Connecticut Fund Risk Overview
Fortress Lending Fund III
Fund
Fortress has a been a permanent fixture in lending markets for 17+ years across many asset classes
and through multiple credit cycles, deploying $75 billion+ of capital in lending since 2006. The
investment objective of Fortress Lending Fund III (the "Fund") is to originate and/or purchase
attractively priced, primarily senior, secured loans across various differentiated lending sectors
Fortress Lending Business | Battle-Tested Experience
FLFI
FLF II
TOTAL
FLF I & FLF II
Target Return | 12%-15% Gross IRR¹
Target Distribution Yield | At least 7% on invested capital (paid quarterly)²
Geographic Focus | North America, Western Europe and other markets on an opportunistic basis
Vintage
2018
2020
Broad Based
Sourcing
Deep lending
expertise across
corporates, asset
based, legal assets,
lender finance, brand
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royalties, commercial
real estate, etc.
investments were
non-sponsored
investments⁹
▪ 95%+ of the
transactions were
privately sourced8
■ -65% of the
transactions were
self sourced by
Fortress investment
team8
■ ~50% of
FORTRESS
Total Size
$1.9 billion
$2.1 billion ³
$4.0 billion
+
Leverage
debt/cost
H
Structuring
Expertise
The Fortress Credit
team has nearly 2
decades of structuring
experience across
1,300+ unique
borrowers
32%
47%
40%
Deployed $6 billion
of equity
commitments since
2018 and closed on
185 investments in
aggregate
▪ 90%+ of
investments made
were floating rate8
▪ ~95% of
Fortress Investment Group
investments were
first lien senior
secured8
Gross Called
& Committed
As of Mar. 31, 2021
130%+
110%+
+
Estimated
Gross/Net IRR
As of December 31, 20214
16.3% / 11.8%
14.6% / 10.3%
15.7% / 11.2%
Intensive Asset
Management
Since 2006, the
Fortress Credit team
has worked though $7
billion+ of troubled
assets and achieved
an average recovery
of 103.4%6
+
3
■ Dedicated 130
person asset
management team 10
Every asset is
reviewed no less
than monthly
Experience &
flexibility to solve
problems and work
through troubled
assets
H
Liquidated
Gross/Net IRR
As of December 31, 20215
14.3% / 10.4%
13.2% / 8.8%
12.9% / 8.7%
Financing
Capability
The Credit Funds are
among the largest
issuers of CLOs and
alternative credit
financing vehicles and
has been managing
CLOS since 20047
Multiple term non-
recourse, non mark-
to-market financing
facilities
▪ Moderate leverage:
average Loan LTV
of 45.9%11 with an
average loan yield of
8.7%
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