Footnotes

  • Technically the Investment Manager of HVPE is HarbourVest Advisers L.P., an affiliate of HarbourVest Partners, LLC. However, we will refer to the Investment Manager as “HarbourVest Partners” throughout this website, being the firm’s recognised name.
  • HVPE is authorised as a closed-ended investment scheme in accordance with section 8 of the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended and rule 6.02 of the Authorised Closed-ended Investment Scheme Rules 2008. HVPE is managed by HarbourVest Advisers L.P. (the “investment manager”), an affiliate of HarbourVest Partners, LLC (“HarbourVest” or the “firm”), a private equity firm based in Boston, U.S.A. whose history dates back to 1982. The Company issued 83,000,000 shares at $10.00 per share in December 2007. The Company currently has 76,969,354 ordinary shares in issue.

Applicability

These terms and conditions of use (“Terms of Use”) apply to all visits to and use of this website, as well as to all Information services provided to you on or through this website (the “Information”).

The Information is for general information purposes only. The Information contained on this site does not constitute investment advice and the products described may not be available to, or suitable for, all investors.

No Offering of Investment Advice or Securities

This website (and the information contained therein) is not intended to and does not constitute either an offer, solicitation, inducement, invitation or commitment to purchase, subscribe to, provide or sell any securities, service or product or to provide any recommendations on which visitors to this website should rely for financial, securities, investment or other advice or to take any decision based on such information. Visitors to this website are encouraged to seek independent professional advice, including tax advice, from their legal, financial, personal and other advisers before making any investment or financial decision or purchasing any financial, securities or investment related service or product.

The information contained on this website is not aimed at the residents of any particular country and is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person in any jurisdiction or country where such use or distribution would be contrary to any local law or regulation. The shares of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (“HVPE”) may be marketed in certain jurisdictions only. Visitors who choose to access this website do so on their own initiative and agree to assume responsibility for ensuring that their use of this information does not contravene any such restrictions and to observe all applicable laws and regulations of any relevant jurisdiction.

Forward Looking Statements

This website may contain certain forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, investments, business and prospects of HVPE. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty, because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future and there are many factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. HVPE does not undertake to update any of these forward-looking statements.

Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and regulatory requirements, HVPE shall not be liable for any errors, inaccuracies or omissions on this website or for any damages resulting from the use of (or inability to use) the website, including damages caused by viruses or any incorrectness or incompleteness of the Information, whether caused by negligence or otherwise. HVPE shall further not be liable for damages resulting from the use of electronic means of communication, including, but not limited to, damages resulting from failure or delay in delivery of electronic communications, interception or manipulation of electronic communications by third parties or by computer programs used for electronic communications and transmission of viruses.

Investment Case

The value of any investment made in the shares of HVPE and the income from such can go down as well as up, and the investor may not get back the full amount invested. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. Changes in the rate of exchange may also cause the value of overseas investments to go up or down. HVPE invests in asset classes carrying great risk.

Linked Sites

Visitors cannot link our website to another website without our express permission. We do not permit others to link to or frame this website or any portion thereof. We are not responsible for the security, content or privacy policies of any other website, including any website through which visitors may have gained access to our website, or to which visitors may gain access from our website. We do not accept any liability in connection with any such websites or links. Where we provide a link to a third party's website, we do so because we believe in good faith that such website contains or may contain material which is relevant to that on our website. The link does not signify that we have reviewed or approved the contents of the third party's website.

Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise expressly noted, all rights to this website and the Information, including images, logos, articles and other materials, are protected by copyrights and/or other intellectual property owned, controlled or licensed by HVPE or its affiliates.

Visitors are permitted to read the website and the Information and make copies for their own personal use, for example by printing or storing it. All other use of the website or the Information, for example the storage or reproduction of (a part of) this website in any external internet site or the creation of links, hypertext links or deep links between this website and any other internet site, is prohibited without the express written consent of HVPE.

United States

The Company's website is for information purposes only and does not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any securities in any jurisdiction and should not be relied upon in connection with any decision to subscribe for or acquire any Shares. In particular, this website does not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for, any securities in the United States or to US Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("US Persons")). Neither this website nor any copy of the information contained on it may be taken, released, published or distributed, directly or indirectly to US Persons or in or into the United States (including its territories and possessions), Canada, Australia or Japan, or any jurisdiction where such action would be unlawful. Accordingly, recipients represent that they are able to access the information on this website without contravention of any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions in the jurisdiction in which they reside or conduct business. No recipient may distribute, or make available, the information on this website (directly or indirectly) to any other person. Viewers of this website should inform themselves about and observe any applicable legal requirements in their jurisdictions.

Shares of HVPE have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) for offer or sale and HVPE has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). No offer to sell shares in the United States or elsewhere is made by this website nor by any information contained on this website, nor is an offer to purchase shares solicited. All sales and resales of shares of HVPE in the United States or to US Persons must be made pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and must be made solely to persons that are qualified purchases as defined in the Investment Company Act.

Severability

If these Terms of Use are or become partially void, the parties will continue to be bound by the remainder of the same. The parties shall replace the void part by provisions that are valid and have legal effect that correspond with those of the void part as much as possible, taking into account the content and the purport of these Terms of Use.

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use shall be exclusively governed by Guernsey law. All disputes arising in connection with these Terms of Use, including disputes concerning the existence and validity thereof, shall be resolved by the competent courts of Guernsey.

Access and Variation

HVPE reserves the right to disable or restrict any visitor's access if in its opinion such visitor has failed to comply with any of the Terms of Use. HVPE also reserves the right to vary the Terms of Use from time to time by amending this page, and visitors should check it from time to time to note any changes made.

Data Protection

Pursuant to the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2001 (the “Data Protection Law”), HVPE's administrator, BNP Paribas Securities Services (“BNP Paribas”) is a Data Controller. BNP Paribas will process in accordance with the Data Protection Law any personal data, as defined in the Data Protection Law (“Personal Data”), provided by you to HVPE, and HVPE will not use such information other than in the normal course of business or as allowed by the Data Protection Law. This may include retaining Personal Data on a database or a relevant filing system. Upon receipt of a request to BNP Paribas and subject to payment of the statutory fee from time to time, you may be provided with your Personal Data in accordance with the Data Protection Law. HVPE and/or BNP Paribas may be required to transfer or disclose Personal Data to a third party, including governmental, regulatory or judicial bodies or agencies, professional advisers or other companies in the same group as HVPE, wherever they are located in the world, during the normal course of HVPE's business provided that the Personal Data may only be transferred to a jurisdiction which is reasonably considered to have data protection laws and regulations equivalent to those existing in Guernsey or to any other jurisdiction if required by law or, in the sole discretion of HVPE or BNP Paribas, if it is determined that there is adequate protection for the Personal Data in that jurisdiction.

HarbourVest – SFDR website disclosures

The present statement contains, in particular, the disclosures which are required to be made on this website by HarbourVest Advisers L.P. (“HarbourVest Advisers”), as a “financial market participant”, in respect of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited (“HVPE”), being the AIF under its management (the “AIF”) under the Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (the “Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation” or “SFDR”).

HarbourVest Advisers, which together with its affiliates forms part of the larger HarbourVest group (“HarbourVest”), is an independent, global private markets investment specialist with over 43 years of experience and more than $147 billion in assets (as at 31 March 2025) under management and offers investors investment opportunities through primary fund investments, secondary investments, and direct co-investments in comingled funds or separately managed accounts.

Transparency of sustainability risk policies at entity level
(article 3 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation)

HarbourVest views responsible investing, or the incorporation of sustainability and business conduct factors into investment and management decisions, as an important part of its business. HarbourVest has been a proud signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) since 2013 and strongly believes that sustainability risks can affect the performance of investment portfolios, to varying degrees, across companies, sectors, and time periods.

As an institutional investor, HarbourVest’s commitment to sustainable investing is grounded in the sustainability risk policies and processes of the managers in which the AIF invests, as these are considered indicators of financial performance.

HarbourVest has integrated sustainable investing procedures within each of its investment strategies to support sound investment decision-making, which is at the core of how it seeks to create compelling, risk-adjusted returns for investors.

HarbourVest’s policy on the integration of sustainability risks in its investment decision making process can be found on its website here.

Transparency of sustainability risk policies at entity level
(article 4 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation)

HarbourVest Advisers does not currently intend to publish a statement on its consideration of the adverse impacts of investment decisions on sustainability factors in the manner set out in article 4 of the SFDR. Whilst HarbourVest Advisers integrates sustainability risks in its investment process, as a fund of fund manager making primary investments, secondary investments and minority non-control direct investments, it has limited control over and access to data from underlying fund managers and cannot provide the information in relation to its consideration of the adverse impacts of its investment decisions on sustainability factors in the manner set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 published by the European Commission on 6 April 2022. HarbourVest Advisers expects to keep this position under review by reference to applicable market developments and future availability of information.

Transparency of remuneration policies in relation to the integration of sustainability risks
(article 5 of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation)

HarbourVest requires relevant individuals to adhere to their policies and processes regarding the integration of sustainable and business conduct. Specific metrics may be set for relevant individuals based on the priorities and objectives for that individual, as determined by their manager and functional leaders. In addition, HarbourVest considers its commitment to sustainable investing as material to investment performance over the long term and aligned with its remuneration structure which focuses on long-term fund performance.


Date of last review: September 2025