INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, made as of August 21, 2020, as revised September 21, 2020, , 2022, between CPG COOPER SQUARE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY, LLC (the “Fund”), a Delaware limited liability company, and CENTRAL PARK ADVISERS, LLC (the “Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a closed-end management investment company and;
WHEREAS, the Adviser has served as the investment adviser of the Fund since the commencement of the Fund’s investment operations, pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and the Adviser made as of August 21, 2020, as revised September 21, 2020 (the “Prior Agreement”);
WHEREAS, on October 21, 2021, Central Park Group, LLC (“Central Park”), the parent company of the Adviser, entered into a purchase agreement with Macquarie Management Holdings, Inc.(“Macquarie”) pursuant to which Macquarie has agreed to acquire Central Park, subject to the satisfaction of certain customary closing conditions (the “Transaction”), which will constitute an assignment of the Prior Agreement and cause the Prior Agreement to terminate automatically in accordance with its terms, as required by applicable law, upon the closing of the Transaction (the “Closing Date”); and
WHEREAS, the Fund desires to continue to retain the Adviser as investment adviser to furnish certain investment advisory and portfolio management services to the Fund, and the Adviser is willing to continue to furnish these services.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, it is agreed between the parties hereto as follows:
1. Appointment. The Fund hereby appoints the Adviser as investment adviser of the Fund for the period and on the terms set forth in this Agreement. The Adviser accepts this appointment and agrees to render the services herein set forth, for the compensation herein described.
2. Duties as Investment Adviser.
(a) Subject to the supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), the Adviser will have full discretion and authority (i) to manage the assets and liabilities of the Fund and (ii) to manage the day-to-day business and affairs of the Fund. In furtherance of and subject to the foregoing, the Adviser will have full power and authority on behalf of the Fund, among other matters:
(1)
to purchase, sell (including selling short), exchange, trade and otherwise deal in and with securities and other property of the Fund and to loan securities of the Fund;
(2)
to do any and all acts and exercise all rights with respect to the Fund’s interest in any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity, and to delegate, in compliance with applicable law, to one or more investment sub-advisers any of the duties enumerated in this Agreement, including the provision of certain investment advisory and portfolio management services and/or management of the Fund’s assets or a portion thereof; provided, that in each case, the Adviser will continue to oversee the services provided by such sub-adviser and its employees and any such delegation will not relieve the Adviser of any of its obligations under this Agreement;
(3)
to enter into agreements to irrevocably to forego the right to vote interests or shares of the Fund’s investments;
(4)
to enter into agreements that provide for, among other things, the indemnification by the Fund of the companies in which the Fund invests to the same or different extent as provided for in respect of the Adviser, and to terminate such agreements;
(5)
to open, maintain and close accounts with brokers and dealers, to make all decisions relating to the manner, method and timing of securities and other investment transactions, to select and place orders with brokers, dealers or other financial intermediaries for the execution, clearance or settlement of any transactions on behalf of the Fund on such terms as the Adviser considers appropriate, and to