1. Organization
OFI Carlyle Private Credit Fund (the “Fund”) was organized as a statutory trust in the State of Delaware on December 13, 2017. The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company, registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) that has elected to operate as an interval fund. The Fund engages in a continuous offering of shares and will offer to make quarterly repurchases of shares at net asset value. The Fund commenced operations on June 4, 2018.
The Fund’s investment adviser, OC Private Capital, LLC (“OC Private Capital” or the “Adviser”), a joint venture between an affiliate of OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (“OFI”) and Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C. (“Carlyle”), has entered into an investment advisory agreement with the Fund. The Adviser has, in turn, entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Carlyle Global Credit Investment Management L.L.C. (“CGCIM” or “Sub-Adviser”), whereby OC Private Capital oversees the allocation of the Fund’s assets to its underlying credit strategies, and the Sub-Adviser sources and makes investment decisions within each strategy. OppenheimerFunds Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly owned subsidiary of OFI, acts as the Fund’s principal underwriter in connection with the offering and sale of the Fund's shares.
The Fund seeks to produce current income by opportunistically allocating its assets across a wide range of credit strategies.
The Fund’s shares are offered for sale monthly through its Distributor at the then-current net asset value ("NAV") plus any applicable sales load. The price of the shares during the Fund’s continuous offering will fluctuate over time with the NAV of the shares. The sales load payable by each investor depends upon the amount invested by the investor in the Fund, but may range from 0.00% to 3.50%.
The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services- Investment Companies.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the Fund's preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”).
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Security Valuation. All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.
Basis for Consolidation. On May 10, 2018, the Fund established a limited liability company, OCPC Credit Facility SPV LLC, which is wholly owned and controlled by the Fund (the "Subsidiary"). The Fund and Subsidiary are both managed by the Adviser. The Fund applies its investment restrictions and compliance policies and procedures, on a look-through basis, to the Subsidiary. The Subsidiary is a disregarded entity for tax purposes.
The financial statements have been consolidated and include accounts of the Fund and the Subsidiary. Accordingly, all inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated.
During the period and at period end, the Fund owned 100% of the Subsidiary.