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| The overall performance of our portfolio companies remains solid in this uncertain macroeconomic environment despite weaknesses in a few of our investments |
| Our financing continues to benefit our company |
| We believe the overall performance of the companies in our portfolio remained solid |
| Going into the new year, we anticipate that we will continue to benefit from the experience of our adviser, which manages approximately $4 billion across the loan and structured credit markets has expertise in multiple asset classes and industries and has a more than 25 year track record through multiple credit cycles |
| We continue to believe our portfolio is well-positioned for the current macroeconomic environment |
| We believe that our well-diversified portfolio is defensively positioned with our largest sector exposures in manufacturing, healthcare, business services and technology |
| We believe that being at the top of the capital structure will continue to benefit us in this economic environment |
| Additionally, we believe that we benefited from our balance sheet positioning, but the majority of our debt being fixed rate and the vast majority of our loan portfolio being floating rate |
| Net investment income covered our $0.34 distribution for the fourth quarter and we believe that net investment income has benefited from our balance sheet positioning given that 92% of our loan portfolio at fair value is floating rate, while 70% of our outstanding debt is fixed rate |
| In closing, we believe our portfolio remains in good shape with no new non-accruals in the quarter and with one investment being placed back on accrual status |
| Our focus remains on capital preservation with 100% of our loan portfolio at fair value being senior secured and we remain confident in the overall quality and fundamentals of our portfolio |
| We believe our businesses especially equipped to navigate this market successfully, due to the size, experience and reputation of our adviser |
| We have relied on our long-standing experience and investment discipline, which we believe has served us well |
| Even so our net investment income remains above our distribution of $0.34 per share |
| Since the beginning of 2011, the BDC has invested more than $1.9 billion with the cumulative net realized loss of just 2.5%, over the past 13 years, while generating attractive risk adjusted returns on our portfolio |
| Our adviser and affiliates are also strongly aligned with shareholders, as they maintain an approximately 23% ownership stake in the BDC |
| Great |
| Great |
| With a $4 billion corporate credit platform, affiliated with a more than $30 billion Asset Management Group, our adviser has broad expertise, including long-standing banking and capital markets relationships |
| During the quarter, we had no new nonaccruals and one loan was placed back on accrual status following an amendment, which included an equity infusion from a private equity sponsor and an improvement in the loans fair value |
| Good morning |
| Good morning |
| Mitchel Penn Good morning |
| Steve Altebrando Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us |
| Bilal Rashid Good morning |
| Thanks so much |
| Jeff Cerny Thanks, Bilal, good morning everyone |
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| Our net investment income in the fourth quarter was $0.35 per share, which was below our net investment income of $0.4 per share in the third quarter |
| We remain cautious with regard to new originations and continue to see slow M&A activity during the fourth quarter |
| As you may recall in the third quarter we had some non-recurring investment income which was the primary driver of the drop in net investment income and the fourth quarter |
| This was partly due to a 50 basis point decline in our investment income yield, largely related to nonrecurring investment income realized in the third quarter, as well as some prepayments in the fourth quarter |
| Total investment income was down by approximately 8% to $13.5 million |
| Our net asset value declined in the fourth quarter to $12.9 per share from $12.74 per share at September 30, primarily due to unrealized depreciation and a couple of positions |
| Our net asset value per share decreased by $0.65 to $12.9 |
| For the quarter ended December 31st, the weighted average performing investment income yield on the interest-bearing portion of the portfolio was down about 50 basis points to 14.1% |
| The decline was largely due to certain non-recurring income in our structured finance investments that occurred in the third quarter as well as some prepayments in the fourth quarter |
| This resulted in a lower overall investment balance in the fourth quarter |
| Total expenses of $8.8 million were down approximately 5% during the period, primarily due to a decrease in interest expense related to a lower average outstanding debt balances during the quarter, as well as lower management incentive fees due to the declines in our investment portfolio and net investment income |
| Although we believe these assumptions are reasonable any of those assumptions could prove inaccurate, and as a result the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions also could be incorrect |
| As Bilal mentioned, this decline was primarily due to unrealized depreciation concentrated in a couple of positions |
| The uncertainties and other factors are in some way beyond management's control, including the risk factors described from time to time in our filings with the SEC |
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