Form D · Private Equity Fund

STERLING GROUP PARTNERS III, L.P.

Houston, TX · CIK 0001476873

Offering snapshot reported Mar 30, 2010 · SEC filing

Reported sold: $778M
Investors reported: 44
Minimum accepted: $1M
First sale: Oct 30, 2009

Fundraising history

Reported sold

Dates are filing dates, not cash receipt dates. Decreases are reported revisions, not evidence of withdrawals. Separate offering histories are not added together.

What changed?

Latest filing versus its linked predecessor, where available.

Reported sold$238,111,252 → $778,352,087
Reported investors16 → 44

Filing history

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Filed	Filing type	Reported sold	Change vs linked filing	Investors	Source
Mar 30, 2010	Amendment	$778,352,087	$540,240,835vs Nov 16, 2009	44	SEC filing
Nov 16, 2009	Initial	$238,111,252	No comparison	16	SEC filing

Offering details

Securities: Not reported
Exemptions: 06, 3C, 3C.7
Duration over one year: No
Business combination: No

Sales commissions: $9M (estimated)
Finders' fees: $0
Form D file number: 021-136159

This total offering amount applies to the Issuer and Sterling Group Partners III (Parallel), L.P., its parallel investment entity. In the aggregate, these two entities may not sell limited partnership interests in excess of $819,250,000.

Subject to future contingencies.

Sales compensation recipients

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Recipient	CRD	Associated broker-dealer
Lazard Freres & Co. LLC	2528

Source: Form D, filed Mar 30, 2010. Minimum accepted may differ from a standard advertised minimum.

Fund connections

The linked fund shows its most recently reported ADV details.

Matched by reported Form D file number

STERLING GROUP PARTNERS III, L.P.

Investment adviser: THE STERLING GROUP, L.P.

Gross asset value: $135M
Beneficial owners: 47
ADV minimum commitment: $5M

Reported in Form ADV on Mar 30, 2022. Fund assets and beneficial owners measure different things from Form D sales and investors.

Service providers

Auditor DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP HOUSTON, Texas, United States

Marketer LAZARD FRERES & CO. LLC NEW YORK, New York, United States Related to adviser: No

Provider details

Annual audit: Yes
Prime brokers: No
Custodians: No
Administrator other than the adviser: No
External marketing: Yes

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
PCAOB 34

LAZARD FRERES & CO. LLC
CRD 2528 · SEC 8-2595

Filing source

Form ADV 1632649 · Mar 30, 2022 · Schedule D 7.B.(1), fund 805-4198206335

Official IAPD profile (latest public filing). Values are the most recently reported in our imported data; the public profile may show a newer filing.

Related funds

Funds whose names form a numbered series with this one and that share its city or the name of a related person. Form D does not state how these funds are related.

Fund	Latest Form D	Reported sold	Investors
STERLING GROUP PARTNERS III, L.P. (this fund)	Mar 30, 2010	$778,352,087	44
Sterling Group Partners IV, L.P.	Jun 29, 2015	Yet to sell	0
STERLING GROUP PARTNERS V, L.P.	May 14, 2020	Yet to sell	0
STERLING GROUP PARTNERS VI, L.P.	Feb 28, 2024	Yet to sell	0

People & organizations

Current and past Form D appearances. These existing records do not establish a person's current role or uniquely identify them across issuers.

People and organizations reported in Form D filings
Name	Reported role
Gregory L. Elliott	Executive
Charles Kevin Garland	Executive
John D. Hawkins	Executive
William C. Oehmig	Executive
Gary L. Rosenthal	Executive
Reymond Kent Wallace	Executive

Issuer details

Industry: Pooled Investment Fund (See others in industry)

Address:

8 Greenway Plaza Suite 702
Houston, TX, 77046