SEC Company Response from Steele Creek Capital Corp (CIK 0001817825) — Sep 25, 2020
Steele Creek Capital Corp (CIK 0001817825)
Date: Sept. 25, 2020 · CIK: 0001817825 · Accession: 0001213900-20-028386
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File numbers found in text: 000-56189
Referenced dates: August 28, 2020
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1900 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1110
+1 202 261 3300 Main
+1 202 261 3333 Fax
www.dechert.com
Harry S. Pangas
harry.pangas@dechert.com
+1 202 261 3466 Direct
+1 202 261 3333 Fax
September 25, 2020
VIA EDGAR
Division of Investment Management
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Attn: Karen Rossotto
Re: MSC Capital LLC
Registration Statement on Form 10
File Number: 000-56189
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of MSC Capital LLC (the “Company”),
this letter responds to the comments issued by the staff (the “Staff”) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) in a letter dated August 28, 2020 relating to the Company’s registration statement
on Form 10 that was filed with the SEC on July 31, 2020 (the “Registration Statement”).
As you are aware, the Company is filing
a withdrawal request with the SEC relating to the Registration Statement, to ensure that the Registration Statement does not become
automatically effective on the sixtieth day after its initial filing in accordance with Section 12(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 prior to the completion of the SEC staff’s review thereof. Concurrently with the filing of the withdrawal request,
the Company is filing a new Registration Statement with the SEC (the “Replacement Registration Statement”)
that will address the comments that have been received from the Staff to the Registration Statement, but is otherwise expected
to be substantially identical to the Registration Statement. We have included a redline between the Registration Statement and
the Replacement Registration Statement as correspondence in this filing.
For your convenience, the Staff’s
comments are included in this letter, and each comment is followed by the responses of the Company. Capitalized terms used in this
letter and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Replacement Registration Statement on Form 10
filed by the Company on the date hereof.
September 25, 2020
Page 2
General
1. Comment: Please confirm that the Company does not intend to issue debt securities
or preferred stock within a year from the effective date of the registration statement.
Response: The Company
intends to enter into a bank credit facility following the Conversion. The Company has added disclosure accordingly. See page 10
of the Replacement Registration Statement. The Company currently does not intend to issue other debt securities or preferred stock
within a year from the effective date.
2. Comment: Please advise us if you have submitted, or expect to submit, an exemptive
application or no-action request on behalf of the Company in connection with the registration statement.
Response: The Company
has not submitted and currently does not expect to submit an exemptive application or no-action request in connection with the
registration statement.
Explanatory Note (Page 1)
3. Comment: In the third italicized bullet, the disclosure refers to Steele Creek
Investment Management LLC as “a majority-owned subsidiary of Moelis Asset Management and our investment adviser.” Please
clarify in the disclosure what this means. In doing so, please explain here the relationship among MAM, the Investment Advisor
and Kenneth Moelis (as referenced in the last sentence of the first paragraph on page 4).
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 1 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
4. Comment: In the paragraph immediately following the bullets, please add disclosure
indicating that the Company is also subject to the proxy rules in Section 14 of the 1934 Act, and the Company and its directors,
officers, and principal stockholders are subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 and 16 of the 1934 Act. Please also
include that the Commission maintains an Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains these reports.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 1 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
September 25, 2020
Page 3
5. Comment: With respect to the lack of liquidity of, manner of distribution of and
funding of distributions made by non-traded BDCs, please add the bulleted disclosure below, if accurate, in bold and larger font.
We suggest the bullets also appear prominently immediately above the signature line on the Subscription Agreement:
● The Company’s shares may not be sold without the written consent of the Investment Advisor.
● If the Company makes additional offerings of its shares in the future, an investor may be required
to make additional purchases of the Company’s shares on one or more dates to be determined by the Company.
● The Company’s shares are not currently listed on an exchange, and it is uncertain whether
they will be listed or whether a secondary market will develop. Therefore the Company’s shares constitute illiquid investments.
● Investment in the Company is suitable only for sophisticated investors and requires the financial
ability and willingness to accept the high risks and lack of liquidity inherent in an investment in the Company.
● Repurchases of shares by the Company, if any, are expected to be limited.
● An investment in the Company may not be suitable for investors who may need the money they invest
in a specified time frame.
● Our distributions may be funded from unlimited amounts of offering proceeds or borrowings, which
may constitute a return of capital and reduce the amount of capital available to us for investment. Any capital returned to you
through distributions will be distributed after payment of fees and expenses.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. With respect to the second bullet, the Company respectfully submits that disclosure is
not applicable because investors are not being asked to make capital commitments to the Company. See the last paragraph under the
heading “Explanatory Note” in the Replacement Registration Statement.
Item 1. Business — The Company
(Page 3)
6. Comment: The disclosure in the first sentence states that the Company will “convert
to a Maryland corporation to be named Steele Creek Capital Corporation in connection with the commencement of our operations.”
As the Company is a newly formed entity, please explain supplementally when the Conversion will occur and why the Company is currently
registered as a Delaware limited liability company.
Response: The Conversion
will be undertaken to comply with certain requirements and in order to assist the Company in qualifying as a regulated investment
company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) for its first taxable
year as a business development company. The Company believes that the Conversion is a standard approach for a business development
company and for seeking to qualify as a RIC for its tax year as a corporation.
September 25, 2020
Page 4
7. Comment: In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the disclosure states that
the Company’s investment objective is to “generate high current income and provide moderate liquidity.” Please
explain how the Company will achieve its objective to provide moderate liquidity.
Response: The
Company has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 3 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
8. Comment: Please describe what broadly syndicated bank loans are and what mezzanine
financings are.
Response: The
Company has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 3 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
9. Comment: In the third sentence the disclosure references a “diversified pool”
of investments the Company will make to achieve its objective. As the Company is non-diversified under the 1940 Act, please delete
or replace the word “diversified.”
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 3 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
10. Comment: Please disclose in this section the expected maturity of the corporate debt
and CLOs in which the Company will invest. In addition, please disclose here (as indicated on page 6) that the Company can invest
in equity and junior debt tranches of CLOs.
Response: The
Company has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 3 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
11. Comment: The disclosure in the fifth sentence states that “The majority of
[the Company’s] investments are expected to be rated below investment grade by a rating agency.” Please disclose these
investments are known as “junk”.
Response: The
Company has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 3 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
September 25, 2020
Page 5
Item 1. Business — The Investment
Advisor (pages 4)
12. Comment: This section describes the Investment Advisor’s Investment Team and
Investment Committee. Please identify the person or persons who are primarily responsible for the day to day management of the
portfolio. If the portfolio managers are jointly and primarily responsible for day to day management, please make that clear and
provide a brief description of each person’s role on the Team or Committee.
Response:
The Company has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 4 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
13. Comment: In the second paragraph, the disclosure states “...the Investment
Advisor believes that it has excellent support personnel, including expertise in risk management, legal, accounting, tax, information
technology and compliance, among others.” In the second sentence of the fourth paragraph, the disclosure states “Through
the Resource Sharing Agreement, the Investment Advisor leverages the Moelis infrastructure, including finance, accounting, legal,
compliance and information technologies assistance.” The disclosure further states that access to the resources of MAM under
the Resource Sharing Agreement will “enable the Investment Advisor to fulfill its obligations under the Investment Advisory
Agreement and Administration Agreement.” Please reconcile the inconsistency in the disclosures.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 4 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
14. Comment: Please disclose in this section how the board of directors, including the
independent directors, will review the compensation that the Company pays to the Investment Advisor under the Administration Agreement
and determine that such payments are reasonable in light of the services provided.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 5 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
Item
1. Business — Moelis Asset Management (page 5)
15. Comment: Please explain what “various Kenneth Moelis-affiliated alternative
asset management firms” are. Please also simplify the disclosure in this section to clarify the relationship among each of
the entities disclosed and the Company.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 5 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
September 25, 2020
Page 6
Item 1. Business — Market Opportunity
(page 5)
16. Comment: In the last line of the second bullet, the disclosure references “rights
offerings typically conducted by distressed issuers.” If investing in distressed issuers is part of the principal strategies
of the Company, please disclose so in Investment Objective on page 6. In doing so, please include, as appropriate, the language
from page 54 “As part of our lending activities, we may originate loans to companies that are experiencing significant financial
or business difficulties, including companies involved in bankruptcy or other reorganization and liquidation proceedings.”
Response: Investing
in distressed issuers is not part of the principal investment strategies.
Item 1. Business — Investment
Objective (page 5)
17. Comment: In the fourth sentence of the first paragraph, the disclosure states that
the Company will primarily invest in first lien secured loans and “to a lesser extent” second lien loans. If the Company
intends to invest in covenant-lite loans, please describe such loans and the extent to which the Company may invest in these types
of loans; also, disclose in the Risk Factors section the heightened risks associated with covenant-lite loans.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 6 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
18. Comment: In the second paragraph, please explain what junior debt tranches of CLOs
are and the risks associated with these investments. In doing so, please disclose here that the Company’s investments in
CLO tranches will likely be subordinate to other senior classes of note tranches thereof (as disclosed on page 52).
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 6 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
19. Comment: In the penultimate sentence of the second paragraph, the disclosure indicates
that senior secured loans within a CLO will be subject to “limitations on non-U.S. borrowers.” Please disclose with
greater specificity the limitations on non-U.S. borrowers.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 6 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
September 25, 2020
Page 7
20. Comment: In the last line of the second paragraph, the disclosure states that the
Company may invest in companies “located outside of the United States.” If these will include companies in emerging
markets, please disclose so and disclose the associated risks.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 6 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
21. Comment: The disclosure in the third paragraph refers to “synthetic CLOs”
and “CLO warehouses.” Please explain what these are in plain English. Please also explain what “low long-term
beta” means. The disclosure in this paragraph also states that the Company will invest in convertible securities. If the
Company will invest in contingent convertible securities as part of its principal strategies, please identify such securities as
part of the Company’s principal strategies and disclose the corresponding risks of such securities in the Risk Factors section.
Response: The Company
has determined to not include synthetic CLOs in the investment objective and has removed the reference to synthetic CLOs. Contingent
convertible securities will not be a principal investment strategy. The Company has revised this disclosure regarding CLO warehouses
and low long-term beta accordingly. See page 6 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
Item 1. Business — Investment
Approach (page 7)
22. Comment: The last line of the first paragraph refers to “optimal risk-adjusted
returns”. Please explain what the term “risk-adjusted” means.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 7 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
23. Comment: In the last sentence of the sixth paragraph, in Investing in CLOs, the disclosure
describes the loans and CLO debt and equity that the Company will buy as those that the Investment Advisor believes are “high
quality”. Please disclose what “high quality” means in this context. Please also explain to us how this disclosure,
stating that the Investment Advisor seeks to mitigate risk by seeking to buy loans and CLO debt and equity that the Investment
Advisor believes are high quality, is consistent with earlier disclosure that the Company will invest in high-yield investments,
which, as stated on page 3, “may result in an above average amount of risk and volatility or loss of principal”.
Response: The Company
has revised the disclosure accordingly. See page 8 of the Replacement Registration Statement.
September 25, 2020
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Item 1. Business — Advis