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1940 Act File No. 811-22221
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2015
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-2
[X] REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
 [X] Amendment No. 4
(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)
GAI MESIROW INSIGHT FUND, LLC
(FORMERLY ASGI MESIROW INSIGHT FUND, LLC)
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 Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter
 
C/O WELLS FARGO INVESTMENT INSTITUTE, INC.
(FORMERLY ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES GROUP, INC.)
401 SOUTH TRYON STREET
CHARLOTTE, NC 28202
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 Address of Principal Executive Offices (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code (866) 440-7460
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LLOYD LIPSETT
WELLS FARGO LAW DEPARTMENT
 J9201-210
200 BERKELEY STREET
 BOSTON, MA 02116
Name and Address (Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) of Agent for Service
Copies of Communications to:
MARK P. GOSHKO
GEORGE J. ZORNADA
K&L GATES LLP
STATE STREET FINANCIAL CENTER
ONE LINCOLN STREET
 BOSTON, MA 02111




EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 811-22221) of GAI Mesirow Insight Fund, LLC (the “Registrant”) has been filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 8(b) of and Rule 8b-15 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). However, interests in the Registrant have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and such interests will be issued solely in private placement transactions that do not involve any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the 1933 Act. Investments in the Registrant may only be made by entities or persons that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Regulation D under the 1933 Act. This Registration Statement does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of any offer to buy, interests in the Registrant.
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2008 (the “Initial Registration Statement”) and all amendments thereto are incorporated by reference.  The purpose of this Amendment No. 4 is to update the exhibits to the Registrant’s Registration Statement.
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PART C—OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 25.                FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(1)
Financial Statements:
   
 
The Registrant’s Certified Shareholder Report on Form N-CSR filed June 6, 2014 (Accession No. 0000898432-14-000847) and incorporated by reference.
   
(2)
Exhibits:
   
 
(a)
(i)
Certificate of Formation, dated May 15, 2008, incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File No. 811-22221) filed with the Commission on July 31, 2008 (Accession No. 0000898432-08-000725) (“Initial Registration Statement”).
       
   
(ii)
Amended Certificate of Formation of the Registrant, dated December 1, 2011, incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Amendment No. 1 to the Initial Registration Statement filed with the Commission on January 10, 2012 (Accession No. 0000898432-12-000042) (“Amendment No. 1”).
       
   
(iii)
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated April 1, 2012, incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Private Placement Memorandum in the Registrant’s Amendment No. 2 to the Initial Registration Statement filed with the Commission on March 30, 2012 (Accession No. 0000898432-12-000423)(“Amendment No. 2”).
       
 
(b)
Bylaws, dated July 17, 2008, incorporated by reference to the Initial Registration Statement.
       
 
(c)
Not applicable.
       
 
(d)
See (2)(a) and (2)(b).
       
 
(e)
Dividend Reinvestment Plan, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2.
       
 
(f)
Not applicable.
       
 
(g)
(i)
Advisory Agreement, dated December 1, 2011, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1.
       
   
(ii)
Subadvisory Agreement, dated December 1, 2011, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1.
       
 
(h)
Not applicable.
       
 
(i)
Not applicable.
       
 
(j)
(i)
Custody Agreement dated August 26, 2010, incorporated by reference to the Form N-2 filing for ASGI Agility Income Fund filed with the Commission on September 2, 2010 (the “Agility Income Fund Initial Registration Statement”).
       
   
(ii)
Amendment Agreement to the Custody Agreement, dated June 1, 2012, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2 to the Agility Income Fund Initial Registration Statement filed with the Commission on June 7, 2013 (the “Agility Income Fund Amendment No. 2”).
       
 
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(iii)
Amendment Agreement to the Custody Agreement, dated January 1, 2013, incorporated by reference to the Agility Income Fund Amendment No. 2.
       
   
(iv)
Foreign Custody Manager Agreement, dated December 9, 2014, filed herewith.
       
 
(k)
(i)
Expense Limitation Agreement, dated January 1, 2015, filed herewith.
       
   
(ii)
Amended and Restated Wholesaling and Placement Agent Agreement between the Registrant and Alternative Strategies Brokerage Services, Inc. (“ASBSI”), dated as of April 1, 2012, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2.
       
   
(iii)
Multiple Class Plan pursuant to Rule 18f-3, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2.
       
   
(iv)
Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 for Class A Shares, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 2.
       
   
(v)
Administrative Services Agreement, dated August 26, 2010, incorporated by reference to the Agility Income Fund Initial Registration Statement.
       
   
(vi)
Amendment to the Administrative Services Agreement, dated June 1, 2012,  incorporated by reference to the Agility Income Fund Amendment No. 2.
       
   
(vii)
Amendment to the Administrative Services Agreement, dated January 1, 2013, incorporated by reference to the Agility Income Fund Amendment No. 2.
       
   
(viii)
Amendment to the Administrative Services Agreement, dated January 1, 2013, incorporated by reference to the Agility Income Fund Amendment No. 2.
       
 
(l)
Not applicable.
       
 
(m)
Not applicable.
       
 
(n)
Not applicable.
       
 
(o)
Not applicable.
       
 
(p)
Not applicable.
       
 
(q)
Not applicable.
       
 
(r)
(i)
Code of  Ethics of Alternative Strategies Group, Inc. (the “Adviser”), ASBSI, A.G. Edwards Capital, Inc. and the Registrant, dated June 1, 2013, incorporated by reference to the Agility Income Fund Amendment No. 2.
       
   
(ii)
Code of Ethics of Mesirow Advanced Strategies, Inc. (the “Subadviser”), dated August 31, 2011, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1.
       
 
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(s)
(i)
Power of Attorney, dated September 20, 2011, incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1.
ITEM 26.           MARKETING ARRANGEMENTS
Shares are issued solely in transactions not involving any “public offering” within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
ITEM 27.           OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
Not applicable.
ITEM 28.           PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL
Without conceding such relationship, the following persons may be considered to be under common control with the Registrant at the time of this filing:
GAI Aurora Opportunities Fund, LLC
GAI Corbin Multi-Strategy Fund, LLC
            (each a Delaware limited liability company)
GAI Agility Income Fund, a Delaware statutory trust.
GAI Special Asset Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
GAI Aurora Special Onshore Asset Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

ITEM 29.           NUMBER OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Set forth below is the number of record holders as of November 1, 2014 of each class of securities of the Registrant:
Title of Class
  
Number of Record Holders
     
Class A Shares of Limited Liability Company Interests
  
37
     
Class I Shares of Limited Liability Company Interests
  
468

ITEM 30.            INDEMNIFICATION
The Registrant’s Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (“LLC Agreement”) contains provisions limiting the liability of the Registrant’s Managers and providing for indemnification of the Registrant’s Managers and the directors, officers and employees of the Registrant (including his or her respective executors, heirs, assigns, successors, or other legal representatives) under certain circumstances. The Registrant hereby undertakes that it will apply the indemnification provision of the LLC Agreement in a manner consistent with Release 40-11330 of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), so long as the interpretation therein of Sections 17(h) and 17(i) of the 1940 Act remains in effect.
The Registrant, in conjunction with the Adviser and the Registrant’s Board of Managers, maintains insurance on behalf of any person who is an Independent Manager, officer, employee, or agent of the Registrant, against certain liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her or arising out of his or her position. The Registrant will not pay that portion of the premium, if any, for insurance to indemnify any such person for any act for which the Registrant itself is not permitted to indemnify.
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ITEM 31.           BUSINESS AND OTHER CONNECTIONS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER
Information regarding any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature in which each executive officer and manager of the Adviser and Subadviser is, or at any time during the past two fiscal years has been, engaged is set forth in the private placement memorandum and/or incorporated by reference to Form ADV filed by the Adviser and Subadviser with the SEC pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”) (File nos. 801-64191 and 801-36109, respectively). The principal business address of the Adviser is 401 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202. The principal address of the Subadviser is 353 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654.
ITEM 32.           LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS
All applicable accounts, books and documents required to be maintained by the Registrant by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession and custody of the Registrant’s administrator, The Bank of New York Mellon, through its wholly owned subsidiary, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc., located at 400 Bellevue Parkway, 2nd Floor, Wilmington, Delaware 19809 and the Registrant’s custodian, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing Trust, located at 1 Wall Street, New York, New York 10286, with the exception of certain documents which are in the possession and custody of the Adviser, located at 401 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202; 550 California Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104; and 200 Berkeley Street, 20th and 21st  Floors, Boston MA 02116, telephone number (866) 440-7460.
ITEM 33.           MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Not applicable.
ITEM 34.           UNDERTAKINGS
Not applicable.
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Signatures
Pursuant to requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the State of North Carolina this [ _ ]th day of January 2015.
 
GAI MESIROW INSIGHT FUND, LLC
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 /s/ Adam I. Taback    
   
Adam I. Taback
   
President

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
(j)
(iv)
Foreign Custody Manager Agreement, dated December 9, 2014.
     
(k)
(i)
Expense Limitation Agreement, dated January 1, 2015.


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