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ADW Capital Partners, L.P.
11/4/2014
3rd Quarter 2014 and YTD Performance Report ("2)
2014
Q3
2014
Inception
To Date
Gross Return
-3.99%
14.17%
246.90%
Dow Jones
1.88%
4.61%
60.18%
NASDAQ
1.93%
7.59%
67.59%
(1) The table above reflects the performance of the Fund for the current quarter, year-to-date and since inception of
the Fund. Net returns are net of underlying management and performance fees and expenses as well as brokerage
and/or custodial fees and expenses. All returns include the reinvestment of dividends and other earnings. Quarterly
and year-to-date figures are estimates and unaudited and have been calculated by the Fund's independent
administrator. SS&C Fund Services. The Fund's performance results have been audited for calendar years 2011.
2012. and 2013 by the Fund's independent auditor. Marcum LLP. Inception-to-date figures incorporate audited results
from prior years and unaudited results from the current year. Statements from the fund's prime broker (BTIG) and
custodian (Goldman Sachs) can be provided upon further request. Past performance is not necessarily an indication
of future performance or profitability. See Important Notes on page 4.
(2) References to Dow Jones, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Russell 2000 and other indices are for informational
purposes only. See Important Notes on page 4.
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Dear Partners,
It is our pleasure to report results for the third quarter of 2014, the 15th quarter since inception.
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we want to reiterate a critical point discussed in all
quarterly letters. ADW Capital Partners, L.P. (the "Fund") operates a concentrated, tax-sensitive
and long-term strategy designed to minimize correlation to the broader indices with a focus on
avoiding permanent capital loss. Inevitably, this approach will result in periods of
underperformance. By the same token, our efforts to maintain a lower correlation strategy driven
by company-specific outcomes may produce significant outperformance in periods of market
weakness, as we saw in 2011. We are not traders, return chasers or month-to-month stock
jockeys. We are investors who look for opportunities to return multiples on the Fund's capital in
a tax-efficient manner over an extended period of time. While this strategy may yield lumpy
results, we believe it limits idea dilution and protects the Fund's returns from Uncle Sam and
Wall Street.
Portfolio Update:
The path that the stook market has taken this year has been anything but up and to the right.
While the prevailing larger capitalization indices -- S&P 500 and DJIA -- would imply that 2014
has been an "average" year for equities, a deeper look into the data tells a largely different and
perhaps scarier story. We believe that because of artificial and unsustainably low interest rates
money is clamoring into equities because of the institutional mandate of "having to be invested".
How this has manifested itself is that smaller investors have pushed themselves out farther on
the risk curve into lower quality, more highly leveraged, and more cyclical businesses like
airlines while larger investors are bidding up "have to own" stocks as they will pay "any price" for
quality. If we remove companies like Facebook, Apple, Microsoft and a few others from our
sample set, the data looks quite different. The shares of most companies have treaded water
this year and in many cases are down -- as evidenced by the performance of the Russell 2000.
This divergence in company performance tells us that the market is beginning to catch on to the
farce that is indefinite free money and that it's not really helping the lion's share of businesses /
Americans at this stage of the economic recovery.
But our job as stock pickers is not to time the market or invest based on macro themes. Our job
is to be consistent and stick to our knitting over the course of the market cycle. We acknowledge
that certain industries and companies go in and out of vogue in the short term but believe that if
we maintain our discipline and invest in companies that generate earnings/free-cash-flow yields
of 10-20 percent and can re-invest that capital at high rates of return, we will be positioned for
long-term success.
In a conversation with an investor yesterday, we asked him, "Why would we buy a company like
Proctor and Gamble at 18.7x 2015 earnings with limited reinvestment opportunities when we
could invest in Graphic Packaging who makes its paperboard packaging at a 14 percent free-
cash-flow yield, is re-investing in productivity improvements with a 1-2 year payback period, has
a large runway for accretive M&A and is about to initiate a large shareholder return program in
early 2015?"
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The moral of this story is that there will always be mispricing like this in the marketplace and our
job is to find these companies, let them compound our/their capital and ride them until investors
realize that they deserve a market multiple. While we won't be right on all of them, we believe
that investing in companies with these types of cash flows provides a margin of safety to limit
our losses when we are "wrong" or when the market inevitably swoons.
Operational Update/Conclusion:
The Fund is doing well in 2014 and continues to grow. We have settled into our new office at
1133 Broadway and would encourage you to stop by and see us anytime. We want to thank all
of you again for the opportunity to steward your capital and look forward to many more years
with you as partners.
As always, myself and Peter Hanselmann, ADW's CFO and Director of Operations, are always
available to answer any and all of your questions regarding the operations of the Fund or about
the exciting opportunity set we are currently deploying capital into.
Regards,
Adam D. Wyden
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IMPORTANT NOTES
This report is being furnished by ADW Capital Management, LLC ("ADW') on a confidential
basis to existing limited partners in ADW Capital Partners, L.P. (the "Fund') and does not
constitute an offer, solicitation or recommendation to sell or an offer to buy any securities,
investment products or investment advisory services. This report is being provided to existing
limited partners for informational purposes only, and may not be disseminated, communicated
or otherwise disclosed by the recipient to any third party without the prior written consent of
ADW. Any offer or solicitation of an investment in the Fund may be made only by delivery of the
Fund's confidential private offering memorandum to qualified investors.
An investment in the Fund involves a significant degree of risk, and there can be no assurance
that its investment objectives will be achieved or that its investments will be profitable. Unless
otherwise noted, the performance results of the Fund included in this report are presented on a
net-of-fees basis and reflect the deduction of, among other things, underlying management and
performance fees and expenses as well as brokerage and/or custodial fees and expenses.
Performance results also include the reinvestment of dividends and other earnings. Certain of
the performance information presented in this report are unaudited estimates based upon the
information available to ADW as of the date hereof, and are subject to subsequent revision as a
result of the Fund's audit. An investor's actual performance and actual fees may differ from the
performance information shown due to, among other factors, capital contributions, withdrawals
and eligibility to participate in "new issues." The value of investments can go down as well as
up. Past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance or profitability. An
investment in the Fund is subject to a wide variety of risks and considerations as detailed in the
confidential private offering memorandum of the Fund.
References to Dow Jones, S&P 500, NASDAQ, Russell 2000 and other indices herein are for
informational and general comparative purposes only. There are significant differences between
such indices and the investment program of the Fund. The Fund does not invest in all or
necessarily any significant portion of the securities, industries or strategies represented by such
indices. References to indices do not suggest that the Fund will, or is likely to achieve returns,
volatility or other results similar to such indices.
This report and the accompanying discussion include forward-looking statements. All
statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, including any statements
that relate to future market conditions, results, operations, strategies or other future conditions
or developments and any statements regarding objectives, opportunities, positioning or
prospects. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon speculation, expectations,
estimates and assumptions that are inherently unreliable and subject to significant business,
economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Forward-looking statements are not
a promise or guaranty about future events.
The information in this presentation is not intended to provide, and should not be relied upon for,
accounting, legal, or tax advice or investment recommendations. Each recipient should consult
its own tax, legal, accounting, financial, or other advisors about the issues discussed herein.
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