Harvest is principally owned by Thomas W. Arenz, Michael B. DeFlorio, Stephen Eisenstein and
Ira D. Kleinman (collectively, the “Principals”). A predecessor entity to Harvest was formed in
1981 and, today, Harvest consists of a group of entities formed for the purpose of providing
investment advice to pooled investment vehicles. References to Harvest herein includes Harvest
and its relying advisers, Harvest Partners SCF, LP (“Harvest SCF”), which was created in 2014,
Harvest Partners Credit, LP (“Harvest Credit”), which was created in 2022, Harvest Partners
Ascend Management, LP (“Harvest Ascend”), which was created in 2022, and their respective
affiliates, which are all operated as a single advisory business.
Harvest currently provides investment advisory services to a group of private pooled investment
vehicles or funds, referred to in this brochure collectively as “Private Funds” (and each, a “Private
Fund”), which include:1
• Harvest Partners VI, L.P. and its related investment vehicles (collectively, “HP VI”);
• Harvest Partners VII, L.P. and its related investment vehicles (collectively, “HP VII”);
• Harvest Partners VIII, L.P. and its related investment vehicles (collectively, “HP VIII”);
• Harvest Partners IX, L.P. and its related investment vehicles; (collectively, “HP IX” and,
together with HP V, HP VI, HP VII and HP VIII, the “HP PE Funds”);
• Harvest Partners Structured Capital Fund, L.P. and its related investment vehicles
(collectively, the “HP SCF I Fund”);
• Harvest Partners Structured Capital Fund II, L.P. and its related investment vehicles
(collectively, the “HP SCF II Fund”);
• Harvest Partners Structured Capital Fund III, L.P. and its related investment vehicles
(collectively, the “HP SCF III Fund” and, together with the HP SCF I Fund and the HP
SCF II Fund, the “HP SCF Funds”); and
• Harvest Partners Ascend, L.P. and its related investment vehicles (collectively, the “HP
Ascend Funds”).
The HP PE Funds’ investments are generally focused on private equity and control investments
between $200 million and $600 million in middle market buyouts and recapitalizations of
companies based in North America with (i) annual revenues between $100 million and $3 billion
and (ii) enterprise values between $300 million and $5 billion within the following industries (the
“Target Industries”):
• Business & Industrial Services
• Consumer
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Software
For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the applicable limited
partnership agreement or similar organizational documents, confidential memoranda and other
governing documents (together, the “Private Fund Governing Documents”) of the
HP PE Funds,
the HP PE Funds are permitted to invest in public or private loans, debt securities and/or other
similar instruments (collectively, “Debt Investments”), provided that any such investment satisfies
certain conditions specifically provided for in the applicable Private Fund Governing Documents
of the HP PE Funds, including, in certain cases, expected returns comparable to those of equity or
equity-related securities.
The HP SCF Funds’ investments are generally focused on senior equity or junior debt investments
between $50 million and $400 million in middle market companies primarily based in North
1 Harvest also manages PRO SPV, L.P. and NB SPV, L.P., private investment funds established in 2021. Each of PRO
SPV, L.P. and NB SPV, L.P. was formed primarily to acquire ownership interests in a single portfolio company that
was owned by HP VII.
America with (i) annual revenues between $100 million and $2 billion and (ii) enterprise values
between $100 million and $3 billion within the Target Industries.
The HP Ascend Funds’ investments are generally focused on private equity and control investment
opportunities between $50 million and $75+ million and companies that are at the lower end of the
middle market with annual EBITDA between $10 million and less than $30 million per year.
Harvest Credit provides advisory services to a single-investor Fund (the “HP Credit Fund”) and
certain managed accounts (each, an “HP Credit Account”), and Harvest Credit provides sub-
advisory services in respect of certain assets of private CLOs (together with the HP Credit Fund and
the HP Credit Accounts, the “HP Credit Clients”, and collectively with the Private Funds, the
“Funds”). The HP Credit Clients principally pursue a credit investment strategy pursuant to their
respective investment management agreements and Fund Governing Documents, as applicable
(together with the Private Fund Governing Documents, the “Governing Documents”).
As the investment adviser to the Funds, Harvest is responsible for evaluating and monitoring Fund
investments and providing day-to-day managerial and administrative services to the Funds. Harvest
sources, structures and negotiates potential investments, monitors the performance of portfolio
companies and advises the Funds as to the disposition of investment holdings. The individual needs
of the investors in the Funds are not the basis of investment decisions by Harvest. Investment advice
is provided directly to the Funds by Harvest and not individually to the Funds’ investors.
As of December 31, 2023, Harvest had regulatory assets under management of approximately
$21,090,147,000, including approximately $20,132,195,000 on a discretionary basis and
approximately $957,952,000 on a non-discretionary basis.