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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-CSR
 
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
 
Investment Company Act file number 811-21936
 
SPECIAL VALUE CONTINUATION FUND, LLC
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
2951 28TH STREET, SUITE 1000
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA  90405
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
ELIZABETH GREENWOOD, SECRETARY
SPECIAL VALUE CONTINUATION FUND, LLC
2951 28TH STREET, SUITE 1000
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA  90405
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (310) 566-1000
 
Copies to:
RICHARD T. PRINS, ESQ.
SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
FOUR TIMES SQUARE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036
 
Date of fiscal year end: DECEMBER 31, 2009

Date of reporting period: DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
 
 

 

ITEM 1.           reports to stockholders.

Annual Shareholder Report

Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)
December 31, 2009

 
 

 

Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Annual Shareholder Report

December 31, 2009

Contents

Consolidated Portfolio Asset Allocation
2
   
Consolidated Financial Statements
 
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
3
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities
4
Consolidated Statement of Investments
5
Consolidated Statement of Operations
9
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets
10
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
11
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
12
Consolidated Schedule of Changes in Investments in Affiliates
27
Schedule of Restricted Securities of Unaffiliated Issuers
28
   
Supplemental Information (Unaudited)
 
   
Consolidating Statement of Assets and Liabilities
29
Consolidating Statement of Operations
30
Directors and Officers
31
Supplemental Tax Information
36

Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC (the “Company”) files a schedule of its investment in Special Value Continuation Partners, LP (the “Partnership”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q.  Investments listed in the Consolidated Statement of Investments are held by the Partnership, which also files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q.  The Forms N-Q of the Company and the Partnership are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.  The Forms N-Q of the Company and the Partnership may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.  Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

A free copy of the proxy voting guidelines of the Company and the Partnership and information regarding how the Company and the Partnership voted proxies relating to portfolio investments during the most recent twelve-month period may be obtained without charge on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by calling the advisor of the Company and the Partnership, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, at (310) 566-1000.  Collect calls for this purpose are accepted.
 

 
Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Portfolio Asset Allocation (Unaudited)

December 31, 2009

       
   
Percent of Cash
 
Industry
 
and Investments
 
       
Wired Telecommunications Carriers
    14.2 %
Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
    11.3 %
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
    11.0 %
Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing
    7.0 %
Other Information Services
    5.0 %
Communications Equipment Manufacturing
    3.9 %
Scheduled Air Transportation
    2.9 %
Other Investment Pools and Funds
    2.8 %
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
    2.8 %
Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing
    2.1 %
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers
    2.1 %
Full-Service Restaurants
    1.9 %
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    1.5 %
Satellite Telecommunications
    1.2 %
Support Activities for Mining
    1.0 %
Depository Credit Intermediation
    1.0 %
Oil and Gas Extraction
    0.8 %
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
    0.6 %
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing
    0.4 %
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
    0.3 %
Basic Chemical Manufacturing
    0.3 %
Radio and Television Broadcasting
    0.3 %
Grocery Stores
    0.2 %
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
    0.2 %
Gambling Industries
    0.2 %
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries
    0.2 %
Other Financial Services
    0.1 %
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution
    0.1 %
Support Activities for Air Transportation
    0.1 %
Nondepository Credit Intermediation
    0.0 %
Cash and Cash Equivalents
    24.5 %
Total
    100.0 %
 
 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Shareholders and Board of Directors of
Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC

We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of assets and liabilities of Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company) (the Company), including the consolidated statement of investments, as of December 31, 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the consolidated statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included verification by examination of securities held by the custodian as of December 31, 2009, and confirmation of securities not held by the custodian by correspondence with others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC at  December 31, 2009, the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, the consolidated changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
March 1, 2010
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2009

Assets
     
Investments, at fair value:
     
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $231,914,842)
  $ 177,353,616  
Controlled companies (cost $37,461,893)
    11,922,029  
Other affiliates (cost $124,310,772)
    153,787,322  
Total investments (cost $393,687,507)
    343,062,967  
         
Cash and cash equivalents
    111,452,456  
Accrued interest income:
       
Unaffiliated issuers
    3,914,270  
Controlled companies
    4,181  
Other affiliates
    353,793  
Deferred debt issuance costs
    2,018,090  
Receivable for investment securities sold
    1,811,419  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    88,298  
Total assets
    462,705,474  
         
Liabilities
       
Credit facility payable
    75,000,000  
Payable for investment securities purchased
    12,749,432  
Distribution payable
    6,200,000  
Management and advisory fees payable
    565,599  
Unrealized depreciation on swaps
    374,400  
Interest payable
    46,055  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    496,469  
Total liabilities
    95,431,955  
         
Preferred stock
       
Series Z; $500/share liquidation preference; 400 shares authorized, 47 shares
       
issued and outstanding
    23,500  
Accumulated dividends on Series Z preferred stock
    1,891  
Total Series Z preferred stock
    25,391  
         
Preferred equity facility
       
Series A preferred limited partner interests in Special Value Continuation Partners, LP;
       
$20,000/interest liquidation preference; 6,700 interests authorized, issued and outstanding
    134,000,000  
Accumulated dividends on Series A preferred equity facility
    368,337  
Total preferred limited partner interests
    134,368,337  
         
Minority interest
       
General partner interest in Special Value Continuation Partners, LP
    -  
         
Net assets applicable to common shareholders
  $ 232,879,791  
         
Composition of net assets applicable to common shareholders
       
Common stock, $0.001 par value; unlimited shares authorized, 418,955.777 shares
       
issued and outstanding
  $ 419  
Paid-in capital in excess of par, net of contributed unrealized gains
    364,764,708  
Accumulated net investment income
    1,158,031  
Accumulated net realized losses
    (82,078,493 )
Accumulated net unrealized depreciation
    (50,962,983 )
Accumulated dividends to Series Z preferred shareholders
    (1,891 )
Net assets applicable to common shareholders
  $ 232,879,791  
         
Common stock, NAV per share
  $ 555.86  

See accompanying notes.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Statement of Investments

December 31, 2009

Showing Percentage of Total Cash and Investments of the Company

   
Principal
   
Fair
   
Percent of Cash
 
Investment
 
Amount
   
Value
   
and Investments
 
                   
Debt Investments (43.51%)
                 
Bank Debt (16.37%) (1)
                          
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (1.75%)
                 
Alion Science & Technology Corporation, 1st Lien Term Loan, LIBOR + 6%, due 2/6/13
  $ 8,275,313     $ 7,944,300       1.75 %
                         
Communications Equipment Manufacturing (3.85%)
                       
Mitel Networks Corporation, 1st Lien Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.25%, due 8/10/14
  $ 19,771,107       17,517,201       3.85 %
                         
Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (0.21%)
                       
Palm, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan, LIBOR + 3.5%, due 4/24/14
  $ 1,095,011       951,291       0.21 %
                         
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (0.05%)
                       
La Paloma Generating Company Residual Bank Debt (3)
  $ 23,218,322       211,507       0.05 %
                         
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (1.23%)
                       
Realogy Corporation, Revolver, LIBOR + 2.25%, due 4/10/13
  $ 15,897,590       (1,748,735 )     (0.38 )%
Realogy Corporation, 2nd Lien Term Loan A, 13.5%, due 10/15/17
  $ 6,891,566       7,310,801       1.61 %
Total Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers
            5,562,066          
                         
Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (1.72%)
                       
EaglePicher Corporation, 1st Lien Tranche B Term Loan, LIBOR + 4.5%, due 12/31/12 (2)
  $ 7,827,719       7,827,719       1.72 %
                         
Other Investment Pools and Funds (2.82%)
                       
American Capital, Ltd., Senior Unsecured Revolver, LIBOR + 9%, due 3/31/11
  $ 13,764,622       12,795,765       2.82 %
                         
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (0.33%)
                       
Building Materials Corporation of America, 2nd Lien Term Loan, LIBOR + 5.75%, due 9/15/14
  $ 1,599,318       1,475,371       0.33 %
                         
Wired Telecommunications Carriers (4.41%)
                       
Integra Telecom, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, LIBOR + 8.5%, due 8/31/13
  $ 156,454       157,286       0.03 %
Interstate Fibernet, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan, LIBOR + 4%, due 7/31/13 (2)
  $ 11,192,508       10,091,445       2.22 %
Interstate Fibernet, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan, LIBOR +7.5%, due 7/31/14 (2)
  $ 8,281,636       8,144,989       1.79 %
NEF Telecom Company BV, 2nd Lien Tranche D Term Loan, EURIBOR + 5.5%, due 2/16/17 (4)
  1,538,600       1,674,606       0.37 %
Total Wired Telecommunications Carriers
            20,068,326          
                         
Total Bank Debt (Cost $76,840,137)
            74,353,546          
                         
Other Corporate Debt Securities (27.14%)
                       
                         
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (3.57%)
                       
Alion Science & Technology Corporation, Senior Notes, 10.25%, due 2/1/15
  $ 12,816,000       9,656,856       2.12 %
ESP Holdings, Inc., Junior Unsecured Subordinated Promissory Notes, 18% PIK, due 3/31/15 (2), (5)
  $ 6,726,869       6,592,331       1.45 %
Total Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
            16,249,187          
                         
Basic Chemical Manufacturing (0.28%)
                       
Kronos International, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 6.5%, due 4/15/13
  1,111,000       1,294,064       0.28 %
                         
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services (2.18%)
                       
Anacomp, Inc., Senior Secured Subordinated Notes, 14% PIK, due 3/12/13 (2), (5), (8)
  $ 10,750,845       9,138,218       2.01 %
Terremark Worldwide, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 12%, due 6/15/17 (5)
  $ 703,000       773,898       0.17 %
Total Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
            9,912,116          
                         
Depository Credit Intermediation (0.34%)
                       
Bank of America Corporation, Junior Subordinated Notes, 7.8%, due 2/15/10
  $ 1,550,000       1,562,338       0.34 %
                         
Full-Service Restaurants (1.94%)
                       
Real Mex Restaurants, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 14%, due 1/1/13 (5)
  $ 9,089,000       8,816,330       1.94 %
                         
Gambling Industries (0.20%)
                       
Harrah's Operating Company Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 10%, due 12/15/18 (5)
  $ 1,153,000       914,713       0.20 %
                         
Grocery Stores (0.22%)
                       
Safeway, Inc., Senior Unsecured Notes, 4.95%, due 8/16/10
  $ 1,000,000       1,022,290       0.22 %
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Statement of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2009

Showing Percentage of Total Cash and Investments of the Company

   
Principal
   
Fair
   
Percent of Cash
 
Investment
 
Amount
   
Value
   
and Investments
 
                   
Debt Investments (continued)
                 
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (1.50%)
                 
GSI Group Corporation, Senior Notes, 11%, due 8/20/13 (5)
  $ 7,778,000     $ 6,821,306       1.50 %
                         
Nondepository Credit Intermediation (0.04%)
                       
Fannie Mae, Fixed Rate Notes, 2.5%, due 4/9/10
  $ 100,000       100,599       0.02 %
Federal Home Loan Bank, Fixed Rate Notes, 2.375%, due 4/30/10
  $ 100,000       100,572       0.02 %
Total Nondepository Credit Intermediation
            201,171          
                         
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (0.84%)
                       
Realogy Corporation, Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.375%, due 4/15/15
  $ 4,915,000       3,820,577       0.84 %
                         
Oil and Gas Extraction (0.80%)
                       
Forbes Energy Services, Senior Secured Notes, 11%, due 2/15/15
  $ 2,904,000       2,657,160       0.58 %
Seitel, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.75%, due 2/15/14 (5)
  $ 1,363,000       981,360       0.22 %
Total Oil and Gas Extraction
            3,638,520          
                         
Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (0.18%)
                       
Bally Total Fitness Holdings, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
                       
14% Cash or 15.625% PIK, due 10/1/13 (3), (5)
  $ 50,979,834       793,632       0.18 %
                         
Other Financial Services (0.09%)
                       
State Street Corporation, Subordinated Notes, 7.65%, due 6/15/10
  $ 410,000       421,853       0.09 %
                         
Other Information Services (4.46%)
                       
IRI Holdco (RW), LLC, Note Receivable, 8%, due 12/12/11 (5)
  $ 20,553,127       20,265,383       4.46 %
                         
Radio and Television Broadcasting (0.25%)
                       
LBI Media, Inc., Senior Discount Notes, 11%, due 10/1/13
  $ 308,000       231,000       0.05 %
LBI Media, Inc., Senior Unsecured Subordinated Notes, 8.5%, due 8/1/17 (5)
  $ 1,109,000       926,015       0.20 %
Total Radio and Television Broadcasting
            1,157,015          
                         
Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing (2.14%)
                       
AGY Holding Corporation, Senior Secured 2nd Lien Notes, 11%, due 11/15/14
  $ 11,886,000       9,725,006       2.14 %
                         
Scheduled Air Transportation (2.73%)
                       
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N508UA), 20%, due 8/25/16 (5)
  $ 3,642,786       4,549,839       1.00 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N510UA), 20%, due 9/26/16 (5)
  $ 577,134       721,994       0.16 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N512UA), 20%, due 10/26/16 (5)
  $ 577,483       724,164       0.16 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N530UA), 20%, due 11/25/13 (5)
  $ 3,453,496       4,183,910       0.92 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N536UA), 16%, due 8/21/14 (5)
  $ 566,965       629,048       0.14 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N545UA), 16%, due 7/17/15 (5)
  $ 660,220       738,787       0.16 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N585UA), 20%, due 10/25/16 (5)
  $ 678,052       850,277       0.19 %
Total Scheduled Air Transportation
            12,398,019          
                         
Support Activities for Mining (1.04%)
                       
Allis-Chalmers Energy, Senior Unsecured Notes, 8.5%, due 3/1/17
  $ 5,511,000       4,719,290       1.04 %
                         
Wired Telecommunications Carriers (3.75%)
                       
NEF Telecom Company BV, Mezzanine Term Loan, EURIBOR + 10% PIK, due 8/16/17 (4), (5)
  16,092,801       17,019,841       3.75 %
                         
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) (0.59%)
                       
Clearwire Communications LLC, Senior Secured Notes, 12%, due 12/1/15 (5)
  $ 2,622,000       2,663,270       0.59 %
                         
Total Other Corporate Debt Securities (Cost $165,054,610)
            123,415,921          
                         
Total Debt Investments (Cost $241,894,747)
            197,769,467          
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Statement of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2009

Showing Percentage of Total Cash and Investments of the Company

   
Principal Amount
   
Fair
   
Percent of Cash
 
Investment
 
or Shares
   
Value
   
and Investments
 
                   
Equity Securities (31.97%)
                 
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5.68%)
                 
ESP Holdings, Inc., Common Stock  (2), (3), (5), (6)
    88,670     $ 20,389,788       4.49 %
ESP Holdings, Inc., 15% PIK, Preferred Stock (2), (3), (5), (6)
    40,618       5,412,228       1.19 %
Total Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
            25,802,016          
                         
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services (0.61%)
                       
Anacomp, Inc., Common Stock (2), (3), (5), (8)
    1,253,969       2,783,811       0.61 %
                         
Depository Credit Intermediation (0.61%)
                       
Doral Holdings, LP Interest   (3), (5)
    855,916       2,750,832       0.61 %
                         
Industrial Machinery Manufacturing (0.02%)
                       
GSI Group Inc. Common Stock (3), (5)
    216,987       101,441       0.02 %
                         
Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing (7.01%)
                       
International Wire Group, Inc., Common Stock (2), (5), (6)
    1,979,441       31,869,000       7.01 %
                         
Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing (9.53%)
                       
EaglePicher Holdings, Inc., Common Stock (2), (3), (5), (6), (7)
    1,312,720       43,313,196       9.53 %
                         
Other Information Services (0.58%)
                       
IRI Holdco (RW), LLC, Warrants to Purchase IRI Preferred Stock (3), (5)
    4,063,914       2,621,225       0.58 %
                         
Satellite Telecommunications (1.24%)
                       
ViaSat, Inc., Common Stock (3), (5)
    177,476       5,640,187       1.24 %
                         
Scheduled Air Transportation (0.21%)
                       
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N510UA) (5)
    22       198,569       0.04 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N512UA) (5)
    22       198,442       0.04 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N536UA) (5)
    21       176,963       0.04 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N545UA) (5)
    21       186,145       0.04 %
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N585UA) (5)
    22       221,594       0.05 %
Total Scheduled Air Transportation
            981,713          
                         
Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (0.38%)
                       
AIP/IS Holdings, LLC, Membership Units (3), (5)
    643       1,727,178       0.38 %
                         
Support Activities for Air Transportation (0.05%)
                       
Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc., Common Stock (3), (5)
    164,636       205,795       0.05 %
                         
Wired Telecommunications Carriers (6.05%)
                       
Integra Telecom, Inc. Common Stock (3), (5)
    1,274,522       6,511,983       1.43 %
Integra Telecom, Inc. Warrants (3), (5)
    346,939       23,250       0.01 %
ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., Common Stock (2), (3), (5), (6)
    10,890,068       20,146,626       4.43 %
NEF Kamchia Co-Investment Fund, LP Interest  (3), (4), (5)
    2,455,500       815,247       0.18 %
Total Wired Telecommunications Carriers
            27,497,106          
                         
Total Equity Securities (Cost $151,792,760)
            145,293,500          
                         
Total Investments (Cost $393,687,507) (9)
            343,062,967          
                         
Cash and Cash Equivalents (24.52%)
                       
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, Commercial Paper, 0.07%, 1/4/10
  $ 8,000,000       7,999,953       1.76 %
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation, Commercial Paper, 0.07%, 1/5/10
  $ 4,000,000       3,999,969       0.88 %
American Express Credit Corporation, Commercial Paper, 0.05%, 1/6/10
  $ 20,000,000       19,999,861       4.40 %
Chevron Funding Corporation, Commercial Paper, 0.04%, 1/13/10
  $ 20,000,000       19,999,733       4.40 %
General Electric Capital Corporation, Commercial Paper, 0.04%, 1/20/10
  $ 20,000,000       19,999,578       4.40 %
Union Bank of California, Commercial Paper, 0.17%, 1/29/10
  $ 20,000,000       19,997,356       4.40 %
Cash Denominated in Foreign Currencies
  24,399       34,941       0.01 %
Cash Held on Account at Various Institutions
  $ 19,421,065       19,421,065       4.27 %
Total Cash and Cash Equivalents
            111,452,456          
                         
Total Cash and Investments
          $ 454,515,423       100.00 %
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Statement of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2009

Notes to Statement of Investments:

(1)    Investments in bank debt generally are bought and sold among institutional investors in transactions not subject to registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Such transactions are generally subject to contractual restrictions, such as approval of the agent or borrower.

(2)    Affiliated issuer - as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ownership of 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of this issuer).

(3)    Non-income producing security.

(4)    Principal amount denominated in euros.  Amortized cost and fair value converted from euros to US dollars.

(5)    Restricted security.

(6)    Investment is not a controlling position.

(7)    The Partnership's advisor may demand registration at any time more than 180 days following the first initial public offering of common equity by the issuer.

(8)    Issuer is a controlled company.

(9)    Includes investments with an aggregate market value of $22,929,427 that have been segregated to collateralize certain unfunded commitments.

Aggregate purchases and aggregate sales of investments, other than Government securities, totaled $151,701,224 and $195,383,341, respectively.
Aggregate purchases includes investment assets received as payment in-kind. Aggregate sales includes principal paydowns on debt investments.

The total value of restricted securities and bank debt as of December 31, 2009 was $307,751,362 or 67.71% of total cash and investments of the Company.

Swaps at December 31, 2009 were as follows:
 
Instrument
 
Notional Amount
   
Fair Value
 
             
Swaps
           
Euro/US Dollar Cross Currency Basis Swap, Pay Euros/Receive USD, Expires 5/16/14
  $ 6,040,944     $ (374,400 )

See accompanying notes.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2009

Investment income
     
Interest income:
     
Unaffiliated issuers
  $ 22,104,058  
Controlled companies
    1,336,635  
Other affiliates
    3,237,447  
Other income:
       
Unaffiliated issuers
    381,088  
Other affiliates
    36,445  
Total investment income
    27,095,673  
         
Operating expenses
       
Management and advisory fees
    6,787,188  
Legal fees, professional fees and due diligence expenses
    544,711  
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs
    440,289  
Interest expense
    281,758  
Commitment fees
    227,507  
Director fees
    166,000  
Custody fees
    96,898  
Insurance expense
    128,470  
Other operating expenses
    490,020  
Total expenses
    9,162,841  
         
Net investment income
    17,932,832  
         
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
       
Net realized loss from:
       
 Investments in unaffiliated issuers and foreign currency transactions
    (58,517,023 )
 Investments in affiliated issuers
    (4,126,775 )
Net realized loss
    (62,643,798 )
         
Net change in net unrealized depreciation
    98,786,144  
         
Net realized and unrealized gain
    36,142,346  
         
Dividends paid on Series A preferred equity facility
    (2,544,220 )
Net change in accumulated dividends on Series A preferred equity facility
    805,131  
Net change in reserve for dividends to Series Z preferred shareholders
    (1,875 )
         
Net increase in net assets applicable to common shareholders
       
  resulting from operations
  $ 52,334,214  

See accompanying notes.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
   
December 31, 2009
   
December 31, 2008
 
             
Net assets applicable to common shareholders, beginning of year
  $ 195,745,577     $ 392,541,013  
                 
Net investment income
    17,932,832       22,519,973  
Net realized loss
    (62,643,798 )     (22,817,266 )
Net change in unrealized depreciation
    98,786,144       (186,457,070 )
Net change in undistributed earnings of minority interestholder
    -       3,149,915  
Dividends on Series A preferred equity facility
    (2,544,220 )     (5,953,838 )
Net change in accumulated dividends on Series A preferred
               
equity facility
    805,131       764,735  
Dividends to Series Z preferred shareholders from net
               
investment income
    -       (4,542 )
Net change in reserve for dividends to Series Z preferred
               
shareholders
    (1,875 )     2,657  
Net increase in net assets applicable to common shareholders
               
resulting from operations
    52,334,214       (188,795,436 )
                 
Distributions to common shareholders from:
               
Net investment income
    (15,200,000 )     (8,000,000 )
                 
Net assets applicable to common shareholders, end of year
               
(including accumulated net investment income of $1,158,031
               
and $180,425, respectively)
  $ 232,879,791     $ 195,745,577  

See accompanying notes.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Year Ended December 31, 2009

Operating activities
     
Net increase in net assets applicable to common shareholders resulting
     
from operations
  $ 52,334,214  
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets applicable to common
       
shareholders resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating
       
activities:
       
Net realized loss
    62,643,798  
Net change in unrealized depreciation
    (98,772,071 )
Dividends paid on Series A preferred equity facility
    2,544,220  
Net change in accumulated dividends on Series A preferred equity facility
    (805,131 )
Net change in reserve for dividends to Series Z preferred shareholders
    1,875  
Accretion of original issue discount
    (209,876 )
Accretion of market discount
    (2,070,040 )
Income from paid in-kind capitalization
    (7,388,046 )
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs
    440,289  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
       
Purchases of investments
    (144,313,178 )
Proceeds from sales, maturities and paydowns of investments
    195,383,341  
Increase in accrued interest income - unaffiliated issuers
    (488,056 )
Decrease in accrued interest income - controlled companies
    8,129  
Decrease in accrued interest income - other affiliates
    151,641  
Decrease in dividends receivable
    2,137,796  
Increase in receivable for investments sold
    (1,811,419 )
Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets
    (14,205 )
Increase in payable for investments purchased
    12,049,542  
Decrease in interest payable
    (629,150 )
Decrease in management and advisory fees payable
    (125,000 )
Decrease in payable to affiliate
    (104,843 )
Decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities
    (30,495 )
Net cash provided by operating activities
    70,933,335  
         
Financing activities
       
Proceeds from draws on credit facility
    191,000,000  
Principal repayments on credit facility
    (150,000,000 )
Dividends paid on Series A preferred equity facility
    (2,544,220 )
Distributions paid to common shareholders
    (9,000,000 )
Net cash provided by financing activities
    29,455,780  
         
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    100,389,115  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
    11,063,341  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year
  $ 111,452,456  
         
Supplemental cash flow information:
       
Interest payments
  $ 910,908  
         
See accompanying notes.
       
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

December 31, 2009

1.  Organization and Nature of Operations

Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC (the “Company”), a Delaware Limited Liability Company, is registered as a nondiversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).  The Company was established for the purpose of enabling qualified investors to participate indirectly in the investment objectives of Special Value Continuation Partners, LP, a Delaware Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”), of which the Company owns 100% of the common limited partner interests.  The Partnership is also registered as a nondiversified, closed-end management investment company under the 1940 Act.  The Partnership was formed to acquire a portfolio of investments consisting primarily of bank loans, distressed debt, stressed high yield debt, mezzanine investments and public equities.  The stated objective of the Company is to achieve high total returns while minimizing losses.
 
The Company has elected to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  As a RIC, the Company will not be taxed on its income to the extent that it distributes such income each year and satisfies other applicable income tax requirements.  The Partnership has elected to be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  Investment operations commenced and initial funding was received on July 31, 2006.

These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and the Partnership.  All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation.

The General Partner of the Partnership is SVOF/MM, LLC (“SVOF/MM”).  The managing member of SVOF/MM is Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC (“TCP”), which serves as the Investment Manager of both the Company and the Partnership.  Babson Capital Management LLC serves as Co-Manager of both the Company and the Partnership.  Substantially all of the equity interests in the General Partner are owned directly or indirectly by TCP, Babson Capital Management LLC and employees of TCP.  The Company, the Partnership, TCP, SVOF/MM and their members and affiliates may be considered related parties.

Company management consists of the Investment Manager and the Board of Directors.  Partnership management consists of the General Partner and the Board of Directors.  The Investment Manager and the General Partner direct and execute the day-to-day operations of the Company and the Partnership, respectively, subject to oversight from the respective Board of Directors, which sets the broad policies of the Company and performs certain functions required by the 1940 Act in the case of the Partnership.  The Board of Directors of the Partnership has delegated investment management of the Partnership’s assets to the Investment Manager and the Co-Manager.  Each Board of Directors consists of three persons, two of whom are independent.  If the Company or the Partnership has preferred equity interests outstanding, as each currently does, the holders of the preferred interests voting separately as a class will be entitled to elect two of the Directors.  The remaining directors will be subject to election by holders of the common shares and preferred interests voting together as a single class.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009
 
1.  Organization and Nature of Operations (continued)

Company Structure

Total capitalization of the consolidated Company is approximately $678.8 million, consisting of approximately $419.0 million of initial contributed common equity, an approximately $9.8 million initial general partner interest (the “GP Interest”) in the Partnership held by SVOF/MM, $134 million of preferred limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Series A Preferred”), $116 million under a senior secured revolving credit facility issued by the Partnership (the “Senior Facility”) and $23,500 in Series Z preferred shares of the Company.  The GP Interest in the Partnership is shown as a minority interest in these consolidated financial statements. The contributed common equity, GP Interest, preferred limited interests and the amount drawn under the Senior Facility are used to purchase Partnership investments and to pay certain fees and expenses of the Partnership and the Company.  Most of the cash and investments of the Partnership are included in the collateral for the Senior Facility.

The Company will liquidate and distribute its assets and will be dissolved on June 30, 2016, subject to up to two one-year extensions if requested by the Investment Manager and approved by the outstanding common shares.  The Partnership will liquidate and distribute its assets and will be dissolved on June 30, 2016, subject to up to two one-year extensions if requested by the General Partner and approved by SVCF as the holder of the common limited partner interests in the Partnership.  However, the Operating Agreement and Partnership Agreement will prohibit liquidation of the Company and the Partnership, respectively, prior to June 30, 2016 if the Series A Preferred are not redeemed in full prior to such liquidation.

Preferred Equity Facility

At December 31, 2009, the Partnership had 6,700 Series A preferred limited partner interests (the “Series A Preferred”) issued and outstanding with a liquidation preference of $20,000 per interest.  The Series A Preferred are redeemable at the option of the Partnership, subject to certain conditions. Additionally, under certain conditions, the Partnership may be required to either redeem certain of the Series A Preferred or repay indebtedness, at the Partnership’s option.  Such conditions would include a failure by the Partnership to maintain adequate collateral as required by its credit facility agreement or by the Statement of Preferences of the Series A Preferred or a failure by the Partnership to maintain sufficient asset coverage as required by the 1940 Act.  As of December 31, 2009, the Partnership was in full compliance with such requirements.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009
 
1.  Organization and Nature of Operations (continued)

The Series A Preferred accrue dividends at an annual rate equal to LIBOR plus 0.75%, or in the case of any holders of Series A Preferred that are CP Conduits (as defined in the leveraging documents), the higher of (i) LIBOR plus 0.75% or (ii) the CP Conduit’s cost of funds rate plus 0.75%, subject to certain limitations and adjustments.

2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”).  In the opinion of the Investment Manager and the General Partner, the consolidated financial results of the Company included herein contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2009, the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended, and the consolidated changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended. Subsequent events have been evaluated through March 1, 2010, the date of issuance of the financial statements.  The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies of the Company and the Partnership.

Investment Valuation

All of the Company’s investments are generally held by the Partnership. Management values investments held by the Partnership at fair value based upon the principles and methods of valuation set forth in policies adopted by the Partnership’s Board of Directors and in conformity with procedures set forth in the Senior Facility and Statement of Preferences for the Series A Preferred.  Fair value is generally defined as the amount for which an investment could be sold in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Investments listed on a recognized exchange or market quotation system, whether U.S. or foreign, are valued for financial reporting purposes as of the last business day of the reporting period using the closing price on the date of valuation.  Liquid investments not listed on a recognized exchange or market quotation system are priced by a nationally recognized pricing service or by using quotations from broker-dealers.  Investments not priced by a pricing service or for which market quotations are either not readily available or are determined to be unreliable are valued by one or more independent valuation services or, for investments aggregating less than 5% of the total capitalization of the Partnership, by the Investment Manager.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009
 
2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Fair valuations of investments are determined under guidelines adopted by the Partnership’s Board of Directors, and are subject to their approval.  Generally, to increase objectivity in valuing the Partnership’s investments, the Investment Manager will utilize external measures of value, such as public markets or third-party transactions, whenever possible.  The Investment Manager’s valuation is not based on long-term work-out value, immediate liquidation value, nor incremental value for potential changes that may take place in the future.  The values assigned to investments that are valued by the Investment Manager are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized, as these amounts depend on future circumstances and cannot reasonably be determined until the individual investments are actually liquidated. The foregoing policies apply to all investments, including those in companies and groups of affiliated companies aggregating more than 5% of the Company’s assets.

Investments of the Partnership may be categorized based on the types of inputs used in valuing such investments.  The level in the GAAP valuation hierarchy in which an investment falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation of the investment in its entirety.  At December 31, 2009, the investments of the Partnership were categorized as follows:

Level
 
Basis for Determining Fair Value
 
Bank Debt
   
Other
Corporate Debt
   
Equity
Securities
 
1
 
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
  $ -     $ -     $ 5,640,187  
2
 
Other observable market inputs*
    28,886,079       49,230,176       23,103,253  
3
 
Independent third-party pricing sources that employ significant unobservable inputs
    45,255,960       73,392,113       96,160,272  
3
 
Internal valuations with significant unobservable inputs
    211,507       793,632       20,389,788  
Total
      $ 74,353,546     $ 123,415,921     $ 145,293,500  

* E.g. quoted prices in inactive markets or quotes for comparable instruments
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009
 
2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Changes in investments categorized as Level 3 during the year ended December 31, 2009 were as follows:
 
   
Independent Third Party Valuation
 
   
Bank Debt
   
Other
Corporate Debt
   
Equity
Securities
 
Beginning balance
  $ 141,957,300     $ 36,132,834     $ 89,988,528  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    1,932,753       1,262,168       (10,389,887 )
Net acquisitions and dispositions
    (98,634,093 )     18,050,870       10,180,521  
Net transfers into (out of) category
    -       17,946,241       6,381,110  
Ending balance
  $ 45,255,960     $ 73,392,113     $ 96,160,272  
                         
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) during the year on investments still held at year end (included in net realized and unrealized gains/losses, above)
  $ 16,536,487     $ 1,168,114     $ 9,514,160  

   
Investment Manager Valuation
 
   
Bank Debt
   
Other
Corporate Debt
   
Equity
Securities
 
Beginning balance
  $ 229,161     $ 23,457,575     $ 24,550,243  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)
    (17,654 )     (4,717,702 )     2,220,655  
Net acquisitions and dispositions
    -       -       -  
Net transfers into (out of) category
    -       (17,946,241 )     (6,381,110 )
Ending balance
  $ 211,507     $ 793,632     $ 20,389,788  
                         
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) during the year on investments still held at year end (included in net realized and unrealized gains/losses, above)
  $ (17,654 )   $ (4,717,702 )   $ 16,943,928  

Investment Transactions

The Partnership records investment transactions on the trade date, except for private transactions that have conditions to closing, which are recorded on the closing date. The cost of investments purchased is based upon the purchase price plus those professional fees which are specifically identifiable to the investment transaction. Realized gains and losses on investments are recorded based on the specific identification method, which typically allocates the highest cost inventory to the basis of investments sold.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009
 
2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash consists of amounts held in accounts with brokerage firms and the custodian bank.  Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less. For purposes of reporting cash flows, cash consists of the cash held with brokerage firms and the custodian bank, and cash equivalents maturing within 90 days.

Repurchase Agreements

In connection with transactions in repurchase agreements, it is the Partnership’s policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying collateral, the fair value of which is required to exceed the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times.  If the seller defaults, and the fair value of the collateral declines, realization of the collateral by the Partnership may be delayed or limited.

Restricted Investments

The Partnership may invest without limitation in instruments that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These instruments generally may be resold to institutional investors in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these investments may involve time-consuming negotiations and additional expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult.  Information regarding restricted investments is included at the end of the Statement of Investments.  Restricted investments, including any restricted investments in affiliates, are valued in accordance with the investment valuation policies discussed above.

Foreign Investments

The Partnership may invest in instruments traded in foreign countries and denominated in foreign currencies.  At December 31, 2009, the Partnership held foreign currency denominated investments comprising approximately 6.1% of the Partnership’s total investments.  Such positions were converted at the closing rate in effect at December 31, 2009 and reported in U.S. dollars. Purchases and sales of investments and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies, when they occur, are translated into U.S. dollars on the respective dates of such transactions.  The portion of gains and losses on foreign investments resulting from fluctuations in foreign currencies is included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009
 
2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Investments in foreign companies and securities of foreign governments may involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies and securities of the U.S. government.  These risks include, among other things, revaluation of currencies, less reliable information about issuers, different transactions clearance and settlement practices and potential future adverse political and economic developments. Moreover, investments in foreign companies and securities of foreign governments and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. companies and the U.S. government.

Derivatives

In order to mitigate certain currency exchange and interest rate risks, the Partnership has entered into several swap transactions.  All derivatives are recognized as either assets or liabilities in the statement of assets and liabilities. The transactions entered into are accounted for using the mark-to-market method with the resulting change in fair value recognized in earnings for the current period.  Risks may arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in interest rates and the value of foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

Gains and losses from derivative transactions during the year ended December 31, 2009 were included in net realized and unrealized gain on investments in the Statement of Operations as follows:

Derivative
 
Realized
   
Unrealized
 
Cross currency basis swaps
  $ (595,612 )   $ 167,330  

Valuations of swap transactions at December 31, 2009 were determined as follows:

Level
 
Basis for Determining Fair Value
 
Aggregate Value
 
2
 
Other observable market inputs
  $ (374,400 )

Debt Issuance Costs

Costs of approximately $3.5 million were incurred in connection with placing the Partnership’s Senior Facility.  These costs were deferred and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over eight years, the estimated life of the Senior Facility. The impact of utilizing the straight-line amortization method versus the effective-interest method is not expected to be material to the operations of the Company or the Partnership.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009
 
2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Purchase Discounts

The majority of the Partnership’s high yield and distressed debt investments are purchased at a considerable discount to par as a result of the underlying credit risks and financial results of the issuer, as well as general market factors that influence the financial markets as a whole. GAAP generally requires that discounts on the acquisition of corporate (investment grade) bonds municipal bonds and treasury bonds be amortized using the effective-interest or constant-yield method. However, GAAP also requires the Partnership to consider the collectibility of interest when making accruals.

Accordingly, when accounting for purchase discounts, the Partnership recognizes discount accretion income when it is probable that such amounts will be collected and when such amounts can be estimated.

Income Taxes

The Company intends to comply with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, pertaining to regulated investment companies and to make distributions of taxable income sufficient to relieve it from substantially all federal income and excise taxes. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes is required in the consolidated financial statements.  The Partnership’s income or loss is reported in the partners’ income tax returns.  As of December 31, 2009, all tax years of the Company and the Partnership since inception remain subject to examination by federal and state tax authorities.  No such examinations are currently pending.

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.  Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted at year-end for permanent book and tax differences.  At December 31, 2009, the Company reclassified $18,533 in foreign currency losses from accumulated net realized losses to accumulated net investment income, and certain non-deductible expenses from accumulated net investment income to paid-in capital.  Temporary differences are primarily attributable to differing book and tax treatments for the timing of the recognition of gains and losses on certain investment transactions and the timing of the deductibility of certain expenses, and will reverse in subsequent periods.
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009

2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

As of December 31, 2009, the tax basis components of distributable earnings (accumulated deficit) applicable to the common shareholders of the Company and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and cost of the investments of the Partnership were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income
  $ 857,959  
Capital loss carryforwards
    (27,765,974 )
Post-October capital loss deferral
    (53,992,915 )
Post-October currency loss deferral
    (17 )
         
Unrealized appreciation
    55,822,965  
Unrealized depreciation
    (106,821,905 )
Net unrealized depreciation
    (50,998,940 )
         
Cost of investments
    393,687,507  

The Company’s capital loss carryforwards will be used to offset capital gains in succeeding taxable years.  $19,133,625 and $8,632,349 of the carryforwards will expire after 2016 and 2017, respectively.  Distributions and the net change in accumulated distributions to holders of the Series A Preferred are treated as distributions of ordinary income for federal tax purposes.

All distributions to common and Series Z shareholders during the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 were treated as distributions of ordinary income.  Tax basis distributions to common shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2008 were $14,090,563, which included a $6,090,563 non-cash consent dividend.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although management believes these estimates and assumptions to be reasonable, actual results could differ from those estimates.

3.  Allocations and Distributions

Common distributions are generally based on the estimated taxable earnings of the Company, and are recorded on the ex-dividend date.  Distributions to the common shareholders of the Company are generally based on distributions received from the Partnership, less any Company-level expenses and dividends to Series Z preferred shareholders.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009

3.  Allocations and Distributions (continued)

Net income and gains of the Partnership are distributed first to the Company until it has received an 8% annual weighted-average return on its undistributed contributed equity, and then to the General Partner until it has received 20% of all cumulative income and gain distributions.  80% of all remaining net income and gain distributions are allocated to the Company, with the remaining 20% allocated to the General Partner.  Net investment income or loss, realized gain or loss on investments, and appreciation or depreciation on investments for the period are allocated to the Company and the General Partner in a manner consistent with that used to determine distributions.

The timing of distributions to the Company is determined by the General Partner, which has provided the Investment Manager with certain criteria for such distributions.  The timing and amount to be paid by the Company as a distribution to its shareholders is determined by its Board of Directors, which has provided the Investment Manager with criteria for such distributions. Any net long-term capital gains are distributed at least annually.  As of December 31, 2009, the Company had declared $124,000,000 in distributions to the common shareholders since inception.

The Company’s Series Z share dividend rate is fixed at 8% per annum.

4.  Management Fees and Other Expenses

The Investment Manager receives an annual management and advisory fee, payable monthly in arrears, equal to 1.0% of the sum of the maximum amount of the Series A Preferred, the maximum amount available under the Senior Facility, the initial value of the contributed general partnership equity and the initial value of the contributed common equity, subject to reduction by the amount of the Senior Facility commitment when the Senior Facility is no longer outstanding, and by the amount of the Series A Preferred when less than $1 million in liquidation preference of preferred securities remains outstanding.  In addition to the management fee, the General Partner is entitled to a performance allocation as discussed in Note 3, above.  As compensation for its services, the Co-Manager receives a portion of the management fees paid to the Investment Manager.  The Co-Manager also receives a portion of any performance allocation paid to the General Partner.

The Company and the Partnership pay all respective expenses incurred in connection with the business of the Company and the Partnership, including fees and expenses of outside contracted services, such as custodian, administrative, legal, audit and tax preparation fees, costs of valuing investments, insurance costs, brokers’ and finders’ fees relating to investments and any other transaction costs associated with the purchase and sale of investments of the Partnership.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009

5.  Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

The Partnership has entered into a credit agreement with certain lenders, which provides for a senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Senior Facility”), pursuant to which amounts may be drawn up to $116 million. The Senior Facility matures July 31, 2014, subject to extension by the lenders at the request of the Partnership for one 12-month period.

Advances under the Senior Facility bear interest at LIBOR plus 0.375% per annum, except in the case of loans from CP Conduits, which bear interest at the higher of LIBOR plus 0.375% or the CP Conduit’s cost of funds plus 0.375%, subject to certain limitations. The weighted-average interest rate on outstanding borrowings at December 31, 2009 was 0.61%.  In addition to amounts due on outstanding debt, the Senior Facility accrues commitment fees of 0.20% per annum on the unused portion of the Senior Facility, or 0.25% per annum when less than $46,400,000 in borrowings are outstanding. The Senior Facility may be terminated, and any outstanding amounts thereunder may become due and payable, should the Partnership fail to satisfy certain financial or other covenants.  As of December 31, 2009, the Partnership was in full compliance with such covenants.

6.  Commitments, Concentration of Credit Risk and Off-Balance Sheet Risk

The Partnership conducts business with brokers and dealers that are primarily headquartered in New York and Los Angeles and are members of the major securities exchanges.  Banking activities are conducted with a firm headquartered in the New York area.

In the normal course of business, the Partnership’s investment activities involve executions, settlement and financing of various transactions resulting in receivables from, and payables to, brokers, dealers and the Partnership’s custodian.  These activities may expose the Company and the Partnership to risk in the event such parties are unable to fulfill contractual obligations.  Management does not anticipate any material losses from counterparties with whom it conducts business.

Consistent with standard business practice, the Company and the Partnership enter into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications.  The maximum exposure of the Company and the Partnership under these arrangements is unknown.  However, the Company and the Partnership expect the risk of loss to be remote.

The Consolidated Statement of Investments includes certain revolving loan facilities held by the Partnership with aggregate unfunded balances of approximately $16.1 million at December 31, 2009.  These instruments are reflected at fair value in the Statement of Investments and may be drawn up to the principal amount shown.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009

7.  Related Parties

From time to time the Partnership advances payments to third parties on behalf of the Company which are reimbursable through deductions from distributions to the Company.

8.  Series Z Preferred Capital

In addition to the Series A Preferred of the Partnership described in Note 1, the Company had 47 Series Z preferred shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2009.  The Series Z preferred shares have a liquidation preference of $500 per share plus accumulated but unpaid dividends and pay dividends at an annual rate equal to 8% of liquidation preference.  The Series Z preferred shares are redeemable at any time at the option of the Company and may only be transferred with the consent of the Company.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009

9.  Financial Highlights

                     
July 31, 2006
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
   
(Inception) to
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
December 31, 2006
 
                         
Per Common Share
                       
Net asset value, beginning of year
  $   467.22     $    936.95     $   1,036.13     $ 1,000.00  
                                 
Investment operations:
                               
Net investment income
    42.80       53.75       166.54       48.14  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
    86.27       (499.51 )     (28.73 )     62.27  
Distributions to minority interestholder from:
                               
Net investment income
    -       -       (29.74 )     (7.98 )
Net realized gains
    -       -       (17.76 )     (3.39 )
Returns of capital
    -       -       (1.30 )     -  
Net change in undistributed earnings of minority interest holder
    -       7.52       24.89       (9.10 )
Dividends on Series A preferred equity facility
    (6.07 )     (14.21 )     (19.96 )     (3.38 )
Net change in accumulated dividends on Series A preferred equity facility
    1.92       1.82       0.35       (4.98 )
Dividends to Series Z preferred shareholders from:
                               
Net investment income
    -       (0.01 )     -       -  
Net change in reserve for dividends to Series Z preferred shareholders
    -       0.01       -       -  
                                 
Total from investment operations
    124.92       (450.63 )     94.29       81.58  
 
                               
Distributions to common shareholders from:
                               
Net investment income
    (36.28 )     (19.10 )     (117.36 )     (31.90 )
Net realized gains
    -       -       (71.03 )     (13.55 )
Returns of capital
    -       -       (5.08 )     -  
Total distributions to common shareholders
    (36.28 )     (19.10 )     (193.47 )     (45.45 )
                                 
Net asset value, end of year
  $   555.86     $ 467.22     $ 936.95     $ 1,036.13  
                                 
Return on invested assets (1), (2)
    19.3 %     (31.7 )%     11.7 %     8.4 %
                                 
Gross return to common shareholders (1)
    27.3 %     (49.3 )%     11.4 %     10.3 %
Less: Allocation to General Partner of Special Value
                               
Continuation Partners, LP (1)
    0.0 %     0.5 %     (2.2 )%     (2.1 )%
Return to common shareholders (1), (3)
    27.3 %     (48.8 )%     9.2 %     8.2 %
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009

9.  Financial Highlights (continued)

                     
July 31, 2006
 
   
Year Ended December 31,
   
(Inception) to
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
December 31, 2006
 
                         
Ratios and Supplemental Data:
                       
Ending net assets attributable to common shareholders
  $ 232,879,791     $ 195,745,577     $ 392,541,013     $ 434,092,909  
Net investment income / average common shareholder equity (4), (5), (6)
    8.7 %     6.9 %     12.8 %     10.4 %
                                 
Operating expenses and General Partner allocation / average common
shareholder equity
                               
Operating expenses (4), (6)
    4.5 %     4.5 %     4.6 %     5.7 %
General Partner allocation (1)
    -       (1.0 )%     2.3 %     2.0 %
Total expenses and General Partner allocation
    4.5 %     3.5 %     6.9 %     7.7 %
                                 
Portfolio turnover rate (1), (7)
    44.2 %     33.3 %     64.6 %     17.3 %
Weighted-average debt outstanding
  $ 26,882,192     $ 123,873,973     $ 162,460,274     $ 168,292,208  
Weighted-average interest rate
    1.0 %     3.7 %     5.8 %     5.8 %
Weighted-average number of shares
    418,956       418,956       418,956       418,956  
Average debt per share
  $ 64.16     $ 295.67     $ 387.77     $ 401.69  
                                 
Annualized Inception-to-Date Performance Data as of December 31, 2009:
 
                                 
Return on common shareholder equity (3)
    (7.4 )%                        
Return on invested assets (2)
    (0.4 )%                        
Internal rate of return to common shareholder equity (8)
    (5.8 )%                        
   

Asset Coverage:
 
December 31,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2007
   
2006
 
                     
 
 
Series A Preferred Equity Facility:
                       
Interests outstanding
    6,700       6,700       6,700       6,700  
Involuntary liquidation value per interest
  $ 20,055     $ 20,175     $ 20,289     $ 20,312  
Asset coverage per interest
  $ 42,350     $ 43,343     $ 43,443     $ 41,521  
                                 
Series Z Preferred Shares:
                               
Shares outstanding
    47       47       47       17  
Involuntary liquidation value per share
  $ 540     $ 500     $ 557     $ 516  
Asset coverage per share
  $ 1,141     $ 1,075     $ 1,192     $ 1,056  
                                 
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility:
                               
Debt outstanding
  $ 75,000,000     $ 34,000,000     $ 207,000,000     $ 266,000,000  
Asset coverage per $1,000 of debt outstanding
  $ 5,893     $ 10,525     $ 3,534     $ 3,080  
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

December 31, 2009

9.  Financial Highlights (continued)

(1)
Not annualized for periods of less than one year.

(2)
Return on invested assets is a time-weighted, geometrically linked rate of return and excludes cash and cash equivalents.

(3)
Returns (net of dividends on the preferred equity facility, allocations to General Partner and fund expenses, including financing costs and management fees) are calculated on a monthly geometrically linked, time-weighted basis.
 
(4)
Annualized for periods of less than one year.

(5)
Net of income and expense allocation to the minority interestholder.

(6)
These ratios include interest expense but do not reflect the effect of dividends on the preferred equity facility.

(7)
Excludes securities acquired from Special Value Bond Fund II, LLC and Special Value Absolute Return Fund, LLC at the inception of the Company and the Partnership.

(8)
Net of dividends on the preferred equity facility of the Partnership, allocation to General Partner, and fund expenses, including financing costs and management fees.  Internal rate of return (“IRR”) is the imputed annual return over an investment period and, mathematically, is the rate of return at which the discounted cash flows equal the initial cash outlays.  The internal rate of return presented assumes liquidation of the fund at net asset value as of the balance sheet date, and is reduced by the organizational costs that were expensed at the inception of the Company.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidated Schedule of Changes in Investments in Affiliates (1)

Year Ended December 31, 2009

Security
 
Value, 
Beginning 
of Period
   
Acquisitions
   
Dispositions
   
Value,
End of
Period
 
                         
Anacomp, Inc., Common Stock
  $ 4,971,987     $ -     $ -     $ 2,783,811  
Anacomp, Inc., Promissory Note, LIBOR + 6.5% PIK, due 8/31/09
    1,081,614       -       (1,175,667 )     -  
Anacomp, Inc., Senior Secured Subordinated Notes, 14% PIK, due 3/12/13
    7,259,224       2,520,432       -       9,138,218  
EaglePicher Corporation, 1st Lien Tranche B Term Loan
                               
LIBOR + 4.5%, due 12/31/12
    6,946,821       -       -       7,827,719  
EaglePicher Corporation, 2nd Lien Term Loan
                               
LIBOR + 7.5%, due 12/31/13
    5,862,500       -       (5,850,250 )     -  
EaglePicher Holdings, Inc., Common Stock
    40,057,651       -       -       43,313,196  
ESP Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Revolver
                               
LIBOR + 4.5%, due 06/30/09
    79,263       -       (79,902 )     -  
ESP Holdings, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan
                               
LIBOR + 4.5%, due 6/30/09
    1,244,052       -       (1,330,537 )     -  
ESP Holdings, Inc., 2nd Lien Term Loan
                               
LIBOR + 10%, due 9/12/14
    15,187,920       -       (15,187,920 )     -  
ESP Holdings, Inc., Junior Unsecured Subordinated Promissory
                               
Notes, 18% PIK, due 3/31/15
    5,479,440       -       -       6,592,331  
ESP Holdings, Inc., Common Stock
    18,169,132       -       -       20,389,788  
ESP Holdings, Inc., 15% PIK, Preferred Stock
    5,283,853       -       -       5,412,228  
International Wire Group, Inc., Common Stock
    36,461,303       -       -       31,869,000  
Interstate Fibernet, Inc., 1st Lien Term Loan,
                               
LIBOR + 4%, due 7/31/13
    8,189,645       -       -       10,091,445  
Interstate Fibernet, Inc., 2nd Lien Senior Secured Note,
                               
LIBOR + 7.5%, due 7/31/14
    6,360,297       -       -       8,144,989  
ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., Common Stock
    5,445,034       -       -       20,146,626  

Note to Schedule of Changes in Investments in Affiliates:

(1)
The issuers of the securities listed on this schedule are considered affiliates under the Investment Company Act of 1940 due to the ownership by the Company of 5% or more of the issuer's voting securities.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Restricted Securities of Unaffiliated Issuers

December 31, 2009

Investment
 
Acquisition Date
 
Cost
 
           
AIP/IS Holdings, LLC, Membership Units
 
10/27/09
  $ 1,386,718  
Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc., Common Stock
 
Various 2002
    3,550,121  
Bally Total Fitness Holdings, Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 14% Cash or 15.625% PIK, due 10/1/13
 
10/1/2007
    45,025,305  
Clearwire Communications LLC, Senior Secured Notes, 12%, due 12/1/15
 
Various 2009
    2,568,118  
Doral Holdings, LP Interest
 
7/12/07
    11,138,132  
GSI Group Corporation, Senior Notes, 11%, due 8/20/13
 
8/20/08
    6,872,820  
GSI Group Inc. Common Stock
 
8/20/08
    1,136,228  
Harrah's Operating Company Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 10%, due 12/15/18
 
6/25/09
    821,583  
Integra Telecom, Inc. Common Stock
 
11/11/09
    8,433,884  
Integra Telecom, Inc. Warrants
 
11/19/09
    19,920  
IRI Holdco (RW), LLC, Note Receivable, 8%, due 12/12/11
 
10/31/08
    19,382,720  
IRI Holdco (RW), LLC, Warrants to Purchase IRI Preferred Stock
 
10/31/08
    1,170,407  
LBI Media, Inc., Senior Unsecured Subordinated Notes, 8.5%, due 8/1/17
 
Various 2009
    677,710  
NEF Kamchia Co-Investment Fund, LP Interest
 
7/31/07
    3,367,227  
NEF Telecom Company BV, Mezzanine Term Loan, EURIBOR + 10% PIK, due 8/16/17
 
8/29/07
    22,284,219  
Real Mex Restaurants, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 14%, due 1/1/13
 
Various 2009
    8,040,395  
Seitel, Inc., Senior Notes, 9.75%, due 2/15/14
 
Various 2009
    901,155  
Terremark Worldwide, Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 12%, due 6/15/17
 
6/17/09
    668,792  
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N508UA), 20%, due 8/25/16
 
8/26/09
    3,642,786  
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N510UA), 20%, due 9/26/16
 
8/27/09
    577,134  
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N512UA), 20%, due 10/26/16
 
8/27/09
    577,483  
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N530UA), 20%, due 11/25/13
 
8/26/09
    3,453,496  
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N536UA), 16%, due 8/21/14
 
12/21/09
    566,965  
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N545UA), 16%, due 7/17/15
 
12/17/09
    660,220  
United Air Lines, Inc., Aircraft Secured Mortgage (N585UA), 20%, due 10/25/16
 
8/26/09
    678,052  
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N510UA)
 
8/27/09
    148,697  
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N512UA)
 
8/27/09
    148,348  
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N536UA)
 
12/21/09
    154,334  
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N545UA)
 
12/17/09
    177,430  
United Air Lines, Inc., Equipment Trust Beneficial Interests (N585UA)
 
8/26/09
    174,182  
ViaSat, Inc., Common Stock
 
12/15/09
    3,486,250  


 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidating Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2009

   
Special Value
   
Special Value
         
Special Value
 
   
Continuation
   
Continuation
         
Continuation
 
   
Fund, LLC
   
Partners, LP
         
Fund, LLC
 
   
Standalone
   
Standalone
   
Eliminations
   
Consolidated
 
Assets
                       
Investments:
                       
Unaffiliated issuers
  $ -     $ 177,353,616     $ -     $ 177,353,616  
Investment in subsidiary
    233,061,800       -       (233,061,800 )     -  
Controlled companies
    -       11,922,029       -       11,922,029  
Other affiliates
    -       153,787,322       -       153,787,322  
Total investments
    233,061,800       343,062,967       (233,061,800 )     343,062,967  
                                 
Cash and cash equivalents
    467       111,451,989       -       111,452,456  
Accrued interest income
    -       4,272,244       -       4,272,244  
Deferred debt issuance costs
    -       2,018,090       -       2,018,090  
Receivable for investment securities sold
    -       1,811,419       -       1,811,419  
Receivable from parent
    -       48,281       (48,281 )     -  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    17,764       70,534       -       88,298  
Total assets
    233,080,031       462,735,524       (233,110,081 )     462,705,474  
                                 
Liabilities
                               
Credit facility payable
    -       75,000,000       -       75,000,000  
Payable for investment securities purchased
    -       12,749,432       -       12,749,432  
Management and advisory fees payable
    -       565,599       -       565,599  
Unrealized depreciation on swaps
    -       374,400       -       374,400  
Distribution payable
    -       6,200,000       -       6,200,000  
Interest payable
    -       46,055       -       46,055  
Payable to subsidiary
    48,281       -       (48,281 )     -  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
    126,568       369,901       -       496,469  
Total liabilities
    174,849       95,305,387       (48,281 )     95,431,955  
                                 
Preferred stock
                               
Series Z preferred stock
    23,500       -       -       23,500  
Accumulated dividends on Series Z preferred stock
    1,891       -       -       1,891  
Total preferred stock
    25,391       -       -       25,391  
                                 
Preferred equity facility
                               
Series A preferred limited partner interests
    -       134,000,000       -       134,000,000  
Accumulated dividends on Series A preferred equity facility
    -       368,337       -       368,337  
Total preferred limited partner interests
    -       134,368,337       -       134,368,337  
                                 
Minority interests
                               
General partner interest in Special Value Continuation Partners, LP
    -       -       -       -  
                                 
Net assets
  $ 232,879,791     $ 233,061,800     $ (233,061,800 )   $ 232,879,791  
                                 
Composition of net assets
                               
Common stock
  $ 419     $ -     $ -     $ 419  
Paid-in capital in excess of par, net of contributed unrealized gains
    364,764,708       -       -       364,764,708  
Paid-in capital
    -       358,636,781       (358,636,781 )     -  
Distributable earnings
    (131,883,445 )     (125,574,981 )     125,574,981       (131,883,445 )
Minority interest
    -       -       -       -  
Accumulated dividends to Series Z preferred shareholders
    (1,891 )     -       -       (1,891 )
Net assets
  $ 232,879,791     $ 233,061,800     $ (233,061,800 )   $ 232,879,791  
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Consolidating Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2009

   
Special Value
   
Special Value
         
Special Value
 
   
Continuation
   
Continuation
         
Continuation
 
   
Fund, LLC
   
Partners, LP
         
Fund, LLC
 
   
Standalone
   
Standalone
   
Eliminations
   
Consolidated
 
Investment income
                       
Interest income:
                       
Unaffiliated issuers
  $ -     $ 22,104,058     $ -     $ 22,104,058  
Controlled companies
    -       1,336,635       -       1,336,635  
Other affiliates
    -       3,237,447       -       3,237,447  
Other income:
                               
Unaffiliated issuers
    -       381,088       -       381,088  
Other affiliates
    -       36,445       -       36,445  
Total interest and related investment income
    -       27,095,673       -       27,095,673  
                                 
Operating expenses
                               
Management and advisory fees
    -       6,787,188       -       6,787,188  
Legal fees, professional fees and due diligence expenses
    63,945       480,766       -       544,711  
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs
    -       440,289       -       440,289  
Interest expense
    -       281,758       -       281,758  
Commitment fees
    -       227,507       -       227,507  
Director fees
    55,741       110,259       -       166,000  
Insurance expense
    42,748       85,722       -       128,470  
Custody fees
    2,042       94,856       -       96,898  
Other operating expenses
    13,869       476,151       -       490,020  
Total expenses
    178,345       8,984,496       -       9,162,841  
                                 
Net investment income
    (178,345 )     18,111,177       -       17,932,832  
                                 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
                               
Net realized gain (loss) from:
                               
Investments in unaffiliated issuers and foreign currency transactions
    -       (58,517,023 )     -       (58,517,023 )
Investments in affiliated issuers
    -       (4,126,775 )     -       (4,126,775 )
Net realized loss
    -       (62,643,798 )     -       (62,643,798 )
                                 
Net change in net unrealized depreciation
    52,514,434       98,786,144       (52,514,434 )     98,786,144  
                                 
Net realized and unrealized gain
    52,514,434       36,142,346       (52,514,434 )     36,142,346  
                                 
Dividends paid on Series A preferred equity facility
    -       (2,544,220 )     -       (2,544,220 )
Net change in accumulated dividends on Series A preferred equity facility
    -       805,131       -       805,131  
Net change in reserve for dividends to Series Z preferred shareholders
    (1,875 )     -       -       (1,875 )
                                 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
  $ 52,334,214     $ 52,514,434     $ (52,514,434 )   $ 52,334,214  
 
 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Directors and Officers
(Unaudited)

The Directors and executive officers of the Company and the Partnership are listed below. The Boards of Directors govern the Company and the Partnership and are responsible for protecting the interests of the interestholders. The Directors are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the activities of the Company and the Partnership, review contractual arrangements with service providers to the Company and the Partnership, and review the performance of the Company and the Partnership.  Each Director and executive officer serves for an indefinite term.  Correspondence for each Director or officer may be sent to:  c/o Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, 2951 28th Street, Suite 1000, Santa Monica, California  90405.

1.  Independent Directors
 
Name (Age at December 31, 2009)
Principal Occupation(s)

L.R. Jalenak, Jr. (79)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2006
- Director and Member of the Audit and Joint Transactions Committees of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Jalenak retired in 1993 as Chairman of a subsidiary of Gibson Greetings Company. His background was in both sales and in general management. From 2004 to 2006 he served as an independent director of Special Value Expansion Fund, LLC, a registered investment company managed by TCP.  He previously served as a director of Party City Corporation, Lufkin Industries, Perrigo Company, Dyersburg Corporation and First Funds. He recently retired as a Commissioner and Chairman of Memphis Light, Gas & Water and Chairman of its Pension Committee. Mr. Jalenak currently serves on other corporate boards as well as many civic and religious boards. He has a business degree from Tulane University and an M.B.A. from Wharton.  Mr. Jalenak oversees one portfolio in the fund complex as a director.

Franklin R. Johnson (73)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2006
- Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Joint Transactions Committee Member of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Johnson currently serves on the board of directors, audit committee and nominating and governance committee of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., and, until July of 2006, served as a director and chair of the audit committee of Special Value Opportunities Fund, LLC, a registered investment company managed by TCP.  Before becoming a business consultant in 2000, he was Chief Financial Officer of Rysher Entertainment, a producer and distributor of theatrical films and television programming and syndicator of television programming, where he worked for three years.  Prior to that, he was at Price Waterhouse, an international public accounting and consulting firm where he was the Managing Partner of their Century City office and Managing Partner of their Entertainment and Media Practice.  Mr. Johnson holds a B.S. in accounting and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.  Mr. Johnson oversees one portfolio in the fund complex as a director.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Directors and Officers (Continued)
(Unaudited)
 
2.  Interested Directors and Officers
 
Name (Age at December 31, 2009)
Principal Occupation(s)

Michael E. Tennenbaum (74)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2006
- Authorized Person of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Tennenbaum is a Co-Founder and the Senior Managing Partner of TCP.  Prior to founding TCP in 1996, Mr. Tennenbaum was a Wall Street executive where he managed various departments of a major investment bank including Investment Banking, Risk Arbitrage and Options. Mr. Tennenbaum serves on the boards of a number of both public and private companies.  His board service has included the chairmanship of all significant board committees as well as of the boards themselves.
 
Currently, Mr. Tennenbaum is also a Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Chairman of its Investment Committee, a Director of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, a Board member of The RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy, a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Board of Overseers, a member of the UCLA School of Medicine Board of Visitors and Founder of the Tennenbaum Interdisciplinary Center at the Neuropsychiatric Institute at UCLA.  He was a Commissioner on the Intercity High-Speed Rail Commission for California and was Chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority.  He served as Chairman of the Special Financial Advisory Committee to the Mayor of Los Angeles.  He is a member of the Committee on University Resources (COUR) at Harvard University; a previous member of the Board of Associates of Harvard Business School and was a member of its Visiting Committee. 
 
In addition, he served as a member of the National Advisory Board of Georgia Tech and as a Trustee of the Georgia Institute of Technology Foundation, Inc., where he was Chairman of its Investment Committee, and currently is Trustee Emeritus.  He is a member of the Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering and Founder of the Tennenbaum Institute for Enterprise Transformation at the Georgia Tech School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Directors and Officers (Continued)
(Unaudited)

A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in Industrial Engineering, Mr. Tennenbaum received an M.B.A. with honors from Harvard Business School.

Mark K. Holdsworth (44)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2006
- Authorized Person of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Holdsworth is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TCP, and is a voting member of its Investment Committee. Prior to joining Mr. Tennenbaum in founding TCP, Mr. Holdsworth was a Vice President, Corporate Finance, of US Bancorp Libra, a high-yield debt securities investment banking firm. He also worked as a generalist in Corporate Finance at Salomon Brothers, Inc., and as an Associate at a Los Angeles real estate advisory firm. He is a former member of the boards of directors of Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. and Anacomp, Inc., and a former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Wire Group.  Mr. Holdsworth currently serves as Chairman of Wincup, Inc., Vice Chairman of EaglePicher Corporation and as a Director of Parsons Corporation, one of the largest engineering, design and construction companies in the world.  He is also a National Trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.  He received a B.A. in Physics from Pomona College, a B.S. with honors in Engineering and Applied Science (concentration in Mechanical Engineering) from the California Institute of Technology, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Michael E. Leitner (42)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2006
- Authorized Person of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Leitner is a Managing Partner of TCP and a voting member of its Investment Committee.  Prior to joining TCP in 2005, he served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development for WilTel Communications.  Prior to that, Mr. Leitner served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GlobeNet Communications, leading the company through a successful turnaround and sale.  Prior to that, he was Vice President of Corporate Development of 360networks. Prior to that, he served as Senior Director of Corporate Development for Microsoft Corporation, where he managed corporate investments and acquisitions in the telecommunications, media, managed services, and business applications software sectors, completing over $9 billion in software and communications infrastructure transactions globally. Prior to Microsoft, he was a Vice President in the M&A group at Merrill Lynch.  He currently serves as a representative for Tennenbaum on the boards of Anacomp, Inc., ITC^DeltaCom, Inc., Online Resources, and Integra Telecom, Inc.  Mr. Leitner is very active in community events, serving on several non-profit boards and committees. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Directors and Officers (Continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Howard M. Levkowitz (42)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2006
- Director, President, and Authorized Person of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Levkowitz is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of TCP, and is a voting member of its Investment Committee.  Prior to joining Mr. Tennenbaum in founding TCP, Mr. Levkowitz was an attorney specializing in real estate and insolvencies with Dewey Ballantine.  Mr. Levkowitz serves as President of TCP’s Opportunity Funds and head of TCP’s public markets investments. He has served on the boards of both public and private companies and currently serves on the board of Doral Financial Corporation.  He has also served on a number of formal and informal creditor committees.  Mr. Levkowitz is active in a number of charitable and philanthropic activities, recently serving as president of a private elementary school. He received a B.A. in History (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Pennsylvania, a B.S. in Economics (Magna Cum Laude, concentration in finance) from The Wharton School, and a J.D. from the University of Southern California.  Mr. Levkowitz oversees four portfolios in the fund complex as a director.

Hugh Steven Wilson (62)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2006
- Chief Executive Officer and Authorized Person of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Wilson also serves as a Managing Partner and member of the Investment Committee of TCP.  Prior to joining TCP in 2005, Mr. Wilson retired from the international law firm of Latham & Watkins. While with Latham & Watkins, he had served as Tennenbaum Capital Partners’ primary outside counsel since its inception. While still a senior partner with Latham & Watkins, he was Global Co-Chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group and former Chairman of both the National Litigation Department and the National Mergers and Acquisitions Litigation Practice Group. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of International Wire Group, Inc, Vice Chairman of Burford Capital Limited, and a Director of Alabama Aircraft Industries, Inc. He received a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of the law review and Order of the Coif.  Mr. Wilson also received a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School and a B.A. in Political Science from Indiana University.

Paul L. Davis (36)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2008
- Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Davis also serves as Chief Financial Officer of TCP.  Prior to being appointed CFO, he served for four years as Chief Compliance Officer of the Company and as Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President, Finance of TCP.  He was formerly employed as Controller of a publicly traded securities brokerage firm, following employment at Arthur Andersen, LLP as an auditor.  He received a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) in Business-Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles, and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Directors and Officers (Continued)
(Unaudited)

Elizabeth Greenwood (46)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2007 as Secretary; 2008 as Chief Compliance Officer
- Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of the Company and the Partnership.  Ms. Greenwood also serves as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of TCP. She has a diverse legal background, including extensive in-house investment advisor and private equity experience. She formerly served as General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer at Strome Investment Management, L.P. Prior to Strome, Ms. Greenwood spent more than 10 years working at companies funded by Pacific Capital Group and Ridgestone Corporation. In addition, she is a founding member of the West Coast Chapter of 100 Women in Hedge Funds and currently serves on the Board of the Association of Women in Alternative Investing.  Ms. Greenwood received a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a Bachelor of Business Administration with highest honors from The University of Texas at Austin.

David A. Hollander (48)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2006
- Authorized Person of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Hollander is also a Partner of TCP and a member of TCP’s Investment Committee.  He is in charge of TCP’s Specialty Investments Group and focuses on private placement investments and restructurings.  Prior to joining TCP, he was an attorney for sixteen years at O’Melveny & Myers. While at O’Melveny, Mr. Hollander specialized in leveraged finance, insolvency, and mergers and acquisitions, and represented debtors and creditors in numerous multi-billion dollar transactions. He currently focuses on the firm’s private placements and restructurings.  Mr. Hollander has also represented boards of directors and has served on various creditor committees.  He received a B.S. in Economics (Summa Cum Laude) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Stanford Law School, where he was Associate Editor of the Stanford Law Review.

Pedro M. Urrutia (36)
- Year of Election or Appointment:  2008
- Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Partnership.  Mr. Urrutia also serves as Chief Operating Officer of TCP.  Prior to beginning employment at TCP in 2000, he served in various accounting and operational roles at Wells Fargo, Trust Company of the West, and First Quadrant.  Mr. Urrutia received a B.A. in Business-Economics, with a concentration in Accounting, from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

 
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Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

Supplemental Tax Information
(Unaudited)

71.5% of the ordinary income distributions paid by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2009 qualify as “interest related dividends.” The Company distributed no short term capital gains or dividend income.

 
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ITEM 2.
CODE OF ETHICS.
 
As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.  A copy of the Code of Ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.
 
ITEM 3.
AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
 
As of the end of the period covered by the report, the Registrant's board of directors has determined that Franklin R. Johnson is qualified to serve as an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee and that he is "independent" pursuant to the general instructions on Form N-CSR Item 3.

ITEM 4.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
 
(a)           Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were:  $24,775 for fiscal year 2009 and $24,775 for fiscal year 2008.
 
(b)           Audit-Related Fees.  Not applicable.
 
(c)           Tax Fees.  The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were:  $41,800 in 2009 and $38,000 in 2008. The services comprising such fees included tax return preparation and related tax advice and planning.
 
(d)           All Other Fees.  Not applicable.
 
(e)           (1)           Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures, pursuant to Item 4 of N-CSR:
 
The Audit Committee pre-approves all audit, review and attest engagements required under the securities laws and regulations provided by Ernst & Young, the Registrant's independent auditors. The Audit Committee also approves all non-audit services, including tax services, provided to the Registrant by Ernst & Young and verifies, at the time of pre-approval, that such pre-approved non-audit services would not be prohibited services under securities regulations. The Audit Committee pre-approves all non-audit services provided by Ernst & Young to the Registrant's investment adviser and to affiliates of the investment adviser that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, but only if the non-audit services have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the Registrant.

(e)           (2)           Not applicable.
 
(f)           Not applicable.

 
 

 


 
(g)           The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for each of the last two fiscal years of the Registrant were:  $41,800 for fiscal year 2009 and $38,000 for fiscal year 2008.
 
(h)           The Registrant's independent auditors did not provide non-audit services to the Registrant's investment adviser (not including any subadviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), nor any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, the audit committee of the board of directors has not considered whether any such services are compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence.
 
ITEM 5.
AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
 
Not applicable.

ITEM 6.
INVESTMENTS.
 
(a)           Schedule of Investments.  Included in Annual Shareholder Report in Item 1.
 
(b)           Not applicable.
 

ITEM 7.
DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
 
TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
PROXY VOTING POLICY
 
This policy has been adopted by Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC to facilitate the voting of proxies relating to portfolio securities of clients with respect to which Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC or any of its affiliates that are subject to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (collectively “Tennenbaum”) provide investment advisory services. In connection with these investment advisory services, Tennenbaum exercises voting responsibilities for its clients through its corporate proxy voting process.
 
Special Value Opportunities Fund, LLC, Special Value Expansion Fund, LLC, Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC, Special Value Continuation Partners, LP, Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund V, LLC, and Tennenbaum Opportunities Partners V, LP have delegated to Tennenbaum the authority to vote proxies relating to their respective portfolio securities in accordance with this policy.
 

 
 

 
 
This policy is intended by Tennenbaum (i) to constitute “written policies and procedures” as described in Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940  (the “Advisers Act”) and (ii) to constitute proxy voting policies and procedures referred to in Item 18 of Form N-2 adopted under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”).

DEFINITIONS

“Client” means any person with whom Tennenbaum has a contract to perform discretionary investment management services and for whom Tennenbaum is authorized by the contract or required by applicable law to vote or consider voting securities held in the Client’s account.
 
“Compliance Officer” means the Chief Compliance Officer, Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC.
 
“Conflict of Interest” means, as to any Client, any conflict between a pecuniary interest of Tennenbaum or any of its affiliates (other than such Client, if deemed an affiliate) and the duties of Tennenbaum to the Client.
 
“Investment Committee” means the Investment Committee of Tennenbaum or such committee to which it shall have delegated the functions of the Investment Committee hereunder.
 
“Portfolio Manager” means, with respect to a Client, the particular Tennenbaum entity providing investment advisory services to such Client and the senior personnel responsible for such entity’s investment decisions.
 
“Proxy Voting Coordinator” means the individual appointed from time to time by Investment Committee to perform the proxy voting coordination functions described in this policy.
 
“Registered Fund” means any Client registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act.
 
“Social Issues” means any issue presented for a vote of holders of any security which is held in an account on behalf of a Client which may reasonably be interpreted as (i) unrelated in any substantial respect to the voting objective of this policy and (ii) intended to promote directly or indirectly the interests of persons who are not holders of the relevant security.
 
“Tennenbaum” means Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC and each of its affiliates that is subject to registration under the Advisers Act or is otherwise subject to the rules and regulations thereunder generally, including, specifically, Rule 206(4)-6.
 
“Voting Results” means the specific information described under the caption “Accumulating Voting Results.”

 
 

 
 
OBJECTIVES
 
This policy defines procedures for voting securities held on behalf of each Client in respect of which Tennenbaum has the discretionary authority to vote, to ensure that such securities are voted for the benefit of and in the best interest of the Client. The primary objective of voting a security in each case under this policy is to seek to enhance the value of the investment which the security represents or to reduce the potential for a decline in the value of the investment which the security represents.  In appropriate cases a related objective will be to obtain or maintain influence or control over management of a company.
 
This policy does not prescribe specific voting requirements. Instead, this policy provides procedures for (i) assembling voting information and applying the informed expertise and judgment of Tennenbaum’s personnel on a timely basis in pursuit of the above stated voting objectives and (ii) addressing conflicts of interest.
 
A further element of this policy is that while voting on all issues presented should be considered, voting on all issues is not required. Some issues presented for a vote of security holders are not relevant to this policy’s voting objectives, or it is not reasonably possible to ascertain what effect, if any, a vote on a given issue may have on the value of an investment. Accordingly, Tennenbaum may abstain from voting or decline a vote in those cases where, in Tennenbaum’s judgment (i) there is no relationship between the issue and the enhancement or preservation of an investment’s value or (ii) the achievement of the Client’s investment objectives are not reasonably likely to be a function of the outcome of decisions or issues presented by the vote.
 
Resolutions of Conflicts of Interest
 
It is unlikely that conflicts of interest will arise in the context of Tennenbaum’s proxy voting, because Tennenbaum does not engage in investment banking, the advising of public companies or, except in cases where it exercises control, the managing of public companies.
 
In addition, insofar as Tennenbaum refers discretionary votes to its portfolio managers, Tennenbaum’s Compliance Department monitors all relationships between portfolio managers and their immediate families, on the one hand, and issuers soliciting proxies from Tennenbaum’s Clients, on the other hand. If a portfolio manager conflict is identified with respect to a given proxy vote, the Investment Committee will remove such vote from the conflicted portfolio manager and will instead consider and cast the vote, refer the vote to an independent third party or abstain from voting.

 
 

 
 
In the event a privately-placed security as to which Tennenbaum or its affiliated adviser entities negotiated more than price related terms is held by a Registered Fund and is the subject of a proxy solicitation or other voting or consent solicitation, and any unregistered fund or separate account managed by Tennenbaum or its affiliated adviser entities also owns securities of the same class as the security held by the Registered Fund that is the subject of the proxy, vote or consent, then Tennenbaum will vote such security in the same manner, at the same time and in amounts proportionate to each such entity’s or account’s investment in such security; provided that if Tennenbaum or its affiliated adviser entities believes that the foregoing policy is not in the best interests of a particular Client in a particular situation, Tennenbaum or its affiliated adviser entities shall be permitted to deviate from the foregoing policy only if it has (i) submitted a proposal to the boards of directors of each applicable Registered Fund explaining the basis for such deviation and (ii) received the approval of a majority of those directors of the Registered Fund who (a) during the previous two years have had no material business or professional relationship with any of the Registered Fund or any other entity or separate account managed by Tennenbaum or its affiliated adviser entities (other than as a director of the Registered Fund) and (b) have no direct or indirect financial interest in the proxy solicitation, vote or consent other than through an investment in one or more of the Registered Fund or any other entity or separate account managed by Tennenbaum or its affiliated adviser entities.
 
In the event that a potential material conflict of interest does arise and is not addressed by the foregoing procedures, the primary means by which Tennenbaum avoids a material conflict of interest in the voting of proxies for its clients is by casting such votes solely in the interests of its Clients and in the interests of maximizing the value of their portfolio holdings.
 
Proxy Voting Coordinator
 
The Investment Committee shall appoint a Proxy Voting Coordinator. The Proxy Voting Coordinator shall discharge the following functions in effectuating this policy:
 
 
(i)
Collecting and assembling proxy statement and other communication pertaining to proxy voting, together with proxies or other means of voting or giving voting instructions, and providing those materials to the appropriate portfolio managers to permit timely voting of proxies;
 
 
(ii)
Collecting recommendations, analysis, commentary and other information respecting subjects of proxy votes, from service providers engaged by Tennenbaum and other services specified by portfolio managers, and providing this information to the appropriate portfolio managers to permit evaluation of proxy voting issues;
 
 
(iii)
Providing to appropriate portfolio managers any specific voting instructions from Clients that are entitled to provide such instructions under the applicable investment advisory agreement;
 
 
(iv)
Collecting proxy votes or instructions from portfolio managers, and transmitting the votes or instructions to the appropriate custodians, brokers, nominees or other persons (which may include proxy voting services or agents engaged by Tennenbaum);
 
 
(v)
Accumulating Voting Results as set forth below in this policy and transmitting that information to the Compliance Officer in a timely manner; and
 
 
(vi)
Participating in the annual review of the policy function as set forth in this policy.
 
 
 

 
 
THE PROXY VOTING COORDINATOR MAY, WITH THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE’S APPROVAL, DELEGATE ANY PORTION OR ALL OF ANY ONE OR MORE OF THESE FUNCTIONS TO ONE OR MORE OTHER INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BY TENNENBAUM. ANY PORTION OR ALL OF ANY ONE OR MORE OF THESE FUNCTIONS MAY BE PERFORMED BY SERVICE PROVIDERS ENGAGED BY TENNENBAUM.
 
Assembling Voting Information
 
The Proxy Voting Coordinator shall obtain proxy statements and other communications pertaining to proxy voting, together with proxies or other means of voting or giving voting instructions to custodians, brokers, nominees, tabulators or others in a manner to permit voting on relevant issues in a timely manner. Tennenbaum may engage service provides and other third parties to assemble this information, digest, abstract the information where necessary or desirable, and deliver it to the individuals assigned by Tennenbaum to evaluate proxy voting issues.
 
Portfolio Managers
 
The Portfolio Manager responsible for a particular Client is responsible for the timely voting (or determining not to vote in the appropriate cases) of proxies relating to the securities held on behalf of such Client in accordance with this policy. The Portfolio Manager may, to the extent not prohibited by agreement(s) setting forth its contractual obligations to such Client, and consistent with its fiduciary duties, delegate voting responsibilities to one or more other Portfolio Managers or other individuals. Portfolio managers are authorized to consider voting recommendations and other information and analysis provided by service providers (including proxy voting services) engaged by Tennenbaum.
 
Accumulating Voting Results
 
The Proxy Voting Coordinator is responsible for reporting the following information respecting the voting of each proxy to the Compliance Officer, as to each matter relating to a portfolio security held for a Client, considered at a shareholder meeting, and with respect to which the Client was entitled to vote:
 
 
(i)
The name of the issuer of the portfolio security;
 
 
(ii)
The exchange ticker symbol of the portfolio security;
 
 
(iii)
The CUSIP number for the portfolio security;
 
 
(iv)
The shareholder meeting date;
 
 
(v)
A brief identification of the matter voted on;
 
 
(vi)
Whether a vote was cast on the matter;
 
 
(vii)
How the vote was cast on the matter (e.g., for or against the proposal, or abstain, etc.);
 
 
 

 
 
 
(viii)
Whether a vote was cast for or against management.
 
The foregoing information must be delivered to the Compliance Officer no later than July 31, for each 12 month period ending on the preceding June 30 commencing July 31, 2004 with respect to the period ending June 30, 2004. Tennenbaum may use third party service providers to record, accumulate and deliver the foregoing information to the Compliance Officer. The Proxy Voting Coordinator may, with the Investment Committee’s approval, delegate any portion or all of this function to one or more other individuals employed by Tennenbaum.
 
Communicating Votes
 
The Proxy Voting Coordinator shall communicate decisions on proxy votes to the custodian or to other persons who transmit or record votes on portfolio securities held by or for each Client in a timely manner. The Proxy Voting Coordinator may, with the Investment Committee’s approval, delegate any portion or all of this function to one or more individuals employed by Tennenbaum. Tennenbaum may engage one or more service providers to facilitate timely communication of proxy votes. Tennenbaum is not responsible for voting proxies that are not forwarded on a timely basis. Tennenbaum does not control the setting of record dates, shareholder meeting dates or the timing of distribution of proxy materials and ballots relating to shareholder votes as a general matter.
 
Record of Voting Delegation
 
The Compliance Officer shall maintain a list of all Clients with a specification as to each Client whether or not Tennenbaum is authorized to vote proxies respecting the Client’s portfolio securities.
 
Annual Review of Policy Function
 
The Compliance Officer shall conduct a periodic review, no less often than annually, which shall comprise the following elements:
 
 
(i)
Review samples of the record of voting delegation maintained by the Compliance Officer against Voting Results to determine if Tennenbaum is exercising its authority to vote proxies on portfolio securities held on behalf of the selected Clients;
 
 
(ii)
Request and review voting data to determine if timely communication of proxy votes is reasonably accomplished during the relevant period;
 
 
(iii)
Meet with the Proxy Voting Coordinator to review the voting of proxies, communication of proxy votes, accumulation of Voting Results and the general functioning of this policy; and
 
 
(iv)
Prepare a written report to the Investment Committee respecting the foregoing items and, if requested to do so by the Investment Committee, prepare a written report to the board of any Registered Fund.
 
 
 

 
 
Disclosure and Comments on Voting
 
Tennenbaum will provide a copy of these policies and procedures to Clients upon request. Clients may also obtain information on how portfolio securities held on their behalf were voted by written request and addressed to Tennenbaum, Proxy Voting Coordinator. It is the policy of Tennenbaum not to comment on specific proxy votes with respect to securities held for a Client in response to inquiries from persons who are not specifically or authorized representative of such Client. The Investment Committee may authorize comments in specific cases, in its discretion.
 
Joining Insurgent or Voting Committees
 
It is the policy of Tennenbaum, for itself and its Clients, not to join any insurgent or voting committee or similar group unless doing so is consistent with the Client’s investment objective. The Investment Committee may, in other circumstances, approve participation in any such committee or group in its discretion, and shall advise the authorized representative of the Client of any such action.
 
Social Issues
 
It is the presumption of this policy that proxies shall not be voted on Social Issues, unless the advisory agreement with the Client provides otherwise. The Investment Committee may approve voting of any security held on behalf of a Client on any Social Issue.
 
Recordkeeping
 
The Compliance Officer shall maintain the following records:
 
 
(i)
Copies of this policy as from time to time revised or supplemented;
 
 
(ii)
A copy of each proxy statement that Tennenbaum receives regarding Client securities;
 
 
(iii)
Voting Results for each Client;
 
 
(iv)
A copy of any document created by Tennenbaum that was material to making a decision on how to vote proxies on behalf of a Client;
 
 
(v)
A copy of each written Client’s request for information on how Tennenbaum voted proxies on behalf of the Client and Tennenbaum’s response thereto;
 
 
(vi)
Communications to Client respecting Conflicts of Interest; and
 
 
(vii)
All written reports arising from annual reviews of policy function.
 
 
 

 
 
The Compliance Officer shall maintain and preserve in his office the foregoing records for a period of not less than five years from the end of Tennenbaum’ fiscal year during which the last entry was made on the record the first two years in an appropriate office of Tennenbaum. The Compliance Officer may use the Securities and Exchange Commission’s EDGAR database for the items referred to in item (ii) above, and the Investment Committee may authorize the Compliance Officer to engage one or more service providers to perform any portion of this recordkeeping function provided (1) the function is performed in compliance with applicable governmental regulations and (2) each service provider provides a written undertaking to furnish the records to Tennenbaum promptly upon request.
 
Adopted by SVOF June 18, 2004
Adopted by SVEF August 19, 2004
Adopted by SVCF and SVCP July 18, 2006
Adopted by TOF V September 29, 2006
Adopted by TOP V December 22, 2006

ITEM 8.
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT COMPANIES.
 
(a)           (1)           The five persons with the most significant responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Registrant’s portfolio are Mark K. Holdsworth, Michael E. Leitner, Howard M. Levkowitz, Richard E. Spencer II, and Michael E. Tennenbaum (together, the “Portfolio Managers”).  The titles, business experience, and length of service of Messrs. Holdsworth, Leitner, Levkowitz, and Tennenbaum (together, the “TCP Portfolio Managers”) are included in the “Directors and Officers” section of the Annual Shareholder Report in Item 1.  The title, business experience, and length of service of Mr. Spencer is as follows:
 
Mr. Spencer is a Managing Director of Babson Capital Management LLC (“Babson”), the registrant’s co-manager, and is a voting member of the Investment Committee of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC (the “Investment Manager”) as a representative of Babson.  Mr. Spencer joined MassMutual, of which Babson is a subsidiary, in 1989.  He holds a B.A. in Economics and History from Bucknell University and an M.B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo.  Mr. Spencer is co-head of the Mezzanine Private Equity Group within Babson and is responsible for the origination, analysis and portfolio management of mezzanine and private equity investments.  He is Vice President of MassMutual Corporate Investors, MassMutual Participation Investors and Manager of Mezzco LLC, Mezzco II LLC and Mezzco III LLC, the General Partners of Tower Square Capital Partners, L.P., Tower Square Capital Partners II, L.P. and Tower Square Capital Partners III, L.P., respectively.  Mr. Spencer was transferred from MassMutual Life's Investment Management Department to Babson on January 1, 2000.  He is a CFA.
 
(a)           (2)           Each of the Portfolio Managers is also primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the portfolios of seven other accounts (the “Other TCP Accounts”) managed by the Investment Manager, comprised of five other registered investment companies with combined assets of $3,061.2 million (including one registered investment company with assets of $462.7 million that is consolidated with the Registrant) and two other pooled investment vehicles with combined assets of approximately $17.4 million, each as of December 31, 2009, except that Mr. Spencer is not primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of one of the aforementioned registered investment companies with assets of $370.6 million, and one of the aforementioned other pooled investment vehicles with assets of approximately $5.9 million, each as of December 31, 2009.  The advisory compensation of each of these accounts is based in part on the performance of the account during periods where such account meets minimum performance requirements.

 
 

 
 
Mr. Spencer also has primary responsibility for the day-to-day management of other Babson advisory accounts (together, the “Babson Accounts”), including two registered investment companies with combined assets of approximately $374.7 million and five other pooled investment vehicles with combined assets of approximately $1.3 billion, each as of December 31, 2009.  The advisory fee of each of the five aforementioned Babson Accounts that are other pooled investment vehicles is based in part on the performance of the account.

Material conflicts of interest that may arise in connection with the Portfolio Managers’ management of the Registrant’s investments, on the one hand, and the investments of the Other TCP Accounts, on the other, include the following:

The Other TCP Accounts generally invest in assets eligible for purchase by the Registrant.  The investment policies, fee arrangements and other circumstances of the Registrant may vary from those of the Other TCP Accounts.  Accordingly, conflicts may arise regarding the allocation of investments or opportunities among the Registrant and the Other TCP Accounts.  In general, and except with respect to any of the Other TCP Accounts that are being wound down or are feeder funds of one of the Other TCP Accounts, the Investment Manager and its affiliates will allocate investment opportunities pro rata among the Registrant and the Other TCP Accounts (assuming the investment satisfies the objectives of each) based on the amount of funds each then has available for such investment and under management by the Investment Manager and its affiliates.  Investment opportunities in privately placed securities are subject to allocation procedures adopted by the Board of Directors and the terms of the co-investment exemptive order obtained for the Registrant.  In certain cases, investment opportunities may be made other than on a pro rata basis.  For example, the Investment Manager may determine that it is appropriate for the Registrant to retain an asset at the same time that one or more of the Other Accounts sells it.  The Investment Manager and its affiliates intend to allocate investment opportunities to the Registrant and the Other TCP Accounts in a manner that they believe in their judgment and based upon their fiduciary duties to be appropriate given the investment objectives, size of transaction, investable assets, alternative investments potentially available, prior allocations, liquidity, maturity, expected holding period, diversification, lender covenants and other limitations of the Registrant and the Other TCP Accounts.  All of the foregoing procedures could in certain circumstances affect adversely the price paid or received by the Registrant or the availability or size of a particular investment purchased or sold by the Registrant.

 
 

 

(a)           (3)           Each of the TCP Portfolio Managers except Mr. Tennenbaum receives a fixed salary from the Investment Manager.  Additionally, each of the TCP Portfolio Managers receives fixed periodic distributions from the Investment Manager.  Further, each of the TCP Portfolio Managers receives periodic pro rata distributions of any profits of the Investment Manager based on his equity interest therein.  Such distributions include performance fees paid to the Investment Manager by the other registered investment companies that pay performance fees.  Performance allocations from the other registered investment companies that are limited partnerships (the “LPs”) are paid to the general partner of the LPs (the “General Partner”).  Performance allocations from the other pooled investment vehicles are paid to the managing member of each such vehicle (together, the “Managing Members”).  Each of the TCP Portfolio Managers receives periodic pro rata distributions of any profits of the Managing Members and the General Partner, based on his equity interests therein.  Mr. Leitner does not currently have equity interests in the Managing Members.  Mr. Tennenbaum receives all distributions from the Investment Manager, the Managing Members, and the General Partner through Tennenbaum & Co., LLC (“TCO”), which holds Mr. Tennenbaum’s equity interest in such entities.  Mr. Tennenbaum is the managing member of TCO.  Each of the TCP Portfolio Managers is also eligible for a discretionary bonus paid by the Investment Manager based on an assessment by the Investment Manager of the TCP Portfolio Manager’s relative contribution to the Investment Manager’s overall activities.  TCO may be reimbursed by the Investment Manager, the Registrant, and/or one or more of the Other TCP Accounts for the reasonable business use of a private aircraft.  The Investment Manager pays a monthly rental fee to TCO for the use of certain personal property items.
 
Mr. Spencer is compensated by Babson for his services.  His compensation package is comprised of a market-driven base salary, a performance-driven annual bonus, and discretionary long-term incentives.  The performance-driven bonus is based on the performance of the Babson Accounts relative to appropriate benchmarks, including with respect to the Barclays Capital Intermediate U.S. Credit and the S & P Industrial Index, in addition to the Russell 2000 Index and Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index.  Performance of the Babson Accounts are evaluated on a pre-tax basis, and are reviewed over one and three-year periods, with greater emphasis given to the latter. There are other factors that affect bonus awards to a lesser extent, such as client satisfaction, teamwork, the assets under management, and the overall success of Babson.  Such factors are considered as a part of the overall annual bonus evaluation process by the management of Babson.  Long-term incentives are designed to share with participants the longer-term value created in Babson. Long-term incentives may take the form of deferred cash awards (including deferred cash awards that provide Mr. Spencer with the economic equivalent of a “shareholder” interest in the firm by linking the value of the award to a formula which ties to the value of the business), and/or a deferred cash award or a direct profit sharing interest that results in Mr. Spencer receiving amounts based on the amount of the performance fee paid by such fund. These long-term incentives vest over time and are granted annually, based upon the same criteria used to determine the performance-driven annual bonus detailed above. Because Mr. Spencer is responsible for multiple accounts, he is compensated on the overall performance of the accounts that he manages, rather than a specific account, except for the portion of compensation relating to any performance fee award.  Mr. Spencer also receives a percentage of the performance compensation Babson receives for its services to the registered investment companies that are managed by the Investment Manager and co-managed by Babson.
 
(b)           (4)           The dollar range of equity securities in the Registrant beneficially owned by each of the Portfolio Managers at December 31, 2009 is as follows:
 
 
Mark K. Holdsworth
$500,001-$1,000,000
 
Michael E. Leitner
None
 
Howard M. Levkowitz
$500,001-$1,000,000
 
Richard E. Spencer II
None
 
Michael E. Tennenbaum
Over $1,000,000
 

(c)           Not applicable.

ITEM 9.
PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
 
None.

ITEM 10.
SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
 
None.

ITEM 11.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
 
(a)           The Registrant's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported in a timely manner.
 
(b)           None.
 
ITEM 12.
EXHIBITS.
 
(a)           (1)           Code of Ethics referred to in Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH.
 
(a)           (2)           Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.
 
(b)           Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

 
 

 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Special Value Continuation Fund, LLC
 
By:
 /s/ Hugh Steven Wilson
Name:  Hugh Steven Wilson
Title:  Chief Executive Officer
Date:  March 11, 2010

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:
 /s/ Hugh Steven Wilson
Name:  Hugh Steven Wilson
Title:  Chief Executive Officer
Date:  March 11, 2010
 
By:
 /s/ Paul L. Davis
Name:  Paul L. Davis
Title:  Chief Financial Officer
Date:  March 11, 2010