive managing directors to Class A Shareholders by including both service-based and performance-based vesting conditions.
In addition, weWe have granted RSUs as a form of compensation to certain executive managing directors pursuant to the 2013 Incentive Plan. An RSU entitles the holder to receive a Class A Share, or cash equal to the fair value of a Class A Share at the election of the Board, upon completion of the requisite service period. RSUs held by our executive managing directors granted as part of their annual bonus generally vest on January 1st of the three subsequent years following the grant date. All of the RSUs granted to date 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 that also accrue additional dividend equivalents. During the Distribution Holiday, dividend equivalents paid on RSUs held by the Named Executive Officers are limited to $4.00 per RSU. Delivery of dividend equivalents on outstanding RSUs is contingent upon the vesting of the underlying RSUs. RSUs align our executive managing directors’ interests to those of our Class A Shareholders by tying the ultimate value of the award to Class A Share performance and promoting long-term retention through vesting requirements.
All RSUs held by our Named Executive Officers became subject to the Distribution Holiday, as described above.
In 2018,2020, each of our Named Executive Officers (other than Mr. Shafir) received grants of RSUs in respect of their 2019 bonuses, as described in “Compensation Committee Report—2020 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” below. Mr. Shafir also received a grant of 215,946 RSUs (with a value of approximately $5 million) in connection with his firstthird annual grant of RSUs pursuant to the Shafir Employment Agreement, Mr. Sipp received a sign-on grant of RSUs in connection with his appointment as Chief Financial Officer pursuant to the Sipp Partner Agreements (as defined below), and Mr. Levin received a grant of RSUs pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements.


In 2019,2021, we granted the following RSUs to certaineach of our Named Executive Officers in respect of their 20182020 annual bonuses in each case, pursuant to the 2013 Plan.(other than Mr. Shafir): Mr. Sipp, 6,663 RSUs (with a value of approximately $99,272), Mr. Levin, 240,808 RSUs (with a value of approximately $3,588,035), Mr. Cohen, 26,443 RSUs (with a value of approximately $394,000) and Mr. Levine, 18,725 RSUs (with a value of approximately $279,000).
Partner Incentive Pool
In July 2018, the Board established the Partner Incentive Pool to further the retention of certain executive managing directors by providing for participation in a cash incentive pool for fiscal year 2018. Three of our Named Executive Officers, Messrs. Sipp, Cohen and Levine, along with certain other of our active executive managing directors, participated in the Partner Incentive Pool for fiscal year 2018. Any amount that becomes payable to participants under theThe Partner Incentive Pool is in additiona formulaic and performance-based compensatory arrangement designed to the compensation they are entitled to receive under their existing partner agreements. The Partner Incentive Pool will be calculated based on (i) the gross profit and loss of certain Oz funds multiplied by (ii) a percentage of the pool size, which is subject to a minimum amount of 25 basis points (which is equal to 0.25%). The Chief Executive Officer, in his sole discretion, will determine the amount of the pool based on each of these two factors. The CEO will also determine which activefurther align executive managing directors, will participateincluding certain Named Executive Officers, to fund investors and Class A Shareholders. This incentive program is described above in the Partner Incentive Pool“Compensation Discussion and in what percentages, subject to approval by the Analysis—Compensation Committee. For 2018, eachPhilosophy and Approach”.
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In respect of Messrs. Sipp,2020, Mr. Cohen received a cash payment of $1,729,414, and Mr. Levine received payments in the amountsa cash payment of $49,587$1,152,943, pursuant to the Partner Incentive Pool, which amounts were paid on January 15, 2021.
Incentive Units
We have awarded incentive units described in the table below to our executive managing directors, including Named Executive Officers, in past Fiscal Years. The Incentive Units described below are not currently ongoing components of pay, but rather programs that are outstanding from previous Fiscal Years and the 2019 Recapitalization.

 E-1 UnitsE-2 UnitsP Units
DescriptionProfits interests granted to active executive managing directors in connection with a reallocation of equity from former management to active management under 2019 RecapitalizationProfits interests granted to executive managing directors under the 2019 Recapitalization, in conversion of Group D UnitsInterests awarded in 2017 to retain key talent that can become fully equity ownership provided certain Company growth targets are achieved
Current Operating Profits Entitlement (Post-Distribution Holiday)YesYesNo (until both service and performance vesting conditions are met)
Exchange RightExchangeable for Class A Shares (if vested and certain conditions met).Exchangeable for Class A Shares (if vested and certain conditions met).Exchangeable for Class A Shares (if vested and certain conditions met).
Class B Share RightsYes (upon vesting)Yes (upon vesting)Yes (upon grant)
Ownership by Named Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2021)Mr. Levin - 3,560,378 Mr. Sipp - 83,334 Mr. Cohen - 324,232 Mr. Levine - 150,000Mr. Levin - 358,485 Mr. Cohen - 381,040Mr. Levin - 1,000,000 Mr. Cohen - 670,000 Mr. Levine - 50,000
Alignment with Class A ShareholdersYes - Subject to vesting and Distribution HolidayYes - Subject to vesting and Distribution HolidayYes - Includes both service-based and performance-based vesting conditions.
Incentive Unit Vesting
Group E-1 Units - Group E-1 Units held by our executive managing directors (including Named Executive Officers) generally vest, subject to certain exceptions, one-third each on December 31, 2019. In connection with2020, December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022; provided that the Recapitalization,recipient remains in continuous service through each vesting date. Notwithstanding the Compensation Committee approvedabove, all unvested Group E-1 Units would become fully vested in the extensionevent of a Change in Control or liquidation and a portion of the Partner Incentive Pool to continue duringunvested Group E-1 Units would become fully vested in the Distribution Holidayevent of a withdrawal without cause (as defined below). For additional information regarding the extensiondescribed in Exhibit E-1 of the Partner Incentive PoolOperating Group Limited Partnership Agreements).
Group E-2 Units - Group E-2 Units held by our executive managing directors (including Named Executive Officers) have generally vested, other than certain unvested Group E-2 Units held by Mr. Cohen, described further in connection“Partner Agreements” below.
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Group P Units - An award of Group P Units will generally vest if: (i) the executive managing director has continued in uninterrupted service until the third anniversary of the date of grant (the “Service Condition”), and (i) on or after such date, the total shareholder return on Class A Shares based on the average closing price on the NYSE for the calendar month prior to the date of grant (or for the month of January 2017 with respect to the Recapitalization, see “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization—ExtensionGroup P Units granted to the Named Executive Officers on March 1, 2017) equals or exceeds certain specified thresholds (the “Performance Condition”). As of Partner Incentive Pool.”December 31, 2020, the Service Condition for the P Units held by our Named Executive Officers has been met and the Performance Condition has not. Generally, all of an executive managing director’s unvested Group P Units will be forfeited upon the last day of the sixth anniversary of the date of grant if the Performance Condition has not been met. If the executive managing director is subject to a withdrawal without cause, any unvested P Units will be conditionally retained until the earlier of the first anniversary of the date of such withdrawal and the sixth anniversary of the date of grant, subject to satisfaction of the Performance Condition.
Compensation Committee and Compensation Consultants
The Compensation Committee has the power and authority to oversee our compensation policies and programs and makes all compensation related decisions relating to our Named Executive Officers. The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter adopted by the Board. The Compensation Committee reviews the charter on an annual basis. The Compensation Committee’s membership is determined by the Board. The Compensation Committee’s members are all independent directors under the rules of the NYSE.
Pursuant to its charter, the Compensation Committee has the sole authority to retain, terminate, obtain advice from, oversee and compensate its outside advisors, including its compensation consultant. The Company has provided appropriate funding to the Compensation Committee to do so.
In 2018,2020, the Compensation Committee again retained Semler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC (“Semler Brossy”) as a third-party advisor to provide independent advice, research and evaluation in connection with:with (i) the termsCompensation Committee’s response to the 2020 Say on Pay vote, (ii) the compensation of compensation for Mr. Shafir, as discussed under “Shafir Employment Agreementeach of our Named Executive Officers, and Partner Agreements,”(iii) the termspreparation of compensation for Mr. Sipp, as discussed under “Sipp Partner Agreements,” and the terms of compensation for Mr. Levin, as discussed under “Levin Partner Agreements.”this CD&A.
In 2018,2020, Semler Brossy reported directly to the Compensation Committee. Semler Brossy did not provide services to the Company other than as described in the prior paragraph. Specifically, Semler Brossy did not provide, directly or indirectly through affiliates, any other consulting services to management or the Board. The Compensation Committee conducted a specific review of its relationship with Semler Brossy, and determined that Semler Brossy’s work for the Compensation Committee did not raise any conflicts of interest, consistent with the guidance provided under the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, by the SEC and by the NYSE. The Compensation Committee continues to monitor the independence of its compensation consultant on a periodic basis.
Compensation and Risk
Our compensation program includes elements that discourage excessive risk-taking and that align the compensation of our executive managing directors, managing directors and other employees with our long-term performance. For example, all Group Units held by our executive managing directors at the time of our IPO or issued to our executive managing directors that were admitted after our IPO upon their admission to the Oz Operating Group entities are, or have been, subject to multi-year service vesting conditions. Group Units held by our executive managing directors are also subject to transfer restrictions and a minimum retained ownership requirement. Similarly, the DCIs that may be granted as part of a distribution on an executive managing director’s PSIs or as part of a bonus paid to our executive managing directors or our employees are subject to transfer restrictions and multi-year service vesting conditions. In addition, the PSUs and RSUs held by our executive managing directors, managing directors and other employees are also generally subject to multi-year service vesting conditions. Because of these significant vesting provisions and because of the transfer restrictions applicable to our


executive managing directors, the actual amount of compensation realized by our executive managing directors, managing directors and other employees is tied to our long-term performance.
Shareholder Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation
At our 20172020 annual meeting of shareholders, our shareholders voted to hold an advisory vote on executive compensation every three (3) years. Consistent with that vote, the Board resolved to accept the shareholders’ recommendation, and will next hold an advisory vote on executive compensation at the 20202023 annual meeting of shareholders. At our 2017 annual meeting of shareholders, our shareholders again expressed their support of the Company’s executive compensation programs. Approximately 95% of the votes cast supported our executive compensation policies and practices. The Compensation Committee viewed the vote as an expression of our shareholders’ general satisfaction with the Company’s current executive compensation programs. As a result of the shareholder advisory vote, the Compensation Committee decided that it was not necessary to implement changes to our executive compensation programs. However, in connection with the Recapitalization, the Compensation Committee determined to implement certain changes to our executive compensation, as discussed above in “Executive Summary—Summary of Compensation Program Changes for 2019” and below in “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization.”
Partner Agreements Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions
In furtherance of our long-term philosophy of seeking to align the interests of our executive managing directors with those of the investors in our funds and our Class A Shareholders and to attract and retain talent, the OzSculptor Operating Group entities have entered into partner agreements with certain of our executive managing directors. We have entered into partner agreements with each of our Named Executive Officers other than Mr. Och, which provide for certain advances, guaranteed payments and equity grants, as described further below.
Shafir Employment Agreement and Partner Agreements
In connection with Mr. Shafir’s appointment as Chief Executive Officer as of February 5, 2018, Mr. Shafirthe Recapitalization, we have also entered into an executive employment agreement, dated January 27, 2018, betweencertain omnibus agreements (collectively, the “Omnibus Agreements”) with our Named Executive Officers (other than Mr. Shafir), as described below. For information on the various restrictive covenants by which are Named Executive Officers are bound, please see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Restrictive Covenants” below.
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Shafir and the Company (the “Shafir Employment Agreement”). In addition, Mr. Shafir was appointed to the Board as of February 5, 2018. Given that Mr. Shafir is a member of management, he will not receive any compensation with respect to his service as a director, but he will be reimbursed for reasonable costs and expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board. The term of the Shafir Employment Agreement ends on February 5, 2022.Agreements
As required by the terms of the Shafir Employment Agreement, on March 6, 2018,General. Mr. Shafir was admitted as a limited partner of each of the OzSculptor Operating Group entities and entered into the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements and partner agreements with each such entity effective February 5, 2018 (the “Shafir Partner Agreements”),. On January 29, 2021, Mr. Shafir entered into an Amendment to the Shafir Agreements, providing that the $5 million annual RSU award to be granted in February 5, 2021 be paid in DCIs (the “Shafir Agreement Amendment”). On March 26, 2021, Mr. Shafir entered into partner agreements with the Sculptor Operating Group, the terms of which are substantially similar to those ingovern Mr. Shafir’s Withdrawal from the Shafir Employment Agreement, which are described below. The Shafir Partner Agreements superseded and replaced the Shafir Employment Agreement.Operating Partnerships on April 1, 2021.
Cash Compensation. The Shafir Employment Agreement providesAgreements provide that during the term Mr. Shafir will receive an annual base salary of $2,000,000 and a discretionaryan annual bonus with a minimum annual bonus equal to 100% of his base salary and a maximum annual bonus equal to 200% of his base salary, which may be paid in a combination of cash, deferred cashDCIs or equity awards of the Company;RSUs; provided, that no less than 60% of each annual bonus will be paid in cash. Pursuant to the Shafir Agreements, with respect to 2020, Mr. Shafir received a salary of $2,000,000 and a bonus of $3,750,000 ($2,325,000 paid in cash and $1,425,000 paid in DCIs that vest in three equal installments on January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024).
Equity CompensationSign-On RSUs; Sign-On PSUs; Annual RSUs. In connection with entering intoPursuant to the Shafir Employment Agreement,Agreements, on February 5, 2018, Mr. Shafir received (i) 1,200,000 RSUs (“the Shafir Sign-On RSUs,RSUs”) and (ii) 1,000,000 PSUs (“the Shafir Sign-On PSUs,PSUs”), in each case, subject to the terms of the 2013 Incentive Plan.
The Shafir Employment AgreementAgreements also providesprovide that Mr. Shafir will receive an annual grant of RSUs equal to $5,000,000 in value at grant (the “Shafir Annual RSUs”) for each year of the term of the Shafir Employment Agreement,Agreements, subject to the terms of the 2013 Incentive Plan. The grant of Shafir Annual RSUs may be reduced in the sole discretion of the Board to no less than 250,000 RSUs in the event that the fair market value of Class A Shares of the Company is less than $20.00 on the date of grant, in which case the remainder of the value of the annual grant will be made in the form of cash-based awards subject to the same terms and conditions as the Shafir Annual RSUs. The firstthird grant of Shafir Annual RSUs was made on February 5, 2018.January 31, 2020 in the amount of 215,946 RSUs.
The Shafir Sign-On RSUs, and the Shafir Annual RSUs, and any portion of the annual bonus that is paid in RSUs under the 2013 Incentive Plan, will vest in four equal installments on each of the first four anniversaries of the applicable grant date or effective date, as applicable, provided that Mr. Shafir is employed by the Company on each vesting date.


date (subject to certain exceptions). Pursuant to the Shafir Agreements and the partner agreements governing Mr. Shafir’s Withdrawal from the Operating Partnerships on April 1, 2021, all unvested Shafir Sign-On RSUs and Shafir Annual RSUs vested on April 1, 2021.
The Shafir Sign-On PSUs will conditionally vest if: (i) Mr. Shafir has continued in uninterrupted service until the third anniversary of the grant date (the “PSUs Service Condition”), and (ii) on or after such date, the total shareholder return on Class A Shares of the Company based on the average closing price on the NYSE for the 10 trading days immediately following the date of the public announcement of the appointment of Mr. Shafir as CEO equals or exceeds certain performance thresholds (the “PSUs Performance Condition”) as follows: 20% of the Shafir Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 25% is achieved; an additional 40% of the Shafir Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 50% is achieved; an additional 20% of the Shafir Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 75% is achieved; and the final 20% of the Shafir Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 125% is achieved.
If the Shafir Sign-On PSUs have not satisfied both the PSUs Service Condition and the PSUs Performance Condition by the sixth anniversary of the grant date, it will be forfeited and canceled immediately.
The Shafir Employment Agreement also provides that for so long as Mr. Shafir is employed by the Company, he will continue to hold at least 50% of the after-tax portion of Class A Shares of the Company delivered in respect of any equity awards (including on settlement of the Shafir Annual RSUs, Shafir Sign-On RSUs and Sign-On PSUs). This restriction will lapse on a termination of employment for any reason or upon a Change in Control.Sipp Agreements
Change in ControlGeneral. . In the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Shafir Employment Agreement), all outstanding Shafir Sign-On RSUs and Shafir Annual RSUs will remain outstanding and continue to vest subject to Mr. Shafir’s continued employment with the Company or successor entity in a Substantially Equivalent Position (as defined in the Shafir Employment Agreement); provided, that (A) if Mr. Shafir’s employment with the Company or successor entity is terminated by the Company without cause or by Mr. Shafir because his position has ceased to be a Substantially Equivalent Position, in each case during the period beginning six (6) months prior to a Change in Control and ending on the earlier of the two-year period following a Change in Control and February 5, 2022, or (B) if Mr. Shafir is not offered a Substantially Equivalent Position in such Change in Control and terminates his employment within 30 days following such Change in Control, in each case, then Mr. Shafir will be entitled to the payments and benefits payable on a termination without cause as described below.
In the event of a Change in Control, the PSUs Service Condition with respect to the Sign-On PSUs will be waived (if not already satisfied) but only to the extent that the applicable PSUs Performance Condition has been satisfied pursuant to the price per Class A Share of the Company implied by the Change in Control and the Sign-On PSUs will become vested to the extent the PSUs Performance Condition has been so satisfied, and the remaining unvested Sign-On PSUs, if any, will be forfeited on such date.
Termination of Employment. The Shafir Employment Agreement provides that upon a termination of Mr. Shafir’s employment by the Company without cause, or by Mr. Shafir by reason of his position no longer being a Substantially Equivalent Position, in each case, prior to the expiration of the term, Mr. Shafir will be entitled to receive the following severance benefits (the “Severance Benefit”): (1) a lump sum cash payment equal to (A) if such termination occurs prior to February 5, 2020, the lower of (x) the Base Severance Benefit (as defined below) and (y) $18,000,000, and (B) if such termination occurs on or after February 5, 2020, the lower of (x) the Base Severance Benefit, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full months remaining in the initial term, and the denominator of which is 24, and (y) $18,000,000; (2) his minimum annual bonus, pro-rated for the fiscal year in which the termination occurs through the termination date; and (3) his annual bonus earned for the most recently completed fiscal year, to the extent such annual bonus was not previously paid. For purposes of the Shafir Employment Agreement, “Base Severance Benefit” means the product of (x) base salary and maximum annual bonus, multiplied by (y) 3.0.
In addition, upon Mr. Shafir’s termination without cause or by reason of his position no longer being a Substantially Equivalent Position as described above, his outstanding equity awards will also be treated as follows: (A) (i) the next two installments of the Shafir Sign-On RSUs will become vested on the termination date (or, for a qualifying termination in connection with a Change in Control, the later of the termination date and the date of the Change in Control), and in addition, to the extent unvested following application of the previous clause, a portion of an additional installment of Shafir Sign-On RSUs, pro-rated for the year of the employment term in which the termination occurs through the termination date, shall also become vested as of such date (and the remaining unvested Shafir Sign-On RSUs, if any, will be forfeited on such date); and (ii) the next two installments of the Shafir Annual RSUs will become vested as of the termination date (or, for a qualifying termination in connection with a Change in Control, the later of the termination date and the date of the Change in Control) and the remaining unvested Shafir Annual RSUs, if any, will be forfeited on such date; and (B) the PSUs Service Condition with respect to the Sign-On PSUs will be waived and Mr. Shafir will conditionally retain any remaining Sign-On


PSUs for a period of up to twenty-four (24) months following the termination date, at which time any such Sign-On PSUs that have not satisfied the PSUs Performance Condition will be forfeited.
If the Company does not offer to renew the Shafir Employment Agreement at the expiration of its term on substantially similar terms, (i) all unvested Shafir Annual RSUs and all unvested Shafir Sign-On RSUs then-held by Mr. Shafir will vest, (ii) Mr. Shafir will retain all of his remaining Sign-On PSUs until the sixth anniversary of the grant date, at which time any such Sign-On PSUs that have not satisfied the Performance Condition will be forfeited, (iii) all equity and deferred awards granted in payment of any annual bonuses then-held by Mr. Shafir will vest and he will receive his annual bonus earned for the most recently completed fiscal year, to the extent such annual bonus was not previously paid, and (iv) Mr. Shafir will receive his minimum annual bonus, pro-rated for the fiscal year in which the termination occurs.
The payment of the Severance Benefit and the treatment of the equity awards upon a qualifying termination of employment as described above under “Change in Control” and “Termination of Employment” in each case, is subject to Mr. Shafir’s execution of a general release of claims against the Company.
Restrictive Covenants. The Shafir Employment Agreement contains non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions, ending on the second anniversary of the date of Mr. Shafir’s termination for any reason (or on the 18-month anniversary in the case of a termination of employment upon or following the expiration of the term of the Shafir Employment Agreement in the case of the restrictions on competition and solicitation of the Company’s investors), as well as confidentiality and other restrictions that are generally consistent with those applicable to the Company’s other executives.
Sipp Partner Agreements
In connection with Mr. Sipp’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer and admission as a limited partner of the OzSculptor Operating Group entities, each of the OzSculptor Operating Group entities entered into an agreement with Mr. Sipp on July 19, 2018, effective as of May 3, 2018 (the “Sipp 2018 Partner Agreements”). The Sipp Partner Agreements were subsequently amended in connection with the 2019 Recapitalization by an omnibus agreement described below in “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization—Management Arrangements.”
Under the terms of the Sipp Partner Agreements, upon admission, Mr. Sipp was granted one vested Group D Unit. The term of the Sipp Partner Agreements continues through December 31, 2020 or such earlier date as Mr. Sipp ceases to serve as an active limited partner, which may be extended by mutual agreement ofbetween Mr. Sipp and each of the Oz Operating Group entities pursuant toPartnerships on February 7, 2019 (as amended on July 10, 2019, the terms thereof.“Sipp Omnibus Agreement”), which is effective as of the Recapitalization Closing. (the “Sipp Omnibus Agreement” and together with the Sipp 2018 Partner Agreements, the “Sipp Agreements”).
Compensation. Pursuant to the Sipp Partner Agreements, Mr. Sipp is entitled to a quarterly cash payment, paid to him at a rate of $500,000 per year (as prorated for 2018 to reflect his partial year of service).year. In addition to those quarterly cash payments, each year during the term and thereafter while he is an active individual limited partner, Mr. Sipp is eligible to receive conditional performance-based discretionary awards under the Sipp Partner Agreements (i.e. an annual bonus), which may be paid in a combination of cash, DCIs or RSUs, and targeted in the amount of $2,500,000 for the 2019 fiscal year and thereafter and in the form of 75% current cash and 25% in a combination of deferred cash or RSUs; provided, that no less than 60%75% of the total annual amount of compensation (consisting of quarterly cash
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payments and annual bonus) will be paid in cash; provided, further, that minimum total annual amount may be no less than $1,831,043 for fiscal year 2018 or $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020. Any RSUs grantedNotwithstanding the foregoing, the total annual amount of compensation payable to Mr. Sipp for any fiscal year, inclusive of his quarterly payments, will be reduced by 10% from the total annual amount of compensation that would otherwise be payable in respect of such fiscal year; provided, that such reduction will apply to the amount of the annual bonus (and will not reduce the quarterly payments) for such fiscal year.
Resignation. On November 3, 2020, Mr. Sipp informed the Company of his decision to resign as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective January 15, 2021. In connection with Mr. Sipp’s resignation, Mr. Sipp entered into partner agreements, dated November 9, 2020, between Mr. Sipp and each of the Sculptor Operating Partnerships, pursuant to which Mr. Sipp agreed 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 “Sipp 2020 Partner Agreements”). Pursuant to the Sipp 2020 Partner Agreements, Mr. Sipp continued to receive his annual base compensation through January 15, 2021. With respect to Mr. Sipp’s 2020 annual bonus, will be subject50% of the portion of such bonus represented by DCIs and RSUs that is scheduled to three-year annual vesting; provided, that if Mr. Sipp’s service is terminated by the Oz Operating Group entities without cause or as a result of his death or disability, then any unvested RSUs will remain outstanding andvest on January 1, 2022 shall continue to vest on January 1, 2022, and the applicable vesting date, subject to Mr. Sipp’s execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Sipp Partner Agreements. In addition, for any DCIs awarded in respectremainder of Mr. Sipp’s 2020 annual bonus ifrepresented by DCIs and RSUs was forfeited.
With respect to fiscal year 2020, Mr. Sipp received aggregate quarterly payments of $500,000 and a bonus of $4,215,443: (i) $3,967,262 paid in cash (ii) $148,909 in DCIs that vest entirely on January 1, 2022 and (iii) 6,663 RSUs, granted January 31, 2021, that vest entirely on January 1, 2022.
Under the Sipp 2020 Partner Agreements, as of Mr. Sipp’s service is terminated by the Oz Operating Group entities without cause, then anyresignation date, Mr. Sipp retained (i) 111,783 unvested DCIs will remain outstanding and continue to vestRSUs awarded on the applicable vesting date, subject to Mr. Sipp’s execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Sipp Partner Agreements.
On May 3, 2018 pursuant(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), 50% of which vested on January 1, 2021, with the remainder vesting on January 1, 2022; (iii) 17,738 unvested RSUs awarded on January 31, 2020 (including distribution equivalent units), 50% of which vested on January 1, 2021, with the remainder vesting on January 1, 2022; (iv) an unvested DCI balance of $317,525 (as of September 30, 2020) with respect to DCIs awarded on February 15, 2019, 50% of which vested on January 1, 2021, with the remainder vesting on January 1, 2022 (based on the DCI balance at such times); (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 vested on January 1, 2021, with the remainder vesting 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 vested on December 31, 2020. Mr. Sipp
Under the Sipp 2020 Partner Agreements, Mr. Sipp receivedforfeited (i) 8,868 unvested RSUs awarded on January 31, 2020 (including dividend equivalent units), which would have vested on January 1, 2023; (ii) an unvested DCI balance of $205,888 (as of September 30, 2020) awarded on February 3, 2020, which would have vested on January 1, 2023 (based on the Sipp Sign-On RSUs. The Sipp Sign-On RSUs will vestDCI balance at such time); and (iii) 166,666 Group E-1 Units awarded on February 7, 2019, which would have vested in three equal annual installments on each of May 3, 2019, 2020December 31, 2021 and 2021, so long as Mr. Sipp is an active limited partner on each vesting date and has not provided notice of his intention to resign on or before each vesting date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (i) Mr. Sipp’s service is terminated by the Oz Operating Group entities without cause at any time prior to the end of the term, then 50% of any unvested Sipp Sign-On RSUs will remain outstanding and continue to vest on the applicable vesting date and the remaining 50% of any unvested Sipp Sign-On RSUs will be forfeited, or (ii) Mr. Sipp’s service is terminated due to his death or disability at any time prior to the end of the term or if the term is not extended, in either case, then any unvested Sipp Sign-On RSUs will remain outstanding and continue to vest on the applicable vesting date, in each case, subject to Mr. Sipp’s execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Sipp Partner Agreements.December 31, 2022.


Pursuant to the Sipp PartnerLevin Agreements if Mr. Sipp’s service is terminated by the Oz Operating Group entities without cause at any time prior to the end of the term and subject to his execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth therein, Mr. Sipp will be entitled to receive a lump-sum cash severance payment within 60 days following the date of termination in an amount equal to the product of (i) fifty percent (50%) and (ii) the difference between (x) an amount equal to the sum of (A) the pro-rated portion of his quarterly cash payments in respect of the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 and (B) $5,750,000, less (y) the aggregate amount of quarterly cash payments and annual bonuses paid or awarded (based on their grant date fair value as applicable) to Mr. Sipp prior to the date of termination; provided that no amount of annual bonus will be deemed to be more than $1,500,000 for purposes of computing this severance payment.
Levin Partner Agreements
General. In connection with Mr. Levin’s admission as a limited partner of the Oz Operating Group entities, each of the Oz Operating Group entities entered into an agreement with Mr. Levin on November 10, 2010 (the “Initial Levin Partner Agreements”). In addition, (i) on January 28, 2013 each of the Oz Operating Group entities entered into an additional agreement with Mr. Levin reflecting certain additional terms and conditions of his arrangements with the Oz Operating Group entities (the “2013 Levin Partner Agreements”); and (ii) on February 14, 2017, each of the Oz Operating Group entities entered into an additional agreement with Mr. Levin, in connection with Mr. Levin’s commitment to remain with the Oz Operating Group entities for ten (10) years and serve as Co-Chief Investment Officer (the “2017 Levin Partner Agreements”). On February 16, 2018, each of the OzSculptor Operating Group entities entered into a partner agreement with Mr. Levin (the “2018 Levin Partner Agreements”) in order to more closely align Mr. Levin’s potential compensation with his then current role and responsibilities as Co-Chief Investment Officer and importantly strongly align his economic interests with our clients. The 2018 Levin Partner Agreements as summarized below, replaced and superseded the Initial Levin Partner Agreements, the 2013 Levin Partner Agreements and the 2017 Levin Partner Agreements. The 2018 Levin Partner Agreements were subsequently amended in connection with the 2019 Recapitalization by an omnibus agreement described below in “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization—Management Arrangements.”
Term. Thebetween Mr. Levin and each of the Operating Partnerships on February 7, 2019 (the “Levin Omnibus Agreement”, which is effective as of the Recapitalization Closing). On June 9, 2020, Mr. Levin was appointed as the Company’s next CEO effective April 1, 2021 pursuant to the Amendment to the Partner Agreements between the Sculptor Operating Group entities and Mr. Levin entered into as of June 9, 2020 (the “First Levin Partner Agreement Amendment”). On January 29, 2021, Mr. Levin entered into a second amendment to the Partner Agreements between the Sculptor Operating Group entities and Mr. Levin, changing the RSU/DCI percentages of Mr. Levin’s total annual compensation for Fiscal Year 2020 from 15%/15% to 7.5%/22.5% (the “Second Levin Partner Agreement Amendment, and together with the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, are effective as of January 1, 2018, and include provisions that are applicable for the period ending on December 31, 2019. The term shall be subject to extension by mutual agreement of Mr. Levin Omnibus Agreement and the intermediate holding companies, as general partners ofFirst Levin Partner Agreement Amendment, the Oz Operating Group entities (the “General Partners”“Levin Agreements”), upon approval by the majority of the Board..
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Responsibility and Reporting
CEO. Mr. Levin shall servewas appointed as a Co-Chief InvestmentChief Executive Officer (or soleand Chief Investment Officer)Officer of the Company and shall report toeffective April 1, 2021. In recognition of this new role Mr. Levin’s compensation package will be reevaluated by the Chief Executive Officernewly comprised Board of the Company.Directors, taking into account feedback from our Class A Shareholders. The Chief Executive Officer shall have ultimate authority over investment activitiesBoard of Directors will work with Mr. Levin in good faith to negotiate and enter into an agreement regarding additional compensation for his services as CEO in recognition of the Co-Chief Investment Officers (or sole Chief Investment Officer) shall have day-to-day management responsibility for such activities.added responsibilities he is assuming and to further align Mr. Levin with the interests of our fund investors and Class A Shareholders (the “Levin CEO Agreement”).
Compensation. Mr. Levin shall beis entitled to $4,000,000 in cash annually (the “Annual Draw”). during the term. The Annual Draw shall beis distributed in advance on a quarterly basis and shall beis treated as a non-refundable credit against the annual bonus (as defined below) that Mr. Levin may receive in respect of such fiscal year.
The annual bonus shall beis calculated as the product of (i) the gross profit and loss for such fiscal year based on the performance of certain specified OzSculptor funds and (ii) the Participation Ratio (as defined in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements) for such fiscal year, subject to a high water mark adjustment. The Participation Ratio shall range from 1.1% to 1.5%, as determined by the Compensation Committee based on a recommendationin respect of the Chief Executive Officer.2020 annual bonus was 1.75%. The minimum annual bonus for anythe 2020 fiscal year shall be $7,500,000was $10,000,000 inclusive of the Annual Draw.
The annual bonus (including the Annual Draw) shall befor the 2020 fiscal year was paid consistent with the following percentages: 70% in cash, 15%7.5% in RSUs under the 2013 Incentive Plan (such RSUs, the “Bonus Equity”), and 15%22.5% in DCIs. The Bonus Equity and DCIs shall generally vest over three (3) years from the time of grant, subject to various exceptions. In the event Mr. Levin is terminated or resigns, then all or a portion of these RSUs and DCIs may be forfeited in accordance with the terms of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements as described below.
Equity Interests. The 2018 Levin Partner Agreements provide the following with respect to Mr. Levin’s outstanding equity interests in the Oz Operating Group entities and the Company:Agreements.
Mr. Levin shall retain 1,100,000 vested GroupLevin’s annual bonus is formulaic, not discretionary, and is based solely on the gross profit & loss of nearly all funds and assets managed by the Company, including the Sculptor Master Fund. This directly aligns Mr. Levin’s compensation with the returns to fund investors, which also directly ties to the interests of Class A Units and Group D Units that he received underShareholders.
For the Initial Levin Partner Agreements and the 2013 Levin Partner Agreements (the retained units he received under the 2013 Levin Partner Agreements, the “Retained 2013 Units”) and forfeit an aggregate of 4,850,000 unvested Group A Units and Group D Units that he received under the 2013 and the 2017 Levin Partner Agreements;


2020 fiscal year, Mr. Levin shall retain 1,000,000received an Annual Draw of the Group P Units (the “Retained P Units”)$4,000,000 and forfeit 2,900,000 of the Group P Units that he received under the 2017 Levin Partner Agreements; and
Mr. Levin shall receive 1,340,000 RSUs, of which 390,000 shall vest on December 31, 2018 and the remainder generally vest over the next five (5) years, subject to his continued service on the applicable vesting dates and various exceptions.
In the event Mr. Levin’ is terminated or resigns, then all or a portion of the Group Units and RSUs described above may be forfeited in accordance with the terms of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements as described below.
Treatment of Equity in the Event of Withdrawal. The 2018 Levin Partner Agreements provide that in the event of Mr. Levin’s withdrawal from the Oz Operating Group entities:
The Retained 2013 Units shall be treated as follows:
If Mr. Levin is terminated with cause, then he forfeits 50% of the Retained 2013 Units and retains the other 50% of the Retained 2013 Units;
If Mr. Levin resigns (other than due to the General Partners not making a Company Extension Offer (as described below)), then he forfeits 30% of the Retained 2013 Units and retains the other 70% of the Retained 2013 Units; and
If Mr. Levin is terminated without cause or the General Partners elect not to make a Company Extension Offer, then he retains 100% of the Retained 2013 Units;
The Retained P Units shall be treated as follows:
If Mr. Levin is terminated with cause during the term of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, then he forfeits 100% of his vested and unvested Retained P Units;
If Mr. Levin resigns (other than due to the General Partners not making a Company Extension Offer), then he forfeits 100% of his unvested Retained P Units;
If Mr. Levin is terminated without cause prior to March 1, 2020, or the General Partners elect not to make a Company Extension Offer, then he conditionally retains 75% of the Retained P Units; and
In the case of any other withdrawal, the Retained P Units shall be treated the same as other Group P Units under the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements;
The 2013 RSUs shall be treated as follows:
If Mr. Levin is terminated with cause, then he forfeits 100% of any 2013 RSUs he holds, 50% of any Class A Shares of the Company delivered to him upon settlement of such RSUs (the “Related Class A Shares”), 50% of the after-tax proceeds from any sale of any Related Class A Shares and 50% of any distributions received in respect of any Related Class A Shares;
If Mr. Levin resigns (other than due to the General Partners not making a Company Extension Offer), then he forfeits 30% of any Related Class A Shares, 30% of the after tax proceeds from any sale of any Related Class A Shares and 30% of any distributions received in respect of any Related Class A Shares;
If Mr. Levin resigns (other than due to the General Partners not making a Company Extension Offer or following a Change in Position (as defined in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements)), then he forfeits 100% of the 2013 RSUs;
If Mr. Levin is terminated without cause, resigns following a Change in Position or the General Partners elect not to make a Company Extension Offer, then the next two installments of the 2013 RSUs scheduled to vest shall vest upon the occurrence of such event; and
If Mr. Levin does not accept a Company Extension Offer, then he forfeits all 2013 RSUs;
The 2017 RSUs shall be treated as follows:


If Mr. Levin is terminated with cause, then he forfeits 100% of any 2017 RSUs he holds, 50% of any Related Class A Shares, 50% of the after-tax proceeds from any sale of any Related Class A Shares and 50% of any distributions received in respect of any Related Class A Shares;
If Mr. Levin resigns prior to March 1, 2021 (other than due to the General Partners not making a Company Extension Offer), then he forfeits 32.5% of the Related Class A Shares, 32.5% of the after-tax proceeds from any sale of any Related Class A Shares and 32.5% of any distributions received in respect of any Related Class A Shares;
If Mr. Levin resigns for any reason, then he forfeits 100% of any 2017 RSUs he holds; and
If Mr. Levin is terminated without cause, then the 2017 RSUs continue to vest;
Any unvested Bonus Equity and DCIs shall be treated as follows:
If Mr. Levin is terminated with cause or resigns during the term of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements (other than following a Change in Position), then he forfeits the Bonus Equity and DCIs;
If Mr. Levin is terminated without cause or resigns following a Change in Position, in each case during the term of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, then the Bonus Equity and DCIs continue to vest;
If Mr. Levin is terminated without cause within twelve (12) months of a Change of Control (as defined for this purpose in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements), then the Bonus Equity fully vests; and
If Mr. Levin remains with the Oz Operating Group entities until the end of the Term, then the Bonus Equity and DCIs generally continue to vest.
Restrictive Covenants. Mr. Levin shall be prohibited from competing with us or soliciting our fund investors or employees for a two-year period upon Mr. Levin’s withdrawal from the Oz Operating Group entities for any reason prior to December 31, 2019, subject to the provisions described below solely in the case of the non-compete. The non-compete may be reduced to one (1) year upon Mr. Levin’s withdrawal from the Oz Operating Group entities (i) for any reason on or after December 31, 2019 or (ii) as a result of (x) the termination of Mr. Levin during the term of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements without cause or (y) a resignation following (A) a Change of Control in which his role or the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements are not continued or (B) a Change in Position, unless in the case of this clause (ii) the Oz Operating Group entities elect to make a $30,000,000 payment to Mr. Levin payable in installments over a 24-month period. Mr. Levin is also subject to confidentiality and other restrictions that are generally consistent with those applicable to our other executive managing directors. For the avoidance of doubt, the prohibition on Mr. Levin’s ability to solicit our fund investors or employees shall continue until the end of the two-year period after his withdrawal from the Oz Operating Group entities, regardless of when he leaves the firm and under what circumstances.
Rights in Connection with Liquidity Events. In connection with a Tag-Along Sale (as defined in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements) for 50% or less of the Class A Shares and Group Units, all of Mr. Levin’s vested Group A Units and 10% of his unvested Group A Units may participate regardless of whether he is offered a Substantially Similar Position (as defined in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements) following the Tag-Along Sale. In connection with a Tag-Along Sale for more than 50% of the Class A Shares and Group Units, then at the option of the Tag-Along Purchaser (as defined in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements) either (a) all of Mr. Levin’s vested and unvested Group A Units may participate or (b) only vested Group A Units may participate provided that Mr. Levin must be offered a Substantially Similar Position and may be required to enter into an employment contract following the Tag-Along Sale. In the event of a Drag-Along Sale (as defined in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements), at the option of the General Partners, either (a) all of Mr. Levin’s vested and unvested Group A Units and Group D Units may participate or (b) only vested Group A Units and Group D Units may participate provided that Mr. Levin must be offered a Substantially Similar Position and may be required to enter into an employment contract following the Drag-Along Sale. The Tag-Along Sale and Drag-Along Sale provisions above do not apply to the Retained P Units.
Generally in the event of a Change of Control (as defined for this purpose in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements), 75% of Mr. Levin’s Group P Units shall be entitled to participate on the same terms and to the same extent as other holders of Group P Units and the remaining 25% of his Group P Units shall vest on the second anniversary of the Change of Control, subject to Mr. Levin’s continued service in a Comparable Position (as defined for this purpose in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements). The service condition shall be waived and each Group P Unit shall be entitled to participate pro rata with other Group Units to the extent that (i) the applicable performance condition is deemed satisfied based on the price implied by the


Change of Control, and (ii) sufficient appreciation has occurred with respect to each Oz Operating Group entity for such Group P Unit to have become economically equivalent to one Group A Unit.
Generally, in the event of a Change of Control, 50% of Mr. Levin’s 2017 RSUs shall vest upon the Change of Control, and the remaining 50% of Mr. Levin’s unvested 2017 RSUs shall convert into RSUs relating to the same form of consideration paid to the other Class A Shareholders and shall vest on the second anniversary of the Change of Control, subject to his continued service in a Comparable Position.
Severance. Upon Mr. Levin’s withdrawal from the Oz Operating Group entities during the term of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements as a result of (x) the termination of Mr. Levin during the term without cause or (y) a resignation following (A) a Change of Control in which his role or the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements are not continued or (B) a Change in Position, Mr. Levin shall (i) receive the annual bonus for the portion of the year$43,840,462: (i) $29,488,323 paid in which the termination occurs;cash, (ii) receive vesting of the next two installments of the 2013 RSUs scheduled to$10,764,104 in DCIs that vest (as described above); (iii) receive either (x) a reduction in his non-compete from two (2) years to one (1) year or (y) a $30,000,000 cash payment payable in three installments over a 24-month period (as described above); (iv) conditionally retain 75% of the Group P Units to the extent provided in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements in the case of a withdrawal without cause;on January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023 and (v) receive continued vesting of any Bonus EquityJanuary 1, 2024 and DCIs (as described above), including the Bonus Equity and DCIs(iii) 240,808 RSUs, granted in respect of the annual bonus for the year in which the termination occurs.
End of Term. Whether or not the term of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements is extended beyond DecemberJanuary 31, 2019, and provided2021, that Mr. Levin has not withdrawn from the Oz Operating Group entities as of such date, Mr. Levin shall receive his annual bonus for 2019 and continued vesting of any Bonus Equity and DCIs (as described above). In addition, (x) if the General Partners elect not to make a Company Extension Offer, then Mr. Levin shall vest in the next twothree installments of the 2013 RSUs scheduled to vest (as described above),on January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023 and (y) if the General Partners elect to make a Company Extension Offer and Mr. Levin elects not to accept such offer, then Mr. Levin is not entitled to vest in the next two installments of the 2013 RSUs. Any non-extension of the term shall be treated as a withdrawal from the Oz Operating Group entities effective as of the last day of the term for all purposes under the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements.January 1, 2024.
The payment of severance and the treatment of the equity awards upon a withdrawal from the Oz Operating Group entities as described above under “Severance,” “Equity in the Event of Withdrawal” and “End of Term,” in each case, is subject to Mr. Levin’s execution of a general release of claims against the Oz Operating Group entities.
Cohen Partner Agreements
General. In connection with Mr. Cohen’s admission as a limited partner of the OzSculptor Operating Group entities, each of the OzSculptor Operating Group entities entered into an agreement with Mr. Cohen on November 10, 2010 (the “Initial Cohen Partner Agreements”). In addition, (i) on April 15, 2013, each of the OzSculptor Operating Group entities entered into an additional agreement with Mr. Cohen reflecting certain additional terms and conditions of his arrangements with the OzSculptor Operating Group entities (the “2013 Cohen Partner Agreements”), and (ii) on February 22, 2017, each of the OzSculptor Operating Group entities entered into an additional agreement with Mr. Cohen, in connection with Mr. Cohen’s commitment to remain with the OzSculptor Operating Group entities for six (6) years and serve as the President and Chief Operating Officer (the “2017 Cohen Partner Agreements” and, together with the Initial Cohen Partner Agreements and the 2013 Cohen Partner Agreements, the “Cohen Partner Agreements”). The 2017 Cohen Partner Agreements were subsequently amended in connection with the Recapitalization by an omnibus agreement described below in “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization—Management Arrangements.”
2013 Cohen Retention D Units. The 2013 Cohen Partner Agreements provided for the grant of 262,367 Group D Units tobetween Mr. Cohen (the “2013 Cohen Retention D Units”), which will vest, subject to Mr. Cohen’s continued active involvement with us, in seven equal annual installments commencing on April 15, 2014, and ending on April 15, 2020. Mr. Cohen will forfeit his unvested 2013 Cohen Retention D Units if he departs from the firm prior to April 15, 2020. In addition, in the event that Mr. Cohen is terminated with cause, he will retain only 50% of his vested 2013 Cohen Retention D Units, and forfeit the remaining 2013 Cohen Retention D Units.
2017 Cohen Incentive D Units. Under the terms of the 2017 Cohen Partner Agreements, on March 1, 2017, Mr. Cohen received a grant of 380,000 Group D Units (the “2017 Cohen Incentive D Units”). Subject to Mr. Cohen’s continued service, 50% of the 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units will vest on the third anniversary of the grant date, and the remaining 50% will vest in equal annual installments on each of the following three anniversaries of the grant date, ending on March 1, 2023. Upon a termination, Mr. Cohen generally retains his vested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units and forfeits his unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units, with the following exceptions: (i) if Mr. Cohen is terminated for cause prior to the sixth anniversary


of the grant date, all of Mr. Cohen’s unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units and 50% of his vested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units will be forfeited upon such termination; (ii) if Mr. Cohen is terminated without cause, then all then-vested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units will be retained, and a portion of the then-unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units (determined based on years of service since the grant date) will become vested as of the date of termination (with the remaining unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units forfeited); and (iii) if Mr. Cohen resigns at any time, he forfeits all unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units and a portion of his vested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units (determined based on years of service since the grant date).
2017 Cohen Incentive P Units. Under the terms of the 2017 Cohen Partner Agreements, Mr. Cohen was also granted 670,000 Group P Units on March 1, 2017 (the “2017 Cohen Incentive P Units”). The 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units will generally be subject to the same Service Condition and Performance Condition vesting and forfeiture conditions applicable to the Group P Units of other executive managing directors (see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Group P Units”), except as follows: (i) if Mr. Cohen is terminated without cause, all then-vested 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units will be retained, and a portion of the then-unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units (determined based on years of service since the grant date) will become eligible to vest as of the date of termination (with the remaining unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units forfeited) and, depending on length of service, remain outstanding and eligible to vest for a specified period following such termination; (ii) if Mr. Cohen resigns at any time, he forfeits all unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units and a portion of his vested 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units (determined based on years of service since the grant date); and (iii) upon a Change of Control (as defined in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements), as described below. In addition, at such time as the 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units have satisfied the conditions for exchangeability applicable to the other Group P Units (as described in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Group P Units”), (I) (x) at any time on or after the third anniversary of the grant date, 50% of the 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units will be immediately exchangeable, and (y) on and after each of the fourth, fifth and sixth anniversaries of the grant date, an additional portion of the 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units may be exchanged such that up to a cumulative percentage of the 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units equal to 66.67%, 83.33% and 100%, respectively, may be exchanged on and after such anniversary, and (II) on a termination without cause after the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, up to a cumulative percentage of the 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units equal to 66.67%, 83.33% and 100%, respectively, may be exchanged on and after such anniversary.
Change of Control (2017 Cohen Incentive Units). With respect to the 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units, generally in the event of a Change of Control, 50% of Mr. Cohen’s unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units will vest and participate in the Change of Control to the extent provided in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements, and the remaining 50% of Mr. Cohen’s unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units will remain outstanding following such Change of Control and will vest on the second anniversary of such Change of Control, subject to Mr. Cohen’s continued service in a Comparable Position (as defined for this purpose in the 2017 Cohen Partner Agreements) (and subject to acceleration upon certain qualifying terminations within two (2) years of the Change of Control). With respect to the 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units, generally in the event of a Change of Control prior to the third anniversary of the grant date, 50% of the 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units that would otherwise be entitled to participate under the terms of the Limited Partnership Agreements (as defined for this purpose in the 2017 Cohen Partner Agreements) shall vest and participate on the same terms and to the same extent as other Group P Units (see “Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions—Cohen Partner Agreements—2017 Cohen Incentive P Units”), and the remaining 50% of the 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units that would otherwise be entitled to participate under the terms of the Limited Partnership Agreements will vest on the second anniversary of the Change of Control, subject to his continued service in a Comparable Position (and subject to acceleration upon certain qualifying terminations within two (2) years of the Change of Control), and any remaining unvested 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units shall be forfeited. If Mr. Cohen is not offered a Comparable Position upon a Change of Control, then 100% of his 2017 Cohen Incentive D Units and 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units vest as of such Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control on or after the third anniversary of the grant date, the 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units will participate to the same extent as other Group P Units.
Additional Payments. Under the terms of the 2017 Cohen Partner Agreements, Mr. Cohen will receive cash payments for each of fiscal years 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the aggregate amount of $2,000,000 per year, which will reduce quarterly distributions for such years on an after-tax basis.
Other Provisions.Upon vesting, all of the Group Units granted to Mr. Cohen continue to be subject to transfer restrictions, and, to the extent applicable to such Units, the conditions to conversion into Group A Units (except with respect to Mr. Cohen’s rights to exchange his 2017 Cohen Incentive P Units, to the extent described above).


Levine Partner Agreements
In connection with Mr. Levine’s appointment as Chief Legal Officer and admission as a limited partner of the Oz Operating Group entities, Mr. Levine received an offer letter, dated November 21, 2016 (the “Levine Offer Letter”), outlining the terms and conditions of his service with us. On December 9, 2016, each of the Oz Operating Group entities entered into an agreement with Mr. Levine (the “Initial Levine Partner Agreements”), pursuant to which Mr. Levine was admitted as a limited partner of the Oz Operating Group entities on January 23, 2017, and which superseded and replaced the Levine Offer Letter. On June 2, 2017, each of the Oz Operating Group entities entered into an agreement with Mr. Levine (the “Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements”), which amended and restated the Initial Levine Partner Agreements in their entirety. Mr. Levine entered into the Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements to align the terms applicable to him with the updated terms applicable to certain of our other executive managing directors which were adopted subsequent to Mr. Levine’s joining the Company. The Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements were subsequently amended in connection with the Recapitalization by an omnibus agreement described below in “—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization—Management Arrangements.”
In consideration of his forfeiture of certain compensation from his former employer, Mr. Levine received a sign-on cash bonus payment totaling $98,136 which was paid on May 16, 2017, and a sign-on grant of 49,557 RSUs on January 23, 2017. The RSUs are scheduled to vest in periodic installments through March 1, 2021, subject to Mr. Levine’s continued service with us on each vesting date, provided, that in the event of a withdrawal by Mr. Levine other than for cause or Mr. Levine’s resignation, any unvested RSUs will become vested on the date that the RSUs would have vested if Mr. Levine had otherwise remained in service through such date, subject to Mr. Levine’s execution of a release of claims and continued compliance with his restrictive covenant obligations.
Under the terms of the Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements, upon admission, Mr. Levine received a grant of 100,000 PSIs as of January 23, 2017, which number of PSIs may be increased or reduced from time to time, in accordance with the terms of the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements.
Under the Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements, Mr. Levine receives variable distributions (i.e. an annual bonus) consisting of PSI distributions and additional performance-based discretionary distributions. Mr. Levine’s variable distributions are paid partly in Group D Units and partly in cash and DCIs. Any such Group D Units granted to Mr. Levine will vest in three equal annual installments. Upon vesting, all of the Group D Units granted to Mr. Levine continue to be subject to transfer restrictions, and the conditions to conversion into Group A Units. Any DCIs granted to Mr. Levine as a part of his variable distribution in respect of 2017 will generally be subject to four-year vesting and forfeiture conditions, and DCIs granted thereafter will generally be subject to three-year vesting and the forfeiture terms contained in the DCI Plan (described above in “—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Deferred Cash Interests”). Upon vesting, Mr. Levine will receive an amount equal to the notional investment represented by the DCIs.
Under the Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements, Mr. Levine is entitled to quarterly cash payments, paid to him at a rate of $500,000 per year, which amounts are paid in addition to the amounts of distributions that are made in respect of his variable distributions.
Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Confidentiality Restrictions
We believe that each of our executive managing directors, including all of the Named Executive Officers, should be subject to certain obligations and restrictions to not compete with us, not solicit our employees or the investors in our funds, not disparage us, and not disclose confidential information about our business and related matters. The following is a description of the material terms of such obligations and restrictions contained in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements applicable to each of our executive managing directors as limited partners of the Oz Operating Group entities.
Term of Service or Employment; Full-Time Commitment. Each executive managing director has agreed to devote substantially all of his business time, skill, energy and attention to his responsibilities at the Company in a diligent manner.
Confidentiality. Each executive managing director is required, both during and after his service with us, to protect and only use confidential information in accordance with strict restrictions placed by us on its use and disclosure. Every employee of ours is subject to similar strict confidentiality obligations imposed by agreements entered into upon commencement of service with us.
Non-Competition. During the term of service of each executive managing director and during the Restricted Period (as such term is defined below for this purpose), no executive managing director may, directly or indirectly:


engage or otherwise participate in any manner or fashion in any business that is a competing business, either in the United States or in any other place in the world where we engage in our business;
render any services to any competing business; or
acquire a financial interest in or become actively involved with any competing business (other than as a passive investor holding minimal percentages of the stock of public companies).
Pursuant to the Governance Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2019, among the Company, intermediate holding companies, Operating Partnerships and Mr. Och, certain non-competition restrictions included in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements applicable to the limited partners during the Restricted Period will not apply to any investment related activities or other activities of Willoughby Capital Holdings, LLC (“Willoughby Capital”), Mr. Och’s family office, its employees or related trusts or affiliates (collectively, “Willoughby”) or Mr. Och or his related trusts, affiliates or related parties (collectively, the “DSO Parties”); provided that (i) for so long as Mr. Och is on the Board, the DSO Parties will be subject to restrictions with respect to investment related activities that are no more restrictive than those applicable to any other non-employee director and (ii) during the Restricted Period, Willoughby and the DSO Parties may not invest in an operating entity of, or in the case of Mr. Och, serve as a director, officer, employee or consultant of, any hedge fund or real estate private equity fund except (a) as a passive investor holding less than 2% of the issued and outstanding stock of public companies or (b) as an investor in any operating entity that invests solely on behalf of Willoughby or the DSO Parties.
So long as Willoughby Capital qualifies for the “family office” exemption under the Advisers Act as amended from time to time, certain non-competition and non-solicitation restrictions included in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements applicable to the limited partners during the Restricted Period will not prohibit Willoughby or the DSO Parties from engaging in any investment activities alongside any of the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective affiliates’ current or prospective investors.
Non-Solicitation and Non-Interference. Generally, during the term of service of each executive managing director and during the Restricted Period, no executive managing director may, directly or indirectly, in any manner solicit any of our other executive managing directors, directors, officers or employees to terminate their relationship or service with us, or hire any person who was employed by us or was one of our executive managing directors or directors as of the date of such executive managing director’s termination or whose service or relationship with us terminated within two (2) years prior to or after the date of such executive managing director’s termination. Additionally, in general, no executive managing director may solicit, or encourage ceasing to work with us, any consultant, agent or senior adviser who the individual knows or should know is under contract with us.
In addition, generally during the term of service of each executive managing director and during the Restricted Period, such executive managing director may not, directly or indirectly, in any manner solicit or induce any of our current, former or prospective investors, financing sources, capital market intermediaries or consultants to terminate (or diminish in any material respect) his or its relationship with us for the purpose of associating with any competing business, or otherwise encourage such investors, financing sources, capital market intermediaries or consultants to terminate (or diminish in any respect) his or its relationship with us for any other reason.
Non-Disparagement. During the term of service of each executive managing director, and at all times following the termination of the executive managing director’s service, the executive managing director is prohibited from disparaging us in any way or making any defamatory comments regarding us.
Restricted Period. For purposes of the foregoing covenants, the “Restricted Period” for each of our Named Executive Officers (other than Mr. Och) and for most of our other executive managing directors, means the two-year period immediately following the date of termination of his association with us for any reason. With respect to Mr. Och and his related trusts, affiliates and related parties, the “Restricted Period” ends on December 5, 2020.
Intellectual Property. Each executive managing director is subject to customary intellectual property covenants with respect to works created, invented, designed or developed by such individual that are relevant to or implicated by the executive managing director’s service with us.
Other Provisions. In the case of any breach of the non-competition or non-solicitation provisions described above by an executive managing director, all of such executive managing director’s vested and unvested Group Units and any Class A Shares issued upon exchange of Group A Units, will be reallocated to the remaining active executive managing directors.


In addition, in the case of any breach of the non-competition or non-solicitation provisions described above by an executive managing director, the executive managing director will be required to pay us an amount equal to the total after-tax proceeds received from the sale of any Class A Shares, and any distributions thereon, issued upon exchange of Group A Units during the two-year period prior to the date of such breach, along with the after-tax portion of any performance cash awards conditionally granted to our executive managing directors under the Partner Incentive Pool in respect of the two-year period prior to the date of such breach. In addition, such breaching executive managing director will no longer be entitled to receive payments under the tax receivable agreement we executed with our executive managing directors and the Ziffs in connection with our IPO. We may elect to waive enforcement of any or all of the foregoing consequences in our sole discretion.
Resignation of Chief Executive Officer During 2018
On January 30, 2018, we announced that Mr. Shafir was succeeding Mr. Och as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as of February 5, 2018. Pursuant to the Recapitalization, Mr. Och recently delivered a resignation as Chairman of the Board effective March 31, 2019. Mr. Och also delivered a resignation as a member of the Board of Directors to become effective as of the next annual meeting of shareholders that occurs at least 30 days following the Transition Date. In addition, Mr. Och delivered a resignation (to become effective as of the Transition Date) from all officer positions of, and from the internal committees, boards of directors, boards of managers and similar governing bodies of, all subsidiaries of the Company and all investment funds or accounts managed by us.
Resignation of Chief Financial Officer During 2018
On April 12, 2018, Ms. Haas submitted her resignation as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and her service with us ended on June 1, 2018. Ms. Haas did not receive an annual bonus for 2018.
Modification to Relinquishment Agreement
The General Partners entered into a Relinquishment Agreement with Daniel S. Och and certain family trusts over which Mr. Och has investment control (the “Och Trusts”) effective as of March 1, 2017 (the “Relinquishment Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Relinquishment Agreement, Mr. Och and the Och Trusts agreed to cancel, in the aggregate, 3.0 million of their vested Group A Units (equivalent to 30.0 million prior to adjustment for the Reverse Share Split). The Relinquishment Agreement also provided that if any of the Group D Units granted to James S. Levin on March 1, 2017 were forfeited, such forfeited units would be reallocated to Mr. Och and the Och Trusts pursuant to the terms of the limited partnership agreements of the Operating Partnerships, up to an aggregate amount of 3.0 million Group Units (equivalent to 30.0 million prior to adjustment for the Reverse Share Split).
The Company and the parties to the Relinquishment Agreement subsequently entered into a Cancellation, Reallocation and Grant Agreement, dated March 28, 2018 and effective as of February 16, 2018, which replaced and superseded the Relinquishment Agreement in its entirety (the “Reallocation Agreement”). Pursuant to the Reallocation Agreement, Mr. Och and the Och Trusts relinquished their rights to receive the 3.0 million Group Units (equivalent to 30.0 million prior to adjustment for the Reverse Share Split) forfeited by Mr. Levin described above, which have been canceled, and Mr. Och instead was provided with the right to direct the General Partners to issue, for strategic hires and/or other business initiatives, up to 2.7 million Group Units (equivalent to 27.0 million prior to adjustment for the Reverse Share Split) (the “Reallocable Group Units”). Subsequently, as part of the Recapitalization, Mr. Och waived his right to reallocate (and, under certain circumstances, be reissued) the Reallocable Group Units.
Subsequent Events
Recapitalization
As previously disclosed, on December 6, 2018, the Company announced that the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, and Daniel S. Och, the Chairman of the Board and its largest shareholder, entered into the Letter Agreement providing for, among other things, the Recapitalization. On February 7, 2019, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into the Implementing Agreements providing for the consummation of the Recapitalization (the “Recapitalization Closing”).
Pursuant to the Recapitalization, Mr. Och and the other holders of Group A Units in each of the Operating Partnerships have collectively reallocated 35% of their Group A Units to existing members of senior managementon February 7, 2019 (the “Cohen Omnibus Agreement” and for potential grants to new hires (the “Class A Reallocation”). The Class A Reallocation has been effected by (i) recapitalizing such Group A Units into Group A-1 Units held by the holders of the Group A Units and (ii) creating and making grants to


existing members of senior management (and reserving for future grants to active executive managing directors and new hires) of Group E Units. As more fully described below, the Group A-1 Units will be canceled at such time and to the extent as such Group E Units vest and achieve a book-up. Upon vesting, holders of Group E Units will be entitled to vote a corresponding number of Class B Shares. Following the Liquidity Redemption and Mr. Och’s receipt of the Credit Fund Balance Redemption (as defined below), and 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 accordancetogether with the vote ofCohen Partner Agreements, the Class A Shares held by non-affiliates (the “Class A-1 Voting Holiday”). The Recapitalization also provided holders of Group D Units with a one-time election (the “Class D Election”) to convert such holders’ Group D Units into Group E Units, discussed further below.
The receipt by Mr. Och and his related parties of redemption proceeds associated with the redemption of all of their liquid balance in the investment funds or accounts managed by the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective affiliates (other than their liquid balances in the OZ Credit Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd.“Cohen Agreements”), for which redemption notices were delivered to effect such redemptions for the quarters ended December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019 is referred to as the “Liquidity Redemption.” Mr. Och submitted redemption notices for all liquid balances of Mr. Och and his related parties to effect the Liquidity Redemption. The redemption by Mr. Och and his related parties of all their liquid balances in the OZ Credit Opportunities Master Fund, Ltd., which is expected to be redeemed in full on September 30, 2019, for which redemption notices have been delivered is referred to as the “Credit Fund Balance Redemption.”
In the Recapitalization, (i) $200 million of the existing preferred units issued by the Operating Partnerships (the “Existing Preferred”) was restructured into new debt of the Operating Partnerships (the “Debt Securities”) and (ii) the remaining $200 million of Existing Preferred was restructured into new preferred equity securities of the Operating Partnerships (the “New Preferred Securities”), each as described below (collectively, the “Existing Preferred Restructuring”). In addition, the holders of the Existing Preferred have forfeited an additional 749,813 Group A Units (which were recapitalized into Group A-1 Units).
In addition, as part of the Recapitalization, Oz Operating Group initiated a distribution holiday (the “Distribution Holiday”) on the Group A Units, Group D Units, Group E Units, Group P Units, PSIs, 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 million of Distribution Holiday Economic Income (as defined in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements) is realized and (y) April 1, 2026.
The Implementing Agreements for the Recapitalization include, among others:
Agreements and Plans of Merger (providing for, among other things, the mergers which give effect to the Class A Reallocation and the Existing Preferred Restructuring and pursuant to which the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements will be amended and restated, in each case, effective upon the Recapitalization Closing);
Restated Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements (providing for, among other things, changes with respect to the terms of the classes of units of the Operating Partnerships, including the Class D Election, liquidity events, book-up provisions, the Distribution Holiday and withdrawal rights);
Distribution Holiday Agreements, as defined below (providing for, among other things, the application of the Distribution Holiday to the RSUs held by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the independent directors of the Board);
Amended and Restated Class A Exchange Agreement (providing for, among other things, rights and procedures relating to the exchange of vested and booked-up Group A Units);
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (providing for, among other things, the registration and resale of Class A Shares delivered in exchange for Operating Partnership units);
New Preferred Unit Designations (providing for, among other things, the terms of the New Preferred Securities issued in the mergers to effect, in part, the Existing Preferred Restructuring);
Subordinated Credit Agreement (providing for, among other things, the terms of the Debt Securities issued in the mergers to effect, in part, the Existing Preferred Restructuring);
Amended Credit Agreement (providing for, among other things, the consent of the applicable lenders to the Recapitalization pursuant to an amendment to the 2018 Credit Facility (as defined therein));


TRA Amendment (amending the tax receivable agreement in connection with the Recapitalization);
Governance Agreement (providing for, among other things, the redemption by Mr. Och and related parties of certain balances in the Company funds, certain proxies and voting arrangements, changes to Mr. Och’s director, officer, committee and other positions at the Oz Operating Group entities, certain non-competition and non-solicitation matters, name changes, waiver of general release requirements and escrow arrangements);
Consent Agreements (providing for, among other things, release and indemnification arrangements in connection with the Recapitalization); and
Management Arrangements (as defined below) and other compensation arrangements (providing for certain compensation and other agreements between the Oz Operating Group and certain members of senior management).
Set forth below is a summary of the Implementing Agreements for the Recapitalization as they relate to executive compensation matters.
Group D Units. Pursuant to the Class D Election, each Group D Unit converted into one Group E-2 Unit. Group E-2 Units are only entitled to future profits and gains and generally vest (i) with respect to Group E-2 Units issued to former executive managing directors, on the date of grant and (ii) with respect to Group E-2 Units issued to active executive managing directors that (a) were converted from vested Group D Units, on December 31, 2019, (b) were converted from unvested Group D Units that were scheduled to vest within 12 months of January 31, 2019, on December 31, 2019, or (c) were converted from any other unvested Group D Units, on the date such Group D Units would have vested; provided that in each case the recipient remains in continuous service through each vesting date, subject to accelerated vesting or continued vesting, as applicable, upon the occurrence of certain liquidity events or a qualifying termination of service.
Group E Units. The Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements set forth the terms of the Group E-1 Units and Group E-2 Units. Group E-1 Units are only entitled to future profits and gains and generally vest (i) with respect to Group E-1 Units issued to a limited partner holding Group A-1 Units, up to and including the number of Group A-1 Units held by such limited partner immediately following the Recapitalization, on December 31, 2019 and (ii) with respect to all other Group E-1 Units, one-third on each of December 31, 2020, December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2022; provided that in each case the recipient remains in continuous service through each vesting date, subject to accelerated vesting or continued vesting, as applicable, upon the occurrence of certain liquidity events or a qualifying termination of service. The vesting terms of Group E-2 Units are described above in the immediately preceding paragraph. The Operating Partnerships will cause the Company to issue one Class B Share to each holder of Group E Units upon the vesting of each such Group E Unit.
At the Recapitalization Closing, the Oz Operating Group conditionally issued (subject to certain vesting and forfeiture conditions) an aggregate of 9,655,232 Group E-1 Units to certain active executive managing directors. The general partner of the applicable Operating Partnership (“General Partner”) may conditionally issue additional Group E Units (“Additional Group E Units”) in each Operating Partnership to active individual limited partners, in an aggregate number not to exceed the amount described in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements, as specified by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (with the approval of the Compensation Committee, if applicable).
The Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements generally prohibit the Oz Operating Group, without the consent of the holders of a majority of Group E Units (until Group E Units representing less than 10% of the Group E-1 Units and Group E-2 Units remain outstanding), from: (A) taking any action that is adverse to the holders of Group E Units in a manner disproportionate to the holders of the Class A Shares; (B) creating any new class of equity securities that would be senior or pari passu to the Group E Units or creating any equity securities in any subsidiary of any of the Operating Partnerships (or amending the terms of an existing class of equity securities to become such equity securities) until the achievement of book-up for all Group E Units following the end of the Distribution Holiday; or (C) amending the book-up provisions of the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements in a manner that is adverse to the Group E Units, except as required by a change in applicable law or upon the written advice of outside counsel to the Oz Operating Group. In connection with any such consents to be obtained from the holders of Group E Units, no consent fee or other consideration shall be offered to such holders.
Distribution Holiday. The Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements have been revised to provide for the Distribution Holiday, which shall terminate on the earlier of (x) 45 days after the last day of the first calendar quarter in which an aggregate of $600 million of Distribution Holiday Economic Income (as defined in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements) has been realized and (y) April 1, 2026. During the Distribution Holiday, (i) the Operating Partnerships shall only make distributions with respect to Group B Units, (ii) the performance thresholds of Group P Units


shall be adjusted to take into account performance and distributions during such period, (iii) RSUs will receive in-kind distributions in respect of dividends or distributions paid on the Company’s Class A Shares, in each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4.00 per Group P Unit or RSU (equivalent to $0.40 prior to adjustment for the Company’s reverse share split that was effective as of January 3, 2019), as applicable, cumulatively during the Distribution Holiday, and in accordance with their existing terms (provided that such $4.00 cap shall not apply to any RSUs held by non-executive managing director employees or executive managing directors who are not receiving Group E Units) and (iv) income shall be allocated for book and tax purposes to reflect the revised distribution entitlements of the Group A / B / D / E / P Units. Following the termination of the Distribution Holiday, Group A Units, Group D Units and Group E Units (whether vested or unvested) shall receive distributions even if such Group A Units, Group D Units and Group E Units, as applicable, have not been booked-up.
Distribution Holiday Agreements. In connection with the Distribution Holiday, at the Recapitalization Closing, the Company entered into (i) a letter agreement with Robert Shafir, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (the “Shafir Distribution Holiday Agreement”), and (ii) letter agreements with each of the independent directors of the Board who holds RSUs (each, a “Director Distribution Holiday Agreement”), in each case, to provide that the Distribution Holiday applies to the RSUs owned by Mr. Shafir and the independent directors of the Board, respectively (the Shafir Distribution Holiday Agreement and each Director Distribution Holiday Agreement, collectively, the “Distribution Holiday Agreements”).
Management Arrangements. In connection with the Recapitalization, at the Recapitalization Closing, each of Messrs. Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine and certain other executive managing directors of the Company, each of whom is a member of senior management and a limited partner of the Operating Partnerships, entered into certain omnibus agreements with each of the Operating Partnerships (the “Management Arrangements”) in order to implement the transactions contemplated by the Letter Agreement.
Management Arrangement with Thomas Sipp. The omnibus agreement between Mr. Sipp and each of the Operating Partnerships, which is effective as of the Recapitalization Closing, amendsClosing.
Compensation. Under the Sipp PartnerCohen Agreements, to provide for, among other things, the following:
The term of the Sipp Partner Agreements was modified to end on December 31, 2022 (from a term ending on December 31, 2020). If Mr. Sipp’s service continues following the expiration of the term, his service will be on an at-will basis, subject to certain provisions in the Sipp Partner Agreements, as amended, that will survive the expiration of the term.
Effective for the 2018 fiscal year and thereafter during the term, Mr. SippCohen is entitled to a cash payment in the aggregate amount of $2 million annually (“Annual Payment”).The Annual Payment is distributed in advance on a quarterly basis.In addition,Mr. Cohen is eligible to receive a discretionaryan annual performance bonus, which may be paid in a combination of current cash, deferred cash or RSUs, as determined by the Compensation Committee, and targeted in the amount of $3,000,000 for the 2018 fiscal year (as prorated to reflect his partial year of service in 2018) and $2,500,000 for the 2019 fiscal year and thereafter and in the form of 75% current cash and 25% in a combination of deferred cash or RSUs; provided, that Mr. Sipp’s minimum annual amount of compensation (inclusive of his annual draw) will be equal to $2,000,000 effective for the 2018 fiscal year and thereafter during the term; provided, further, that current cash will not represent less than 75% of the annual compensation for any fiscal year, unless the Company adopts a uniform system of break points for high earners applicable to all executive managing directors subject to approval by the Compensation Committee and the Chief Executive Officer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the total annual amount of compensation payable to Mr. Sipp for any fiscal year, inclusive of his annual draw, will be reduced by 10% from the total annual amount of compensation that would otherwise be payable in respect of such fiscal year; provided, that such reduction will apply to the amount of the annual bonus (and will not reduce the annual draw) for such fiscal year.
Mr. Sipp’s omnibus agreement provides that if Mr. Sipp remains in service through December 31, 2022, irrespective of whether the term is extended, any RSUs then held by Mr. Sipp will continue to vest on the date such RSUs are scheduled to vest as if Mr. Sipp were to remain in service on each applicable vesting date.
In connection with the Recapitalization, Mr. Sipp received an additional grant of 250,000 Group E-1 Units, subject to the vesting and other terms and conditions of the applicable award agreement and the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements (as described above under “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization”).
Pursuant to the Sipp Partner Agreements as in effect prior to the omnibus agreement, Mr. Sipp was subject to a non-compete covenant for a one-year period upon his withdrawal from the Operating Group entities for any reason. The omnibus agreement modified the duration of this non-compete covenant to provide that (i) upon a withdrawal for


any reason other than without cause, the non-compete period is (A) twenty-four (24) months if the withdrawal occurs any time on or prior to December 31, 2020, or (B) twelve (12) months if the withdrawal occurs on or after January 1, 2021, and (ii) upon a withdrawal without cause, the non-compete period is twelve (12) months or such lesser period as may be determined by the Board.
Management Arrangement with James Levin. The omnibus agreement between Mr. Levin and each of the Operating Partnerships, which is effective as of the Recapitalization Closing, amends the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements to provide for, among other things, the following:
The term of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements was extended to December 31, 2022 (from a term ending on December 31, 2019), subject to certain provisions in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, as amended, that will survive the expiration of the term.
Mr. Levin’s minimum annual amount of compensation (inclusive of his annual draw) was reduced by 20% to $6,000,000 (from $7,500,000) effective for the 2018 fiscal year and thereafter during the term. In addition, Mr. Levin’s Participation Ratio for purposes of calculating his annual bonus during such period was reduced by 20% to a range of 0.88% to 1.2% (from the range of 1.1% to 1.5%) of the Company’s gross profit and loss for the applicable fiscal year.
In connection with the Recapitalization, Mr. Levin received a grant of 269,867 Group E-1 Units in respect of his recapitalization of an equal number of Group A-1 Units and an additional grant of 3,290,511 Group E-1 Units, in each case, subject to the respective applicable vesting and other terms and conditions of the applicable award agreement and the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements (as described above under “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Mr. Levin remains in service through December 31, 2022 and the General Partner elects not to make a Company Extension Offer (as defined in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, as amended by the omnibus agreement, as described below) to extend the term beyond December 31, 2022, then any unvested Group E-1 Units issued in respect of his forfeited Group A-1 Units will become vested on the regularly scheduled vesting date and a number of Additional Group E Units that are scheduled to vest during the subsequent 12 months will become vested on December 31, 2022.
Pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements as in effect prior to the omnibus agreement, Mr. Levin was subject to a non-compete covenant for a two-year period upon his withdrawal from the Operating Group entities for any reason prior to December 31, 2019, which was subject to a reduction to one (1) year upon his withdrawal (i) for any reason on or after December 31, 2019 or (ii) as a result of (A) his withdrawal without cause during the term or (B) a resignation following a Change of Control (as defined for this purpose in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements) in which his role or the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements were not continued or a Change in Position (as defined in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements), unless in the case of this clause (ii) the General Partner elects to make a $30,000,000 payment to Mr. Levin payable in installments over a 24-month period.
The omnibus agreement modified the duration of this non-compete covenant to provide for the following:
Upon a withdrawal without cause, the non-compete period is twelve (12) months or such lesser period as may be determined by the Board, unless for a withdrawal on or prior to December 31, 2021 the General Partner elects to make a $30,000,000 payment to Mr. Levin (as described above) in exchange for a 24 month non-compete period.
Upon a withdrawal for any reason other than without cause, the non-compete period is (i) twenty-four (24) months if the withdrawal occurs any time prior to December 31, 2021, or (ii) 12 months if the withdrawal occurs on or after December 31, 2021, except that, (A) if a Trigger Event (as defined below) occurs on or prior to December 31, 2019, then the non-compete period is (x) twenty-four (24) months if the withdrawal occurs prior to January 1, 2020, or (y) twelve (12) months if the withdrawal occurs on or after January 1, 2020; or (B) if a Trigger Event occurs on or after January 1, 2020 and prior to December 31, 2021, then the non-compete period is twelve (12) months. A “Trigger Event” means a breach of any of the terms in the sections labeled “Class B Shareholder Committee,” “DSO Continuing Role,” and the second bullet of the section labeled “DSO Titles” of the Governance Agreement by and among Daniel S. Och and certain Och-Ziff entities, dated February 5, 2018.


The non-compete period is twelve (12) months if Mr. Levin experiences a withdrawal due to his resignation following a Change in Position, unless for a withdrawal on or prior to December 31, 2021 the General Partner elects to make a $30,000,000 payment to Mr. Levin in exchange for a 24 month non-compete period.
The definition of a “Company Extension Offer” under the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements was modified to refer to an offer by the General Partner to Mr. Levin to extend the term of the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements beyond December 31, 2022 for at least one (1) year pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements.
Other conforming changes were made to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements to reflect the extension of the term to December 31, 2022.
Management Arrangement with David Levine. The omnibus agreement between Mr. Levine and each of the Operating Partnerships, which is effective as of Recapitalization Closing, amends the Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements to provide for, among other things, the following:
The term of the Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements was modified to end on December 31, 2022 (from an unspecified term). If Mr. Levine’s service continues following the expiration of the term, his service will be on an at-will basis, subject to certain provisions in the Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements, as amended, that will survive the expiration of the term.
Effective for the 2018 fiscal year and thereafter during the term, Mr. Levine is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus, which may be paid in a combination of current cash, deferred cash or RSUs, as determined by the Compensation Committee, and targeted in the amount of $2,300,000 and in the form of 75% current cash and 25% in a combination of deferred cash or RSUs; provided, that Mr. Levine’s minimum annual amount of compensation (inclusive of his annual draw) will be equal to $2,000,000 effective for the 2018 fiscal year (reduced from $2,200,000 for such fiscal year) and thereafter during the term; provided, further, that current cash will not represent less than 75% of the annual compensation for any fiscal year, unless the Company adopts a uniform system of break points for high earners applicable to all executive managing directors subject to approval by the Compensation Committee and the Chief Executive Officer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the total annual amount of compensation payable to Mr. Levine for any fiscal year, inclusive of his annual draw, is reduced by 10% from the total annual amount of compensation that would otherwise be payable in respect of such fiscal year; provided, that such reduction will apply to the amount of the annual bonus (and will not reduce the annual draw) for such fiscal year.
In connection with the Recapitalization, Mr. Levine received an additional grant of 150,000 Group E-1 Units, subject to the vesting and other terms and conditions of the applicable award agreement and the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements (as described above under “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization”).
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements as in effect prior to the omnibus agreement, Mr. Levine was subject to a non-compete covenant for a one-year period upon his withdrawal from the Oz Operating Group entities for any reason. The omnibus agreement modified the duration of this non-compete covenant to provide that (i) upon a withdrawal for any reason other than without cause, the non-compete period is (A) twenty-four (24) months if the withdrawal occurs any time on or prior to December 31, 2020, or (B) twelve (12) months if the withdrawal occurs on or after January 1, 2021, and (ii) upon a withdrawal without cause, the non-compete period is twelve (12) months or such lesser period as may be determined by the Board.
Management Arrangement with Wayne Cohen. The omnibus agreement between Mr. Cohen and each of the Operating Partnerships, which is effective as of the Recapitalization Closing, amends the Cohen Partner Agreements to provide for, among other things, the following:
The term of the Cohen Partner Agreements was modified to end on December 31, 2022 (from a term continuing through at least March 1, 2023). If Mr. Cohen’s service continues following the expiration of the term, his service will be on an at-will basis, subject to certain provisions in the Cohen Partner Agreements that will survive the expiration of the term.


Effective for the 2018 fiscal year and thereafter during the term, Mr. Cohen is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus, which may be paid in a combination of current cash, deferred cashDCIs or RSUs, as determined by the Compensation Committee, and targeted in the amount of $1,000,000 and in the form of 75% current cash and 25% in a combination of deferred cashDCIs or RSUs; provided, that current cash will not represent less than 75% of the annual bonus for any fiscal year, unless the Company adopts a uniform system of break points for high earners applicable to all executive managing directors subject to approval by the Compensation Committee and the Chief Executive Officer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the total annual amount of compensation payable to Mr. Cohen for any fiscal year, inclusive of his annual draw, is reduced by 10% from the total annual amount of compensation that would otherwise be payable in respect of such fiscal year; provided, that such reduction will apply to the amount of the annual bonus (and will not reduce the annual draw) for such fiscal year.
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For the 2020 fiscal year, Mr. Cohen is eligiblereceived an Annual Payment of $2,000,000 and annual bonus of $3,940,000: (i) $2,955,000 paid in cash, (ii) $591,000 in DCIs that vest in in three installments on January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024 and (iii) 26,443 RSUs, granted January 31, 2021, that vest in three installments on January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024. In addition, in respect of 2020, Mr. Cohen received a cash payment of $1,729,414, pursuant to participate in the Partner Incentive Pool, which amount was paid on January 15, 2021.
Unvested Group E-2 Units. As of December 31, 2020, Mr. Cohen held 190,000 unvested Group E-2 Units, which vest in three approximately equal installments on March 1, 2021, March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. If Mr. Cohen were subject to a withdrawal without cause, a portion of such unvested Group E-2 Units would be retained (determined based on years of service since the grant date). In the event of a Change of Control, 50% of Mr. Cohen’s unvested Group E-2 Units would vest and participate in the Change of Control and the remaining 50% would remain outstanding and vest on the second anniversary of the such Change of Control, subject to Mr. Cohen’s continued service in a Comparable Position (as defined for this purpose in the Cohen Agreements) (and subject to acceleration upon certain qualifying terminations within two (2) years of the Change of Control).
Levine Agreements
On December 9, 2016, each of the Sculptor Operating Group entities entered into an agreement with Mr. Levine (the “Initial Levine Partner Agreements”), pursuant to which Mr. Levine was admitted as extended througha limited partner of the Distribution Holiday, commencingSculptor Operating Group entities on January 23, 2017. On June 2, 2017, each of the Sculptor Operating Group entities entered into an agreement with Mr. Levine (the “Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements”), which amended and restated the Initial Levine Partner Agreements in their entirety. The Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements were subsequently amended in connection with the 2019 Recapitalization by an omnibus agreement between Mr. Levine and each of the Operating Partnerships on February 7, 2019 (the “Levine Omnibus Agreement” and together with the Amended and Restated Levine Partner Agreements, the “Levine Agreements”), which is effective as of the Recapitalization Closing.
Compensation. Under the Levine Agreements, Mr. Levine is entitled to quarterly cash payments while he is an active individual limited partner, paid to him at a rate of $125,000 per quarter. Under the Levine Agreements, during the term, Mr. Levine is eligible to receive an annual performance bonus, which may be paid in a combination of current cash, DCIs or RSUs, as determined by the Compensation Committee, and targeted in the amount of $2,300,000 and in the form of 75% current cash and 25% in a combination of deferred cash or RSUs; provided, that Mr. Levine’s minimum annual amount of compensation (inclusive of his quarterly payments) will be equal to $2,000,000 effective for the 2018 fiscal year (reduced from $2,200,000 for such fiscal year) and thereafter during the Distribution Holiday.
In connection withterm; provided, further, that current cash will not represent less than 75% of the Recapitalization,annual compensation for any fiscal year, unless the Company adopts a uniform system of break points for high earners applicable to all executive managing directors subject to approval by the Compensation Committee and the Chief Executive Officer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the total annual amount of compensation payable to Mr. Cohen received a grantLevine for any fiscal year, inclusive of 124,232 Group E-1 Unitshis quarterly payments, is reduced by 10% from the total annual amount of compensation that would otherwise be payable in respect of his recapitalizationsuch fiscal year; provided, that such reduction will apply to the amount of an equal numberthe annual bonus (and will not reduce the quarterly payments) for such fiscal year.
For the 2020 fiscal year, Mr. Levine received aggregate quarterly payments of Group A-1 Units$500,000 and an additional grantannual bonus of 200,000 Group E-1 Units,$2,290,000: (i) $1,592,500 paid in each case, subjectcash, (ii) $418,500 in DCIs that vest in in three installments on January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024 and (iii) 18,725 RSUs, granted January 31, 2021, that vest in three installments on January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024. In addition, in respect of 2020, Mr. Levine received a cash payment of $1,152,943, pursuant to the respective vestingPartner Incentive Pool, which amount was paid on January 15, 2021.
Confidentiality, Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and other terms and conditions of the applicable award agreement andRestrictions
Pursuant to the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements (as described above under “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Subsequent Events—Recapitalization”).
Pursuantthe various individual partner agreements (including the Omnibus Agreements) applicable to the Cohen Partner Agreements as in effect prior to the omnibus agreement, Mr. Cohen wasour Named Executive Officers, our Named Executive Officers are subject to certain obligations and restrictions to not compete with us, not solicit our employees or the investors in our funds, not disparage us, and not disclose confidential information about our business and related matters. The following is a non-compete covenant for a two-year perioddescription of the material terms of such obligations and restrictions.
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Confidentiality
Each Named Executive Officer is required, both during and after his service with us, to protect and only use confidential information in accordance with strict restrictions placed by us on its use and disclosure. Every employee of ours is subject to similar strict confidentiality obligations imposed by agreements entered into upon his withdrawal fromcommencement of service with us.
General Non-Competition Restrictions
Subject to “Individual Non-Compete Restrictions” described below, pursuant to the Operating Group entitiesLimited Partnership Agreements, no executive managing director may, during the term of service of his or her service and during the Restricted Period (as such term is defined below for this purpose), among other things, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the General Partner:
engage or otherwise participate in any reason. The omnibus agreement modifiedmanner or fashion in any business that is a competing business, either in the durationUnited States or in any other place in the world where we engage in our business;
render any services to any competing business; or
acquire a financial interest in or become actively involved with any competing business (other than as a passive investor holding minimal percentages of thisthe stock of public companies).
Individual Non-Competition Restrictions
In addition to the general non-competition restrictions contained in the Operating Group Limited Partnership Agreements applicable to all of our executive managing directors, our Named Executive Officers are also bound by the following non-competition restrictions contained in their individual partner agreements (including the Omnibus Agreements):
Mr. Shafir. Mr. Shafir's non-competition restriction ends on December 10, 2021. Until such time, Mr. Shafir is prohibited from being employed by any other hedge fund asset manager.
Messrs. Sipp, Cohen and Levine. Pursuant to their respective Omnibus Agreements, Messrs. Sipp, Cohen and Levine are subject to (i) a 24 month non-compete covenant to provide that (i) upon a withdrawal for any reason other than without cause, the non-compete period is (A) twenty-four (24) months if the withdrawal occurs any time on or prior to December 31, 2020, or (B)other than a withdrawal without cause, (ii) a 12 months if themonth non-compete upon a withdrawal occursfor any reason on or after January 1, 2021, other than a withdrawal without cause, and (ii)(iii) upon a withdrawal without cause, a 12 month non-compete (or such lesser period as may be determined by the Board).
Mr. Levin. The Levin Omnibus Agreement modified the duration of Mr. Levin's restricted period with respect to the non-compete covenant to provide for the following:
Upon a withdrawal without cause, the non-compete period is twelve (12) months or such lesser period as may be determined by the Board.Board, unless for a withdrawal on or prior to December 31, 2021 the General Partner elects to make a $30,000,000 payment to Mr. Levin (as described above) in exchange for a 24 month non-compete period.
ExtensionUpon a withdrawal for any reason other than without cause, the non-compete period is (i) twenty-four (24) months if the withdrawal occurs any time prior to December 31, 2021, or (ii) 12 months if the withdrawal occurs on or after December 31, 2021, except that, (A) if a Trigger Event (as defined below) occurs on or prior to December 31, 2019, then the non-compete period is (x) twenty-four (24) months if the withdrawal occurs prior to January 1, 2020, or (y) twelve (12) months if the withdrawal occurs on or after January 1, 2020; or (B) if a Trigger Event occurs on or after January 1, 2020 and prior to December 31, 2021, then the non-compete period is twelve (12) months. A “Trigger Event” means a breach of any of the terms in the sections labeled “Class B Shareholder Committee,” “DSO Continuing Role,” and the second bullet of the section labeled “DSO Titles” of the Governance Agreement by and among Daniel S. Och and certain Sculptor entities, dated February 5, 2018 (as such terms are memorialized in the Governance Agreement, dated as of February 7, 2019).
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The non-compete period is twelve (12) months if Mr. Levin experiences a withdrawal due to his resignation following a Change in Position, unless for a withdrawal on or prior to December 31, 2021 the General Partner Incentive Poolelects to make a $30,000,000 payment to Mr. Levin in exchange for a 24 month non-compete period.
. In connection withThe non-competition covenant contained in the Recapitalization, effectiveLevin Omnibus Agreement will be modified as of the Recapitalization Closing,effective date of the Compensation Committee approvedLevin CEO Agreement so that Mr. Levin shall be prohibited from competing with the extensionCompany or soliciting the Company’s fund investors or employees for a two-year period upon Mr. Levin’s withdrawal from the Sculptor Operating Group for any reason; provided however, that the non-compete shall be reduced to one (1) year upon Mr. Levin’s withdrawal from the Sculptor Operating Group as a result of (x) the termination of Mr. Levin without cause or (y) a resignation following (A) a Change of Control in which his role as CEO (or the Levin Agreements) is not continued, or (B) a Change in Position (as defined in the Levin Agreements), unless, in either case, the Sculptor Operating Group elects to make a $30,000,000 payment to Mr. Levin payable in installments over a 24-month period.
Non-Solicitation and Non-Interference Restrictions
Generally, during the term of service of each Named Executive Officer and during the Restricted Period, no Named Executive Officer may, directly or indirectly, in any manner solicit any of our owners, members, directors, officers or employees to terminate or diminish their relationship or service with us, or hire any person who was employed by us or was one of our owners, members, directors, officers or employees as of the date of such Named Executive Officer’s termination or whose service or relationship with us terminated within two (2) years prior to or after the date of such Named Executive Officer’s termination. Additionally, in general, no Named Executive Officer may solicit, or encourage ceasing to work with us, any consultant, agent or adviser who the individual knows or should know is under contract with us.
In addition, generally during the term of service of each Named Executive Officer and during the Restricted Period, such Named Executive Officer may not, directly or indirectly, in any manner solicit or induce any of our current, former or prospective investors, financing sources, capital market intermediaries or consultants to terminate (or diminish in any material respect) his or its relationship with us for the purpose of associating with any competing business, or otherwise encourage such investors, financing sources, capital market intermediaries or consultants to terminate (or diminish in any respect) his or its relationship with us for any other reason.
Other Covenants and Provisions
Non-Disparagement. During the term of service of each Named Executive Officer, and at all times following the termination of the Named Executive Officer’s service, the Named Executive Officer is prohibited from disparaging us in any way or making any defamatory comments regarding us.
Restricted Period. For purposes of the foregoing covenants, except as described above or herein, the “Restricted Period” for each of our Named Executive Officers generally means the two-year period immediately following the date of termination of his association with us for any reason.
Intellectual Property. Each Named Executive Officer is subject to customary intellectual property covenants with respect to works created, invented, designed or developed by such individual that are relevant to or implicated by the Named Executive Officer’s service with us.
Other Provisions. In the case of any breach of the non-competition (or, for Mr. Levin, the non-solicitation) provisions described above by Named Executive Officer, all of such Named Executive Officer’s vested and unvested Group Units and any Class A Shares issued upon exchange of Group A Units, will be reallocated to the remaining active executive managing directors. In addition, in the case of any breach of the non-competition provisions described above by a Named Executive Officer, the Named Executive Officer will be required to pay us an amount equal to the total after-tax proceeds received from the sale of any Class A Shares, and any distributions thereon, issued upon exchange of Group A Units during the two-year period prior to the date of such breach, along with the after-tax portion of any performance cash awards conditionally granted to our Named Executive Officer under the Partner Incentive Pool in respect of the two-year period prior to continue during the Distribution Holiday, providingdate of such breach. In addition, such breaching Named Executive Officer will no longer be entitled to receive payments under the Tax Receivable Agreement we executed with our executive managing directors and the Ziffs in
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connection with our IPO. We may elect to waive enforcement of any or all of the foregoing consequences in our sole discretion.
Compensation Overview
The table below sets forth information regarding 2020, 2019 and 2018 compensation for paymenteach of bonusesour Named Executive Officers, presenting for each (i) salary, cash bonus and deferred bonus for the service year with respect to participants upon allocationwhich they were earned, (ii) cash distributions on any Group D Units or Group E Units (an interest granted with the intent of eventually converting into Group A Units) received by the Named Executive Officer in the relevant year, (iii) special long-term awards granted in a prior year but realized in the current year (see the column entitled “Special Long-Term Awards – Value at Realization” in the table below) and (iv) other benefits received by the Named Executive Officer, such as medical insurance and estate and tax preparation and planning services provided to our executive managing directors.
We believe the table below is helpful to our shareholders in understanding how management views the total annual compensation of our Named Executive Officers in a given year. The compensation table below makes the following adjustments to the SEC-required Summary Compensation Table: (i) annual bonus compensation (including RSUs and deferred cash interests) is included as compensation in the year for which it is earned rather than the year of grant or vesting, which may differ due to the timing of our fiscal year end or for other reasons; (ii) special long-term awards are valued and included as compensation at the time of realization because certain Units are subject to conditions that must be satisfied before being awarded; and (iii) special long-term awards, in certain cases, are reduced because such awards were granted in connection with the forfeiture of other previously granted awards.
The SEC-required Summary Compensation Table included in this proxy statement requires disclosure of equity-based grants related to annual bonus awards in the year they were granted, even if they were awarded in respect of a pool calculatedprior year’s service. For example, the 2020 annual bonus RSU awards, while earned in respect of services provided in 2020, are granted in early 2021, and therefore will be reported in the 2021 Summary Compensation Table. We believe including equity awards related to annual bonuses in the year the services are performed provides a more meaningful view of our Named Executive Officers’ compensation for a given year. In addition, the SEC required Summary Compensation Table requires compensation associated with the portion of the annual bonuses in the form of deferred cash interests awarded under our DCI Plan to be taken into account in the year cash is received, whereas we view the year of service as the more appropriate time to report such compensation.
The SEC-required Summary Compensation Table also requires the inclusion of special long-term awards (including grants that may never realize value as such grant may be subject to vesting and performance conditions), which includes Group E Units, Group P Units, PSUs, and sign-on RSUs, to be based on (i) the gross profit and lossgrant date fair value in the year awarded. However, we believe the value received at realization following satisfaction of certain Oz funds multipliedconditions provides a more meaningful view of our Named Executive Officers’ compensation for a given year.
The difference between the table below and the SEC-required “Summary Compensation Table for 2020” is approximately $24 million in the aggregate for all of our Named Executive Officers for 2020. The higher amount in the table below is primarily driven by the net impact of (a) including special long-term awards (including Sign-On RSUs) at the time of realization rather than the time of grant; and (b) including RSUs and deferred cash interests awarded in respect of annual bonuses in the year of service rather than in the year of grant or vesting.
The presentation below reflects how our Compensation Committee and management view the annual total compensation for our Named Executive Officers and we believe is more reflective of year-over-year changes to the compensation of our Named Executive Officers. It is important to recognize that the way we present compensation for our Named Executive Officers in the table below is different from the SEC-required disclosure in the Summary Compensation Table and is not a substitute for the information in that table. Rather, it is intended to show how we review total compensation for our Named Executive Officers across different periods.

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Name and Principal PositionYearSalary ($)
Current Bonus ($)(1)
Deferred Bonus ($)(2)
Sculptor Operating Group D/E Unit Distributions ($)(3)
Special Long-Term Awards - Value at Realization ($)(4)
Other ($) (5)
Total ($)
Robert Shafir20202,000,000 2,325,000 6,425,000 — 8,176,014 1,806 18,927,820 
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Managing Director20192,000,000 2,200,000 6,300,000 — 4,289,541 1,718 14,791,259 
20181,809,524 1,200,000 5,800,000 — — 1,547 8,811,071 
Thomas Sipp2020500,000 3,967,262 248,181 — 1,580,583 41,786 6,337,812 
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Managing Director2019500,000 3,763,202 1,125,000 — 1,611,092 53,498 7,052,792 
2018331,044 1,686,125 732,418 — — 38,698 2,788,285 
James Levin2020— 33,488,323 14,352,139 — 3,324,424 43,301 51,208,187 
Chief Investment Officer, Executive Managing Director2019— 18,002,233 6,953,926 — 4,811,427 37,442 29,805,028 
2018— 4,200,000 1,800,000 215,091 5,941,360 36,744 12,193,195 
Wayne Cohen2020— 6,684,414 985,000 — — 41,786 7,711,200 
President, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Managing Director2019— 4,856,952 656,250 — — 35,606 5,548,808 
2018— 2,574,587 175,000 228,624 — 35,399 3,013,610 
David Levine2020500,000 2,745,443 697,500 — 228,586 41,786 4,213,315 
Chief Legal Officer, Executive Managing Director2019500,000 2,480,702 697,500 — 161,202 35,606 3,875,010 
2018500,000 1,439,587 630,000 — 347,968 31,211 2,948,766 
(1)The “Current Bonus” column for 2020 reflects: (i) 2020 annual cash bonuses paid to Messrs. Shafir, Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine pursuant to their respective partner agreements, and (ii) a percentagewith respect to each of Messrs. Cohen and Levine, amounts paid for 2020 under the pool size, which is subject to a minimum amount of 0.25%. The extension ofPartner Incentive Pool. For further information concerning the respective Partner Agreements, see “—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Partner Agreements” above. For further information concerning the Partner Incentive Pool, will not be on terms more favorable than those in effect under the 2018 Partner Incentive Pool as originally adopted. For additional information regarding the Partner Incentive Pool as originally adopted, see “Executive and Director Compensation—“—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Partner Incentive Pool.”Pool” above.
Amendment to 2013 Plan(2). In connection withThe “Deferred Bonus” column for 2020 reflects (i) the Recapitalization, effective asportion of the 2020 annual bonuses payable in the form of RSUs awarded under the 2013 Incentive Plan to each of Messrs. Shafir, Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine in the amount of $5,000,000, $99,272, $3,588,035, $394,000, and $279,000, respectively and (ii) the portion of the 2020 annual bonuses in the form of deferred cash interests awarded under our DCI Plan payable to each of Messrs. Shafir, Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine in the amount of $1,425,000, $148,909, $10,764,104, $591,000, and $418,500, respectively. With respect to Messrs. Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine, the value of the annual bonus RSU awards is based on the average of the closing price of a Class A Share for the ten (10) trading day period beginning and including December 11 (or the next trading day, in the event that December 11 is not a trading day) of the year to which the award relates. With respect to Mr. Shafir, the value of the annual bonus RSU award is based on the average of the closing price of a Class A Share for the 10 trading days immediately prior to the grant date of the award.
(3)The Operating Group Distributions column reflects cash distributions made to the Named Executive Officers with respect to their Group D Units and Group E Units. As part of the 2019 Recapitalization, Closing,active executive managing directors (including the Board approvedNamed Executive Officers) agreed to give up distributions on their Sculptor Operating Group Units during the Plan Amendment, subjectDistribution Holiday. Assuming distributions would have been made on Sculptor Operating Group Units at the same per unit rate as our Q1-Q4 2019 and Q1-Q4 2020 dividends, (i) Mr. Levin gave up $5,520,291 and $10,378,148 in 2019 and 2020 respectively; (ii) Mr. Cohen gave up $1,168,795 and $2,197,335 in 2019 and 2020 respectively; (iii) Mr. Levine gave up $187,500 and $352,500 in 2019 and 2020 respectively and (iv) Mr. Sipp gave up $312,501 and $195,835 in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Mr. Shafir only had one Sculptor Operating Group Unit in 2019 and 2020.
(4)The “Special Longer-Term Awards – Value at Realization” column for 2020 reflects (i) with respect to Mr. Shafir, the vesting and conditioned upon the approval by the Company’s shareholders, to increase the numberpayment of Class A Shares authorized for issuance thereunderto Mr. Shafir with a value of $8,176,014 (based on closing price on business day prior to vesting) in order to implement the issuancesettlement of the Group E Units300,000 Shafir Sign-On RSUs (and associated dividend equivalents accrued on such RSUs) vested on February 5, 2020 pursuant to the Shafir Agreements; (ii) with respect to Mr. Sipp,
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the vesting and payment of Class A Shares to Mr. Sipp with a value of $1,580,583 (based on closing price on business day prior to vesting) in connectionsettlement of the 100,000 Sipp Sign-On RSUs (and associated dividend equivalents accrued on such RSUs) vested on May 3, 2020 pursuant to the Sipp Agreements; (iii) with respect to Mr. Levin, the Recapitalization, as describedvesting and payment of Class A Shares and cash to Mr. Levin with an aggregate value of $3,324,424 (based on closing price on business day prior to vesting) in Proposal No. 1.settlement of 190,003 2013 RSUs (and associated dividend equivalents accrued on such RSUs) vested on December 31, 2020 pursuant to the Levin Agreements; and (iv) with respect to Mr. Levine, the vesting and payment of Class A Shares to Mr. Levine with a value of $228,586 (based on closing price on business day prior to vesting) in settlement of the 9,714 Levine Sign-On RSUs (and associated dividend equivalents accrued on such RSUs) vested on March 2, 2020, and September 14, 2020 pursuant to the Levine Agreements.
(5)The “Other Compensation” column for 2020 reflects (i) with respect to Mr. Shafir, a payment of $1,806 for medical insurance; (ii) with respect to Mr. Sipp, a payment of $41,786 for medical insurance; (iii) with respect to Mr. Levin, a payment of $41,786 for medical insurance and a payment of $1,515 made on behalf of Mr. Levin with respect to his share of estate and tax planning services provided to executive managing directors; (iv) with respect to Mr. Cohen, a payment of 41,786 for medical insurance and (v) with respect to Mr. Levine, a payment of $41,786 for medical insurance.
For additional information concerning the Recapitalization and the applicable Implementing Agreements, see the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed February 11, 2019.


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COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT
The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed with management the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” required by Item 402(b) of Regulation S-K and, based on such review and discussion, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board that the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” be included in this proxy statement.
Submitted by the members of the Compensation Committee:

Allan S. Bufferd, Chair
Marcy Engel, Chair
Michael D. FascitelliDavid W. Bonanno
Georganne C. Proctor
Summary Compensation Table for 20182020
The following table provides summary information concerning the compensation of our Named Executive Officers, who include our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer, each of our three other most highly compensated employees who served as executive officers for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20182020 and who were serving as executive officers at the end of such fiscal year. In addition,
Name and Principal PositionYearSalary
($)
Bonus
($)(1)
Stock
Awards
($)(2)(3)
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)(16)
All Other
Compensation
($)(18)
Total
($)
Robert S. Shafir(17)
20202,000,000 3,153,364 4,990,512 (4)— 1,806 10,145,682 
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Managing Director20192,000,000 2,200,000 3,277,509 (5)— 1,718 7,479,227 
20181,809,524 1,200,000 47,779,522 (6)— 1,547 50,790,593 
Thomas M. Sipp(19)
2020500,000 4,105,262 601,276 (7)— 41,786 5,248,324 
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Managing Director2019500,000 3,763,202 2,541,286 (8)— 53,498 6,857,986 
2018331,044 1,686,125 6,330,000 — 38,698 8,385,867 
James S. Levin2020— 33,791,269 3,716,596 (9)— 43,301 37,551,166 
Chief Investment Officer, Executive Managing Director2019— 18,002,233 34,467,855 (10)— 37,442 52,507,530 
2018— 4,200,000 32,294,000 (11)215,091 36,744 36,745,835 
Wayne Cohen2020— 6,717,387 350,740 (12)— 41,786 7,109,913 
President, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Managing Director2019— 4,856,952 3,351,162 (13)— 35,606 8,243,720 
2018— 2,574,587 — 228,624 35,399 2,838,610 
David Levine2020500,000 3,203,822 372,787 (14)— 41,786 4,118,395 
Chief Legal Officer, Executive Managing Director2019500,000 2,767,495 1,630,471 (15)— 35,606 4,933,572 
2018500,000 1,439,587 — — 31,211 1,970,798
(1)The “Bonus” column for 2020 reflects: (i) 2020 annual cash bonuses paid to Messrs. Shafir, Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine pursuant to their respective partner agreements (including any quarterly advances taken on such bonuses); (ii) with respect to each of Messrs. Cohen and Levine, amounts paid in respect of 2020 under the following table provides summaryPartner Incentive Pool and (iii) with respect to each of Messrs. Shafir, Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine, the vested portion of their respective 2019 annual bonus awarded in the form of DCIs under the DCI Plan paid in 2020. For further information concerning the compensation of Daniel S. Och, who was our Chief respective Partner Agreements, see “—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Partner Agreements” above. For further information concerning the Partner Incentive Pool, see “—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Officer until February 5, 2018, and Alesia Haas, who was our Chief Financial Officer until April 12, 2018.Incentive Compensation Programs—Partner Incentive Pool” above.
Name and Principal Position
Year
Salary
($)

Bonus
($)
(1)

Stock
Awards
($)
(2)(3)

Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
(4)

All Other
Compensation
($)

Total
($)
Robert S. Shafir(5)(6)

2018
1,809,524

1,200,000

47,779,522



1,547

50,790,593
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Managing Director







































Thomas M. Sipp(7)(8)

2018
331,044

1,686,125

6,330,000



38,698

8,385,867
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Managing Director







































James Levin(9)(10)

2018


4,200,000

32,294,000

215,091

36,744

36,745,835
Chief Investment Officer, Executive Managing Director
2017


4,000,000

48,750,000

3,016,030

2,800,536

58,566,566

2016


4,000,000

3,174

70,000

10,941,483

15,014,657




















Wayne Cohen(11)(12)

2018


2,574,587



228,624

35,399

2,838,610
President, Chief Operating Officer, Executive Managing Director
2017


2,000,000

8,375,000

495,352

1,196,057

12,066,409

2016


2,000,000

543



1,723,686

3,724,229




















David Levine(13)(14)(15)

2018
500,000

1,439,587





31,211

1,970,798
Chief Legal Officer, Executive Managing Director
2017
500,000

1,353,136

1,824,284



22,154

3,699,574
              
Daniel S. Och(16)(17)(18)
 2018 
 
 
 
 661,773
 661,773
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Executive Managing Director, Former Chief Executive Officer 2017 
 
 376,823
 
 932,063
 1,308,886
 2016 
 
 23,370
 
 1,186,369
 1,209,739
              
Alesia Haas(19)(20)
 2018 250,000
 
 
 2,651
 13,004
 265,655
Former Chief Financial Officer 2017 500,000
 2,100,000
 625,000
 17,231
 47,768
 3,289,999
 2016 229,169
 572,916
 
 
 40,534
 842,619


(1)The “Bonus” column reflects 2018 annual cash bonuses paid to Messrs. Shafir, Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine pursuant to their respective partner agreements and, solely with respect to each of Messrs. Sipp, Cohen and Levine, amounts paid for 2018 under the Partner Incentive Pool. For further information concerning the respective Partner Agreements, see “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Employment Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions” above. For further information concerning the Partner Incentive Pool, see “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Partner Incentive Pool” above.
(2)
The dollar amounts in the “Stock Awards” column do not reflect cash or other compensation actually received by the Named Executive Officers, but instead represent the aggregate grant date fair value of equity calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Stock Compensation (“ASC Topic 718”). More information regarding the 2018 stock awards is shown in the “2018 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below. Also, see Note 12 to the audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for further information concerning the assumptions underlying our ASC Topic 718 calculations for equity awards.
(3)
With respect to Mr. Shafir, the “Stock Awards” column for 2018 includes the grant date fair value of the following grants: $30,840,000 representing the grant of the Shafir Sign-On RSUs; $11,820,000 representing the grant of the Sign-On PSUs (which grant date fair value was determined based on the probable outcome of the performance condition to which such Sign-On PSUs are subject which assumes maximum level of achievement of the performance condition); and $5,119,522 representing the grant of RSUs in connection with his first annual grant of RSUs under the Shafir Employment Agreement. With respect to Mr. Sipp, the amount shown in the “Stock Awards” column for 2018 represents the grant date fair value of the Sipp Sign-On RSUs. With respect to Mr. Levin, the amount shown in the “Stock Awards” column for 2018 represents the grant date fair value of 1,340,000 RSUs granted pursuant to the Levin Partner Agreements. Because the RSUs awarded to Messrs. Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine in respect of their 2018 annual bonuses were granted in 2019, SEC disclosure rules do not require that they be reflected in the “Summary Compensation Table” or the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below. We describe these grants in the “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Highlights of 2018 Compensation” section of this proxy statement because they were awarded to Messrs. Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine in respect of their 2018 annual bonuses.
(4)
The “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column for 2018 represents compensation expense recognized with respect to Group D Units, which are non-equity profits interests in the Oz Operating Group entities. These Units receive cash distributions equal in amount to, and at the same time as, distributions paid with respect to Group A Units, corresponding to the timing of the dividends paid to holders of our Class A Shares. Thus, the distribution occurs in the following quarter from when the compensation expense is recognized.
The dollar amounts in the “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation”“Bonus” column for 20182020 do not reflect the portion of the 20182020 annual bonuses payable to each of Messrs. Shafir, Sipp, Levin, Cohen and Levine in the amount of $800,000, $366,000, $900,000, $87,500,$1,425,000, $148,909, $10,764,104,
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$591,000, and $315,000,$418,500, respectively, in each case, in the form of DCIs awarded under the DCI Plan. These amounts will be included in the Summary Compensation Table in the year that the DCIs are paid to the Named Executive Officer. For additional information regarding the DCIs, please see “Compensation“—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Deferred Cash Interests” above.
(2)The dollar amounts in the “Stock Awards” column do not reflect the value actually received by the Named Executive Officers, but instead represent the aggregate grant date fair value of equity calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718, Stock Compensation (“ASC Topic 718”), disregarding the effect of estimated forfeitures. More information regarding the 2020 stock awards is shown in the “2020 Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below. Also, see Note 13 to the audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2020 for further information concerning the assumptions underlying our ASC Topic 718 calculations for equity awards.
(5)
Mr. Shafir joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer on February 5, 2018.
(3)Because the RSUs awarded to our Named Executive Officers in respect of their 2020 annual bonuses were granted in 2021, SEC disclosure rules do not require that they be reflected in the “Summary Compensation Table” or the “Grants of Plan-Based Awards” table below for fiscal year end 2020. We describe these grants in the “Executive and Director Compensation—Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Highlights of 2020 Compensation” section of this proxy statement.
(6)
With respect to Mr. Shafir, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2018 reflects a payment of $1,547 for medical insurance.
(7)Mr. Sipp joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer on April 16, 2018.
(8)
With respect to Mr. Sipp, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2018 reflects: (i) a payment of $20,807 for medical insurance; and (ii) a payment of $17,891 for relocation reimbursement.
(9)
With respect to Mr. Levin, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2018 reflects: (ii) a payment of $31,211 for medical insurance; and (ii) a payment of $5,533 made on behalf of Mr. Levin with respect to his share of estate and tax preparation and planning services provided to all of our executive managing directors.
(10)
With respect to Mr. Levin, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2017 reflects: (i) a net distribution of $2,755,024 on his Class C Non-Equity Interests to adjust for allocations of 2017 taxable income previously made to Mr. Levin; (ii) $24,168 for medical insurance; and (iii) a payment of $21,344 made on behalf of Mr. Levin with respect to his share of estate and tax preparation and planning services provided to all of our executive managing directors.


(4)With respect to Mr. Shafir, the “Stock Awards” column for 2020 includes the grant date fair value of $4,990,512 representing the grant of RSUs in connection with his third annual grant of RSUs under the Shafir Agreements, which were granted on January 31, 2020.
(5)With respect to Mr. Shafir, the “Stock Awards” column for 2019 includes the grant date fair value of the following grants: (i) $3,277,500 representing the grant of RSUs in connection with his second annual grant of RSUs under the Shafir Agreements; and (ii) $9 representing the grant of one Group E-2 Unit issued in connection with the conversion of the Group D Units in the Recapitalization.
(6)With respect to Mr. Shafir, the “Stock Awards” column for 2018 includes the grant date fair value of the following grants: $30,840,000 representing the grant of the Shafir Sign-On RSUs; $11,820,000 representing the grant of the Sign-on PSUs (which grant date fair value was determined based on the probable outcome of the performance condition to which such Sign-On PSUs are subject which assumes maximum level achievement of the performance condition); and $5,119,522 representing the grant of RSUs in connection with his first annual grant of RSUs under the Shafir Employment Agreement. For further information, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Partner Agreements—Shafir Agreements”.
(7)With respect to Mr. Sipp, the “Stock Awards” column for 2020 includes the grant date fair value of $601,276 representing the grant of RSUs in respect of Mr. Sipp’s 2019 annual bonus, which were granted on January 31, 2020.
(8)With respect to Mr. Sipp, the amounts shown in the “Stock Awards” column for 2019 represents the grant date fair value of the following grants: (i) $406,278 representing the grant of RSUs in respect of Mr. Sipp’s 2018 annual bonus, which were granted on February 20, 2019; (ii) $2,135,000 representing the grant of Group E-1 Units issued in connection with the Recapitalization, which was non-dilutive to Class A Shareholders ; and (iii) $9 representing the grant of one Group E-2 Unit issued in connection with the conversion of the Group D Units in the Recapitalization.
(9)With respect to Mr. Levin, the “All Other Compensation”amount shown in the “Stock Awards” column for 2016 increased by $4,188,785, from2020 represents the amount reportedgrant date fair value of $3,716,596 representing the grant of RSUs in our 2017respect of Mr. Levin’s 2019 annual proxy statement to reflect additional discretionary distributionsbonus, which were granted on January 31, 2020.
(10)With respect to Mr. Levin, the amount shown in the “Stock Awards” column for 2019 represents the grant date fair value of the following grants: (i) $1,000,765 representing the grant of RSUs in respect of Mr. Levin’s 2018 annual bonus, which were granted on January 31, 2019; (ii) $30,405,628 representing the Group E-1 Units issued in connection with the Recapitalization ($2,304,664 of which relate to 269,867 E-1 Units issued in respect of his recapitalization of 269,867 A-1 Units), which was non-dilutive to Class C Non-Equity InterestsA Shareholders; and (iii) $3,061,462 representing the Group E-2 Units issued in connection with the conversion of the Group D Units in the Recapitalization.
(11)With respect to adjustMr. Levin, the amount shown in the “Stock Awards” column for allocations2018 represents the grant date fair value of 2016 taxable incomethe grant of 1,340,000 RSUs under the 2013 Plan pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements under which Mr. Levin also forfeited his entire grant of 3,900,000 Group D Units that was previously made to Mr. Levin that were paidhim in 2017 after the filing of our 2017 annual proxy statement.2017.
(11)
With respect to Mr. Cohen, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2018 reflects: (i) a payment of $31,211 for medical insurance; and (iii) a payment of $4,188 made on behalf of Mr. Cohen with respect to his share of estate and tax preparation and planning services provided to all of our executive managing directors.
(12)
(12)
With respect to Mr. Cohen, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2017 reflects: (i) a net distribution of $1,165,521 on his Class C Non-Equity Interests to adjust for allocations of 2017 taxable income previously made to Mr. Cohen; (ii) $24,168 for medical insurance; and (iii) a payment of $6,368 made on behalf of Mr. Cohen with respect to his share of estate and tax preparation and planning services provided to all of our executive managing directors.
With respect to Mr. Cohen, the amount shown in the “Stock Awards” column for 2020 represents the grant date fair value of $350,740 representing the grant of RSUs in respect of Mr. Cohen’s 2019 annual bonus, which were granted on January 31, 2020.
(13)With respect to Mr. Cohen, the amount shown in the “Stock Awards” column for 2019 represents the grant date fair value of the following grants: (i) $97,080 representing the grant of RSUs in respect of Mr. Cohen's 2018 annual
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bonus, which were granted on February 20, 2019; and (ii) $3,254,082 representing the Group E-2 Units issued in connection with the conversion of the Group D Units in the Recapitalization. The 324,232 E-1 Units issued to Mr. Cohen in connection with the Recapitalization, which was non-dilutive to Class A Shareholder, are treated as a modification of an existing grant and do not have incremental fair value.
(14)With respect to Mr. Levine, the amount shown in the “Stock Awards” column for 2020 represents the grant date fair value of $372,787 representing the grant of RSUs in respect of Mr. Levine’s 2019 annual bonus, which were granted on January 31, 2020.
(15)With respect to Mr. Levine, the amount shown in the “Stock Awards” column for 2019 represents the grant date fair value of the following grants: (i) $349,471 representing the grant of RSUs in respect of Mr. Levine's 2018 annual bonus, which were granted on February 20, 2019; and (ii) $1,281,000 representing the Group E-1 Units issued in connection with the Recapitalization, which was non-dilutive to Class A Shareholders.
(16)The “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” column for 2018 represents compensation expense recognized with respect to Group D Units, which are non-equity profits interests in the Sculptor Operating Group entities. These Units receive cash distributions equal in amount to, and at the same time as, distributions paid with respect to Group A Units, corresponding to the timing of the dividends paid to holders of our Class A Shares. Thus, the distribution occurs in the following quarter from when the compensation expense is recognized. There were no Group D Units outstanding in 2020 or 2019 as all Group D Units were converted into Group E-2 Units in connection with the Recapitalization.
(17)Mr. Shafir joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer on February 5, 2018 and withdrew from the Sculptor Operating Group effective April 1, 2021.
(18)The “All Other Compensation” column for 2016 was increased by $635,810, from the amount reported in2020 reflects a payment of (i) with respect to Mr. Shafir, $1,806 for medical insurance, (ii) with respect to Mr. Sipp, $41,786 for medical insurance (iii) with respect to Mr. Levin, $41,786 for medical insurance and $1,515 made on behalf of Mr. Levin with respect to his share of estate and tax preparation and planning services provided to our 2017 annual proxy statement to reflect additional discretionary distributionsexecutive managing directors, (iv) with respect to Mr. Cohen, on his Class C Non-Equity Interests to adjust$41,786 for allocations of 2016 taxable income previously mademedical insurance and (v) with respect to Mr. Cohen that were paid in 2017 afterLevine, $41,786 for medical insurance, respectively.
(19)Mr. Sipp joined the filing of our 2017 annual proxy statement.Company as Chief Financial Officer on April 16, 2018 and resigned effective January 15, 2021.
(13)
Mr. Levine joined the Company in 2017.
(14)
With respect to Mr. Levine, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2018 reflects a payment of $31,211 for medical insurance.
(15)
With respect to Mr. Levine, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2017 reflects $22,154 for medical insurance.
(16)
Mr. Och ceased to serve as Chief Executive Officer on February 5, 2018, at which time Robert Shafir joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer.
(17)
With respect to Mr. Och, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2018 reflects: (i) payments of $625,391 for security; (ii) $5,171 made on behalf of Mr. Och with respect to his share of estate and tax preparation and planning services provided to all of our executive managing directors; and (iii) $31,211 for medical insurance. We consider the expenses for certain of Mr. Och’s security in 2018 to be for our benefit, and the Board of Directors considers the related expenses to be appropriate business expenses rather than personal benefits for Mr. Och; however, 100% of Mr. Och’s security has been reported for Mr. Och as “All Other Compensation” whether they were incurred for personal or business reasons.
(18)
With respect to Mr. Och, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2017 reflects: (i) payments of $808,257 for security; (ii) $86,658 made on behalf of Mr. Och with respect to his share of estate and tax preparation and planning services provided to all of our executive managing directors; and (iii) $37,148 for medical insurance. We consider the expenses for certain of Mr. Och’s security in 2017 to be for our benefit, and the Board of Directors considers the related expenses to be appropriate business expenses rather than personal benefits for Mr. Och; however, 100% of Mr. Och’s security has been reported for Mr. Och as “All Other Compensation” whether they were incurred for personal or business reasons.
(19)
Ms. Haas submitted her resignation as our Chief Financial Officer on April 12, 2018, and her service with us ended on June 1, 2018.
(20)With respect to Ms. Haas, the “All Other Compensation” column for 2018 reflects $13,004 for medical insurance.


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2020 Grants of Plan-Based Awards
This section provides additional information about the equity awards that are describedwere granted in 2020.
Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan AwardsAll Other Stock Awards
Number of
Shares of
Stock or Units (#)
Grant-Date
Fair Value of
Stock Awards($)(1)(2))
NameGrant DateThreshold
(#)
Target
(#)
Maximum
(#)
 
Robert S. Shafir1/31/2020— — — 215,946 4,990,512 
Thomas M. Sipp1/31/2020— — — 26,018 601,276 
James S. Levin1/31/2020— — — 160,822 3,716,596 
Wayne Cohen1/31/2020— — — 15,177 350,740 
David Levine1/31/2020— — — 16,131 372,787 

(1)These dollar amounts do not represent the “Stock Awards” columnvalue of compensation actually received in 2020. Instead, the amounts reflect the grant date fair value of the “Summary Compensation Tableequity awards granted. The fair value of the awards in each case was computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718, disregarding the effect of estimated forfeitures. See Note 13 to the audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2018” above.the year ended December 31, 2020 for further information concerning the assumptions underlying our ASC Topic 718 calculations for equity awards. For RSU awards, the grant date fair value was calculated by multiplying the closing price of the underlying Class A Shares on the last business day prior to the date of grant by the number of RSUs granted.
(2)The amount shown represents the grant of RSUs (i) to Mr. Shafir in respect of his 2020 annual RSU award and (ii) to Mr. Sipp, Mr. Levin, Mr. Cohen and Mr. Levine in respect of their 2019 annual bonuses.

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 Estimated Future Payouts Under Equity Incentive Plan Awards All Other Stock Awards
Number of
Shares of
Stock or Units(#)
 
Grant-Date
Fair Value of
Stock Awards($)
(1)
 
NameGrant Date Threshold
(#)
 Target
(#)
 Maximum
(#)
   
Robert S. Shafir2/5/2018 200,000
 
 1,000,000
 
 11,820,000
(2) 
 2/5/2018 
 
 
 1,200,000
 30,840,000
(3) 
 2/5/2018 
 
 
 199,203
 5,119,522
(4) 
Thomas M. Sipp5/3/2018 
 
 
 300,000
 6,330,000
(5) 
James Levin2/16/2018 
 
 
 950,000
 22,895,000
(6) 
 2/16/2018 
 
 
 390,000
 9,399,000
(7) 



(1)
These dollar amounts do not represent cash compensation actually received in 2018. Instead, the amounts reflect the grant date fair value of the equity awards granted. The fair value of the awards in each case was computed in accordance with ASC Topic 718. See Note 12 to the audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for further information concerning the assumptions underlying our ASC Topic 718 calculations for equity awards. For RSU awards, the grant date fair value was calculated by multiplying the closing price of the underlying Class A Shares on the last business day prior to the date of grant by the number of RSUs granted. For Mr. Shafir, the amount shown includes the grant date fair value of the Sign-On PSUs of $11,820,000, which was determined based on the probable outcome of the performance condition to which such Sign-On PSUs are subject assuming maximum level of achievement of the performance condition.
(2)
The amounts shown for Mr. Shafir represent the Sign-On PSUs awarded in 2018. The Sign-On PSUs will conditionally vest if: (i) Mr. Shafir has continued in uninterrupted service until the third anniversary of the grant date, and (ii) on or after such date, the total shareholder return on Class A Shares of the Company based on the average closing price on the NYSE for the 10 trading days immediately following the date of the public announcement of the appointment of Mr. Shafir as CEO equals or exceeds certain performance thresholds as described more fully in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions—Shafir Employment Agreement and Partner Agreements,” above. The amount shown in the “Threshold” column represents 20% of the Sign-On PSUs awarded that would be eligible to vest upon a Performance Threshold of 25% being achieved. The amount shown in the “Maximum” column represents 100% of the of the Sign-On PSUs awarded that would be eligible to vest upon a Performance Threshold of 125% being achieved. There is no target amount specified in the vesting schedule for the Sign-On PSUs. Pursuant to SEC rules, however, the amount shown in the “Target” column is representative of the amount of Sign-On PSUs that would be eligible to vest based on the total shareholder return on Class A Shares as of December 31, 2018.
(3)
The amount shown represents the Shafir Sign-On RSUs which will vest in four equal installments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date, provided that Mr. Shafir is employed by the Company on each vesting date. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions—Shafir Employment Agreement and Partner Agreements” for additional information.
(4)
The amount shown represents the grant of RSUs in connection with Mr. Shafir’s first annual grant of RSUs pursuant to the Shafir Employment Agreement, which will vest in four equal installments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date, provided that Mr. Shafir is employed by the Company on each vesting date. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions—Shafir Employment Agreement and Partner Agreements” for additional information.
(5)
The amount shown represents the Sipp Sign-On RSUs which will vest in three equal annual installments on each of May 3, 2019, 2020 and 2021, so long as Mr. Sipp is an active limited partner on each vesting date and has not provided notice of his intention to resign on or before each vesting date. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions—Sipp Partner Agreement” for additional information.
(6)The amount shown represents the 2013 RSUs granted to Mr. Levin pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, of which 190,000 vested on December 31, 2018 and the remainder generally vests over the next four (4) years, subject to his continued service on the applicable vesting dates and various exceptions. See “Compensation Discussion and


Analysis—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions—Levin Partner Agreements” for additional information.
(7)
The amount shown represents the 2017 RSUs granted to Mr. Levin pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, all of which vested on December 31, 2018.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End 20182020
The following table summarizes the equity awards made to our Named Executive Officers that were outstanding and had not vested as of December 31, 2018.2020. The dollar amounts shown in the table below do not reflect the value of compensation actually received by the Named Executive Officers, but instead are calculated by multiplying the number of unvested equity units held by the Named Executive Officers by the closing price of $9.20$15.20 per Class A Share on December 31, 2018.2020 (and based on a third-party valuation on December 31, 2020 for unvested Group E-1 and E-2 Units).
 Stock Awards
NameNumber of
Shares, Units or
Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested(#)
Market Value of
Shares, Units or
Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested($)
Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#) Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($)
Robert S. Shafir1,225,131 (3)18,621,991 200,000 (2)3,040,000 
Thomas M. Sipp327,318 (4)3,826,905 — — 
James Levin2,848,838 (5)28,187,924 200,000 (1)3,040,000 
Wayne Cohen344,171 (6)3,531,634 134,000 (1)2,036,800 
David Levine141,108 (7)1,455,842 10,000 (1)152,000 
(1)For each of Messrs. Cohen, Levin and Levine, the amount shown represents the Group P Units awarded in March 2017 that would be eligible to vest upon a performance threshold of 25% being achieved. The Group P Units vest if: (i) the executive managing director has continued in uninterrupted service until the third anniversary of the date of grant, and (ii) on or after such date, the total shareholder return on Class A Shares based on the average closing price on the NYSE for the calendar month prior to the month in which the date of grant occurred equals or exceeds certain specified thresholds as described more fully in “Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Group P Units,” above.
(2)For Mr. Shafir, the amount shown represents the Sign-On PSUs awarded on February 5, 2018 that would be eligible to vest upon a performance threshold of 25% being achieved. The Sign-On PSUs conditionally vest if: (i) Mr. Shafir has continued in uninterrupted service until the third anniversary of the grant date and (ii) on or after such date, the total shareholder return on Class A Shares of the Company based on the average closing price on the NYSE for the 10 trading days immediately following the date of the public announcement of the appointment of Mr. Shafir as CEO equals or exceeds certain performance thresholds as follows: 20% of the Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 25% is achieved; an additional 40% of the Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 50% is achieved; an additional 20% of the Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 75% is achieved; and the final 20% of the Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 125% is achieved.
(3)The amount shown represents: (i) 802,693 unvested Shafir Sign-On RSUs and Annual RSUs, which will vest in two equal installments on each of February 5, 2021 and 2022; and (ii) 422,438 unvested Shafir Annual RSUs, of which 367,232 will vest in three equal installments on each of January 31, 2021, January 31, 2022, and January 31, 2023, and 55,206 which will vest on January 31, 2024, in each case, provided that Mr. Shafir is employed by the Company on each vesting date, subject to certain exceptions. The number of RSUs shown also includes any dividend equivalents accrued on such units, which vest, subject to certain limited exceptions, in tandem with the underlying RSUs.
(4)The amount shown represents: (i) 111,783 unvested Sipp Sign-On RSUs, which will vest on May 3, 2021; (ii) 48,869 unvested RSUs, of which 40,001 will vest in equal annual installments on each of January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, and 8,868 which will vest on January 1, 2023; and (iii) 166,666 unvested Group E-1 Units, which will vest one-half on each of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, in each case, subject to Mr. Sipp's continued service on the applicable vesting dates and various exceptions. The number of RSUs shown also includes any dividend equivalents accrued on such units, which vest, subject to certain limited exceptions, in tandem with the underlying RSUs.
(5)The amount shown represents: (i) the unvested portion (totaling 435,989 RSUs) of the 2013 RSUs, which vest in equal installments on each of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022; (ii) 54,717 unvested RSUs granted to Mr. Levin in respect of his 2018 annual bonus, which vest in equal installments on each of January 31, 2021, and January 31, 2022; (iii) 164,458 unvested RSUs granted to Mr. Levin in respect of his 2019 annual bonus, which vest in equal installments on each of January 1, 2021, January 1, 2022 and January 1, 2023; and (iii) 2,193,674 unvested Group E-1 Units granted in connection with the Recapitalization, which vest one-half on each of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, in each case, subject to Mr. Levin's continued service on the applicable vesting dates and various exceptions. The number of RSUs shown also includes any dividend equivalents accrued on such units, which vest, subject to certain limited exceptions, in tandem with the underlying RSUs.
 Stock Awards
NameNumber of
Shares, Units or
Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested(#)

Market Value of
Shares, Units or
Other Rights
That Have Not
Vested($)

Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Number of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested (#) (1)
 Equity Incentive Plan Awards: Market or Payout Value of Unearned Shares, Units or Other Rights That Have Not Vested ($)
Robert S. Shafir1,493,024
(2)13,735,823

1,000,000

9,200,000
Thomas M. Sipp311,878
(3)2,869,273




James Levin810,958
(4)7,460,815

200,000

1,840,000
Wayne Cohen74,962
(5)689,652

134,000

1,232,800
David Levine26,343
(6)242,356

10,000

92,000
Daniel S. Och
 
 
 
Alesia Haas
 
 
 
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(1)
For each of Messrs. Cohen, Levin and Levine, the amount shown represents the Group P Units awarded in March 2017 that would be eligible to vest upon a performance threshold of 25% being achieved. The Group P Units vest if: (i) the executive managing director has continued in uninterrupted service until the third anniversary of the date of grant, and (ii) on or after such date, the total shareholder return on Class A Shares based on the average closing price on the NYSE for the calendar month prior to the month in which the date of grant occurred equals or exceeds certain specified thresholds as described more fully in “Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Group P Units,” above. Pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, Mr. Levin subsequently forfeited 2,900,000 Group P Units in respect of his 2017 grant of 3,900,000 Group P Units. For Mr. Shafir, the amount shown represents the Sign-On PSUs awarded on February 5, 2018. The Sign-On PSUs conditionally vest if: (i) Mr. Shafir has continued in uninterrupted service until the third anniversary of the grant date and (ii) on or after such date, the total shareholder return on Class A Shares of the Company based on the average closing price on the NYSE for the 10 trading days immediately following the date of the public announcement of the appointment of Mr. Shafir as CEO equals or exceeds certain performance thresholds as follows: 20% of the Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 25% is achieved; an additional 40% of the Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 50% is achieved; an additional 20% of the Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 75% is achieved; and the final 20% of the Sign-On PSUs vest if a total shareholder return of 125% is achieved.


(2)
The amount shown represents the Shafir Sign-On RSUs and the Shafir Annual RSUs awarded on February 5, 2018. The Shafir Sign-On RSUs and the Shafir Annual RSUs vest in four equal installments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant date, provided that Mr. Shafir is employed by the Company on each vesting date. The number of RSUs shown also includes any dividend equivalents accrued on such units, which vest, subject to certain limited exceptions, in tandem with the underlying RSUs.
(3)The amount shown represents the Sipp Sign-On RSUs. The Sipp Sign-On RSUs will vest in three equal annual installments on each of May 3, 2019, 2020 and 2021, so long as Mr. Sipp is an active limited partner on each vesting date and has not provided notice of his intention to resign on or before each vesting date. The number of RSUs shown also includes any dividend equivalents accrued on such units, which vest, subject to certain limited exceptions, in tandem with the underlying RSUs.
(4)The amount shown represents the unvested portion (totaling 760,000 RSUs) of the 1,340,000 RSUs awarded on February 16, 2018 pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, of which 580,000 vested on December 31, 2018 and the remainder generally vests over the next four (4) years, subject to his continued service on the applicable vesting dates and various exceptions. The number of RSUs shown also includes any dividend equivalents accrued on such units, which vest, subject to certain limited exceptions, in tandem with the underlying RSUs.


(5)Represents 74,962 unvested Group A Units. A total of 262,367 of Group A Units were issued to Mr. Cohen upon the conversion of an equal number of Group D Units pursuant to the terms of such Units and are subject to minimum retained ownership requirements and transfer restrictions; such Group A Units vest in seven equal annual installments that commenced on April 15, 2014 and will end on April 15, 2020.
(6)Represents the RSUs awarded to Mr. Levine as a sign-on grant in consideration of his forfeiture of certain compensation from his former employer in connection with his appointment as Chief Legal Officer. The RSUs are scheduled to vest in periodic installments through March 1, 2021, subject to Mr. Levine’s continued service with us on each vesting date. The number of RSUs shown also includes any dividend equivalents accrued on such units, that vest, subject to certain limited exceptions, in tandem with the underlying RSUs.
(6)The amount shown represents: (i) 20,838 unvested RSUs, of which 15,665 vest in equal installments on January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, and 5,173 which will vest on January 1, 2023; (iii) 133,333 unvested Group E-1 Units, which vest one-half on each of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022; and (iv) 190,000 unvested Group E-2 Units, which vest in periodic installments through March 1, 2023, in each case, subject to Mr. Cohen's continued service on the applicable vesting date. The number of RSUs shown also includes any dividend equivalents accrued on such units, which vest, subject to certain limited exceptions, in tandem with the underlying RSUs.
(7)The amount shown represents: (i) 5,464 unvested Levine Sign-On RSUs, which vest on March 1, 2021; (ii) 35,644 unvested RSUs, of which 30,146 vest in two equal installments on January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, and 5,498 vest on January 1, 2023; and (iii) 100,000 unvested Group E-1 Units, which vest one-half on each of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, in each case, subject to Mr. Levine’s continued service with us on each vesting date. The number of RSUs shown also includes any dividend equivalents accrued on such units, which vest, subject to certain limited exceptions, in tandem with the underlying RSUs.

Stock Vested in 20182020
The following table shows the number of Class A Shares and Group A Unitsequity awards that vested in 2018,2020, and the fair value of such Shares and Units,awards, held by the Named Executive Officers. The amounts shown in the second column below do not reflect compensation actually received by the Named Executive Officers, but instead are calculations of the number of equity units that vested during 20182020 based on the closing price of our Class A Shares on the date of vesting.vesting for RSUs, and based on a third-party valuation on the date of vesting for Group E-1 and E-2 Units.
 Stock Awards
NameNumber of
Shares Acquired
on Vesting(#)
 Value Realized
on Vesting($)
Robert S. Shafir458,193 (1)11,051,961 
Thomas M. Sipp206,002 (2)2,513,692 
James S. Levin1,341,586 (3)13,057,424 
Wayne Cohen283,538 (4)2,816,751 
David Levine70,793 (5)851,052 
(1)Represents the vesting of 458,193 RSUs, of which 65,718 vested on January 31, 2020 and 392,475 vested on February 5, 2020 (including dividend equivalent units accrued as of the date of vesting).
(2)Represents the vesting of 122,668 RSUs, of which 10,887 vested on January 1, 2020 and 111,781 vested on May 3, 2020 (including dividend equivalent units accrued as of the date of vesting), and 83,334 Group E-1 Units vested on December 31, 2020.
 Stock Awards
NameNumber of
Shares Acquired
on Vesting(#)
 Value Realized
on Vesting($)
James Levin738,892
(1) 
8,941,360
Wayne Cohen37,481
(2) 
877,058
David Levine14,505
(3) 
347,968
Daniel S. Och8,623
(4) 
82,781
(3)Represents the vesting of 244,749 RSUs, of which 26,754 vested on January 31, 2020 and 217,995 vested on December 31, 2020 (including dividend equivalent units accrued as of the date of vesting) and 1,096,837 Group E-1 Units vested on December 31, 2020.
(4)Represents the vesting of 2,601 RSUs on January 1, 2020 (including dividend equivalent units accrued as of the date of vesting), 190,000 Group E-2 Units on March 1, 2020, 24,270 Group A Units on April 15, 2020, and 66,667 Group E-1 Units on December 31, 2020.
(1)
(5)Represents the vesting of 20,793 RSUs, of which 9,365 vested on January 1, 2020, 8,371 vested on March 2, 2020, 189 vested on March 3, 2020 and 2,868 vested on September 14, 2020 (including dividend equivalent units accrued as of the date of vesting) and 50,000 Group E-1 Units vested on December 31, 2020.
Represents 618,892 of the RSUs vested on December 31, 2018 and 120,000 of Group A Units vested January 1, 2018, pursuant to the 2013 and 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, these vested shares remain subject to minimum retained ownership requirements and transfer restrictions.
(2)
Represents 37,481 of the Group A Units granted to Mr. Cohen pursuant to the 2013 Cohen Partner Agreements that vested on April 15, 2018, but remain subject to minimum retained ownership requirements and transfer restrictions.
(3)
Represents the vesting of the RSUs (including dividend equivalent units accrued as of the date of vesting) awarded to Mr. Levine as a sign-on grant in consideration of his forfeiture of certain compensation from his former employer in connection with his appointment as Chief Legal Officer.
(4)On December 31, 2018, portions of the Group A Units forfeited by a former executive managing director and reallocated to Mr. Och (which Units continued to vest according to the original vesting schedule) became vested. Vested Group A Units remain subject to minimum retained ownership requirements and transfer restrictions.
Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control
None of ourOur Named Executive Officers except for Messrs. Shafir, Sipp and Levin, isare eligible to receive anythe following cash payments upon his or her termination or a change of control of the Company, assuming that the triggering event took place on December 31, 2018.2020. For a description of the vesting and the forfeiture conditions applicable to the Group Units held by the Named Executive Officers, please refer to “—Executive Officer Incentive Compensation Programs—Incentive Units.”
Mr. Shafir. If on December 31, 2018,2020, Mr. Shafir had been subject to a withdrawal without cause, then, subject to his execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Shafir Partner Agreements, Mr.
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Shafir would have been entitled to receive a lump-sum cash severance payment in an amount equal to $19,809,524,$11,750,000, which represents the sum of (i) the lower of (x) his base salary and maximum annual bonus, multiplied by 3.0,a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of full months remaining before the scheduled expiration of his Term and the denominator of which is 24, and (y) $18,000,000 and (ii) his minimum annual bonus pro-rated throughfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.2020. In addition, Mr. Shafir’s outstanding equity awards would be treated as follows: (A) (i) the next two installments of the Shafir Sign-On RSUs would become vested on the termination date (or, for a qualifying termination in connection with a Change in Control, the later of the termination date and the date of the Change in Control), and in addition, to the extent unvested following application of the previous clause, a portion of an additional installment of Shafir Sign-On RSUs, pro-rated for the year of the employment term in which the termination occurs through the termination date, would also become vested as of such date (and the remaining unvested Shafir Sign-On RSUs, if any, would be forfeited on such date); and (ii) the next two installments of the Shafir Annual RSUs would become vested as of the termination date (or, for a qualifying termination in connection with a Change in Control, the later of the termination date and the date of the Change in Control) and the remaining unvested Shafir Annual RSUs, if any, would be


forfeited on such date; and (B) the PSUs Service Condition with respect to the Sign-On PSUs would be waived and Mr. Shafir would conditionally retain any remaining Sign-On PSUs for a period of up to twenty-four (24) months following the termination date, at which time any such Sign-On PSUs that have not satisfied the PSUs Performance Condition would be forfeited. In addition, any unvested DCIs granted in respect of Mr. Shafir’s annual bonus will remain outstanding and continue to vest on the applicable vesting date (or if Mr. Shafir were terminated without cause within twelve (12) months of a Change of Control, then the DCIs would fully vest). On December 31, 2018,2020, those Shafir Sign-On RSUs, the Shafir Annual RSUs and the Sign-On PSUs (inclusive of dividend equivalents accrued thereon)annual bonus DCIs that would be subject to such continued or accelerated vesting (inclusive of dividend equivalents accrued thereon) had a market value of $16,067,920.$19,435,615, while the Sign-On PSUs had a market value of $3,040,000.
Mr. Sipp. If on December 31, 2018,2020, Mr. Sipp had been subject to a withdrawal without cause, then, subject to his execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Sipp Partner Agreements, Mr. Sipp would have been entitled to receive a lump-sum cash severance payment in an amount equal to $2,000,000, which represents an amount equal to the product ofreceive: (i) fifty percent (50%) and (ii) the difference between (x) an amount equal to the sum of (A) the pro-rated portion of his quarterly cash payments in respect of the second quarter of fiscal year 2018 and (B) $5,750,000, less (y) the aggregate amount of quarterly cash payments and annual bonuses paid or awarded (based on their grant date fair value as applicable) to Mr. Sipp prior to December 31, 2018 (provided that no amount of annual bonus will be deemed to be more than $1,500,000 for purposes of computing this severance payment). In addition, 50%100% of any unvested Sipp Sign-On RSUs, which would remain outstanding and continue to vest on the applicable vesting date and (ii) any RSUs or DCIs granted in respect of Mr. Sipp's annual bonus will remain outstanding and continue to vest on the remaining 50% ofapplicable vesting date (or if Mr. Sipp is terminated without cause within 12 months following any unvested Sipp Sign-OnChange in Control, the RSUs and DCIs would be forfeited,fully vest), in each case, subject to Mr. Sipp’s execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Sipp Partner Agreements. On December 31, 2018,2020, those Sipp Sign-On RSUs and annual RSUs (inclusive of dividend equivalents accrued thereon) and DCIs that would be subject to such continued vesting had a market value of $1,434,639.$3,442,094
Mr. Levin. If on December 31, 2018,2020, Mr. Levin had been subject to a withdrawal without cause, then, subject to his execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Levin Agreements, in addition to his annual bonus earned for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, to the extent not yet paid, (i) the next two installments of the 2013 RSUs scheduled to vest would vest upon the occurrence of such event (ii) the 2017 RSUs would continue to vest, and (iii)(ii) his Bonus Equity and DCIs would continue to vest (or, if Mr. Levin were terminated without cause within twelve (12) months of a Change of Control, then his Bonus Equity and DCIs would fully vest). On December 31, 2018,2020, those 2013 RSUs, 2017 RSUs, Bonus Equity and DCIs (inclusive of dividend equivalents accrued on any such RSUs) that would be subject to such continued or accelerated vesting had a market value of $5,332,698.$14,651,016. In addition, pursuant to the 2018 Levin Partner Agreements, the OzSculptor Operating Group entities may elect to make a $30,000,000 payment to Mr. Levin payable in installments over a 24-month period in exchange for an increase in the duration of his non-compete period to two (2) years (from one (1) year) following the date of his withdrawal.
Mr. Cohen. If on December 31, 2018,2020, Mr. Cohen had been subject to a withdrawal without cause, then, subject to his execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Cohen Agreements, any RSUs or DCIs granted in respect of Mr. Cohen’s annual bonus will remain outstanding and continue to vest on the applicable vesting date (or if Mr. Cohen is terminated without cause within 12 months following any Change in Control, the RSUs and DCIs would fully vest), in each case, subject to Mr. Cohen’s execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Cohen Agreements. On December 31, 2020, these RSUs (inclusive of dividend equivalents accrued thereon) and DCIs had a market value of $783,223.
Mr. Levine. If on December 31, 2020, Mr. Levine had been subject to a withdrawal other than for cause or resignation, then, subject to his execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Levine Agreements, any unvested RSUs held by Mr. Levine in respect of his sign-on grant would continue to vest and become nonforfeitable on the date they would otherwise have vested, provided, that Mr. Levine executed a release of claims and continued to comply with his restrictive covenant obligations. In addition, any RSUs or DCIs granted in respect of
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Mr. Levine’s annual bonus will remain outstanding and continue to vest on the applicable vesting date (or if Mr. Levine were terminated without cause within 12 months following any Change in Control, the RSUs and DCIs would fully vest), in each case, subject to Mr. Levine’s execution of a general release of claims and compliance with the restrictive covenants set forth in the Levine Agreements. On December 31, 2018,2020, these RSUs (inclusive of dividend equivalents accrued thereon) and DCIs had a market value of $242,356.$1,929,248.
For a description of the vesting and forfeiture conditions applicable to the Group Units held by the Named Executive Officers, please refer to “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Partner Agreements, Severance Benefits and Change in Control Provisions.”
Chief Executive Officer Compensation and Median Employee Compensation
In 2015, pursuant to a mandate of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the SEC adopted a rule requiring annual disclosure of the ratio of our median employee’s annual total compensation to the annual total compensation of our Chief Executive Officer.
Our median employee’s 20182020 annual total compensation was $201,500.
$255,106. Our Chief Executive Officer’s 20182020 annual total compensation, was $51,452,366. During our last fiscal year, two individuals served as non-concurrent Chief Executive Officers. Mr. Och, who served as our Chief Executive Officer from January 1, 2018 to February 5, 2018, had 2018 annual total compensation of $661,773, as reflectedreported in the Summary Compensation Table. Mr. Shafir, who served as our Chief Executive Officer from February 6, 2018 to the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, had 2018 annual total compensation of $50,790,593, as reflected in the Summary Compensation Table. We calculated the annual total compensation of our Chief Executive Officer by adding the compensation for each person who served as Chief Executive Officer during 2018.
Table above, was $10,145,682. Based on this information, the ratio of the annual total combined compensation of Messrs. Och andMr. Shafir to the annual total compensation of our median employee for 20182020 was estimated to be 25540 to 1.


Our Chief Executive Officer pay ratio information is a reasonable good faith estimate calculated in a manner consistent with the SEC pay ratio rules and methods for disclosure. We identified our median employee by examining the 20182020 total compensation consisting of base salary (including overtime pay), annual cash bonus amounts and equity-baseddeferred compensation (reflecting the grant date fair valuecompensation granted in the form of equity awards and deferred fund interests), in each case, earned or awarded in respect of services performed in 20182020 for our global employee population, excluding our Chief Executive Officer, as of December 31, 2018.2020. We included all of our employees, whether employed on a full-time, temporary or part-time basis. We did not make any assumptions, adjustments (including cost-of-living adjustments) or use any estimates in determining total compensation. After identifying the median employee based on total compensation, we calculated the annual total compensation for such employee using the same methodology we use for our named executive officers as required to be set forth in the Summary Compensation Table included in this proxy statement.
Director Compensation
Director compensation is set by the Board based upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee periodically reviews the compensation of the independent directors in light of current industry conditions and compensation practices.
Upon initial election to the Board, an independent director generally receives an annualizeda prorated portion of the annual compensation the incumbent independent directors are entitled to receive. Incumbent independent directors receive annual equity-based and cash compensation. As of January 1, 2018, atAt the beginning of each year, each incumbent independent director receives a grant of RSUs with a value of $125,000.$125,000 and the Chairperson of the Board receives an additional grant of RSUs with a value of $65,000. The RSUs vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant. With respect to each vested RSU, the independent director receives one Class A Share on or before the third business day following the independent director’s departure from our Board of Directors.
As of January 1, 2018, anAn annual cash retainer of $95,000 is paid in quarterly installments to each incumbent independent director indirector. In addition, our Chairperson of the amount of $95,000,Board and the chairs of the committees of our Board receive additional annual cash retainers as follows: the Chairperson of the Board receives $45,000, the chairs of the Audit Committee and Committee on Corporate Responsibility and Compliance receive $20,000 and the chairs of the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee and the Compensation Committee each receive $10,000. OurA lead independent director, if the Board determines a lead independent director is necessary, also receives an additional annual cash retainer of $20,000.
Directors who are members of management (including Mr. Shafir,Levin and Mr. Cohen, who is an executive officer but not aare Named Executive Officer)Officers) do not receive any compensation with respect to their services as a director. All directors are reimbursed for reasonable costs and expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board.
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The following table sets forth the total cash and equity-based compensation paid to our independent directors for their service on the Board and its committees during 2018:2020:
Name
Fees Earned or Paid
in Cash($)
(1)
 
Stock Awards
($)
(2)
 Total($)
Allan S. Bufferd105,722
 137,627
 243,349
Marcy Engel68,470
 130,500
 198,970
Michael D. Fascitelli54,361
 130,500
 184,861
Richard G. Ketchum48,226
 130,473
 178,699
Georganne C. Proctor124,028
 137,627
 261,655
William Barr28,750
 
 28,750
Barry J. Griswell64,528
 
 64,528
Jerome Kenney76,250
 
 76,250
(1)Amounts in this column include all cash retainers and fees for committee assignments and meetings paid to our non-employee directors in 2018.
(2)The dollar amounts in this table do not reflect cash or other compensation actually received by the independent directors, but instead represent the aggregate grant-date fair value of equity calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 718. See Note 12 to the audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for further information concerning the assumptions underlying our ASC Topic 718 calculations for RSUs. Each director who was a director as of January 2, 2018 received a grant of 46,642 RSUs on January 2, 2018. To the extent that an independent director on our Board has received Class A Shares related to vested RSUs granted prior to December 31, 2011, we have established minimum Class A Share ownership requirements such that each independent director must hold 50% of the Class A Shares received after vesting of any grant of RSUs

Name
Fees Earned or Paid
in Cash($)(1)
Stock Awards
($)(2)
Total($)
Allan Bufferd52,500 148,182 200,682 
Marcy Engel115,000 142,229 257,229 
Michael Fascitelli95,000 142,229 237,229 
Richard G. Ketchum155,000 211,183 366,183 
Georganne C. Proctor115,000 148,135 263,135 
J. Morgan Rutman95,000 136,040 231,040 

((1)Amounts in this column include all cash retainers and fees for committee assignments and meetings paid to our non-employee directors in 2020.
(2)The dollar amounts in this table do not reflect cash or other compensation actually received by the independent directors, but instead represent the aggregate grant-date fair value of RSU awards calculated in accordance with ASC Topic 718. See Note 13 to the audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 for further information concerning the assumptions underlying our ASC Topic 718 calculations for RSUs. Each director who was a director as of January 2, 2020 received a grant of 5,864 RSUs on January 2, 2020. To the extent that an independent director on our Board has received Class A Shares related to vested RSUs granted prior to December 31, 2011, we have established minimum Class A Share ownership requirements such that each independent director must hold 50% of the Class A Shares received after vesting of any grant of RSUs (or other equity awards) at all times, without regard to any dispositions. With respect to each vested RSU which was granted after December 31, 2011, the director shall receive one Class A Share on or before the third business day following the director’s departure from the Board of Directors. As of December 31, 2018,2020, the aggregate number of RSUs, including dividend equivalent units granted thereon, held by each continuing independent director was as follows: 16,987 for Mr. Bufferd; 6,27824,430 for Ms. Engel; 6,278 for Mr. Fascitelli; 6,24727,513 for Mr. Ketchum; and 16,98735,936 for Ms. Proctor.

Proctor; and 12,503 for Mr. Rutman.
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
The following table summarizes the securities authorized for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2020:
Plan Category
Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights
(a)
Weighted Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options, Warrants and Rights(1)
(b)
Number of Securities
Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans(2)
(excluding securities reflected under column(a))
(c)
Equity Compensation Plans Approved by Shareholders20,844,397 9,241,058 
Equity Compensation Plans Not Approved by Shareholders— — 
Total20,844,397 9,241,058 
(1)Represents RSUs and Group E Units. Because the RSUs and Group E Units each have no exercise price, the weighted-average exercise price calculation is zero.
(2)On January 1, 2021, in accordance with the terms of the 2013 Incentive Plan, the number of Class A Shares that may be issued pursuant to awards under the 2013 Incentive Plan was increased by a number of Class A Shares equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the increase, if any, in the number of outstanding Class A Shares from the number of outstanding Class A Shares on January 1, 2020 (calculated assuming the exchange of all Group Units other than those comprised of Group B Units for Class A Shares). The number of Class A Shares reserved under the 2013 Incentive Plan is also subject to adjustment in the event of a share split, share dividend, or other change in our capitalization. Generally, awards that are forfeited or canceled under the 2013 Incentive Plan will be available for future grants under the plan.




CERTAIN MATTERS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS
A number of organizational documents and agreements set forth our internal capital, organizational and governance structures, including the terms of interests in the Sculptor Operating Group owned by our executive managing directors, payments due to our executive managing directors pursuant to those interests and other contractual rights. These documents and agreements include the Limited Partnership Agreements of the Sculptor Operating Group entities, the Class A Unit Exchange Agreement, the Class P Unit Exchange Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreements, the Tax Receivable Agreement, the Expense Allocation Agreement, the Indemnification Agreements and the partner agreements with our executive managing directors. Summaries of these agreements are provided in “—Certain Agreements of the Registrant and the Sculptor Operating Group Entities,” below, and, in the case of certain partner agreements with our executive managing directors, in “Executive and Director Compensation,” above. Pursuant to these agreements, we may make payments to related persons or engage in transactions that are deemed “Interested Transactions” under our Related Person Transaction Policy (the “Policy”). During 2020, there were no Interested Transactions under the Policy except for those described below under “Related Person Transactions.”
Policy on Transactions and Arrangements with Related Persons
The Board has adopted a written Related Person Transaction Policy that is administered by our Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee and applies to any transaction or series of transactions in which we or any of our subsidiaries is a participant, the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and a “related person” (as defined under SEC rules) has or will have a direct or indirect material interest (any such transaction or series of transactions an “Interested Transaction”).
Under the Policy, all Interested Transactions with a related person are subject to pre-approval or ratification by the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee. The Policy requires a related person to promptly disclose to the Chief Legal Officer any Interested Transaction as well as all material facts about the transaction. The Chief Legal Officer will then assess and notify the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee of the material facts of any Interested Transaction that requires the Committee’s pre-approval. In addition, the Board has delegated authority to the Chair of the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee to pre-approve or ratify transactions where the aggregate amount involved is expected to be less than $1.0 million. Moreover, the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee has considered and adopted standing pre-approvals under the Policy for limited transactions with related persons that are or may be considered to be “Interested Transactions.” Such pre-approved transactions include: (i) business transactions with other companies at which a related person’s only relationship is as an employee (other than an executive officer), director or less-than-10% beneficial owner if the amount of business falls below the thresholds in the NYSE’s listing standards and our Director Independence Standards; (ii) charitable contributions to organizations where a related person’s only relationship is as an employee (other than an executive officer) or director if the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the greater of $1.0 million or 2% of the organization’s total annual revenues; (iii) transactions required or permitted under our organizational documents and agreements entered into in connection with our IPO in November 2007; and (iv) investments by one of our executive managing directors or any immediate family member in any of our funds.
A summary of any new transactions pre-approved by the Chair or pursuant to the Policy is provided to the full Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee for its review in connection with each regularly scheduled Committee meeting. If we become aware of an existing Interested Transaction that has not been pre-approved under this policy, we will provide relevant information to the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Conflicts Committee, which will evaluate all options available, including ratification, revision or termination of such transaction. Our Policy requires any director who may be interested in a related person transaction to recuse himself or herself from any consideration of such related person transaction.
Related Person Transactions
The Board pre-approved or considered and approved or ratified all of the following related person transactions that occurred in 2020:
In September 2020, the Company entered into a new financing facility (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”). Additionally, in connection with the
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2020 Credit Agreement, the Company issued to Delaware Life warrants to purchase approximately 4.3 million Class A Shares and provided Delaware Life a seat on the Company’s Board of Directors.
In connection with the Recapitalization, the Company entered into the Implementing Agreements in 2019 and issued $200.0 million of Debt Securities (as defined below) and $200.0 million of New Preferred Securities (as defined below). Upon the closing of the 2020 Credit Agreement in the fourth quarter of 2020, the Company used the proceeds from the 2020 Term Loan to repay in full the Debt Securities as well as to redeem the New Preferred Securities in full. The Debt Securities and New Preferred Securities were held by certain of our active and former executive managing directors. Mr. Och, one of our principal shareholders, held approximately $175.0 million of the New Preferred Securities, Mr. Levin held approximately $1.0 million of the New Preferred Securities and Mr. Cohen held approximately $0.25 million of the New Preferred Securities. Mr. Och held approximately $175.0 million of the Debt Securities, Mr. Levin held approximately $1.0 million of the Debt Securities and Mr. Cohen held approximately $0.25 million of the Debt Securities.
In March 2021, the Company committed to acquire a non-controlling membership interest of BharCap Sponsor LLC. The Company, BharCap Partners, LLC and other investors hold 100% of the membership interests of BharCap Sponsor LLC. Mr. Srikrishnan, a member of our Board and board designee of Delaware Life, is the founder and partner of BharCap Partners, LLC. In connection with the initial public offering of BharCap Acquisition Corp., a newly organized blank check company, BharCap Sponsor LLC, purchased 7,187,500 shares of BharCap Acquisition Corp.’s Class B common stock (up to 937,500 shares of which are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised), has committed to purchase an aggregate of 5,000,000 warrants (or 5,500,000 warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) at a price of $1.50 per warrant ($7,500,000 in the aggregate, or $8,250,000 if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of the initial public offering of BharCap Acquisition Corp.
Summaries of these agreements are provided in “—Certain Agreements of the Registrant and the Sculptor Operating Group Entities,” below, and, in the case of certain partner agreements with our executive managing directors, in “Executive and Director Compensation,” above. Pursuant to these agreements, we may make payments to related persons or engage in transactions that are deemed “Interested Transactions” under the Policy.
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CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE REGISTRANT AND THE SCULPTOR OPERATING GROUP ENTITIES
New Preferred Unit Designations and New Senior Subordinated Term Loan Credit and Guaranty Agreement
In connection with the Recapitalization, pursuant to the New Preferred Unit Designations, the Sculptor Operating Partnerships issued new preferred units with an aggregate liquidation preference of $200.0 million (the “New Preferred Securities”), in exchange for $200.0 million of the then-existing preferred units issued by the Operating Partnerships (the “Existing Preferred”) and 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 the Existing Preferred was restructured into new debt of the Operating Partnerships (the “Debt Securities”) were issued. Upon the closing of the 2020 Credit Agreement in the fourth quarter of 2020, the Company used the proceeds from the 2020 Term Loan to repay in full the Company’s Debt Securities as well as to redeem the New Preferred Securities in full.
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”), consisting of the 2020 Term Loan and 2020 Revolving Credit Facility. Through January 2021, the Company voluntarily prepaid an aggregate of $175.0 million of the 2020 Term Loan, leaving a balance of $145.0 million, which is due at maturity. The Company has not drawn down on 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 occurred on November 13, 2020 (the “Closing Date”).

Borrowings under the 2020 Credit Agreement bear interest at 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 Term Loan amortizes in equal quarterly installments in aggregate annual amounts equal to 0.75% of the original principal amount of the 2020 Term Loan; however, as a result of the prepayment in January 2021, no additional amortization payments will be due until maturity. The 2020 Credit Agreement contains 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%. The Call Premium shall not apply to voluntary prepayments of the 2020 Term Loan of up to (x) $175.0 million in the aggregate on or prior to March 31, 2022 or (y) $100.0 million of aggregate principal amount at any time.

The 2020 Credit Agreement 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 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.

Warrants
In connection with the 2020 Credit Agreement, the Company issued warrants to purchase 4,338,015 Class A Shares to Delaware Life. The warrants have a 10-year term from the Closing Date and an exercise price per share equal to $11.93. 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
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Black-Scholes value as provided for in the applicable warrant agreement. The exercise price is subject to reduction by an amount equal to any dividends paid on Class A Shares. The warrants provide for customary adjustments in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event. 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 restrict transfers and other dispositions for 18 months from the Closing Date, subject to certain exceptions.
Board Representation Agreement
In connection with the 2020 Credit Agreement, on the Closing Date, the Company and Delaware Life entered into a board representation agreement (the “Board Representation Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Board Representation Agreement, Delaware Life designated, and the Board appointed, Bharath Srikrishnan to serve on the Board, and, subject to the terms of the Board Representation Agreement, Delaware Life has the right to nominate one director for election or re-election to the Board for so long as Delaware Life (including its affiliates and certain other entities from time to time upon mutual agreement of the Company and Delaware Life) continues to beneficially own at least 50% of the voting stock of the Company beneficially owned by it on the Closing Date (the “Board Right Period”). During the Board Right Period the Company agreed, subject to the terms of the Board Representation Agreement, to use commercially reasonable efforts to procure the election or re-election of such designee to the Board. Pursuant to the Board Representation Agreement, Mr. Srikrishnan agreed to resign from the Board upon Delaware Life no longer beneficially owning at least 50% of the vote stock of the Company beneficially owned by it on the Closing Date or upon the written request of Delaware Life.


MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
Shareholder Proposals and Director Nominations
To be considered for inclusion in our proxy statement for the 2019 annual meeting, shareholder2022 Annual Meeting, Shareholder proposals must have beenbe received at our offices no later than December 25, 201829, 2021 (as calculated pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act). Proposals must comply with Rule 14a-8 and must be submitted in writing to Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLC,Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary.
As more specifically provided for in our Operating Agreement,Bylaws, in order for a shareholderShareholder to introduce a shareholderShareholder proposal or nominate a director candidate from the floor of the 2019 annual meeting,2022 Annual Meeting, the shareholderShareholder must have delivereddeliver such proposal or nomination in writing to our Secretary at the above address not earlier than December 25, 2018,29, 2021, and no later than January 24, 2019.28, 2022. If the date of the 2019 annual meeting2022 Annual Meeting is held on a date that is more than 30 days from the anniversary of the 2018 annual meeting,2021 Annual Meeting, then any such proposal or nomination must be received no later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made. In addition, if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at the 2019 annual meeting2022 Annual Meeting is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board by at least January 24, 2019,28, 2022, then any nomination with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase must be received by the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the increase is first made. The shareholder’sShareholder’s submission must be made by a registered shareholderShareholder on his or her behalf or on behalf of the beneficial owner of the Shares and must include information specified in our Operating Agreement.Bylaws.
Householding
The broker, trustee or other nominee for any shareholder who is a beneficial owner of the Shares may deliver only one copy of our proxy statement and annual report to multiple shareholders who share the same address, unless that broker, trustee or other nominee has received contrary instructions from one or more of the shareholders. This practice, known as “householding,” is designed to reduce duplicate mailings and save significant printing and processing costs, as well as natural resources. We will deliver promptly, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of the proxy statement and annual report to a shareholder at a shared address to which a single copy of the documents was delivered. A shareholder who wishes to receive a separate copy of the proxy statement and annual report, now or in the future, may obtain one, without charge, by addressing a written request to Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLC,Inc., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary or by calling (212) 790-0000. You may also obtain a copy of the proxy statement and
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annual report on the “Public Investors—Financials and SEC Filings”“Investor Relations—Filings & Financials” section of our website (www.ozm.com)(www.sculptor.com). Beneficial owners sharing an address who are receiving multiple copies of proxy materials whoand annual reports and wish to receive a single copy of such materials in the future will need to contact their broker, trustee or other nominee to request that only a single copy of each document be mailed to all shareholders at the shared address in the future.
Annual Report
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2020, is included with these proxy solicitation materials. A copy of our Annual Report, including the financial statements included therein, is also available without charge by visiting the Company’s website(www.sculptor.com)or upon written request to Sculptor Capital Management, Inc., 9West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Office of the Secretary.

By Order of the Board of Directors,
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Katrina PagliaDavid Levine
Secretary
April 3, 201928, 2021
New York, New York

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Annex A
SECOND AMENDMENT TO
OCH-ZIFF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC
2013 INCENTIVE PLAN


THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE OCH-ZIFF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 2013 INCENTIVE PLAN (this “Second Amendment”) is made and adopted by Och-ZiffSculptor Capital Management, Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability companyInc. (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
Board of Directors’ Independence Standards
An “independent” director is a director whom the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Plan (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC 2013 Incentive Plan, as amended by the first amendment thereto effective as of May 9, 2017 (the “Plan”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 13 of the Plan, the Plan may be amended from time to time by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”has determined has no material relationship with the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”);, either directly or indirectly.
WHEREAS,To assist it in making determinations of director independence, the Board desires to amendhas determined that each of the Plan to increaserelationships below is categorically immaterial and therefore, by itself, does not preclude a director from being independent:
1. the maximum aggregate number of Shares available for issuance and delivery pursuant to Awards granted underdirector has an immediate family member who is, or has been within the Plan as set forth herein, subject to approval of this Second Amendmentlast three years, employed by the Company’s shareholders;Company other than as an executive officer;
2. the director has received, or has an immediate family member who has received, during any 12-month period within the last three years, $120,000 or less in direct compensation from the Company, not including board and committee fees and pension or other forms of deferred compensation for prior service (provided such compensation is not contingent in any way on continued service);
WHEREAS, this Second Amendment shall become effective upon3. (A) the approvaldirector has an immediate family member who is a current employee (but not a partner) of this Second Amendment bya firm that is the Company’s shareholders (the dateinternal or outside auditor, but does not personally work on (and has not personally worked on in the last three years) the Company’s audit; or (B) the director or an immediate family member was, within the last three years, a partner or employee of such approval,a firm that is the “Effective Date”).Company’s internal or outside auditor but no longer works at the firm and did not personally work on the Company’s audit within that time;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that4. the Plan be amended as follows, effective asdirector or an immediate family member is, or has been within the last three years, employed at another company where any of the Effective Date:
1.Section 4(a)Company’s present executive officers serves or served at the same time on that company’s compensation committee, but the director or the director’s immediate family member is (or was) not an executive officer of the Planother company and his or her compensation is hereby amended and restatednot (or was not) determined or reviewed by that company’s compensation committee;
5. the director or an immediate family member is a current employee of a company that has made payments to, or received payments from, the Company for property or services in its entirety as follows:
“Subject to Section 5, the maximum number of Class A Sharesan amount that, may be delivered pursuant to Awards shall be the sum of (x) 9,779,446 Class A Shares made available as of February 7, 2019, and (y) 231,250,788 Class A Shares (or 23,125,078 Class A Shares after giving effect to the one-for-ten reverse share split on January 3, 2019), as increased on the first day of each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2018 by a number of Class A Shares equal to 15 percent (15%)any of the increase, if any, in the number of outstanding Class A Shares from the number of outstanding Class A Shares on the first daylast three fiscal years, was less than $1 million or 2% of the immediately preceding fiscal year (in each case, calculated assumingother company’s consolidated gross revenues, whichever is greater; and
6. the director or an immediate family member is an employee (other than an executive officer) of a non-profit organization to which the Company has made contributions that, all Och-Ziff Operating Group Units (as defined in the LLC Agreement) that are or may be convertible or exchangeable for Class A Shares are so converted or exchanged for this purpose).”
2.This Second Amendment shall be and is hereby incorporated in and forms a partany of the Plan.
3.Except as amended above, all other terms and provisionslast three fiscal years, were less than $1 million or 2% of the Plan shall remain unchanged.non-profit organization’s consolidated gross revenues, whichever is greater.
An “immediate family member” includes a director’s spouse, parents, children, siblings, mothers and fathers-in-law, sons and daughters-in-law, brothers and sisters-in-law, and anyone (other than a domestic employee) who shares the director’s home.




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