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| We believe that the reputation and experience in the investment community does provide a competitive advantage in originating quality investments that meet our investment objective, which of course is to drive current income and when possible, a capital appreciation |
| We have delivered another strong year of results as we continue to scale the business through the successful execution of our investment strategy previously discussed |
| As highlighted on Slide 13, we continue to have a strong balance sheet and significant liquidity position that positions us well for future investments |
| This has resulted in an improved portfolio yield and drove total investment income growth of 11% for the quarter and 27% for the full-year period |
| This strong performance enabled us to increase our return to shareholders as highlighted on Slide 4 |
| Ultimately, with the support of our liquidity position, we believe we can continue to replicate our past success and drive strong returns for our shareholders |
| They have been leveraging their vast network of referral relationships and this has resulted in a solid pipeline of investment opportunities for Rand Capital |
| We will target opportunities with favorable risk-adjusted returns that are appropriate for Rand |
| This was up $15.6 million or 25% from December 31, 2022 and reflected new and follow-on investments, valuation adjustments in multiple portfolio companies and as we will highlight later, we have also successfully sold some of our investments |
| We entered the 2023 with a strong and flexible balance sheet that was supported by multiple sources of capital |
| Excluding the capital gains incentive fee accrual, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, adjusted net investment income per share increased 11% to $1.46 per share |
| Our aggregate total dividends represented an increase of 60% over our 2022 dividends paid and 3x growth over 2021 |
| We do believe the combination of our current sources of capital with potential proceeds from future portfolio exits and continued investment income growth will provide us the liquidity that will enable us to add these new investments to our portfolio as well as reinvesting into existing portfolio companies that demonstrate continued growth potential |
| In line with that expectation, we announced during the second quarter of 2023 that we raised the regular quarterly cash dividend by 25% to $0.25 per share and then on a full-year basis, increase the dividend to $1.33 per share |
| Total investment income for the quarter was $1.9 million, up 11% over last year, driven by a 47% increase in interest income |
| The full-year total investment income grew 27% to $7.3 million, which reflects the new debt instruments that we originated from six portfolio companies over the last year |
| Our portfolio transformation to include more income-producing investments is expected to support an increased dividend level over time |
| These funds are available for future liquidity for investment opportunities, and these will provide higher yields |
| We hope you have a great day |
| Our strategy is to continue to grow and scale our business by focusing on debt and related equity investments in privately held lower middle market companies in which we can drive investment income growth and increase the dividend paid to shareholders |
| The result, the net asset value per share at December 31, 2023 increased to $23.56 per share compared with $22.36 at the year-end 2022 |
| I would like to also highlight that during the second quarter of 2023, we had raised our regularly quarterly cash dividend by 20% or $0.05 per share |
| Craig Mychajluk And good afternoon, everyone |
| Net assets at December 31, 2023 were $60.8 million, up 5% from the end of 2022 |
| Thank you for joining us today and for your ongoing interest in Rand Capital |
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| On the other hand, Automotive and Consumer Products saw mix declines and there were a few other smaller industries that were adjusted by minor percentage points |
| We did receive a large prior year dividend from a portfolio company, which did not occur in 2023, and the sale of the company's investment in DSD during the second quarter of 2023 also impacted this year's dividend level |
| For both periods, we did experience lower dividend income, which will fluctuate based upon the profitability of certain portfolio companies and the timing of the distributions for the impact of new investments or divestitures |
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