BACKGROUND
This brochure provides certain information regarding the investment advisory services Arlington
Partners, LLC, an Alabama limited liability company (referred to below as “Arlington Partners,”
“Firm,” “we,” “our,” or “us”), provides as a registered investment adviser.
Arlington Partners is owned by Arlington Holdings, LLC (“Arlington Holdings”). Arlington
Management Company, Inc. (“Arlington Management”) serves as manager of Arlington Holdings.
Arlington Holdings and Arlington Management are privately owned by a group of their officers and
managers, including the executive officers of Arlington Partners, each of whom is actively working
in the business.
We are affiliated with Arlington Trust Company®, LLC (“Arlington Trust”), a non-depository bank
exercising trust and fiduciary powers, which provides broad family office services, including various
wealth management services, to multigenerational families of significant net worth with the goal of
enhancing their lives. We also are affiliated with Arlington Associates, LLC (“Arlington Associates”),
an accounting and tax services firm. Arlington Family Offices® is a trade name under which
Arlington Trust and certain of its affiliates offer holistic service to families of significant wealth.
Arlington Trust and Arlington Associates are also owned by Arlington Holdings, and thus we are
under common control with Arlington Trust and Arlington Associates.
Arlington Family Offices’ work is to provide holistic family office services for multi-generational
families. In light of the growing focus on intergenerational trusts and foundations, in 2023, all of
Arlington Partners’ managed accounts (i.e., investment advisory accounts for individuals, trusts,
estates, foundations, family limited partnerships, and the like) were transitioned to our affiliate,
Arlington Trust, at which time Arlington Partners ceased offering investment advisory services to
managed account clients (the “Internal Restructuring”). This transition resulted in a material
decrease in our assets under management as these “managed accounts” are no longer included in the
calculation. Qualifying managed account clients of Arlington Trust are eligible to invest in
Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds. See Item 11 – Other Financial Industry Activities and
Affiliations for additional information.
Arlington Partners offers investment advisory services to privately placed pooled investment
vehicles for which Arlington Partners or one of its affiliates serves as fund manager, general partner,
managing member and/or in similar roles ("Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds” or “Funds”). See
below under “Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds” for additional information. With the transition
described above, Arlington Partners does not offer investment advisory services to persons other
than Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds.
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As of December 31, 2023, Arlington Partners managed a total of $1,340,641,610 of client assets, all
of which constituted assets of Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds and all of which were managed on
a discretionary basis. The reduction in our assets under management reported in our October 26,
2023 brochure, as well as the further
reduction reported here, reflects the completion of the Internal
Restructuring.
ARLINGTON-AFFILIATED PRIVATE FUNDS
As noted above, we provide investment advisory services to various Arlington-Affiliated Private
Funds. In some cases, certain investments or other activities of an Arlington-Affiliated Private Fund
will be conducted through one or more special-purpose entities (the “Fund-Related Entities”) in
which the applicable Arlington-Affiliated Private Fund (the “Parent Fund Entity”) owns at least a
controlling interest. Fund Related Entities will be formed for, among other reasons, the purpose of
investing in one or more portfolio companies or other assets in connection with pursuing the
investment objectives and strategies of the Parent Fund Entity.
The general partner, manager or managing member (or entity holding a similar capacity) of the
Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds and Fund-Related Entities (the “Fund Managers”) are, in each
case, Arlington Partners or an entity that is under common control with Arlington Partners. In
addition to any applicable management fees, often the Fund Manager or another designated affiliate
of Arlington Partners will be entitled to receive a profits interest, carried interest, incentive fees of
other types of performance-based compensation from Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds and/or
Fund-Related Entities.
Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds typically are organized as domestic limited partnerships or limited
liability companies. Investments in Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds involve significant risk factors,
including, but not limited to, potential for loss of principal, liquidity constraints and a lack of
transparency found in public market investments. Unlike liquid investments, Arlington-Affiliated
Private Funds do not provide daily liquidity or pricing. Therefore, investors should consider whether
an Arlington-Affiliated Private Fund meets their investment objectives, liquidity needs, and risk
tolerance before investing. Some Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds are illiquid and have no readily
available market or sales price, and some Arlington-Affiliated Private Funds only produce a return
on capital invested when making distributions or when liquidating the investment entities
themselves.
The respective offering documents for an Arlington-Affiliated Private Fund, including private
offering memorandums or similar documents (the “Offering Documents”), contain a detailed
discussion about the applicable Arlington-Affiliated Private Fund, including important information
concerning applicable investment objectives, fees and expenses, risk factors and conflicts of interest.
In addition to completing and signing the Arlington-Affiliated Private Fund’s subscription
agreement and other required documentation, each investor generally is required to certify, among
other things, that the investor is an "accredited investor" (as defined in Rule 501, Regulation D
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under the Securities Act of 1933) and a “qualified purchaser” (as defined in Section 2(a)(51) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).
WRAP FEE PROGRAMS
Arlington Partners does not sponsor or participate in wrap fee programs.