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| That was a very, very good quarter |
| So I feel really good about that transaction without, by the way, getting it that particular company in a very highly leveraged situation, relatively speaking, so really, really good opportunity |
| We are happy to report that GAIN produced very good results for the third quarter of fiscal year '24 which follows on the previous solid first two quarters of fiscal year '24, which of course ends in March |
| Again, those are good results |
| However, doing add-ons to certain of our existing portfolio companies is really an important aspect of our value building process, because it allows us to increase our investment in companies where we know the management team, the business itself, and where we have a strong belief in its future and it continues to allow us to really build very good value in these fundamental businesses |
| Consistent with prior quarters, distributable book earnings to shareholders remained strong |
| So we've clearly enhanced the overall value |
| Our balance sheet continues to be strong with very low leverage and a very positive liquidity position with additional availability on our credit facility |
| That was a good quarter and I think when we put the numbers together for the year end of March 31, one of our best years ever, I think we'll probably be over $1 billion in assets by then |
| So in summing up the quarter and looking forward, we believe the state of our portfolio is very good |
| We have a strong and liquid balance sheet, an active level of buyout activity, and continued prospects of very good earnings and distributions over the next year |
| Now, I'm not going to give you specifics, but order magnitude, about $40 million to $50 million in revenue to over $100 million in revenue, and very significant increase in the EBITDA |
| We believe the team is in a great position to continue these successes through the remainder of the fiscal year |
| Our team has reported solid results for the quarter ending December 31, including the add-on investments and exit activity associated with net realized gains |
| Rachael and Dave, you've done a great job and Erich, good information for our shareholders |
| Additionally, during the quarter, we were very successful on our common stock ATM program, raising approximately $21 million in net proceeds, as well as an additional $7.7 million in net proceeds raised in January with all sales being accretive and above then-current NAV |
| But generally, I'd say the outlook looks reasonably good |
| We've been really improving it all around, both from the overall management level, et cetera |
| But as of right now, it's not something, we are always looking at it because it is a good way, especially if it's a good business that we like and we're able to sort of stay involved in a very meaningful way, as you say, extract some value for shareholders and for the management teams |
| We also, as we have in our buyout strategy, exits and we did have a very successful exit with one of our portfolio companies where we actually generated pretty meaningful realized capital gain for us of about $43.5 million |
| David Dullum And Kyle, I might just briefly add to that, and as Rachel said in her part of the call, we've had a fairly successful ATM program, of course, which we sort of put in place, being able to, and we're very rigorous on what the cushion is, if you will relative to NAV, and we're going to stick with that |
| Again, this large supplemental distribution is a result of the buyout strategy and is our ability to continue rewarding our shareholders with these meaningful distributions from realized capital gains, which are generated on the equity portion of our exits, in addition, of course, to the income that we continue to generate for the monthly distributions, and which is obviously very important for the basis of distributions to our shareholders on a monthly basis |
| And I would say that the integration has come along really well |
| We believe that maintaining liquidity and flexibility to support and grow our portfolio are key elements of our success |
| And so yes, we continue to do that because frankly, as I said in my remarks, and you appreciate, if we can keep adding value to an existing portfolio company again, where overall we know it and it's accretive, we're happy to do that |
| But we're guessing that things are back strong and growing |
| So we're not going to do anything crazy there, but it gives us the ability to especially looking forward in the expectation, hopefully we can start doing some newer deals and obviously using some of this leverage that we're likewise providing the support from the equity side to, as Rachel said, be able to maintain a level of the coverage ratio that's not going to put us at risk in that regard |
| We're seeing, I would say, pretty consistent, not decline, but little slower, call it growth, but things are holding up pretty well across the board |
| So yes, we were really excited to announce yesterday that we have expanded the credit facility up towards $200 million |
| I just think Gladstone Investment is an attractive investment for investors at this point in time |
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| There does continue to be very significant liquidity in the market, meaning that our competitive situation is, of course, being challenged all the time |
| This was down from $22 million in the prior quarter |
| And frankly, I can only think of one company where that actually happened was an unusual circumstance |
| When we went through our regular amendment process, which closed in October at the beginning of the quarter and we weren't able to announce in our last earnings call, we had taken it down to $135 million and that was a result of just losing a couple of banks during that process |
| But frankly, all-in-all, we're seeing, I would say a fairly, just again, moderate go slow, but nothing dramatic one way or the other |
| Our NAV decreased $13.01 per share for the quarter compared to $14.03 per share at the end of the prior quarter |
| I think it's still going to be fairly cautious and careful |
| It seems like the last six months or so of last year were fairly slow somewhat, and deals were coming to the market and they were being taken back, et cetera |
| And then the other aspect to that is while as you point out, the spreads might be getting a bit tighter, meaning interest rates are coming down |
| Obviously you expect deal flow to pick up, but on the other side would be competition |
| Not truly, not really |
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