Exhibit 99.1
Code of Ethics – Personal Account Dealing
I. Purpose of these Policies and Procedures
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Owl Rock and its affiliates and subsidiaries including (i) each of its registered investment advisers (collectively the “Owl Rock Advisers”) and (ii) each Owl Rock fund which has elected to be regulated as a business development company (collectively the “Companies”) are required by applicable rules and regulations to adopt a Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics must set forth standards of conduct expected by Access Persons, as defined below, of the Owl Rock Advisers and the Companies and address conflicts of interest that may arise between Owl Rock and its employees, including those that may arise from personal securities transactions1 by employees. Owl Rock Capital Securities LLC (“ORCS” and collectively with the Owl Rock Advisers and the Companies, “Owl Rock”), as the Companies’ affiliated principal underwriter, and its employees are also subject to these requirements. The list of Owl Rock entities covered by this Code of Ethics is included in Appendix A.
It is Owl Rock’s policy that you may not, in connection with the purchase or sale, directly or indirectly, of any security held or to be acquired by any client who has entered into an investment management agreement with Owl Rock:
•employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Companies; •make any untrue statement of a material fact to the Company or Companies or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made to the Company or Companies, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; •engage in an act, practice, or course of business that operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit on the Companies; or •engage in any manipulative practice with respect to the Companies.
Each of the Companies has adopted this Code of Ethics which contains provisions it deems reasonably appropriate to prevent those of its affiliated persons who are Access Persons from engaging in any of these prohibited acts. In addition, this policy constitutes the code of ethics for the Companies pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act.
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II. Scope
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This policy governs the personal securities transactions of Access Persons. Access Persons include:
•employees of the Owl Rock and its affiliates; •employees, officers and directors (including non-interested directors as indicated) of the Companies; and • •in certain circumstances, consultants and temporary employees of the aforementioned entities.
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A complete definition of “Access Persons” is included in Appendix B of this policy.
This policy also governs securities transactions in accounts over which Access Persons exercise discretion or control. This will typically include, but is not necessarily limited to, trades effected in accounts of the following:
•your spouse or civil partner, dependent children or step-children (whether or not minors), living in your home as well as any other member of your household; •legal entities in which you have an interest exceeding 20%; •any other person whose relationship with you is such that you have a direct or indirect material interest in the outcome of the trade; and •accounts where you act as trustee, personal representative or agent.
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This includes, but is not limited to, transaction in shares, units, debentures, warrants, options and futures. |
Reporting Requirements |
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Holdings Reports (Initial and Annual) |
Within ten days after you have commenced employment with Owl Rock and annually thereafter, you must submit a list of brokerage accounts and securities holdings current as of a date no more than forty-five days prior to your date of hire or the date of the annual report, as applicable. This reporting is done via ComplySci.3 A list of information required to be included in these reports is included as Exhibit B.
Note- Non-interested directors of the Companies need to submit holdings reports.
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New Account Reporting |
You must report new accounts in which any securities were held during the quarter. This report must contain: •the name of the broker, dealer or bank with whom you have established the account; •the date the account was established; and •the date that report is submitted to the Compliance Department
This reporting is done via ComplySci.
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Please note, ORCS employees may be subject to more stringent requirements. Please refer to the ORCS Written Supervisory Procedure and Manual for additional requirements. |
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In the event that Owl Rock cannot establish a direct feed with your broker(s), you will be required to manually input this information into ComplySci. The Compliance Department may periodically request brokerage statements for these accounts for testing purposes. |
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In the event that Owl Rock cannot establish a direct feed with your broker(s), you will be required to manually input this information into ComplySci. The Compliance Department may periodically request brokerage statements for these accounts for testing purposes. |
Trading Requirements |
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of all possible type of securities transactions but is presented here as a guideline for employees who wish to trade securities in their personal accounts. If you are not sure whether preclearance is required prior to effecting a trade or whether accounts or particular trades/holdings in an account need to be reported, you must speak to a member of the Compliance Department prior to effecting the trade.
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Where preclearance is indicated in the chart below, preclearance must be requested through ComplySci and it will be valid for five (5) business days from the day that approval was granted. If preclearance approval is not granted, you are not permitted to engage in the proposed transaction and should any direct further inquiries to the CCO.5 |
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Pre-trade requirements* |
Reporting Required |
Purchase of publicly traded securities not covered by any of the requirements enumerated below (e.g., single name exchange traded securities) |
Transaction not permitted.
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Yes |
Sale of publicly traded securities not covered by any of the requirements enumerated below (e.g., single name exchange traded securities) |
Preclearance required. |
Yes |
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An employee cannot preclear trades in his or her personal account or review his or her own reports submitted under this policy. Such approvals, preclearance and reviews are to be completed by other employees with guidance from the CCO. The COO or General Counsel will review and waive or preclear requests or reports submitted under these policies by the CCO. |
*Note: These pre-trade requirements do not apply to transactions made in accounts over which you do not have direct or indirect influence or control. Such accounts must be disclosed to the Compliance Department and the CCO or her designee will affirmatively determine whether this exception is available before an Access Person may rely on it.
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From time to time, the CCO may place certain securities on the Restricted List.6
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You may not trade in securities on the Restricted List for your personal account or accounts managed by you on behalf of others unless specific approval has been received from the CCO. In addition, at times, the Restricted List may also contain prohibitions, restrictions and limitation on trading for accounts managed by Owl Rock.
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V. Compliance Review and Reporting
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At this time, Owl Rock does not publish its Restricted List. Please contact a member of the Compliance Department for additional information. |
Change History – Revision Review Dates |
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March 2016 (adopted) |
August 2020 |
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August 2018 |
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Owl Rock Capital Advisors LLC
Owl Rock Private Fund Advisors LLC
Owl Rock Technology Advisors LLC
Owl Rock Diversified Advisors LLC
Owl Rock Capital Corporation
Owl Rock Capital Corporation II
Owl Rock Capital Corporation III
Owl Rock Technology Finance Corp
Owl Rock Capital Securities LLC
As of August 4, 2020
Definitions
Access Person means:
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any director, employee, officer, general partner, member or partner of the Companies or the Owl Rock Advisers; |
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any director, officer or employee of the Companies or the Owl Rock Advisers (or any company in a control relationship to the Companies or the Owl Rock Adviser), who in connection with his or her regular functions or duties makes, participates in, or obtains information regarding the purchase or sale of any reportable security by the Companies, or whose functions relate to the making of any recommendation with respect to such purchases or sales; |
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any supervised person who has access to nonpublic information regarding any Companies’ purchase or sale of securities or nonpublic information regarding the portfolio holdings of any Company, or who is involved in making securities recommendations to Companies or has access to such recommendations that are nonpublic; and |
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any natural person in a control relationship to the Companies or the Owl Rock Advisers who obtains information concerning recommendations made to the Companies with regard to the purchase or sale of any reportable security by the Companies. |
Beneficial ownership means, in general, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise, directly or indirectly having or sharing a pecuniary interest in a security. A pecuniary interest generally includes any opportunity, directly or indirectly, to profit or share in any profit derived from a transaction in the subject securities, and also includes interests of members of a person’s immediate family (i.e., any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, inclusive of adoptive relationships) sharing the same household, or by certain partnerships, trusts, corporations, or other arrangements.
Holdings Reports
The following information must be included in your initial and annual holdings reports:
A – for each security in which you have any direct or indirect beneficial ownership:
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the title and type of security, |
AND, AS APPLICABLE,
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the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number, |
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number of shares and |
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principal amount of each reportable security; |
B – the name of any broker, dealer or bank with which you maintain an account in which any securities are held for your direct or indirect benefit; and
C – the date you have submitted the report to compliance.
Quarterly Personal Securities Transaction Reporting
The following information must, at a minimum, be included for each transaction involving a reportable security in which you had, or as a result of the transaction acquired, any direct or indirect beneficial ownership during the quarter:
A – the date of the transaction;
B – the title of the security and, as applicable,
•the exchange ticker symbol or CUSIP number,
•interest rate and maturity date,
•number of shares, and
•principal amount of each reportable security involved;
C – the nature of the transactions, i.e., purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or disposition;
D – the price of the reportable security at which the transaction was effected;
E – the name of the broker, dealer or bank with or through which the transaction was effected; and
F – the date you have submitted the report to compliance.