Background and Ownership Structure
Trinitas Capital Management, LLC (“TCM”) is a Delaware limited liability company organized on July 27,
2015. TCM has its principal place of business at 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1175, Dallas, Texas 75201.
TCM was formed to provide investment advisory services, initially as a collateral manager for pooled
investment vehicles that are collateralized loan obligation funds (“CLOs”). The beneficial owners of TCM
consist of multiple persons with no person owning greater than twenty-five percent (25%) of Trinitas.
Trinitas is managed by a board of directors and its officers include Gibran Mahmud (CEO), Philip Braner
(COO), Mark Murray (CFO).
The CLOs managed by TCM are generally organized in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda or Ireland that rely
on Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), or other applicable exceptions
or exemptions under the 1940 Act, as the basis for their exemption from the registration requirements of
the 1940 Act. The investment management relationship between TCM and each CLO will be governed by
a collateral management or similar agreement between TCM and the CLO and the constituent documents
of the CLO.
The CLOs for which TCM will perform investment advisory services will invest primarily in senior secured
bank loans. In assessing senior secured bank loan assets for the CLO, TCM employs an underwriting
discipline based on a fundamental and technical analytical strategy, subject to the relevant criteria set forth
in the constituent document for each CLO. TCM’s objective in managing the investment portfolio of each
CLO is to achieve preservation of principal, diversification by company and industry, and above average
current income.
TCM contracts for mid- and back- office services associated with its asset management business, including
trading, portfolio analysis, credit review and monitoring, asset valuation, and risk and compliance
management. These services are currently provided by WhiteStar Asset Management, LLC (“WhiteStar”),
also a registered investment adviser, under an agreement between WhiteStar and TCM, though TCM may
engage other investment advisers or
other entities to provide such services in the future. Certain investment
professionals and other employees or officers of TCM are also investment professionals or employees of
other investment advisers. TCM’s investment committee is currently comprised of individuals who are
also investment professionals of both TCM and WhiteStar. Such individuals serve at the discretion and
subject to the control and direction of TCM’s board of managers, who are elected by its members. A
majority of TCM’s board of managers consists of individuals who are not affiliated with WhiteStar. TCM’s
relationship with WhiteStar, and the policies and procedures TCM has put in place to address potential
conflicts resulting from such relationships, are described in more detail in Item 11 – Code of Ethics,
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading.
The offering documents for each CLO will describe the terms and conditions of the CLO, including fees
and risk factors, and should be read carefully prior to investment. No offer to sell interests in the CLOs is
made by the descriptions in this Brochure, and CLOs are available only to investors that are properly
qualified.
TCM may also, in the future, provide additional types of investment advisory services. The addition of any
such investment advisory services will be set forth in an amendment to this Brochure.
Wrap Fee Programs
TCM does not participate in or sponsor any wrap fee programs.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, TCM managed $12,916,804,762 of advisory assets, of which all were on a
discretionary basis and none were on a non-discretionary basis. The SEC has adopted a uniform method
for advisers to calculate assets under management for regulatory purposes which it refers to as an adviser’s
“regulatory assets under management.” Regulatory assets under management are generally an adviser’s
gross assets, i.e., assets under management without deduction for outstanding indebtedness or other accrued
but unpaid liabilities. TCM reports its regulatory assets under management in Item 5 of Part 1 of Form
ADV which you can find at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.