RRG Capital is a Delaware limited liability company established in December 2017. RRG Capital has
been registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) since
June 2018. The direct owners of RRG Capital Management LLC are Renewable Resources Group LLC
and its indirect owners are D. Cole Frates and J. Ari Swiller.
RRG Capital will advise its clients on investment opportunities in the water, agriculture, food, land,
and energy sectors, as well as environmental and social impact creation opportunities.
RRG Capital provides discretionary investment advisory services to privately offered pooled
investment vehicles (the “Funds”) that will invest in, among other assets:
• Water trading, storage, conveyance, conservation;
• Agricultural land, including greenfield or operating farms growing high-value specialty crops;
• Aquaculture production and service companies;
• Renewable energy in unused land;
• Operating/management companies;
• Agricultural technology; and
• And other agricultural assets.
The Funds are typically Cayman Islands exempted limited partnerships and other investment vehicles
that are exempt from registration under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and
whose interests will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”).
In addition, RRG Capital provides certain administrative, management and advisory services with
respect to the ongoing management and operations of other assets held through one or more private
investment vehicles (collectively, “Other Accounts”). The Funds and Other Accounts are sometimes
individually referred to as a “Client,” and collectively as “Clients.”
RRG Capital will manage each Client based on specific investment objectives, strategies, investment
guidelines and restrictions set forth in the offering documents, partnership agreement, limited liability
company operating agreement, and/or investment management agreements applicable to that Client
(as amended and supplemented from time to time) (collectively, the “Governing Documents”).
Investment restrictions may be waived in certain cases in accordance with the Governing Documents.
See Item 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss.
RRG Capital does not provide investment advice to separately managed accounts nor does it provide
investment advice to individual investors in any Client. However, RRG Capital may from time to time
enter into a side letter or similar agreement with certain investors in a Client (each, an “Investor”)
that may entitle such Investor to rights (including economic or other terms) under or altering or
supplementing a Client’s Governing Documents as to that Investor only. Such agreements may
provide more favorable terms with respect to (i) opting out of particular investments; (ii) reporting
obligations of the Client; (iii) transfers to affiliates; (iv) co-investment opportunities; (v) withdrawal
rights due to adverse tax or regulatory events; and (vi) consent rights to certain Governing Document
amendments.
As of December 31, 2019, RRG Capital had $1.32 billion in regulatory assets under management.
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The fees, compensation, and expenses applicable to the Clients are set forth in detail in the respective
Governing Documents.
Management Fee RRG Capital receives investment management fees from Clients in exchange for investment advisory
services provided. Management Fees are typically a specific percentage of each Investor’s aggregate
capital commitment or invested capital in the applicable Client, but are sometimes a flat fee. The
percentages on which RRG Capital’s management fee is based typically ranges from 1.75-2.0% per
year.
Generally, the Client’s management fee will be payable quarterly in advance and may be paid by
disposition proceeds, income from investments, and capital contributions from Clients, as well as
Client-level reserves as set forth in the applicable Governing Documents.
RRG Capital may also elect, in its discretion to reduce, waive, or defer all or a portion of any payment
of its management fee with respect to any Client, including Fund Investors.
Performance-Based Compensation In addition to management fees, RRG Capital receives performance-based compensation in the form
of an allocation of a profits interests from the Clients or a participation right in the profits of a Client
(commonly referred to as “Carried Interest”) based on the net cash proceeds attributable to the
Client’s investments, subject to a preferred return to applicable Investors. RRG Capital may, in its sole
discretion, waive, reduce or defer the distributions of Carried Interest with respect to any Client.
Carried Interest is generally paid out as proceeds attributable to dispositions of Clients’ investments
are distributed to Investors. Generally, no payouts are made until the Clients have first received
invested capital together with a preferred return in accordance with the Clients’ Governing
Documents.
Costs and Expenses Subject to an organizational expense limit that may be set forth in the applicable Governing
Documents, the Clients generally bear all costs and expenses relating to the organization of the
Clients, their general partners (or similar managing authority) (each, a “GP”), the offer and sale of
interests therein, and all other costs and expenses incurred in relation to the operation, business and
investments. Such costs and expenses may include without limitation, legal, auditing, consulting,
financing, administration, accounting and custodian fees and expenses; expenses associated with the
preparation of financial statements and tax returns; the management fees; reimbursable costs and
expenses of RRG Capital or its affiliates; indebtedness; all costs and expenses related to
indemnification obligations; expenses incurred in connection with potential transactions not
consummated; expenses related to the members of the advisory committee; the costs and expenses
associated with any litigation; director and officer liability or other insurance; all expenses incurred in
liquidating the Clients; any taxes, fees or other governmental charges and all expenses incurred in
connection with any tax return, audit, investigation, settlement or review; other expenses associated
with the acquisition, holding and disposition of investments; and all other liabilities of the Clients of
whatsoever kind and nature subject to applicable laws and regulations.
Under certain circumstances specified in the Governing Documents, the Clients are generally
obligated to indemnify RRG Capital and its affiliates and other identified persons and entities as
described in the relevant Governing Documents (together, the “Indemnified Persons”), in each
instance, for costs arising out of or in connection with the Clients’ business and affairs, except for any
such costs that have resulted from certain bad acts of the Indemnified Person seeking indemnification
as detailed in the applicable Client’s Governing Documents.
In terms of co-investment opportunities, until a co-investor has irrevocably committed in writing to
participate in an investment opportunity alongside the Clients, such co-investor may not be obligated
to bear any portion of the due diligence or broken-deal expenses associated with a potential
transaction. As a result, in some cases, despite the fact that a co-investor may be offered an
opportunity to participate in a potential investment alongside a Client, the Client may ultimately bear
all of the associated due diligence expenses and costs associated with such investment.
RRG Capital or its affiliate will pay (either directly or by offset to its management fees) all
organizational expenses in excess of the limit set forth in the applicable Governing Documents and
placement compensation, to the extent not borne by the Clients, as well as the ordinary operating
expenses incidental to the administration of RRG Capital and any GP, including rent, utilities,
equipment and salaries of its personnel (but excluding travel, legal, accounting and similar expenses
incurred in the discovery, investigation, development, negotiation, documentation, purchase, holding
and disposition of possible investments).
Calculation and Allocation of Certain Costs and Expenses Investors in a Client will bear their pro rata share of certain fees and expenses for the time period they
are invested in the Client. To address the potential conflicts of interest associated with the allocation
of such expenses, RRG Capital has adopted an expense allocation process and methodology designed
to ensure equitable allocation of expenses among Clients, as applicable. In accordance with the
established methodology, the allocation of expenses will be determined by RRG Capital based on the
following factors:
▪ the extent of each Client’s utilization of the services associated with such expense;
▪ the relative benefit to each Client that is derived from such expense (or that is expected to
be derived from such expense);
▪ with respect to transactions and broken deals, the size or expected size of each Client’s
participation in the transaction; and
▪ the relationship of such expense to the legal, contractual or other obligations of each Client.
In applying these factors, RRG Capital will generally allocate expenses according to the following
standards, subject to the relevant Governing Document:
▪ Expenses that are obligations of RRG Capital and not obligations of any Client are
allocated solely to RRG Capital which will include payroll and employee benefits,
office expenses, and other expenses incurred in connection with the operations of
RRG Capital.
▪ Organizational, operational, and transaction-related expenses incurred solely by, or
on behalf of, a single Client are allocated, in whole, to that Client.
▪ Expenses that are attributable to more than one Client are allocated between and
among such Clients in a manner that is fair and equitable based on the factors
described above. Barring unusual circumstances, broken-deal expenses will be
allocated according to the predetermined allocation of the deal among Clients (if one
was made), or on cash availability of Clients eligible to participate in the deal at the
time of the broken deal (if there is no predetermined deal allocation). Where co-
investors have been permitted to participate in investments, expenses associated
with such investments will be allocated to such co-investors and among Clients
pursuant to the factors set forth above.
▪ Expenses attributable to RRG Capital and one or more Clients will generally be
allocated in the same manner as expenses allocated among Clients, except that the
scope of benefit to RRG Capital shall also be considered when making the allocation.
In addition, when RRG Capital engages consultants and vendors for deal sourcing
purposes, RRG Capital will typically pay any retainer fee, subject to reimbursement
from the Client, and the applicable Client(s) who participate in the investment will
pay the deal sourcing fee.
Sales Compensation RRG Capital and its supervised persons do not receive (directly or indirectly) any compensation from
the purchase or sale of securities or investments for the Clients. RRG Capital and its supervised
persons do not receive (directly or indirectly) sales commissions in connection with sales of interests
in the Clients.
Other Fees RRG Capital may also receive fees with respect to Fund investments for services that would otherwise
be performed by third parties (“Affiliated Fees”). Any Affiliated Fees will be paid at market rates for
services substantially similar to those provided by RRG Capital.
For certain Funds, on no less frequently than annually, the GP of a Fund will notify the Fund’s L.P.
Advisory Committee of any Affiliated Fees received by RRG Capital or its affiliates during the preceding
fiscal year. The L.P. Advisory Committee may contest whether any Affiliated Fees were paid at market
rates in accordance with the Fund’s Governing Documents. In the event the Advisory Committee
timely contests that any Affiliated Fees were paid at market rates, and the GP and the Advisory
Committee cannot come to an agreement as to whether such fees are equal to or lower than market
rates, an independent valuation firm will be appointed at the Fund’s expense to determine whether
such fees were paid at higher than market rates. Unless such valuation firm determines, or the GP
demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Advisory Committee, that the Affiliated Fees paid
are equal to or lower than corresponding market rates, the GP will cause any contracts or other
agreements pursuant to which such Affiliated Fees may be paid in the future to be modified to the
extent necessary to ensure that any such Affiliated Fees thereafter payable under such contract or
agreement are paid at no greater than market rates. RRG Capital and its affiliates are not required to
return any Affiliated Fees previously paid in respect of any services.
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RRG Capital manages Clients that pay performance-based compensation as described in Item 5. Fees
and Compensation above. The fact that RRG Capital is compensated based on the success of
investments held by the Clients may create an incentive for RRG Capital to make investments that are
riskier or more speculative than those that it may otherwise recommend in the absence of such
compensation and may create an incentive for RRG Capital to disproportionately allocate time,
services or functions to Clients paying such amounts at a higher rate. RRG Capital has adopted policies
and procedures that, among other things, seek to ensure that investment opportunities are allocated
in a manner that it believes is consistent with the relevant Governing Documents and otherwise fair
and reasonable over time, considering such factors as it deems relevant, but in RRG Capital’s sole
discretion. See Item 11. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions & Personal
Trading, below, for additional information relating to how we generally address conflicts of interest.
With respect to co-investment opportunities, a co-investor will typically invest on economic terms at
the investment level substantially no more favorable than those on which the Clients invest; and
neither the Clients nor the co-investor will be entitled to a preference over the other in receipt of
distributions at the investment level, or the ability to dispose of all or any portion of a jointly-held
investment. RRG Capital may charge carried interest, management fees and other fees to such co-
investors, with respect to any co-investment, which may be different than the Carried Interest,
management fees and other economic terms applicable to the Clients.
RRG Capital has also put in place a valuation policy and relevant procedures to ensure that investment
valuations are documented and determined on a consistent basis, and to the extent appropriate, in
accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) with respect to the Clients
for which GAAP is applicable.
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RRG Capital provides discretionary investment advisory services to Funds and Other Accounts. The
Funds are typically Cayman Islands exempted limited partnerships and other investment vehicles that
are exempt from registration under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and
whose interests will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act). The minimum investment into the Funds is outlined in each Fund’s offering
documents.
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Investment Strategy and Methods of Analysis
RRG Capital’s investment goal is to match investors’ capital with value oriented, cash-flowing assets
to achieve superior returns on an absolute basis in all market cycles. RRG Capital’s team sources and
originates its deals internally utilizing years of experience working in the agricultural, technology,
energy, and water industries.
RRG Capital will employ a multidisciplinary approach which will allow its team to generate unique
opportunities in water trading, storage, and delivery, agriculture, renewable energy, infrastructure,
and agricultural technology. RRG Capital will manage its Clients based upon a specific investment
thesis around certain geographies. Sustainability and impact are central to RRG Capital’s investment,
development and management strategy.
Risk of Loss
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that Clients should be prepared to bear. Risks associated
with the Clients’ respective investment strategies are disclosed and discussed in the Client’s
Governing Documents. The following matters should be particularly noted.
• Disruptions in the global capital and credit markets may adversely affect the Client’s business,
results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.
• Clients may experience difficulties or an inability to access capital or extend or refinance
existing debt.
• Clients may experience periods of decreasing (or uncertainty in) real estate/asset valuations.
• Adverse market reaction to the Client’s strategic initiatives and their implementation may
occur.
• Additions or departures of key management personnel may affect our ability to perform
investment advisory services on behalf of Clients.
• The recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in many countries is adversely
impacting global commercial activity, and has contributed to significant volatility in financial
markets. Any such economic impact could adversely affect the performance of the Client’s
investments and, as a result, the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) presents material uncertainty
and risk with respect to the Client’s overall performance and financial results. In addition, the
resulting financial and economic market uncertainty may adversely affect the valuations of
investments made by the Firm on behalf of its Clients.
• Terrorist activity may adversely affect the markets in which a Client’s investments are located,
possibly increasing market volatility and causing the further erosion of business and consumer
confidence and spending.
• Governmental regulatory action and changes in tax laws may adversely impact the Client’s
business and assets.
• Clients face risks associated with the use of debt to fund its business activities, including
refinancing and interest rate risks.
• Failure to hedge effectively against exchange and interest rates may adversely affect a Client’s
results of operations.
• A Client’s performance and value are subject to general economic conditions and risks
associated with its asset class.
• Clients may experience changes in the general economic climate, including diminished access
to or availability of capital (including difficulties in financing, refinancing and extending
existing debt) and rising inflation.
• Local conditions, such as oversupply of or a reduction in demand for agricultural produce,
may adversely impact a Client’s business and assets.
• Competition from other investors may affect our ability to sell a Client’s assets.
• A Client’s inability to provide adequate maintenance and insurance/reserves may affect our
ability to manage the asset.
• Increased operating costs may make it challenging to increase the values associated with a
Client’s investments.
• Increased cost of compliance with regulations may make it challenging to increase the values
associated with a Client’s assets.
• Clients may be unable to consummate acquisitions on advantageous terms or at all or
acquisitions may not perform as it expects.
• Clients may be unable to complete divestitures on advantageous terms or at all.
• Actions by a Client’s competitors may affect a Client’s ability to divest properties and may
decrease or prevent increases in the productivity of a Client’s properties.
• Most of the Clients’ investments are relatively illiquid, making it difficult for a Client to
respond promptly to changing conditions.
• Clients may experience losses that insurance does not cover.
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RRG Capital, including its affiliates and employees, have not been involved in any material legal or
disciplinary events related to this Item.
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Neither RRG Capital 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 adviser.
RRG Capital is affiliated by common ownership with the General Partner of the Funds.
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Personal Trading
Code of Ethics
RRG Capital 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 RRG Capital’s supervised persons and
certain supervised persons of RRG Capital’s affiliates. The Code of Ethics includes general
requirements that 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 RRG Capital’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 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 RRG Capital’s Code of Ethics by contacting the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer,
Jennifer Adams, at
[email protected] or (323) 936-9303.
Resolution of Conflicts
In the case of all conflicts of interest, RRG Capital’s determination as to which factors are relevant,
and the resolution of such conflicts, will be made using RRG Capital’s good faith judgment, but in its
sole discretion. In resolving conflicts, RRG Capital considers various factors, including the interests of
the applicable Clients with respect to the immediate issue and/or with respect to their longer-term
courses of dealing. Certain procedures for resolving specific conflicts of interest are set forth below.
When conflicts arise, the following factors generally mitigate, but will not eliminate, conflicts of
interest:
• A Client will not make an investment unless RRG Capital believes that such investment is an
appropriate investment considered from the viewpoint of such Client;
• Many important conflicts of interest will generally be resolved by set procedures,
restrictions or other provisions contained in the Governing Documents for the Clients;
• The Funds have established an Advisory Committee, consisting of representatives of investors
not affiliated with RRG Capital. RRG Capital will consult with Advisory Committees as to
certain potential conflicts of interest;
• On any issue involving actual conflicts of interest, RRG Capital will be guided by its good faith
discretion;
• Where RRG Capital deems appropriate, unaffiliated third parties may be used to help resolve
conflicts, such as the use of a broker or an investment banker to opine as to the fairness of a
purchase or sale price;
• RRG Capital has adopted and implemented certain policies and procedures designed to
reduce certain conflicts of interest; and
• Prior to subscribing for interests in a Client, each investor receives information relating to
significant potential conflicts of interest arising from the proposed activities of the Client.
In addition, certain provisions of a Client’s Governing Documents are designed to protect the interests
of investors in situations where conflicts may exist, although these provisions do not eliminate such
conflicts. In certain instances, some of such conflicts of interest may be resolved in a manner adverse
to a Client.
Allocation of Investment Opportunities
Because RRG Capital may advise more than one Client, there could be conflicts of interest over its
time devoted to managing any one Client and allocating investment opportunities among all Clients
that it advises. RRG Capital maintains allocation policies and procedures designed to mitigate conflicts
of interest related to allocation of investment opportunities and ensure fair and equitable allocations
among Clients. RRG Capital selects investments for each Client based solely on investment
considerations for that Client. Subject to exceptions set forth in a Client’s Governing Documents, RRG
Capital generally does not invest capital on behalf of a new Fund until the Investment Period of the
prior Fund that utilizes a substantially similar investment strategy has terminated or such prior Fund’s
investable capital is substantially committed, invested or reserved for purposes of making
investments and paying expenses. In addition, different Clients may have differing investment
strategies. RRG Capital attempts to resolve all conflicts in a manner that is fair to its Clients.
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The ultimate investments of the Clients are real assets, and the Clients generally do not purchase or
sell securities that are tradable over any public market or over-the-counter. RRG Capital does not
currently have, nor does it expect in the future to have, a relationship with any securities broker-
dealer.
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RRG Capital’s Investment Committee reviews the Clients’ holdings on at least a quarterly basis. RRG
Capital’s Investment Committee is comprised of the acting co-Chief Executive Officers, Chief
Operating Officer and Senior Principal investment team members. Those reviews may include such
matters as asset allocation, cash management, and asset management. Further, Client investments
are valued on a quarterly basis with approval by a Valuation Committee comprised of the one co-Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Controller, two Principals, and the
Mexico Regional Director.
RRG Capital will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause K-1’s and tax information to be
furnished 120 days from the end of the calendar year for each Fund Client. On a quarterly basis, each
Fund investor will be furnished with an unaudited balance sheet, income statement and summary
report on the Fund’s investments, including descriptions of new acquisitions and dispositions.
Further, on or before April 30 of each year (other than the first year of a Fund’s inception), audited
financial statements (including a balance sheet, income statement and statement of Partners' capital)
for the prior year will be delivered electronically to Fund investors.
As to Other Account Clients, RRG Capital will cause K-1’s and tax information to be furnished prior to
the extended filing date of federal and state income tax. Further, Other Account Client Investors for
whom audited financial statements are prepared, will be given audited financial statements (including
a balance sheet, income statement and statement of capital) for the prior year when the financial
statements are completed.
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RRG Capital’s general partner or manager affiliates are deemed to have custody of the securities and
certain cash assets because they serve as General Partners of the Funds and as to Other Accounts. All
Funds are subject to an annual audit. Other Accounts are either subject to an annual audit or a
surprise examination. For those Clients subject to an annual audit, the audited financial statements
are distributed within 120 days of each Client’s fiscal year end.
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RRG Capital has discretionary authority to manage the assets of the Funds pursuant to investment
management agreements. In all cases such discretion is to be exercised in a manner consistent with
the stated investment objectives for each particular Fund.
With respect to Other Accounts, RRG Capital generally does not have discretionary authority as
further detailed in the respective Governing Documents.
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RRG Capital does not invest in publicly traded securities. Therefore, it does not take any action or
render any advice with respect to the voting of proxies.
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RRG Capital 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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