| Commitments and Contingencies | 5. Commitments and Contingencies We, our General Partner, and our portfolio companies are involved in a number of regulatory, litigation, arbitration and other proceedings or investigations, many of which expose us to potential financial loss. We are advancing funds, pursuant to indemnification clauses in the LPA, to officers and directors, as well as GPB, its principals, representatives, and affiliates, for any costs they may incur in connection with their legal defense of such disputes as required by various agreements or governing law. This advancing of funds does not cover any potential future outcomes or settlements that result from these disputes. We establish reserves or escrows for legal actions when potential losses associated with the actions become probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated. The actual costs of resolving legal actions may be substantially higher or lower than the amounts reserved or placed in escrow for those actions. Distributions may be delayed or withheld until such reserves are no longer needed or the escrow period expires. If liabilities exceed the amounts reserved or placed in escrow, Limited Partners may need to fund the difference by refunding some or all distributions previously received. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, GPB increased the estimated legal indemnification costs expected to be paid during the liquidation term resulting in a increase in the liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation of $10.3 million and $7.7 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Partnership revised its projection for legal and legal indemnification costs, primarily as a result of significantly higher legal costs related to higher-than-expected activity in numerous current and ongoing legal matters. Legal indemnification expenses paid during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, were $6.1 million and $10.9 million, respectively, and reduced the liability for estimated costs in excess of estimated receipts during liquidation in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Assets in Liquidation by a corresponding amount. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, the Partnership paid $3.5 million and $7.1 million, respectively, of legal indemnification expenses recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. With respect to all significant litigation and regulatory matters facing us and our General Partner, we have considered the likelihood of an adverse outcome. It is possible that we could incur losses pertaining to these matters that may have a material adverse effect on our operational results, financial condition or liquidity in any future reporting period. We understand that the General Partner is currently paying legal costs associated with these actions for itself and certain indemnified parties. The Partnership expects to provide partial, or in many cases complete, reimbursement to the General Partner as required by various agreements or governing law. Certain of these outstanding matters include speculative, substantial or indeterminate monetary amounts. We record a liability when we believe that it is probable a loss will be incurred, and that the amount can be reasonably estimated. If we determine that a loss is reasonably possible and the loss or range of loss can be estimated, we disclose the reasonably possible loss. We regularly evaluate developments in our legal matters that could affect the amount of liability that has been previously accrued, if any, and the matters and related reasonably possible losses disclosed, and make adjustments as appropriate. Significant judgement is required to determine both the likelihood of there being, and the estimated amount of, a loss related to such matters. We continue to evaluate these legal matters and potential future losses in accordance with FASB ASC 450, Contingencies. Regulatory and Governmental Matters GPB and certain of its principals and affiliates face various regulatory and governmental matters. GPB seeks to comply with all laws, rules, regulations and investigations into any potential or alleged violation of law. In such situations where GPB disagrees with the Government’s allegations made against it, GPB intends to vigorously defend itself in court. These matters could have a material adverse effect on GPB and/or the Partnership’s net assets in liquidation. Federal Matters On February 4, 2021, the SEC filed a contested civil enforcement action (the “SEC Action”) against GPB, Ascendant Capital, LLC (“Ascendant”), Ascendant Alternative Strategies, LLC (“AAS”), David Gentile, Jeffry Schneider and Jeffrey Lash in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (the “EDNY Court”). No GPB-managed partnership is a named defendant in the SEC Action. The SEC Action alleges several violations of the federal securities laws, including securities fraud. The SEC is seeking disgorgement and civil monetary penalties, among other remedies. Also on February 4, 2021, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (the “USAO”) brought a Criminal indictment against Mr. Gentile, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. Lash (the “Criminal Case”). The indictment in the Criminal Case alleges conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and securities fraud against all three individuals. Mr. Gentile and Mr. Lash were also charged with two counts of wire fraud. Promptly following his indictment, Mr. Gentile resigned from all management and board positions with GPB and Highline, the GPB-managed funds, including the Partnership, and subsidiaries of the Partnership. On June 6, 2023, Mr. Lash pled guilty to one count of wire fraud in the Criminal Case pursuant to a plea agreement. On June 10, 2024, the trial in the Criminal Case commenced against Mr. Gentile and Mr. Schneider. The jury in the Criminal Case returned a guilty verdict on all counts against Mr. Gentile and Mr. Schneider on August 1, 2024. Sentencing of Mr. Gentile and Mr. Schneider is scheduled for October 24, 2024. Mr. Lash’s sentencing is scheduled for October 31, 2024. Appointment of Monitor and Application for Receivership On February 11, 2021, the EDNY Court in the SEC Action appointed Joseph T. Gardemal III as the independent monitor over GPB (the “Monitor”) until further order of the EDNY Court (the “Monitor Order”). The EDNY Court appointed the Monitor in response to a request from the SEC, which asserted that the Monitor was necessary to protect investors in light of the alleged misconduct of GPB Capital’s former CEO, David Gentile. In its February 4, 2021 complaint (“the Complaint”) in the SEC Action, the SEC alleged that Mr. Gentile, as the owner and then-CEO of GPB Capital, along with Jeffry Schneider, the owner of Ascendant, GPB’s placement agent, lied to investors about the source of money used to make 8% annualized distribution payments to investors. According to the SEC, Mr. Gentile and others allegedly told investors that the distribution payments were paid exclusively with monies generated by GPB portfolio companies, but as alleged, GPB actually used investor money to pay portions of the annualized 8% distributions. The Complaint further contains allegations that Mr. Gentile and others manipulated financial statements of certain limited partnership funds that GPB manages to perpetuate the deception by giving the false appearance that the funds’ income was closer to generating sufficient income to cover the distribution payments than it actually was. Moreover, the Complaint alleges that Mr. Gentile engaged in undisclosed self-dealing, including by omitting from investor communications certain conflicts of interest and fees and other compensation that he received, totaling approximately $8.0 million. In support of the Monitor Order, the SEC contended that the Monitor would provide assurances to investors, GPB’s counterparties, and the public that an unbiased and qualified person who was not beholden to Mr. Gentile was vetting any significant transactions and decisions, and looking out for the interests of investors. Accordingly, pursuant to the Monitor Order, GPB shall (i) grant the Monitor access to all non-privileged books, records and account statements for the GPB-managed funds, including the Partnership, as well as their portfolio companies; and (ii) cooperate fully with requests by the Monitor reasonably calculated to fulfill the Monitor’s duties. The Monitor Order provides that the Monitor will remain in place until terminated by order of the EDNY Court, and grants the Monitor the authority to approve or disapprove proposed material corporate transactions by GPB, the Partnership and its subsidiaries, extensions of credit by them outside the ordinary course of business, decisions to make distributions to the Limited Partners of the Partnership, or any decision to file any bankruptcy or receiver petition for any of them, among other actions. The Monitor is not required to approve the issuance of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”), nor has management sought or obtained approval from the Monitor. On April 14, 2021, the EDNY Court entered an amendment to the Monitor Order (the “Amended Monitor Order”), which provided that, in addition to the SEC and GPB, certain State regulators will receive access to the periodic reports filed by the Monitor pursuant to the Amended Monitor Order. On May 31, 2022, Mr. Gentile filed a motion in the SEC Action to modify the Amended Monitor Order pursuant to Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule 60(b) Motion”). In his Rule 60(b) Motion, Mr. Gentile sought a court order to, among other things, (i) narrow the scope of the Monitor’s responsibilities; and (ii) direct the Monitor to ensure that GPB does not sell or otherwise dispose of assets or portfolio companies that the Partnership owns before the completion of a “strategic assessment” to be conducted by three new managers Mr. Gentile purported to have appointed to GPB on May 27, 2022. On that same day, May 31, 2022, the Monitor notified Mr. Gentile and GPB that Mr. Gentile’s purported appointment of three new managers to GPB without Monitor approval was in violation of the Amended Monitor Order. Mr. Gentile and GPB were, at that time, given ten (10) On June 13, 2022, the SEC filed by order to show cause in the SEC Action an application and order to (i) convert the existing Monitorship over GPB and the GPB-managed funds to a Receivership, and appoint the Monitor, Joseph T. Gardemal III, as Receiver; and (ii) impose a litigation injunction on cases filed against GPB and the GPB-managed funds (the “Receivership Application”). The Receivership Application and the Proposed Order Appointing Receiver and Imposing Litigation Injunction (the “Proposed Order”) were filed with the EDNY Court with the consent of GPB’s management. The Receivership Application seeks the appointment of Mr. Gardemal as Receiver in order to, in part, streamline the process by which GPB and the GPB-managed funds liquidate remaining portfolio company assets and distribute money to Limited Partners, subject to the EDNY Court’s supervision. The Proposed Order would grant to Mr. Gardemal, generally, all powers and authorities previously possessed by the entities subject to the Proposed Order, as well as the powers possessed by the officers, directors, managers and others previously in charge of those entities, and permits him to, among other things, take all such actions necessary to preserve receivership assets. Additionally, the Receivership Application includes a proposed stay of all Federal and State actions (as well as any arbitrations) presently pending against GPB and the GPB-managed funds, or to be filed in the future, and provides for a centralized claims process for GPB Limited Partners, in the EDNY Court, to prevent potentially disparate actions in different courts that could negatively impact the assets proposed to be subject to the EDNY Court’s jurisdiction and control. On July 28, 2023, an Eastern District of New York Magistrate Judge issued a Report and Recommendation (‘R&R”), recommending that the EDNY Court grant the SEC’s Receivership Application (i.e., convert the monitorship to a receivership), including the imposition of a litigation injunction. The Magistrate Judge further recommended that Mr. Gentile’s Rule 60(b) Motion be denied as moot, or alternatively, that it be denied as procedurally improper. Mr. Gentile’s and Mr. Schneider’s objections to the R&R, and all responses thereto, were filed with the EDNY Court as of September 29, 2023. On December 7, 2023, the EDNY Court issued an Order, granting the SEC’s Receivership Application and adopting the SEC’s Proposed Order (the “Receivership Order”). On December 12, 2023, Mr. Gentile and Mr. Schneider filed notice of appeal with the EDNY Court of the Receivership Order, along with an Application for Order to Show Cause to the EDNY Court to stay the Receivership Order pending resolution of Mr. Gentile’s and Mr. Schneider’s appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Second Circuit”). On December 14, 2023, the EDNY Court denied the Order to Show Cause, but exercised its discretion to grant a temporary stay of the Receivership Order to allow Mr. Gentile and Mr. Schneider to seek a stay pending appeal of the Receivership Order from the Second Circuit. On December 21, 2023, Mr. Gentile and Mr. Schneider timely filed their motion for a stay pending appeal with the Second Circuit. The parties to the appeal agreed to an expedited briefing, which was completed on April 12, 2024. If the Receivership Order is affirmed on appeal, the Receiver would assume the power to operate and manage the Partnership but would have the power to authorize or delegate said power to others, including the current management team at GPB. Under the Receivership, we may be subject to, among other things, closer monitoring of our day-to-day activities and books and records than under the current Monitorship. We may also be prohibited from making certain investments or undertaking activities that we would have otherwise pursued, may be required to settle certain disputes (including disputes with creditors), or otherwise may be subject to reorganization. This may also impact our estimates regarding costs expected to be incurred during the liquidation process. State Matters On May 27, 2020, the Massachusetts Securities Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (“Massachusetts”) filed an Administrative Complaint against GPB for alleged violations of the Massachusetts Uniform Securities Act. No GPB-managed fund is a named defendant. The complaint alleges, among other things, that the offering documents for several GPB-managed funds, including the Partnership, included material misstatements or omissions. Massachusetts seeks both monetary and administrative relief, including disgorgement and rescission to Massachusetts residents who purchased interest in the GPB-managed funds. This matter is stayed, pending resolution of the Criminal Case. On February 4, 2021, seven State securities regulators (from Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, and South Carolina, collectively the “States”) each filed suit against GPB. No GPB-managed fund is a named defendant in any of the suits. Several of the suits also named Ascendant, AAS, Mr. Gentile, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. Lash as defendants. The States’ lawsuits allege, among other things, that the offering documents for several GPB-managed funds, including the Partnership, included material misstatements and omissions. The States seek both monetary and administrative relief, including disgorgement and rescission. The cases brought by the States have been stayed pending the conclusion of the Criminal Case. The State of New Jersey has voluntarily dismissed its case, without prejudice to re-file it following the conclusion of the Criminal Case. Actions Asserted Against GPB and Others, Not Including the Partnership Ismo J. Ranssi, derivatively on behalf of Armada Waste Management, LP, v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, et al. (New York Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 654059/2020) In August 2020, plaintiffs filed a derivative action against GPB, Ascendant, AAS, Axiom, David Gentile, Mark D. Martino, and Jeffry Schneider in New York Supreme Court. GPB Waste Management, LP is named as a nominal defendant. The Partnership is not a named defendant. The Complaint alleges, among other things, that the offering documents for certain GPB managed funds include material misstatements and omissions. Plaintiffs bring causes of action against GPB for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and an equitable accounting, and against all other defendants for breach of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment. The plaintiffs seek a declaration from the Court that defendants breached duties owed to them, and that defendants must indemnify GPB Waste Management, LP for costs in connection with the suit. Plaintiffs also seek unspecified damages and an equitable accounting, and an Order that defendants disgorge all fees obtained through the sale of GPB Waste Management, LP “securities”. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Michael Peirce, derivatively on behalf of GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, Ascendant Capital, LLC, Ascendant Alternative Strategies, LLC, Axiom Capital Management, Inc., Steven Frangioni, David Gentile, William Jacoby, Minchung Kgil, Mark D. Martino and Jeffry Schneider, -and- GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP, Nominal Defendant (New York Supreme Court, New York County, Case No. 652858/2020) In July 2020, plaintiff filed a derivative action in New York Supreme Court against GPB, Ascendant, AAS, Axiom, Steve Frangioni, David Gentile, William Jacoby, Minchung Kgil, Mark Martino, and Jeffry Schneider. The Complaint alleges various breaches of fiduciary duty and/or aiding and abetting the breaches of fiduciary duty against all defendants, breach of contract against GPB, unjust enrichment, and an equitable accounting. Plaintiffs are seeking declaratory relief, disgorgement, restitution, an equitable accounting, and unspecified damages. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Actions Asserted Against GPB and Others, Including the Partnership For all matters below in which the Partnership is a defendant and where the partnership disagrees with the allegations against it, we intend to vigorously defend against the allegations, however no assurances can be given that we will be successful. John Thomas Alberto, et al. v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP, GPB Cold Storage, LP, GPB Holdings, LP, GPB Holdings Qualified, LP, GPB Holdings II, LP, GPB Holdings III, LP, GPB NYC Development, LP, GPB Waste Management, LP, Ascendant Capital, LLC, Alternative Strategies, LLC, Axiom Capital Management, Inc., DJ Partners, MR Ranger, LLC, David Gentile, Jeffry Schneider, Jeffrey Lash, Mark Martino, and DOES 1-50 (New York Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 651143/2023) In March 2023, plaintiffs filed an action in New York Supreme Court against the above-named defendants, alleging, inter alia, breaches of contract, breaches of fiduciary duty, constructive fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, negligent misrepresentation, unjust enrichment, and violations of New York General Business Laws. Defendants were not served with the complaint until June 2023. Plaintiffs are seeking compensatory, punitive, and exemplary damages, restitution, rescission, and an equitable accounting. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Galen G. Miller and E. Ruth Miller, derivatively on behalf of GPB Holdings II, LP, v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, et al. (New York Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 656982/2019) In November 2019, plaintiffs filed a derivative action against GPB, Ascendant, AAS, Axiom, Michael Cohn, Steven Frangioni, David Gentile, William Jacoby, Minchung Kgil, Mark D. Martino, and Jeffry Schneider in New York Supreme Court, New York County. The Partnership was named only as a nominal defendant. An Amended Complaint was filed on or about March 2, 2020, alleging, among other things, that the offering documents for certain GPB-managed funds include material misstatements and omissions. The Amended Complaint alleges causes of action for breach of fiduciary duty against all defendants; aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty against Ascendant, AAS, Axiom and Mr. Martino; breach of contract against GPB; unjust enrichment against all defendants; and an equitable accounting against GPB. The plaintiffs are seeking disgorgement of alleged unjust enrichment, unspecified damages as a result of alleged wrongful acts, costs of the action, and an equitable accounting. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Alfredo J. Martinez, et al. v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, et al. (Delaware Chancery Court, Case No. 2019-1005) In December 2019, plaintiffs filed a civil action in Delaware Court of Chancery to compel inspection books and records from GPB, as General Partner, and from the Partnership, GPB Holdings I, GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP, and GPB Waste Management. In June 2020, the court dismissed plaintiffs’ books and records request, but allowed a contract claim for specific performance to proceed as a plenary action. The plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages and penalties. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Alfredo J. Martinez and HighTower Advisors v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, et al. (Delaware Chancery Court, Case No. 2020-0545) In July 2020, plaintiff filed a complaint against GPB, Armada Waste Management GP, LLC, Armada Waste Management, LP, the Partnership, GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP, and GPB Holdings, LP in the Delaware Court of Chancery to compel inspection of GPB’s books and records based upon specious and unsubstantiated allegations regarding alleged fraudulent activity, mismanagement, and breaches of fiduciary duty. The plaintiffs are seeking an order compelling GPB to permit inspection of documents related to Armada Waste, as well as for costs and fees. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. In re: GPB Capital Holdings, LLC Litigation (formerly, Adam Younker, Dennis and Cheryl Schneider, Elizabeth Plaza, and Plaza Professional Center Inc. PFT Sharing v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, et al. and Peter G. Golder, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, et al.) (New York Supreme Court, New York County, Case No. 157679/2019) In May 2020, plaintiffs filed a consolidated class action complaint in New York Supreme Court, New York County, against GPB, GPB Holdings, GPB Holdings II, GPB Holdings III, the Partnership, GPB Cold Storage, GPB Waste Management, David Gentile, Jeffrey Lash, Macrina Kgil, a/k/a Minchung Kgil, William Edward Jacoby, Scott Naugle, Jeffry Schneider, AAS, Ascendant, and Axiom Capital Management. The Complaint alleges, among other things, that the offering documents for certain GPB-managed funds, include material misstatements and omissions. The plaintiffs are seeking disgorgement, unspecified damages, and other equitable relief. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Phillip J. Cadez, et al. v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, et al. (Delaware Chancery Court, Case No. 2020-0402) In May 2020, plaintiffs filed a derivative action in Delaware Court of Chancery against GPB, David Gentile, Jeffrey Lash, and Jeffry Schneider. The complaint also names GPB Holdings, LP, and the Partnership as nominal defendants. Previously, plaintiffs had filed a complaint to compel inspection of books and records, which had been dismissed without prejudice. In the current action, plaintiffs are alleging breaches of fiduciary duties and/or the aiding and abetting of those breaches, unjust enrichment, and with regard to GPB, breach of the Partnerships’ Limited Partnership Agreements. Plaintiffs are seeking unspecified damages based on the causes of action pled, equitable relief in the form of a directive to remove GPB as the General Partner of GPB Holdings, LP and the Partnership, a constructive trust, costs of the action (including attorneys’ fees), and other declaratory and equitable relief. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Jeff Lipman and Carol Lipman, derivatively on behalf of GPB Holdings II, LP and GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, et al. (Delaware Chancery Court, Case No. 2020-0054) In January 2020, plaintiffs filed a derivative action in Delaware Court of Chancery against GPB, David Gentile, Jeffrey Lash, and Jeffry Schneider. The complaint alleges breaches of fiduciary duty and/or aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty against each of the defendants, and declaratory relief from the Court related to allegations of fraud, gross negligence, and willful misconduct. The plaintiffs seek unspecified damages and declaratory forms of relief. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Mary Purcell, et al. v. GPB Holdings II, LP, et al. (Cal. Court, Orange County, Case No. 30-2019-01115653-CU-FR-CJC) In December 2019, plaintiffs filed a civil action in Superior Court in Orange County, California against Rodney Potratz, FSC Securities Corporation, GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP, the Partnership, GPB, David Gentile, Roger Anscher, William Jacoby, Jeffrey Lash, Ascendant, Trevor Carney, Jeffry Schneider, and DOES 1 - 15, inclusive. An Amended Complaint was filed on or about June 10, 2020. In the Amended Complaint, Plaintiffs allege breach of contract against GPB Capital and DOES 1-15, inclusive; statutory and common law fraud against all defendants; breach of fiduciary duty against all defendants; and negligence against all defendants. Plaintiffs allege losses in excess of $4.8 million and are seeking rescission, compensatory damages, unspecified equitable relief and punitive damages, and interest and attorneys’ fees in unspecified amounts. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Barbara Deluca and Drew R. Naylor, on behalf of themselves and other similarly situated Limited Partners, v. GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP et al. (S.D.N.Y., Case No. 19-CV-10498) In November 2019, plaintiffs filed a putative class action complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against GPB, GPB Holdings II, LP, the Partnership, David Gentile, Jeffery Lash, AAS, Axiom, Jeffry Schneider, Mark Martino, and Ascendant. The Complaint alleges fraud and material omissions and misrepresentations to induce investment and losses in excess of $1.27 billion. The plaintiffs are seeking disgorgement, compensatory, consequential, and general damages; disgorgement; rescission; restitution; punitive damages; and the establishment of a constructive trust. While the parties to the action stipulated in 2021 to stay this action pending resolution of the Criminal Case against defendants David Gentile and Jeffry Schneider, the Court nevertheless ordered the stay lifted as to the so-called “Auditor Defendants” in January 2023.On June 24, 2024, in response to a June 20, 2024 joint letter request filed by several parties to the case to stay all proceedings pending the preparation of a formal stipulation of settlement, a Magistrate Judge in the case entered an Order that all deadlines and proceedings related to the action are stayed with respect to all parties until further order of the Court. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. Kinnie Ma Individual Retirement Account, et al., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, v. Ascendant Capital, LLC, et al. (W.D. Texas, Case No. 19-CV-01050) In October 2019, plaintiffs filed a putative class action in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas against GPB, certain GPB-managed limited partnerships, including the Partnership, for which GPB is the General Partner, AAS, and Ascendant, as well as certain principals of the GPB-managed limited partnerships, auditors, broker-dealers, a fund administrator, and other individuals. The Complaint alleges violations and/or aiding and abetting violations of the Texas Securities Act, fraud, substantial assistance in the commission of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, substantial assistance in breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence. Plaintiffs allege losses in excess of $1.8 billion and are seeking compensatory damages in an unspecified amount, rescission, fees and costs, and class certification. Any potential losses associated with this matter cannot be estimated at this time. On June 1, 2022, the Western District of Texas Court consolidated this matter with Barasch v. GPB Capital, et al. (19-cv-01079); only the Kinnie Ma case continues, including the claims at issue in the Barasch v. GPB Capital matter and Loretta Dehay (as described below), which were consolidated under the Kinnie Ma docket number. On June 23, 2022, the Court denied Defendants David Gentile and Jeffry Schneider’s motion to stay the case pending the resolution of the Criminal Case, U.S. v. Gentile, et al., No. 1:21-CR-54-DG (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 29, 2021). Plaintiffs filed a consolidated complaint on July 1, 2022, and defendants filed answers thereafter. On August 21, 2023, the Court granted the indicted defendants’ May 2023 motion to stay proceedings pending resolution of the related Criminal Case. On March 21, 2024, the District Judge denied Plaintiffs’ appeal of the Magistrate Judge’s order staying the case, and affirmed the order granting Defendants’ motion to stay. Concorde Investment Services, LLC v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, et al. (New York Supreme Court, New York County, Index No. 650928/2021) In February 2021, Concorde Investment Services, LLC filed suit in New York State Supreme Court, New York County against GPB, certain limited partnerships for which GPB is the General Partner, and others. The Complaint alleges breaches of contract, fraudulent inducement, negligence, interference with contract, interference with existing economic relations, interference with prospective economic advantage, indemnity, and declaratory relief, and includes a demand for arbitration. Plaintiff’s demands include compensatory damages of at least $5.0 million, punitive damages, and a declaration that Concorde is contractually indemnified by the Defendants. In October 2021, the New York State Supreme Court ordered the action be stayed so that the Plaintiffs could pursue claims in arbitration. By the same Order, the New York State Supreme Court denied the Defendants’ motions to dismiss the Complaint. Any potential losses associated with this action cannot be estimated at this time. Concorde Investment Services, LLC v. GPB Capital Holdings, LLC, GPB Holdings, LP, GPB Automotive Portfolio, LP, GPB Waste Management, LP (American Arbitration Association, Case No. 01-21-0018-1470) In December 2021, claimant Concorde Investment Services, LLC (“Concorde”, the Plaintiff in the New York case set forth above) filed a Demand for Arbitration with the American Arbitration Association (AAA). The arbitration, however, was dormant while certain issues in the New York case were litigated. In January 2023, Concorde successfully sought the appointment of a 3-arbitrator panel to proceed against GPB Capital and the GPB-managed funds (the “GPB Funds”). Concorde seeks indemnification related to lawsuits and arbitrations brought against Concorde by its clients with respect to the limited partnership interests Concorde sold in the GPB Funds, and based upon the so-called “dealer agreements” entered into between Concorde and the GPB Funds. On or about April 25, 2023, the panel denied the Respondents’ request to file either a motion to dismiss the arbitration, or to stay the arbitration pending the resolution of the related Criminal Case. On November 3, 2023, following a telephonic conference with the panel, the panel denied the GPB Respondents’ request to stay the arbitration pending a decision by the EDNY Court on the Receivership Application. Arbitration proceedings commenced on April 29, 2024, and concluded |
