UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

x		Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
		For the year ended December 31, 2016
o		Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
		For the transition period from        to

Commission File number 000-33103

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

California		94-3307404
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I. R. S. Employer Identification No.)

The Transamerica Pyramid, 600 Montgomery Street, 9th Floor, San Francisco, California 94111

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 989-8800

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: Limited Liability Company Units

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes o No x

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Act of 1934. Yes o No x

Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o		Accelerated filer o		Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No x

State the aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant: Not applicable

State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of a specified date within the past 60 days. (See definition of affiliate in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.) Not applicable

The number of Limited Liability Company Units outstanding as of February 28, 2017 was 13,560,188.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None.

PART I

Item 1. BUSINESS

General Development of Business

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC (the “Company” or the “Fund”) was formed under the laws of the state of California on July 31, 1998 (“Date of Inception”) for the purpose of equipment financing and acquiring equipment to engage in equipment leasing and sales activities. The Managing Member of the Company is ATEL Financial Services, LLC (“AFS” or the “Managing Member” or “Manager”), a California limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATEL Capital Group. As a limited liability company, the liability of any individual member for the obligations of the Fund is limited to the extent of capital contributions to the Fund by the individual member.

Contributions in the amount of $600 were received as of November 2000, which represented a $500 initial Member’s capital investment and a $100 Managing Member’s capital investment. The Company conducted a public offering of 15,000,000 Limited Liability Company Units (“Units”), at a price of $10 per Unit. As of January 13, 1999, subscriptions for the minimum number of Units (120,000, representing $1.2 million), excluding subscriptions from Pennsylvania investors, had been received and the Fund requested subscription proceeds to be released from escrow. On that date, the Company commenced initial operations and continued in its development stage activities until transitioning to an operating enterprise during the first quarter of 1999. Pennsylvania subscriptions are subject to a separate escrow and are released to the Fund only when aggregate subscriptions for all investors equal to at least $7.5 million. Total contributions to the Fund exceeded $7.5 million on November 30, 2000, at which time a request was processed to release the Pennsylvania escrowed amounts. The offering was terminated on November 30, 2000.

As of December 31, 2016, cumulative gross contributions, less rescissions and repurchases (net of distributions paid and allocated syndication costs, as applicable), totaling $135.7 million (inclusive of the $500 initial member’s capital investment) have been received. As of the same date 13,560,188 Units were issued and outstanding. The Fund may continue until December 31, 2019; however, pursuant to the guidelines of the Operating Agreement, the Company began to liquidate its assets and distribute the proceeds thereof after the end of the Reinvestment Period which ended in December 2006.

The Company’s principal objectives have been to invest in a diversified portfolio of investments that (i) preserve, protect and return the Company’s invested capital; (ii) generate regular cash distributions to Unitholders, with any balance remaining after required minimum distributions to be used to purchase additional investments during the Reinvestment Period (ending six calendar years after the completion of the Company’s public offering of Units) and (iii) provide additional cash distributions following the Reinvestment Period and until all investment portfolio assets has been sold or otherwise disposed. The Company is governed by the ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC amended and restated limited liability company operating agreement effective July 31, 1998 (the “Operating Agreement”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreement, the Managing Member and/or its affiliates receive compensation for services rendered and reimbursements for costs incurred on behalf of the Company (See Note 6, Related party transactions, as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data). The Company is required to maintain reasonable cash reserves for working capital, the repurchase of Units and contingencies. The repurchase of Units is solely at the discretion of the Managing Member.

Narrative Description of Business

The Company had acquired various types of equipment to lease pursuant to “Operating” leases and “High Payout” leases, whereby “Operating” leases are defined as being leases in which the minimum lease payments during the initial lease term do not recover the full cost of the equipment and “High Payout” leases recover at least 90% of such cost. Guidelines provided by the offering indicated that a majority of the aggregate purchase price of equipment would represent equipment leased under “High Payout” leases upon final investment of the Net Proceeds of the Offering and that no more than 20% of the aggregate purchase price of equipment would be invested in equipment acquired from a single manufacturer.

The Company only purchased equipment under pre-existing leases or for which a lease would be entered into concurrently at the time of the purchase. Through December 31, 2016, the Company had purchased equipment with a total acquisition price of $248.8 million.

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The Company’s objective was to lease a minimum of 75% of the equipment acquired with the net proceeds of the offering to lessees that (i) have an average credit rating by Moody’s Investors Service of Baa or better, or the credit equivalent as determined by AFS, with the average rating weighted to account for the original equipment cost for each item leased or (ii) are established hospitals with histories of profitability or municipalities. The balance of the original equipment portfolio may include equipment leased to lessees which, although deemed creditworthy by AFS, would not satisfy the general credit rating criteria for the portfolio. In excess of 75% of the equipment acquired with the net proceeds of the offering (based on original purchase cost) was originally leased to lessees with an average credit rating of Baa or better or to such hospitals or municipalities, as described in (ii) above.

The equipment financing industry is highly competitive. Equipment manufacturers, corporations, partnerships and others offer users an alternative to the purchase of most types of equipment with payment terms that vary widely depending on the type of financing, the lease or loan term and type of equipment. The ability of the Company to keep the equipment leased and the terms of purchase, lease and sale of equipment depends on various factors (many of which neither the Managing Member nor the Company can control), such as general economic conditions, including the effects of inflation or recession, and fluctuations in supply and demand for various types of equipment resulting from, among other things, technological and economic obsolescence.

The primary geographic region in which the Company seeks leasing opportunities is North America. All of the Company’s current operating revenues and long-lived assets relate to customers domiciled in the United States.

The business of the Company is not seasonal. The Company has no full time employees. Employees of the Managing Member and affiliates provide the services the Company requires to effectively operate. The cost of these services is reimbursed by the Company to the Managing Member and affiliates per the Operating Agreement.

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For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes.

Equipment Leasing Activities

The Company had acquired a diversified portfolio of equipment. The equipment, all currently located in the US, had been leased to lessees in various industries. The following tables set forth the types of equipment acquired by the Company through December 31, 2016 and the industries to which the assets had been leased (dollars in thousands):

Asset Types		Purchase Price Excluding Acquisition Fees				Percentage of Total Acquisitions
Transportation, rail		$	57,787				23.23	%
Manufacturing			47,781				19.21	%
Transportation, other			47,614				19.14	%
Aircraft/aviation			38,535				15.49	%
Point of sale/office automation			12,162				4.89	%
Photo processing equipment			10,782				4.33	%
Storage tanks			7,774				3.12	%
Materials handling			7,019				2.82	%
Marine vessel			4,793				1.93	%
Gas compressors			2,522				1.01	%
Other			12,021				4.83	%
		$	248,790				100.00	%

Industry of Lessee		Purchase Price Excluding Acquisition Fees				Percentage of Total Acquisitions
Transportation, rail		$	60,604				24.35	%
Transportation, air			38,535				15.49	%
Manufacturing, other			35,204				14.15	%
Transportation, other			28,378				11.41	%
Transportation, containers			21,229				8.53	%
Manufacturing, electronics			20,901				8.40	%
Retail			18,056				7.26	%
Natural gas			13,848				5.57	%
Other			12,035				4.84	%
		$	248,790				100.00	%

From inception to December 31, 2016, the Company had disposed of certain leased assets as set forth below (in thousands):

Asset Types		Original Equipment Cost Excluding Acquisition Fees				Sale Price				Gross Rents
Manufacturing		$	47,155			$	19,970			$	48,560
Transportation, rail			45,545				34,452				25,166
Aircraft			38,535				8,667				16,856
Transportation, other			35,352				11,385				33,834
Storage tanks			13,065				8,247				10,477
Point of sale/office automation			12,162				2,393				13,086
Photo processing equipment			10,782				6,555				9,618
Materials handling			7,019				2.017				6,776
Gas compressors			2,522				506				2,794
Other			12,007				3,734				14,613
		$	224,144			$	97,926			$	181,780

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For further information regarding the Company’s equipment lease portfolio as of December 31, 2016, see Note 4 to the financial statements, Investments in equipment and leases, net, as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.

Item 2. PROPERTIES

The Company does not own or lease any real property, plant or material physical properties other than the equipment held for lease as set forth in Item 1, Business.

Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In the ordinary course of conducting business, there may be certain claims, suits, and complaints filed against the Company. In the opinion of management, the outcome of such matters, if any, will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations. No material legal proceedings are currently pending against the Company or against any of its assets.

Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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PART II

Market Information

There are certain material conditions and restrictions on the transfer of Units imposed by the terms of the Operating Agreement. Consequently, there is no public market for Units and it is not anticipated that a public market for Units will develop. In the absence of a public market for the Units, there is no currently ascertainable fair market value for the Units.

Holders

As of December 31, 2016, a total of 3,305 investors were Unitholders of record in the Company.

Fund Valuation

Background to Fund Valuation

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), in conjunction with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) updated rules for the presentation of account statement values relative to pricing of Direct Placement Program (“DPP”) shares. Under FINRA Notice 15-02 (the “Notice”) the SEC approved amendments to National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) Rule 2340, Customer Account Statements, and FINRA rule 2310, which address a FINRA member firm’s participation in a public offering of a DPP. In summary, the amendments require a FINRA member firm to include in the account statements for customers holding DPP securities a per share value for the DPP. This per share value must be prepared by, or with the material assistance or confirmation of, a third-party valuation expert or service. The results of this valuation must be disclosed in the issuer’s reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A valuation in compliance with the Notice must be undertaken and published on at least an annual basis.

The effective date of the Notice was April 11, 2016.

Methodologies

Broker dealers are required to provide a per share estimated value on the customer account statements for each non-listed DPP security held by their customers. Such estimated value must have been developed in a manner reasonably designed to provide a reliable value. Two valuation methodologies have been defined by FINRA, which by such designation are presumed to be reliable.

Net Investment Methodology

The amendments to NASD Rule 2340(c)(1)(A) require “net investment” to be based on the “amount available for investment” percentage disclosed in the “Estimated Use of Proceeds” section of the issuer’s offering prospectus. In essence, such value is equal to the offering price less selling commissions, other offering and organization expenses, and capital reserves. This method may be used for up to 150 days following the second anniversary of a Fund breaking escrow.

Appraised Value Methodology

As amended, Rule NASD 2340(c)(1)(B) requires that the per share estimated value disclosed in an issuer’s most recent periodic or current report be based upon an appraisal of the assets and liabilities of the program by, or with the material assistance or confirmation of, a third-party valuation expert or service, in conformity with standard industry valuation practice as it relates to both the aforementioned assets and liabilities. No later than 150 days following the second anniversary of the issuer’s break of escrow for its minimum offering, this methodology must be used to establish the required estimated values.

Unit Valuation

The per Unit valuation estimate for ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC has been conducted, and the results disclosed herein, in compliance with the mandates of the Notice.

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For ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC, its estimated value per Unit reflects the Manager’s estimate of current portfolio valuation of all assets and liabilities of the Fund, calculated on a per Unit basis, and as such, does not represent a market value for the Units and may not accurately reflect the value of the Fund Units to the Unit holders if held over time to Fund maturity.

In connection with any estimate of per Unit value, Unit holders and all parties are reminded that no public market for the Units exists. Additionally, in order to preserve the Fund’s pass-through status for federal income tax purposes, the Fund will not permit a secondary market or the substantial equivalent of a secondary market for the Units. In the absence of a public market for the Units, there is no currently ascertainable fair market value for the Units.

The estimate of per Unit value does not take into account any extraordinary potential future business activity of the Fund; rather the valuation represents a snapshot view of the Fund’s portfolio as of the valuation date. In addition, the Fund does not include any analysis of the distributions that have already been paid by the Fund, nor the anticipated returns to Unit holder over the full course of the Fund life cycle, which will be dependent on many factors.

Disclosure

The estimated value per Unit reported in this Form 10-K has been calculated using the “Appraised Value Methodology” described above under “Methodologies” above, as of December 31, 2016.

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC, will satisfy the disclosure requirements for providing estimated per Unit values pursuant to the Notice as follows:

For these disclosures, subsequent to the Fund’s initial compliance with FINRA 15-02, annual disclosures of estimated per Unit values, through the termination of the Fund, will be accomplished and included on an annual basis in a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission available to the public.

Specifics Underlying Valuation Methodology:

Notes and Explanation of Valuation Components and Calculation

Projected future cash flows have been discounted back to present value at discount rates based on like-term U.S. Treasury yields (as of the valuation date) plus a 300 basis point spread, to account for the credit risk differentials between the instrument being valued and U.S. Treasury security yields.

Residual values assumptions used in the cash flow projections are as follows:

For On-Lease and Month-to-Month Lease:  Considers realized residual as a percent of book residual of 162.8%, based on ATEL’s historical track record as of December 31, 2016. In addition, an annual inflation rate of 2.5% has been assumed.

For Off-Lease:  A fair market value of off-lease equipment is based on estimates from ATEL’s seasoned Asset Management group.

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Special Situation Leases:  The valuation of certain leases has been performed outside of the above noted protocol based upon specific lease assumptions different than the macro assumptions above, due to the specific situations of those leases.

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC Unit Valuation

The Manager’s estimated per Unit value of ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC at December 31, 2016 as determined, and derived under the guidelines of the Appraised Value Methodology, and pursuant to the above specific enumerated component valuation methodologies and calculations, equals $0.63. An independent national public accounting firm with valuation expertise was retained to examine, attest and confirm ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC’s per Unit valuation and its component methodologies and calculation as it relates to compliance with the regulatory mandate defined in the Notice. In this regard, they examined the components of the valuation methodologies and determined them to be reasonable and within industry standards. Other component attributes, including the bases and related key assumptions of the calculation were tested for their completeness, underlying documentation support and mathematical accuracy. Upon completion of their efforts, their attestation report confirmed that the per unit valuation of ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC, and the related notes, in all material respects, was based upon industry practice as described in the Manager’s valuation approach.

Disclaimer

The foregoing Fund per Unit valuation has been performed solely for the purpose of providing an estimated value per Unit in accordance with a regulatory mandate, in order to provide the broker dealer and custodian community with a valuation on a reasonable and attested basis for use in assigning an estimation of a Unit holder’s account value. Any report or disclosure of such estimated per Unit valuation is to be accompanied by statements that the value does not represent an estimate of the amount a Unit holder would receive if the Unit holder were to seek to sell the Units, and that the Fund intends to liquidate its assets in the ordinary course of its business and over the Fund’s term. Further, each statement of the Fund’s estimated per Unit valuation is to be accompanied by a disclosure that there can be no assurance as to (1) when the Fund will be fully liquidated, (2) the amount the Fund may actually receive if and when the Fund seeks to liquidate its assets, (3) the amount of lease or loan payments the Fund will actually receive over the remaining term, (4) the amount of asset disposition proceeds the Fund will actually receive over the remaining term, and (5) the amounts that may actually be received in distributions by Unit holders over the course of the remaining term.

Distributions

The Unitholders of record are entitled to certain distributions as provided under the Operating Agreement. AFS has sole discretion in determining the amount of distributions; provided, however, that AFS will not reinvest in equipment, but will distribute, subject to payment of any obligations of the Company. The Company commenced periodic distributions beginning with the month of January 1999.

The monthly distributions to members were discontinued in 2007 as the company entered its liquidation phase. Periodic distributions were paid by the Fund to Unitholders of record in December 2016 and 2015. The annualized rates for distributions from 2016 and 2015 operations were $0.10 and $0.30 per Unit, respectively. The rates and frequency of periodic distributions paid by the Fund during its liquidation phase are solely at the discretion of the Managing Member.

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The following table presents summarized per Unit information regarding distributions to Other Members:

		2016				2015
Net income per Unit, based on weighted average Units outstanding		$	0.13			$	0.18
Return of investment			(0.03	)			0.12
Distributions declared per Unit, based on weighted average Other Member Units outstanding			0.10				0.30
Differences due to timing of distributions			—				—
Actual distributions paid per Unit		$	0.10			$	0.30

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A smaller reporting company is not required to present selected financial data in accordance with item 301(c) of Regulation S-K.

Statements contained in this Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (“MD&A”) and elsewhere in this Form 10-K, which are not historical facts, may contain forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. In particular, economic recession and changes in general economic conditions, including fluctuations in demand for equipment, lease rates, and interest rates, may result in delays in investment and reinvestment, delays in leasing, re-leasing, and disposition of equipment, and reduced returns on invested capital. The Company’s performance is subject to risks relating to lessee defaults and the creditworthiness of its lessees. The Company’s performance is also subject to risks relating to the value of its equipment at the end of its leases, which may be affected by the condition of the equipment, technological obsolescence and the markets for new and used equipment at the end of lease terms. Investors are cautioned not to attribute undue certainty to these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Form 10-K. We undertake no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 10-K or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, other than as required by law.

Overview

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC (the “Company” or the “Fund”) was formed under the laws of the state of California on July 1998 (“Date of Inception”) for the purpose of equipment financing and acquiring equipment to engage in equipment leasing and sales activities.

The Company conducted a public offering of 15,000,000 Limited Liability Company Units (“Units”), at a price of $10 per Unit. The offering was terminated in November 2000. Total gross proceeds of the offering were $135.7 million. During early 2001, the Company completed its initial acquisition stage with the investment of the net proceeds from the public offering of Units. Subsequently, throughout the reinvestment period (“Reinvestment Period”) (defined as six full years following the year the offering was terminated), the Company reinvested cash flow in excess of certain amounts required to be distributed to the Other Members and/or utilized its credit facilities to acquire additional equipment.

The Company may continue until December 31, 2019. However, pursuant to the guidelines of the Operating Agreement, the Company began to liquidate its assets and distribute the proceeds thereof after the end of the Reinvestment Period which ended in December 2006.

As of December 31, 2016, the Company continues in its liquidation phase. Accordingly, assets that mature will be returned to inventory and most likely subsequently sold, which will result in decreasing revenue as earning assets decrease. Periodic distributions are paid at the discretion of the Managing Member.

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Results of Operations

It has been the Company’s objective to maintain a 100% utilization rate for all equipment purchased in any given year. All equipment transactions were acquired subject to binding lease commitments, so equipment utilization remained high throughout the reinvestment stage. Initial lease terms of these leases were generally from 24 to 120 months, and as they expired, the Company re-leased or sold the equipment. All of the Company’s equipment on lease was purchased in the years 1999 through 2015. The utilization percentage of existing assets under lease was 99% and 97% at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Cost reimbursements to the Managing Member and/or affiliates are based on its costs incurred in performing administrative services for the Company. These costs are allocated to each managed entity based on certain criteria such as total assets, number of investors or contributed capital based upon the type of cost incurred.

The Operating Agreement places an annual limit and a cumulative limit for cost reimbursements to AFS and/or affiliates. Any reimbursable costs incurred by AFS and/or affiliates during the year exceeding the annual and/or cumulative limits cannot be reimbursed in the current year, though such costs may be reimbursable in future years to the extent such amounts may be payable if within the annual and cumulative limits in such future years. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the amount of reimbursable expenses billed to the Fund did not exceed either the annual or the cumulative limitations. It is not anticipated that any further billings to the Fund will equal or exceed the annual or cumulative reimbursable expense limitation. Such is reflective of the continued diminishing Fund asset base over which reimbursements are calculated (see Note 6 to the financial statements, Related party transactions, as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data).

2016 versus 2015

The Company had net income of $1.9 million and $2.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Results for 2016 reflect a decrease in total revenues and an increase in total expenses when compared to prior year.

Revenues

Total revenues for 2016 decreased by $797 thousand or 18%, as compared to prior year. Such decrease was largely due to a $665 thousand, or 75%, reduction in gain on sales of lease assets resulting from a diminished volume in sale activities; and a $117 thousand, or 3%, decrease in operating lease revenues, mainly the result of run-off and dispositions of lease assets.

Expenses

Total expenses for 2016 increased by $109 thousand or 6%, as compared to prior year. The increase in total expenses was largely a result of a $172 thousand, or 52%, increase in railcar maintenance expense, mostly the result of cost incurred on railcars that were previously off-lease; a $29 thousand instance of periodic vessel maintenance; a $22 thousand, or 12%, increase in professional fees; a $20 thousand increase in franchise fees and taxes, which can be attributed to the timing of tax payments to various jurisdictions; partially offset by a $39 thousand, or 13%, decline in cost reimbursements to the Manager and/or affiliates, directly attributable to a reduced level of fund assets under management; a reduction of $30 thousand, or 9%, in depreciation expense, mostly the result of run-off and sales of lease assets; a $46 thousand, or 21%, decline in asset management fees reflecting a lesser level of managed assets and related rents; and a $30 thousand, or 48%, smaller accumulation of rail storage fees, mainly the result of a lesser inventory of non-revenue generating railcars in the portfolio.

Capital Resources and Liquidity

At December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents totaled $965 thousand and $11 thousand, respectively. The liquidity of the Company varies, increasing to the extent cash flows from leases and proceeds of asset sales exceed expenses and decreasing as lease assets are acquired, as distributions are made to the members and to the extent expenses exceed cash flows from leases and proceeds from asset sales.

The Company currently believes it has adequate reserves available to meet its immediate cash requirements and those of the next twelve months, but in the event those reserves were found to be inadequate, the Company would likely be in a position to borrow against its current portfolio to meet such requirements. The Managing Member envisions no such requirements for operating purposes.

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Cash Flows

The following table sets forth summary cash flow data (in thousands):

		2016				2015
Net cash provided by:
Operating activities		$	2,026			$	2,443
Investing activities			394				1,038
Financing activities			(1,466	)			(4,398	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		$	954			$	(917	)

2016 versus 2015

During 2016 and 2015, the Company’s primary sources of liquidity were cash flows from its portfolio of operating and direct financing lease contracts, and its investments in notes receivable. In addition, the Company realized $405 thousand and $1.3 million of proceeds from sales or dispositions of equipment for the respective years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

During the same respective years, cash was primarily used to pay distributions to both the Other Members and the Managing Member, totaling $1.5 million and $4.4 million, respectively.

Distributions

The Company commenced periodic distributions beginning with the month of January 1999. During its liquidation phase, the rates and frequency of periodic distributions paid by the Fund are solely at the discretion of the Managing Member.

See Item 5, Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities, for additional information regarding the distributions.

Commitments and Contingencies and Off-Balance Sheet Transactions

Commitments and Contingencies

At December 31, 2016, there were no commitments to purchase lease assets. Pursuant to the Operating Agreement, the Company will no longer purchase any new lease assets.

Off-Balance Sheet Transactions

None.

Item 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

See the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements attached hereto at pages 12 through 26.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Members
ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related statements of income, changes in members’ capital, and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Management of the Company’s Managing Member. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements 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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its 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, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ Moss Adams LLP

San Francisco, California
March 17, 2017

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND VIII, LLC
 
BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015
(In Thousands)

		2016				2015
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents		$	965			$	11
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful account of $7 at December 31, 2016 and $0 at December 31, 2015			412				476
Prepaid expenses and other assets			32				31
Investments in equipment and leases, net of accumulated depreciation of $23,704 at December 31, 2016 and $25,276 at December 2015			3,466				3,924
Total assets		$	4,875			$	4,442
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ CAPITAL
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities:
Managing Member		$	200			$	125
Other			56				135
Unearned operating lease income			69				68
Total liabilities			325				328
Commitments and contingencies
Members’ capital:
Managing Member			—				—
Other Members			4,550				4,114
Total Members’ capital			4,550				4,114
Total liabilities and Members’ capital		$	4,875			$	4,442

See accompanying notes.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND VIII, LLC
 
STATEMENTS OF INCOME

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015
(In Thousands Except for Units and Per Unit Data)

		2016				2015
Revenues:
Leasing activities:
Operating leases		$	3,510			$	3,627
Direct financing leases			3				16
Gain on sales of lease assets			224				889
Other revenue			—				2
Total revenues			3,737				4,534
Expenses:
Depreciation of operating lease assets			287				317
Amortization of initial direct costs			1				—
Asset management fees to Managing Member			176				222
Vessel maintenance			29				—
Railcar maintenance			504				332
Cost reimbursements to Managing Member and/or affiliates			269				308
Other management fees			108				95
Railcar storage fees			32				62
Professional fees			207				185
Insurance			41				38
Provision for credit losses			7				—
Taxes on income and franchise fees			20				—
Postage			12				11
Printing and photocopying			17				24
Freight and shipping			22				24
Other			103				108
Total expenses			1,835				1,726
Net income		$	1,902			$	2,808
Net income:
Managing Member		$	110			$	330
Other Members			1,792				2,478
		$	1,902			$	2,808
Net income per Limited Liability Company Unit (Other Members)		$	0.13			$	0.18
Weighted average number of Units outstanding			13,560,188				13,560,188

See accompanying notes.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015
(In Thousands Except for Units and Per Unit Data)

		Other Members								Managing Member				Total
		Units				Amount
Balance December 31, 2014			13,560,188			$	5,704			$	—			$	5,704
Distributions to Other Members ($0.30 per Unit)			—				(4,068	)			—				(4,068	)
Distributions to Managing Member			—				—				(330	)			(330	)
Net income			—				2,478				330				2,808
Balance December 31, 2015			13,560,188				4,114				—				4,114
Distributions to Other Members ($0.10 per Unit)			—				(1,356	)			—				(1,356	)
Distributions to Managing Member			—				—				(110	)			(110	)
Net income			—				1,792				110				1,902
Balance December 31, 2016			13,560,188			$	4,550			$	—			$	4,550

See accompanying notes.

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STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 AND 2015
(In Thousands)

		2016				2015
Operating activities:
Net income		$	1,902			$	2,808
Adjustment to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Gain on sales of assets			(224	)			(889	)
Depreciation of operating lease assets			287				317
Amortization of initial direct costs			1				—
Provision for credit losses			7				—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable			57				82
Prepaid expenses and other assets			(1	)			(10	)
Accounts payable, Managing Member			75				(25	)
Accounts payable, other			(79	)			140
Unearned operating lease income			1				20
Net cash provided by operating activities			2,026				2,443
Investing activities:
Improvements to equipment on operating leases			—				(253	)
Proceeds from sales of assets			405				1,285
Principal payments received on direct financing leases			3				6
Payments of initial direct costs			(14	)			—
Purchases of equipment on direct financing leases			—				—
Net cash provided by investing activities			394				1,038
Financing activities:
Distributions to Other Members			(1,356	)			(4,068	)
Distributions to Managing Member			(110	)			(330	)
Net cash used in financing activities			(1,466	)			(4,398	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents			954				(917	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year			11				928
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year		$	965			$	11
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the period for taxes		$	13			$	7

See accompanying notes.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Organization and Limited Liability Company matters:

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC (the “Company” or the “Fund”) was formed under the laws of the state of California on July 31, 1998 (“Date of Inception”) for the purpose of equipment financing and acquiring equipment to engage in equipment leasing and sales activities. The Managing Member of the Company is ATEL Financial Services, LLC (the “Managing Member” or “Manager”), a California limited liability company. The Managing Member is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATEL Capital Group. The Fund may continue until December 31, 2019. As a limited liability company, the liability of any individual member for the obligations of the Fund is limited to the extent of capital contributions to the Fund by the individual member.

Contributions in the amount of $600 were received, which represented a $500 initial member’s capital investment and a $100 Managing Member’s capital investment. The Company conducted a public offering of 15,000,000 Limited Liability Company Units (“Units”), at a price of $10 per Unit. On January 13, 1999, subscriptions for the minimum number of Units (120,000, representing $1.2 million) had been received (excluding subscriptions from Pennsylvania investors) and AFS requested that the subscriptions be released to the Company. On that date, the Company commenced operations in its primary business (acquiring equipment to engage in equipment leasing, lending and sales activities). Gross contributions in the amount of $135.7 million (13,570,188 units) were received as of November 30, 2000, inclusive of $500 of initial Member’s capital investment and $100 of AFS’ capital investment. The offering was terminated on November 30, 2000.

As of December 31, 2016, cumulative gross contributions, less rescissions and repurchases (net of distributions paid and allocated syndication costs, as applicable), totaling $135.7 million (inclusive of the $600 initial Member’s capital investment) have been received. As of the same date, 13,560,188 Units were issued and outstanding.

The Company’s principal objectives have been to invest in a diversified portfolio of equipment that (i) preserves, protects and returns the Company’s invested capital; (ii) generates regular distributions to the Members of cash from operations and cash from sales or refinancing, with any balance remaining after certain minimum distributions to be used to purchase additional equipment during the reinvestment period (“Reinvestment Period”) (defined as six full years following the year the offering was terminated), which ended December 31, 2006, and (iii) provides additional distributions following the Reinvestment Period and until all equipment has been sold. The Company is governed by its Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement (“Operating Agreement”), as amended.

Pursuant to the terms of the Operating Agreement, the Managing Member and/or its affiliates receive compensation for services rendered and reimbursements for costs incurred on behalf of the Company (See Note 6, Related party transactions). The Company is required to maintain reasonable cash reserves for working capital, the repurchase of Units and contingencies. The repurchase of Units is solely at the discretion of the Managing Member.

As of December 31, 2016, the Company continues in the liquidation phase of its life cycle as defined in the Operating Agreement.

2. Summary of significant accounting policies:

Basis of presentation:

The accompanying balance sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related statements of income, changes in members’ capital, and cash flows for the years then ended, have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no significant effect on the reported financial position or results from operations.

Footnote and tabular amounts are presented in thousands, except as to Units and per Unit data.

In preparing the accompanying financial statements, the Company has reviewed, as determined necessary by the Managing Member, events that have occurred after December 31, 2016, up until the issuance of the financial statements. No events were noted which would require additional disclosure in the footnotes to the financial statements, and adjustments thereto.

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2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

Cash and cash equivalents:

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in banks and cash equivalent investments such as U.S. Treasury instruments with original and/or purchased maturities of ninety days or less.

Use of Estimates:

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP 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 and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from the estimates. Such estimates primarily relate to the determination of residual values at the end of the lease term and expected future cash flows used for impairment analysis purposes and for determination of the allowance for doubtful accounts and reserve for credit losses on notes receivable.

Accounts receivable:

Accounts receivable represent the amounts billed under operating and direct financing lease contracts, and notes receivable which are currently due to the Company. Allowances for doubtful accounts are typically established based on historical charge off and collection experience and the collectability of specifically identified lessees and borrowers, and invoiced amounts. Accounts receivable deemed uncollectible are generally charged off against the allowance on a specific identification basis. Recoveries of amounts that were previously written-off are recorded as other income in the period received.

Credit risk:

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk include cash and cash equivalents, operating and direct financing lease receivables, notes receivable and accounts receivable. The Company places the majority of its cash deposits in noninterest-bearing accounts with financial institutions that have no less than $10 billion in assets. Such deposits are insured up to $250 thousand. The remainder of the Funds’ cash is temporarily invested in U.S. Treasury denominated instruments. The concentration of such deposits and temporary cash investments is not deemed to create a significant risk to the Company. Accounts and notes receivable represent amounts due from lessees or borrowers in various industries, related to equipment on operating and direct financing leases or notes receivable.

Equipment on operating leases and related revenue recognition:

Equipment subject to operating leases is stated at cost. Depreciation is being recognized on a straight-line method over the terms of the related leases to the equipment’s estimated residual values. Off-lease equipment is generally not subject to depreciation. The Company depreciates all lease assets, in accordance with guidelines consistent with ASC 840-20-35-3, over the periods of the lease terms contained in each asset’s respective lease contract to the estimated residual value at the end of the lease contract. All lease assets are purchased only concurrent with the execution of a lease commitment by the lessee. Thus, the original depreciation period corresponds with the term of the original lease. Once the term of an original lease contract is completed, the subject property is typically sold to the existing user, re-leased to the existing user, or, when off-lease, is held for sale. Assets which are re-leased continue to be depreciated using the terms of the new lease agreements and the estimated residual values at the end of the new lease terms, adjusted downward as necessary. Assets classified as held-for-sale are carried at the lower of carrying amount, or the fair value less cost to sell (ASC 360-10-35-43).

The Company does not use the equipment held in its portfolio, but holds it solely for lease and ultimate sale. In the course of marketing equipment that has come off-lease, management may determine at some point that re-leasing the assets may provide a superior return for investors and would then execute another lease. Upon entering into a new lease contract, management will estimate the residual value once again and resume depreciation. If, and when, the Company, at any time, determines that depreciation in value may have occurred with respect to an asset held-for-sale, the Company would review the value to determine whether a material reduction in value had occurred and recognize

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

any appropriate impairment. All lease assets, including off-lease assets, are subject to the Company’s quarterly impairment analysis, as described below. Maintenance costs associated with the Fund’s portfolio of leased assets are expensed as incurred. Major additions and betterments are capitalized.

Operating lease revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the underlying leases. The initial lease terms will vary as to the type of equipment subject to the leases, the needs of the lessees and the terms to be negotiated, but initial leases are generally on terms from 24 to 120 months. The difference between rent received and rental revenue recognized is recorded as unearned operating lease income on the balance sheet.

Operating leases are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management considers the equipment underlying the lease contracts for impairment and periodically reviews the credit worthiness of all operating lessees with payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, the related operating leases may be placed on non-accrual status. Leases placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid lease payments is probable. Until such time, revenues are recognized on a cash basis.

Direct financing leases and related revenue recognition:

Income from direct financing lease transactions is reported using the financing method of accounting, in which the Company’s investment in the leased property is reported as a receivable from the lessee to be recovered through future rentals. The interest income portion of each rental payment is calculated so as to generate a constant rate of return on the net receivable outstanding.

Allowances for losses on direct financing leases are typically established based on historical charge-off and collection experience and the collectability of specifically identified lessees and billed and unbilled receivables. Direct financing leases are charged off to the allowance as they are deemed uncollectible.

Direct financing leases are generally placed in a non-accrual status (i.e., no revenue is recognized) and deemed impaired when payments are more than 90 days past due. Additionally, management periodically reviews the creditworthiness of all direct finance lessees with payments outstanding less than 90 days. Based upon management’s judgment, the related direct financing leases may be placed on non-accrual status. Leases placed on non-accrual status are only returned to an accrual status when the account has been brought current and management believes recovery of the remaining unpaid lease payments is probable. Until such time, all payments received are applied only against outstanding principal balances.

Initial direct costs:

The Company capitalizes initial direct costs (“IDC”) associated with the origination and funding of lease assets. IDC includes both internal costs (e.g., the costs of employees’ activities in connection with successful lease and loan originations) and external broker fees incurred with such originations. The costs are amortized on a lease by lease basis based on actual lease term using a straight-line method. Upon disposal of the underlying lease assets, both the initial direct costs and the associated accumulated amortization are relieved. Costs related to leases that are not consummated are not eligible for capitalization as initial direct costs and are expensed as acquisition expense.

Asset valuation:

Recorded values of the Company’s leased asset portfolio are reviewed each quarter to confirm the reasonableness of established residual values and to determine whether there is indication that an asset impairment might have taken place. The Company uses a variety of sources and considers many factors in evaluating whether the respective book values of its assets are appropriate. In addition, the company may direct a residual value review at any time if it becomes aware of issues regarding the ability of a lessee to continue to make payments on its lease contract. An impairment loss is measured and recognized only if the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the asset are less than their net book value. The estimated undiscounted future cash flows are the sum of the residual value of the asset at the end of the asset’s lease contract and undiscounted future rents from the existing lease contract. The residual value assumes, among other things, that the asset is utilized normally in an open, unrestricted and stable market.

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2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

Short-term fluctuations in the marketplace are disregarded and it is assumed that there is no necessity either to dispose of a significant number of the assets, if held in quantity, simultaneously or to dispose of the asset quickly. Impairment is measured as the difference between the fair value (as determined by a valuation method using discounted estimated future cash flows, third party appraisals or comparable sales of similar assets as applicable based on asset type) of the asset and its carrying value on the measurement date. Upward adjustments for impairments recognized in prior periods are not made in any circumstances.

Segment reporting:

The Company is organized into one operating segment for the purpose of making operating decisions or assessing performance. Accordingly, the Company operates in one reportable operating segment in the United States.

The Company’s principal decision makers are the Managing Member’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. The Company believes that its equipment leasing business operates as one reportable segment because: a) the Company measures profit and loss at the equipment portfolio level as a whole; b) the principal decision makers do not review information based on any operating segment other than the equipment leasing transaction portfolio; c) the Company does not maintain discrete financial information on any specific segment other than its equipment financing operations; d) the Company has not chosen to organize its business around different products and services other than equipment lease financing; and e) the Company has not chosen to organize its business around geographic areas.

The primary geographic region in which the Company seeks leasing opportunities is North America. As and for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, all of the Company’s current operating revenues and long-lived assets relate to customers domiciled in the United States.

Unearned operating lease income:

The Company records prepayments on operating leases as a liability under the caption of unearned operating lease income. The liability is recorded when prepayments are received and recognized as operating lease revenue over the period to which the prepayments relate using a straight-line method.

Income Taxes:

The Company is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 701 of the Internal Revenue Code, a partnership is not subject to federal income taxes. Accordingly, the Company has provided current franchise income taxes for only those states which levy income taxes on partnerships. For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company recorded no provision for state income taxes. The Company does not have any entity level uncertain tax positions. The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions and is generally subject to examination by U.S. federal (or state and local) income tax authorities for three years from the filing of a tax return.

The tax bases of the Company’s net assets and liabilities vary from the amounts presented in these financial statements at December 31, 2016 and 2015 as follows (in thousands):

		2016				2015
Financial statement basis of net assets		$	4,550			$	4,114
Tax basis of net assets (unaudited)			8,336				7,492
Difference		$	(3,786	)		$	(3,378	)

The primary differences between the tax bases of net assets and the amounts recorded in the financial statements are the result of differences in accounting for syndication costs and differences between the depreciation methods used in the financial statements and the Company’s tax returns.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

The following reconciles the net income reported in these financial statements to the income reported on the Company’s federal tax return (unaudited) for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):

		2016				2015
Net income per financial statements		$	1,902			$	2,808
Tax adjustments (unaudited):
Adjustment to depreciation expense			217				227
Provision for losses and doubtful accounts			7				—
Adjustments to revenues/other expenses			3				25
Adjustments to gain on sales of assets			181				396
Income per federal tax return (unaudited)		$	2,310			$	3,456

Per Unit data:

Net income and distributions per Unit are based upon the weighted average number of Other Members Units outstanding during the year.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements:

In August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-15 — Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (“ASU 2016-15”). ASU 2016-15 addresses specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the standard and its impact on operations and financial reporting.

In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326) (“ASU 2016-13”). The main objective of this Update is to provide financial statement users with more decision-useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit held by a reporting entity at each reporting date. To achieve this objective, the amendments in this Update replace the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. The amendments affect entities holding financial assets and net investment in leases that are not accounted for at fair value through net income. The amendments affect loans, debt securities, trade receivables, net investments in leases, off-balance-sheet credit exposures, reinsurance receivables, and any other financial assets not excluded from the scope that have the contractual right to receive cash. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the standard and its operational and related disclosure requirements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”). The new standard will require lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities arising from operating leases with lease terms greater than 12 months in the statement of financial position. Lessor accounting per ASU 2016-02 is mostly unchanged from the previous lease accounting GAAP. Certain changes were made to the lessor accounting guidance in order to align the lessor accounting with the lessee accounting model and Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Similar to the previous guidance, lessors will classify leases as operating, direct financing, or sales-type. Lessors in operating leases will continue to recognize the underlying asset and recognize income on a straight-line basis. Lessors determine whether a lease is a sale of the underlying asset based on whether the lessee effectively obtains control of the underlying assets. ASU-2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. Management will adopt the standard and is currently evaluating the standard and its operational and related disclosure requirements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-01, Financial Instruments — Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“ASU 2016-01”). The new standard provides guidance related to accounting for equity investments and financial liabilities under the fair

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2. Summary of significant accounting policies: - (continued)

value option, and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. In addition, the FASB clarified guidance related to the valuation allowance assessment when recognizing deferred tax assets resulting from unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities. ASU 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the standard and its operational and related disclosure requirements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements —  Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (“ASU-2014-15”). The new standard provides guidance relative to management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. The new standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. Management does not expect the adoption of ASU 2014-15 to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements or related disclosures.

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”), which amends the existing accounting standards for revenue recognition. ASU 2014-09 is based on principles that govern the recognition of revenue at an amount an entity expects to be entitled when products are transferred to customers. On July 9, 2015, the FASB approved the deferral of the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year and in August 2015, issued Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date (“ASU 2015-14”). ASU 2015-14 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Earlier application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. The new revenue standard may be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect recognized as of the date of adoption. The Company evaluated the impact of the new standard on its financial statements and has determined that such impact is virtually non-existent as the new revenue guideline does not affect revenues from leases and loans, which comprise the majority of the Company’s revenues.

3. Concentration of credit risk and major customers:

The Company leases equipment to lessees and provides debt financing to borrowers in diversified industries. Leases and notes receivable are subject to the Managing Member’s credit committee review. The leases and notes receivable provide for the return of the equipment to the Company upon default.

As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, there were concentrations (greater than or equal to 10% as a percentage of total equipment cost) of equipment leased to lessees and/or financed for borrowers in certain industries as follows:

		2016				2015
Transportation, rail			64	%			58	%
Transportation, containers			32	%			38	%

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3. Concentration of credit risk and major customers: - (continued)

During 2016 and 2015, certain lessees and/or financial borrowers generated significant portions (defined as greater than or equal to 10%) of the Company’s total leasing and lending revenues, excluding gains or losses on disposition of assets, as follows:

Lessee		Type of Equipment				Percentage of Total Lease Revenues
						2016				2015
Exsif Worldwide Inc.			Transportation, other				22	%			26	%
Interstate Commodities, Inc.			Transportation, rail				21	%			20	%

These percentages are not expected to be comparable in future periods due to anticipated changes in the mix of investments and/or lessees as a result of normal business activities.

4. Investments in equipment and leases, net:

The Company’s investment in leases consists of the following (in thousands):

		Balance December 31, 2015				Reclassifications & Additions/ Dispositions				Depreciation/ Amortization Expense or Amortization of Leases				Balance December 31, 2016
Net investment in operating leases		$	3,192			$	(148	)		$	(287	)		$	2,757
Net investment in direct financing leases			12				(10	)			(2	)			—
Assets held for sale or lease, net			720				(23	)			—				697
Initial direct cost, net of accumulated amortization of $1 at December 31, 2016			—				13				(1	)			12
Total		$	3,924			$	(168	)		$	(290	)		$	3,466

Impairment of investments in leases:

Recorded values of the Company’s leased asset portfolio are reviewed each quarter to confirm the reasonableness of established residual values and to determine whether there is indication that an asset impairment might have taken place. The Company uses a variety of sources and considers many factors in evaluating whether the respective book values of its assets are appropriate. In addition, the company may direct a residual value review at any time if it becomes aware of issues regarding the ability of a lessee to continue to make payments on its lease contract. An impairment loss is measured and recognized only if the estimated undiscounted future cash flows of the asset are less than their net book value. The estimated undiscounted future cash flows are the sum of the residual value of the asset at the end of the asset’s lease contract and undiscounted future rents from the existing lease contract. The residual value assumes, among other things, that the asset is utilized normally in an open, unrestricted and stable market. Short-term fluctuations in the marketplace are disregarded and it is assumed that there is no necessity either to dispose of a significant number of the assets, if held in quantity, simultaneously or to dispose of the asset quickly. Impairment is measured as the difference between the fair value (as determined by a valuation method using discounted estimated future cash flows, third party appraisals or comparable sales of similar assets as applicable based on asset type) of the asset and its carrying value on the measurement date. Upward adjustments for impairments recognized in prior periods are not made in any circumstances.

As a result of these reviews, management determined that no impairment losses existed during 2016 and 2015.

The Company utilizes a straight line depreciation method over the term of the equipment lease for equipment on operating leases currently in its portfolio. Depreciation expense on the Company’s equipment totaled $287 thousand and $317 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Company had $1 thousand IDC amortization expense related to operating or direct financing leases for 2016 and there was no IDC amortization expense related to operating or direct financing leases for 2015.

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4. Investments in equipment and leases, net: - (continued)

All of the Company’s lease asset purchases and capital improvements were made during the years from 1999 through 2015.

Operating leases:

Property on operating leases consists of the following (in thousands):

		Balance December 31, 2015				Additions				Reclassifications or Dispositions				Balance December 31, 2016
Transportation, rail		$	14,714			$	—			$	397			$	15,111
Containers			8,968				—				(1,998	)			6,970
Aviation			—				—				11				11
			23,682				—				(1,590	)			22,092
Less accumulated depreciation			(20,490	)			(287	)			1,442				(19,335	)
Total		$	3,192			$	(287	)		$	(148	)		$	2,757

The average estimated residual value for assets on operating leases were 12% and 11% of the assets’ original cost at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. There were no operating leases in non-accrual status at both December 31, 2016 and 2015.

Direct financing leases:

As of December 31, 2016, the company had no investment in direct financing leases.

The components of the Company’s investment in direct financing leases as of December 31, 2015 are as follows (in thousands):

Total minimum lease payments receivable		$	6
Estimated residual values of leased equipment (unguaranteed)			10
Investment in direct financing leases			16
Less unearned income			(4	)
Net investment in direct financing leases		$	12

At December 31, 2016, the aggregate amounts of future minimum lease payments receivable are as follows (in thousands):

		Operating Leases
Year ending December 31, 2017		$	1,795
2018			1,371
2019			1,106
2020			377
2021			48
		$	4,697

The useful lives for each category of leases is reviewed at a minimum of once per quarter. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the respective useful lives of each category of lease assets in the Company’s portfolio are as follows (in years):

Equipment category		Useful Life
Transportation, rail			35 – 40
Aviation equipment			15 – 20
Containers			15 – 20

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

5. Allowance for credit losses:

The Company’s allowance for credit losses total $7 thousand and $0 at December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. All of such allowance was related to delinquent operating lease receivables.

6. Related party transactions:

The terms of the Operating Agreement provide that the Managing Member and/or affiliates are entitled to receive certain fees for equipment management and resale and for management of the Company.

The Operating Agreement allows for the reimbursement of costs incurred by the Managing Member and/or affiliates for providing administrative services to the Company. Administrative services provided include Company accounting, investor relations, legal counsel, and lease and equipment documentation. The Managing Member is not reimbursed for services whereby it is entitled to receive a separate fee as compensation for such services, such as management of investments.

Each of AFS and ATEL Leasing Corporation (“ALC”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATEL Capital Group, Inc. and performs services for the Company on behalf of the Managing Member. Acquisition services, equipment management, lease administration and asset disposition services are performed by ALC; investor relations, communications and general administrative services are performed by AFS.

Cost reimbursements to the Managing Member or its affiliates are based on its costs incurred in performing administrative services for the Company. These costs are allocated to each managed entity based on certain criteria such as total assets, number of investors or contributed capital based upon the type of cost incurred. The Managing Member believes that the costs reimbursed are the lower of (i) actual costs incurred on behalf of the Company or (ii) the amount the Company would be required to pay independent parties for comparable administrative services in the same geographic location.

The Managing Member and/or affiliates earned fees and billed for reimbursements, pursuant to the Operating Agreement, during the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 as follows (in thousands):

		2016				2015
Asset management fees to Managing Member		$	176			$	222
Cost reimbursements to Managing Member			269				308
		$	445			$	530

7. Commitments:

At December 31, 2016, there were no commitments to purchase lease assets.

8. Guarantees:

The Company entered into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Company’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Company has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

The Managing Member knows of no facts or circumstances that would make the Company’s contractual commitments outside standard mutual covenants applicable to commercial transactions between businesses. Accordingly, the Company believes that these indemnification obligations are made in the ordinary course of business as part of standard commercial and industry practice, and that any potential liability under the Company’s similar commitments is remote. Should any such indemnification obligation become payable, the Company would separately record and/or disclose such liability in accordance with GAAP.

9. Members’ capital:

A total of 13,560,188 Units were issued and outstanding at December 31, 2016 and 2015, including the 50 Units issued to the initial Member (Managing Member). The Fund was authorized to issue up to 15,000,000 Units in addition to the Units issued to the initial Member.

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ATEL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND VIII, LLC
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

9. Members’ capital: - (continued)

The Company has the right, exercisable at the Managing Member’s discretion, but not the obligation, to repurchase Units of a Unitholder who ceases to be a U.S. Citizen, for a price equal to 100% of the holder’s capital account. The Company is otherwise permitted, but not required, to repurchase Units upon a holder’s request. The repurchase of Fund units is made in accordance with Section 13 of the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement. The repurchase would be at the discretion of the Managing Member on terms it determines to be appropriate under given circumstances, in the event that the Managing Member deems such repurchase to be in the best interest of the Company; provided, the Company is never required to repurchase any Units. Upon the repurchase of any Units by the Fund, the tendered Units are cancelled. Units repurchased in prior periods were repurchased at amounts representing the original investment less cumulative distributions made to the Unitholder with respect to the Units. All Units repurchased during a quarter are deemed to be repurchased effective the last day of the preceding quarter, and are not deemed to be outstanding during, or entitled to allocations of net income, net loss or distributions for the quarter in which such repurchase occurs.

The Fund’s net income or net losses are to be allocated 100% to the Members. From the commencement of the Fund until the initial closing date, net income and net loss were allocated 99% to the Managing Member and 1% to the initial Other Members. Commencing with the initial closing date, net income and net loss are to be allocated 92.5% to the Other Members and 7.5% to the Managing Member.

Fund distributions are to be allocated 7.5% to the Managing Member and 92.5% to the Other Members. The Company commenced periodic distributions in January 1999.

Distributions to the Other Members for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows (in thousands except Units and per Unit data):

		2016				2015
Distributions declared		$	1,356			$	4,068
Weighted average number of Units outstanding			13,560,188				13,560,188
Weighted average distributions per Unit		$	0.10			$	0.30

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None.

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

The Company’s Managing Member’s Chief Executive Officer, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Operating Officer (“Management”), evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on the evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Operating Officer concluded that as of the end of the period covered by this report, the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

The Company does not control the financial reporting process, and is solely dependent on the Management of the Managing Member, who is responsible for providing the Company with financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The Managing Member’s disclosure controls and procedures, as they are applicable to the Company, means controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act (15 U.S.C. 78a et seq.) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Act is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Management of the Managing Member is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as that term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f) for the Company, and for performing an assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016. The internal control process of the Managing Member, as it is applicable to the Company, was designed to provide reasonable assurance to Management regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements, and includes those policies and procedures that:

All internal control processes, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those processes determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to the reliability of financial statement preparation and presentation. Further, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management of the Managing Member assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company, as of December 31, 2016. In making this assessment, it used the criteria set forth in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on its assessment, Management of the Managing Member concluded that the Managing Member’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company, was effective as of December 31, 2016.

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This annual report does not include an audit report of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to audit by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to Section 989G of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which exempts non-accelerated filers from Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Changes in internal control

There were no changes in the Managing Member’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company, during the year ended December 31, 2016 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Managing Member’s internal control over financial reporting, as it is applicable to the Company.

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PART III

The registrant is a Limited Liability Company and has no officers or directors.

ATEL Financial Services, LLC (“AFS” or the “Managing Member” or “Manager”) is the Company’s Managing Member, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ATEL Capital Group (“ACG” or “ATEL”). The outstanding voting capital stock of ATEL is owned 100% by Dean L. Cash.

Each of AFS and ATEL Leasing Corporation (“ALC”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ACG and performs services for the Company on behalf of the Managing Member. Acquisition services, equipment management, lease administration and asset disposition services are performed by ALC; investor relations and communications services, and general administrative services are performed by AFS. ATEL Securities Corporation (“ASC”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AFS, performs distribution services in connection with the Company’s public offering of its Units.

The officers and directors of ATEL and its affiliates are as follows:

Dean L. Cash		Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)
Paritosh K. Choksi		Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)
Vasco H. Morais		Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)

Dean L. Cash, age 66, became chairman, president and chief executive officer of ATEL in April 2001. Mr. Cash joined ATEL as director of marketing in 1980 and served as a vice president since 1981, executive vice president since 1983 and a director since 1984. Prior to joining ATEL, Mr. Cash was a senior marketing representative for Martin Marietta Corporation, data systems division, from 1979 to 1980. From 1977 to 1979, he was employed by General Electric Corporation, where he was an applications specialist in the medical systems division and a marketing representative in the information services division. Mr. Cash was a systems engineer with Electronic Data Systems from 1975 to 1977, and was involved in maintaining and developing software for commercial applications. Mr. Cash received a B.S. degree in psychology and mathematics in 1972 and an M.B.A. degree with a concentration in finance in 1975 from Florida State University. Mr. Cash is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and is qualified as a registered principal with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Paritosh K. Choksi, age 63, joined ATEL in 1999 as a director, senior vice president and its chief financial officer. He became its executive vice president and CFO/COO in April 2001. Prior to joining ATEL, Mr. Choksi was chief financial officer at Wink Communications, Inc. from 1997 to 1999. From 1977 to 1997, Mr. Choksi was with Phoenix American Incorporated, a financial services and management company, where he held various positions during his tenure, and was senior vice president, chief financial officer and director when he left the company. Mr. Choksi was involved in all corporate matters at Phoenix and was responsible for Phoenix’s capital market needs. He also served on the credit committee overseeing all corporate investments, including its venture lease portfolio. Mr. Choksi was a part of the executive management team which caused Phoenix’s portfolio to increase from $50 million in assets to over $2 billion. Mr. Choksi is a member of the board of directors of Syntel, Inc. Mr. Choksi received a bachelor of technology degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; and an M.B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Vasco H. Morais, age 58, joined ATEL in 1989 as general counsel. Mr. Morais manages ATEL’s legal department, which provides legal and contractual support in the negotiating, documenting, drafting, reviewing and funding of lease transactions. In addition, Mr. Morais advises on general corporate law matters, and assists on securities law issues. From 1986 to 1989, Mr. Morais was employed by the BankAmeriLease Companies, Bank of America’s equipment leasing subsidiaries, providing in-house legal support on the documentation of tax-oriented and non-tax oriented direct and leveraged lease transactions, vendor leasing programs and general corporate matters. Prior to the BankAmeriLease Companies, Mr. Morais was with the Consolidated Capital Companies in the Corporate and Securities Legal Department involved in drafting and reviewing contracts, advising on corporate law matters and securities law issues. Mr. Morais received a B.A. degree in 1982 from the University of California in Berkeley, a J.D. degree in 1986 from

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Golden Gate University Law School; and an M.B.A. (Finance) degree from Golden Gate University in 1997. Mr. Morais, an active member of the State Bar of California since 1986, served as co-chair of the Uniform Business Law Section of the State Bar of California and was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers in 2010.

Audit Committee

The board of directors of the Managing Member acts as the audit committee of the Company. Dean L. Cash and Paritosh K. Choksi are members of the board of directors of the Managing Member and are deemed to be financial experts. They are not independent of the Company.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Based solely on a review of Forms 3, 4, and 5, the Company is not aware of any failures to file reports of beneficial ownership required to be filed during or for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Code of Ethics

A Code of Ethics that is applicable to the Company, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of its Manager, ATEL Financial Services, LLC, or persons acting in such capacity on behalf of the Company, is included as Exhibit 14.1 to this report.

Item 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The registrant has no officers or directors.

Set forth hereinafter is a description of the nature of remuneration paid and to be paid to the Manager and its affiliates. The amount of such remuneration paid for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 is set forth in Item 8 of this report under the caption “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Notes to Financial Statements — Related party transactions,” at Note 6 thereof, which information is hereby incorporated by reference.

Asset Management Fee and Carried Interest

The Company pays the Manager an annual Asset Management Fee in an amount equal to 4.5% of Gross Operating Lease Revenues and Cash from Sales or Refinancing. The Asset Management Fee is paid on a monthly basis. The amount of the Asset Management Fee payable in any year is reduced for that year to the extent it would otherwise exceed the Asset Management Fee Limit, as described below. The Asset Management Fee is paid for services rendered by the Manager and its affiliates in determining portfolio and investment strategies and generally managing or supervising the management of the investment portfolio.

The Manager supervises performance of all management activities, including, among other activities: the acquisition and financing of the investment portfolio, collection of lease and loan revenues, monitoring compliance by lessees borrowers with their contract terms, assuring that investment assets are being used in accordance with all operative contractual arrangements, paying operating expenses and arranging for necessary maintenance and repair of equipment and property in the event a lessee fails to do so, monitoring property, sales and use tax compliance and preparation of operating financial data. The Manager intends to delegate all or a portion of its duties and the Asset Management Fee to one or more of its affiliates who are in the business of providing such services.

The Manager also receives, as its Carried Interest, an amount equal to 7.5% of all Company Distributions.

Limitations on Fees

The Fund has adopted a single Asset Management Fee plus the Carried Interest as a means of compensating the Manager for sponsoring the Fund and managing its operations. While this compensation structure is intended to simplify management compensation for purposes of investor’s understanding, state securities administrators use a more complicated compensation structure in their review of equipment program offerings in order to assure that those offerings are fair under the states’ merit review guidelines. The total of all Front End Fees, the Carried Interest and the Asset Management Fee will be subject to the Asset Management Fee Limit in order to assure these state administrators that the Fund will not bear greater fees than permitted under the state merit review guidelines. The North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. (“NASAA”) is an organization of state securities administrators, those state government agencies responsible for qualifying securities offerings in their respective states. NASAA has established

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standards for the qualification of a number of different types of securities offerings and investment products, including its Statement of Policy on Equipment Programs (the “NASAA Equipment Leasing Guidelines”). Article IV, Sections C through G of the NASAA Equipment Leasing Guidelines establish the standards for payment of reasonable carried interests, promotional interests and fees for equipment acquisition, management, resale and releasing services to equipment leasing program sponsors. Article IV, Sections C through G of the NASAA Equipment Leasing Guidelines set the maximum compensation payable to the sponsor and its affiliates from an equipment leasing program such as the Fund. The Asset Management Fee Limit will equal the maximum compensation payable under Article IV, Sections C through G of the NASAA Equipment Leasing Guidelines as in effect on the date of the Fund’s prospectus (the “NASAA Fee Limitation”). Under the Asset Management Fee Limit, the Fund will calculate the maximum fees payable under the NASAA Fee Limitation and guarantee that the Asset Management Fee it will pay the Manager and its Affiliates, when added to its Carried Interest, will never exceed the fees and interests payable to a sponsor and its affiliates under the NASAA Fee Limitation.

Asset Management Fee Limit.  The Asset Management Fee Limit will be calculated each year during the Fund’s term by calculating the total fees that would be paid to the Manager if the Manager were to be compensated on the basis of the maximum compensation payable under the NASAA Fee Limitation, including the Manager’s Carried Interest, as described below. To the extent that the amount paid as Front End Fees, the Asset Management Fee, and the Carried Interest for any year would cause the total fees to exceed the aggregate amount of fees calculated under the NASAA Fee Limitation for the year, the Asset Management Fee and/or Carried Interest for that year will be reduced to equal the maximum aggregate fees under the NASAA Fee Limitation. To the extent any such fees are reduced, the amount of such reduction will be accrued and deferred, and such accrued and deferred compensation would be paid to the Manager in a subsequent period, but only to the extent that the deferred compensation would be within the Asset Management Fee Limit for that later period. Any deferred fees that cannot be paid under the applicable limitations through the date of liquidation would be forfeited by the Manager at liquidation.

Alternative Fee Schedule:

For purposes of the Asset Management Fee Limit, the Company will calculate an alternative schedule of fees, including a hypothetical Equipment Management Fee, Incentive Management Fee, Equipment Resale/Re-Leasing Fee, and Carried Interest as follows:

An Equipment Management Fee will be calculated to equal the lesser of(i) 3.5% of annual Gross Revenues from Operating Leases and 2% of annual Gross Revenues from Full Payout Leases which contain Net Lease Provisions), or (ii) the fees customarily charged by others rendering similar services as an ongoing public activity in the same geographic location and for similar types of equipment. If services with respect to certain Operating Leases are performed by nonaffiliated persons under the active supervision of AFS or its Affiliate, then the amount so calculated shall be 1% of Gross Revenues from such Operating Leases.

An Incentive Management Fee will be calculated to equal 4% of Distributions of Cash from Operations until Holders have received a return of their Original Invested Capital plus a Priority Distribution, and, thereafter, to equal a total of 7.5% of Distributions from all sources, including Sale or Refinancing Proceeds. In subordinating the increase in the Incentive Management fee to a cumulative return of a Holder's Original Invested Capital plus a Priority Distribution, a Holder would be deemed to have received Distributions of Original Invested Capital only to the extent that Distributions to the Holder exceed the amount of the Priority Distribution.

An Equipment Resale Fee will be calculated in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 3% of the sale price of the Equipment, or (ii) one-half the normal competitive equipment sale commission charged by unaffiliated parties for resale services. Such fee would apply only after the Holders have received a return of their Original Invested Capital plus a Priority Distribution.

An Equipment Re-Leasing Fee, in connection with the releasing of Equipment to lessees other than previous lessees or their affiliates, will be calculated in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the competitive rate for comparable services for similar equipment, or (ii) 2% of the gross rental payments derived from the re-lease of such Equipment, payable out of each rental payment received by the Company from such re-lease.

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Managing Member's Interest in Operating Proceeds

As defined in the Operating Agreement, the Company's Net Income, Net Losses, and Distributions are to be allocated 92.5% to the Members and 7.5% to AFS. In accordance with the terms of the Operating Agreement, additional allocations of income were made to AFS in 2016 and 2015. The amounts allocated were determined to bring AFS' ending capital account balance to zero at the end of each year. See financial statements as set forth in Part II, Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, of this report for amounts allocated to AFS in 2016 and 2015.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

At December 31, 2016, no investor is known to hold beneficially more than 5% of the issued and outstanding Units.

Security Ownership of Management

The parent of ATEL Financial Services, LLC is the beneficial owner of Limited Liability Company Units as follows:

(1)   Title of Class		(2) Name and Address of Beneficial Owner		(3) Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership		(4) Percent of Class
Limited Liability Company Units		ATEL Financial Services, LLC The Transamerica Pyramid 600 Montgomery Street, 9th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111		Initial Limited Liability Company Units 25 Units ($250) (held of record by spouse of Dean Cash, executive officer, director and controlling shareholder of ATEL Capital Group, parent of AFS).		0.0002%

Item 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

See Item 8 of this report under the caption “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data — Notes to Financial Statements — Related party transactions” at Note 6 thereof.

Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

During the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company incurred audit fees with its principal auditors totaling $79 thousand and $72 thousand, respectively.

Audit fees consist of the aggregate fees and expenses billed in connection with the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and the review of the financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual report on Form 10-K.

The board of directors of the Managing Member acts as the audit committee of the registrant. Engagements for audit services, audit related services and tax services are approved in advance by the Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Member acting on behalf of the board of directors of the Managing Member in its role as the audit committee of the Company.

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PART IV

Item 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Included in Part II of this report:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			12
Balance Sheets at December 31, 2016 and 2015			13
Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015			14
Statements of Changes in Members’ Capital for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015			15
Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015			16
Notes to Financial Statements			17

All schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instructions or are inapplicable and, therefore, have been omitted.

(3) and (4) Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement, included as exhibit B to the Prospectus effective December 7, 1998 as filed on December 7, 1998 (File Number 333-62477) is hereby incorporated herein by reference

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 17, 2017

ATEL Capital Equipment Fund VIII, LLC (Registrant)

By: ATEL Financial Services, LLC Managing Member of Registrant

		By: /s/ Dean L. Cash Dean L. Cash, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC, (Managing Member)

		By: /s/ Paritosh K. Choksi Paritosh K. Choksi, Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)

		By: /s/ Samuel Schussler Samuel Schussler, Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)

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

SIGNATURE		CAPACITIES		DATE
/s/ Dean L. Cash Dean L. Cash		Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC, (Managing Member)		March 17, 2017
/s/ Paritosh K. Choksi Paritosh K. Choksi		Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)		March 17, 2017
/s/ Samuel Schussler Samuel Schussler		Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of ATEL Financial Services, LLC (Managing Member)		March 17, 2017

No proxy materials have been or will be sent to security holders. An annual report will be furnished to security holders subsequent to the filing of this report on Form 10-K, and copies thereof will be furnished supplementally to the Commission when forwarded to the security holders.

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