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KNIGHTHEAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Business and Investment Profile

The KNIGHTHEAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC is a privately held investment adviser that advises $18.99Bn in regulatory assets under management held in 3 SEC fund types across 7 investment strategies. KNIGHTHEAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC is a Private Fund A private fund manager is a manager whose >=75% of total assets under management are in private funds (privately offered pooled vehicles for accredited or qualified investors, generally accessed through placements with higher minimums, restricted eligibility, and negotiated terms) Manager. Assets increased by 163.18% over the last 5-years.

Regulatory Profile

The Group has been registered with the SEC for 14.43 years and is comprised of 1 filing and 4 relying advisers. They operate out of 3 office locations with their Headquarters at 320 PARK AVENUE 28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK. The Group has not been subject to regulatory enforcement actions. They are regulated by 3 US and Non-US bodies.

Employee Profile

They have 58 employees comprised of 29 investment and 29 non-investment staff. The total number of Employees increased by 100% over the last 5-years.

Asset Profile

Their $18.99Bn in assets advised are owned by 30 private funds, 0 public funds and BDCs and 11 other accounts. Assets of Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC) clients own $14.13Bn or 74.4% of Total Assets and Insurance Companies own $4.86Bn or 25.6% of Total Assets.

Investment Strategy Profile

The Group's top investment strategies include FI/Credit - Distress, FI/Credit - Lending and Insurance-Linked Securities, representing 80.02%, 12.9% and 5.93% of total assets, respectively.

Client Profile

They advise 2 types of clients, top clients are Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC) and Insurance Companies.

Service Provider Profile

The Group uses 1 Fund Administrators, 1 Fund Auditors, 2 Prime Brokers, 12 Custodians and 2 Marketers. It does not report a third-party Fund Administrator in 2 private funds with $8.07Bn in assets.

Fee Profile

The Group discloses management fees and performance-based fees.

Sub-Advisers

KNIGHTHEAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC names 1 sub-adviser CERTARES OPPORTUNITIES LLC to 3 different funds advised by the group. The Group has been named as the sub-adviser to 5 funds.

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