CNL Strategic Capital Adjourns Enhanced Liquidity Plan Vote, Extends Solicitation to May 27
CNL Strategic Capital LLC has adjourned the shareholder vote on its proposed enhanced liquidity plan to May 27, 2026. This was after the special meeting reconvened April 30 without sufficient votes to approve the underlying proposal.
The $1.5 billion middle-market private equity fund, externally managed by CNL Strategic Capital Management LLC and Levine Leichtman Strategic Capital LLC, is asking shareholders to approve a structured share repurchase commitment under which the company would repurchase shares during the first four full calendar quarters following approval, up to a requested liquidity percentage to be established after the proposal passes.
Of the 36,307,994 shares eligible to vote as of the Jan. 27 record date, 20,000,412 shares – approximately 55% – were voted in person or by proxy at the reconvened meeting on April 30. Shareholders approved the procedural authority to adjourn for additional proxy solicitation by 18,490,603 votes for, 566,537 against, and 943,272 withheld.
The vote on the enhanced liquidity plan itself, designated as Proposal 1 in the company’s Jan. 29 definitive proxy, did not proceed. The company adjourned the meeting with respect to that proposal to permit additional time to solicit shareholder support. Valid proxies submitted before April 30 will remain in effect for the reconvened meeting unless changed or revoked, and the Jan. 27 record date will continue to apply.
The reconvened meeting is scheduled for 2 pm ET on May 27 at the company’s principal offices in Florida.
The pattern – a sponsor adjourning a structural liquidity vote rather than calling it after falling short – mirrors recent dynamics at other illiquid alternative investment programs that have struggled to assemble retail proxy support for liquidity-related ballot items. As previously reported by AltsWire, Bluerock Private Real Estate Fund – Bluerock’s flagship real estate fund formerly known as Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund – initially fell short of the votes needed to list on the New York Stock Exchange in a September 2025 special meeting before securing approval at a reconvened vote later that month and ultimately listing on the NYSE in December 2025.
The enhanced liquidity plan would represent the most significant structural development in CNL Strategic Capital’s seven-year history.
The company commenced its first private offering in February 2018 and its public offering was declared effective the following month. As of the end of February 2026, the most recent date for which the company has disclosed offering pricing, the fund managed approximately $1.46 billion in total assets across six share classes – Class FA, Class A, Class T, Class D, Class I, and Class S – with net asset value per share ranging from $38 for Class D to $43.59 for Class S.
CNL Strategic Capital seeks to acquire controlling equity stakes in combination with loan positions in middle-market businesses, an approach that distinguishes it from most retail-distributed alternative investment vehicles, which typically focus on real estate or credit. The fund is one of a small number of nontraded structures providing private equity-style exposure to individual investors through broker-dealer and registered investment adviser channels.
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