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RENAISSANCE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LTD.
8080 North Central Expressway, Suite 210
Dallas, Texas 75206
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF LIMITED PARTNERS
To Be Held April 26, 1996
To the Limited Partners of
Renaissance Capital Partners, Ltd.:
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the 1996 Annual Meeting of Limited Partners
(the "Annual Meeting") of Renaissance Capital Partners, Ltd., a Texas limited
partnership regulated as a Business Development Company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 ("Renaissance Partners"), will be held at The Westin
Hotel, Galleria Dallas, Texas, on April 26, 1996, at 1:30 p.m., local time,
for the following purposes:
1. To consider and vote on a proposal to ratify the appointment by the
Independent General Partners of Renaissance Partners of KPMG Peat Marwick as
independent public accountants for Renaissance Partners for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 1996; and
2. To transact any and all other business that may properly be
presented at the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof.
In addition to business matters, Limited Partners will have the
opportunity to meet a selected panel of the principal officers of the
Partnership s Portfolio Companies and to hear their business reviews.
The General Partners have fixed the close of business on March 1, 1996,
as the record date (the Record Date") for the determination of Limited
Partners entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any
adjournment(s) thereof. Whole and fractional limited partnership units
("Units") will be eligible to vote and will be counted for voting purposes on
the basis of Partnership Percentages as defined in the Restated Agreement and
Articles of Limited Partnership of Renaissance Partners. Partnership
Percentages entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting have been determined as of
March 5, 1996. Only Limited Partners of record on the Record Date are
entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting. The transfer books
will not be closed. A list of Limited Partners entitled to vote at the
Annual Meeting will be available for examination at the offices of
Renaissance Partners for ten days prior to the Annual Meeting.
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting. However,
whether or not you expect to attend the annual meeting in person, you are
urged to promptly mark, sign, date and return the accompanying form of Proxy
in the enclosed, self-addressed, stamped envelope so that your Units may be
voted at the Annual meeting. Your Proxy will be returned to you if you are
present at the Annual Meeting and request such return or if you request
return in the manner provided for revocation of proxies on the initial pages
of the enclosed proxy statement. Prompt response by our Limited Partners
will reduce the time and expense of solicitation.
By Order of the General Partners of
Renaissance Capital Partners, Ltd.
BARBE BUTSCHEK
Secretary of Renaissance Capital Group, Inc.
Managing General Partner
Dallas, Texas
March 15, 1996
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RENAISSANCE CAPITAL PARTNERS, LTD.
PROXY STATEMENT
For
ANNUAL MEETING OF LIMITED PARTNERS
To Be Held April 26, 1996
SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
This Proxy Statement is being furnished to Limited Partners of
Renaissance Capital Partners, Ltd., a Texas limited partnership regulated as
a Business Development Company under the Investment Company Act of 1940
("Renaissance Partners"), in connection with the solicitation of proxies to
be voted at the 1996 Annual Meeting of Limited Partners (the "Annual
Meeting") to be held on April 26, 1996, at the time and place and for the
purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Limited
Partners and at any adjournment(s) thereof. Said solicitation of proxies is
issued by the General Partners of Renaissance Partners on behalf of
Renaissance Partners. This Proxy Statement and form of proxy is first being
sent to Limited Partners of Renaissance Partners on or about March 15, 1996.
The accompanying form of proxy is designed to permit each holder of
whole or fractional limited partnership units of Renaissance Partners
( Units ) to vote for or against or to abstain from voting on Proposal One
and to authorize the proxies to vote in their discretion with respect to any
other proposal properly presented at the Annual Meeting. When a Limited
Partner's executed proxy card specifies a choice with respect to a voting
matter, the Units will be voted accordingly. If no such specifications are
made, such proxy will be voted by those persons named in the proxy at the
Annual Meeting FOR the adoption of the proposal to ratify the appointment of
KPMG Peat Marwick as independent public accountants for Renaissance Partners
for the current fiscal year.
The General Partners encourage the personal attendance of the Limited
Partners at the Annual Meeting, and execution of the accompanying proxy will
not affect a Limited Partner's right to attend the Annual Meeting and to vote
in person.
Any Limited Partner giving a proxy has the right to revoke it by giving
written notice of revocation to Ms. Barbe Butschek, Secretary, Renaissance
Capital Group, Inc., 8080 North Central Expressway, Suite 210, Dallas, Texas
75206 at any time before the proxy is voted or by executing and delivering a
later-dated proxy or by attending the Annual Meeting and voting his or her
Units in person. No such notice of revocation or later-dated proxy, however,
will be effective until received by Renaissance Capital Group, Inc. (herein
Renaissance Group ) at or prior to the Annual Meeting. Such revocation will
not affect a vote on any matters taken prior to the receipt of such
revocation. Mere attendance at the Annual Meeting will not of itself revoke
the proxy.
In addition to the solicitation of proxies by use of the mail, officers,
directors and regular employees of Renaissance Group may solicit the return
of proxies by personal interview, mail, telephone and facsimile. Such
persons will not be additionally compensated, but will be reimbursed for out-
of-pocket expenses. Brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and
fiduciaries will be requested to forward solicitation material to the
beneficial owners of Units. All costs of solicitation will be borne by
Renaissance Partners. At the request of a Record Holder who holds for others
and at no charge, copies will also be furnished to the Record Holder
for distribution to such beneficial holders or, if so requested, directly to
the beneficial holders.
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Renaissance Partner s principal offices are located at 8080 N. Central
Expressway, Suite 210, Dallas, Texas 75206, and its telephone number is (214)
891-8294.
PURPOSES OF THE MEETING
At the Annual Meeting, the Limited Partners will have the opportunity to
meet selected principal officers of the Partnership s Portfolio Companies and
to hear their business reviews. In addition, the Limited Partners of
Renaissance Partners will consider and vote upon the following matters:
1. A proposal to ratify the appointment by the Independent General
Partners of Renaissance Partners of KPMG Peat Marwick as independent public
accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1996; and
2. Such other and further business as may properly be presented at
the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof.
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL UNITHOLDERS
The General Partners of Renaissance Partners have fixed the close of
business on March 1, 1996, as the record date (the "Record Date") for the
Annual Meeting. Whole and fractional Units will be eligible to vote and will
be counted for voting purposes on the basis of Partnership Percentages as
defined in the Restated Agreement and Articles of Limited Partnership of
Renaissance Partners (the "Partnership Agreement")]. Pursuant to Section
11.3 of the Partnership Agreement, Partnership Percentages entitled to vote
at the Annual Meeting have been determined as of March 5, 1996. Only holders
of record of the outstanding Units at the close of business on the Record
Date are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting or any
adjournment(s) thereof. At the close of business on the Record Date,
Renaissance Partners had issued and outstanding 128.86 Units. The Units are
the only class of securities entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. A
Limited Partner is entitled to vote his whole or fractional Units held of
record at the close of business on the Record Date, in person or by proxy, at
the Annual Meeting.
REQUIRED VOTE
The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes represented at the
Annual Meeting is required to ratify the appointment by the Independent
General Partners of KPMG Peat Marwick as independent public accountants for
the current fiscal year.
UNIT OWNERSHIP
At March 1, 1996, Renaissance Group does not own any Units of
Renaissance Partners. The following table sets forth information concerning
the number of Units of Renaissance Partners beneficially owned at March 1,
1996, by (i) the persons who, to the knowledge of Renaissance Group's
management, beneficially owned more than 5% of the outstanding Units, (ii)
each director or executive officer of Renaissance Group and (iii) the
directors and executive officers as a group:
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Name and Address Units Beneficially Percent of Total
of Beneficial Owner Owned Units Outstanding
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HEB Investment and Retirement
Plan Trust
P.O. Box 839999
San Antonio, Texas 78212 12.75 9.89%
Russell Cleveland
8080 North Central Expressway,
Suite 210
Dallas, Texas 75206 4.00 3.10%
Elroy G. Roelke
8080 North Central Expressway,
Suite 210
Dallas, Texas 75206 0.50 0.40%
Barbe Butschek
8080 North Central Expressway,
Suite 210
Dallas, Texas 75206 0.25 0.20%
All directors and executive
officers as a group 4.75 4.0%
To the knowledge of management, no other person beneficially owned 5% or
more of the outstanding Units.
INFORMATION REGARDING MANAGEMENT
General Partners; Directors and Executive Officers of Renaissance Group,
Investment Advisory Agreement
Mr. Ernest C. Hill and Mr. Don M. Patterson serve as the Independent
General Partners of Renaissance Partners. Renaissance Group is the Managing
General Partner of Renaissance Partners and also serves as the investment
adviser. In such capacity, Renaissance Group manages the day-to-day business
and operations of Renaissance Partners. Renaissance Partners has no officers
or directors. Instead, officers and directors of Renaissance Group perform
all management functions for Renaissance Partners pursuant to an Investment
Advisory Agreement that has been previously ratified by the Limited Partners
of Renaissance Partners and that was extended for one year by Independent
General Partners at the January 16, 1996 meeting.
Renaissance Partners has been unable to pay Renaissance Group its fee as
required by the Investment Advisory Agreement because of a lack of cash flow
and this fee is being accrued on the books of Renaissance Partners. As of
December 31, 1995, Renaissance Partners owed Renaissance Group $684,379 in
past due investment advisory fees. In addition, Renaissance Group has made
payments to Renaissance Partners in the amount of $59,000 for expense
reimbursement that Renaissance Partners paid Renaissance Group in order to
provide Renaissance Partners with cash flow to make further follow-on
investments and for payment of Independent General Partner quarterly
directors fees.
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Neither Renaissance Group nor its affiliates are prohibited from
engaging in activities outside Renaissance Partners' business. Renaissance
Group and its officers and employees devote such time to Renaissance
Partners' business as is necessary for the conduct of Renaissance Partners'
operations. In addition to the Partnership, Renaissance Group serves as
Managing General Partner and investment adviser for Renaissance Capital
Partners II, Ltd., a business development company with goals and operations
comparable to those of the Partnership. Renaissance Group also serves as
investment adviser to Renaissance Capital Growth & Income Fund III, Inc., a
closed-end business development company with goals and operations comparable
to those of the Partnership.
BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE OF INDEPENDENT GENERAL PARTNERS
Mr. Ernest C. Hill, age 56, has a broad background in convertible
securities analysis with major NYSE brokerage firms and institutional
investors. He specializes in computer-aided investment analysis and
administrative procedures. Mr. Hill was awarded a Ford Fellowship to the
Stanford School of Business, where he received an MBA, with honors, in
Investment and Finance. Mr. Hill s prior experience includes service as
Assistant Professor of Finance, Southern Methodist University, and Associate
Director of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking.
Mr. Don M. Patterson, age 52, has experience both as a corporate
executive officer and as a professional corporate advisor. Professionally
qualified as a CPA and an attorney, Mr. Patterson has, for more than 5 years,
been primarily self-employed, serving as a financial consultant to smaller
public companies. From 1988 to 1990, he served as Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Securities Services Insurance Company, a specialty
insurance carrier. From 1986 to 1988, he served as Vice President-Financial
and Administration for Computer Support Corp. Mr. Patterson holds a
BSBA/Accounting degree from the University of Tulsa and a JD degree from the
University of Tulsa College of Law. Mr. Patterson also currently serves as a
director of Dallas Athletic Supply, Inc.
The Fund does not pay any fees to, or reimburse expenses of, its
Directors who are considered interested persons of the Fund. The aggregate
compensation for 1995 paid by Renaissance Partners to each Director, and the
aggregate compensation paid to each of the Directors for the most recently
completed fiscal year by other funds to which Renaissance Group provides
investment advisory services (collectively, the Renaissance Fund Complex )
is as set forth below:
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Pension or Total
Aggregate Retirement Compensation
Compensation Benefits Accrued Estimated from Fund and
Name of Independent from Fund As Part of Fund Benefits upon Renaissance Fund
Director Expenses Regirement Complex
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Ernest C. Hill $24,000 $0 $0 $71,355
Don M. Patterson $24,000 $0 $0 $24,000
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Background and Experience of Directors and Officers of Renaissance Capital
The following table sets forth certain information regarding the
directors and officers of the Managing General Partner:
Name Position
Russell Cleveland Chairman, President,
Chief Executive Officer
and Director
Vance M Arnold Executive Vice President
Elroy G. Roelke Senior Vice President, General
Counsel
and Director
Barbe Butschek Senior Vice President, Treasurer
and Secretary and Director
Mardon M. Navalta Vice President
Martin J. Cohen Vice President
Russell Cleveland, age 57, is the principal founder and majority
shareholder of Renaissance Group. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst with
over twenty-five years experience as a specialist in investments for smaller
capitalization companies. Mr. Cleveland currently serves as a director of
Greiner Engineering, Inc. (NYSE), a former portfolio investment of a
Renaissance Group investment partnership. A graduate of the Wharton School of
Business, Russell Cleveland has served as President of the Dallas Association
of Investment Analysts and as the investment advisor director designee for
the following Renaissance Partners portfolio companies: Biopharmaceutics,
Inc., Global Environmental, Inc., and UNICO, Inc.
Vance M. Arnold, age 51, joined Renaissance Group in 1994. Mr. Arnold
is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has served as President of the Houston
Society of Financial Analysts. He holds a BBA from the University of Texas
at Austin and an MBA from East Texas State University. Before joining
Renaissance, Mr. Arnold served, from April, 1988 to September, 1994, as
Senior Vice President of Investment Advisors, Inc., Houston, Texas.
Elroy G. Roelke, age 65, has served as Senior Vice President and General
Counsel of Renaissance Group since January 1989. Before joining Renaissance,
Mr. Roelke was engaged in the private practice of law. He continues
substantial engagement, as principal shareholder and Chairman, in the
operation of Knollwood Mercantile Company, a family owned retail convenience
store and liquor store business. Mr. Roelke is a graduate of Valparaiso
University with degrees in business and law and is licensed to practice law
in the States of Texas and Minnesota. Mr. Roelke serves as the investment
advisor director designee for the following public companies: Microlytics,
Inc., Tricom Corporation, CEL Communications, Inc. and Biodynamics
International, Inc.. CEL Communications, Inc. is currently operating under
Chapter 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code.
Barbe Butschek, age 41, has been associated with Renaissance Group and
its predecessor companies since 1977. As Senior Vice President and
Secretary/Treasurer, she has been responsible for office management,
accounting management, and records management of the series of investor
limited partnerships. Ms. Butschek supervises investor records and
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information with respect to Renaissance Group and its funds. She also
prepares and maintains investor tax and information reports. Barbe Butschek
serves as Secretary for Renaissance Capital Partners II, Ltd., the
Partnership and as Secretary and Treasurer of Renaissance Capital Growth &
Income Fund III, Inc.. She also serves as Secretary of RenCap Securities,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renaissance Group and registered Broker-
Dealer.
Mardon M. Navalta, age 35, joined Renaissance Group in June 1993. His
principal responsibilities include investment research and due diligence
analysis on prospective new investments. Mr. Navalta s prior experience
includes employment with Dallas Research & Trading, Inc. from 1991 to 1993,
where he served as a registered representative and analyst, managing client
investments. Before 1991, he spent five years as an analyst for Dallas
Securities Investment Corporation, where he specialized in research,
quantitative analysis, and due diligence investigations. Mr. Navalta holds a
degree in Finance from North Texas State University.
Martin J. Cohen age 61, has been associated with Renaissance Capital
Group since 1989, first as a selling Broker/Dealer and Limited Partner and,
since 1993, as Vice President - Marketing. He is a Certified Financial
Planner and is responsible for investment marketing, investor relations and
new investment development. Mr. Cohen was engaged in the securities industry
for more than eighteen years before joining Renaissance Group. He has served
as a representative of Eppler Guerin and Turner, Inc. and, since 1987, as the
Principal of Balanced Financial Securities Corp., an NASD Broker/Dealer. Mr.
Cohen has a profits interest in the Renaissance Group s management incentive
fee. Martin Cohen is a graduate of Union College, Schenectady, New York.
Mr. Cohen serves as President and Registered Principal of RenCap Securities,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renaissance Group and registered Broker-
Dealer.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED AT MEETING
PROPOSAL ONE
PROPOSAL TO RATIFY APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
KPMG Peat Marwick examined the financial statements of Renaissance
Partners for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1995. A representative of
KPMG Peat Marwick is expected to be present at the Annual Meeting. The KPMG
Peat Marwick representative will respond to appropriate questions and will
have an opportunity to make a statement, should he or she desire to do so.
The Independent General Partners have appointed KPMG Peat Marwick to
examine the financial statements of Renaissance Partners for the fiscal year
ending December 31, 1996. Ratification is required for the appointment of
KPMG Peat Marwick because of regulatory requirements under the 1940 Act. The
affirmative vote of a majority of the votes represented at the Annual Meeting
is required to ratify the appointment by the Independent General Partners of
KPMG Peat Marwick as independent public accountants for the current fiscal
year.
THE GENERAL PARTNERS OF RENAISSANCE PARTNERS RECOMMEND THAT EACH LIMITED
PARTNER VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG PEAT MARWICK
AS RENAISSANCE PARTNERS' INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1996.
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PROPOSAL TWO
OTHER BUSINESS
Management knows of no other business to be presented at the Annual
Meeting that will be voted on by the Limited Partners. If, however, other
matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment(s)
thereof, the person or persons voting such proxy will vote the proxy as in
their discretion they may deem appropriate.
LIMITED PARTNER PROPOSALS
Pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Age of 1934, as
amended, Limited Partners may present proper proposals for inclusion in
Renaissance Partners' proxy statement for consideration at its Annual Meeting
of Limited Partners by submitting proposals to Renaissance Partners in a
timely manner. In order to be so included for the 1997 Annual Meeting of
Limited Partners, Limited Partner proposals must be received by Renaissance
Group by December 21, 1996, and must otherwise comply with the requirements
of Rule 14a-8.
COPIES OF THE ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF SAID REPORT,
PLEASE CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX ON THE PROXY CARD AND ENCLOSE THE CARD IN
THE SELF-ADDRESSED POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE AND A COPY OF THE REPORT SHALL BE
FORWARDED TO YOU FREE OF CHARGE BY FIRST CLASS MAIL.
By Order of the General Partners of
Renaissance Capital Partners, Ltd.
BARBE BUTSCHEK
Secretary of Renaissance Capital Group, Inc.
Managing General Partner
Dallas, Texas
March 15, 1996
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY. LIMITED PARTNERS WHO DO
NOT EXPECT TO ATTEMD THE MEETING AND WISH THEIR UNITS TO BE VOTED ARE URGED
TO DATE, SIGN AND REGURN THE ACCOMPANYING PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED SELF-
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.
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