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COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: US Capital Global Lending LLC
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001810181
IRS NUMBER: 843842247
FISCAL YEAR END: 1231
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 1-A
SEC ACT: 1933 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 024-11800
FILM NUMBER: 22603522
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 1 FERRY BUILDING, SUITE 201
CITY: SAN FRANCISCO
STATE: CA
ZIP: 94111
BUSINESS PHONE: 4158891010
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CITY: SAN FRANCISCO
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PART II AND III
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uscgloffering020822b.txt
Offering Circular
February 8, 2022
US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING, LLC
1 Ferry Building, Suite 201
San Francisco, California 94111
(415) 889-1010
7.00% Gold Backed Notes (Notes)
$75,000,000 Aggregate Maximum Offering Amount (75,000 Notes)
$5,000 Minimum Purchase Amount (5 Notes)
US Capital Global Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, or (the ?Company?), is offering a maximum of
$75,000,000 in the aggregate of its 7.00% Notes (the ?Notes,?)
pursuant to this Offering Circular. The purchase price per Note
is $1,000 with a minimum purchase amount of five (5) Notes or
$5,000, the ?Minimum Purchase.? The Notes will bear interest
quarterly at a rate equal to 7.00% per year, subject to the
availability of funds. The Notes will mature on the 60th month
after issuance. Upon maturity, and subject to the terms and
conditions described in this offering circular, the Notes will
be automatically renewed for at the same interest rate for an
additional five years, unless redeemed upon maturity at our or
your election.
The Notes will be secured by a senior secured lien on all gold
backed notes or other gold backed indebtedness or assets held by
the Company, or the ?collateral,? and will rank pari passu in
right of payment with all other gold backed indebtedness from
time to time outstanding, unless expressly subordinate. The
value of the collateral will at all times be at least 100% of
the amount of the outstanding Notes.
The Noteholders will have the right to have their Notes redeemed
quarterly on a first come first served basis after 90 days prior
written notice is delivered to Company by Noteholder and subject
to the availability of funds, discounts and other provisions
contained in this Offering Circular. We will endeavor to retain
5% of the outstanding principal balance of the Notes each
quarter prior to Maturity for purpose of redemption and our
obligation to redeem Notes in any given quarter is limited to 5%
of the outstanding principal balance of the Notes. See
?Description of Notes ? Noteholder Redemption? for more
information.
The Notes will be offered to prospective investors on a best
efforts basis by US Capital Global Securities, LLC., (or our
?Broker-dealer,?) a California limited liability company and a
member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, (or
?FINRA.?) ?Best efforts? means that our Broker-dealer is not
obligated to purchase any specific number or dollar amount of
Notes, but it will use its best efforts to sell the Notes. Our
Broker-dealer may engage additional broker-dealers, or selling
group members, who are members of FINRA to assist in the sale of
the Notes (?Selling Group Member?). At each closing date, the
proceeds for such closing will be disbursed to our Company and
Notes relating to such proceeds will be issued to their
respective investors. We expect to commence the sale of the
Notes as of the date on which the offering statement is declared
qualified by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, or the ?SEC? and will terminate the offering on the
date upon which twelve (12) moths thereafter or such date ad our
Manager determines to terminate the offering, in its sole
discretion. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, our Manager
has the right to extend this offering in its sole discretion,
subject to legal restrictions.
The Company will be managed exclusively by US Capital Global
Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company., (or our ?Manager?). The Manager will be responsible
for supervising all of the activities of the Company. The Co-
Managing Partners of the Manager are Jeffrey Sweeney and Charles
Towle. As Co-Managing Partners of the Manager, Mr. Sweeney and
Mr. Towle will be responsible for evaluating, negotiating,
structuring, closing and monitoring the Company?s performance.
Price to
Investors
Broker-
dealer
Commissions
, Manager
Fee and
Expense
Reimburseme
nts (1)(2)
Proceeds
to
Company
Proceed
s to
Other
Persons
Per Note
$1,000
$5.00
Broker-
dealer fee
paid
annually by
Manager, no
other fees
-
$1,000
$0
-
Maximum
Offering
Amount
$75,000,0
00
$375,000
Broker-
dealer paid
annually by
Manager, no
other fees
-
$75,000,0
00
$0
-
(1) Selling commissions on the sale of Notes will be 50 bps and
paid by the Manager. The Notes will be sold solely to certain
purchasers, including those purchasing through a registered
investment advisor. See ?Plan of Distribution ? Eligibility to
Purchase Notes.?
(2) The table above does not include fees payable to our
Manager. The Manager will not receive a management services or
administrative fee, but will receive as compensation any
difference between the interest amount it receives on its
investments and the amount paid to Noteholders plus expenses.
Generally, no sale may be made to you in the offering if the
aggregate purchase price you pay is more than 10% of the greater
of your annual income or net worth. Different rules apply to
accredited investors and non-natural persons. Before making any
representation that your investment does not exceed applicable
thresholds, we encourage you to review Rule 251(d)(2)(i)(C) of
Regulation A. For general information on investing, we encourage
you to refer to www.investor.gov.
An investment in the Notes is subject to certain risks and
should be made only by persons or entities able to bear the risk
of and to withstand the total loss of their investment.
Currently, there is no market for the Notes being offered, nor
does our Company anticipate one developing. Prospective
investors should carefully consider and review that risk as well
as the RISK FACTORS beginning on page 10 of this Offering
Circular. We are not an investment company and are not required
to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940; therefore,
investors will not receive the protections of such act.
THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT
PASS JUDGEMENT UPON THE MERITS OF OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL TO ANY
SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERM OF THE OFFERING. NOR DOES IT PASS
JUDGEMENT UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING
CIRCULAR OR OTHER SELLING LITERATURE. THESE SECURITIES ARE
OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE
COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT
DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREUNDER ARE EXEMPT
FROM REGISTRATION.
GENERALLY, IF YOU ARE A NON-ACCREDITED INVESTOR NO SALE MAY BE
MADE TO YOU IN THIS OFFERING IF THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE YOU
PAY IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE GREATER OF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME OR NET
WORTH. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND NON-
NATURAL PERSONS. BEFORE MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT YOUR
INVESTMENT DOES NOT EXCEED APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS, WE ENCOURAGE
YOU TO REVIEW RULE 251(d)(2)(i)(C) OF REGULATION A. FOR GENERAL
INFORMATION ON INVESTING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER TO
WWW.INVESTOR.GOV. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE THE ?Limits on How
Much Non-Accredited Investors Can Invest? SECTION.
NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE
SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE
SECURITIES OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS
OFFERING CIRCULAR. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
FORM 1-A DISCLOSURE FORMAT IS BEING FOLLOWED.
NORTH AMERICAN SECURITIES ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATION UNIFORM
LEGEND:
YOU SHOULD MAKE YOUR OWN DECISION AS TO WHETHER THIS OFFERING
MEETS YOUR INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND RISK TOLERANCE LEVEL. NO
FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED,
DISAPPROVED, ENDORSED, OR RECOMMENDED THIS OFFERING. NO
INDEPENDENT PERSON HAS CONFIRMED THE ACCURACY OR TRUTHFULNESS OF
THIS DISCLOSURE, NOR WHETHER IT IS COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION
TO THE CONTRARY IS ILLEGAL.
THESE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY
BY CONTRACT AND THERE WILL BE NO READY MARKET FOR RESALE. YOU
COULD BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF THIS INVESTMENT
FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Content
OFFERING CIRCULAR SUMMARY
6
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
9
RISK FACTORS
10
USE OF PROCEEDS
22
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
22
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULT OF OPERATIONS
24
GENERAL INFORMATION AS TO OUR COMPANY
26
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
26
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
29
DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
31
MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
33
COMPENSATION
34
SECURITY OWNERSHIP
35
LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
35
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
37
LEGAL MATTERS
38
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
39
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
40
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ABOUT THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR
The information in this Offering Circular may not contain all of
the information that is important to you. You should read this
entire Offering Circular and the exhibits carefully before
deciding whether to invest in the Notes. See ?Where You Can Find
Additional Information? in this Offering Circular.
Unless the context otherwise indicates, references in this
prospectus supplement to the terms ?Company,? ?we,? ?us,? and
?our,? refer to US Capital Global Lending, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and our ?Manager? refers to US Capital
Global Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, our sole member and manager.
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OFFERING CIRCULAR SUMMARY
This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this
Offering Circular. This summary does not contain all of the
information that you should consider before deciding whether to
invest in the Notes. You should carefully read this entire
Offering Circular, including the information under the heading
?Risk Factors? and all information included in this Offering
Circular.
Our Company. US Capital Global Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company was formed on July 30, 2019, for the purpose
of making and managing direct and indirect investments in debt
of other companies and investment funds, including investments
which hold a security interest in gold, such as gold backed
notes. Although our operating history is limited, we have
operated successfully to date and have audited financials. Our
Manager is responsible for servicing and operational oversight
of our assets.
Our investment objective for this offering is to both preserve
principal and achieve consistent income by making direct and
indirect debt investments in gold backed debt and securities,
such as the Metals House Inc. Gold Backed 8% Notes Due April 30,
2026, as set forth in the Confidential Private Placement
Memorandum dated May 2021, a copy of which will be provided upon
request.
Our principal executive offices are located at 1 Ferry Building,
Suite 201 San Francisco, California 94111, and our telephone
number is (415) 889-1010. For more information on our Manager,
its website is www.uscapglobal.com. The information on, or
otherwise accessible through, our Manager?s website does not
constitute a part of this Offering Circular.
Our Management. Our Manager is a Delaware LLC based in San
Francisco, California and is a full-service private financial
company with an established track record in financial services,
wealth management and capital formation services. It leverages
the latest FinTech and RegTech innovation to provide
sophisticated debt, equity, and investment products to lower
middle market companies and investors.
The Offering. We are offering to investors the opportunity to
purchase up to an aggregate of $75,000,000 of Notes. See ?Plan
of Distribution - Who May Invest? for further information. The
offering will continue for 12 months after the initial offering
or the date upon which our Manager terminates the offering, at
its sole discretion, the ?offering termination.? Notwithstanding
the previous sentence, our Manager has the right to extend this
offering as allowed by law. Our company will conduct closings in
this offering periodically until the offering termination. Funds
will be held in escrow by Bridge Bank until each closing. Once a
subscription has been submitted and accepted by the Company, an
investor will not have the right to request the return of its
subscription payment prior to the next closing date. On each
closing date, offering proceeds for that closing will be
disbursed to us and Notes will be issued to investors, or the
?Noteholders.? If the Company is dissolved or liquidated after
the acceptance of a subscription, the respective subscription
payment will be returned to the subscriber. The offering is
being made on a best-efforts basis through US Capital Global
Securities, LLC, or our Broker-dealer.
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Issuer
US Capital Global Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
Securities
Offered
Maximum ? $75,000,000, aggregate principal amount of the
Notes.
Maturity Date
60 Months after Note Issuance
Upon maturity, and subject to the terms and conditions
described in this offering circular, the Notes will be
automatically renewed at the same interest rate for an
additional five years, unless redeemed upon maturity at our
or your election. If the Notes are not renewed and without
the consent of the Noteholders, we may elect to extend the
maturity date of the Notes for an additional six months to
facilitate the redemption of the Notes. See ?Description of
Notes ? Maturity and Renewal? for more information.
Interest Rate
The Notes will bear interest quarterly at a rate equal to
7.00% per year compounded quarterly, subject to the
availability of funds.
Interest
Payments
Paid to the record holders of the Notes quarterly in arrears,
within 30 days of the quarter end, for the preceding fiscal
quarter , beginning on such payment date immediately
following the first full fiscal quarter after the initial
closing in the offering and continuing until the Maturity
Date, subject to the availability of funds. Interest will
accrue and be paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months.
Offering Price
$1,000 per Note.
Ranking
The Notes will rank:
pari passu in right of payment with all our other Gold Backed
notes from time to time outstanding
Security
The Notes will be secured by gold backed note or indebtedness
or other assets acquired with proceeds from the Offering. The
Company will hold 100% of the value of the Notes outstanding
in gold backed securities as collateral.
Use of
Proceeds
We plan to use substantially all of the net proceeds from
this offering to make direct and indirect debt investments in
gold backed debt and securities, such as the Metals House
Inc. Gold Backed 8% Notes Due April 30, 2026, as set forth in
the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated May 2021,
a copy of which will be provided upon request. See ?Use of
Proceeds? for additional information.
Noteholder
Redemption
The Notes will be redeemable at the election of the
Noteholder quarterly after 90 days prior notice, subject to
the availability of funds. In order to be redeemed, the
Noteholder must provide written notice to us at our principal
place of business. Note redemptions pursuant to the
Noteholder Redemption will occur in the order that notices
are received. Redemption is subject to the availability of
funding, discounts and other provisions contained in this
Offering Circular. We will endeavor to retain 5% of the
outstanding principal balance of the Notes each quarter prior
to Maturity, for purpose of redemption and our obligation to
redeem Notes in any given quarter is limited to 5% of the
outstanding principal balance of the Notes, See ?Description
of Notes ? Noteholder Redemption? for more information.
Optional
Redemption
The Notes may be redeemed at our option at no penalty at any
time. We may also extend maturity on the Notes for six months
in order to facilitate redemption of the Notes in our sole
discretion. If the Notes are renewed for an additional term,
we may redeem the Notes at any time during such renewal
period. Any redemption will occur at a price equal to the
then outstanding principal amount of the Notes plus any
accrued but unpaid interest. For the specific terms of the
Optional Redemption, please see ?Description of Notes ?
Optional Redemption? for more information.
Default
The Notes Agreement will contain events of default, the
occurrence of which may result in the acceleration of our
obligations under the Notes in certain circumstances. Events
of default will be subject to our company's right to cure
within a certain number of days of such event of default. Our
company will have the right to cure any payment default
within 60 days before the any Noteholder may declare a
default and exercise the remedies under the Note. Failure to
make payment due to a lack of available funds shall not be an
event of default. See ?Description of Notes - Event of
Default? for more information.
Form
The Notes will be evidenced by executed agreements which will
be provided to Noteholders. See "Description of Notes -
Delivery and Form" for more information.
Denominations
We will issue the Notes only in denominations of $1,000.
Currency
Payment of Principal and Principal and interest on the Notes
will be payable in U.S. dollars or other legal tender, coin
or currency of the U.S.
Future
Issuances
We may, from time to time, without notice to or consent of
the Noteholders, increase the aggregate principal amount of
any series of the Notes outstanding by issuing additional
Notes in the future with the same terms of such series of
Notes, except for the issue date and offering price, and such
additional Notes may be consolidated with the applicable
series of Notes and form a single series.
Securities
Laws Matters
The Notes being offered are being registered under Regulation
A of the Securities Act in reliance upon exemptions from the
certain registration requirements of the Securities Act and
such state securities laws and may not be transferred or
resold except as permitted under the Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws pursuant to registration or
exemption therefrom. In addition, the Company does not intend
to be registered as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 nor does the Manager plan to
register as an investment adviser under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.
Governing Law
The Notes will be governed by the laws of the State of
Delaware.
Material Tax
Considerations
You should consult your tax advisors concerning the U.S.
federal income tax consequences of owning the Notes in light
of your own specific situation, as well as consequences
arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.
Risk Factors
An investment in the Notes involves certain risks. You should
carefully consider the risks above, as well as the other
risks described under ?Risk Factors? beginning on page 10 of
this offering circular before making an investment decision.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This offering circular contains certain forward-looking
statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties.
Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of
forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "should,"
"potential," "intend," "expect," "outlook," "seek,"
"anticipate," "estimate," "approximately," "believe," "could,"
"project," "predict," or other similar words or expressions.
Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions,
discuss future expectations, describe future plans and
strategies, contain financial and operating projections or state
other forward-looking information. Our ability to predict
results or the actual effect of future events, actions, plans or
strategies is inherently uncertain. Although we believe that the
expectations reflected in our forward-looking statements are
based on reasonable assumptions, our actual results and
performance could differ materially from those set forth or
anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Factors that
could have a material adverse effect on our forward-looking
statements and upon our business, results of operations,
financial condition, funds derived from operations, cash flows,
liquidity and prospects include, but are not limited to, the
factors referenced in this offering circular, including those
set forth below.
When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in
mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in this
offering circular. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on any of these forward-looking statements, which
reflect our views as of the date of this offering circular. The
matters summarized below and elsewhere in this offering circular
could cause our actual results and performance to differ
materially from those set forth or anticipated in forward-
looking statements. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee future
results or performance. Furthermore, except as required by law,
we are under no duty to, and we do not intend to, update any of
our forward-looking statements after the date of this offering
circular, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
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RISK FACTORS
An investment in the Notes is highly speculative and is suitable
only for persons or entities that are able to evaluate the risks
of the investment. An investment in the Notes should be made
only by persons or entities able to bear the risk of and to
withstand the total loss of their investment. Prospective
investors should consider the following risks before making a
decision to purchase the Notes. To the best of our knowledge, we
have included all material risks to investors in this section.
Risks Related to the Notes and to this Offering
The collateral securing the Notes is based on Gold which is
subject to market conditions which may decrease in value and the
Company may be unable to meet its collateral commitment .
Although the Company seeks to maintain as collateral 100% of the
value of the outstanding Notes, the value of the gold underlying
the securities we hold may decrease in value and thus the
securities may also decrease in value, the underlying companies
may be unable to meet their collateral commitments and thus the
collateral we hold may not equal or exceed the 100% of the value
of the outstanding Notes which the Company seeks to maintain.
The collateral securing the Notes may be diluted under certain
circumstances.
The Note Agreement permits us to incur, subject to certain
limitations, additional indebtedness secured by liens on the
collateral that rank in pari passu with the liens securing the
Notes, including additional Notes. The rights of Noteholders
would be diluted by any increase in indebtedness secured by the
collateral.
It may be difficult to realize the value of the collateral
securing the Notes.
The value of the collateral at any time will depend on market
and other economic conditions, including the availability of
suitable buyers and the value of gold. By their nature, although
backed by gold, some or all of the pledged assets may be
illiquid and may have no readily ascertainable market value. We
cannot assure you that the fair market value of the collateral
will always exceed the principal amount of the Notes. The value
of the assets pledged as collateral could be also impaired in
the future as a result of changing economic conditions, the
value of gold, our failure to implement our business strategy,
competition, unforeseen liabilities and other future events.
Accordingly, there may not be sufficient collateral to pay all
or any of the amounts due on the Notes. Any claim for the
amount, if any, realized by Noteholders from the sale of the
collateral and the obligations under the Notes will rank in pari
passu in right of payment with all of our other gold backed
indebtedness. Additionally, in the event that a bankruptcy case
is commenced by or against us, if the value of the collateral is
less than the amount of principal and accrued and unpaid
interest on the Notes and all other gold backed obligations,
interest may cease to accrue on the Notes from and after the
date the bankruptcy petition is filed.
The security interest will be subject to practical problems
generally associated with the realization of security interests
in collateral. For example, we may need to obtain the consent of
a third party to obtain access to collateral or enforce a
security interest in a contract. We cannot assure you that we
will be able to obtain any such consent. We also cannot assure
you that the consents of any third parties will be given when
required to facilitate a foreclosure on such assets.
Accordingly, we may not have the ability to foreclose upon those
assets and the value of the collateral may significantly
decrease.
Our investment objectives may become more difficult to reach
depending on the amount of funds raised in this offering.
While we believe we will be able to reach our investment
objectives regardless of the amount of the raise, it may be more
difficult to do so if we sell less Notes than we anticipate.
Such a result may negatively impact our liquidity. In that
event, our investment costs may increase, which may decrease our
ability to make payments to Noteholders.
The Notes will have limited transferability and liquidity.
Prior to this offering, there was no active market for the
Notes. Although we may apply for quotation of the Notes on an
alternative trading system or over the counter market, even if
we obtain that quotation, we do not know the extent to which
investor interest will lead to the development and maintenance
of a liquid trading market. Further, the Notes will not be
quoted on an alternative trading system or over the counter
market until after the termination of this offering, if at all.
Therefore, investors will be required to wait until at least
after the final termination date of this offering for such
quotation. The initial public offering price for the Notes has
been determined by us. You may not be able to sell the Notes you
purchase at or above the initial offering price.
Alternative trading systems and over the counter markets, as
with other public markets, may from time to time experience
significant price and volume fluctuations. As a result, the
market price of the Notes may be similarly volatile, and
Noteholders may from time to time experience a decrease in the
value of their Notes, including decreases unrelated to our
operating performance or prospects. The price of the Notes could
be subject to wide fluctuations in response to a number of
factors, including those listed in this "Risk Factors" section
of this offering circular.
No assurance can be given that the market price of the Notes
will not fluctuate or decline significantly in the future or
that Noteholders will be able to sell their Notes when desired
on favorable terms, or at all. Further, the sale of the Notes
may have adverse federal income tax consequences.
Our limited operating history makes it difficult for you to
evaluate this investment.
We have a successful but limited operating history and may not
be able to continue to successfully operate our business or
achieve our investment objectives. We may not be able to
continue to conduct our business as described herein.
You will not have the opportunity to evaluate our investments
before we make them, and we may make investments that would have
changed your decision as to whether to invest in the Notes.
We are not able to provide you with information to evaluate our
future investments. We will seek to make direct and indirect
debt investments in gold backed debt and securities, such as the
Metals House Inc. Gold Backed 8% Notes Due April 30, 2026 as set
forth in the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated May
2021, a copy of which will be provided upon request. See ?Use
of Proceeds? for additional information. We have established
criteria for evaluating potential investments. However, you will
be unable to evaluate the transaction terms or data concerning
the investments before we make investments. You will be relying
entirely on the ability of our Manager, through our Sponsor and
its management team, to identify suitable investments and
propose transactions for our Manager to oversee and approve.
These factors increase the risk that we may not generate the
returns that you seek by investing in the Notes.
The inability to retain or obtain key personnel could delay or
hinder implementation of our investment strategies, which could
impair our ability to honor our obligations under the terms of
Notes and could reduce the value of your investment.
Our success depends to a significant degree upon the
contributions of our Manager's management team. If any of them
were to cease their affiliation with our Manager, our Manager
may be unable to find suitable replacements, and our operating
results could suffer. Competition for highly skilled personnel
is intense, and our Manager may be unsuccessful in attracting
and retaining such skilled personnel. If our Manager loses or is
unable to obtain the services of highly skilled personnel, our
ability to implement our investment strategies could be delayed
or hindered, and our ability to pay obligations on the Notes may
be materially and adversely affected.
We rely on US Capital Global Securities, LLC., our managing
broker-dealer, to sell the Notes pursuant to this offering. If
our managing broker-dealer is not able to market the Notes
effectively, we may be unable to raise sufficient proceeds to
meet our business objectives.
US Capital Global Securities, LLC., is our managing broker-
dealer for this offering, and we rely on our managing broker-
dealer to use its best efforts to sell the Notes offered hereby.
It would also be challenging and disruptive to locate an
alternative managing broker-dealer for this offering. Without
improved capital raising, our portfolio will be smaller relative
to our general and administrative costs and less diversified
than it otherwise would be, which could adversely affect the
value of your investment in us.
Under certain circumstances, we may redeem the Notes before
maturity, and you may be unable to reinvest the proceeds at the
same or a higher rate of return.
Under certain circumstances, we may redeem all or a portion of
the Notes. See ?Description of Notes - Optional Redemption? for
more information. If redeemed, you may be unable to reinvest the
money you receive in the redemption at a rate that is equal to
or higher than the rate of return on the Notes.
Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure
Because we are dependent upon our Manger and its affiliates to
conduct our operations, any adverse changes in the financial
health of our Manger or its affiliates or our relationship with
them could hinder our operating performance and our ability to
meet our financial obligations.
We are dependent on our Manager, and its affiliates to manage
our operations. Our Manager makes all decisions with respect to
our management. Any adverse changes in the financial condition
of our Manager or our relationship with our Manager could hinder
its ability to successfully manage our operations and our
portfolio of investments.
You will have no control over changes in our policies and day-
to-day operations, which lack of control increases the
uncertainty and risks you face as an investor in the Notes. In
addition, our Manager, may change our major operational policies
without your approval.
Our Manager, determines our major policies, including our
policies regarding financing, growth, debt capitalization, and
distributions. Our Manager, may amend or revise these and other
policies without your approval. As a Noteholder, you will have
no rights under the limited liability company agreement of our
company, or our ?operating agreement.? See ?General Information
as to Our Company ? Operating Agreement? herein for a detailed
summary of our operating agreement.
Our Manager is responsible for the day-to-day operations of our
company and the selection and management of investments and has
broad discretion over the use of proceeds from this offering.
Accordingly, you should not purchase Notes unless you are
willing to entrust all aspects of the day-to-day management and
the selection and management of investments to our Manager.
Specifically, our Manager is controlled by Jeffrey Sweeney and
Charles Towle and as a result, they will be able to exert
significant control over our operations.
Noteholders will have no right to remove our Manager or
otherwise change our management, even if we are underperforming
and not attaining our investment objectives.
Only the members of our company will have the right to remove
our Manager, and currently our Manager is our sole member.
Noteholders will have no rights in our management and will have
no ability to remove our Manager.
Our Manager and its executive officers will have limited
liability for, and will be indemnified and held harmless from,
the losses of our company.
Our Manager and its executive officers and their agents and
assigns, will not be liable for, and will be indemnified and
held harmless (to the extent of our company's assets) from any
loss or damage incurred by them, our company or the members in
connection with the business of our company resulting from any
act or omission performed or omitted in good faith, which does
not constitute fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence or
breach of fiduciary duty. A successful claim for such
indemnification could deplete our company's assets by the amount
paid. See ?General Information as to Our Company - Operating
Agreement - Indemnification? below for a detailed summary of the
terms of our operating agreement.
Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest
Our Manager, its executive officers and its affiliates face
conflicts of interest relating to the purchase of assets, and
such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, which could
limit our investment opportunities, impair our ability to make
distributions and reduce the value of your investment.
The Manager, the Broker-dealer and the Issuer are affiliated
entities (the ?Affiliated Entities?). Charles Towle is Co-
Managing Partner of the Manager; the Division Head and
registered principal of the Broker-dealer acting as the
placement agent for the offering by the Issuer; and an indirect
stockholder and Co-Managing Partner of the Affiliated Entities.
Jeffrey Sweeney is Co-Managing Partner of the Manager and an
indirect controlling stockholder of the Affiliated Entities. The
Manager may act or has acted in the capacity of a financial
advisor to portfolio companies to facilitate the structuring of
the Issuer.
Conflicts of interest may arise in connection with Mr. Towle?s
and Mr. Sweeney?s indirect control of the Affiliated Entities
and their involvement in the management of the Issuer and its
investments in Securities. Mr. Towle and Mr. Sweeney stand to
benefit personally from the fees that the Manager and USCGS will
receive from the Company. Conflicts also could arise because the
Manager and its affiliates may hold interests in securities of
companies in which Mr. Towle and Mr. Sweeney have an interest
and may hold future direct or indirect interests in other
securities that may be acquired in the future, as well as
interests in securities of the Issuer. Investors should be aware
that these conflicts of interest, and a number of other
conflicts of interest relating to the Manager and its
affiliates, are permitted under the terms of the Note Purchase
Agreement. See ?Conflicts of Interest,? and ?Risk Factors ?
Risks Related to Management of the Issuer.? You should not
invest in the Issuer unless you are willing to accept these, as
well as other conflicts of interest and the associated risk.
Our Manager will not receive fees but its Affiliates including
the Broker Dealer will receive fees which may be altered by side
letter agreements which may not benefit individual Noteholders
Our Manager will not receive fees but will receive as
compensation any difference between the interest amount it
receives on its investments and the amount paid to Noteholders
plus expenses. In addition its Affiliates, which includes the
Broker-Dealer, will receive fees which may be altered by side
letter agreements in the sole discretion of our Manager and
which may not benefit individual Noteholders.
Our Manger and its affiliates, including its officers, face
conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with
us and its affiliates, which could result in actions that are
not in the long term best interests of our Noteholders.
Our affiliates may receive fees from us. These fees could
influence our Manager?s advice to us, as well as the judgment of
its officers. Among other matters, the compensation arrangements
could affect their judgment with respect to property
acquisitions from, or the making of investments in, other
programs sponsored by our Manager, which might entitle
affiliates of our Manger to fees in connection with its services
for the seller. See ?Compensation of our Manager and its
Affiliates? for more information.
Considerations relating to their compensation from other
programs could result in decisions that are not in the best
interests of our Noteholders, which could hurt our ability to
perform our obligations related to the Notes or result in a
decline in the value of your investment.
If the competing demands for the time of our Manager, its
affiliates and its officers result in them spending insufficient
time on our business, we may miss investment opportunities or
have less efficient operations, which could reduce our
profitability and impair our ability to honor our obligations
under the Notes.
We do not have any employees. We rely on the employees of our
Manager, and its affiliates for the day-to-day operation of our
business. The amount of time that our Manger and its affiliates
spend on our business will vary from time to time and is
expected to be greater while we are raising money and acquiring
properties. Our Manger and its affiliates, including its
officers, have interests in other programs and engage in other
business activities. As a result, they will have conflicts of
interest in allocating their time between us and other programs
and activities in which they are involved. Because these persons
have competing interests on their time and resources, they may
have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between our
business and these other activities. During times of intense
activity in other programs and ventures, they may devote less
time and fewer resources to our business than are necessary or
appropriate to manage our business. We expect that as our
activities expand, our Manger will attempt to hire additional
employees who would devote substantially all of their time to
our business. There is no assurance that our Manager will devote
adequate time to our business. If our Manger suffers or is
distracted by adverse financial or operational problems in
connection with its operations unrelated to us, it may allocate
less time and resources to our operations. If any of these
things occur, our ability to honor obligations under the Notes
may be adversely affected.
Our Manger will source all of our investments, and existing or
future entities or programs sponsored and managed by our Manger
may compete with us for, or may participate in, some of those
investments, which could result in conflicts of interest.
Our Manager sources investments for many different companies,
and may determine that a lending opportunity is appropriate for
a particular account, but not for another at its sole
discretion. This may result in an opportunity going to another
affiliated entity of our Manager and not to our company.
Risks Related to Our Lending and Investment Activities
Our loans and investments expose us to risks associated with
debt-oriented investments generally even though backed by gold.
We seek to invest primarily in gold backed debt instruments. As
such, we are subject to, among other things, risk of defaults by
borrowers in paying debt service on outstanding indebtedness and
to other impairments of our loans and investments even though
they are backed by gold. Any deterioration of economic
fundamentals generally could negatively impact our performance
by making it more difficult for borrowers of our loans, or
borrower entities, to satisfy their debt payment obligations,
increasing the default risk applicable to borrower entities,
and/or making it more difficult for us to generate attractive
risk-adjusted returns. Changes in general economic conditions
will affect the creditworthiness of borrower entities and/or the
value of underlying collateral relating to our investments and
may include economic and/or market fluctuations, changes in
laws, casualty or losses, regulatory limitations on rents,
decreases in property values, changes in supply and demand, the
financial resources of borrower entities, energy supply
shortages, various uninsured or uninsurable risks, natural
disasters, pandemics, political events, terrorism and acts of
war, changes in government regulations, changes in tax rates
and/or tax credits, changes in operating expenses, changes in
interest rates, changes in inflation rates, changes in the
availability of debt financing, increased loan defaults,
increases in borrowing rates, negative developments in the
economy and/or adverse changes in the value of gold and other
factors that are beyond our control.We cannot predict the degree
to which economic conditions generally, the value of gold and
the conditions for debt investing in particular, will improve or
decline. Any declines in thevalue of gold or performance of
global economies or in the debt markets could have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results
of operations.
The continuing spread of a new strain of coronavirus (also known
as the COVID-19 virus) may adversely affect our investments and
operations.
The World Health Organization has declared the spread of the
COVID-19 virus a global pandemic, and the President of the
United States has declared a national state of emergency in the
United States in response to the outbreak. Considerable
uncertainty still surrounds the COVID-19 virus and its potential
effects, and the extent of and effectiveness of any responses
taken on a national and local level. However, measures taken to
limit the impact of this coronavirus, including social
distancing and other restrictions on travel, congregation and
business operation have already resulted in significant negative
short term economic impacts. The long-term impact of this
coronavirus on the U.S. and world economies remains uncertain,
but can result in long term infrastructure and supply chain
disruption, as well as dislocation and uncertainty in the
financial markets that could significantly and negatively impact
the global, national and regional economies, the length and
breadth of which cannot currently be predicted.
To the extent the COVID-19 virus results in a world-wide
economic downturn, there may be widespread corporate downsizing
and an increase in unemployment. This could negatively impact
our ability to make payments of interest and principal to our
Noteholders. Further, continuing shutdowns and economic turmoil
may result in delays in the deployment of funds raised in this
offering.
Fluctuations in interest rates and credit spreads could reduce
our ability to generate income on our loans and other
investments, which could lead to a significant decrease in our
results of operations, cash flows and the market value of our
investments.
Our primary interest rate exposures relate to the yield on our
loans and other investments and the financing cost of our debt.
Changes in interest rates and credit spreads may affect our net
income from loans and other investments, which is the difference
between the interest and related income we earn on our interest-
earning investments and the interest and related expense we
incur in financing these investments. Interest rate and credit
spread fluctuations resulting in our interest and related
expense exceeding interest and related income would result in
operating losses for us. Changes in the level of interest rates
and credit spreads also may affect our ability to make loans or
investments, the value of our loans and investments and our
ability to realize gains from the disposition of assets.
Increases in interest rates and credit spreads may also
negatively affect demand for loans and could result in higher
borrower default rates.
Our operating results depend, in part, on differences between
the income earned on our investments, net of credit losses, and
our financing costs. The yields we earn on our floating-rate
assets and our borrowing costs tend to move in the same
direction in response to changes in interest rates. However, one
can rise or fall faster than the other, causing our net interest
margin to expand or contract. In addition, we could experience
reductions in the yield on our investments and an increase in
the cost of our financing. Although we seek to match the terms
of our liabilities to the expected lives of loans that we
acquire or originate, circumstances may arise in which our
liabilities are shorter in duration than our assets, resulting
in their adjusting faster in response to changes in interest
rates. For any period during which our investments are not
match-funded, the income earned on such investments may respond
more slowly to interest rate fluctuations than the cost of our
borrowings. Consequently, changes in interest rates,
particularly short-term interest rates, may immediately and
significantly decrease our results of operations and cash flows
and the market value of our investments. In addition, unless we
enter into hedging or similar transactions with respect to the
portion of our assets that we fund using our balance sheet,
returns we achieve on such assets will generally increase as
interest rates for those assets rise and decrease as interest
rates for those assets decline.
We operate in a competitive market for lending and investment
opportunities relating to gold which may intensify, and
competition may limit our ability to originate or acquire
desirable loans and investments or dispose of assets we target
and could also affect the yields of these assets and have a
material adverse effect on our business, financial condition,
and results of operations.
We operate in a competitive market for lending and investment
opportunities relating to gold, which may intensify. Our
profitability depends, in large part, on our ability to
originate or acquire our target assets on attractive terms. In
originating or acquiring our target assets, we compete for
opportunities with a variety of lenders and investors, including
specialty finance companies, public and private funds (including
funds managed by affiliates of our Manger), commercial and
investment banks, commercial finance and insurance companies and
other financial institutions. Some competitors may have a lower
cost of funds and access to funding sources that are not
available to us, such as the U.S. Government. Many of our
competitors are not subject to the operating constraints
associated with maintaining an exclusion from regulation under
the Investment Company Act. In addition, some of our competitors
may have higher risk tolerances or different risk assessments,
which could allow them to consider a wider variety of loans and
investments, offer more attractive pricing or other terms and
establish more relationships than us. Furthermore, competition
for originations of and investments in our target assets may
lead to decreasing yields, which may further limit our ability
to generate desired returns. Also, as a result of this
competition, desirable loans and investments in our target
assets may be limited in the future and we may not be able to
take advantage of attractive lending and investment
opportunities from time to time, or find gold backed
opportunities thereby limiting our ability to identify and
originate or acquire loans or make investments that are
consistent with our investment objectives. We cannot assure you
that the competitive pressures we face will not have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results
of operations.
Prepayment rates may adversely affect our financial performance
and the value of certain of our assets.
Our business is currently focused on purchasing loans or other
debt instruments secured by gold backed assets. Our borrowers
may be able to repay their loans prior to their stated
maturities. In periods of declining interest rates and/or credit
spreads, prepayment rates on loans generally increase. If
general interest rates or credit spreads decline at the same
time, the proceeds of such prepayments received during such
periods may not be reinvested for some period of time or may be
reinvested by us in assets yielding less than the yields on the
assets that were prepaid.
Prepayment rates on loans may be affected by a number of factors
including, but not limited to, the then-current level of
interest rates and credit spreads, the availability of credit,
the relative economic vitality of the area in which the
businesses are located, the servicing of the loans, possible
changes in tax laws, other opportunities for investment, and
other economic, social, geographic, demographic and legal
factors beyond our control. Consequently, such prepayment rates
cannot be predicted with certainty and no strategy can
completely insulate us from prepayment or other such risks.
Difficulty in redeploying the proceeds from repayments of our
existing loans and investments may cause our financial
performance and our ability to fulfill our obligations relative
to the Notes.
As our loans and investments are repaid, we will look to
redeploy the proceeds we receive into new loans and
investments,. It is possible that we will fail to identify gold
backed reinvestment options that would provide returns or a risk
profile that is comparable to the asset that was repaid. If we
fail to redeploy the proceeds we receive from repayment of a
loan in equivalent or better alternatives, our financial
performance and our ability to fulfill our obligations related
to the Notes will suffer.
If we are unable to successfully integrate new assets and manage
our growth, our results of operations and financial condition
may suffer.
We may be unable to successfully and efficiently integrate
newly-acquired gold backed assets into our existing portfolio or
otherwise effectively manage our assets or our growth
effectively. In addition, increases in our portfolio of assets
and/or changes in the mix of our assets may place significant
demands on our Manager?s administrative, operational, asset
management, financial and other resources. Any failure to manage
increases in size effectively could adversely affect our results
of operations, financial condition and ability to fulfill our
obligations related to the Notes.
The lack of liquidity in certain of our assets may adversely
affect our business.
The illiquidity of certain of our assets may make it difficult
for us to sell such investments if the need or desire arises
even if gold backed. Certain assets such as loans are relatively
illiquid investments due to their short life, even if backed by
goldand may be faced with difficulty of recovery in the event of
a borrower?s default due to the nature of where assets may be
held such as in the United Arab Emirates Moreover, many of the
loans and securities we may invest in are not registered
underrelevant securities laws, resulting in limitations or
prohibitions against their transfer, sale, pledge or their
disposition except in transactions that are exempt from
registration requirements or are otherwise in accordance with
such laws. As a result, many of our investments are illiquid,
and if we are required to liquidate all or a portion of our
portfolio quickly, we may realize significantly less than the
value at which we have previously recorded our investments.
Further, we may face other restrictions on our ability to
liquidate an investment to the extent that we or our Manager
(and/or its Affiliates) has or could be attributed as having
material, non-public information regarding the borrower entity.
As a result, our ability to vary our portfolio in response to
changes in economic and other conditions may be relatively
limited, which could adversely affect our results of operations,
financial condition and ability to fulfill our obligations
related to the Notes.
Any distressed loans or investments we make, or loans and
investments that later become distressed, may subject us to
losses and other risks relating to bankruptcy proceedings.
Our loans and investments may also include making distressed
investments from time to time (e.g., investments in defaulted,
out-of-favor or distressed loans and debt securities) or may
involve investments that become ?sub-performing? or ?non-
performing? following our acquisition thereof. Certain of our
investments may include businesses that typically are highly
leveraged, with significant burdens on cash flow and, therefore,
involve a high degree of financial risk even though backed by
gold. During an economic downturn or recession, loans or
securities of financially or operationally troubled borrowers or
issuers are more likely to go into default than loans or
securities of other borrowers or issuers. Loans or securities of
financially or operationally troubled issuers are less liquid
and more volatile than loans or securities of borrowers or
issuers not experiencing such difficulties. The market prices of
such securities are subject to erratic and abrupt market
movements and the spread between bid and ask prices may be
greater than normally expected. Investment in the loans or
securities of financially or operationally troubled borrowers or
issuers involves a high degree of credit and market risk even if
backed by gold.
In certain limited cases (e.g., in connection with a workout,
restructuring and/or foreclosing proceedings involving one or
more of our investments), the success of our investment strategy
will depend, in part, on our ability to effectuate loan
modifications and/or restructure and improve the operations of
our borrower entities rather than seeking to acquire collateral.
The activity of identifying and implementing successful
restructuring programs and operating improvements entails a high
degree of uncertainty. There can be no assurance that we will be
able to identify and implement successful restructuring programs
and improvements with respect to any distressed loans or
investments we may have from time to time.
These financial or operating difficulties may never be overcome
and may cause borrower entities to become subject to bankruptcy
or other similar administrative proceedings. There is a
possibility that we may incur substantial or total losses on our
investments and in certain circumstances, become subject to
certain additional potential liabilities that may exceed the
value of our original investment therein, even though we are
secured by gold. For example, under certain circumstances, a
lender that has inappropriately exercised control over the
management and policies of a debtor may have its claims
subordinated or disallowed or may be found liable for damages
suffered by parties as a result of such actions. In any
reorganization or liquidation proceeding relating to our
investments, we may lose our entire investment, may be required
to accept cash or securities with a value less than our original
investment and/or may be required to accept different terms,
including payment over an extended period of time. In addition,
under certain circumstances, payments to us may be reclaimed if
any such payment or distribution is later determined to have
been a fraudulent conveyance, preferential payment, or similar
transaction under applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws.
Furthermore, bankruptcy laws and similar laws applicable to
administrative proceedings may delay our ability to realize
value from collateral for loan positions held by us, may
adversely affect the economic terms and priority of such loans
through doctrines such as equitable subordination or may result
in a restructuring of the debt through principles such as the
?cramdown? provisions of the bankruptcy laws.
Changes to, or the elimination of, LIBOR may adversely affect
interest expense related to our loans and investments.
Regulators and law-enforcement agencies from a number of
governments, including entities in the U.S., have been
conducting civil and criminal investigations into whether the
banks that contributed to the British Bankers? Association, or
the BBA, in connection with the calculation of daily LIBOR may
have underreported or otherwise manipulated or attempted to
manipulate LIBOR. Several financial institutions have reached
settlements with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
the U.S. Department of Justice Fraud Section and the U.K.
Financial Services Authority in connection with investigations
by such authorities into submissions made by such financial
institutions to the bodies that set LIBOR and other interbank
offered rates. In such settlements, such financial institutions
admitted to submitting rates to the BBA that were lower than the
actual rates at which such financial institutions could borrow
funds from other banks. Additional investigations remain ongoing
with respect to other major banks and no assurance can be made
that there will not be further admissions or findings of rate
setting manipulation or that improper manipulation of LIBOR or
other similar inter-bank lending rates will not occur in the
future.
Based on a review conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority
of the U.K., or the FCA, and a consultation conducted by the
European Commission, proposals have been made for governance and
institutional reform, regulation, technical changes and
contingency planning. In particular: (a) new legislation has
been enacted in the United Kingdom pursuant to which LIBOR
submissions and administration are now ?regulated activities?
and manipulation of LIBOR has been brought within the scope of
the market abuse regime; (b) legislation has been proposed which
if implemented would, among other things, alter the manner in
which LIBOR is determined, compel more banks to provide LIBOR
submissions, and require these submissions to be based on actual
transaction data; and (c) LIBOR rates for certain currencies and
maturities are no longer published daily. In addition, pursuant
to authorization from the FCA, ICE Benchmark Administration
Limited (formerly NYSE Euronext Rate Administration Limited), or
the IBA, took over the administration of LIBOR from the BBA on
February 1, 2014. Any new administrator of LIBOR may make
methodological changes to the way in which LIBOR is calculated
or may alter, discontinue or suspend calculation or
dissemination of LIBOR.
In a speech on July 27, 2017, Andrew Bailey, the Chief Executive
of the FCA, announced the FCA?s intention to cease sustaining
LIBOR after 2021. The FCA has statutory powers to require panel
banks to contribute to LIBOR where necessary. The FCA has
decided not to ask, or to require, that panel banks continue to
submit contributions to LIBOR beyond the end of 2021. The FCA
has indicated that it expects that the current panel banks will
voluntarily sustain LIBOR until the end of 2021. The FCA?s
intention is that after 2021, it will no longer be necessary for
the FCA to ask, or to require, banks to submit contributions to
LIBOR. The FCA does not intend to sustain LIBOR through using
its influence or legal powers beyond that date. It is possible
that the IBA and the panel banks could continue to produce LIBOR
on the current basis after 2021, if they are willing and able to
do so, but we cannot make assurances that LIBOR will survive in
its current form, or at all. We cannot predict the effect of the
FCA?s decision not to sustain LIBOR, or, if changes are
ultimately made to LIBOR, the effect of those changes. Any such
changes could increase our financing costs, which could impact
our results of operations, cash flows and the market value of
our investments.
Our success depends on the availability of attractive
investments and our Manager?s ability to identify, structure,
consummate, leverage, manage and realize returns on our
investments.
Our operating results are dependent upon the availability of, as
well as our Manager?s ability to identify, structure,
consummate, leverage, manage and realize returns on our
investments. In general, the availability of favorable
investment opportunities and, consequently, our returns, will be
affected by the level and volatility of interest rates and
credit spreads, conditions in the financial markets, general
economic conditions, the demand for investment opportunities in
our target assets and the supply of capital for such investment
opportunities. We cannot assure you that our Manager will be
successful in identifying and consummating investments that
satisfy our rate of return objectives or that such investments,
once made, will perform as anticipated.
Our loans and investments may be concentrated in terms of
geography and are subject to fluctuations in the value of gold.
We are not required to observe specific diversification
criteria. Therefore, our investments may be concentrated in
certain investments that may be subject to higher risk of
default or foreclosure or secured by property concentrated in a
limited number of geographic locations, even if backed by gold.
To the extent that our assets are concentrated in any one region
or type of asset, downturns generally relating to such type of
asset or region may result in defaults on a number of our
investments within a short time period, which could adversely
affect our results of operations and financial condition. In
addition, because we seek gold backed assets, even modest
changes in the value of gold could have a significant impact on
the value of our investments. As a result of any high levels of
concentration, any adverse economic, political or other
conditions that disproportionately affects those geographic
areas or gold could have a magnified adverse effect on our
results of operations and financial condition, and the value of
our investments could vary more widely than if we invested in a
more diverse portfolio.
The due diligence process that our Manager undertakes in regard
to investment opportunities may not reveal all facts that may be
relevant in connection with an investment and if our Manager
incorrectly evaluates the risks of our investments, we may
experience losses.
Before making investments for us, our Manager conducts due
diligence that it deems reasonable and appropriate based on the
facts and circumstances relevant to each potential investment.
When conducting due diligence, our Manager may be required to
evaluate important and complex business, financial, tax,
accounting, environmental and legal issues. Outside consultants,
legal advisors, accountants and investment banks may be involved
in the due diligence process in varying degrees depending on the
type of potential investment. Our Manager?s loss estimates may
not prove accurate, as actual results may vary from estimates.
If our Manager underestimates the asset-level losses relative to
the price we pay for a particular investment, we may experience
losses with respect to such investment.
Moreover, investment analyses and decisions by our Manager may
frequently be required to be undertaken on an expedited basis to
take advantage of investment opportunities. In such cases, the
information available to our Manager at the time of making an
investment decision may be limited, and they may not have access
to detailed information regarding such investment. Therefore, we
cannot assure you that our Manager will have knowledge of all
circumstances that may adversely affect such investment.
The impact of any future terrorist attacks may expose us to
certain risks.
Terrorist attacks, the anticipation of any such attacks, and the
consequences of any military or other response by the U.S. and
its allies may have an adverse impact on the U.S. financial
markets and the economy in general. We cannot predict the
severity of the effect that any such future events would have on
the financial markets, the economy or our business. Any future
terrorist attacks could adversely affect the credit quality of
some of our loans and investments and the value of gold. Some of
our loans and investments will be more susceptible to such
adverse effects than others. We may suffer losses as a result of
the adverse impact of any future terrorist attacks and these
losses may adversely impact our results of operations.
We may need to foreclose on certain of the debt we acquire,
which could result in losses that harm our results of operations
and financial condition.
We may find it necessary or desirable to foreclose on certain of
the loans or debt we acquire, and the foreclosure process may be
lengthy and expensive. If we foreclose on an asset, we may take
title to the property securing that asset, and may have
difficulty selling the asset based on market conditions
Whether or not we have participated in the negotiation of the
terms of any such loans, we cannot assure you as to the adequacy
of the protection of the terms of the applicable loan, including
the validity or enforceability of the loan and the maintenance
of the anticipated priority and perfection of the applicable
security interests and the ability to obtain collateral.
Furthermore, claims may be asserted by lenders or borrowers that
might interfere with enforcement of our rights. Borrowers may
resist foreclosure actions by asserting numerous claims,
counterclaims and defenses against us, including, without
limitation, lender liability claims and defenses, even when the
assertions may have no basis in fact, in an effort to prolong
the foreclosure action and seek to force the lender into a
modification of the loan or a favorable buy-out of the
borrower?s position in the loan. It is possible, foreclosure
actions to obtain the security may take several years or more to
litigate. Even if we are successful in foreclosing on a loan,
the liquidation proceeds upon sale of the underlying gold backed
assets may not be sufficient to recover our cost basis in the
loan, resulting in a loss to us. Furthermore, any costs or
delays involved in the foreclosure of the loan or a liquidation
of the underlying gold will further reduce the net sale proceeds
and, therefore, increase any such losses to us.
Collateral underlying our investments may be subject to unknown
liabilities, including environmental liabilities, that could
affect the value of our investments, even though gold backed.
Even though gold backed, collateral underlying our investments
may be subject to unknown or unquantifiable liabilities that may
adversely affect the value of our investments. The discovery of
such unknown defects, deficiencies and liabilities could affect
the ability of our borrowers to make payments to us or could
affect our ability to foreclose and sell the underlying
collateral, which could adversely affect our results of
operations and financial condition.
We may be subject to lender liability claims, and if we are held
liable under such claims, we could be subject to losses.
In recent years, a number of judicial decisions have upheld the
right of borrowers to sue lending institutions on the basis of
various evolving legal theories, collectively termed ?lender
liability.? Generally, lender liability is founded on the
premise that a lender has either violated a duty, whether
implied or contractual, of good faith and fair dealing owed to
the borrower or has assumed a degree of control over the
borrower resulting in the creation of a fiduciary duty owed to
the borrower or its other creditors or stockholders. We cannot
assure prospective investors that such claims will not arise or
that we will not be subject to significant liability if a claim
of this type did arise.
Any credit ratings assigned to our investments will be subject
to ongoing evaluations and revisions and we cannot assure you
that those ratings will not be downgraded.
Some of our investments, including the Notes issued in our
securitization transactions for which we are required to retain
a portion of the credit risk, may be rated by rating agencies.
Any credit ratings on our investments are subject to ongoing
evaluation by credit rating agencies, and we cannot assure you
that any such ratings will not be changed or withdrawn by a
rating agency in the future if, in its judgment, circumstances
warrant. If rating agencies assign a lower-than-expected rating
or reduce or withdraw, or indicate that they may reduce or
withdraw, their ratings of our investments in the future, the
value and liquidity of our investments could significantly
decline, which would adversely affect the value of our
investment portfolio and could result in losses upon disposition
or the failure of borrowers to satisfy their debt service
obligations to us.
Investments in non-conforming and non-investment grade rated
loans or securities involve increased risk of loss.
Many of our investments may not conform to conventional loan
standards applied by traditional lenders and either will not be
rated (as is typically the case for private loans) or will be
rated as non-investment grade by the rating agencies. Private
loans often are not rated by credit rating agencies. Non-
investment grade ratings typically result from the overall
leverage of the loans, the lack of a strong operating history
for the properties underlying the loans, the borrowers? credit
history, the underlying value of gold or other factors. As a
result, these investments should be expected to have a higher
risk of default and loss than investment-grade rated assets. Any
loss we incur may be significant and may adversely affect our
results of operations and financial condition. There are no
limits on the percentage of unrated or non-investment grade
rated assets we may hold in our investment portfolio.
We must manage our portfolio so that we do not become an
investment company that is subject to regulation under the
Investment Company Act.
Because registration as an investment company would
significantly affect our ability to engage in certain
transactions or be structured in the manner we currently are, we
intend to conduct our business so that we will continue to
satisfy the requirements to avoid regulation as an investment
company. If we do not meet these requirements, we could be
forced to alter our investment portfolio by selling or otherwise
disposing of a substantial portion of the assets that do not
satisfy the applicable requirements or by acquiring a
significant position in assets that are Qualifying Interests.
Any such investments may not represent an optimum use of capital
when compared to the available investments we and our
subsidiaries target pursuant to our investment strategy and
present additional risks to us. We continue to analyze our
investments and may make certain investments when and if
required for compliance purposes. Altering our portfolio in this
manner may have an adverse effect on our investments if we are
forced to dispose of or acquired assets in an unfavorable
market.
If it were established that we were an unregistered investment
company, there would be a risk that we would be subject to
monetary penalties and injunctive relief in an action brought by
the SEC, that we would be unable to enforce contracts with third
parties, that third parties could seek to obtain rescission of
transactions undertaken during the period it was established
that we were an unregistered investment company. In order to
comply with provisions that allow us to avoid the consequences
of registration under the Investment Company Act, we may need to
forego otherwise attractive opportunities and limit the manner
in which we conduct our operations. Therefore, compliance with
the requirements of the Investment Company Act may hinder our
ability to operate solely on the basis of maximizing profits.
The Manager is not registered and does not intend to register as
an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940,
as amended (the ?Advisers Act?). If the Manager is required to
register as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act, it
could impact our operations and possibly reduce your investment
return.
The Manager is not currently registered as an investment adviser
under the Advisers Act and does not expect to register as an
investment adviser because the Company does not believe that it
meets the registration requirements under the Advisers Act. In
order to fall under the Advisers Act, the Manager must: (i) be
in the business of (ii) providing advice or analyses on
securities (iii) for compensation. First, the Company does not
believe the Manager advises on ?securities? because its
investments in first-position mortgages are not securities under
the Advisers Act. Second, the Company believes that any
investments in securities will be solely incidental to its
investment strategy and therefore, the Manager would not be
considered to be ?in the business of? providing advice on
securities. Third, whether an adviser has sufficient regulatory
assets under management to require registration under the
Advisers Act depends on the nature of the assets it manages. In
calculating regulatory assets under management, the Manager must
include the value of each ?securities portfolio? it manages. The
Manager expects that our assets will not constitute a securities
portfolio so long as a majority of our assets consist of assets
that we believe are not securities. However, the SEC will not
affirm our determination of what portion of our investments are
not securities. As a result, there is a risk that such
determination is incorrect and, as a result, our investments are
a securities portfolio. In such event, the Manager may be acting
as an investment adviser subject to registration under the
Advisers Act but not be registered. If our investments were to
constitute a securities portfolio, then the Manager may be
required to register under the Advisers Act, which would require
it to comply with a variety of regulatory requirements under the
Advisers Act on such matters as record keeping, disclosure,
compliance, limitations on the types of fees it could earn and
other fiduciary obligations. As a result, the Manager would be
required to devote additional time and resources and incur
additional costs to manage our business, which could possibly
reduce your investment return.
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND PROPERTY
The Company is the business of originating and making direct and
indirect debt investments and for purposed of this offering will
see gold backed investments.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We plan to use substantially all of the net proceeds from this
offering to make direct and indirect debt investments in gold
backed debt and securities, such as the Metals House Inc. Gold
Backed 8% Notes Due April 30, 2026, as set forth in the
Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated May 2021, a copy
of which will be provided upon request.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Who May Invest
As a Tier II, Regulation A offering, investors must comply with
the 10% limitation to investment in the offering, as prescribed
in Rule 251. The only investor in this offering exempt from this
limitation is an accredited investor, an "Accredited Investor,"
as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D. If you meet one of
the following tests you qualify as an Accredited Investor:
You are a natural person who has had individual income in excess
of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint
income with your spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of these
years, and have a reasonable expectation of reaching the same
income level in the current year;
You are a natural person and your individual net worth, or joint
net worth with your spouse, exceeds $1,000,000 at the time you
purchase the Notes (please see below on how to calculate your
net worth);
You are an executive officer or general partner of the issuer or
a manager or executive officer of the general partner of the
issuer;
You are an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Code, a
corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust or a
partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring
the Notes, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
You are a bank or a savings and loan association or other
institution as defined in the Securities Act, a broker or dealer
registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the Exchange Act, an insurance company as
defined by the Securities Act, an investment company registered
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the
Investment Company Act, or a business development company as
defined in that act, any Small Business Investment Company
licensed by the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 or a
private business development company as defined in the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
You are an entity (including an Individual Retirement Account
trust) in which each equity owner is an accredited investor;
You are a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, your
purchase of the Notes is directed by a person who either alone
or with his purchaser representative(s) (as defined in
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act) has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that
he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the
prospective investment, and you were not formed for the specific
purpose of investing in the Notes; or
You are a plan established and maintained by a state, its
political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a
state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its
employees, if such plan has assets in excess of $5,000,000.
Under Rule 251 of Regulation A, non-accredited, non-natural
investors are subject to the investment limitation and may only
invest funds which do not exceed 10% of the greater of the
purchaser's revenue or net assets (as of the purchaser's most
recent fiscal year end). A non-accredited, natural person may
only invest funds which do not exceed 10% of the greater of the
purchaser's annual income or net worth (please see below on how
to calculate your net worth).
NOTE: For the purposes of calculating your net worth, Net Worth
is defined as the difference between total assets and total
liabilities. This calculation must exclude the value of your
primary residence and may exclude any indebtedness secured by
your primary residence (up to an amount equal to the value of
your primary residence). In the case of fiduciary accounts, net
worth and/or income suitability requirements may be satisfied by
the beneficiary of the account or by the fiduciary, if the donor
or grantor is the fiduciary and the fiduciary directly or
indirectly provides funds for the purchase of the Notes.
Determination of Suitability
The Selling Group Members and registered investment advisors
recommending the purchase of Notes in this offering have the
responsibility to make every reasonable effort to determine that
your purchase of Notes in this offering is a suitable and
appropriate investment for you based on information provided by
you regarding your financial situation and investment
objectives. In making this determination, these persons have the
responsibility to ascertain that you:
meet the minimum income and net worth standards set forth under
?Plan of Distribution ? Who May Invest ? above;
can reasonably benefit from an investment in the Notes based on
your overall investment objectives and portfolio structure;
are able to bear the economic risk of the investment based on
your overall financial situation;
are in a financial position appropriate to enable you to realize
to a significant extent the benefits described in this offering
circular of an investment in the Notes; and
have apparent understanding of:
the fundamental risks of the investment;
the risk that you may lose your entire investment;
the lack of liquidity of the Notes;
the restrictions on transferability of the Notes; and
the tax consequences of your investment.
Relevant information for this purpose will include at least your
age, investment objectives, investment experience, income, net
worth, financial situation, and other investments as well as any
other pertinent factors. The Selling Group Members and
registered investment advisors recommending the purchase of
Notes in this offering must maintain, for a six-year period,
records of the information used to determine that an investment
in Notes is suitable and appropriate for you.
The Offering
We are offering a maximum offering amount of $75,000,000 of the
Notes to the public through our managing broker-dealer at a
price of $1,000.00 per Note.
Our Manager has arbitrarily determined the selling price of the
Notes and such price bears no relationship to our book or asset
values, or to any other established criteria for valuing issued
or outstanding Notes.
The Notes are being offered on a ?best efforts? basis, which
means generally that our managing broker-dealer is required to
use only its best efforts to sell the Notes and it has no firm
commitment or obligation to purchase any of the Notes. The
offering will continue until the offering termination. We will
conduct closings at periodic times until the offering
termination. Once a subscription has been submitted and accepted
by the Company, an investor will not have the right to request
the return of its subscription payment prior to the next closing
date. If subscriptions are received on a closing date and
accepted by the Company prior to such closing, any such
subscriptions will be closed on that closing date. If
subscriptions are received on a closing date but not accepted by
the Company prior to such closing, any such subscriptions will
be closed on the next closing date. It is expected that
settlement will occur on the same day as each closing date. On
each closing date, offering proceeds for that closing will be
disbursed to us and the Notes purchased will be issued to the
investors in the offering. If the Company is dissolved or
liquidated after the acceptance of a subscription, the
respective subscription payment will be returned to the
subscriber. The offering is being made on a best-efforts basis
through Crescent Securities Group, Inc., our managing broker-
dealer.
Managing Broker-Dealer and Compensation
Selling commissions on the sale of Notes will be 50 bps and will
be paid to the Broker-dealer by the Manager. Such amount may be
subject to adjustment through side letters or other agreements.
We have agreed to indemnify our Broker-dealer, the selling group
members and selected registered investment advisors, against
certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act. However,
the SEC takes the position that indemnification against
liabilities arising under the Securities Act is against public
policy and is unenforceable.
It is illegal for us to pay or award any commissions or other
compensation to any person engaged by you for investment advice
as an inducement to such advisor to advise you to purchase the
Notes; however, nothing herein will prohibit a registered
broker-dealer or other properly licensed person from earning a
sales commission in connection with a sale of the Notes.
How to Invest
Subscription Agreement
All investors will be required to complete and execute a
subscription agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
1A-1. The subscription agreement is available from your
registered representative or financial adviser and should be
delivered with your subscription purchase price in accordance
with the instructions in the subscription agreement. Once a
subscription has been submitted and accepted by the Company, an
investor will not have the right to request the return of its
subscription payment which will be held in escrow by Bridge Bank
until the next closing date. If the Company is dissolved or
liquidated after the acceptance of a subscription, the
respective subscription payment will be returned to the
subscriber.
By completing and executing your subscription agreement or order
form you will also acknowledge and represent that you have
received a copy of this offering circular, you are purchasing
the Notes for your own account and that your rights and
responsibilities regarding your Notes will be governed by the
Note Agreement included as an exhibit to this offering circular.
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
General
As of the date of this offering circular, the Issuer has not yet
commenced active operations. Offering Proceeds will be applied
to invest in collateralized senior loans and debt. We will
experience a relative increase in liquidity as we receive
additional proceeds from the sale of Notes and a relative
decrease in liquidity as we spend net offering proceeds in
connection with the acquisition and operation of our assets.
Further, we have not entered into any arrangements creating a
reasonable probability that we will own a specific loan or other
asset. The number of loans and other assets that we will acquire
will depend upon the number of Notes sold and the resulting
amount of the net proceeds available for investment in loans and
other assets. Until required for the acquisition or operation of
assets or used for distributions, we will keep the net proceeds
of this offering at Bridge Bank or other financial institution
until deployed.
We intend to make reserve allocations as necessary to (i) aid
our objective of preserving capital for our investors by
supporting the maintenance and viability of assets we acquire in
the future and (ii) meet the necessary covenants of the Notes.
If reserves and any other available income become insufficient
to meet our covenants and cover our operating expenses and
liabilities, it may be necessary to obtain additional funds by
borrowing, restructuring loans or liquidating our investment in
one or more assets. There is no assurance that such funds will
be available, or if available, that the terms will be acceptable
to us. Additionally, our ability to borrow additional funds will
be limited by the restrictions placed on our and our
subsidiaries' borrowing activities by our Note Agreement. You
understand that it will not constitute a default we are unable
to obtain funds to cover our obligations.
Results of Operations
Having conducted limited operations, our management is not aware
of any material trends or uncertainties, favorable or
unfavorable, other than national economic conditions affecting
our targeted assets, which may be reasonably anticipated to have
a material impact on the capital resources and the revenue or
income to be derived from the operation of our assets.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We are offering and selling to the public in this offering up to
$75,000,000 of Notes. Our principal demands for cash will be for
acquisition costs, including the purchase price of any loans,
securities or other assets we acquire, the payment of our
operating and administrative expenses, and all continuing debt
service obligations, including our debt service on the Notes.
Generally, we will fund additional acquisitions from the net
proceeds of this offering. We intend to acquire additional
assets with cash and/or debt. As we are primarily dependent on
capital raised in this offering to conduct our business, our
investment activity over the next twelve (12) months may be
dictated by the capital raised in this offering. We expect to
originate or acquire loans and meet our business objectives
regardless of the amount of capital raised in this offering. If
the capital raised in this offering is insufficient to purchase
assets solely with cash, we may implement a strategy of
utilizing a mix of cash and debt to acquire assets.
We anticipate that adequate cash will be generated from
operations to fund our operating and administrative expenses,
and all continuing debt service obligations, including the debt
service obligations of the Notes. However, our ability to
finance our operations is subject to some uncertainties. Our
ability to generate working capital is dependent the performance
of the of each of our assets and the economic and business
environments of the various markets in which our underlying
collateral is located. Our ability to liquidate our assets is
partially dependent upon the state of the economy and the
ability of debtors to obtain financing at reasonable commercial
rates. In general, we intend to pay debt service from cash flow
obtained from operations. If cash flow from operations is
insufficient then we may exercise the option to partially
leverage the asset to increase liquidity. If we have not
generated sufficient cash flow from our operations and other
sources, such as from borrowings, we may use funds out of our
Note Service Reserve. Moreover, our Manager may change this
policy, in its sole discretion, at any time to facilitate
meeting its cash flow obligations. If we are unable to pay
interest it will not be a default of our obligations. See
"Description of Notes - Certain Covenants" in this offering
circular for more information.
Potential future sources of capital include secured or unsecured
financings from banks or other lenders, establishing additional
lines of credit, proceeds from the sale of assets and
undistributed cash flow, subject to the limitations previously
described. Note that, currently, we have not identified any
additional source of financing, other than existing investments
and the proceeds of this offering, and there is no assurance
that such sources of financing will be available on favorable
terms or at all.
GENERAL INFORMATION AS TO OUR COMPANY
Our Company US Capital Global Lending, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company was formed on July 30, 2019, for the purpose
of making and managing direct and indirect investments in debt
of other companies and investment funds, primarily senior loans
to funds that lend to qualifying SMBs. Although our operating
history is limited, we have operated successfully to date and
have audited financials. The Manager is responsible for
servicing and operational oversight of our assets.
Our investment objective is to make direct and indirect debt
investments in gold backed debt and securities, such as the
Metals House Inc. Gold Backed 8% Notes Due April 30, 2026, as
set forth in the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated
May 2021, and we draw on our Manger?s established sourcing,
underwriting and structuring capabilities in order to execute
our investment strategy.
Our principal executive offices are located at 1 Ferry Building
Suite 201, San Francisco, California 94111, and our telephone
number is (415) 889-1010. For more information on our Manger,
its website is www.uscapglobal.com. The information on, or
otherwise accessible through, our Manger?s website does not
constitute a part of this Offering Circular.
Our Manger. Our Manger is a San Francisco, California based
full-service private financial group with an established track
record in investment banking, wealth management and capital
formation services. It leverages the latest FinTech and RegTech
innovation to provide sophisticated debt, equity, and investment
products to lower middle market companies and investors.
Operating Agreement
Management and Membership
Our management is entrusted solely to our Manager, which is also
our sole member. Only our Manager, as our sole member, has the
right to remove itself as our manager. Under our operating
agreement, our Manager, as the manager and sole member, has
complete and absolute control over us.
Indemnification
Our operating agreement limits the liability of our Manager. See
"Limitations on Liability" in this offering circular for more
information.
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following discussion is a summary of certain material U.S.
federal income tax consequences relevant to the purchase,
ownership and disposition of the Notes, but does not purport to
be a complete analysis of all potential tax consequences. The
discussion is based upon the Code, current, temporary and
proposed U.S. Treasury regulations issued under the Code, or
collectively the Treasury Regulations, the legislative history
of the Code, IRS rulings, pronouncements, interpretations and
practices, and judicial decisions now in effect, all of which
are subject to change at any time. Any such change may be
applied retroactively in a manner that could adversely affect a
Noteholder. This discussion does not address all of the U.S.
federal income tax consequences that may be relevant to a holder
in light of such Noteholder?s particular circumstances or to
Noteholders subject to special rules, including, without
limitation:
a broker-dealer or a dealer in securities or currencies;
an S corporation;
a bank, thrift or other financial institution;
a regulated investment company or a real estate investment
trust;
an insurance company
a tax-exempt organization;
a person subject to the alternative minimum tax provisions of
the Code;
a person holding the Notes as part of a hedge, straddle,
conversion, integrated or other risk reduction or constructive
sale transaction;
a partnership or other pass-through entity;
a person deemed to sell the Notes under the constructive sale
provisions of the Code;
a U.S. person whose ?functional currency? is not the U.S.
dollar; or
a U.S. expatriate or former long-term resident.
In addition, this discussion is limited to persons that purchase
the Notes in this offering for cash and that hold the Notes as
?capital assets? within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code
(generally, property held for investment). This discussion does
not address the effect of any applicable state, local, non-U.S.
or other tax laws, including gift and estate tax laws.
As used herein, ?U.S. Holder? means a beneficial owner of the
Notes that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:
an individual who is a citizen or resident of the U.S.;
a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under
the laws of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of
Columbia;
an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income
tax regardless of its source; or
a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S.
court and the control of one or more U.S. persons that have the
authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or
(2) has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury
Regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.
If an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income
tax purposes holds the Notes, the tax treatment of an owner of
the entity generally will depend upon the status of the
particular owner and the activities of the entity. If you are an
owner of an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal
income tax purposes, you should consult your tax advisor
regarding the tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and
disposition of the Notes.
We have not sought and will not seek any rulings from the IRS
with respect to the matters discussed below. There can be no
assurance that the IRS will not take a different position
concerning the tax consequences of the purchase, ownership or
disposition of the Notes or that any such position would not be
sustained.
THIS SUMMARY OF MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS IS
FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE TAX ADVICE.
PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS
REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE TAX CONSIDERATIONS DISCUSSED
BELOW TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, POTENTIAL CHANGES IN
APPLICABLE TAX LAWS AND THE APPLICATION OF ANY STATE, LOCAL,
FOREIGN OR OTHER TAX LAWS, INCLUDING GIFT AND ESTATE TAX LAWS,
AND ANY TAX TREATIES.
U.S. Holders
Interest
U.S. Holder generally will be required to recognize and include
in gross income any stated interest as ordinary income at the
time it is paid or
accrued on the Notes in accordance with such holder?s method of
accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Sale or Other Taxable Disposition of the Notes
A U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss on the sale, exchange,
redemption (including a partial redemption), retirement or other
taxable disposition of a Note equal to the difference between
the sum of the cash and the fair market value of any property
received in exchange therefore (less a portion allocable to any
accrued and unpaid stated interest, which generally will be
taxable as ordinary income if not previously included in such
holder?s income) and the U.S. Holder?s adjusted tax basis in the
Note. A U.S. Holder?s adjusted tax basis in a Note (or a portion
thereof) generally will be the U.S. Holder?s cost therefore
decreased by any payment on the Note other than a payment of
qualified stated interest. This gain or loss will generally
constitute capital gain or loss. In the case of a non-corporate
U.S. Holder, including an individual, if the Note has been held
for more than one year, such capital gain may be subject to
reduced federal income tax rates. The deductibility of capital
losses is subject to certain limitations.
Medicare Tax
Certain individuals, trusts and estates are subject to a
Medicare tax of 3.8% on the lesser of (i) ?net investment
income?, or (ii) the excess of modified adjusted gross income
over a threshold amount. Net investment income generally
includes interest income and net gains from the disposition of
Notes unless such interest payments or net gains are derived in
the ordinary course of the conduct of a trade or business (other
than a trade or business that consists of certain passive or
trading activities). U.S. Holders are encouraged to consult with
their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of the
Medicare tax on their ownership and disposition of Notes in
light of their individual circumstances.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
A U.S. Holder may be subject to information reporting and backup
withholding when such holder receives interest and principal
payments on the Notes or proceeds upon the sale or other
disposition of such Notes (including a redemption or retirement
of the Notes). Certain holders (including, among others,
corporations and certain tax-exempt organizations) generally are
not subject to information reporting or backup withholding. A
U.S. Holder will be subject to backup withholding if such holder
is not otherwise exempt and:
such holder fails to furnish its taxpayer identification number,
or TIN, which, for an individual is ordinarily his or her social
security number;
the IRS notifies the payor that such holder furnished an
incorrect TIN;
in the case of interest payments such holder is notified by the
IRS of a failure to properly report payments of interest or
dividends;
in the case of interest payments, such holder fails to certify,
under penalties of perjury, that such holder has furnished a
correct TIN and that the IRS has not notified such holder that
it is subject to backup withholding; or
such holder does not otherwise establish an exemption from
backup withholding.
A U.S. Holder should consult its tax advisor regarding its
qualification for an exemption from backup withholding and the
procedures for obtaining such an exemption, if applicable.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts
withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a
U.S. Holder will be allowed as a credit against the holder?s
U.S. federal income tax liability or may be refunded, provided
the required information is furnished in a timely manner to the
IRS.
Non-U.S. Holders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors.
ERISA CONSIDERATIONS
The following is a summary of material considerations arising
under ERISA and the prohibited transaction provisions of the
Code that may
be relevant to a prospective investor, including plans and
arrangements subject to the fiduciary rules of ERISA and plans
or entities that hold assets of such plans (?ERISA Plans?);
plans and accounts that are not subject to ERISA but are subject
to the prohibited transaction rules of Section 4975 of the Code,
including IRAs, Keogh plans, and medical savings accounts
(together with ERISA Plans, ?Benefit Plans? or ?Benefit Plan
Investors?); and governmental plans, church plans, and foreign
plans that are exempt from ERISA and the prohibited transaction
provisions of the Code but that may be subject to state law or
other requirements, which we refer to as Other Plans. This
discussion does not address all the aspects of ERISA, the Code
or other laws that may be applicable to a Benefit Plan or Other
Plan, in light of their particular circumstances.
In considering whether to invest a portion of the assets of a
Benefit Plan or Other Plan, fiduciaries should consider, among
other things,
whether the investment:
will be consistent with applicable fiduciary obligations;
will be in accordance with the documents and instruments
covering the investments by such plan, including its investment
policy;
in the case of an ERISA plan, will satisfy the prudence and
diversification requirements of Sections 404(a)(1)(B) and
404(a)(1)(C) of ERISA, if applicable, and other provisions of
the Code and ERISA;
will impair the liquidity of the Benefit Plan or Other Plan;
will result in unrelated business taxable income to the plan;
and
will provide sufficient liquidity, as there may be only a
limited or no market to sell or otherwise dispose of our Notes.
ERISA and the corresponding provisions of the Code prohibit a
wide range of transactions involving the assets of the Benefit
Plan and persons who have specified relationships to the Benefit
Plan, who are ?parties in interest? within the meaning of ERISA
and, ?disqualified persons? within the meaning of the Code.
Thus, a designated plan fiduciary of a Benefit Plan considering
an investment in our shares should also consider whether the
acquisition or the continued holding of our shares might
constitute or give rise to a prohibited transaction. Fiduciaries
of Other Plans should satisfy themselves that the investment is
in accord with applicable law.
Section 3(42) of ERISA and regulations issued by the Department
of Labor, or DOL, provide guidance on the definition of plan
assets under ERISA. These regulations also apply under the Code
for purposes of the prohibited transaction rules. Under the
regulations, if a plan acquires an equity interest in an entity
which is neither a ?publicly-offered security? nor a security
issued by an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act, the plan?s assets would include both the equity
interest and an undivided interest in each of the entity?s
underlying assets unless an exception from the plan asset
regulations applies
We do not believe the DOL?s plan assets guidelines apply to our
Notes or our company because our Notes are debt securities and
not equity interests in us.
If the underlying assets of our company were treated by the
Department of Labor as ?plan assets,? the management of our
company would be treated as fiduciaries with respect to Benefit
Plan Noteholders and the prohibited transaction restrictions of
ERISA and the Code could apply to transactions involving our
assets and transactions with ?parties in interest? (as defined
in ERISA) or ?disqualified persons? (as defined in Section 4975
of the Code) with respect to Benefit Plan Noteholders. If the
underlying assets of our company were treated as ?plan assets,?
an investment in our company also might constitute an improper
delegation of fiduciary responsibility to our company under
ERISA and expose the ERISA Plan fiduciary to co-fiduciary
liability under ERISA and might result in an impermissible
commingling of plan assets with other property.
If a prohibited transaction were to occur, an excise tax equal
to 15% of the amount involved would be imposed under the Code,
with an additional 100% excise tax if the prohibited transaction
is not ?corrected.? Such taxes will be imposed on any
disqualified person who participates in the prohibited
transaction. In addition, our Manager, and possibly other
fiduciaries of Benefit Plan Noteholders subject to ERISA who
permitted such prohibited transaction to occur or who otherwise
breached their fiduciary responsibilities, could be required to
restore to the plan any losses suffered by the ERISA Plan or any
profits realized by these fiduciaries as a result of the
transaction or beach. With respect to an IRA or similar account
that invests in our company, the occurrence of a prohibited
transaction involving the individual who established the IRA, or
his or her beneficiary, would cause the IRA to lose its tax-
exempt status. In that event, the IRA or other account owner
generally would be taxed on the fair market value of all the
assets in the account as of the first day of the owner?s taxable
year in which the prohibited transaction occurred.?
DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
This description sets forth certain terms of the Notes that we
are offering pursuant to this offering circular. We refer you to
the Note Agreement provided as an Exhibit for a full disclosure
of all such terms, as well as any other capitalized terms used
in this offering circular for which no definition is provided.
Because this section is a summary, it does not describe every
aspect of the Notes. We urge you to read the Note Agreement
because that document and not this summary defines your rights
as a Noteholder. Please review a copy of the Note Agreement. The
Note Agreement is filed as an exhibit to the offering statement,
of which this offering circular is a part, at www.sec.gov. You
may also obtain a copy from us without charge. See ?Where You
Can Find More Information? for more information. You further
agree that the Note Agreement may distributed to you in a
digital form or converted at any time, and you will agree to its
terms electronically.
Ranking
The Notes will be our direct, Gold Backed obligations and will
rank:
pari passu in right of payment with all our other gold backed
indebtedness from time to time outstanding;
Interest
The Notes will bear interest quarterly at a rate equal to 7.00%
per year compounded quarterly, subject to the availability of
funds.
Interest will be paid to the record holders of the Notes
quarterly in arrears, within 30 days of the quarter end, for the
preceding fiscal quarter, beginning on such payment date
immediately following the first full fiscal quarter after the
initial closing in the offering and continuing until the
Maturity Date, subject to the availability of funds. Interest
will accrue and be paid on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Upon maturity or renewal, we will make a payment to the
Noteholders as described herein.
Manner of Offering
The offering is being made on a best-efforts basis through our
managing broker-dealer and selling group members. Neither our
managing broker-dealer, nor any selling group member, will be
required to purchase any of the Notes.
Maturity and Renewal
The Notes will mature sixty months after they are issued. We
will provide notice of maturity within 180 days prior to
maturity. The Noteholders may respond to such notice and each
may elect to have its Notes redeemed within 150 days prior to
maturity. If a Noteholder does not elect to have its Notes
redeemed in its response to the notice and if the Company does
not otherwise redeem the Notes as otherwise described herein,
immediately before maturity, the Notes will be automatically
renewed for five years from the maturity date and at the same
interest rate. If a Noteholder elects to be redeemed, we may, at
our option, extend the maturity of the Notes held by such
Noteholder for an additional six months to facilitate our
redemption of those Notes by providing written notice of such
extension after the election by the Noteholder to be redeemed
and at least 60 days prior to the maturity date.
For any Notes offered hereby that mature after the three-year
anniversary of the commencement of this offering, we expect that
the renewal of such Notes may require us to file a new offering
statement. In such a case, the new offering statement must be
declared qualified before we will be able to renew your Note. In
this event, if the new offering statement has not yet been filed
or become effective, we will extend your period to elect to be
redeemed until ten days following the date of our notice to you
that the new offering statement has become effective, which
notice will include a new offering circular.
THE REQUIRED INTEREST PAYMENTS AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENT ARE NOT A
GUARANTY OF ANY RETURN TO YOU NOR ARE THEY A GUARANTY OF THE
RETURN OF YOUR INVESTED CAPITAL. While our company is required
to make interest payments and principal payment as described in
the Note Agreement and above, our ability to honor these
obligations will be subject to our ability to generate
sufficient cash flow or procure additional financing in order to
fund those payments. If we cannot generate sufficient cash flow
or procure additional financing to honor these obligations, we
may be forced to sell some or all of our company?s assets to
fund the payments, or we may not be able to fund the payments in
their entirety or at all. If we cannot fund the above payments,
Noteholders will have claims against us with respect to such
violation.
Noteholder Redemption
The Noteholders will have the right to have their Notes redeemed
quarterly on a first come first served basis after 90 days prior
written notice to Company subject to the availability of funds,
We will endeavor to retain 5% of the outstanding principal
balance of the Notes each quarter prior to Maturity for purpose
of redemption and our obligation to redeem Notes in any given
quarter is limited to 5% of the outstanding principal balance of
the Notes. If sufficient funds are not available for redemption
a Noteholder may request redemption in the following quarter
and any priority it for redemption will be maintained based on
the date of the initial request.
Optional Redemption
The Notes may be redeemed at our option at no penalty at any
time. We may extend maturity on the Notes for six months in
order to facilitate redemption of the Notes in our sole
discretion. If the Notes are renewed for an additional term, we
may redeem the Notes at any time during such renewal period. Any
redemption will occur at a price equal to the then outstanding
principal amount of the Notes, plus any accrued but unpaid
interest.
Merger, Consolidation or Sale
We may consolidate or merge with or into any other corporation,
and we may sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of our
assets to any corporation, provided that the successor entity,
if other than us:
is organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America or any United States, or U.S., state or the District of
Columbia; and
assumes all of our obligations to perform and observe all of our
obligations under the Notes;
and provided further that no event of default under the Note
Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Note Agreement does not provide for any right of
acceleration in the event of a consolidation, merger, sale of
all or substantially all of the assets, recapitalization or
change in our stock ownership. In addition, the Note Agreement
does not contain any provision which would protect the
Noteholders against a sudden and dramatic decline in credit
quality resulting from takeovers, recapitalizations or similar
restructurings.
Event of Default
The following are events of default under the Note Agreement
with respect to the Notes:
default in the payment of interest on the Notes, which continues
for 60 days, but only if sufficient funds are available.
default in the payment of any principal of the Notes when due,
which continues for 60 days, a cure period if sufficient funds
are available;
default in the performance of any other obligation or covenant
contained in the Note Agreement or in this offering circular for
the benefit of the Notes, which continues for 120 days after
written notice, a cure period;
specified events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of
us;
any final and non-appealable judgment or order for the payment
of money in excess of $25,000,000 singly, or in the aggregate
for all such final judgments or orders against all such Persons
is rendered against us and is not paid or discharged; and
if funds are not available to pay interest at a rate equal to
7.00% per year compounded quarterly, the Company will endeavor
to pay interest in an amount equal to the sum of cash interest
collected by the Company in any given quarter as allocated to
each Noteholder in proportion to the percentage of Notes held by
each Noteholder out of the total amount of Notes outstanding,
however in no event shall a failure to make payment constitute a
default if sufficient funds are not available.
Remedies if an Event of Default Occurs
Subject to any respective cure period, if an event of default
occurs and is continuing, the Noteholders of not less than a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may declare
the principal thereof and all unpaid interest thereon to be due
and payable immediately. In such event, they will have the right
force us to sell any assets held by us. We will be required to
contribute the proceeds of any such sale to the repayment of the
Notes.
At any time after the Noteholders have accelerated the repayment
of the principal and all unpaid interest on the Notes, but
before a judgment or decree for payment of money due is entered,
the Noteholders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes may rescind and annul that acceleration and
its consequences, provided that all payments and/or deliveries
due, other than those due as a result of acceleration, have been
made and all events of default have been remedied or waived.
The Noteholders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Notes may waive any default.
Delivery and Form
A Note Agreements will be issued to investors in the form
attached hereto as an exhibit and delivered to Noteholders after
full execution.
MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Set forth below is biographical information for our executive
officers.
Name
Position
Age
Term
Hours per
Week
Jeffrey
Sweeney
Managing
Partner of
Sole
Member US
Capital
Global
Investment
Management
LLC
None
1-2
Charles
Towle
Co-
Managing
Partner of
Sole
Member US
Capital
Global
Investment
Management
LLC
None
1-2
Jeffrey Sweeney, Founder and Managing Partner
A seasoned industry veteran with deep experience in structured
debt finance, Jeffrey Sweeney is Chairman and CEO at US Capital
Global, a full-service private financial group headquartered in
San Francisco, CA. Since 1998, the US Capital Global team has
been providing well-structured, custom financing solutions to
private and public companies with $5 million to $100 million in
sales. The group makes direct debt investments between $500,000
and $50 million, participates in debt facilities, and originates
and carries out due diligence on debt and equity private
placements. The group also offers financial advisory services
for capital formation through private placements, including
early-stage or later-stage financings requiring equity or debt
and buy-side and sell-side M&A through its registered broker
dealer entity, US Capital Global Securities, LLC. Until
September 2014, Mr. Sweeney served as a Managing Partner at
Breakwater Investment Management, LLC (?Breakwater?), a Los
Angeles-based private investment firm that is the General
Partner of Breakwater Structured Growth Opportunities Fund LP
(the ?Prior Fund?).1 The investment objective of the Prior Fund
was to generate both current income and capital appreciation
through direct debt investments accompanied with equity
participation rights, primarily in growth-oriented companies in
the United States. In 2009, as a Managing Partner, Mr. Sweeney
established the Prior Fund and was primarily responsible for
architecting its structure, strategy, and portfolio management
techniques. A lead member of the Prior Fund?s Investment
Committee, Mr. Sweeney played a key role in approving the Prior
Fund?s investments and also brought in a majority of its
investors. The Prior Fund developed an impressive five-year
track record from its inception in early 2009, despite the slow
and drawn-out economic recovery and ongoing turbulence in the
global markets. He grew the business to over $4 Billion in
lending opportunities each year. In 2014, Mr. Sweeney sold his
interest and formally separated from the management of the Prior
Fund, freeing him to create US Capital Global Investment
Management, LLC and establish a family of US Capital funds
focusing on attractive market niches and alternative asset
management strategies. In 2015, Mr. Sweeney launched US Capital
Business Credit Income Fund, a $250 million fund that aims to
both preserve principal and achieve consistent attractive
returns by making primarily senior debt investments in small and
lower middle market private and public companies located
primarily in the United States.
Charles V. Towle, Co-Managing Partner ? US Capital Global
Investment Management
Charles Towle is Co-Managing Partner at US Capital Global
Investment Management, LLC and a member of its Investment
Committee. He also serves as the Division Head and licensed
principal of US Capital Global Securities, LLC, a broker-dealer
that serves as distributor for the Fund and other investment
vehicles structured by US Capital Global Investment Management,
LLC. In addition, Mr. Towle is Managing Partner at US Capital
Global. Since joining in 2006, Mr. Towle has helped grow the
firm into a leading private investment bank for small and
medium-sized businesses in the United States. As Managing
Partner, Mr. Towle oversees US Capital Global?s banking
professionals, in addition to the firm?s established affiliates
and institutional investors. A structured funding and corporate
finance specialist, Mr. Towle has over 10 years of business
development, asset management, corporate finance, capital
markets, and general business management experience. Prior to
joining US Capital Global, Mr. Towle gained extensive
entrepreneurial and investment experience, serving as a limited
partner, financial officer, or board member of various
investment and endowment funds and small and medium-sized
businesses, both in the United States and abroad. Mr. Towle has
served as a board member for Turnaround Management Association
(TMA). Currently, he sits on the National Board of the
Commercial Finance Association (CFA), and remains a member of
TMA and Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). Mr. Towle chairs
the finance committees of two educational trusts, and serves as
a board member of Bhakti Projects, Inc., an international
nonprofit. He actively supports several local and international
nonprofits, including The Puente Project in California and Food
for Life in India. In addition, he collaborates with Cranmore
Foundation, a thought leader in organizational wisdom. Mr. Towle
received a B.S. in Business Administration
(emphasis in Corporate Finance and International Business) and
an M.B.A. (emphasis in Sustainable Business) from San Francisco
State University. He holds Series 24 and 79 designations from
FINRA.
COMPENSATION
There are no management fees payable by the Company in
connection with the Offering.
Name
Capacity
Cash
Compensation
Other
Compensation
Total
Jeffrey
Sweeney
Managing
Partner of
Sole
Member US
Capital
Global
Investment
Management
LLC
0
0
0
Charles
Towle
Co-
Managing
Partner of
Sole
Member US
Capital
Global
Investment
Management
LLC
0
0
0
SECURITY OWNERSHIP
The Issuer is 100% owned by US Capital Global Investment
Management LLC its Sole Member.
Title of
Class
Name and
Address of
Beneficial
Owner
Amount and
nature of
beneficial
ownership
Amount and
nature of
beneficial
ownership
acquirable
Percent
of
Class
Membership
US Capital
Global
Investment
Management
LLC 1
Ferry
Building,
Suite 201
San
Francisco,
California
94111
100%
membership
interest
0
100%
LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY
Our Manager and executive officers, if any are appointed by our
Manager, will owe fiduciary duties to our company and our
members in the manner prescribed in the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act and applicable case law. Neither our
Manager nor any executive officer will owe fiduciary duties to
our Noteholders. Our Manager is required to act in good faith
and in a manner that it determines to be in our best interests.
However, nothing in our operating agreement precludes our
Manager or executive officers or any affiliate of our Manager or
any of their respective officers, directors, employees, members
or trustees from acting, as a director, officer or employee of
any corporation, a trustee of any trust, an executor or
administrator of any estate, a member of any company or an
administrative official of any other business entity, or from
receiving any compensation or participating in any profits in
connection with any of the foregoing, and neither our company
nor any member shall have any right to participate in any manner
in any profits or income earned or derived by our Manager or any
affiliate thereof or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, members or trustees, from or in connection
with the conduct of any such other business venture or activity.
Our Manager, its executive officers, any affiliate of any of
them, or any shareholder, officer, director, employee, partner,
member or any person or entity owning an interest therein, may
engage in or possess an interest in any other business or
venture of any nature or description, provided that such
activities do not compete with the business of our company or
otherwise breach their agreements with our company; and no
member or other person or entity shall have any interest in such
other business or venture by reason of its interest in our
company.
Our Manager or executive officers have no liability to our
company or to any member for any claims, costs, expenses,
damages, or losses suffered by our company which arise out of
any action or inaction of any manager or executive officer if
such manager or executive officer meets the following standards:
(i) such manager or executive officer, in good faith, reasonably
determined that such course of conduct or omission was in, or
not opposed to, the best interests of our company, and (ii) such
course of conduct did not constitute fraud, willful misconduct
or gross negligence or any breach of fiduciary duty to our
company or its members. These exculpation provisions in our
operating agreement are intended to protect our Manager and
executive officers from liability when exercising their business
judgment regarding transactions we may enter into.
Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification or
exculpation of our Manager, executive officers or other persons
controlling us from liability arising under the Securities Act,
we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC this
indemnification and exculpation is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The financial statements of our company, which comprise the
balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and the related statements
of operations, members' equity and cash flows for the period
from July 30, 2019 (date of inception) through December 31, 2020
included in this offering circular and the related notes to
those financial statements, have been audited by Naper CPA
Group, an independent public accounting firm, as stated in their
report appearing elsewhere herein.
The statements from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 have
not yet been audited.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters in connection with this offering,
including the validity of the Notes, will be passed upon for us
by Sances Law.
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Our Manger maintains a website, https://www.uscapglobal.com,
which contains additional information concerning us, our
Manager. We will file, annual, semi-annual and special reports,
and other information, as applicable, with the SEC. You may read
and copy any document filed with the SEC at the SEC's public
company reference room at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330
for further information on the public reference room. The SEC
also maintains a web site that contains reports, and
informational statements, and other information regarding
issuers that file electronically with the SEC
(http://www.sec.gov).
Our company has filed an offering statement of which this
offering circular is a part with the SEC under the Securities
Act. The offering statement contains additional information
about us. You may inspect the offering statement without charge
at the office of the SEC at Room 1580, 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, and you may obtain copies from the SEC
at prescribed rates.
This offering circular does not contain all of the information
included in the offering statement. We have omitted certain
parts of the offering statement in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the SEC. For further information, we refer you to
the offering statement, which may be found at the SEC's website
at http://www.sec.gov. Statements contained in this offering
circular and any accompanying supplement about the provisions or
contents of any contract, agreement or any other document
referred to are not necessarily complete. Please refer to the
actual exhibit for a more complete description of the matters
involved.
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Description
Page
Independent Accountant Audit Report FY 2020t
40
FY 2021 Unaudited Profit & Loss Statement
52
FY 2021 Unaudited Balance Sheet
53
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US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC
Financial Statements For The Year Ended December
31, 2020
TOGETHER WITH INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT AUDIT REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Description
Page
Independent Accountant Audit Report
...??????????????????????????????????3
Profit & Loss Statement
...??????????????????????????????????????????..4
Balance Sheet
...????????????????????????????????????????????????.5
Statement of Cashflows
...??????????????????????????????????????????..6
Statement of Shareholders? Equity
?????????????????????????.???????????..7
Notes to Accompanied Financial Statements
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT AUDIT REPORT
To the Management of US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of US
CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC, which comprise the Balance Sheet as
of December 31, 2020, the related Profit & Loss Statement, the
related Statement of Cashflows, and the related Statement of
Shareholders? Equity for the 12-month periods then ended.
Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
of US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC as of December 31, 2020, and the
results of its operations and its cash flows for the period then
ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America.
Management?s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair
presentation of these financial statements in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance
of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair
presentation of financial statements that are free from material
misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor?s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the
United States of America. Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free from material
misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain
audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor?s
judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material
misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers
internal control relevant to the entity?s preparation and fair
presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for
the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the
entity?s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such
opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of
accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant
accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe
that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Omar Alnuaimi, CPA
Naperville
, IL May
11, 2021
PROFIT & LOSS STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2020
Investment Income
Total Investment Income
Expense
79,836
Interest Expense
45,452
Charitable Contributions
23,200
Bank Fees
110
Total Expense
68,762
Net Income Before Provision for Income Tax
11,074
Provision for Income Taxes
-
Net Income (Loss)
$
11,074
Revenue - Interest Income $ 79,836
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BALANCE SHEET
DECEMBER 31, 2020
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents
$
6,443
Note Receivable - Current Portion
400,000
Interest Receivable - Current Portion
15,967
NON?CURRENT ASSETS
Note Receivable
Interest
Receivable
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
422,410
1,600,000
63,868
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 1,663,868
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
NON?CURRENT LIABILITIES
Notes Payable
Interest Payable
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
TOTAL LIABILITIES
OWNER'S EQUITY
Owner's Contribution
Retained Earnings (Deficit)
Net Income (Loss)
300,039
1,170,720
29,435
1,200,155
1,500,194
575,011
-
11,074
TOTAL ASSETS 2,086,278
LIABILITIES AND OWNER'S EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Notes Payable - Current Portion
292,680
Interest Payable - Current Portion
7,359
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 586,085
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 2,086,278
STATEMENT OF CASHFLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2020
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income
Non-Cash Adjustments
$
11,074
Increase in Interest Payable
36,794
Increase in Interest Receivable
(79,836)
NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
(31,968)
Notes Receivable
(2,000,000)
NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
(2,000,000)
Notes Payable
1,463,400
Owner's Contribution (net)
575,011
NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
2,038,411
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH
6,443
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
-
CASH AT END OF PERIOD $ 6,443
STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS'
EQUITY December 31, 2020
Balance, December 31, 2019
Opening
Equity
Balance
Yearly
Changes
Total
$
-
$
-
$
-
Net Income for the period ending December
31, 2020
-
11,074
11,074
Equity Contributions
(Distributions) Balance,
December 31, 2020
-
575,011
575,011
$
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$
586,085
$
586,085
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NOTE A ? ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF ACTIVITIES
US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC (the ?Company?) is a newly
established Delaware limited liability company. The Company is
a collective investment vehicle created for the purpose of
making and managing direct and indirect investments in debt
securities of other companies and investment funds. The
securities to be purchased and managed by The Company are
referred to as ?Securities.?
The Company primarily raises capital for Securities purchased
via the issuance of Note Debt Instruments
(Notes) to accredited investors. The investment objective of
The Company is to repay its obligations (Notes) by making
direct and indirect debt investments in small and medium-sized
businesses (SMBs) located primarily in the United States. The
Company will seek to primarily make senior loans of $1 million
to $10 million to funds that lend to qualifying SMBs.
The Company is managed (and 100% owned) exclusively by US
Capital Global Investment Management, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company that was formed in October 2014 for the
purpose of managing private investment funds. US Capital
Global Investment Management, LLC will be responsible for
supervising all the activities of The Company. which is a
related party (see ?NOTE C ? RELATED PARTIES? for more
details).
NOTE B ? SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in
the United States of America (?US GAAP?). As a result, the
Company records revenue when earned and expenses when
incurred.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities, and the disclosures of contingent assets and
liabilities and other items, as well as the reported revenues
and expenses. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and any cash equivalents include all cash balances, and
highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or
less when purchased.
NOTE B ? SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (cont.)
Fair Value Measurements
The Company has determined the fair value of certain assets
and liabilities in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles (?GAAP?), which provides a
framework for measuring fair value. Fair value is defined as
the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid
to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or
most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an
orderly transaction between market participants on the
measurement date. Valuation techniques should maximize the use
of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable
inputs. A fair value hierarchy has been established, which
prioritizes the valuation inputs into three broad levels.
Level 1 inputs consist of quoted prices in active markets for
identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has
the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs
are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1
that are observable for the related asset or liability. Level
3 inputs are unobservable inputs related to the asset or
liability.
Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when: (1) persuasive evidence
exists of an arrangement with the customer reflecting the
terms and conditions under which products or services will be
provided; (2) delivery has occurred, or services have been
provided; (3) the fee is fixed or determinable; and (4)
collection is reasonably assured.
Income Taxes
The Company is a Limited Liability Company (?LLC?) for income
tax purposes (effective through December 31, 2020). In lieu
of corporate income taxes, the owners are taxed on their
proportionate shares of the Company?s taxable income.
Accordingly, no liability for federal or state income taxes
and no provision for federal or state income taxes have been
included in the financial statements. The Company accounts
for the effect of any uncertain tax positions based on a
"more likely than not'' threshold to the recognition of the
tax positions being sustained based on the technical merits
of the position under scrutiny by the applicable taxing
authority. If a tax position or positions are deemed to
result in uncertainties of those positions, the unrecognized
tax benefit is estimated based on a "cumulative probability
assessment" that aggregates the estimated tax liability for
all uncertain tax positions. Interest and penalties assessed,
if any, are accrued as income tax expense. The Company has
identified its tax status as a limited liability company
electing to be taxed as a pass-through entity as its only
significant tax position; however, the Company has determined
that such tax position does not result in an uncertainty
requiring recognition.
Commitments and Contingencies
The Company is not currently involved with and does not know
of any pending or threatening litigation against the Company
or its members.
NOTE C ? RELATED PARTIES
For purposes of this note, the following parties will be
referred to as follows:
?The Company? = US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC
?Party A? = US CAPITAL GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC
?Party B? = US CAPITAL GLOBAL BUSINESS CREDIT INCOME FUND, LP
?Party C? = US CAPITAL GLOBAL SECURITIES, LLC (USCGS)
?Party D? = US CAPITAL GLOBAL PARTNERS, LLC
The Company is managed (and 100% owned) exclusively by Party
A. Party C acts as the Placement Agent for the Notes offered
by The Company and receives Placements Agent Fees paid by
Party A. As part of The Company?s investment portfolio, The
Company intends to include investments in Party B.
The Co-Managing Partners of Party A are Jeffrey Sweeney and
Charles Towle. As Co- Managing Partners of Party A, Mr.
Sweeney and Mr. Towle will be responsible for evaluating,
negotiating, structuring, closing and monitoring The Company?s
investment in Securities.
In addition to the above specific business relationships, all
five entities are considered affiliated entities
(?Affiliated Entities?). Charles Towle is Co-Managing Partner
of the Affiliated Entities and the Division Head and licensed
principal of Party C. Jeffrey Sweeney is Co-Managing Partner
of the Affiliated Entities and an indirect controlling
stockholder of the Affiliated Entities. Additionally, Party D,
may act or has acted in the capacity of a financial advisors
to portfolio companies, to facilitate the structuring of The
Company?s offering.
NOTE D ? NOTE RECEIVABLE
The Company has one Note Receivable instrument in the amount
of $2 Million with a stated interest rate of two percent (2%)
per quarter on the outstanding principal amount that has been
loaned by The Company to US Capital Global Business Credit
Income Fund, LP (see ?NOTE C ? RELATED PARTIES?). The terms of
the agreement state The Company has the right to ?call? the
note at any time. In the event The Company ?calls? the note,
the borrower is required to repay the lessor of the
outstanding principal & interest balance or 5% of the
outstanding balance at the end of each quarter. Any unpaid
balance over 5% shall be rolled over into the next quarter
until the full balance has been repaid.
NOTE E ? NOTES PAYABLE
The Company has two Note Payable instruments. The first
instrument is in the amount of $1.3 Million with a stated
interest rate of two percent (2%) per quarter. The terms of
the agreement state the holder of the note has the right to
?call? the note at any time. In the event the holder ?calls?
the note, The Company is required to repay the lessor of the
outstanding principal & interest balance or 5% of the
outstanding balance at the end of each quarter. Any unpaid
balance over 5% shall be rolled over into the next quarter
until the full balance has been repaid.
The second instrument is in the amount of $163,400 (as of
December 31, 2020) with a stated interest rate of two percent
(2%) per quarter. The terms of the agreement state the holder
of the note has the right to ?call? the note at any time. In
the event the holder ?calls? the note, The Company is required
to repay the lessor of the outstanding principal & interest
balance or 5% of the outstanding balance at the end of each
quarter. Any unpaid balance over 5% shall be rolled over into
the next quarter until the full balance has been repaid.
NOTE F ? CONCENTRATIONS OF RISK
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to
credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents. The Company
places its cash and any cash equivalents with a limited number
of high-quality financial institutions and do not exceed the
amount of insurance provided on such deposits.
NOTE G ? SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management has evaluated subsequent events through May 11,
2021, the date on which the financial statements were
available to be issued. Management has determined that none of
the events occurring after the date of the balance sheet
through the date of Management?s review substantially affect
the amounts and disclosure of the accompanying financial
statements.
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FORM 1-A
Regulation A Offering Circular
Part III ? Exhibits
US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING, LLC
1 Ferry Building, Suite 201
San Francisco, California 94111
(415) 889-1010
The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Offering
Statement:
Exhibit 1A-1
Certificate and Operating Agreement
Exhibit 1A-2
Form of Subscription Agreement.
Exhibit 1A-3
Form of Note Agreement.
Exhibit 1A-4
Consent of Independent Auditor.
Exhibit 1A-5
Legal Opinion of Sances Law
Exhibit 1A-1 Certificate and Operating Agreement
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State of Delaware
Secreta1Y of State
Division of Corporations
Delivered 10:18
FILED 10:18 AM07 30/2019
SR 20196222700 - FileNumber 7538184
CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION
OF
US Capital Global Lending LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)
First: The name of the limited liability company is:
US Capital Global Lending LLC
Second: Its registered office in the State of
Delaware is located at 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes,
Delaware 19958, County of Sussex. The registered agent
in charge thereof is Harvard Business Services, Inc.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being fully
authorized to execute and file this document have signed
below and executed this Certificate of Formation on this
July 30, 2019.
Harvard Business Services, Inc., Authorized Person
By: Michael J. Bell, President
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Operating Agreement
US Capital Global
Lending, LLC a Delaware
Limited Liability Company
THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT of US Capital Global
Lending LLC (the "Company") is entered into as of the
date set forth on the signature page of this Agreement
by each of the Members listed on Exhibit A of this
Agreement.
A. The Members have formed the Company as a Delaware
limited liability company under the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Liability Company Act. The purpose of the Company is
to conduct any lawful business for which limited liability
companies may be organized under the laws of the state of
Delaware. The Members hereby adopt and approve the articles
of organization of the Company filed with the Delaware
Secretary of State.
B. The Members enter into this Agreement to provide for
the governance of the Company and the conduct of its
business, and to specify their relative rights and
obligations.
ARTICLE 1: DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the
meanings specified in this Article 1 or elsewhere in this
Agreement and if not so specified, have the meanings set
forth in the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Liability
Company Act.
"Agreement" means this Operating Agreement of the
Company, as may be amended from time to time.
"Capital Account" means, with respect to any Member, an
account consisting of such Member's Capital Contribution,
(1) increased by such Member's allocated share of income and
gain, (2) decreased by such Member's share of losses and
deductions,(3) decreased by any distributions made by the
Company to such Member, and (4) otherwise adjusted as
required in accordance with applicable tax laws.
time to time according to the terms of this Agreement.
"Member" means each Person who acquires Membership
Interest pursuant to this Agreement. The Members are
listed on Exhibit A, as may be updated from time to time
according to the terms of this Agreement. Each Member has
the rights and obligations specified in this Agreement.
"Membership Interest" means the entire ownership
interest of a Member in the Company at any particular time,
including the right to any and all benefits to which a
Member may be entitled as provided in this Agreement and
under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Liability
Company Act, together with the obligations of the Memb er
to comply with all of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
"Ownership Interest" means the Percentage Interest or
Units, as applicable, based on the manner in which relative
ownership of the Company is divided.
"Percentage Interest" means the percentage of
ownership in the Company that, with respect to each
Member, entitles the Member to a Membership Interest and
is expressed as either:
A. If ownership in the Company is expressed in terms
of percentage, the percentage set forth opposite the
name of each Member on Exhibit A, as may be adjusted
from time to time pursuant to this Agreement; or
B. If ownership in the Company is expressed in Units,
the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of:
(1) the number of Units owned by the Member
(expressed as "MU" in the equation below)
divided by
(2) the total number of Units owned by all of
the Members of the Company (expressed as "TU"
in the equation below).
Percentage Interest = MU-
TU
"Person" means an individual (natural
person), partnership, limited partnership, trust,
estate, association, corporation, limited
liability company, or other entity, whether
domestic or foreign.
"Units" mean, if ownership in the Company is
expressed in Units, units of ownership in the
Company, that, with respect to each Member,
entitles the Member to a Membership Interest which,
if applicable, is expressed as the number of Units
set forth opposite the name of each Member on
Exhibit A, as may be adjusted from time to time
pursuant to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2: CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, ADDITIONAL MEMBERS, CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS AND LIMITED LIABILITY
2.1 Initial Capital Contributions. The names
of all Members and each of their respective
addresses, initial Capital Contributions, and
Ownership Interests must be set forth on Exhibit
A. Each Member has made or agrees to make the
initial Capital Contribution set forth next to
such Member's name on Exhibit A to
become a Member of the Company.
2.2 Subsequent Capital Contributions.
Members are not obligated to make additional
Capital Contributions unless unanimously agreed
by all the Members. If subsequent Capital
Contributions are unanimously agreed by all the
Members in a consent in writing, the Members may
make such additional Capital Contributions on a
pro rata basis in accordance with each Member's
respective Percentage Interest or as otherwise
unanimously agreed by the Members.
2.3 Additional Members.
A. With the exception of a transfer of interest
(1) governed by
Article 7 of this Agreement or (2) otherwise
expressly authorized by this Agreement,
additional Persons may become Members of the
Company and be issued additional Ownership
Interests only if approved by and on
terms determined by a unanimous written
agreement Signed by all of the existing
Members.
B. Before a Person may be admitted as a Member of
the Company, that Person must sign and deliver to the
Company the documents and instruments, in the form and
containing the information required by the Company, that
the Members deem necessary or desirable. Membership
Interests of new Members will be allocated according to
the terms of this Agreement.
2.4 Capital Accounts. Individual Capital Accounts must
be maintained for each Member, unless (a) there is only one
Member of the Company and (b) the Company is exempt
according to applicable tax laws. Capital Accounts must be
maintained in accordance with all applicable tax laws.
2.5 Interest. No interest will be paid by the Company
or otherwise on Capital Contributions or on the balance of a
Member's Capital Account.
2.6 Limited Liability; No Authority. A Member will not
be bound by, or be personally liable for, the expenses,
liabilities, debts, contracts, or obligations of the
Company, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or
as required by the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Liability Company Act. Unless expressly provided in this
Agreement, no Member, acting alone, has any authority to
undertake or assume any obligation, debt, or responsibility,
or otherwise act on behalf of, the Company or any other
Member.
ARTICLE 3: ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
3.1 Allocations. Unless otherwise agreed to by the
unanimous consent of the Members any income, gain, loss,
deduction, or credit of the Company will be allocated for
accounting and tax purposes on a pro rata basis in
proportion to the respective Percentage Interest held by
each Member and in compliance with applicable tax laws.
3.2 Distributions. The Company will have the right to
make distributions of cash and property to the Members on a
pro rata basis in proportion to the respective Percentage
Interest held by each Member. The timing and amount of
distributions will be determined by the Members in
accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Liability Company Act.
3.3 Limitations on Distributions. The Company must not
make a distribution to a Member if, after giving effect to
the distribution:
A. The Company would be unable to pay its debts as they
become due in the usual course of business; or
B. The fair value of the Company's total assets would be
less than the sum of its total liabilities plus the
amount that would be needed, if the Company were to be
dissolved at the time of the distribution, to satisfy
the preferential rights upon dissolution of Members, if
any, whose preferential rights are superior to those of
the Members receiving the distribution.
ARTICLE 4: MANAGEMENT
4.1 Management.
A. Generally. Subject to the terms of this Agreement
and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company
Act, the business and affairs of the Company will be
managed by the Members.
B. Approval and Action. Unless greater or other
authorization is required pursuant to this Agreement or
under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Liability
Company Act for the Company to engage in an activity or
transaction, all activities or transactions must be
approved by the Members, to constitute the act of the
Company or serve to bind the Company. With such approval,
the signature of any Members authorized to sign on behalf
of the Company is sufficient to bind the Company with
respect to the matter or matters so approved. Without such
approval, no Members acting alone may bind the Company to
any agreement with or obligation to any third party or
represent or claim to have the ability to so bind the
Company.
C. Certain Decisions Requiring Greater
Authorization. Notwithstanding clause B above, the
following matters require unanimous approval of the
Members in a consent in writing to constitute an act of
the Company:
(i) A material change in the purposes or the
nature of the Company's business;
(ii) With the exception of a transfer of interest
governed by Article 7 of this Agreement, the
admission of a new Member or a change in any
Member's Membership Interest, Ownership
Interest, Percentage Interest, or Voting
Interest in any manner other than in
accordance with this Agreement;
(iii) The merger of the Company with any other
entity or the sale of all or substantially all
of the Company's assets; and
(iv) The amendment of this Agreement.
4.2 Officers. The Members are authorized to appoint
one or more officers from time to time. The officers will
have the titles, the authority, exercise the powers, and
perform the duties that the Members determine from time to
time. Each officer will continue to perform and hold office
until such time as (a) the officer's successor is chosen and
appointed by the Members; or (b) the officer is dismissed or
terminated by the Members, which termination will be subject
to applicable law and, if an effective employment agreement
exists between the officer and the Company, the employment
agreement. Subject to applicable law and the employment
agreement (if any), each officer will serve at the direction
of Members, and may be terminated, at any time and for any
reason, by the Members.
ARTICLE 5: ACCOUNTS AND ACCOUNTING
5.1 Accounts. The Company must maintain complete
accounting records of the
Company's business, including a full and accurate record of
each Company transaction.
The records must be kept at the Company's principal
executive office and must be open to inspection and copying
by Members during normal business hours upon reasonable
notice by the Members wishing to inspect or copy the records
or their authorized representatives, for purposes reasonably
related to the Membership Interest of such
Members. The costs of inspection and copying will be borne
by the respective Member.
5.2 Records. The Members will keep or cause the
Company to keep the following business records.
(i) An up to date list of the Members, each of
their respective full legal names, last known
business or residence address, Capital
Contributions, the amount and terms of any
agreed upon future
Capital Contributions, and Ownership
Interests, and Voting Interests;
(ii) A copy of the Company's federal, state, and
local tax information and income tax returns
and reports, if any, for the six most recent
taxable years;
(iii) A copy of the articles of organization of the
Company, as may be amended from time to time
("Articles of Organization"); and
(iv) An original signed copy, which may include
counterpart signatures, of this Agreement,
and any amendments to this Agreement, signed
by all then-current Members.
5.3 Income Tax Returns. Within 45 days after the end of
each taxable year, the Company will use its best efforts to
send each of the Members all information necessary for the
Members to complete their federal and state tax
information, returns, and reports and a copy of the
Company's federal, state, and local tax information or
income tax returns and reports for such year.
5.4 Subchapter S Election. The Company may, upon
unanimous consent of the Members, elect to be treated for
income tax purposes as an S Corporation. This designation
may be changed as permitted under the Internal Revenue Code
Section 1362(d) and applicable Regulations.
5.5 Tax Matters Member. Anytime the Company is
required to designate or select a tax matters partner
pursuant to Section 6231(a)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code
and any regulations issued by the Internal Revenue Service,
the Members must designate one of the Members as the tax
matters partner of the Company and keep such designation
in effect at all times.
5.6 Banking. All funds of the Company must be deposited
in one or more bank
accounts in the name of the Company with one or more
recognized financial institutions. The Members are
authorized to establish such accounts and complete, sign,
and deliver any banking resolutions reasonably required by
the respective financial institutions in order to establish
an account.
ARTICLE 6: MEMBERSHIP- VOTING AND MEETINGS
6.1 Members and Voting Rights. The Members have the
right and power to vote on all matters with respect to which
the Articles of Organization, this Agreement, or the
Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
requires or permits. Unless otherwise stated in this
Agreement (for example, in Section 4.1(c)) or required
under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Liability
Company Act, the vote of the Members holding at least a
majority of the Voting Interest of the Company is required
to approve or carry out an action.
6.2 Meetings of Members. Annual, regular, or special
meetings of the Members are not required but may be held at
such time and place as the Members deem necessary or
desirable for the reasonable management of the Company.
Meetings may be called by any Member or Members, holding
10% or more of the Percentage Interests, for the purpose of
addressing any matters on which the Members may vote. A
written notice setting forth the date, time, and location
of a meeting must be sent at least ten (10) days but no
more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to
each Member entitled to vote at the meeting. A Member may
waive notice of a meeting by sending a signed waiver to the
Company's principal executive office or as otherwise
provided in the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Liability
Company Act. In any instance in which the approval of the
Members is required under this Agreement, such approval may
be obtained in any manner permitted by the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, including by
conference call or similar communications equipment. Any
action that could be taken at a meeting may be approved by
a consent in writing that describes the action to be taken
and is signed by Members holding the minimum Voting
Interest required to approve the action. If any action is
taken without a meeting and without unanimous written
consent of the Members, notice of such action must be sent
to each Member that did not consent to the action.
ARTICLE 7: WITHDRAWAL AND TRANSFERS OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
7.1 Withdrawal. Members may withdraw from the Company
prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company (a)
by transferring or assigning all of their respective
Membership Interests pursuant to Section 7.2 below, or (b)
if all of the Members unanimously agree in a written
consent. Subject to the provisions of Article 3, a Member
that withdraws pursuant to this Section 7.1will be entitled
to a distribution from the Company in an amount equal to
such Member's Capital Account, which must be paid by the
Company to such Member within ninety (90) days of the
withdrawal date unless otherwise agreed in writing.
7.2 Restrictions on Transfer; Admission of Transferee.
A Member may transfer Membership Interests to any other
Person without the consent of any other Member. A person may
acquire Membership Interests directly from the Company upon
the written consent of all Members. A Person that acquires
Membership Interests in accordance with this Section 7.2
will be admitted as a Member of the Company only after the
requirements of Section 2.3(b) are complied with in full.
ARTICLE 8: DISSOLUTION
8.1 Dissolution. The Company will be dissolved upon the
first to occur of the following events:
(i) The vote of the Members holding at least a
majority of the Voting Interest of the
Company to dissolve the Company;
(ii) Entry of a decree of judicial dissolution
under Section 17707.01of the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Liability Company Act;
(iii) The sale or transfer of all or substantially
all of the Company's assets;
(iv) A merger or consolidation of the Company with
one or more entities in which the Company is
not the surviving entity; or
(v) The Company has no members during 90
consecutive days, except on the death of a
natural person who is the sole member of the
Company, the status of the member, including
Membership Interest, may pass to the heirs,
successors, and assigns of the member by will
or applicable law.
8.2 No Automatic Dissolution Upon Certain Events.
Unless otherwise set forth in this Agreement or required by
applicable law, the death, incapacity, disassociation,
bankruptcy, or withdrawal of a Member will not automatically
cause a dissolution of The Company.
ARTICLE 9: INDEMNIFICATION
9.1 Indemnification. The Company has the power to
defend, indemnify, and hold harmless any Person who was or
is a party, or who is threatened to be made a party, to
any Proceeding (as that term is defined below) by reason
of the fact that such Person was or is a Member, officer,
employee, representative, or other agent of the Company,
or was or is serving at the request of the Company as a
director, Governor, officer, employee, representative or
other agent of another limited liability company,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other
enterprise (each such Person is referred to as a "Company
Agent"), against Expenses (as that term is defined below),
judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts
(collectively, "Damages") to the maximum extent now or
hereafter permitted under Delaware law. "Proceeding," as
used in this Article 9, means any threatened, pending, or
completed action, proceeding, individual claim or matter
within a proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, or investigative. "Expenses," as used in
this Article 9, includes, without limitation, court costs,
reasonable attorney and expert fees, and any expenses
incurred relating to establishing a right to
indemnification, if any, under this Article 9.
9.2 Mandatory. The Company must defend, indemnify
and hold harmless a Company Agent in connection with a
Proceeding in which such Company Agent is involved if,
and to the extent, Delaware law requires that a limited
liability company indemnify a Company Agent in
connection with a Proceeding.
9.3 Expense Paid by the Company Prior to Final
Disposition. Expenses of each Company Agent indemnified or
held harmless under this Agreement that are actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or
settlement of a Proceeding may be paid by the Company in
advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding if
authorized by a vote of the Members that are not seeking
indemnification holding a majority of the Voting Interests
(excluding the Voting Interest of the Company Agent seeking
indemnification). Before the Company makes any such payment
of Expenses, the Company Agent seeking indemnification must
deliver a written undertaking to the
Company stating that such Company Agent will repay the
applicable Expenses to the Company unless it is ultimately
determined that the Company Agent is entitled or required
to be indemnified and held harmless by the Company (as set
forth in Sections 9.1or 9.2 above or as otherwise required
by applicable law).
ARTICLE 10: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.1 Notice. (a) Any notices (including requests,
demands, or other communications) to be sent by one party to
another party in connection with this Agreement must be in
writing and delivered personally, by reputable overnight
courier, or by certified mail (or equivalent service offered
by the postal service from time to time) to the following
addresses or as otherwise notified in accordance with this
Section: (i) if to the Company, notices must be sent to the
Company's principal executive office; and (ii) if to a
Member, notices must be sent to the Member's last known
address for notice on record. (b) Any party to this
Agreement may change its notice address by sending written
notice of such change to the Company in the manner specified
above. Notice will be deemed to have been duly given as
follows: (i) upon delivery, if delivered personally or by
reputable overnight carrier or (ii) five days after the date
of posting if sent by certified mail.
10.2 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement along
with the Articles of Organization (together, the
"Organizational Documents"), constitute the entire agreement
among the Members and replace and supersede all prior
written and oral understandings and agreements with respect
to the subject matter of this Agreement, except as otherwise
required by the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Liability
Company Act. There are no representations, agreements,
arrangements, or undertakings, oral or written, between or
among the Members relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement that are not fully expressed in the Organizational
Documents. This Agreement may not be modified or amended in
any respect, except in a writing signed by all of the
Members, except as otherwise required or permitted by the
Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.
10.3 Governing Law; Severability. This Agreement will
be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the state of Delaware. If any provision of this Agreement
is held to be unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction for any reason whatsoever, (i) the validity,
legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions
of this Agreement (including without limitation, all
portions of any provisions containing any such
unenforceable provision that are not themselves
unenforceable) will not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby, and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the
unenforceable provision will be deemed modified and
replaced by a provision that approximates the intent and
economic effect of the unenforceable provision and the
Agreement will be deemed amended accordingly.
10.4 Further Action. Each Member agrees to perform all
further acts and execute, acknowledge, and deliver any
documents which may be reasonably necessary, appropriate,
or desirable to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.
10.5 No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement is made
solely for the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and
their respective permitted successors and assigns, and no
other Person or entity will have or acquire any right by
virtue of this Agreement. This Agreement will be binding on
and inure to the benefit of the parties and their heirs,
personal representatives, and permitted successors and
assigns.
10.6 Incorporation by Reference. The recitals and
each appendix, exhibit, schedule, and other document
attached to or referred to in this Agreement are hereby
incorporated into this Agreement by reference.
10.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if
all of the Members signed the same copy. All
counterparts will be construed together and will
constitute one agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed or caused to be
executed this Operating Agreement and do each hereby
represent and warrant their respective signatory, whose
signature appears below, has been and is, on the date of this
Agreement, duly authorized to execute the Agreement.
Dated: August 8, 2019
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EXHIBIT A
MEMBERS
The Members of the Company and their respective addresses,
Capital Contributions, and Ownership Interests are set forth
below. The Members agree to keep this Exhibit A current and
updated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
including, but not limited to , Sections
2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 7.1, 7.2, and 10.1.
Members Capital Contribution Percentage Interest
US Capital Global Investment Management LLC $100 100%
Address:
555 Montgomery Street
Suite 1501 San
Francisco, Delaware
94111
Exhibit 1A-2 Form of Subscription Agreement.
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US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC
SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT
SUBSCRIPTION
AGREEMENT
To the
undersigned
Subscriber:
By signing and delivering this Subscription Agreement (this
?Subscription Agreement?), you hereby agree with US CAPITAL
GLOBAL LENDING LLC a Delaware limited liability company (the
?Issuer?), and the Issuer, by signing and accepting this
Subscription Agreement, hereby agrees with you, as follows:
1. Sale and
Purchase of Issuer Notes.
The Issuer has been formed under the laws of the State of
Delaware and is governed by a Limited Liability Company
Agreement this Subscription Agreement relates to the sale of
notes by the Issuer. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition have the meanings set forth in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
Subject to the terms and conditions of, and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties of the respective parties
contained in, this Subscription Agreement:
(a) You hereby subscribe for and agree to
purchase from the Issuer the number of Notes (the ?Notes?)
specified on the signature page of this Subscription Agreement
(the ?Company?) (with the minimum purchase amount being five (5)
Notes, at a price of $5,000 (the ?Purchase Price?); and
(b) If US Capital Global Investment
Management LLC, the manager of the Issuer (the ?Manager?)
accepts your subscription, you agree to become a Note holder,
upon the terms and conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement and
this Subscription Agreement, and will be deemed to have signed
and become a party to the Note Purchase Agreement.
(c) You understand that this subscription is
not binding on the Issuer until accepted by the Manager on
behalf of the Issuer and may be accepted or rejected, in whole
or in part, by the Manager in its sole and absolute discretion.
The Manager may terminate this offer at any time.
2. Deposit and Custodial
Account.
You acknowledge that you are required to remit an amount equal
to the Purchase Price for your Notes (the ?Deposit?) at the time
of the submission of this Subscription Agreement. The Deposit
will be held in a custodial account by Bridge Bank. Upon the
closing of the sale of Notes to you (the ?Closing?), all funds
in the account, including will be disbursed as described in the
Offering Memorandum, to the Issuer?s operating account and your
Notes will be issued. In the event that your subscription is
rejected or the offering is canceled, then the Deposit will
promptly be returned to you, without payment of accrued interest
and without deduction. Upon commencement of the Closing, your
agreement to purchase the Notes will become irrevocable and the
Deposit will be nonrefundable.
3. Power
of Attorney.
You hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the Manager (and
any substitute or successor manager(s)) your true and lawful
attorney in your name, place and stead:
(a) To receive and pay over to (i) the
account of the Issuer on your behalf, to the extent set forth in
this Subscription Agreement, funds received hereunder, and (ii)
to the account of US Capital Global Securities, LLC (?USCGS?),
as placement agent for the Issuer, commissions as described in
the Offering Memorandum,
(b) To complete or correct, on your
behalf, all documents to be executed by you in connection
with your subscription for Notes, including, without
limitation, filling in or amending amounts, dates, and other
pertinent information,
(c) To execute, acknowledge, swear to and
file any counterparts of the Note Purchase Agreement to be
entered into pursuant to this Subscription Agreement, any
amendments to which you are a signatory, and any agreements
or other documents relating to the obligations of the Issuer,
and
This power of attorney shall be deemed coupled with an
interest, shall be irrevocable and shall survive the transfer
of your Notes.
4.
Closing.
The Closing of the sale of Notes to you, and the subscription
for and purchase by you of Notes, and issuance of your Notes,
shall take place on such date as the Manager shall designate
(the ?Closing Date?).
5. Conditions Precedent to
the Issuer?s Obligations.
5.1 The Conditions Precedent. The obligations of
the Issuer and the Manager to issue to you the Notes shall be
subject to the fulfillment (or waiver by the Manager) prior
to or at the time of the Closing, of the following
conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The
representations and warranties made by you in Section 6 shall
be true and correct when made and at the time of the Closing.
(b) Performance. You shall have duly
performed and complied with all agreements and conditions
contained in this Subscription Agreement required to be
performed or complied with by you prior to or at the time of
the Closing.
5.2 Non-Fulfillment of Conditions. If any of the
conditions specified in Section 5.1 shall not have been
fulfilled by the Closing Date, the Issuer shall, at the
Manager?s election, be relieved of all further obligations
under this Subscription Agreement and the Note Purchase
Agreement, without thereby waiving any other rights it may
have by reason of such non-fulfillment.
6. Representations and Warranties of the Subscriber.
6.1 The Representations and Warranties. You
represent and warrant to the Manager, the
Issuer and each other Person who is or who in the future
becomes a Member, that:
(a) Accuracy of Information. All of the
information provided by you pursuant to this Subscription
Agreement is true, correct and complete in all respects, and
will continue to be true and correct as of the Closing Date.
Any other information about you that you have provided to the
Manager or the Issuer or to any of their Affiliates,
including US Capital Global Securities, LLC, the placement
agent for the offering of Notes, is correct and complete as
of the date of this Subscription Agreement and will be
correct as of the date of the Closing. You undertake to
notify the Issuer immediately of any change in any
representation, warranty or other information relating to you
set out in this Subscription Agreement which takes place
prior to the Closing Date. You consent to the disclosure of
any information provided by you to the Issuer to any
Government Authority, self-regulatory organization, or to any
other Person to the extent the Manager deems advisable if
compelled by law or called upon to establish the availability
under any federal or state securities laws of an exemption
from registration of the offering of the Notes or if the
contents thereof are relevant to any issue in any action,
suit, or proceeding to which the Manager or the Issuer is a
party or by which it is or may be bound.
(b) Offering Memorandum; Advice.
(1) You have either consulted your own
legal, accounting, investment, tax and
financial advisers about investing in the
Notes and about the suitability of such
an investment to you, or you have chosen
not to consult with your own advisers
despite the Manager?s recommendation that
you do so. Any special acknowledgment set
forth below with respect to any statement
contained in the Offering Memorandum or
the Supplement to the Offering Memorandum
attached as Annex B to the Offering
Memorandum (the ?Supplement?) shall not
be deemed to limit the generality of this
representation and warranty.
(2) You have received a copy of the
Offering Memorandum and the Supplement
and the form of the Note Purchase
Agreement and you understand the risks
of, and other considerations relating to,
a purchase of the Notes, including the
risks set forth under the caption ?Risk
Factors? in the Offering Memorandum and
the Supplement. You have been given
access to, and prior to the execution of
this Subscription Agreement you were
provided with an opportunity to ask
questions of, and receive answers from,
the Manager or any of its principals
concerning the terms and conditions of
the offering of Notes, and to obtain any
other information which you and your
investment representative and
professional advisers reasonably
requested concerning your investment in
the Issuer in order to evaluate your
investment and verify the accuracy of all
information furnished to you regarding
the Issuer. All such questions, if asked,
were answered satisfactorily and all
information or documents provided were
found to be satisfactory.
(3) You have relied only on the
representations and information contained
in the Offering Memorandum, the
Supplement, the Note Purchase Agreement
and this Subscription Agreement in
formulating a decision to invest in the
Issuer, and have not relied on other
representations or information purported
to be on behalf of the Manager or the
Issuer.
(c) Investment Representation and
Warranty. You are acquiring your Notes for your own account
for investment, and not with a view to distribute the Notes
in violation of the Securities Act or applicable state laws.
You hereby agree that you will not, directly or indirectly,
assign, transfer, offer, sell, pledge, hypothecate or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of or interest in such
Notes (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise
acquire or take a pledge of all or any part of or interest in
the Notes) except in compliance with the registration
provisions of the Securities Act or an exemption from such
registration provisions, with any applicable state or other
securities laws, and with the terms of the Note Purchase
Agreement.
(d) Residence. You maintain your permanent
domicile at the address shown on the signature page of this
Subscription Agreement and you are not merely transient or
temporarily resident there.
you are
aware
that:
(e)
Awar
eness of
Risks and
Conflicts
of
Interest.
You
represent
and
warrant
th
(1) The Issuer has a limited operating
history;
(2) There is no assurance of any income
from your investment in Notes,
(3) The Notes involve a significant risk of
loss as described in the Offering
Memorandum and the Supplement, and you
knowingly consent to all such risks;
(4) You consent to the payment of such
fees and expenses as are set forth in the
Offering Memorandum, the Supplement, the
Note Purchase Agreement and the Company
Appendix;
(5) The Issuer and the Manager are
subject to conflicts of interest and
potential conflicts of interest as
described in the Offering Memorandum and
the Supplement, and you consent to such
conflicts of interest and potential
conflicts of interest; and
(6) Any federal and/or state income tax
benefits which may be available to you as
an investor in the Notes may be lost
through the adoption of new laws or
regulations, changes to existing laws and
regulations, and changes in the
interpretation of existing laws and
regulations. You further represent that
you are relying solely on your own
conclusions or the advice of your own
counsel, tax adviser or investment
representative with respect to tax
aspects of an investment in the Notes.
(f) Capacity to Contract. If you are an
individual, you represent that you are over
21 years of age and have the capacity to execute, deliver and
perform this Subscription Agreement and the Note Purchase
Agreement. If you are not an individual, you represent and
warrant that you are a corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, association, joint stock company, trust
or unincorporated organization, and were not formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring the Notes.
(g) Power, Authority; Valid Agreement.
(1) You have all requisite power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform
your duties and obligations under this
Subscription Agreement and the Note
Purchase Agreement and to subscribe for
and purchase or otherwise acquire your
Notes;
(2) Your entry into and execution of this
Subscription Agreement and the Note
Purchase Agreement has been authorized by
all necessary corporate or other action
on your behalf; and
(3) This Subscription Agreement and the Note
Purchase Agreement are each valid,
binding and enforceable against you in
accordance with their respective terms.
(h) No Conflict; No Violation. The
execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and the
Note Purchase Agreement by you and the performance of your
duties and obligations hereunder and thereunder:
(1) Do not and will not result in a
breach of any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, or constitute a default
under (A) any charter, by-laws, trust
agreement, partnership agreement, Note
Purchase Agreement or other governing
instrument applicable to you, (B) (i) any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
credit agreement, note or other evidence
of indebtedness, or any lease or other
agreement or understanding, or (ii) any
license, permit, franchise or
certificate, in either case to which you
or any of your Affiliates is a party or
by which you or any of them is bound or
to which your properties or any of their
properties are subject;
(2) Do not require any authorization or
approval under or pursuant to any of the
foregoing; and
(3) Do not violate any statute,
regulation, law, order, writ, injunction,
judgment or decree to which you or any of
your Affiliates is subject.
(i) No Default. You are not:
(1) In default (nor has any event
occurred which with notice, lapse of
time, or both, would constitute a
default) in the performance of any
obligation, agreement or condition
contained in (A) this Subscription
Agreement or the Operating Agreement,
(B) any provision of any charter, by-
laws, trust agreement, partnership
agreement, Note Purchase Agreement or
other governing instrument applicable to
you, (C) (i) any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, credit agreement, note or
other evidence of indebtedness or any
lease or other agreement or
understanding, or (ii) any license,
permit, franchise or certificate, in
either case to which you or any of your
Affiliates is a party or by which you or
any of them is bound or to which your or
any of their properties are subject, or
(2) In violation of any statute,
regulation, law, order, writ, injunction,
judgment or decree applicable to you or
any of your Affiliates.
(j) No Litigation. There is no litigation,
investigation or other proceeding pending or, to your
knowledge, threatened against you or any of your Affiliates
which, if adversely determined, would adversely affect your
business or financial condition or your ability to perform
your obligations under this Subscription Agreement or the
Note Purchase Agreement.
(k) Consents. No consent, approval or
authorization of, or filing, registration or qualification
with, any court or governmental authority on your part is
required for the execution and delivery of this Subscription
Agreement or the Note Purchase Agreement by you or the
performance of your obligations and duties hereunder or
thereunder.
6.2 Survival of Representations and Warranties.
All representations and warranties made by you in Section 6.1
of this Subscription Agreement shall survive the execution
and delivery of this Subscription Agreement, as well as any
investigation at any time made by or on behalf of the Issuer,
the issue and sale of Notes, and any subsequent disposition
by you of the Notes.
6.3 Reliance. You acknowledge and agree that
your representations, warranties, acknowledgments and
agreements in this Subscription Agreement will be relied upon
by the Issuer in determining your eligibility and suitability
as a purchaser of Notes.
6.4 Further Assurances. You agree to provide,
if requested, any additional information that may be
requested or required to determine your eligibility to
purchase the Notes and to execute and deliver any instruments
and documents and take such other actions as may be necessary
or reasonably requested by the Manager in order to give full
effect to this Subscription Agreement and to carry out the
intent of this Subscription Agreement.
6.5 Indemnification. You hereby agree to
indemnify each of the Covered Persons, and to hold each of
them harmless from and against any loss, damage, liability,
cost or expense, including reasonable attorneys? fees
(collectively, a ?Loss?) due to or arising out of a breach of
representation, warranty or agreement by you, whether
contained in this Subscription Agreement or any other
document provided by you to the Issuer or its Affiliates in
connection with your investment in the Notes. You hereby
agree to indemnify the Covered Persons, and to hold them
harmless against all Loss arising out of the offer, sale or
distribution of the Notes by you in violation of the
Securities Act or other applicable law or any
misrepresentation or breach by you with respect to the
matters set forth in this Subscription Agreement. In
addition, you agree to indemnify the Covered Persons, and to
hold such Persons harmless from and against, any and all Loss
to which they may be put or which they may reasonably incur
or sustain by reason of or in connection with any
misrepresentation made by you with respect to the matters
about which representations and warranties are required by
the terms of this Subscription Agreement, or any breach of
any such warranty or any failure to fulfill any covenants or
agreements set forth herein. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Subscription Agreement, you do not waive any right
granted to you under any applicable securities law.
6.6 USA Patriot Act. You (a) are not, and are
not controlled by, a Designated Person; (b) have not received
funds or other property from a Designated Person; and (c) are
not in breach of, nor the subject of, any action or
investigation under any Anti-Terrorism Law. You are not
engaged in, nor will you engage in, any dealings or
transactions, and you are not and will not be otherwise
associated, with any Designated Person. You are in
compliance, in all material respects, with the USA Patriot
Act of 2001. You have taken reasonable measures to ensure
compliance with the Anti-Terrorism Laws (including, to the
extent that you are not an individual, the requirement that
(x) no person who owns any direct or indirect interest in the
Subscriber entity, if any, for whom you are acting as agent
or trustee is a Designated Person, and (y) funds invested
directly or indirectly in such entity are derived from legal
sources). For these purposes:
(a) ?Anti-Terrorism Law? means each of:
(1) the Executive Order (as defined below); (2) the USA
Patriot Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub.L. 107-56); (3) the
Money Laundering Control Act of
1986 (18 U.S.C. ? 1956); and (4) any other law, rule,
regulation, ordinance, order, code interpretation, judgment,
decree, directive, guideline, policy or similar form of
decision of any United States governmental authority now or
hereafter enacted to monitor, deter or otherwise prevent
terrorism or the funding or support of terrorism;
(b) ?Designated Person? means any person
who: (1) is named on the list of Specially Designated
Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by the U.S.
Department of the Treasury?s Office of Foreign Assets Control
and/or any other similar lists maintained by the U.S.
Department of the Treasury?s Office of Foreign Asset Control
pursuant to authorizing statute, executive order or
regulation; (2) is a person whose property or interest in
property is blocked or subject to blocking pursuant to
Section 1 of the Executive Order or any related legislation
or any other similar executive order(s), or engages in any
dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of the
Executive Order, or is otherwise associated with any such
person in any manner violative of Section 2 of the Executive
Order; or (3) is an agency of the government of a country, an
organization controlled by a country, or a person resident in
a country that is subject to a sanctions program identified
on the list maintained by the U.S. Department of the
Treasury?s Office of Foreign Asset Control, or as otherwise
published from time to time, as such program may be
applicable to such agency, organization or person; and
(c) ?Executive Order? means Executive
Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financings: Blocking Property
and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit,
Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism, issued on September
23, 2001.
6.7 Personal Information. You acknowledge that
this Subscription Agreement requires you to provide certain
personal information to the Issuer. Such information is
being collected and will be used by the Issuer for the
purposes of completing the proposed offering of Notes, which
includes, without limitation, determining your eligibility to
purchase the Notes under applicable federal and states
securities laws and completing filings required under those
laws. You agree that your personal information may be
disclosed by the Issuer in accordance with the Privacy Notice
set forth in the Offering Memorandum. By executing this
Subscription Agreement, you consent to the foregoing
collection, use and disclosure of your personal information.
6.8 Legal Counsel. You acknowledge that legal
counsel to the Manager and its affiliates has acted as legal
counsel solely to the Manager and its affiliates, and not as
counsel to yourself or to any other subscriber or investor,
in connection with the negotiation, drafting and
implementation of the terms and conditions of this
Subscription Agreement, that you have not relied on any
advice from legal counsel to the Manager and its affiliates
and that you have had (and if desired, you have taken) the
opportunity to be represented by legal counsel of your
choosing in connection with all such matters.
6.9 Acknowledgements Regarding the Underlying
Investment. You acknowledge that as a noteholder you will
not own any particular asset (including any Company Security)
held by the Issuer, and will own only an interest in your
Notes. You acknowledge that each Company Security of the
Issuer is owned solely by the Issuer. You acknowledge and
agree that your ownership of Notes will not entitle you to
any title in, or to the whole or any part of, the Securities
or any right to call for a partition or division of the same
or for an accounting. You acknowledge that neither the
Manager nor the Issuer is affiliated with the issuer of any
Company Security and that no representation, warranty,
covenant or promise of any kind is, or can be, made to you
for or on behalf of any such issuer or regarding any such
issuer, its business prospects or its securities. You
acknowledge that you and your personal financial, accounting,
tax, investment and legal advisers are solely responsible for
conducting your own due diligence investigation of the issuer
or prospective issuer of any Issuer Security before you
invest in Notes. Accordingly, you acknowledge and agree that
any such information:
(a) is not provided by or on behalf of such
issuer or prospective issuer;
(b) is provided for general informational
purposes only;
(c) has been obtained from sources
reasonably and independently available to
you;
(d) is necessarily limited and incomplete;
and
(e) may be partly or wholly inaccurate.
You further acknowledge and agree that the Manager and its
Affiliates have no means of verifying, and absolutely do not
represent or warrant in any respect, the truth or accuracy of
such information. The Manager and its Affiliates fully
disclaim any information obtained from third party sources in
connection with the offering of Notes. You agree, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify each
Covered Person and to hold each Covered Person harmless from
and against any Loss due to, arising out of, or based upon
the provision, accuracy or completeness of such information
or your reliance on such information.
6.10 You acknowledge that the Issuer in not
registered as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act and that the Issuer is relying on an exemption
from such registration under Section 3(c)(1) of the
Investment Company Act. You represent and warrant that if you
are a private investment company that relies on the Section
3(c)(1) exemption from registration under the Investment
Company Act, (a) each of your beneficial owners is an
?accredited investor? as defined in Section 6.1(d) of this
Subscription Agreement, (b) neither you nor any such
beneficial owner was formed for the purpose of investing in
the Issuer, (c) neither you nor any such beneficial owner
will invest more than 40% of its committed capital in the
Issuer, and (d) the shareholders, partners, plan participants
and other holders of equity or beneficial interests in any
such beneficial owner are not able to (1) individually decide
whether to participate or the extent of their participation
in Notes or (2) otherwise direct the allocation of any of
such beneficial owner?s assets.
6.11 You acknowledge that, as a result of
provisions of the Investment Company Act, unless waived by
the Manager, no corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, trust, association or other entity may own 10% or
more of the outstanding Notes, unless, at the time of such
entity?s investment in the Issuer, such entity represents
that it does not have more than 10% of its assets invested in
one or more companies (including the Issuer) that rely on the
exclusion from the definition of ?investment company? under
Section 3(c)(1) of the Investment Company Act. If any such
entity subscribes for Notes, unless it furnishes to the
Manager the required representations or the Manager waives
this provision, the Issuer may limit the Notes, if any,
issued to such entity to less than 10% of the Notes. If
such entity?s subscription is for a greater amount and such
representations are not made, the difference may be refunded.
7. Certain Agreements and
Acknowledgments of the Subscriber.
You understand,
acknowledge and agree
that:
(a) Acceptance. Your subscription to
purchase Notes contained in this Subscription Agreement may
be accepted or rejected, in whole or in part, by the Manager
in its sole and absolute discretion. No subscription shall be
accepted or deemed to be accepted until you have been
admitted as a Member on the Closing Date. Such admission
shall be deemed an acceptance of this Subscription Agreement
by the Issuer and the Manager for all purposes.
(b) No Recommendation. No federal or state
authority has made a finding or determination as to the
fairness for investment of the Notes and no federal or state
authority has recommended or endorsed or will recommend or
endorse the offering of Notes.
(c) No Disposition. You will not, directly
or indirectly, assign, transfer, offer, sell, pledge,
hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any part of your
Notes (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise
acquire or take a pledge of all or any part of the Notes)
except in accordance with the registration provisions of the
Securities Act and any applicable state or other securities
laws, or with an exemption from such registration provisions,
and with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement.
(d) Update Information. If there should be
any change in the information provided by you to the Manager
or its Affiliates (whether pursuant to this Subscription
Agreement or otherwise) prior to your purchase of any Notes
or anytime thereafter, you agree to immediately furnish such
revised or corrected information to the Issuer.
(e) Confidentiality. By executing and
delivering this Subscription Agreement, you covenant with the
Manager and the Issuer that, except with the prior written
permission of the Manager, you shall at all times keep
confidential and not divulge, furnish or make accessible to
anyone any information contained in the Offering Memorandum,
the Supplement or the Note Purchase Agreement, any annex,
exhibit or appendix thereto, or any other information
provided to you by the Manager or its Affiliates.
8. General
Contractual Matters.
8.1 Amendments and Waivers. This Subscription
Agreement may be amended and the observance of any provision
hereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular
instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only with
the written consent of you and the Manager.
8.2 Assignment. You agree that neither this
Subscription Agreement nor any rights which may accrue to you
hereunder may be transferred or assigned.
8.3 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and
other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be deemed to have been duly given to any party when
personally delivered, sent by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, sent by an internationally
recognized overnight delivery service or sent by electronic
mail:
(a) If to you, to you at the address set forth
above your signature to this Subscription Agreement, or to
such other address as you shall have furnished to the Issuer
in writing, and
(b) If to the Issuer, to the Manager at
555 Montgomery Street, Suite 1501, San Francisco, CA 94111,
or to such other address or addresses as the Manager shall
have furnished to you in writing; provided, that any notice
to the Issuer shall be effective only if and when received by
the Manager.
8.4 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICT OF LAWS (EXCEPT INSOFAR AS AFFECTED BY THE
SECURITIES OR ?BLUE SKY? LAWS OF THE STATE OR SIMILAR
JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE OFFERING DESCRIBED HEREIN HAS BEEN
MADE TO YOU).
8.5 Electronic Signatures. The Issuer shall be
entitled to rely on delivery by email, facsimile machine or
other electronic means of an executed copy of this
Subscription Agreement, and acceptance by the Manager of such
facsimile or electronic copy (in counterparts as provided in
Section) shall be legally effective to create a valid and
binding agreement between you and the Issuer in accordance
with the terms hereof.
8.6 Descriptive Headings. The descriptive
headings in this Subscription Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect
the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this
Subscription Agreement.
8.7 Singular, Plural and Gender. Where the
context so requires, each term stated in either the singular
or the plural shall include the singular and the plural, and
pronouns stated in the masculine, the feminine or the neuter
gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the
neuter.
8.8 Entire Agreement. This Subscription
Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with
respect to the subject matter of this Subscription Agreement,
and there are no representations, covenants or other
agreements except as stated or referred to herein.
8.9 Counterparts. This Subscription Agreement
may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
8.10 Binding Effect. Except as otherwise provided
herein, this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs,
executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives
and assigns.
8.11 Waiver of Trial by Jury. TO THE EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY MATTER ARISING
HEREUNDER.
8.12 Arbitration. The parties agree to submit all
controversies relating to the subject matter of this
Subscription Agreement or an investment in the Notes to
arbitration in accordance with the following provisions and
understand that:
(a) Arbitration is final and binding on the
parties.
(b) The parties are waiving their right to
seek remedies in court, including the right to a jury trial.
(c) Pre-arbitration discovery is generally
more limited and different from court proceedings.
(d) The arbitrator?s award is not required
to include factual findings or legal reasoning and any
party?s right to appeal or to seek modification of rulings by
arbitrators is strictly limited.
(e) The panel of arbitrators will
typically include a minority of arbitrators who were or are
affiliated with the securities industry.
(f) All controversies which may arise
between the parties concerning this Subscription Agreement or
an investment in the Notes shall be determined by arbitration
pursuant to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(?FINRA?) Codes of Arbitration Procedures or any successor
FINRA arbitration rules then in effect. The parties agree
that arbitration hearings shall be held in San Francisco,
California, unless the parties mutually agree to another
arbitration venue or FINRA designates another venue. Judgment
on any award of any such arbitration may be entered in the
courts of the State of California or in any other court
having jurisdiction of the party against whom such award is
rendered.
(g) Any notice of such arbitration or for
the confirmation of any award in any arbitration shall be
sufficient if given in accordance with the provisions of this
Subscription Agreement. The parties agree that the
determination of the arbitrators shall be binding and
conclusive upon them.
8.13 Attorneys? Fees. If any action at law or in
equity (including arbitration) is undertaken to enforce or
interpret the terms of this Agreement, the Offering
Memorandum, the Supplement, the Note Purchase Agreement or
any related documents, the prevailing party shall be entitled
to reasonable attorneys? fees, costs and necessary
disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such
party may be entitled. Each party shall pay all costs and
expenses that it incurs with respect to the negotiation,
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.
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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the
enclosed counterparts of this Subscription Agreement and return
such counterparts of this Subscription Agreement, along with
copies of government-issued identification*, to the Manager.
This Subscription Agreement is hereby agreed to by the
undersigned as of the day of , 20___.
Subscriber
Information
Subscriber Name (Please print)
Residence or Office Address
City, State, Zip Code
Mailing Address (include only if different from residence/office
address above)
City, State, Zip Code
Total Purchase Price $ (Minimum of $5,000)
Signature of Subscriber
Name of Subscriber (Print):
Signature of Subscriber, or by an Authorized
Representative if Subscriber is not an Individual
Date of execution by Subscriber:
Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. No. (Must be completed):
Acceptance of Subscription
US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC
By: US CAPITAL GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, Manager
By:
Jeffrey Sweeney, Co-Managing Partner
* If you are subscribing as an individual, you must provide a
copy of government-issued identification such as a driver?s
license or passport. If subscribing on behalf of an entity, you
must provide a copy of the entity?s certificate of formation,
trust or other organizational document, and a copy of
government-issued identification such as a driver?s license or
passport of the person authorized to enter into this
Subscription Agreement.
Exhibit 1A-3 Form of Note Agreement.
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NOTE AGREEMENT
$ ______________ Issuance Date: ______________
San Francisco, California
1. Note Terms.
For value received, US Capital Global Lending LLC a Delaware
limited liability company (the ?Company?), promises to pay to
INVESTOR (the ?Holder?) the outstanding principal amount of
_____________________________.
2. Security Interest.
The Company shall grant to the Holder certain Securities
stipulated in the Security Agreement, enclosed herein as Annex
I. All Securities shall have a senior lien over the assets
specified in the Security Agreement in pari-passu with other
note holders, except otherwise explicitly stated in the Security
Agreement.
3. Purpose.
The Company shall apply the outstanding principal amount
provided by the Holder under this Note for the following purpose
only: to make direct and indirect debt investments in gold
backed debt and securities, such as the Metals House Inc. Gold
Backed 8% Notes Due April 30, 2026 as set forth in the
Confidential Private Placement Memorandum dated May 2021.
4. Interest.
Interest shall accrue at a rate of seven percent (7%) per annum
on the outstanding principal amount, to the extend funds are
available to pay Holder.
5. Maturity.
All principal and interest on the Note shall become due and
payable in full, on demand after 60 months with 90 days prior
written notice, subject to Company liquidity. All such payments
shall be made on a first come, first served basis. Holder shall
be entitled to request redemption from Company with 90 days
prior written notice to Company and subject to Company
liquidity. If a payment demand cannot be fully satisfied the
Holder?s request will be rolled over as a demand for an
additional 90 days, unless withdrawn by Holder, and will
maintain any priority over any lower priority existing or
subsequent demands.
6. Default.
1. The unpaid principal sum of this Note, together with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall become immediately
due and payable upon (i) the insolvency of the Company, (ii) the
commission of any act of bankruptcy by the Company, (iii) the
execution by the Company of a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors, (iv) the filing by or against the Company of a
petition in bankruptcy or any petition for relief under the
federal bankruptcy act or the continuation of such petition
without dismissal for a period of 90 days or more, or (v) the
appointment of a receiver or trustee to take possession of the
property or assets of the Company (vi) any breach of the
Security Agreement attached hereto and executed
contemporaneously to this Promissory Note (vii) Company fails to
make payment of any principal or interest on the Notes when due,
which continues for 60 days, a cure period if sufficient funds
are available (viii) Company materially defaults in any other
way which continues for 120 days, a cure period.
7. Payments; Prepayment.
All payments shall be made in lawful money of the United States
of America at such place as the Holder hereof from time to time
designates in writing to the Company. Payment shall be credited
first to the accrued interest then due and payable and the
remainder applied to principal. Prepayment of this Note may be
made at any time without penalty.
8. Transfer, Successors, and Assigns.
The terms and conditions of this Note shall inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of
the parties. This Note may be transferred only upon surrender
of the original Note for registration of transfer, duly
endorsed, or accompanied by a duly executed written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company. Thereupon, a
new note for the same principal amount and interest will be
issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee.
Interest and principal are payable only to the registered holder
of this Note.
9. Governing Law.
This Note and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the
rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed,
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware, without giving effect to principles of
conflicts of law.
10. Arbitration.
(a) Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, including any claims of fraud or
fraud in the inducement, and any claims related to the scope or
applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be resolved
at the request of any party to this term sheet through a two-
step dispute resolution process administered by JAMS or another
judicial and mediation service mutually acceptable to the
parties involving first mediation, followed if necessary, by
final and binding arbitration administered by a single JAMS
arbitrator (the ?Arbitrator?) in San Francisco, California,
pursuant to Comprehensive Arbitration Rules & Procedures,
however JAMS Rule 2(c) shall not apply.
(b) Governing Law and Procedure. The Arbitrator may grant
injunctions and other relief in such disputes. The Arbitrator
shall administer and conduct any arbitration in accordance with
Delaware law, and the Arbitrator shall apply substantive and
procedural Delaware law to any dispute or claim, without
reference to any conflict-of-law provisions of any
jurisdiction. To the extent that the JAMS Rules conflict with
Delaware law, Delaware law shall take precedence.
(c) Final Award. The Arbitrator shall issue a written
award. The award shall be binding and final and a judgment may
be entered upon the award in any court of competent
jurisdiction. The prevailing party in any arbitration shall be
entitled to injunctive relief in any court of competent
jurisdiction to enforce the arbitration award. Notwithstanding
the confidentiality of the arbitration proceedings as set forth
below in paragraph (g), the final award shall not be
confidential.
(d) Costs. The parties shall each pay equal shares of the
costs and expenses of such arbitration and each party shall
separately pay for its respective counsel fees and expenses;
provided, however, that the Arbitrator shall award attorneys?
fees and costs to the prevailing party, except as prohibited by
law. If the Arbitrator determines a party to be the prevailing
party under circumstances where the prevailing party won on some
but not all of the claims and counterclaims, the Arbitrator may
award the prevailing party an appropriate percentage of the
costs and expenses incurred by the prevailing party.
(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. By entering into this term sheet,
each party waives the right to a trial by jury.
(f) Injunctive Relief. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
provision will not prevent either party from seeking provisional
injunctive relief from any court having jurisdiction over the
parties and the subject matter of their dispute relating to this
agreement
(g) Confidentiality. The parties agree that the arbitration
shall be confidential and that no party shall disclose to any
person who is not an officer, director, employee or limited
partner of a party (or any prospective transferee of the
Membership Interest or a part thereof) any document filed at
JAMS or exchanged between the parties or testimony presented (or
any summaries or quotations thereof) in connection with the
arbitration that is designated either on the document or on the
testimonial record as ?Confidential? (the ?Confidential
Information?). If, in connection with any judicial proceedings
to modify, vacate or confirm any order or award, Confidential
Information must be filed with any court, the party submitting
such Confidential Information shall file such Confidential
Information under seal and shall also file a motion with the
court requesting that the Confidential Information remain under
seal and no party shall oppose such request. The final award
shall not be confidential.
11. Notices.
Any notice required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed sufficient upon receipt, when
delivered personally or by courier, email, overnight delivery
service or confirmed facsimile, or 48 hours after being
deposited in the U.S. mail as certified or registered mail with
postage prepaid, if such notice is addressed to the party to be
notified at such party?s address, email or facsimile number as
set forth below or as subsequently modified by written notice.
12. Amendments and Waivers.
Any term of this Note may be amended only with the written
consent of the Company and the Holder. Any amendment or waiver
effected in accordance with this paragraph 6 shall be binding
upon the Company, the Holder and each transferee of any Note.
13. No Individuals Liable.
In no event shall any officer, director or employee of the
Company be liable for any amounts due or payable pursuant to
this Note.
14. Digital and Counterparts.
This Note may be converted to a digital agreement at any time by
the Company, and Noteholder agrees to follow any instructions
necessary for such conversion. This Note may be executed by
electronic signatures in any number of counterparts, each of
which will be deemed to be an original and all of which together
will constitute a single agreement.
15. Action to Collect on Note.
If action is instituted to collect on this Note, the Company
promises to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorney?s fees, incurred in connection with such action.
16. Loss of Note.
Upon receipt by the Company of evidence satisfactory to it of
the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note or any
Note exchanged for it, and indemnity satisfactory to the Company
(in case of loss, theft or destruction) or surrender and
cancellation of such Note (in the case of mutilation), the
Company will make and deliver in lieu of such Note a new Note of
like tenor.
COMPANY:
US Capital Global Lending LLC
By: Jeffrey Sweeney
Title: Managing Partner US
Capital Global
Investment Management LLC,
Managing Member
AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
Investor Name
Name: XXXXXXXXXXXX
ANNEX I
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (?Security Agreement?) is made as of
_________________ by and between US Capital Global Lending
LLC a Delaware limited liability company with address 555
Montgomery Street, Suite 1501, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA
(?Debtor?) and ___________________________ (?Secured Party?).
For and in consideration of the promises, covenants and
agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Debt. The Debtor has incurred an indebtedness to the
Secured Party and, to evidence the indebtedness, has executed
and delivered to Secured Party a Note Agreement (the ?Note?)
of even date herewith, payable to the order of the Secured
Party, providing for payments of principal and interest and
maturity as provided for therein.
2. Collateral. Debtor hereby grants the Secured Party a
security interest in the property described on Exhibit A and
incorporated herein by reference together with all similar
property now owned or hereafter acquired, additions,
substitutions, replacements, proceeds and products thereof,
wherever located. All items in which a security interest is
granted hereby are referred to as the ?Collateral.?
3. Indebtedness Secured. The security interest granted hereby
is to secure payment of the following (the ?Indebtedness?):
(a) The amounts due under the Note, together with interest,
fees and other charged provided for therein;(b) All future
advances which Secured Party may, at its option and for any
purpose, make to Debtor, together with interest thereon; (c)
All sums which Secured Party may, at its option, expend or
advance for the maintenance, preservation and protection of
the Collateral, including without limitation, payment of
taxes, levies, assessments, insurance premiums and discharge
of liens, together with interest thereon, or in any other
property given as security for payment of the Indebtedness;
(d) All expenses, including reasonable attorneys? fees, which
Secured Party incurs in connection with collection of any or
all Indebtedness secured hereby or in enforcement or
protection of its rights hereunder, or any other instrument
given as security for the Note, or in changes in form of such
Indebtedness which may be made from time to time by agreement
between Debtor and Secured Party, together with interest
thereon; (e) All other present or future, direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, liabilities, obligations and
indebtedness of Debtor to Secured Party, however created, and
specifically including all or part of any renewal or
extension of the Note whether or not the Debtor executes any
extension agreement or renewal instruments.
4. Warranties and Covenants of Debtor. Debtor expressly
warrants and covenants and agrees that: (a) Debtor is and
will continue to be the owner of the Collateral free from any
lien, security interest or encumbrance, other than that
created by this Security Agreement or in pari passu to this
Security Agreement; Debtor will defend the Collateral against
all claims and demands of all other persons at any time
claiming the same or any interest therein who are not pari
passu to the Secured Party; and Debtor will not sell the
Collateral (except in the ordinary course of business)
without the prior written consent of the Secured Party; (b)
Debtor will pay the Indebtedness to Secured Party as the same
becomes due and payable; (c) Debtor will pay as they become
due all taxes or other liens or claims which may become a
charge against the Collateral; (d) Debtor will maintain the
Collateral in good condition and repair, and Secured Party
may examine and inspect the Collateral at any reasonable time
and wherever located; (e) The location of the Collateral will
be at the address specified for the Debtor in this Agreement.
(f) Debtor will indemnify and hold the Secured Party harmless
from any and all loss, damage, injury or other casualty to
persons or property caused or occasioned by the maintenance,
operation and use of the Collateral by Debtor, its agents,
invitees or employees;(g) Debtor will from time to time
supply Secured Party with a current list specifying the
Collateral at the request of Secured Party; (h) With respect
to any Collateral to be purchased with monies advanced by
Secured Party to Debtor, this Security Agreement creates a
purchase money security interest; (i) Debtor will execute and
deliver such other and further instruments and will do such
other and further act as in the opinion of the Secured Party
may be necessary or desirable to carry out more effectually
the purposes of this instrument, including, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing: 1) prompt correction of any
defect which may hereafter be discovered in the title to the
Collateral or in the execution and acknowledgment of this
instrument, the Note, or any other document used in
connection herewith; and 2) prompt execution and delivery of
all other documents or instruments which in the opinion of
the Secured Party are needed to transfer effectually the
Collateral or the proceeds or the Collateral to the Secured
Party. (j) Debtor is duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and the execution of
this Agreement has been authorized and approved by all
parties necessary to authorize the same. Debtor has full
power and authority to carry on its business as now being
conducted with full power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and effect the transactions contemplated to be
effected by and under the terms of this Agreement;(k) There
is no pending or threatened litigation, claim for
infringement, proceeding or investigation by any governmental
authority or any other person known to Debtor against or
otherwise affecting Debtor or any of its assets or its
officers, partners, directors or agents in their capacities
as such, nor does the Debtor know of any ground for any such
litigation, infringement claims, proceedings or
investigations; (l) No contract or organizational document
prohibits any term or condition of this Security Agreement;
(m) The execution and delivery of this Security Agreement
will not violate any known law or agreement governing the
Debtor or to which the Debtor is a party.
5. Secured Party?s Right to Discharge. At its option, Secured
Party may discharge taxes, liens, assessments, security
interest or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed
on the Collateral, may pay for premiums for insurance on the
Collateral, costs of maintenance or preservation of the
Collateral, and any other charges or expenses or perform any
obligation imposed upon Debtor hereunder. Debtor agrees to
reimburse Secured Party on demand for any payment made, or
any expense incurred by Secured Party, pursuant to the
foregoing authorization. Until reimbursed, the amounts so
advanced or expenses incurred shall be part of the
Indebtedness to the Note, with interest thereon at the
default rate specified in the Note.
6. Possession of Collateral. Until default, Debtor may have
possession of the Collateral and use it in any lawful manner
not inconsistent with this Agreement and not inconsistent
with any policy of insurance thereon, but upon default
Secured Party shall have the immediate right to possession
and use of the Collateral.
7. Events of Default. Any one of the following shall
constitute a default for purposes of this Security Agreement:
(a) If the Debtor uses the Collateral in violation of any
statute or ordinance; or (b) If Debtor fails to promptly pay
when due all taxes and assessments upon the Collateral or
fails to keep the Collateral in good condition and repair and
fully insured; or (c) If Debtor fails to pay promptly in full
any Indebtedness secured hereby when any part of such
Indebtedness becomes due and payable; or (d) If Debtor
breaches any term, condition, representation or covenant to
be performed or observed by Debtor provided in this Security
Agreement, the Note or in any other instrument given in
connection with or securing part or all of the Indebtedness
of Debtor to Secured Party; or (e) If any warranty,
representation or statement made or furnished to Secured
Party by or on behalf of Debtor in connection with the
Security Agreement proves to have been false in any respect;
or (f) If the Collateral, or any part thereof, is levied upon
or seized under any levy or attachment or any other legal
process; or (g) The insolvency (however evidenced) or the
commission of any act of insolvency, by Debtor, or the making
of an assignment to or for the benefit of creditors of
Debtor, or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
conservator or trustee of Debtor, or its property, or the
filing of a voluntary petition or the commencement of any
proceeding by Debtor for relief under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, arrangement or receivership laws,
or any other law relating to the relief of debtors of any
state or of the United States, or the filing of any
involuntary petition (unless and until discharged or
dismissed within 30 days after such filing) for the
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement or
receivership or the involuntary commencement of any similar
proceeding under the laws of any state or of the United
States relating to the relief of debtors, against Debtor; or
(h) If the Collateral suffers substantial damage or
destruction, or if any of the items of Collateral existing
from time to time is lost or stolen, and is not immediately
repaired or replaced; or (i) If any material adverse change
occurs in the financial condition, assets, or management of
the Debtor or any material adverse change occurs in the
Debtor?s ability to carry on its business as presently
conducted or to meet its obligations for the Indebtedness, on
a timely basis, or (j) A good faith belief by the Secured
Party that the obligations are inadequately secured or that
the prospect of payment of performance of the Indebtedness,
this Security Agreement or any of the obligations thereby is
impaired. In the event of default, the Secured Party, at its
option, may declare the entire unpaid principal of and the
interest accrued on the Indebtedness secured hereby to be
forthwith due and payable, without any notice or demand of
any kind, both of which are hereby expressly waived.
8. Remedies of the Secured Party in Event of Default. Debtor
agrees that upon the occurrence of any default set forth
above, the full amount remaining unpaid on the Indebtedness
secured hereby shall, at the option of Secured Party and
without notice, be and become due and payable forthwith, and
Secured Party shall then have the rights, options, duties and
remedies of a secured party under, and the Debtor shall have
the rights and duties of a debtor under, the Uniform
Commercial Code of Delaware, including without limitation the
right in Secured Party to take possession of the Collateral
and of anything found therein, and the right without legal
process to enter any premises where the Collateral may be
found. Debtor further agrees in any such case to assemble the
Collateral and make it available to Secured Party as directed
by Secured Party. Secured Party shall have the right and
power to sell, at one or more sales, as an entirety or in
parcels, in public or private sales as it may elect, the
Collateral, or any of it, at such place or places and
otherwise in such manner and upon such notice as the Secured
Party may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, and to
make conveyance to the purchaser or purchasers; and the
Debtor shall warrant title to the Collateral to such
purchaser or purchasers. If the Collateral is to be sold in a
public sale, the Secured Party may postpone the sale of all
or any portion of the Collateral by public announcement at
the time and place of such sale, and from time to time
thereafter may further postpone such sale by public
announcement made at time of sale fixed by the preceding
postponement. The right of sale hereunder shall not be
exhausted by one or any sale, and the Secured Party may make
other and successive sales until all of the Collateral is
sold. It shall not be necessary for the Secured Party to be
physically present at any such sale, or to have
constructively in its possession, any or all of the personal
property covered by this Security Agreement, and the Debtor
shall deliver all of such personal property to the purchaser
at such sale on the date of sale, and if it should be
impossible or impractical to take actual delivery of such
property, then the title and the right of possession to such
property shall pass to the purchaser at such sale as
completely as if the same had been actually present and
delivered.
(a) Judicial Proceedings. Upon occurrence of an event of
default, the Secured Party in lieu of or in addition to
exercising the power of sale hereinabove given, may proceed
by a suit or suits in equity or at law, whether for a
foreclosure hereunder, or of the sale of the Collateral, or
for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement
herein contained or in aid of the execution of any power
herein granted, or for the appointment of a receiver pending
any foreclosure hereunder of the sale of the Collateral, or
for the enforcement of any other appropriate legal or
equitable remedy.
(b) Certain Aspects of a Sale. The Secured Party shall have
the right to become the purchaser at any sale held by it or
by any court, receiver or public officer, and the Secured
Party shall have the right to credit upon the amount of the
bid made therefor, the amount payable out of the net proceeds
of such sale to it. Recitals contained in any covenant made
to any purchaser at any sale made hereunder shall
conclusively establish the truth and accuracy of the matters
therein stated, including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, non-payment of the unpaid principal sum of,
and the interest accrued on, the Indebtedness after the same
has become due and payable, and advertisement and conduct of
such sale in the manner provided herein.
(c) Receipt to Purchaser. Upon any sale, whether made under
the power of sale herein granted and conferred or by judicial
proceedings, the receipt of the Secured Party, or of the
officer making sale under judicial proceedings, shall be
sufficient to discharge the purchaser or purchasers at any
sale for his or their purchase money, and such purchaser or
purchasers, his or their assigns or personal representatives,
shall not, after paying such purchase money and receiving
such receipt to the Secured Party or of such officer, be
obligated to see the application of such purchase money, or
be in any way answerable for any loss, misapplication or non-
application thereof.
(d) Effect of Sale. Any sale or sales of the Collateral,
whether under the power of sale herein granted and conferred
or by virtue of judicial proceedings, shall operate to divest
all right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever
either at law or in equity, of the Debtor of, in and to the
premises and the property sold, and shall be a perpetual bar,
both at law and in equity, against the Debtor, Debtor?s
successors or assigns and against any and all persons
claiming or who shall thereafter claim all or any of the
property sold from, through or under the Debtor or Debtor?s
successors or assigns; nevertheless, the Debtor, if so
requested by the Secured Party, shall join in the execution
and delivery of all property conveyances, assignments and
transfers of the properties so sold.
(e) Application of Proceeds. The proceeds of any sale of the
Collateral or any part thereof, whether under and conferred
or by virtue of judicial proceedings, shall be applied as
follows: i) To the payment of all expenses incurred by the
Secured Party in any entry or taking of possession, of any
sale, of advertisement thereof, and of conveyances, and court
costs, compensation of agents and employees and attorneys?
fees; ii) To the payment of the Indebtedness with interest to
the date of such payment; iii) Any surplus thereafter
remaining shall be paid to the Debtor or Debtor?s successors
or assigns, as their interests shall appear.
(f) Debtor?s Waiver of Appraisement, Marshaling, Etc.,
Rights. The Debtor agrees, to the full extent that the Debtor
may lawfully so agree, that the Debtor will not at any time
insist upon or plead or in any manner whatever claim the
benefit of any appraisement, valuation, stay, extension or
redemption law now or hereafter in force, in order to prevent
or hinder the enforcement or foreclosure of this Security
Agreement or the sale of the Collateral or the possession
thereof by any purchaser at any sale made pursuant to any
provision hereof; and the Debtor, for Debtor and all who may
claim through or under Debtor now or hereafter, hereby waives
the benefit of all such laws. The Debtor, for the Debtor and
all who may claim through or under Debtor, waives any and all
right to have the Collateral marshaled upon any foreclosure
of the lien hereof, or sold in inverse order of alienation,
and agrees that the Secured Party or any court having
jurisdiction to foreclose such lien may sell the Collateral
as an entirety.
(g) Costs and Expenses. All costs and expenses for retaking,
holding, storing, preparing for sale, selling and documenting
such transactions (including attorneys? fees) incurred by the
Secured Party in protecting and enforcing its rights
hereunder, shall constitute a demand obligation owing by the
Debtor to the Secured Party at the effective rate of interest
of the Note, all of which shall constitute a portion of the
Indebtedness.
(h) Operation of Property by the Secured Party. Upon the
occurrence of an event of default and in addition to all
other rights herein conferred on the Secured Party, the
Secured Party (or any person, firm or corporation designated
by the Secured Party) shall have the right and power, but
shall not be obligated, to enter upon and take possession of
any of the Collateral, and to exclude the Debtor, and the
Debtor?s agents or servants, wholly therefrom and to hold,
use, administer, manage and operate the same to the extent
that the Debtor shall be at the time entitled and in its
place. The Secured Party, or any person, firm or corporation
designated by it, shall have the right to collect, receive
and receipt for all payments with respect to the Collateral
or the goods, services produced and sold from the Collateral,
and to exercise every power, right and privilege of the
Debtor with respect to the Collateral.
9. Notification. Any requirement of the Uniform Commercial
Code of reasonable notification of the time and place of any
public sale, or the time after which any private sale or
other disposition is to be made, shall be met by mailing to
the Debtor at the address shown at the beginning of this
Agreement, at least five days? prior notice of the time and
place of any public sale or the time after which any private
sale or any other intended disposition is to be made. Debtor
shall be and remain liable for any deficiency remaining after
applying the proceeds of disposition of the Collateral as
provided in this Security Agreement.
10. No Waiver. The making of this Security Agreement shall
not waive or impair any other security Secured Party may have
or hereafter acquire for the payment of the Indebtedness, nor
shall the taking of any such additional security waive or
impair this Security Agreement; but Secured Party may resort
to any security it may have in the order it may deem proper,
and Secured Party shall retain its rights to set-off against
Debtor, notwithstanding any rights to the Collateral
hereunder.
11. Advances by the Secured Party. Each and every covenant
herein contained shall be performed and kept by the Debtor
solely at the Debtor?s expense. If the Debtor shall fail to
perform or keep any of the covenants of whatsoever kind or
nature contained in this instrument, the Secured Party, or
any receiver appointed hereunder, may, but shall not be
obligated to, make advances to perform the same on the
Debtor?s behalf, and the Debtor hereby agrees to repay such
sums upon demand plus interest as a part of the Indebtedness.
No such advance shall be deemed to relieve the Debtor from
any default hereunder.
12. Defense of Claims. The Debtor will notify the Secured
Party in writing, promptly of the commencement of any legal
proceedings affecting the lien hereof or the Collateral or
any part thereof, and will take such action, employing
attorneys acceptable to the Secured Party or, as may be
necessary to preserve the Debtor?s and the Secured Party?s
rights affected thereby; and should the Debtor fail or refuse
to take any such action, the Secured Party may, upon giving
prior written notice thereof to the Debtor, take such action
on behalf and in the name of the Debtor and at the Debtor?s
expense. The Secured Party may also take such independent
action in connection therewith as it may, in its discretion,
deem proper, the Debtor hereby agreeing that all sums
advanced or all expenses incurred in such actions plus
interest, will, on demand, be reimbursed to the Secured
Party, or any receiver appointed hereunder, and shall become
part of the Indebtedness.
13. Payment of the Indebtedness. If the Indebtedness shall be
fully paid and the covenants herein contained shall be
performed, the entire right, title and interest of the
Secured Party shall thereupon cease; and the Secured Party in
such case shall, upon the request of the Debtor and at the
Debtor?s cost and expense, deliver to the Debtor proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction of this Security
Agreement.
14. Renewals, Amendments and Other Security. Renewals and
extensions of the Indebtedness may be given at any time and
amendments may be made to agreements relating to any part of
the Indebtedness without notice to or consent of the Debtor.
The Secured Party may resort first to such other security or
any part thereof or first to the security herein given or any
part thereof, or from time to time to either or both, even to
the partial or complete abandonment of either security, and
such action shall not be a waiver of any rights conveyed by
this Security Agreement, which shall continue as a lien upon
the Collateral not expressly released until the Indebtedness
secured hereby is fully paid.
15. Release. No release from the lien of this Security
Agreement or any part of the Collateral by Secured Party
shall in any way alter, vary, or diminish the force, effect
or lien of this Security Agreement on the balance of the
Collateral.
16. Subrogation. This Security Agreement is made with full
substitution and subrogation of Secured Party in and to all
covenants and warranties by another heretofore given or made
in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof.
17. Governing Law. This Security Agreement shall be governed
by the laws of the State of Delaware.
18. Arbitration.
(a) Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, including any claims of fraud or
fraud in the inducement, and any claims related to the scope
or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, shall be
resolved at the request of any party to this term sheet
through a two-step dispute resolution process administered by
JAMS or another judicial and mediation service mutually
acceptable to the parties involving first mediation, followed
if necessary, by final and binding arbitration administered
by a single JAMS arbitrator (the ?Arbitrator?) in San
Francisco, California, pursuant to Comprehensive Arbitration
Rules & Procedures, however JAMS Rule 2(c) shall not apply.
(b) Governing Law and Procedure. The Arbitrator may grant
injunctions and other relief in such disputes. The Arbitrator
shall administer and conduct any arbitration in accordance
with Delaware law, and the Arbitrator shall apply substantive
and procedural Delaware law to any dispute or claim, without
reference to any conflict-of-law provisions of any
jurisdiction. To the extent that the JAMS Rules conflict with
Delaware law, Delaware law shall take precedence.
(c) Final Award. The Arbitrator shall issue a written
award. The award shall be binding and final and a judgment
may be entered upon the award in any court of competent
jurisdiction. The prevailing party in any arbitration shall
be entitled to injunctive relief in any court of competent
jurisdiction to enforce the arbitration
award. Notwithstanding the confidentiality of the arbitration
proceedings as set forth below in paragraph (g), the final
award shall not be confidential.
(d) Costs. The parties shall each pay equal shares of the
costs and expenses of such arbitration and each party shall
separately pay for its respective counsel fees and expenses;
provided, however, that the Arbitrator shall award attorneys?
fees and costs to the prevailing party, except as prohibited
by law. If the Arbitrator determines a party to be the
prevailing party under circumstances where the prevailing
party won on some but not all of the claims and
counterclaims, the Arbitrator may award the prevailing party
an appropriate percentage of the costs and expenses incurred
by the prevailing party.
(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. By entering into this term sheet,
each party waives the right to a trial by jury.
(f) Injunctive Relief. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this
provision will not prevent either party from seeking
provisional injunctive relief from any court having
jurisdiction over the parties and the subject matter of their
dispute relating to this agreement
(g) Confidentiality. The parties agree that the arbitration
shall be confidential and that no party shall disclose to any
person who is not an officer, director, employee or limited
partner of a party any document filed at JAMS or exchanged
between the parties or testimony presented (or any summaries
or quotations thereof) in connection with the arbitration
that is designated either on the document or on the
testimonial record as ?Confidential? (the ?Confidential
Information?). If, in connection with any judicial
proceedings to modify, vacate or confirm any order or award,
Confidential Information must be filed with any court, the
party submitting such Confidential Information shall file
such Confidential Information under seal and shall also file
a motion with the court requesting that the Confidential
Information remain under seal and no party shall oppose such
request. The final award shall not be confidential.
19. Instrument and Assignment, Etc. This Security Agreement
shall be deemed to be and may be enforced from time to time
as an assignment, chattel mortgage, contract, financing
statement, real estate mortgage or security agreement, and
from time to time as any one or more thereof.
20. Limitation on Interest. No provision of this Security
Agreement or of the Indebtedness shall require the payment or
permit the collection of interest in excess of the maximum
permitted by law or which is otherwise contrary to law. If
any excess of interest in such respect is herein or in the
Indebtedness provided for, or shall be adjudicated to be so
provided for herein or in the Indebtedness, the Debtor shall
not be obligated to pay such excess.
21. Unenforceable or Inapplicable Provisions. If any
provision hereof or of the Indebtedness is invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or with respect to any
person or property, the other provisions hereof or of the
Indebtedness in such jurisdiction and the application thereof
to any other person or property, shall remain in full force
and effect, and the remaining provisions hereof shall be
liberally construed in favor of the Secured Party in order to
effectuate the provisions thereof. The invalidity of any
provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
22. Rights Cumulative. Each and every right, power and remedy
herein given to the Secured Party shall be cumulative and not
exclusive; and each and every right, power and remedy whether
specifically herein given or otherwise existing may be
exercised from time to time and so often and in such order as
may be deemed expedient by the Secured Party, and the
exercise, or the beginning of the exercise, or any such
right, power or remedy shall not be deemed a waiver of the
right to exercise, at the same time or thereafter, any other
right, power or remedy. No delay or omission by the Secured
Party in the exercise of any right, power or remedy shall
impair any such right, power or remedy then or thereafter
existing.
23. Waiver by the Secured Party. Any and all covenants in
this Security Agreement may from time to time by instrument
in writing signed by the Secured Party be waived to such
extent and in such manner as the Secured Party may desire,
but no such waiver shall ever affect or impair the Secured
Party?s rights or liens hereunder, except to the extent
specifically stated in such written instrument.
24. Successors and Assigns. This Security Agreement is
binding upon the Debtor, the Debtor?s successors and assigns,
and shall inure to the benefit of the Secured Party, its
successors and assigns.
25. Section Headings. The section headings in this instrument
are inserted for convenience and shall not be considered a
part of this Security Agreement or used in its
interpretation.
26. Counterparts. This Security Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which shall, for all
purposes, be deemed to be an original, and all of which are
identical except that, to facilitate filing and recordation,
in any particular counterpart portions of the Exhibits hereto
which describe properties situated in counties other than the
county in which such counterpart is to be recorded may have
been omitted. All counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
27. Notices. Any notice required or permitted by this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficient
upon receipt, when delivered personally or by courier, email,
overnight delivery service or confirmed facsimile, or 48
hours after being dispatched by internationally recognized
courier service deposited in the U.S. mail as certified or
registered mail with postage prepaid, if such notice is
addressed to the party to be notified at such party?s
address, email or facsimile number as set forth below or as
subsequently modified by written notice.
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Jeff
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Debtor has executed or caused to be
executed this Security Agreement.
DEBTOR: US Capital Global Lending LLC
By: Jeffrey Sweeney
Title: Managing Partner US Capital Global
Investment Management LLC, Managing Member
SECURED PARTY: _______________________________
____________________________________
By:
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EXHIBIT A
1. All gold Backed debt and gold backed assets of
US Capital Global Lending LLC
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Exhibit 1A-4 Consent of Independent Auditor.
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Exhibit 1A-5 Legal Opinion of Sances Law
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February 2, 2022
US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING, LLC
1 Ferry Building, Suite 201
San Francisco, California 94111
Re: Legal Opinion
To the MEMBERS and MANAGER:
I am acting as counsel to US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING, LLC (the
?Company?) with respect to the preparation and filing of an
offering statement on Form 1-A. The offering statement covers
the contemplated sale of up to $75,000,000 of 7.00% Gold
Backed Notes.
In connection with the opinion contained herein, I have
examined the offering statement, the certificate of
formation, the certificate of good standing, the operating
agreement, the minutes of meetings of the Company?s Members
and Manager, as well as all other documents necessary to
render an opinion.
In my examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of all
natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals,
the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to me as copies and the authenticity of the
originals of such copies, the truth, accuracy and
completeness of the information, representations and
warranties contained in the records, documents, instruments
and certificates I have reviewed; and the legal capacity of
all natural persons.
As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein
that were not independently established or verified, I have
relied upon oral or written statements and representations of
officers and other representatives of the Company.
I am opining herein as to the effect on the subject
transactions only of the laws of the State of Delaware, and I
express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto,
or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction,
including federal law.
Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the common
stock being sold pursuant to the offering statement is duly
authorized and will be, when issued in the manner described
in the offering statement, legally and validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable.
No opinion is being rendered hereby with respect to the truth
and accuracy, or completeness of the offering statement or
any portion thereof.
I further consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to the offering statement.
Very truly yours,
Martin Sances, Esq.
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US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC
US CAPITAL GLOBAL LENDING LLC
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