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## Record

- **Collection:** Agency decision
- **Document type:** Agency decision

## Text

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before the
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Release No. 91509 / April 8, 2021
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
File No. 3-18909

In the Matter of
Fifth Street Management, LLC,
Respondent.

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ORDER DIRECTING
DISBURSEMENT OF FAIR
FUND

On June 24, 2019, the Secretary, pursuant to delegated authority, published a Notice of
Proposed Plan of Distribution and Opportunity for Comment (“Notice”),1 pursuant to Rule 1103
of the Commission’s Rules on Fair Fund and Disgorgement Plans (“Commission’s Rules”). 2
The Notice advised interested persons that they could obtain a copy of the Proposed Plan of
Distribution (“Proposed Plan”) from the Commission’s public website or by submitting a written
request to Catherine E. Pappas, United States Securities and Exchange Commission, One Penn
Center, 1617 JFK Blvd., Ste. 520, Philadelphia, PA 19103. The Notice also advised that all
persons desiring to comment on the Proposed Plan could submit their comments, in writing,
within 30 days of the Notice. The Commission received no comments on the Proposed Plan
during the comment period. On August 1, 2019, the Secretary, pursuant to delegated authority,

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Exchange Act Rel. No. 86190 (June 24, 2019).
17 C.F.R. § 201.1103.

issued an order approving the Proposed Plan,3 and posted the approved Plan of Distribution (the
“Plan”).
The Plan provides for the distribution of the Fair Fund, plus accumulated interest, less
taxes, fees, and expenses, to the harmed investors according to the methodology set forth in the
Plan. In accordance with the Plan, the Claims Bar Date has passed and all timely submitted
claims have been processed by the Fund Administrator. All investors whose claims have been
determined ineligible, in whole or in part, have been notified and provided the opportunity to
cure.
Pursuant to the Plan, the Fund Administrator has submitted a payment file to Commission
staff with a reasonable assurance letter as to the completeness and accuracy of the information
contained therein. The Commission staff has reviewed the payment file and requests, pursuant to
Rule 1101(b)(6) of the Commission’s Rules, 17 C.F.R. § 201.1101(b)(6), that the Commission
authorize the transfer of $573,350.57 from the Fair Fund to the Fair Fund’s escrow account at
The Huntington National Bank for distribution by the Fund Administrator to the eligible
claimants in accordance with the Plan.
Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED, that Commission staff shall transfer $573,350.57
from the Fair Fund to the Fair Fund’s escrow account at The Huntington National Bank, and the
Fund Administrator shall distribute such monies to the eligible claimants in accordance with the
Plan.
For the Commission, by the Division of Enforcement, pursuant to delegated authority. 4

Vanessa A. Countryman
Secretary
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See Order Approving Plan of Distribution, Exchange Act Rel. No. 86551 (Aug. 1, 2019).
17 C.F.R. § 200.30-4(a)(21)(v).

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