Alta Park Capital, LP (“Alta Park”) is a Delaware limited partnership established in April 2013.
The General Partner of Alta Park is Alta Park Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company. Joseph Bou-Saba, Jayaveera (JV) Kodali, and Bijan Modanlou are the Managers
of the General Partner. The principal owners are Mr. Bou-Saba and Mr. Kodali.
Joseph N. Bou-Saba (born 1972). Mr. Bou-Saba co-founded Alta Park in 2013 and acts as
the Portfolio Manager.
From 2004-2012, Mr. Bou-Saba was an Analyst at Partner Fund Management, an investment
adviser in San Francisco, CA. From 2001-2004, he was an Analyst in the New York and San
Francisco offices of Andor Capital Management, LLC, an investment adviser based in New
York, and from 2000-2001 in the San Francisco office of Pequot Capital Management, an
investment adviser based in Connecticut. Mr. Bou-Saba received a BA in Economics from
Duke University in Durham, NC (1993).
Jayaveera Kodali (born 1970). Mr. Kodali co-founded Alta Park in 2013 and acts as the Firm’s
Research Partner.
From 2011-2012, Mr. Kodali was a Portfolio Manager at Kamet Peak Capital, an investment
adviser in New York, NY. From 2010-2011, he was Director of Research at STG Capital, an
investment adviser in New York, NY. From 2003-2009, he was Managing Director at North
Sound Capital, an investment adviser in New York, NY. Mr. Kodali received a BA in Biology
from Wittenberg University in Springfield, OH (1992) and an MBA from Owen Graduate School
of Management, Nashville, TN (1997).
Bijan S. Modanlou (born 1974). Mr. Modanlou co-founded Alta Park in 2013 and acts as the
Firm’s Research Partner.
From 2003-2013, Mr. Modanlou was an Analyst at Cavalry Asset Management, an investment
adviser in San Francisco, CA. From 2000-2002, he was an Analyst and Portfolio Manager at
Bowman Capital, an investment adviser in San Francisco, CA. Mr. Modanlou received a BA
in Anthropology from Pomona College in Claremont, CA (1996).
Alta Park provides discretionary investment advisory services exclusively to privately offered
pooled investment vehicles, the “Clients” or “Funds,” which invest primarily in securities in the
Technology, Media and Telecommunications (“TMT”) sectors. The Funds engage in short
selling, margin trading, hedging and other investment strategies. The Funds also invests in
preferred stock, convertible securities, bonds and other fixed income securities, credit default
swaps, options, futures, options on futures, distressed debt, loans, currencies, money market
interests and other securities and derivative instruments. Starting in 2018, the Master Fund
began investing in securities issued by private companies.
Alta Park advises the following Funds:
• Alta Park Fund, LP, a Cayman Island limited partnership, the “Master Fund”
• Alta Park Onshore Fund, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, the “Onshore Feeder
Fund”
• Alta Park Offshore Fund, Ltd, a Cayman Island limited company, the “Offshore Feeder
Fund”
• Alta Park Opportunities Fund I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, the “Opportunities
Fund”
The Onshore Feeder Fund and the Offshore Feeder Fund invest directly into the Master Fund.
The Opportunities Fund is a stand alone domestic fund. Alta Park Partners, LLC serves as
the General Partner for the three limited partnerships above.
The advice provided by Alta Park to each Fund is based on the investment objectives and
strategies described in each Fund’s offering memorandum. Investors should carefully review
relevant offering memoranda, organizational agreements and subscriptions documents
before making an investment in a Fund. Investment restrictions, if any, are contained in the
offering memoranda. Investors in the Funds have no opportunity to select or evaluate any
fund investments or strategies. See Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk
of Loss. Alta Park does not participate in wrap fee programs.
As of December 31, 2018, Alta Park managed $394,454,714 in regulatory assets under
management.
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Alta Park generally charges an annual Management Fee of 1.5%. The Management Fee is
payable quarterly in advance on the first day of each quarter. All management fees are
deducted automatically by the Fund Administrator.
As General Partner of the Funds, Alta Park Partners, LLC, generally receives a Special Profit
Allocation of 20% of the amount by which profits (including realized and unrealized gains and
losses) exceed unrecouped losses. This is sometimes referred to as a “high water mark.” The
Special Profit Allocation is made at the end of each fiscal year or upon an Investor’s
distribution from the fund.
Certain Investors may receive Management Fee reductions from Alta Park or reduced Special
Profit Allocations from the General Partner.
Certain Funds or Investors may have lower fees and profit allocations than those described
above.
The Funds are responsible for their own investment related expenses, including custodial
fees, brokerage commission, interest and other transactional costs. See Brokerage
Practices.
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Alta Park currently manages only accounts that pay performance-based compensation as
described in the Fees and Compensation section above. The fact that Alta Park is
compensated based on the success of investments held by the Funds may create an incentive
for Alta Park to make investments that are riskier or more speculative than those that we may
otherwise recommend in the absence of such compensation. Our individual employees and
affiliates who are compensated to some extent based upon trading profits for which they are
responsible face the same potential conflict. We address this conflict through full and fair
disclosure in the applicable offering documents and this brochure.
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Alta Park provides investment advisory services to the Funds which are privately offered
pooled investment vehicles. Investment in the Funds is generally offered to high-net worth
individuals, trusts, pensions and small corporations.
Investors must make an initial investment of at least $1,000,000. However, Alta Park may
accept amounts less than the minimum in certain circumstances. Investors must generally be
“qualified purchasers” (as defined by Section 2(a)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940).
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Investment Strategy and Methods of Analysis
The Funds invest primarily in equity and equity-related securities, both publicly traded and
privately held, that are issued by companies in the TMT sectors. Additionally, the Funds may
take long or short positions and may engage in short selling, margin trading, hedging and
other investment strategies. They may also invest in preferred stock, convertible securities,
bonds and other fixed income securities, credit default swaps, options, futures, options on
futures, distressed debt, loans, currencies, money market interests, and other securities and
derivative instruments.
Alta Park is focused on generating ideas and delivering value through a collaborative, bottom-
up fundamentals-based investment process. The investment process focuses on the themes
within the TMT sector which Alta Park believes to have the greatest potential to disrupt market
capitalizations or introduce structural change, with a particular focus on areas impacted by
emerging technologies and companies. Alta Park seeks to leverage its industry expertise and
research process to identify opportunities where it believes there is (i) a compelling valuation
relative to a company’s fundamental prospects, (ii) a meaningful variance from consensus
expectations, and (iii) a clear roadmap to the realization of that quantifiable differentiation.
Risk Factors
Investing in securities and commodities involves risk of loss that investors should be prepared
to bear. Below are brief summaries of some of the risks that investors should consider before
investing in any of the Funds advised by Alta Park. Any or all of such risks could materially
and adversely affect investment performance, the value of a Fund or any security or
commodity held by that Fund, and could cause investors to lose substantial amounts of
money. Specific risks for each fund are found in the Fund’s offering circular or private offering
memorandum. Potential investors should review a Fund’s offering circular or private offering
memorandum carefully and in its entirety, and consult with their professional advisers before
deciding whether to invest. A potential investor should discuss with Alta Park’s representatives
any questions that such person may have before investing in a Fund.
Investing in TMT Companies. Companies in the rapidly changing fields of TMT face special
risks. Neither the Funds nor the companies in which the Funds invest have any significant
control over the rate of technological developments. Among other things, a company may fail
to acquire or develop necessary technology, it may acquire the rights to or develop a
technology that is rendered obsolete by other technological developments, or its product or
service may not prove to be commercially successful. The TMT industries may be subject to
greater governmental regulation than many other areas and changes in governmental policies
and the need for regulatory approvals may have a material adverse effect on the TMT
industries. For these and other reasons specific to particular industries and companies, the
securities of companies in the TMT industries tend to be substantially more volatile than the
rest of the market.
Investing in Small and Middle Market Capitalization Companies. Companies in which the
Funds invest often have small or medium size market capitalization. Investments in such
companies typically involve a high degree of business and financial risk and can result in
substantial losses due to special risk factors. For example, such companies are typically
subject to a greater degree of change in earnings and business prospects than are companies
with larger market capitalizations. In addition, such securities typically trade in lower volume
and are more volatile than the securities of companies with larger market capitalizations. In
light of these characteristics, the Funds may be subject to a greater degree of investment risk,
to the extent they invest in securities of companies with smaller market capitalization, than
other investment entities that invest in companies with larger capitalizations.
Specific risks associated with the Master Fund: Investment Risks. The Master Fund invests (long and short) principally in public equity and
equity-related securities, that are traded in U.S. and non-U.S. markets for both investments
and hedging purposes and may implement those investments using margin. The Master Fund
also engages in other investment strategies and may trade publicly and over-the-counter, in
debt and other fixed income securities, currencies, options, futures, swaps and other
derivative instruments. Markets for such instruments fluctuate and the market value of any
particular investment may vary substantially. In addition, such securities may be issued by
unseasoned companies and may be highly speculative. The Master Fund’s investment
portfolio may not generate any income or appreciate in value.
Concentration of Investments. The Master Fund’s investment portfolio (because of size,
investment strategy and other considerations) may be confined to the securities of relatively
few issuers. The Master Fund is not required to maintain a minimum level of capital. If the
Master Fund fails to raise substantial initial capital or incur losses or withdrawals, it may not
have sufficient funds to diversify its investments. There are no particular limits as to
concentration in particular issuers or types of investments. If the Master Fund concentrates
its investments in several, relatively large securities positions or industries relative to its
capital, a loss in any one position or downturn in any one industry could reduce the Master
Fund’s performance materially.
Investment Selection. The Master Fund primarily engages in long purchases and short sales
of securities. The Master Fund may also engage in hedging, option and futures trading,
leverage (including, but not limited to, margin trading and investing in other derivatives) and
other strategies. The Master Fund may invest in securities with relatively low prices, which
may be subject to greater percentage price fluctuations than higher priced securities.
Hedging strategies usually are intended to limit or reduce investment risk, but also can limit
or reduce the potential for profit and may increase the Master Fund’s transaction costs,
interest expense and other costs and expenses. Options, futures, other derivatives trading,
short sales, hedging, margin trading and other techniques and strategies may result in
material losses for the Master Fund. Alta Park is not obligated to hedge all the Master Fund’s
portfolio positions, and it frequently may not do so.
Short Sales. The Master Fund may sell securities short. A short sale results in a gain if the
price of the securities sold short declines between the date of the short sale and the date on
which securities are purchased to replace those borrowed. A short sale results in a loss if the
price of the securities sold short increases. Any gain is decreased, and any loss is increased,
by the amount of any payment, dividend or interest that the Master Fund may be required to
pay with respect to the borrowed securities, offset (wholly or partly) by short interest credits.
In a generally rising market, the Master Fund’s short positions may be more likely to result in
losses because securities sold short may be more likely to increase in value. A short sale
involves a finite opportunity for appreciation, but a theoretically unlimited risk of loss.
To make a short sale, the Master Fund must borrow the securities being sold short. It may be
impossible to borrow securities at the most desirable time to make a short sale, particularly in
illiquid securities markets. If the prices of securities sold short increase, the Master Fund may
be required to provide additional funds or collateral to maintain the short positions. This could
require the Master Fund to liquidate other investments to provide additional collateral. Such
liquidations might not be at favorable prices. Further, the lender can request the return of the
borrowed securities and the Master Fund may not be able to borrow those securities from
other lenders. This would cause a “buy-in” of the short position, which may be
disadvantageous to the Master Fund. Some market participants seek to exploit short-sellers
such as the Master Fund by identifying and buying large quantities of securities that are
significantly shorted in an attempt to benefit from the price increase that the participants
expect when the short sellers buy the securities to cover short sales. If these so-called “short
squeezes” are executed successfully, as described above, the Master Fund may be required
to cover its short position at a disadvantageous time regardless of the Alta Park’s view of the
true value of the securities, thereby causing significant losses to the Funds.
Hedging. The Master Fund may use hedging strategies to attempt to control risk. Hedging
strategies may not be effective in controlling risk due to unexpected non-correlation (or even
positive correlation) between the hedging instrument and the position being hedged. The
Master Fund may not be able to hedge a particular position, which can result in undesired
exposure to that position and may lead to liquidation of that position when it is
disadvantageous to the Master Fund.
Swaps, Options, Futures and Other Derivatives. The Master Fund may trade in exchange-
traded and over-the-counter derivatives, including but not limited to swaps, contracts for
differences, options, futures, options on futures and forwards. Trading in these instruments is
highly speculative and entails risks that are greater than those of investing in other securities.
Prices of these instruments may be more volatile than prices of other securities. The Master
Fund speculates on market fluctuations of such securities, and securities exchange indices
while investing only a small percentage of the value of the securities or index underlying the
contract, thus permitting a high degree of leverage. As a result, depending on the type of
instrument, a relatively small change in the market price of the contract may result in a profit
or loss that is high in proportion to the Master Fund’s funds actually placed as initial collateral
and may result in unquantifiable further loss exceeding any collateral deposited. These
changes are extremely difficult to predict.
Special risks are associated with using options and futures. Deciding whether, when and how
to use options involves different skills and judgment than those needed to select portfolio
securities. Even a well-conceived transaction may be unsuccessful to some degree because
of market behavior, currency fluctuations or interest rate trends. If Alta Park incorrectly
forecasts market values or other relevant factors, a the Master Fund may be in a worse
position than if it had not engaged in options and futures transactions. When derivatives are
used for hedging, there may be no correlation between price movements in the option or
futures and in the portfolio securities being hedged. A lack of correlation could result in a loss
on both the hedged securities and the hedging vehicle, so that the Master Fund’s return might
have been better had it not attempted to hedge.
Swaps and Other Securities-Linked Instruments. The Master Fund may use derivative
instruments, such as swaps, contracts for difference, participation notes, equity swaps, and
zero strike calls and warrants, to gain economic exposure (whether long or short) to a
particular underlying security that the Master Fund cannot or does not want to own directly.
Many of these derivative instruments are structured as contracts between the Master Fund
and a counterparty. In a typical contract, the Master Fund deposits an amount of cash with its
custodian (or broker, if legally permitted) that is equal to the selling price of the underlying
security and an additional amount to serve as the initial collateral for a change in value of the
underlying security. Thereafter, the Master Fund pays or receives cash or other assets from
the broker or custodian based on the change in the value of the underlying security.
There is no exchange market on which to close an open swap position or other derivative
transaction. The Master Fund could experience losses and delays in closing a derivative
transaction, due to, among other things: (a) a counterparty’s default on, or inability or refusal
to perform, its obligations with respect to a transaction, including refusing to pay amounts that
are due; (b) a decline in the value of collateral that the Master Fund holds while it seeks to
enforce its rights with respect to such collateral; (c) expenses of enforcing the Master Fund’s
rights under the agreements governing the derivative transaction; and (d) losing collateral that
the Master Fund has posted with the counterparty in the event of the counterparty’s
bankruptcy or insolvency. The Master Fund likely will be treated as an unsecured creditor with
respect to such collateral. Any of these events could subject the Master Fund and its Investors
to substantial losses.
Risk of Default by Counterparties, Brokers and Exchanges. The Master Fund will be
exposed to the credit risk of the counterparties with which, or the brokers, dealers and
exchanges through which, it deals, whether it engages in exchange-traded or off-exchange
transactions. The Master Fund may be subject to risk of loss of its assets on deposit with a
broker in the event of the broker’s bankruptcy, the bankruptcy of any clearing broker through
which the broker executes and clears transactions on behalf of the Funds, or the bankruptcy
of an exchange clearing house.
General Risks of Leverage. The Master Fund uses leverage by borrowing on margin,
engaging in short sales, entering into swaps and other derivative contracts, and other
leveraging strategies. Such leverage increases the risk of loss and volatility. In the stock
market, “margin” refers to buying stock on credit. Margin customers are required to keep cash
and securities on deposit with their brokers as collateral for their borrowings. As a result, a
relatively small price movement in a security may result in immediate and substantial losses
to an investor. For example, if at the time of purchase 50% of the price of a security is
borrowed on margin, a 20% decrease in the price of the security would, if the security is then
sold, result in a 40% loss of the cash invested before any deduction for brokerage
commissions or margin interest costs. Thus any purchase of securities using leverage
increases the risk and volatility of the Master Fund’s portfolio and may result in losses that
greatly exceed the amount invested. In addition, margin trading requires the Master Fund to
pledge securities as collateral. Margin calls or changes in margin requirements can require
the Master Fund to pledge additional collateral or liquidate holdings, which can force the
Master Fund to sell portfolio securities at substantial losses that otherwise would not be
incurred.
Trading on margin also results in interest charges, which can be substantial. To the extent the
Master Fund uses financial derivatives, it has risk and return characteristics similar to a
leveraged position in the underlying securities, as well as other risks. By trading one or more
financial derivatives, the Master Fund may trade with the economic equivalent of a
substantially leveraged position in the underlying securities portfolio, in comparison to its
actual assets. Alta Park may, in its sole discretion, employ implicit leverage of the Master
Fund’s actual assets by trading financial derivatives.
Significant Volatility. The Master Fund’s investments in illiquid securities and securities of
issuers with small-sized market capitalizations may involve significant business and financial
risk and can result in substantial or complete loss. Even if the securities of such issuers are
sold publicly, the public trading markets for those securities may be extremely volatile from
day to day or from period to period. Additionally, the Master Fund may invest in portfolio
companies that experience substantial variation in operating results from period to period, and
the Master Fund’s portfolio may be concentrated in only a few issuers, all of which could be
in the same business, industry or geographic region, increasing the volatility and risk of the
Master Fund’s portfolio.
Limited Liquidity of Investments. The Master Fund invests in thinly traded and relatively
illiquid securities, securities that may not be traded at the time the Master Fund invests or
securities that may cease to be traded after the Master Fund invests. The Master Fund is also
likely to take positions in particular securities that are relatively large as compared to trading
volumes or overall market capitalization. In such cases and in the event of extreme market
activity, the Master Fund may not be able to liquidate their investments promptly if necessary.
In addition, the Master Fund’s sales of thinly traded securities are likely to depress the market
value of such securities and thereby reduce the Master Fund’s profitability or increase its
losses. Such circumstances or events could affect the Master Fund’s gain or loss materially
and adversely.
Illiquid Investments; Limited Liquidity of Investments. The Master Fund invests in Illiquid
securities issued by private companies, and in other thinly traded and relatively Illiquid
securities. The Master Fund may also take positions in particular securities that are relatively
large as compared to trading volumes or overall market capitalization. In such cases and in
the event of extreme market activity, the Master Fund may not be able to liquidate its
investments promptly if necessary or it may need to sell them at far less than the Investment
Adviser believes they are worth. In addition, the Master Fund’s sales of thinly traded Securities
are likely to depress the market value of those investments and thereby reduce the Master
Fund’s profitability or increase its losses. Such circumstances or events could affect the
Master Fund’s gain or loss materially and adversely.
Venture Capital and Private Equity Risks. The Master Fund may invest in securities of
private companies. Venture capital and private equity investment involves an extraordinarily
high degree of business and financial risk and can result in substantial or complete losses.
Many portfolio companies may be operating at a loss or with substantial variations in operating
results from period to period. These companies may need substantial additional capital to
support expansion or to achieve or maintain competitive positions, and failure to raise such
additional capital may severely affect such a company. These companies may face intense
competition, including competition from companies with much greater financial resources,
much more extensive development, production, marketing and service capabilities, and a
much larger number of qualified managerial and technical personnel. Any such portfolio
company may fail.
Portfolio Turnover. The Master Fund trades securities actively and may incur significant
brokerage, custody and other transaction costs and expenses. Brokerage commissions and
other transaction costs generally are higher than those incurred by a fund with a lower portfolio
turnover rate.
Use of Side Pockets. Investors have the opportunity, but are not required, to participate in
transactions in Illiquid, non-public securities. These securities will be held in side pockets. In
order to (a) reduce the risk that a valuation of the Master Fund’s assets in hindsight will have
unduly benefitted or adversely affected (as the case may be) new and withdrawing investors
and (b) prevent withdrawals from increasing the remaining investors’ exposure to those
assets, investors will not have the ability to withdraw from side pockets.
Although an investment in a privately held company may offer the opportunity for gains, such
investment involves a high degree of business and financial risk that can result in substantial
losses. No public market exists for the securities held in the side pockets and no assurance
is given that an issuer liquidity event will occur in the future. In the event that the Master Fund
makes a distribution of such securities, there may be no market through which the distributed
securities may be sold, and even if there were such a market, the transfer of the securities
may be subject to significant restrictions.
Conflicts of Interest. The General Partner, the Investment Adviser and their Affiliates
sponsor, manage and participate in other Securities investment activities and programs
unrelated to the Funds activities (some of which may compete with the Funds investment
activities). These other activities may include, among other things, investing for their own
accounts and providing investment advisory services to the Other Accounts.
Specific risks associated with the Opportunities Fund: Concentration of Investment. Because the Fund has a concentrated investment the value
of the Fund may be subject to greater volatility and may be more susceptible to any single
economic, political or regulatory occurrence than would be the case if the Fund’s investments
were more diversified.
Management and Key Personnel. The success of the Fund’s investment is dependent on
the ability of the company’s management, and other key personnel to make key decisions
based on their knowledge and judgment. As a consequence, if the management or key
personnel, becomes unavailable, there may be no other person who could carry out those
functions, thus negatively affecting the performance of the company.
Limited Liquidity. In the event that the Fund makes distributions, there may be no market
through which the distributed securities may be sold, and even if there were such a market,
the transfer of the securities may be subject to significant restrictions.
No Assurance of an IPO or other Liquidity Event. Although an investment in a privately
held company may offer the opportunity for gains, such investment involves a high degree of
business and financial risk that can result in substantial losses. No public market currently
exists for the securities and no assurance can be given that an issuer liquidity event will occur
in the future.
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Neither Alta Park nor its employees have been involved in any legal or disciplinary events that
would be material to an Investor’s evaluation of Alta Park or its personnel.
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Neither Alta Park nor its management persons are registered or have an application pending
to register, as a broker-dealer, a registered representative of a broker-dealer, a futures
commission merchant, commodity pool operator, or a commodity trading advisor.
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Personal Trading
Alta Park has adopted a Code of Ethics in compliance with Rule 204A-1(a) under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that establishes standards of conduct for Alta Park’s
supervised persons. The Code of Ethics includes general requirements that Alta Park’s
supervised persons must comply with fiduciary obligations to clients and with applicable
securities laws, and specific requirements relating to personal trading, insider trading, conflicts
of interest and confidentiality of client information. It requires supervised persons to comply
with the personal trading restrictions described below and to report their personal securities
transactions and holdings periodically to Alta Park’s Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), and
requires the CCO to review those reports. It also requires supervised persons to report any
violations of the Code of Ethics promptly to the CCO.
Each supervised person of Alta Park receives a copy of the Code of Ethics and any
amendments to it and must acknowledge having received those materials. Annually, each
supervised person must certify that he or she complied with the Code of Ethics during the
preceding year. Clients and prospective clients may obtain a copy of Alta Park’s Code of
Ethics by contacting Rene Nam-Hee at 415-835-3897 or
[email protected].
If Alta Park and its partners, officers and employees personally invest in the same securities
that Alta Park trades for the Funds, there is a conflict of interest in that any of such persons
can use his or her knowledge about actual or proposed securities transactions and
recommendations for the Funds to profit personally by the market effect of such transactions
and recommendations. To address this conflict, Alta Park and its partners, officers and
employees must obtain pre-approval before engaging in most securities transactions (other
than mutual funds and cash equivalents) and usually will not be permitted to trade TMT
securities (including public equity, debt and derivatives) for their own accounts except to
liquidate existing positions.
Because Alta Park advises more than one Client, there may be conflicts of interest over its
time devoted to managing any one Client and allocating investment opportunities among all
Clients that it advises. For example, Alta Park selects investments for each Client based solely
on investment considerations for that Client. Different Clients may have differing investment
strategies and expected levels of trading. Alta Park may buy or sell a security for one type of
Client but not for another, or may buy (or sell) a security for one type of Client while
simultaneously selling (or buying) the same security for another type of Client. Alta Park
attempts to resolve all such conflicts in a manner that is generally fair to all its Clients. Alta
Park may give advice to, and take action on behalf of, any of its Clients that differs from the
advice that it gives or the timing or nature of action that it takes on behalf of any other Client
so long as it is Alta Park’s policy, to the extent practicable, to allocate investment opportunities
to its Clients fairly and equitably over time. Alta Park is not obligated to acquire for any account
any security that Alta Park or its managers, members or employees may acquire for its or their
own accounts or for any other Client, if in Alta Park’s absolute discretion, it is not practical or
desirable to acquire a position in such security for that account.
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Alta Park has complete discretion in selecting the broker or futures commission merchant
(“FCM”) that it uses for Fund transactions and the commission rates that the Funds pay such
brokers and FCM’s.
Alta Park will generally allocate such transactions to brokers based on best execution. Alta
Park’s analysis of best execution takes into account net price as well as other factors, such
as, for example:
• research quality
• corporate access
• sales coverage
• special execution capabilities
• the availability of stocks to borrow for short trades
• on-line access to computerized data regarding clients’ accounts
• computerized trading systems and quotation services
• clearance, settlement and reputation
• block trading and block positioning capabilities
• financial strength and stability
• efficiency of execution and error resolution
• custody, recordkeeping and similar services
If Alta Park were to cause a Client account to pay a brokerage commission in excess of that
which another broker might charge for effecting the same transaction in recognition of the
value of the research and brokerage goods and services described above that are provided
by that broker, the Client could be deemed to be paying for research and these other services
with “soft” or commission dollars. Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
provides a “safe harbor” to investment advisers who use commission dollars of their advised
accounts to obtain investment research and brokerage services that provide lawful and
appropriate assistance to the adviser in performing investment decision-making
responsibilities.
Alta Park may receive soft dollar credits based on principal, as well as agency, securities and
commodities transactions with brokers and FCMs or direct a broker or FCM that executes
transactions to share some of its commissions with a broker or FCM that provides soft dollar
benefits to Alta Park.
Alta Park may purchase from a broker or allow a broker to pay for the following (each a “soft
dollar” relationship):
• research reports, services and conferences, including third-party research fees
• economic and market information
• portfolio strategy advice
• industry and company comments
• technical data
• periodical subscription fees
• consultations
• performance measurement data
• trading desk services
• news wire and data processing charges
• quotation, service charges and exchange trading data (such as, for example, access
to Bloomberg market data and pricing data from securities exchanges)
• proxy research services
• software relating to research
The relationships with brokers that provide soft dollar services to Alta Park and its affiliates
could influence Alta Park’s judgment in allocating brokerage transactions and create a conflict
of interest in using the services of those brokers to execute Clients’ brokerage transactions.
The brokerage fees that clients pay could benefit Alta Park at the expense of Clients, to the
extent that soft dollars are used to pay the expenses of Alta Park that are not otherwise
reimbursable by Clients.
Alta Park is not required to combine or arrange the orders of one Client with the orders of any
other Client. However, Alta Park has adopted Aggregation and Allocation Procedures in our
Compliance Manual to ensure that our Clients are afforded fair and equitable treatment when
aggregating and allocating Client trade orders.
As a general principle, Alta Park will only aggregate transactions when Alta Park believes that
such an aggregation is consistent with our duty to seek best execution for the Funds, and is
consistent with the pertinent Funds’ Offering Documents or any other obligation Alta Park may
have undertaken with respect to each Fund for which trades are being aggregated. In such
cases, individual investment advice and treatment will be accorded to each Fund, and Alta
Park will not receive any additional compensation or remuneration of any kind as a result of
the proposed aggregation.
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The Portfolio Manager, Joseph Bou-Saba, reviews the Funds’ holdings on a regular basis.
Those reviews may include such matters as asset allocation, cash management, the
prospects of individual securities, changes in issuer earnings, industry outlook, market outlook
and price levels.
Each Fund Investor receives a written annual report containing the Fund’s audited financial
statements. Fund Investors may receive additional written exposure and performance
attribution reporting on a periodic basis. Alta Park may also provide more frequent or detailed
portfolio information or analysis on request, on a case-by-case basis, subject to additional
contractual confidentiality protections and use restrictions.
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Alta Park does not receive any economic benefit from non-Clients for providing investment
advisory services to our Clients.
Alta Park has not entered into any solicitation agreements with third parties for Client referrals.
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All Fund assets are held in custody by an unaffiliated bank or broker-dealer all of which are
qualified custodians. However, Alta Park’s affiliates are deemed to have custody of the Funds’
assets because they serve as general partners or directors of the Funds. Accordingly, the
Funds are subject to an annual audit and audited financial statements are distributed to each
Investor. The audited financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles and distributed within 120 days of each Fund’s fiscal year end.
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Alta Park has discretionary authority to manage investment accounts on behalf of the Funds
pursuant to a grant of authority in each Fund’s limited partnership agreement or a limited
power of attorney in its investment adviser agreement. This discretionary authority includes
the ability to select the identity and amount of securities to be purchased and sold by each
Fund, the broker or dealer used and the commission trades to be paid. Fund Investors
generally may not place any limits on Alta Park’s authority beyond those set forth in the Funds’
offering and governing documents.
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Alta Park has adopted proxy voting policies and procedures that are designed to ensure that
proxies are voted in the best interest of its Clients. Alta Park does not allow individual Investors
to influence how a particular proxy will be voted.
A copy of the proxy voting policies and procedures and information about how Alta Park voted
proxies may be provided upon request to Investors, at Alta Park’s sole discretion.
Conflicts of Interest. Alta Park does not expect that material conflicts of interest will arise
between the Firm and a Fund over proxy voting. However, Alta Park recognizes that such
conflicts may arise from time to time, such as, for example, when Alta Park or one of its
affiliates has a business arrangement that could be affected by the outcome of a proxy vote
or has a personal or business relationship with a person seeking appointment or re-
appointment as a director of a company. If a material conflict of interest arises, Alta Park will
not place its own interests ahead of the interests of Funds in voting proxies. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if Alta Park uses a service provider to vote its proxies, in case of a conflict of
interest Alta Park will vote in the manner that is dictated by the service provider’s policy.
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Alta Park has no financial commitment that impairs its ability to meet contractual and fiduciary
commitments to the Funds and has not been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
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