Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

5. Related Party Transactions:

The terms of the Operating Agreement provide that the Managing Member and/or affiliates are entitled to receive certain fees, for equipment acquisition and asset management services and to receive reimbursements for payments made on behalf of the Fund for certain operating expenses, which are more fully described in Section 8 of the Operating Agreement.

The Operating Agreement allows for the reimbursement of costs incurred by the Managing Member and/or affiliates for providing administrative services to the Company. Administrative services provided include Company accounting, investor relations, legal counsel and equipment financing documentation. The Managing Member is not reimbursed for services whereby it is entitled to receive a separate fee as compensation for such services, such as management of investments.

Cost reimbursements to the Managing Member or its affiliates are based on its costs incurred in performing administrative services for the Company. These costs are allocated to each managed entity based on certain criteria such as managed assets, number of investors or contributed capital based upon the type of cost incurred. The Managing Member believes that the costs reimbursed are the lower of (i) actual costs incurred on behalf of the Company or (ii) the amount the Company would be required to pay independent parties for comparable administrative services in the same geographic location.

Each of ATEL Leasing Corporation (“ALC”) and AFS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATEL Capital Group and perform services for the Company on behalf of the Managing Member. Acquisition services, equipment management, lease administration and asset disposition services are performed by ALC; and investor relations, communications services and general administrative services are performed by AFS.

During its offering period, the Fund will pay selling commissions of up to 9% of the selling price of the Units to ATEL Securities Corporation (‘‘ASC’’), an affiliate of the Managing Member acting as Dealer Manager for the group of selling broker-dealers. ASC will in turn pay to participating broker-dealers selling commissions of up to 7% of the price of the Units sold by them, retaining the balance of 2%.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Managing Member and/or affiliates earned commissions and fees, and billed for reimbursements pursuant to the Operating Agreement as follows (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2017		2016

Selling commissions, equal to 9% of the selling price of the Limited Liability Company Units, deducted from Other Members capital	$	290	$	335
Reimbursement of other syndication costs to Managing Member and/or affiliates, deducted from Other Members capital		193		-
Special discounts		13		-
Administrative costs reimbursed to Managing Member and/or affiliates		49		2
Asset management fees to Managing Member		35		1
Acquisition and initial direct costs paid to Managing Member		127		17
	$	707	$	355