UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-22990
Pomona Investment Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
780 Third Avenue, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Michael D. Granoff
Pomona Management LLC
780 Third Avenue, 46th Floor
New York, NY 10017
(Name and address of agent for service)
registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 593-3639
Date of fiscal year end: March 31
Date of reporting period: April 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023
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ITEM | 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS. |
(a) | The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith. |
Table of Contents
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Consolidated Schedule of Investments | 1 |
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 10 |
Consolidated Statement of Operations | 11 |
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets | 12 |
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | 14 |
Consolidated Financial Highlights | 16 |
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | 19 |
Additional Information | 28 |
Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Private Equity Investments (83.83%)(a)(b) | Geographic Region(c) | Acquisition Date | Fair Value | |||||
Direct Investments/Co-Investments (2.16%) | ||||||||
Blue Owl GP Stakes V Nimbus Cayman (B), L.P.(d) | North America | 09/10/2021 | $ | 8,381,157 | ||||
Blue Owl GP Stakes V Nimbus U.S. (A), LLC(d) | North America | 09/10/2021 | 1,790,970 | |||||
BSV Opportunities B, F.C.R.E(d) | Europe | 12/16/2021 | 5,042,604 | |||||
Investcorp Aspen Offshore Fund, L.P. | Rest of World | 07/01/2019 | 9,822,727 | |||||
Roark Capital Partners II Sidecar, L.P.(d) | North America | 10/18/2018 | 1,744,797 | |||||
Total Direct Investments/Co-Investments | 26,782,255 | |||||||
Primary Investments (4.01%) | ||||||||
Aberdeen U.S. Private Equity VIII (Offshore), L.P. | Europe | 04/11/2019 | 3,318,960 | |||||
Accel-KKR Capital Partners VII, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/16/2022 | – | |||||
Accel-KKR Growth Capital Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/17/2021 | 821,801 | |||||
Berkshire Fund X-A, L.P. | North America | 09/22/2020 | 5,639,727 | |||||
Blue Owl GP Stakes V Offshore Investors, L.P. | North America | 09/20/2021 | 1,601,157 | |||||
BPEA EQT Mid-Market Growth Partnership, SCSp(d) | Europe | 06/07/2023 | 98,252 | |||||
CB Offshore Equity X, L.P. | North America | 11/20/2020 | 2,446,063 | |||||
Clearlake Capital Partners VII (USTE), L.P. | North America | 09/17/2021 | 2,989,387 | |||||
Genstar Capital Partners X, L.P.(d) | North America | 04/01/2021 | 3,690,629 | |||||
Genstar Capital Partners XI, L.P.(d) | North America | 04/26/2023 | – | |||||
Green Equity Investors Side IX, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/01/2022 | 61,259 | |||||
Halifax Capital Partners V, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2023 | – | |||||
Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners IX (Parallel), L.P. | North America | 09/28/2018 | 2,727,007 | |||||
Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners X (Parallel), L.P.(d) | North America | 05/10/2021 | 3,938,755 | |||||
Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners XI (Parallel), L.P.(d) | North America | 12/16/2022 | – | |||||
Norwest Mezzanine Partners V-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2023 | – | |||||
Roark Capital Partners V (TE), L.P. | North America | 04/30/2018 | 6,238,636 | |||||
Roark Capital Partners VI (TE), L.P.(d) | North America | 01/28/2022 | 2,003,633 | |||||
TA XIV-B, L.P. | North America | 05/27/2021 | 3,208,409 | |||||
TA XV-B, L.P.(d) | North America | 04/27/2023 | – | |||||
The Veritas Capital Fund VII, L.P.(d) | North America | 10/10/2019 | 3,958,190 | |||||
The Veritas Capital Fund VIII, L.P. | North America | 03/16/2022 | 3,120,080 | |||||
Thoma Bravo Explore Fund II-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 02/03/2022 | – | |||||
Thoma Bravo Fund XV-A, L.P. | North America | 02/03/2022 | 3,257,593 | |||||
Vista Equity Partners Fund VIII-A, L.P. | North America | 04/27/2022 | 520,432 | |||||
Total Primary Investments | 49,639,970 | |||||||
Seasoned Primary Investments (5.07%) | ||||||||
Aerospace, Transportation and Logistics Fund II, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2019 | 2,115,998 | |||||
Avista Capital Partners (Offshore) IV, L.P. | North America | 12/01/2017 | 387,475 | |||||
Gryphon Partners IV, L.P. | North America | 06/08/2016 | 6,615,743 | |||||
Gryphon Partners VI-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/17/2021 | 9,269,437 | |||||
Insight Partners (Cayman) XII Buyout Annex Fund, L.P. | North America | 10/26/2021 | 3,922,200 | |||||
Ironsides Offshore Direct Investment Fund V, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 4,303,600 | |||||
L Catterton IX, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/09/2021 | 7,176,115 | |||||
Merit Mezzanine Fund VI, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/02/2018 | 1,734,278 | |||||
NB Credit Opportunities II Cayman Feeder LP(d) | North America | 06/30/2023 | 8,900,178 | |||||
OceanSound Partners Fund, L.P.(d) | North America | 01/31/2022 | 11,033,354 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
Semi-Annual Report | September 30, 2023 | 1 |
Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Private Equity Investments (83.83%)(a)(b) (continued) | Geographic Region(c) | Acquisition Date | Fair Value | |||||
Seasoned Primary Investments (5.07%) (continued) | ||||||||
Sorenson Capital Partners IV-B, L.P.(d) | North America | 01/11/2022 | $ | 4,357,859 | ||||
VSS Structured Capital Parallel III, L.P. | North America | 01/26/2018 | 2,979,417 | |||||
Total Seasoned Primary Investments | 62,795,654 | |||||||
Secondary Investments (72.59%) | ||||||||
ABRY Partners V, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 4,397 | |||||
Accel-KKR Capital Partners CV III, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2021 | 3,336,631 | |||||
Actis Energy 5 LP(d) | Europe | 06/30/2023 | 210,000 | |||||
Advent International GPE VI-A Limited Partnership(d) | North America | 03/31/2021 | 133,538 | |||||
Advent International GPE VII-B Limited Partnership(d) | North America | 06/30/2015 | 519,887 | |||||
Advent International GPE VIII-B-2, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 2,833,391 | |||||
Advent International GPE VIII-C Limited Partnership(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 2,067,799 | |||||
AEA EXC CF, L.P.(d) | North America | 08/12/2022 | 11,405,895 | |||||
American Securities Partners V, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 6,039 | |||||
American Securities Partners VI, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 2,453,643 | |||||
American Securities Partners VII, L.P. | North America | 12/30/2022 | 37,671,172 | |||||
AP VIII Private Investors Offshore (USD), L.P.(d) | Europe | 06/30/2017 | 38,992 | |||||
AP VIII Private Investors, LLC(d) | Europe | 06/28/2019 | 779,915 | |||||
Apax Europe VI - A, L.P.(d) | Europe | 12/30/2016 | 204,174 | |||||
Apax Europe VII, L.P.(d) | Europe | 03/31/2021 | 28,216 | |||||
Apollo Investment Fund VI, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 66,337 | |||||
Apollo Investment Fund VII, L.P. | North America | 09/29/2017 | 15,422 | |||||
Ares Corporate Opportunities Fund III, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 15,542 | |||||
Artiman Ventures III, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2021 | 695,072 | |||||
Astorg VI SLP(d) | Europe | 03/31/2022 | 2,226,521 | |||||
Astorg VII SLP(d) | Europe | 03/31/2022 | 8,703,516 | |||||
Atlas Capital Resources, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2021 | 354,198 | |||||
Audax Mezzanine Fund III, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2016 | 605,888 | |||||
Audax Private Equity Fund Aspen CF, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/24/2022 | 7,852,601 | |||||
Audax Private Equity Fund III, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2015 | 125,325 | |||||
Audax Private Equity Fund, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 3,002 | |||||
Audax Senior Loan Fund III, L.P. | North America | 09/28/2018 | 193,972 | |||||
Avista Capital Partners (Offshore) II, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 132,241 | |||||
Avista Healthcare Partners, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2019 | (3,745 | ) | ||||
Bain Capital Asia Fund II, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 1,931,030 | |||||
Bain Capital Asia Fund III, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2023 | 3,434,177 | |||||
Bain Capital Distressed and Special Situations 2013 E, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2015 | 59,664 | |||||
Bain Capital Empire Holdings, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/21/2022 | 18,751,953 | |||||
Bain Capital Europe Fund III, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/30/2016 | 154,081 | |||||
Bain Capital Fund VII, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/29/2017 | 7,643,996 | |||||
Bain Capital Fund X, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/30/2015 | 1,871,993 | |||||
Bain Capital VII Coinvestment Fund, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/29/2017 | 102,685 | |||||
BC Asia III Private Investors, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2020 | 1,769,832 | |||||
BC Europe IV Private Investors, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2020 | 976,289 | |||||
BC European Capital IX-8, L.P.(d) | Europe | 12/31/2020 | 573,081 | |||||
BC Life Sciences Private Investors, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2020 | 1,393,126 | |||||
BC XI Private Investor, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2020 | 1,930,356 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Private Equity Investments (83.83%)(a)(b) (continued) | Geographic Region(c) | Acquisition Date | Fair Value | |||||
Secondary Investments (72.59%) (continued) | ||||||||
BC XII Private Investors, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2020 | $ | 4,640,347 | ||||
BCP V-S, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 4 | |||||
Berkshire Fund IX, L.P. | North America | 09/03/2021 | 9,602,913 | |||||
Berkshire Fund VI, Limited Partnership(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 4,795,072 | |||||
Berkshire Fund VII, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 232,483 | |||||
Berkshire Fund VIII (IND), L.P. | North America | 09/03/2021 | 6,236,281 | |||||
Blackstone Capital Partners V, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 3,622 | |||||
Blue Owl GP Stakes US Investors, L.P. | North America | 03/31/2022 | 1,247,630 | |||||
Bowmark Capital Partners V, L.P. | Europe | 06/30/2023 | 2,111,754 | |||||
BPEA Private Equity Fund VI, L.P.1(d) | Europe | 06/30/2023 | 3,970,100 | |||||
Bridgepoint Europe IV, L.P.(d) | Europe | 03/31/2021 | 216,145 | |||||
Carlyle Credit Opportunities Fund (Parallel), L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2023 | 1,930,883 | |||||
Carlyle Partners V, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 72,837 | |||||
Carlyle US Equity Opportunity Fund II, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2022 | 1,711,232 | |||||
CCP Climb, L.P.(d) | Europe | 05/03/2023 | 19,418,347 | |||||
CCP Strider L.P.(d) | Europe | 10/10/2022 | 15,468,621 | |||||
CD&R Value Building Partners I, L.P. | North America | 12/02/2021 | 12,194,193 | |||||
CDRF8 Private Investors, LLC | North America | 06/30/2017 | 118,646 | |||||
Centerbridge Seaport Acquisition Fund, L.P.(d) | North America | 04/27/2022 | 8,700,000 | |||||
Cerberus Institutional Partners, L.P. - Series Four(d) | North America | 12/30/2016 | 67,061 | |||||
Charlesbank Equity Fund IX, Limited Partnership | North America | 03/31/2022 | 4,689,045 | |||||
Charlesbank Equity Fund VIII, Limited Partnership | North America | 03/31/2022 | 1,790,675 | |||||
Charterhouse Capital Partners IX, L.P.(d) | Europe | 12/31/2021 | 21,191 | |||||
CHP III, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 76,052 | |||||
CI Capital Investors II, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 79,736 | |||||
CI Capital Investors III, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 19,116,920 | |||||
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2022 | 4,184,830 | |||||
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund XI, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2022 | 1,876,816 | |||||
Clearlake Capital Partners II, L.P. | North America | 09/30/2022 | 741 | |||||
Clearlake Capital Partners III, L.P. | North America | 09/30/2022 | 239,508 | |||||
Clearlake Capital Partners IV, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2019 | 2,172,787 | |||||
Clearlake Capital Partners V (Offshore), L.P. | North America | 12/30/2022 | 606,872 | |||||
Clearlake Capital Partners V, L.P. | North America | 09/30/2022 | 22,715,749 | |||||
Clearlake Capital Partners VI, L.P. | North America | 09/30/2022 | 2,280,752 | |||||
Clearlake Opportunities Partners (P-Offshore), L.P. | North America | 12/31/2019 | 769,903 | |||||
Coller International Partners VI, L.P.(d) | Europe | 12/31/2021 | 332,333 | |||||
Comvest Capital II International (Cayman), L.P. | North America | 06/29/2018 | 47,895 | |||||
Comvest Capital III International (Cayman), L.P. | North America | 06/29/2018 | 268,363 | |||||
Court Square Capital Partners (Offshore) III, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2020 | 917,823 | |||||
CVC Capital Partners VI, L.P. | Europe | 12/30/2022 | 12,340,424 | |||||
CVC Capital Partners VII (A), L.P. | Europe | 08/15/2022 | 3,917,108 | |||||
CVC European Equity Partners V (A), L.P. | Europe | 12/30/2022 | 188,848 | |||||
CVC European Equity Partners V (C), L.P. | Europe | 03/31/2023 | 209,986 | |||||
DCM IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2015 | 79,111 | |||||
DCM V, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2015 | 55,602 | |||||
DCM VI, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2015 | 283,615 | |||||
EQT VII (No.1) Limited Partnership(d) | Europe | 12/31/2020 | 766,763 | |||||
EQT VIII (No.1) SCSp(d) | Europe | 12/31/2020 | 1,409,984 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
Semi-Annual Report | September 30, 2023 | 3 |
Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Private Equity Investments (83.83%)(a)(b) (continued) | Geographic Region(c) | Acquisition Date | Fair Value | |||||
Secondary Investments (72.59%) (continued) | ||||||||
Equistone Partners Europe Fund IV, L.P.(d) | Europe | 12/31/2021 | $ | 447,703 | ||||
Fifth Cinven Fund (No.3) Limited Partnership | Europe | 12/31/2021 | 2,077,006 | |||||
Five Arrows Florence Continuation Fund SCSp(d) | Europe | 05/05/2022 | 9,822,254 | |||||
Francisco Partners II, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 3,135 | |||||
Frontenac XI Private Capital (M) Limited Partnership(d) | North America | 07/24/2023 | 5,698,457 | |||||
FSN Capital IV, L.P.(d) | Europe | 12/31/2019 | 58,339 | |||||
General Atlantic Investment Partners 2013, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2019 | 1,867,578 | |||||
Genstar Capital Partners V, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 8,392 | |||||
Genstar Capital Partners VI, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 698,793 | |||||
Genstar Capital Partners VII (EU), L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2020 | 988,282 | |||||
Genstar Capital Partners VII, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 8,601,624 | |||||
Genstar Capital Partners VIII BL (EU), L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2020 | 2,962,268 | |||||
Genstar VIII Opportunities Fund I (EU), L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2020 | 2,166,600 | |||||
GESD Investors II, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 24,663 | |||||
Green Equity Investors CF II, L.P.(d) | North America | 11/30/2021 | 1,706,453 | |||||
Green Equity Investors CF, L.P.(d) | North America | 04/26/2021 | 2,787,892 | |||||
Green Equity Investors Side VI, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2021 | 5,315,479 | |||||
Green Equity Investors V, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 89,610 | |||||
Green Equity Investors VI, L.P. | North America | 09/30/2022 | 4,255,410 | |||||
Gridiron Capital Fund II, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 766,058 | |||||
Gridiron Energy Feeder I, L.P.(d) | North America | 05/10/2017 | 1,396,999 | |||||
Gryphon Co-Invest Fund IV, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2020 | 335,277 | |||||
Gryphon Mezzanine Partners II, L.P. | North America | 12/30/2022 | 16,858,183 | |||||
Gryphon Mezzanine Partners, L.P. | North America | 12/30/2022 | 4,021,025 | |||||
Gryphon Partners 3.5, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2020 | 29,232 | |||||
Gryphon Partners IV, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2020 | 2,035,613 | |||||
Gryphon Partners V-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2020 | 3,024,998 | |||||
GS Capital Partners VI Parallel, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 22,835 | |||||
GSO Capital Opportunities Overseas Fund, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/30/2015 | 65,776 | |||||
GSO Private Investors Offshore II, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2017 | 43,601 | |||||
H&F Arrow 2, L.P.(d) | North America | 08/28/2020 | 2,512,637 | |||||
H&F Executives IX, L.P. | North America | 09/30/2020 | 3,404,224 | |||||
H&F Executives VIII, L.P. | North America | 09/30/2020 | 3,111,344 | |||||
H.I.G. Bayside Debt & LBO Fund II, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2018 | 319,102 | |||||
H.I.G. Bayside Loan Opportunity Cayman Fund II, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2021 | 15,722 | |||||
H.I.G. Capital Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 188,022 | |||||
H.I.G. Capital Partners V, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2023 | 5,146,785 | |||||
Halifax Capital Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 12,436,818 | |||||
Hamilton Lane-Carpenters Partnership Fund IV, L.P. | North America | 03/31/2022 | 15,986,079 | |||||
Hamilton Lane-Carpenters Partnership Fund V, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 7,394,043 | |||||
Harvest Partners Structured Capital Fund II, L.P. | North America | 12/30/2022 | 26,303,039 | |||||
Harvest Partners Structured Capital Fund III, L.P. | North America | 12/30/2022 | 14,476,934 | |||||
Harvest Partners Structured Capital Fund, L.P. | North America | 12/30/2022 | 14,736,083 | |||||
Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VII (Parallel), L.P.(d) | North America | 06/28/2019 | 1,506,291 | |||||
Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners VII, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2021 | 1,032,171 | |||||
HFCP VII (Parallel-A), L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2021 | 535,106 | |||||
Hg Genesis 6 C L.P.(d) | Europe | 03/31/2023 | 58,249 | |||||
Hg Genesis 7 C L.P.(d) | Europe | 03/31/2023 | 1,868,888 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Private Equity Investments (83.83%)(a)(b) (continued) | Geographic Region(c) | Acquisition Date | Fair Value | |||||
Secondary Investments (72.59%) (continued) | ||||||||
Hg Genesis 7 E L.P.(d) | Europe | 06/30/2023 | $ | 2,715,257 | ||||
HPE Continuation Fund I C.V.(d) | Europe | 05/27/2021 | 3,035,324 | |||||
Icon Partners II, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/27/2021 | 293,256 | |||||
Icon Partners III, L.P.(d) | North America | 04/13/2021 | 2,765,264 | |||||
Insight Equity I, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 1,271 | |||||
Insight Equity II, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 289,187 | |||||
Insight Partners Continuation Fund, L.P. | North America | 08/14/2019 | 8,573,659 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners (Cayman) IX, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2019 | 2,366,301 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners (Cayman) VIII, L.P. | North America | 09/30/2019 | 1,705,320 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners Coinvestment Fund (Delaware) III, L.P. | North America | 09/30/2019 | 243,775 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners Coinvestment Fund II, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2015 | 992,843 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners Coinvestment Fund III, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2015 | 120,579 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners Growth-Buyout Coinvestment Fund (Cayman), L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2019 | 868,818 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners Growth-Buyout Coinvestment Fund, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2019 | 53,662 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners IX, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2019 | 60,586 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners VII, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2015 | 1,965,874 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners VIII (Co-Investors), L.P. | North America | 12/31/2019 | 204,966 | |||||
Insight Venture Partners VIII, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2015 | 2,593,901 | |||||
Kelso Investment Associates IX, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 1,982,884 | |||||
Kelso Investment Associates VIII, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 341,834 | |||||
KKR 2006 Fund, L.P. | North America | 09/29/2017 | 1,546 | |||||
KKR 2006 Private Investors Offshore, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2017 | 1,441 | |||||
KKR Americas Fund XII, L.P. | North America | 03/31/2021 | 3,222,772 | |||||
KKR China Growth Fund, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2021 | 335,462 | |||||
KKR North America Fund XI, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2021 | 3,613,520 | |||||
Lightspeed Venture Partners IX, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2020 | 3,015,605 | |||||
Lion/Simba Investors, L.P. | Europe | 12/21/2020 | 4,406,696 | |||||
Littlejohn Fund III, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 24,385 | |||||
Littlejohn Fund IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/30/2015 | 824,132 | |||||
Lovell Minnick Equity Partners III, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2021 | 641,226 | |||||
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VI-C, L.P. | North America | 03/31/2021 | 20,285 | |||||
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners VII, L.P. | North America | 03/31/2022 | 6,267,175 | |||||
Marlin Equity III, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2021 | 41,334 | |||||
Mason Wells Buyout Fund III Limited Partnership(d) | North America | 03/31/2021 | 14,252 | |||||
MDCP Insurance SPV, L.P.(d) | North America | 05/09/2023 | 2,295,205 | |||||
MDP Fund, L.P. | Europe | 06/30/2015 | 22,614 | |||||
Merchant Banking Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 7,564 | |||||
Montagu+ SCSp(d) | Europe | 11/10/2021 | 9,249,562 | |||||
Montreux Equity Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 360,144 | |||||
MPE Partners II, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2019 | 1,821,825 | |||||
MSouth Equity Partners II, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2019 | 40,754 | |||||
Nautic Partners VI-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 296,712 | |||||
Navis Asia Fund VI, L.P. | Rest of World | 03/31/2021 | 20,406 | |||||
NB SPV, L.P.(d) | North America | 08/27/2021 | 4,778,636 | |||||
New Enterprise Associates 12, Limited Partnership(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 39,928 | |||||
New Mountain Partners III, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 91,951 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Private Equity Investments (83.83%)(a)(b) (continued) | Geographic Region(c) | Acquisition Date | Fair Value | |||||
Secondary Investments (72.59%) (continued) | ||||||||
New Mountain Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2023 | $ | 1,680,145 | ||||
New Mountain Partners V, L.P. | North America | 03/31/2023 | 7,773,471 | |||||
NewView Capital Fund I, L.P.(d) | North America | 10/31/2018 | 5,044,027 | |||||
North Bridge Growth Equity II, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2020 | 8,971,989 | |||||
Norwest Mezzanine Partners III, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2023 | 1,919,145 | |||||
Norwest Mezzanine Partners IV(d)(e)(f) | North America | 09/29/2023 | 66,394,570 | |||||
Oak Investment Partners XII, Limited Partnership(d) | North America | 03/29/2019 | 35,393 | |||||
Oaktree Opportunities Fund IX (Cayman), L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2021 | 2,001,389 | |||||
Oaktree Opportunities Fund VIII (Cayman), Ltd.(d) | North America | 12/31/2021 | 7,300 | |||||
Oaktree Private Investment Fund 2010, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2015 | 43,693 | |||||
Odyssey Investment Partners Fund V, LP(d) | North America | 06/30/2023 | 6,362,147 | |||||
Paladin III (HR), L.P. | North America | 09/29/2017 | 187,686 | |||||
Pamlico Capital III Continuation Fund, L.P.(d) | North America | 01/27/2023 | 9,492,611 | |||||
Parthenon Investors II, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 182,993 | |||||
Parthenon Investors III, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2018 | 624,042 | |||||
Pegasus WSJLL Fund, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/13/2021 | 9,871,620 | |||||
Permira IV Feeder, L.P.(d) | Europe | 04/23/2020 | 9,069,825 | |||||
Platinum Equity Capital Partners II, L.P. | North America | 09/29/2017 | 109,610 | |||||
PRO SPV, L.P.(d) | North America | 08/27/2021 | 5,348,378 | |||||
Providence Equity Offshore Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/30/2016 | 16,555 | |||||
Providence Equity Partners V, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/30/2016 | 36,750 | |||||
Providence Equity Partners VI, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/30/2016 | 198,160 | |||||
Providence Equity Partners VII, L.P. | North America | 09/29/2017 | 8,638,893 | |||||
Providence Equity Partners VII-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/28/2023 | 24,736,909 | |||||
PT2-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/16/2021 | 8,581,104 | |||||
PTEV-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/30/2021 | 4,779,483 | |||||
RC III CKE LLC(d) | North America | 06/30/2023 | 4,813,205 | |||||
RCF V Annex Fund, L.P.(d) | Rest of World | 06/30/2021 | 9,798 | |||||
Resource Capital Fund V, L.P.(d) | Rest of World | 06/30/2021 | 65,848 | |||||
Riverside Capital Appreciation Fund V, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2021 | 129,500 | |||||
Roark Capital Partners CF RI, L.P. | North America | 08/26/2022 | 931,931 | |||||
Roark Capital Partners CF, L.P. | North America | 05/11/2022 | 8,217,457 | |||||
Roark Capital Partners II, L.P. | North America | 06/29/2018 | 228,786 | |||||
Roark Capital Partners III, L.P. | North America | 06/29/2018 | 4,350,571 | |||||
Roark Capital Partners IV, L.P. | North America | 06/29/2018 | 7,292,385 | |||||
Samson Brunello 2, L.P.(d) | North America | 02/19/2021 | 2,543,626 | |||||
Samson Hockey 2, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/23/2020 | 1,549,559 | |||||
Samson Shield 2, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/23/2020 | 4,380,688 | |||||
Saw Mill Capital Partners, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 66,107 | |||||
Seidler Equity Partners IV, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2021 | 1,471,021 | |||||
Silver Lake Partners III, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 125,366 | |||||
Silver Lake Partners V, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2020 | 2,517,992 | |||||
Sixth Cinven Fund (No. 2) Limited Partnership | Europe | 12/30/2022 | 1,782,798 | |||||
Sixth Cinven Fund (No. 4) Limited Partnership | Europe | 06/30/2019 | 2,363,993 | |||||
Sixth Street Opportunities Partners III (B), L.P. | North America | 06/30/2015 | 17,826 | |||||
SL SPV-2, L.P. | North America | 02/14/2019 | 1,321,721 | |||||
Sorenson Capital Partners III, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2021 | 11,848,486 | |||||
Sterling Capital Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2021 | 520,672 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Private Equity Investments (83.83%)(a)(b) (continued) | Geographic Region(c) | Acquisition Date | Fair Value | |||||
Secondary Investments (72.59%) (continued) | ||||||||
Summit Partners Growth Equity Fund VIII-B, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2021 | $ | 1,191,569 | ||||
Summit Partners Private Equity Fund VII-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 177,222 | |||||
Sun Capital Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2018 | 71,603 | |||||
Sun Capital Partners V, L.P. | North America | 12/31/2018 | 90,224 | |||||
SunTx Capital Partners II, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 2,377,008 | |||||
TA Atlantic and Pacific VI, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2021 | 38,750 | |||||
TCW/Crescent Mezzanine Partners VB, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/30/2015 | 39,259 | |||||
Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund V, LLC(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 117,483 | |||||
The Veritas Capital Fund V, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2019 | 16,576,977 | |||||
The Veritas Capital Fund VI, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 10,373,119 | |||||
Thomas H. Lee Parallel (Cayman) Fund VII, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/29/2018 | 2,010,140 | |||||
TowerBrook Investors III, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 22,328 | |||||
TPF II-A, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 8,768 | |||||
TPG Growth III (A), L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2019 | 2,047,867 | |||||
TPG Partners V, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 2,819 | |||||
TPG Partners VI, L.P. | North America | 09/29/2017 | 213,645 | |||||
TPG STAR, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 166,934 | |||||
Trident VI, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2023 | 7,100,000 | |||||
Triton Fund III, L.P.(d) | Europe | 03/31/2021 | 72,254 | |||||
Triton Fund IV L.P.(d) | Europe | 06/30/2023 | 2,780,301 | |||||
Vista Equity Partners Fund V, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/30/2018 | 16,662,970 | |||||
Warburg Pincus Global Growth, L.P. | North America | 06/30/2022 | 6,057,632 | |||||
Warburg Pincus Private Equity XI, L.P.(d) | North America | 12/31/2021 | 2,613,729 | |||||
Warburg Pincus Private Equity XI-B, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 3,498,631 | |||||
Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2022 | 4,155,478 | |||||
Warburg Pincus Private Equity XII-B, L.P.(d) | North America | 03/31/2022 | 4,187,364 | |||||
Webster Equity Partners Bristol CF, L.P.(d) | North America | 10/15/2021 | 8,437,626 | |||||
Wellspring Capital Partners IV, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2015 | 592 | |||||
White Deer Energy, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/30/2021 | 31,334 | |||||
Wind Point Partners AAV, L.P.(d) | North America | 06/29/2021 | 1,000,777 | |||||
Wind Point Partners VII-B, L.P.(d) | North America | 09/29/2017 | 501,114 | |||||
WP AUSA, L.P.(d) | North America | 07/22/2019 | 8,247,375 | |||||
Total Secondary Investments | 898,820,328 | |||||||
Total Private Equity Investments | ||||||||
(Cost $916,274,657) | $ | 1,038,038,207 |
Short-Term Investments (30.31%) | Fair Value | |||||||
Money Market Funds (30.31%) | ||||||||
Fidelity Government Portfolio, Class I, 5.17%(g) | 373,634,108 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Short-Term Investments (30.31%) (continued) | Fair Value | |||
JPMorgan US Government Money Market Fund, 5.09%(g) | $ | 1,641,555 | ||
Total Money Market Funds | 375,275,663 | |||
Total Short-Term Investments | ||||
(Cost $375,275,663) | $ | 375,275,663 | ||
Total Investments (114.14%) | ||||
(Cost $1,291,550,320) | $ | 1,413,313,870 | ||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (-14.14%) | (175,119,153 | ) | ||
Net Assets (100.00%) | $ | 1,238,194,717 |
(a) | Private Equity Investments are generally offered in private placement transactions and as such are illiquid and generally restricted as to resale. Total cost and fair value of illiquid and restricted securities as of September 30, 2023 was $916,274,657 and $1,038,038,207, respectively. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Schedule of Investments |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
(b) | Pomona Investment Fund ordinarily acquires portfolios of investments that are comprised of interests in multiple private equity funds (rather than single interests in such funds) and pays a single purchase price for each such portfolio. As a result, the specific acquisition cost allocated to each Private Equity Investment does not necessarily reflect the actual cost of each such investment. The information regarding the Private Equity Investments, as listed in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments above, has not been prepared, reviewed or approved by any such Private Equity Fund or any general partner, manager or sponsor of such Private Equity Investments or any of their respective affiliates. As of September 30, 2023, the aggregate cost of each investment restricted to resale was: $2,587,369, $3,576,419, $7,723,191, $4,258,507, $922,172, $2,186,739, $–, $863,638, $5,170,468, $2,873,011, $108,862, $2,169,278, $2,884,772, $3,523,143, $–, $48,081, $1,926,562, $3,598,539, $–, $–, $3,751,181, $1,586,677, $3,385,200, $–, $2,849,282, $3,314,282, $–, $3,233,992, $402,579, $2,025,458, $364,498, $3,580,897, $7,987,287, $3,625,000, $2,720,810, $6,046,673, $2,093,508, $8,375,026, $6,680,339, $4,433,776, $2,931,000, $28,494, $3,815,184, $242,082, $41,815, $1,688,034, $2,661,490, $1,457,283, $11,541,686, $4,125, $1,833,298, $29,857,020, $154,778, $1,747,198, $406,876, $20,004, $207,218, $296,453, $585,763, $547,290, $3,873,937, $6,722,589, $1,211,082, $1,433,742, $7,370,000, $2,308,026, $2,154, $338,131, $–, $391,357, $2,055,081, $2,812,541, $–, $16,967,972, $962,325, $5,516,370, $4,222,683, $49,683, $349,079, $765,199, $1,487,440, $472,252, $1,123,591, $2,518,211, $47,896, $8,758,181, $6,040,488, $992,633, $6,497,467, $445,286, $1,344,773, $1,685,992, $4,690,653, $130,322, $1,573,710, $53,331, $1,751,582, $17,477,759, $15,545,080, $9,959,338, $292,336, $8,959,290, $688,460, $2,780,384, $1,106,414, $–, $216,690, $4,816, $12,464,234, $4,468,142, $1,768,270, $8,048, $187,670, $2,493,217, $496,422, $22,605,592, $2,125,187, $686,487, $318,530, $151,461, $1,611,792, $753,450, $12,071,210, $2,707,692, $212,127, $235,566, $133,659, $1,177,767, $1,671,703, $909,962, $1,195,063, $496,116, $2,369,386, $8,227,875, $112,071, $4,356,190, $127,519, $2,030,104, $212,384, $1,309,870, $791,249, $6,176,320, $1,624,273, $1,173,711, $13,778, $1,185,423, $–, $4,807,593, $6,470,732, $3,712,309, $1,885,849, $1,741,331, $343,634, $15,300,075, $3,785,416, $163,282, $2,026,720, $2,329,208, $16,951, $261,086, $208,497, $1,233,601, $2,326,567, $1,660,017, $614,120, $–, $1,701,939, $4,535,123, $11,273,146, $13,056,677, $6,204,297, $20,525,318, $12,790,666, $13,408,925, $7,777,784, $640,492, $936,385, $46,154, $1,200,464, $1,865,557, $3,303,170, $184,439, $3,844,385, $157,636, $822,646, $4,834,186, $1,593,736, $1,340,088, $329,763, $560,617, $136,347, $714,957, $44,530, $40,564, $1,616,480, $168,084, $2,113,308, $1,251,890, $800,503, $177,890, $6,030, $2,827,626, $226,348, $3,071,939, $2,068,183, $2,832,690, $10,272, $2,009,981, $777,423, $203,731, $6,267,100, $29,533, $233,687, $1,994,971, $1,830,175, $705, $6,705,690, $352,648, $–, $927,918, $174,902, $230,532, $5,000,000, $122,223, $1,040,174, $1,254,905, $4,884,743, $3,559,711, $9,013,863, $1,461,140, $43,190,291, $166,027, $450,239, $837, $45,196, $5,494,625, $12,946, $7,488,872, $229,506, $512,940, $8,607,226, $4,040,346, $279,152, $5,575,366, $19,151, $367,900, $3,471,348, $6,560,991, $18,734,104, $6,414,863, $4,285,377, $3,257,184, $6,023, $14,852, $256,800, $518,083, $6,147,548, $783,059, $4,441,671, $5,915,084, $897,028, $904,194, $4,008,487, $675,116, $2,036,010, $890,549, $1,909,159, $1,338,560, $1,442,409, $20,655, $492,727, $12,229,941, $956,950, $898,296, $495,237, $243,191, $483,071, $1,097,436, $20,352, $223,456, $113,418, $17,368,314, $14,589,173, $2,100,840, $267,492, $21,751, $2,093,442, $319,883, $1,476,047, $495,028, $4,990,800, $276,706, $1,599,156, $12,286,179, $4,161,022, $2,699,066, $3,225,563, $4,448,365, $5,599,676, $9,573,471, $3,034, $66,690, $933,479, $469,001 and $4,942,500, respectively, totaling, $916,274,657. |
(c) | In the case of Private Equity Investments, geographic region generally refers to where the general partner is headquartered and may be different from where a Private Equity Investment invests or operates. |
(d) | Non-income producing security. |
(e) | This Private Equity Investment invests in mezzanine debt and equity of private and public companies. |
(f) | This Private Equity Investment has no redemption provisions, was issued in a private placement transaction and is restricted to resale. |
(g) | The rate shown is the annualized 7-day yield as of September 30, 2023. |
The information regarding the Private Equity Investments, as presented above, has not been prepared, reviewed or approved by any such Private Equity Fund or any general partner, manager or sponsor of such Private Equity Investments or any of their respective affiliates.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
ASSETS: | ||||
Private Equity Investments, at fair value (Cost, $916,274,657) | $ | 1,038,038,207 | ||
Short-Term Investments, at fair value (Cost, $375,275,663) | 375,275,663 | |||
Cash | 36,662 | |||
Cash held in foreign currency denominations (Cost, $1,089,701) | 1,062,400 | |||
Interest receivable | 1,796,616 | |||
Deferred offering costs | 285,564 | |||
Prepaid Insurance | 93,765 | |||
Deferred financing costs | 64,039 | |||
Private Equity Investments paid in advance | 24,552 | |||
Other assets | 16,066 | |||
Total Assets | 1,416,693,534 | |||
LIABILITIES: | ||||
Loan payable | 91,445,760 | |||
Payable for investments purchased, not yet settled | 55,658,984 | |||
Payable for shares repurchased | 20,849,573 | |||
Management fees payable | 5,189,779 | |||
Commitment and interest fees payable | 1,635,381 | |||
Other accounts payable and accrued expenses | 843,962 | |||
Distribution and servicing fee payable | 820,812 | |||
Administration fee payable | 786,330 | |||
Professional fees payable | 689,881 | |||
Sub-Administration fees payable | 419,718 | |||
Expense recoupment payable | 158,637 | |||
Total Liabilities | 178,498,817 | |||
Commitments and contingencies (see Notes 10 and 11) | ||||
Net Assets | $ | 1,238,194,717 | ||
Net Assets | ||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 1,051,499,244 | ||
Total distributable earnings | 186,695,473 | |||
Net Assets | $ | 1,238,194,717 | ||
Net Assets Attributable to: | ||||
Class A Shares | $ | 596,229,502 | ||
Class M2 Shares | 1,190,111 | |||
Class I Shares | 640,775,104 | |||
1,238,194,717 | ||||
Shares Outstanding: | ||||
Class A Shares | 40,275,350 | |||
Class M2 Shares | 76,397 | |||
Class I Shares | 41,119,510 | |||
81,471,257 | ||||
Net asset value per share: | ||||
Class A Shares | $ | 14.80 | ||
Class M2 Shares | $ | 15.58 | ||
Class I Shares | $ | 15.58 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Statement of Operations |
For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Income | ||||
Interest income | $ | 9,704,650 | ||
Dividend Income | 3,196,316 | |||
Other income | 493,726 | |||
Total Income | 13,394,692 | |||
Expenses | ||||
Management fees | 9,562,899 | |||
Commitment and interest fees | 3,000,708 | |||
Distribution and servicing fee | 1,539,895 | |||
Administration fee | 1,448,924 | |||
Professional fees | 949,725 | |||
Sub-Administration fees | 818,619 | |||
Recoupment of previously waived fees | 417,531 | |||
Transfer agent fees | 271,000 | |||
Other expenses | 918,435 | |||
Total expenses | 18,927,736 | |||
Net Investment Loss | (5,533,044 | ) | ||
Net Realized Gain and Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) on Private Equity Investments and Foreign Currency | ||||
Net realized gain from Private Equity Investments | 21,727,618 | |||
Net realized gain on Foreign Currency Transactions | 244,496 | |||
Total net realized gain from Private Equity Investments and Foreign Currency | 21,972,114 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on Private Equity Investments | 44,229,585 | |||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on Foreign Currency Translation | 2,843,163 | |||
Total net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on Private Equity Investments and foreign currency translation | 47,072,748 | |||
Net Realized Gain and Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) on Private Equity Investments and Foreign Currency | 69,044,862 | |||
Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations | $ | 63,511,818 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2023 (Unaudited) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | |||||||
Operations | ||||||||
Net investment loss | $ | (5,533,044 | ) | $ | (14,878,989 | ) | ||
Net realized gain from Private Equity Investments and Foreign Currency Transactions | 21,972,114 | 37,661,419 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on from Private Equity Investments and foreign currency translation | 47,072,748 | (18,388,893 | ) | |||||
Net increase in Net Assets from operations | 63,511,818 | 4,393,537 | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||
Capital gains: | ||||||||
Class A Shares | – | (12,497,910 | ) | |||||
Class M2 Shares | – | (41,344 | ) | |||||
Class I Shares | – | (14,420,340 | ) | |||||
Decrease in Net Assets from distributions to Shareholders | – | (26,959,594 | ) | |||||
Net Assets Transactions | ||||||||
Class A Shares | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 148,689,011 | 223,203,704 | ||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | – | 10,363,204 | ||||||
Exchange of shares | – | (24,360,604 | ) | |||||
Repurchase of shares | (22,617,651 | ) | (31,114,118 | ) | ||||
Total Class A Transactions | 126,071,360 | 178,092,186 | ||||||
Class M2 Shares | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | – | – | ||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | – | 15,994 | ||||||
Exchange of shares | – | – | ||||||
Total Class M2 Transactions | – | 15,994 | ||||||
Class I Shares | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 120,197,042 | 221,067,150 | ||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | – | 9,522,742 | ||||||
Exchange of shares | – | 24,360,604 | ||||||
Repurchase of shares | (8,661,591 | ) | (19,358,636 | ) | ||||
Total Class I Transactions | 111,535,451 | 235,591,860 | ||||||
Increase in Net Assets from capital transactions | 237,606,811 | 413,700,040 | ||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
Beginning of year | 937,076,088 | 545,942,105 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 1,238,194,717 | $ | 937,076,088 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2023 (Unaudited) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | |||||||
Fund Share Transaction | ||||||||
Shares sold | 10,429,296 | 16,042,493 | ||||||
Shares reinvested | – | 771,083 | ||||||
Shares exchanged | – | (1,658,035 | ) | |||||
Shares redeemed | (1,539,365 | ) | (2,228,537 | ) | ||||
Net increase in Class A Shares outstanding | 8,889,931 | 12,927,004 | ||||||
Shares sold | – | – | ||||||
Shares reinvested | – | 1,137 | ||||||
Shares exchanged | – | – | ||||||
Net increase in Class M2 Shares outstanding | – | 1,137 | ||||||
Shares sold | 8,021,086 | 15,087,063 | ||||||
Shares reinvested | – | 676,927 | ||||||
Shares exchanged | – | 1,590,963 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (562,267 | ) | (1,324,722 | ) | ||||
Net increase in Class I Shares outstanding | 7,458,819 | 16,030,231 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows |
For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Cash Flows From Operating Activities: | ||||
Net increase in Net Assets resulting from operations | $ | 63,511,818 | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in Net Assets from operations to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||
Purchase of Private Equity Investments | (166,159,596 | ) | ||
Capital distributions received from Private Equity Investments | 38,177,916 | |||
Net payments from purchases of short-term investments | (185,903,537 | ) | ||
Net realized gain from Private Equity Investments and foreign currency translation | (21,972,114 | ) | ||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on Private Equity Investments and foreign currency translation | (47,072,748 | ) | ||
Amortization of deferred offering costs | 117,226 | |||
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 12,808 | |||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||
Increase in interest receivable | (1,024,927 | ) | ||
Decrease in Private Equity investments paid in advance | 649,586 | |||
Decrease in Prepaid insurance | 93,765 | |||
Decrease in Other assets | 68,789 | |||
Increase in management fees payable | 1,203,198 | |||
Increase in distribution and servicing payable | 211,891 | |||
Increase in professional fees payable | 207,737 | |||
Increase in administration fee payable | 182,303 | |||
Increase in commitment and interest fees payable | 550,647 | |||
Decrease in expense recoupment payable | (146,658 | ) | ||
Decrease in sub-administration fee payable | (412,564 | ) | ||
Increase in payable for investments purchased, not yet settled | 51,504,961 | |||
Increase in other accounts payable and accrued expenses | 620,877 | |||
Net cash used in operating activities | (265,578,622 | ) | ||
Cash Flows from financing activities: | ||||
Borrowing received | 16,680,000 | |||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 268,886,053 | |||
Payments for shares repurchased | (19,544,331 | ) | ||
Payments for offering costs | (324,697 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 265,697,025 | |||
Net change in cash | 118,403 | |||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year | $ | 980,659 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 1,099,062 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (Continued) |
For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Supplemental disclosure of operating activity | ||||
Cash paid for interest | 2,005,299 | |||
Non-cash distributions received from Private Equity Investments | 553,735 | |||
Supplemental disclosure of cash and cash equivalents | ||||
Cash and Cash equivalents at beginning of year | ||||
Cash | $ | 551,346 | ||
Cash held in foreign currency | 429,313 | |||
Cash and Cash equivalents at end of period | ||||
Cash | 36,662 | |||
Cash held in foreign currency | 1,062,400 | |||
Total cash and foreign currencies shown on the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | $ | 1,099,062 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented
Class A Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2023 (Unaudited) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021(a) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020(a) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2019(a) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value - beginning of period | $ | 14.03 | $ | 14.79 | $ | 13.34 | $ | 9.14 | $ | 10.20 | $ | 10.44 | ||||||||||||
Net increase/(decrease) in Net Assets from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment loss(b) | (0.10 | ) | (0.32 | ) | (0.32 | ) | (0.11 | ) | (0.15 | ) | (0.15 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | 0.87 | 0.11 | 3.71 | 5.07 | 0.40 | 1.16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total income from investment operations: | 0.77 | (0.21 | ) | 3.39 | 4.96 | 0.25 | 1.01 | |||||||||||||||||
Distributions from capital gains | – | (0.55 | ) | (1.94 | ) | (0.38 | ) | (1.31 | ) | (1.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
Distributions from return of capital | – | – | – | (0.38 | ) | – | – | |||||||||||||||||
Total distributions: | – | (0.55 | ) | (1.94 | ) | (0.76 | ) | (1.31 | ) | (1.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net asset value - end of period | $ | 14.80 | $ | 14.03 | $ | 14.79 | $ | 13.34 | $ | 9.14 | $ | 10.20 | ||||||||||||
Total Return(c) | 5.52 | %(d) | (1.28 | %) | 26.25 | % | 56.54 | % | 1.99 | % | 9.79 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 596,230 | $ | 440,313 | $ | 273,039 | $ | 169,545 | $ | 96,479 | $ | 94,109 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment loss to average Net Assets(e) | (1.31 | %)(f) | (2.30 | %) | (2.32 | %) | (1.09 | %) | (1.45 | %) | (1.51 | %) | ||||||||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average Net Assets(e)(g) | 3.73 | %(f) | 3.61 | % | 3.59 | % | 3.80 | % | 4.03 | % | 4.19 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratio of expense waiver to average Net Assets | – | (f) | – | 0.00 | (h) | (0.31 | %) | (0.48 | %) | (0.50 | %) | |||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average Net Assets(i)(j) | 3.73 | %(f) | 3.61 | % | 3.59 | % | 3.49 | % | 3.55 | % | 3.69 | % | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | – | % | – | % | 1.23 | % | – | % | 0.70 | % | – | % |
(a) | The Fund was audited by an independent registered public accounting firm other than Ernst & Young LLP. |
(b) | Based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(c) | Total Return based on net asset value per share. |
(d) | Not annualized. |
(e) | The ratios do not include investment income or expenses of the Private Equity Investments in which the Fund invests. |
(f) | Annualized. |
(g) | Represents the ratio of expenses to average Net Assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement by the Adviser. |
(h) | Less than 0.005% |
(i) | The Adviser has entered into an Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement with the Fund for a one-year term ending at the end of the Limitation Period to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual ordinary operating expenses, excluding certain “Specified Expenses” as outlined in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. This amount includes expenses incurred by the Fund for recoupment to the Adviser for expenses previously waived. Had the Fund not incurred such expenses, the annualized ratio of net expenses to average net assets would have been 3.63%, for the period ended September 30, 2023 and the annualized ratio of net expenses to average net assets would have been 3.47%, 3.53%, 3.49%, 3.55%, and 3.69% for the years ended March 31, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. |
(j) | Includes expenses excluded from the expense limitation. In addition, the ratio is calculated based on net expenses and average net assets. If the net expense ratio calculation was calculated quarterly rather than annualized, as is done for expense waiver calculations which is not, however, calculated based on average net assets, the net expense ratio would be 2.95%. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented
Class M2 Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2023 (Unaudited) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021(a) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020(a) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2019(a) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value - beginning of period | $ | 14.72 | $ | 15.41 | $ | 13.76 | $ | 9.36 | $ | 10.36 | $ | 10.54 | ||||||||||||
Net increase/(decrease) in Net Assets from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment loss(b) | (0.06 | ) | (0.26 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (0.07 | ) | (0.26 | ) | (0.11 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | 0.92 | 0.12 | 3.83 | 5.23 | 0.57 | 1.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total income/(loss) from investment operations: | 0.86 | (0.14 | ) | 3.59 | 5.16 | 0.31 | 1.07 | |||||||||||||||||
Distributions from capital gains | – | (0.55 | ) | (1.94 | ) | (0.38 | ) | (1.31 | ) | (1.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
Distributions from return of capital | – | – | – | (0.38 | ) | – | – | |||||||||||||||||
Total distributions : | – | (0.55 | ) | (1.94 | ) | (0.76 | ) | (1.31 | ) | (1.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net asset value per Share, end of period | $ | 15.58 | $ | 14.72 | $ | 15.41 | $ | 13.76 | $ | 9.36 | $ | 10.36 | ||||||||||||
Total Return(c) | 5.81 | %(d) | (0.74 | %) | 26.95 | % | 57.37 | % | 2.54 | % | 10.40 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:(e) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 1,190 | $ | 1,125 | $ | 1,160 | $ | 8,177 | $ | 6,745 | $ | 908 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment loss to average Net Assets(f) | (0.75 | %)(g) | (1.74 | %) | (1.90 | %) | (0.56 | %) | (1.19 | %) | (0.94 | %) | ||||||||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average Net Assets(f)(h) | 4.34 | %(g) | 3.73 | % | 3.62 | % | 3.42 | % | 3.95 | % | 4.30 | % | ||||||||||||
Ratio of expense waiver to average Net Assets(i) | (1.29 | %)(g) | (0.86 | %) | (0.42 | %) | (0.49 | %) | (0.79 | %) | (1.18 | %) | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average Net Assets(i)(j) | 3.05 | %(g) | 2.87 | % | 3.20 | % | 2.93 | % | 3.16 | % | 3.12 | % | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | – | % | – | % | 1.23 | % | – | % | 0.70 | % | – | % |
(a) | The Fund was audited by an independent registered public accounting firm other than Ernst & Young LLP. |
(b) | Based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(c) | Total Return based on net asset value per share. |
(d) | Not annualized. |
(e) | Class M2 Shares commenced operations on October 1, 2016. These ratios include certain expenses related to the offering of this share class and other expenses associated with the commencement of operations that are specific only to the M2 share class. |
(f) | The ratios do not include investment income or expenses of the Private Equity Investments in which the Fund invests. |
(g) | Annualized. |
(h) | Represents the ratio of expenses to average Net Assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement by the Adviser. |
(i) | The Adviser has entered into an Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement with the Fund for a one-year term ending at the end of the Limitation Period to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual ordinary operating expenses, excluding certain “Specified Expenses” as outlined in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. |
(j) | Includes expenses excluded from the expense limitation. In addition, the ratio is calculated based on net expenses and average net assets. If the net expense ratio calculation was calculated quarterly rather than annualized, as is done for expense waiver calculations which is not, however, calculated based on average net assets, the net expense ratio would be 2.40%. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Consolidated Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Periods Presented
Class I Shares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2023 (Unaudited) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2023 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2022 | For the Year Ended March 31, 2021(a) | For the Year Ended March 31, 2020(a) | For the Period April 1, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to Year Ended March 31, 2019(a) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net asset value - beginning of period | $ | 14.72 | $ | 15.41 | $ | 13.76 | $ | 9.36 | $ | 10.36 | $ | 10.54 | (b) | |||||||||||
Net increase/(decrease) in Net Assets from investment operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment loss(c) | (0.05 | ) | (0.26 | ) | (0.24 | ) | (0.05 | ) | (0.08 | ) | (0.07 | )(d) | ||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | 0.91 | 0.12 | 3.83 | 5.21 | 0.39 | 1.14 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total income/(loss) from investment operations: | 0.86 | (0.14 | ) | 3.59 | 5.16 | 0.31 | 1.07 | |||||||||||||||||
Distributions from capital gains | – | (0.55 | ) | (1.94 | ) | (0.38 | ) | (1.31 | ) | (1.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
Distributions from return of capital | – | – | – | (0.38 | ) | – | – | |||||||||||||||||
Total distributions : | – | (0.55 | ) | (1.94 | ) | (0.76 | ) | (1.31 | ) | (1.25 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net asset value per Share, end of period | $ | 15.58 | $ | 14.72 | $ | 15.41 | $ | 13.76 | $ | 9.36 | $ | 10.36 | ||||||||||||
Total Return(e) | 5.83 | %(f) | (0.74 | %) | 26.95 | % | 57.38 | % | 2.54 | % | 10.40 | %(f) | ||||||||||||
Ratios/Supplemental Data:(g) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets, end of period (in thousands) | $ | 640,775 | $ | 495,638 | $ | 271,743 | $ | 151,548 | $ | 73,303 | $ | 31,948 | ||||||||||||
Ratio of net investment loss to average Net Assets(h) | (0.69 | %)(i) | (1.76 | %) | (1.86 | %) | (0.48 | %) | (1.10 | %) | (1.24 | %)(i) | ||||||||||||
Ratio of gross expenses to average Net Assets(h)(j) | 3.07 | %(i) | 3.07 | % | 3.05 | % | 3.23 | % | 3.62 | % | 3.86 | %(i) | ||||||||||||
Ratio of expense waiver to average Net Assets(k) | 0.00 | (i) | 0.00 | 0.00 | (l) | (0.31 | %) | (0.53 | %) | (0.66 | %) | |||||||||||||
Ratio of net expenses to average Net Assets(k)(m) | 3.07 | %(i) | 3.07 | % | 3.05 | % | 2.92 | % | 3.09 | % | 3.20 | %(i) | ||||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate | – | % | – | % | 1.23 | % | – | % | 0.70 | % | – | % |
(a) | The Fund was audited by an independent registered public accounting firm other than Ernst & Young LLP. |
(b) | The net asset value per share as of the beginning of the period, April 1, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) represents the initial net asset value per Share of $10.54. |
(c) | Based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(d) | Per Share data of income/(loss) from investment operations is computer using the total income and expense for this year divided by end of year Shares. |
(e) | Total Return based on net asset value per share. |
(f) | Not annualized. |
(g) | Class I Shares commenced operations on April 1, 2018. These ratios include certain expenses related to the offering of this share class and other expenses associated with the commencement of operations that are specific only to the I share class. |
(h) | The ratios do not include investment income or expenses of the Private Equity Investments in which the Fund invests. |
(i) | Annualized. |
(j) | Represents the ratio of expenses to average Net Assets absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement by the Adviser. |
(k) | The Adviser has entered into an Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement with the Fund for a one-year term ending at the end of the Limitation Period to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual ordinary operating expenses, excluding certain “Specified Expenses” as outlined in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. This amount includes expenses incurred by the Fund for recoupment to the Adviser for expenses previously waived. Had the Fund not incurred such expenses, the annualized ratio of net expenses to average net assets would have been 3.01%, for the period ended September 30, 2023 and the annualized ratio of net expenses to average net assets would have 2.93%, 2.99%, 2.92%, 3.09%, and 3.20% for the years ended March 31, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. |
(l) | Less than 0.005% |
(m) | Includes expenses excluded from the expense limitation. In addition, the ratio is calculated based on net expenses and average net assets. If the net expense ratio calculation was calculated quarterly rather than annualized, as is done for expense waiver calculations which is not, however, calculated based on average net assets, the net expense ratio would be 2.40%. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
1. ORGANIZATION
Pomona Investment Fund (the “Fund”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on August 12, 2014 and commenced operations on May 7, 2015. The Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund is managed by Pomona Management LLC (the “Adviser” and the “Administrator”), an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing principally in private equity investments (“Private Equity Investments”). On August 3, 2017, in connection with the Fund’s revolving credit agreement, Pomona Investment Fund LLC was organized as a Delaware limited liability company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Fund.
The Fund’s Private Equity Investments will predominantly consist of secondary and primary investments in private equity and other private asset funds (“Investment Funds”) and, to a lesser degree, direct investments in operating companies. Co-investments refer to direct investments in an operating company by the Fund alongside other investors, often one or more Investment Funds. Primary investments refer to investments in newly established private equity funds, typically sponsored by investment managers with an established investment track record. Seasoned primary investments, or seasoned primaries, refer to primary investments made after an Investment Fund has already invested a certain percentage of its capital commitments. Secondary investments refer to investments in existing Investment Funds that are typically acquired in privately negotiated transactions.
A board of trustees (the “Board”) has overall responsibility for the management and supervision of the business operations of the Fund. As permitted by applicable law, the Board may delegate any of its rights, powers and authority to, among others, the officers of the Fund, any committee of the Board, or the Adviser.
As of September 30, 2023, the Fund offered three classes of shares; Classes A, I, and M2 shares. All shares are continuously offered on a quarterly basis.
Class A Shares are offered at the then-current net asset value ("NAV") plus an initial sales charge, if applicable, with a general minimum initial investment of $25,000. Class A Shareholders pay a fee for distribution and shareholder servicing.
Class I Shares are offered to certain institutional investors, at the then-current NAV without an initial sales charge and with a general minimum initial investment of $25,000. Class I Shareholders do not pay a fee for distribution or shareholder servicing.
Class M2 Shares are offered through intermediary wealth management platforms associated with private banks and trust companies, at the then-current NAV without an initial sales charge. The general minimum initial investment is $5,000,000. Class M2 Shareholders do not pay a fee for distribution services.
All share classes have the same rights and privileges, and have ownership in the same underlying investment portfolio. The Fund allocates income and expenses to each class of shares based on net assets at the end of the prior quarter plus capital transactions effective as of the beginning of the current quarter. However, certain expenses are applicable to a specific share class in which case they are allocated 100% to that respective share class.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The Fund is considered an investment company and therefore applies the guidance of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, “Financial Services - Investment Companies”. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies used in preparing the consolidated financial statements.
Consolidation of a Subsidiary
The consolidated financial statements of the Fund include Pomona Investment Fund LLC, a wholly owned-subsidiary of the Fund. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
As of September 30, 2023 the total value of investments held by the subsidiary is $879,247,238, or approximately 85% of the Fund’s net assets.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Valuation of Investments
The Fund follows the provisions of Fair Value Measurement set forth in ASC Topic 820 (“ASC 820”). The Fund has formal valuation policies and procedures (the “Valuation Procedures”), which have been approved by the Board. The Adviser is designated as the Valuation Designee (the "Valuation Designee") for the Fund pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act. The Adviser’s fair valuation team is responsible for monitoring developments that may impact fair valued securities.
The Board receives valuation reports from the Valuation Designee quarterly, annually and promptly (as necessary in accordance with Rule 2a-5) and determines if the Valuation Procedures are operating as expected and the outcomes are reliable.
All investments are recorded at “Fair Value” in good faith. Fair value is based on actual or estimated market value, with special provisions for assets not having readily available market quotations, and for situations in which market quotations are deemed unreliable. The Private Equity Investments that the Fund makes normally do not have readily available market prices. Determining the fair value of Private Equity Investments and other assets requires that judgment be applied to the specific facts and circumstances of each asset while seeking to employ a valuation process that is consistently followed. There is not necessarily a single standard for determining fair value of such assets, and determinations of fair value may involve subjective judgments and estimates.
The fair values of the Fund’s Private Equity Investments are estimates and are determined by the Valuation Designee in accordance with the Valuation Procedures. If applicable, these estimates are net of management and performance incentive fees or allocations payable pursuant to the respective organizational documents of each Private Equity Investment. Ordinarily, the fair value of a Private Equity Investment held by the Fund is based on the net asset value (“NAV”) of that Private Equity Investment reported by its investment manager. If the Valuation Designee determines that the most recent NAV reported by the investment manager of a Private Equity Investment does not represent the fair value or if the investment manager of a Private Equity Investment fails to report a NAV to the Fund, a fair value determination is made by the Valuation Designee in accordance with the Valuation Procedures. This may include adjusting the previous NAV provided by an investment manager with other relevant information available at the time the Fund values its portfolio, including capital activity and events occurring between the reference dates of the investment manager’s valuation and the relevant valuation date.
The Fund uses NAV as a practical expedient to determine the fair value of its investments in Private Equity Investments. For investments that do not have readily determinable fair values and for which it is not possible to use NAV as a practical expedient, such as certain Direct Investments/Co- Investments, the Valuation Designee will review and value such investments using one or more of the following types of analyses:
• | Market comparable statistics and public trading multiples discounted for illiquidity, minority ownership and/or other factors for investments with similar characteristics. |
• | Discounted cash flow analysis, including a terminal value or exit multiple. |
• | The cost of the investment, if the cost is determined to best approximate the fair value of the investment. |
• | Valuations implied by third-party investment in similar assets or issuers. |
Cash
The Fund holds cash at UMB Bank N.A. (the “Custodian”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. At times, such deposits may be in excess of federally insured limits. The Fund has not experienced any losses in such accounts and does not believe it is exposed to any significant credit risk on such accounts. There are no restrictions on the cash held by the Fund.
Short-term Investments
Short-term investments represent investments in money market instruments and money market mutual funds, and are recorded at NAV per share which approximates fair value. Money market instruments are high quality, short-term fixed-income obligations, which generally have remaining maturities of one year or less and may include U.S. Government securities, commercial paper, certificates of deposit and bankers acceptances issued by domestic branches of U.S. banks that are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and repurchase agreements. There are no restrictions on the short-term investments held by the Fund.
Realized Gain/(Loss) on Investments, Interest Income, and Dividend Income
The Fund accounts for realized gains and losses, interest income, and dividend income on distributions received from Private Equity Investments based on the nature of such distributions as determined by each underlying investment manager.
Other Income from Private Equity Investments
The Fund accounts for other income on distributions received from Private Equity Investments based on the nature of such distributions as determined by the underlying investment fund managers. For the six months ended September 30, 2023, the Fund earned other income of $493,726 which is reflected in Other income on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Income Recognition and Expenses
Income is recognized on an accrual basis as earned. Expenses are recognized on an accrual basis as incurred.
The Fund bears all expenses incurred in the course of its operations, including, but not limited to, the following: all costs and expenses related to portfolio transactions and positions for the Fund’s account; professional fees; costs of insurance; registration expenses; and expenses of meetings of the Board. Certain expenses of the Fund attributable to a particular share class will be allocated to the share class to which they are attributable.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Fund’s Administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets, and any other factors or parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ materially.
Foreign Currency
Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the rate of exchange of such currencies against U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investments and income and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange quoted on the respective date that such transactions are recorded. The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of investments held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
3. FAIR VALUE DISCLOSURES
In accordance with ASC 820, the Fund discloses the fair value of its investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to valuations based upon unobservable inputs that are significant to the valuation (Level 3 measurement). The guidance establishes three levels of fair value as listed below.
Level 1 – | Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments that the Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date |
Level 2 – | Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including inputs in markets that are not considered to be active |
Level 3 – | Significant unobservable inputs |
The notion of unobservable inputs is intended to allow for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Under Level 3, the owner of an asset must determine fair value based on its own assumptions about what market participants would take into account in determining the fair value of the asset, using the best information available.
The inputs or methodology for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement; however, the determination of what constitutes “observable” requires significant judgment by the Administrator. The Administrator considers observable data to be market data that is readily available, regularly distributed or updated, reliable and verifiable, not proprietary, and provided by independent sources that are actively involved in the relevant market. The Fund’s Private Equity Investments are generally restricted securities that are subject to substantial holding periods and restrictions on resale and are not traded in public markets. Accordingly, the Fund may not be able to resell such investments for extended periods, if at all.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
The following table is a summary of information about the levels within the fair value hierarchy at which the Fund’s investments are measured as of September 30, 2023:
Investments in Securities at Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments | $ | 375,275,663 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 375,275,663 | ||||||||
TOTAL | $ | 375,275,663 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 375,275,663 |
As the Fund uses the NAV as a practical expedient to determine the fair value of certain Private Equity Investments, these investments have not been classified in the U.S. GAAP fair value hierarchy. As of September 30, 2023, $1,038,038,207 was fair valued utilizing NAV as a practical expedient.
As of September 30, 2023 there were no level 3 investments held in the Fund. During the six months ended September 30, 2023, the Fund did not have any transfers in or out of Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
A listing of the Private Equity Investment types held by the Fund and the related attributes, as of September 30, 2023, are shown in the table below:
Investment Category | Investment Strategy | Fair Value | Unfunded Commitments | Redemption Frequency* | Notice Period (In Days) | Redemption Restrictions Terms** | ||||||||||
Direct Investments/Co-Investments | Investments in an operating company alongside other investors | $ | 26,782,255 | $ | 3,439,928 | None | N/A | Liquidity in the form of distributions from Private Equity Investments | ||||||||
Primary | Investments in newly established private equity funds | $ | 49,639,970 | $ | 96,384,272 | None | N/A | Liquidity in the form of distributions from Private Equity Investments | ||||||||
Seasoned Primary | Primary investments made after an Investment Fund has already invested a certain percentage of its capital commitment | $ | 62,795,654 | $ | 17,019,828 | None | N/A | Liquidity in the form of distributions from Private Equity Investments | ||||||||
Secondary | Investments in existing Private Equity Investments that are typically acquired in privately negotiated transactions | $ | 898,820,328 | $ | 155,547,197 | None | N/A | Liquidity in the form of distributions from Private Equity Investments |
* | The information summarized in the table above represents the general terms for the specified investment type. Individual Private Equity Investments may have terms that are more or less restrictive than those terms indicated for the investment type as a whole. In addition, most Private Equity Investments have the flexibility, as provided for in their constituent documents, to modify and waive such terms. |
** | Distributions from Private Equity Investments occur at irregular intervals, and the exact timing of distributions from Private Equity Investments cannot be determined. It is estimated that distributions will occur over the life of the Private Equity Investments. |
The fair value relating to certain underlying investments of these Private Equity Investments, for which there is no readily available market, has been estimated by the respective Private Equity Investment’s manager and is based upon available information in the absence of readily ascertainable fair values and does not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated fair values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a readily available market for the investments existed. These differences could be material.
4. MANAGEMENT FEE, ADMINISTRATION FEE, RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND OTHER
The Adviser provides certain management and advisory services to the Fund, including allocating the Fund’s assets and monitoring each Private Equity Investment to determine whether its investment program is consistent with the Fund’s investment objective and whether its investment performance and other criteria are satisfactory. In consideration for these services, the Fund pays the Adviser a quarterly management fee of 0.4125% (1.65% on an annualized basis) of the Fund’s quarter-end NAV (before any repurchases of Shares) (the “Management Fee”). For the six months ended September 30, 2023, the Fund incurred a Management Fee of $9,562,899.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
The Administrator performs certain administrative, accounting and other services for the Fund, including (i) providing and/ or arranging and overseeing the provision of office space, adequate personnel, and communications and other facilities necessary for administration of the Fund, (ii) performing certain administrative functions to support the Fund and its service providers, (iii) supporting the Board and providing it with information, (iv) providing accounting and legal services in support of the Fund, (v) providing compliance testing services, (vi) analyzing the value of the Fund’s assets, and (vii) reviewing and arranging for payment of the Fund’s expenses and other support services. In consideration of these services, the Fund pays the Administrator a quarterly fee of 0.0625% (0.25% on an annualized basis) of the Fund’s quarter-end NAV (before any repurchase of Shares) (the “Administration Fee”). For the six months ended September 30, 2023, the Fund incurred an Administration Fee of $1,448,924.
The Adviser has entered into an expense limitation agreement (the “Expense Limitation and Reimbursement Agreement”) with the Fund that has been extended through September 30, 2024 (the “Limitation Period”) to limit the amount of the Fund’s aggregate quarterly ordinary operating expenses, excluding certain specified expenses listed below (“Specified Expenses”), borne by the Fund during the Limitation Period, to an amount not to exceed 0.50% on an annualized basis of the Fund’s quarter-end NAV (the “Expense Cap”). Specified Expenses include: (i) the Management Fee; (ii) all fees and expenses of Private Equity Investments and direct investments in which the Fund invests (including all acquired fund fees and expenses); (iii) transactional costs, including legal costs and brokerage commissions, associated with the acquisition and disposition of secondaries, primaries, direct investments, ETFs, and other investments; (iv) interest payments incurred on borrowing by the Fund; (v) fees and expenses incurred in connection with any credit facility, if any, obtained by the Fund; (vi) the administration fee; (vii) the distribution and servicing fee or shareholder servicing fee, as applicable; (viii) taxes; and (ix) extraordinary expenses (expenses resulting from events and transactions that are distinguished by their unusual nature and by the infrequency of their occurrence). To the extent that the Fund’s aggregate quarterly ordinary operating expenses, exclusive of the Specified Expenses for any quarter exceed the Expense Cap, the Adviser will waive its fees and/ or reimburse the Fund for expenses to the extent necessary to eliminate such excess. To the extent that the Adviser waives fees or reimburses expenses, it is permitted to recoup any amounts waived and expense amounts previously paid or borne by the Adviser, for a period not to exceed three years from the quarter in which such fees were waived or expenses were borne by the Adviser, even if such reimbursement occurs after the termination of the Limitation Period, provided that the Fund’s aggregate quarterly ordinary operating expenses for the quarter in which such reimbursement is sought, not including Specified Expenses, have fallen to a level below the Expense Cap that was in effect during the quarter in which the fees were waived or expenses were borne by the Adviser.
For the six months ended September 30, 2023, the Adviser waived fees in the amount of $7,427, which are subject for recoupment and is included in Recoupment of Previously Waived Fees on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Adviser recouped $424,958 of previously waived fees which is included in Recoupment of Previously Waived Fees on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. At September 30, 2023, the amounts outlined below are available for recoupment:
Quarter of Expiration: | |
December 2023 | 3,612 |
March 2024 | 16,020 |
June 2024 | 144,695 |
September 2024 | 1,370 |
December 2024 | 345 |
March 2025 | 4,809 |
June 2025 | 4,540 |
September 2025 | 369 |
December 2025 | 1,409 |
March 2026 | 3,334 |
June 2026 | 5,799 |
September 2026 | 1,627 |
Voya Investments Distributor, LLC acts as the distributor of the Shares (the “Distributor”). The Distributor directly distributes Shares to investors and may also enter into selected dealer agreements with various brokers and dealers (“Selling Agents”) that have agreed to participate in the distribution of the Fund’s Shares. The Fund pays the Distributor a quarterly fee of 0.1375% (0.55% on an annualized basis) of the Fund’s NAV attributable to Class A shares as of each quarter- end, determined as of the last day of each quarter (before any repurchases of Shares) (the “Distribution and Servicing Fee”), for distribution and investor services provided to Class A shareholders. The Distribution and Servicing Fee is charged on an aggregate classwide basis, and shareholders are expected to be subject to the Distribution and Servicing Fee as long as they hold their Class A Shares. The Distributor may, in its sole discretion, pay various Selling Agents some or all of the Distribution and Servicing Fee to compensate such Selling Agents for distribution and servicing support. The Distributor, Adviser, and Administrator are subsidiaries of Voya Financial, Inc. For the six months ended September 30, 2023 the Fund incurred a Distribution and Servicing Fee of $1,539,895.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
Each member of the Board that is not an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) (an “Independent Trustee”) is paid an annual retainer of $35,000, a fee of $5,000 per year for serving on committees of the Board, and a fee per each regular quarterly meeting of the Board of $2,500, plus reimbursement of reasonable out of pocket expenses. For the six months ended September 30, 2023, the Fund incurred Trustee fees and expenses in the amount of $81,086 which is reflected in Other Expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
The Fund retained ACA Group to provide compliance services to the Fund, including a Chief Compliance Officer. For the six months ended September 30, 2023, the Fund incurred Chief Compliance Officer fees and expenses in the amount of $45,000 which is reflected in Other Expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
The Fund will continuously incur offering costs so long as it is accepting new investors. These costs enable the Fund to be offered to investors. These offering costs are either (i) expensed by the Fund as incurred or (ii) treated as deferred charges and amortized over the subsequent 12-month period using the straight-line method if such amounts are greater than $10,000. For the six months ended September 30, 2023, the Fund incurred $164,742 of offering costs which is reflected in Other Expenses on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Certain shareholders of the Fund (“Affiliated Shareholders”) are affiliated with the Adviser. The aggregate value of the Affiliated Shareholders’ share of NAV at September 30, 2023 is $106,801,145.
SS&C Technologies, Inc. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “SS&C”) provide certain sub- administrative, sub-accounting, and tax administration services to the Fund based on the Fund’s Service Agreement. For these services, the Fund pays an annual fee to SS&C based upon average net assets, subject to certain minimums.
SS&C GIDS, Inc. (formerly known as DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc.) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent with respect to maintaining the registry of the Fund’s Shareholders and processing matters relating to subscriptions for, and repurchases of, Shares.
5. REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Effective March 30, 2020, the Fund entered into a $40,000,000 revolving credit agreement with Barclays Bank PLC (the "Barclays Facility"). Effective June 3, 2021 and July 8, 2022, the Fund amended its agreement with Barclays Bank PLC to increase the size of the Barclays Facility to $80,000,000 and $175,000,000, respectively. Borrowings under the current Barclays Facility bear interest at Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), Sterling Overnight Index Average (“SONIA”), or Euro Interbank Offer Rate (“EURIBOR”) plus 2.85% per annum, and has a commitment fee of 0.85% per annum on the daily unused portion. The Barclays Facility matures on March 28, 2026. The Fund entered into the Barclays facility for working capital requirements, such as financing repurchases of shares, distributions to investors, and investments. As of September 30, 2023, the Fund had €86,400,000 (equivalent to $91,445,760) of outstanding borrowings on the Barclays Facility with a weighted average borrowing for the six months of €78,860,000. For the six months ended September 30, 2023, the Fund made additional borrowings of €15,000,000 (equivalent to $15,876,000), incurred $385,900 in commitment fees and €2,437,225 (equivalent to $2,622,348) of interest expense on borrowings at a 6.23% weighted average interest rate.
Information about the Fund’s senior securities is shown in the following table:
Class and Period Ended | Total Amount Outstanding Exclusive of Treasury Securities (1) | Asset Coverage per $1,000 of Indebtedness (2) | Involuntary Liquidating Preference Per Unit (3) | Average Market Value Per Unit (4) | |
Barclays Facility | |||||
September 30, 2023 | $91,445,760 | $14,540 | — | N/A | |
March 31, 2023 | $77,576,100 | $13,079 | — | N/A | |
March 31, 2022 | $47,990,882 | $12,376 | — | N/A |
(1) | Total amount of each class of senior securities outstanding at principal value at the end of the period presented. |
(2) | The asset coverage ratio for a class of senior securities representing indebtedness is calculated as our consolidated total assets, less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities, divided by total senior securities representing indebtedness. |
(3) | The amount to which such class of senior security would be entitled upon our involuntary liquidation in preference to any security junior to it. The “—” in this column indicates that the SEC expressly does not require this information to be disclosed for certain types of senior securities. |
(4) | Not applicable to senior securities outstanding as of period end. |
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Pomona Investment Fund | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
6. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
The Fund accepts initial and additional purchases of Shares as of the first business day of each calendar quarter at the Fund’s then-current NAV per Share of each respective share class (determined as of the close of business on the last business day of the immediately preceding quarter). To provide a limited degree of liquidity to Shareholders, the Fund may from time to time offer to repurchase Shares pursuant to written tenders by shareholders. It is expected that the Adviser will normally recommend to the Board that the Fund conduct an offer to repurchase shares on a quarterly basis as of the end of each calendar quarter, so that each repurchase would occur as of each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of every year, although the Adviser may not recommend, and the Board may not authorize, a repurchase offer for any quarter in which the Adviser believes that it would be detrimental to the Fund for liquidity or other reasons. It is also expected that the Adviser will recommend to the Board that any such tender offer (in the aggregate) would be for an amount that is not more than 5% of the Fund’s NAV. There can be no assurance that the Board will accept the Adviser’s recommendation.
7. FEDERAL AND OTHER TAXES
It is the Fund’s intention to meet the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), that are applicable to a regulated investment company (“RIC”). The Fund elected to be a RIC with the filing of its 2015 federal income tax return. The Fund intends to continue to operate so as to qualify to be taxed as a RIC under the Code and, as such, to not be subject to federal income tax on the portion of its taxable income and gains distributed to stockholders. To qualify for RIC tax treatment, among other requirements, the Fund is required to distribute at least 90% of its investment company taxable income, as defined by the Code. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with timing requirements imposed by the Code. While the Fund intends to distribute substantially all of its taxable net investment income and capital gains, if any, in a manner necessary to minimize the imposition of a 4% excise tax, there can be no assurance that it will avoid any or all of the excise tax. In such event, the Fund will be liable only for the amount by which it does not meet the foregoing distribution requirements. The Fund has adopted October 31 as its tax year end. Accordingly, tax basis distributions made during the 12 months ended March 31, 2023, but after the Tax Year ended October 31, 2022, will be reflected in the notes to the Fund’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024. The Fund’s open tax years generally, the three prior taxable years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by U.S. federal, state and local tax authorities.
In accounting for income taxes, the Fund follows the guidance in FASB ASC Codification 740, as amended by ASU 2009-06, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 prescribes the minimum recognition threshold a tax position must meet in connection with accounting for uncertainties in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken by an entity before being measured and recognized in the consolidated financial statements. Management has concluded, there were no uncertain tax positions as of March 31, 2023 for federal income tax purposes or in, the Fund’s major state and local tax jurisdictions; Delaware, New York State, and New York City. Management evaluates the tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions will “more-likely-than-not” be sustained upon examination by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold that would result in a tax benefit or expense to the Fund would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Fund has not recognized any tax liability for unrecognized tax benefits or expenses. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. During the period ended September 30, 2023, the Fund did not incur any interest or penalties.
Because U.S. federal income tax regulations differ from U.S. GAAP, distributions in accordance with tax regulations may differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified among capital accounts in the consolidated financial statements to reflect the applicable tax characterization. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain or loss are recognized at some time in the future. The tax basis components of distributable earnings differ from the amounts reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Net Assets due to temporary book/tax differences arising primarily from partnership investments. These amounts will be finalized before filing the Fund’s federal tax return.
At September 30, 2023, the federal tax cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of the period ended were as follows:
Cost of investments for tax purposes | $ | 1,244,528,062 | ||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation | $ | 284,898,777 | ||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation | $ | (116,112,969 | ) | |
Net tax unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | $ | 168,785,808 |
The difference between cost amounts for financial statement and federal income tax purposes is due primarily to timing differences related to the timing of the recognition of income, gains and losses from the underlying investments for tax purposes.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
As of October 31, 2022, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income | $ | — | ||
Undistributed long-term capital gains | — | |||
Tax accumulated earnings | — | |||
Accumulated capital and other losses | 14,815,546 | |||
Unrealized appreciation | 108,622,161 | |||
Late year ordinary losses | (11,246,361 | ) | ||
Distributable net earnings | $ | 112,191,346 |
As of October 31, 2022, the Fund had no capital loss carryforwards.
As of October 31, 2022, the Fund had $11,424,987 of qualified late-year ordinary losses, which are deferred until the following tax year ended October 31, 2023. Net late-year losses incurred after December 31, and within the taxable year are deemed to arise on the first day of the Fund’s next taxable year.
Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. The tax character of distributions paid during the tax year ended October 31, 2022 and October 31, 2021 was as follows:
Distribution paid from: | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
Ordinary income | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
Long-term capital gains | 52,490,950 | 7,833,651 | ||||||
Return of Capital | — | — | ||||||
Total distributions paid | $ | 52,490,950 | $ | 7,833,651 |
8. AUTOMATIC DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
Pursuant to the dividend reinvestment plan established by the Fund (the “DRIP”), each Shareholder whose Shares are registered in its own name will automatically be a participant in the DRIP and have all income dividends and/or capital gains distributions automatically reinvested in additional Shares unless such Shareholder specifically elects to receive all income, dividends and/or capital gain distributions in cash. A Shareholder is free to change this election at any time. If, however, a Shareholder requests to change its election within 90 days prior to the record date for a distribution, the request will be effective only with respect to distributions after the 90 day period. A Shareholder whose Shares are registered in the name of a nominee must contact the nominee regarding its status under the DRIP, including whether such nominee will participate on such Shareholder’s behalf.
A Shareholder may elect to:
● | reinvest both dividends and capital gain distributions; |
● | receive dividends in cash and reinvest capital gain distributions; or |
● | receive both dividends and capital gain distributions in cash. |
Generally, for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, Shareholders receiving Shares pursuant to the DRIP will be treated as having received a taxable distribution equal to the amount payable to them in cash.
Shares will be issued pursuant to the DRIP at the net asset value determined on the next Valuation Date following the ex-dividend date (the last date of a dividend period on which an investor can purchase Shares and still be entitled to receive the dividend). There is no sales load or other charge for reinvestment. A request must be received by the Fund before the record date to be effective for that dividend or capital gain distribution. The Fund may terminate or amend the DRIP at any time. All expenses related to the DRIP will be borne by the Fund. The reinvestment of dividends and distributions pursuant to the DRIP will increase the Fund’s net assets on which the Management Fee and the Administration Fee are payable to the Adviser and the Administrator, respectively.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
9. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Total contributions to and purchases of Private Equity Investments (excluding short-term investments) for the six months ended September 30, 2023 amounted to $166,159,596. Total distribution proceeds from sale, redemption, or other disposition of Private Equity Investments (excluding short-term investments) for the six months ended September 30, 2023 amounted to $38,177,916.
10. INDEMNIFICATION
Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. In addition, in the ordinary course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts or agreements that contain indemnification or warranties. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
11. COMMITMENTS
As of September 30, 2023, the Fund had outstanding investment commitments to Private Equity Investments totaling $272,391,225.
12. REFERENCE RATE REFORM
In December 2022, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2022-06, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)" ("ASU 2022-06"), which is an update to Accounting Standards Update No. 2021-01, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)" ("ASU 2021-01") and defers the sunset date for applying the reference rate reform relief in Topic 848. ASU 2021-01 is an update of ASU 2020-04, which is in response to concerns about structural risks of interbank offered rates, and particularly the risk of cessation of LIBOR.
Regulators have undertaken reference rate reform initiatives to identify alternative reference rates that are more observable or transaction based and less susceptible to manipulation. ASU 2020-04 provides optional guidance for a limited period of time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. ASU 2020-04 is elective and applies to all entities, subject to meeting certain criteria, that have contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued because of reference rate reform. The ASU 2021-01 update clarifies that certain optional expedients and exceptions in Topic 848 for contract modifications and hedge accounting apply to derivatives that are affected by the discounting transition. The amendments in this update are effective immediately through December 31, 2024, for all entities. Management is currently evaluating the implications, if any, of the additional requirements and its impact on the Funds' financial statements.
13. MACROECONOMIC RISKS
Recent global events, including, without limitation, pandemics or other severe public health events, armed conflict (including wars, terrorist acts or security operations), natural disasters, rising interest rates, heightened inflation, supply chain disruptions, geopolitical risks, trade conflict, economic sanctions and volatility in the banking and financial sector have disrupted global economies and financial markets, and their prolonged economic impact is uncertain. These adverse developments could negatively affect the Fund’s performance or operations. The operational and financial performance of the Fund’s investments depends on future developments, including the duration, spread and conclusion of these events and such uncertainty may in turn impact the value of the Fund’s investments.
14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Since October 1, 2023, there were subscriptions to the Fund in the amount of $70,448,276 for Class A and, $79,663,004 for Class I Shares. Through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued, there have not been any additional subscriptions to the Fund.
The Fund has evaluated subsequent events through the date the consolidated financial statements were issued, and has determined that there were no other subsequent events that require disclosure in or adjustment to the consolidated financial statements.
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Pomona Investment Fund | Additional Information |
September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)
PROXY VOTING
The Fund is required to file Form N-PX, with its complete proxy voting record for the twelve months ended June 30, no later than August 31. The Fund’s Form N-PX filing is available: (i) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-844-2POMONA or (ii) by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
AVAILABILITY OF QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULES
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT Part F). The Fund’s Form N-PORT Part F are available, without charge and upon request, on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
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Must be accompanied or preceded by a prospectus.
(b) | Not applicable. |
ITEM | 2. CODE OF ETHICS. |
Not applicable to semi-annual reports.
ITEM | 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
Not applicable to semi-annual reports.
ITEM | 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. |
Not applicable to semi-annual reports.
ITEM | 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
Not applicable.
ITEM | 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
(a) | Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form. |
(b) | Not applicable. |
ITEM | 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable to semi-annual reports.
ITEM | 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable to semi-annual reports.
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
Not applicable.
ITEM | 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
The registrant’s nominating and governance committee accepts and reviews shareholder nominations for trustees. A shareholder nomination for trustee may be submitted to the registrant by sending the nomination to the nominating and governance committee. The nominating and governance committee will evaluate candidates recommended by management of the registrant and by shareholders in a similar manner, as long as the recommendation submitted by a shareholder includes at a minimum: the name, address and telephone number of the recommending shareholder and information concerning the shareholder’s interests in the registrant in sufficient detail to establish that the shareholder held shares on the relevant record date; and the name, address and telephone number of the recommended nominee and information concerning the recommended nominee’s education, professional experience, and other information that might assist the nominating and governance committee in evaluating the recommended nominee’s qualifications to serve as a trustee.
ITEM | 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM | 13. EXHIBITS. |
(a)(1) Not applicable to semi-annual reports.
(a)(2) Not applicable.
(a)(3) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.
(a)(4) Not applicable.
(a)(5) Not applicable.
(b) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(registrant) Pomona Investment Fund | ||
By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Michael Granoff | |
Michael Granoff, President & Principal Executive Officer | ||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Date | December 7, 2023 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Michael Granoff | |
Michael Granoff, President & Principal Executive Officer | ||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Date | December 7, 2023 |
By (Signature and Title)* | /s/ Frances Janis | |
Frances Janis, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer | ||
(Principal Financial Officer) | ||
Date | December 7, 2023 |
* | Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature. |