WCM is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Kentucky
on July 20, 2010. Earl G. Winebrenner, III is the sole member of WCM. We have been
registered as an investment adviser since August 26, 2010, first at the state level and
became registered at the federal level on May 3, 2019. Currently, we are registered
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and notice file with the
appropriate states in which notice filings are required to provide the investment
advisory products and services described within this document. As of December 31,
2023, our assets under management totaled:
Discretionary Managed Accounts $ 220,062,545
Non-Discretionary Managed Accounts $ 0
Assets Under Advisement1 $ 1,277,333
Total $ 221,339,878
We have completed this Form ADV as if the limited partners of the Funds (defined
below) were themselves "clients" (as defined in the Glossary of Terms attached to the
General Instructions to Form ADV).
Adviser manages, is the general partner of, and intends to offer for sale to investors
limited partnership interests in the following pooled investment vehicles, each
organized as a Delaware limited partnership: (i) Winebrenner Income Fund, L.P.
("Income Fund"); (ii) Winebrenner Total Return Fund, L.P. (“Total Return Fund”); (iii)
Winebrenner Real Estate Fund, L.P. (“Real Estate Fund”); and iv) Winebrenner
Opportunity Zone Fund, L.P. (“Opportunity Zone Fund”) (collectively, the "Funds"). In
addition to serving as general partner of the Funds, we may manage private accounts
for individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations.
Please contact our Chief Compliance Officer if you have any questions about this
Brochure.
This Disclosure Brochure provides you with information regarding our qualifications,
business practices, and the nature of advisory services that should be considered
before becoming our advisory client.
1 Assets under advisement represent assets in which we provide consulting services and for which we have neither
discretionary authority nor responsibility for arranging or effecting the purchase or sale of recommendations provided to
and accepted by the ultimate client. Inclusion of these assets will make our total assets number different from assets
under management disclosed in Item 5.F of our Form ADV Part 1A due to specific calculation instructions for Regulatory
Assets Under Management.
Individuals associated with us who provide our investment advisory services are
appropriately licensed and qualified to provide advisory services on our behalf. Such
individuals are known as Investment Adviser Representatives (“IARs”).
Below is a description of the investment advisory services we offer. For more details
on any product or service please reference the advisory agreement or speak with our
Chief Compliance Officer.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES PROVIDED
I. Fund Management Services
We serve as general partner of the following pooled investment vehicles, each
organized as a Delaware limited partnership: (i) Winebrenner Income Fund, L.P.
("Income Fund"); (ii) Winebrenner Total Return Fund, L.P. (“Total Return Fund”); (iii)
Winebrenner Real Estate Fund L.P. ("Real Estate Fund”); and iv) Winebrenner
Opportunity Zone Fund, L.P. (“Opportunity Zone Fund”) (collectively, the "Funds"). We
will manage and serve as the adviser to the Funds and will primarily use a bottom-up
investment analysis to select attractively valued securities on a fundamental and
qualitative basis. We will not advise persons as to investments in the Funds; therefore,
they will not be tailored to meet these persons’ specific needs. However, we will advise
each Fund as to its investments in securities and other asset classes. In providing such
services, we will manage and direct the investments only on a fully discretionary basis.
Participation in the Winebrenner Income Fund, L.P., the Winebrenner Total Return
Fund, L.P., Winebrenner Real Estate Fund, L.P., and Winebrenner Opportunity Zone
Fund, L.P. is intended only for accredited investors and qualified clients who are willing
to assume the risks of a speculative investment with limited liquidity.
As defined by Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933, accredited investor shall mean
any person who comes within any of the following categories, or who the issuer
reasonably believes comes within any of the following categories, at the time of the
sale of the securities to that person:
(1) Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Act, or any savings and loan
association or other institution as defined in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act whether
acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered
pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; any investment
adviser registered pursuant to section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or
registered pursuant to the laws of a state; any investment adviser relying on the
exemption from registering with the Commission under section 203(l) or (m) of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940; any insurance company as defined in section
2(13) of the Act; any investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in section
2(a)(48) of that Act; any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the
U.S. Small Business Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958; any Rural Business Investment Company as
defined in section 384A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act;
any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any
agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit
of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee
benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in section
3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance
company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total
assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions
made solely by persons that are accredited investors;
(2) Any private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
(3) Any organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, not formed for
the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess
of $5,000,000;
(4) Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being
offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general
partner of that issuer;
(5) Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's
spouse or spousal equivalent, exceeds $1,000,000.
(i) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(5)(ii) of this section, for purposes of
calculating net worth under this paragraph (a)(5):
(A) The person's primary residence shall not be included as an asset;
(B) Indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence, up to the
estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale
of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of
such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds
the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of
the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be
included as a liability); and
(C) Indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence in excess of
the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the
sale of securities shall be included as a liability;
(ii) Paragraph (a)(5)(i) of this section will not apply to any calculation of a
person's net worth made in connection with a purchase of securities in
accordance with a right to purchase such securities, provided that:
(A) Such right was held by the person on July 20, 2010;
(B) The person qualified as an accredited investor on the basis of net
worth at the time the person acquired such right; and
(C) The person held securities of the same issuer, other than such right, on
July 20, 2010.
(6) Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of
the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse or spousal
equivalent in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable
expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;
(7) Any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific
purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a
sophisticated person as described in § 230.506(b)(2)(ii); and
(8) Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors.
(9) Any entity, of a type not listed in paragraph (a)(1), (2), (3), (7), or (8), not formed for
the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, owning investments in
excess of $5,000,000;
(10) Any natural person holding in good standing one or more professional
certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational
institution that the Commission has designated as qualifying an individual for
accredited investor status. In determining whether to designate a professional
certification or designation or credential from an accredited educational institution
for purposes of this paragraph (a)(10), the Commission will consider, among others,
the following attributes:
(i) The certification, designation, or credential arises out of an examination or series
of examinations administered by a self-regulatory organization or other industry
body or is issued by an accredited educational institution;
(ii) The examination or series of examinations is designed to reliably and validly
demonstrate an individual's comprehension and sophistication in the areas of
securities and investing;
(iii) Persons obtaining such certification, designation, or credential can reasonably
be expected to have sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters to evaluate the merits and risks of a prospective investment;
and
(iv) An indication that an individual holds the certification or designation is either
made publicly available by the relevant self-regulatory organization or other
industry body or is otherwise independently verifiable;
(11) Any natural person who is a “knowledgeable employee,” as defined in rule 3c-
5(a)(4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.3c-5(a)(4)), of the
issuer of the securities being offered or sold where the issuer would be an
investment company, as defined in section 3 of such act, but for the exclusion
provided by either section 3(c)(1) or section 3(c)(7) of such act;
(12) Any “family office,” as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1):
(i) With assets under management in excess of $5,000,000,
(ii) That is not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered,
and
(iii) Whose prospective investment is directed by a person who has such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such family
office is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective
investment; and
(13) Any “family client,” as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1)), of a family office meeting the
requirements in paragraph (a)(12) of this section and whose prospective investment
in the issuer is directed by such family office pursuant to paragraph (a)(12)(iii).
Our investment objective for the Income Fund is to seek as much current monthly
income as possible with capital appreciation as a secondary goal. Under this strategy,
we will invest the Income Fund primarily in current high-yielding fixed income, equity,
and real estate investments.
Our investment objective for the Total Return Fund is to maximize total return with
income as a secondary goal. Under this strategy, we will invest the Total Return Fund
primarily in fixed income, equity, and real estate investments
that we believe represent
above average long-term investment opportunities.
Our investment objective for the Real Estate Fund is capital appreciation with a
secondary goal of providing regular and periodic distributions to investors through
investments in (i) Real Property (as defined in the offering memorandum) and (ii) to the
extent that the Real Estate Fund has capital in excess of suitable Real Property
investments, high-yielding fixed income, and equity investments. “Real Property”
means commercial or residential real property located within the United States and
may include direct or indirect interests in one or more entities (including entities
managed or owned by the General Partner and its Affiliates) which hold Real Property.
Our investment objective for the Opportunity Zone Fund is achieving favorable U.S.
federal income tax outcomes by investing in “qualified opportunity zone property,” as
defined in the in Section 1400Z-2 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”) and any Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may
be amended from time to time (collectively, the “QOZ Rules”) (“QOZ Property”), which
may include “qualified opportunity zone stock” (“QOZ Stock”), “qualified opportunity
zone partnership interests” (“QOZ Interests”) and “qualified opportunity zone business
property” (“QOZ Business Property”), each as defined in the QOZ Rules. To the extent
that the Opportunity Zone Fund has capital in excess of available suitable investments
under the preceding sentence, the Opportunity Zone Fund may also invest in assets
other than QOZ Property as determined by the General Partner. There can be no
assurance that the Opportunity Zone Fund’s investment objectives will be achieved or
that investors will ever receive any favorable tax outcomes, return, or distributions.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may invest the Income Fund and Total Return Fund
in all manner of securities and other asset classes, provided that, as a matter of policy,
we will not invest more than 50% of the value of each Fund's net assets in securities or
other assets that are illiquid. Increases in appraisal values may cause the allocation
to rise above the 50% level, at which time we will endeavor to prudently liquidate
these assets to reduce to under 50%. These may include (but are not limited to) real
estate, tangible property and equipment, intellectual property, physical commodities,
and any securities that are not readily marketable, such as common stocks that are
subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. We will invest the Income Fund
and Total Return Fund in foreign securities only through American Depositary
Receipts. No more than 50% of the net assets of each Fund will be invested in any one
asset or investment, and no more than 50% of the net assets of each Fund will be
invested in any one industry or investment sector (other than publicly traded debt or
equity securities of domestic issuers). We will not invest either Funds in securities
offered by or other interests in any other investment fund unless such securities or
interests are traded on a national exchange.
With respect to the Real Estate Fund and Opportunity Zone Fund, there are no
restrictions on Fund assets and these Funds have no policy with respect to
diversification. The Real Estate Fund is not obligated to maintain any minimum
percentage of invested funds in either real property assets or securities. The Real
Estate Fund generally does not anticipate investing in non-security assets, other than
real property assets. While the Opportunity Zone Fund generally intends to limit its
investments in securities to qualified opportunity zone stock or interests, as general
partner we have completed discretion with regard to the deployment of Fund assets.
The Fund is not obligated to maintain any minimum percentage of invested funds in
qualified opportunity zone property.
The Real Estate Fund and Opportunity Zone Fund, in the General Partner’s discretion,
may elect to make investments in a wide variety of assets, including without limitation,
currencies, physical commodities, intellectual property, tangible property and
equipment. Either Fund may use various instruments (“derivatives”) that derive their
values from those of specified securities, indices, commodities, currencies or other
points of reference for both hedging and non-hedging purposes. Derivatives include
without limitation: futures, options, structured investments (synthetics), swaps and
forward contracts. Either Fund may also hold a portion of its assets in cash, money
market instruments and U.S. Treasury Securities. The General Partner has sole
authority to determine where to deposit any cash held by the Fund, regardless of
whether such deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or
any other entity.
Our strategy for the Income Fund and Total Return Fund is to seek to identify individual
securities and other investment opportunities through an understanding of the
particular industry's dynamics, the issuer's management and an analysis of
management's use of the issuer's resources. We will also scrutinize the valuation of
individual securities through a review of various financial multiples and earnings
models, along with a cash flow analysis. We will attempt to understand a security's
place in the overall financial markets, analyzing catalysts that could cause a security's
price to move and the reports of key analysts for that security.
Our strategy for the Real Estate Fund is to seek to invest in real property and real
estate-related Securities (i.e., real estate investment trusts or REITs) that provide for
investment returns correlated to national or regional real estate markets as opposed to
correlated to the equity and fixed-income markets. We are likely to seek opportunities
in both mature and stabilized real estate properties capable of producing current
income. Additionally, we will consider investing in non-income producing de novo real
estate development projects or existing developments in need of re-positioning or
refurbishment that present the opportunity for capital appreciation. Although the
strategy utilized by the Real Estate Fund is generally centered on identifying real estate
investment opportunities, we intend to follow a flexible approach to allow the Real
Estate Fund to capitalize on opportunities in the financial markets. Accordingly, we will
employ other strategies and take advantage of opportunities in diverse asset classes
(including those not described in the Memorandum) if they meet our standards of
investment merit.
Our strategy for the Opportunity Zone Fund is to seek to invest in real property in
“qualified opportunity zones” (as defined in the QOZ Rules) that provide for investment
returns correlated to national or regional real estate markets as opposed to correlated
to the equity and fixed-income markets. We will likely primarily seek non-income
producing de novo real estate development projects or existing developments in need
of re-positioning or refurbishment that present the opportunity for capital appreciation.
We will strive to find opportunities to significantly increase the basis in purchased QOZ
Business Property without requiring equivalent capital expenditures. We will likely also
seek opportunities in both mature and stabilized real estate properties capable of
producing current income.
Although the strategy utilized by the Opportunity Zone Fund is generally centered on
identifying investment opportunities in “qualified opportunity zones”, we intend to follow
a flexible approach to allow the Opportunity Zone Fund to capitalize on opportunities
in the financial markets. Accordingly, we may employ other strategies and may take
advantage of opportunities in diverse asset classes (including those not described in
the Memorandum) if they meet our standards of investment merit.
In selecting securities for purchase, we will review a number of factors, with purchase
candidates often exhibiting one or more of the following: improving fundamentals, a
rigorous balance sheet, dominant position within the industry, a compelling valuation,
a quality management team, or an actionable catalyst.
Other than as set forth above, the Funds have no required policy with respect to
diversification. Therefore, the Funds' portfolios may, from time to time, be concentrated
in the securities of a few companies and the portfolios, at such times, are unlikely to be
widely diversified. For these reasons, the Funds' portfolios of securities may not
necessarily represent diversification of investments among particular issuers,
industries, countries, geographic regions or types of securities.
II. Individual Portfolio Management Services
In addition to serving as general partner of the Funds, we may manage private
accounts for individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations
(collectively "Clients") for a management fee. If we provide such services, we will
manage and direct the investments of the private accounts on a fully discretionary
basis in accordance with the written investment objectives and restrictions you
provide. We will make sales, exchanges, commitments, contracts, investments, or
reinvestments, or take any action which we deem necessary or desirable in connection
with the assets held in your account, in accordance with our own judgment and
discretion. Specifically, we will have the authority to purchase, sell, deal in, or
otherwise invest in publicly traded debt and equity securities, commodities, mutual
funds, or other pooled investment vehicles, derivative instruments, or other
publicly-traded securities of any variety. We may also manage the investment of any
income or proceeds derived from each of your accounts.
Your portfolio will be tailored to meet your specific needs. You will have the
opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on investing in certain securities or the
types of securities to be held in the portfolio. You will have the responsibility to
advise us in writing on the investment objectives of your account and any specific
investment restrictions applicable to your account. Such restrictions may affect the
composition and performance of your account. For this reason, the performance of the
account may not be identical to that of our average client.
You may remove any or all of the assets in your account at any time by providing us
with written notice to remove those assets from your account.
IRA Rollover Recommendations
In complying with the DOL's Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ("PTE 2020-
02"), when applicable, we are providing the following acknowledgment to clients. When
we provide investment advice to clients regarding their retirement plan account or
individual retirement account, we are a fiduciary within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as
applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. The way we make money
creates conflicts with clients’ interests. We operate under an exemption that requires
us to act in the clients’ best interest and not put our or our employees’ interests ahead
of the clients. Under this exemption, we must:
• Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give
prudent advice),
• Never put our or our employees’ financial interests ahead of the clients when making
recommendations (give loyal advice),
• Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments,
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in the
clients’ best interest,
• Charge no more than is reasonable for our services, and
• Give the clients basic information about conflicts of interest.
We benefit financially from the rollover of the clients’ assets from a retirement account
to an account that we manage or provide investment advice, because the assets
increase our assets under management and, in turn, our advisory fees. As a fiduciary,
we only recommend a rollover when we believe it is in the clients’ best interest.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
We do not participate in wrap fee programs.