As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2014.

Registration No. 333-198212

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Medley Management Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		6282		47-1130638
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

375 Park Avenue, 33 ^rd Floor
New York, NY 10152
Telephone: (212) 759-0777

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

John Fredericks
General Counsel
Medley Management Inc.
600 Montgomery Street, 35 ^th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 568-2760

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)

 

Copies to:

Joshua Ford Bonnie Edgar J. Lewandowski Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 425 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10017-3954 Telephone: (212) 455-2000 Facsimile: (212) 455-2502		Phyllis G. Korff David J. Goldschmidt Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP 4 Times Square New York, NY 10036 Telephone: (212) 735-3000 Facsimile: (212) 735-2000

 

Approximate date of commencement of the proposed sale of the securities to the public: As soon as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. o

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer o		Non-accelerated filer x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered		Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (1) (2)				Amount of Registration Fee (3)
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		$	150,000,000			$	19,320

(1)

Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933.

(2)

Includes shares of Class A common stock subject to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock.

(3)

Previously paid.

 

The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to completion, dated September 3, 2014

Preliminary Prospectus

           Shares

Medley Management Inc.

Class A Common Stock

This is the initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock of Medley Management Inc. No public market currently exists for our Class A common stock. We are offering all of the      shares that are being offered in this offering. We anticipate that the initial public offering price will be between $     and $     per share. We intend to apply to list the shares of Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “MDLY.”

Upon completion of this offering, Medley Group LLC, an entity owned by certain of our senior professionals, will hold shares of Class B common stock that will entitle it to     % (or     % if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock is exercised in full) of the voting power of our common stock eligible to vote in the election of our directors. As a result, we will be a “controlled company.” See “Organizational Structure — Organizational Structure Following this Offering” and “Management — Controlled Company Exception.” Although neither such senior professionals nor Medley Group LLC will own any shares of Class A common stock after the completion of this offering, such senior professionals will own units in Medley LLC exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for up to          shares of our Class A common stock, subject to certain conditions, as described under “Organizational Structure,” “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Exchange Agreement” and ” — Medley LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement.”

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined under the federal securities laws and, as such, may elect to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for future filings. See “Summary — Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”

Investing in shares of our Class A common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 18 to read about factors you should consider before buying shares of our Class A common stock.

		Per Share				Total
Initial public offering price		$				$
Underwriting discount		$				$
Proceeds, before expenses, to Medley Management Inc.		$				$

To the extent that the underwriters sell more than      shares of our Class A common stock, the underwriters have the option to purchase up to an additional      shares of our Class A common stock from us at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discount, within 30 days from the date of this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The underwriters expect to deliver the shares of our Class A common stock against payment in New York, New York on or about            , 2014.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.		Credit Suisse

 

The date of this prospectus is          ,     

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You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus we may authorize to be delivered to you. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized anyone to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different information, you should not rely on it. We and the underwriters are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of our Class A common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The information in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale of shares of our Class A common stock.

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Summary			1
Risk Factors			18
Forward-Looking Statements			50
Market Data			50
Organizational Structure			51
Use of Proceeds			57
Dividend Policy			58
Capitalization			59
Dilution			60
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Information			62
Selected Historical Combined and Consolidated Financial Data			74
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			76
Industry			115
Business			122
Management			137
Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions			151
Principal Stockholders			156
Description of Capital Stock			158
Material United States Federal Income and Estate Tax Consequences to Non-U.S. Holders			164
Shares Eligible for Future Sale			167
Underwriting			170
Legal Matters			174
Experts			174
Where You Can Find More Information			174
Index to Financial Statements			F-1

 

Unless the context suggests otherwise, references in this prospectus to “Medley,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer (1) prior to the consummation of the Offering Transactions described under “Organizational Structure — Offering Transactions,” to Medley LLC, Medley GP Holdings LLC and their combined and consolidated subsidiaries and (2) after the Offering Transactions described under “Organizational Structure — Offering Transactions,” to Medley Management Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. “Existing owners” and “pre-IPO owners” refer to the senior professionals who are the owners of Medley LLC immediately prior to the Offering Transactions.

 

Unless indicated otherwise, the information included in this prospectus assumes no exercise by the underwriters of the option to purchase up to an additional      shares of Class A common stock from us and that the shares of Class A common stock to be sold in this offering are sold at $     per share of Class A common stock, which is the midpoint of the price range indicated on the front cover of this prospectus.

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When used in this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires:

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believe our approach to compensation, which focuses on long-term investment performance, supports a strong credit culture and aligns the interests of employees, investors and shareholders.

We have made significant investments in our loan origination and underwriting platform and believe it is scalable and can support our future growth within the competitive investment management business. These capabilities, combined with our active approach to credit management, have helped us generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our investors.

Our Business

Investment Products

We provide our credit-focused investment strategies through various funds and products that meet the needs of a wide range of retail and institutional investors.

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We launched MCC (NYSE: MCC), our first permanent capital vehicle, in 2011 as a BDC. MCC has grown to become a leading BDC with more than $1.1 billion in assets. As of June 30, 2014, MCC has demonstrated a compound annual growth rate of AUM since inception of 73%, and has generated a 12.7% annualized total shareholder return since its 2011 initial public offering, outperforming publicly listed BDC peers and the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan index by approximately 370 and 730 basis points, respectively, over the same period.

We launched SIC, our first public non-traded permanent capital vehicle, in 2012 as a BDC. SIC is now offered on a continuous basis to investors through over 110 broker dealers representing over 27,800 registered investment advisers (“RIAs”). Since inception, SIC has demonstrated rapid growth. During the quarter ended June 30, 2014, SIC increased AUM by $92.6 million, a 28% increase over the quarter ended March 31, 2014. As of June 30, 2014, SIC has generated a 9.4% annualized total return for shareholders since launching in April 2012.

We also have a strong institutional investor base, having managed assets for sophisticated institutions since our inception. We have raised cumulative commitments of over $2.3 billion in long-dated private funds and SMAs through June 30, 2014.

Our Sources of Revenue

We believe that our revenue is consistent and predictable due to our investment strategy and the structure of our fees. The significant majority of our standalone revenue is derived from management fees, which includes both base management fees earned on all of our investment products as well as Part I incentive fees earned from our permanent capital vehicles. Our base management fees are generally calculated based upon fee earning assets and paid quarterly in cash. Our Part I incentive fees are generally equal to 20% of net interest income, subject to a hurdle rate, and are also calculated and paid quarterly in cash.

We also earn performance fees from our long-dated private funds and SMAs. Typically, these performance fees are equal to 20% of total return above a hurdle rate. These performance fees are accrued quarterly and paid after return of all invested capital and an amount sufficient to achieve the hurdle rate of return.

The investment strategies in our permanent capital vehicles, long-dated private funds and SMAs are primarily focused on generating net interest income from senior secured loans. Because we focus on capital preservation and generally originate senior secured loans that accrue interest at a rate in excess of our hurdle rate, we believe our Part I incentive fees and performance fees are predictable and recurring.

We also receive incentive fees related to realized capital gains in our permanent capital vehicles, which we refer to as Part II incentive fees. These incentive fees are typically equal to 20% of the net realized gain after achieving a hurdle rate, and are paid annually. As our investment strategy is focused on generating yield from senior secured credit, as opposed to capital gains, historically we have not generated Part II incentive fees. As a result, we do not disclose Part II incentive fees as a separate line item in our financial statements.

The following table sets forth certain standalone financial information for the periods presented. Due to the GAAP requirement that certain funds be consolidated into Medley’s financial statements, we have presented certain standalone financial data below, which deconsolidates such funds in order to present operating results that we believe are most reflective of our performance. Please see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Managing Business Performance — Standalone Financial Information.”

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		Six Months Ended June 30,								Year Ended December 31,
		2014				2013				2013				2012
		(Dollars in thousands, except as indicated)
Consolidated Financial Data:
Net income attributable to members		$	15,969			$	6,045			$	23,637			$	11,918
Standalone Financial Data:
Core EBITDA		$	21,459			$	9,340			$	30,798			$	14,872
Core Net Income			19,461				8,203				28,329				13,384
Other Data (at period end, in millions):
AUM		$	3,318			$	2,046			$	2,283			$	1,765
Fee Earning AUM			2,451				1,755				2,006				1,509

Industry Trends

We are well positioned to capitalize on the following trends in the asset management industry:

De-Leveraging of the Global Banking System.   After an extended period of increasing leverage, commercial and investment banks have been de-leveraging since 2008. Bank consolidation, more prudent balance sheet discipline, changing regulatory capital requirements and the increasing cost and complexity of regulatory compliance have led banks to meaningfully withdraw from markets such as non-investment grade middle market and commercial real estate lending. This has created a significant opportunity for non-bank direct lenders like Medley.

Increasing Demand for Yield-Oriented Investments by Retail Investors.   A key demographic trend driving demand for yield is the aging population in the United States. Retirees generally have shorter investment horizons, with a sharper focus on stable, income-generating portfolios. This dynamic, amplified by the shortage of yield-oriented opportunities in the current low interest rate environment, has resulted in strong demand for yield-oriented investments by an aging population. Through our permanent capital vehicles, MCC and SIC, we believe we are well-positioned to capitalize on this growing retail investor demand.

Shifting Asset Allocation Policies of Institutional Investors.   The low interest environment is leading institutional investors to increasingly rotate away from core fixed income products, such as liquid debt securities, toward less liquid credit and absolute return-oriented products. Casey Quirk, an industry research firm, estimates that from 2013 to 2017, U.S. fixed income investors will reallocate $1 trillion of assets from traditional fixed income strategies to next generation fixed income products. In addition, we believe that the pension liability gap in the United States will continue to drive defined benefit pension plans toward more stable and higher return investment strategies. Similar to pension funds, insurance companies are increasingly turning to credit investments to offset their longer-term liabilities.

Unfunded Private Equity Commitments Drive Demand for Debt Capital.   According to Preqin, an industry research firm, the total amount of committed and uninvested private equity capital at June 30, 2014 is approximately $1.2 trillion, which we believe will drive significant demand for private debt financing in the coming years. Lending to private companies acquired by financial sponsors requires lenders to move quickly, perform in-depth due diligence and have significant credit and structuring experience. In order to successfully serve this market, lenders need to commit to hold all, or the significant majority of, the debt needed to finance such transactions. We believe that banks, due to the regulatory environment, will continue to reduce their exposure to middle market private loans. We believe this creates a significant supply/demand imbalance for middle market credit, and we are well positioned to bridge the gap.

Competitive Strengths

We have enjoyed rapid growth in our business. Since the launch of our first permanent capital vehicle in January 2011, permanent capital has grown to represent 55% of our AUM as of June 30, 2014. For the six months ended June 30, 2014, 90% of our standalone revenues were generated

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from management fee income and performance fee income derived primarily from net interest income on senior secured loans. We believe that the following attributes have contributed to our rapid growth and position Medley to capitalize on favorable industry trends going forward.

Strong Investment Performance.   Our investment products have achieved strong performance. For example, MCC’s annualized total return since inception through June 30, 2014 of 12.7% compares favorably to 9.0% for publicly listed BDC peers and 5.4% for the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan index, each for the same period. We believe the strong historical performance of our investment products will support our ongoing fundraising efforts and enable Medley to be a growing source of capital for the middle market.

Stable Capital Base.   A significant portion of our AUM consists of permanent capital. As of June 30, 2014, approximately 55% of our AUM was in permanent capital vehicles, which generally do not have redemption provisions or a requirement to return capital to investors. Our stable capital base makes us a reliable financing source.

Strong Cash Flow Generation.   A significant majority of our standalone revenue is derived from management fees, which includes base management fees and Part I incentive fees, both of which are paid quarterly in cash. For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, approximately 78% and 84%, respectively, of our total standalone revenue was comprised of management fees. This strong and predictable cash flow enables us to continue to invest in our business, seed new products and provide our shareholders with an attractive dividend. See “Business — Fee Structure.”

Direct Origination, Disciplined Underwriting and Active Credit Management.   We believe that the combination of our direct origination platform, disciplined underwriting and active credit management is an important competitive advantage and helps us preserve capital and generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for our investors. Our ability to directly originate, structure and lead deals enables us to be more opportunistic and less reliant on traditional sources of origination. It also enables us to control the loan documentation process, including negotiation of covenants, which provides consistent underwriting standards. In addition, we employ active credit management and interact frequently with our borrowers.

Growing and Increasingly Diverse Investor Base.   Our fundraising efforts are diversified across distribution channels and investment products. Our ability to raise capital across institutional channels, public markets, and non-traded RIA channels has enabled us to consistently increase AUM. We have dedicated in-house capital markets, investor relations and marketing professionals who are in frequent dialogue with investors. Our emphasis on transparency and communication has been an important part of the growth of our investor base.

Experienced Team.   Our senior management team has on average over 20 years of experience in credit, including origination, underwriting, principal investing and loan structuring. Our credit management and restructuring teams include over 25 professionals with extensive experience in their respective disciplines. We employ an integrated and collaborative investment process that leverages the skills and knowledge of our investment and credit management professionals. We believe that this is an important competitive advantage and has allowed us to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns to our investors over time. To further align the interests of our team, in connection with this offering, we intend to grant to our employees restricted stock units under our equity incentive plan, which will vest over a multi-year period.

Experience Managing Permanent Capital Vehicles.   We have significant experience raising and managing permanent capital vehicles. In particular, we have demonstrated an ability to grow our permanent capital vehicles in an accretive manner for investors, and to prudently manage our liabilities. As of June 30, 2014, MCC has issued an aggregate of $451.1 million of new common equity net of offering costs as well as $721.0 million aggregate principal amount of debt financing. In addition, MCC has entered into an at the market distribution program and expects to offer up to $100 million of additional common equity from time to time. Similarly, as of June 30, 2014, SIC has issued approximately $310.7 million of new common equity net of offering costs as well as

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$295.0 million aggregate principal amount of debt financing. SIC has raised, on average, $26.6 million of net capital per month during the six months ended June 30, 2014. Consistent access to the capital markets has allowed MCC and SIC to achieve compounded annual AUM growth rates since inception of 73% and 452%, respectively. Furthermore, we have created a robust infrastructure to manage our permanent capital vehicles, including financial reporting, independent third party quarterly valuations, investor relations, accounting and legal functions.

Our Growth Strategy

We believe that Medley's strong growth is attributable to our investment philosophy and results, our emphasis on client communication and service, and our ability to attract, develop and retain high caliber professionals. We are pursuing an initial public offering because we believe that it will accelerate our growth by enhancing our brand, provide capital to grow our investment strategies and increase our strategic flexibility. As we continue to expand the business, we intend to:

Organically Grow our Core Business.   We expect to grow AUM in our existing permanent capital vehicles, and may launch additional permanent capital vehicles or similar long-dated investment products in the future. We also intend to increase AUM in our long-dated funds and managed accounts both by expanding existing investor relationships and through attracting new investors. We have made significant investments in corporate infrastructure to support our growth.

Expand our Credit-Focused Product Offerings.   We intend to grow our investment platform to include additional investment products that are complementary to our core credit offerings. As we expand our product offerings, we expect to leverage our existing retail and institutional investor base, and to attract new investors. Finally, we expect to leverage our direct origination platform, underwriting process and active credit management capabilities to grow related investment product offerings.

Pursue Additional Strategic Relationships.   We have established valuable relationships with industry participants and large institutional investors who, among other things, provide market insights, product advice and access to other key relationships. We also have important relationships with large fund investors, leading commercial and investment banks, global professional services firms, key distribution agents and other market participants that we believe are of significant value. As we expand our product offerings and market presence, we intend to pursue opportunities through additional strategic relationships.

Investment Risks

An investment in shares of our Class A common stock involves substantial risks and uncertainties that may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and cash flows. Some of the more significant challenges and risks relating to an investment in our company include, among other things, the following:

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Please see “Risk Factors” for a discussion of these and other factors you should consider before making an investment in shares of our Class A common stock.

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

As a company with less than $1.0 billion in revenue during our most recently completed fiscal year as of the initial filing date of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we qualify as an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. As an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of specified reduced disclosure and other requirements that are otherwise applicable generally to public companies that are not emerging growth companies. These provisions include:

We may take advantage of these exemptions for up to five years or such earlier time that we are no longer an emerging growth company. We will cease to be an emerging growth company upon the earliest of: (1) the end of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of this offering; (2) the first fiscal year after our annual gross revenues are $1.0 billion or more; (3) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities; or (4) the end of any fiscal year in which the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeded $700 million as of the end of the second quarter of that fiscal year. We have taken advantage of reduced disclosure regarding executive compensation arrangements in this prospectus, and we may choose to take advantage of some but not all of these reduced disclosure obligations in future filings. If we do, the information that we provide stockholders may be different than you might get from other public companies in which you hold stock.

The JOBS Act permits an emerging growth company such as us to take advantage of an extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards applicable to public companies. We are choosing to “opt out” of this provision and, as a result, we will comply with new or revised accounting standards as required when they are adopted. This decision to opt out of the extended transition period under the JOBS Act is irrevocable.

Our Structure

Following this offering, Medley Management Inc. will be a holding company and its sole asset will be a controlling equity interest in Medley LLC. Medley Management Inc. will operate and control all of the business and affairs and consolidate the financial results of Medley LLC and its subsidiaries. Prior to the completion of this offering, the limited liability company agreement of Medley LLC will be amended and restated to, among other things, modify its capital structure by reclassifying the interests currently held by our pre-IPO owners into a single new class of units that we refer to as “LLC Units.” We and our pre-IPO owners will also enter into an exchange agreement under which they (or certain permitted transferees) will have the right, from and after the first anniversary of the date of the completion of this offering (subject to the terms of the exchange agreement), to exchange

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their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Exchange Agreement.”

Medley Group LLC, an entity wholly-owned by our pre-IPO owners, holds all 100 issued and outstanding shares of our Class B common stock. For so long as our pre-IPO owners and then-current Medley personnel hold at least 10% of the aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock and LLC Units (excluding those LLC Units held by Medley Management Inc.) then outstanding, which we refer to as the “Substantial Ownership Requirement,” the Class B common stock will entitle Medley Group LLC, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by it, to a number of votes that is equal to 10 times the aggregate number of LLC Units held by all non-managing members of Medley LLC that do not themselves hold shares of Class B common stock and entitle each other holder of Class B common stock, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by such other holder, to a number of votes that is equal to 10 times the number of LLC Units held by such holder. For purposes of calculating the Substantial Ownership Requirement, (1) shares of Class A common stock deliverable to our pre-IPO owners and then-current Medley personnel pursuant to outstanding equity awards will be deemed then outstanding and (2) shares of Class A common stock and LLC Units held by any estate, trust, partnership or limited liability company or other similar entity of which any pre-IPO owner or then-current Medley personnel, or any immediate family member thereof, is a trustee, partner, member or similar party will be considered held by such pre-IPO owner or other then-current Medley personnel. From and after the time that the Substantial Ownership Requirement is no longer satisfied, the Class B common stock will entitle Medley Group LLC, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by it, to a number of votes that is equal to the aggregate number of LLC Units held by all non-managing members of Medley LLC that do not themselves hold shares of Class B common stock and entitle each other holder of Class B common stock, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by such other holder, to a number of votes that is equal to the number of LLC Units held by such holder. If at any time the ratio at which LLC Units are exchangeable for shares of our Class A common stock changes from one-for-one as described under “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Exchange Agreement,” the number of votes to which Class B common stockholders are entitled will be adjusted accordingly. Holders of shares of our Class B common stock will vote together with holders of our Class A common stock as a single class on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally, except as otherwise required by law.

Other than Medley Management Inc., holders of LLC Units, including our pre-IPO owners, will, subject to limited exceptions, be prohibited from transferring any LLC Units held by them upon consummation of this offering, or any shares of Class A common stock received upon exchange of such LLC Units, until the third anniversary of this offering without our consent. Thereafter and prior to the fourth and fifth anniversaries of this offering, such holders may not transfer more than 33 1/3% and 66 2/3%, respectively, of the number of LLC Units held by them upon consummation of this offering, together with the number of any shares of Class A common stock received by them upon exchange therefor, without our consent. While this agreement could be amended or waived by us, our pre-IPO owners have advised us that they do not intend to seek any waivers of these restrictions.

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The diagram below depicts our organizational structure immediately following this offering. For additional detail, see “Organizational Structure.”

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Medley Management Inc. was incorporated in Delaware on June 13, 2014. Our principal executive offices are located at 375 Park Avenue, 33 ^rd Floor, New York, NY 10152 and our telephone number is (212) 759-0777.

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In this prospectus, unless otherwise indicated, the number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding and the other information based thereon does not reflect:

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		Actual																Pro Forma (1)
		Six Months Ended June 30,								Year Ended December 31,								Six Months Ended June 30, 2014				Year Ended December 31, 2013
		2014				2013				2013				2012
		(Dollars in thousands, except as indicated)
Statements of Operations Data:
Revenues
Management fees		$	26,453			$	14,858			$	36,446			$	25,325			$				$
Performance fees			2,372				251				2,412				765
Other income and fees			4,396				2,019				5,011				2,152
Total revenues			33,221				17,128				43,869				28,242
Expenses
Compensation and benefits			9,333				6,564				13,712				11,477
Performance fee compensation			3,158				5,271				7,192				5,148
Consolidated Funds expenses			833				615				1,225				1,653
General, administrative and other expenses			9,363				5,874				12,655				9,679
Total expenses			22,687				18,324				34,784				27,957
Other income (expense)
Dividend income			443				443				886				245
Interest expense			(1,364	)			(738	)			(1,479	)			(831	)
Other expenses, net			(1,318	)			(178	)			(483	)			(552	)
Interest and other income of Consolidated Funds			30,534				23,903				49,912				36,335
Net realized gain (loss) on investments of Consolidated Funds			1,288				(12,579	)			(16,080	)			(1,600	)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments of Consolidated Funds			(8,368	)			(3,286	)			(3,667	)			(9,316	)
Total other income, net			21,215				7,565				29,089				24,281
Income before income taxes			31,749				6,369				38,174				24,566
Provision for income taxes			1,251				676				1,639				1,087
Net income			30,498				5,693				36,535				23,479
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in Consolidated Funds			12,969				(352	)			12,898				11,561
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in Consolidated Subsidiaries			1,560				—				—				—
Net income attributable to members		$	15,969			$	6,045			$	23,637			$	11,918
Combined and Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents		$	3,278			$	1,379			$	5,395			$	1,292
Total assets			627,004				387,433				508,949				437,876
Loans payable			44,701				8,746				27,990				6,514
Members’ equity (deficit)			(33,451	)			(5,453	)			(18,554	)			(457	)
Standalone Data (2) :
Core EBITDA (3)		$	21,459			$	9,340			$	30,798			$	14,872
Core Net Income (3)			19,461				8,203				28,329				13,384
Cash and cash equivalents			3,278				1,379				5,395				1,292
Total assets			55,229				30,632				43,314				29,621
Loans payable			44,701				8,746				27,990				6,514
Members’ equity (deficit)			(33,451	)			(5,453	)			(18,554	)			(457	)
Other Data (at period end, in millions):
AUM		$	3,318			$	2,046			$	2,283			$	1,765
Fee earning AUM		$	2,451			$	1,755			$	2,006			$	1,509

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These standalone financial measures supplement and should be considered in addition to and not in lieu of the results of operations discussed further under “— Overview of Combined and Consolidated Results of Operations” which are prepared in accordance with GAAP. For a reconciliation of these measures to the most comparable measure in accordance with GAAP, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Standalone Results of Operations — Reconciliation of Certain Standalone Performance Measures to Consolidated GAAP Financial Measures.” See Note 13, “Segment Reporting,” to our combined and consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus for more information.

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Our separately managed accounts are governed by investment management agreements that may be terminated by investors at any time for cause under the applicable agreement, and “cause” may include the departure of specified members of our senior management team. Absent cause, the investment management agreements that govern our separately managed accounts are generally not terminable during the specified investment period or following the specified investment period, prior to the scheduled maturities or disposition of the subject assets under management.

Termination of these agreements would negatively affect the fees we earn from the relevant funds, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

We may not be able to maintain our current fee structure as a result of industry pressure from fund investors to reduce fees, which could have an adverse effect on our profit margins and results of operations.

We may not be able to maintain our current fee structure as a result of industry pressure from fund investors to reduce fees. Although our investment management fees vary among and within asset classes, historically we have competed primarily on the basis of our performance and not on the level of our investment management fees relative to those of our competitors. In recent years, however, there has been a general trend toward lower fees in the investment management industry. In September 2009, the Institutional Limited Partners Association published a set of Private Equity Principles (the “Principles”) which were revised in January 2011. The Principles were developed to encourage discussion between limited partners and general partners regarding private equity fund partnership terms. Certain of the Principles call for enhanced “alignment of interests” between general partners and limited partners through modifications of some of the terms of fund arrangements, including proposed guidelines for fees and performance income structures. Although we have no obligation to modify any of our fees with respect to our existing funds, we may experience pressure to do so in our funds. More recently institutional investors have been allocating increasing amounts of capital to alternative investment strategies as well as attempting to reduce management and investment fees to external managers, whether through direct reductions, deferrals or rebates. We cannot assure you that we will succeed in providing investment returns and service that will allow us to maintain our current fee structure. Fee reductions on existing or future new businesses could have an adverse effect on our profit margins and results of operations. For more information about our fees see “Business — Fee Structure.”

A change of control of us could result in termination of our investment advisory agreements.

Pursuant to the Investment Company Act, each of the investment advisory agreements for the BDCs that we advise automatically terminates upon its deemed “assignment” and a BDC’s board and shareholders must approve a new agreement in order for us to continue to act as its investment adviser. In addition, pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Advisers Act”), each of our investment advisory agreements for the separate accounts we manage may not be “assigned” without the consent of the client. A sale of a controlling block of our voting securities and certain other transactions would be deemed an “assignment” pursuant to both the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. Such an assignment may be deemed to occur in the event that our pre-IPO owners dispose of enough of their interests in us such that they no longer own a controlling interest in us. If such a deemed assignment occurs, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain the necessary consents from clients whose funds are managed pursuant to separate accounts or the necessary approvals from the boards and shareholders of the SEC-registered BDCs that we advise. An assignment, actual or constructive, would trigger these termination and consent provisions and, unless the necessary approvals and consents are obtained, could adversely affect our ability to continue managing client accounts, resulting in the loss of assets under management and a corresponding loss of revenue.

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The historical returns attributable to our funds should not be considered as indicative of the future results of our funds or of our future results or of any returns expected on an investment in our Class A common stock.

The historical performance of our funds is relevant to us primarily insofar as it is indicative of fees we have earned in the past and may earn in the future and our reputation and ability to raise new funds. The historical and potential returns of the funds we advise are not, however, directly linked to returns on our Class A common stock. Therefore, you should not conclude that positive performance of the funds we advise will necessarily result in positive returns on an investment in Class A common stock. However, poor performance of the funds we advise could cause a decline in our revenues and could therefore have a negative effect on our operating results and returns on our Class A common stock. An investment in our Class A common stock is not an investment in any of our funds. Also, there is no assurance that projections in respect of our funds or unrealized valuations will be realized.

Moreover, the historical returns of our funds should not be considered indicative of the future returns of these funds or from any future funds we may raise, in part because:

The future internal rate of return for any current or future fund may vary considerably from the historical internal rate of return generated by any particular fund, or for our funds as a whole. Future returns will also be affected by the risks described elsewhere in this prospectus, including risks of the industries and businesses in which a particular fund invests.

If we are unable to consummate or successfully integrate development opportunities, acquisitions or joint ventures, we may not be able to implement our growth strategy successfully.

Our growth strategy may include the selective development or acquisition of asset management businesses, advisory businesses or other businesses or financial products complementary to our business where we think we can add substantial value or generate substantial returns. The success of this strategy will depend on, among other things: (a) the availability of suitable opportunities, (b) the level of competition from other companies that may have greater financial resources, (c) our ability to value potential development or acquisition opportunities accurately and negotiate acceptable

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terms for those opportunities, (d) our ability to obtain requisite approvals and licenses from the relevant governmental authorities and to comply with applicable laws and regulations without incurring undue costs and delays, (e) our ability to identify and enter into mutually beneficial relationships with venture partners and (f) our ability to properly manage conflicts of interest. Moreover, even if we are able to identify and successfully complete an acquisition, we may encounter unexpected difficulties or incur unexpected costs associated with integrating and overseeing the operations of the new businesses or activities. If we are not successful in implementing our growth strategy, our business, results of operations and the market price for our Class A common stock may be adversely affected.

We depend on third-party distribution sources to market our investment strategies.

Our ability to grow our AUM, particularly with respect to our BDCs, is dependent on access to third-party intermediaries, including investment banks, broker dealers and RIAs. We cannot assure you that these intermediaries will continue to be accessible to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. In addition, pension fund consultants may review and evaluate our institutional products and our firm from time to time. Poor reviews or evaluations of either a particular product, or of us, may result in institutional client withdrawals or may impair our ability to attract new assets through these consultants.

An investment strategy focused primarily on privately held companies presents certain challenges, including the lack of available information about these companies.

Our funds have historically invested primarily in privately held companies. Investments in private companies pose certain incremental risks as compared to investments in public companies including that private companies:

Finally, limited public information generally exists about private companies and these companies may not have third-party debt ratings or audited financial statements. We must therefore rely on the ability of our funds’ advisors to obtain adequate information through due diligence to evaluate the creditworthiness and potential returns from investing in these companies. Additionally, these companies and their financial information will not generally be subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other rules that govern public companies. If we are unable to uncover all material information about these companies, our funds may lose money on such investments.

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Our funds’ investments in investee companies may be risky, and our funds could lose all or part of their investments.

Our funds pursue strategies focused on investing primarily in the debt of privately owned U.S. companies.

Most loans in which our funds invest will not be rated by any rating agency and, if they were rated, they would be rated as below investment grade quality. Loans rated below investment grade quality are generally regarded as having predominantly speculative characteristics and may carry a greater risk with respect to a borrower’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal.

Prepayments of debt investments by our investee companies could adversely impact our results of operations.

We are subject to the risk that the investments our funds make in investee companies may be repaid prior to maturity. When this occurs, our BDCs will generally use such proceeds to reduce their existing borrowings and our private funds will generally return such capital to its investors, which capital may be recalled at a later date pursuant to such fund’s governing documents, With respect to our SMAs, if such event occurs after the investment period, such capital will be returned to investors. Any future investment in a new investee company may also be at lower yields than the debt that was

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repaid. As a result, the results of operations of the affected fund could be materially adversely affected if one or more investee companies elect to prepay amounts owed to such fund, which could in turn have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Our funds’ investee companies may incur debt that ranks equally with, or senior to, our funds’ investments in such companies.

Our funds pursue a strategy focused on investing primarily in the debt of privately owned U.S. companies. Our funds’ investee companies may have, or may be permitted to incur, other debt that ranks equally with, or senior to, the debt in which our funds invest. By their terms, such debt instruments may entitle the holders to receive payment of interest or principal on or before the dates on which we are entitled to receive payments with respect to the debt instruments in which our funds invest. Also, in the event of insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of an investee company, holders of debt instruments ranking senior to our funds’ investment in that investee company would typically be entitled to receive payment in full before we receive any distribution. After repaying such senior creditors, such investee company may not have any remaining assets to use for repaying its obligation to our funds. In the case of debt ranking equally with debt instruments in which our funds invest, our funds would have to share on an equal basis any distributions with other creditors holding such debt in the event of an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant investee company.

Subordinated liens on collateral securing loans that our funds make to their investee companies may be subject to control by senior creditors with first priority liens. If there is a default, the value of the collateral may not be sufficient to repay in full both the first priority creditors and our funds.

Certain debt investments that our funds make in investee companies are secured on a second priority basis by the same collateral securing senior secured debt of such companies. The first priority liens on the collateral will secure the investee company’s obligations under any outstanding senior debt and may secure certain other future debt that may be permitted to be incurred by the company under the agreements governing the debt. The holders of obligations secured by the first priority liens on the collateral will generally control the liquidation of and be entitled to receive proceeds from any realization of the collateral to repay their obligations in full before our funds. In addition, the value of the collateral in the event of liquidation will depend on market and economic conditions, the availability of buyers and other factors. There can be no assurance that the proceeds, if any, from the sale or sales of all of the collateral would be sufficient to satisfy the debt obligations secured by the second priority liens after payment in full of all obligations secured by the first priority liens on the collateral. If such proceeds are not sufficient to repay amounts outstanding under the debt obligations secured by the second priority liens, then our funds, to the extent not repaid from the proceeds of the sale of the collateral, will only have an unsecured claim against the investee company’s remaining assets, if any.

Our funds may also make unsecured debt investments in investee companies, meaning that such investments will not benefit from any interest in collateral of such companies. Liens on such investee companies’ collateral, if any, will secure the investee company’s obligations under its outstanding secured debt and may secure certain future debt that is permitted to be incurred by the investee company under its secured debt agreements. The holders of obligations secured by such liens will generally control the liquidation of, and be entitled to receive proceeds from, any realization of such collateral to repay their obligations in full before us. In addition, the value of such collateral in the event of liquidation will depend on market and economic conditions, the availability of buyers and other factors. There can be no assurance that the proceeds, if any, from sales of such collateral would be sufficient to satisfy our unsecured debt obligations after payment in full of all secured debt obligations. If such proceeds were not sufficient to repay the outstanding secured debt obligations, then our unsecured claims would rank equally with the unpaid portion of such secured creditors’ claims against the investee company’s remaining assets, if any.

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The rights our funds may have with respect to the collateral securing the debt investments our funds make in their investee companies with senior debt outstanding may also be limited pursuant to the terms of one or more intercreditor agreements that our funds enter into with the holders of senior secured debt. Under such an intercreditor agreement, at any time that obligations that have the benefit of the first priority liens are outstanding, any of the following actions that may be taken in respect of the collateral will be at the discretion of the holders of the obligations secured by the first priority liens: the ability to cause the commencement of enforcement proceedings against the collateral; the ability to control the conduct of such proceedings; the approval of amendments to collateral documents; releases of liens on the collateral; and waivers of past defaults under collateral documents. Our funds may not have the ability to control or direct such actions, even if their rights are adversely affected.

There may be circumstances where our funds’ debt investments could be subordinated to claims of other creditors or our funds could be subject to lender liability claims.

If one of our investee companies were to go bankrupt, depending on the facts and circumstances, including the extent to which our funds actually provided managerial assistance to that investee company or a representative of us sat on the board of directors of such investee company, a bankruptcy court might recharacterize our fund’s debt investment and subordinate all or a portion of our fund’s claim to that of other creditors. In situations where a bankruptcy carries a high degree of political significance, our funds’ legal rights may be subordinated to other creditors.

In addition, lenders in certain cases can be subject to lender liability claims for actions taken by them when they become too involved in the borrower’s business or exercise control over a borrower. It is possible that we or our funds could become subject to a lender’s liability claim, including as a result of actions taken if we or our funds render significant managerial assistance to, or exercise control or influence over the board of directors of, the borrower.

Our funds may not have the resources or ability to make additional investments in our investee companies.

After an initial investment in an investee company, our funds may be called upon from time to time to provide additional funds to such company or have the opportunity to increase their investment through the exercise of a warrant or other right to purchase common stock. There is no assurance that the applicable fund will make, or will have sufficient resources to make, follow-on investments. Even if such fund has sufficient capital to make a desired follow-on investment, we may elect not to make a follow-on investment because we may not want to increase our level of risk, we prefer other opportunities or we are limited in our ability to do so by compliance with BDC requirements or maintaining RIC status, if applicable. Any decisions not to make a follow-on investment or any inability on our part to make such an investment may have a negative impact on an investee company in need of such an investment, may result in a missed opportunity for us to increase our participation in a successful operation or may reduce the expected return on the investment.

Economic recessions or downturns could impair our investee companies and harm our operating results.

Many of our investee companies are susceptible to economic slowdowns or recessions and may be unable to repay our funds’ debt investments during these periods. Therefore, our funds’ non-performing assets are likely to increase, and the value of our funds’ portfolios are likely to decrease during these periods. Adverse economic conditions may also decrease the value of any collateral securing our senior secured or second lien secured debt. A severe recession may further decrease the value of such collateral and result in losses of value in such portfolios. Unfavorable economic conditions also could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us on terms we deem acceptable. Occurrence of any of these events could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations.

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A covenant breach by our investee companies may harm our operating results.

A investee company’s failure to satisfy financial or operating covenants imposed by us or other lenders could lead to defaults and, potentially, termination of its debt and foreclosure on its secured assets, which could trigger cross-defaults under other agreements and jeopardize an investee company’s ability to meet its obligations under the debt or equity instruments that our funds hold. Our funds may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms, which may include the waiver of certain financial covenants, with a defaulting investee company. To the extent our funds incur additional costs and/or do not recover their investments in investee companies, we may earn reduced management and incentive fees, which may adversely affect our results of operations.

The investment management business is competitive.

The investment management business is competitive, with competition based on a variety of factors, including investment performance, business relationships, quality of service provided to investors, investor liquidity and willingness to invest, fund terms (including fees), brand recognition and business reputation. We compete for investors with a number of other investment managers, public and private funds, BDCs, small business investment companies and others. Numerous factors increase our competitive risks, including:

In addition, the attractiveness of our funds relative to investments in other investment products could decrease depending on economic conditions. This competitive pressure could adversely affect our ability to make successful investments and limit our ability to raise future funds, either of which would adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

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Our funds operate in a competitive market for lending that has recently intensified, and competition may limit our funds’ ability to originate or acquire desirable loans and investments and could also affect the yields of these assets and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our funds operate in a competitive market for lending that recently has intensified. Our profitability depends, in large part, on our funds’ ability to originate or acquire credit investments on attractive terms. In originating or acquiring our target credit investments, we compete with a variety of institutional lenders and investors, including specialty finance companies, public and private funds, commercial and investment banks, BDCs, small business investment companies, REITs, commercial finance and insurance companies and others. Some competitors may have a lower cost of funds and access to funding sources that are not available to us, such as the U.S. Government. Many of our competitors or their funds are not subject to the operating constraints associated with regulated investment company (“RIC”) compliance or compliance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). In addition, some of our competitors may have higher risk tolerances or different risk assessments, which could allow them to consider a wider variety of investments, offer more attractive pricing, transaction structures, covenants or other terms and establish more relationships than us. Furthermore, competition for originations of and investments in our target assets may lead to the yields of such assets decreasing, which may further limit our ability to generate satisfactory returns. Also, as a result of this competition, desirable loans and investments may be limited in the future and our funds may not be able to take advantage of attractive lending and investment opportunities from time to time, thereby limiting their ability to identify and originate loans or make investments that are consistent with their investment objectives. We cannot assure you that the competitive pressures our funds face will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Dependence on leverage by certain of our funds and by our funds’ investee companies subjects us to volatility and contractions in the debt financing markets and could adversely affect our ability to achieve attractive rates of return on those investments.

MCC, SIC and our funds’ investee companies rely on the use of leverage, and our ability to achieve attractive rates of return on investments will depend on our ability to access sufficient sources of indebtedness at attractive rates. While our permanent capital vehicles, MCC and SIC, are our only funds that currently rely on the use of leverage, certain of our other funds may in the future rely on the use of leverage. If our funds or the companies in which our funds invest raise capital in the structured credit, leveraged loan and high yield bond markets, the results of their operations may suffer if such markets experience dislocations, contractions or volatility. Any such events could adversely impact the availability of credit to businesses generally and could lead to an overall weakening of the U.S. and global economies. Any economic downturn could adversely affect the financial resources of our funds and their investments (in particular those investments that depend on credit from third parties or that otherwise participate in the credit markets) and their ability to make principal and interest payments on, or refinance, outstanding debt when due. Moreover, these events could affect the terms of available debt financing with, for example, higher rates, higher equity requirements and/or more restrictive covenants.

The absence of available sources of sufficient debt financing for extended periods of time or an increase in either the general levels of interest rates or in the risk spread demanded by sources of indebtedness would make it more expensive to finance those investments. Certain investments may also be financed through borrowings on fund-level debt facilities, which may or may not be available for a refinancing at the end of their respective terms. Finally, the interest payments on the indebtedness used to finance our funds’ investments are generally deductible expenses for income tax purposes, subject to limitations under applicable tax law and policy. Any change in such tax law or policy to eliminate or substantially limit these income tax deductions, as has been discussed from time to time in various jurisdictions, would reduce the after-tax rates of return on the affected investments, which may have an adverse impact on our businesses and financial results.

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Similarly, our funds’ investee companies regularly utilize the corporate debt markets to obtain additional financing for their operations. Our investee companies are typically highly leveraged. Those that have credit ratings are typically non-investment grade and those that do not have credit ratings would likely be non-investment grade if they were rated. If the credit markets render such financing difficult to obtain or more expensive, this may negatively impact the operating performance of those investee companies and, therefore, the investment returns of our funds. In addition, if the markets make it difficult or impossible to refinance debt that is maturing in the near term, some of our investee companies may be unable to repay such debt at maturity and may be forced to sell assets, undergo a recapitalization or seek bankruptcy protection. Any of the foregoing circumstances could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our funds may choose to use leverage as part of their respective investment programs. As of June 30, 2014, MCC and SIC were our only funds that relied on leverage. As of June 30, 2014, MCC had a net asset value of $661.2 million, $1.4 billion of AUM and an asset coverage ratio of 283%. As of June 30, 2014, SIC had a net asset value of $318.7 million, $417.8 million of AUM and an asset coverage ratio of 280%. The use of leverage poses a significant degree of risk and enhances the possibility of a significant loss to investors. A fund may borrow money from time to time to make investments or may enter into derivative transactions with counterparties that have embedded leverage. The interest expense and other costs incurred in connection with such borrowing may not be recovered by returns on such investments and may be lost, and the timing and magnitude of such losses may be accelerated or exacerbated, in the event of a decline in the market value of such investments. Gains realized with borrowed funds may cause the fund’s net asset value to increase at a faster rate than would be the case without borrowings. However, if investment results fail to cover the cost of borrowings, the fund’s net asset value could also decrease faster than if there had been no borrowings. In addition, as BDCs registered under the Investment Company Act, MCC and SIC are each permitted to issue senior securities in amounts such that its asset coverage ratio equals at least 200% after each issuance of senior securities. Each of MCC’s and SIC’s ability to pay dividends will be restricted if its asset coverage ratio falls below at least 200% and any amounts that it uses to service its indebtedness are not available for dividends to its common stockholders. An increase in interest rates could also decrease the value of fixed-rate debt investments that our funds make. Any of the foregoing circumstances could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Some of our funds may invest in companies that are highly leveraged, which may increase the risk of loss associated with those investments.

Some of our funds may invest in companies whose capital structures involve significant leverage. For example, in many non-distressed private equity investments, indebtedness may be as much as 75% or more of an investee company’s total debt and equity capitalization, including debt that may be incurred in connection with the investment, whether incurred at or above the investment-level entity. In distressed situations, indebtedness may exceed 100% or more of an investee company’s capitalization. Additionally, the debt positions originated or acquired by our funds may be the most junior in what could be a complex capital structure, and thus subject us to the greatest risk of loss.

Investments in highly leveraged entities are also inherently more sensitive to declines in revenues, increases in expenses and interest rates and adverse economic, market and industry developments.

Furthermore, the incurrence of a significant amount of indebtedness by an entity could, among other things:

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As a result, the risk of loss associated with a leveraged entity is generally greater than for companies with comparatively less debt. For example, a number of investments consummated by private equity sponsors during 2005, 2006 and 2007 that utilized significant amounts of leverage subsequently experienced severe economic stress and, in certain cases, defaulted on their debt obligations due to a decrease in revenues and cash flow precipitated by the subsequent economic downturn during 2008 and 2009.

We generally do not control the business operations of our investee companies and, due to the illiquid nature of our investments, may not be able to dispose of such investments.

Investments by our funds generally consist of debt instruments and equity securities of companies that we do not control. We do not expect to control most of our investee companies, even though we may have board representation or board observation rights, and our debt agreements may impose certain restrictive covenants on our borrowers. As a result, we are subject to the risk that an investee company in which our funds invest may make business decisions with which we disagree and the management of such company, as representatives of the holders of their common equity, may take risks or otherwise act in ways that do not serve our interests as debt investors. Due to the lack of liquidity for our investments in private companies, we may not be able to dispose of our interests in our investee companies as readily as we would like or at an appropriate valuation. As a result, an investee company may make decisions that could decrease the value of our investment holdings.

A substantial portion of our investments may be recorded at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of our respective funds’ boards of directors or similar bodies and, as a result, there may be uncertainty regarding the value of our funds’ investments.

The debt and equity instruments in which our funds invest for which market quotations are not readily available will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of such fund’s board of directors or similar body. Most, if not all, of our fund’s investments (other than cash and cash equivalents) are classified as Level 3 under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 — Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. This means that our funds’ portfolio valuations will be based on unobservable inputs and our funds’ assumptions about how market participants would price the asset or liability in question. We expect that inputs into the determination of fair value of our funds’ portfolio investments will require significant management judgment or estimation. Even if observable market data is available, such information may be the result of consensus pricing information or broker quotes, which include a disclaimer that the broker would not be held to such a price in an actual transaction. The non-binding nature of consensus pricing and/or quotes accompanied by disclaimers materially reduces the reliability of such information. Our funds retain the services of an independent service provider to review the valuation of these loans and securities.

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The types of factors that the board of directors, general partner or similar body may take into account in determining the fair value of a fund’s investments generally include, as appropriate, comparison to publicly traded securities including such factors as yield, maturity and measures of credit quality, the enterprise value of an investee company, the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the investee company’s ability to make payments and its earnings and discounted cash flow, the markets in which the investee company does business and other relevant factors. Because such valuations, and particularly valuations of private securities and private companies, are inherently uncertain, may fluctuate over short periods of time and may be based on estimates, our determinations of fair value may differ materially from the values that would have been used if a ready market for these loans and securities existed. Our funds’ net asset value could be adversely affected if determinations regarding the fair value of such fund’s investments were materially higher than the values that such fund ultimately realize upon the disposal of such loans and securities.

We may need to pay “clawback” obligations if and when they are triggered under the governing agreements with respect to certain of our funds and SMAs.

Generally, if at the termination of a fund (and sometimes at interim points in the life of a fund), the fund has not achieved investment returns that (in most cases) exceed the preferred return threshold or (in all cases) the general partner receives net profits over the life of the fund in excess of its allocable share under the applicable partnership agreement, we will be obligated to repay an amount equal to the extent to which carried interest that was previously distributed to us exceeds the amounts to which we are ultimately entitled. These repayment obligations may be related to amounts previously distributed to our senior professionals prior to the completion of this offering, with respect to which our Class A common stockholders did not receive any benefit. This obligation is known as a “clawback” obligation. Due in part to our investment performance, as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, if the funds were liquidated at their fair values at that date, there would have been no clawback obligation or liability. There can be no assurance that we will not incur a clawback obligation in the future. As of December 31, 2013, Medley had not received any distributions of performance fees, other than a tax distribution which is not subject to clawback. As such, at December 31, 2013, had we assumed all existing investments were worthless, Medley would not have been subject to any clawback obligations.

Although a clawback obligation is several to each person who received a distribution, and not a joint obligation, the governing agreements of our funds generally provide that, if a recipient does not fund his or her respective share, we may have to fund such additional amounts beyond the amount of carried interest we retained, although we generally will retain the right to pursue remedies against those carried interest recipients who fail to fund their obligations. We may need to use or reserve cash to repay such clawback obligations instead of using the cash for other purposes. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Contingent Obligations.”

Our funds may face risks relating to undiversified investments.

While diversification is generally an objective of our funds, there can be no assurance as to the degree of diversification, if any, that will be achieved in any fund investments. Difficult market conditions or slowdowns affecting a particular asset class, geographic region or other category of investment could have a significant adverse impact on a fund if its investments are concentrated in that area, which would result in lower investment returns. This lack of diversification may expose a fund to losses disproportionate to economic conditions or market declines in general if there are disproportionately greater adverse movements in the particular investments. If a fund holds investments concentrated in a particular issuer, security, asset class or geographic region, such fund may be more susceptible than a more widely diversified investment portfolio to the negative consequences of a single corporate, economic, political or regulatory event. Accordingly, a lack of diversification on the part of a fund could adversely affect a fund’s performance and, as a result, our results of operations and financial condition.

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Third-party investors in our private funds may not satisfy their contractual obligation to fund capital calls when requested, which could adversely affect a fund’s operations and performance.

Investors in our private funds make capital commitments to those funds that we are entitled to call from those investors at any time during prescribed periods. We depend on investors fulfilling and honoring their commitments when we call capital from them for those funds to consummate investments and otherwise pay their obligations when due. Any investor that did not fund a capital call would be subject to several possible penalties, including having a meaningful amount of its existing investment forfeited in that fund. However, the impact of the penalty is directly correlated to the amount of capital previously invested by the investor in the fund and if an investor has invested little or no capital, for instance early in the life of the fund, then the forfeiture penalty may not be as meaningful. Investors may also negotiate for lesser or reduced penalties at the outset of the fund, thereby limiting our ability to enforce the funding of a capital call. Third-party investors in private funds often use distributions from prior investments to meet future capital calls. In cases where valuations of existing investments fall and the pace of distributions slows, investors may be unable to make new commitments to third-party managed investment funds such as those advised by us. A failure of investors to honor a significant amount of capital calls for any particular fund or funds could have a material adverse effect on the operation and performance of those funds.

Our funds may be forced to dispose of investments at a disadvantageous time.

Our funds may make investments that they do not advantageously dispose of prior to the date the applicable fund is dissolved, either by expiration of such fund’s term or otherwise. Although we generally expect that investments will be disposed of prior to dissolution or be suitable for in-kind distribution at dissolution, and the general partners of the funds have only a limited ability to extend the term of the fund with the consent of fund investors or the advisory board of the fund, as applicable, our funds may have to sell, distribute or otherwise dispose of investments at a disadvantageous time as a result of dissolution. This would result in a lower than expected return on the investments and, perhaps, on the fund itself.

Hedging strategies may adversely affect the returns on our funds’ investments.

When managing our exposure to market risks, we may (on our own behalf or on behalf of our funds) from time to time use forward contracts, options, swaps (including total return swaps), caps, collars, floors, foreign currency forward contracts, currency swap agreements, currency option contracts or other strategies. The success of any hedging or other derivative transactions generally will depend on our ability to correctly predict market or foreign exchange changes, the degree of correlation between price movements of a derivative instrument and the position being hedged, the creditworthiness of the counterparty and other factors. As a result, while we may enter into a transaction to reduce our or a fund’s exposure to market risks, the transaction may result in poorer overall investment performance than if it had not been executed. Such transactions may also limit the opportunity for gain if the value of a hedged position increases.

While such hedging arrangements may reduce certain risks, such arrangements themselves may entail certain other risks. These arrangements may require the posting of cash collateral at a time when we or a fund has insufficient cash or illiquid assets such that the posting of the cash is either impossible or requires the sale of assets at prices that do not reflect their underlying value. Moreover, these hedging arrangements may generate significant transaction costs, including potential tax costs, that may reduce the returns generated by a fund. Finally, the CFTC has made several public statements that it may soon issue a proposal for certain foreign exchange products to be subject to mandatory clearing, which could increase the cost of entering into currency hedges.

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Our business depends in large part on our ability to raise capital from investors. If we were unable to raise such capital, we would be unable to collect management fees or deploy such capital into investments, which would materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Our ability to raise capital from investors depends on a number of factors, including many that are outside our control. Investors may downsize their investment allocations to credit focused private funds or BDCs or to rebalance a disproportionate weighting of their overall investment portfolio among asset classes. Poor performance of our funds could also make it more difficult for us to raise new capital. Our investors and potential investors continually assess our funds’ performance independently and relative to market benchmarks and our competitors, and our ability to raise capital for existing and future funds depends on our funds’ performance. If economic and market conditions deteriorate, we may be unable to raise sufficient amounts of capital to support the investment activities of future funds. If we were unable to successfully raise capital, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected.

We depend on our senior management team, senior investment professionals and other key personnel, and our ability to retain them and attract additional qualified personnel is critical to our success and our growth prospects.

We depend on the diligence, skill, judgment, business contacts and personal reputations of our senior management team, including Brook Taube and Seth Taube, our co-Chief Executive Officers, senior investment professionals and other key personnel. Our future success will depend upon our ability to retain our senior professionals and other key personnel and our ability to recruit additional qualified personnel. These individuals possess substantial experience and expertise in investing, are responsible for locating and executing our funds’ investments, have significant relationships with the institutions that are the source of many of our funds’ investment opportunities and, in certain cases, have strong relationships with our investors. Therefore, if any of our senior professionals or other key personnel join competitors or form competing companies, it could result in the loss of significant investment opportunities and certain existing investors.

The departure for any reason of any of our senior professionals could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objectives, cause certain of our investors to withdraw capital they invest with us or elect not to commit additional capital to our funds or otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business and our prospects. The departure of some or all of those individuals could also trigger certain “key man” provisions in the documentation governing certain of our funds, which would permit the investors in those funds to suspend or terminate such funds’ investment periods or, in the case of certain funds, permit investors to withdraw their capital prior to expiration of the applicable lock-up date. We do not carry any “key man” insurance that would provide us with proceeds in the event of the death or disability of any of our senior professionals, and we do not have a policy that prohibits our senior professionals from traveling together.

We anticipate that it will be necessary for us to add investment professionals both to grow our businesses and to replace those who depart. However, the market for qualified investment professionals is extremely competitive and we may not succeed in recruiting additional personnel or we may fail to effectively replace current personnel who depart with qualified or effective successors. Our efforts to retain and attract investment professionals may also result in significant additional expenses, which could adversely affect our profitability or result in an increase in the portion of our performance fees that we grant to our investment professionals.

Our failure to appropriately address conflicts of interest could damage our reputation and adversely affect our businesses.

As we have expanded and as we continue to expand the number and scope of our businesses, we increasingly confront potential conflicts of interest relating to our funds’ investment activities. Certain of our funds may have overlapping investment objectives, including funds that have different fee structures, and potential conflicts may arise with respect to our decisions regarding how to

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allocate investment opportunities among those funds. For example, a decision to receive material non-public information about a company while pursuing an investment opportunity for a particular fund gives rise to a potential conflict of interest when it results in our having to restrict the ability of other funds to take any action.

We may also cause different funds to invest in a single investee company, for example where the fund that made an initial investment no longer has capital available to invest. We may also cause different funds that we advise to purchase different classes of investments or securities in the same investee company. For example, certain of our funds hold minority equity interests, or have the right to acquire such equity interests, in some of our investee companies. As a result, we may face conflicts of interests in connection with making business decisions for these investee companies to the extent that such decisions affect the debt and equity holders in these investee companies differently. In addition, we may face conflicts of interests in connection with making investment or other decisions, including granting loan waivers or concessions with respect to these investee companies given that we also manage private funds that may hold equity interests in these investee companies. In addition, conflicts of interest may exist in the valuation of our investments and regarding decisions about the allocation of specific investment opportunities among us and our funds and the allocation of fees and costs among us and our funds. Though we believe we have appropriate means to resolve these conflicts, our judgment on any particular allocation could be challenged. If we fail to appropriately address any such conflicts, it could negatively impact our reputation and ability to raise additional funds and the willingness of counterparties to do business with us or result in potential litigation against us.

Potential conflicts of interest may arise between our Class A common stockholders and our fund investors.

Our subsidiaries that serve as the advisors to, or the general partners of, our funds may have fiduciary duties and/or contractual obligations to those funds and their investors. As a result, we expect to regularly take actions with respect to the purchase or sale of investments in our funds, the structuring of investment transactions for the funds or otherwise in a manner consistent with such duties and obligations but that might at the same time adversely affect our near-term results of operations or cash flows. This may in turn have an adverse effect on the price of our Class A common stock and/or on the interests of our Class A common stockholders. Additionally, to the extent we fail to appropriately deal with any such conflicts of interest, it could negatively impact our reputation and ability to raise additional funds.

Investors in our funds may be unwilling to commit new capital to our funds as a result of our decision to become a public company, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

Some investors in our funds may view negatively the prospect of our becoming a public company, and may have concerns that as a public company our attention will be bifurcated between investors in our funds and our public stockholders, resulting in potential conflicts of interest. Some investors in our funds may believe that we will strive for near-term profit instead of superior risk-adjusted returns for investors in our funds over time or grow our assets under management for the purpose of generating additional management fees without regard to whether we believe there are sufficient investment opportunities to effectively deploy the additional capital. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in our efforts to address such concerns or to convince investors in our funds that our decision to pursue this offering will not affect our longstanding priorities or the way we conduct our businesses. A decision by a significant number of investors in our funds not to commit additional capital to our funds or to cease doing business with us altogether could inhibit our ability to achieve our investment objectives and may have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

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Rapid growth of our businesses may be difficult to sustain and may place significant demands on our administrative, operational and financial resources.

Our assets under management have grown significantly in the past and we are pursuing further growth. Our rapid growth has placed, and planned growth, if successful, will continue to place, significant demands on our legal, accounting and operational infrastructure, and has increased expenses. In addition, we are required to continuously develop our systems and infrastructure in response to the increasing sophistication of the investment management market and legal, accounting, regulatory and tax developments. Our future growth will depend in part on our ability to maintain an operating platform and management system sufficient to address our growth and will require us to incur significant additional expenses and to commit additional senior management and operational resources. As a result, we face significant challenges:

We may not be able to manage our expanding operations effectively or be able to continue to grow, and any failure to do so could adversely affect our ability to generate revenue and control our expenses.

We may enter into new lines of business and expand into new investment strategies, geographic markets and businesses, each of which may result in additional risks and uncertainties in our businesses.

We intend to grow our businesses by increasing assets under management in existing businesses and, if market conditions warrant, by expanding into complementary investment strategies, geographic markets and businesses. Accordingly, we may pursue growth through acquisitions of other investment management companies, acquisitions of critical business partners or other strategic initiatives, which may include entering into new lines of business. Attempts to expand our businesses involve a number of special risks, including some or all of the following:

Entry into certain lines of business may subject us to new laws and regulations with which we are not familiar, or from which we are currently exempt, and may lead to increased litigation and regulatory risk. If a new business does not generate sufficient revenues or if we are unable to efficiently manage our expanded operations, our results of operations will be adversely affected. Our strategic initiatives may include joint ventures, in which case we will be subject to additional risks and uncertainties in that we may be dependent upon, and subject to liability, losses or reputational damage relating to systems, controls and personnel that are not under our control. Because we have not yet identified these potential new investment strategies, geographic markets or lines of business,

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we cannot identify for you all the risks we may face and the potential adverse consequences on us and your investment that may result from any attempted expansion.

Extensive regulation affects our activities, increases the cost of doing business and creates the potential for significant liabilities and penalties that could adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Our business is subject to extensive regulation, including periodic examinations, by governmental agencies and self-regulatory organizations in the jurisdictions in which we operate. The SEC oversees the activities of our subsidiaries that are registered investment advisers under the Investment Advisers Act. In addition, we regularly rely on exemptions from various requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Investment Company Act, the Commodity Exchange Act and the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These exemptions are sometimes highly complex and may in certain circumstances depend on compliance by third parties who we do not control. If for any reason these exemptions were to be revoked or challenged or otherwise become unavailable to us, we could be subject to regulatory action or third-party claims, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Recently, the SEC has indicated that investment advisers who receive transaction-based compensation for investment banking or acquisition activities relating to fund investee companies may be required to register as broker-dealers. Specifically, the SEC staff has noted that if a firm receives fees from a fund investee company in connection with the acquisition, disposition or recapitalization of such investee company, such activities could raise broker-dealer concerns under applicable regulations related to broker dealers. If we receive such transaction fees and the SEC takes the position that such activities render us a “broker” under the applicable rules and regulations of the Exchange Act, we could be subject to additional regulation. If receipt of transaction fees from an investee company is determined to require a broker-dealer license, receipt of such transaction fees in the past or in the future during any time when we did not or do not have a broker-dealer license could subject us to liability for fines, penalties or damages.

Since 2010, states and other regulatory authorities have begun to require investment managers to register as lobbyists. We have registered as such in a number of jurisdictions, including California and New York. Other states or municipalities may consider similar legislation or adopt regulations or procedures with similar effect. These registration requirements impose significant compliance obligations on registered lobbyists and their employers, which may include annual registration fees, periodic disclosure reports and internal recordkeeping, and may also prohibit the payment of contingent fees.

Each of the regulatory bodies with jurisdiction over us has regulatory powers dealing with many aspects of financial services, including the authority to grant, and in specific circumstances to cancel, permissions to carry on particular activities. A failure to comply with the obligations imposed by the Investment Advisers Act, including recordkeeping, advertising and operating requirements, disclosure obligations and prohibitions on fraudulent activities, could result in investigations, sanctions and reputational damage. We are involved regularly in trading activities that implicate a broad number of U.S. securities law regimes, including laws governing trading on inside information, market manipulation and a broad number of technical trading requirements that implicate fundamental market regulation policies. Violation of these laws could result in severe restrictions on our activities and damage to our reputation.

Our failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations could result in fines, censure, suspensions of personnel or other sanctions, including revocation of the registration of our relevant subsidiaries as investment advisers or registered broker-dealers. The regulations to which our businesses are subject are designed primarily to protect investors in our funds and to ensure the integrity of the financial markets. They are not designed to protect our stockholders. Even if a sanction imposed against us, one of our subsidiaries or our personnel by a regulator is for a small monetary amount, the adverse publicity related to the sanction could harm our reputation, which in

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turn could have a material adverse effect on our businesses in a number of ways, making it harder for us to raise new funds and discouraging others from doing business with us.

Failure to comply with “pay to play” regulations implemented by the SEC and certain states, and changes to the “pay to play” regulatory regimes, could adversely affect our businesses.

In recent years, the SEC and several states have initiated investigations alleging that certain private equity firms and hedge funds or agents acting on their behalf have paid money to current or former government officials or their associates in exchange for improperly soliciting contracts with state pension funds. In June 2010, the SEC approved Rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act regarding “pay to play” practices by investment advisers involving campaign contributions and other payments to government officials able to exert influence on potential government entity clients. Among other restrictions, the rule prohibits investment advisers from providing advisory services for compensation to a government entity for two years, subject to very limited exceptions, after the investment adviser, its senior executives or its personnel involved in soliciting investments from government entities make contributions to certain candidates and officials in a position to influence the hiring of an investment adviser by such government entity. Advisers are required to implement compliance policies designed, among other matters, to track contributions by certain of the adviser’s employees and engagements of third parties that solicit government entities and to keep certain records to enable the SEC to determine compliance with the rule. In addition, there have been similar rules on a state level regarding “pay to play” practices by investment advisers.

As a number of public pension plans are investors in our funds, these rules could impose significant economic sanctions on our businesses if we or one of the other persons covered by the rules make any such contribution or payment, whether or not material or with an intent to secure an investment from a public pension plan. In addition, such investigations may require the attention of senior management and may result in fines if any of our funds are deemed to have violated any regulations, thereby imposing additional expenses on us. Any failure on our part to comply with these rules could cause us to lose compensation for our advisory services or expose us to significant penalties and reputational damage.

New or changed laws or regulations governing our funds’ operations and changes in the interpretation thereof could adversely affect our business.

The laws and regulations governing the operations of our funds, as well as their interpretation, may change from time to time, and new laws and regulations may be enacted. Accordingly, any change in these laws or regulations, changes in their interpretation, or newly enacted laws or regulations and any failure by our funds to comply with these laws or regulations, could require changes to certain of our business practices, negatively impact our operations, assets under management or financial condition, impose additional costs on us or otherwise adversely affect our business. See “Business — Regulatory and Compliance Matters” for a discussion of our regulatory and compliance environment. The following includes the most significant regulatory risks facing our business:

If regulatory capital requirements — whether under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the “Dodd-Frank Act”), Basel III, or other regulatory action — were to be imposed on our funds, they may be required to limit, or increase the cost of, financing they provide to others. Among other things, this could potentially require our funds to sell assets at an inopportune time or price, which could negatively impact our operations, assets under management or financial condition.

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U.S. financial services industry, including new registration, recordkeeping and reporting requirements on private fund investment advisers. Importantly, while several key aspects of the Dodd-Frank Act have been defined through final rules, many aspects will be implemented by various regulatory bodies over the next several years. While we already have several subsidiaries registered as investment advisers subject to SEC examinations, the imposition of any additional legal or regulatory requirements could make compliance more difficult and expensive, affect the manner in which we conduct our businesses and adversely affect our profitability.

In December 2013, the Federal Reserve and other federal regulatory agencies adopted a final rule implementing a section of the Dodd-Frank Act that has become known as the “Volcker Rule.” The Volcker Rule generally prohibits insured banks or thrifts, any bank holding company or savings and loan holding company, any non-U.S. bank with a U.S. branch, agency or commercial lending company and any subsidiaries and affiliates of such entities, regardless of geographic location, from investing in or sponsoring “covered funds,” which include private equity funds or hedge funds and certain other proprietary activities. The effects of the Volcker Rule are uncertain but it is in any event likely to curtail various banking activities that in turn could result in uncertainties in the financial markets as well as our business. Although we do not currently anticipate that the Volcker Rule will adversely affect our fundraising to any significant extent, there is uncertainty regarding the implementation of the Volcker Rule and its practical implications, and there could be adverse implications on our ability to raise funds from the types of entities mentioned above as a result of this prohibition.

In March 2013, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Department of the Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation published revised guidance regarding expectations for banks’ leveraged lending activities. This guidance, in addition to proposed Dodd-Frank risk retention rules circulated in August 2013, could further restrict credit availability, as well as potentially restrict certain of our investing activities that rely on banks’ lending activities. This could negatively affect the terms and availability of credit to our funds and their investee companies. See “— Our use of leverage to finance our businesses exposes us to substantial risks” and “— Dependence on leverage by our funds and their investee companies subjects us to volatility and contractions in the debt financing markets and could adversely affect our ability to achieve attractive rates of return on those investments.”

The Dodd-Frank Act authorizes federal regulatory agencies to review and, in certain cases, prohibit compensation arrangements at financial institutions that give employees incentives to engage in conduct deemed to encourage inappropriate risk-taking by covered financial institutions. Such restrictions could limit our ability to recruit and retain investment professionals and senior management executives.

Present and future BDCs for which we serve as investment adviser are subject to regulatory complexities that limit the way in which they do business and may subject them to a higher level of regulatory scrutiny.

MCC and SIC, and other BDCs for which we may serve as investment adviser in the future, operate under a complex regulatory environment. Such BDCs require the application of complex tax and securities regulations and may entail a higher level of regulatory scrutiny. In addition, regulations

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affecting BDCs generally affect their ability to take certain actions. For example, each of MCC and SIC has elected to be treated as a RIC for United States federal income tax purposes. To maintain their status as a RIC, such vehicles must meet, among other things, certain source of income, asset diversification and annual distribution requirements. If any of our BDCs fails to qualify for RIC tax treatment for any reason and remains or becomes subject to corporate income tax, the resulting corporate taxes could, among other things, substantially reduce such BDC’s net assets.

In addition, MCC and SIC are subject to complex rules under the Investment Company Act, including rules that restrict certain of our funds from engaging in transactions with MCC and SIC. Under the regulatory and business environment in which they operate, MCC and SIC must periodically access the capital markets to raise cash to fund new investments in excess of their repayments to grow. This results from MCC and SIC each being required to generally distribute to their respective stockholders at least 90% of its investment company taxable income to maintain its RIC status, combined with regulations under the Investment Company Act that, subject to certain exceptions, generally prohibit MCC and SIC from issuing and selling their common stock at a price below net asset value per share and from incurring indebtedness (including for this purpose, preferred stock), if their asset coverage, as calculated pursuant to the Investment Company Act, equals less than 200% after such incurrence. If our BDCs are found to be in violation of the Investment Company Act, they could lose their status as BDCs.

We are subject to risks in using custodians, counterparties, administrators and other agents.

Some of our funds depend on the services of custodians, counterparties, administrators, prime brokers and other agents to carry out certain financing, securities and derivatives transactions. The terms of these contracts are often customized and complex, and many of these arrangements occur in markets or relate to products that are not subject to regulatory oversight, although the Dodd-Frank Act provides for new regulation of the derivatives market. In particular, some of our funds utilize arrangements with a relatively limited number of counterparties, which has the effect of concentrating the transaction volume (and related counterparty default risk) of such funds with these counterparties.

Our funds are subject to the risk that the counterparty to one or more of these contracts defaults, either voluntarily or involuntarily, on its performance under the contract. Any such default may occur suddenly and without notice to us. Moreover, if a counterparty defaults, we may be unable to take action to cover our exposure, either because we lack contractual recourse or because market conditions make it difficult to take effective action. This inability could occur in times of market stress, which is when defaults are most likely to occur.

In addition, our risk-management process may not accurately anticipate the impact of market stress or counterparty financial condition, and as a result, we may not have taken sufficient action to reduce our risks effectively. Default risk may arise from events or circumstances that are difficult to detect, foresee or evaluate. In addition, concerns about, or a default by, one large participant could lead to significant liquidity problems for other participants, which may in turn expose us to significant losses.

Although we have risk-management processes to ensure that we are not exposed to a single counterparty for significant periods of time, given the large number and size of our funds, we often have large positions with a single counterparty. For example, some of our funds have credit lines. If the lender under one or more of those credit lines were to become insolvent, we may have difficulty replacing the credit line and one or more of our funds may face liquidity problems.

In the event of a counterparty default, particularly a default by a major investment bank or a default by a counterparty to a significant number of our contracts, one or more of our funds may have outstanding trades that they cannot settle or are delayed in settling. As a result, these funds could incur material losses and the resulting market impact of a major counterparty default could harm our businesses, results of operation and financial condition.

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in full as they will rank among the prime broker’s, custodian’s or counterparty’s unsecured creditors in relation to the assets held as collateral. In addition, our funds’ cash held with a prime broker, custodian or counterparty generally will not be segregated from the prime broker’s, custodian’s or counterparty’s own cash, and our funds may therefore rank as unsecured creditors in relation thereto. If our derivatives transactions are cleared through a derivatives clearing organization, the CFTC has issued final rules regulating the segregation and protection of collateral posted by customers of cleared and uncleared swaps. The CFTC is also working to provide new guidance regarding prime broker arrangements and intermediation generally with regard to trading on swap execution facilities.

The counterparty risks that we face have increased in complexity and magnitude as a result of disruption in the financial markets in recent years. For example, the consolidation and elimination of counterparties has increased our concentration of counterparty risk and decreased the universe of potential counterparties. Our funds are generally not restricted from dealing with any particular counterparty or from concentrating any or all of their transactions with a single counterparty. In addition, counterparties have generally reacted to recent market volatility by tightening their underwriting standards and increasing their margin requirements for all categories of financing, which has the result of decreasing the overall amount of leverage available and increasing the costs of borrowing.

A portion of our revenue and cash flow is variable, which may impact our ability to achieve steady earnings growth on a quarterly basis and may cause the price of our Class A common stock to decline.

Although we believe that the majority of our revenue is consistent and predictable due to our investment strategy and the nature of our fees, a portion of our revenue and cash flow is variable, primarily due to the fact that the performance fees from our long-dated private funds and SMAs can vary from quarter to quarter and year to year. For the six months ended June 30, 2014, performance fees were 7% of our total revenues, representing a 845% increase over the six months ended June 30, 2013. For the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, performance fees were 5% and 3% of our total revenues, respectively. Additionally, we may also experience fluctuations in our results from quarter to quarter and year to year due to a number of other factors, including changes in the values of our funds’ investments, changes in our operating expenses, the degree to which we encounter competition and general economic and market conditions. Such variability may lead to volatility in the trading price of our Class A common stock and cause our results for a particular period not to be indicative of our performance in a future period.

We may be subject to litigation risks and may face liabilities and damage to our professional reputation as a result.

In recent years, the volume of claims and amount of damages claimed in litigation and regulatory proceedings against investment managers have been increasing. We make investment decisions on behalf of investors in our funds that could result in substantial losses. This may subject us to the risk of legal liabilities or actions alleging negligent misconduct, breach of fiduciary duty or breach of contract. Further, we may be subject to third-party litigation arising from allegations that we improperly exercised control or influence over portfolio investments. For example, while no legal proceedings have been commenced, in July 2014 we received a demand letter from a borrower which is in default threatening to file litigation against us in order to enjoin enforcement actions and to collect significant damages based on an alleged breach of a commitment to accept a discounted payoff in full satisfaction of the loan. In addition, we and our affiliates that are the investment managers and general partners of our funds, our funds themselves and those of our employees who are our, our subsidiaries’ or the funds’ officers and directors are each exposed to the risks of litigation specific to the funds’ investment activities and investee companies and, in the case where our funds own controlling interests in public companies, to the risk of shareholder litigation by the public companies’ other shareholders. Moreover, we are exposed to risks of litigation or investigation by investors or regulators relating to our having engaged, or our funds having engaged, in transactions that presented conflicts of interest that were not properly addressed.

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Legal liability could have a material adverse effect on our businesses, financial condition or results of operations or cause reputational harm to us, which could harm our businesses. We depend to a large extent on our business relationships and our reputation for integrity and high-caliber professional services to attract and retain investors and to pursue investment opportunities for our funds. As a result, allegations of improper conduct by private litigants or regulators, whether the ultimate outcome is favorable or unfavorable to us, as well as negative publicity and press speculation about us, our investment activities or the investment industry in general, whether or not valid, may harm our reputation, which may be damaging to our businesses.

Employee misconduct could harm us by impairing our ability to attract and retain investors and subjecting us to significant legal liability, regulatory scrutiny and reputational harm. Fraud and other deceptive practices or other misconduct at our investee companies could similarly subject us to liability and reputational damage and also harm our businesses.

Our ability to attract and retain investors and to pursue investment opportunities for our funds depends heavily upon the reputation of our professionals, especially our senior professionals. We are subject to a number of obligations and standards arising from our investment management business and our authority over the assets managed by our investment management business. The violation of these obligations and standards by any of our employees could adversely affect investors in our funds and us. Our businesses often require that we deal with confidential matters of great significance to companies in which our funds may invest. If our employees were to use or disclose confidential information improperly, we could suffer serious harm to our reputation, financial position and current and future business relationships. It is not always possible to detect or deter employee misconduct, and the extensive precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in all cases. If one or more of our employees were to engage in misconduct or were to be accused of such misconduct, our businesses and our reputation could be adversely affected and a loss of investor confidence could result, which would adversely impact our ability to raise future funds.

In addition, we could be adversely affected as a result of actual or alleged misconduct by personnel of investee companies in which our funds invest. For example, failures by personnel at our investee companies to comply with anti-bribery, trade sanctions or other legal and regulatory requirements could expose us to litigation or regulatory action and otherwise adversely affect our businesses and reputation. Such misconduct could undermine our due diligence efforts with respect to such companies and could negatively affect the valuation of a fund’s investments.

Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition, our ability to pay our debts or raise additional capital to fund our operations, our ability to operate our business and our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry and could divert our cash flow from operations for debt payments.

We have a significant amount of indebtedness. As of June 30, 2014, after giving effect to the transactions described in “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information,” our total indebtedness would have been approximately $     million. Our substantial debt obligations could have important consequences, including:

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Our Senior Secured Credit Facilities impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and our subsidiaries, which may prevent us from capitalizing on business opportunities.

The credit agreements that govern our Senior Secured Credit Facilities impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us. These restrictions will limit our ability and/or the ability of our subsidiaries to, among other things:

In addition, the credit agreements governing our Senior Secured Credit Facilities require us to maintain, with respect to each four quarter period commencing with the four quarter period ending December 31, 2014, a ratio of net debt to Core EBITDA not greater than 3.5 to 1.0. The ratio of net debt to Core EBITDA in respect of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities is calculated using our standalone financial results and includes the adjustments made to calculate Core EBITDA. See Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources —  Debt Instruments.”

As a result of these restrictions, we will be limited as to how we conduct our business and we may be unable to raise additional debt or equity financing to compete effectively or to take advantage of new business opportunities. The terms of any future indebtedness we may incur could include more restrictive covenants. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain compliance with these covenants in the future and, if we fail to do so, that we will be able to obtain waivers from the lenders and/or amend the covenants.

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Our failure to comply with the restrictive covenants described above as well as other terms of our other indebtedness and/or the terms of any future indebtedness from time to time could result in an event of default, which, if not cured or waived, could result in our being required to repay these borrowings before their due date. If we are forced to refinance these borrowings on less favorable terms or are unable to refinance these borrowings, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

Servicing our indebtedness will require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate sufficient cash depends on many factors, some of which are not within our control.

Our ability to make payments on our indebtedness and to fund planned capital expenditures will depend on our ability to generate cash in the future. To a certain extent, this is subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors that are beyond our control. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow to service our debt and meet our other commitments, we may need to restructure or refinance all or a portion of our debt, sell material assets or operations or raise additional debt or equity capital. We may not be able to effect any of these actions on a timely basis, on commercially reasonable terms or at all, and these actions may not be sufficient to meet our capital requirements. In addition, the terms of our existing or future debt arrangements may restrict us from effecting any of these alternatives.

Despite our current level of indebtedness, we may be able to incur substantially more debt and enter into other transactions, which could further exacerbate the risks to our financial condition described above.

We may be able to incur significant additional indebtedness in the future. Although the credit agreements that govern our Senior Secured Credit Facilities contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness and entering into certain types of other transactions, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions. Additional indebtedness incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. These restrictions also do not prevent us from incurring obligations, such as trade payables, that do not constitute indebtedness as defined under our debt instruments. To the extent new debt is added to our current debt levels, the substantial leverage risks described in the preceding three risk factors would increase.

Operational risks may disrupt our businesses, result in losses or limit our growth.

Our business relies heavily on financial, accounting and other information systems and technology. We face various security threats, including cyber security attacks to our information technology infrastructure and attempts to gain access to our proprietary information, destroy data or disable, degrade or sabotage our systems. These security threats could originate from a wide variety of sources, including unknown third parties outside of Medley. Although we have not yet been subject to cyber-attacks or other cyber incidents and we utilize various procedures and controls to monitor and mitigate these threats, there can be no assurance that these procedures and controls will be sufficient to prevent disruptions to our systems. If any of these systems do not operate properly or are disabled for any reason or if there is any unauthorized disclosure of data, whether as a result of tampering, a breach of our network security systems, a cyber-incident or attack or otherwise, we could suffer financial loss, a disruption of our businesses, liability to our funds, regulatory intervention or reputational damage.

In addition, our information systems and technology may not continue to be able to accommodate our growth, and the cost of maintaining the systems may increase from its current level. Such a failure to accommodate growth, or an increase in costs related to the information systems, could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Furthermore, we depend on our offices in New York and San Francisco, where a substantial portion of our personnel are located, for the continued operation of our businesses. An earthquake or other disaster or a disruption in the infrastructure that supports our businesses, including a disruption involving electronic communications or other services used by us or third parties with whom we

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conduct business, or directly affecting our headquarters, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to continue to operate our businesses without interruption. Although we have disaster recovery programs in place, these may not be sufficient to mitigate the harm that may result from such a disaster or disruption. In addition, insurance and other safeguards might only partially reimburse us for our losses, if at all.

Finally, we rely on third-party service providers for certain aspects of our businesses, including for certain information systems, technology and administration of our funds and compliance matters. Any interruption or deterioration in the performance of these third parties or failures of their information systems and technology could impair the quality of our funds’ operations and could impact our reputation, adversely affect our businesses and limit our ability to grow.

Risks Related to Our Organizational Structure

Medley Management Inc.’s only material asset after completion of this offering will be its interest in Medley LLC, and it is accordingly dependent upon distributions from Medley LLC to pay taxes, make payments under the tax receivable agreement or pay dividends.

Medley Management Inc. will be a holding company and will have no material assets other than its ownership of LLC Units. Medley Management Inc. has no independent means of generating revenue. Medley Management Inc. intends to cause Medley LLC to make distributions to its holders of LLC Units in an amount sufficient to cover all applicable taxes at assumed tax rates, payments under the tax receivable agreement and dividends, if any, declared by it. Deterioration in the financial condition, earnings or cash flow of Medley LLC and its subsidiaries for any reason could limit or impair their ability to pay such distributions. Additionally, to the extent that Medley Management Inc. needs funds, and Medley LLC is restricted from making such distributions under applicable law or regulation or under the terms of our financing arrangements, or is otherwise unable to provide such funds, it could materially adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition.

Payments of dividends, if any, will be at the discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various factors, including our business, operating results and financial condition, current and anticipated cash needs, plans for expansion and any legal or contractual limitations on our ability to pay dividends. Any financing arrangement that we enter into in the future may include restrictive covenants that limit our ability to pay dividends. In addition, Medley LLC is generally prohibited under Delaware law from making a distribution to a member to the extent that, at the time of the distribution, after giving effect to the distribution, liabilities of Medley LLC (with certain exceptions) exceed the fair value of its assets. Subsidiaries of Medley LLC are generally subject to similar legal limitations on their ability to make distributions to Medley LLC.

Medley Management Inc. is controlled by our pre-IPO owners, whose interests may differ from those of our public stockholders.

Immediately following this offering and the application of net proceeds from this offering, Medley Group LLC, an entity controlled by our pre-IPO owners, will hold approximately     % of the combined voting power of our Class A and Class B common stock (or     % if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock). Accordingly, our pre-IPO owners will have the ability to elect all of the members of our board of directors, and thereby to control our management and affairs. In addition, they will be able to determine the outcome of all matters requiring stockholder approval, including mergers and other material transactions, and will be able to cause or prevent a change in the composition of our board of directors or a change in control of our company that could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their Class A common stock as part of a sale of our company and might ultimately affect the market price of our Class A common stock.

In addition, immediately following this offering and the application of the net proceeds therefrom, our pre-IPO owners will own     % of the LLC Units (or     % if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock). Because they hold their ownership interest in our business directly in Medley LLC, rather than through Medley Management

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Inc., these pre-IPO owners may have conflicting interests with holders of shares of our Class A common stock. For example, if Medley LLC makes distributions to Medley Management Inc., the non-managing members of Medley LLC will also be entitled to receive such distributions pro rata in accordance with the percentages of their respective limited liability company interests in Medley LLC and their preferences as to the timing and amount of any such distributions may differ from those of our public stockholders. Our pre-IPO owners may also have different tax positions from us which could influence their decisions regarding whether and when to dispose of assets, especially in light of the existence of the tax receivable agreement that we will enter in connection with this offering, whether and when to incur new or refinance existing indebtedness, and whether and when Medley Management Inc. should terminate the tax receivable agreement and accelerate its obligations thereunder. In addition, the structuring of future transactions may take into consideration these pre-IPO owners’ tax or other considerations even where no similar benefit would accrue to us. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Tax Receivable Agreement.”

Medley Management Inc. will be required to pay exchanging holders of LLC Units for most of the benefits relating to any additional tax depreciation or amortization deductions that we may claim as a result of the tax basis step-up we receive in connection with sales or exchanges of LLC Units and related transactions.

Holders of LLC Units (other than Medley Management Inc.) may, subject to certain conditions and transfer restrictions applicable to such holders as set forth in the operating agreement of Medley LLC, from and after the first anniversary of the date of the completion of this offering (subject to the terms of the exchange agreement), exchange their LLC Units for Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. The exchanges are expected to result in increases in the tax basis of the tangible and intangible assets of Medley LLC. These increases in tax basis may increase (for tax purposes) depreciation and amortization deductions and therefore reduce the amount of tax that Medley Management Inc. would otherwise be required to pay in the future, although the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) may challenge all or part of that tax basis increase, and a court could sustain such a challenge.

Prior to the completion of this offering, we will enter into a tax receivable agreement with the holders of LLC Units that provides for the payment by Medley Management Inc. to exchanging holders of LLC Units of 85% of the benefits, if any, that Medley Management Inc. is deemed to realize as a result of these increases in tax basis and of certain other tax benefits related to entering into the tax receivable agreement, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the tax receivable agreement. This payment obligation is an obligation of Medley Management Inc. and not of Medley LLC. While the actual increase in tax basis, as well as the amount and timing of any payments under the tax receivable agreement, will vary depending upon a number of factors, including the timing of exchanges, the price of shares of our Class A common stock at the time of the exchange, the extent to which such exchanges are taxable and the amount and timing of our income, we expect that as a result of the size of the transfers and increases in the tax basis of the tangible and intangible assets of Medley LLC, the payments that Medley Management Inc. may make under the tax receivable agreement will be substantial. The payments under the tax receivable agreement are not conditioned upon continued ownership of us by the holders of LLC Units. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Tax Receivable Agreement.”

In certain cases, payments under the tax receivable agreement may be accelerated and/or significantly exceed the actual benefits Medley Management Inc. realizes in respect of the tax attributes subject to the tax receivable agreement.

The tax receivable agreement provides that upon certain changes of control, or if, at any time, Medley Management Inc. elects an early termination of the tax receivable agreement, Medley Management Inc.’s obligations under the tax receivable agreement (with respect to all LLC Units whether or not previously exchanged) would be calculated by reference to the value of all future payments that holders of LLC Units would have been entitled to receive under the tax receivable agreement using certain valuation assumptions, including that Medley Management Inc. will have

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sufficient taxable income to fully utilize the deductions arising from the increased tax deductions and tax basis and other benefits related to entering into the tax receivable agreement and, in the case of an early termination election, that any LLC Units that have not been exchanged are deemed exchanged for the market value of the shares of Class A common stock at the time of termination. In addition, holders of LLC Units will not reimburse us for any payments previously made under the tax receivable agreement if such tax basis increase is successfully challenged by the IRS. Medley Management Inc.’s ability to achieve benefits from any tax basis increase, and the payments to be made under the tax receivable agreement, will depend upon a number of factors, including the timing and amount of our future income. As a result, even in the absence of a change of control or an election to terminate the tax receivable agreement, payments under the tax receivable agreement could be in excess of Medley Management Inc.’s actual cash tax savings.

Accordingly, it is possible that the actual cash tax savings realized by Medley Management Inc. may be significantly less than the corresponding tax receivable agreement payments. There may be a material negative effect on our liquidity if the payments under the tax receivable agreement exceed the actual cash tax savings that Medley Management Inc. realizes in respect of the tax attributes subject to the tax receivable agreement and/or distributions to Medley Management Inc. by Medley LLC are not sufficient to permit Medley Management Inc. to make payments under the tax receivable agreement after it has paid taxes and other expenses. Based upon certain assumptions described in greater detail below under “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Tax Receivable Agreement,” we estimate that if Medley Management Inc. were to exercise its termination right immediately following this offering, the aggregate amount of these termination payments would be approximately $     million. The foregoing number is merely an estimate and the actual payments could differ materially. We may need to incur additional indebtedness to finance payments under the tax receivable agreement to the extent our cash resources are insufficient to meet our obligations under the tax receivable agreement as a result of timing discrepancies or otherwise.

Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents and Delaware law might discourage or delay acquisition attempts for us that you might consider favorable.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws will contain provisions that may make the merger or acquisition of our company more difficult without the approval of our board of directors. Among other things, these provisions:

Further, as a Delaware corporation, we are also subject to provisions of Delaware law, which may impair a takeover attempt that our stockholders may find beneficial. These anti-takeover provisions and other provisions under Delaware law could discourage, delay or prevent a transaction involving a change in control of our company, including actions that our stockholders may deem advantageous, or negatively affect the trading price of our Class A common stock. These provisions could also discourage proxy contests and make it more difficult for you and other stockholders to elect directors of your choosing and to cause us to take other corporate actions you desire.

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Risks Related to this Offering and Ownership of Our Class A Common Stock

There may not be an active trading market for shares of our Class A common stock, which may cause shares of our Class A common stock to trade at a discount from the initial offering price and make it difficult to sell the shares of Class A common stock you purchase.

Prior to this offering, there has not been a public trading market for shares of our Class A common stock. It is possible that after this offering an active trading market will not develop or continue or, if developed, that any market will be sustained which would make it difficult for you to sell your shares of Class A common stock at an attractive price or at all. The initial public offering price per share of Class A common stock will be determined by agreement among us and the representatives of the underwriters, and may not be indicative of the price at which shares of our Class A common stock will trade in the public market after this offering.

The market price of our Class A common stock may decline due to the large number of shares of Class A common stock eligible for exchange and future sale.

The market price of shares of our Class A common stock could decline as a result of sales of a large number of shares of Class A common stock in the market after the offering or the perception that such sales could occur. These sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, also might make it more difficult for us to sell shares of Class A common stock in the future at a time and at a price that we deem appropriate. See “Shares Eligible for Future Sale.”

In addition, we and our pre-IPO owners will enter into an exchange agreement under which they (or certain permitted transferees thereof) will have the right, from and after the first anniversary of the date of the completion of this offering (subject to the terms of the exchange agreement), to exchange their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments. Our pre-IPO owners will not have the right to exchange their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock during the first year after the date of the completion of this offering. After the first anniversary of the completion of this offering (subject to the terms of the exchange agreement), an aggregate of                LLC Units may be exchanged for shares of our Class A common stock and, subject to the transfer restrictions described under “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Limited Liability Company Agreement of Medley LLC,” sold. The market price of shares of our Class A common stock could decline as a result of the exchange or the perception that an exchange could occur. These exchanges, or the possibility that these exchanges may occur, also might make it more difficult for holders of our Class A common stock to sell such stock in the future at a time and at a price that they deem appropriate. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Exchange Agreement.”

Upon the listing of our shares on the NYSE, we will be a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE’s rules and, as a result, will qualify for, and intend to rely on, exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements. You will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to such requirements.

After completion of this offering, Medley Group LLC, an entity owned by our pre-IPO owners will continue to hold a majority of the combined voting power of all classes of our stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. As a result, we will be a “controlled company” within the meaning of the corporate governance standards of the New York Stock Exchange. Under these rules, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power in the election of directors is held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements. For example, controlled companies, within one year of the date of the listing of their common stock:

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Following this offering, we intend to utilize these exemptions. As a result, we do not expect a majority of the directors on our board will be independent upon the completion of this offering. In addition, we do not expect that any committees of the board of will consist entirely of independent directors. Accordingly, you will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the corporate governance requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.

We are an emerging growth company, and any decision on our part to comply with certain reduced reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies could make our Class A common stock less attractive to investors.

We are an emerging growth company, and, for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we currently intend to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to emerging growth companies, including, but not limited to, not being required to have our independent registered public accounting firm audit our internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our registration statements, periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years following the completion of this offering. We will cease to be an emerging growth company upon the earliest of: (i) the end of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of this offering; (ii) the first fiscal year after our annual gross revenues are $1.0 billion or more; (iii) the date on which we have, during the previous three-year period, issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities; or (iv) the end of any fiscal year in which the market value of our Class A common stock held by non-affiliates exceeded $700 million as of the end of the second quarter of that fiscal year. We cannot predict if investors will find our Class A common stock less attractive if we choose to rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Class A common stock less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce future disclosure, there may be a less active trading market for our Class A common stock and the price of our Class A common stock may be more volatile.

Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected not to avail ourselves of this accommodation allowing for delayed adoption of new or revised accounting standards, and, therefore, we will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

We will incur increased costs and become subject to additional regulations and requirements as a result of becoming a public company, which could lower our profits or make it more difficult to run our business.

As a public company, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we have not incurred as a private company, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. We also will incur costs associated with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and related rules implemented by the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange. The expenses incurred by public companies generally for reporting and corporate governance purposes have been increasing. We expect these rules and regulations to increase our legal and financial compliance costs and to make some activities more time-consuming and costly, although we are currently unable to estimate these costs with any degree of certainty. These laws and regulations also could make it more difficult or costly for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we may be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. These laws and regulations could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our board of directors, our board committees or

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as our executive officers. Furthermore, if we are unable to satisfy our obligations as a public company, we could be subject to delisting of our common stock, fines, sanctions and other regulatory action and potentially civil litigation.

Our internal controls over financial reporting currently do not meet all of the standards contemplated by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and failure to achieve and maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting in accordance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material adverse effect on our business and common stock price.

Our internal controls over financial reporting currently do not meet all of the standards contemplated by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that eventually we will be required to meet. Because currently we do not have comprehensive documentation of our internal controls and have not yet tested our internal controls in accordance with Section 404, we cannot conclude in accordance with Section 404 that we do not have a material weakness in our internal controls or a combination of significant deficiencies that could result in the conclusion that we have a material weakness in our internal controls. Once we are no longer an emerging growth company, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to attest to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting on an annual basis. If, once we are no longer an emerging growth company, we are not able to complete our initial assessment of our internal controls and otherwise implement the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner or with adequate compliance, our independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to certify as to the adequacy of our internal controls over financial reporting.

The unaudited interim financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2014 included in a prior version of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part contained errors, including a $0.3 million overstatement of net income attributable to non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries and a corresponding $0.3 million understatement of net income attributable to members due to a mathematical miscalculation and a $1.5 million error due to a data entry error in the recording of two journal entries that caused management fee revenue and expense to be overstated and performance fees to be understated in the consolidating financial information. The journal entries associated with the $1.5 million error are related to intercompany transactions that were eliminated in consolidation and therefor had no impact on the combined and consolidated financial statements. Previously filed or submitted versions of the registration statement also contained other errors that were corrected in subsequent filings. In addition, in connection with the audit of our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013, significant deficiencies in our internal controls were identified related to the ability of the chief financial officer to write checks and make journal entries, failure to document evidence of a review of internally prepared investment valuation calculations, inadequate review of calculations supporting certain financial statement accounts and failure to maintain appropriate documentation to support certain account balances. While management has taken steps to remediate the deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting that have been identified, including changing the process for authorizing check signatures and access to the general ledger system, establishing and filling a new controller position with responsibility for the review of valuations, hiring additional qualified personnel within our accounting department and implementing additional processes relating to reconciling intercompany balances, these remediation steps may not have fully addressed these deficiencies and additional deficiencies could be identified in the future. For the reasons described more fully in the following paragraph, deficiencies in our internal controls over financial reporting pose risks to investors in our Class A common stock.

Matters impacting our internal controls may cause us to be unable to report our financial information on a timely basis and thereby subject us to adverse regulatory consequences, including sanctions by the SEC or violations of applicable stock exchange listing rules, which may result in a breach of the covenants under our financing arrangements. There also could be a negative reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of investor confidence in us and the reliability of our financial statements. Confidence in the reliability of our financial statements also could suffer if we or our

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independent registered public accounting firm were to report a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting. This could materially adversely affect us and lead to a decline in the price of our Class A common stock.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they downgrade their recommendations regarding our Class A common stock, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our Class A common stock will be influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us or our business. If any of the analysts who cover us downgrades our Class A common stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our Class A common stock price may decline. If analysts cease coverage of us or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our Class A common stock price or trading volume to decline and our Class A common stock to be less liquid.

The market price of shares of our Class A common stock may be volatile, which could cause the value of your investment to decline.

Even if a trading market develops, the market price of our Class A common stock may be highly volatile and could be subject to wide fluctuations. Securities markets worldwide experience significant price and volume fluctuations. This market volatility, as well as general economic, market or political conditions, could reduce the market price of shares of our Class A common stock in spite of our operating performance. In addition, our operating results could be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors due to a number of potential factors, including variations in our quarterly operating results or dividends, if any, to stockholders, additions or departures of key management personnel, failure to meet analysts’ earnings estimates, publication of research reports about our industry, litigation and government investigations, changes or proposed changes in laws or regulations or differing interpretations or enforcement thereof affecting our business, adverse market reaction to any indebtedness we may incur or securities we may issue in the future, changes in market valuations of similar companies or speculation in the press or investment community, announcements by our competitors of significant contracts, acquisitions, dispositions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments, adverse publicity about the industries we participate in or individual scandals, and in response the market price of shares of our Class A common stock could decrease significantly. You may be unable to resell your shares of Class A common stock at or above the initial public offering price.

In the past few years, stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. In the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against these companies. This litigation, if instituted against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources.

Investors in this offering will suffer immediate and substantial dilution.

The initial public offering price per share of Class A common stock will be substantially higher than our pro forma net tangible book value per share immediately after this offering. As a result, you will pay a price per share of Class A common stock that substantially exceeds the per share book value of our tangible assets after subtracting our liabilities. In addition, you will pay more for your shares of Class A common stock than the amounts paid for the LLC Units by our pre-IPO owners. Assuming an offering price of $     per share of Class A common stock, which is the midpoint of the range on the front cover of this prospectus, you will incur immediate and substantial dilution in an amount of $     per share of Class A common stock. See “Dilution.”

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You may be diluted by the future issuance of additional Class A common stock or LLC Units in connection with our incentive plans, acquisitions or otherwise.

After this offering we will have approximately      shares of Class A common stock authorized but unissued, including approximately shares of Class A common stock issuable upon exchange of LLC Units that will be held by the non-managing members of Medley LLC. Our certificate of incorporation authorizes us to issue these shares of Class A common stock and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to Class A common stock for the consideration and on the terms and conditions established by our board of directors in its sole discretion, whether in connection with acquisitions or otherwise. Similarly, the limited liability company agreement of Medley LLC permits Medley LLC to issue an unlimited number of additional limited liability company interests of Medley LLC with designations, preferences, rights, powers and duties that are different from, and may be senior to, those applicable to the LLC Units, and which may be exchangeable for shares of our Class A common stock. Additionally, we have reserved an aggregate of     shares of Class A common stock and LLC Units for issuance under our 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan, including     shares issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock units that we intend to grant to our employees at the time of this offering and     shares (assuming an offering price of $     per share of Class A common stock, which is the midpoint of the range on the front cover of this prospectus) issuable pursuant to restricted stock units that we intend to grant to our outside directors at the time of this offering. See “Management — Medley Management Inc. 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan,” “— IPO Date Restricted Stock Unit Awards” and “— Director Compensation.” Any Class A common stock that we issue, including under our 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan or other equity incentive plans that we may adopt in the future, would dilute the percentage ownership held by the investors who purchase Class A common stock in this offering.

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Existing Organizational Structure

The diagram below depicts our current organizational structure.

Organizational Structure Following this Offering

Immediately following this offering, Medley Management Inc. will be a holding company, and its sole material asset will be a controlling equity interest in Medley LLC. As the sole managing member of Medley LLC, Medley Management Inc. will operate and control all of the business and affairs of Medley LLC and, through Medley LLC and its subsidiaries, conduct our business. Under U.S. GAAP, Medley LLC will meet the definition of a variable interest entity since the voting rights of its investors will not be proportional to their obligations to absorb the expected losses of Medley LLC. That is, Medley Management Inc. will hold 100% of the voting power in Medley LLC but will initially own less than 50% of the LLC Units and our pre-IPO owners will hold no voting rights in Medley LLC but initially own more than 50% of the LLC Units. Further, substantially all of the activities of Medley LLC will be conducted on behalf of an investor group with disproportionately few voting rights. Medley Management Inc. will be the primary beneficiary of Medley LLC as a result of its 100% voting power and control over Medley LLC and as a result of its obligation to absorb losses and its right to receive benefits of Medley LLC that could potentially be significant to Medley LLC. Medley Management Inc. will consolidate Medley LLC on its consolidated financial statements and record a noncontrolling interest related to the LLC Units held by our pre-IPO owners on its consolidated statements of condition, operations, and comprehensive income.

Medley Group LLC, an entity wholly-owned by our pre-IPO owners, holds all 100 issued and outstanding shares of our Class B common stock. For so long as our pre-IPO owners and then-current Medley personnel hold at least 10% of the aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock and LLC Units (excluding those LLC Units held by Medley Management Inc.) then outstanding, which we refer to as the “Substantial Ownership Requirement,” the Class B common stock will entitle Medley Group LLC, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by it, to a number of votes that is equal to 10 times the aggregate number of LLC Units held by all non-managing members of Medley LLC that do not themselves hold shares of Class B common stock and entitle each other holder of Class B common stock, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by it, to a number of votes that is equal to 10 times the number of LLC Units held by such other holder. For purposes of calculating the Substantial

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Ownership Requirement, (1) shares of Class A common stock deliverable to our pre-IPO owners and then-current Medley personnel pursuant to outstanding equity awards will be deemed then outstanding and (2) shares of Class A common stock and LLC Units held by any estate, trust, partnership or limited liability company or other similar entity of which any pre-IPO owner or then-current Medley personnel, or any immediate family member thereof, is a trustee, partner, member or similar party will be considered held by such pre-IPO owner or other then-current Medley personnel. From and after the time that the Substantial Ownership Requirement is no longer satisfied, the Class B common stock will entitle Medley Group LLC, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by such other holder, to a number of votes that is equal to the aggregate number of LLC Units held by all non-managing members of Medley LLC that do not themselves hold shares of Class B common stock and entitle each other holder of Class B common stock, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by it, to a number of votes that is equal to the number of LLC Units held by such holder. If at any time the ratio at which LLC Units are exchangeable for shares of our Class A common stock changes from one-for-one as described under “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Exchange Agreement,” the number of votes to which Class B common stockholders are entitled will be adjusted accordingly. Holders of shares of our Class B common stock will vote together with holders of our Class A common stock as a single class on all matters on which stockholders are entitled to vote generally, except as otherwise required by law.

Other than Medley Management Inc., holders of LLC Units, including our pre-IPO owners, will, subject to limited exceptions, be prohibited from transferring any LLC Units held by them upon consummation of this offering, or any shares of Class A common stock received upon exchange of such LLC Units, until the third anniversary of this offering without our consent. Thereafter and prior to the fourth and fifth anniversaries of this offering, such holders may not transfer more than 33 1/3% and 66 2/3%, respectively, of the number of LLC Units held by them upon consummation of this offering, together with the number of any shares of Class A common stock received by them upon exchange therefor, without our consent. While this agreement could be amended or waived by us, our pre-IPO owners have advised us that they do not intend to seek any waivers of these restrictions. The foregoing restrictions do not apply to transfers: (i) by will or intestacy; (ii) as a bona fide gift or gifts; (iii) to any trust, partnership, limited liability company or other entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the holder or the immediate family of such holder; (iv) to any immediate family member or other dependent of the holder; (v) as a distribution to limited partners, members or stockholders of the holder; (vi) to the holder’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the holder; (vii) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (i) through (vi) above; or (viii) pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency.

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The diagram below depicts our organizational structure immediately following this offering.

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Incorporation of Medley Management Inc.

Medley Management Inc. was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on June 13, 2014. Medley Management Inc. has not engaged in any business or other activities except in connection with its formation. The certificate of incorporation of Medley Management Inc. authorizes two classes of common stock, Class A common stock and Class B common stock, each having the terms described in “Description of Capital Stock.”

Refinancing Transactions

On August 14, 2014, we entered into a $110.0 million senior secured term loan credit facility (the “Term Loan Facility”). As of such date, the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness outstanding under the Term Loan Facility was $110.0 million. We used the proceeds of the borrowings under the Term Loan Facility, together with cash on hand, to repay all of the approximately $33.2 million of indebtedness outstanding (which reflected the $34.3 million outstanding on June 30, 2014, net of a $1.1 million principal repayment made on July 1, 2014) under our senior secured term loan and revolving credit facility with City National Bank (the “CNB Credit Agreement”), to pay related fees and expenses of approximately $2.6 million and to fund a $74.5 million distribution to Medley LLC’s members.

On August 19, 2014, we entered into a new $15.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility with City National Bank (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”). As of such date and September 2, 2014, the Revolving Credit Facility was undrawn. We refer to the entry into the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the incurrence of $110.0 million of indebtedness under the Term Loan Facility, the repayment of the $33.2 million of outstanding indebtedness under the CNB Credit Agreement, the payment of $2.6 million of related fees and expenses and the $74.5 million distribution to Medley LLC’s members, collectively, as the “Refinancing Transactions.” See Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — Debt Instruments.

Reclassification and Amendment and Restatement of Limited Liability Company Agreement of Medley LLC

Prior to the completion of this offering, the limited liability company agreement of Medley LLC will be amended and restated to, among other things, modify its capital structure by creating a single new class of units that we refer to as “LLC Units.” We refer to this as the “Reclassification.” Immediately following the Reclassification but prior to the Offering Transactions described below, there will be            LLC Units issued and outstanding.

Pursuant to the limited liability company agreement of Medley LLC, Medley Management Inc. will be the sole managing member of Medley LLC. Accordingly, Medley Management Inc. will have the right to determine when distributions will be made to the members of Medley LLC and the amount of any such distributions. If Medley Management Inc., as managing member, authorizes a distribution, such distribution will be made to the members of Medley LLC pro rata in accordance with the percentages of their respective limited liability company interests.

The holders of limited liability company interests in Medley LLC, including Medley Management Inc., will incur United States federal, state and local income taxes on their proportionate share of any taxable income of Medley LLC. Net profits and net losses of Medley LLC will generally be allocated to its members (including Medley Management Inc.) pro rata in accordance with the percentages of their

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respective limited liability company interests, except as otherwise required by law. The limited liability company agreement provides for cash distributions to the holders of limited liability company interests in Medley LLC if Medley Management Inc. determines that the taxable income of Medley LLC will give rise to taxable income for its members. In accordance with the limited liability company agreement, we intend to cause Medley LLC to make pro rata cash distributions to the holders of limited liability company interests in Medley LLC for purposes of funding their tax obligations in respect of the income of Medley LLC that is allocated to them. Generally, these tax distributions will be computed based on our estimate of the taxable income of Medley LLC multiplied by an assumed tax rate equal to the highest effective marginal combined United States federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an individual or corporate resident in New York, New York (taking into account the non-deductibility of certain expenses and the character of our income). See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Medley LLC Limited Liability Company Agreement.”

Exchange Agreement

We and the holders of outstanding LLC Units will enter into an exchange agreement at the time of this offering under which they (or certain permitted transferees thereof) will have the right, from and after the first anniversary of the date of the completion of this offering (subject to the terms of the exchange agreement), to exchange their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications. The exchange agreement will also provide that a holder of LLC Units will not have the right to exchange LLC Units if Medley Management Inc. determines that such exchange would be prohibited by law or regulation or would violate other agreements with Medley Management Inc. or its subsidiaries to which the holder of LLC Units may be subject. Medley Management Inc. may impose additional restrictions on exchange that it determines to be necessary or advisable so that Medley LLC is not treated as a “publicly traded partnership” for United States federal income tax purposes. As a holder exchanges LLC Units for shares of Class A common stock, the number of LLC Units held by Medley Management Inc. is correspondingly increased as it acquires the exchanged LLC Units. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Exchange Agreement.”

Offering Transactions

At the time of the consummation of this offering, Medley Management Inc. intends to consummate the purchase, for cash, of newly-issued LLC Units from Medley LLC at a purchase price per unit equal to the initial public offering price per share of Class A common stock in this offering net of underwriting discounts. At the time of this offering, Medley Management Inc. will purchase from Medley LLC      newly-issued LLC Units for an aggregate of $     million (or      Units for an aggregate of $     million if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock). The issuance and sale of such newly-issued LLC Units by Medley LLC to Medley Management Inc. will correspondingly dilute the ownership interests of our pre-IPO owners in Medley LLC. Accordingly, following this offering Medley Management Inc. will hold a number of LLC Units that is equal to the number of shares of Class A common stock that it has issued, a relationship that we believe fosters transparency because it results in a single share of Class A common stock representing (albeit indirectly) the same percentage equity interest in Medley LLC as a single LLC Unit.

Holders of LLC Units (other than Medley Management Inc.) may, subject to certain conditions and transfer restrictions applicable to such holders as set forth in the operating agreement of Medley LLC, from and after the first anniversary of the date of the completion of this offering (subject to the terms of the exchange agreement), exchange their LLC Units for Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. The exchanges are expected to result in increases in the tax basis of the tangible and intangible assets of Medley LLC. These increases in tax basis may increase (for tax purposes) depreciation and amortization deductions and therefore reduce the amount of tax that Medley Management Inc. would otherwise be required to pay in the future, although the IRS may challenge all or part of that tax basis increase, and a court could sustain such a challenge. Prior to the completion of this offering, we will enter into a tax receivable agreement with the holders of LLC Units that provides for the payment by Medley Management Inc. to exchanging holders of LLC Units

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of 85% of the benefits, if any, that Medley Management Inc. is deemed to realize as a result of these increases in tax basis and of certain other tax benefits related to our entering into the tax receivable agreement, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the tax receivable agreement. This payment obligation is an obligation of Medley Management Inc. and not of Medley LLC. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Tax Receivable Agreement.”

We refer to the foregoing transactions as the “Offering Transactions.”

As a result of the transactions described above:

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of June 30, 2014:

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on a historical basis for Medley LLC, Medley GP Holdings LLC and their combined and consolidated subsidiaries; and

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on an as adjusted basis for Medley Management Inc. giving effect to:

•

the Refinancing Transactions;

•

the issuance of shares of Class A common stock in this offering at the assumed initial public offering price of $     per share (the midpoint of the estimated offering price range indicated on the front cover of this prospectus) less estimated underwriting discounts and the payment of offering expenses of approximately $    million;

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the purchase by Medley Management Inc. of LLC Units from Medley LLC with the proceeds of this offering, as described in “Organizational Structure — Offering Transactions”; and

•

the application of a portion of the proceeds from this offering to repay outstanding indebtedness, as described in “Use of Proceeds.”

Cash and cash equivalents are not components of our total capitalization. You should read this table together with the information contained in this prospectus, including “Organizational Structure,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Information,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the historical financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

		June 30, 2014
		Actual				As Adjusted (1)
		(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents		$	3,278			$
Loans payable			44,701
Other liabilities			47,180
Members’ (deficit) equity			(33,451	)
Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 3,000,000,000 shares authorized,      shares issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis			—
Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, 1,000,000 shares authorized,      shares issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis			—
Retained earnings			—
Additional paid-in capital			—
Non-controlling interests in Consolidated Funds			566,046
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries			2,528
Total stockholders’ equity attributable to Medley Management Inc.			—
Total equity			535,123
Total capitalization		$	627,004			$

(1)

Each $1.00 increase or decrease in the assumed initial public offering price of $     per share would increase or decrease, as applicable, cash and cash equivalents, additional paid-in capital and total stockholders’ equity by approximately $     million, assuming the number of shares offered by us remains the same as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions.

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DILUTION

If you invest in shares of our Class A common stock, your investment will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the initial public offering price per share of Class A common stock and the pro forma net tangible book value per share of Class A common stock after this offering. Dilution results from the fact that the per share offering price of the shares of Class A common stock is substantially in excess of the pro forma net tangible book value per share attributable to our pre-IPO owners.

Pro forma net tangible book value represents the amount of total tangible assets less total liabilities, and pro forma net tangible book value per share of Class A common stock represents pro forma net tangible book value divided by the number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding, after giving effect to the Reclassification and assuming that all of the holders of LLC Units in Medley LLC (other than Medley Management Inc.) exchanged their LLC Units for newly-issued shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis. Our pro forma net tangible book value as of June 30, 2014 was approximately $    , or $    per share of Class A common stock.

We believe that the resulting net tangible book value does not appropriately reflect the dilutive effects of the offering because it includes net assets attributable to non-controlling interests in Consolidated Funds.

Because we are required to consolidate the results of certain funds that we manage, the assets and liabilities of the Consolidated Funds are presented within our combined and consolidated statements of financial condition. The net assets reported as non-controlling interests in Consolidated Funds amount to approximately $566.0 million as of June 30, 2014. The Class A common stockholders have no rights to the net assets of the Consolidated Funds and the Consolidated Funds and their creditors have no recourse against the Class A common stockholders. The net assets of the Consolidated Funds, along with non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries of $2.5 million, increase our net tangible book value per Class A common share by $        . We believe that the dilutive effect of this offering is more accurately reflected by eliminating the net assets reported as non-controlling interests in Consolidated Funds and net assets reported as non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries when presenting the net tangible book value per share of Class A common stock. The following table illustrates the substantial and immediate dilution per share of Class A common stock to a purchaser in this offering after removing the effect that the Consolidated Funds have on the net tangible book value per share of Class A common stock, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock:

Assumed initial public offering price per share of Class A common stock						$
Pro forma net tangible book value as of June 30, 2014		$
Less: Net tangible book value attributed to non-controlling interests in Consolidated Funds and non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries as of June 30, 2014		$
Increase in pro forma net tangible book value per share of Class A common stock after giving effect to this offering		$
Adjusted pro forma net tangible book value per share of Class A common stock after giving effect to this offering, net of non-controlling interests attributable to Consolidated Funds and non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries						$
Dilution of net tangible book value per share of Class A common stock to purchasers in this offering						$

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Because our pre-IPO owners do not own any shares of Class A common stock or other economic interests in Medley Management Inc., we have presented dilution in pro forma net tangible book value per share of Class A common stock to investors in this offering assuming that all of the holders of LLC Units in Medley LLC (other than Medley Management Inc.) exchanged their LLC Units for newly-issued shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis in order to more meaningfully present the dilutive impact on the investors in this offering.

A $1.00 increase in the assumed initial public offering price of $     per share of our Class A common stock would increase our pro forma net tangible book value after giving effect to this offering by $     million, or by $    per share of our Class A common stock, assuming the number of shares offered by us remains the same and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions. A $1.00 decrease in the assumed initial public offering price per share would result in equal changes in the opposite direction.

The following table summarizes, on the same pro forma basis as of June 30, 2014, the total number of shares of Class A common stock purchased from us, the total cash consideration paid to us and the average price per share of Class A common stock paid by our pre-IPO owners and by new investors purchasing shares of Class A common stock in this offering, assuming that all of the holders of LLC Units in Medley LLC (other than Medley Management Inc.) exchanged their LLC Units for shares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis.

Shares of Class A Common Stock Purchased

Total Consideration

Average Price Per Share of Class A Common Stock

Number

Percent

Amount

Percent

(In thousands)

Pre-IPO owners

%

$

%

$

Investors in this offering

%

$

%

$

Total

%

$

%

$

Each $1.00 increase in the assumed offering price of $    per share would increase total consideration paid by investors in this offering by $     million, assuming the number of shares offered by us remains the same and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions. A $1.00 decrease in the assumed initial public offering price per share would result in equal changes in the opposite direction.

The dilution information above is for illustration purposes only. Our net tangible book deficit following the consummation of this offering is subject to adjustment based on the actual initial public offering price of our shares and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013 present our consolidated results of operations giving pro forma effect to the Refinancing Transactions and the Offering Transactions described under “Organizational Structure” and the use of the estimated net proceeds from this offering as described under “Use of Proceeds,” as if such transactions occurred on January 1, 2013. The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2014 presents our consolidated financial position giving pro forma effect to the Refinancing Transactions and the Offering Transactions described under “Organizational Structure” and the use of the estimated net proceeds from this offering as described under “Use of Proceeds,” as if such transactions occurred on June 30, 2014. The pro forma adjustments are based on available information and upon assumptions that our management believes are reasonable in order to reflect, on a pro forma basis, the impact of these transactions on the historical combined and consolidated financial information of Medley LLC and Medley GP Holdings LLC.

The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information should be read together with “Organizational Structure,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the historical financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information is included for informational purposes only and does not purport to reflect the results of operations or financial position of Medley Management Inc. that would have occurred had we operated as a public company during the periods presented. The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information should not be relied upon as being indicative of our results of operations or financial position had the Refinancing Transactions and the Offering Transactions described under “Organizational Structure” and the use of the estimated net proceeds from this offering as described under “Use of Proceeds” occurred on the dates assumed. The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information also does not project our results of operations or financial position for any future period or date.

The pro forma adjustments principally give effect to:

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The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information presented assumes no exercise by the underwriters of the option to purchase up to an additional      shares of Class A common stock from us.

As described in greater detail under “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions —  Tax Receivable Agreement,” prior to the completion of this offering, we will enter into a tax receivable agreement with the holders of LLC Units that provides for the payment by Medley Management Inc. to exchanging holders of LLC Units of 85% of the benefits, if any, that Medley Management Inc. is deemed to realize as a result of these increases in tax basis and of certain other tax benefits related to entering into the tax receivable agreement, including tax benefits attributable to payments under the tax receivable agreement. No such exchanges or other tax benefits have been assumed in the unaudited pro forma financial information and therefore no pro forma adjustment is necessary. See “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions — Tax Receivable Agreement.”

As a public company, we will be implementing additional procedures and processes for the purpose of addressing the standards and requirements applicable to public companies. We expect to incur additional annual expenses related to these steps and, among other things, additional directors and officers’ liability insurance, director fees, reporting requirements of the SEC, transfer agent fees, hiring additional accounting, legal and administrative personnel, increased auditing and legal fees and similar expenses. We have not included any pro forma adjustments relating to these costs.

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Medley Management Inc.
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of June 30, 2014

		Medley LLC and Medley GP Holdings LLC Actual				Pro Forma Adjustments —  Refinancing Transactions				Medley LLC and Medley GP Holdings LLC Pro Forma for the Refinancing Transactions				Pro Forma Adjustments —  Offering Transactions				Medley Management Inc. Pro Forma as adjusted for the Offering Transactions				Adjustments for Non-Controlling Interests (10)				Medley Management Inc. Pro Forma
		(Dollars in thousands)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$	3,278			$	108,900	(1)		$	744			$		(6)		$				$				$
							(111,434	) (2)								(7)
Investment in equity method investee, at fair value			10,256								10,256
Management fees receivables			11,534								11,534
Performance fees receivables			5,895								5,895					(6)
Other assets			6,897				1,954	(3)			8,851
Assets of Consolidated Funds
Cash and cash equivalents			95,033								95,033
Investments, at fair value			473,789								473,789
Interest and dividends receivable			4,307								4,307
Other assets			16,015								16,015
Total assets		$	627,004			$	(580	)		$	626,424			$				$				$				$
Liabilities and equity
Loans payable		$	44,701			$	74,600	(4)		$	119,301			$		(7)		$				$				$
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities			22,491								22,491
Performance fee compensation payable			18,491								18,491
Liabilities of Consolidated Funds
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities			6,198								6,198
Total liabilities			91,881				74,600				166,481
Commitments and contingencies
Non-controlling interest in Consolidated Funds			566,046								566,046
Non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries			2,528								2,528
Members’ (deficit) equity			(33,451	)			(75,180	) (5)			(108,631	)				(10)
Class A authorized to issue 3,000,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share;      shares issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis			—								—					(8)
Class B authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares, par value $0.01 per share; 100 shares issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis			—								—					(8)
Additional paid-in capital			—								—					(9)
Retained earnings			—								—
Non-controlling interest			—								—
Total equity			535,123				(75,180	)			459,943
Total liabilities and equity		$	627,004			$	(580	)		$	626,424			$				$				$				$

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Medley Group LLC, an entity wholly-owned by our existing owners, holds all 100 issued and outstanding shares of our Class B common stock. For so long as our existing owners and other then-current Medley personnel hold at least 10% of the aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock and LLC Units (excluding those LLC Units held by Medley Management Inc.) then outstanding, which we refer to as the “Substantial Ownership Requirement,” the Class B common stock will entitle Medley Group LLC, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by it, to a number of votes that is equal to 10 times the aggregate number of LLC Units held by all non-managing members of Medley LLC that do not themselves hold shares of Class B common stock and entitle each other holder of Class B common stock, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by it, to a number of votes that is equal to 10 times the number of LLC Units held by such holder. From and after the time that the Substantial Ownership Requirement is no longer satisfied, the Class B common stock will entitle Medley Group LLC, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by it, to a number of votes that is equal to the aggregate number of LLC Units held by all non-managing members of Medley LLC that do not themselves hold shares of Class B common stock and entitle each other holder of Class B common stock, without regard to the number of shares of Class B common stock held by it, to a number of votes that is equal to the number of LLC Units held by such holder. Accordingly, immediately following this offering, our existing owners, through their holdings of our Class B common stock, will collectively have     % of the voting power in Medley Management Inc. (or     % if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock).

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Medley Management Inc.
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2013

		Medley LLC and Medley GP Holdings LLC Actual				Pro Forma Adjustments —  Refinancing Transactions				Medley LLC and Medley GP Holdings LLC Pro Forma for the Refinancing Transactions				Pro Forma Adjustments —  Offering Transactions				Medley Management Inc. Pro Forma as adjusted for the Offering Transactions				Adjustments for Non-Controlling Interests (7)				Medley Management Inc. Pro Forma
		(In thousands except share and per share data)
Revenues
Management fees		$	36,446			$	—			$	36,446			$				$				$				$
Performance fees			2,412								2,412
Other income and fees			5,011								5,011
Total revenues			43,869								43,869
Expenses
Compensation and benefits			13,712								13,712					(3) (4)
Performance fee compensation			7,192								7,192					(4)
Consolidated Funds expenses			1,225								1,225
General, administrative and other expenses			12,655				75	(1)			12,730
Total expenses			34,784				75				34,859
Other income (expense)
Dividend income			886								886
Interest expense			(1,479	)			(7,801	) (1)			(9,280	)				(5)
Other expenses, net			(483	)							(483	)
Interest and other income of Consolidated Funds			49,912								49,912
Net realized gain (loss) on investments of Consolidated Funds			(16,080	)							(16,080	)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments of Consolidated Funds			(3,667	)							(3,667	)
Total other income (expense), net			29,089				(7,801	)			21,288
Income before income taxes			38,174				(7,876	)			30,298
Provision for income taxes			1,639				(227	) (2)			1,412					(6)
Net income			36,535				(7,649	)			28,886
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in Consolidated Funds			12,898								12,898
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries			—								—
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in Medley LLC			—								—
Net income attributable to members		$	23,637			$	(7,649	)		$	15,988
Net income attributable to Medley Management Inc.														$				$				$				$
Weighted average shares of Class A common stock outstanding			—
Basic			—
Diluted			—
Net income available to Class A common stock per share			—
Basic			—																									(8)
Diluted			—																									(8)

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The following table reconciles our effective tax rate to the U.S. Federal statutory rate:

		Medley Management Inc. Pro Forma
Statutory U.S Federal income tax rate			35.00	%
Income allocated to non-controlling interests			(   )%
State and local income taxes			(   )%
Permanent differences				%
Effective income tax rate				%

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		Year Ended December 31, 2014
		Basic				Diluted
Basic and Diluted
Shares of Class A common stock outstanding (a)
Restricted stock units (b)
Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock outstanding

Class A common stock for which the proceeds will be used to repay a portion of term loans
Class A common stock representing distributions (1)
Class A common stock outstanding

¹ Represents additional shares of Class A common stock related to the distribution to our pre-IPO owners in connection with the Refinancing Transactions and previous distributions which exceeded earnings for the previous twelve months. This amount is limited to the number of additional shares of Class A common stock such that the total pro forma number of shares of Class A common stock does not exceed the number of shares of Class A common stock to be issued in this offering.

The shares of Class B common stock do not share in our earnings and are therefor not included in the weighted-average shares outstanding or net income (loss) per share. On a pro forma basis for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013, the LLC Units (which are exchangeable on a one-for-one basis for shares of our Class A common shares) were antidilutive and consequently the effect of their exchange for shares of Class A common stock has been excluded from the calculation of diluted net income available to Class A common stock per share.

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Medley Management Inc.
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014

		Medley LLC and Medley GP Holdings LLC Actual				Pro Forma Adjustments —  Refinancing Transactions				Medley LLC and Medley GP Holdings LLC Pro Forma for the Refinancing Transactions				Pro Forma Adjustments —  Offering Transactions				Medley Management Inc. Pro Forma as adjusted for the Offering Transactions				Adjustments for Non-Controlling Interests (7)				Medley Management Inc. Pro Forma
		(In thousands except share and per share data)
Revenues
Management fees		$	26,453			$				$	26,453			$				$				$				$
Performance fees			2,372								2,372
Other income and fees			4,396								4,396
Total revenues			33,221								33,221
Expenses
Compensation and benefits			9,333								9,333					(3) (4)
Performance fee compensation			3,158								3,158
Consolidated Funds expenses			833								833
General, administrative and other expenses			9,363				38	(1)			9,401
Total expenses			22,687				38				22,725
Other income (expense)
Dividend income			443								443
Interest expense			(1,364	)			(3,080	) (1)			(4,444	)				(5)
Other expenses, net			(1,318	)							(1,318	)
Interest and other income of Consolidated Funds			30,534								30,534
Net realized gain (loss) on investments of Consolidated Funds			1,288								1,288
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments of Consolidated Funds			(8,368	)							(8,368	)
Total other income (expense), net			21,215				(3,080	)			18,135
Income before income taxes			31,749				(3,118	)			28,631
Provision for income taxes			1,251				(90	) (2)			1,161					(6)
Net income			30,498				(3,028	)			27,470
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in Consolidated Funds			12,969								12,969
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries			1,560								1,560
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in Medley LLC			—								—					(7)
Net income attributable to members		$	15,969			$	(3,028	)		$	12,941
Net income attributable to Medley Management Inc.														$				$				$				$
Weighted average shares of Class A common stock outstanding			—								—
Basic			—								—
Diluted			—								—
Net income available to Class A common stock per share			—
Basic			—								—																	(8)
Diluted			—								—																	(8)

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The following table reconciles our effective tax rate to the U.S. Federal statutory rate:

		Medley Management Inc. Pro Forma
Statutory U.S Federal income tax rate			35.00	%
Income allocated to non-controlling interests			(   )%
State and local income taxes			(   )%
Permanent differences				%
Effective income tax rate				%

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		Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
		Basic				Diluted
Basic and Diluted
Shares of Class A common stock outstanding (a)
Restricted stock units (b)
Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock outstanding

Class A common stock for which the proceeds will be used to repay a portion of term loans
Class A common stock representing distributions (1)
Class A common stock outstanding