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A. FIRM DESCRIPTION
Spruce Point Capital Management, LLC (“Spruce Point” or the “Firm”) is an SEC-registered
investment adviser with its principal place of business located in Riverhead, New York.
Spruce Point is organized as a New York limited liability company that was founded in 2009.
Benjamin Axler is the sole managing member and Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) of the
Firm. Daniel Oliver is the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and Chief Operating
Officer (“COO”).
TYPES OF ADVISORY SERVICES
Spruce Point provides investment portfolio management on a discretionary basis to private
pooled investment vehicles, the securities of which are offered to investors on a private
placement basis (each a “Fund” or “Client” and collectively, the “Funds” or “Clients”)
consistent with the Fund’s investment strategies objectives and/or parameters set forth in
their respective governing documents and confidential private placement memoranda
(collectively the “Offering Documents”). The Funds include Spruce Point Research Activism
Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Spruce Point Domestic Fund”), Spruce Point
Research Activism Partners Offshore, Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Spruce
Point Offshore Fund”), and Spruce Point Research Activism Master Fund LP, a Cayman
Islands exempted company (“Spruce Point Master Fund”). Spruce Point Domestic Fund and
Spruce Point Offshore Fund invest all of their investable capital through a “master feeder”
structure into Spruce Point Master Fund.
The Funds are not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and interests are
not publicly offered under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”). All relevant
information pertaining to the Funds, including but not limited to, compensation, other fees
and expenses paid by the Funds, withdrawal rights, minimum investments, qualification
requirements, investment strategies and/or parameters, risk factors and potential conflicts
of interest are set forth in the relevant Offering Documents. In many instances a more
detailed discussion of the Items discussed in this Brochure is available in the respective Fund
Offering Documents. Each investor is required to receive,
review and execute (as applicable)
the Offering Documents prior to being accepted as a limited partner (“Limited Partner”) in
the Fund.
Spruce Point Capital Partners, LLC (“General Partner”), an affiliate of the Firm serves as the
general partner of Spruce Point Domestic and Spruce Point Master Fund. Benjamin Axler is
the sole member of the General Partner. The General Partner has ultimate responsibility for
the management, operations and the investment decisions made on behalf of the Funds,
subject to certain required approvals from the Advisory Board in accordance with the
Offering Documents. The Advisory Board is comprised of Benjamin Axler, Ronan Guilfoyle,
and Wade Kenny. Ronan Guilfoyle and Wade Kenny also serve as the independent directors
of the Offshore Fund.
B. TAILORED RELATIONSHIPS
Spruce Point provides investment advisory services to the Funds based on the investment
objectives of the Funds. The detailed terms, strategies and risks applicable to the Funds may
be found in the respective Fund’s Offering Document and such investments are not tailored
to the individual needs of any particular Limited Partner in the Funds. The Fund’s
investment objective is to achieve appreciation in the Fund’s investments, with reduced
correlation to traditional asset classes, by investing in a concentrated portfolio of
investments for which Spruce Point intends to share its investment research publicly.
Spruce Point publishes periodic research report providing information on certain
investment opportunities. These reports, and the information provided in them, are not
intended to meet the objectives or needs of any specific individual or organization. We also
provide research syndication services to companies that publish our research on their paid
subscription platform.
C. WRAP FEE PROGRAMS
Wrap Fee Programs are arrangements between broker-dealers, investment advisers,
banks and other financial institutions and affiliated and unaffiliated investment advisers
through which the clients of such firms receive discretionary investment advisory,
execution, clearing and custodial services in a “bundled” form. In exchange for these
“bundled” services, the clients pay an all-inclusive (or “wrap”) fee determined as a
percentage of the assets held in the wrap account.
Due to the nature of its advisory services, Spruce Point does not participate in and is not a
sponsor of wrap fee programs.
D. ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
When calculating regulatory assets under management, an investment adviser must
include the value of any advisory account over which it exercises continuous and regular
advisory or management services.
As of December 31, 2022, Spruce Point had approximately $273,635,643 of regulatory
assets under management on a discretionary basis. Spruce Point does not manage assets
on a non-discretionary basis.