directional strategies. As of March 31, 2023, the Adviser manages $1.9 billion in CLO assets across a U.S. registered private fund offered to qualified investors, registered mutual funds, and an offshore fund distributed to non-U.S. investors.
The Fund has entered into the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser. The Advisory Agreement provides that, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard for its obligations and duties thereunder, the Adviser is not liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss the Fund suffers. Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, and in consideration of the advisory services provided by the Adviser to the Fund, the Adviser is entitled to the Management Fee. See “Management Fee” below for information about the Adviser’s management fee.
A discussion regarding the Board’s approval of the Advisory Agreement with respect to the Fund will be available in the Fund’s first semi-annual or annual shareholder report for the Fund after commencement of operations for the period ending February 28, 2024 or the fiscal year ending August 31, 2024, respectively.
Portfolio Manager
David S. Aniloff serves as Senior Portfolio Manager of the Fund. Mr. Aniloff joined SEI in 2000 and currently serves as one of two senior portfolio managers on the Global High Yield Team. Mr. Aniloff was also a key developer of SEI’s structured credit solutions and currently serves as portfolio manager with responsibility for strategy development, manager analysis, security selection and portfolio construction. In addition, Mr. Aniloff has been integral in the development and implementation of SEI’s proprietary structured credit monitoring technology. Mr. Aniloff also provides expertise and support for SEI’s suite of Global High Yield Funds inclusive of manager evaluation and selection as well as risk management. Mr. Aniloff has held his current position with the Adviser for more than five (5) years.
The SAI provides additional information about the portfolio manager’s compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio manager and the portfolio manager’s ownership of securities.
Control Persons
A control person generally is a person who beneficially owns more than 25% of the voting securities of a company or has the power to exercise control over the management or policies of such company. To the knowledge of the Fund and except as noted below, as of September 29, 2023, no persons were deemed to control the Fund.
SEI Investments Company, an affiliate of the Adviser, has provided an initial investment in the Fund. For so long as SEI Investments Company has a greater than 25% interest in the Fund, SEI Investments Company may be deemed be a “control person” of the Fund for purposes of the 1940 Act.
Administrator, Transfer Agent, Custodian, and Distributor
SEI Investments Global Fund Services (the “Administrator”), located at One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456, serves as the Fund’s administrator. The Administrator is a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments. The Administrator provides certain administrative and accounting services to the Fund. Pursuant to the terms of an Administration Agreement between the Fund and the Administrator, the Administrator is responsible, under the ultimate supervision of the Board, for providing all administrative services required in connection with the Fund’s operations, including computing and publishing the net asset value of the Fund (including in connection with subscriptions and repurchases) and performing such additional administrative duties relating to the administration of the Fund as may subsequently be agreed upon in writing between the Fund and the Administrator.
UMB Fund Services, Inc., (the “Transfer Agent”) located at 235 West Galena Street, Milwaukee, WI 53212, provides transfer agent and dividend-paying services to the Fund, among other services, pursuant to a transfer agency agreement.
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“Custodian”), located at 40 Water Street, Boston, Massachusetts, serves as the custodian of the Fund’s assets pursuant to a Custodian Agreement between the Fund and the Custodian. The Custodian is compensated by the Fund for its services rendered under the Custodian Agreement, including: (a) opening and maintaining separate accounts in the Fund’s name; (b) making cash payments from the accounts for purposes set forth in the Custodian Agreement; (c) holding securities in accounts; (d) releasing and delivering or exchanging securities owned by the Fund as set forth in the Custodian Agreement; (e) collecting and receiving for the account of the Fund all income, property, and similar items; (f) settling purchased securities upon receipt; and (g) furnishing to the Fund periodic and special reports, statements, and other information.
The Fund will pay the Custodian a quarterly fee, plus transaction fees and reimbursement for its out of pocket expenses. The Custodian Agreement provides that the Custodian shall not be liable to the Fund for, and shall be indemnified by the Fund against, any acts or omissions in the performance of its services in the absence of negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or other breach of the Custodian Agreement by Custodian.
SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”), located at One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456, serves as the Fund’s distributor pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Fund (the “Distribution Agreement”). The Distributor is a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments. It is not anticipated that the Distributor will be compensated by the Fund for its services rendered under the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor will not be liable to the Fund for, and will be indemnified by the Fund against, certain actions and omissions.
FUND EXPENSES
The Adviser bears all of its own costs incurred in providing investment advisory services to the Fund. As described below, however, the Fund bears all other expenses incurred in the business and operation of the Fund, including payment to the Fund’s service providers.
Expenses borne directly by the Fund include, but are not limited to: (a) corporate and organization costs relating to offerings of Shares; (b) all expenses of computing net asset value, including any equipment or services obtained for the purpose of valuing the investment portfolio, including appraisal and valuation services provided by third parties; (c) the cost of effecting sales and repurchases of Shares and other securities; (d) the Management Fee; (e) all costs and expenses associated with the operation and ongoing registration of the Fund, including, without limitation, all costs and expenses associated with the repurchase offers, offering costs, and the costs of compliance with any applicable Federal or state laws; fees of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund (the “Independent Trustees”) and the costs and expenses of holding any meetings of the Board or Shareholders that are regularly scheduled, permitted or required to be held under the terms of the Fund’s governing documents, the 1940 Act or other applicable law; (f) fees and disbursements of any attorneys, accountants, auditors and other consultants and professionals engaged on behalf of the Fund and the Independent Trustees; (g) the costs of a fidelity bond and any liability or other insurance obtained on behalf of the Fund, its officers or the Trustees; (h) recordkeeping, custody, administration and transfer agency fees and expenses; (i) all costs and expenses of preparing, setting in type, printing and distributing reports and other communications to Shareholders; (j) all costs and expenses of preparing and filing regulatory documents with the SEC or any federal or state regulator or agency; (k) all charges for equipment or services used for communications between the Fund and any transfer agent, custodian, administrator or other agent engaged by the Fund; (l) any non-routine expenses, which are expenses incurred outside of the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting Shareholder meetings and repurchase offers and liquidations; (m) all taxes to which the Fund may be subject, directly or indirectly, and whether in the U.S., any state thereof or any other U.S. or non-U.S. jurisdictions; (n) investment related expenses (e.g., expenses that are related to the investment of the Fund’s assets, whether or not such investments are consummated), including, as applicable, brokerage commissions, borrowing charges on securities sold short, clearing and settlement charges, recordkeeping, interest expense, dividends on securities sold but not yet purchased, margin fees, research-related expenses; (o) service fees; (p) any expenses incurred outside of the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, costs incurred in connection with any claim, litigation, arbitration, mediation, government investigation or similar proceeding and indemnification expenses as provided for in the Fund’s organizational documents; and (q) such other types of expenses as may be approved from time to time by the Board.
MANAGEMENT FEE
Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, and in consideration of the advisory services provided by the Adviser to the Fund, the Adviser is entitled to the Management Fee. The Management Fee is calculated and payable monthly in arrears at the annual rate of 1.30% of the average daily value of the Fund’s Net Assets. “Net Assets” means the total assets of the Fund minus the Fund’s liabilities.
The Fund's administrator and its affiliates have contractually agreed until October 31, 2025 to waive fees and reimburse expenses in order to keep total direct annual operating expenses (but excluding interest from borrowings, prime broker fees, dividends and interest on securities sold short, AFFE, taxes, brokerage commissions, costs associated with litigation- or tax-related services, Trustee fees, and other non-routine expenses or extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business) from exceeding 0.75%. The agreement may be amended or terminated only with the consent of the Board of Trustees of the Fund. There is no guarantee that the contractual fee waiver agreement will continue after October 31, 2025.
PURCHASE OF SHARES
Purchasing Class Y Shares
The Fund offers two separate classes designated as Class Y Shares and Class F Shares on a continuous basis at the NAV per Share. This Prospectus relates to Class Y Shares only. Each Class of Shares is subject to different fees and expenses. The Fund may offer additional classes of Shares in the future. The Fund and the Adviser have been granted exemptive relief to, among other things, (i) designate multiple classes of Shares; (ii) impose on certain of the classes an early withdrawal charge and schedule waivers of such; and (iii) impose class specific annual asset-based distribution fees on the assets of the various classes of Shares to be used to pay for expenses incurred in fostering the distribution of the Shares of the particular class. Under the exemptive relief, the Fund and/or the Adviser are required to comply with certain regulations that would not otherwise apply.
When selecting a Share Class, you should consider the following: which Share Classes are available to you; the amount you intend to invest; how long you expect to own the Shares; and total costs and expenses associated with a particular Share Class. Each investor’s financial considerations are different. You should speak with your financial adviser to help you decide which share class is best for you. Not all financial intermediaries offer all classes of Shares. In addition, financial intermediaries may impose additional fees and charges on each class of Shares. If your dealer offers more than one class of Shares, you should carefully consider which class of Shares to purchase.
This section tells you how to purchase Class Y Shares of the Fund. Class Y Shares may only be purchased by:
● Independent investment advisers investing for the benefit of their clients through accounts held at SEI Private Trust Company, that, after requesting access to Class Y Shares, are approved by the Fund (or its delegate) to purchase Class Y Shares due to the investment adviser having purchased and held (i.e., on a net basis taking into account purchases and redemptions) a minimum of $300,000,000 of client assets in non-money market SEI Funds (“Asset Threshold”) for at least one year from the date of the request (or such shorter period of time as determined solely by the Fund (or its delegate)) and remaining above this Asset Threshold thereafter. For these purposes, the Fund (or its delegate) consider an independent investment adviser to be an individual or a group of related individuals that, in the sole determination of the Fund (or its delegate), operate as a distinct customer of SEI. In the event that an independent investment adviser that was authorized to purchase Class Y Shares for its clients subsequently drops below the Asset Threshold for whatever reason, which may include a situation where a group of related individuals that previously operated as a distinct customer of SEI cease to do so, the Fund (or its delegate) may in their discretion waive the Asset Threshold requirement;
● bank trust departments or other financial firms, for the benefit of their clients, that have entered into an agreement with the Fund’s Distributor, or authorized affiliates, permitting the purchase of Class Y Shares;
● institutions, such as defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans, healthcare plans and board designated funds, insurance operating funds, foundations, endowments, public plans and Taft-Hartley plans, subject to a minimum initial investment of least $25,000,000 in Class Y Shares of the Fund and other SEI Funds;
● clients that have entered into a direct bilateral investment advisory agreement with the Adviser with respect to their assets invested in the Fund; and
● other SEI registered investment companies (or series thereof) and pooled investment products managed by Adviser.
In the event a Class Y Shareholder no longer meets the eligibility requirements to purchase Class Y Shares (as noted in the section), the Fund (or its delegate) may, in its discretion, elect to convert such Shareholder’s Class Y Shares into Class F Shares of the Fund for which such shareholder does meet the eligibility requirements. Without limiting the foregoing, this may include situations, as applicable, where the shareholder’s independent investment adviser, bank trust department or financial firm no longer meets the eligibility criteria noted above or the shareholder no longer meets the eligibility criteria (for example, by terminating their relationship with an eligible adviser or firm). In all cases, if a client meets the eligibility requirements for more than one other Class of shares, then such client’s Class Y shares shall be convertible into shares of the Class having the lowest total annual operating expenses (disregarding fee waivers) for which such clients meet the eligibility requirements.
For information on how to open an account and set up procedures for placing transactions, please call 1-800-DIAL-SEI.
If an investor is eligible to invest in Class Y Shares of the Fund, the minimum initial investment for Class Y Shares in the Fund from each investor is at least $100,000 and the minimum additional investment in the Fund is $1,000, except for additional purchases pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. The Fund reserves the right to waive the investment minimum. For instance, the initial investment minimum may be reduced or waived for (i) bank trust departments or other financial firms or intermediaries that submit orders on behalf of their customers; (ii) clients of independent investment advisers on behalf of their clients through accounts held at SEI Private Trust Company; and (iii) clients that have entered into a direct bilateral investment advisory agreement with the Adviser with respect to their assets invested in the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to repurchase or redeem all of a Shareholder’s Shares at any time if, as a result of repurchase or transfer requests by the Shareholder, the aggregate value of such Shareholder’s Shares is, at the time of such compulsory repurchase or redemption, less than $10,000, in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder
Initial and additional purchases of Class Y Shares may be made on any Business Day. A “Business Day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for business. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries may purchase Class Y Shares by placing orders with the Transfer Agent or the Fund’s authorized agent. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries that use certain SEI or third party systems may place orders electronically through those systems. Authorized financial institutions and intermediaries may also place orders by calling 1-833-666-2734. Generally, cash investments must be transmitted or delivered in federal funds to the Fund’s wire agent by the close of business on the day after the order is placed. However, in certain circumstances, the Fund, at its discretion, may allow purchases to settle (i.e., receive final payment) at a later date in accordance with the Fund’s procedures and applicable law. The Fund reserves the right to refuse any purchase requests, particularly those that the Fund reasonably believes may not be in the best interest of the Fund or its shareholders and could adversely affect the Fund or its operations.
The Fund calculates its NAV per Share once each Business Day as of the close of normal trading on the NYSE (normally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). So, for you to receive the current Business Day’s NAV per Share, generally the Fund (or an authorized agent) must receive your purchase order in proper form before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Proper form means that the Fund was provided with a complete and signed account application, as well as sufficient purchase proceeds. The Fund will not accept orders that request a particular day or price for the transaction or any other special conditions.
When you purchase Class Y Shares through certain financial institutions, you may have to transmit your purchase, sale and exchange requests to these financial institutions at an earlier time for your transaction to become effective that day. This allows these financial institutions time to process your requests and transmit them to the Fund.
Certain other intermediaries, including certain broker-dealers and shareholder organizations, are authorized to accept purchase, redemption and exchange requests for Fund shares. These requests are executed at the next determined NAV per Share after the intermediary receives the request if transmitted to the Fund in accordance with the Fund’s procedures and applicable law. These authorized intermediaries are responsible for transmitting requests and delivering funds on a timely basis.
You will have to follow the procedures of your financial institution or intermediary for transacting with the Fund. You may be charged a fee for purchasing and/or redeeming Fund shares by your financial institution or intermediary.
Transfers of Shares
No person shall become a substituted Shareholder of the Fund without the consent of the Fund, which consent may be withheld in its sole discretion. Shares held by Shareholders may be transferred only: (i) by operation of law in connection with the death, divorce, bankruptcy, insolvency, or adjudicated incompetence of the Shareholder; or (ii) under other limited circumstances, with the consent of the Board (or its delegate) (which may be withheld in its sole discretion and is expected to be granted, if at all, only under extenuating circumstances).
Notice to the Fund of any proposed transfer must include evidence satisfactory to the Board (or its delegate) that the proposed transferee, at the time of transfer, meets any requirements imposed by the Fund with respect to investor eligibility and suitability. Notice of a proposed transfer of a Share must also be accompanied by a properly completed investor documentation in respect of the proposed transferee. In connection with any request to transfer Shares, the Fund may require the Shareholder requesting the transfer to obtain, at the Shareholder’s expense, an opinion of counsel selected by the Fund as to such matters as the Fund may reasonably request. The Board (or its delegate) generally will not consent to a transfer of Shares by a Shareholder (i) unless such transfer is to a single transferee, or (ii) if, after the transfer of the Shares, the balance of the account of each of the transferee and transferor is less than the Fund’s minimum account balance. Each transferring Shareholder and transferee may be charged reasonable expenses, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ and accountants’ fees, incurred by the Fund in connection with the transfer.
Any transferee acquiring Shares by operation of law in connection with the death, divorce, bankruptcy, insolvency, or adjudicated incompetence of the Shareholder, will be entitled to the distributions allocable to the Shares so acquired, to transfer the Shares in accordance with the terms of the Declaration of Trust and to tender the Shares for repurchase by the Fund, but will not be entitled to the other rights of a Shareholder unless and until the transferee becomes a substituted Shareholder as specified in the Declaration of Trust. If a Shareholder transfers Shares with the approval of the Board (or its delegate), the Fund shall as promptly as practicable take all necessary actions so that each transferee or successor to whom the Shares are transferred is admitted to the Fund as a Shareholder.
Customer Identification Program
To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires certain financial institutions to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each person that opens a new account, and to determine whether such person’s name appears on government lists of known or suspected terrorists and terrorist organizations. As a result, the Fund may seek to obtain the following information for each person that opens a new account:
| ● | Date of Birth (for individuals); |
| ● | Residential or business street address (although post office boxes are still permitted for mailing); |
| ● | Social Security number, taxpayer identification number, or other identifying information; and |
| ● | U.S. citizenship or residency status. |
You may also be asked for a copy of your driver’s license, passport or other identifying document in order to verify your identity. In addition, it may be necessary to verify your identity by cross-referencing your identification
information with a consumer report or other electronic database. Additional information may be required to open accounts for corporations and other entities. If you are opening the account in the name of a legal entity (e.g., partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, etc.), you may be asked to supply the identity of the beneficial owners.
Federal law prohibits certain financial institutions from opening a new account on behalf of a natural person unless they receive the minimum identifying information listed above. After an account is opened, the Fund may restrict your ability to purchase additional Shares until your identity is verified. The Fund may close your account or take other appropriate action if it is unable to verify your identity within a reasonable time. The Fund and its agents will not be responsible for any loss in an investor’s account resulting from the investor’s delay in providing any and all requested identifying information or from closing an account and repurchasing an investor’s Shares when an investor’s identity is not verified.
In addition, the Fund may be required to “freeze” your account if there appears to be suspicious activity or if account information matches information on a government list of known terrorists or other suspicious persons.
Fund Closings
The Fund may close at any time to new investments and, during such closings, only the reinvestment of dividends by existing Shareholders will be permitted. The Fund may re-open to new investment and subsequently close again to new investment at any time at the discretion of the Adviser. Any such opening and closing of the Fund will be disclosed to investors via a supplement to this Prospectus.
PAYMENTS BY THE ADVISER
The Adviser and/or its affiliates, in their discretion, may make payments from their own resources and not from Fund assets to affiliated or unaffiliated brokers, dealers, banks (including bank trust departments), trust companies, registered investment advisers, financial planners, retirement plan administrators, insurance companies, and any other institution having a service, administration, or any similar arrangement with the Fund, its service providers or their respective affiliates, as incentives to help market and promote the Fund and/or in recognition of their distribution, marketing, administrative services, and/or processing support.
These additional payments may be made to financial intermediaries that sell Fund shares or provide services to the Fund, the Distributor or shareholders of the Fund through the financial intermediary’s retail distribution channel and/or fund supermarkets. Payments may also be made through the financial intermediary’s retirement, qualified tuition, fee-based advisory, wrap fee bank trust, or insurance (e.g., individual or group annuity) programs. These payments may include, but are not limited to, placing the Fund in a financial intermediary’s retail distribution channel or on a preferred or recommended fund list; providing business or shareholder financial planning assistance; educating financial intermediary personnel about the Fund; providing access to sales and management representatives of the financial intermediary; promoting sales of Fund shares; providing marketing and educational support; maintaining share balances and/or for sub-accounting, administrative or shareholder transaction processing services. A financial intermediary may perform the services itself or may arrange with a third party to perform the services.
The Adviser and/or its affiliates also may make payments from their own resources to financial intermediaries for costs associated with the purchase of products or services used in connection with sales and marketing, participation in and/or presentation at conferences or seminars, sales or training programs, client and investor entertainment and other sponsored events. The costs and expenses associated with these efforts may include travel, lodging, sponsorship at educational seminars and conferences, entertainment and meals to the extent permitted by law.
Revenue sharing payments may be negotiated based on a variety of factors, including the level of sales, the amount of Fund assets attributable to investments in the Fund by financial intermediaries’ customers, a flat fee or other measures as determined from time to time by the Adviser and/or its affiliates. A significant purpose of these payments is to increase the sales of Fund shares, which in turn may benefit the Adviser through increased fees as Fund assets grow.
Investors should understand that some financial intermediaries may also charge their clients fees in connection with purchases of shares or the provision of shareholder services.
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE
The NAV per Share for the Fund is computed by dividing the value of the net assets of the Fund (i.e., the value of its total assets less total liabilities) by the total number of Shares outstanding. Expenses and fees, including the Management Fee, are accrued daily and taken into account for purposes of determining NAV. The NAV per Share of the Fund is determined daily as of the close of trading (ordinarily 4:00 p.m., Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange.
If a market quotation is readily available for the valuation of Fund investments, then it is valued by the Fund’s administrator at current market value in accordance with the Fund’s Pricing and Valuation Procedures. The Fund’s Board has designated the Adviser as the Valuation Designee for the Fund pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act (the "Rule"). The Valuation Designee has the responsibility for the fair value determination with respect to all Fund investments that do not have readily available market quotations or quotations that are no longer reliable. The Adviser, in furtherance of the Board's designation, has appointed a committee of Adviser persons to function as the Valuation Designee (the "Committee") and has established Valuation Procedures to implement the Rule.
The Committee will typically first seek to fair value investments with valuations received from an independent, third-party pricing agent (a "Pricing Service"). If such valuations are not available or are unreliable, the Committee will seek to obtain a bid price from at least one independent broker or dealer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to CLO equity securities, the Committee will typically first seek to fair value CLO equity securities with valuations from at least one independent broker or dealer. If such valuations are not available or are unreliable, the Committee will then convene and, subject to the Valuation Procedures, seek to establish a fair value for the fair value investments.
When valuing portfolio securities, securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (other than securities traded on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) or as otherwise noted below), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on the primary exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which the securities are traded or, if there is no such reported sale, at the most recent quoted bid price. Securities traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price.
Redeemable securities issued by open-end investment companies are valued at the investment company's applicable NAV per share, with the exception of exchange traded funds, which are priced as equity securities. These open-end investment company shares are offered in separate prospectuses, each of which describes the process by which the applicable investment company's NAV is determined. The prices of foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates.
Options are valued at the last quoted sales price. If there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, then long positions are valued at the most recent bid price, and short positions are valued at the most recent ask price as provided by a Pricing Service.
Futures and swaps cleared through a central clearing house (centrally cleared swaps) are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of exchange on which they are traded. The daily settlement prices for financial futures and centrally cleared swaps are provided by a Pricing Service. On days when there is excessive volume, market volatility or the future or centrally cleared swap does not end trading by the time the Fund calculates its NAV, the settlement price may not be available at the time at which the Fund calculates its NAV. On such days, the best available price (which is typically the last sales price) may be used to value the Fund's futures or centrally cleared swaps position.
If a security's price cannot be obtained, as noted above, or in the case of equity tranches of CLOs, the securities will be valued using a bid price from at least one independent broker. If such prices are not readily available,
are determined to be unreliable or cannot be valued using the methodologies described above, the Committee will fair value the security using the Valuation Procedures, as described below.
If available, debt securities, swaps (which are not centrally cleared), bank loans or debt tranches of CLOs, such as those held by the Fund, are priced based upon valuations provided by a Pricing Service. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The Pricing Service may also value debt securities at an evaluated bid price by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations or other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities.
On the first day a new debt security purchase is recorded, if a price is not available from a Pricing Service or an independent broker, the security may be valued at its purchase price. Each day thereafter, the debt security will be valued according to the Valuation Procedures until an independent source can be secured. Securities held by the Fund with remaining maturities of 60 days or less will be valued at their amortized cost.
Should existing credit, liquidity or interest rate conditions in the relevant markets and issuer specific circumstances suggest that amortized cost does not approximate fair value, then the security will be valued by an independent broker quote or fair valued by the Committee.
The Committee and Fund's administrator, as applicable, reasonably believe that prices provided by Pricing Services are reliable. However, there can be no assurance that such Pricing Service's prices will be reliable. The Committee, who is responsible for making fair value determinations with respect to the Fund’s portfolio securities, will continuously monitor the reliability of readily available market quotations obtained from any Pricing Service and shall promptly notify the Fund’s administrator if the Committee reasonably believes that a Pricing Service is no longer a reliable source of readily available market quotations. The Fund’s administrator, in turn, will notify the Committee if it reasonably believes that a Pricing Service is no longer a reliable source for readily available market quotations.
Securities for which market prices are not "readily available" are valued in accordance with Rule 2a-5 and the Valuation Procedures. The Committee must monitor for circumstances that may necessitate that a security be valued using Valuation Procedures which can include: (i) the security's trading has been halted or suspended, (ii) the security has been de-listed from a national exchange, (iii) the security's primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open, (iv) the security has not been traded for an extended period of time, (v) the security's primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price, (vi) trading of the security is subject to local government-imposed restrictions, or (vii) a significant event (as defined below). When a security is valued in accordance with the Valuation Procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee. Examples of factors the Committee may consider include: (i) the type of security or asset, (ii) the last trade price, (iii) evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the security is purchased and sold, (iv) the liquidity of the security, (v) the size of the holding in the Fund or (vi) any other appropriate information. In fair valuing CLO equity securities, this may also include observations from financial institutions, and fundamental analytical data relating to the investment in the security such as cash flow analysis and portfolio performance assumptions.
Certain Credit Investments may be structured as private investment partnerships. Traditionally, a trading market for holdings of this type does not exist. As a general matter, the fair value of the Fund’s interest in such a private investment fund will represent the amount that the Fund could reasonably expect to receive from the private investment fund if the Fund’s interest were sold at the time of valuation, determined based on information reasonably available at the time the valuation is made and that the Adviser believes to be reliable. Unless determined otherwise in accordance with the Valuation Procedures, the fair value of the Fund’s interest in a private investment fund shall be the value attributed to such interest, as of that time of valuation, as reported to the Fund by the private investment fund’s manager, administrator or other designated agent. Such a valuation may be a preliminary valuation and, therefore, may be later revised or adjusted by the private investment fund. Such adjustment or revision will have no effect on the Fund’s net asset value as of any prior valuation time. As a practical matter, the Adviser and the Board have little or no means of independently verifying the valuations provided by such private investment funds. As a result, information available to the Adviser and Fund concerning the value of such investments may not reflect market prices or quotations for the underlying assets. In the unlikely event that a private investment fund does not report a value to the Fund on a timely basis and such fund is not priced by independent pricing agents of the Fund, the Adviser would determine the fair value of the private investment fund based on the most recent value reported by the private
investment fund, as well as any other relevant information available to the Committee at the time the Committee values the investment.
The Adviser acts as investment adviser to other clients that may invest in securities for which no public market price exists. The Adviser may use other acceptable methods of valuation in these contexts that may result in differences in the value ascribed to the same security owned by the Fund and other clients. Consequently, the fees charged to the Fund and other clients may be different, since the method of calculating the fees takes the value of all assets, including assets carried at different valuations, into consideration.
Prospective investors should be aware that situations involving uncertainties as to the value of portfolio positions could have an adverse effect on the net assets of the Fund if the judgments of the Board, the Adviser or CLO managers should prove incorrect.
The Committee is responsible for selecting and applying, in a consistent manner, the appropriate methodologies for determining and calculating the fair value of holdings of the Fund, including specifying the key inputs and assumptions specific to each asset class or holding.
The determination of a security's fair value price often involves the consideration of a number of subjective factors and is therefore subject to the unavoidable risk that the value assigned to a security may be higher or lower than the security's value would be if a reliable market quotation for the security was readily available.
For securities that principally trade on a foreign market or exchange, a significant gap in time can exist between the time of a particular security's last trade and the time at which the Fund calculates its NAV. The readily available market quotations of such securities may no longer reflect their market value at the time the Fund calculates NAV if an event that could materially affect the value of those securities (a Significant Event) has occurred between the time of the security's last close and the time that the Fund calculates NAV thereby rendering the readily available market quotations as unreliable. The Fund may invest in securities that are primarily listed on foreign exchanges that trade on weekends or other days when the Fund does not price its shares. As a result, the NAV of the Fund's shares may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or redeem Fund shares. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector.
The Committee is primarily responsible for the obligation to monitor for Significant Events as part of the Committee's ongoing responsibility to determine whether the Fund investment is required to be fair valued (i.e., the investment does not have a reliable readily available market quotation). The Committee may consider input from the Fund's service providers, including the Fund's administrator, if applicable and as appropriate. If the Committee becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the time at which the Fund calculates net asset value, the Committee shall notify the Fund's administrator.
SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM
The Fund is a closed-end investment company, and therefore no Shareholder will have the right to require the Fund to redeem its Shares. The Fund does not currently intend to list its Shares on any securities exchange and does not expect any secondary market for them to develop in the foreseeable future. Therefore, Shareholders should expect that they will be unable to sell their Shares for an indefinite time or at a desired price. No Shareholder will have the right to require the Fund to repurchase such Shareholder’s Shares or any portion thereof. Shareholders may not exchange their shares of the Fund for shares of any other registered investment company. Because no public market exists for the Shares, and none is expected to develop in the foreseeable future, Shareholders will not be able to liquidate their investment, other than through the Fund’s share repurchase program, or, in limited circumstances, as a result of transfers of Shares to other investors. Thus, the Shares are appropriate only as a long-term investment. In addition, the Fund’s repurchase offers may subject the Fund and Shareholders to special risks.
To provide Shareholders with limited liquidity, the Fund is structured as an “interval fund” and intends to conduct quarterly offers to repurchase between 5% and 25% of its outstanding Shares at NAV, pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the 1940 Act, unless such offer is suspended or postponed in accordance with regulatory requirements (as
discussed below). In connection with any given repurchase offer, it is expected that the Fund will offer to repurchase only the minimum amount of 5% of its outstanding Shares. Quarterly repurchases occur in the months of March, June, September and December. The offer to purchase Shares on a quarterly basis is a fundamental policy that may not be changed without the vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities (as defined in the 1940 Act). Written notification of each quarterly repurchase offer (“Repurchase Offer Notice”) is sent to Shareholders at least 21 calendar days and no more than 42 calendar days before the Repurchase Request Deadline (i.e., the date by which Shareholders can tender their Shares in response to a repurchase offer) (the “Repurchase Request Deadline”). The Repurchase Offer Notice sets forth, among other items, information about the procedures by which Shareholders may tender their shares and the right of Shareholders to withdraw or modify their tenders before the Repurchase Request Deadline. The Fund will determine the NAV applicable to repurchases on the Repurchase Pricing Date. The Repurchase Pricing Date will occur no later than the 14th day after the Repurchase Request Deadline (or the next business day, if the 14th day is not a business day). The Fund expects to distribute payment to Shareholders between one and three business days after the Repurchase Pricing Date and will distribute such payment no later than seven calendar days after such Date. The Fund’s NAV per Share may change materially between the date a repurchase offer is mailed and the Repurchase Request Deadline, and it may also change materially between the Repurchase Request Deadline and Repurchase Pricing Date. During the period an offer to repurchase is open, Shareholders may obtain the current NAV per Share by calling 1-800-DIAL-SEI.
Shareholders that hold Shares through a financial intermediary will need to ask their financial intermediary to submit their repurchase requests and tender shares on their behalf. The Repurchase Request Deadline will be strictly observed. If a Shareholder’s repurchase request is not submitted to the Fund’s transfer agent in properly completed form by the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Shareholder will be unable to sell his or her shares to the Fund until a subsequent repurchase offer, and the shareholder’s request for that offer must be resubmitted. If a Shareholder’s financial adviser, broker, dealer or other financial intermediary (“Authorized Intermediary”) will submit his or her repurchase request, the Shareholder should submit his or her request to the Authorized Intermediary in the form requested by the Authorized Intermediary sufficiently in advance of the Repurchase Request Deadline to allow the Authorized Intermediary to submit the request to the Fund. If a Shareholder’s Authorized Intermediary is unable or fails to submit the Shareholder’s request to the Fund in a timely manner, or if the Shareholder fails to submit his or her request to the Shareholder’s Authorized Intermediary, the Shareholder will be unable to sell his or her Shares to the Fund until a subsequent repurchase offer, and the Shareholder’s request for that offer must be resubmitted.
A Shareholder tendering for repurchase only a portion of the Shareholder’s Shares will be required to maintain an account balance of at least $10,000 after giving effect to the repurchase. If a Shareholder tenders an amount that would cause the Shareholder’s account balance to fall below the required minimum, the Fund reserves the right to repurchase or redeem all of a Shareholder’s Shares at any time if the aggregate value of such Shareholder’s Shares is, at the time of such compulsory repurchase or redemption, less than the minimum account balance, in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
The Fund intends to finance repurchase offers with cash on hand, cash raised through borrowings, or the liquidation of portfolio securities. If the Fund is required to sell its more liquid, higher quality portfolio securities to purchase Shares that are tendered, remaining common shareholders will be subject to increased risk and increased Fund expenses as a percentage of net assets.
Determination of Repurchase Offer Amount
The Board, or a committee thereof, in its sole discretion, will determine the number of Shares that the Fund will offer to repurchase (the “Repurchase Offer Amount”) for a given Repurchase Request Deadline. The Repurchase Offer Amount, however, will be no less than 5% and no more than 25% of the total number of Shares outstanding on the Repurchase Request Deadline.
If Shareholders tender for repurchase more than the Repurchase Offer Amount for a given repurchase offer, the Fund may, but is not required to, determine to increase the amount repurchased by up to 2% of the Fund’s outstanding Shares as of the date of the Repurchase Request Deadline. In the event that the Fund determines not to repurchase more than the Repurchase Offer Amount, or if Shareholders tender more than the repurchase offer amount plus 2% of the Fund’s outstanding Shares as of the date of the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Fund will repurchase the Shares tendered on a pro rata basis, and Shareholders will have to wait until the next repurchase offer to make