Administration Agreement to determine that these fees are reasonable and comparable to administrative services charged by unaffiliated third parties.
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, the Company incurred $644,180 of expenses under the Administration Agreement.
Placement Agent Agreement
The Company has entered into a Placement Agent Agreement with OCM Investments, LLC (the “Placement Agent”), an affiliate of Oaktree, which may require investors (other than investors sourced by the Company, Oaktree, the Placement Agent or their respective affiliates) to pay a distribution fee to the Placement Agent for its services. Although the Company does not pay any fees to the Placement Agent, the Company indemnifies the Placement Agent in connection with its activities.
Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons
The Independent Directors of the Company are required to review, approve or ratify any transactions with related persons (as such term is defined in Item 404 ofRegulation S-K).
Material Conflicts of Interest
Our executive officers and directors, and certain members of Oaktree, serve or may serve as officers, directors or principals of entities that operate in the same or a related line of business as we do, or of investment funds managed by Oaktree’s affiliates. For example, Oaktree presently serves as the investment adviser to OCSI and OCSL. OCSI and OCSL have historically invested in debt and debt-like instruments similar to those we target for investment. Therefore, there may be certain investment opportunities that satisfy the investment criteria for OCSI, OCSL and us. OCSI and OCSL each operate as distinct and separate entities. In addition, all of our executive officers serve in substantially similar capacities for OCSI and OCSL. Accordingly, they may have obligations to investors in those entities, the fulfillment of which might not be in our best interests or the best interests of our stockholders. For example, the personnel of Oaktree may face conflicts of interest in the allocation of investment opportunities to us and such other funds and accounts.
Oaktree has investment allocation guidelines that govern the allocation of investment opportunities among the investment funds and accounts managed orsub-advised by Oaktree and its affiliates. To the extent an investment opportunity is appropriate for us, OCSI or OCSL or any of the other Oaktree funds, Oaktree will adhere to its investment allocation guidelines in order to determine a fair and equitable allocation.
We may invest alongside funds and accounts managed orsub-advised by Oaktree and its affiliates in certain circumstances where doing so is consistent with applicable law and SEC staff interpretations. For example, we may invest alongside such accounts consistent with guidance promulgated by the staff of the SEC permitting us and such other accounts to purchase interests in a single class of privately placed securities so long as certain conditions are met, including that Oaktree, acting on our behalf and on behalf of other clients, negotiates no term other than price or terms related to price.
In addition, on October 18, 2017, Oaktree received exemptive relief from the SEC to allow certain managed funds and accounts, each of whose investment adviser is Oaktree or an investment adviser controlling, controlled by or under common control with Oaktree, to participate in negotiatedco-investment transactions, where doing so is consistent with the applicable registered fund’s or BDC’s investment objective and strategies as well as regulatory requirements and other pertinent factors, and pursuant to the conditions of the exemptive relief. Each potentialco-investment opportunity that falls under the terms of the exemptive relief and is appropriate for us and any affiliated fund or account, and satisfies the then-current board-established criteria, will be offered to us and such other eligible funds and accounts. If there is a sufficient amount of securities to satisfy all participants,
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