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| As a result, we had solid results in the fourth quarter as we more than covered our $0.40 per share dividend through core net investment income of $0.50 per share and GAAP net investment income of $0.49 per share |
| Overall, our asset quality is slightly better than plan, 24% of our portfolio is rated a 1 or ahead of plan and 14% of the portfolio is marked at an investment category of 3 or below |
| As Todd mentioned, we are well positioned to benefit from the higher interest rates as our portfolio is over 98% floating and our liability structure is approximately 73% fixed rate |
| We had very fortunate successful year for the ATM coming into the fourth quarter |
| We continue to benefit from our favorable asset liability mix, in which 98% of our loans are floating and only 27% of our liabilities are floating |
| Very good |
| So, again, both are attractive to us the add-ons come more naturally, and when we’re already in the credit |
| And so, I think, the way to think about our risk-grade 3s and below is perhaps performing under plan that combined though with private equity support, we think that the results are quite predictable |
| But if you have that case, we have the flexibility as a lender to provide some PIK interest, ultimately, it will collect it but this can help the cash flow |
| And then, I guess the final question is, last year you had some pretty good dividend supplements |
| Now turning to dividends, we continue to cover our dividend of $0.40 per share per quarter as a result of the greater earnings that we are generating in this higher interest rate environment |
| Since our IPO in November 2012, we’ve invested approximately $2.4 billion in over 195 companies and received approximately $1.5 billion of repayments, while maintaining stable asset quality |
| Net asset value increased $0.07 per share to $13.26 per share |
| So that’s an ideal structure for us |
| Paul Johnson Good afternoon |
| But then, I’d say, equally as good would be an add-on where we already know the company, it’s performing well and they’re expanding This would be a lot of the strategy of the companies that we back is that the private equity firm takes the platform initial acquisition and then their plan is to grow it from here with add-ons or acquisitions if you will |
| Erik Zwick Good afternoon |
| So we think this will drive new activity for us as these companies are sold and we have the chance to finance it for the next owner |
| Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining the call |
| Good afternoon |
| Appreciate the time |
| Thanks again |
| Robert Ladd Thank you |
| And as I said earlier, substantial capital invests |
| So, I’d say, we like both |
| While we’ve had modest equity realizations more recently, we expect this activity to pick up over the next 6 to 12 months |
| Thank you |
| Thank you |
| So at our current dividend level with the additional shares that we raised or issued, we’ve got enough regular dividend to cover the spillover going forward |
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| Christopher Nolan Rob, on your comments in terms of flowing deal activity, I presume that simply, because the private equity partners you work with are just seen slower in investment activity as well |
| I’d say its M&A activity is down and, I think, you may have heard that from others as well |
| We avoid high maintenance CapEx |
| And then kind of looking in the next year, fee income this – other income, this year was relatively light |
| which was the result of recording a realized loss on previously marked down positions |
| Now, turning to portfolio and asset quality, we ended the quarter with an investment portfolio at fair value of $874 million across 93 portfolio companies, slightly down from $886 million across 96 companies at September 30, 2023 |
| We had, I’d say in general, there was a general decline from an unrealized loss perspective, but we also had a few specific write-downs on specific companies, you can tell from the SOI, one of them was J.R |
| Correct me if I’m wrong |
| We think that slowed in the first quarter of this year, but we see repayments picking up toward the middle and latter part of the year |
| Absent that where there’s not a preexisting commitment, any new acquisition they’d make, we’d have to re-underwrite |
| So our general impression is that things will pick up toward the second half of the year |
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