SEC Comment Letter for Warburg Pincus Access Fund, L.P. (CIK 0002082826) — Sep 23, 2025
Warburg Pincus Access Fund, L.P. (CIK 0002082826)
Date: Sept. 23, 2025 · CIK: 0002082826 · Accession: 0000000000-25-010355
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September 23, 2025
Chris Turner
Chief Executive Officer
Warburg Pincus Access Fund, L.P.
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Re:Warburg Pincus Access Fund, L.P.
Registration Statement on Form 10-12G
Filed August 29, 2025
File No. 000-56778
Dear Chris Turner:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments.
Please respond to this letter within ten business days by providing the requested
information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe a
comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.
After reviewing your response to this letter, we may have additional comments.
Registration Statement on Form 10-12G
Business, page 6
1.We note your disclosures that you have not yet commenced investment operations and
activities and you intend to commence the private offering and begin investment
operations over the next 12 months. Please expand your business section to include a
plan of operations for the next twelve months. In the discussion of your planned
activities, include specific information regarding material events or steps required to
pursue your planned activities, including any contingencies such as raising funds.
Compensation of the Manager and General Partner, page 13
2.We note that the manager and general partner will be entitled to receive various types
of fees. Please revise this section to include a table summarizing all compensation
payable to the manager and general partner. To the extent management fees or
performance allocation features include non-industry terms, please revise to clarify.
September 23, 2025
Page 2
Investment Process
Sourcing, page 17
3.We note your disclosure referring to Warburg Pincus's "almost 60-year history,
combined with deep experience in key industry sectors and global markets." Please
provide more detailed information regarding the manager's background, including its
key personnel, previous roles in managing funds, performance history and any sector
specific expertise.
Managing Exits, page 18
4.Please revise this section to provide more details regarding the factors that you will
consider when evaluating liquidity and exit opportunities. For illustrative purposes
only, discuss any quantitative factors or benchmarks that you may utilize when
determining that it may be prudent to take action.
Repurchase Program, page 24
5.Please provide us with your analysis as to the applicability of the tender offer rules,
including Rule 13e-4 and Regulation E, to your repurchase program.
The Private Offering, page 27
6.With respect to the continuous private offering and redemption program, please
provide us with a legal analysis that supports your apparent belief that Regulation M
would not prohibit repurchases during the offering.
Risk Factors, page 44
7.We note that some of your risk factors appear under short phrases such as
"intermediate entities," "non-compete agreements," "sustainability matters," and other
similar phrases. Please revise the entire risk factors section to include each risk factor
under a subcaption that adequately describes the risk. Refer to Item 105(a) of
Regulation S-K.
1940 Act Considerations, page 122
8.We have referred this filing to the staff of the Division of Investment Management for
assessment of your status under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Staff in that
division may contact you separately in connection with their review.
General
9.Please confirm your understanding that your registration statement will
automatically become effective 60 days after filing. Upon effectiveness, you will
become subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
In addition, we will continue to review your filing until all of our comments have been
addressed. If the review process has not been completed before that date, and you are
not required to register pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, you may
consider withdrawing the registration statement to prevent it from becoming effective
and file it again at such time as you are able to respond to any remaining issues or
comments.
September 23, 2025
Page 3
10.We note numerous omitted disclosures in the registration statement. By way of
example only, please refer to pages 7, 11, 24, 30, 165, 171, 172, 174, 176, 178 and
185. Please fill in all missing information in the next amendment or tell us the reason
you are not required to do so under the federal securities laws. In this regard, we also
note that your registration statement becomes effective automatically 60 days after
filing.
We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence
of action by the staff.
Please contact Eric Envall at 202-551-3234 or Tonya Aldave at 202-551-3601 with
any questions.
Sincerely,
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Finance
cc:Brad Green, Esq.