0001096906-23-001949.txt : 20231011 0001096906-23-001949.hdr.sgml : 20231011 20231011094554 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001096906-23-001949 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 1-A/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 12 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231011 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231011 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Sow Good Investments, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001988813 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FINANCE SERVICES [6199] IRS NUMBER: 923379454 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 1-A/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 024-12311 FILM NUMBER: 231319590 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 157 COLUMBUS AVE, SUITE 512 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10023 BUSINESS PHONE: 917-750-5588 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 157 COLUMBUS AVE, SUITE 512 CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10023 1-A/A 1 primary_doc.xml 1-A/A LIVE 0001988813 XXXXXXXX 024-12311 false false false Sow Good Investments, LLC DE 2023 0001988813 6163 92-3379454 0 0 157 COLUMBUS AVE SUITE 512 NEW YORK NY 10023 917-750-5588 J. Martin Tate Other 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Williams Overman Pierce, LLP None 100 NA NA 0 0 true true false Tier2 Audited Debt Y Y N Y Y N 25000000 0 1.0000 25000000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25000000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Williams Overman Pierce, LLP 10000.00 Kunzler Bean & Adamson 50000.00 24940000.00 false true AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY true PART II AND III 2 sow_1aa.htm PART II AND III

An offering statement pursuant to Regulation A relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Information contained in this Preliminary Offering Circular is subject to completion or amendment. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted before the offering statement filed with the Commission is qualified. This Preliminary Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor may there be any sales of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. We may elect to satisfy our obligation to deliver a Final Offering Circular by sending you a notice within two business days after the completion of our sale to you that contains the URL where the Final Offering Circular or the offering statement in which such Final Offering Circular was filed may be obtained.

 

 

 

 

 

PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

 

Dated October 10, 2023

 

 

Sow Good Investments, LLC, which we refer to as “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company,” is a Delaware series limited liability company that has been formed to provide financing for solar energy, microfinance, affordable housing and other social impact businesses, individually allocated to then individual series (“Series”) of the Company.

This Offering Circular relates to the offer and sale of up to $2,000,000 in principal amount (the “Offering”) of unsecured fixed-rate notes (the “Notes”) by each Series. The Notes are unsecured debt securities and are not equity securities. The Notes are not savings accounts or deposits and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

The Notes will be issued by a Series in the minimum amount of $500 and in multiples of $100 for any amount greater than $500. The Notes will mature on a specified maturity date, typically 12 – 36 months from the date issued. See “Description of Notes” on page 19.

The Series Notes offered by each Series will be offered with a fixed interest rate typically ranging from 5 -7.5% per annum. The interest rate for each Note will be fixed per the terms of the Note. See “Description of Notes- Principal, Maturity and Interest” on page 20.

The interest rate for the Series 1-001 Notes offered by Series 1-001 will be 7.5% per annum. Additional Series will issue additional Notes with interest rates that may be different from the rate of the Series 1-001.  We anticipate these rates to be within a range of 5 to 7.5% per annum.

A Series may prepay some or all of the Notes at any time prior to their maturity without premium or penalty.


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The applicable Series will pay interest on Notes upon Maturity. All Notes will be issued in fully registered form.

The Notes being offered with respect to each individual Series are being offered on a “best efforts” basis without any minimum offering amount pursuant to Regulation A under Section 3(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, for Tier 2 offerings.

The Company, through each Series, is offering the Notes directly to investors on an ongoing and continuous basis. The Notes will be issued at their principal face value, without a discount, and are not being sold through commissioned sales agents or underwriters. See “Plan of Distribution” on page 43.

The Notes are being offered, and will be sold, pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Section 3(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and Regulation A promulgated thereunder. The Offering is not contingent upon sales of a minimum offering amount and there is no minimum aggregate amount of Notes that must be sold in order for us to have access to the Offering proceeds. We may accept subscriptions as they are received. Unless otherwise amended, this Offering will terminate upon the date on which $2,000,000 of Notes qualified hereunder have been sold.

The Notes will not be listed on any exchange or quoted on any automated dealer quotation system. Currently, there is no public market for the Notes.

 

 

 

Series Notes Overview

 

 

Price to Public

Underwriting Discounts and Commissions (1)

Proceeds to Series

Proceeds to Other Persons

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 1-001

Per Note

$500.00

$0.0

$500.00

$0

 

Total Maximum

$500.00

$0.0

$500.00

$0

 

(1)We intend to distribute all offerings of Notes in any series of the Company (referred to herein as “Notes” or individually, as a “Note”) principally through our platform, which is owned and operated by Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and registered investment advisor (CRD#: 309110/SEC#: 801-119020), (“SIMA” or “Manager”), as described in greater detail under “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure”. Because these are best efforts offerings, the actual series offering amounts and proceeds to us are not presently determinable and may be substantially less than each total maximum series offering set forth above. No fees or commissions will be paid to SIMA in connection with the offering of the Notes.  The amounts set forth above do not include reimbursements to the Manager for the Acquisition Fee or Series Offering Fee. 

 

The Company is offering a maximum (the “Total Maximum”) of Notes of each of the Series (as defined below), highlighted in the “Master Series Table” section below.

 

Each series of Notes are being offered by a specific “Series”.  The offerings of the Notes may collectively be referred to herein as the “Offerings” and each, individually, as an “Offering.”  See “Description of Notes Offered” for additional information regarding the Notes. All interests will be issued in electronic form only and will not be listed or quoted on any securities exchange.

 

The Company and each Series is managed by SIMA.


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It is anticipated that the Company’s core business will be to generate income and preserve capital for Note holders by providing financing to off-grid solar, microfinance and affordable housing companies.   that will in turn provide customer loans to: solar energy end-user customers (typically known as Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) loans) to enable access to clean electricity; micro-loans to microenterprises to finance small business needs, and; housing loans to affordable housing end-user customers to enable better shelter. These end-user customers and enterprises typically are in need of capital and the financing provided by the companies to generate meaningful social and environmental impacts. As the financings are repaid, amounts are returned and repaid to Series Note holders.

 

The financing associated with each Series as referenced in the “Master Series Table” section may be referred to herein, collectively, as the “Associated Financing.”  See “Description of the Business” for additional information regarding the Associated Financings.

 

This Offering Circular describes each individual Series found in the “Master Series Table” section.

 

The Notes represent a debt obligation of a particular Series and thus indirectly the Associated Financing and do not represent an investment in the Series or an investment in or obligation of the Company or the Manager generally. We do not anticipate that any Series will own any assets other than the Associated Financing associated with such Series.  However, we expect that the operations of the Company, including the issuance of additional Series and their acquisition of additional assets, will benefit Note Holders by enabling each Series to benefit from economies of scale from the Company as a whole managing multiple Series and therefore managing and operating multiple investments.

 

A purchaser of the Notes may be referred to herein as an “Note Holder”.   There will be separate closings with respect to each Offering for each Series (each, a “Closing”). For each Series, the Manager anticipates that it will conduct monthly Closings. The Offering of Notes for any Series will terminate upon the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the Total Maximum Amount for a Series has been accepted (ii) a date determined by the Manager in its sole discretion. If no Closings for a Series have occurred, an Offering shall be terminated upon (i) the date which is one year from the date such Offering Circular or Amendment, as applicable, is qualified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “Commission”, which period may be extended with respect to a particular Series by an additional six months by the Manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which the Manager elects to terminate the Offering for a particular Series in its sole discretion.

 

We are only selling Notes issued by our Series 1-001 Notes in this Offering, however, following the qualification of this Offering, the Company plans to conduct additional offerings of additional Notes in additional Series.  Only Notes in those Series set forth on the Master Series Table have been designated and are being offered at this time.  The Series 1-001 has been established to allow persons to acquire Series 1-001 Notes.

 

This Offering is being conducted under Tier II of Regulation A (17 CFR 230.251 et. seq.) and the information contained herein is being presented in Offering Circular format.  In those states which require registration by the Company as an Issuer, the Company will either register as an issuer dealer or not sell securities in those states. See “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure” and “Description of Notes Offered” for additional information.

 

A purchase of Notes in a Series does not constitute an equity investment or an investment in either the Company or an Associated Financing directly, or in any other Series.  This results in no voting rights of the Note Holder.  The Manager thus retains significant control over the management of the Company, each Series and the Associated Financings.  Furthermore, because the Notes do not constitute an equity investment or an


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investment in the Company as a whole, holders of the Notes in a Series are not expected to receive any economic benefit from, or be subject to the liabilities of, the assets of any other Series.  In addition, the economic interest of a holder in a Series will not be identical to owning an equity investment in a Series or a direct undivided interest in an Associated Financing.

 

This Offering Circular contains forward-looking statements which are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments that are difficult to predict.  Neither the Company nor the Manager can guarantee future performance, or that future developments affecting the Company, the Manager, or the Platform will be as currently anticipated.  These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.  Please see “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

 

There is currently no public trading market for any Notes, and an active market may not develop or be sustained.  If an active public or private trading market for the Notes does not develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult or impossible for you to resell your Notes at any price. Even if a public or private market does develop, the market price could decline below the amount you paid for your Notes.

 

The Notes offered hereby are highly speculative in nature, involve a high degree of risk and should be purchased only by persons who can afford to lose their entire investment. There can be no assurance that the Company’s investment objectives will be achieved or that a secondary market would ever develop for the Notes, whether via the Platform, via third party registered broker-dealers or otherwise. Prospective Note Holders should obtain their own legal and tax advice prior to making an investment in the Notes and should be aware that an investment in the Notes may be exposed to other risks of an exceptional nature from time to time. See the “Risk Factors” section on Page 27 of the Offering Circular.

 

GENERALLY, NO SALE MAY BE MADE TO YOU IN ANY 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 HTTP://WWW.INVESTOR.GOV.

 

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission does not pass upon the merits of or give its approval to any securities offered or the terms of the offering, nor does it pass upon the accuracy or completeness of any offering circular or other solicitation materials. 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 are exempt from registration. This Preliminary Offering Circular shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor may there be any sales of these securities in, any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification of the offer and sale under the laws of such state.

 

An investment in the Notes involves a high degree of risk. See “Risk Factors” on Page 27 for a description of some of the risks that should be considered before investing in the Notes.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC

 

SECTION

 

PAGE

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

7

MASTER SERIES TABLE

 

9

OVERVIEW

 

10

OFFERING SUMMARY

 

16

RISK FACTORS

 

23

POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

 

39

DILUTION

 

41

USE OF PROCEEDS – Series 1-001

 

41

DESCRIPTION OF Series 1-001

 

43

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION

 

45

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SUBSCRIPTION PROCEDURE

 

49

DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

 

54

MANAGEMENT

 

57

COMPENSATION

 

58

PRINCIPAL INTEREST HOLDERS 

 

58

DESCRIPTION OF INTERESTS OFFERED

 

59

MATERIAL UNITED STATES TAX CONSIDERATIONS

 

 

ERISA CONSIDERATIONS

 

64

WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

67

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

F-1

EXHIBIT INDEX 

  

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STATE LAW EXEMPTION AND PURCHASE RESTRICTIONS

 

Our interests are being offered and sold only to “qualified purchasers” (as defined in Regulation A under the Securities Act). As a Tier 2 offering pursuant to Regulation A under the Securities Act, this offering will be exempt from state law “Blue Sky” review, subject to meeting certain state filing requirements and complying with certain anti-fraud provisions, to the extent that our interests offered hereby are offered and sold only to “qualified purchasers” or at a time when our interests are listed on a national securities exchange. “Qualified purchasers” include: (i) “accredited investors” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D and (ii) all other investors so long as their investment in our interests does not represent more than 10% of the greater of their annual income or net worth (for natural persons), or 10% of the greater of annual revenue or net assets at fiscal year-end (for non-natural persons). Accordingly, we reserve the right to reject any investor’s subscription in whole or in part for any reason, including if we determine in our sole and absolute discretion that such investor is not a “qualified purchaser” for purposes of Regulation A.

 

For purposes of determining whether a potential investor is a “qualified purchaser,” annual income and net worth should be calculated as provided in the “accredited investor” definition under Rule 501 of Regulation D. In particular, net worth in all cases should be calculated excluding the value of an investor’s home, home furnishings and automobiles.

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

The information contained in this Offering Circular includes some statements that are not historical and that are considered “forward-looking statements.”  Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our development plans for our business; our strategies and business outlook; anticipated development of the Company, the Manager, each Series of the Company and the Platform (defined below); and various other matters (including contingent liabilities and obligations and changes in accounting policies, standards and interpretations).  These forward-looking statements express the Manager’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, and intentions regarding the future.  In addition, without limiting the foregoing, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements.  The words “anticipates”, “believes”, “continue”, “could”, “estimates”, “expects”, “intends”, “may”, “might”, “plans”, “possible”, “potential”, “predicts”, “projects”, “seeks”, “should”, “will”, “would” and similar expressions and variations, or comparable terminology, or the negatives of any of the foregoing, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this Offering Circular are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments that are difficult to predict.  Neither the Company nor the Manager can guarantee future performance, or that future developments affecting the Company, the Manager or the Platform will be as currently anticipated.  These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

 

All forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly qualified in their entirety by these risks and uncertainties.  These risks and uncertainties, along with others, are also described below under the heading “Risk Factors.” Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the parties’ assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.  You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and should not make an investment decision based solely on these forward-looking statements.  We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.


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MARKET AND OTHER INDUSTRY DATA

 

This offering circular includes market and other industry data and estimates that are based on our management’s knowledge and experience in the markets in which we operate. The sources of such data generally state that the information they provide has been obtained from sources they believe to be reliable, but we have not investigated or verified the accuracy and completeness of such information. Our own estimates are based on information obtained from our and our affiliates experience in the markets in which we operate and from other contacts in these markets. We are responsible for all of the disclosures in this offering circular, and we believe our estimates to be accurate as of the date of this offering circular or such other date stated in this offering circular. However, this information may prove to be inaccurate because of the method by which we obtained some of the data for the estimates or because this information cannot always be verified with complete certainty due to the limits on the availability and reliability of raw data, the voluntary nature of the data gathering process and other limitations and uncertainties. As a result, you should be aware that market and other industry data included in this offering circular, and estimates and beliefs based on that data, may not be reliable.

 

TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES

 

From time to time, we own or have rights to various trademarks, service marks and trade names that we use in connection with the operation of our business. This Offering Circular may also contain trademarks, service marks and trade names of third parties, which are the property of their respective owners. Our use or display of third parties’ trademarks, service marks, trade names or products in this Offering Circular is not intended to, and does not imply a relationship with us or an endorsement or sponsorship by or of us. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks and trade names referred to in this Offering Circular may appear without the ®, TM or SM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and trade names.

 

Additional Information

 

You should rely only on the information contained in this Offering Circular. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with additional information or information different from that contained in this Offering Circular filed with the Commission. We take no responsibility for, and can provide no assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, certain Series of Notes only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information contained in this Offering Circular is accurate only as of the date of this document, regardless of the time of delivery of this Offering Circular or any sale of a Series of Notes. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may have changed since that date.


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MASTER SERIES TABLE

 

The master series table below, referred to at times as the “Master Series Table”, shows key information related to each Series. This information will be referenced in the following sections when referring to the Master Series Table. In addition, see the “Description of Associated Financing” and “Use of Proceeds” section for each individual Series for further details.

 

The Series assets referenced in the Master Series Table below may be referred to herein, collectively, as the “Associated Financings” or each, individually, as an “Associated Financing”. Any individuals, dealers or company which owns an Associated Financing prior to a purchase of an Associated Financing by the Company in advance of a potential offering or the closing of an offering from which proceeds are used to acquire the Associated Financing may be referred to herein as an “customer”.

 

Series / Series Name

Associated Financing

Offering Price per Note

Maximum Offering Amount

Opening Date (1)

Closing Date (1)

Status

Minimum Notes

Maximum

Notes

Series 1-001

Up to $2,000,000 in financing to Sun King LLC

$500.00 plus increments of $100.00

$2,000,000

Q4 2023

Q2 2024

Open

10

4,000

 

(1)If exact offering dates (specified as Month Day, Year) are not shown, then expected offering dates are presented. 


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SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights some of the information in this prospectus.  It does not contain all of the information that you should consider before investing in our Series Notes.  You should read carefully the detailed information set forth under "Risk Factors" and the other information included in this prospectus. 

 

Company Overview

Sow Good Investments (“Company”) was formed on April 5, 2023 as a Delaware series limited liability company by Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SIMA” or “Manager”) and registered investment advisor (CRD#: 309110/SEC#: 801-119020). SIMA is a double bottom line firm focused on impact financing for solar energy, microfinance and affordable housing companies in emerging markets.  SIMA’s principals have been engaged in impact investing initiatives for over two decades and have cumulatively placed more than $2 billion in more than 300 companies, in over 50 countries.  

SIMA promotes, structures and places impact investments in for-profit companies that align with financial, social and environmental goals. SIMA works with individual, institutional and philanthropic investors and with public sector development finance investors to create market-based investment opportunities with mitigated risk. SIMA chooses to work in some of the poorest countries in the world and maintains a strong local presence with teams in Kenya, Uganda, Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Mauritius and the United States. Of SIMA’s 38 staff, 36 are located in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

The Company will provide financings to participants in the off-grid solar, microfinance and affordable housing sectors operating in certain emerging markets.  These participants are typically companies in emerging markets that in turn provide their end-user customers with loans to fund purchases, and the loans are repaid in installments. For example, solar energy companies typically provide their end-user customers with loans to finance the purchase of solar panels and equipment for supplying electricity, with the customer loans repaid over time on an installment basis (typically known as Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) loans.  Similarly, microfinance companies will use the loans from the Company to in turn fund microloans to individually operated microenterprises for their working capital needs with the microloans repaid over time on an installment basis; and affordable housing lenders will use loans from the Company to in turn fund housing loans for affordable housing to end-user customers loans with the affordable housing loans repaid over time on an installment basis. These end-user customers and enterprises typically are in need of financing and the financing provided also generates meaningful social and environmental impacts at the customer level. As loans are repaid, our investment is returned with interest and repaid to our investors.

As a limited liability company, we operate pursuant to a limited liability company agreement, dated June, 2023 (the “LLC Agreement”). We are managed by SIMA (the “Manager”). As a newly formed company, we have no operating history.

Our principal office is located at 157 Columbus Ave, Suite 512, New York, NY 10023 and our telephone number is +1 (917) 750-5588 and email address is info@sowgoodinvestments.com. For additional information regarding the Company or this Offering, you may write, email or telephone us at the address and telephone number above.

We are offering Notes issued by each of the series of the Company described in this Offering Circular. All of the series of the Company may collectively be referred to herein as the “series” and each, individually, as a “series.” The Notes issued by of all the series described above may collectively be referred to herein as the “Notes,” or the “securities” and each, individually, as a “Note” and the offerings of the Notes may collectively be referred to herein as the “offerings” and each, individually, as an “offering.” The Notes represent an obligation solely of a particular series and thus, indirectly in the Associated Financing extended by that series. The Notes do not represent an investment in the Company or the Manager. See “Description of the Securities Being Offered” for additional information regarding the interests.


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A purchaser of the Notes may be referred to herein as a an “investor” or “Note holder.” There will be one or more separate closings (each, a “closing”) with respect to each series offering. The initial closing of a series offering will take place on the earlier to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the maximum amount for a series have been accepted or (ii) a date determined by the Manager in its sole discretion. If an initial closing with respect to a particular series offering has not occurred, the offering will be terminated upon (i) the date which is one year from the date the related offering circular or amendment thereof, as applicable, is qualified by the Commission, which period may be extended with respect to a particular series by an additional six months by the Manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which the Manager elects to terminate the offering for a particular series in its sole discretion. No securities are being offered by existing security-holders.

Each series offering is being conducted under Regulation A (17 CFR 230.251 et. seq.) and the information contained herein is being presented in offering circular format.

 

Securities Being Offered

 

Note Holders will acquire fixed rate Notes representing unsecured debt obligations.  The Notes are not savings accounts or deposits and not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Each series is intended to be a separate series of the Company for purposes of accounting for assets and liabilities and segregation for bankruptcy and litigation. It is intended that the Note holders will only have assets, profits and losses pertaining to the specific investments made by that series. For example, a holder of a Note issued by Series 1-001 will only be entitled to receive payments based upon the Associated Financing related to Series 1-001. See the “Description of the Securities Offered” section for further details. The minimum investment you can make for any series is one Note and the maximum investment is equal to 10% of the total amount being offered for such series, although such minimum and maximum (subject to legal restrictions) thresholds may be waived by the Manager in its sole discretion.

 

The Manager

 

The Company is managed by Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and registered investment advisor (CRD#: 309110/SEC#: 801-119020)(“SIMA” or, the “Manager”). Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of June 2023, (the “LLC Agreement"), the Manager will provide certain management, advisory and support services to the Company and to each series.

 

Our Manager has not sponsored prior financing programs. Accordingly, this offering circular does not contain any information concerning prior performance of our Manager and its affiliates, which means that you will be unable to assess any results from their prior activities before deciding whether to purchase interests in our series.

 

Management Compensation

 

The Manager will be entitled to all net income related to a Series, which shall be equal to the interest income received from the Associated Financing less the amounts paid on the related Notes, which we anticipate shall be approximately 0.5% annually. It is anticipated that each Applicable Financing will require payments of principal and interest at maturity.  However, there is no guarantee that such payments will be timely or in fact be made at all.

 

Sow Good Platform

 

The Manager, SIMA, operates a web-based platform referred to herein as the Sow Good Platform. Through the use of the Sow Good Platform, investors will be able browse and screen the investments offered by each of our series and electronically sign legal documents to purchase series interests.


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The Sow Good Platform is the intellectual property of SIMA and neither the Company, nor any of our series, has any ownership rights in the Sow Good Platform. SIMA has granted a license to each Series in order to, among other things, use the Sow Good Platform for their series offerings, pursuant to the Sow Good Platform license agreement, a copy of which is attached as an exhibit to the offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part. The Company will not be required to pay any fees associated with a series’ use of the Sow Good Platform but may pay broker fees associated with the purchase and sale of series interests to Placement Agent, if any.

 

Targeted Customers

We anticipate providing financing to socially-oriented companies that serve low-income customers in emerging markets which operate in one of the following areas of impact: solar energy, microfinance or affordable housing. SIMA has a long track record in originating, underwriting and financing such companies and currently has over 150 active business relationships in these areas.  

Solar Energy:

We will extend financing to companies in the solar energy field, including Sun King www.sunking.com , one of the world's leading providers of affordable off-grid solar solutions for underpowered communities. With its pay-as-you-go business model and employing over 24,000 local agents (sales agents) and 2,500 permanent employees. Field agents (or sales agents) are local residents who promote and sell Sun King’s products among local community for which they receive commission. Sun King delivers solar energy to over 165,000 homes per month across eight countries of operation in Africa. Sun King’s “pay-as-you-go” approach enables consumers to pay for their solar home systems through installment payments, drastically improving affordability. The company has a strong presence in Kenya, where more than one in five people using solar home systems use Sun King systems. Due to its consistent profitability and growth with high social impact, Sun King has attracted investors from across the globe. In August 2022, Sun King secured USD 260 million in equity through a Series D funding, which has since further expanded to 330 million. In terms of impact, Sun King has provided power to an estimated 100 million people and its products have generated over 820,232 MW of solar energy, offsetting 27 metric tons of CO2. The capital provided by the Company to Sun King will be used to help expand its reach in Africa, potentially providing hundreds of thousands of families with much-needed access to power.

Notes issued by Series 1-001 will be used to provide financing to Sun King.

Affordable Housing:

Through subsequent certificate offerings by additional Series, the Company plans to provide financing to companies that specialize in making loans in the areas of affordable housing. These companies focus on providing financing for basic shelter to low-income families while also helping them build assets, improve security and contribute to their overall financial well-being.

Microfinance:

In subsequent certificate offerings by additional Series, we also plan to extend financing to a number of microfinance companies.  These companies in turn provide microfinance loans to low-income entrepreneurs, particularly women, to help them support and build their micro businesses and generate stable income for themselves and their families.

As described below, these companies serve end-user customers and enterprises in emerging markets which need capital to grow and fulfill their goals, and the financing provided by the Company generates meaningful social and environmental impacts.


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The off-grid solar sector provides solar systems in regions of the world where an electric grid is unreliable or does not exist.2  The Company’s financing to an off-grid solar company will in turn enable the company to provide customer loans (typically known as Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) loans to enable access to clean electricity.  As off-grid solar customers repay their loans from the off-grid solar company, the off-grid solar company repays its loan from the Company, and the Company repays Series Certificate holders.  The off-grid solar companies funded by Sow Good include distributors and installers of small solar systems for households as well as developers of solar systems for commercial and small manufacturers.  Many of these distributors work in rural locations and supply power for water pumps and other equipment crucial to the agricultural sector.  

The global off-grid solar market is an approximate $1.75 billion annual market, providing lighting and other energy services to over 400 million users,3 and is estimated to exhibit a compound annual growth rate over 8% in the next decade.4 

Off-grid solar significantly reduces CO2 emissions.5 

Off-grid solar generates jobs across Africa and South Asia, mostly in rural areas. Currently this sector is generating almost 1.3 million jobs, and approximately 27% of the workforce is female.6  

 

The microfinance sector offers small loans, accounts, insurance and other financial services to low-income customers and small/micro enterprises who typically lack access to banking services. The Company’s financing to microfinance companies will in turn enable these companies to make very small loans (typically known as micro-loans) to customers and microenterprises to finance small business needs. As the microfinance customers and microenterprises repay micro-loans, the microfinance company repays its loan from the Company and the Company repays Series Certificate holders.  The global microfinance market was valued at almost $180 billion in 2020, and is projected to reach nearly $500 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 11% from 2021 to 2030.7

Microfinance serves over 500 million low-income people worldwide.8  

Microfinance reaches over 100 million women globally and supports their self-employment. 

There are over 85,000 microfinance companies globally.9 

 

 

The affordable housing sector provides loans to families allowing them to acquire housing or improve their home. The Company’s financing to affordable housing companies will in turn enable these companies to make housing loans to affordable housing end-user customers to enable them to have better shelter. As the housing customers repay the affordable housing loans, the affordable housing company repays its loan from the Company and the Company repays Series Certificate holders.  The affordable housing sector is an approximate $500 billion sector with an estimated 11% growth rate.10  

·Over 1.6 billion people worldwide lack adequate housing.11 

·Affordable housing serves over 330 million low-income people.12 


2 https://pressroom.ifc.org/all/pages/PressDetail.aspx?ID=24949

 

3 https://www.lightingglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/VIVID%20OCA_2020_Off_Grid_Solar_Market_Trends_Report_Full_High.pdf

4 https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/06/15/2246934/0/en/Off-Grid-Solar-Market-to-rise-at-8-62-CAGR-through-2027-Market-Research-Future-MRFR.html

5 https://s3.amazonaws.com/giin-web-assets/iris/assets/files/research/Evaluating%20Impact%20Performance_Clean%20Energy%20Access_webfile.pdf

6 https://www.gogla.org/sites/default/files/resource_docs/gogla_off_grid_solar_a_growth_engine_for_jobs_web_opt.pdf

7  https://www.alliedmarketresearch.com/microfinance-market-A06004

8 https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2015/04/17/world-bank-group-coalition-partners-make-commitments-accelerate-universal-financial-access

9 https://www.kfw.de/About-KfW/Newsroom/Latest-News/Pressemitteilungen-Details_622592.html

10 https://thegiin.org/assets/GIIN%20Annual%20Impact%20Investor%20Survey%202020.pdf

11 https://news.un.org/en/story/2017/10/567552-affordable-housing-key-development-and-social-equality-un-says-world-habitat

12https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/featured%20insights/urbanization/tackling%20the%20worlds%20affordable%20 housing%20challenge/mgi_affordable_housing_executive%20summary_october%202014.ashx


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Current trends suggest that there could be 106 million more low-income urban households by 2025.13

Below is a graphical organizational chart to outline your structure and illustrate the relationships of the various entities discussed throughout the filing, including SIMA, investors and Sun King.

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13 https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/urbanization/tackling-the-worlds-affordable-housing-challenge


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Due Diligence Process

 

To mitigate risks and ensure alignment with our goals, potential customers undergo a rigorous and comprehensive multi-level due diligence process. We carefully review various aspects of the off-grid solar, microfinance, or affordable housing company to assess their financial, social, and environmental characteristics. This includes an examination of their capital structure, assets and liabilities, financial performance, loan portfolio, lending procedures, credit history of customers, shareholding, management, governance, and other indicators of financial strength.

 

Furthermore, we evaluate the borrower's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management and impact framework, core values, lending strategies, guiding principles, and similar characteristics. By conducting this thorough analysis, we aim to ensure that our potential customers meet our stringent standards and align with our overall mission and objectives.

 

The Manager’s investment process for off-grid solar companies comprises 6 key steps: pipeline prospects identification; compatibility screening/loan application; detailed due diligence and credit write-up/compliance check; risk clearance/senior management approval; and post-approval reviews/disbursement and portfolio monitoring.

 

1)The pipeline stage involves identifying prospects through the Manager’s prior engagement with the prospect, use of SIMA’s proprietary database and site visits by Manager’s staff through its regional offices. The investment pipeline established is discussed in team meetings. After initial screening if the pipeline company is meeting the investment criteria then further due diligence and credit write-up stage is started. 

 

2)For the second stage, a compatibility screening is done, based upon SIMA’s data on the prospect and supplementary information to confirm that the prospect is compatible with the Company’s investment criteria. Desktop research is also carried out where all available documentation is reviewed and complemented by an interview of the management of the potential investment target. A term sheet is also drafted, and approval (from senior management) sought to move into due diligence. 

 

3)Due diligence is initiated by submitting a documented information request to the prospect. A due diligence checklist is used, site visits made as they apply, and a thorough Know Your Customer /Anti-Money Laundering due diligence conducted.  Deal details are negotiated by the team involved. The due diligence stage, one of the key and most involving stages, is meant to analyze and review in detail the operations, business model, management structure and financial structure of the potential investee. The Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Sales Manager, Call Center Manager, etc. all have their various functions vetted during the diligence. 

 

4)A credit write-up is then addressed to the Manager’s senior management and risk management department, summarizing key deal aspects with relevant information provided as required for the approval of the credit. 

 

5)Risk management department reviews the credit and ensures that all the risks have been effectively mitigated and company is complying with all the screening criteria. Upon Risk Management’s clearance approval of credit is obtained. 

 

6)Post-approval legal and fiscal reviews are done by local legal counsel and the risk team, following which the funds are disbursed, and monitoring begins till the maturity of the loan. 


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The overall process includes a review and inclusion of social, environmental and gender performance and metrics. Agreements include covenants on social, environmental and gender indicators and goals with each borrower, which will be tracked throughout its term.

 

By following these detailed steps, the Company ensures a thorough evaluation and diligent monitoring of off-grid solar companies, fostering sustainable and responsible investments in the renewable energy sector. The overall process includes a review and inclusion of social and environmental performance and metrics, as part of the Company’s impact-driven work. The due diligence stage, one of the key and most involving stages, is meant to analyze and review in detail the operations, business model, management structure and financial structure of the potential investee. The CEO, COO, CFO, Sales Manager and Call Center Manager all have their various functions vetted during the diligence.

Ultimate Borrower Due Diligence

Potential off-grid solar customers may not have a credit score, due to the lack of credit bureau information in many emerging market countries.  As a result, off-grid solar companies do not use credit reports as the sole determinant of the customer’s capability and ability to pay. Rather than rely on credit scores, off-grid solar companies may rely on public record databases to verify the information provided by the customer.  Borrower off-grid solar companies’ staff or agents may also meet with customers to study their financial records, check/inspect the household situation (if the customer is an individual), or check inventory (if customer is a small business), and help create a model of estimated revenues, expenses and profits. The borrower company’s credit specialists often work from a call center and assemble character and customer profile information, including references, personal and business information. If the customer is a business, the credit specialist also makes a financial evaluation of the customer’s business and considers various attributes including how the business operates, its operating margins, and average yearly sales etc. The credit specialist considers all of the customer’s business and family expenses in assessing the customer’s repayment capacity.  

 

Marketing

The Company markets to its customers and to investors through the Sow Good Platform, which can be found at www.sowgoodinvestments.com.  The Sow Good Platform primarily consists of its website and email, but potential crowdlender customers also are directed to the website through Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), and LinkedIn social media marketing. The Sow Good website provides marketing materials and information about our program, the Company, the Manager/SIMA and information about upcoming Series Notes to off-grid solar or other companies and will contain links to the filed Offering Circular. The Sow Good platform will also include subscription documents and related information and provide more detailed information on a Series Note and its terms as an investment opportunity, covering the nature of the investee company, its market, target customers, business model, management, operations, projections.

Competition

The energy-access related crowdlending market in Europe is dominated by three main platforms: Trine (Sweden), Lendahand (Netherlands) and Energize Africa (UK).  Bettervest, Crowd4Climate and Charm Impact are also active in the sector. New market entrants, such as Tribes Capital, based in the UK, and Frankly Green, based in Germany are also gaining market share.  However, none of these platforms are available to US investors.  In the US, Energea is an international equity investment platform available to US investors. Also, Kiva is a charitable donation platform in the US but does not offer interest on investments.


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Our Structure

 

We were formed as a Delaware series limited liability company on April 5, 2023.  In accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”), each Series we may establish in the future will be a separate Series and not itself a separate legal entity. Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act provides that the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular Series shall be enforceable only against the assets of such Series and not against the assets of the limited liability company generally or any other Series. Accordingly, the assets of a Sow Good Investments, LLC Series include only its interest in the loans and the other assets held by such Series, including funds delivered for the purchase of Series Notes.

 

In addition, Section 18-215I of the LLC Act provides that a series established in accordance with Section 18-215(b) may carry on any lawful business, purpose or activity, other than the business of banking, and has the power and capacity to, in its own name, contract, hold title to assets (including real, personal and intangible property), grant liens and security interests, and sue and be sued. We intend to have each Series in the Sow Good Investments, LLC Series issue debt certificates, finance separate loans, and for each Series, to otherwise conduct its business, enter into contracts and hold title to assets on a segregated basis.

 

Each Series we may establish in the future will be a separate Series and not itself a separate legal entity under Delaware law. As a separate Series, the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to the Series are segregated and enforceable only against the assets of such Series, as provided under Delaware law.  

 

This is the initial offering of the Notes issued by Sow Good Investments, LLC Series, which represent a debt obligation of the Series of our Company.  We are issuing only the Notes from the Series listed in the Master Series Table in this offering, but plan to offer Notes from additional Series in the future.  The Series listed in the Master Series Table have been established to issue Notes pursuant to this offering.

 

The proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be used to fund a loan as described in the Master Series Table.  Proceeds from additional series offerings will be used to fund additional loans.  

 

The objective of Sow Good Investments, LLC Series will be to provide interest and return of principal to holders of our Series Notes through the repayment of the financings.


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OFFERING SUMMARY

 

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information appearing elsewhere herein and, in the Exhibits, hereto.  You should read the entire Offering Circular and carefully consider, among other things, the matters set forth in the section captioned Risk Factors.”  You are encouraged to seek the advice of your attorney, tax consultant, and business advisor with respect to the legal, tax, and business aspects of an investment in the Notes.  All references in this Offering Circular to “$” or “dollars” are to United States dollars.

 

Issuer

Sow Good Investments, LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company and each Series thereunder, including Series 1-001.

 

Securities offered

Up to $2,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of unsecured fixed-rate Notes. The Notes are not equity securities but are unsecured debt securities. The Notes are not savings accounts or deposits and not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.  The certificates are debt obligations of the issuing Series (and with respect to that Series’ Associated Financing) and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in (i) an equity investment in the Company, (ii) an investment in or obligation of any other Series, the Manager, the Platform or the Associated Financing associated with the Series or any Associated Financing owned by any other Series of Notes.

 

Offering period

The Offering period will begin when this Offering is qualified by the Commission.  The Notes are being offered on an ongoing and continuous basis.

 

Interest Rate

The interest rate for each Note will be 7.5% fixed rate.

 

Maturity date

The Notes will be offered with a bullet maturity of 24 months from the date issued.

 

 

Maturity

 

 

 

Reinvestment

at maturity

When a Note matures upon the Maturity Date, the Company agrees to repay the holder the principal amount of the Note plus accrued interest, unless the holder agrees to a reinvest the principal as described below.  

 

At least thirty (30) business days prior to a Note maturing, the Company shall provide a Notice of Opportunity to Re-Invest to the holder of the Note.  The Notice of Opportunity to Re-Invest will inform the Note holder of the basic terms related to a new Series Note and the underlying financing, including subscription information and documents, of the new Series Note.  Should the Note holder wish to subscribe to the new Series Note offered by the Company, the Note holder may direct that the principal and unpaid interest be invested in a new Series Note and such Note holder shall complete the Note Purchase Agreement related to a Series Note.  Each additional Series Note will be made pursuant to an amendment to this offering.

 

 

Interest payment dates

We will pay interest on the Notes upon maturity.

 

 

Guarantees

The Notes are not guaranteed.  

 

 


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Security

 

Ranking

The Notes will be our unsecured obligations.  

 

The Notes will have priority over all existing and future unsecured indebtedness of the Series, including the Junior Notes described below.  For the first series, SIMA agrees to purchase junior notes (“Junior Notes”) which will be subordinate in payment priority to the Notes purchased by other subscribers in the first series.  The amount of the Junior Notes to be purchased by SIMA shall be limited to a maximum of $150,000.

 

 

Optional Prepayment

We may prepay some or all of the Notes at our option without premium or penalty.

 

 

Additional Financings:The Company’s core business will be to establish one or more Series, including the Series listed in the Master Series Table above, and with respect to each Series, identify, acquire, manage and market financing products in the areas of off-grid solar, microfinance and affordable housing and fund such financing products through the issuance of Notes.  

 

It is not anticipated that any Series would own any assets other than its respective Associated Financing, plus cash reserves for management and other expenses pertaining to each Associated Financing and amounts earned by each Series from interest and any other the monetization of the Associated Financing.

 

The Associated Financing for each Series and the Offering Price per Note for each Series is detailed in the Master Series Table.

 

Upon payoff of a financing held by a Series, the holders of the Notes in such Series shall have the opportunity to invest the proceeds in future Series.

 

Manager:Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and registered investment advisor (CRD#: 309110/SEC#: 801-119020) (“SIMA” or, the “Manager”) will be the Manager of the Company and each Series.  

 

Minimum

Note purchase:The minimum subscription by a Note Holder is $500.  The Manager may purchase Notes, including Junior Notes, of any Series (including in excess of 10% of any Series), in its sole discretion. The purchase price (the Offering Price per Note times the number of Notes purchased) will be payable in cash at the time of subscription. 

 

Offering size:The Company may offer up to a total maximum in each Series Offering as detailed for each Series highlighted in the Master Series Table.  

 

Transfer Agent:As of the date of this offering circular, we have not engaged a transfer agent and registrar for any of the series of the Company. 

 

Offering Period:There will be separate Closings for each Series Offering. During the Offering Period for each Series, the Manager shall conduct monthly Closings until the Offering of Notes of such Series are terminated upon the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the Total Maximum of such Series have been accepted by the Manager or (ii) a date determined by the Manager in its sole discretion.  If no Closings for a Series have occurred, the applicable Offering shall be terminated upon (i) the date which is one year from the date this Offering Circular or any amendment related to a Series is qualified by the Commission, which period may  


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be extended by an additional six months by the Manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which the Manager elects to terminate such Offering in its sole discretion.

 

Operating expenses:Operating Expenses are costs and expenses, allocated in accordance with the Company’s expense allocation policy (see “Description of the Business – Allocation of Expenses” section), attributable to the activities of each Series including: 

 

costs incurred in preparing any reports and accounts of the Series, including any tax filings and any annual audit of the accounts of the Series (if applicable) or costs payable to any third-party registrar or transfer agent and any reports to be filed with the Commission including periodic reports on Forms 1-K, 1-SA and 1-U; 

any indemnification payments; and 

any and all insurance premiums or expenses in connection with the Associated Financing. 

 

The Manager has agreed to pay and not be reimbursed for Operating Expenses incurred prior to the Closing with respect to each offering notated in the Master Series Table.

 

Operating Expenses of a Series incurred post-Closing shall be the responsibility of the applicable Series.  However, if the Operating Expenses of a particular Series exceed the amount of reserves retained by or revenues generated from the applicable Associated Financing, the Manager or SIMA may (a) pay such Operating Expenses and not seek reimbursement, (b) loan the amount of the Operating Expenses to such Series, on which the Manager or SIMA may impose a reasonable rate of interest, which shall not be lower than the Applicable Federal Rate (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code), and be entitled to reimbursement of such amount from future revenues generated by the applicable Associated Financing (an “Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation”), or (c) cause additional Notes to be issued in the applicable Series in order to cover such additional amounts.

 

No Series has generated any revenues and we do not expect any Series to generate any revenue until the sale of the Associated Financings, if at all, and expect each Series to incur Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligations, or for the Manager to pay such Operating Expenses incurred and not seek reimbursement, to the extent such Series does not have sufficient reserves for such expenses.  See discussion of “Description of the Business – Operating Expenses” for additional information.

 

Each Series of Interests will be responsible for the costs and expenses associated with the investments made and held by such Series as the Manager reasonably determines in good faith to be necessary, appropriate, advisable, incidental or in connection with the offering of Interests in such Series and the ongoing operational expenses associated with such Series.  Such fees and expenses include, without limitation, (i) costs and expenses incurred in connection with the investment; (ii) custodial, administrative, legal, accounting, auditing, record-keeping, appraisal, tax form preparation, compliance and consulting costs and expenses (including costs and expenses associated with obtaining systems and other information designed to facilitate Company accounting or record-keeping, including related


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hardware and software); (iii) fees, costs and expenses of third-party service providers that provide such services (including fees, costs and expenses of attorneys retained by the Manager to represent the Manager, as applicable, in connection with the business and affairs of the Company, to the extent such fees, costs and expenses relate to advice provided to the Manager by such attorneys with respect to such business and affairs); (iv) servicing fees, administrative fees, and other fees related to the Associated Financing; (v) insurance costs and expenses; (vi) bank service fees; (vii) the Company’s indemnification obligations under the LLC Agreement and other agreements to which the Company may be a party; and (viii) extraordinary costs and expenses, if any.  To the extent any of the expenses described above apply to a particular Series, those expenses will be charged only against the applicable Series.  

 

The Manager is responsible for all salaries, bonuses and employee benefit expenses of its related persons who are involved in the management and conduct of the business and affairs of the Company (as well as related overhead, including office space and equipment, utilities, telephone and data, broadband and related expenses, and other similar items), except that, as described above, the Company will bear: (i) costs and expenses incurred by the Manager in connection with investigating investment opportunities for the Company and reviewing the continuing suitability of the Company’s investments in light of the Company’s investment objectives; (ii) costs and expenses associated with obtaining systems and other information designed to facilitate Company accounting or record-keeping, including related hardware and software; and (iii) fees, costs and expenses of attorneys retained by the Managers to represent the Manager in connection with the business and affairs of the Company, to the extent such fees, costs and expenses relate to advice provided to the Manager by such attorneys with respect to such business and affairs.

 

 

Platform:SIMA operates a web-based investment platform referred to herein as the Sow Good Platform (or the “Platform”). Through the use of the Sow Good Platform, investors can browse and screen the investments offered by each of our series and electronically sign legal documents to purchase series interests. 

 

Fiduciary Duties:The Manager may not be liable to the Company, any Series or the Note Holders for errors in judgment or other acts or omissions not amounting to willful misconduct or gross negligence, since provision has been made in the LLC Agreement for exculpation of the Manager. Therefore, Note Holders have a more limited right of action than they would have absent the limitation in the LLC Agreement. 

 

Indemnification:None of the Manager, or its affiliates, nor any current or former directors, officers, employees, partners, members, controlling persons, agents or independent contractors of the Manager, nor persons acting at the request of the Company or any Series in certain capacities with respect to other entities (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) will be liable to the Company, any Series or any Members for any act or omission taken by the Indemnified Parties in connection with the business of the Company or a Series that has not been determined in a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence. 


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The Company or, where relevant, each Series of the Company (whether offered hereunder or otherwise) will indemnify the Indemnified Parties out of its assets against all liabilities and losses (including amounts paid in respect of judgments, fines, penalties or settlement of litigation, including legal fees and expenses) to which they become subject by virtue of serving as Indemnified Parties with respect to any act or omission that has not been determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence. Unless attributable to a specific Series or a specific Associated Financing, the costs of meeting any indemnification will be allocated pro rata across each Series based on the value of each Associated Financing.

 

Governing law:To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and the LLC Agreement will be governed by Delaware law and any dispute in relation to the Company and the LLC Agreement is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, except where Federal law requires that certain claims be brought in Federal courts, as in the case of claims brought under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the Delaware exclusive forum provision set forth in the LLC Agreement will not preclude or contract the scope of exclusive federal or concurrent jurisdiction for actions brought under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, or the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or otherwise limit the rights of any Note Holder to bring any claim under such laws, rules or regulations in any United States federal district court of competent jurisdiction.  If an Member were to bring a claim against the Company or the Manager pursuant to the LLC Agreement, it would be required to do so in the Delaware Court of Chancery to the extent the claim isn’t vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than the Delaware Court of Chancery, or for which the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction, or where exclusive jurisdiction is not permitted under applicable law. 


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RISK FACTORS

 

The Notes offered hereby are highly speculative in nature, involve a high degree of risk and should be purchased only by persons who can afford to lose their entire investment. There can be no assurance that the Company’s investment objectives will be achieved or that a secondary market would ever develop for the Notes. The risks set out below are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or not presently deemed material by us might also impair our operations and performance and/or the value of the Notes. If any of these risks actually occurs, the value of the Notes may be materially adversely affected.  Prospective Note Holders should obtain their own legal and tax advice prior to making an investment in the Notes and should be aware that an investment in the Notes may be exposed to other risks of an exceptional nature from time to time. The following considerations are among those that should be carefully evaluated before making an investment in the Notes.

 

Potential Risks to the Notes Associated with COVID-19

 

There has been a global outbreak of COVID-19 which began in China and quickly spread throughout the world including the United States and Europe (the “COVID-19 Outbreak”). As further described below, the COVID-19 Outbreak has led (and may continue to lead) to disruptions in the global economy, including extreme volatility in the stock market and capital markets.  The COVID-19 Outbreak and any future outbreaks of the coronavirus disease (or any other disease or pandemic) has led and may lead to further volatility in or disruption in the stock market and capital markets and may result in further government actions or policy decisions that may adversely affect the market value of the Notes and the Associated Financings.

 

In light of the circumstances described above, the risks we describe elsewhere under “Risk Factors” in this Offering Circular are heightened substantially, and you should review and carefully consider such risk factors in light of such circumstances.

 

Risks relating to the structure, operation and performance of the Company

 

Each Note is only the obligation of the issuing Series and is not an obligation of the Company or any other Series.  The Note does not constitute an equity investment in the Series or Company or directly in any Associated Financing

 

A Note constitutes a debt obligation of the Series related to that Offering and not, for the avoidance of doubt, an obligation of or equity investment in (i) the Company, (ii) any other Series, (iii) the Manager, (iv) the Platform or (v) directly in the Associated Financing associated with the Series or any Associated Financing extended by any other Series of Notes.  The Holders of the Notes do not have voting rights.  The Manager thus retains sole control over the management of the Company and each Series and over the Associated Financings.  Furthermore, because the Notes in a Series do not constitute an investment in the Company as a whole, holders of the Notes in a Series are not expected to receive any economic benefit from, or be subject to the liabilities of, the assets of any other Series.

 

There is currently no trading market for our securities and no such market is anticipated.

 

There is currently no public trading market for any Notes, and an active market may not develop or be sustained.  If an active public or private trading market for our securities does not develop or is not sustained, it may be difficult or impossible for you to resell your Notes at any price.


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We do not have a significant operating history and, as a result, there is a limited amount of information about us on which to base an investment decision.

 

The Company was recently formed in April 2023 and has not generated any revenues and has no operating history upon which prospective investors may evaluate their performance.  No guarantee can be given that the Company, or any Series will achieve their business objectives.

 

Neither the Company nor any Series has any assets or liabilities.

 

The Company was formed in April 2023. At the time of this filing, the Company and the Series highlighted in the Master Series Table have not commenced operations (other than entering into a purchase option agreement for the Associated Financing for that Series), are not capitalized and have no assets or liabilities and no Series will commence operations, be capitalized or have assets and liabilities until such time as a closing related to such Series has occurred.

 

We are a newly formed company and subject to the risks of any newly established business enterprise.

 

As a newly formed company, we are subject to the risks of any newly established business enterprise, including risks that we will be unable to create effective operating and financial controls and systems for our Company and each Series we may establish in the future or effectively manage our anticipated growth, including in connection with the additional Series we expect to establish in the future, any of which could have a material adverse effect on the business and operating results of the Series and each subsequent Series.

 

There can be no guarantee that the Company will reach its funding target from potential investors with respect to any Series or future proposed Series of Notes.

 

Due to the start-up nature of the Company and the Manager, there can be no guarantee that the Company will reach its funding target from potential Note holders with respect to any Series or future proposed Series of Notes.  In the event the Company does not reach a funding target, it may not be able to adequately fund an Associated Financing.  

 

We are reliant on the Manager and their respective personnel. Our business and operations could be adversely affected if the Manager lose key personnel.

 

The successful operation of the Company (and therefore, the success of the Notes) is in part dependent on the ability of the Manager to source, acquire and manage the Associated Financings and maintain the Platform.  The principals of the Manager are experienced finance professionals and investors in assets similar to the Associated Financings, and have extensive investment and management experience.  The Manager has been in existence since July 2015.  

 

In addition, the success of the Company (and therefore, the Notes) will be highly dependent on the expertise and performance of the Manager and its teams, network and other investment professionals (which may include third parties) to source, acquire and manage the Associated Financings.  There can be no assurance that these individuals will continue to be associated with the Manager.  The loss of the services of one or more of these individuals could have a material and adverse effect on the Associated Financings and, in particular, their ongoing management and use to support the investment of the Members.

 

 

If the Company’s series limited liability company structure is not respected, then Note Holders may have to share any liabilities of the Company with all Note Holders and not just those who hold the same Series of Notes as them.


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The Company is structured as a Delaware series limited liability company that issues a separate Series of Notes for each Associated Financing.  Each Series will merely be a separate Series and not a separate legal entity.  Under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”), if certain conditions (as set forth in Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act) are met, the liability of one Series is segregated from the liability of another Series and the assets of one Series are not available to satisfy the liabilities of other Series.  Although this limitation of liability is recognized by the courts of Delaware, there is no guarantee that if challenged in the courts of another U.S. State or a foreign jurisdiction, such courts will uphold a similar interpretation of Delaware law, and in the past certain jurisdictions have not honored such interpretation.   Furthermore, while we intend to maintain separate and distinct records for each Series and account for them separately and otherwise meet the requirements of the LLC Act, it is possible a court could conclude that the methods used did not satisfy Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act and thus potentially expose the assets of a Series to the liabilities of another Series.  In addition, we are not aware of any court case that has tested the limitations on inter-series liability provided by Section 18-215(b) in federal bankruptcy courts and it is possible that a bankruptcy court could determine that the assets of one Series should be applied to meet the liabilities of the other Series of Notes or the liabilities of the Company generally where the assets of such other Series or of the Company generally are insufficient to meet our liabilities.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, at the time of this filing, the Company and the Series highlighted in the Master Series Table have not commenced operations, are not capitalized and have no assets or liabilities and no Series will commence operations, be capitalized or have assets and liabilities until such time as a closing related to such Series has occurred.

 

If any fees, costs and expenses of the Company are not allocable to a specific Series, they will be borne proportionately across all of the Series (which may include future Series).  Although the Manager will allocate fees, costs and expenses acting reasonably and in accordance with its allocation policy (see “Description of the Business – Allocation of Expenses” section), there may be situations where it is difficult to allocate fees, costs and expenses to a specific Series of Notes and therefore, there is a risk that a Series may bear a proportion of the fees, costs and expenses for a service or product for which another Series received a disproportionately high benefit.

 

We are not subject to regulation of any State or Federal regulatory agency.

 

We are not regulated or subject to the periodic examination to which commercial banks, savings banks and other thrift institutions are subject. Consequently, our financing decisions and our decisions regarding establishing allowance for financing losses are not subject to periodic review by any governmental agency. Moreover, we are not subject to regulatory oversight relating to our capital, asset quality, management or compliance with laws.

Risks Related to the Notes

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service our obligations under the Notes, and as a result, you may not earn any interest on the Notes and you may lose your entire investment because the Notes are unsecured, we may have other debt outstanding and we may have suffered losses.

Our ability to service our obligations under the Notes, including the repayment of the principal and the ongoing interest payments, will depend entirely upon the performance of the Associated Financings, which will be affected by prevailing economic conditions and financial, business, regulatory and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service our obligations under the Notes, and as a result, you may not earn any interest on the Notes and you may lose your entire investment because the Notes are unsecured.

If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to meet our cash obligations, including under the Notes, we may be forced to take actions such as:


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·restructuring or refinancing our debt or the Notes; 

·seeking additional debt or equity capital; 

·seeking bankruptcy protection; 

·reducing or delaying our business activities, investments or capital expenditures; or 

·selling assets. 

Such measures might not be successful and might not enable us to meet our cash obligations. In addition, any such financing, refinancing or sale of assets might not be available on economically favorable terms.

The performance of the Notes depends entirely upon the performance of the Associated Financing.  

The performance of the Notes depends entirely upon the effectiveness of the Associated Financing.  If the obligor on the Associated Financing fails to make payments or defaults on such financing, the Series may not be able to make interest or principal payments on the associated Notes.  A default on the Associated Series will result in a default on the underlying Notes, which would result in a partial or total loss to the Note holders.  

The Notes are unsecured debt obligations

The Notes are unsecured obligations and the holders of the Series Notes will not have any claim to assets of the Series and, in the event of default, the holders of the Notes will be classified as general creditors of the Series and may be subject to the claims of a secured creditor. 

The Notes are not guaranteed

The Notes are not guaranteed by the Manager, SIMA, any of the other Series or any other person.  In the event of default, the holders of the Notes shall not have any recourse against any other person other than the relevant series. 

The Notes are not listed on any exchange and it is not expected that a public market for the Notes will develop.

There is no trading market for the Notes, and it is not expected that a trading market will develop in the foreseeable future. Therefore, any investment in the Notes will be highly illiquid, and investors in the Notes may not be able to sell or otherwise dispose of their Notes in the open market.

The Notes are being offered pursuant to an exemption from registration provided by Section 3(b) of the Act and Regulation A promulgated thereunder. Therefore, the Notes have not been, nor will they be for the foreseeable future, registered under the Act or any applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction. This offering is under Tier 2 of Regulation A. Regulation A limits the amount of securities that an investor who is not an accredited investor under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D can purchase in a Tier 2 offering to no more than: (a) 10% of the greater of annual income or net worth (for natural persons); or (b) 10% of the greater of annual revenue or net assets at fiscal year end (for non-natural persons). Accordingly, each investor who purchases Notes must do so for the investor’s own account and investment. In addition, no regulatory authority has reviewed or approved the terms of this Offering, including the disclosure of risks and the fairness of its terms. There is no public market for the Notes, and none is expected to develop for their purchase and sale.

  

The amount of interest we may charge customers is capped by applicable law.

 

Loans are subject to applicable usury laws that limit the amount of interest that we may charge our customers. The maximum interest rate permitted in New York on the types of loans that we expect to make is


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25% per annum. If a court were to determine that we willfully violated the usury statute, affected borrowers would be entitled to certain remedies, including forfeiture by us of double the interest charged on such loans.

 

Usury laws limit the amount of interest we can charge on our loans, and to the extent interest rates on our borrowings increase, our financial condition and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected.

 

Our business depends on interest income from our loan portfolio. However, usury laws limit the amount of interest we can charge on our loans. When interest rates rise, we must pay higher interest on our borrowings while interest earned on our loans does not rise because our loans are capped at the maximum allowable interest rate. To the extent we are unable to increase the interest rate on our loans; increases in interest rates on our borrowings may materially and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

 

We are currently expanding and improving our information technology systems and use security measures designed to protect our systems against breaches and cyber-attacks.  If these efforts are not successful, our business and operations could be disrupted, our operating results and reputation could be harmed, and the value of the Notes could be materially and adversely affected.

 

The highly automated nature of the Platform through which potential investors may acquire or transfer Notes may make it an attractive target and potentially vulnerable to cyber-attacks, computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins or similar disruptions.  The Platform processes certain confidential information about Note Holders and the Associated Financings.  While we intend to take commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidential information and maintain appropriate cybersecurity, the security measures of the Platform, the Company, the Manager, or any of their respective service providers could be breached.  Any accidental or willful security breaches or other unauthorized access to the Platform could cause confidential information to be stolen and used for criminal purposes or have other harmful effects.  Security breaches or unauthorized access to confidential information could also expose the Company to liability related to the loss of the information, time-consuming and expensive litigation and negative publicity, or loss of the proprietary nature of the Manager’s, and the Company’s trade secrets.  If security measures are breached because of third-party action, employee error, malfeasance or otherwise, or if design flaws in the Platform software are exposed and exploited, the relationships between the Company, Note Holders, users and the customers could be severely damaged, and the Company or the Manager could incur significant liability or have their attention significantly diverted from utilization of the Associated Financings, which could have a material negative impact on the value of Notes or the potential for distributions to be made on the Notes.

 

Because techniques used to sabotage or obtain unauthorized access to systems change frequently and generally are not recognized until they are launched against a target, the Company, the third-party hosting used by the Platform and other third-party service providers may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures.  In addition, federal regulators and many federal and state laws and regulations require companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving their personal data.  These mandatory disclosures regarding a security breach are costly to implement and often lead to widespread negative publicity, which may cause Note Holders, the customers or service providers within the industry, including insurance companies, to lose confidence in the effectiveness of the secure nature of the Platform.


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System limitations or failures could harm our business and may cause the Manager to intervene into activity on our Platform.

 

Our business depends in large part on the integrity and performance of the technology, computer and communications systems supporting them. If new systems fail to operate as intended or our existing systems cannot expand to cope with increased demand or otherwise fail to perform, we could experience unanticipated disruptions in service, slower response times and delays in the introduction of new products and services.

 

While we have programs in place to identify and minimize our exposure to vulnerabilities and to share corrective measures with our business partners, we cannot guarantee that such events will not occur in the future. Any system issue that causes an interruption in services, including the Platform, decreases the responsiveness of our services or otherwise affects our services could impair our reputation, damage our brand name and negatively impact our business, financial condition and operating results.

 

Risks relating to the Offerings

 

There is no minimum amount of Notes that must be sold or minimum offering amount and as a result initial investors assume additional risk.

 

There is no minimum number of investors or minimum offering amount that the Company must issue or sell in order to begin extending financings in a Series.   This is a best efforts, no minimum offering of Series Notes being conducted solely by certain members of our management.  There is no commitment by anyone to purchase any of the Series Notes being offered.  We cannot give any assurance that any or all of the Notes will be sold.   As this offering is a best efforts financing, there is no assurance that this financing will be completed or that any future financing will be affected.  Initial investors assume additional risk on whether the offering will be fully subscribed and the size of the Series financings.

 

Our lack of diversification could cause you to lose all or some of your investment.

 

Our business consists of providing financings to lenders in the solar energy, microfinance and affordable housing sectors which in turn will be used to issue loans to their customers.  Although we anticipate that these lenders will have a diversified pool of loans, each Series will be tied to a single specific financing with a single borrower.  This lack of business diversification could cause you to lose all or some of your investment in the event of a default.

 

We are offering our Notes pursuant to Tier 2 of Regulation A and we cannot be certain if the reduced disclosure requirements applicable to Tier 2 issuers will make our Notes less attractive to Note Holders as compared to a traditional initial public offering.

 

As a Tier 2 issuer, we are subject to scaled disclosure and reporting requirements which may make an investment in our Notes less attractive to Note Holders who are accustomed to enhanced disclosure and more frequent financial reporting.  The differences between disclosures for Tier 2 issuers versus those for emerging growth companies include, without limitation, only needing to file final semiannual reports as opposed to quarterly reports and far fewer circumstances where a current disclosure would be required.  In addition, given the relative lack of regulatory precedent regarding the recent amendments to Regulation A, there is some regulatory uncertainty in regard to how the Commission or the individual state securities regulators will regulate both the offer and sale of our securities, as well as any ongoing compliance that we may be subject to.  For example, a number of states have yet to determine the types of filings and amount of fees that are required for such an offering.  If our scaled disclosure and reporting requirements, or regulatory uncertainty regarding Regulation A, reduces the attractiveness of the Notes, we may be unable to raise the funds necessary to fund future offerings, which could impair our ability to develop a diversified portfolio of Associated


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Financings and create economies of scale, which may adversely affect the value of the Notes or the ability to make distributions to Note Holders.

 

There may be deficiencies with our internal controls that require improvements, and if we are unable to adequately evaluate internal controls, we may be subject to sanctions.

 

As a Tier 2 issuer, we will not need to provide a report on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting, and we will be exempt from the auditor attestation requirements concerning any such report so long as we are a Tier 2 issuer.  We are in the process of evaluating whether our internal control procedures are effective and therefore there is a greater likelihood of undiscovered errors in our internal controls or reported financial statements as compared to issuers that have conducted such evaluations.

 

If a regulator determines that the activities of either the Manager require its registration as a broker-dealer, the Manager may be required to cease operations and any Series of Notes offered and sold without such proper registration may be subject to a right of rescission.

 

The sale of Notes is being facilitated by the Company. Neither the Company nor the Manager receives a finder’s fee or any underwriting or placement agent discounts or commissions in relation to any Offering of Notes. If a regulatory authority determines that the Company or the Manager, neither of which is a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act or any state securities laws, has itself engaged in brokerage activities that require registration, including initial sale of the Notes on the Platform, the Company or the Manager may need to stop operating and therefore, the Company would not have an entity managing the Series’ Associated Financings.  In addition, if the Company or Manager is found to have engaged in activities requiring registration as “broker-dealer” without either being properly registered as such, there is a risk that any Series of Notes offered and sold while the Company or Manager was not so registered may be subject to a right of rescission, which may result in the early termination of the Offerings.

 

If we are required to register under the Exchange Act, it would result in significant expense and reporting requirements that would place a burden on the Manager and may divert attention from management of the Associated Financings by the Manager or could cause Manager to no longer be able to afford to run our business.

 

The Exchange Act requires issuers with more than $10 million in total assets to register its equity securities under the Exchange Act if its securities are held of record by more than 2,000 persons or 500 persons who are not “accredited investors”.  However, an exemption exists for issuers which engage a transfer agent.  If we were to lose our transfer agent and also have certificates in any Series being held of record by more than 2,000 persons or 500 non “accredited investors”, then we would be required to register under the Exchange Act.  If we are required to register under the Exchange Act, it would result in significant expense and reporting requirements that would place a burden on the Manager and may divert attention from management of the Associated Financings by the Manager.

 

If the Company were to be required to register under the Investment Company Act or the Manager were to be required to register under the Investment Advisers Act, it could have a material and adverse impact on the results of operations and expenses of each Series and the Manager may be forced to liquidate and wind up each Series of Notes or rescind the Offerings for any of the Series or the offering for any other Series of Notes.

 

The Company is not registered and will not be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and neither the Manager is or will be registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Advisers Act”) and the Notes do not have the benefit of the protections of the Investment Company Act or the Investment Advisers Act.   


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Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act defines an investment company as any issuer that is, holds itself out as, or proposes to be engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities.  We do not believe we will be an investment company because we not believe the issuance of loans and financings to our customers constitutes trading, reinvesting or trading in securities.

 

Although the definition of a Security under the Investment Company Act includes a note and evidence of indebtedness in its definition of a “security, the US Supreme Court in Reves v. Ernst & Young, 110 S. Ct. 945 (1990) recognizes that most notes are, in fact, not securities. The Court provides the following list of notes that are clearly not securities, irrespective of their maturity. Notes that fit into any of these categories are not securities.

 

· A note delivered in consumer financing.

· A note secured by a mortgage on a home.

· A note secured by a lien on a small business or some of its assets.

· A note relating to a “character” loan to a bank customer.

· A note which formalizes an open-account indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business.

· Short-term notes secured by an assignment of accounts receivables.

· Notes given in connection with loans by a commercial bank to a business for current operations.

 

 

In this case, the Company will be providing loans and lines of credit to micro lenders who will use those funds to provide loans to their customers.  The Company’s loans and financings are secured by the underlying loans and accounts receivables.  As such, the loans provided by the Company specifically fall within the list of notes which do not constitute securities under Reves.  

 

We further believe that such activities would also qualify the Company for an exemption under Section 3(c)(4) of the Investment Company Act, in that substantially all of the Company’s primary business is “confined to making small financings, industrial loans or similar businesses”.  The Company will make small financing or lines of credit to its customers that will in turn provide micro loans it its customers which we believe falls squarely within the exemptions provided by Section 3(c)(4).

 

In addition, we believe that the Company further qualifies for exemption under Section 3(c)(5) of the Investment Company Act.  Section 3(c)(5) provides exemption for “(a)ny person who is not engaged in the business of issuing redeemable securities, face-amount certificates of the installment type or periodic payment plan certificates, and who is primarily engaged in one or more of the following businesses: (A) Purchasing or otherwise acquiring notes, drafts, acceptances, open accounts receivable, and other obligations representing part or all of the sales price of merchandise, insurance, and services; (B) making loans to manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers of, and to prospective purchasers of, specified merchandise, insurance, and services; and (C) purchasing or otherwise acquiring mortgages and other liens on and interests

in real estate.

 

The Company and each Series of the Company’s sole business will be to extend financings in the form of loans to its customers.  These are not redeemable securities and are extended to retailers of, specified “services”, specifically providing micro-lending services to its end customers.  In the Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. No-Action Letter, the SEC did not recommend enforcement action against Hannon Armstrong, a company engaged in the business of providing debt and equity financing to participants in the energy efficiency and renewable energy sector in the form of notes which were repaid “solely from payments” on the underlying leases which Hannon Armstrong argues constitute “merchandise and services.”  In a similar fashion, we believe the Company’s financings to its customers constitute merchandise and services which would qualify the Company for an exemption under Section 3(c)(5).

 

No assurance can be given that the SEC will concur with our assessment of the exemption and its application towards our business.  


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If the Company were to be required to register under the Investment Company Act or the Manager or SIMA were to be required to register under the Investment Advisers Act, it could have a material and adverse impact on the results of operations and expenses of each Series and the Manager and SIMA may be forced to liquidate and wind up each Series of Notes or rescind the Offerings for any of the Series or the offering for any other Series of Notes.

 

Possible Changes in Federal Tax Laws.

 

The Code is subject to change by Congress, and interpretations of the Code may be modified or affected by judicial decisions, by the Treasury Department through changes in regulations and by the Internal Revenue Service through its audit policy, announcements, and published and private rulings. Although significant changes to the tax laws historically have been given prospective application, no assurance can be given that any changes made in the tax law affecting an investment in any Series of Notes of the Company would be limited to prospective effect. For instance, prior to effectiveness of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, an exchange of the Notes of one Series for another might have been a non-taxable ‘like-kind exchange’ transaction, while transactions now only qualify for that treatment with respect to real property.  Accordingly, the ultimate effect on an Note Holder’s tax situation may be governed by laws, regulations or interpretations of laws or regulations which have not yet been proposed, passed or made, as the case may be.

 

Risks Relating to Our Participation in the Off-Grid Solar, Microfinance and Affordable Housing Sectors

 

Off-grid solar, microfinance and affordable housing lending pose unique risks not generally associated with other forms of lending, and, as a result, we may experience increased levels of non-performing loans and related provisions and write-offs that negatively impact our results and operations.

 

Our core mission is to provide loans and financing to off-grid solar, microfinance and affordable housing companies in emerging markets who in turn provide loans and financing to end-user customers, including individuals who improve their access to clean electricity, operate very small enterprises and undertake income generating activities, or improve their housing situation.  The end-user customers of the off-grid solar, microfinance and affordable housing companies have very limited income, savings and credit histories, and can only provide limited collateral or security for their borrowings. To the extent that the end-user customers have assets such as: in the case of microfinance, a vehicle used in the business; in the case of off-grid solar, a solar energy system; or in the case of affordable housing, the house itself, the companies may require a lien on such asset  to secure repayment from end-user customers.  Any such security interest would not directly secure the payment of our loans to the company. We will, however, require that off-grid solar, microfinance or affordable housing companies grant us a general security interest in all their assets and inventory.

 

Off-grid solar, microfinance and affordable housing companies pose a higher risk of default than borrowers with greater financial resources and more established credit histories and borrowers with better access to education, employment opportunities, and social services. Due to the circumstances of these borrowers and non-traditional lending practices, we may, in the future, experience increased levels of non-performing loans and related provisions and write-offs that negatively impact our business and results of operations.  

 

Off-grid solar, microfinance and affordable housing companies generally do not rely on credit scores to determine the credit worthiness of a borrower, and as a result, these financings may experience increased levels of default which may result in a higher number of write-offs that negatively impact our results of operations.


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Off-grid solar systems are designed to provide electricity to individuals and communities that are not connected to the traditional power grid. These systems play a crucial role in bringing clean and reliable energy to remote areas where access to electricity is limited or nonexistent especially by offering PAYGO (pay as you go) service, which enables consumers to pay overtime in installments instead of a lump sum payment. This removes the barrier of high upfront cost to acquire the system. Typically, the PAYGO payments are relatively small, often resulting in savings that outweigh the costs of relying on alternative sources of electricity, thus making clean reliable electricity accessible for the lowest income households.

 

Not only is solar energy reliable, but solar energy also brings significant health benefits. The transition from using kerosene lamps or fossil fuels for lighting to solar-powered solutions eliminates harmful indoor air pollutants and reduces the risk of respiratory diseases. Kerosene and fossil fuel combustion emit toxic fumes that can lead to respiratory issues, asthma, bronchitis, and other ailments. By adopting solar-powered lighting, low-income households can enjoy cleaner indoor air, reducing the prevalence of these health conditions. Solar-powered lighting systems also provide brighter and more stable illumination, reducing eye strain and promoting better eye health. This improvement in lighting conditions is especially beneficial for activities like studying and working, contributing to overall well-being.

 

PAYGo solar companies offer flexibility and have the advantage of remotely locking the solar systems in the event of non-payment and being able to track their location using GPS, enabling repossession if necessary. Off-grid solar companies typically maintain call centers to actively remind and encourage customers to make timely payments, supported by a strong network of on-ground local sales staff who assess customers' financial well-being and advise customers on use of solar systems.

 

PAYGo payments are mainly made via mobile money, giving users convenience and flexibility, and allowing for significant customer outreach in marginalized and rural areas. If payments are missed, the systems can be immediately locked remotely. This serves as an incentive for customers to make prompt payments. If, despite reminders a customer still fails to make payments, the systems may be repossessed and redeployed. Evaluation of an offgrid solar company includes assessing its credit policies, the market conditions they operate in, the company’s ability to manage its PAYGo portfolio, evaluation of financial and non-financial data of prospective borroweers, etc.

 

Microfinance is based on providing products and services to those with little access to traditional banking services. Potential microenterprise loan borrowers that may not have a credit score, due to small size, may still be considered credit worthy for a targeted, proceeds-specific loan. As a result, lenders do not use credit reports as the sole determinant of the client’s capability and ability to pay. Rather than rely on credit scores, lenders may rely on public record databases to verify the information provided by the borrower. Lenders may also meet with clients to study their financial records, check inventory, and help create a model of estimated revenues, expenses and profits. The loan specialist assembles character and borrower profile information, including references, personal and business information. The loan specialist also makes a complete financial evaluation of the borrower’s business. The evaluation considers various attributes of the business, including how the business operates, its operating margins, and average yearly sales etc. The loan specialist considers all of the borrower’s business and family expenses in assessing the borrower’s repayment capacity. To account for undisclosed expenses, a borrower’s repayment capacity is typically calculated at a discount of the small business’s net operating income less the borrower’s family expenses.

 

Affordable housing addresses the needs of the over 1.6 billion people worldwide who lack adequate housing. The affordable housing sector provides loans to families which allow them to acquire housing or improve their home.  The affordable housing companies funded through Sow Good loans include housing developers, affordable mortgage companies and microfinance companies that finance homes and home improvements.  These affordable housing companies all have underwriting criteria concerning the stability of income and household cash flows, which are applied when assessing affordable housing end-user customers.       


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If the information that is gathered from potential borrowers is not correct, there may be increased levels of non-performing loans and related provisions and write-offs that negatively impact the Lenders business and the lenders ability to repay their loans to the Company.

Risks Relating to Non-U.S. Borrowers

Our financings will be used to fund additional PAYGo solar loans, microloans or affordable housing loans to foreign borrowers which may involve significant risks in addition to the risks inherent in U.S. borrowers.

Our investment strategy contemplates extending financings to companies that will in turn provide PAYGo loans to off-grid solar customers, loans to microfinance customers, or loans to affordable housing customers outside of the United States. Our Manager has previously provided financing to such companies located in 25 emerging market countries including India, Thailand, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Kenya, Cambodia, Uganda, DR Congo, Mozambique, Senegal, Zambia, Liberia, Rwanda, Malawi, Namibia, Benin, South Africa, Congo, Chad, Pakistan, Ghana and Mauritius. We expect to provide loans to borrowers located in these countries, or emerging market countries like them. Investing in foreign companies may expose us to additional risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies. These risks include the economic disruption caused by the global outbreak of the Coronavirus and changes in exchange control regulations, political and social instability, expropriation, imposition of foreign taxes, less liquid markets and less available information than is generally the case in the U.S., higher transaction costs, less government supervision of exchanges, brokers and issuers, less developed bankruptcy laws, difficulty in enforcing contractual obligations, lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards and greater price volatility.

Non-U.S. loans involve certain legal, geopolitical, investment, repatriation, and transparency risks not typically associated with investing in the U.S.

·Legal Risk: The legal framework of certain developing countries is rapidly evolving and it is not possible to accurately predict the content or implications of changes in their statutes or regulations. Existing legal frameworks may be unfairly or unevenly enforced, and courts may decline to enforce legal protections covering our investments altogether. The cost and difficulties of litigation in these countries may make enforcement of our rights impractical or impossible. Adverse regulation or legislation may be introduced at any time without prior warning or consultation. 

·Geopolitical Risk: Given that we provide financing to borrowers in developing economies, there is a possibility of nationalization, expropriation, unfavorable regulation, economic, political, or social instability, war, or terrorism which could adversely affect the economies of a given jurisdiction or lead to a material adverse change in the value of our investments in such jurisdiction. 

·Investment & Repatriation Risks: Significant time and/or financial resources may be required to obtain necessary government approval for us to provide financing under certain circumstances. In addition, we may provide financings in jurisdictions that become subject to restrictions as a result of economic or other sanctions after the time of our investment, the predictability of which is less certain given the new U.S. presidential administration. Under such circumstances, we may experience loss, including total loss, of the funds advances under the financings.  

·Transparency Risks: Disclosure, accounting, and financial standards in developing economies vary widely and may not be equivalent to those of developed countries. 


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Fluctuation in currency exchange rates may negatively affect our borrowers’ ability to pay U.S. dollars denominated financings

For investments denominated in U.S. dollars, if the U.S. dollar rises, it may become more difficult for borrowers to make payments if the borrowers are operating in markets where the local currencies are depreciating relative the U.S. dollar.

Lack of compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, could subject us to penalties and other adverse consequences.

We are subject to the FCPA, which generally prohibits U.S. companies from engaging in bribery or other prohibited payments to foreign officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Foreign companies, including potential competitors, are not subject to these prohibitions. Fraudulent practices, including corruption, extortion, bribery, pay-offs, theft and others, occur from time-to-time in countries in which we may do business. If people acting on our behalf or at our request are found to have engaged in such practices, severe penalties and other consequences could be imposed on us that may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition and our ability to make distributions to you and the value of your investment.

Risks Related to SIMA, our Manager

Our Manager has a limited operating history with which to judge our performance.

We have been in existence since July 2015. Although the Manager and its principals have substantial experience in the finance and investment industry, the Company is largely newly formed and has no operating history upon which to evaluate our business and prospects. Our proposed business operations will be subject to numerous risks associated with early-stage enterprises. These risks apply particularly to us because the markets for our investment products and services are new and rapidly evolving. We cannot assure Note holders that our business strategy will be successful or that we will successfully address these risks. Our failure to do so could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

We are dependent upon the key management personnel of SIMA our Manager, who will face conflicts of interest relating to time management, for our future success.

We have no employees. The Company is managed and controlled by SIMA.  The officers and employees of SIMA and its affiliates may hold similar positions in other affiliated entities and they may from time to time allocate more of their time to service the needs of such entities than they allocate to servicing our needs.

In addition, we have no separate facilities and are completely reliant on SIMA, which has significant discretion as to the implementation and execution of our business strategies and risk management practices. We are subject to the risk of discontinuation of our Manager’s operations or termination of the Advisory Agreement and the risk that, upon such event, no suitable replacement will be found. We believe that our success depends to a significant extent upon our Manager and that discontinuation of its operations could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objectives.

We may compete with other Manager affiliated entities, and with other entities that Manager affiliated entities may advise or own interests in, whether existing or created in the future, for opportunities to participate in impact financings. The Manager may face conflicts of interest when evaluating investment opportunities for us and other owned and/or managed by Manager affiliated entities and these conflicts of interest may have a negative impact on us.

Manager affiliated entities may have, and additional entities (including those that may be advised by Manager affiliated entities or in which Manager affiliated entities own interests) may be given, priority over us with respect to the acquisition of certain types of investments. As a result of our potential competition with


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these entities, certain investment opportunities that would otherwise be available to us may not in fact be available.

Our success will be dependent on the performance of our Manager and our Manager’s failure to identify and make decisions that meet our lending criteria or perform their responsibilities under the Advisory Agreement may adversely affect our ability to realize our objectives.

Our ability to achieve our objectives will depend, in part, on our Manager’s ability to extend financings to customers that meet our criteria. Accomplishing this result on a cost-effective basis will, in part, be a function of our Manager’s execution of the underwriting process, their capacity to provide competent and efficient services to us, and, their ability to source attractive opportunities. The Manager is responsible for locating, performing due diligence and closing on suitable acquisitions based on their access to local markets, local market knowledge for quality deal flow and extensive local private credit experience. Our Manager will have substantial responsibilities under the Advisory Agreement. Any failure to manage the lending process effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be unable to find suitable opportunities through our Manager.  Our ability to achieve our investment objectives and to pay distributions will be dependent upon the performance of our local sub-advisors in the identification, performance of due diligence on and acquisition of investments, the determination of any financing arrangements, and the management of our projects and assets. If our Manager fails to perform according to our expectations, or if the due diligence conducted by the Manager fails to reveal all material risks of the businesses of our target investments, we could be materially adversely affected.

There are significant potential conflicts of interest, which could impact our investment returns.

In the course of our investing activities, we also pay management and incentive fees to our Manager and reimburse our Manager for certain administrative expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. As a result of this arrangement, there may be times when the management team of our Manager has interests that differ from those of our certificate holders, giving rise to a conflict.

Competition with third parties may reduce profitability.

 

The Company competes with many other entities engaged in similar business activities, many of which have greater resources than we do. Specifically, there are numerous institutions that operate in the markets in which the Company may operate, that will compete with us in acquiring customers.

 

Many of these entities have significant financial and other resources, including operating experience, allowing them to compete effectively with us. Competitors with substantially greater financial resources than us may generally be able to accept more risk than we can prudently manage, including risks with respect to the creditworthiness of entities in which investments may be made or risks attendant to a geographic concentration of investments.

 

Uninsured losses could result in a loss of capital.

 

In the event of a substantial loss, there will be no insurance coverage to cover such losses.  Should an uninsured loss occur, the Series could lose all or a portion of the capital it has invested in the Associated Financing, as well as the anticipated future revenue from the Associated Financing. 

 

Risks Related to Ownership of our Notes

 

Lack of voting rights.

 

The Manager has a unilateral ability to amend the LLC Agreement and the allocation policy in certain circumstances without the consent of the Note Holders.  The Note Holders only have limited voting rights in


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respect of the Series of Notes.  Note Holders will therefore be subject to any amendments the Manager makes (if any) to the LLC Agreement and allocation policy and also any decision it takes in respect of the Company and the applicable Series, which the Note Holders do not get a right to vote upon. Note Holders may not necessarily agree with such amendments or decisions and such amendments or decisions may not be in the best interests of all of the Note Holders as a whole but only a limited number.

 

Furthermore, the Manager can only be removed as manager of the Company and each Series in very limited circumstances, following a non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed fraud in connection with the Company or a Series of Notes. Note Holders would therefore not be able to remove the Manager merely because they did not agree, for example, with how the Manager was operating an Associated Financing.

 

If a market ever develops for the Notes, the market price and trading volume of our Notes may be volatile.

 

Although the Company does not plan to list the Notes on an exchange or trading platform, if a market for the Notes does develop, the market price of the Notes could fluctuate significantly for many reasons, including reasons unrelated to our performance, any Associated Financing or any Series, such as reports by industry analysts, Note Holder perceptions, or announcements by our competitors regarding their own performance, as well as general economic and industry conditions.  For example, to the extent that other companies, whether large or small, within our industry experience declines in their share price, the value of Notes may decline as well.

 

In addition, fluctuations in operating results of a particular Series or the failure of operating results to meet the expectations of Note Holders may negatively impact the price of our securities.  Operating results may fluctuate in the future due to a variety of factors that could negatively affect revenues or expenses in any particular reporting period, including vulnerability of our business to a general economic downturn; changes in the laws that affect our operations; competition; compensation related expenses; application of accounting standards; seasonality; and our ability to obtain and maintain all necessary government certifications or licenses to conduct our business.

 

Funds from purchasers accompanying subscriptions for the Notes will not accrue interest prior to closing of applicable series.

 

The funds paid by a subscriber for Notes will be held in a non-interest-bearing account by the Manager until the admission of the subscriber as a Note Holder in the applicable Series, if such subscription is accepted. Purchasers will not have the use of such funds or receive interest thereon pending the completion of the Offering. No subscriptions will be accepted, and no Notes will be sold unless valid subscriptions for the Offering are received and accepted prior to the termination of the applicable Offering Period. It is also anticipated that subscriptions will not be accepted from prospective Note Holders located in states where the Company is not registered.  If we terminate an Offering prior to accepting a subscriber’s subscription,  funds will be returned promptly, without interest or deduction, to the proposed Note Holder.

 

Any dispute in relation to the Notes is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of New York, except where Federal law requires that certain claims be brought in Federal courts.  Our Investor Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, provides for Note Holders to waive their right to a jury trial.

 

Each Note Holder will covenant and agree not to bring any claim in any venue other than the courts of the State of New York and of the United States of America, in each case, located in the State of New York, New York City (the “New York Courts"), or if required by Federal law, a Federal court of the United States, as in the case of claims brought under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provision


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will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provisions will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or any other claim for which the federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction, and Note Holders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

If a Noteholder were to bring a claim against the Company under the Note or Investor Agreement and such claim was governed by state law, it would have to bring such claim in the New York Courts. The Investor Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to limited exceptions, provides for Note Holders to consent to exclusive jurisdiction to the New York Courts and for a waiver of the right to a trial by jury, if such waiver is allowed by the court where the claim is brought.

 

It is advisable that you consult legal counsel regarding the jury waiver provision before entering into the Investor Agreement.  Nevertheless, if this jury trial waiver provision is not permitted by applicable law, an action could proceed under the terms of the Investor Agreement with a jury trial. No condition, stipulation or provision of the Investor Agreement or our Notes serves as a waiver by any Note Holder or beneficial owner of our Notes or by us of compliance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Additionally, the Company does not believe that claims under the federal securities laws shall be subject to the jury trial waiver provision, and the Company believes that the provision does not impact the rights of any Note Holder or beneficial owner of our Notes to bring claims under the federal securities laws or the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

These provisions may have the effect of limiting the ability of Note Holders to bring a legal claim against us due to geographic limitations and may limit a Note Holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us. Furthermore, waiver of a trial by jury may disadvantage an investor to the extent a judge might be less likely than a jury to resolve an action in the investor’s favor. Further, if a court were to find this exclusive forum provision inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, an action or proceeding against us, then we may incur additional costs associated with resolving these matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business and financial condition.

 

Risk Inherent in Investing Through a Delaware Series LLC.  

Under Delaware law, a Limited Liability Company (LLC) may be composed of individual series of membership interests. This type of entity is referred to as a Series LLC. Each series effectively is treated as a separate entity, meaning the debts; liabilities, obligations and expenses of one series cannot be enforced against another series of the LLC or against the LLC as a whole. Each series can hold its own assets, have its own members, conduct its own operations and pursue different business objectives, but remain insulated from claims of members, creditors or litigants pursuing the assets of or asserting claims against another series.  There is a certain degree of uncertainty surrounding the Series LLC form. For example, the legal separation of the assets and liabilities of each series in a Series LLC has not been tested in court. Although Delaware law clearly provides for legal separation of series, it is unclear whether courts in other states and/or jurisdictions would recognize a legal separation of assets and liabilities within what is technically a single entity. Therefore, even if a Delaware Series LLC were properly operated with distinct records relating to the assets and liabilities of each series, a court in another jurisdiction could determine not to recognize the legal separation afforded under Delaware law.

The status of a Series LLC in bankruptcy is unknown.

Generally, each Series will be regarded as being bankruptcy remote from each other series.  This means that the assets of one group or series of assets are protected in the event another group or series of assets becomes subject to suit or other action. For a specific series to file a petition in a bankruptcy apart from the other series or the parent LLC, it would need to be considered a “person” under federal bankruptcy code.  


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However, it is unclear whether a series is a “person” with the related right to file a bankruptcy petition that is separate and apart from the Company and other Series.  Even if a Series is deemed to have the right to file for bankruptcy on its own, it remains to be seen how the courts will apply the principles of “substantive consolidation” to the series LLC.

There is the potential for cross series liability

A series limited liability company offers multiple investment portfolios under one umbrella entity.  The principal benefit of a series limited liability company is that it achieves economies of scale by reducing the costs associated with multiple entities.  However, a series fund presents a risk because it is a single legal vehicle, notwithstanding the various divisions, or series, within it.  Although the right of each class of Interests is related to a specific asset established to by the Company, in theory all the assets are available to meet the liabilities to third parties of the company as a whole (including those generated in respect of a particular asset).  This gives rise to the possibility of “cross-series liability” i.e., one series being required to pay the liability of another.  While Delaware law clearly provides for cross-series insulation, the application of those provisions by courts outside of Delaware is largely untested.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Risk Factors

 

Failure of each Series to be classified as a separate entity for U.S. Federal income tax purposes could adversely affect the timing, amount and character of distributions to a holder of Series Notes.

 

We intend to treat each Series as a separate business entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and the series LLC organization as a non-entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Consistent with this approach, the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, has issued proposed Treasury Regulations that provide that each individual series of a domestic series LLC organization will generally be treated as a separate entity formed under local law, with each such individual series' classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes determined under general tax principles and the entity classification ("check-the-box") rules. 

 

Your investment has various tax risks.

 

Although provisions of the Internal Revenue Code generally relevant to an investment in Series Notes are described in “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” you should consult your tax advisor concerning the effects of U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax laws to you with regard to an investment in Series Notes.


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POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

 

We have identified the following conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with the Notes, in particular, in relation to the Company, the Manager SIMA, and the Company’s customers.  The conflicts of interest described in this section should not be considered as an exhaustive list of the conflicts of interest that prospective Note Holders should consider before investing in the Notes.

 

There are conflicts of interest between the Company, SIMA, and their affiliates.

 

We expect that SIMA will provide underwriting, lending, management and other services to the Company. Some, but not all, of the conflicts inherent in our Company’s transactions with SIMA and their affiliates, and the limitations on such parties adopted to address these conflicts, are described below.  Our Company, SIMA, and their respective affiliates will try to balance our interests with their own. However, to the extent that such parties take actions that are more favorable to other entities than the Company, these actions could have negative impact on our financial performance and, consequently, on distributions to Members and the value of our Notes.

 

The interests of SIMA and their principals and other affiliates may conflict with the interests of the Members.

 

The Company’s LLC Agreement provides our Manager with broad powers and authority which may result in one or more conflicts of interest between the interests of the Members and those of the Manager and their principals and affiliates. Potential conflicts of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

-the Manager and their respective principals and/or affiliates are offering, and may continue to originate and offer, other investment opportunities, similar to this offering; 

 

-the Manager and their respective principals and/or affiliates will not be required to disgorge any profits or fees or other compensation they may receive from any other business they own separately from us, and Members will not be entitled to receive or share in any of the profits return fees or compensation from any other business owned and operated by the Manager, the principals and/or its other affiliates for their own benefit; 

 

-we may engage the Manager or their affiliates to perform services at prevailing market rates. Prevailing market rates are determined by the Manager based on industry standards and expectations of what the Manager would be able to negotiate with a third-party on an arm’s length basis; 

 

-a Series may acquire an Associated Financing that is owned by the Manager, or their respective principals and/or affiliates; and 

 

-the Manager and their respective principals and/or affiliates are not required to devote all of their time and efforts to our affairs. 

 

Our LLC Agreement contains provisions that reduce or eliminate duties (including fiduciary duties) of the Manager.

 

Our LLC Agreement provides that the Manager, in exercising its rights in its capacity as the Manager, will be entitled to consider only such Notes and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and will have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting us or any of our Note Holders and will not be subject to any different standards imposed by our LLC Agreement, the LLC Act or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity.  These modifications of fiduciary duties are expressly permitted by Delaware law.


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We do not have a conflicts of interest policy.

 

The Company, the Manager and their affiliates will try to balance the Company’s interests with their own.  However, to the extent that such parties take actions that are more favorable to other entities than the Company, these actions could have a negative impact on the Company’s financial performance and, consequently, on distributions to Note Holders and the value of the Notes.  The Company has not adopted, and does not intend to adopt in the future, either a conflicts of interest policy or a conflicts resolution policy.

 

Allocations of income and expenses as between Series of Notes.

 

There may be situations when it is challenging or impossible to accurately allocate income, costs and expenses to a specific Series of Notes and certain Series of Notes may get a disproportionate percentage of the cost or income, as applicable.  In such circumstances, the Manager would be conflicted from acting in the best interests of the Company as a whole or the individual Series.  While we presently intend to allocate expenses as described in “Description of the Business – Allocation of Expenses”, the Manager has the right to change this allocation policy at any time without further notice to Note Holders.

 

The Manager has the ability to unilaterally amend the LLC Agreement and allocation policy.  As the Manager is party, or subject, to these documents, it may be incentivized to amend them in a manner that is beneficial to it as manager of the Company or any Series or may amend it in a way that is not beneficial for all Note Holders.  In addition, the LLC Agreement seeks to limit the fiduciary duties that the Manager owes to its Note Holders.  Therefore, the Manager is permitted to act in its own best interests rather than the best interests of the Note Holders.  See “Description of Notes Offered” for more information.

 

Manager’s Fees and Compensation

 

None of the compensation set forth under “Compensation of the Manager” was determined by arms’ length negotiations. Note Holders must rely upon the duties of the Manager of good faith and fair dealing to protect their interests, as qualified by the LLC Agreement. While the Manager believes that the consideration is fair for the work being performed, there can be no assurance made that the compensation payable to the Manager will reflect the true market value of its services.

 

Our affiliates’ interests in other related Parties.

 

The officers and directors of SIMA, which is the sole member of the Manager, are also officers and directors and/or key professionals of other affiliates. These persons have legal obligations with respect to those entities that are similar to their obligations to us. As a result of their interests in other parties, their obligations to other investors and the fact that they engage in and will continue to engage in other business activities on behalf of themselves and others, they will face conflicts of interest in allocating their time among us and other parties and other business activities in which they are involved. SIMA may serve as the asset manager for multiple entities with similar strategies. These separate entities may all require the time and consideration of SIMA and its affiliates, potentially resulting in an unequal division of resources to all parties. However, we believe that SIMA has sufficient professionals to fully discharge their responsibilities to the all the parties for which they work.


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DILUTION

 

Dilution means a reduction in value, control or earnings of the Notes the Note Holder owns.  There will be no dilution to any Note Holders associated with any Offering.  However, from time to time, additional Notes in the Series offered under this Offering Circular may be issued in order to raise capital to cover the applicable Series’ ongoing Operating Expenses.  See “Description of the Business – Operating Expenses” for further details.

 

The Manager or its assigns may acquire Notes in any Offering. In all circumstance, the Manager or its affiliated purchaser will pay the price per share offered to all other potential Note Holders hereunder.

 

USE OF PROCEEDS – SERIES 1-001

 

We estimate that the gross proceeds of the Series Offering (including from Series Notes acquired by the Manager) will be approximately the amount listed in the Use of Proceeds Table assuming the full amount of the Series Offering is sold, and will be used to retire, in full or in part, the amounts borrowed against Credit Facility.  Other use of proceeds is as set forth below:

 

Use of Proceeds Table

Dollar Amount

Percentage of Gross Cash Proceeds

Uses

 

 

Financing to Sun King(1)

$2,990,000

99.5%

 

 

 

Offering Fee (2)

$10,000

0.5%

Total Fees and Expenses

$10,000

0.5%

Total Proceeds

$2,000,000

100%

 

(1)The proceeds will be used to extend a financing or financings to Sun King.  The financing or financings will accrue interest at the rate of eight per cent (8%) per annum and have a maturity of twenty-four (24) months.   

(2)The Manager charges a 0.50% per annum fee (“Offering Fee”) accrued in arrears to each Series which will also cover all Offering Expenses, resulting a net interest of 7.5% to Note Holders.  Offering Expenses consist of legal, accounting, escrow, filing, banking, compliance costs and custody fees, as applicable, related to a specific offering (and excludes ongoing costs described in Operating Expenses). The Manager may waive the Offering Fee at its sole discretion. 

 

 

Upon the closing of the Offering, proceeds from the sale of the Series Notes will be distributed to the account of the Series. The Series will complete the agreement and over time pay the Manager the amounts listed in the Series Detail Table.

 

In addition to the costs of acquiring the Associated Financing, proceeds from the Series Offering will be used to pay the items listed in the Series Detail Table and the Use of Proceeds Table above, including but not limited to the items described in the Use of Proceeds Table above.


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The allocation of the net proceeds of this Series Offering set forth above, represents our intentions based upon our current plans and assumptions regarding industry and general economic conditions, our future revenues and expenditures.  The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including market conditions, cash generated by our operations, business developments, and related rate of growth.  The Manager reserves the right to modify the use of proceeds based on the factors set forth above.  The Company is not expected to keep any of the proceeds from the Series Offering.  The Series is expected to keep Cash on the Series Balance Sheet in the amount listed in the Use of Proceeds Table from the proceeds of the Series Offering for future Operating Expenses.  In the event that less than the Maximum Series Notes are sold in connection with the Series Offering, the Manager may pay, and not seek reimbursement for, Offering Expenses and Acquisition Expenses.


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DESCRIPTION OF SERIES 1-001

 

Overview

 

Series 1-001intends to use the proceeds from the sale of Notes to fund a financing to Sun King (formerly Greenlight Planet) in the amount of $2,000,000.  Borrower shall be required to pay interest at a rate of 7.5% per annum, with all unpaid principal and interest being due at maturity.  The maturity date will be 24 months.  

 

About Sun King

 

The Borrower, Sun King is a leading off-grid solar company that specializes in designing, distributing, installing, and financing solar home energy products in Africa and Asia.

 

Brief history: Patrick and Anish’s journey in revolutionizing access to clean energy

 

Sun King, previously known as Green Light Planet, was founded by Patrick Walsh and Anish Thakar, while students at University of Illinois. Patrick, as part of his charity work visited rural India and observed that villagers relied heavily on kerosene lamps, which were detrimental to the health of users.  Afterwards Patrick, with the help of classmate, designed a solar lantern as a direct replacement for the kerosene lamp: brighter and healthier, but affordable enough that people could buy it on their own, without charity support. In 2007, Patrick and Anish founded Green Light Planet (now Sun King) with the aim of providing reliable and affordable energy to the 1.8 billion people who lack access to clean energy.

 

Sun King's impact goes beyond energy access. By replacing traditional kerosene lamps and other fossil fuel-based sources of lighting and energy, the company contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality. To date, Sun king's products have generated 820,232 MW of solar energy, resulting in the offset of 27 metric tons of CO2 and have provided light and power to 95 million people throughout its African and Asian markets, including Cameroon, Mozambique, and Togo, three countries it recently expanded into. In Kenya, where Sun king has been operational for over ten years, more than one in five individuals in the country rely on Sun King for lighting and power. As of August 2022, they have served 22 million Kenyans. According to the company, they have positively impacted 100 million lives by providing access to power.

 

Business model: Success in off-grid markets with dual distribution network and PAYGo offerings.

 

Sun King has achieved significant success in establishing a valuable franchise in key off-grid markets in Asia and Africa. Initially, the company focused on solar lamps with USB chargers, targeting the middle-income segment of the off-grid market. Today, the company's solar solutions include portable solar lanterns, home lighting systems, solar-powered televisions, and mobile charging stations. These products are designed to meet the specific energy needs of individuals living in areas without access to reliable electricity grids. They have now expanded their product range to include 600W Solar Home Systems to meet the needs of higher-income households, as well as smaller and more affordable solar lamps for low-income customers. By harnessing the power of the sun, Sun King enables users from all income brackets to illuminate their homes, power essential appliances, charge their mobile devices, and improve their overall quality of life.

 

Sun King currently has a workforce of 24,000 field agents through which Sun King has provided more than $500 million in solar purchase finance. Field agents (or sales agents) are local residents who promote and sell Sun king’s products among the local community for which they receive commission. By providing green jobs in areas where employment opportunities are limited, the company contributes to sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

 

Awards and recognitions: testimony for their achievements.


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Sun King’s outstanding achievements have been recognized with several prestigious awards. In 2018, they were honored as the "Most Promising Brand" by the Economic Times, acknowledging their exceptional contributions. Additionally, Sun King received the S&P Global Platts Global Energy Award in 2020, specifically in the 'Award for Excellence - Power' category. These awards not only highlight the significant impact of Sun King on people's daily lives but also serve as a testament to its commitment and resilience.

 

 

Recent Equity raise: A sign of investor trust.

 

The company's consistent growth has attracted funding from across the globe. In August 2022, the company secured USD 260 million in series D funding. This round was led by Beyond Net Zero, the climate investing venture of General Atlantic, with participation from M&G Investments' Catalyst and Arch Emerging Markets Partners. In December 2022, the company further expanded its Series D funding to USD 330 million with an additional investment of USD 70 million led by Leap Frog Investments. This substantial funding demonstrates the widespread investor interest in Sun King due to its significant social impact as well as its impressive growth and profitability.

 

Management and governance: Driving force behind company’s success.

 

The company takes integrity seriously and has implemented specific policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) across all departments and functions to ensure ethical conduct. Key individuals within the company include:

 

·Patrick Walsh: Co-founder and CEO of Sun King. Patrick Walsh established the company in 2007 and has been instrumental in developing its core technology, manufacturing, and supply chain. He leads the company's leadership team. Patrick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Economics from the University of Illinois. 

 

·Anish Thakkar: Co-founder of Sun King. Anish Thakkar co-founded the company with Patrick. Anish was Patrick’s batch mate at the University of Illinois. They met while Patrick was trying to design prototypes for Sun king lanterns at a lab and since then have worked together to make Sun King a success. 

 

·Kota Kojima: Currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer at Sun King, Kota Kojima is a graduate of San Diego State University. Prior to joining Sun King, he held multiple positions at KPMG in San Francisco. 

 

·Krishna Swaroop: Krishna Swaroop is the Chief Financial Officer at Sun King. He is a graduate of a top university in India and brings 15 years of experience in the finance industry to his role at Sun King. 

 

These key individuals contribute to the company's success and play vital roles in its operations and strategic decision-making processes.

 

Looking ahead, the company aims to expand its distribution presence through strategic partnerships with financial institutions, governmental organizations, NGOs, and companies with rural distribution networks, while continuously innovating and introducing new products and services. Sun King has recently acquired PayGo Energy, a leading innovator in pay-as-you-go technology for clean cooking.


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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION

 

This discussion and analysis and other parts of this offering statement contain forward-looking statements based upon current beliefs, plans and expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions.  Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” or in other parts of this offering statement.

 

Since its formation in April 2023, the Company has been engaged primarily in identifying and acquiring a collection of Associated Financings. The Company plans to facilitate financing to the companies in the Associated Financings through debt financing, including debt raised in connection with the Offerings.  

 

In addition, the Manager has been engaged in developing the financial, offering and other materials to begin offering Notes in the Company’s Series.

 

We are devoting substantially all our efforts to establishing our business and planned principal operations will commence at the time of the launch of the Offering for Series Notes described. As such, and because of the start-up nature of the Company’s business, the reported financial information once the Company or any Series is capitalized and has assets or liabilities, will likely not be indicative of future operating results or operating conditions. Because of our corporate structure, we are in large part reliant on the Manager, its affiliates and employees of its Manager, SIMA, to grow and support our business.  

 

There are a number of key factors that will have large potential impacts on our operating results going forward including the Manager’s and SIMA’s ability to:

 

-source high quality customers; 

 

-market the Platform and the offerings in individual Series of the Company and attract Note Holders to the Platform to acquire the Notes issued by Series of the Company; and  

 

-continue to develop the Platform and provide the information and technology infrastructure to support the issuance of Notes in Series of the Company. 

 

We have not yet generated any revenues and do not anticipate doing so until Q4 of 2023. We have not launched or completed any initial offerings to date but expect to commence offerings in Q4 of 2023

 

At the time of this filing, all assets and liabilities related to the Series that have been incurred to date and will be incurred until the Closings of the respective Offerings are the responsibility of the Company or the Manager and responsibility for any assets or liabilities related to any Associated Financings will not transfer to each Series until such time as a Closing for each Series has occurred.  As of June, 2023, the Company has no assets and no liabilities.

 

Historical Investment in Series Assets

 

We plan to provide indirect opportunities in Associated Financings to Note Holders through the Platform. At the time of this filing, we are offering an opportunity with respect to the financings listed in the Master Series Table. At the time of this filing, there have been no other transactions.


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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

From inception, the Company and the Series are expected to finance their business activities through capital contributions from investors or the Manager or financing provided to the Company and each individual Series. Until such time as the Series have the capacity to generate cash flows from operations, the Manager may cover any deficits through additional capital contributions or the issuance of additional Notes in any individual Series. In addition, parts of the proceeds of future offerings may be used to create reserves for future Operating Expenses for individual Series at the sole discretion of the Manager. At the time of this filing, no capital contributions have been to the Company or any Series.

 

In the future, the Company may incur financial obligations related to loans made to the Company by officers of the Manager, affiliates of the Manager or third-party lenders. Each Series will repay any loans plus accrued interest used to acquire its Associated Financing with proceeds generated from the Closing of the Offering of such Series. No Series will have any obligation to repay a loan incurred by the Company to purchase an Associated Financing for another Series.

 

Plan of Operations

 

The Company plans to launch up to six offerings in the next twelve months.  We expect to launch Offerings for the Series highlighted in the Master Series Table in Q4 of 2023, with additional Series thereafter. The proceeds from any offerings closed during the next twelve months will be used to acquire additional Associated Financings, which we anticipate will enable the Company to reduce Operating Expenses for each Series as we negotiate better contracts for operating expenses with a larger collection of assets.

 

At the time of this filing, the Company and the Series highlighted in the Master Series Table have not commenced operations (other than entering into a purchase option agreement for the Associated Financing for that Series). The table below summarizes the planned operation for the next 12 month from the date of the filling.

 

PLAN OF OPERATIONS

 

Activities

Details

Timeline for completion

1.

Initiate Legal process to obtain Reg-A approval with the SEC

·Complete REG A approval of Sow Good Platform 

31-Oct-23

2.

Curate project pipeline for Sow Good (from existing SIMA funds borrowers)

·Identify 3 companies from the existing 130 socially driven companies on SIMA Fund portfolio. 

·Sign fundraise mandates with the companies. 

·Sign disclosure agreements to allow review of company by investors. 

·Seek listing approval for the entities identified from the SEC. 

 

30-Nov-23


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3.

Finalize SIMA marketing plan w/ Forward Progress.

·Digitally market platform to individual investors in the US focusing on the individual impact story and use of the platform. 

30-Nov-23

4.

Initiate the activities for Borrower – 1(Sun King)

·Complete ESG due diligence (If it is more than 9 months old) 

·Complete need assessment and financial due-diligence of the borrower-1. 

·Design a marketing campaign for the borrower 1. 

·Make the campaign live for borrower – 1. 

·Answer investor queries and complete initial due diligence of investors 

·Confirm the investors details for the transaction. 

·Initiate Legal process to obtain Reg-A approval. 

·. Identify the KPIs detailing and Monitoring parameters for Borrower –1 

30-Dec-23 

7.

Series 1-001 – First Offering $250,000

·Engage in digital roadshows to market the offer. 

·Set deadline for offering. 

·Report on funds collected at the close of offer. 

·Disburse the funds to borrower -1 (Sun King) 

·Quarterly reporting on financial performance and ESG matrices is initiated on disbursement. 

31-Mar-24 (anticipated)

9.

Series 1-002 – Second Offering $300,000

·Engage in digital roadshows to market the offer. 

·Set deadline for offering. 

·Report on funds collected at the close of offer. 

·Disburse the funds to borrower -1 (Sun King) 

·Quarterly reporting on financial performance and ESG matrices is initiated on disbursement. 

31-May-24 (anticipated)

 


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10.

Series 1-003 – Third Offering $300,000

·Engage in digital roadshows to market the offer. 

·Set deadline for offering. 

·Report on funds collected at the close of offer. 

·Disburse the funds to borrower -1 (Sun King) 

·Quarterly reporting on financial performance and ESG matrices is initiated on disbursement. 

31-July-24 (anticipated)

11.

Series 1-004 – Fourth Offering $300,000

·Engage in digital roadshows to market the offer. 

·Set deadline for offering. 

·Report on funds collected at the close of offer. 

·Disburse the funds to borrower -2 (Solar Panda) 

·Quarterly reporting on financial performance and ESG matrices is initiated on disbursement. 

30-Sept-24

(anticipated)

12.

Series 1-005 – Fifth Offering $350,000

·Engage in digital roadshows to market the offer. 

·Set deadline for offering. 

·Report on funds collected at the close of offer. 

·Disburse the funds to borrower -2 (Solar Panda) 

·Quarterly reporting on financial performance and ESG matrices is initiated on disbursement. 

30-Nov-24 (anticipated)

13.

Series 1-006 – Sixth Offering $500,000

·Engage in digital roadshows to market the offer. 

·Set deadline for offering. 

·Report on funds collected at the close of offer. 

·Disburse the funds to borrower -2 (Solar Panda) 

·Quarterly reporting on financial performance and ESG matrices is initiated on disbursement. 

31-Jan-25 (anticipated)


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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SUBSCRIPTION PROCEDURE

 

Plan of distribution

 

We are managed by Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”). SIMA owns and operates the Sow Good Investments platform (the “Platform”), through which Note Holders may indirectly invest, through a Series of the Company’s Notes, in Associated Financings. Through the use of the Platform, Note Holders can browse and screen the potential investments and sign legal documents electronically. We intend to distribute the Notes exclusively through the Platform.  Neither the Manager nor SIMA nor any other affiliated entity involved in the offer and sale of the Notes is a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, and no person associated with us will be deemed to be a broker solely by reason of their participation in the sale of the Notes.

 

With respect to the Notes:

 

·The Company is the entity which issues Notes in each Series of the Company; 

 

·SIMA owns and operates the Platform, through which membership interests are offered under Tier 2 of Regulation A pursuant to this Offering Circular, and, in its capacity as the operator of the Platform, provides services with respect to the selection, acquisition, and offering of the Associated Financings; and 

 

·The Manager operates each Series of Notes following the closing of the Offering for that Series.  

 

Neither SIMA nor the Manager receives a finder’s fee or any underwriting, discounts or commissions in relation to any Offering of Notes.

 

Discounts, Commissions and Expenses

 

The Manager is responsible for all offering fees and expenses, including the following: (i) all filing fees and communication expenses relating to the offering with the SEC and the filing of the offering materials with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, or FINRA; (ii) all fees and expenses relating to the listing on a secondary market or exchange, if applicable; (iii) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to the registration or qualification of our securities under the “blue sky” securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as reasonably designated; (iv) the costs of all mailing and printing of the offering documents; (v) fees and expenses of the transfer agent for the securities; and (vi) the fees and expenses of our accountants, legal counsel and other agents and representatives.

 

Assuming that the full amount of the offering is raised, we estimate that the fees and expenses of the offering payable by the Manager will be approximately $10,000.

 

Each of the Offerings is being conducted under Regulation A under the Securities Act and therefore, only offered and sold to “qualified purchasers”. For further details on the suitability requirements an Note Holder must meet in order to participate in these Offerings, see “Plan of Distribution and Subscription Procedure – Note Holder Suitability Standards”. As a Tier 2 offering pursuant to Regulation A under the Securities Act, these Offerings will be exempt from state law “Blue Sky” registration requirements, subject to meeting certain state filing requirements and complying with certain antifraud provisions, to the extent that our Notes are offered and sold only to “qualified purchasers” or at a time when our Notes are listed on a national securities exchange.

 

The initial offering price per share for the Series 1-001 Notes described in the Master Series Table above is based upon equal to the aggregate of (i) the anticipated maximum amount of the financing extended


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to Sun King, (ii) the Offering Fee (if any accrued) and divided by the number of the Series 1-001 Notes offered in each Offering. The initial offering price for a particular Series is a fixed price and will not vary based on demand by Note Holders or potential investors.

 

There will be different closing dates for each Offering. The Closing of an Offering will occur on the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the Total Maximum Notes for a Series have been accepted or (ii) a date determined by the Manager in its sole discretion.  If Closing has not occurred, an Offering shall be terminated upon (i) the date which is one year from the date this Offering Circular is qualified by the Commission which period may be extended with respect to a particular Series by an additional six months by the Manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which the Manager elects to terminate the Offering in its sole discretion.

 

In the case of each Series designated with a purchase agreement in the Master Series Table, the Company has independent purchase agreements to acquire the individual Associated Financings, which it plans to exercise upon the closing of the individual Offering. These individual purchase agreements may be further extended past their initial expiration dates and in the case a Series Offering does not close on or before its individual expiration date, or if we are unable to negotiate an extension of the purchase, the individual Offering will be terminated.

 

This Offering Circular does not constitute an offer or sale of any Series of Notes outside of the U.S.

 

Those persons who want to invest in the Notes must sign a Purchase Agreement, which will contain representations, warranties, covenants, and conditions customary for private placement investments in limited liability companies, see “How to Subscribe” below for further details.  A copy of the form of Purchase Agreement is attached as Exhibit 3.1.

 

Each Series of Notes will be issued in book-entry form without certificates which will be managed by our Transfer Agent.

 

SIMA, the Manager or its affiliates, and not the Company, will pay all of the expenses incurred in these Offerings that are not covered by the Offering Fee or Acquisition Fee, including fees to legal counsel, but excluding fees for counsel or other advisors to the Note Holders and fees associated with the filing of periodic reports with the Commission and future blue-sky filings with state securities departments, as applicable.  Any Note Holder desiring to engage separate legal counsel or other professional advisors in connection with this Offering will be responsible for the fees and costs of such separate representation.

 

Note Holder Suitability Standards

 

The Notes are being offered and sold only to “qualified purchasers” (as defined in Regulation A under the Securities Act) which include: (i) “accredited investors” under Rule 501(a) of Regulation D and (ii) all other investors so long as their investment in any of the Notes of the Company (in connection with this Series or any other Series offered under Regulation A) does not represent more than 10% of the greater of their annual income or net worth (for natural persons), or 10% of the greater of annual revenue or net assets at fiscal year-end (for non-natural persons). We reserve the right to reject any investor’s subscription in whole or in part for any reason, including if we determine in our sole and absolute discretion that such investor is not a “qualified purchaser” for purposes of Regulation A.


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For an individual potential investor to be an “accredited investor” for purposes of satisfying one of the tests in the “qualified purchaser” definition, the investor must be a natural person who has:

 

1.an individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person’s spouse, that exceeds $1,000,000 at the time of the purchase, excluding the value of the primary residence of such person and the mortgage on that primary residence (to the extent not underwater), but including the amount of debt that exceeds the value of that residence and including any increase in debt on that residence within the prior 60 days, other than as a result of the acquisition of that primary residence; or 

 

2.earned income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year. 

 

If the investor is not a natural person, different standards apply. See Rule 501 of Regulation D for more details. For purposes of determining whether a potential investor is a “qualified purchaser”, annual income and net worth should be calculated as provided in the “accredited investor” definition under Rule 501 of Regulation D. In particular, net worth in all cases should be calculated excluding the value of an investor’s home, home furnishings and automobiles.

 

The Notes will not be offered or sold to prospective Note Holders subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and regulations thereunder, as amended (“ERISA”).

 

If you live outside the United States, it is your responsibility to fully observe the laws of any relevant territory or jurisdiction outside the United States in connection with any purchase, including obtaining required governmental or other consent and observing any other required legal or other formalities.

 

Our Manager will be permitted to make a determination that the subscribers of Notes in each Offering are “qualified purchasers” in reliance on the information and representations provided by the subscriber regarding the subscriber’s financial situation. Before making any representation that your investment does not exceed applicable federal 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 http://www.investor.gov.

 

An investment in our Notes may involve significant risks.  Only Note Holders who can bear the economic risk of the investment for an indefinite period of time and the loss of their entire investment should invest in the Notes.  See “Risk Factors.”

 

Minimum and Maximum Investment

 

The minimum subscription by a Note Holder in an Offering is five (5) Notes, where such minimum subscription limit may be waived for a Note Holder by the Manager in its sole discretion.

 

Fees and Expenses

 

Offering Expenses

 

The Manager will charge each Series an “Offering Fee” of 0.5% per annum which will include all offering expenses incurred with respect to the Offerings for the Series (“Offering Expenses”), including the offering expenses for Series 1-001 detailed in the Master Series Table. Offering Expenses consist of legal, accounting, escrow, filing, banking, compliance costs and custody fees, as applicable, related to a specific offering (and excludes ongoing costs described in Operating Expenses). The Manager may waive the Offering Fee at its sole discretion.


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Additional Information Regarding this Offering Circular

 

We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information other than as set forth in this Offering Circular.  Except as otherwise indicated, all information contained in this Offering Circular is given as of the date of this Offering Circular.  Neither the delivery of this Offering Circular nor any sale made hereunder shall under any circumstances create any implication that there has been no change in our affairs since the date hereof.

 

From time to time, we may provide an “Offering Circular Supplement” that may add, update or change information contained in this Offering Circular. Any statement that we make in this Offering Circular will be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by us in a subsequent Offering Circular Supplement. The Offering Statement we filed with the Commission includes exhibits that provide more detailed descriptions of the matters discussed in this Offering Circular.  You should read this Offering Circular and the related exhibits filed with the Commission and any Offering Circular Supplement, together with additional information contained in our annual reports, semiannual reports and other reports and information statements that we will file periodically with the Commission.

 

The Offering Statement and all amendments, supplements and reports that we have filed or will file in the future can be read on the Commission website at www.sec.gov or in the legal section for the applicable Associated Financing on the Platform.  The contents of the Platform (other than the Offering Statement, this Offering Circular and the Appendices and Exhibits hereto) are not incorporated by reference in or otherwise a part of this Offering Circular.

 

How to Subscribe

 

Potential Note Holders who are “qualified purchasers” may subscribe to purchase Notes in the Series which have not had a Closing, as detailed in the Master Series Table.

 

The subscription process for each Offering is a separate process. Any potential Note Holder wishing to acquire any Series Notes must:

 

1.Carefully read this Offering Circular, and any current supplement, as well as any documents described in the Offering Circular and attached hereto or which you have requested. Consult with your tax, legal and financial advisors to determine whether an investment in any of the Series Notes is suitable for you. 

 

2.Review the Terms of Purchase Agreement (including the “Note Holder Qualification and Attestation” attached thereto), which was pre-populated following your completion of certain questions on the Platform application and if the responses remain accurate and correct, agree to the completed Purchase Agreement using electronic acknowledgement on the Platform. Except as otherwise required by law, subscriptions may not be withdrawn or cancelled by subscribers.  

 

3.Once the completed Terms of Purchase Agreement is accepted for a particular Offering, the Platform or an integrated online payment provider will transfer funds in an amount equal to the purchase price for the relevant Series of Notes you have applied to subscribe for (as set out on the front page of your Purchase Agreement) into a non-interest-bearing escrow account with the Escrow Agent.  The Escrow Agent will hold such subscription monies in escrow until such time as your Purchase Agreement is either accepted or rejected by the Manager and, if accepted, such further time until you are issued with Series Notes for which you subscribed. 


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4.The Manager will review the completed subscription documentation. You may be asked to provide additional information. The Manager will contact you directly if required.  We reserve the right to reject any subscriptions, in whole or in part, for any or no reason, and to withdraw any Offering at any time prior to Closing. 

 

5.Once the review is complete, the Manager will inform you whether or not your application to subscribe for the Series Notes is approved or denied and if approved, the number of Series Notes you are entitled to subscribe for. If your subscription is rejected in whole or in part, then your subscription payments (being the entire amount if your application is rejected in whole or the payments associated with those subscriptions rejected in part) will be refunded promptly, without interest or deduction. The Manager accepts subscriptions on a first-come, first served basis subject to the right to reject or reduce subscriptions.  

 

6.If all or a part of your subscription in a particular Series is approved, then the number of Series Notes you are entitled to subscribe for will be issued to you upon the Closing. Simultaneously with the issuance of the Series Notes, the subscription monies held by the Escrow Agent in escrow on your behalf will be transferred to the account of the applicable Series as consideration for such Series Notes. 

 

By executing the Terms of Purchase Agreement, you agree to be bound by the terms of the Purchase Agreement and the LLC Agreement. The Company and the Manager will rely on the information you provide in the Purchase Agreement, including the “Note Holder Qualification and Attestation” attached thereto and the supplemental information you provide in order for the Manager to verify your status as a “qualified purchaser”. If any information about your “qualified purchaser” status changes prior to you being issued Series Notes, please notify the Manager immediately using the contact details set out in the Purchase Agreement.

 

For further information on the subscription process, please contact the Manager using the contact details set out in the “Where to Find Additional Information” section.

 

The subscription funds advanced by prospective investors as part of the subscription process will be held in a non-interest-bearing account with the Escrow Agent and will not be commingled with the Series of Notes’ operating account, until if and when there is a Closing for a particular Offering with respect to that Note Holder. When the Escrow Agent has received instructions from the Manager that an Offering will close, and the Note Holder’s subscription is to be accepted (either in whole or part), then the Escrow Agent shall disburse such Note Holder’s subscription proceeds in its possession to the account of the applicable Series.  If an Offering is terminated without a Closing, or if a prospective Note Holder’s subscription is not accepted or is cut back due to oversubscription or otherwise, such amounts placed into escrow by prospective Note Holders will be returned promptly to them without interest or deductions.  Any costs and expenses associated with a terminated offering will be borne by the Manager.


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DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS

 

Overview

Sow Good Investments was formed on April 5, 2023 as a Delaware series limited liability company by Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SIMA”) and registered investment advisor (CRD#: 309110/SEC#: 801-119020). The Company is a double bottom line firm focused on impact financing for solar energy, microfinance and affordable housing companies in emerging markets.  SIMA’s principals have been engaged in impact investing initiatives for over two decades and have cumulatively placed more than $2 billion in more than 300 companies, in over 50 countries.  

SIMA promotes, structures and places impact investments in for-profit companies that align with financial, social and environmental goals. SIMA works with individual, institutional and philanthropic investors and with public sector development finance investors to create market-based investment opportunities with mitigated risk. SIMA chooses to work in some of the poorest countries in the world and maintains a strong local presence with teams in Kenya, Uganda, Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Mauritius, and the United States. Of SIMA’s 38 staff, 36 are located in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

The Company will provide financings to participants in the off-grid solar, microfinance and affordable housing industries operating in the target markets.  Some of these participants will in turn provide their customer with financings to fund purchases. For example, solar energy end-user customers (typically known as Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) loan customers) will use the capital to finance the purchase of solar panels and equipment.  Microlenders will use capital to fund microloans to microenterprises, and lenders will use the financing proceeds to provide housing loans for affordable housing to end-user purchasers. These end-user customers and enterprises typically are in need of financing and the financing provided by the companies generates meaningful social and environmental impacts. As loans are repaid, our investment is returned and repaid to our investors.

As a limited liability company, we operate pursuant to a limited liability company agreement, dated May, 2023 (the “LLC Agreement”). We are managed by SIMA (the “Manager”). As a newly formed company, we have no operating history.

Our principal office is located at 157 Columbus Ave, Suite 512, New York, NY 10023 and our telephone number is +1 (917) 750-5588 and email address is info@sowgoodinvestments.com. For additional information regarding the Company or this Offering, you may write, email or telephone us at the address and telephone number above.

Business of the Company

 

The Notes represent an investment in a particular Series and thus indirectly the Associated Financing and do not represent an investment in the Company or the Manager generally.  We do not anticipate that any Series will own any assets other than the Associated Financing associated with such Series.  However, we expect that the operations of the Company, including the issuance of additional Series of Notes and their acquisition of additional assets, will benefit Note Holders by enabling each Series to benefit from economies of scale.

 

Associated Financings

 

Associated Financings will exclusively be made to the Company’s customers.  The Company’s customers will include companies which operate in the solar energy, microfinance and affordable housing industries.  


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Competition

 

The Company’s business is highly competitive. The Company faces competition for customers from other lenders, including banks as well as individuals. The Company also competes against other finance companies and other lenders whose loan structures and fee schedules might vary from those of traditional banking institutions.

The energy-access related crowdlending market in Europe is dominated by three main platforms: Trine (Sweden), Lendahand (Netherlands) and Energise Africa (UK).  Bettervest, Crowd4Climate and Charm Impact are also active in the sector. New market entrants, such as Tribes Capital, based in the UK, and Frankly.Green, based in Germany are also gaining market share.  However, none of these platforms are available to US investors.  In the US, Energea is an international equity investment platform available to US investors. Also, Kiva is a charitable donation platform in the US but does not take investments.  

Increased competition could result in reduced volumes, reduced fees or the failure of the Platform to achieve or maintain more widespread market acceptance, any of which could harm our business. If any of the principal competitors or any major financial institution decided to compete vigorously for our customers, our ability to compete effectively could be significantly compromised and our operating results could be harmed. Most of our current or potential competitors have significantly more financial, technical, marketing and other resources than we have available and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sale and support of their platforms and distribution channels. Our competitors may also have longer operating histories, more extensive customer bases, greater brand recognition and broader customer relationships. These competitors may be better able to develop new products, to respond more quickly to new technologies and to undertake more extensive marketing campaigns. Our industry is driven by constant innovation. If we are unable to stay competitive and innovative, the demand for the products and services we offer through the Platform could stagnate or substantially decline.

 

Manager

 

The LLC Agreement designates SIMA as the Manager of the Company.  The Manager will generally not be entitled to vote on matters submitted to the Members.  The Manager will not have any distribution, redemption, conversion or liquidation rights by virtue of its status as the Manager.

 

The LLC Agreement further provides that the Manager, in exercising its rights in its capacity as the Manager, will be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and will have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company, any Series of Notes or any of the Members and will not be subject to any different standards imposed by the LLC Agreement, the LLC Act or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity.  In addition, the LLC Agreement provides that the Manager will not have any duty (including any fiduciary duty) to the Company, any Series or any of the Members.

 

In the event the Manager resigns as Manager of the Company, the holders of a majority of all Notes of the Company may elect a successor Manager.  Holders of Notes in each Series of the Company have no right to remove the Manager as manager of the Company. In the event the Manager is removed as manager of the Company, it shall also immediately cease to be manager of any Series.

 

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Legal Proceedings

 

None of the Company, any Series, SIMA or any director or executive officer of the Company or SIMA is presently subject to any material legal proceedings.

 

Employees

 

The Company does not have any employees. As of July 20, 2023, SIMA had 35 full-time employees and contractors, and 3 part-time employees.

 

Properties

 

As of January 1, 2023, the Company did not own any property. Our headquarters are located at 157 Columbus Av. #512, New York, NY 10023.

 

Allocation of Expenses

 

To the extent relevant, Offering Expenses and revenue generated from Associated Financings and any indemnification payments made by the Company will be allocated amongst the various Series in accordance with the Manager’s allocation policy, a copy of which is available to Note Holders upon written request to the Manager. The allocation policy requires the Manager to allocate items that are allocable to a specific Series to be borne by, or distributed to (as applicable), the applicable Series of Notes.  If, however, an item is not allocable to a specific Series but to the Company in general, it will be allocated equally across all of the Series.  The Manager may revise and update the allocation policy from time to time in its reasonable discretion without further notice to the Note Holders.


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MANAGEMENT

 

Manager

 

The Manager of the Company will be Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company formed on July 10, 2015.

 

The Company operates under the direction of the Manager, which is responsible for directing the operations of our business, directing our day-to-day affairs, and implementing our investment strategy. SIMA, and the officers and directors of SIMA are not required to devote all of their time to our business and are only required to devote such time to our affairs as their duties require.  SIMA is responsible for determining maintenance required in order to maintain or improve the asset’s quality, determining how to monetize the Associated Financings and generate income .

 

The Company will follow guidelines adopted by the Manager and implement policies set forth in the LLC Agreement unless otherwise modified by the Manager.  The Manager may establish further written policies and will monitor our administrative procedures, investment operations and performance to ensure that the policies are fulfilled.  The Manager may change our objectives at any time without approval of Members.  

 

The Manager performs its duties and responsibilities pursuant to our LLC Agreement.  The Manager maintains a contractual, as opposed to a fiduciary relationship, with us and our Members.  Furthermore, we have agreed to limit the liability of the Manager and to indemnify the Manager against certain liabilities.

 

SIMA, an SEC-registered investment and advisory firm founded in 2015 by Asad Mahmood and Michael Rauenhorst. SIMA’s principals have been engaged in impact investing initiatives for over two decades and have cumulatively placed more than USD 2 billion in over 250 social enterprises across 50 countries. SIMA has a history of creating double bottom-line funds that provide impact investments in for-profit businesses that align with financial, social and environmental goals. Historically, SIMA has worked with individual, institutional and philanthropic investors and with public sector development finance investors to create market-based investment opportunities with mitigated risk. SIMA focuses on solar energy, financial inclusion and affordable housing in some of the poorest countries in the world. SIMA maintains a strong local presence with nearly 95% of their staff located in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.  SIMA has been ranked among the top 50 impact investment fund managers for 2022 by Impact Assets.  

 

Executive Officers, Directors and Key Employees of the Manager

 

The Manager is controlled by Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC (“SIMA”).  The officers and directors of SIMA are the following individuals:

 

Name

 

Age

 

Position

Syed Asad Mahmood

 

62

 

Chief Executive Officer

Michael Rauenhorst

 

64

 

Managing Partner

 

Syed Asad Mahmood holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University, New Brunswick and an MBA in International Finance from Temple University. Mr. Mahmood is one of the longest serving investors and fund managers in the impact investing industry and held the position of Managing Director for Global Social Investment Funds at Deutsche Bank for 17 years.

 

Michael Rauenhorst graduated with an MBA in management Columbia Business School and a J.D. from Hamline Mitchell Law School.  Mr. Rauenhorst worked with Deutsche Bank for 13 years and co-developed some of the industry’s first social investment funds.  With Moody’s Corporation he co-developed one of the first ESG ratings for financial institutions. He has also launched social enterprises and is a co-founder of Micro Credit Limited, Jamaica.


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COMPENSATION

 

Compensation of Executive Officers

 

We do not currently have any employees, nor do we currently intend to hire any employees who will be compensated directly by the Company.  Each of the executive officers of the Manager manage our day-to-day affairs, oversee the review, selection and recommendation of investment opportunities, service acquired investments and monitor the performance of these investments to ensure that they are consistent with our investment objectives.  Each of these individuals receives compensation for his or her services, including services performed for us on behalf of the Manager.  Although we will indirectly bear some of the costs of the compensation paid to these individuals, through fees we pay to the Manager, we do not intend to pay any compensation directly to these individuals.

 

Compensation of the Manager

 

The Manager may receive reimbursement for costs incurred relating to the Offering described herein and other offerings.  Neither the Manager nor its affiliates will receive any selling commissions or dealer manager fees in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes, other than the Offering Fee, if any.

 

A more complete description of Management of the Company is included in “Description of the Business” and “Management”.

 

PRINCIPAL INTEREST HOLDERS

 

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DESCRIPTION OF NOTES OFFERED

 

Notes

Description of the Notes

 

The Notes represent unsecured, non-guaranteed, payment dependent debt obligations of the Series.  Each Series shall issue Notes to fund the underlying Associated Financing made to the applicable borrower.  The Notes are being offered by the Series of the Company.  Series 1-001 is, and each other Series we may establish in the future will be, a separate series and not itself a separate legal entity and issue separate Notes.  The Associated Financings and other assets of one Series include only the Associated Financings, related assets and other assets that are held by that Series, including funds delivered for the purchase of Notes in that Series.  

 

The limitations on inter-series liability provided by Section 18-215(b) have never been tested in federal bankruptcy courts and it is possible that a bankruptcy court could determine that the assets of one Series should be applied to meet the liabilities of the other Series or the liabilities of our Company generally where the assets of such other Series or of our Company generally are insufficient to meet our liabilities.

 

Only Notes offered by Series 1-001 are being offered and sold pursuant to this offering circular.  Additional Notes may be offered by additional Series pursuant to one or more amendments to this offering circular.

 

Holders of Series Notes have no conversion, exchange, sinking fund, ownership, or other rights in the Series.

 

We expect that our Manager will authorize the creation of new Series that will extend additional financings to customers funded through the sale of Notes.  

 

 

The Series described in the Master Series Table will use the proceeds of the respective Offerings to fund the respective Associated Financing, as well as pay certain fees and expenses related to the acquisition and each Offering (please see the “Use of Proceeds” sections for each Offering for further details). A Note Holder in an Offering will acquire a debt obligation of the Series Notes related to that Offering and not, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) an equity interest in the Company or the Series, (ii) an equity interest in any other Series of Notes, (iii) an interest in the Manager, (iv) a debt obligation of any other Series or (v) the Associated Financing associated with the Series or any Associated Financing owned by any other Series of Notes.

 

Further issuance of Notes

 

Only the Series Notes, which are not annotated as closed, in the Master Series Table are being offered and sold pursuant to this Offering Circular.  The Manager, in its sole discretion, has the option to issue additional Notes (in addition to those issued in connection with any Offering) on the same terms as the applicable Series of Notes is being offered hereunder as may be required from time to time in order to pay any Operating Expenses related to the applicable Associated Financing.

 

Interest Payments

 

Each Series’ obligation to make payments of interest and principal is contingent upon its receipt of payments on the Associated Financing.  A Series will make monthly distributions of interest [and principal] to the extent payments are received on the Associated Financing.  To the extent that a Series does not receive payments of interest related to the Associated Financing, the Series will not be obligation to make any payments on the Notes.  


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Registration rights

 

There are no registration rights in respect of the Notes.

 

Transfer restrictions

 

The Notes are subject to restrictions on transferability. A Member may not transfer, assign or pledge its Notes without the consent of the Manager.  The Manager may withhold consent in its sole discretion, including when the Manager determines that such transfer, assignment or pledge would result in (a) the assets of the Series being deemed “plan assets” for purposes of ERISA or (b) the Company, the Series or the Manager being subject to additional regulatory requirements. The transferring Member is responsible for all costs and expenses arising in connection with any proposed transfer (regardless of whether such sale is completed) including any legal fees incurred by the Company or any broker or dealer, any costs or expenses in connection with any opinion of counsel and any transfer taxes and filing fees.  The Manager or its affiliates will acquire Notes in each Series of Notes for their own accounts. The restrictions on transferability listed above will also apply to any redemptions or any resale of Notes via the Platform.  

 

Additionally, unless and until the Notes of the Company are listed or quoted for trading, there are restrictions on the holder’s ability to pledge or transfer the Notes.  There can be no assurance that we will, or will be able to, register the Notes for resale and there can be no guarantee that a liquid market for the Note will develop. Therefore, Note Holders may be required to hold their Notes indefinitely. Please refer to Exhibit 2.2 (the LLC Agreement) and Exhibit 3.1 (the form of Purchase Agreement) for additional information regarding these restrictions.

 

Related Party Transactions

 

The Manager will provide administrative services to the Company and each Series.  

 

The Manager has agreed to pay and not be reimbursed for the Company’s offering expenses and operating expenses incurred prior to the closing date.

 

The offering of the Notes will be facilitated through the SIMA Platform.  SIMA is sole member of the Company’s Manager.

 

Conflicts of Interest

 

We expect that the Series 1-001 and each other Series we establish in the future will have certain ongoing, operating relationships with each other.  We expect that the operating relationships among the Series will primarily include the coordination and use of Company overhead and support services. 

 

In an effort to govern these operating relationships, address these conflicts of interest and promote the fair allocation of sale, financing, leasing and other business opportunities, our Manager has adopted an inter-series relationship, conflicts of interest and opportunity allocation policy (which we refer to as the “Inter-Series Policy”), which is administered by our Manager.  Our Manager’s adherence to this policy is expected to be reviewed quarterly by our Manager.  Our Manager may modify, suspend or rescind the policies set forth in the Inter-Series Policy without Member approval.  Our board may also adopt additional or other policies or make exceptions with respect to the application of the policies described in the Inter-Series Policy in connection with particular facts and circumstances, all as our Manager may determine, consistent with its fiduciary duties to our Company and all of our Members.


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General Policy

 

Under the Inter-Series Policy, all material matters in which holders of Series 1-001 Notes and Notes of any other Series may have divergent interests will be generally resolved in a manner that is in the best interests of our Company and all of such common Members after giving fair consideration to the potentially divergent interests and all other relevant interests of the holders of such separate classes of Notes.  Under the Inter-Series Policy, the relationship between the Series 1-001 and each other Series and the means by which the terms of any material transaction between them will be determined will be governed by a process of fair dealing.

 

Relationship Among the Series

 

The Inter-Series Policy provides that our Manager will seek to manage each Series in a manner designed to maximize the operations, assets and value of all Series.

 

General.  The Inter-Series Policy provides that, except as otherwise provided in the Inter-Series Policy, all material commercial transactions between a Series and any other Series, will be on commercially reasonable terms taken as a whole.

 

Allocation of Company overhead and support services.  Each Series will have access to the support services of any other Series.  For shared company services, costs (other than those specifically required to be borne by our Manager under the administrative services agreement) relating to these services will be:

 

allocated directly to the Series utilizing those services, and 

 

if not directly allocable to a Series, allocated among all of the then existing Series on a pro rata basis. 

 

For other support services the Inter-Series Policy provides that the Series will seek to achieve efficiencies to minimize the aggregate costs incurred by the Series combined, although any Series also will be entitled to negotiate and procure support services on its own.

 

Our Manager may, without Member approval, modify or amend the method of allocation of support services and shared company services.

 

Our Manager will be responsible for the allocation of support services among the Series in a manner that is consistent with the Inter-Series Policy.

 

Financing arrangements.  No Series will be obligated to provide financial support to any other Series. 

 

Exclusive jurisdiction; waiver of jury trial

 

Any dispute in relation to the LLC Agreement is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, except where Federal law requires that certain claims be brought in Federal courts, as in the case of claims brought under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provisions in the LLC Agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provisions in the LLC Agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or any other claim for which the federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction,


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and Note Holders will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

Each Note Holder will covenant and agree not to bring any claim in any venue other than the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or if required by Federal law, a Federal court of the United States. If a Member were to bring a claim against the Company or the Manager pursuant to the LLC Agreement and such claim was governed by state law, it would have to do so in the Delaware Court of Chancery.

 

Our LLC Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to limited exceptions, provides for Note Holders to consent to exclusive jurisdiction to Delaware Court of Chancery and for a waiver of the right to a trial by jury, if such waiver is allowed by the court where the claim is brought.

 

If we opposed a jury trial demand based on the waiver, the court would determine whether the waiver was enforceable under the facts and circumstances of that case in accordance with applicable case law.  See “Risk Factors—Risks Related of Ownership of Our NotesAny dispute in relation to the LLC Agreement is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, except where Federal law requires that certain claims be brought in Federal courts.  Our LLC Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, provides for Note Holders to waive their right to a jury trial”.  Nevertheless, if this jury trial waiver provision is not permitted by applicable law, an action could proceed under the terms of the LLC Agreement with a jury trial. No condition, stipulation or provision of the LLC Agreement or our Notes serves as a waiver by any Note Holder or beneficial owner of our Notes or by us of compliance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Additionally, the Company does not believe that claims under the federal securities laws shall be subject to the jury trial waiver provision, and the Company believes that the provision does not impact the rights of any Note Holder or beneficial owner of our Notes to bring claims under the federal securities laws or the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

These provisions may have the effect of limiting the ability of Note Holders to bring a legal claim against us due to geographic limitations and may limit an Note Holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us. Furthermore, waiver of a trial by jury may disadvantage you to the extent a judge might be less likely than a jury to resolve an action in your favor. Further, if a court were to find this exclusive forum provision inapplicable to, or unenforceable in respect of, an action or proceeding against us, then we may incur additional costs associated with resolving these matters in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business and financial condition.

 

Notes


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INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT CONSIDERATIONS

 

The Company is not registered and will not be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).  The Company, the Manager and SIMA have taken the position that the Company is not an Investment Company under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act because the Company is not “engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities” nor is it “engaged in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the issuer’s total assets.”

 

In the event that we, or our subsidiaries, were to acquire assets that could make such entities fall within the definition of investment company under Section 3(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act, we believe that we would still qualify for an exclusion from registration pursuant to Section 3(c)(4). Section 3(c)(4) excludes from the definition of investment company any person “substantially all of whose business is confined to making small loans, industrial banking, or similar businesses.” Although the SEC staff has issued little interpretive guidance with respect to Section 3(c)(4), we believe that the Company would fall under this exemption because the substantially all of the Company’s business is confined to making small loans and similar businesses.  

 

Registration with the SEC as an investment company would be costly, would subject us to a host of complex regulations and would divert attention from the conduct of our business, which could materially and adversely affect us.


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U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

 

Taxation of Purchasers of Notes Generally

 

The Notes will be treated for federal income tax purposes as representing the ownership of debt instruments issued by a Series of the Company, and, not as ownership interests in the related Series, the Company or the assets of the Series or the Company.  

 

In addition to the federal income tax consequences described above, prospective investors should consider the state and local income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership, and disposition of the Notes.  State and local income tax law may differ substantially from the corresponding federal tax law, and this discussion does not purport to describe any aspect of the income tax laws of any state or municipality.  Therefore, prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the various tax consequences of investments in the Notes.

 

ERISA Considerations

 

Sections 404 and 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and Section 4975 of the Code impose fiduciary and prohibited transaction restrictions on the activities of employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) and certain other retirement plans and arrangements subject to Section 4975 of the Code and on investment funds and accounts the assets of which are deemed to be “plan assets” for purposes of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, including but not limited to bank collective investment funds and insurance company separate and, in some circumstances, general accounts (together referred to as “Plans”).

 

Some employee benefit plans, including governmental plans (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), plans maintained outside the United States primarily for the benefit of persons substantially all of whom are non-resident aliens as described in Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA and, if no election has been made under Section 410(d) of the Code, church plans (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) are not subject to ERISA. Accordingly, assets of these plans may be invested in the Notes without regard to the ERISA considerations described below, subject to the provisions of other applicable federal, state and local law.  Any such plan which is qualified and exempt from taxation under Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code, however, is subject to the prohibited transaction rules set forth in Section 503 of the Code.

 

ERISA generally imposes general fiduciary requirements on the fiduciaries of a Plan, including the duties of investment prudence and diversification and the requirement that a Plan’s investments be made in accordance with the documents governing the Plan. Any person who has discretionary authority or control with respect to the management or disposition of a Plan’s assets, (referred to as “Plan Assets”) and any person who provides investment advice with respect to Plan Assets for a fee (or who has the responsibility to provide such advice) is a fiduciary of the Plan. If the financings and other assets included in the Series were to constitute Plan Assets, then any party exercising management or discretionary control with respect to those assets may be deemed to be a “fiduciary” of investing Plans and would be subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, including the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code with respect to all investing Plans.  In addition, the acquisition or holding of Notes by or on behalf of a Plan or with Plan Assets, as well as the operation of the Series, may constitute or involve a prohibited transaction under ERISA and the Code unless a statutory or administrative exemption is available. Further, Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code prohibits Plans from engaging in “prohibited transactions” set forth under those sections unless a statutory or administrative exemption is available.  Additionally, ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code impose penalties and excise taxes on certain persons (referred to in ERISA as parties in interest and in Section 4975 of the Code as “disqualified persons”) in connection with a prohibited transaction.  


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Some transactions involving the Series might be deemed to constitute prohibited transactions under ERISA and the Code with respect to a Plan that purchases the Notes if the financings and other assets included in the Series are deemed to be assets of the Plan.  The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has promulgated the DOL regulations (29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101 as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA and collectively referred to as the “Plan Asset Regulation”)) concerning whether or not a Plan’s assets would be deemed to include an interest in the underlying assets of an entity, including a trust, for purposes of applying the general fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA and the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.  The Plan Asset Regulation, provides that, generally, when a Plan acquires an “equity interest” in an entity, the Plan’s assets include the investment but do not, solely by reason of the Plan’s investment, include the underlying assets of the entity.  However, (1) when a Plan invests in an entity that is not an “operating company” or (2) the equity interest purchased by the Plan is neither a “publicly-offered security” or a security issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Plan’s assets include both the investment and an undivided interest in each of the underlying assets of the entity unless “benefit plan investors” own less than 25% of any class of equity securities issued by the entity (all terms in quotes are as defined in the Plan Asset Regulation).   The Plan Asset Regulation provides that an “equity interest” is any interest in an entity other than an instrument that is treated as debt under local law and which has no substantial equity features.  

 

In addition to and independent of whether the assets of the Series are deemed to be assets of a Plan pursuant to the Plan Asset Regulation the purchase, sale and holding of the Notes by or on behalf of a Plan could be considered to constitute or give rise to a prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code if the depositor, the seller, the indenture trustee or any of their respective affiliates is or becomes a party in interest with respect to the Plan.

 

Because the Series may receive certain benefits in connection with the sale of the Notes, the purchase of Notes using Plan Assets over which any of such parties has investment authority and is a fiduciary for purposes of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code might be deemed to be a violation of the prohibited transaction rules of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code for which no exemption may be available.  Prospective Plan investors should therefore determine whether the Series is a “party in interest” (within the meaning of ERISA) or “disqualified person” (within the meaning of the Code) with respect to such plan and, if so, whether such transaction is subject to one or more statutory or administrative exemptions.  The DOL has granted certain class exemptions (“Class Exemptions”) which provide relief from certain of the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the related excise tax provisions of the Code, including, but not limited to: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 84-14, which exempts certain transactions effected on behalf of a plan by a “qualified professional asset manager”; PTCE 90-1, which exempts certain transactions between insurance company separate accounts and Parties in Interest (or Disqualified Persons); PTCE 91-38, which exempts certain transactions between bank collective investment funds and Parties in Interest (or Disqualified Persons); PTCE 95-60, which exempts certain transactions between insurance company general accounts and Parties in Interest (or Disqualified Persons); and PTCE 96-23, which exempts certain transactions effected on behalf of a plan by an “in- house asset manager.”  There can be no assurance that any DOL exemption will apply with respect to any particular plan investment in the Notes or, even if all of the conditions specified therein were satisfied, that any exemption would apply to all prohibited transactions that may occur in connection with such investment.

 

In addition to any exemption that may be available under PTCE 95-60 for the purchase and holding of the Notes by an insurance company general account, Section 401(c) to ERISA may limit the application of certain of the provisions of Part 4 of Title I of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, including the prohibited transaction restrictions imposed by ERISA and the related excise taxes imposed by the Code, for transactions involving an insurance company general account.


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Although there is no authority directly on point, the Series believes that, at the date of this preliminary private placement memorandum, the Notes should be treated as indebtedness with no substantial equity features for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulation.  The characterization of debt instruments may change after issuance.  A prospective transferee of the Notes or any interest therein who is a Plan trustee or is acting on behalf of a Plan, or using Plan Assets to effect such transfer or holding or a plan subject to a similar law or using assets of such a plan (each a “Plan Investor”), is required to provide written confirmation (or in the case of any Notes) transferred in book-entry form, will be deemed to have confirmed) that such transferee believes that such class of Notes are properly treated as indebtedness without substantial equity features for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulation and agrees to so treat such eligible notes, and that the acquisition, holding and transfer of such class of eligible notes will not give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) or comparable provisions of any Similar Law. A prospective purchaser or transferee may instead provide the Indenture Trustee with an opinion of counsel, which opinion of counsel will not be at the expense of the Series, which opines that the purchase, holding and transfer of such class of Notes or interest therein is permissible under applicable law, will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or any violation of Similar Law and will not subject the Indenture Trustee or the Series to any obligation in addition to those undertaken in the Indenture.

 

Any holder of any Notes other than the is required to provide written confirmation (or in the case of any Ineligible Note transferred in book-entry form, will be deemed to have confirmed) that it is not a Plan Investor.

 

Any fiduciary or representative of a Plan Investor that proposes to acquire or hold the Notes on behalf of or with assets of any Plan Investor is encouraged to consult with its counsel with respect to the application of the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA and the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code (and in the case of non-ERISA plans and arrangements, any additional federal, state or local law considerations) before making the proposed investment.

 

The sale of the Notes to a Plan Investor is in no respect a representation by the Depositor or the Indenture Trustee that such an investment meets all relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by plans generally or any particular plan, or that such an investment is appropriate for plans generally or any particular plan.

 

Legal Investment

 

You should consult your own legal advisors to determine whether the Notes are legal investments for you and whether you can use the Notes as collateral for borrowings.  In addition, financial institutions should consult their legal advisors or regulators to determine the appropriate treatment of the Notes under risk-based capital and similar rules.

 

If you are subject to legal investment laws and regulations or to review by regulatory authorities, you may be subject to restrictions on investing in the Notes.  Institutions regulated by the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Treasury Department or any other federal or state agency with similar authority should review applicable regulations, policy statements and guidelines before purchasing the Notes.

 

Accounting Considerations

 

Various factors may influence the accounting treatment applicable to an investor’s acquisition and holding of the Notes.  Accounting standards, and the application and interpretation of such standards, are subject to change from time to time.  Investors are encouraged to consult their own accountants for advice as to the appropriate accounting treatment for the Notes.


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WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

This Offering Circular does not purport to restate all of the relevant provisions of the documents referred to or pertinent to the matters discussed herein, all of which must be read for a complete description of the terms relating to an investment in us. All potential Note Holders in the Notes are entitled to review copies of any other agreements relating to any Series of Notes described in this Offering Circular and Offering Circular Supplements, if any.  

 

The Manager will answer inquiries from potential Note Holders in Offerings concerning any of the Series of Notes, the Company, the Manager and other matters relating to the offer and sale of the Series Notes under this Offering Circular.  The Company will afford the potential Note Holders in the Notes the opportunity to obtain any additional information to the extent the Company possesses such information or can acquire such information without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to verify the information in this Offering Circular.

 

Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Offering Circular to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or replaces such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of the Offering Circular, except as so modified or superseded.

 

Requests and inquiries regarding the Offering Circular should be directed to:

 

SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC

157 Columbus Ave, Suite 512,

New York, NY 10023

 

We will provide requested information to the extent that we possess such information or can acquire it without unreasonable effort or expense.


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Sow Good Investments, LLC

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

For the Period April 5, 2023 to May 31, 2023


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Sow Good Investments, LLC

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

 

 

Independent Auditors' Report

F-3

Financial Statements:

 

Balance Sheet

F-5

Statement of Operations and Member's Equity

F-6

Statement of Cash Flows

F-7

Notes to Financial Statements

F-8


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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

 

To the Board of Directors and Management of

Sow Good Investments, LLC

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Sow Good Investments, LLC (“the Company”) which comprise the balance sheet as of May 31, 2023, and the related statements of operations and member’s equity, and cash flows for the period from April 5, 2023 to May 31, 2023, and the related notes to the financial statements.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of May 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the period from April 5, 2023 to May 31, 2023 in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors’ Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the Company and to meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and for 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.  In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are available to be issued.

 


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Auditors’ Responsibility for the Audit of the Financial Statements

 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.

 

The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements, including omissions, are considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.

 

In performing an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, we:

 

·Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. 

 

·Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. 

 

·Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit 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 Company’s internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed. 

 

·Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements. 

 

·Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time. 

 

We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control related matters that we identified during the audit.

 

Raleigh, North Carolina

June 30, 2023

 


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Sow Good Investments, LLC

BALANCE SHEET May 31, 2023

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

Total Assets

$0 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S EQUITY

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

$0 

 

 

Member's Equity

0 

 

 

 

$0 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


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Sow Good Investments, LLC

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS AND MEMBER'S EQUITY

For the period April 5, 2023 to May 31, 2023

 

Revenues

$0 

Costs and expenses

0 

Net Income

0 

Member's Equity - beginning of period

0 

Member's Equity - end of period

$0 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


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Sow Good Investments, LLC

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For the period April 5, 2023, to May 31, 2023

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

$0 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

Beginning of period

0 

End of period

$0 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


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Sow Good Investments, LLC

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 5, 2023 TO MAY 31, 2023

1.Organization and Nature of Business 

 

Sow Good Investments, LLC (the "Company") is a Delaware limited liability company owned by Social Investment Managers & Advisors, LLC (the "Member"). The Company was organized on April 5, 2023. The Company was formed to facilitate investments by investors in opportunities designed to help create a better world while also building potential wealth for themselves. The Company plans to invest funds in exemplary double bottom-line companies in the solar energy, affordable housing, and microfinance sectors, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.

 

The Company’s fiscal year-end is December 31.

 

As of May 31, 2023, the Company had not commenced operations, and the success of the Company is dependent on its ability to attract suitable investors.

 

2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation: 

The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). The Company maintains its accounts using the accrual basis of accounting. Under the accrual basis of accounting, revenues are recognized when earned and expenses are recognized when incurred.

 

Estimates:

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, at the date of the financial statements. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents:

The Company considers cash accounts and securities with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

 

Income Taxes:

The Company does not provide for income taxes, since all income and losses are allocated to the Member for inclusion in its tax return. Accordingly, no provision has been made for federal or state income taxes in the accompanying financial statements.


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2.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued) 

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and Delaware state jurisdiction. The Company was organized during 2023, and thus is not subject to tax examinations by the respective taxing authorities for years prior to 2023.

Uncertain Tax Positions:

The Company evaluates all significant tax positions in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification 740-10, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. The Company recognizes the financial statement effects of an uncertain income tax position when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that the position will be sustained upon examination. The Company accrues for other tax contingencies when it is probable that a liability to a taxing authority has been incurred and the amount of the contingency can be reasonably estimated.

As of May 31, 2023, the Company does not believe that it has taken any positions that would require the recording of any additional tax liability, nor does it believe that there are any unrealized tax benefits that would either increase or decrease within the next year.

New Accounting Pronouncements:

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standard setting bodies that the Company will adopt as of the specified effective date. The Company has not elected to delay complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards. Additionally, the Company does not believe that the adoption of recently issued standards have or may have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements or disclosures.

 

3.Subsequent Events 

 

Management has evaluated subsequent events through June 30, 2023, the date which the financial statements were available to be issued. No significant subsequent events have been noted by management.


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FORM 1-A

Regulation A Offering Statement

Part III- Exhibits

 

SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC

 

157 Columbus Ave, Suite 512,

New York, NY 10023

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit 2.1 – 

Certificate of Formation for SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC **

Exhibit 2.2 – 

LLC Agreement for SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC *

Exhibit 3.1 – 

Form of Series Designation

Exhibit 3.2 – 

Form Note and Investor Agreement*

Exhibit 11.1 -

Consent of Auditor **

Exhibit 12.1 -

Legality Opinion of Kunzler Bean Adamson*

 

* Filed herewith

** Filed previously


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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on October 10, 2023.

 

 

SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC

 

 

 

 

By: Sow Good Manager, LLC its manager

 

 

 

By: Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Syed Asad Mahmood

 

Name:

Syed Asad Mahmood

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Rauenhorst

 

Name:

Michael Rauenhorst

 

Title:

Managing Partner

 

 

 

 

 

This report has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Sow Good Manager, LLC its manager

By: Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

Syed Asad Mahmood

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

October 10, 2023

 

 

Name:

 

Michael Rauenhorst

 

Title:

Managing Partner

 

By:

/s/ Michael Rauenhorst

October 10, 2023

 

 

 

 


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EX1A-2A CHARTER 3 sow_ex2z2.htm LLC AGREEMENT FOR SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

OPERATING AGREEMENT

 

OF

 

SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC

(a Delaware series limited liability company)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY INTERESTS (“INTERESTS”) IN THE VARIOUS SERIES OF SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE. INTERESTS MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS ARE SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.7 OF THIS AGREEMENT.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS

2

 

 

ARTICLE II: FORMATION; BUSINESS; RIGHTS, POWERS AND AUTHORITY; STATUS AND DURATION; PRINCIPAL OFFICE

2

2.1

Formation.

2

2.2

Business.

2

2.3

Rights, Powers and Authority.

2

2.4

Status and Duration.

2

2.5

Principal Office.

3

 

 

ARTICLE III: THE MANAGER

3

3.1

Rights, Powers and Authority of the Manager.

3

3.2

Duties of the Manager.

5

3.3

Liabilities of the Manager Associates.

6

3.4

Capital Contributions of the Manager and Admission of Additional Managers.

6

3.5

Compensation and Reimbursement of Costs and Expenses.

6

3.6

Activities of the Manager Associates; Conflicts of Interest.

7

3.7

Reliance by Third Parties.

7

3.8

Borrowings.

8

 

 

ARTICLE IV: MEMBERS

8

4.1

Members Have Limited Personal Liability.

8

4.2

Authority of Members Is Limited.

8

4.3

Members May Not Partition Assets.

9

4.4

Members May Not Remove or Expel Manager.

9

4.5

Capital Contributions.

9

 

 

ARTICLE V: SERIES AND INTERESTS

10

5.1

General Attributes of Series and Interests.

10

5.2

Creation of Series.

12

5.3

Assets Associated with a Particular Series.

13

5.4

Liabilities Associated with a Particular Series.

13

5.5

Issuance and Sale of Interests.

15

5.6

Ownership of Interests.

15

5.7

Transfers of Interests.

16

 

 

ARTICLE VI: DISTRIBUTIONS TO AND WITHDRAWALS BY MEMBERS

18

6.1

Distributions of Net Income.

18

6.2

Withdrawals by Members from Capital Accounts.

19

6.3

Voluntary Withdrawal of Members and Withdrawal Payments.

19

6.4

Involuntary Withdrawal of Members.

19

6.5

Status After Withdrawal.

20

6.6

Legal Restrictions on Capital Withdrawals.

20

6.7

Withholding from Capital Withdrawals.

20

6.8

Distributions Upon Dissolution.

20

 

 

ARTICLE VII: CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS

21

7.1

Capital Accounts.

21

7.2

Allocation of Profits and Losses for Federal Income Tax Purposes.

21


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ARTICLE VIII: RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING; REPORTS; CONFIDENTIALITY

23

8.1

Books and Records; Inspection Rights.

23

8.2

Fiscal Year; Fiscal Quarters; Accounting Periods; Accounting Methods.

24

8.3

Determination and Calculation of Liabilities and Valuation of Assets.

24

8.4

Reports.

24

8.5

Tax Matters.

25

8.6

Confidentiality.

25

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX: EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF MANAGER ASSOCIATES

27

9.1

Exculpation.

27

9.2

Indemnification.

28

9.3

Limits on Exculpation and Indemnification.

30

 

 

 

ARTICLE X. AMENDMENT; CONSENTS FOR OTHER PURPOSES

30

10.1

Amendments.

30

10.2

Amendment of Certificate.

32

10.3

Consents for Other Purposes.

32

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI. DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP

32

11.1

Events Causing Dissolution.

32

11.2

Winding Up.

33

11.3

Powers of Liquidating Trustee.

34

11.4

Costs and Expenses of Liquidation; Compensation of Liquidating Trustee.

34

11.5

Final Statement.

34

11.6

Distribution of Property and Proceeds of Sale Thereof.

35

11.7

Deficit Capital Accounts.

35

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII: MISCELLANEOUS

36

12.1

Construction and Governing Law.

36

12.2

Counterparts.

38

12.3

Binding Effect.

38

12.4

Third Party Beneficiaries.

38

12.5

Remedies for Breach; Effect of Waiver or Consent.

38

12.6

FundAmerica Acting as Broker-Dealer; Payment of Fees & Costs; Third-Party Beneficiaries.

38

12.7

The Role of Good Steward Servicing.

39

 

 

 

ANNEX A

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SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATING AGREEMENT

 

This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement is dated September 11, 2023 and entered into by and among Social Investment Manager and Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Manager”), as the Manager and initial Member of Sow Good Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”) and as the Manager of each Series, and such other Persons who are admitted as Members of any one or more Series or (ii) become Assignees of any one or more Series, in each case pursuant to this Agreement. 

 

 

ARTICLE I: DEFINITIONS

 

Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings given them in ANNEX A.

 

 

ARTICLE II: FORMATION; BUSINESS; RIGHTS, POWERS AND AUTHORITY; STATUS AND DURATION; PRINCIPAL OFFICE

 

2.1Formation.  

The Manager has executed, or caused to be executed, the Certificate in a form that complies with Section 18-201 of the Act and filed, or caused to be filed, the Certificate in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to form the Company under the Act.

 

2.2Business.  

The business of the Company is to manage and conduct the business of each Series. The business of a Series is to seek to issue debt certificates related to each Series and then extend loans to certain customers or strategies of such Series, as described or referred to in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series.

 

2.3Rights, Powers and Authority.  

The Company and each Series shall possess every right, power, authority and privilege that a limited liability company formed under the Act may lawfully possess, and may exercise or invoke any such right, power, authority or privilege to the maximum extent permitted by law.

 

2.4Status and Duration. 

(a)The Company is a separate legal entity whose existence commenced upon the filing of the Certificate and shall continue until the Certificate is canceled. The Liquidating Trustee shall cause the Certificate to be canceled at the time and in the manner prescribed by Section 18-203 of the Act. 

 

(b)The existence of a Series shall commence upon the effective date specified in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series, as provided in Section 5.2(a), and continue until the completion of the winding up of the business and affairs of such Series in accordance with the provisions 

of Article XI.


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2.5Principal Office.  

The Manager shall cause the Company to maintain its principal office in care of the Manager at its offices at 157 Columbus Ave, #512, New York, NY 10023, or at such other place as the Manager may determine from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion. The principal office of each Series shall be in care of the principal office of the Company. The Manager shall give Notification to the Members of any change in the location of the principal office of the Company no later than five (5) Business Days after the effective date of such change.

 

 

ARTICLE III: THE MANAGER

 

3.1Rights, Powers and Authority of the Manager. 

(a) Subject only to the provisions of this Agreement and the requirements of applicable law: 

 

(i) the Manager shall be the Manager of the Company and shall possess full and exclusive right, power and authority to manage and conduct the business and affairs of the Company and each Series; provided, however, that this Section 3.1(a)(i) shall not be construed to limit the Manager’s right, power and authority to delegate, to the maximum extent permitted by law, any of the Manager’s rights, powers and authority hereunder, with respect to the Company or any one or more Series, to such Person or Persons as the Manager may select from time to time; and 

 

(ii) in managing and conducting the business and affairs of the Company or a Series, the Manager: (A) shall take such actions and do such things as the Manager is expressly required to take or do under this Agreement with respect to the Company or such Series, as the case may be; (B) shall cause the Company or such Series, as the case may be, to take such actions and do such things as the Company or such Series is expressly required to take or do under this Agreement; (C) may take, approve or agree to such actions, do such things, and make such designations, elections, selections and determinations as: (1) the Manager is expressly authorized, but not required, to take, approve, agree to, do or make under this Agreement; or (2) the Manager reasonably determines in good faith to be necessary, appropriate, advisable, incidental or convenient to the discharge of its duties under this Agreement; and (D) may cause the Company or such Series, as the case may be, to take, approve or agree to such actions, do such things, and make such designations, elections, selections and determinations as: (1) the Manager is expressly authorized, but not required, to cause the Company or such Series to take, approve, agree to, do or make under this Agreement; or (2) the Manager reasonably determines in good faith to be necessary, appropriate, advisable, incidental or convenient to effect the formation of the Company or such Series or manage and conduct its business and affairs. 

 

(iii)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement: 

 

(A)the Manager shall have no discretionary authority regarding the selection of the investments made by and on behalf of the Company, a Series or the Members.  The selection of investments made by a Series shall be made by the Members of such Series as part of their subscription as a Member of such Series. 

 

(B)where any provision of this Agreement contemplates that the Manager may take, approve or agree to a particular action, do a particular thing, or make a particular designation, election, selection or determination (or may cause the Company or a Series to take, approve or  


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agree to a particular action, do a particular thing, or make a particular designation, election, selection or determination), in the Manager’s “sole and absolute discretion,” the Manager shall have the sole discretion to determine whether or not the Manager (or the Company or such Series, as the case may be) shall take, approve or agree to such action, do such thing, or make such designation, election, selection or determination and, in exercising such discretion, the Manager shall be required to act in good faith but shall be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it wishes, including only its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Company, any Series or any Member or Assignee of any Series (except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in Sections 3.4(b) and 6.5(a)); and

 

(C)where any other provision of this Agreement contemplates that the Manager may take, approve or agree to a particular action, do a particular thing, or make a particular designation, election, selection or determination (or may cause the Company or a Series to take, approve or agree to a particular action, do a particular thing, or make a particular designation, election, selection or determination), the Manager shall have the sole discretion to determine whether or not the Manager (or the Company or such Series, as the case may be) shall take, approve or agree to such action, do such thing, or make such designation, election, selection or determination but, in exercising such discretion, the Manager shall be required to act in good faith and in such manner as it reasonably determines to be in, or not opposed to, the bests interests of the Company (or such Series, as the case may be), and that otherwise complies with any specific standard applicable to such activity as set forth herein. 

 

(b) Subject to Section 3.1(a), the Manager may, by way of example and not of limitation, cause the Company or any Series to: 

 

(i) execute and acknowledge such certificates, instruments and other documents (and amendments thereto) as the Manager may determine, and file the same with Governmental Entities, for the purpose of effecting and continuing the valid existence of the Company or such Series as a limited liability company or qualifying the Company or such Series as (or to do business as) a limited liability company or a company in which Members and Assignees have limited liability; 

 

(ii) execute, deliver and perform such contracts, agreements, undertakings and instruments (and amendments thereto) as the Manager may determine, with such brokers, dealers, banks, other financial institutions, investment managers, investment advisers, custodians, administrators, attorneys, accountants, auditors, record-keepers, appraisers, consultants, other service providers and counterparties as the Manager may select from time to time, on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Manager may determine (including terms relating to compensation, exculpation, indemnification and termination), and regardless of whether such service providers or counterparties are Manager Associates or Members or Assignees of any Series or have financial, business or other relationships with the Company, any Series, any Manager Associate or any Member or Assignee of any Series, including contracts, agreements, undertakings and instruments under which the Company or such Series retains investment managers to manage such portion of the assets of the Company or such Series as the Manager may commit to their investment discretion from time to time; 

 

(iii)engage in any lawful transaction in any Financial Instrument; 

 

(iv) register any General Assets in the name of the Company or in the name of a nominee; 

 

(v) register any assets associated with a particular Series in the name of such Series or in the name of a nominee; 


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(vi)pay such costs and expenses as the Manager may determine, including those described set forth in Section 5.2 or referred to in the Authorizing Resolution creating a Series as costs or expenses for which such Series is responsible; 

 

(vii) initiate, defend, compromise, settle or submit to arbitration any legal or contractual claim by or against the Company or such Series; 

 

(viii) otherwise engage in any and all lawful transactions and activities; and form one or more subsidiaries and cause any such subsidiary to do anything the Manager is authorized to cause the Company or such Series to do. 

 

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Manager may not (i) have discretion to select assets purchased by a Series or make any other investment decision, (ii) provide any investment advisory services, (iii) provide investment advice (iv) cause the Company or any Series to compensate any Manager Associate except upon terms and conditions comparable to those that would be negotiated on an “arm’s length” basis between unaffiliated parties for the type of service or transaction in question (it being understood and agreed that all payments or allocations to the Manager or any of its Affiliates described or referred to in this Agreement or in any Authorizing Resolution shall conclusively be presumed to meet that standard). 

 

3.2Duties of the Manager. 

(a) Except as provided in Section 3.2(b), neither the Manager nor any other Manager Associate shall be required to devote its full time or any material portion of its time to the business and affairs of the Company or any Series. 

 

(b) The Manager shall devote so much of its time to the business and affairs of the Company, and so much of its time to the business and affairs of each Series, as the Manager shall determine to be necessary to achieve the respective investment objective(s) of the Series; provided, however, that this Section 3.2(b) shall not be construed to limit the Manager’s right to dissolve the Company or any Series pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.1

 

(c) The Manager or its Affiliates shall be responsible for such costs and expenses as are described or referred to in the respective Authorizing Resolutions as costs or expenses for which the Manager and/or any such Affiliates are responsible. 

 

(d) Except to the extent required by Section 3.2(c), the Manager shall not be required to discharge any duty under this Agreement that requires the payment of funds to any Person unless adequate funds of the Company or the relevant Series, as the case may be, are readily available for that purpose. 

 

(e) Except as otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolution creating a particular Series, the Manager may not cause any Series to expend its funds to compensate placement agents, finders or other Persons for marketing Interests in that Series or otherwise introducing prospective investors to that Series. In no event will the assets associated with a particular Series be used to compensate placement agents, finders or other Persons for marketing Interests in any other Series or otherwise introducing prospective investors to any other Series. 


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3.3Liabilities of the Manager Associates.  

Except to the extent otherwise required by law, no Manager Associate shall be personally liable for: (a) the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of any debt, liability, obligation or commitment of the Company or any Series, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise; (b) the repayment, to any Member or Assignee of any Series, of any Capital Contribution of such Member or Assignee to such Series; or (c) any decrease in the value of any Capital Account of any Member or Assignee of any Series.

 

3.4Capital Contributions of the Manager and Admission of Additional Managers. 

(a) On or before the date of the Initial Closing for a Series, the Manager shall make a Capital Contribution to such Series. The Manager or any other Manager Associate may (but in no event shall be required to) make one or more Capital Contributions to any Series at such time(s) and in such amount(s) as it may determine in its sole and absolute discretion. 

 

(b) The Manager is a Manager of the Company and of each Series. Subject to Section 3.4(d), the Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, may cause the Company or any one or more Series to admit one or more Persons (including one or more Affiliates of the Manager) as a Manager or Managers of the Company or such Series (each such Person, an “Additional Manager”), either in lieu of or in addition to the Manager. No Person may be admitted to the Company or any Series as a Manager without the consent of the Manager. 

 

(c) In connection with causing the Company or a Series to admit an Additional Manager pursuant to Section 3.4(b), the Manager may amend this Agreement to provide that such newly admitted Additional Manager shall possess and may exercise any one or more of the rights, powers and authority possessed by the Manager hereunder with respect to the Company or such 

Series, as the case may be.

 

(d) If the admission of one or more Additional Managers to the Company or a Series pursuant to Section 3.4(b) would constitute an “assignment” of this Agreement by the Manager within the meaning of Section 202(a)(1) of the Advisers Act, the Manager may not effect such admission without: (a) giving Notification to the Members of each Series (in the case of an admission of an Additional Manager to the Company), or to the Members of each affected Series (in the case of an admission of an Additional Manager to such Series), no later than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the effective date of such admission, setting forth, in reasonable detail, all material facts relating to such admission; and (b) obtaining the Consent of each Series to such admission (in the case of an admission of an Additional Manager to the Company), or the Consent of each affected Series to such admission (in the case of an admission of an Additional Manager to such Series), prior to the effective date thereof. 

 

3.5Reimbursement of Costs and Expenses. 

(a) Subject to Section 3.1(c), to the extent any Manager Associate incurs any costs or expenses of any of the types described or referred to in Section 3.1(b)(vi), the Company or the relevant Series, as the case may be, shall reimburse such Manager Associate for such cost or expense (unless the Manager determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such Manager Associate shall bear such cost or expense without reimbursement). 

 

(b)Each Series shall amortize its organizational and initial offering costs and expenses (for the purpose of determining the Net Assets of such Series) in the manner provided in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series. 


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3.6Activities of the Manager Associates; Conflicts of Interest.  

In connection with the investment activities of the Company, the Manager shall employ the services of one or more service providers (“Service Providers”) to assist in the acquisition, servicing and disposition of Company Assets, which may, or may not be an Affiliate of the Manager. Each Member and Assignee of each Series shall be deemed to have: (a) given full and informed consent to each action and practice involving an actual or potential conflict between the interests of (i) the Manager and the Service Providers, on the one hand, and any one or more of the Company, the Series, the Members and the Assignees, on the other hand, and (ii) such Series, on the one hand, and any one or more of the Company and the other Series, on the other hand; and (b) agreed not to object to any such action or practice, and not to bring or participate in bringing any Proceeding against any Manager Associate, the Company or any Series, on the grounds that such action or practice involves or involved a breach of the fiduciary duty of loyalty on the part of the Manager or any other Manager Associate, if: (i) such action or practice is described in this Agreement; (ii) such action or practice was described in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series; (iii) such action or practice was described in the Memorandum (if any) relating to such Series in effect at the time such Member was admitted as a Member of such Series or at the time such Assignee became an Assignee of such Series, as the case may be; or (iv) the Manager has given Notification to the Members of such Series, at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to taking such action or implementing such practice, setting forth, in reasonable detail, all material facts relating to such action or practice, and has obtained the Consent of such Series to such action or practice prior to taking such action or implementing such practice.

 

3.7Reliance by Third Parties. 

(a) Notwithstanding any limitation on any right, power or authority of the Manager described herein, any Person dealing with the Company or any Series shall be entitled to assume that the Manager has full right, power and authority to cause the Company or such Series to exercise or invoke any right, power, authority or privilege that a limited liability company formed under the Act may lawfully exercise or invoke, and no Person dealing with the Manager or any other Manager Associate shall be obligated to ascertain that the provisions of this Agreement have been complied with or to inquire into the necessity or expedience of any action of the Manager or any other Manager Associate. 

 

(b) Each and every certificate, instrument or other document executed on behalf of the Company or any Series by the Manager shall be conclusive evidence in favor of each and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that: (i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, instrument or document, this Agreement was in full force and effect; (ii) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, instrument or document was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Company or such Series, as the case may be; and (iii) such certificate, instrument or other document was duly executed and delivered in accordance with this Agreement and is binding upon the Company or such Series, as the case may be. 

 

3.8Borrowings. 

The Manager may, on behalf of the Company, secure loans, lines of credit or enter into one or more agreements for debt financing for one or more Series, which debt financings shall be secured by the Assets associated with such Series. 


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ARTICLE IV: MEMBERS

 

4.1Members Have Limited Personal Liability. 

 

(a) Except as otherwise required by law or as contemplated by Section 4.1(c), no Member or Assignee of a Series, in its capacity as such, shall be personally liable to any Person for the debts, liabilities, obligations or commitments of such Series, any other Series or the Company, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise; provided, however, that this Section 4.1(a) shall not be construed to limit the obligations of Members and Assignees under Sections 5.1(d) and 5.5(d)

 

(b) Except as otherwise required by law, no Member or Assignee of a Series, in its capacity as such, shall be responsible for: (i) the losses of such Series, except to the extent of such Member’s or Assignee’s Capital Account in such Series; (ii) the repayment, to any other Member or Assignee of such Series, of any Capital Contribution of such other Member or Assignee to such Series; (iii) any decrease in the value of any Capital Account of any other Member or Assignee of such Series; (iv) the losses of any other Series; (e) the repayment, to any Member or Assignee of any other Series, of any Capital Contribution of such Member or Assignee to such other Series; or (v) any decrease in the value of any Capital Account in any other Series; provided, however, that this Section 4.1(b) shall not be construed to limit the obligations of Members and Assignees under Sections 5.1(d) and 5.5(d). 

 

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.1(a), if a Series incurs a withholding tax or other tax obligation with respect to the share of such Series’ income allocable to any Capital Account in such Series, and if the amount of any such obligation exceeds the balance of such Capital Account, then the Member or Assignee of such Series that holds such Capital Account must, upon demand by the Manager, pay to such Series, as a Capital Contribution, an amount equal to such excess. 

 

(d) None of the Company, any Series or any Manager Associate is obligated to apply for or obtain a reduction of or exemption from any applicable withholding tax on behalf of any Member or Assignee of any Series. 

 

4.2Authority of Members Is Limited. 

(a) No Member or Assignee of a Series, in its capacity as such, shall: (i) take part in the management or conduct of the business or affairs of such Series, any other Series or the Company, or act, or transact any business, in the name of or otherwise for or on behalf of such Series, any other Series or the Company; (ii) have the right, power or authority to execute documents for, incur any indebtedness or expenditures on behalf of or otherwise bind such Series, any other Series or the Company in connection with any matter; or (iii) have the right, power or authority to authorize, approve, agree or consent to, or vote on, any matter affecting such Series, any other Series or the Company, except to the extent any such right, power or authority is expressly granted to such Member or Assignee by this Agreement or by provisions of the Act that may not lawfully be modified or nullified by agreement among the members of a limited liability company formed under the Act. Wherever this Agreement provides that the Manager may take, approve or agree to a particular action, do a particular thing, or make a particular designation, election, or determination (or cause the Company or a Series to take, approve or agree to a particular action, do a particular thing or make a particular designation, election, selection or determination), and such case does not expressly require Member or Assignee authorization, approval, agreement or consent or the vote of Members or Assignees, the Manager shall possess full right, power and authority to take, approve or agree to such action, to do such thing, or to make such designation, election, or determination (or to cause the Company or such Series to take, approve or agree to such action, do such thing or make such designation, election, selection or determination), without obtaining any prior or subsequent authorization, approval,  


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agreement, consent or vote of any Member or Assignee; provided, however, the Manager shall have no authority or discretion to select Company Assets on behalf of a Series that is contrary to the selection made by the Members in such Series in connection with their subscriptions.

 

(b) To the extent permitted by law, the Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, may cause the Company or any Series to enter into an agreement with any Member or Assignee whereby such Member or Assignee agrees to waive any or all of such Member’s rights, powers and authority to authorize, approve, agree or consent to, or vote on, any matter or matters affecting the Company or such Series. 

 

4.3Members May Not Partition Assets.  

No Member or Members, or Assignee or Assignees, individually or collectively, shall have any right, title or interest in or to specific General Assets or specific assets associated with any Series. Each Member and Assignee irrevocably waives any right that it may have to maintain an action for partition with respect to its Interest, any General Assets or any assets associated with any Series.

 

4.4Members May Not Remove or Expel Manager.  

No Member or Members, or Assignee or Assignees, individually or collectively, shall have any right, power or authority to remove or expel the Manager as a Manager of the Company or as a Manager or Member of any Series, to cause the Manager to withdraw as a Manager of the Company or as a Manager or Member of any Series, or to appoint a successor Manager of the Company or any Series in the event of Bankruptcy of the Manager or otherwise, unless such right, power or authority is conferred on it or them by law.

 

4.5Capital Contributions. 

(a)The Manager as the initial Member shall make contributions of capital to the Company in accordance with this Agreement and the terms and conditions of the respective Subscription Agreement. In connection with the making of a capital contribution, the Manager and any additional Member shall have executed and delivered such instruments and shall have taken such actions as the Manager shall deem necessary or desirable to effect such admission, including, without limitation, the execution of a Subscription Agreement and a counterpart of this Agreement.  

(i)The Manager and any other Member shall each contribute its Capital Contributions to the Company, in cash or by wire transfer of immediately available funds, and in the case of a wire transfer, to the bank account of the Company as shall be designated by the Member at the closing of the purchase of such Member’s Interests. 

(b)Admissions of Additional Members. 

(i)The Manager may, in its sole discretion, schedule one or more Subsequent Closings for such Person or Persons seeking admission to the Company as an additional Member of the Company and an owner of a Series or a Member wishing to purchase additional interests in another Series, subject to the determination by the Manager in the exercise of its good faith judgment that, in the case of each such admission or increase, the following conditions have been satisfied: 


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(A)The Member shall have executed and delivered such instruments and shall have taken such actions as the Manager shall deem necessary or desirable to effect such admission or increase, including, without limitation, the execution of a Subscription Agreement and a counterpart of this Agreement. 

 

ARTICLE V: SERIES AND INTERESTS

 

5.1General Attributes of Series and Interests. 

(a) The limited liability company interests in the Company shall consist exclusively of Interests in the Series. Interests shall be deemed to be personal property giving only the rights, powers, authority, privileges and preferences provided in this Agreement, notwithstanding the nature of the property held by the Company or any Series. 

 

(b) After the date of this Agreement, no Person who is admitted to the Company as a Member shall be admitted other than as a Member of one or more Series. Interests in and Members and Assignees of a Series shall have: (i) the relative rights, powers, authority, privileges, preferences, duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations described or referred to in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series and (ii) except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in such Authorizing Resolution, the relative rights, powers, authority, privileges, preferences, duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations applicable to such Interests and such Members and Assignees as are otherwise set forth in this Agreement. 

 

(c) No Member or Assignee of a Series, in its capacity as such, shall have any interest in any other Series. 

 

(d) Each Interest in a Series, when issued and fully paid for in accordance with the provisions of the related Subscription Agreement, shall be fully paid and nonassessable, and, subject to Section 4.1(c), neither the Company or any Series, nor any officer, employee or agent of the Company or any Series, shall have the right, power or authority to call upon a Member or Assignee to pay any sum of money whatsoever in respect of such Member’s or Assignee’s Interest, whether in the form of a Capital Contribution, a loan or otherwise, other than that which such Member or Assignee has agreed to pay by way of such Subscription Agreement or has otherwise expressly agreed to pay. However, each Person shall be liable to return to the relevant Series amounts previously distributed to it by such Series as follows: 

 

(i) A Person who receives any amount distributed by a Series in violation of Section 18-607(a) of the Act shall be liable to such Series for the return of such amount, together with interest thereon from the date of such distribution at a floating rate determined by the Manager, notwithstanding that such Person had no knowledge of such violation at the time of its receipt of such amount. Subject to the provisions of Section 18-502(b) of the Act, the Manager may compromise or waive any such liability on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Manager may determine. This Section 5.1(d)(i) shall not apply to distributions made pursuant to Article XI

 

(ii) A Person who receives any amount distributed by a Series in violation of Section 18-804(a) of the Act shall be liable to such Series for the return of such amount, together with interest thereon from the date of such distribution at a floating rate determined by the Liquidating Trustee, notwithstanding that such Person had no knowledge of such violation at the time of its receipt of such amount. Subject to the provisions of Section 18-502(b) of the Act, the Liquidating Trustee may compromise or waive any such liability on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Liquidating Trustee may determine. 


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(iii) A Person who receives any amount distributed by a Series in excess of the amount to which such Person was entitled under this Agreement because the value of the Net Assets of such Series attributable to such Person’s Capital Account in such Series was overestimated or miscalculated for any reason (irrespective of whether the event or circumstance giving rise to such overestimation or miscalculation was known or unknown to the Manager or such Person at the time of such distribution), shall be liable to such Series for the return of such amount, together with interest thereon from the date of such distribution at a floating rate determined by the Manager. 

 

(iv) Without limiting the scope of Section 5.1(d)(iii), the Manager may determine to treat any expenditure of a Series that is incurred, or any liability of a Series that becomes known or fixed, after the Accounting Period of such Series in which the event or circumstance (whether known or unknown) giving rise to such expenditure or liability occurred (the “Prior Accounting Period”) as either (i) arising in the Accounting Period of such Series in which such expenditure is incurred or such liability becomes known or fixed or (ii) arising in such Prior Accounting Period of such Series, in which later case the Persons who were Members or Assignees of such Series as of the beginning of such Prior Accounting Period shall be liable for such expenditure or liability on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Opening Balances of their Capital Accounts in such Series as of the beginning of such Prior Accounting Period (regardless of whether such Persons are Members or Assignees of such Series during the Accounting Period of such Series in which such expenditure is incurred or such liability becomes known or fixed), together with interest thereon from the date such expenditure is incurred or such liability becomes known or fixed, at a floating rate determined by the Manager. 

 

(v) Subsequent to the completion of the winding up of the business and affairs of a Series, each Member, Assignee and former Member or Assignee of such Series shall remain liable to such Series (for the time period set forth in Section 9.2(h) in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Person’s aggregate Capital Withdrawals from such Series, to the extent necessary to enable such Series to satisfy its Indemnification Obligations. 

 

(e) The Manager shall, to the extent necessary to settle the liabilities of a Person to a Series under Section 5.1(d), either adjust the Capital Account(s) of the appropriate Person(s) in such Series downward, or cause such Series to request payments from the appropriate Person(s), to reflect amounts due to such Series from such Person(s) (and in either event make corresponding upward pro rata adjustments to the other Capital Accounts in such Series); provided, however, that the Manager shall not be required to make any such downward adjustment or request for payment (or corresponding upward adjustment) unless failure to do so would have a material adverse effect on such Series. It shall be conclusively presumed that any failure to make any such downward adjustment or request for payment in respect of a particular Member or Assignee of a Series shall not have a material adverse effect on such Series if the amount in question in respect of such Member or Assignee is less than one percent (1%) of the amount of Net Assets of such Series at the time contemplated for such adjustment or request. If the Manager requests such a payment from a Person and such Person does not comply with such request, the Manager shall determine whether to cause the relevant Series (or the Company, on behalf of such Series) to institute a Proceeding against such Person to recover the amount requested. 

 

(f) If a Person receives a distribution from a Series in an amount less than the amount to which such Person was entitled under this Agreement because the value of the Net Assets of such Series attributable to such Person’s Capital Account in such Series was underestimated or miscalculated for any reason (irrespective of whether the event or circumstance giving rise to such underestimation or miscalculation was known or unknown to the Manager or such Person at the time of such distribution), the Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, may: (i) cause such Series to pay the amount of such difference to such Person, together with interest thereon from the date of such distribution at a floating rate determined by the Manager; or (ii) adjust the Capital Account of such Person in such Series upward to reflect: (A) the  


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amount due such Person from such Series plus (B) interest thereon from the date of such distribution at a floating rate determined by the Manager (and, in either case, make corresponding downward pro rata adjustments to the other Capital Accounts in such Series).

 

5.2Creation of Series. 

(a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Manager may, at any time and from time to time, by a writing adopted by the Manager (an “Authorizing Resolution”), create a Series and authorize the issuance of Interests in such Series. An Authorizing Resolution creating a Series shall: (i) specify a name or names under which the business and affairs of such Series may be conducted; (ii) set forth, either expressly or by reference to another document or documents, the investment objective(s), investment strategy or strategies, and restrictions and limitations in respect of the investments (if any), of such Series; (iii) fix and determine the relative rights, powers, authority, privileges, preferences, duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations in respect of Interests in such Series and the Members and Assignees thereof; (iv) establish the Accounting Periods, Fiscal Quarters and Fiscal Year of such Series; (v) establish the rights, if any, of Members and Assignees of such Series to withdraw capital from such Series; (vi) establish the types of reports, if any, the Members and Assignees of such Series are entitled to receive from such Series, and the time or times at which such Members and Assignees are entitled to receive such reports; (vii) establish the amount and timing of any special allocation of profits chargeable against (or otherwise directly or indirectly borne by) the Capital Accounts in such Series and allocable to the Manager or an Affiliate of the Manager; (ix) designate the Assets to be purchased by the Series; and (x) be effective as of the date specified therein (it being understood and agreed that, upon such effective date, the Series described in such Authorizing Resolution shall be deemed to have been created and the Interests in such Series shall be deemed to have been authorized in accordance with the provisions thereof). 

 

(b) An Authorizing Resolution shall be considered an amendment to this Agreement solely with respect to the Series created thereby, and may delete, replace or otherwise modify any provision of this Agreement solely with respect to the Series created thereby without thereby being considered an amendment to this Agreement generally, provided that, in the Manager’s judgment, no such amendment has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any other Series or the Members and Assignees thereof generally. 

 

5.3Assets Associated with a Particular Series. 

(a)The purpose of each Series shall be to issue one or more Loans to customers of the Company.  The sole asset of each Series shall be the Loans.  All payments, income, earnings, profits and proceeds from the Loans, less any liabilities and obligations, shall, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, be held for the benefit of the Members and Assignees of such Series, and not for the benefit of the Members or Assignees of any other Series, for all purposes, and shall be accounted for and recorded upon the books and records of the Company separately from General Assets and any assets associated with any other Series. Such consideration, and such assets, income, earnings, profits, proceeds, funds and payments, are herein referred to as “assets associated with” that Series. 

 

(b) In the event there are any assets, income, earnings, profits and/or proceeds thereof, and/or any funds or payments derived from the reinvestment of such proceeds, that, in the Manager’s judgment, are not readily associated with a particular Series (collectively, “General Assets”), the Manager may allocate such General Assets to, between or among any one or more of the Series, in such manner and on such basis as the Manager deems fair and equitable, and any General Asset (or portion thereof) so allocated to a particular Series shall thereupon cease to be a General Asset and shall be deemed to be an asset associated with that Series. 


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(c) Each allocation by the Manager pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.3(b) shall be conclusive and binding upon the Members and Assignees of each Series. 

 

5.4Certificates: Liabilities Associated with a Particular Series. 

(a) The purpose of each Series shall be to issue loans to one or borrowers.  To fund such Loans, each Series will issue debt Certificates to Investors representing a contingent liability of the Series to such Investor.  The Certificates and any other debts, liabilities, expenses, costs, charges, obligations and Reserves incurred by, contracted for other otherwise existing with respect to a particular Series shall be charged against the assets associated with that Series, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) payments of principal and interest due under the Certificates; (ii)  and costs and expenses incurred in connection with the ongoing offer and sale of Interests; (iii) costs and expenses incurred by the Manager in connection with investigating investment opportunities for the Company and reviewing the continuing suitability of the Company’s investments in light of the Company’s investment objectives; (iv) costs and expenses incurred in connection with the investment and reinvestment of the Company’s assets, including commissions, mark-ups, mark-downs and spreads, and related clearing and settlement charges; (v) custodial, administrative, legal, accounting, auditing, record-keeping, appraisal, tax form preparation, compliance and consulting costs and expenses (including costs and expenses associated with obtaining systems and other information designed to facilitate Company accounting or record-keeping, including related hardware and software); (vi) fees, costs and expenses of third-party service providers that provide such services (including fees, costs and expenses of attorneys retained by the Manager or the Investment Manager to represent the Manager or Investment Manager, as applicable, in connection with the business and affairs of the Company, to the extent such fees, costs and expenses relate to advice provided to the Manager or Investment Manager by such attorneys with respect to such business and affairs); (vii) acquisitions fees, servicing fees, administrative fees, disposition fees and other fees related to the Company assets; (viii) insurance costs and expenses; (ix) bank service fees; (x) costs and expenses associated with preparing investor communications; (xi) printing and mailing costs and expenses; (xii) fees and taxes imposed by any governmental entity or self-regulatory organization, including licensing, filing, registration and exemption fees and withholding, transfer and franchise taxes; (xiii) the Company’s indemnification obligations under this Agreement and other agreements to which the Company may be a party; and (xiv) extraordinary costs and expenses, if any. Such debts, liabilities, expenses, costs, charges, obligations and Reserves are herein referred to as “liabilities associated with” that Series. 

 

(b) In the event that there are any debts, liabilities, expenses, costs, charges, obligations incurred, contracted for other otherwise existing in relation to the Company that, in the Manager’s judgment, are not readily associated with a particular Series (collectively, “General Liabilities”), the Manager may allocate and charge (and, in the case of Indemnification Obligations that constitute General Liabilities, shall allocate and charge) such General Liabilities to, between or among any one or more of the Series, in such manner and on such basis as the Manager deems fair and equitable, and any General Liability (or portion thereof) so allocated and charged to a particular Series shall thereupon cease to be a General Liability and shall be deemed to be a liability associated with that Series. 

 

(c) Each allocation by the Manager pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.4(b) shall be conclusive and binding upon the Members and Assignees of each Series. 

 

(d) All liabilities associated with a particular Series shall be enforceable against the assets associated with that Series only, and not against the assets associated with any other Series (or against any General Assets), and no General Liabilities shall be enforceable against the assets associated with any Series. The Manager will cause notice of this limitation on inter-series liabilities to be set forth in the Certificate, and, accordingly, the statutory provisions of Section 18-215(b) of the Act relating to limitations  


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on inter-series liabilities (and the statutory effect under Section 18-215(b) of the Act of setting forth such notice in the Certificate) shall apply to the Company and each Series.

 

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no distribution on or in respect of Interests in a particular Series, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any distribution made to a Member or Assignee of such Series in connection with any withdrawal from such Member’s or Assignee’s Capital Account in such Series permitted or required under the provisions of this Agreement and any distribution made in connection with the winding up of the business and affairs of such Series, shall be effected other than from the assets associated with that Series, nor shall any Member, Assignee or former Member or Assignee of a particular Series, in its capacity as such, otherwise have any right or claim against the assets associated with any other Series. 

 

5.5Issuance of Interests. 

(a) After the date of this Agreement, the Company shall not admit any Person as a Member of a Series unless such admission is effected in accordance with Section 5.5(b) or Section 5.7(b)(ii)(A)

 

(b)The Manager is authorized to cause a Series (or the Company on behalf of a Series) to issue Interests in such Series to the Manager or such other Persons as it chooses in its sole discretion, and to admit the Manager and such Persons as Members of such Series in connection therewith, in such manner and at such time or times as the Manager may determine, except that the Manager may not cause a Series or the Company to offer, sell or issue Interests in any Series in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement, the relevant Authorizing Resolution or the Memorandum (if any) relating to such Series in effect at the relevant time, or to any Person who has failed to execute a Subscription Agreement or other document under which such Person has agreed to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement as a Member of such Series. 

 

(c) The Manager may accept or reject any Subscription Agreement, or accept or reject all or any portion of a Person’s proposed Capital Contribution to a Series under such Person’s Subscription Agreement, in its sole and absolute discretion. 

 

(d) Each Person whose Subscription Agreement has been accepted by the Manager shall, to the extent the Manager has agreed to accept a Capital Contribution or Capital Contributions under such Subscription Agreement, make such Capital Contribution or Capital Contributions to the relevant Series in cash in immediately available funds (unless the Manager agrees in its sole and absolute discretion to accept such Capital Contribution or Capital Contributions in the form of property other than cash) at the time(s) and place(s) set forth in such Subscription Agreement or in a Notification given to such Person pursuant to such Subscription Agreement; provided, however, that subject to the provisions of Section 18-502(b) of the Act, the Manager may compromise or waive any obligation a Person may have to a Series under such Person’s Subscription Agreement (including an obligation to make a Capital Contribution to such Series) or otherwise, on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Manager may determine. 

 

(e) If the Manager accepts a Person’s Subscription Agreement, it shall (subject to the provisions of Section 5.6) cause the books and records of the Company to reflect the admission of such Person as a Member of the relevant Series in accordance with the terms of such Person’s Subscription Agreement. 


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(f) A Person who has been admitted as a Member of a Series and who wishes to make a Capital Contribution to such Series not required to be made under such Person’s Subscription Agreement may do so only upon the approval of the Manager. The Manager may withhold such approval in its sole and absolute discretion. 

 

5.6Ownership of Interests.  

The Manager shall cause the ownership of Interests in each Series to be recorded on separate and distinct books and records of the Company. No Series shall issue certificates certifying the ownership of Interests therein except as the Manager may otherwise determine from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

5.7Transfers of Interests. 

(a) Restrictions on Transfer. No Member or Assignee of a Series may Transfer an Interest (or any interest therein) in such Series unless:  

 

(i) the Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, has approved such Transfer;

 

(ii) in the case of a Member or Assignee that is a natural person, such Member or Assignee dies or a court of competent jurisdiction adjudges him to be incompetent to manage his person or his property, in which case such Interest shall be Transferred automatically to the Personal Representative of such Member or Assignee; or

 

(iii) such Transfer arises by operation of the provisions of Section 18-703(a) of the Act.

 

(b)Duties and Liabilities of Transferors and Transferees

 

(i)Duties and Liabilities of Transferors. 

 

(A) If a Person Transfers an Interest (or an interest therein) in a Series, such Person or its transferee shall, upon the Manager’s request, reimburse such Series for any legal, accounting and other costs and expenses such Series incurs in connection with such Transfer, including costs and expenses associated with reviewing such Transfer for compliance with this Section 5.7 and applicable law. 

 

(B) In the case of a proposed Transfer of an Interest of the type described in Section 5.7(a)(i), the transferee or the transferor of such Interest (or interest therein) shall, upon the request of the Manager and at such Person’s sole cost and expense, either cause the relevant Series to be provided with, or authorize such Series to obtain, a legal opinion, in form and substance acceptable to the Manager and rendered by legal counsel acceptable to the Manager, to the effect that such proposed Transfer is exempt from or not subject to the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities laws. 

 

(C)In the case of any Transfer of an Interest (or any interest therein), the transferor or transferee of such Interest (or interest therein) shall, upon the request of the Manager and at such Person’s sole cost and expense, either cause the relevant Series to be provided with, or authorize such Series to obtain, a legal opinion, in form and substance acceptable to the Manager and rendered by legal counsel acceptable to the Manager, to the effect that the Transfer will not result in: (1) the termination  


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of such Series as a partnership for federal income tax purposes or (2) such Series being treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

(D) Unless the Manager expressly agrees otherwise in its sole and absolute discretion, no Transfer of an Interest (or any interest therein) shall relieve the transferor of its duties, liabilities and obligations under this Agreement. 

 

(ii)Rights, Duties and Liabilities of Transferees. 

 

(A) No Person to whom a Transfer of an Interest (or an interest therein) in a Series has been made (an “Assignee” of such Series), including a Personal Representative to whom a Transfer of an Interest is made pursuant to Section 5.7(a)(ii), shall be entitled to be admitted to such Series as a Member or to exercise any of the rights, powers or authority of a Member, unless the Manager approves thereof. The Manager may withhold such approval in its sole and absolute discretion. 

 

(B) Prior to the admission of an Assignee of a Series as a Member of such Series pursuant to Section 5.7(b)(ii)(A): (1) such Assignee shall be entitled only to share in such increases and decreases of such Series’ Net Assets, to receive such distributions from such Series and to receive such allocations of the Tax Items of such Series, as the transferor would have been entitled to share and receive in respect of the Interest or interest therein Transferred by such transferor to such Assignee (provided that such Assignee shall have provided such Series such Assignee’s taxpayer identification number and such other information as may be reasonably requested by the Manager to enable such Series to comply with the Code and other applicable law and with the provisions of Section 8.5(a)); (2) such Assignee shall have no other rights, powers or authority in or with respect to such Series, except such rights, powers and authority as are expressly conferred on an Assignee by this Agreement; and (3) the transferor of such Interest or interest therein shall retain all rights, powers and authority pertaining thereto to the extent such rights, powers and authority do not vest in such Assignee pursuant to clause (1) of this Section 5.7(b)(ii)(B)

 

(C) An Assignee admitted as a Member of a Series pursuant to Section 5.7(b)(ii)(A) shall, to the extent of the Interest transferred to such Assignee, succeed to all of the rights, powers and authority of the transferor Member under this Agreement in the place and stead of such transferor Member, except to the extent the Manager (in its sole and absolute discretion) and such Assignee expressly agree otherwise. 

 

(D) Unless the Manager expressly agrees otherwise in its sole and absolute discretion, notwithstanding any provision of Section 18-704(b) of the Act, any Assignee to whom an Interest (or an interest therein) in a Series is Transferred, whether or not such Assignee is admitted as a Member of such Series, shall, to the extent of such Interest (or interest therein), succeed to the duties, obligations and liabilities of the transferor under this Agreement. 

 

(c)Effective Dates of Transfers

 

(i) Transfers of Interests (or interests therein) in a Series pursuant to this Section 5.7 may be made on any day, but for purposes of this Agreement, a Transfer shall be deemed to occur at the beginning of the Accounting Period of such Series during which such Transfer occurs, if such Transfer occurs on or prior to the fifteenth (15th) day of such Accounting Period, or at the beginning of the Accounting Period of such Series immediately following the Accounting Period of such Series during which such Transfer occurs, if such Transfer occurs after the fifteenth (15th) day of an Accounting Period of such Series, or at such other time determined by the Manager pursuant to such convention as may be administratively feasible and consistent with applicable law. 


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(ii) All distributions pursuant to this Agreement attributable to a Transferred Interest (or interest therein): (A) with respect to which the distribution record date determined by the Manager is before the date such Transfer is deemed to occur, shall be made to the transferor, and (B) with respect to which the distribution record date determined by the Manager is on or after the date such Transfer (other than a pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or mortgage) is deemed to occur, shall be made to the transferee. 

 

(iii) If any Interest (or an interest therein) is deemed to be Transferred on any day other than the first day of a calendar year, then each Tax Item attributable thereto for such year shall be allocated to the transferor and the transferee by taking into account their varying interests during such year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code, using any method permitted thereunder selected by the Manager. 

 

(d) Effect of Non-Complying Transfers. Any Transfer of any Interest (or interest therein) in breach of this Section 5.7, and any Transfer that has (or, in the Manager’s judgment, is likely to result in) an Adverse Regulatory Effect, shall be wholly null and void and shall not effectuate the Transfer contemplated thereby. The Company and the relevant Series shall have the right to obtain injunctive relief (in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to either or both of them) in the event of: (i) any breach or threatened breach of this Section 5.7; or (ii) any Transfer that has (or, in the Manager’s judgment, is likely to result in) an Adverse Regulatory Effect. Any Person who Transfers an Interest (or an interest therein) in breach of this Section 5.7 shall reimburse the relevant Series for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by such Series in enforcing this Section 5.7 with respect to such Transfer. 

 

 

ARTICLE VI: DISTRIBUTIONS TO AND WITHDRAWALS BY MEMBERS

 

6.1Distributions of Net Income. 

(a) At such times as set forth in Section 6.1(b) below, the Company shall distribute Net Income received with respect to the Loans of such Series to the relevant Members of each such Series, pro rata in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests, subject to any Reserves, Reinvestment Rights or Company expenses as reasonably determined by the Manager.  

 

(b) Based upon the Asset held by a Series and in the discretion of the Manager ,the Manager may cause the Company to make distributions of Net Income from loan payments or otherwise as set forth in Section 6.1 (“Regular Income Distributions”).   The Manager may retain any Net Income from the Company’s assets, if the Manager determines in its discretion that such proceeds or income is needed to manage the Company’s liquidity positions or for risk management purposes, whether or not any formal reserve is established in connection therewith. 

(c) No Member has any right to demand and receive any distribution in a form other than cash. All distributions of cash or property (distributions in kind) shall be made at such time and in such manner as is determined by the Manager. All amounts withheld pursuant to the Code or any provisions of state or local tax law with respect to any payment or distribution to the Members from the Company shall be treated as amounts distributed to the relevant Member pursuant to this Section 6.1

 

6.2Withdrawals by Members from Capital Accounts.  

No Member or Assignee of a Series shall be entitled to withdraw capital from its Capital Account except with the consent of the Manager, which consent may be withheld for any reason or no reason.


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6.3Voluntary Withdrawal of Members and Withdrawal Payments.  

Prior to the winding up of the business and affairs of a Series, no Member or Assignee of such Series shall have the right to resign or withdraw except with the approval of the Manager and shall not receive a distribution of the principal portion of its Capital Contribution in redemption of such Member’s Interest (“Capital Withdrawal”) except as set forth below:

 

(a)Any approved Capital Withdrawal shall be based upon a Member’s Capital Account Balance at the time such Capital Withdrawal is made; 

(b)the Manager reserves the right to deny, suspend or modify any Capital Withdrawals or any redemption request if the Manager, in its sole discretion, believes that the Company does not have sufficient liquidity to honor such request or if the Manager believes such distribution to be contrary to the best interest of the Company; 

6.4Involuntary Withdrawal of Members. 

(a) At any time following the date of the Final Closing for a particular Series, the Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, may require any Member or Assignee of a Series to: (i) withdraw any portion of its Capital Account in such Series as of any month-end by giving not less than three (3) calendar days prior Notification to such Member or Assignee; or (ii) withdraw as a Member or Assignee of such Series as of any month-end by giving not less than three (3) calendar days prior Notification to such Member or Assignee.  Upon such Withdrawal, the Company shall pay the Member an amount equal to its Capital Contribution and any accrued but unpaid Preferred Return which is owed to such Member. 

 

(b) The Manager may at any time require any Member or Assignee of a Series to withdraw all or any portion of its Capital Account in such Series, or withdraw as a Member or Assignee of such Series, in either case without notice to such Member or Assignee, if: (i) the Manager determines that such Member or Assignee made a material misrepresentation to the Company or such Series in connection with acquiring its Interest in such Series; (ii) a Proceeding is commenced or threatened against the Company, such Series, any other Series or any other Member or Assignee of that or any other Series, arising out of, or relating to, such Member’s or Assignee’s investment in such Series; (iii) such Member or Assignee Transferred such Interest (or any interest therein) in violation of Section 5.7 or in a manner that has resulted in (or, in the Manager’s judgment, is likely to result in) an Adverse Regulatory Effect; or (iv) such Member’s or Assignee’s ownership of such Interest (or any interest therein) has resulted in (or, in the Manager’s judgment, is likely to result in) an Adverse Regulatory Effect. 

 

(c) Any Member or Assignee of a Series who is required to withdraw an amount from its Capital Account in such Series or to withdraw as a Member or Assignee of such Series pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall withdraw from its Capital Account the amount such Member or Assignee is required to withdraw, as specified by the Manager. 

 

6.5Status After Withdrawal. 

(a) A Person who is permitted or required to resign or withdraw as a Member or Assignee of a Series pursuant to this Agreement shall have no rights against such Series; provided, however, that this Section 6.5(a) shall not be construed to limit a former Member’s or Assignee’s right (subject to the limitations contained in Articles IX and XII) to bring any Proceeding against the Company, such Series, any Manager Associate or any Liquidating Trustee Associate. 


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(b) A Person who is permitted or required to resign or withdraw as a Member or Assignee of a Series pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall continue as a Member or Assignee of such Series, as the case may be, until the effective date of such resignation or withdrawal, but not thereafter, notwithstanding that withdrawal proceeds are not paid to such Person until after the effective date of such resignation or withdrawal. 

 

6.6Legal Restrictions on Capital Withdrawals.  

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Capital Withdrawal shall be made from a Series to the extent that, after giving effect to such withdrawal, such Series would be in violation of Section 18-607(a) or Section 18-804(a) of the Act.

 

6.7Withholding from Capital Withdrawals.  

The Manager may withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing authority, pursuant to Code Sections 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446 and any other provisions of the Code or of state, local or foreign law, the amounts a Series may be required to withhold under those provisions or may be required to pay to any federal, state, local or foreign taxing authority relating to a Member or Assignee of such Series. The amount of any taxes withheld and paid by a Series on behalf of a Member or Assignee thereof shall be deemed to constitute a distribution to such Member or Assignee and, if withheld and paid in connection with a Capital Withdrawal by such Member or Assignee from a Capital Account in such Series, shall reduce (on a dollar-for-dollar basis) the amount such Series would otherwise pay directly to such Member or Assignee in connection with such Capital Withdrawal.

 

6.8Distributions Upon Dissolution.  

Upon the commencement of the winding up of a Series pursuant to Article XI, such Series shall make no further distributions pursuant to this Article VI (unless the Manager determines otherwise in its sole and absolute discretion), but shall make all distributions in accordance with the order and priority set forth in Section 11.6, notwithstanding that such dissolution occurs subsequent to a distribution record date or the effective day of a withdrawal but prior to making the related distribution that would otherwise be made in connection therewith pursuant to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VII: CAPITAL ACCOUNTS; ALLOCATIONS

 

7.1Capital Accounts. 

The Company shall maintain a separate capital account for each Member of a Series (each, a “Capital Account”) according to the rules of U.S. Department of Treasury Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). For this purpose, the Company may, upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in U.S. Department of Treasury Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), increase or decrease the Capital Accounts in accordance with the rules of such regulation and U.S. Department of Treasury Reg. §1.704- 1(b)(2)(iv)(g) to reflect a revaluation of Company property. Items of Company income, gain, loss, expense or deduction for any fiscal period shall be allocated among the Members of each Series in such manner that, as of the end of such fiscal period and to the greatest extent possible, the Capital Account of each Member of a Series shall be equal to the respective net amount, positive or negative, that would be distributed to such Member from the Company or for which such Member would be liable to the Company under this Agreement, determined as if, on the last day of such fiscal period, the Company were to (a) liquidate the assets of the Company for an amount equal to their book value (determined according to the rules of U.S. Department of Treasury Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)) and (b) distribute the proceeds in liquidation in accordance with Section 6.1. In the event of a


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permitted sale or exchange of an Interest of a particular Series in the Company, the Capital Account of the transferor shall become the Capital Account of the transferee to the extent it relates to the transferred Interest in accordance with Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) of the Treasury Regulations.

 

Except as otherwise specifically required in the Act or this Agreement, no Member shall have any liability to restore all or any portion of a deficit balance in such Member’s Capital Account. 

 

7.2Allocation of Profits and Losses for Federal Income Tax Purposes.  

Except to the extent otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolution relating to a particular Series:

 

(a) The Manager shall establish on the books of the Company (including such separate and distinct books of the Company as are maintained for each Series), for each Member and Assignee of a Series, a capital account for such Member or Assignee maintained in strict accordance with tax accounting principles reflecting the adjusted tax basis of such Member’s or Assignee’s Capital Account in such Series for federal income tax purposes (a “Tax Basis Capital Account”). 

 

(b) The Tax Basis Capital Account of a Member or Assignee of a Series shall be increased by (i) the amount of cash contributed by such Member or Assignee to such Series; (ii) the adjusted tax basis of other property contributed by such Member or Assignee to such Series (net of liabilities secured by such contributed property that such Series is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code); and (iii) allocations to such Member or Assignee of such Series’ taxable income and gain. 

 

(c) The Tax Basis Capital Account of a Member or Assignee of a Series shall be decreased by (i) the amount of cash distributed by such Series to such Member or Assignee, whether pursuant to Article VI or Article XI; (ii) the adjusted tax basis of other property distributed by such Series to such Member or Assignee (net of liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Member or Assignee is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code), whether pursuant to Article VI or Article XI; and (iii) allocations to such Member or Assignee of such Series’ taxable losses and deductions. 

 

(d) As of the end of each Fiscal Year of a Series, except as otherwise required by Section 704 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, the Tax Items of such Series shall be determined and allocated among the Members, Assignees and former Members and Assignees of such Series for Federal income tax purposes as set forth below. 

 

(i) The Tax Items of such Series shall first be allocated to former Members and former Assignees of such Series that ceased to be Members or Assignees of such at any time during such Fiscal Year, in such amounts and in such proportions as the Manager may determine would equitably reflect the amounts credited to or debited from their Capital Series Accounts in such Series for such Fiscal Year and for all prior Fiscal Years of such Series, as compared to the aggregate of such Tax Items allocated to them in all prior Fiscal Years of such Series, with the objective of eliminating, to the extent practicable, the Book/Tax Disparities of such former Members and former Assignees in respect of their Capital Accounts in such Series. 

 

 

(ii) Remaining Tax Items of such Series shall be allocated to Members and Assignees of such Series who have withdrawn any portion, but not all, of their Capital Accounts in such Series at any time during such Fiscal Year, in the case of any such Member or Assignee in an amount not to exceed the amount of such Member’s or Assignee’s Capital Withdrawals from such Capital Account and  


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in such proportions as the Manager may determine would equitably reflect the amounts credited to or debited from such Member’s or Assignee’s Capital Account in such Series for such Fiscal Year and for all prior Fiscal Years of such Series, as compared to the aggregate of such Tax Items of such Series allocated to such Member or Assignee in all prior Fiscal Years of such Series. The objective of such allocation shall be to eliminate, to the extent practicable, the Book/Tax Disparity of each such Member or Assignee with respect to the portion of its Capital Account in such Series that has been withdrawn.

 

(iii) Remaining Tax Items shall be allocated to the Members and Assignees of such Series in such amounts and in such proportions as the Manager may determine would equitably reflect the amounts credited to or debited from their Capital Accounts in such Series for such Fiscal Year and all prior Fiscal Years of such Series, as compared to the aggregate of the Tax Items allocated to them for all prior Fiscal Years of such Series. The objective of such allocation shall be to eliminate, to the extent practicable, the Book/Tax Disparities of such Members and Assignees in respect of their Capital Accounts in such Series. 

 

(e) The Manager may from time to time (and in respect of certain Fiscal Years of a Series but not others) allocate taxable income and loss of a Series separately for tax purposes, on a gross basis without netting such income and loss. 

 

(f) The tax allocations set forth in this Section 7.2 are intended to allocate Tax Items in accordance with the principles of Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations (which are incorporated by reference herein). If the Manager permits a Person to make a Capital Contribution to a Series in kind, the Manager may modify such Series’ tax allocations accordingly, as contemplated in Sections 704(b) and (c) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations. 

 

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Manager may allocate the Tax Items of a Series in a manner other than that set forth in this Section 7.2, provided the allocation is made in accordance with the principles of Section 704(b) of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, including a “Qualified Income Offset.” In accordance with the “Qualified Income Offset” provision of Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), a Member or Assignee of a Series who unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Treasury Regulations §§1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5), or (6), which create or increase a deficit balance in any Capital Account of such Member or Assignee in such Series, shall be allocated items of such Series’ income and gain (consisting of a pro rata portion of each item of such Series’ income, including gross income, and gain for the year) in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the deficit balance as quickly as possible. Any allocation made pursuant to this Section 7.2(g) shall replace any allocation otherwise provided for herein. 

 

(h) Any federal tax elections (including elections under Sections 988 and 475(f) of the Code and those referenced in Section 8.5) or other decisions relating to allocations made under this Section 7.2 shall be made in any manner that the Manager may determine reflects the purposes and intent hereof. 

 

(i) The Manager may make such modifications as may be necessary to assure that the Members’ and Assignees’ respective Tax Basis Capital Accounts are maintained in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles applicable to partnerships. 


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ARTICLE VIII: RECORDS AND ACCOUNTING; REPORTS; CONFIDENTIALITY

 

8.1Books and Records; Inspection Rights. 

(a) The Manager shall cause the Company to maintain such books and records relating to the business and affairs of the Company, which shall include separate and distinct books and records for each Series, as are required to be maintained under the Act (“Required Records”) and such other books and records as the Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, may determine. 

 

(b) Each Member of a Series or its duly authorized representative, upon reasonable demand to the Manager (which demand shall be in writing and shall state the purpose thereof), shall have the right, subject to the provisions of Section 8.6, Section 18-305(c) of the Act and such other reasonable standards as may be established from time to time by the Manager (including standards governing what information and documents are to be furnished at what time and location and at whose cost and expense), to inspect the Required Records, insofar as they relate to such Series, at the principal office of the Company (during usual business hours), or to obtain copies of the Required Records, insofar as they relate to such Series, from the Manager, for any purpose reasonably related to such Member’s interest as a Member of such Series; provided, however, that, except to the extent otherwise required by law: (i) no Member of any Series shall have the right to inspect any Subscription Agreement to which such Member is not a party, notwithstanding that such Subscription Agreement is a Required Record; and (ii) neither the Company nor any Series shall be required to disclose or furnish to any Member the identity (or related information, such as address and phone number) of any other Member of Assignee. For the avoidance of doubt, except to the extent otherwise required by law: (A) no Member shall have the right to inspect any books or records in the possession or under the control of the Manager (or any of its Affiliates) or the Company to the extent such books or records are not Required Records; and (B) no Assignee shall have the right to inspect any Required Records or any other books and records in the possession or under the control of the Manager (or any of its Affiliates) or the Company. 

 

8.2Fiscal Year; Fiscal Quarters; Accounting Periods; Accounting Methods. 

(a) The Fiscal Year of a Series shall be the Fiscal Year for such Series set forth in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series. 

 

(b) The Fiscal Quarters of a Series shall be the Fiscal Quarters for such Series set forth in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series. 

 

(c) The Accounting Periods of a Series shall be the Accounting Periods for such Series set forth in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series. 

 

(d) The Manager shall cause the Company to keep its financial books under the accrual method of accounting, and, as to matters not specifically covered in this Agreement, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. Except as otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolution creating a particular Series, the Manager shall cause each Series to keep its financial books under the accrual method of accounting, and, as to matters not specifically covered in this Agreement or in the Memorandum (if any) relating to such Series, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. 


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8.3Determination and Calculation of Liabilities and Valuation of Assets. 

(a) The Manager shall value the assets associated with a Series in accordance with the valuation principles described or referred to in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series or in the Memorandum (if any) relating to such Series. 

 

(b) The Manager shall determine the amount of the Liabilities of a Series in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (except as otherwise provided in Section 8.3(d) hereof or in the Memorandum) relating to such Series or in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series). 

 

(c) For purposes of determining the Liabilities of a Series at a particular time, the Manager may estimate costs or expenses that are incurred on a regular or recurring basis over yearly or other periods and treat the amount of any such estimate as accruing in equal portions over any such period. 

 

(d) The Manager may establish (and increase or decrease from time to time) such reserves for a Series for: (i) estimated accrued costs or expenses; and (ii) contingent, unknown or unfixed debts, liabilities or obligations of such Series, even if such reserves are not required by generally accepted accounting principles (“Reserves”). Any such Reserve in respect of a Series, to the extent reversed, shall be allocated among the Capital Accounts in such Series of the Persons who are Members or Assignees of such Series at the time of such reversal in the manner provided in Section 7.2, unless the Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines to allocate such reversal among the Capital Accounts in such Series of those Persons who were Members or Assignees of such Series at the time such Reserve was established or increased, as the case may be. 

 

8.4Reports.  

The Manager shall provide to Members of a Series such reports and financial statements as it is required to provide to Members of such Series pursuant to the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series.

 

8.5Tax Matters. 

(a) The Manager shall cause all required federal, state and local income or information tax returns for each Series (“Tax Returns”) to be prepared and timely filed (subject to the Manager’s discretion to obtain extensions) with the appropriate authorities. 

 

(b) The Manager shall determine the accounting methods and conventions under the tax laws of the United States, the several states and other relevant jurisdictions (“Tax Laws”) as to the treatment of Tax Items of each Series or any other method or procedure relating to the preparation of the Tax Returns of a Series. 

 

(c) The Manager may cause a Series to make (or refrain from making) any and all tax elections permitted by the Tax Laws, including the election referred to in Section 754 of the Code, and may charge the costs of complying with such election to the Member(s) or Assignee(s) of such 

Series who requested that such election be made.

 

(d) As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each Fiscal Year of a Series, the Manager shall cause to be delivered to each Person who was a Member or Assignee of such Series at any time during such Fiscal Year such tax information and schedules relating to such Series as are necessary to enable such Person to prepare its federal income tax return in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations then prevailing. 


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(e) Each Member and Assignee of a Series agrees in respect of any year in which such Member or Assignee had an investment in such Series that, unless the Manager expressly agrees otherwise in its sole and absolute discretion, such Member or Assignee shall not: (i) treat, on its tax returns, any Tax Item relating to such investment in a manner inconsistent with the treatment of such Tax Item by such Series, as reflected on the Schedule K-1 or other information statement furnished by such Series to such Member or Assignee; or (ii) file any claim for a refund relating to any such Tax Item based on, or which would result in, any such inconsistent treatment. 

 

(f) The Manager is hereby appointed the “tax matters partner” of each Series for all purposes pursuant to Sections 6221-6231 of the Code. 

 

(g) Each Member and Assignee shall furnish the Manager with such information, forms and certifications as it may require and as are necessary to comply with the regulations governing the obligations of withholding tax agents or as are necessary with respect to any withholding taxes imposed by countries other than the U.S. Each Member and Assignee represents that the information and forms furnished by him shall be true and accurate in all respects and agrees to indemnify the Company, the Manager and the relevant Series for his allocable share of any applicable tax of any type (including any liability for penalties, additions to tax or interest) attributable to his share of income or the distributions to him. 

 

8.6Confidentiality. 

(a) General Rule of Confidentiality. Except as provided in Section 8.6(b), each Member and Assignee agrees to keep confidential, not to make any use of, and not to provide or disclose to any Person, any information or matter relating to the Company or any Series or its business and affairs, including reports furnished to Members and Assignees pursuant to Section 8.4, the identities of other Members and Assignees, any offering materials used in connection with the marketing and private placement of Interests in any Series (including this Agreement, the Authorizing Resolutions and the Subscription Agreements) and any information or matter related to any investment made by any Series (all of the foregoing, “Confidential Information”). 

 

(b) Exceptions to General Rule of Confidentiality. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.6(a)

 

(i) A Member or Assignee of a Series may provide or disclose Confidential Information to its members, partners, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, to its financial, legal, tax and other advisors, and to such other Persons as the Manager may approve in its sole and absolute discretion (each of the foregoing, an “Authorized Person”), for any purpose reasonably related to its interest in such Series; provided, however, that such Member or Assignee notifies each such Authorized Person in writing of the restrictions set forth in this Section 8.6 and states in such writing, in a prominent fashion, that such Authorized Person, by receiving such Confidential Information, shall be deemed to have agreed to comply with such restrictions for the benefit of the Company, such Series and the Manager. 

 

(ii) A Member or Assignee of a Series or any of its Authorized Persons may provide or disclose Confidential Information to any Person if: (A) the information contemplated to be provided or disclosed is publicly known at the time of the proposed disclosure as a result of actions other than a breach by such Member or Assignee or any of its Authorized Persons of the provisions of this Section 8.6; (B) such disclosure is required by law or regulation; (C) such disclosure is required to be made by a Governmental Entity or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over such Member or Assignee; (D) such disclosure is made in good faith in response to a written request for information by a Governmental  


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Entity or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over such Member or Assignee; (E) such disclosure is made in good faith during the course of an examination of such Member or Assignee by a Governmental Entity or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over such Member or Assignee; or (F) such disclosure is approved in advance by the Manager in its sole and absolute discretion. A Member or Assignee or its Authorized Person who discloses Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 8.6(b)(ii) shall: (1) in the case of any disclosure made pursuant to clause (E) of this Section 8.6(b)(ii), promptly provide the Manager a copy of the written request for information described in that clause; and (2) in the case of any disclosure made pursuant to clauses (B), (C) or (D) of this Section 8.6(b)(ii), use its reasonable best efforts to: (a) give reasonable prior Notification of such disclosure to the Manager to afford the Manager the opportunity to obtain an appropriate protective order and (b) inform each recipient of such information of the confidential nature of such information.

 

(c) Disclosure of Tax Treatment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other documents pertaining to an investment in any Series, a Member or Assignee (or any of its Authorized Representatives) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the anticipated tax treatment and tax structure of the relevant Series and transactions contemplated by the relevant Series, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) related to such tax treatment and tax structure, if any. 

 

(d)Rights of Manager

 

(i) The Manager may disclose to any Member or Assignee of a Series or any prospective investor in a Series such information relating to such Series or its investments as the Manager determines to be necessary to retain any such Member or Assignee as an investor in such Series or facilitate an investment in such Series by any such prospective investor, as the case may be. 

 

(ii) The Manager may disclose to any Person that provides or may provide service to a Series such information relating to such Series or its investments as the Manager determines to be necessary, appropriate, advisable, incidental or convenient to effect the formation of such Series or manage and conduct its business and affairs. 

 

(iii) Unless the Manager expressly agrees otherwise, the Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, may publicize: (A) the fact that it serves as the Manager of the Company and any one or more of the Series, (B) the performance of any one or more Series and (C) the identity of Members and Assignees of any one or more Series, provided it does so in a manner that does not constitute “general advertising” or “general solicitation” with respect to any Series or the Interests therein within the meaning of Rule 503(c) of Regulation D under the 1933 Act. 

 

(e)Proprietary Information of Manager

 

(i) Each Member and Assignee acknowledges and agrees that Manager, its Affiliates and their respective licensors own all rights, title and interest in and to the trading models, strategies, software and other proprietary materials utilized or generated by them in the course of managing and conducting the business and affairs of the Company and each Series, including all patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret rights therein (all of the foregoing, “Proprietary Information”). 

 

(ii) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as granting the Members or Assignees of any Series any rights or license of any kind with respect to the Proprietary Information. 

 

(iii) Each Member and Assignee agrees: (A) to keep the Proprietary Information confidential pursuant to Section 8.6(a), and (B) not to copy, alter, reverse engineer or  


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decompile the Proprietary Information or otherwise attempt to access or use any of the trade secrets contained therein.

 

 

ARTICLE IX: EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION OF MANAGER ASSOCIATES

 

9.1Exculpation. 

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: 

 

(i) to the extent that, at law or in equity, the Manager or Liquidating Trustee, as the case may be, has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, any Series or any Member or Assignee of any Series arising under or otherwise relating to this Agreement, the Manager or Liquidating Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be liable for monetary or other damages to the Company, such Series or such Member or Assignee for: (A) losses sustained or liabilities incurred by the Company, such Series or such Member or Assignee, except to the extent that it is Judicially Determined that an act or omission of the Manager or Liquidating Trustee, as the case may be, was material to the matter giving rise to such losses or liabilities and that such act or omission constituted criminal wrongdoing, willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Manager or Liquidating Trustee, as the case may; (B) losses sustained or liabilities incurred by the Company, such Series or such Member or Assignee arising from or otherwise relating to any act or omission of any Person selected by the Manager or Liquidating Trustee to perform services for or otherwise transact business with the Company or such Series, as the case may be, except to the extent that it is Judicially Determined that the Manager’s selection of such Person involved criminal wrongdoing, willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Manager or the Liquidating Trustee, as the case may be, and was material to the matter giving rise to such losses or liabilities; or (C) circumstances beyond the Manager’s or Liquidating Trustee’s control, including changes in tax or other laws, rules or regulations or the bankruptcy, insolvency or suspension of normal business activities of any broker-dealer, bank or other financial institution that holds assets associated with such Series; and 

 

(ii) to the extent that, at law or in equity, a Manager Associate (other than the Manager) or Liquidating Trustee Associate (other than the Liquidating Trustee) has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company, any Series or any Member or Assignee of any Series arising under or otherwise relating to this Agreement, such Manager Associate or Liquidating Trustee Associate shall not be liable for monetary or other damages to the Company, such Series or such Member or Assignee for losses sustained or liabilities incurred by the Company, such Series or such Member or Assignee, except to the extent that it is Judicially Determined that an act or omission of such Manager Associate or Liquidating Trustee Associate, as the case may be, was material to the matter giving rise to such losses or liabilities and that such act or omission constituted criminal wrongdoing, willful misfeasance or bad faith on the part of such Manager Associate or Liquidating Trustee Associate, as the case may be. 

 

(b) Each Manager Associate and Liquidating Trustee Associate shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books and records of the Company (including such separate books and records as may be maintained by the Company for each Series) and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company or any Series by any of its members, managers, partners, shareholders, directors, officers or agents (including legal counsel, accountants, auditors, appraisers, investment bankers and other independent experts acting for the Company or any Series or any member, manager, partner, shareholder, director, officer or agent of the Company or any Series as to matters such Manager Associate or Liquidating Trustee Associate, as the case may be, reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, including information, opinions, reports, or  


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statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of a Series or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions by a Series might properly be made.

 

9.2Indemnification. 

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify each Manager Associate and each Liquidating Trustee Associate (each, an “Indemnitee”) against any and all losses, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable legal and expert witness fees and related costs and expenses), judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, and other amounts (including costs and expenses associated with investigation or preparation), actually and reasonably paid or incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with any and all Proceedings that arise from or relate, directly or indirectly, to any act or omission (or alleged act or omission) of such Indemnitee in connection with this Agreement or the business or affairs of the Company or any Series and in which such Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a defendant, witness, deponent or otherwise (but not as a plaintiff, unless the Manager agrees otherwise in its sole and absolute discretion), whether or not the same shall proceed to judgment or be settled or otherwise be brought to a conclusion (collectively, “Losses”), except to the extent that it is Judicially Determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be exculpated in respect of such act or omission pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.1

 

(b) To the extent it is Judicially Determined that the Company may not lawfully indemnify an Indemnitee for Losses pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.2(a) (other than because such Indemnitee is not entitled to be exculpated in respect of the related act or omission pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.1), the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnitee as a result of such Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by the Company (or the relevant Series), on the one hand, and such Indemnitee, on the other hand, but also the relative fault of the Company (or the relevant Series) and such Indemnitee, as well as any other equitable considerations. 

 

(c) Reasonable legal fees and other costs and expenses (including costs and expenses associated with any investigation and preparation) incurred by an Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding in which such Indemnitee is a party, witness or deponent shall be paid or reimbursed by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt by the Company of (i) a written affirmation by such Indemnitee of such Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Company, as stated in Section 9.2(a), has been met, and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to promptly repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it shall ultimately be Judicially Determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company hereunder. 

 

(d) The Manager may cause the Company or any one or more Series to purchase and maintain insurance, at the cost and expense of the relevant Series or Series, on behalf of any one or more Persons against any liability that may be asserted against or costs or expenses that may be incurred by such Person(s) in connection with the activities of such Series, regardless of whether the Company would have the power to indemnify any such Person(s) against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. 

 

(e) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 9.2 solely because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies. 

 

(f) Any Indemnitee entitled to indemnification hereunder shall use its reasonable best efforts to minimize the amount of any claim for indemnification hereunder. 


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(g)The rights of an Indemnitee to indemnification, contribution and reimbursement provided by this Section 9.2 shall be in addition to any other rights to which such Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement with the Company, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to a Manager Associate or Liquidating Trustee Associate, as the case may be, who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall also be for the benefit of such Indemnitee’s Personal Representatives, but shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. This Article IX, however, shall not be construed to entitle any Indemnitee to receive any amount in respect of any Losses of such Indemnitee to the extent that, after giving effect to the receipt of such amount and the receipt by such Indemnitee of any other payments in respect of such Losses, from whatever source or sources, such Indemnitee shall have recovered an aggregate amount in excess of such Losses. 

 

(h) Indemnification Obligations in respect of a Series shall remain in effect for a period of two (2) years after the date of the dissolution of such Series pursuant to Article XI, except that Indemnification Obligations shall continue as to any Loss of which any Indemnitee shall have given Notification to the Company on or prior to the date such Indemnification Obligation would otherwise terminate in accordance with this Section 9.2, until it is Judicially Determined that the Company is not liable for such Loss. 

 

(i) In any suit brought by an Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or the advancement of expenses provided for in this Agreement, the burden of proving that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified or to an advancement of expenses is on the Company (or any Member or Assignee acting derivatively or otherwise on behalf of the Company or the relevant Series, as the case may be). 

 

(j) If the Manager, in its reasonable judgment, determines that an Indemnification Obligation is readily associated with a particular Series, such obligation shall be allocated and charged to the assets associated with such Series. Otherwise, each Indemnification Obligation shall, subject to the provisions of Section 5.4(b), be considered a General Liability. 

 

9.3Limits on Exculpation and Indemnification.  

The Manager acknowledges, on its own behalf, on behalf of the other Manager Associates and on behalf of the Liquidating Trustee Associates, that: (a) the federal securities laws (and the rules and regulations thereunder) confer certain rights on each Member and Assignee and impose certain liabilities on the Manager Associates and Liquidating Trustee Associates, and that the Manager Associates and Liquidating Trustee Associates may not lawfully seek an agreement from any Member or Assignee to waive, modify or limit such Member’s or Assignee’s exercise of such rights or to relieve the Manager Associates or Liquidating Trustee Associates of such liabilities; and (b) other applicable laws may confer rights on the Members and Assignees, and/or impose liabilities on the Manager Associates or Liquidating Trustee Associates, that may not be waived, modified or limited by an agreement between the Manager Associates or Liquidating Trustee Associates, on the one hand, and the Members and Assignees, on the other hand. Accordingly, to the extent a Member or Assignee has rights under the federal securities laws (or the rules and regulations thereunder), nothing in this Article IX should be construed to impose any limitation on a Member’s or Assignee’s exercise of such rights, and to the extent the federal securities laws (or any rule or regulation thereunder) impose liabilities on a Manager Associate or Liquidating Trustee Associate, nothing in this Article IX should be construed to impose any limitation on such liability. Similarly, to the extent a Member or Assignee has rights or a Manager Associate or Liquidating Trustee Associate has liabilities under other applicable law that may not be waived, modified or limited by agreement between such Manager Associate or Liquidating Trustee Associate, on the one hand, and such Member or Assignee, on the other hand, nothing in this Article IX should be construed to impose any


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limitation on such Member’s or Assignee’s exercise of such rights or to relieve such Manager Associate or Liquidating Trustee Associate of such liabilities.

 

 

ARTICLE X. AMENDMENT; CONSENTS FOR OTHER PURPOSES

 

10.1Amendments. 

(a) Subject to Section 10.1(c), the Manager may amend this Agreement at any time and from time to time, whether by changing any one or more of the provisions hereof, deleting any one or more provisions herefrom or adding one or more provisions hereto: 

 

(i) without obtaining the authorization, approval, agreement, consent or vote of any Member or Assignee of any Series to: (A) cure any ambiguity or inconsistency herein, or (B) address any matter or question not addressed herein, provided that, in the Manager’s judgment, no such amendment has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any Series or the Members and Assignees thereof generally; 

 

(ii) without obtaining the authorization, approval, agreement, consent or vote of any Member or Assignee or any Series: (A) to add to the obligations of the Manager hereunder, or surrender any right, power or authority granted to the Manager hereunder, for the benefit of any one or more Series or the Members or Assignees thereof; (B) to provide, pursuant to Section 3.4 that any one or more Additional Managers may possess and exercise any one or more of the rights, powers and authority possessed by the Manager under this Agreement; (C) to change the name of the Company or any Series; (D) to reflect the admission, substitution, and withdrawal of Members and Assignees effected after the date hereof in accordance with this Agreement; (E) to reflect Capital Contributions and Capital Withdrawals effected after the date hereof in accordance with this Agreement; (F) to adopt an Authorizing Resolution creating one or more Series; and (G) for such other purpose or purposes as the Manager may determine to be necessary, appropriate, advisable, incidental or convenient to the management and conduct of the business and affairs of the Company or any one or more Series, provided that, in the Manager’s judgment, no such amendment pursuant to this clause (G) has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or any Series or the Members and Assignees thereof generally; 

 

(iii) without obtaining the authorization, approval, agreement, consent or vote of any Member or Assignee of any Series, to cause any Series to enter into an agreement with any Member or Assignee thereof to waive or modify the application of any provision of this Agreement with respect to such Member or Assignee, provided that, in the Manager’s judgment, no such waiver or modification pursuant to this subparagraph (iii) has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any Series or the Members and Assignees thereof generally; 

 

(iv) without obtaining the authorization, approval, agreement, consent or vote of any Member or Assignee of any Series, to: (A) cause the provisions of Section 7.2 to comply with the provisions of Section 704 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, (B) otherwise cause the Company or any Series to comply with any requirement, condition or guideline contained in any federal, state, local or foreign law or in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of any Governmental Entity or self-regulatory organization, (C) qualify the Company or any Series as (or to do business as) a limited liability company or a company in which Members and Assignees have limited liability, under the laws of any State or other jurisdiction in which the Manager determines such qualification to be necessary or advisable, (D) prevent an Adverse Regulatory Effect, provided that the Manager takes such measures as are reasonably necessary to prevent any amendment pursuant to this Section 10.1(a)(iv) from having a material adverse effect on any affected Series or the Members and Assignees thereof generally; 


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(v) in a manner that materially adversely affects or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on a Series or the Members and Assignees thereof generally, if the Manager gives Notification to the Members of such Series, at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the implementation of such amendment, setting forth, in reasonable detail, all material facts relating to such amendment, and obtains the Consent of such Series to such amendment prior to the implementation thereof; or 

 

(vi) in a manner that materially adversely affects or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any one or more specific Members or Assignees, if the Manager receives consent to such amendment from such affected Member(s) or Assignee(s). 

 

(b) It shall be conclusively presumed that no waiver or permission granted to any one or more Members or Assignees, and no agreement entered into with any one or more Members or Assignees, pursuant to Section 3.5(c) or 4.2(b), has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company, any Series or any Member or Assignee to whom such a waiver or permission is not granted or with whom such an agreement is not entered into. 

 

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of Section 10.1(a), the Manager may not amend this Agreement so as to: (i) require a Member or Assignee to pay any sum of money whatsoever in respect of such Member’s or Assignee’s Interest in any Series, whether in the form of a Capital Contribution, a loan or otherwise, other than that which such Member or Assignee has agreed to pay by way of such Member’s Subscription Agreement(s), this Agreement or another agreement executed and delivered by such Member or Assignee; (ii) materially reduce the increases and decreases of Net Assets of any Series or the amount of distributions of any Series to which such Member or Assignee is entitled under this Agreement, without the consent of such Member or Assignee; or (iii) modify the limited liability of a Member, without the consent of such Member. 

 

 

(d) If the Manager adopts an amendment to this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1(a)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), it shall provide affected Members and Assignees a copy of such amendment, or a reasonably detailed description of such amendment, within ten (10) Business Days after the effective date of such change; provided, however, that an inadvertent failure to comply with the provisions of this Section 10.1(d) with respect to any such amendment shall not affect the substance or effectiveness of such amendment in any respect. 

 

(e) For the avoidance of doubt, no amendment may be made to this Agreement without the consent or approval of the Manager. 

 

10.2Amendment of Certificate. 

(a) The Manager shall cause the Certificate to be amended and/or restated at such time or times, to such extent and in such manner as may be required by the Act. 

 

(b) The Manager, in its sole and absolute discretion, may cause the Certificate to be amended and/or restated in accordance with the principles set forth in Section 10.1, and any such amendment and/or restatement shall be effective immediately upon the filing of a certificate of amendment in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or upon such future date as may be stated therein. 


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10.3Consents for Other Purposes.  

The Manager may from time to time determine to submit to any Series, for its approval, actions or practices that are not required to be approved by such Series or the Members or Assignees thereof pursuant to this Agreement (including transactions subject to the provisions of Section 206(3) of the Advisers Act). Any such action or practice shall be deemed to have been approved by a Series if: (a) no later than thirty (30) calendar days prior to taking such proposed action or implementing such proposed practice, the Manager gives Notification to the Members of such Series describing such action or practice in reasonable detail and (b) prior to taking such action or implementing such practice, the Manager obtains the Consent of such Series to such action or practice.

 

 

ARTICLE XI. DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP

 

11.1Events Causing Dissolution. 

(a) The Company shall dissolve and commence winding up of its business and affairs upon the first to occur of the following events, and, except as otherwise required by the Act or other applicable law, no other event shall cause the dissolution of the Company: 

 

(i) the Manager declares in writing that the Company shall be dissolved and gives Notification of such declaration to all Members and Assignees; 

 

(ii) the Bankruptcy of the Manager; provided, however, that the Bankruptcy of the Manager shall not cause the dissolution of the Company if at the time of such Bankruptcy there is at least one other Manager of the Company that has been admitted to the Company as a Manager pursuant to Section 3.4(b) and such other Manager carries on the business of the Company (it being understood and agreed that this Agreement shall be construed to permit the business of the Company to be carried on by such other Manager in the event of the Bankruptcy of the Manager); or 

 

(iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Company under Section 18-802 of the Act. 

 

(b) A Series shall dissolve and commence winding up its business and affairs on the first to occur of the following events and, except as otherwise required by the Act or other applicable law, no other event shall cause the dissolution of a Series: 

 

(i)the dissolution of the Company; 

 

(ii) an event specified as an event causing the dissolution of such Series in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series; 

 

(iii) the Manager declares in writing that such Series shall be dissolved and gives Notification of such declaration to all Members and Assignees of such Series; or 

 

(iv) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of such Series under Section 18-215(l) of the Act. 


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11.2Winding Up.  

If the Company or a Series is dissolved pursuant to Section 11.1, its business and affairs shall be wound up as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter in the manner set forth below.

 

(a) The winding up of the business and affairs of the Company or a Series shall be carried out by a liquidating trustee (the “Liquidating Trustee”). 

 

(b) Unless otherwise required by law, the Liquidating Trustee of the Company or a Series shall be the Manager or a Person appointed by the Manager; provided, however, that if a Series is dissolved by operation of the provisions of Section 11.1(a)(ii) or (iii) or pursuant to Section 11.1(b)(iv), the Liquidating Trustee shall be a person appointed by a Majority in Interest of the Members of such Series, determined as of the beginning of the Accounting Period during which such dissolution occurred. 

 

(c) The Manager may revoke the appointment of a Liquidating Trustee, and appoint a successor Liquidating Trustee, at any time; provided, however, that if a Series is dissolved by operation of the provisions of Section 11.1(a)(ii) or (iii) or pursuant to Section 11.1(b)(iv), such revocation and appointment of a successor may be made only by a Majority in Interest of the Members of such Series determined as of the beginning of the Accounting Period of such Series during which such dissolution occurred. 

 

11.3Powers of Liquidating Trustee.  

The Liquidating Trustee shall possess full and exclusive right, power and authority to effect the winding up of the business and affairs of the Company or the relevant Series and the termination of the existence of the Company as a separate legal entity. In winding up the business and affairs of the Company or any Series and terminating the Company’s existence as a separate legal entity, the Liquidating Trustee may exercise or invoke all rights, powers, authority and privileges that the Manager may exercise or invoke under this Agreement.

 

11.4Costs and Expenses of Liquidation; Compensation of Liquidating Trustee. 

(a) The Company shall bear, exclusively out of the General Assets, such costs and expenses as the Liquidating Trustee shall reasonably determine to be necessary, appropriate, advisable, incidental or convenient to effect the orderly winding up of the Company’s business and affairs and the termination of the Company’s existence as a separate legal entity, other than costs and expenses relating to the winding up of the business and affairs of any Series. 

 

(b) Each Series shall bear, exclusively out of the assets associated with such Series, such costs and expenses as the Liquidating Trustee shall reasonably determine to be necessary, appropriate, advisable, incidental or convenient to effect the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of such Series. 

 

(c) The Liquidating Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Company, exclusively out of the General Assets, such reasonable compensation for its services relating to the winding up of the business and affairs of the Company as the Manager may from time to time determine, other than for services relating to the winding up of the business and affairs of any Series; provided, however, that if the Company is dissolved pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(ii) or (iii), such compensation shall be determined by a simple majority of the Members of all Series determined as of the date such dissolution occurred. 


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(d) The Liquidating Trustee shall be entitled to receive from a Series, exclusively out of the assets associated with such Series, such reasonable compensation for its services relating to the winding up of the business and affairs of such Series as the Manager may from time to time determine; provided, however, that if a Series is dissolved by operation of the provisions of Section 11.1(a)(ii) or (iii) or pursuant to Section 11.1(b)(iv), such compensation shall be determined by a Majority in Interest of the Members of such Series determined as of the beginning of the Accounting Period of such Series during which such dissolution occurred. 

 

11.5Final Statement.  

Within a reasonable time following the completion of the winding up of the business and affairs of a Series (excluding, for purposes of this Section 11.5, the disposition of reserves described in Section 11.6(a)), the Liquidating Trustee shall furnish to each Member and Assignee of such Series a statement setting forth the assets and the liabilities associated with such Series as of the date of such completion and such Member’s or Assignee’s share of distributions from such Series pursuant to Section 11.6.

 

11.6Distribution of Property and Proceeds of Sale Thereof. 

(a) Within thirty (30) calendar days following completion of the statement referred to in Section 11.5, the Liquidating Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 18-804(a) of the Act, distribute the assets of the relevant Series in the following order of priority: 

 

(i)to pay or make reasonable provision for the payment of the debts, liabilities and obligations of such Series to creditors of such Series (including the compensation payable to the Liquidating Trustee and other costs and expenses associated with the dissolution and winding up of the business and affairs of such Series), including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, Members, Assignees and former Members and Assignees of such Series who are creditors of such Series (other than liabilities for distributions to Members, Assignees and former Members and Assignees of such Series under Sections 18-601 or 18-604 of the Act); 

 

(ii) to pay or make reasonable provision for the payment of the debts, liabilities and obligations of such Series to creditors of such Series who are Members, Assignees or former Members or Assignees of such Series (other than liabilities for distributions to Members, Assignees and former Members and Assignees of such Series under Sections 18-601 or 18-604 of the Act), to the extent not paid or provided for pursuant to Section 11.6(a)(i)

 

(iii)to satisfy liabilities of such Series to Members, Assignees and former Members and Assignees of such Series for distributions under Sections 18-601 or 18-604 of the Act; and 

 

(iv) to the Members and Assignees of such Series, in proportion to the positive balances in their respective Capital Accounts in such Series after allocating all items for all periods prior to and including the date of distribution pursuant to Article VI, including items relating to sales and distributions pursuant to this Article XI

 

(b) Pursuant to the provisions of Section 18-804(b) of the Act, if there are sufficient assets to satisfy the claims of all priority groups specified above, such claims shall be paid in full and any such provision for payment shall be made in full. If there are sufficient assets to satisfy the claims of one or more but not all priority groups specified above, the claims of the highest priority groups that may be paid or provided for in full shall be paid or provided for in full, before paying or providing for any claims of a lower priority group. If there are insufficient assets to pay or provide for the claims of a particular  


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priority group specified above, such claims shall be paid or provided for ratably to the claimants in such group to the extent of the assets available to pay such claims.

 

(c) Amounts in reserves established by the Liquidating Trustee with respect to a particular Series pursuant to Section 18-804 of the Act shall be paid to creditors of such Series as set forth in Sections 11.6(a)(i) and (ii). Any amounts remaining in such reserves after such payments shall be paid as provided in Sections 11.6(a)(iii) and (iv)

 

11.7Deficit Capital Accounts.  

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that, upon completion of the winding up of the business and affairs of a Series, there is a deficit in any Member’s or Assignee’s Capital Account in such Series, such deficit shall not be an asset of such Series or the Company and such Member or Assignee shall not be obligated to contribute such amount to such Series or the Company to bring the balance of such Capital Account to zero.

 

 

ARTICLE XII: MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.1Construction and Governing Law. 

(a) Each Subscription Agreement executed and delivered by a Member or Assignee, including any representations, warranties, covenants and power of attorney set forth therein, is hereby incorporated into this Agreement as if set forth in full in this Agreement. Each Authorizing Resolution, and each document incorporated therein by reference (to the extent so provided in such Authorizing Resolution), shall be incorporated into this Agreement as if set forth in full in this Agreement. This Agreement, the Certificate and the Subscription Agreements, as modified or supplemented by any Authorizing Resolutions, contain the entire understanding and agreement among the respective parties hereto and thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understandings, arrangements, inducements or conditions, express or implied, oral or written, between or among any of the parties hereto or thereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. 

 

(b) To the extent not preempted by ERISA or the Securities and Commodities Laws, all provisions of this Agreement, the Certificate, the Subscription Agreements shall be governed by and construed, administered and enforced in accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of Delaware without regard to “choice of law,” “conflict of laws” or similar principals of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction. In applying the provisions of this Agreement, it is understood and agreed that, regardless of where this Agreement may be executed by a party hereto, this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties pursuant to the Act, and that the parties intend that the provisions of this Agreement be given full force and effect pursuant to the principles set forth in Sections 18-1101 (b), (c) and (d) of the Act. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, to the extent this Agreement modifies or nullifies any provision of the Act that would apply in the absence of such modification or nullification, as permitted by the Act (any such provision of the Act being referred to herein as a “default” provision), such modification or nullification shall apply in preference to such “default” provision. 

 

(c) The parties hereto intend that the provisions hereof be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and that no presumption or burden of proof arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of this Agreement. 


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(d) Wherever possible, each provision in this Agreement shall be construed in such a manner as to be valid, legal and enforceable under applicable law. It is the intention of the Parties that, in case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be found or held invalid, illegal or unenforceable to any extent in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be reformed in such jurisdiction to reflect the intent thereof to the greatest extent permitted by law and, to the extent not so reformed, shall be ineffective only in such jurisdiction and only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating (i) the effect of such provision in any other jurisdiction or (ii) the effect of any other provision in that or any other jurisdiction, unless such a construction would be unreasonable. If the Manager shall determine, with the advice of reputable counsel, that any provision of this Agreement is in conflict with (A) the Securities and Commodities Laws or (B) other applicable laws, rules, regulations or orders, whether generally or in a particular application, the conflicting provision or such particular application thereof, as the case may be, shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Agreement for so long as such conflict exists (provided, however, that such determination shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or any lawful application of any provision, or render invalid or improper any action taken or omitted prior to such determination). In construing the meaning or application of the Securities and Commodities Laws, the Manager may consider the effect of any applicable order or interpretive release issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as the case may be, or any applicable “no action” or interpretive position issued by the staff of either such Commission, that modifies or interprets the Securities and Commodities Laws. 

 

(e) If the Manager determines that any provision of this Agreement is ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement, it may construe such provision in such manner as it may determine, and such construction shall be conclusive and binding as to the meaning to be given to such provision. 

 

(f) All matters concerning: (i) the valuation of the assets associated with any Series; (ii) the determination of the amount of the liabilities associated with any Series; (iii) the allocation of profits, gains and losses among the Members and Assignees of any Series, including taxes thereon; and (iv) the accounting practices and procedures of any Series (to the extent not specifically provided for in this Agreement, including the Authorization Resolution creating such Series), shall be determined by the Manager, whose good faith determinations in such matters shall, absent manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Members and Assignees. 

 

(g) Each reference in this Agreement to a statute or regulation, or provision thereof, shall be deemed to refer to such statute or regulation, or provision thereof, as amended from time to time, or to any superseding statute or regulation, or provision thereof, as is from time to time in effect, as well as to applicable regulations then in effect thereunder. 

 

(h) In computing the number of days for purposes of this Agreement, all days shall be counted, including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; provided, however, that if the final day of any time period falls on a day that is not a Business Day, then the final day of such time period shall be deemed to be the next day which is a Business Day. 

 

(i) Except as otherwise stated in this Agreement, references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections and Annexes are to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement. The headings to Articles and Sections are for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered in construing this Agreement. 


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(j) Where appropriate, each definition and pronoun in this Agreement includes the singular and the plural, and reference to a particular gender includes each other gender. As used in this Agreement, the word “including” shall mean “including without limitation,” and the word “or” is not exclusive. 

 

(k) The express provisions of this Agreement control and supersede any course of performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the provisions hereof. 

 

(l) EACH MEMBER AND ASSIGNEE CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES, IN EACH CASE SITTING IN DELAWARE IN ANY PROCEEDING. 

 

EACH MEMBER AND ASSIGNEE AGREES NOT TO RAISE ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES, IN EACH CASE SITTING IN DELAWARE, IN ANY PROCEEDING. 

 

EACH MEMBER AND ASSIGNEE CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS, SUMMONS OR NOTICE IN ANY PROCEEDING BY WAY OF NOTIFICATION THEREOF TO SUCH MEMBER OR ASSIGNEE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED U.S. MAIL (FIRST CLASS POSTAGE PREPAID, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED). 

 

12.2Counterparts.  

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon). All of such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument, with the same effect as if all parties executing such counterparts had executed the same signature page. Any writing, including a Subscription Agreement, that has been duly executed by a Person in which such Person has agreed to be bound hereby as a Member shall be considered a counterpart for purposes of the foregoing.

 

12.3Binding Effect.  

The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the Members of each Series (including former Members of each Series), Assignees of each Series (including former Assignees of each Series) and their respective Personal Representatives and shall inure to the benefit of the Members of each Series (including former Members of each Series), Assignees of each Series (including former Assignees of each Series), Manager Associates (including former Manager Associates), Liquidating Trustee Associates (including former Liquidating Trustee Associates), and their respective Personal Representatives (the “Parties”); provided, however, that this Section 12.3 shall not be construed to limit the requirements or effect of any other provision of this Agreement.


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12.4Third Party Beneficiaries.  

The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the relations (a) between or among any two or more Parties; (b) between or among anyone or more Parties, on the one hand, and the Company or anyone or more Series, on the other hand; and (c) between or among anyone or more Series, on the one hand, and anyone or more other Series, on the other hand. No Person (other than a Party) who owes any debts, liabilities or obligations to or who otherwise has any claim against or dealing with the Company or any Series shall obtain any rights under any provision of this Agreement, whether as third party beneficiary or otherwise. No creditor of a Party shall have the right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, General Assets or the assets associated with any Series.

 

12.5Remedies for Breach; Effect of Waiver or Consent.  

A waiver or consent, express or implied, of or to any breach or default by any Person in the performance by that Person of his duties with respect to the Company or a Series is not a waiver of or consent to any other breach or default in the performance by that Person of the same or any other duties of that Person with respect to the Company or that or any other Series. Failure on the part of a Person to complain of any act of any other Person or to declare any other Person in default with respect to the Company or a Series, irrespective of how long that failure continues, shall not constitute a waiver by that Person of its rights with respect to that default until the applicable statute of limitations period has run.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

MANAGER:

 

SOCIAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS AND ADVISORS, LLC

a Delaware limited liability company

 

By:   

Name:  

Title:  

 

MEMBERS:

 

SOCIAL INVESTMENT MANAGERS AND ADVISORS, LLC

a Delaware limited liability company

 

By:   

Name:  

Title:  

 

AND

 

Each Person hereafter admitted as a Member pursuant to the Manager's acceptance of such Person's Subscription Agreement and Series Certificate or another document that has been duly executed by such Person in which such Person has agreed to be bound hereby as a Member.


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ANNEX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Account” or “Capital Account” of a Member is defined in Section 7.1

 

Accounting Period” of a Series – an Accounting Period of such Series determined in accordance with the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series. 

 

Act” – the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Section 18-101 et seq

 

Additional Manager” is defined in Section 3.4(b)

 

“Adverse Regulatory Effect” – means any of the following: (i) a violation by the Company, any Series or the Manager of any requirement, condition or guideline contained in any federal, state, local or foreign law or in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of any Governmental Entity or self-regulatory organization, (ii) the imposition of a requirement that the Company, any Series or the Manager comply with any requirement, condition or guideline contained in any federal, state, local or foreign law or in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of any Governmental Entity or self-regulatory organization, to which it is not subject as of the date of this Agreement; (iii) the termination of a Series’ classification as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, (iv) a Series being treated as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, (v) any of the assets associated with a Series being treated as Plan Assets, (vi) the imposition of a requirement on the Company or any Series to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act; (vii) the imposition of a requirement on the Company or any Series to comply with any provision of the 1940 Act (other than provisions applicable to a company that relies on Section 3(c)(1) of the 1940 Act, if the Company or such Series relies on that section, or Section 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act, if the Company or such Series relies on that section), or (viii) the occurrence of any “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975(c) of the Code). 

 

Advisers Act” – the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. 

 

Affiliate” of a specified Person – any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such specified Person. 

 

Agreed Value” of a Capital Contribution to a Series in a form other than cash – the fair market value of such Capital Contribution as mutually agreed by the Manager and the Person that makes such Capital Contribution to such Series. 

 

Agreement” – this Limited Liability Company Agreement (including the documents incorporated herein by reference pursuant to Section 12.1(a)), as amended and/or restated from time in accordance with Article X

 

Assets” of a Series – all of the assets associated with a Series, including, but not limited to, loans, loan interests, notes, participation interests in notes, real property, equity investments into entities holding real properties and the like (including accrued interest and dividends receivable in respect of such investments); provided, however, that no value shall be placed on the name or goodwill of any Series, which shall be considered the exclusive property of the Manager. 

 

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Authorized Person” is defined in Section 8.6(b)(i)

 

Authorizing Resolution” is defined in Section 5.2(a)

 

Bankruptcy” of a Person – (i) such Person (A) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (B) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy; (C) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief, in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; (D) files a petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation; (E) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding of such nature; or (F) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties; or (ii) one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the commencement of any proceeding against such Person seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, the proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within ninety (90) calendar days after the appointment without such Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within ninety (90) calendar days after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated. Without limiting the scope of the foregoing, if a Person is a partnership, Bankruptcy of such Person shall also include the Bankruptcy of any general partner of such Person. 

 

Benefit Plan Investor” means, as defined in the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (“PPA 2006”), (i) any employee benefit plan subject to Part 4 of Title I of ERISA (regarding fiduciary responsibility), (ii) any plan to which Section 4975 of the Code applies (including Individual Retirement Accounts, i.e. IRAs) and (iii) any entity whose underlying assets include plan assets by reason of a plan’s investment in such entity. For purposes of (iii) above, an entity’s underlying assets will include plan assets if immediately after the most recent acquisition or disposition of any equity interest in such entity, 25% or more of a class of such entity’s “equity interests” are owned by Benefit Plan Investors and such “equity interests” are not “publicly-offered securities” (as the terms “equity interests” and “publicly-offered securities” are used in Department of Labor (“DOL”) Regulation 29 CFR §2510.3-101 and as subsequently modified by PPA 2006); provided that an entity which is primarily engaged, directly or through a majority owned subsidiary or subsidiaries, in the production or sale of a product or service other than the investment of capital shall not be considered a Benefit Plan Investor. Benefit Plan Investors include, by way of example and not of limitation, corporate pension and profit sharing plans, “simplified employee pension plans,” Keogh plans for self-employed individuals (including partners), individual retirement accounts, and certain bank commingled trust funds, or insurance company separate accounts, for such plans and accounts. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, whether an entity is a Benefit Plan Investor shall be determined under the rules set forth in DOL Regulation 29 CFR §2510.3- 101, but only to the extent such regulations are not inconsistent with PPA 2006 and only until such time as the DOL issues new regulations consistent with PPA 2006, at which time, such superseding regulations shall control the determination of Benefit Plan Investor. 

 

Book/Tax Disparity” of a Member or Assignee of a Series – the difference between the (aggregate) balance of such Member’s or Assignee’s Capital Account in such Series and the balance of such Member’s or Assignee’s Tax Basis Capital Account in such Series. 

 

Business Day” – for purposes of this Agreement (excluding, for this purpose, any Authorizing Resolution or other document incorporated by reference herein), means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and is not a legal holiday or day on which banking institutions generally are authorized or obligated by law or regulations to remain closed in New York, California or Nevada. 


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Capital Contribution” to a Series – the amount of money (or, if the Manager determines in its sole and absolute discretion in any particular case that a contribution of capital to a Series may be made in whole or in part in the form of property other than cash, the Agreed Value of such other property, net of any liability secured by such property) contributed by a Person to the capital of such Series, less the amount of any sales charge deducted from such contribution and paid to another Person. 

 

Capital Withdrawal” from a Capital Account in a Series – any distribution of cash or other property from such Capital Account to the Member or Assignee who holds such Account and any withdrawal of cash or other property from such Capital Account (if allowed by the Manager), pursuant to this Agreement (including distributions pursuant to the provisions of Article XI). Each Capital Withdrawal from a Capital Account in a Series shall be deemed to be effected as of the end of an Accounting Period of such Series, notwithstanding that a distribution in connection with such Capital Withdrawal is made after the end of such Accounting Period. For the avoidance of doubt, a distribution shall not include any amount constituting reasonable compensation for present or past services. The amount of a Capital Withdrawal from a Capital Account in a Series shall be the amount of cash distributed in connection with such withdrawal (to the extent cash is distributed in connection with such withdrawal) plus the net value of any assets associated with such Series that are distributed in connection with such withdrawal (to the extent assets associated with such Series are distributed in connection with such withdrawal), determined in accordance with the valuation principles set forth in the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series or in the Memorandum(if any) relating to such Series. 

 

“CE Act” – the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended. 

 

Certificate” – the Certificate of Formation of the Company as originally filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and as subsequently amended and/or restated from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and the Act. 

 

Final Closing” – with respect to a Series, the final day in which such Series admits a Person as a Member thereof pursuant to this Agreement. 

 

Code” – the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Confidential Information” is defined in Section 8.6(a)

 

Company” – Sow Good Investments, LLC, the Delaware limited liability company whose formation was completed upon the filing of the Certificate and whose business and affairs shall be governed by this Agreement. 

 

Control” – when used with respect to a particular Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 

 

Entity” – any domestic or foreign corporation, partnership (whether general or limited), joint venture, limited liability company, business trust, trust, estate, custodian, Governmental Entity, cooperative or other entity, or any unincorporated association or organization or account, whether acting in an individual or representative capacity. 

 

ERISA” – the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 


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Fiscal Quarter” of a Series – a fiscal quarter of such Series determined in accordance with the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series. 

 

Fiscal Year” of a Series – the fiscal year of such Series determined in accordance with the Authorizing Resolution creating such Series. 

 

General Assets” is defined in Section 5.3(b)

 

General Liabilities” is defined in Section 5.4(b)

 

Governmental Entity” – any federal, state, local or foreign government (or political subdivision, department, instrumentality, body or agency thereof). 

 

Indemnification Obligation” – an obligation of the Company to indemnify an Indemnitee, advance expenses of an Indemnitee or provide contribution with respect to an Indemnitee, as the case may be, pursuant to Article IX

 

Indemnitee” is defined in Section 9.2(a)

 

Initial Closing” for a Series – the day on which such Series admits a Person (other than the Manager) as a Member thereof pursuant to this Agreement. 

 

Interest” of a Member or Assignee of a Series at any particular time – such Member’s or Assignee’s interest, rights, powers and authority in and with respect to such Series at such time as determined in accordance with this Agreement. Such rights include (i) such Member’s or Assignee’s share of the profits and losses of such Series, and such Member’s or Assignee’s right to receive distributions and to withdraw assets from such Series, pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) such Member’s or Assignee’s other rights, powers and authority in respect of such Series under this Agreement. 

 

Judicially Determined” – determined in a judgment or order, not subject to further appeal or discretionary review, by a court, governmental body or agency or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction to render or issue such judgment or order. 

 

Liabilities” of a Series – (i) all of such Series’ bills and accounts payable; (ii) all of such Series’ accrued or payable expenses described in Section 5.4(a); and (iii) all of such Series’ other liabilities, present or future, including any Reserves established in respect of such Series. 

 

Liquidating Trustee” is defined in Section 11.2(a)

 

Liquidating Trustee Associate” – the Liquidating Trustee, any Affiliate of the Liquidating Trustee, and any member, partner, shareholder, other beneficial owner, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of the Liquidating Trustee or any such Affiliate and their Personal Representatives. 

 

Losses” is defined in Section 9.2(a)

 

Majority in Interest” of the Members of a Series as of the beginning of an Accounting Period – except as otherwise provided in the Authorizing Resolution creating a particular Series, Members of such Series (other than Members of such Series who are also Manager Associates) the Opening Balances of whose Capital Accounts in such Series at such time exceed fifty percent (50%) of the Opening Balances of the Capital Accounts at such time of all Members of such Series (other than Members of such Series who are also Manager Associates). 


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Manager” means a “manager” within the meaning of Section 18-101(10) of the Act. 

 

Manager” – Social Investment Manager and Advisors, LLC and any Additional Manager, to the extent that the Manager, pursuant to Section 3.4(c), provides that such Additional Manager shall possess any one or more of the rights, powers and authority of Social Investment Manager and Advisors, LLC in its capacity as a Manager of the Company under this Agreement. 

 

Manager Associate” – the Manager, each Affiliate of the Manager, each member, partner, shareholder, other beneficial owner, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of the Manager or any such Affiliate, and the Personal Representatives of each of the foregoing. 

 

Member” of a Series as of a particular time – a Person who has been admitted to such Series as a Member in accordance with this Agreement and who has not, pursuant to this Agreement, (i) withdrawn all amounts from its Capital Account in such Series, (ii) resigned or withdrawn as a Member of such Series, (iii) been required to withdraw as a Member of such Series or (iv) assigned its entire Interest to a substitute Member pursuant to Section 5.7(b)(ii)(A). Member, when such term is used without reference to a Series, means each Member of each Series. 

 

Memorandum” relating to a Series – the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum as in effect at the time of the Initial Closing for such Series (if any), together with (i) any amendment(s) thereto and (ii) any supplement(s) thereto relating to such Series, prepared by or under the direction of the Manager describing the Company, such Series, the Manager and the offer and sale of Interests in such Series. 

 

Minimum Investment Amount” $10,000 or such other amount as set forth in the Authorizing Resolution. 

 

Net Assets” of a Series at a particular time – the value of a Series’ assets at such time minus the amount of the Series’ liabilities at such time (in each case determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (except as provided in this Agreement, the relevant Authorizing Resolution or the Memorandum (if any)) and Section 8.3).

 

“Net Income” with respect to any Series, the income generated with respect to the Company’s Assets, less any Company Liabilities associated with such Series or Assets associated with such Series. 

 

1940 Act” – the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

1934 Act” – the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

 

1933 Act” – the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

 

Notification” to a Person – a written notice that is deemed to be duly given to such Person on: (i) the date of delivery, if delivered by hand to such Person or sent to such Person by facsimile transmission (provided confirmation of receipt thereof is obtained) or reputable overnight courier; or (ii) the date indicated as the date of receipt on the return receipt, if mailed to such Person by U.S. registered or certified mail (first class postage prepaid), return receipt requested. Any Notification required or permitted to be given to the Manager or the Company shall be sent to the principal office of the Company, or to such other address or facsimile number as the Manager may specify in a Notification given to all other Members and Assignees. Any Notification required or permitted to be given to any other Member or Assignee shall be sent to such Member or Assignee at such address or to such facsimile number as such Member or Assignee may notify the Company by way of a Notification (it being understood and agreed that a Subscription  


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Agreement, duly executed by a Person who subscribes for a Company Interest pursuant thereto, shall constitute a Notification by such Person of its address and facsimile number).

 

Offering Period” the period beginning on the date of the Initial Closing and ending on the date of the Final Closing which period should not exceed the time period set forth in the Authorizing Resolution. 

 

Party” is defined in Section 12.3.

 

Person” – any natural person, whether acting in an individual or representative capacity, or any 

Entity.

 

Percentage Interests” means, for any Member of a Series, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which fraction shall be the Capital Contribution of such Member and the denominator of which fraction shall be the total Capital Contributions of all Members of that Series, as may be amended from time to time upon the transfer, issuance or redemption of Interests in the Company accordance with this Agreement. 

 

Personal Representative” is defined in Section 18-101(13) of the Act.

 

Plan Assets” – money or other property in which a Benefit Plan Investor is deemed to have an ownership interest for purposes of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code. 

 

Proceeding” – any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding (including any action by or in the right of the Company or any Series), civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, brought by or before (or threatened to be brought by or before) any court, arbitrator, mediator, governmental body or agency or self-regulatory organization, that directly or indirectly arises from or relates to this Agreement, the business or affairs of the Company (or any Series) or a Member’s or Assignee’s investment in a Series. 

 

Proprietary Information” is defined in Section 8.6(e)(i)

 

Regular Income Distribution” is defined in Section 6.1(b). 

 

Required Records” is defined in Section 8.1(a).

 

Reserves” is defined in Section 8.3(d)

 

Securities and Commodities Laws” – any one or more of the Advisers Act, the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, the 1940 Act and the CE Act, to the extent each is applicable to the Manager or the Company. 

 

Series” means an investment portfolio of the Company that is separate and distinct from each other investment portfolio of the Company and is a “series” of the Company within the meaning of Section 18-215 of the Act. 

 

Subscription Agreement” of a Person – the Subscription Agreement and Power of Attorney (and related documents) in such form or forms as the Manager may from time to time determine, as completed and executed by such Person and delivered by such Person to the Company in respect of the relevant Series, pursuant to which such Person (i) subscribes for an Interest in such Series by agreeing to contribute capital to such Series in such amount or amounts, at such time or times and otherwise in such manner as may be set forth therein; and (ii) agrees to be bound by this Agreement as a Member of such Series. 

 

State” is defined in Section 18-101(14) of the Act. 


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Subsequent Closing” with respect to each Series, any closing that takes place during the Offering Period. 

 

Target Investment Amount” with respect to each series, the amount set forth in the Authorizing Resolution and Memorandum supplement. 

 

Tax Basis Capital Account” – is defined in Section 7.2(a).

 

Tax Item” of a Series – any item of such Series’ income, gain, expense, deduction, loss or credit allocable to Members and Assignees of such Series for federal income tax purposes. 

 

Tax Laws” is defined in Section 8.5(b)

 

Tax Returns” is defined in Section 8.5(a)

 

Transfer” of an Interest or an interest therein – (i) any transaction in which a Person assigns or purports to assign an Interest, or an interest therein, to another Person, and includes: (A) any transfer, sale, assignment, gift, exchange, pledge, mortgage or hypothecation of an Interest, or any interest therein; (B) the creation or granting of a security interest, lien or encumbrance in, on or against an Interest, or any interest therein; or (C) any other conveyance or disposition of an Interest, or an interest therein, whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law; and (ii) any agreement, including a structured note or swap transaction, under which a Member or Assignee agrees to: (A) grant any other Person an economic interest in such Member’s or Assignee’s Capital Account or (B) pay any person an amount determined in whole or in substantial part by reference to the change in value of a Capital Account or to the performance of the Company. 

 

Treasury Regulations” – the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, whether in proposed, temporary or final form. 

 

Withdrawal Date” in respect of a Capital Account – the date as of which a Capital Withdrawal is effected from such Account. 


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EX1A-3 HLDRS RTS 4 sow_ex3z2.htm FORM NOTE AND INVESTOR AGREEMENT

ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE  OR OTHER USE OF THIS  NOTE FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL UNLESS THIS NOTE HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY THE REGISTERED HOLDER (AS DEFINED BELOW) TO  THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF SUCH TRANSFER. THIS NOTE IS NOT TRANSFERRABLE WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY WHICH MAY BE GRANTED OR WITHHELD IN THE COMPANY’S SOLE DISCRETION. THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED FOR SALE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OR PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT AND SUCH OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. PLEASE SEE THE OFFERING CIRCULAR DATED AS OF ______ 2023 (AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE “CIRCULAR”) AND THE INVESTOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE HOLDER WITH RESPECT TO THIS NOTE (THE “INVESTOR AGREEMENT”) FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THIS NOTE IS NOT SECURED BY THE RELEVANT LOAN OR ANY OF THE COLLATERAL RELATED THERETO OR ANY OF THE ASSETS OF THE ISSUER.

THIS NOTE IS NON-RECOURSE TO THE ASSETS, FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS OF SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC SERIES 1-001 (THE “ISSUER”) OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, MEMBERS, PARENTS, OR SUBSIDIARIES EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OF THE VALUE OF BORROWER LOAN NET PAYMENTS ACTUALLY RECEIVED IN RESPECT OF THE LOAN.

FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, THIS NOTE IS BEING ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) BECAUSE PAYMENTS ON THIS NOTE ARE DEPENDENT ON PAYMENTS ON THE LOAN, TO WHICH THIS SERIES OF NOTE RELATES (THE “LOAN”). THE ISSUE PRICE OF THIS BORROWER PAYMENT DEPENDENT NOTE (THIS “NOTE”) IS THE STATED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE, AND THE ISSUE DATE IS THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE. UPON REQUEST, COMPANY WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE THE AMOUNT OF OIS AND YIELD MATURITY OF THIS NOTE. A HOLDER SHOULD EMAIL THE COMPANY AT ___________.COM


NON-RECOURSE NOTE

SERIES NO. 1-001

DATE:

ISSUER:  Sow Good Investments, LLC Series 1-001

BORROWER:

BORROWER LOAN NUMBER: 002

STATED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS NOTE: U.S. $

AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS SERIES OF NOTES: U.S. [$2,000,000]

INTEREST RATE ON THIS NOTE: 7.0%

PREPAYMENT PENALTY OF LOAN: None

LOAN ISSUE DATE:

INITIAL MATURITY 1:

FINAL MATURITY DATE 2:

 

1. Date corresponding to stated initial maturity of Loan plus ten (10) Days.

2. Date corresponding to stated final maturity of Loan plus ten (10) Days.

 

PAYMENT DATE:  Subject to the limitations on payment described below, Issuer will make payments of the principal and interest on the unpaid principal balance in the amounts listed above (“Note Payments”) on or before the Maturity date (the “Payment Date”) following receipt, and only upon receipt, of any payments on the Loan (the “Loan”) identified above (“Borrower Loan Payments”), provided, however, that if the Borrower Loan Net Payments are received by the Issuer on or after a date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Maturity, the Payment Date shall be on or before the tenth (10th) day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which the Issuer received the Borrower Loan Net Payment. All Note Payments by the Issuer which are made in relation to any Borrower Loan Payments shall be net of: (1) an annualized Management Fee identified above (with respect to Interest Payments); (2) any Issuer fees and, if applicable, third-party servicing fees; and (3) any Protective Payments made by the Issuer pursuant to the Investor Agreement, (such aggregate net amount, each a “Borrower Loan Net Payment”) in accordance with the Distributions schedule for this Note set forth on our website under the “Financials” tab of the loan listing, subject to prepayment or redemption at any time without penalty, in each case, by the Issuer in accordance with the Investor Agreement.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Sow Good Investments, LLC, Series 1-001, a series of Sow Good Investments, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Issuer”), hereby promises to pay to the person identified as the “Holder” above (the “Holder”), in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Investor Agreement between Issuer and the Holder, duly executed


and delivered by Issuer, Note Payments in U.S. dollars (“Dollars”) in an amount equal to the Holder’s equal and ratable share of the Loan Net Payments on each Payment Date until the Maturity Date, or if the Note has been extended, until the Final Maturity Date; provided that (1) no payments of principal and interest on this Note shall be payable until and unless the Issuer has received Loan Payments, and then only to the extent of Loan Net Payments in respect of those Loan Payments related to the corresponding Loan series identified above that have been received by the Issuer, (2) your Note not is secured by the Loan or any of the collateral related to the Loan and no Holder of the Note shall have any recourse against the Issuer unless, and then only to the extent that, the Issuer has (i) failed to pay such Holder the Loan Net Payments subsequent to the Issuer’s receipt of Loan Payments or (ii) otherwise breached a covenant in the Investor Agreement that is applicable to the series of Notes of which this Note forms a part, and (3) all payments to be made hereby shall be made in the form of a credit to the Holder’s account with the Issuer. THE HOLDER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT HOLDER DOES NOT HAVE ANY SECURITY INTEREST IN, OR CLAIM TO, THE LOAN, ANY OTHER COLLATERAL OR ANY MORTGAGE LOAN UNDERLYING ANY THE OR ANY OTHER PROMISSORY NOTE OR OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY OR ANY OF THE COMPANY’S AFFILIATES.

1. Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms used herein which are defined in the Investor Agreement, dated as of _______ by and between the Holder and the Issuer (as amended, from time to time, the “Investor Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Investor Agreement, which agreements are incorporated herein by reference in  their  entirety. To the extent that provisions contained in this Note are inconsistent with the provisions set forth in the Investor Agreement, the provisions contained herein will apply.

“ACH System” is closed and not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close in New York, New York, United States.

“Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which the Automated Clearing House system operated by the United States Federal Reserve Bank (the

“Record Date” shall mean the second Business Day immediately preceding each Payment Date.

2.  Payments of Principal and Interest.

2.1 Payments.  Interest payments shall be due and payable on the applicable Payment Date. Except as provided in the Investor Agreement, the principal and interest payable on the Payment Date will be paid to the person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding such Payment Date or maturity date in accordance with the terms of this Note. The Issuer and any paying agent thereof may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner of this Note at the Holder’s address as it appears on the register books of the Issuer as kept by the Issuer or duly authorized agent of the Issuer (whether or not this Note shall be overdue), for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account hereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Issuer nor any paying agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.  Such payments shall continue until the entire indebtedness evidenced by the Note and all accrued and unpaid interest and fees are fully paid, with any unpaid principal and interest due and payable on the Initial Maturity Date shown above unless the Issuer has extended the maturity date until the Final Maturity Date. The Issuer shall only be obligated to make any payment on this Note if and only if, and only to the extent that, the Issuer receives Loan Net Payments relating to the corresponding Loan series identified above. Should the Issuer not receive any payments from the corresponding Loan, the Issuer will not owe anything to Holder. Holder shall not have any right to proceeds from any other Note of a different series. All payments made to or upon the order of such registered Holder


shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectively satisfy and discharge liability for moneys payable on this Note.

2.2 Initial Maturity Date; Final Maturity Date.  Each Note will mature on the Initial Maturity Date, provided, however, that if on the Initial Maturity Date any principal or interest payments in respect of the Loan remain due and payable to the Issuer, the maturity date of this Note will be automatically extended to the Final Maturity Date. Subsequent to the Final Maturity Date, the Issuer will have no further obligations with respect to any payments under the Notes irrespective of the Issuer’s receipt of Loan Net Payments thereafter.

2.2 Interest. Interest on the unpaid principal balance will accrue at an annual rate equal to the Interest Rate shown above from the date of this Note. The Loan is computed based on a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed. Interest computed based on a 360-day year is greater than interest computed based on a 365-day year.

2.3 Late Fees; Extensions.  The Issuer shall charge an additional 50% management fee for any fees from the Loans that incur late charges, postponement and extension fees, processing fees, default interest charged to the borrower, forbearance fees, inspection fees, administrative fees and any other payments or fees due from the borrower (except for returned check or non-sufficient funds charges, which will always be retained in full by the Issuer), net of any third-party servicing fees. In addition, any legal fees or additional collections or servicing fees will be deducted from the proceeds of the Loan. These fees will correspondingly reduce the amount of any payments the Investor member will receive on the Notes and are not reflected in the yield percentage displayed in listings. If any withholding tax is imposed on any payment made by the Issuer to the Holder, such tax shall reduce the amount otherwise payable with respect to such payment. Upon request of the Issuer, the Holder shall provide the Issuer with Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, WBEN, W-8ECI, W-8IMY or other similar withholding certificate of a state, local, or foreign governmental authority such that the Issuer may make payments on the Note without deduction for any tax.

2.4 Issuer’s Right to Modification.  The Holder acknowledges and agrees that under certain circumstances, in order to maximize recovery for investors, the Issuer may, in its discretion, reduce principal or interest on this Note in a manner that is pro rata to any reductions on the Loan. Our right to make such modifications to this Note shall not be affected or limited in any way whatsoever by restrictions or prohibitions, if any, on cancellation, termination or modification by us of any Borrower Loan that may be enforceable against us by the corresponding Borrower Member or any other party.

2.5 Currency.  All payments of principal and interest on this Note due to the Holder hereof shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds in the form of a credit to the Holder’s account with the Issuer, which can be transferred to Holder’s personal bank account by ACH upon request. Requests to expedite the transfer of funds to a Holder’s bank account by wire will incur an additional charge of up to one-hundred dollars ($100).  All Dollar amounts used in or resulting from the calculation of amounts due in respect of this Note shall be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being rounded upward).

2.6 Prepayment; Balloon Payment.  The Issuer may prepay this Note in whole or in part at any time without any penalty. All prepayments of principal on this Note shall be applied to the most remote principal installment or installments then unpaid.  Principal on this Note will typically be paid by a final balloon payment. Interest stops accruing as of the date of final payoff by the Borrower, though the Issuer will generally distribute the final balloon payment five (5) business days after receipt by us or our third party servicer. Interest will not accrue on those five (5) business days, which are used to transfer, audit, and approve distributions to Holders.


3.  Series Note. This Note is one of a duly authorized series of special limited obligations of the Issuer. The Notes are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by all terms of the Investor Agreement, certain of which are summarized hereon, and Holders are referred to the Investor Agreement and the Circular for a full statement of such terms. This Note is an unsecured obligation of the Issuer and is not secured by the Loan, the mortgage or security instrument associated with the Loan, the underlying Loan collateral or any of the Loan payments.

4.  Note Series Limitation. The Holder understands and agrees that this Note is part of a series of Notes, which series of Notes is held in the aggregate by multiple holders. The Holder shall not assert any right of action, including (without limitation) any arbitration, lawsuit or otherwise, except in conjunction or aggregation with other holders of the Notes of the same series as set forth in the Investor Agreement.

5.  Not Redeemable. This Note is not entitled to any sinking fund. This Note is not redeemable at the option of the Holder.

6.  Limitations on Transfer. This Note may not be transferred except as may be permitted under the terms of the Investor Agreement.  In the event that all conditions for transfer set forth therein have been satisfied, then upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the office of the Issuer at New York, New York, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer duly executed by the Holder or the Holder’s attorney electronically or in writing, a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in Dollars for an equal aggregate principal amount and like interest rate and maturity will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to any transfer fee payable to the Issuer and for any stamp tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

7.  Assignment.  This Note inures to and binds the heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns of the parties; provided that the Holder may only assign or transfer this Note in connection with the terms outlined herein and in the Circular and Investor Agreement, and under no circumstances may Holder assign or transfer this Note in violation of the Act.

8. Nonrecourse Generally.  (i) The Issuer shall not be personally liable, and Holder shall not commence or prosecute any action against the Issuer or borrower of the Loan, for the non-payment or non-performance of any obligation on this Note (the “Obligations”) due to failure or default of the Loan corresponding to the series of this Note; (ii) Holder shall not seek, obtain, or enforce a deficiency judgment against the Issuer, Sow Good Investments, LLC, any other series of Sow Good Investments, LLC or the borrower of the Loan; (iii) Holder’s recourse for the Issuer’s payment obligations shall be limited to the payments and amounts, if any, received by Issuer on the  Loan corresponding to the series of this Note; (iii) the Holder shall not be entitled to obtain specific performance or any other similar order, remedy, or relief against the Issuer or the borrower of the Loan relating to any claim arising from the Note; and (iv) the Holder waives any right to exercise any banker's right of set-off arising from the Note, against any funds of the Issuer in the Holder’s custody, control, or possession. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the in any Note, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Issuer, either directly or through the Issuer, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such personal liability of every such incorporator, shareholder, officer and director, as such, being expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as a condition of and as part of the consideration for the issuance of this Note.  THIS NOTE IS NON-RECOURSE TO THE ASSETS, FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS OF COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, STOCKHOLDERS, PARENTS, OR SUBSIDIARIES EXCEPT


TO THE EXTENT OF THE PRO RATA VALUE OF BORROWER LOAN NET PAYMENTS ACTUALLY RECEIVED, IF ANY, IN RESPECT OF THE LOAN.

9.   Jurisdiction. The parties hereto hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and of any New York state court sitting in New York, New York for purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent possible, any objection it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such proceeding and any claim that any such proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. This shall not apply to claims arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

10.Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES WILL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLE OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.  THIS SHALL NOT APPLY TO CLAIMS ARISING UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND THE EXCHANGE ACT. 

11.  Waiver.  The Issuer, endorsers, and all other persons liable or to become liable on this Note waive diligence, presentment, protest and demand, and also notice of protest, demand, nonpayment, dishonor and maturity and consents to any extension of the time or terms of payment hereof, any and all renewals or extension of the terms hereof, any release of all or any part of the security given for this Note, any acceptance of additional security of any kind and any release of any party liable under this Note.

12.   No Amendments, Modification, or Waiver.  Except as specified herein, this Note may not be amended, modified, or changed, nor shall any waiver of the provisions hereof be effective, except only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any waiver, amendment, change, or modification or discharge is sought. Additionally, a waiver of any provision in one event shall not be construed as a waiver of any other provision at any time, as a continuing waiver, or as a waiver of such provision with respect to a subsequent event.

13.  Severability.  Any provision herein held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or illegal shall in no way affect, impair, or invalidate any other provision or term hereof, and all other provisions or terms hereof shall remain in full force and effect.

14.  Tax Matters.  Each Holder, by acceptance of a Note, shall be deemed to have agreed to treat, and shall treat, such Note as debt of the Issuer for United State federal income tax purpose and shall refrain from taking any action inconsistent with such treatment.

15.   Sale Clause.  Subject to compliance with the Act and applicable securities laws and regulations, the Issuer may sell, convey, assign or otherwise transfer (a) all or any part of the Loan corresponding to the series of this Note, or (b) any interest in the Loan corresponding to the series of this note, whether any such sale, conveyance or other transfer occurs directly or indirectly, voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law, without the prior written consent of the Holder.

16.  Forbearance Not a Waiver.  If the Holder delays in exercising or fails to exercise any of its rights under this Note, that delay or failure shall not constitute a waiver of any of the Holder’s rights or of any breach, default, or failure under this Note.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this instrument to be signed on

 

 

SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC

SERIES 1-001

By:____________________________________

Name:

Title:  

 

 

INVESTOR

By:____________________________________

Name:


 

INVESTOR AGREEMENT

The following terms constitute a binding agreement (this “Agreement”) between the Investor (“you”) and Sow Good Investments, Series 1-001, a series of Sow Good Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its applicable affiliates, collectively, “Issuer,” “we”, or “us”). This Agreement will govern all purchases of Notes (as defined below) that you may, from time to time, make from Issuer. Please carefully read this Agreement, the terms of use (“Terms of Use”) and the privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) on the website www.sowgoodinvestments.com (together with any subdomain or affiliated Issuer site, collectively, the “Site”) and print and retain a copy of these documents for your records.  The Notes may be issued in one or more separate series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, mature at different times, bear interest at different rates, be subject to different covenants and events of default. For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, you and Issuer agree as follows:

1.  Use of Platform. By signing this Agreement electronically, you hereby (a) agree to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; (b) consent to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy; and (c) agree to transact business with us and receive communications relating to the Notes electronically. We reserve the right to terminate or rescind your right and eligibility to purchase Notes or to use the Site (i) at any time prior to your purchase of any Note and (ii) at any time subsequent to your purchase of any Note, with respect to or for the purpose of purchasing any new or additional Notes or otherwise except in connection with any Note you currently hold and your ownership interest therein.

2.  Purchase of Notes.  Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, we will provide you the opportunity through the Site:

·To review the terms of portions of loans (“Loans”) that Issuer has received from its borrower (“Borrower”); 

·To purchase Notes, generally in minimum denominations of five hundred dollars ($500) and integral multiples of one hundred dollars ($100.00) in excess thereof, through the Site, each such Note associated with, and dependent on, payments from a specific Loan (each a “Note,” and collectively, “Notes”); and 

·To instruct Issuer to apply the proceeds from the sale of each Note that you purchase to the funding of a specific Loan as designated on the Site. 

3.  Investment Commitments.  Any investment commitment you place on a loan request (“Series Note Listing”) is a commitment by you to purchase a Note from Issuer in the principal amount of the commitment you placed on the loan listing. If the amount available for purchase on a loan listing is less than the amount of your commitment, your commitment will be deemed to be in the amount still available for purchase. The purchase price for any Notes you purchase through the Site will equal 100% of the principal amount of such Notes.  At the time you commit to purchase a Note, you must have sufficient funds in your account with Issuer or your bank account to complete the purchase. Once you place an investment commitment on a loan listing, it is irrevocable by you regardless of whether the full amount of the loan listing is funded. If you do not qualify to invest in the Notes or Issuer determines for any reason to reject your commitment, Issuer reserves the right to reject your commitment by giving notice. The Platform does not warrant or guaranty that you will be able to place a commitment on any Series Note Listing before it receives commitments totaling the requested loan amount. Our manager or parent company may allocate some of its Loan opportunities to other funding channels.


4.  Issuance of Notes.  Each time you purchase a Note, such Note will generally be issued within one (1) business day following your signing of the Note; receipt of funds; and verification of your accredited investor status. We shall have no obligation to issue or sell, and you shall have no right to purchase or receive, a Note corresponding to an Loan if the relevant Loan is canceled by us in our sole discretion (for example, if there is attempted fraud or a security breach).

5.  Terms of Notes.  The Notes shall have the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and each Note. You understand and acknowledge that we may, in our sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, amend or waive any term of an Loan or partially or completely cancel any Loan or reduce or modify the amount of principal or interest outstanding thereon. Under certain circumstances, in order to maximize recovery for investors, we may, in our sole discretion, reduce principal or interest on the Notes in a manner that is pro rata to any such reductions on the corresponding Loan. Our right under this Agreement to make such amendments, waivers and modifications to the Notes shall not be affected or limited in any way whatsoever by restrictions or prohibitions, if any, on cancellation, termination or modification by us of any Loan that may be enforceable against us by the corresponding Borrower Member or any other party.

6.  Limitation on Transfer. The Notes are not transferrable without the prior written consent of the Issuer, which may be granted or withheld in the Issuer’s sole discretion.

7.  Redemption by Issuer.  You understand, acknowledge and, hereby, agree that  Issuer  may, in  its sole discretion, at any time, redeem any outstanding Note at any time by paying you, in cash or any other form selected by Issuer in its sole discretion, an amount equal to the outstanding principal and any accrued but unpaid interest on such Note.

8.  Issuer Expenses.  You understand and acknowledge that Issuer may, from time to time and at any time, pay certain expenses or undertake certain actions to protect investments in any Loan to the extent deemed necessary in its sole discretion, including collection, foreclosure and legal costs, as well as payments necessary to pay senior liens, junior liens, and other fees and costs (“Protective Payments”).  You understand, acknowledge, and, hereby, agree that Issuer shall have the right to be reimbursed in full for such Protective Payments (with interest payable at the applicable interest rate on the Note corresponding to such Loan from the time of expenditure or outlay of funds by Issuer to and including the date of receipt or collection of funds from the obligee of such Loan) upon the receipt of funds from any obligee on its Loan in relation to which loans Issuer made Protective Payments. Any amounts paid to the Issuer under the corresponding Borrower Loan shall be payable as follows: (1) to the Issuer, to recoup the Issuer’s Advances together with any accrued interest thereon, (2) to the Issuer or third parties for any fees and costs allowed to be charged under the Circular and (3) the balance, if any, pro rata to the Holders of the Notes.

9.  Your Representations, Warrantees and Covenants.  You hereby represent, warrant and confirm to Issuer, as of the date of this Agreement and as of any date that you commit to purchase Notes, as follows:

(a)  You have the financial ability to bear the full economic risk of any Notes purchased hereunder, have adequate means of providing for your current needs and personal contingencies, have no need for liquidity with respect to any Notes purchased hereunder and would be able to afford a complete loss of any and all Notes purchased hereunder.

(b)  You have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of any Notes purchased hereunder and to make an informed investment decision with respect thereto.


(c)  You satisfy the minimum financial suitability standards applicable to the state or other jurisdiction in which you reside, and you will abide by the maximum investment limits, as required by law, as set forth herein or as may be set forth in the Notes. You will provide any additional documentation reasonably requested by us, as may be required by the securities administrators or other regulatory or self-regulatory bodies of any state or jurisdiction or any applicable law or regulation, to confirm that you meet such minimum financial suitability standards and have satisfied any maximum investment limits.

(d)  Neither you, nor your principals, constituents, investors or affiliates, if any, is in violation of any legal requirements relating to terrorism, the financing of terrorism or other illegal activities or money laundering, including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing (effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”) and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (the “Patriot Act”).

(e)  (i) You have full capacity, power and authority to enter into and perform your obligations under this Agreement; (ii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by you; (iii) you have received or been provided online access to the currently applicable form of Note (which you acknowledge and agree may change from time to time for future issuances of Notes); (iv) in connection with this Agreement, you have complied in all material respects with applicable federal, state and local laws; and (v) you have made your decisions in connection with your consideration of any loan requests on the Site in compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., and its implementing Regulation B, 12 C.F.R. 202 et seq., as such statute and regulation may be amended from time to time, and any applicable state or local laws, regulations, rules or ordinances concerning credit discrimination.  

(f)  In addition, if the person entering this Agreement is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (each, an "institution"), the institution warrants and represents that: (i) the individual executing this Agreement on behalf of the institution has all necessary power and authority to execute and perform this Agreement on the institution's behalf; (ii) the execution and performance of this Agreement will not violate any provision in the institution's charter documents, by-laws, indenture of trust or partnership agreement, or other constituent agreement or instrument governing the institution's formation or administration; and (iii) the execution and performance of this Agreement will not constitute or result in a breach or default under, or conflict with, any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any agreement or other undertaking to which the institution isa party or by which it is bound.

(g)  Neither you, nor your principals, constituents, investors or affiliates are a “Prohibited Person”, which is defined as follows: (i) a person or entity that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order; (ii) a person or entity owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any person or entity that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;(iii) a person or entity with whom you are prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any terrorism or money laundering legal requirements, including the Executive Order and the Patriot Act;(iv) a person or entity who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; (v) a person or entity that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked person” on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control; or (vi) a person or entity who is affiliated with a person or entity listed above.

(h)  Neither you, nor your principals, constituents, investors or affiliates will (i) conduct any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any Prohibited Person, including the making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Prohibited Person; (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked


pursuant to the Executive Order; or (iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purposes of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in the Executive Order or the Patriot Act.

(i)  You agree that you have no right to, and shall not make any attempt, directly or through any third party, to collect from any Borrower on any Loan on any of your Notes.  YOU UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY BORROWR TO ANY LOANS MAY DEFAULT ON THEIR PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE LOANS AND THAT SUCH DEFAULTS WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNTS, IF ANY, YOU MAY RECEIVE UNDER THE TERMS OF ANY NOTES YOU HOLD ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH UNDERLYING BORROWER LOANS.  THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER YOUR NOTE ARE UNSECURED AND YOU DO NOT HAVE A SECURITY INTEREST IN THE LOAN SPECIFIC TO YOUR NOTE OR ANY OTHER COLLATERAL.  EACH NOTE IS NON-RECOURSE TO THE ASSETS, FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS OF SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC AND ALL SERIES THEREOF, OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, EMPLOYEES, STOCKHOLDERS OR SUBSIDIARIES, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OF THE VALUE OF BORROWER LOAN NET PAYMENTS (AS DEFINED IN THE NOTE) ACTUALLY RECEIVED IN RESPECT OF THE LOAN.

(j)  If you are an individual, you hereby agree that you will not purchase Notes in an amount in excess of 10% of your net worth, determined exclusive of the value of your home, home furnishings and automobile.

(k) You understand and acknowledge that Issuer has not made any warranty, representation or guaranty with the respect to the return of the principal amount of, or interest owed under, any Note purchased and held hereunder.

(l)  You understand that the Notes will not be listed on any securities exchange.

(m)  You acknowledge and agree that the purchase and sale of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement is an arms length transaction between you and Issuer. In connection with the purchase and sale of the Notes, Issuer is not acting as your agent, advisor or fiduciary. Issuer assumes no advisory or fiduciary responsibility in your favor in connection with the purchase and sale of the Notes.  Issuer has not provided you with any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the Notes. You have had the opportunity to consult and have consulted your own legal, accounting, regulatory, investment and tax advisors to the extent that you have deemed appropriate.  You acknowledge that you understand that any anticipated United States federal or state income tax benefits may not be available and, further, may be adversely affected through the adoption of new laws or regulations or amendments to existing laws or regulations. You acknowledge and agree that the Issuer is providing no warranty or assurance regarding the ultimate availability of any tax benefits to you by reason on holding the Notes.

(n)  You represent that, as a condition to the ongoing effectiveness of this Agreement and of our obligation to sell or issue to you any Note, no securities law, regulation or rule (including any judicial decision interpreting, applying or addressing the same) of the United States or of any state or territory thereof (the “Securities Laws”) shall prohibit (i) the execution and performance by the parties of this Agreement or (ii) the extending, borrowing or lending under, issuing, funding of (including any commitment to fund) or investment in or sale or purchase of (or offer to sell or purchase) the Notes without the registration of such Notes under the Securities Act of 1933 or comparable laws in effect in any United States state or territory. You agree to comply with the Securities Laws at all times and to take no action that could result in Issuer being deemed in violation of any of the Securities Laws.


(o)  In the event that you elect to purchase any Notes, you agree to fulfill all requirements of the Platform, including but not limited to the execution (whether digitally or manually) of an Investor Agreement, any notes, loan purchase agreements, servicing agreements, representations and warranties, verification of accredited investor status, and fund documents. You agree that you are and at all times while you are a holder of a Note or Notes subject to all rules and regulations of the Platform. You acknowledge that all investments are redeemable by the Issuer at any time at a price of the face value of any note or loan plus any accrued but unpaid interest.

10.  Taxes. You and Issuer agree that the Notes are intended to be indebtedness of the Issuer for U.S. federal income tax purposes. You agree that you will not take any position inconsistent with such treatment of the Notes for tax, accounting, or other purposes, unless required by applicable law. You further acknowledge that the Notes will be subject to the original issue discount rules of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as described in the Private Placement Circular for such Notes. You acknowledge that you are prepared to bear the risk of loss of your entire purchase price for any Notes you purchase. NEITHER PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY TO THE OTHER REGARDING THE EFFECT THAT THIS AGREEMENT MAY HAVE UPON THE FOREIGN, FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL TAX LIABILITY OF THE OTHER.

11.  Indemnification.  You hereby indemnify and agree to defend and hold harmless each of Issuer and its affiliates,  directors, officers, employees, agents, independent contractors, consultants, attorneys, advisors, shareholders, members, partners, successors, estates  and  assignees  (each, an “Indemnified party”) from and against any loss, suit, claim, proceeding, award, judgment, settlement, cost, liability, damage or expense (including attorneys’, accountants’ and advisors’ fees and expenses and any expenses incurred in investigating or defending any such loss or threatened loss), arising out of or in connection with (i) any breach of any material term hereof, including securities law compliance pursuant to Section 9, or (ii) any fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or unlawful activity by or on behalf of you affecting any Indemnified party; provided that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the parties agree that (x) your representations, warranties and covenants set forth in Section 9 shall be deemed material terms hereof.

12.  No Recording.  You agree that you shall not (i) record this Agreement or any memorandum thereof or (ii) execute, acknowledge, deliver, file or record any security agreement, financing statement or similar security instrument in any way related to or arising out of the interest(s), right(s) or obligation(s) under this Agreement. Any such recordation, execution, acknowledgment, delivery or filing, shall be null and void and of no force or effect. Nothing in this Agreement or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute, or acknowledge or authorize the creation of, a security interest, lien or collateral under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other law or regulation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.  You acknowledge and agree that you have no direct rights with respect to the Loan, the loan mortgage, the property pledged pursuant to the Loan or any other assets of Issuer.

13.  Limitations on Damages.   TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ANY PARTY, OR ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE, AGENT, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, CONSULTANT, ATTORNEY, ADVISOR, SUCCESSOR, ESTATE OR ASSIGNEE THEREOF, BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE TO THE OTHER PARTY, OR ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE, AGENT, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, CONSULTANT, ATTORNEY, ADVISOR, SUCCESSOR, ESTATE OR ASSIGNEE THEREOF, FOR, AND EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER PARTY, ANY TYPE OF INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST REVENUE, TURNOVER OR PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF


CAPITAL, REPLACEMENT GOODS, LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY, BARGAIN, RIGHTS OR SERVICES OR LOSS OF TIME), EVEN IF SUCH PARTY (OR ITS REPRESENTATIVE) HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER ARISING UNDER THEORY OF CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), BREACH OF WARRANTY, STRICT LIABILITY, STATUTE OR REGULATION OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS OF LIABILITY SPECIFIED HEREIN WILL SURVIVE AND APPLY EVEN IF FOUND OR ALLEGED TO HAVE FAILED OF THEIR ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.

14.  Restrictions on Use.  Issuer may in its sole discretion, with or without cause and with or without notice, restrict your access to the Platform or the Site. Except as provided in this Agreement, (i) you are not authorized or permitted to use the Platform to place purchase commitments on loan listings or to purchase Notes for someone other than yourself; and (ii) you must be an owner of the deposit account you designate for electronic transfers of funds, with authority to direct that funds be transferred to or from the account. Individuals who are registered investors may also register and participate on the Issuer platform as a Borrower Member. If you obtain one or more Borrower Loans through the platform, amounts in your Issuer funding account are subject to set-off against any delinquent amounts owing on your Borrower Loans. Amounts in your Issuer funding account are also subject to setoff against any shortfall resulting from ACH returns of transfers or deposits of funds to your Issuer funding account. You will not receive further notice in advance of our exercise of our right to set-off amounts in your Issuer funding account against any delinquent amounts owing on any Borrower Loans you obtain. You may not solicit current or past borrowers to directly fund any of their future loans.

15.  No Guarantee of Returns or Payments. ISSUER (WHICH AS SET FORTH IN THE INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPHS HEREOF INCLUDES ALL AFFILIATES.) DOES NOT WARRANT OR GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE ANY RATE OF RETURN, ANY MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST OR ANY PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST AT ALL ON ANY NOTE. THE AMOUNT YOU RECEIVE ON A NOTE IS WHOLLY DEPENDENT UPON THE BORROWER MEMBER'S PAYMENT PERFORMANCE ON THE LOAN CORRESPONDING TO YOUR NOTE.  Issuer DOES NOT GUARANTEE ANY LOANS OR NOTES AND DOES NOT ACT AS A GUARANTOR OF ANY LOAN PAYMENT OR PAYMENTS BY ANY BORROWER MEMBER. YOU FURTHER UNDERSTAND AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BORROWER MEMBERS MAY DEFAULT ON THE LOANS CORRESPONDING TO YOUR NOTES, AND THAT SUCH DEFAULTS MAY NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST (IF ANY) YOU RECEIVE ON YOUR NOTES.

16.  No Warranties.  EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SEPCIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NO PARTY MAKES ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES TO THE OTHER PARTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

17.  Consent to Electronic Transactions and Disclosures.  Because Issuer operates only on the Internet, it is necessary for you to consent to transact business with us online and electronically. As part of doing business with us, therefore, we also need you to consent to our giving you certain disclosures electronically, either via the Site or to the email address you provide to us. By entering into this Agreement, you consent to receive electronically all documents, communications, notices, contracts, and agreements arising from or relating in any way to your or our rights, obligations or services under this Agreement (each, a “Disclosure”).  The decision to do business with us electronically is yours.  This Section 17 informs you of your rights concerning Disclosures:


·Electronic Communications. Any Disclosures will be provided to you electronically either on the Site or via electronic mail to the email address have you provided us. If you require paper copies of such Disclosures, you may write to us at the mailing address provided in Section 17 and a paper copy will be sent to you; provided such requests for paper copies are made reasonably and with reasonable frequency.  

·Scope of Consent.  Your consent to receive Disclosures and transact business electronically, and our agreement to do so, applies to any transactions to which such Disclosures relate.  

·Consenting to Do Business Electronically.  Before you decide to do business electronically with us, you should verify whether you have the required hardware and software capabilities described below.  

·Hardware and Software Requirements.  In order to access and retain Disclosures electronically, you must satisfy the following computer hardware and software requirements: access to the Internet; an email account and related software capable of receiving email through the Internet; a web browser which is SSL compliant and supports secure sessions; and hardware capable of running this software.  

·Withdrawing Consent. You  may withdraw your  consent to receive Disclosures electronically by contacting us at the email address below. If you have already purchased one or more Notes, all previously agreed to terms and conditions will remain in effect, and we will send Disclosures to your address provided during registration except as provided otherwise in any agreement between the parties.  

·How to Contact Us Regarding Electronic Disclosures.  You can contact us via the methods provided in Section 18 below. 

18.  Notices.  All notices, requests, demands, required disclosures and other communications from Issuer to you will be transmitted to you only by email to the email address that you have registered on the Site, or will be posted on the Site, and shall be deemed to have been duly given and effective upon transmission or posting, respectively. You shall send all notices or other communications required to be given hereunder to Issuer via email at info@sowgoodinvestments.com or by mail or overnight delivery service to:

 

SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS

157 Columbus Ave, Suite 512,

New York, NY 10023

1 (917) 750-5588

 

You will keep us promptly informed of any change in your email address, mailing address and telephone number so that, among other things, you can continue to receive all Disclosures in a timely fashion. If your primary email address changes, you must notify us of the change by sending an email to info@sowgoodinvestments.com.

19.  Governing Law.  This Agreement, and all disputes, differences, claims or controversies arising out of this Agreement (whether sounding in contract, tort or otherwise), or the negotiation, validity or performance hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the without regard to any rules or principles of conflict of laws of such State or of any other


jurisdiction that would permit or require the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.  This shall not apply to claims arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

20.  Jurisdiction and Venue.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally consents to submit to the sole and exclusive personal jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and of the United States of America, in each case, located in the State of New York, New York City (the “New York Courts") for any litigation among the parties hereto arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the negotiation, validity or performance of this Agreement, waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such litigation in the New York Courts and agrees not to plead or claim in any New York Court that such litigation brought therein has been brought in an inconvenient forum or that there are indispensable parties to such litigation that are not subject to the jurisdiction of the New York Courts. Service of process, summons, notice or other document by certified mail to the applicable party’s current address for correspondence shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably waives any right which it may have had to bring such an action in any other court, domestic or foreign, or before any similar domestic or foreign authority and agrees not to claim or plead the same.

21.  WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EXCEPT FOR DISPUTES COVERED UNDER SECTION 20, EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND, THEREFORE, EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER IN THE EVENT OF A LEGAL ACTION, (B) SUCH PARTY HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 21.

22.  Interpretation. For purposes of this Agreement or the Notes:  the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “by means of example and without limitation”; the word “or” is not exclusive; the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereto” and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole; the terms “written” and “in writing” shall include e-mail notice; unless the context requires otherwise, references to the singular include the plural and references to the plural include the singular; and this Agreement and the Notes shall be construed without regard to any presumption or rule requiring construction or interpretation against the party drafting an instrument or causing any instrument to be drafted;  unless the context otherwise requires, references herein: (x) to articles, sections, schedules and exhibits mean the articles and sections of, and schedules and exhibits attached to, this Agreement; (y) to an agreement, instrument or other document means such agreement, instrument or other document as amended, supplemented and modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the provisions thereof; and (z) to a statute or other legal provision means such statute or provision as amended from time to time and includes any successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder. The titles, headings, captions and section numbers used in this Agreement or the Notes are for convenience of reference only and may not be used or considered by any person or party in construing or interpreting this Agreement and such titles, headings, captions and section numbers shall not be deemed in


any way to limit, extend or amplify the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or the Notes, or any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Notes, respectively. All references to dollar amounts in this Agreement or in any Note shall mean amounts in lawful money of the United States of America. Any ambiguities in this Agreement or the Notes shall not be construed strictly against the drafter of the language concerned, but shall be resolved by applying the most reasonable interpretation under the circumstances, giving full consideration to the intentions of the parties at the time of contracting.

23.  Severability.  In the event that any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable, such provision will be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and such provision as so reformed will continue in effect, to the extent consistent with the intent of the parties as of the date hereof. If any provision or part of this Agreement will, to any extent, be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in effect, and every other provision of this Agreement will remain valid and enforceable to the full extent permitted by applicable law. In such event, the invalid or unenforceable provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable, and such provision as so reformed will continue in effect, to the extent consistent with the intent of the parties as of the date hereof. IT IS EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT EACH AND EVERY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT WHICH PROVIDES FOR A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY, DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES OR EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES, IS INTENDED BY THE PARTIES TO BE SEVERABLE AND INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER PROVISION AND TO BE ENFORCED AS SUCH.

24.  Force Majeure; Survival.  Neither party shall be deemed in default of this Agreement to the extent that performance of its obligations or attempts to cure any breach are delayed, restricted or prevented by reason of any act of God, fire, natural disaster, act of government, strikes or labor disputes, any actual or threatened act of terrorism, inability to provide raw materials, power or supplies, or any other similar act or condition beyond the reasonable control of the parties (collectively, a “Force Majeure”); provided that the party so affected provides prompt notice and uses its commercially efforts to avoid or remove the causes of nonperformance and continues performance hereunder immediately after such causes are removed. Upon such circumstances arising, the parties agree to discuss in good faith what, if any, modification may be required to the terms of this Agreement, in order to reach a resolution, but shall not be obligated to agree to any specific course of action.  In the event that any act of Force Majeure prevents either party from carrying out its obligations under this Agreement for a period of more than thirty (30) days, the party not so affected may terminate this Agreement upon fourteen (14) days' written notice to the other party, without any liability to either party except for any liability accruing prior to and independently of such termination.

25.  Survival; General.   The terms of this Agreement shall survive until the later of (i) the maturity of the Notes purchased by you and (ii) the satisfaction of any of your obligations hereunder.

26.  Termination. Issuer may in its sole discretion, with or without cause, immediately, take one or more of the following actions: (i) terminate this Agreement by giving you notice as provided below; or (ii) terminate or suspend your right to place purchase commitments on loan listings or otherwise participate on the Issuer platform immediately and without notice. Any Notes you purchase from Issuer prior to the effective date of any such action by Issuer shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

27.  Right to Modify Terms.  Issuer has the right to change any term or provision of this Agreement. Issuer will give you notice of material changes to this Agreement in the manner set forth in Section 18 and any such modified term or provision shall become applicable with respect to Note you purchase after the date Issuer provides such notice.  By purchasing any Note after the date of such notice, you agree that you will be deemed to have accepted any such modified term or provision. You authorize Issuer to correct obvious


clerical errors appearing in information you provide to Issuer, without notice to you, although Issuer expressly undertakes no obligation to identify or correct such errors.

28.  Non-solicitation of Borrowers.  Investors may not circumvent the Platform and directly solicit any current or past Borrower for funding or investments either during the term of an existing Note or at any point in the future.

29.  Assignment.  You may not assign, transfer, sublicense or otherwise delegate your rights or responsibilities under this Agreement to any person without Issuer’s prior written consent. Any such assignment, transfer, sublicense or delegation in violation of this section shall be null and void. Any waiver of a breach of any provision of this Agreement will not be a waiver of any subsequent breach. Failure or delay by either party to enforce any term or condition of this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such term or condition. The exercise by either party of any remedy hereunder, if any, will be without prejudice to its other remedies under this Agreement or otherwise and all remedies hereunder shall be cumulative and in addition to and not in lieu of or in substitution for any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity or otherwise. The provisions of the Terms of Use and Privacy policy are hereby incorporated in this Agreement by reference in their entirety.  All of the terms, covenants and conditions in this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their successors, estate and assigns; provided that any transfer of any interest herein or in this Agreement, the Notes in violation of any of the provisions hereof shall confer no rights upon any such successor or transferee.  You agree to make, execute and deliver to us such other documents, and take such other actions, as we may reasonably request to the extent reasonably necessary or compliant with standard practices of the financial services industry to fulfill the provisions of, and the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, or any Note.  Nothing in this Agreement or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties, any paying agent, any authenticating agent, any registrar or similar agents or service providers and their successors any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. This Agreement may be modified, amended or cancelled, and compliance with any of its provisions waived, only by an instrument in writing executed by all the parties in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Issuer may assign this Agreement at any time without your permission, unless prohibited by applicable law.  

30.  Entire Agreement.  This Agreement and documents or information incorporated herein by reference, together with the Terms of Use, Privacy policy and any Notes purchased or held by you, constitutes the sole and entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions, agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, between the parties with respect to such subject matter. This Agreement may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements between the parties. There are no unwritten or oral agreements between the parties.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor hereby executes this Agreement as of the date set forth below.

 

 

INVESTOR:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Date:

 

 

ACCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED AS OF

 

SOW GOOD INVESTMENTS, LLC

SERIES 1-001

 

By: Social Investment Managers and Advisors, LLC

Its: Manager

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

Manager

 


 

 

UNITED STATES TAXABLE INVESTORS ONLY

Under penalty of perjury, by signature above, Investor certifies that (a) the Social Security Number or Taxpayer ID Number shown above is Investor’s true, correct and complete Social Security Number or Taxpayer ID Number and (b) Investor is not subject to backup withholding because: (i) Investor is exempt from backup withholding; (ii) Investor has not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that Investor is subject to backup withholding; or (iii) the IRS has notified Investor that Investor is no longer subject to backup withholding.


 

 

 

PRIVACY POLICY

 

 

Please review the privacy set forth herein:

 

This privacy policy explains the manner in which the Fund and the Managing Member collect, utilize and maintain nonpublic personal information regarding our advisory clients, as required under applicable law.  

 

Collection of Client Information.  We collect personal information about our clients mainly through the following sources:

·subscription documents, application forms, due diligence and other questionnaires and other information provided by the client in writing, in person, by telephone, electronically or by any other means. This information includes name, address, nationality, tax identification number, and financial and investment qualifications and objectives; and 

·transactions within the Fund, including account balances, investments and redemptions. 

Disclosure of Nonpublic Personal Information.  We do not sell or rent client information. We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about our clients or former clients to any party, including other clients, except as permitted by law. For example, we may share nonpublic personal information with service providers (e.g., attorneys, accountants, General Partners and other professionals) in connection with the administration and servicing of your investment in the Fund but will not share such information with any others, including any other client.  In addition, we may disclose information to service providers, including General Partners and counterparties with whom we do business, in order to satisfy any anti-money laundering related customer identification procedures required by any laws or regulations applicable to such entities.

 

Protection of Client Information.  We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with U.S. federal standards to protect your nonpublic personal information.  Our policy is to require that all employees, financial professionals and companies providing services on our behalf keep our client information confidential.  In particular, we restrict access to the personal and account information of clients to those employees who need to know that information in the course of their job responsibilities.  Also, third parties with whom we share client information must agree to follow appropriate standards of security and confidentiality.

 

Access to Limited Partner Information.  We do not share and the Partnership will not disclose any information relating to Limited Partners with any other limited partner.  To that end, the Partnership will not provide any Limited Partner the name, addresses, telephone or other contact information, account information or subscription documents with any other Limited Partner.

 

Changes to Privacy Policy.  We will not change our privacy policy in the future in a way that affects you without first sending you a revised privacy policy describing the change

EX1A-12 OPN CNSL 5 sow_ex12z1.htm LEGALITY OPINION OF KUNZLER BEAN ADAMSON

 


October 10, 2023

 

 

Sow Good Investments, LLC

157 Columbus Ave, Suite 512,

New York, NY 10023

(917) 750-5588

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to Sow Good Investments, LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company (the “Company”), in connection with the Offering Statement on Form 1-A (the “Offering Statement”) being filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Regulation A thereunder. The Offering Statement relates to the issuance and sale by the Company of up to $2,000,000 of unsecured fix rate notes (the “Notes”).

 

As such counsel, we have examined such documents and such matters of fact and law that we have deemed necessary for the purpose of rendering the opinion set forth herein. As to questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied on certificates or comparable documents of public officials and of officers and representatives of the Company. In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have assumed without verification the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.

 

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions and limitations stated herein, we are of the opinion that the Notes have been duly authorized and, when the Notes have been duly issued and delivered against payment therefore in accordance with the terms of the Investor Agreement, the Notes will be validly issued and binding legal debt obligations of the Company.

 

Our opinion that any document is legal, valid and binding is qualified as to:

 

(a)            limitations imposed by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally;

 

(b)            rights to indemnification and contribution, which may be limited by applicable law or equitable principles; and

 

(c)            general principles of equity, including without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief and limitation of rights of acceleration, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

  

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 12.1 to the Offering Circular included in the Offering Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act.  We consent to the reference to Kunzler Bean & Adamson under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Offering Statement.


 


 

 

This opinion letter is given as of the date hereof, and we express no opinion as to the effect of subsequent events or changes in law occurring or becoming effective after the date hereof.  We assume no obligation to update this opinion letter or otherwise advise you with respect to any facts or circumstances or changes in law that may hereafter occur or come to our attention (even though the change may affect the legal conclusions stated in this opinion letter).

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

/s/ Kunzler Bean & Adamson

 

Kunzler Bean & Adamson

 

 

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