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Related Party Transactions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

6. 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 paid 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 in turn paid 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 and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, 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

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 

 

September 30, 

 

 

    

2019

    

2018

 

2019

    

2018

    

Selling commissions, equal to 9% of the selling price of the Limited

  Liability Company Units, deducted from Other Members capital

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

$

31

 

Reimbursement of other syndication costs to Managing Member

  and/or affiliates, deducted from Other Members capital

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

20

 

Administrative costs reimbursed to Managing Member and/or affiliates

 

 

77

 

 

98

 

 

254

 

 

314

 

Asset management fees to Managing Member

 

 

68

 

 

68

 

 

201

 

 

200

 

Acquisition and initial direct costs paid to Managing Member

 

 

53

 

 

18

 

 

53

 

 

135

 

 

 

$

198

 

$

184

 

$

508

 

$

700