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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act File Number 811-21808
PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
650 Fifth Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10019

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Michael Clements
PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC
650 Fifth Avenue, 17
th Floor
New York, NY 10019

(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 271-3388
Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2007
Date of reporting period: 12/31/2007
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
 
 

 


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PARADIGM Multi-Strategy
Fund I, LLC
(In Liquidation)
Annual Report
December 31, 2007

 


 

PARADIGM Multi-Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Annual Report — December 31, 2007
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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Members’ Capital in Liquidation
December 31, 2007
         
ASSETS
 
       
Receivable for Investments in Underlying Funds Sold
  $ 39,989,290  
Cash
    3,076,125  
Interest receivable
    11,748  
 
     
Total Assets
  $ 43,077,163  
 
     
 
       
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ CAPITAL IN LIQUIDATION
 
       
Redemptions payable — affiliates
  $ 42,761,831  
Accrued Expenses:
       
Administration fees
    113,675  
Audit fee
    84,000  
Investment Advisory fee
    51,775  
Custody fee
    28,963  
CCO service fee
    12,500  
Trustee fee
    10,736  
Legal fee
    9,982  
Other expenses
    3,701  
 
     
Total Liabilities
    43,077,163  
 
     
 
       
Members’ Capital in Liquidation
    * 
 
     
Total Liablities and Members’ Capital in Liquidation
  $ 43,077,163  
 
     
 
*   Effective December 31, 2007, 3,824,446 units were liquidated for $11.18 per unit for an amount totaling $42,761,831. There were 10,000,000 units authorized with no par value, prior to liquidation.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2007
         
INVESTMENT INCOME
       
 
       
Interest
  $ 286,029  
 
     
 
       
Total Investment Income
    286,029  
 
     
 
       
EXPENSES
       
 
       
Investment Management fee
    385,418  
Administration fees
    233,517  
Legal fees
    111,671  
Audit fees
    76,000  
Custody fees
    61,402  
Professional fees
    41,250  
Directors’ fees
    29,115  
Insurance fees
    22,647  
Printing expenses
    12,432  
Miscellaneous fees
    2,366  
 
     
Total Expenses
    975,818  
 
     
Less:
       
Reimbursement from Advisor
    152,097  
 
     
Net Expenses
    823,721  
 
       
Net Investment Loss
    (537,692 )
 
     
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS
       
 
       
Net realized gain on investments
    4,353,605  
Change in net unrealized appreciation on investments
    (1,781,967 )
 
     
 
       
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain from Investments
    2,571,638  
 
     
 
       
NET INCREASE IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL IN LIQUIDATION DERIVED FROM OPERATIONS
  $ 2,033,946  
 
     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Statement of Changes in Members’ Capital in Liquidation
                 
    For the     For the  
    Year Ended     Period Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,  
    2007 **     2006*  
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL IN LIQUIDATION FROM OPERATIONS:
               
 
               
Net investment loss
  $ (537,692 )   $ (376,947 )
Net realized gain on investments
    4,353,605       364,638  
Change in net unrealized appreciation on investments
    (1,781,967 )     1,781,967  
 
           
Net Increase in Members’ Capital In Liquidation Derived from Operations
    2,033,946       1,769,658  
 
           
 
               
MEMBERS’ TRANSACTIONS
               
Proceeds from Units issued (505,110; 3,381,810 units issued, respectively)
    5,490,460       34,118,055  
Fair Value of Units withdrawn (3,864,145; 32,775 units withdrawn, respectively)
    (43,202,154 )     (309,965 )
 
           
Net Increase (Decrease) in Members’ Capital in Liquidation Derived from Share Transactions
    (37,711,694 )     33,808,090  
 
           
 
               
Total Net Increase (Decrease) in Members’ Capital in Liquidation
    (35,677,748 )     35,577,748  
 
           
 
               
MEMBERS’ CAPITAL AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
    35,677,748       100,000  
 
           
MEMBERS’ CAPITAL IN LIQUIDATION AT END OF PERIOD
  $     $ 35,677,748  
 
           
 
*   The Portfolio commenced operations on January 3, 2006.
 
**   The Portfolio ceased operations and liquidated investments on December 31, 2007.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended December 31, 2007
         
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
       
Net increase in Members’ Capital in Liquidation derived from operations
  $ 2,033,946  
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in Members’ Capital in Liquidation derived from operations to net cash used in operating activities:
       
Purchases of investments
    (21,250,000 )
Proceeds from sales of investments
    42,103,605  
Net realized gain on investments
    (4,353,605 )
Change in net unrealized appreciation on investments
    1,781,967  
Change in assets and liabilities:
       
(Increase)/Decrease in assets:
       
Receivable for Underlying Investments Sold
    (35,525,677 )
Interest and dividends receivable
    (11,748 )
Increase/(Decrease) in payables:
       
Administration fees
    101,800  
Investment Advisory fee
    (47,377 )
Other expenses
    (36 )
 
     
Net cash used in operating activities
    (15,167,125 )
 
       
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
       
Proceeds from Units issued
    5,777,529  
Fair Value of Units withdrawn
    (440,323 )
 
     
Net cash provided by financing activities
    5,337,206  
 
       
Net decrease in cash
    (9,829,919 )
Cash — beginning of year
    12,906,044  
 
     
Cash — end of year
  $ 3,076,125  
 
     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
(1) ORGANIZATION
          The PARADIGM Multi-Strategy Fund I, LLC (the “Portfolio”) is a limited liability company that was established under the laws of the state of Delaware on September 22, 2005 and offered only to registered investment companies and other accredited investors. The Portfolio was registered and commenced operations on January 3, 2006 as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). Although the Portfolio remains open, the Portfolio has liquidated its position in its Investment Funds as of December 31, 2007 (see Note 12).
          The Portfolio’s investment objective was to generate long-term capital appreciation with lower volatility than the broad equity markets. The Portfolio attempted to accomplish this objective by allocating its assets among a diverse group of skill-based portfolio managers that specialize in absolute return strategies. Typically, the Portfolio would invest in approximately 25 to 35 underlying investment funds (collectively, the “Investment Funds”), typically referred to as hedge funds, managed by third-party managers who employ a variety of absolute return investment strategies in pursuit of attractive risk-adjusted investments consistent with the preservation of capital. The Portfolio is a “fund of funds” and is intended to afford investors the ability to invest in a multi-manager portfolio, exhibiting a variety of investment styles and philosophies, in an attempt to achieve positive risk-adjusted returns over an extended period of time. The Portfolio’s investments are managed by a select group of investment managers identified by the Advisor, as hereinafter defined, to have investments that when grouped with other investments of the Portfolio result in a portfolio that is allocated more broadly across markets, asset classes, and risk profiles.
          Prior to October 17, 2007, Provident Group Asset Management served as investment advisor (the “Advisor”) to both the Portfolio and each of its Members (three “feeder funds”) that are series of the PARADIGM Funds Trust (“the Trust”). The Advisor is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Advisers Act”). On October 17, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Portfolio and the Board of Trustees of the Trust, (collectively, “the Funds”) were informed that Provident Group Asset Management, the investment manager to the Funds, terminated the investment management agreements with the Funds. Paradigm Global Advisers, LLC (“PGA”), who served as sub-adviser to the Funds, continued to serve in that capacity. However, investment advisory fees were discontinued.

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PRACTICES
          The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies of the Portfolio. The policies are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. As further explained in Note 12, the Portfolio permitted a complete redemption of its units as of the closing of a Tender Offer by its Members, effectively liquidating the Portfolio. As a result, the Portfolio changed its basis of accounting under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) from a going concern basis to a liquidation basis as of December 31, 2007. The change to the liquidation basis of accounting had no material effect on the financial statements of the Portfolio as assets and liabilities were already stated at fair value.
     (a) CASH EQUIVALENTS
          The Portfolio considered all temporary cash investments with a maturity date at the time of purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2007, the Portfolio held $3,076,125 in an interest bearing cash account with J.P. Morgan. This cash balance represents a concentration of credit risk.
     (b) INVESTMENT SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS
          The Portfolio recorded transactions in investments on a trade-date basis.
          Realized gains or losses on the disposition of investments were accounted for based on the first in first out (“FIFO”) method.
          Distributions received from Investment Funds, whether in the form of cash or securities, were applied as a reduction of the cost of the Investment Funds.
     (c) VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS
          The valuation of the Portfolio’s Investment Funds was determined as of the close of business at the end of any fiscal period, generally monthly. The valuation of the Portfolio’s investments was generally calculated by Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (BISYS Fund Services Ohio, Inc.’s parent company, the BISYS Group, Inc., was acquired by Citigroup, Inc. on August 1, 2007) (“Citi”), the Portfolio’s independent administrator (the “Independent Administrator’’) in consultation with the Advisor. The valuation procedures of the Portfolio’s underlying investments were reviewed by a committee approved by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) that was established to oversee the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments (the “Valuation Committee’’), in consultation with the Advisor and the Independent Administrator. The Member’s capital of the Portfolio will equal the value of the total assets of the Portfolio, less all of its liabilities, including accrued fees and expenses.

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
          Investments held by the Portfolio were valued as follows:
    INVESTMENT FUNDS — Investments in the Investment Funds were ordinarily valued at the valuations provided to the Independent Administrator by the investment managers of such Investment Funds or the administrators of those Investment Funds. The Portfolio’s investments in Investment Funds were subject to the terms and conditions of the respective operating agreements and offering memoranda, as appropriate. The Portfolio’s investments in Investment Funds were carried at estimated fair value as determined by the Portfolio’s pro-rata interest in the net assets of each Investment Fund. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, this estimated fair value may differ from the value that would have been used had a ready market for the investments in Investment Funds existed. These Investment Funds valued their underlying investments in accordance with policies established by such Investment Funds. All valuations utilized financial information supplied by each Investment Fund and were net of management and estimated performance incentive fees or allocations payable to the Investment Funds’ managers pursuant to the Investment Funds’ agreements.
 
    OTHER - Where no value was readily available from an Investment Fund or other security or where a value supplied by an Investment Fund was deemed not to be indicative of the Investment Fund’s value, the Valuation Committee and/or the Board, in consultation with the Independent Administrator or the Advisor will determine, in good faith, the estimated fair value of the Investment Fund or security.
     (d) INTEREST AND DIVIDEND INCOME
          Dividend income was recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income was recorded as earned on the accrual basis.
     (e) FUND EXPENSES
          Unless voluntarily or contractually assumed by the Advisor or another party, the Portfolio bore all expenses incurred in its business, including, but not limited to, the following: all costs and expenses related to investment transactions and positions for the Portfolio’s account; legal fees; accounting, auditing and tax preparation fees; recordkeeping and custodial fees; costs of computing the Portfolios net asset value; fees for data and software providers; research expenses; costs of insurance; registration expenses; certain offering costs; directors fees; all costs with respect to communications to members; and other types of expenses as was approved from time to time by the Board. In accordance with the Portfolio’s change to the liquidation basis of accounting (see Note 12), the Portfolio recorded certain expenses associated with the liquidation of its Investment Funds.

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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
     (f) NET ASSET VALUATION
          The net asset value of the Portfolio was determined by or at the direction of the Investment Advisor as of the close of business as of the end of each month in accordance with the valuation principles established by the Board.
     (g) INCOME TAXES
          The Portfolio is not subject to federal, state, or local income taxes as such taxes are the responsibility of the Members in the Portfolio. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the Portfolio’s financial statements.
          Effective June 29, 2007, the Portfolio adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the affirmative evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Portfolio’s tax returns to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. A tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. Differences between tax positions taken in a tax return and amounts recognized in the financial statements will generally result in an increase in a liability for taxes payable, including the recognition of any related interest and penalties as an operating expense. Implementation of FIN 48 included a review of tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last two tax year ends and the interim tax period since then). The adoption of FIN 48 did not impact the Portfolio’s net assets or results of operations.
     (h) USE OF ESTIMATES
          The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
     (i) REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF UNITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
          With very limited exception, units were not transferable. No Member holding a Unit had the right to require the Portfolio to redeem that unit or a portion thereof. There was no public market for the Units. Consequently, investors were not able to liquidate their investment other than as a result of repurchase of units by the Portfolio.

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
          The Board may have, from time to time, and in its sole discretion, caused the Portfolio to repurchase Units from Members pursuant to written tender by Members at such time and on such terms and conditions as established by the Board. In determining whether the Fund should offer to repurchase Units, the Board considered the recommendation of the Investment Advisor. The Investment Advisor generally recommended to the Board that the Portfolio offer to repurchase Units from Members four times each year. As of December 31, 2007, the Board determined that it was in the best interest of all Members to permit a repurchase of 100% of the Members’ units.
          The Portfolio’s intention was not to distribute to the Members any of the Portfolio’s income, but to reinvest substantially all income and gains allocable to the Members. A Member may have therefore been allocated income and gains taxable for federal, state and local income tax purposes and not received any cash distributions to pay the resulting taxes.
     (j) ALLOCATION OF MEMBERS’ CAPITAL ACCOUNT
          Net profits or net losses of the Portfolio for each Allocation Period were allocated among and credited to or debited against the capital accounts of all Members as of the last day of each Allocation Period in accordance with the Members’ respective Investment Percentages for such period. Net profits or net losses were measured as the net change in the value of the net assets of the Portfolio (including any net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments and realized income and gains or losses and expenses during an Allocation Period), before giving effect to any redemptions of Units, and excluding the amount of any items to be allocated among the capital accounts of the Members other than in accordance with the Members’ respective Investment Percentages.
(3) FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
          For federal income tax purposes, the Portfolio qualified as a partnership. Each investor in the Portfolio was treated as the owner of its proportionate share of the net assets, income, expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses of the Portfolio. Accordingly, as a “pass-through entity, the Portfolio pays no income dividends or capital gain distributions. It was intended that the Portfolio’s assets would be managed so an investor in the portfolio could satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Portfolio has a tax year end of September 30. The redemption of 100% of the Portfolio’s units by its Members, as described further in Note 12, caused the Portfolio to experience a “technical termination” for federal income tax purposes. As a result, the Portfolio will file a short period federal tax return covering the period from October 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. The Portfolio is not subject to federal, state, or local income taxes as such taxes are the responsibility of the Members of the Portfolio.

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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the Portfolio’s financial statements.
(4) CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
          The following summarizes the transactions in units for the year ended December 31, 2007:
         
Units issued
    505,110  
Units withdrawn
    (3,864,145 )
 
     
Net decrease in Units outstanding
    (3,359,035 )
Units outstanding, beginning of year
    3,359,035  
 
     
Units outstanding, end of year
     
 
     
(5) INVESTMENTS IN PORTFOLIO SECURITIES
          The agreements related to investments in Investment Funds provided for compensation to the Investment Funds’ managers/general partners or advisors in the form of management fees ranging from 1% to 3% of net assets annually. In addition, many Investment Funds also provided for performance incentive fees/allocations ranging from 20% to 35% of an Investment Fund’s net profits. These fees and incentive fees were in addition to the management fees charged by the Portfolio.
          In general, most of the Investment Funds in which the Portfolio invested provided for periodic redemptions ranging from monthly to annually with lock up provisions usually for a period of up to four years. Investment Funds that did not provide for periodic redemptions may have, depending on the Investment Fund’s governing documents, had the ability to deny or delay a redemption request. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments were $21,250,000 and $42,103,605 respectively. Prior to the liquidation of the Portfolio’s investments, all such investments in Investment Funds were acquired in private placements and were restricted as to resale.
(6) FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK
          In the normal course of business, the Investment Funds in which the Portfolio invests trade various derivative securities and other financial instruments, and enter into various investment activities with off-balance sheet risk both as an investor and as a principal. The Portfolio’s risk of loss in these Investment Funds is limited to the value of the investment in such Investment Funds as reported by the Portfolio. In addition, the Portfolio may from time to time invest directly in derivative securities or other financial instruments to gain greater or lesser exposure to a particular asset class.

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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
(7) ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
          The Portfolio has entered into an administration agreement with Citi to serve as an Independent Administrator and provide recordkeeping and administration services.
          Under this agreement, fees are charged at a rate of 8 basis points on Portfolio’s net assets of up to $100 million, 7 basis points on Portfolio’s net assets between the amounts of $100 million and $250 million and 6 basis points for amounts over $250 million. The services provided were subject to an annual minimum plus out of pocket and miscellaneous charges. The asset based fees are assessed based on month end net assets and are payable monthly in arrears. The Independent Administrator also provided the Portfolio with legal, compliance, transfer agency, and other investor related services at an additional cost. This agreement remains in place through December 31, 2008.
          The three series of PARADIGM Funds Trust (the “Trust”) are feeder funds of the Portfolio. The Trust also entered into an administration agreement with Citi. The fees for administration will be paid out of the Trust’s and Portfolio’s assets, with each paying half of the fees. This agreement remains in place through December 31, 2008.
          In accordance with the administration agreement and the Portfolio’s change to the liquidation basis of accounting (see Note 12), the Portfolio incurred and recorded additional administrative fee expense of $93,950 associated with the liquidation of its investment funds.
(8) INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE
          Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, through October 17, 2007, the Portfolio paid the Advisor a monthly investment management fee, equal to 1/12th of 1.25% of the members’ capital of the Portfolio.
          The Portfolio entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with the Advisor pursuant to which the Advisor voluntarily agreed to waive the Investment Advisory Fee payable or pay an amount to the Portfolio, such that the Portfolio’s total annual expenses did not exceed 1.75% of the average of the net assets of the Portfolio as of each month end. This agreement was terminated effective October 17, 2007.
(9) RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
          During September 2006, the FASB issued Statement on Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” This standard establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to fair value measurements already required or permitted by existing standards. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The changes to current

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
GAAP from the application of this Statement relate to the definition of fair value, the methods used to measure fair value, and the expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. Because the Portfolio liquidated effective December 31, 2007, the adoption of SFAS No. 157 is not applicable. The adoption date would have been January 1, 2008.
(10) INDEMNIFICATION
          In the normal course of business the Portfolio entered into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these agreements are dependent on future claims that may be made against the Portfolio, and therefore cannot be established; however based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
(11) CONTINGENCY
          The Portfolio’s former legal counsel has made a claim against the Portfolio, the Trust, PGA and other affiliated entities of PGA for unpaid legal fees of approximately $176,000. PGA is disputing the propriety of this claim. The majority of the legal fees in question were incurred during the period in which the Expense Limitation Agreement with the Advisor was in place. Accordingly, PGA believes that if any amounts are ultimately determined to be due to former counsel on this claim by the Portfolio that the Advisor would be obligated to reimburse the Portfolio for such amounts. As of the date of this report, PGA believes the risk of loss to the Portfolio upon the ultimate resolution of this claim to be remote.
(12) PORTFOLIO LIQUIDATION
          The Portfolio had three Members which acted as “Feeder Funds” and were series of PARADIGM Funds Trust (the “Trust”). The Board of Trustees of the Trust authorized a Tender Offer to repurchase up to 100% of the outstanding shares of the Trust at their estimated net asset value, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Offer to Purchase dated December 4, 2007 and the related Letter of Transmittal filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In order to make the funds available to pay out the Tender Offer proceeds to the shareholders of the Trust, the Portfolio issued redemption requests to its Investment Funds and the Board determined that it was in the best interest to all of its Members to permit a complete redemption of their units as of the closing of the Trust’s Tender Offer, effectively liquidating the Portfolio.
          Subsequent to year end, the Portfolio made redemption payments to the Feeder Funds in accordance with the terms of the Tender Offer. Redemption payments totaled $42,761,831, of which $35,952,282 were cash payments and $6,809,549 were in-kind transfers.

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
(13) FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
Financial Highlights
                 
    For the     For the  
    year ended     Period ended  
    December 31,     December 31,  
    2007     2006*  
For a unit held throughout the period
               
 
               
Net Asset Value, beginning of period
  $ 10.62     $ 10.00  
 
               
Income from investment operations:
               
Net investment loss, net of reimbursements
    (0.13 )     (0.11 )
Net realized & unrealized gain on investments
    0.69       0.73  
 
           
Total from investment operations
    0.56       0.62  
 
               
Net Asset Value, end of period
  $ 11.18 **   $ 10.62  
 
           
 
               
Total Return
    5.27 %     6.20 %
 
               
Ratios to average net assets (1)(2)(3):
               
 
               
Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)
  $ 42,762 ***   $ 35,678  
 
               
Expenses, before reimbursements
    2.42 %     2.77 %(4)
Expenses, net of reimbursements
    2.04 %     1.75 %(4)
 
               
Net investment loss, before reimbursements
    (1.71 )%     (2.33) %(4)
 
               
Net investment loss, net of reimbursements
    (1.33 )%     (1.31) %(4)
 
               
Portfolio turnover rate
    75 %     56 %
 
*   The Portfolio commenced operations on January 3, 2006.
 
**   Represents net asset value per share immediately preceding liquidation.
 
***   Represents net assets immediately prior to liquidation.
 
(1)   Ratios are calculated by dividing by average members’ capital measured at the end of each month during the period.
 
(2)   For the period ended December 31, 2006 and through October 17, 2007, the Advisor voluntarily agreed to reimburse the Portfolio for expenses incurred greater than 1.75% of the net assets.
 
(3)   Ratios exclude the Portfolio’s proportional share of the Investment Funds’ expenses.
 
(4)   Rates are annualized.

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (In Liquidation)
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2007
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Members and Board of Directors
PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities and members’ capital in liquidation of the PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC (the “Portfolio") as of December 31, 2007, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, changes in members’ capital in liquidation for the year then ended and the period from January 3, 2006 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2006 and cash flows for the year then ended and the financial highlights for the year then ended and the period from January 3, 2006 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2006. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Portfolio’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
As explained in Note 12 to the financial statements, on December 4, 2007, the Portfolio’s Board of Directors approved the liquidation of 100% of its outstanding interests in Investments in Underlying Funds as well as the members’ capital held by each series of the Paradigm Funds Trust resulting in the liquidation of the Portfolio becoming imminent. As a result, the Portfolio changed its basis of accounting under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America from a going concern basis to a liquidation basis as of December 31, 2007.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position in liquidation of the PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC as of December 31, 2007, the results of its operations for the year then ended, changes in its members’ capital in liquidation for the year then ended and the period from January 3, 2006 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2006, its cash flows for the year then ended and its financial highlights for the year then ended and the period from January 3, 2006 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
         
     
  -s- BRIGGS, BUNTING & DOUGHERTY, LLP    
  BRIGGS, BUNTING & DOUGHERTY, LLP   
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 25, 2008

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC
Supplemental Information
December 31, 2007
PARADIGM Multi-Strategy Fund I, LLC
Board of Directors
The identity of the Directors and brief biographical information regarding each Director is set forth below. Each Director who is deemed to be an “interested person” of the Trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act, is indicated by an asterisk.
                 
Name, (date
of birth)
               
and                
Address
During the
      Term of   Principal   Other
Past   Position(s)   Office and   Occupation(s)   Directorships
5   Held with   Length of   During Past 5   Served Held by
Years   Fund   Time   Years   Director
 
Nelson A. Diaz
May 23, 1947
One Logan Square
Phildelphia, PA 19103
  Director   Since September 19, 2006   Of Counsel, Cozen O’ Connor; Partner, Blank Rome LLP; City Solicitor, City of Philadelphia   Exelon Corporation; PNC Bank; Pennsylvania Convention Authority; PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC
 
               
Ernest Jones
November 21, 1944
1617 JFK Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19103
  Director   Since November 21, 2006   President and CEO, Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation; President, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition   UGI Corporation; The Philadelphia Contributionship; Vector Security; PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC
 
               
Charles Provini*
650 Fifth Avenue
17th Floor
New York, NY 10019
  Director   Since March
2007
  CEO, Natcore Technology, Inc; President, PARADIGM Global Advisors, LLC    

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PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC
Supplemental Information
December 31, 2007
 
*   Mr. Provini is considered an “interested person” of the Fund as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act. Mr. Provini was an employee of the Advisor.
Directors and Officers
PARADIGM Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC’s (the “Portfolio”) operations are managed under the direction and oversight of the Board of Directors (the “Board”). Each Director serves for an indefinite term or until he or she reaches mandatory retirement, if any, as established by the Board. The Board appoints the officers of the Portfolio who are responsible for the day-to-day business decisions based on policies set by the Board.
Compensation for Directors
The Portfolio, together with PARADIGM Funds Trust (the “Trust”) pays each Independent Director of the Portfolio, an annual fee of $5,000, paid quarterly. The Portfolio, together with the Trust, pays the Chairman of the Board an annual fee of $7,500 paid quarterly. The Portfolio and Trust collectively pay each Independent Trustee and Chairman $300 for each meeting and $300 for each committee meeting and special meeting. In addition, the Portfolio pays the Chairman and each Independent Director, $2,175 and $1,550, respectively, for each meeting.
Form N-Q Filings
The Portfolio files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the 1st and 3rd quarter of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Q is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website at http://www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Securities and Exchange Commission Public Reference Room in Washington, DC and information regarding operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
Evaluation and Approval of the Investment Advisory Agreement
At a meeting held on November 21, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Portfolio and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the Trust and the Portfolio, collectively, the “Funds”) on behalf of the Funds, approved a new advisory arrangement in which Longship Capital Management, LLC (which was acquired by Provident Asset Management, LLC (“Provident”) in January) would serve as the investment advisor of the Funds and PARADIGM Global Advisors, LLC (“PGA”) would serve as sub-investment advisor of the Funds pursuant to new advisory contracts, subject to shareholder approval (“New Adviser/Sub-Adviser Agreements”).
Proxy materials addressing the New Investment Adviser/Sub- Adviser Agreements, including disclosures about the factors considered by the Boards in approving such

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Supplemental Information
December 31, 2007
agreements, were mailed to respective Shareholders of record as of February 26, 2007 in March 2007, in connection with the Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 26, 2007.
On October 17, 2007, the Board of Managers of the Portfolio and the Board of Trustees of the Trust were informed that Provident terminated the investment management agreements with the Funds. PGA continued to serve in the capacity as sub-adviser to the Funds. However, investment advisory fees were discontinued.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
(a)   The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within ninety (90) days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-Q is: recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
 
(b)   There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
3(a)(1) The registrant’s board of directors has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee.
3(a)(2) The audit committee financial expert is Nelson A. Diaz, who is “independent” for purposes of this Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
                 
    Current Year   Previous Year
Audit Fees
  $ 58,000     $ 45,000  
Audit-Related Fees
  $ 0     $ 0  
Tax Fees
  $ 20,000     $ 33,000  
All Other Fees
  $ 7,500     $ 0  
(e)(1) Disclose the audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
The audit committee may delegate its authority to pre-approve audit and permissable non-audit services to one or more members of the committee. Any decision of such members to pre-approve services shall be presented to the full audit committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
(2) Disclose the percentage of services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
     
Current Year   Previous Year
0%
  0%
(f) Not applicable.
(g) Disclose the aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the registrant.
     
Current Year   Previous Year
$0   $0
(h) Not applicable.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
The entire Board of Directors is acting as the registrant’s audit committee.
Item 6. Investments.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.

 


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Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
These policies are included as Exhibit 12(a)(4).
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Markus Karr is a Managing Director of Asset Allocation of the Investment Advisor and has over ten years investment experience. Mr. Karr received his B.S. in computer science and engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in June 1989, where he concentrated his studies on modeling and simulation design. Mr. Karr was a registered Commodity Trading Advisor from 1995 to 2002.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a)The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
(b)There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1) The code of ethics that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2 is attached hereto.
(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached hereto.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(a)(4) Proxy voting policies and procedures pursuant to Item 7 are attached hereto.
(b) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) are furnished herewith.

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
         
(Registrant) The Paradigm Multi Strategy Fund I, LLC
 
   
By (Signature and Title)   /s/ Michael Clements      
  Chief Compliance Officer     
Date: July 31, 2008
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
     
By (Signature and Title)   /s/ Michael Clements      
  Chief Compliance Officer     
Date: July 31, 2008
         
     
By: (Signature and Title)   /s/ Markus Karr      
       
Date: July 31, 2008