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MICHAEL ADAMS

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · Jersey (as filed: Y9) · Apr 25, 2022 → Apr 3, 2024

4deals (issuers)
$745.8Mreported sold
1investors
4Form D filings
2022–2024years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:52 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

MICHAEL ADAMS is listed as a director on 4 SEC Form D filings by 4 issuers between Apr 2022 and Apr 2024: Pacific Equity Partners Smart Metering Fund, L.P. (St. Helier, Jersey (as filed: Y9) — pooled investment fund — 2022; $745.8M reported sold to 1 investors), Poolroom Coinvestment, L.P. (St Helier, Jersey (as filed: Y9) — pooled investment fund — 2024), Pacific Equity Partners Education SPV, L.P. (St. Helier, Jersey (as filed: Y9) — pooled investment fund — 2022) and Pacific Equity Partners Secure Assets Fund II, L.P. (St. Helier, Jersey (as filed: Y9) — pooled investment fund — 2022).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 4 separate companies raised money with this person listed as director, over about 2 years. Across those companies the filings report $745.8M sold in total.

Listed alongside SHANE M. HOLLYWOOD (4 shared filings), MICHAEL H. RICHARDSON (3 shared filings), PETER E. NEWBALD (3 shared filings), SIMON D. PILLAR (3 shared filings), LAUREN SALKELD (1 shared filing) and 1 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around MICHAEL. Each name links to their own page.

3 of the issuers belong to the sponsor group Pacific (25 issuers, $7.11B reported sold, 2012–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Pacific has 25 companies on file and $7.11B reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 2 SEC releases listed in Key records below.

What this means 2 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

We compared 4 public filings for MICHAEL ADAMS and found 8 differences: Form D filed 17 days after the first sale; No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open; and more below.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for MICHAEL ADAMS has not run yet — it is joining a line of 14,100 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 28 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:52 AM ET.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

2 SEC releases

Michael W. Adams, Donald H. Stringer, Victor G. Campana andSaint Clair Ainsley Knight, Jr. Administrative proceeding
SEC · Nov 3, 1995 · Parties as named in the release: Michael W. Adams, Donald H. Stringer, Victor G. Campana andSaint Clair Ainsley Knight, Jr. Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 9 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
James Papatola, Victor G. Campana, Ken Bogannam, Adams Financial Services, Inc., Adams Financial Group, Inc., Michael W. Adams, Ronnie Lee Awtry, Karl Don Milstead, Donald H. Stringer, David M. Stover, Saint Clair Ainsley Knight, Jr. Litigation release
SEC · Oct 30, 1995 · Parties as named in the release: James Papatola, Victor G. Campana, Ken Bogannam, Adams Financial Services, Inc., Adams Financial Group, Inc., Michael W. Adams, Ronnie Lee Awtry, Karl Don Milstead, Donald H. Stringer, David M. Stover, Saint Clair Ainsley Knight, Jr. Read the release ↗
same full name in the release title; 9 people with this name in Form D filings; the person's filing state is not named
What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched MICHAEL ADAMS..

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

None found in sources searched — federal bankruptcy courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:52 AM ET.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

8 differences found between the filings for MICHAEL ADAMS (compared 4 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Apr 8, 2022 – Apr 25, 2022

Form D filed 17 days after the first sale — Pacific Equity Partners Smart Metering Fund, L.P.

The filing says the first sale was Apr 8, 2022. The Form D was filed Apr 25, 2022 — 17 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 2 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Apr 8, 2022 – Apr 25, 2022

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Pacific Equity Partners Smart Metering Fund, L.P. (latest filing Apr 25, 2022)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Apr 25, 2022 (first sale Apr 8, 2022). It reports $745,826,949 sold of an indefinite amount offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

Sources
Note · Apr 25, 2022 – Dec 16, 2022

MICHAEL ADAMS is written 2 different ways on the filings

listed as "Michael Adams" on 3 filings (from Apr 25, 2022), and "Michael C. Adams" on the Dec 16, 2022 filing.

What this means Same person, written differently — a middle name or suffix left off, or spelled another way. It is normal, but check that the full legal name matches your subscription documents.

Sources
Note · Nov 24, 2025

Same name, different state: "Michael B. Adams" (MD) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is Y9. A separate record, "Michael B. Adams" with address state MD, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by SHORE BANCSHARES INC (Nov 24, 2025). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 25, 2022 to Apr 3, 2024; the other has one filing dated Nov 24, 2025.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Jan 12, 2022

Same name, different state: "Michael C. Adams" (OH) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is Y9. A separate record, "Michael C. Adams" with address state OH, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Construction Laser Holdings, LLC (Jan 12, 2022). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 25, 2022 to Apr 3, 2024; the other has one filing dated Jan 12, 2022.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Jan 24, 2017

Same name, different state: "Michael Adams" (WA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is Y9. A separate record, "Michael Adams" with address state WA, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by VRCinematic, Inc. (Jan 24, 2017). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 25, 2022 to Apr 3, 2024; the other has one filing dated Jan 24, 2017.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Dec 5, 2014 – Feb 5, 2015

Same name, different state: "Michael T Adams" (TX) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is Y9. A separate record, "Michael T Adams" with address state TX, is listed on 10 filings — most recently by LAPOLLA INDUSTRIES INC (Feb 5, 2015). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 25, 2022 to Apr 3, 2024; the other runs Dec 5, 2014 to Feb 5, 2015.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Oct 18, 2012

Same name, different state: "Michael A Adams" (NE) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is Y9. A separate record, "Michael A Adams" with address state NE, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Seven Crowns Investment Group LLC (Oct 18, 2012). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Apr 25, 2022 to Apr 3, 2024; the other has one filing dated Oct 18, 2012.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 4 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Apr 3, 2024 D
Poolroom Coinvestment, L.P.
File 021-509507
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Dec 16, 2022 D
Pacific Equity Partners Education SPV, L.P.
File 021-467771
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
May 16, 2022 D
Pacific Equity Partners Secure Assets Fund II, L.P.
File 021-445738
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Apr 25, 2022 D
Pacific Equity Partners Smart Metering Fund, L.P.
File 021-443163
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 4

Every issuer that named Michael Adams on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Pooled Investment Fund

Poolroom Coinvestment, L.P.

St Helier, Jersey (as filed: Y9) · Apr 3, 2024
  • Apr 3, 2024 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (ALTERNATE DIRECTOR OF THE GENERAL PARTNER) EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as director.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Pacific

Pacific Equity Partners Education SPV, L.P.

St. Helier, Jersey (as filed: Y9) · Dec 16, 2022
  • Dec 16, 2022 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (DIRECTOR OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND THE GENERAL PARTNER) EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as director.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Pacific

Pacific Equity Partners Secure Assets Fund II, L.P.

St. Helier, Jersey (as filed: Y9) · May 16, 2022
  • May 16, 2022 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (DIRECTOR OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND THE GENERAL PARTNER) EDGAR ↗

No sales reported yet as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as director.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Pacific

Pacific Equity Partners Smart Metering Fund, L.P.

St. Helier, Jersey (as filed: Y9) · Apr 25, 2022
  • Apr 25, 2022 · D · $745,826,949 sold of Indefinite · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director (DIRECTOR OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND THE GENERAL PARTNER) EDGAR ↗

Raised $745.8M from 1 investor as of the latest filing. Michael is listed as director.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(b) (83,801 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Other pages with the same name (8)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

  • Michael B. Adams — MD, 1 issuer, Nov 24, 2025 → Nov 24, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • Michael T Adams — TX, 1 issuer, Dec 5, 2014 → Feb 5, 2015 · no shared issuer
  • Michael A Adams — NE, 1 issuer, Oct 18, 2012 → Oct 18, 2012 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Adams — WA, 1 issuer, Jan 24, 2017 → Jan 24, 2017 · no shared issuer
  • Michael C. Adams — OH, 1 issuer, Jan 12, 2022 → Jan 12, 2022 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Adams — NY, 1 issuer, Jul 13, 2022 → Jul 15, 2024 · no shared issuer
  • Michael Rolland Adams — New Zealand (as filed: Q2), 1 issuer, Oct 23, 2024 → Jul 22, 2025 · no shared issuer
  • Michael W Adams — NC, TX, 1 issuer, Jun 30, 2010 → Jun 30, 2010 · no shared issuer

People around Michael 6

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

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SHANE M. HOLLYWOOD

Director · 4 shared filings (4 issuers) · also on 14 other issuers

SHANE M. HOLLYWOOD is on 18 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Person

PETER E. NEWBALD

Director · 3 shared filings (3 issuers) · also on 23 other issuers

PETER E. NEWBALD is on 26 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

MR
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Person

MICHAEL H. RICHARDSON

Director · 3 shared filings (3 issuers) · also on 28 other issuers

MICHAEL H. RICHARDSON is on 31 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Person

SIMON D. PILLAR

Director · 3 shared filings (3 issuers) · also on 22 other issuers

SIMON D. PILLAR is on 25 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Person

LAUREN SALKELD

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 9 other issuers

LAUREN SALKELD is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

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Person

NATACHA KAY

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Michael Adams. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Pacific

25 issuers · 37 filings · $7.11B reported sold · 2012–2026

One team, 25 deal companies. Michael Adams is listed on 3 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name MICHAEL ADAMS.

Same business address

16 other issuers file from the same address

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 4 issuers this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to MICHAEL ADAMS by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 4 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Michael Adams is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Pacific Equity Partners Smart Metering Fund, L.P.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #158,337 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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