Overview of the Firm
Private Capital Management, LLC (“PCM” or “we”), is a boutique investment and wealth advisory
firm located in Naples, FL. PCM was founded in 1986 as an extension of a family office, and
operated as Private Capital Management, L.P. until 2013, when it became wholly employee
owned. Gregg J. Powers is PCM’s Lead Portfolio Manager for all PCM value equity strategies.
PCM primarily manages separate accounts for institutional and high net worth clients. PCM also
implements its value equity strategies through a number of pooled vehicles. PCM’s value equity
investment strategies are grounded in a fundamental research, value based investment discipline
that focuses on identifying companies whose equity securities trade at a valuation that in our view
represents a significant discount to the company’s intrinsic value.
Additional investment strategies and wealth advisory services offered by PCM are overseen by
PCM investment professionals other than members of PCM’s value equity investment team. PCM
generally operates under the trade name Private Capital Wealth or Harmonic Investors with respect
to these strategies and services.
Mr. Powers also serves as PCM’s CEO and is the controlling owner of PCM (indirectly) through
Pelican Bay Holdings, LLC (“Pelican Bay Holdings”), a holding company that serves as general
partner of Private Capital Management Holdings, L.P. (“PCM Holdings”), PCM’s controlling
parent. In addition to Mr. Powers, seven senior PCM employees hold limited partnership interests
in PCM Holdings (“Partners”). Pelican Bay Holdings also owns PCM’s broker-dealer affiliate,
Carnes Capital Corp. (“Carnes”). PCM owns and controls three Special Purpose Vehicle (limited
liability company) subsidiaries (each, an “SPV”). These SPVs serve as either the general partner
or managing member of private investment funds offered to eligible clients. The oversight and
management of the SPVs has been delegated to Partners other than Mr. Powers. See Item 4 —
Special Purpose Vehicles. In addition to its main office, PCM maintains a research office in
Miami, FL.
Value Equity Strategies
PCM’s value equity strategies invest primarily in publicly traded small-cap equity securities
(stocks) that trade on North American (predominantly U.S.) exchanges. On occasion, these
investments may include publicly traded limited partnerships. For certain clients (including most
clients invested in our Value Focus Strategy and the private funds we manage), PCM has the ability
to invest in a range of financial instruments or options, as well as non-equity securities such as
corporate debt. PCM also has the ability to execute short sales for clients that have margin
accounts and have permitted short selling.
While the securities in which we invest typically trade on North American exchanges, those
securities may be issued by companies that (i) are based or domiciled in, or have significant
operations within, foreign countries or (ii) derive a significant portion of their revenues from
outside North America. PCM generally considers a security domestic (i.e., non-foreign) so long
as it maintains a U.S. or Canadian exchange listing or trades in the U.S. over-the-counter market,
regardless of company domicile.
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PCM manages two small-cap focused value equity strategies in which separate account clients
may invest: PCM’s Value Focus Strategy and PCM’s somewhat less concentrated Value Equity
Strategy. Both strategies are grounded in PCM’s bottom-up investment approach described in
Item 8. Separate account clients who participate in PCM’s Value Equity Strategy are allowed to
impose reasonable restrictions on their accounts, including limitations on investments in specific
securities, industries, or sectors. Because of its more concentrated nature, a client’s ability to
impose investment restrictions on a Value Focus Strategy account may be more limited. PCM
may decline to accept a new value equity account, or may terminate an existing advisory
relationship, if a client’s investment guidelines or restrictions significantly impair PCM’s ability
to manage the portfolio in accordance with our investment discipline.
PCM’s value equity strategies employ a single fundamental research, value based investment
discipline. PCM’s value equity strategies are intended for individuals and institutions with a long-
term investment horizon that have the capacity to bear market risk, including the risk of loss of
invested capital.
Wealth Advisory Services
PCM provides wealth advisory
services to clients under the trade name Private Capital Wealth.
PCM maintains continuous supervision of client wealth management assets invested in passive
and active strategies or vehicles (primarily exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and mutual funds) that
are not managed by PCM or an affiliate. In accordance with the delegation made by the client,
PCM manages wealth management accounts either on a fully discretionary basis or through
recommendations that are subject to client approval. The majority of Private Capital Wealth
clients have elected to have PCM manage their accounts on a fully discretionary basis. In the case
of non-discretionary wealth advisory services, the client retains investment discretion over their
PCM account(s), meaning that PCM does not independently direct transactions for these wealth
advisory client accounts. Wealth advisory clients may elect to provide PCM varying levels of
investment discretion with respect to investing, rebalancing and reallocating assets held in their
wealth advisory account(s).
As a part of its wealth advisory services PCM utilizes PCM managed proprietary separate account
strategies and funds, including the PCM Value Fund and Harmonic Investors private funds. PCM
wealth advisory clients will pay two levels of management fees on assets allocated to strategies or
vehicles managed by third parties. Unless otherwise agreed with the client, wealth advisory clients
do not pay two levels of management fee on assets allocated to strategies or vehicles managed by
PCM or its affiliates.
Harmonic Investors Strategies
Through its subsidiary Harmonic Investors LLC, PCM offers several private fund strategies to
qualified investors that are designed to embrace varying levels of equity market risk. Harmonic
Investors LLC is a multi-series limited liability company organized under Delaware law.
Harmonic Investors private fund offerings include Harmonic Investors LLC Fund I (“Harmonic
Fund I”), Harmonic Investors LLC Navigator Fund (“Harmonic Navigator”), Harmonic Investors
LLC Hedged Partners Fund (“Harmonic Hedged Partners”) and Harmonic Investors LLC
Opportunity Partners Fund (“Harmonic Opportunity Partners”). Other than Harmonic Opportunity
Partners – which is overseen by PCM’s value equity investment team – Harmonic Investors
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strategies are managed and overseen by PCM investment professionals who are not members of
PCM’s value equity investment team.
Wrap Fee Program and Individual Client Sub-Advisory Accounts
PCM manages a number of accounts under a sub-advisory agreement with an unaffiliated
investment adviser. This relationship is subject to a tiered fee structure. PCM does not assess the
extent or value of services provided by any third-party adviser; generally, we do not have access
to the information necessary to make such an assessment.
Adviser and Sub-Adviser to Pooled Vehicles
PCM acts as investment adviser to the Entrepreneurial Value Fund, L.P. (the “EVF”), and The
Collier Fund, Ltd. (the “Collier Fund”) and one SEC registered mutual fund, the Private Capital
Management Value Fund (the “PCM Value Fund”).
Through Harmonic Investors Managing Member LLC (“Harmonic Managing Member”), PCM
also serves as adviser to Harmonic Fund I, Harmonic Navigator, Harmonic Hedged Partners and
Harmonic Opportunity Partners, which are also private funds. Harmonic Managing Member is a
wholly owned subsidiary (SPV) of PCM. See Item 4 — PCM Special Purpose Vehicles. PCM
also serves directly as the sub-adviser to Harmonic Fund I’s concentrated value equity strategy
allocation.
PCM Special Purpose Vehicles
PCM owns and controls the general partners of the EVF and the Collier Fund (respectively, PCM
Entrepreneurial GP, LLC and PCM Collier GP, LLC) as well as the managing member (Harmonic
Managing Member LLC) of Harmonic Fund I, Harmonic Navigator, Harmonic Hedged Partners
and Harmonic Opportunity Partners. Each of these Special Purpose Vehicles (each, an “SPV”) is
managed by senior officers/Partners of PCM who are not members of PCM’s value equity
strategies investment team. Any investment authority held by an SPV is exercised and controlled
by PCM. Chad Atkins serves as an officer of each SPV while Jeffrey M. Fortier serves as an
officer of Harmonic Managing Member. Chad Atkins also serves as PCM’s CCO and as a member
of PCM’s Compliance Committee. Each SPV is subject to PCM’s compliance policies and
oversight, as well as PCM’s Code of Ethics.
Assets Under Management
PCM managed approximately $1.1 billion in assets as of December 31, 2023.