Notice2025-15200

Partners Group Private Equity (Master Fund), LLC, et al.

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August 11, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 152 (Monday, August 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 38686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15200]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No. 35708; File No. 812-15772]


Partners Group Private Equity (Master Fund), LLC, et al.

August 7, 2025.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'' or ``SEC'').

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice of application for an order under sections 17(d) and 57(i) 
of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ``Act'') and rule 17d-1 
under the Act to permit certain joint transactions otherwise prohibited 
by sections 17(d) and 57(a)(4) of the Act and rule 17d-1 under the Act.

Summary of Application:  Applicants request an order to permit certain 
business development companies (``BDCs'') and closed-end management 
investment companies to co-invest in portfolio companies with each 
other and with certain affiliated investment entities.

Applicants:  Partners Group Private Equity (Master Fund), LLC; Partners 
Group Next Generation Infrastructure, LLC; Partners Group Growth, LLC; 
Partners Group Lending fund, LLC; Lincoln Partners Group Royalty Fund; 
Partners Group (USA) Inc., Partners Group AG; Partners Group (UK) Ltd, 
Partners Group (Luxembourg) S.A., Partners Group (Guernsey) Ltd, 
Partners Group Cayman Management I Ltd, Partners Group Cayman 
Management III Ltd, Partners Group Cayman Management IV Ltd, Partners 
Group Management Ltd, Partners Group Management (Scots) LLP, Partners 
Group Management I S.[agrave].r.l., Partners Group Management II Ltd, 
Partners Group Management II S.[agrave].r.l., Partners Group Management 
III S.[agrave].r.l., Partners Group Management IV (EUR) 
S.[agrave].r.l., Partners Group Management V (GBP) S.[agrave].r.l., 
Partners Group Management VI (USD) S.[agrave].r.l., Partners Group 
Management IX Ltd, Partners Group Management V Ltd, Partners Group 
Management VII Ltd, Partners Group Management VIII Ltd, Partners Group 
Management XI Ltd, Partners Group Management XII Ltd, Partners Group US 
Management II LLC, Partners Group US Management III LLC, Princess 
Management Ltd, Partners Group Management Direct Equity V 
S.[agrave].r.l., Partners Group Cayman Management Direct Equity V 
Limited, and certain of their affiliated entities as described in 
Appendix A to the application.

Filing Dates:  The application was filed on May 1, 2025, and amended on 
July 28, 2025.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing:  An order granting the requested 
relief will be issued unless the Commission orders a hearing. 
Interested persons may request a hearing on any application by emailing 
the SEC's Secretary at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fccfafcedfaebfeede6ecb2d0f9f9f6fcfadfecfafcb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ddee8eeffe8f9ecfff4fea0c2ebebe4eee8cdfee8eea3eae2fb">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and serving the 
Applicants with a copy of the request by email, if an email address is 
listed for the relevant Applicant below, or personally or by mail, if a 
physical address is listed for the relevant Applicant below. Hearing 
requests should be received by the Commission by 5:30 p.m. on September 
2, 2025, and should be accompanied by proof of service on the 
Applicants, in the form of an affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate 
of service. Pursuant to rule 0-5 under the Act, hearing requests should 
state the nature of the writer's interest, any facts bearing upon the 
desirability of a hearing on the matter, the reason for the request, 
and the issues contested. Persons who wish to be notified of a hearing 
may request notification by emailing the Commission's Secretary at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cd9ea8aebfa8b9acbfb4bee082ababa4aea88dbea8aee3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d784b2b4a5b2a3b6a5aea4fa98b1b1beb4b297a4b2b4f9b0b8a1">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

ADDRESSES: The Commission: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fccfafcedfaebfeede6ecb2d0f9f9f6fcfadfecfafcb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7320161001160712010a005e3c15151a1016330016105d141c05">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Applicants: 
Joshua B. Deringer, Esq. and Joshua M. Lindauer, Esq., Faegre Drinker 
Biddle & Reath LLP, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d37322e35283c7339382f34333a382f1d3b3c383a2f38392f343336382f733e3230"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b212438233e2a652f2e3922252c2e390b2d2a2e2c392e2f392225202e3965282426">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> and 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f59f9a869d8094db999c9b9194809087b593949092879091879c9b9e9087db969a98"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c4aeabb7acb1a5eaa8adaaa0a5b1a1b684a2a5a1a3b6a1a0b6adaaafa1b6eaa7aba9">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>; Robert M. Collins, Partners Group 
(USA) Inc., <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#41332e232433356f222e2d2d282f3201312033352f24333226332e34316f222e2c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="374558555245431954585b5b5e594477475645435952454450455842471954585a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Large, Senior Special Counsel, 
Deepak T. Pai, Senior Counsel, or Daniele Marchesani, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, at (202) 551-6825 (Division of Investment Management, Chief 
Counsel's Office).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For Applicants' representations, legal 
analysis, and conditions, please refer to Applicants' first amended 
application, dated July 28, 2025, which may be obtained via the 
Commission's website by searching for the file number at the top of 
this document, or for an Applicant using the Company name search field, 
on the SEC's EDGAR system. The SEC's EDGAR system may be searched at 
<a href="https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html">https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html</a>. You may also 
call the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy at (202) 551-
8090.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Investment Management, 
under delegated authority.
Sherry R. Haywood,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-15200 Filed 8-8-25; 8:45 am]
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