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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
FORM 10-Q

þ                 QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2018

OR

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 814-01244

Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
 
82-2375481
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
 
 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

666 Fifth Avenue, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10103
(Address of principal executive offices)

(212) 750-6060
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by 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 þ   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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).   Yes o No   o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer  o
Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer  þ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company o
Emerging growth company þ
 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. þ

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

As of August 13, 2018, the Registrant had 5,797,393.907 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, outstanding.



Part I. Financial Information
  
Item 1.
Financial Statements
 
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition as of June 30, 2018 (unaudited) and September 30, 2017
 
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
 
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the nine months ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
 
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
 
Consolidated Schedule of Investments as of June 30, 2018 (unaudited)
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
Item 2.
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
Part II. Other Information
 
Item 1.
Legal Proceedings
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Item 2.
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 3.
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Item 4.
Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5.
Other Information
Item 6.
Exhibits



2


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition



 
June 30, 2018
 
September 30, 2017
 
(unaudited)
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
Investments, at fair value (amortized cost of $88,104,661 and $0, respectively)
$
89,117,105

 
$

Cash and cash equivalents
9,426,367

 
10,500

Interest receivable
293,250

 

Capital call receivable
70,000

 

Other assets
237,722

 
154,862

Total Assets
$
99,144,444

 
$
165,362

Liabilities
  

 
  

Debt
$
30,000,000

 
$

Less unamortized debt issuance costs
381,023

 

Debt less unamortized debt issuance costs
29,618,977

 

Interest payable
68,684

 

Distributions payable
1,197,371

 

Management and incentive fees payable
314,190

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
418,984

 
154,862

Accrued trustee fees
3,100

 

Total Liabilities
31,621,306

 
154,862

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8)
  

 
  

Net Assets
 
 
 
Preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, 1,000,000 shares authorized, zero shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017

 

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 4,501,542.532 and 700.000 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017, respectively
4,502

 
1

Paid in capital in excess of par
67,518,636

 
10,499

Capital distributions in excess of net investment income
(1,012,444
)
 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
1,012,444

 

Total Net Assets
67,523,138

 
10,500

Total Liabilities and Total Net Assets
$
99,144,444

 
$
165,362

Number of common shares outstanding
4,501,542.532

 
700.000

Net asset value per common share
$
15.00

 
$
15.00


See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.



3


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)



 
Three months ended June 30, 2018
 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
Investment income
  

 
 
Interest income
$
1,317,249

 
$
2,088,362

Fee income

 
1,359

Total investment income
1,317,249

 
2,089,721

Expenses
 
 
  

Interest and other debt financing expenses
224,800

 
296,014

Base management fee
200,274

 
318,354

Incentive fee
142,614

 
174,477

Professional fees
180,810

 
501,600

Administrative service fee
24,900

 
40,860

General and administrative expenses
11,958

 
16,637

Total expenses
785,356

 
1,347,942

Base management fee waived (Note 4)
(54,620
)
 
(86,824
)
Professional fees waived (Note 4)

 
(111,783
)
Net expenses
730,736

 
1,149,335

Net investment income - before excise tax
586,513

 
940,386

Excise tax

 
853

Net investment income - after excise tax
586,513

 
939,533

Net gain (loss) on investments
  

 
  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
610,858

 
1,012,444

Net gain (loss) on investments
610,858

 
1,012,444

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
$
1,197,371

 
$
1,951,977

Per Common Share Data
  

 
  

Basic and diluted earnings per common share
$
0.46

 
$
1.34

Basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
2,588,187

 
1,457,514


See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.




4


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital Distributions in Excess of Net Investment Income
 
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Investments
 
 
 
Common Stock
 
Paid in Capital in Excess of Par
 
 
 
Total Net Assets
 
Shares
 
Par Amount
 
 
 
 
Balance at September 30, 2017
700.000

 
$
1

 
$
10,499

 
$

 
$

 
$
10,500

Issuance of common stock(1)
4,472,993.323

 
4,473

 
67,090,427

 

 

 
67,094,900

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

 

 
939,533

 
1,012,444

 
1,951,977

Distributions to stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stock issued in connection with dividend reinvestment plan
27,849.209

 
28

 
417,710

 

 

 
417,738

Distributions from net investment income

 

 

 
(754,606
)
 

 
(754,606
)
Distributions declared and payable

 

 

 
(1,197,371
)
 

 
(1,197,371
)
Total increase (decrease) for the period ended June 30, 2018
4,500,842.532

 
4,501

 
67,508,137

 
(1,012,444
)
 
1,012,444

 
67,512,638

Balance at June 30, 2018
4,501,542.532

 
$
4,502

 
$
67,518,636

 
$
(1,012,444
)
 
$
1,012,444

 
$
67,523,138

 
(1) 
Refer to Note 3 for a detailed listing of the common stock issuances for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.






5


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)



 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
Cash flows from operating activities
  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
$
1,951,977

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
 
Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs
36,349

Accretion of discounts and origination fees
(80,801
)
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on investments
(1,012,444
)
Proceeds from (fundings of) revolving loans, net
(348,888
)
Fundings of investments
(87,807,777
)
Proceeds from principal payments of portfolio investments
133,498

PIK interest
(693
)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
 
Interest receivable
(293,250
)
Other assets
(82,860
)
Interest payable
68,684

Management and incentive fees payable
314,190

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
264,122

Accrued trustee fees
3,100

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
(86,854,793
)
Cash flows from financing activities
  

Borrowings on debt
127,550,000

Repayments of debt
(97,550,000
)
Capitalized debt issuance costs
(417,372
)
Proceeds from issuance of common shares
67,024,900

Distributions paid
(336,868
)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
96,270,660

Net change in cash and cash equivalents
9,415,867

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
10,500

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
9,426,367

Supplemental information:
 
Cash paid during the period for interest
$
190,981

Taxes, including excise tax, paid during the period
$
853

Distributions declared during the period
$
1,951,977

Supplemental disclosure of noncash financing activity:
 
Capital call receivable
$
70,000

Stock issued in connection with dividend reinvestment plan
$
417,738

Distributions payable
$
1,197,371


See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


6


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
June 30, 2018


 
Investment
Type
 
Spread
Above
Index(1)
 
Interest
Rate(2)
 
Maturity
Date
 
Principal ($) /
Shares
(3)
 
Amortized Cost
 
Percentage
of Net
Assets
 
Fair
Value (4)
Investments
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Debt investments
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Automobile
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  

  


  


  

 
  

Grease Monkey International, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
(a) 
 
6.84%
 
11/2022
 
$
480,784

 
$
475,571

 
0.7

%
$
480,784

Grease Monkey International, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
(a) 
 
6.73%
 
11/2022
 
181,589

 
180,521

 
0.3

 
181,589

Grease Monkey International, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
(a) 
 
6.84%
 
11/2022
 
25,959

 
25,417

 

 
25,959

Grease Monkey International, LLC(5)
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
11/2022
 

 
(3,679
)
 

 

Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings, LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.50%
(a) 
 
8.59%
 
04/2023
 
1,716,000

 
1,695,419

 
2.5

 
1,698,840

Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings, LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.50%
(a) 
 
8.57%
 
04/2023
 
50,000

 
49,400

 
0.1

 
49,500

Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 6.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
04/2023
 

 
(29,072
)
 

 
(24,240
)
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,454,332

 
2,393,577

 
3.6

 
2,412,432

Beverage, Food and Tobacco
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  

  


  


  

 
  

Flavor Producers, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
(c) 
 
7.07%
 
12/2023
 
426,258

 
420,442

 
0.6

 
426,258

Flavor Producers, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
(c) 
 
7.09%
 
12/2022
 
1,900

 
1,011

 

 
1,900

Mendocino Farms, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 8.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
06/2023
 

 
(9,210
)
 

 
(9,266
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
428,158

 
412,243

 
0.6

 
418,892

Buildings and Real Estate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
MRI Software LLC
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
(c) 
 
7.84%
 
06/2023
 
6,911,490

 
6,842,489

 
10.3

 
6,911,490

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chase Industries, Inc.
Senior loan
 
L + 4.00%
(c) 
 
6.36%
 
05/2025
 
1,990,747

 
1,956,443

 
2.9

 
1,980,793

Chase Industries, Inc.(5)
Senior loan
 
L + 4.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2023
 

 
(2,205
)
 

 

Chase Industries, Inc.(5)
Senior loan
 
L + 4.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2025
 

 
(19,642
)
 

 
(5,699
)
Source Refrigeration & HVAC, Inc.
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
(c) 
 
7.11%
 
04/2023
 
2,699,800

 
2,669,806

 
4.0

 
2,672,802

Source Refrigeration & HVAC, Inc.
Senior loan
 
P + 3.75%
(f) 
 
8.75%
 
04/2023
 
67,000

 
64,778

 
0.1

 
65,000

Source Refrigeration & HVAC, Inc.(5)
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
04/2023
 

 
(18,743
)
 

 
(16,871
)
Togetherwork Holdings, LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.50%
(a) 
 
8.59%
 
03/2025
 
2,005,374

 
1,976,599

 
3.0

 
2,005,374

Togetherwork Holdings, LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.50%
(a) 
 
8.59%
 
03/2025
 
484,615

 
477,661

 
0.7

 
484,615

Togetherwork Holdings, LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.50%
(a) 
 
8.59%
 
03/2025
 
451,193

 
444,719

 
0.7

 
451,193

Togetherwork Holdings, LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.50%
(a) 
 
8.59%
 
03/2024
 
63,000

 
61,576

 
0.1

 
63,000

Togetherwork Holdings, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 6.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
03/2025
 

 
(7,553
)
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7,761,729

 
7,603,439

 
11.5

 
7,700,207

Diversified/Conglomerate Service
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Apttus Corporation
One stop
 
L + 7.85%
 
 
10.06%
 
01/2023
 
2,069,200

 
1,994,961

 
3.1

 
2,069,200

Bazaarvoice, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 8.00%
(a) 
 
10.09%
 
02/2024
 
3,302,523

 
3,240,994

 
4.9

 
3,302,523

Bazaarvoice, Inc.
One stop
 
P + 7.00%
(f) 
 
12.00%
 
02/2024
 
30,000

 
27,764

 

 
30,000

Browz LLC
One stop
 
L + 9.50%
(a) 
 
9.98% cash/1.50% PIK
 
03/2023
 
544,292

 
537,947

 
0.8

 
544,292

Browz LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 9.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
03/2023
 

 
(233
)
 

 

Centrify Corporation
One stop
 
L + 10.00%
(a) 
 
12.09%
 
05/2023
 
1,502,100

 
1,494,828

 
2.3

 
1,569,695

Centrify Corporation(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2023
 

 
(484
)
 

 

Centrify Corporation(5)
One stop
 
L + 10.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2023
 

 
(3,521
)
 

 

Cloudbees, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 9.00%
(a) 
 
10.59% cash/0.50% PIK
 
05/2023
 
837,600

 
815,583

 
1.2

 
813,603

Cloudbees, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 9.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2023
 

 
(183
)
 

 
(188
)
Confluence Technologies, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 7.50%
(a) 
 
9.55%
 
03/2024
 
2,562,777

 
2,532,350

 
3.8

 
2,562,777

Confluence Technologies, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 7.50%
(a)(b)(f) 
 
9.76%
 
03/2024
 
30,000

 
29,110

 

 
30,000

Connexin Software, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 8.50%
(a) 
 
10.59%
 
02/2024
 
882,900

 
870,563

 
1.3

 
882,900

Connexin Software, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 8.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
02/2024
 

 
(419
)
 

 

Datto, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 8.00%
(a) 
 
10.05%
 
12/2022
 
2,200,600

 
2,161,553

 
3.3

 
2,200,600

Datto, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 8.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
12/2022
 

 
(1,015
)
 

 

Digital Guardian, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 9.00%
(c) 
 
10.34% cash/1.00% PIK
 
06/2023
 
1,623,400

 
1,611,065

 
2.4

 
1,611,033

Digital Guardian, Inc.
Subordinated debt
 
N/A
 
 
8.00% PIK
 
01/2019
 
81,718

 
81,718

 
0.1

 
81,718



7


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Schedule of Investments (unaudited) - (continued)
June 30, 2018

 
Investment
Type
 
Spread
Above
Index(1)
 
Interest
Rate(2)
 
Maturity
Date
 
Principal ($) /
Shares
(3)
 
Amortized Cost
 
Percentage
of Net
Assets
 
Fair
Value (4)
Diversified/Conglomerate Service - (continued)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Digital Guardian, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
06/2023
 
$

 
$
(100
)
 

%
$
(100
)
Digital Guardian, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 9.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
06/2023
 

 
(768
)
 

 
(772
)
GS Acquisitionco, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 4.75%
(a) 
 
6.85%
 
05/2024
 
4,483,200

 
4,439,125

 
6.6

 
4,438,368

GS Acquisitionco, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 4.75%
(a) 
 
6.85%
 
05/2024
 
809,000

 
801,047

 
1.2

 
800,910

GS Acquisitionco, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 4.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2024
 

 
(1,229
)
 

 
(1,250
)
GS Acquisitionco, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 4.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2024
 

 
(11,019
)
 

 
(11,208
)
Imprivata, Inc.
Senior loan
 
L + 4.00%
(c) 
 
6.33%
 
10/2023
 
2,605,109

 
2,576,261

 
3.9

 
2,605,109

Imprivata, Inc.(5)
Senior loan
 
L + 4.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
10/2023
 

 
(1,938
)
 

 

Infogix, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(c) 
 
8.33%
 
04/2024
 
1,490,400

 
1,483,159

 
2.2

 
1,475,496

Infogix, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
04/2024
 

 
(219
)
 

 
(450
)
JAMF Holdings, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 8.00%
(c) 
 
10.36%
 
11/2022
 
906,300

 
890,457

 
1.3

 
906,300

JAMF Holdings, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 8.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
11/2022
 

 
(899
)
 

 

Ministry Brands, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.00%
(a) 
 
6.10%
 
12/2022
 
227,082

 
225,992

 
0.3

 
225,947

Ministry Brands, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.00%
(a) 
 
6.10%
 
12/2022
 
129,933

 
129,309

 
0.2

 
129,283

Ministry Brands, LLC(5)
Senior loan
 
L + 4.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
12/2022
 

 
(1,339
)
 

 
(1,394
)
Net Health Acquisition Corp.
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
(a) 
 
7.59%
 
12/2023
 
762,767

 
755,808

 
1.1

 
762,767

Net Health Acquisition Corp.(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
12/2023
 

 
(547
)
 

 

Nextech Systems, LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(a) 
 
8.09%
 
03/2024
 
3,773,942

 
3,760,577

 
5.6

 
3,773,942

Nextech Systems, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
03/2024
 

 
(354
)
 

 

Nexus Brands Group, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(c) 
 
8.34%
 
11/2023
 
602,191

 
595,450

 
0.9

 
602,191

Nexus Brands Group, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(c) 
 
8.33%
 
11/2023
 
216,874

 
213,534

 
0.3

 
216,874

Nexus Brands Group, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(a) 
 
8.09%
 
11/2023
 
3,000

 
1,881

 

 
3,000

Property Brands, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(a) 
 
8.09%
 
01/2024
 
2,843,611

 
2,810,629

 
4.3

 
2,843,611

Property Brands, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(a) 
 
8.09%
 
01/2024
 
936,759

 
925,894

 
1.4

 
936,759

Property Brands, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
01/2024
 

 
(1,160
)
 

 

Property Brands, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
01/2024
 

 
(3,961
)
 

 

Transaction Data Systems, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 5.25%
(a) 
 
7.34%
 
06/2021
 
13,971,657

 
13,907,960

 
20.6

 
13,907,248

Transaction Data Systems, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.25%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
06/2021
 

 
(129
)
 

 
(131
)
Trintech, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(c) 
 
8.36%
 
12/2023
 
2,141,227

 
2,116,709

 
3.2

 
2,141,227

Trintech, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(c) 
 
8.36%
 
12/2023
 
1,065,037

 
1,052,842

 
1.6

 
1,065,037

Trintech, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(c) 
 
8.36%
 
12/2023
 
30,000

 
28,282

 

 
30,000

True Commerce, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 5.75%
(c) 
 
8.08%
 
11/2023
 
1,120,271

 
1,107,756

 
1.7

 
1,120,271

True Commerce, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
11/2023
 

 
(838
)
 

 

Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc.
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
(c) 
 
8.33%
 
12/2023
 
1,643,044

 
1,616,994

 
2.4

 
1,643,044

Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 6.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
12/2023
 

 
(1,189
)
 

 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
55,428,514

 
54,806,558

 
82.0

 
55,310,232

Electronics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diligent Corporation
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
(c) 
 
7.94%
 
04/2022
 
1,967,712

 
1,945,537

 
2.9

 
1,967,712

Diligent Corporation
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
(d) 
 
7.98%
 
04/2022
 
278,536

 
276,967

 
0.4

 
278,536

Diligent Corporation(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
04/2022
 

 
(1,497
)
 

 

Diligent Corporation(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
04/2022
 

 
(2,848
)
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,246,248

 
2,218,159

 
3.3

 
2,246,248

Healthcare, Education and Childcare
 
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Elite Dental Partners LLC
One stop
 
L + 5.25%
(c) 
 
7.58%
 
06/2023
 
753,200

 
742,020

 
1.1

 
745,668

Elite Dental Partners LLC
One stop
 
P + 4.25%
(f) 
 
9.25%
 
06/2023
 
10,000

 
8,516

 

 
9,000

Elite Dental Partners LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.25%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
06/2023
 

 
(75,974
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(51,182
)
ERG Buyer, LLC
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
(c) 
 
7.83%
 
05/2024
 
2,342,300

 
2,307,759

 
3.4

 
2,318,877

ERG Buyer, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2024
 

 
(2,212
)
 

 
(1,500
)
ERG Buyer, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2024
 

 
(56,346
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(38,209
)
Eyecare Services Partners Holdings LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.25%
(c) 
 
8.58%
 
05/2023
 
363,520

 
292,614

 
0.5

 
363,520



8


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Schedule of Investments (unaudited) - (continued)
June 30, 2018

 
Investment
Type
 
Spread
Above
Index(1)
 
Interest
Rate(2)
 
Maturity
Date
 
Principal ($) /
Shares
(3)
 
Amortized Cost
 
Percentage
of Net
Assets
 
Fair
Value (4)
Healthcare, Education and Childcare - (continued)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ONsite Mammography, LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.75%
(a) 
 
8.84%
 
11/2023
 
$
447,253

 
$
442,228

 
0.7

%
$
447,253

ONsite Mammography, LLC
One stop
 
L + 6.75%
(d) 
 
8.93%
 
11/2023
 
37,333

 
35,308

 
0.1

 
37,333

ONsite Mammography, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 6.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
11/2023
 

 
(562
)
 

 

Radiology Partners, Inc.
One stop
 
P + 4.75%
(f) 
 
9.75%
 
12/2023
 
3,448,114

 
3,416,179

 
5.2

 
3,448,114

Radiology Partners, Inc.(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
12/2023
 

 
(37,428
)
 

 

Summit Behavioral Healthcare, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
(c) 
 
7.05%
 
10/2023
 
1,316,982

 
1,299,553

 
2.0

 
1,316,982

Summit Behavioral Healthcare, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
(c) 
 
7.07%
 
10/2023
 
65,000

 
63,015

 
0.1

 
65,000

Summit Behavioral Healthcare, LLC(5)
Senior loan
 
L + 4.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
10/2023
 

 
(6,323
)
 

 

Upstream Intermediate, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.50%
(c) 
 
6.83%
 
01/2024
 
635,208

 
632,291

 
0.9

 
635,208

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9,418,910

 
9,060,638

 
13.8

 
9,296,064

Leisure, Amusement, Motion Pictures, Entertainment
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sunshine Sub, LLC
One stop
 
L + 4.75%
(a) 
 
6.84%
 
05/2024
 
2,019,600

 
1,979,890

 
2.9

 
1,979,208

Sunshine Sub, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 4.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2024
 

 
(983
)
 

 
(1,000
)
Sunshine Sub, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 4.75%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2024
 

 
(15,026
)
 

 
(15,284
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,019,600

 
1,963,881

 
2.9

 
1,962,924

Personal, Food and Miscellaneous Services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Captain D's, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.50%
(a) 
 
6.57%
 
12/2023
 
1,278,280

 
1,260,839

 
1.9

 
1,278,280

Captain D's, LLC
Senior loan
 
L + 4.50%
(a) 
 
6.57%
 
12/2023
 
11,070

 
9,965

 

 
11,070

PPV Intermediate Holdings II, LLC
One stop
 
N/A
 
 
7.90% PIK
 
05/2023
 
7,039

 
7,039

 

 
7,039

PPV Intermediate Holdings II, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2023
 

 
(725
)
 

 
(750
)
PPV Intermediate Holdings II, LLC(5)
One stop
 
L + 5.00%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
05/2020
 

 
(33,326
)
 
(0.1
)
 
(36,360
)
Ruby Slipper Cafe LLC, The
One stop
 
L + 7.50%
(c) 
 
9.86%
 
01/2023
 
59,700

 
59,156

 
0.1

 
59,700

Ruby Slipper Cafe LLC, The
One stop
 
L + 7.50%
(c) 
 
9.86%
 
01/2023
 
21,288

 
16,624

 

 
21,288

Ruby Slipper Cafe LLC, The(5)
One stop
 
L + 7.50%
 
 
N/A(6)
 
01/2023
 

 
(91
)
 

 

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1,377,377

 
1,319,481

 
1.9

 
1,340,267

Total debt investments
 
$
88,046,358

 
$
86,620,465

 
129.9

%
$
87,598,756

 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  

 
  

 
 
Equity investments(7)(8)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Automobile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grease Monkey International, LLC
LLC units
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
73,342

 
$
73,342

 
0.1

%
$
84,277

Quick Quack Car Wash Holdings, LLC
LLC units
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
9

 
93,111

 
0.1

 
93,111

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
166,453

 
0.2

 
177,388

Beverage, Food and Tobacco
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 


 


Mendocino Farms, LLC
Common stock
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
58,691

 
257,389

 
0.4

 
257,389

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diversified/Conglomerate Service
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Apttus Corporation
Preferred stock
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
6,438

 
96,570

 
0.2

 
102,974

Apttus Corporation
Warrant
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
12,510

 
71,169

 
0.1

 
77,701

Cloudbees, Inc.
Preferred stock
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
14,646

 
92,949

 
0.1

 
92,949

Cloudbees, Inc.
Warrant
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
13,245

 
17,351

 

 
17,351

Confluence Technologies, Inc.
LLC interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
321

 
32,051

 

 
32,051

Connexin Software, Inc.
LLC interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
26,083

 
26,083

 

 
26,083

Digital Guardian, Inc.
Warrant
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
25,169

 
4,279

 

 
4,279

GS Acquisitionco, Inc.
LP interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
435

 
43,500

 
0.1

 
43,813

Net Health Acquisition Corp.
LP interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
72

 
72,509

 
0.1

 
75,510

Nexus Brands Group, Inc.
LP interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
29


28,911



 
33,645

Property Brands, Inc.
Preferred stock
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
10,596

 
105,963

 
0.2

 
109,609

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
591,335

 
0.8

 
615,965



9


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Schedule of Investments (unaudited) - (continued)
June 30, 2018

 
Investment
Type
 
Spread
Above
Index(1)
 
Interest
Rate(2)
 
Maturity
Date
 
Principal ($) /
Shares
(3)
 
Amortized Cost
 
Percentage
of Net
Assets
 
Fair
Value (4)
Healthcare, Education and Childcare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elite Dental Partners LLC
Common stock
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
2

 
$
160,500

 
0.2

%
$
160,501

ERG Buyer, LLC
LLC units
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
156

 
156,252

 
0.2

 
156,252

ERG Buyer, LLC
LLC units
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
1,578

 
1,578

 

 
1,578

Summit Behavioral Healthcare, LLC
LLC interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
145

 
14,455

 

 
12,718

Summit Behavioral Healthcare, LLC
LLC interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 

 

 

 

Summit Behavioral Healthcare, LLC
LLC interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
145

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
332,785

 
0.4

 
331,049

Personal, Food and Miscellaneous Services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Captain D's, LLC
LLC interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
14,515

 
14,515

 

 
14,839

PPV Intermediate Holdings II, LLC
LLC interest
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
60,434

 
60,435

 
0.1

 
60,435

Ruby Slipper Cafe LLC, The
LLC units
 
N/A
 
 
N/A
 
N/A
 
6,128

 
61,284

 
0.1

 
61,284

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
136,234

 
0.2

%
136,558

Total equity investments

$
1,484,196


2.0

%
$
1,518,349

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total investments

$
88,046,358


$
88,104,661


131.9

%
$
89,117,105

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
 
 
 
  
 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Cash

$
543,172

 
0.8

%
$
543,172

BlackRock Liquidity Funds T-Fund Institutional Shares (CUSIP 09248U718)
 
1.77% (9)
 
 
 
 
 
8,883,195

 
13.2

 
8,883,195

Total cash and cash equivalents

$
9,426,367


14.0

%
$
9,426,367

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total investments and cash and cash equivalents

$
97,531,028


145.9

%
$
98,543,472

 
(1) 
The majority of the investments bear interest at a rate that may be determined by reference to the London Interbank Offered Rate (‘‘LIBOR’’ or ‘‘L’’) or Prime (‘‘P’’) and which reset daily, monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually. For each, the Company has provided the spread over LIBOR or Prime and the weighted average current interest rate in effect as of June 30, 2018. Certain investments are subject to a LIBOR or Prime interest rate floor. For fixed rate loans, a spread above a reference rate is not applicable. Listed below are the index rates as of June 29, 2018, which was the last business day of the period on which LIBOR was determined. The actual index rate for each loan listed may not be the applicable index rate outstanding as of June 30, 2018, as the loan may have priced or repriced based on an index rate prior to June 29, 2018.
(a) Denotes that all or a portion of the loan was indexed to the 30-day LIBOR, which was 2.09% as of June 29, 2018.
(b) Denotes that all or a portion of the loan was indexed to the 60-day LIBOR, which was 2.17% as of June 29, 2018.
(c) Denotes that all or a portion of the loan was indexed to the 90-day LIBOR, which was 2.34% as of June 29, 2018.
(d) Denotes that all or a portion of the loan was indexed to the 180-day LIBOR, which was 2.50% as of June 29, 2018.
(e) Denotes that all or a portion of the loan was indexed to the 360-day LIBOR, which was 2.76% as of June 29, 2018.
(f) Denotes that all or a portion of the loan was indexed to the Prime rate, which was 5.00% as of June 29, 2018.
(2) 
For portfolio companies with multiple interest rate contracts, the interest rate shown is a weighted average current interest rate in effect as of June 30, 2018.
(3) 
The total principal amount is presented for debt investments while the number of shares or units owned is presented for equity investments.
(4) 
The fair value of the investment was valued using significant unobservable inputs. See Note 6. Fair Value Measurements.
(5) 
The negative fair value is the result of the capitalized discount on the loan or the unfunded commitment being valued below par. The negative amortized cost is the result of the capitalized discount being greater than the principal amount outstanding on the loan.
(6) 
The entire commitment was unfunded as of June 30, 2018. As such, no interest is being earned on this investment. The investment may be subject to an unused facility fee.
(7) 
Equity investments are non-income producing securities unless otherwise noted.
(8) 
Ownership of certain equity investments may occur through a holding company or partnership.
(9) 
The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield as of June 30, 2018.



10


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 


Note 1.    Organization

Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. (“GBDC 3” and, collectively with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that was formed on August 1, 2017 and elected to be treated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), on September 29, 2017. On October 2, 2017, the date of the commencement of operations, the Company entered into subscription agreements (collectively, the "Subscription Agreements") to sell shares of GBDC 3's common stock in private placements (the "Initial Closing"). In addition, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, beginning with its tax year ending September 30, 2018, the Company intends to elect to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

The Company’s investment strategy is to invest primarily in one stop (a loan that combines characteristics of traditional first lien senior secured loans and second lien or subordinated loans and that are often referred to by other middle-market lenders as unitranche loans) and other senior secured loans of U.S. middle-market companies that are, in most cases, sponsored by private equity firms. The Company may also selectively invest in second lien and subordinated (a loan that ranks senior only to a borrower’s equity securities and ranks junior to all of such borrower’s other indebtedness in priority of payment) loans of, and warrants and minority equity securities in, U.S. middle-market companies. The Company has entered into an investment advisory agreement (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) with GC Advisors LLC (the “Investment Adviser”), under which the Investment Adviser manages the day-to-day operations of, and provides investment advisory services to, the Company. Under an administration agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) the Company is provided with certain services by an administrator (the “Administrator”), which is currently Golub Capital LLC.

Note 2.    Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Updates

Basis of presentation: The Company is an investment company as defined in the accounting and reporting guidance under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 - Financial Services - Investment Companies (“ASC Topic 946”).

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements of the Company and related financial information have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q and Articles 6, 10 and 12 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for annual financial statements. In the opinion of management, the consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments and reclassifications consisting solely of normal accruals that are necessary for the fair presentation of financial results as of and for the periods presented. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. Unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto in the Company's amended registration statement on Form 10, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on November 28, 2017.

Fair value of financial instruments: The Company applies fair value to all of its financial instruments in accordance with ASC Topic 820 - Fair Value Measurement (“ASC Topic 820”). ASC Topic 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework used to measure fair value and requires disclosures for fair value measurements. In accordance with ASC Topic 820, the Company has categorized its financial instruments carried at fair value, based on the priority of the valuation technique, into a three-level fair value hierarchy. Fair value is a market-based measure considered from the perspective of the market participant who holds the financial instrument rather than an entity-specific measure. Therefore, when market assumptions are not readily available, the Company’s own assumptions are set to reflect those that management believes market participants would use in pricing the financial instrument at the measurement date.



11


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

The availability of observable inputs can vary depending on the financial instrument and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of product, whether the product is new, whether the product is traded on an active exchange or in the secondary market and the current market conditions. To the extent that the valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the Company in determining fair value is greatest for financial instruments classified as Level 3.

Any changes to the valuation methodology are reviewed by management and the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) to confirm that the changes are appropriate. As markets change, new products develop and the pricing for products becomes more or less transparent, the Company will continue to refine its valuation methodologies. See further description of fair value methodology in Note 6.

Use of estimates: The preparation of the consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Consolidation: As provided under ASC Topic 946 and Regulation S-X, the Company will generally not consolidate its investment in a company other than an investment company subsidiary or a controlled operating company whose business consists of providing services to the Company. Accordingly, the Company consolidated the results of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, GBDC 3 Holdings LLC (“GBDC 3 Holdings”) and GBDC 3 Funding LLC (“GBDC 3 Funding”), in its consolidated financial statements.

Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents are highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of acquisition. The Company deposits its cash in financial institutions and, at times, such balances may be in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurance limits.

Revenue recognition:

Investments and related investment income: Interest income is accrued based upon the outstanding principal amount and contractual interest terms of debt investments.

Loan origination fees, original issue discount and market discount or premium are capitalized, and the Company accretes or amortizes such amounts over the life of the loan as interest income. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, interest income included $50,866 and $80,801 of accretion of discounts and origination fees. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company received loan origination fees of $714,868 and $1,508,053.

For investments with contractual payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest, which represents contractual interest accrued and added to the principal balance that generally becomes due at maturity, the Company will not accrue PIK interest if the portfolio company valuation indicates that the PIK interest is not collectible. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company recorded PIK income of $3,234 and $3,904, respectively. For each of the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company did not receive any PIK payments in cash.

In addition, the Company may generate revenue in the form of amendment, structuring or due diligence fees, fees for providing managerial assistance, consulting fees and prepayment premiums on loans. The Company records these fees as fee income when earned. All other income is recorded into income when earned. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, no prepayment premium fee income was recorded.

For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company received interest and fee income in cash, which excludes capitalized loan origination fees, in the amounts of $1,239,245 and $1,715,670, respectively.

Dividend income on preferred equity securities is recorded as dividend income on an accrual basis to the extent that such amounts are payable by the portfolio company and are expected to be collected. Dividend income on common


12


Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

equity securities is recorded on the record date for private portfolio companies or on the ex-dividend date for publicly traded portfolio companies. Each distribution received from limited liability company ("LLC") and limited partnership (“LP”) investments is evaluated to determine if the distribution should be recorded as dividend income or a return of capital. Generally, the Company will not record distributions from equity investments in LLCs and LPs as dividend income unless there are sufficient accumulated tax-basis earnings and profits in the LLC or LP prior to the distribution. Distributions that are classified as a return of capital are recorded as a reduction in the amortized cost basis of the investment. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company did not record dividend income or return of capital distributions.

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade-date basis. Realized gains or losses on investments are measured by the difference between the net proceeds from the disposition and the amortized cost basis of investment, without regard to unrealized gains or losses previously recognized. The Company reports current period changes in fair value of investments that are measured at fair value as a component of the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Non-accrual loans: A loan may be left on accrual status during the period the Company is pursuing repayment of the loan. Management reviews all loans that become 90 days or more past due on principal and interest, or when there is reasonable doubt that principal or interest will be collected, for possible placement on non-accrual status. When a loan is placed on non-accrual status, unpaid interest credited to income is reversed. Additionally, any original issue discount and market discount are no longer accreted to interest income as of the date the loan is placed on non-accrual status. Interest payments received on non-accrual loans may be recognized as income or applied to principal depending upon management’s judgment. Non-accrual loans are restored to accrual status when past due principal and interest is paid and, in management’s judgment, payments are likely to remain current. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had no portfolio company investments on non-accrual status.

Income taxes: Beginning with its tax year ending September 30, 2018, the Company intends to elect to be treated as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code and will operate in a manner so as to qualify for the tax treatment applicable to RICs. In order to qualify and be subject to tax as a RIC, among other things, the Company is required to meet certain source of income and asset diversification requirements and timely distribute dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes to its stockholders of an amount generally at least equal to 90% of investment company taxable income, as defined by the Code and determined without regard to any deduction for dividends paid, for each tax year. Beginning with its tax year ending September 30, 2018, the Company intends to make the requisite distributions to its stockholders, which will generally relieve the Company from U.S. federal income taxes with respect to all income distributed to its stockholders.

Depending on the level of taxable income earned in a tax year, the Company may choose to retain taxable income in excess of current year dividend distributions and would distribute such taxable income in the next tax year. The Company may then be required to incur a 4% excise tax on such income. To the extent that the Company determines that its estimated current year annual taxable income, determined on a calendar year basis, could exceed estimated current calendar year dividend distributions, the Company accrues excise tax, if any, on estimated excess taxable income as taxable income is earned. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company incurred $0 and $853 for U.S. federal excise tax, respectively.

The Company accounts for income taxes in conformity with ASC Topic 740 - Income Taxes (“ASC Topic 740”). ASC Topic 740 provides guidelines for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in financial statements. ASC Topic 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken in the course of preparing the Company’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax benefits of positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax expense or tax benefit in the current year. It is the Company’s policy to recognize accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax benefits in income tax expense. There were no material unrecognized tax benefits or unrecognized tax liabilities related to uncertain income tax positions through June 30, 2018.



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Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

Distributions: Distributions to common stockholders are recorded on the record date. Subject to the discretion of and as determined by the Board, the Company intends to authorize and declare ordinary cash distributions based on a formula approved by the Board on a quarterly basis. The amount to be paid out as a dividend or distribution is determined by the Board each quarter and is generally based upon the earnings estimated by management. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually, although the Company may decide to retain such capital gains for investment.

The Company has adopted a dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”) that provides for reinvestment of any distributions the Company declares in cash on behalf of its stockholders, unless a stockholder elects to receive cash. As a result, if the Board authorizes and the Company declares a cash distribution, then stockholders who have not “opted out” of the DRIP will have their cash distribution automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Company’s common stock, rather than receiving the cash distribution. Shares issued under the DRIP will be issued at a price per share equal to the most recent net asset value (“NAV”) per share as determined by the Board (subject to adjustment to the extent required by Section 23 of the 1940 Act).

Deferred debt issuance costs: Deferred debt issuance costs represent fees and other direct incremental costs incurred in connection with the Company’s borrowings. As of June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017, the Company had deferred debt issuance costs of $381,023 and $0, respectively. These amounts are amortized and included in interest expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations over the estimated average life of the borrowings. Amortization expense for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 was $31,230 and $36,349, respectively.

Recent accounting pronouncements:   In November 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash a consensus of FASB Emerging Issues Task Force, which requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods, and the interim periods within those periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted the ASU, which did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Note 3.    Stockholders’ Equity

GBDC 3 is authorized to issue 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock at a par value of $0.001 per share and 100,000,000 shares of common stock at a par value of $0.001 per share. Since the commencement of operations on October 2, 2017, the Company entered into Subscription Agreements with several investors, including with affiliates of the Investment Adviser, providing for the private placement of GBDC 3’s common stock. Under the terms of the Subscription Agreements, investors are required to fund drawdowns to purchase GBDC 3’s common stock at a price per share equal to the most recent NAV per share as determined by the Board (subject to adjustment to the extent required by Section 23 of the 1940 Act) up to the amount of their respective capital subscriptions on an as-needed basis as determined by GBDC 3 with a minimum of 10 calendar days prior notice.

As of June 30, 2018, the Company had the following subscriptions, pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, and contributions from its stockholders:
 
As of June 30, 2018
 
 Subscriptions
 
 Contributions
GBDC 3 Stockholders
$
424,315,500

 
$
67,105,400

Total
$
424,315,500

 
$
67,105,400


As of June 30, 2018, the ratio of total contributed capital to total capital subscriptions was 15.8% and the Company had uncalled capital commitments of $357,210,100.



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Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

The following table summarizes the shares of GBDC 3 common stock issued and outstanding for the nine months ended June 30, 2018:
 
Date
 
Shares Issued
 
NAV ($) per share
 
Proceeds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares outstanding, September 30, 2017
 
 
700.000

 
$
15.00

 
$
10,500

Issuance of shares
10/16/2017
 
247,466.664

 
15.00

 
3,712,000

Issuance of shares
11/10/2017
 
123,733.336

 
15.00

 
1,856,000

Issuance of shares
12/04/2017
 
123,733.336

 
15.00

 
1,856,000

Issuance of shares
12/21/2017
 
421,200.000

 
15.00

 
6,318,000

Issuance of shares
12/29/2017
 
140,400.003

 
15.00

 
2,106,000

Issuance of shares
01/29/2018
 
230,700.004

 
15.00

 
3,460,500

Issuance of shares
02/23/2018
 
461,399.996

 
15.00

 
6,921,000

Issuance of shares
03/29/2018
 
461,399.996

 
15.00

 
6,921,000

Issuance of shares
05/25/2018
 
565,739.988

 
15.00

 
8,486,100

Issuance of shares
06/22/2018
 
565,739.988

 
15.00

 
8,486,100

Issuance of shares
06/25/2018
 
1,131,480.012

 
15.00

 
16,972,200

Shares issued for capital drawdowns
 
 
4,472,993.323

 
$
15.00

 
$
67,094,900

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance of shares (1)
12/28/2017
 
1,663.021

 
15.00

 
24,945

Issuance of shares (1)
02/26/2018
 
6,975.468

 
15.00

 
104,632

Issuance of shares (1)
05/23/2018
 
19,210.720

 
15.00

 
288,161

Shares issued through DRIP
 
 
27,849.209

 
$
15.00

 
$
417,738

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares outstanding, June 30, 2018
 
 
4,501,542.532

 
$
15.00

 
$
67,523,138

 
(1) 
Shares issued through the DRIP.

Note 4.    Related Party Transactions

Investment Advisory Agreement: Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Investment Adviser manages the day-to-day operations of, and provides investment advisory services to, the Company. The Board approved the Investment Advisory Agreement in August 2017 for a two-year term commencing September 29, 2017. The Investment Adviser is a registered investment adviser with the SEC. The Investment Adviser receives fees for providing services, consisting of two components, a base management fee and an Incentive Fee (as defined below).

The base management fee is calculated at an annual rate equal to 1.375% of the fair value of the average adjusted gross assets of the Company at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters (excluding cash and cash equivalents but including assets purchased with borrowed funds and leverage) and is payable quarterly in arrears. The base management fee is adjusted, based on the actual number of days elapsed relative to the total number of days in such calendar quarter, for any share issuances or repurchases during such calendar quarter. For periods ending on or prior to the earlier of (1) the date of pricing of an initial public offering or listing on a national securities exchange of the shares of common stock of GBDC 3 or (2) a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to, or other liquidity event with, an entity for consideration of publicly listed securities of the acquirer (each, a “Liquidity Event”), the Investment Adviser has irrevocably agreed to waive any base management fee in excess of 1.00% of the fair value of the Company’s average adjusted gross assets as calculated in accordance with the Investment Advisory Agreement as described above. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the base management fees irrevocably waived by the Investment Adviser was $54,620 and $86,824, respectively.

The Incentive Fee consists of three parts: the income component (the “Income Incentive Fee”), the capital gains component (the “Capital Gain Incentive Fee”) and the subordinated liquidation incentive component (the


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Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

“Subordinated Liquidation Incentive Fee” and, together with the Income Incentive Fee and the Capital Gain Incentive Fee, the “Incentive Fee”).

The Income Incentive Fee is calculated quarterly in arrears based on Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income for the immediately preceding calendar quarter. “Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income” means interest income, dividend income and any other income (including any other fees such as commitment, origination, structuring, diligence and consulting fees or other fees that the Company receives from portfolio companies but excluding fees for providing managerial assistance) accrued during the calendar quarter, minus operating expenses for the calendar quarter (including the base management fee, taxes, any expenses payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement, any expenses of securitizations and any interest expense and dividends paid on any outstanding preferred stock, but excluding the Incentive Fee). Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income includes, in the case of investments with a deferred interest feature such as market discount, debt instruments with PIK interest, preferred stock with PIK dividends and zero coupon securities, accrued income that the Company has not yet received in cash.

Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income does not include any realized capital gains, realized capital losses or unrealized capital appreciation or depreciation. Because of the structure of the Income Incentive Fee, it is possible that an Incentive Fee may be calculated under this formula with respect to a period in which the Company has incurred a loss. For example, if the Company receives Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income in excess of the hurdle rate (as defined below) for a calendar quarter, the Income Incentive Fee will result in a positive value, and an Income Incentive Fee will be paid even if the Company has incurred a loss in such a period due to realized and/or unrealized capital losses unless the payment of such Income Incentive Fee would cause the Company to pay Income Incentive Fees and Capital Gain Incentive Fees on a cumulative basis that exceed the Incentive Fee Cap described below.

Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income, expressed as a rate of return on the value of the Company’s net assets (defined as total assets less indebtedness and before taking into account any Incentive Fees payable during the period) at the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, is compared to a fixed ‘‘hurdle rate’’ of 1.5% quarterly. If market interest rates rise, the Company may be able to invest funds in debt instruments that provide for a higher return, which would increase the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income and make it easier for the Investment Adviser to surpass the fixed hurdle rate and receive an Income Incentive Fee. Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income used to calculate this part of the Incentive Fee is also included in the amount of the Company’s total assets (excluding cash and cash equivalents but including assets purchased with borrowed funds and leverage) used to calculate the base management fee.

The Company calculates the Income Incentive Fee with respect to Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income quarterly, in arrears, as follows:
 
zero in any calendar quarter in which the Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income does not exceed the hurdle rate;
50.0% of Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income with respect to that portion of such Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income, if any, that exceeds the hurdle rate but is less than the percentage at which amounts payable to the Investment Adviser pursuant to the Income Incentive Fee equal 20.0% of Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income that exceeds the hurdle rate as if a hurdle rate did not apply. This portion of Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income is referred to as the ‘‘catch-up’’ provision; and
20.0% of the amount of Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income, if any, that exceeds the catch-up provision in any calendar quarter.

The sum of these calculations yields the Income Incentive Fee. This amount is appropriately adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the quarter. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 the Income Incentive Fee incurred was $73,823 and $79,764, respectively.



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Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

For periods ending on or prior to the date of the closing of a Liquidity Event, the Investment Adviser has agreed to irrevocably waive that portion of the Income Incentive fee calculated under the Investment Advisory Agreement in amounts in excess of the following amounts (computed on a quarterly basis, in arrears):

zero in any calendar quarter in which the Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income does not exceed the hurdle rate;
50.0% of the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income with respect to that portion of such Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income, if any, that exceeds the hurdle rate but is less than the percentage at which the amount payable to the Investment Adviser equals to 15.0% of the Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income as if a hurdle rate did not apply. This portion of the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income that exceeds the hurdle rate is referred to as the “catch-up” provision; and
15.0% of the amount of the Company’s Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income, if any, that exceeds the catch-up provision in any calendar quarter.

For each of the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, no Income Incentive Fee was irrevocably waived by the Investment Adviser.

The second part of the Incentive Fee, the Capital Gain Incentive Fee, equals (a) 20.0% of the Company’s Capital Gain Incentive Fee Base (as defined below), if any, calculated in arrears as of the end of each calendar year (or, upon termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement, as of the termination date), commencing with the calendar year ended December 31, 2017, less (b) the aggregate amount of any previously paid Capital Gain Incentive Fees. The Company’s ‘‘Capital Gain Incentive Fee Base’’ equals (1) the sum of (A) realized capital gains, if any, on a cumulative positive basis from September 29, 2017, the date the Company elected to be a BDC, through the end of each calendar year, (B) all realized capital losses on a cumulative basis and (C) all unrealized capital depreciation on a cumulative basis, less (2) unamortized deferred debt issuance costs as of the date of calculation, if and to the extent such costs exceed all unrealized capital appreciation on a cumulative basis.

The cumulative aggregate realized capital losses are calculated as the sum of the amounts by which (a) the net sales price of each investment in the Company’s portfolio when sold is less than (b) the accreted or amortized cost basis of such investment.
The cumulative aggregate realized capital gains are calculated as the sum of the differences, if positive, between (a) the net sales price of each investment in the Company’s portfolio when sold and (b) the accreted or amortized cost basis of such investment.
The aggregate unrealized capital depreciation is calculated as the sum of the differences, if negative, between (a) the valuation of each investment in the Company’s portfolio as of the applicable Capital Gain Incentive Fee calculation date and (b) the accreted or amortized cost basis of such investment.

The Capital Gain Inventive fee is calculated on a cumulative basis from September 29, 2017 through the end of each calendar year or termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement. For periods ending on or prior to the date of the closing of a Liquidity Event, the Investment Adviser has agreed to irrevocably waive that portion of the Capital Gain Incentive Fee, calculated as described above, in excess of 15.0% of the Capital Gain Incentive Fee Base, provided that any amounts so waived shall be deemed paid to the Investment Adviser for purposes of determining the Capital Gain Inventive Fee payable after the closing of a public offering or listing.

There was no Capital Gain Incentive Fee as calculated under the Investment Advisory Agreement (as described above) payable for each of the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018. However, in accordance with GAAP, the Company is required to include the aggregate unrealized capital appreciation on investments in the calculation and accrue a capital gain incentive fee on a quarterly basis, as if such unrealized capital appreciation were realized, even though such unrealized capital appreciation is not permitted to be considered in calculating the fee actually payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement. If the Capital Gain Incentive Fee Base, adjusted as required by GAAP to include unrealized capital appreciation, is positive at the end of a period, then GAAP requires the Company to accrue a capital gain incentive fee equal to 15.0% prior to a Liquidity Event (20.0% following a Liquidity Event) of such amount, less the aggregate amount of the actual Capital Gain Incentive Fees paid and capital gain incentive fees accrued under GAAP in all prior periods. If such amount is negative, then there is no accrual for such period.


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Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

The resulting accrual under GAAP in a given period may result in additional expense if such cumulative amount is greater than in the prior period or a reversal of previously recorded expense if such cumulative amount is less than in the prior period. There can be no assurance that such unrealized capital appreciation will be realized in the future. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company accrued a capital gain incentive fee under GAAP of $68,791 and $94,713, respectively, which are included in incentive fee in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2018, included in management and incentive fees payable on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition was a $94,713 accrual for the capital gain incentive fee under GAAP, none of which was payable pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement.

The third part of the Incentive Fee, the Subordinated Liquidation Incentive Fee, equals 15.0% of the net proceeds from a liquidation of the Company in excess of adjusted capital, as calculated immediately prior to liquidation. For purposes of this calculation, (a) ‘‘liquidation’’ includes any merger of the Company with another entity or the acquisition of all or substantially all of the shares of the Company’s common stock in a single or series of related transactions and (b) ‘‘adjusted capital’’ means the net asset value of the Company calculated immediately prior to liquidation in accordance with GAAP less unrealized capital appreciation that would have been subject to the Capital Gain Incentive Fee had capital gain been recognized on the transfer of such assets in the liquidation. The Investment Advisory Agreement provides that no Subordinated Liquidation Incentive Fee shall be payable for any liquidation that occurs more than six months after the date of an initial public offering of the Company’s common stock or a listing of the Company’s common stock on a national securities exchange. For periods prior to the date of the closing of a Liquidity Event, the Investment Adviser has agreed to waive the Subordinated Liquidation Incentive Fee.

The Company has structured the calculation of the Incentive Fee to include a fee limitation such that the Income Incentive Fee and the Capital Gain Incentive Fee will not be paid at any time if, after such payment, the cumulative Income Incentive Fees and Capital Gain Incentive Fees paid to date would exceed an incentive fee cap (the "Incentive Fee Cap"). For periods ending on or prior to the date of the closing of a Liquidity Event, the Incentive Fee Cap in any quarter is equal to the difference between (a) 15.0% of Cumulative Pre-Incentive Fee Net Income and (b) cumulative incentive fees of any kind paid to the Investment Adviser by the Company since September 29, 2017. For periods beginning after the date of the closing of a Liquidity Event, the Incentive Fee Cap in any quarter will be equal to the difference, if positive, between (a) the sum of (i) 20.0% of Cumulative Pre-Incentive Fee Net Income for the period beginning on the date immediately following the closing of a Liquidity Event and (ii) 15.0% of Cumulative Pre-Incentive Fee Net Income for the period from September 29, 2017 and ending on the date of the closing of a Liquidity Event and (b) cumulative Income Incentive Fees and Capital Gain Incentive Fees paid to the Investment Adviser by the Company from September 29, 2017.

To the extent the Incentive Fee Cap is zero or a negative value in any quarter, no incentive fee would be payable in that quarter. ‘‘Cumulative Pre-Incentive Fee Net Income’’ is equal to the sum of (a) Pre-Incentive Fee Net Investment Income for each period since September 29, 2017 and (b) cumulative aggregate realized capital gains, cumulative aggregate realized capital losses, cumulative aggregate unrealized capital depreciation and cumulative aggregate unrealized capital appreciation since September 29, 2017.

The sum of the Income Incentive Fee, the Capital Gain Incentive Fee and the Subordinated Liquidation Incentive Fee is the Incentive Fee. Prior to the closing of a Liquidity Event, the Company will deposit one-third of each Income Incentive Fee and Capital Gain Incentive Fee payment into an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) to be administered by U.S. Bank National Association (the “Escrow Agent”). Assets in the Escrow Account will be held by the Escrow Agent until the closing of a Liquidity Event at which time the Escrow Agent will release the assets to the Investment Adviser. If no Liquidity Event occurs prior to October 2, 2023, the Escrow Agent will return all assets in the Escrow Account to the Company for the benefit of the stockholders. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company deposited $1,980 into the Escrow Account.

Administration Agreement: Pursuant to the Administration Agreement, the Administrator furnishes the Company with office facilities and equipment and provides clerical, bookkeeping, and record-keeping services at such facilities and provides the Company with other administrative services as the Administrator, subject to review by the Board, determines necessary to conduct the Company's day-to-day operations. The Company reimburses the


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Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

Administrator for the allocable portion (subject to the review and approval of the Board) of the Administrator’s overhead and other expenses incurred by it in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent, the fees and expenses associated with performing compliance functions and the Company’s allocable portion of the cost of its chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and their respective staffs. The Board reviews such expenses to determine that these expenses, including any allocation of expenses among the Company and other entities for which the Administrator provides similar services, are reasonable and comparable to administrative services charged by unaffiliated third party asset managers. In addition, under the Administration Agreement, the Administrator also provides, on the Company’s behalf, managerial assistance to those portfolio companies to which the Company is required to provide such assistance and will be paid an additional amount based on the cost of the services provided, which amount shall not exceed the amount the Company receives from such portfolio companies.

As of June 30, 2018, included in accounts payable and accrued expenses is $24,900 for accrued allocated shared services under the Administration Agreement.

Other related party transactions: The Company agreed to reimburse the Investment Adviser for formation and costs associated with the initial closing of the Subscription Agreements incurred on its behalf up to an aggregate amount of $700,000. Any costs in excess of $700,000 will be borne by the Investment Adviser. As of June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2017, the formation and initial closing costs incurred by the Investment Adviser on behalf of the Company and reimbursable by the Company totaled $198,728 and $154,862, respectively. The formation and initial closing costs are included in other assets on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.

The Investment Adviser voluntarily agreed to irrevocably waive reimbursement of certain professional fees incurred by the Investment Adviser on the Company's behalf during the quarter ended December 31, 2017. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, the professional fee reimbursement irrevocably waived by the Investment Adviser was $111,783, which was reimbursed by the Investment Adviser in cash to the Company during the three months ended March 31, 2018.

The Administrator pays for certain unaffiliated third-party expenses incurred by the Company. Such expenses include postage, printing, office supplies, rating agency fees and professional fees. These expenses are not marked-up and represent the same amount the Company would have paid had the Company paid the expenses directly. These expenses are subsequently reimbursed in cash. During each of the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, $104,106 of expenses were reimbursed to the Administrator. As of June 30, 2018, included in accounts payable and accrued expenses were $298,774 for reimbursable expenses that were paid by the Administrator on behalf of the Company.

On August 1, 2017, GCOP LLC, an affiliate of the Investment Adviser, purchased 700.000 shares of common stock of the Company for an aggregate purchase price of $10,500.

On October 2, 2017, GEMS Fund 4, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership whose general partner is controlled by the Investment Adviser, entered into a Subscription Agreement. As of June 30, 2018, the Company has issued 385,000.000 shares of its common stock to GEMS Fund 4, L.P. in exchange for aggregate capital contributions totaling $5,775,000.

On October 2, 2017, the Company entered into an unsecured revolving credit facility with the Investment Adviser (the “Revolver”) with a maximum credit limit of $40,000,000 and with an expiration date of October 2, 2020.



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Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

Note 5.    Investments

Investments as of June 30, 2018 consisted of the following:
 
As of June 30, 2018
  
Principal
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair
Value
Senior secured
$
12,142,701

 
$
11,937,345

 
$
12,078,000

One stop
75,821,939

 
74,601,402

 
75,439,038

Subordinated debt
81,718

 
81,718

 
81,718

Equity
N/A

 
1,484,196

 
1,518,349

Total
$
88,046,358

 
$
88,104,661

 
$
89,117,105


The following tables show the portfolio composition by geographic region at amortized cost and fair value as a percentage of total investments in portfolio companies. The geographic composition is determined by the location of the corporate headquarters of the portfolio company, which may not be indicative of the primary source of the portfolio company’s business.
 
As of June 30, 2018
Amortized Cost:
  

 
  

United States
 
 
  

Mid-Atlantic
$
11,897,333

 
13.5
%
Midwest
10,501,705

 
11.9

Northeast
8,838,086

 
10.0

Southeast
34,570,539

 
39.3

Southwest
6,603,564

 
7.5

West
15,693,434

 
17.8

Total
$
88,104,661

 
100.0
%
 
 
 
 
Fair Value:
  

 
  

United States
 
 
  

Mid-Atlantic
$
12,096,914

 
13.6
%
Midwest
10,656,871

 
12.0

Northeast
8,938,865

 
10.0

Southeast
34,705,451

 
38.9

Southwest
6,711,059

 
7.5

West
16,007,945

 
18.0

Total
$
89,117,105

 
100.0
%

The industry compositions of the portfolio at amortized cost and fair value as of June 30, 2018 were as follows:
 
As of June 30, 2018
Amortized Cost:
  

 
  

Automobile
$
2,560,030

 
2.9
%
Beverage, Food and Tobacco
669,632

 
0.8

Buildings and Real Estate
6,842,489

 
7.8

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing
7,603,439

 
8.6

Diversified/Conglomerate Service
55,397,893

 
62.9

Electronics
2,218,159

 
2.5

Healthcare, Education and Childcare
9,393,423

 
10.7

Leisure, Amusement, Motion Pictures, Entertainment
1,963,881

 
2.2

Personal, Food and Miscellaneous Services
1,455,715

 
1.6

Total
$
88,104,661

 
100.0
%


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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

 
As of June 30, 2018
Fair Value:
  

 
  

Automobile
$
2,589,820

 
2.9
%
Beverage, Food and Tobacco
676,281

 
0.8

Buildings and Real Estate
6,911,490

 
7.8

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing
7,700,207

 
8.6

Diversified/Conglomerate Service
55,926,197

 
62.8

Electronics
2,246,248

 
2.5

Healthcare, Education and Childcare
9,627,113

 
10.8

Leisure, Amusement, Motion Pictures, Entertainment
1,962,924

 
2.2

Personal, Food and Miscellaneous Services
1,476,825

 
1.6

Total
$
89,117,105

 
100.0
%
GBDC 3 Senior Loan Fund LLC:

On October 2, 2017, the Company agreed to co-invest with RGA Reinsurance Company (“RGA”) primarily in senior secured loans through GBDC 3 Senior Loan Fund LLC (“GBDC 3 SLF”), an unconsolidated Delaware LLC. GBDC 3 SLF will be capitalized as transactions are completed and all portfolio and investment decisions in respect of GBDC 3 SLF must be approved by the GBDC 3 SLF investment committee consisting of two representatives of each of the Company and RGA (with unanimous approval required from (i) one representative of each of the Company and RGA or (ii) both representatives of each of the Company and RGA).

As of June 30, 2018, the Company and RGA had $109,375,000 and $15,625,000, respectively, of LLC equity interest subscriptions to GBDC 3 SLF, none of which were funded as of June 30, 2018 as GBDC 3 SLF has not yet commenced operations.

Note 6.    Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows ASC Topic 820 for measuring fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received in the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Where available, fair value is based on observable market prices or parameters, or derived from such prices or parameters. Where observable prices or inputs are not available, valuation models are applied. These valuation models involve some level of management estimation and judgment, the degree of which is dependent on the price transparency for the assets or liabilities or market and the assets’ or liabilities’ complexity. The Company’s fair value analysis includes an analysis of the value of any unfunded loan commitments. Assets and liabilities are categorized for disclosure purposes based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their value. The valuation hierarchical levels are based upon the transparency of the inputs to the valuation of the asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows: 
Level 1:     Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.
Level 2:     Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and inputs that are observable for the assets or liabilities, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3:     Inputs include significant unobservable inputs for the assets or liabilities and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the assets or liabilities. The inputs into the determination of fair value are based upon the best information available and may require significant management judgment or estimation.
In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an asset’s or a liability’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. The Company assesses the levels of assets and liabilities at each measurement date, and transfers between levels are recognized on the actual date of the event or change in circumstances that caused the transfers. There were no transfers among Level 1, 2 and 3 of the fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities during the three and nine


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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

months ended June 30, 2018. The following section describes the valuation techniques used by the Company to measure different assets and liabilities at fair value and includes the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the assets and liabilities are categorized.

Investments

Level 1 investments are valued using quoted market prices. Level 2 investments are valued using market consensus prices that are corroborated by observable market data and quoted market prices for similar assets and liabilities. Level 3 investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board, based on input of management, the audit committee and independent valuation firms that have been engaged at the direction of the Board to assist in the valuation of each portfolio investment without a readily available market quotation at least once during a trailing twelve-month period under a valuation policy and a consistently applied valuation process. This valuation process is conducted at the end of each fiscal quarter, with approximately 25% (based on the number of portfolio companies) of the Company’s valuations of debt and equity investments without readily available market quotations subject to review by an independent valuation firm. All investments as of June 30, 2018, with the exception of money market funds included in cash and cash equivalents (Level 1 investments), were valued using Level 3 inputs of the fair value hierarchy.
When determining fair value of Level 3 debt and equity investments, the Company may take into account the following factors, where relevant: the enterprise value of a portfolio company, the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the portfolio company’s ability to make payments and its earnings and discounted cash flows, the markets in which the portfolio company does business, comparisons to publicly traded securities, and changes in the interest rate environment and the credit markets generally that may affect the price at which similar investments may be made and other relevant factors. The primary method for determining enterprise value uses a multiple analysis whereby appropriate multiples are applied to the portfolio company’s net income before net interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”). A portfolio company’s EBITDA may include pro-forma adjustments for items such as acquisitions, divestitures, or expense reductions. The enterprise value analysis is performed to determine the value of equity investments and to determine if debt investments are credit impaired. If debt investments are credit impaired, the Company will use the enterprise value analysis or a liquidation basis analysis to determine fair value. For debt investments that are not determined to be credit impaired, the Company uses a market interest rate yield analysis to determine fair value.

In addition, for certain debt investments, the Company may base its valuation on indicative bid and ask prices provided by an independent third party pricing service. Bid prices reflect the highest price that the Company and others may be willing to pay. Ask prices represent the lowest price that the Company and others may be willing to accept. The Company generally uses the midpoint of the bid/ask range as its best estimate of fair value of such investment.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of Level 3 investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values that may ultimately be received or settled. Further, such investments are generally subject to legal and other restrictions or otherwise are less liquid than publicly traded instruments. If the Company were required to liquidate a portfolio investment in a forced or liquidation sale, the Company may realize significantly less than the value at which such investment had previously been recorded.

The Company’s investments are subject to market risk. Market risk is the potential for changes in the value due to market changes. Market risk is directly impacted by the volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the investments are traded.



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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

The following table presents fair value measurements of the Company’s investments and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Company to determine such fair value as of June 30, 2018:
As of June 30, 2018
 
Fair Value Measurements Using
Description
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Assets, at fair value:
 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

Debt investments(1)
 
$

 
$

 
$
87,598,756

 
$
87,598,756

Equity investments(1)
 

 

 
1,518,349

 
1,518,349

Money market funds(1)(2)
 
8,883,195

 

 

 
8,883,195

Total assets, at fair value:
 
$
8,883,195

 
$

 
$
89,117,105

 
$
98,000,300

 
(1) 
Refer to the Consolidated Schedule of Investments for further details.
(2) 
Included in cash and cash equivalents on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition.
The net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) attributable to the Company’s Level 3 assets held as of June 30, 2018 for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 reported within the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations was $610,858 and $1,012,444, respectively.

The following table presents the changes in investments measured at fair value using Level 3 inputs for the nine months ended June 30, 2018:
 
For the nine months ended June 30, 2018
  
Debt
Investments
 
Equity
Investments
 
Total
Investments
Fair value, beginning of period
$

 
$

 
$

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
    on investments
978,290

 
34,154

 
1,012,444

Funding of (proceeds from) revolving loans, net
348,888

 

 
348,888

Fundings of investments
86,323,582

 
1,484,195

 
87,807,777

PIK interest
693

 

 
693

Proceeds from principal payments of portfolio
    investments
(133,498
)
 

 
(133,498
)
Accretion of discounts and origination fees
80,801

 

 
80,801

Fair value, end of period
$
87,598,756

 
$
1,518,349

 
$
89,117,105



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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 


The following table presents quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs of the Company’s Level 3 investments as of June 30, 2018:
Quantitative information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
 
Fair value as of June 30, 2018
 
Valuation Techniques
 
Unobservable Input
 
Range (Weighted Average)
Assets, at fair value:
  

 
  
 
  
 
  
Senior secured loans(1)
$
12,078,000

 
Market rate approach
 
Market interest rate
 
4.0% - 7.8% (6.9%)
  
 
 
Market comparable companies
 
EBITDA multiples
 
9.0x - 13.6x (11.3x)
One stop loans(1)(2)
$
75,439,038

 
Market rate approach
 
Market interest rate
 
6.5% - 19.0% (8.7%)
  
 
 
Market comparable companies
 
EBITDA multiples
 
7.1x - 26.0x (14.3x)
  
 
 
 
 
Revenue multiples
 
3.9x - 10.2x (5.8x)
Subordinated debt(1)
$
81,718

 
Market rate approach
 
Market interest rate
 
8.0%
 
 
 
Market comparable companies
 
Revenue multiples
 
5.1x
Equity(3)
$
1,518,349

 
Market comparable companies
 
EBITDA multiples
 
9.0x - 26.0x (15.9x)
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue multiples
 
3.9x - 10.2x (7.0x)
 
(1) 
The fair value of this asset class was determined using the market rate approach as the investments in this asset class were determined not to be credit impaired using the market comparable companies approach. The unobservable inputs for both valuation techniques have been presented, but the fair value as of June 30, 2018 was determined using the market rate approach.
(2) 
The Company valued $62,249,698 and $13,189,340 of one stop loans using EBITDA and revenue multiples, respectively. All one stop loans were also valued using the market comparable companies approach.
(3) 
The Company valued $1,164,961 and $353,388 of equity investments using EBITDA and revenue multiples, respectively.
The above tables are not intended to be all-inclusive but rather to provide information on significant unobservable inputs and valuation techniques used by the Company.

The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company’s debt and equity investments are EBITDA multiples, revenue multiples and market interest rates. The Company uses EBITDA multiples and, to a lesser extent, revenue multiples on its debt and equity investments to determine any credit gains or losses. Increases or decreases in either of these inputs in isolation may result in a significantly lower or higher fair value measurement. The Company uses market interest rates for loans to determine if the effective yield on a loan is commensurate with the market yields for that type of loan. If a loan’s effective yield is significantly less than the market yield for a similar loan with a similar credit profile, then the resulting fair value of the loan may be lower.

Other Financial Assets and Liabilities

ASC Topic 820 requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments for which it is practical to estimate such value. As a result, with the exception of the line item titled “debt” which is reported at cost, all assets and liabilities approximate fair value on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition due to their short maturity. Fair value of the Company’s debt is estimated using Level 3 inputs by discounting remaining payments using comparable market rates or market quotes for similar instruments at the measurement date, if available.

The following are the carrying values and fair values of the Company’s debt as of June 30, 2018. Fair value is estimated by discounting remaining payments using applicable market rates or market quotes for similar instruments at the measurement date, if available.
 
As of June 30, 2018
  
Carrying Value
 
Fair Value
Debt
$
30,000,000

 
$
30,000,000



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Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 


Note 7.    Borrowings

In accordance with the 1940 Act, with certain limited exceptions, the Company is currently allowed to borrow amounts such that its asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least 200% after such borrowing. The Small Business Credit Availability Act (“SBCAA”), which was signed into law on March 23, 2018, among other things, amended Section 61(a) of the 1940 Act to add a new Section 61(a)(2) that reduces the asset coverage requirement applicable to business development companies from 200% to 150% so long as the business development company meets certain disclosure requirements, obtains certain approvals and, in the case of unlisted business development companies, makes an offer to repurchase the shares of its stockholders. The reduced asset coverage requirement would permit a business development company to have a ratio of total consolidated assets to outstanding indebtedness of 2:1 as compared to a maximum of 1:1 under the 200% asset coverage requirement. Effectiveness of the reduced asset coverage requirement to a business development company requires approval by either (1) a “required majority,” as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act, of such business development company’s board of directors with effectiveness one year after the date of such approval or (2) a majority of votes cast at a special or annual meeting of such business development company’s stockholders at which a quorum is present, which is effective the day after such stockholder approval. The Company has not sought or obtained either approval and, as a
result, remains subject to the 200% asset coverage requirement under Section 61(a)(1) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2018, the Company’s asset coverage for borrowed amounts was 324.6%.

Revolver: On October 2, 2017, the Company entered into the Revolver with the Investment Adviser, with a maximum credit limit of $40,000,000 and expiration date of October 2, 2020. The Revolver bears interest at a rate equal to the short-term Applicable Federal Rate (“AFR”). The short-term AFR as of June 30, 2018 was 2.3%. As of June 30, 2018, the Company had no outstanding debt under the Revolver. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company had borrowings on the Revolver of $7,000,000 and $37,750,000, respectively, and repayments on the Revolver of $7,000,000 and $37,750,000, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the stated interest expense, annualized average interest rates and average outstanding balances for the Revolver were as follows:
 
Three months ended June 30, 2018
 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
Stated interest expense
$
3,114

 
$
42,603

Cash paid for interest expense
$

 
$
39,489

Annualized average stated interest rate
2.3
%
 
1.6
%
Average outstanding balance
$
538,462

 
$
3,492,857


SMBC Revolver: On March 16, 2018, the Company entered into a revolving credit agreement with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (the “SMBC Revolver”), which as of June 30, 2018 allowed the Company to borrow up to $70,000,000 at any one time outstanding, subject to leverage and borrowing base restrictions, with a stated maturity date of March 16, 2020.

The SMBC Revolver bears interest at a rate equal, at the Company's election, to either one-month LIBOR plus 1.50% per annum or Prime. In addition to the stated interest rate on the SMBC Revolver, the Company is required to pay a non-usage fee at a rate of 0.20% per annum on the unused portion of the SMBC Revolver.

The SMBC Revolver is secured by the unfunded capital commitments of certain stockholders of the Company. The Company has made customary representations and warranties and is required to comply with various covenants, reporting requirements and other customary requirements for similar credit facilities. Borrowing under the SMBC Revolver is subject to the 200% asset coverage requirements contained in the 1940 Act.

As of June 30, 2018, the Company had outstanding debt under the SMBC Revolver of $30,000,000. For each of the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the Company had borrowings on the SMBC Revolver of $51,200,000


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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

and $89,800,000, and repayments on the SMBC Revolver of $45,200,000 and $59,800,000. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the components of interest expense, cash paid for interest and facility fees, annualized average interest rates and average outstanding balances for the SMBC Revolver were as follows:
 
Three months ended June 30, 2018
 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
Stated interest expense
$
184,442

 
$
209,557

Facility fees
6,014

 
7,505

Amortization of debt issuance costs
31,230

 
36,349

Total interest and other debt financing expenses
$
221,686

 
$
253,411

Cash paid for interest expense
$
149,879

 
$
151,492

Annualized average stated interest rate
3.6
%
 
3.7
%
Average outstanding balance
$
20,541,758

 
$
7,622,344


The Company’s average total debt outstanding for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 was $21,080,220 and $11,115,201, respectively.

For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, the effective annualized average interest rate on the Company’s total debt outstanding was 4.3% and 3.6%, respectively.

A summary of the Company’s maturity requirements for borrowings as of June 30, 2018 is as follows:
 
Payments Due by Period
  
Total
 
Less Than
1 Year
 
1 – 3 Years
 
3 – 5 Years
 
More Than
5 Years
SMBC Revolver
$
30,000,000

 
$

 
$
30,000,000

 
$

 
$

Revolver

 

 

 

 

Total borrowings
$
30,000,000

 
$

 
$
30,000,000

 
$

 
$


Note 8.    Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments: The Company had outstanding commitments to fund investments totaling $44,611,841 under various undrawn revolvers and other credit facilities as of June 30, 2018.

Indemnifications: In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties that provide general indemnifications. The Company’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as these involve future claims that may be made against the Company but that have not occurred. The Company expects the risk of any future obligations under these indemnifications to be remote.

Off-balance sheet risk: Off-balance sheet risk refers to an unrecorded potential liability that may result in a future obligation or loss, even though it does not appear on the Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition. The Company may enter into derivative instruments that contain elements of off-balance sheet market and credit risk. There were no commitments outstanding for derivative contracts as of June 30, 2018. Derivative instruments can be affected by market conditions, such as interest rate volatility, which could impact the fair value of the derivative instruments. If market conditions move against the Company, it may not achieve the anticipated benefits of any derivative instruments and may realize a loss. The Company minimizes market risk through monitoring its investments and borrowings.

Concentration of credit and counterparty risk: Credit risk arises primarily from the potential inability of counterparties to perform in accordance with the terms of the contract. The Company may engage in derivative transactions with counterparties. In the event that the counterparties do not fulfill their obligations, the Company


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Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

may be exposed to risk. The risk of default depends on the creditworthiness of the counterparties or issuers of the instruments. The Company’s maximum loss that it could incur related to counterparty risk on derivative instruments is the value of the collateral for that respective derivative instrument. It is the Company’s policy to review, as necessary, the credit standing of each counterparty.

Legal proceedings: In the normal course of business, the Company may be subject to legal and regulatory proceedings that are generally incidental to its ongoing operations. While there can be no assurance of the ultimate disposition of any such proceedings, the Company does not believe any disposition will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Note 9. Financial Highlights

The financial highlights for the Company are as follows:
Per share data:(1)
 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
Net asset value at beginning of period
 
$
15.00

Distributions declared:(2)
 
 
From net investment income
 
(1.08
)
Net investment income
 
0.64

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments(3)
 
0.44

Net asset value at end of period
 
$
15.00

Total return based on net asset value per share(4)
 
7.43
%
Number of common shares outstanding
 
4,501,542.532

Listed below are supplemental data and ratios to the financial highlights:
 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets*
 
5.76
 %
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (5)*
 
8.00
 %
Ratio of management fee waiver to average net assets *
 
(0.53
)%
Ratio of professional fees waiver to average net assets 
 
(0.51
)%
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (5)*
 
6.96
 %
Ratio of incentive fees to average net assets
 
0.80
 %
Ratio of total expenses (without incentive fees, management fee waiver and professional fees waiver) to average net assets*
 
7.20
 %
Total return based on average net asset value(6)*
 
11.97
 %
Net assets at end of period
 
$
67,523,138

Average debt outstanding
 
$
11,115,201

Average debt outstanding per share
 
$
2.47

Portfolio turnover *
 
0.49
 %
Asset coverage ratio(7)
 
324.56
 %
Asset coverage ratio per unit(8)
 
$
3,250

Average market value per unit (9):
 
 
SMBC Revolver
 
N/A

Revolver
 
N/A

 
* Annualized for periods of less than one year.
(1) 
Based on actual number of shares outstanding at the end of the corresponding period or the weighted average shares outstanding for the period, unless otherwise noted, as appropriate.
(2) 
The per share data for distributions reflect the amount of distributions paid or payable with a record date during the applicable period.
(3) 
Includes the impact of different share amounts as a result of calculating certain per share data based on weighted average shares outstanding during the period and certain per share data based on the shares outstanding as of the dividend record date.


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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

(4) 
Total return based on net asset value per share assumes distributions are reinvested in accordance with the DRIP. Total return does not include sales load.
(5) 
Expenses, other than incentive fees and professional fees waiver, are annualized for periods of less than one year.
(6) 
Total return based on average net asset value is calculated as (a) the net increase in net assets resulting from operations divided by (b) the daily average of total net assets. Total return does not include sales load.
(7) 
In accordance with the 1940 Act, with certain limited exceptions, the Company is currently allowed to borrow amounts such that its asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least 200% after such borrowing.
(8) 
Asset coverage ratio per unit is the ratio of the carrying value of our total consolidated assets, less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities, to the aggregate amount of senior securities representing indebtedness. Asset coverage ratio per unit is expressed in terms of dollar amounts per $1,000 of indebtedness.
(9) 
Not applicable because such senior securities are not registered for public trading.

Note 10. Earnings Per Share

The following information sets forth the computation of the net increase in net assets per share resulting from operations for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018:
  
Three months ended June 30, 2018
 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
Earnings available to stockholders
$
1,197,371

 
$
1,951,977

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding
2,588,187

 
1,457,514

Basic and diluted earnings per share
$
0.46

 
$
1.34


Note 11. Dividends and Distributions

The Company’s dividends and distributions are recorded on the record date. The following table summarizes the Company’s dividend declarations during the the nine months ended June 30, 2018:
Date Declared
 
Record Date
 
Payment Date
 
Shares Outstanding
 
Amount Per Share
 
Total Dividends Declared
For the nine months ended June 30, 2018
08/02/2017
 
10/23/2017
 
12/28/2017
 
248,166.664

 
$
0.0461

 
$
11,434

12/06/2017
 
12/07/2017
 
12/28/2017
 
495,633.336

 
0.0583

 
28,898

12/06/2017
 
12/22/2017
 
02/26/2018
 
916,833.336

 
0.0629

 
57,625

12/06/2017
 
01/23/2018
 
02/26/2018
 
1,058,896.360

 
0.1153

 
122,078

02/06/2018
 
02/23/2018
 
05/23/2018
 
1,750,996.360

 
0.0840

 
147,111

02/06/2018
 
03/23/2018
 
05/23/2018
 
1,757,971.828

 
0.2204

 
387,460

02/06/2018
 
04/27/2018
 
07/24/2018
 
2,219,371.824

 
0.1270

 
281,950

05/04/2018
 
05/22/2018
 
07/24/2018
 
2,219,371.824

 
0.1894

 
420,310

05/04/2018
 
06/21/2018
 
07/24/2018
 
2,804,322.532

 
0.1766

 
495,111

Total dividends declared for the nine months ended June 30, 2018
 
$
1,951,977




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Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
 
 
 

The following table summarizes the Company’s distributions reinvested during the nine months ended June 30, 2018:
Payment Date
 
DRIP Shares Issued
 
NAV ($) per share
 
DRIP Shares Value
For the nine months ended June 30, 2018
 
 
12/28/2017
 
1,663.021

 
$
15.00

 
$
24,945

02/26/2018
 
6,975.468

 
15.00

 
104,632

05/23/2018
 
19,210.720

 
15.00

 
288,161

 
 
27,849.209

 
$
15.00

 
$
417,738


Note 12. Subsequent Events

In preparing these financial statements, the Company has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through August 13, 2018, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. There are no subsequent events to disclose except for the following:

On May 4, 2018 and August 7, 2018, the Board declared distributions to holders of record as set forth in the table below:
Record Date
 
Payment Date
 
Amount Per Share
July 19, 2018
 
September 28, 2018
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations earned by the Company (if positive) as determined in accordance with GAAP for the period July 1, 2018 through July 31, 2018 per share
August 31, 2018
 
November 27, 2018
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations earned by the Company (if positive) as determined in accordance with GAAP for the period August 1, 2018 through August 31, 2018 per share
September 21, 2018
 
November 27, 2018
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations earned by the Company (if positive) as determined in accordance with GAAP for the period September 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018 per share
October 17, 2018
 
December 28, 2018
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations earned by the Company (if positive) as determined in accordance with GAAP for the period October 1, 2018 through October 31, 2018 per share

On July 1, 2018, the Company entered into Subscription Agreements with additional stockholders totaling $46,125,000 in the aggregate.

On July 24, 2018, the Company issued 41,371.36 shares of common stock through the DRIP.

The Company issued a capital call to stockholders that was due on August 13, 2018, which is summarized in the following table:
 
 
Date
 
Shares Issued
 
NAV ($) per share
 
Proceeds
Issuance of shares
 
8/13/2018
 
1,254,480.015

 
$
15.00

 
$
18,817,200




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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The information contained in this section should be read in conjunction with our interim and unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. In this report, "we," "us," "our" and "GBDC 3" refer to Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q constitute forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or our future performance or financial condition. The forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q involve risks and uncertainties, including statements as to:

our future operating results;
our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies;
the effect of investments that we expect to make and the competition for those investments;
our contractual arrangements and relationships with third parties;
completion of a public offering of our securities or other liquidity event;
actual and potential conflicts of interest with GC Advisors LLC, or GC Advisors, and other affiliates of Golub Capital LLC, or collectively, Golub Capital;
the dependence of our future success on the general economy and its effect on the industries in which we invest;
the ability of our portfolio companies to achieve their objectives;
the use of borrowed money to finance a portion of our investments;
the adequacy of our financing sources and working capital;
the timing of cash flows, if any, from the operations of our portfolio companies;
general economic and political trends and other external factors;
the ability of GC Advisors to locate suitable investments for us and to monitor and administer our investments;
the ability of GC Advisors or its affiliates to attract and retain highly talented professionals;
our ability to qualify and maintain our qualification as a regulated investment company, or RIC, and as a business development company;
general price and volume fluctuations in the stock markets;
the impact on our business of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the rules and regulations issued thereunder and any actions toward repeal thereof; and
the effect of changes to tax legislation and our tax position.

Such forward-looking statements may include statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “intend,” “should,” “could,” “can,” “would,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” ”predict,” “potential,” “plan” or similar words. The forward looking statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those implied or expressed in the forward-looking statements for any reason, including the factors set forth elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and as “Risk Factors” in our amended registration statement on Form 10, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, on November 28, 2017 and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.

We have based the forward-looking statements included in this report on information available to us on the date of this report. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance. You are advised to consult any additional disclosures that we may make directly to you or through reports that we have filed or in the future may file with the SEC, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains statistics and other data that have been obtained from or compiled from information made available by third-party service providers. We have not independently verified such statistics or data.



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Overview

We are an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or the 1940 Act. In addition, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we intend to elect to be treated as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code. As a business development company and a RIC, we are also subject to certain constraints, including limitations imposed by the 1940 Act and the Code. We were formed in August 2017 and commenced operations on October 2, 2017.

Our investment objective is to generate current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in one stop (a loan that combines characteristics of traditional first lien senior secured loans and second lien or subordinated loans and that are often referred to by other middle-market lenders as unitranche loans) and other senior secured loans of U.S. middle-market companies. We may also selectively invest in second lien and subordinated (a loan that ranks senior only to a borrower’s equity securities and ranks junior to all of such borrower’s other indebtedness in priority of payment) loans of, and warrants and minority equity securities in, middle-market companies. We intend to achieve our investment objective by (1) accessing the established loan origination channels developed by Golub Capital, a leading lender to U.S. middle-market companies with over $25.0 billion in capital under management as of June 30, 2018, (2) selecting investments within our core middle-market company focus, (3) partnering with experienced private equity firms, or sponsors, in many cases with whom Golub Capital has invested alongside in the past, (4) implementing the disciplined underwriting standards of Golub Capital and (5) drawing upon the aggregate experience and resources of Golub Capital.

Our investment activities are managed by GC Advisors and supervised by our board of directors of which a majority of the members are independent of us, GC Advisors and its affiliates.

Under an investment advisory agreement, or the Investment Advisory Agreement, which was approved by our board of directors in August 2017 for a two-year term commencing September 29, 2017, we have agreed to pay GC Advisors an annual base management fee based on our average adjusted gross assets as well as an incentive fee based on our investment performance. Under an administration agreement, or the Administration Agreement, we are provided with certain administrative services by an administrator, or the Administrator, which is currently Golub Capital LLC.

Under the Administration Agreement, we have agreed to reimburse the Administrator for our allocable portion (subject to the review and approval of our independent directors) of overhead and other expenses incurred by the Administrator in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement.

We seek to create a portfolio that includes primarily one stop and other senior secured loans by primarily investing approximately $5.0 million to $30.0 million of capital, on average, in the securities of U.S. middle-market companies. We may also selectively invest more than $30.0 million in some of our portfolio companies and generally expect that the size of our individual investments will vary proportionately with the size of our capital base.

We generally invest in securities that have been rated below investment grade by independent rating agencies or that would be rated below investment grade if they were rated. These securities, which may be referred to as “junk,” have predominantly speculative characteristics with respect to the issuer’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal. In addition, many of our debt investments have floating interest rates that reset on a periodic basis and typically do not fully pay down principal prior to maturity, which may increase our risk of losing part or all of our investment.



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As of June 30, 2018, our portfolio at fair value was comprised of the following:
 
 
As of June 30, 2018
Investment Type
 
Investments at
 Fair Value
 
Percentage of
Total
Investments
Senior secured
 
$
12,078,000

 
13.5
%
One stop
 
75,439,038

 
84.7

Subordinated debt
 
81,718

 
0.1

Equity
 
1,518,349

 
1.7

Total
 
$
89,117,105

 
100.0
%

One stop loans include loans to technology companies undergoing strong growth due to new services, increased adoption and/or entry into new markets. We refer to loans to these companies as late stage lending loans. Other targeted characteristics of late stage lending businesses include strong customer revenue retention rates, a diversified customer base and backing from growth equity or venture capital firms. In some cases, the borrower’s high revenue growth is supported by a high level of discretionary spending. As part of the underwriting of such loans and consistent with industry practice, we may adjust our characterization of the earnings of such borrowers for a reduction or elimination of such discretionary expenses, if appropriate. As of June 30, 2018, one stop loans included $11,579,179 of late stage lending loans at fair value.

As of June 30, 2018, we had debt and equity investments in 42 portfolio companies. The weighted average annualized income yield and weighted average annualized investment income yield of our earning portfolio company investments, which represented 100% of our debt investments, as well as the total return based on our average net asset value and the total return based on the change in the net asset value of our stock and assuming distributions were reinvested in accordance with our dividend reinvestment plan, or DRIP, in each case for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 was as follows:
 
For the three months ended June 30, 2018
For the nine months ended June 30, 2018
Weighted average annualized income yield(1)
9.1%
 
8.7%
Weighted average annualized investment income yield(2)
9.4%
 
9.1%
Total return based on average net asset value(3)*
12.4%
 
12.0%
Total return based on net asset value per share(4)
3.3%
 
7.4%
 
*
Annualized for periods of less than one year.
(1) 
Represents income from interest and fees, excluding amortization of capitalized fees and discounts divided by the average fair value of earning portfolio company investments, and does not represent a return to any investor in us.
(2) 
Represents income from interest, fees and amortization of capitalized fees and discounts, divided by the average fair value of earning portfolio company investments, and does not represent a return to any investor in us.
(3) 
Total return based on average net asset value is calculated as (a) the net increase in net assets resulting from operations divided by (b) the daily average of total net assets. Total return does not include sales load.
(4) 
Total return based on net asset value assumes distributions are reinvested in accordance with the DRIP. Total return does not include sales load.
As of June 30, 2018, GBDC 3 has earned an inception-to-date internal rate of return, or IRR, of 12.6% for stockholders taken as a whole. For the nine months ended June 30, 2018, GBDC 3 has earned a year-to-date IRR of 12.6% for stockholders taken as a whole. An individual stockholder’s IRR may vary based on the timing of their capital transactions. The IRR is the annualized effective compound rate of return that brings a series of cash flows to the current value of the cash invested. The IRR was computed based on the actual dates of cash inflows (share issuances, including share issuances through the DRIP), outflows (capital distributions), the stockholders’ net asset value, or NAV, at the end of the period and distributions declared and payable at the end of the period (residual value of the stockholders’ NAV and distributions payable as of each measurement date).


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Revenues: We generate revenue in the form of interest and fee income on debt investments and capital gains and distributions, if any, on portfolio company investments that we originate or acquire. Our debt investments, whether in the form of senior secured, one stop, or subordinated loans, typically have a term of three to seven years and bear interest at a fixed or floating rate. In some instances, we receive payments on our debt investments based on scheduled amortization of the outstanding balances. In addition, we receive repayments of some of our debt investments prior to their scheduled maturity date. The frequency or volume of these repayments fluctuates significantly from period to period. Our portfolio activity also reflects the proceeds of sales of securities. In some cases, our investments provide for deferred interest payments or payment-in-kind, or PIK, interest. The principal amount of loans and any accrued but unpaid interest generally become due at the maturity date. In addition, we may generate revenue in the form of commitment, origination, amendment, structuring or due diligence fees, fees for providing managerial assistance and consulting fees. Loan origination fees, original issue discount and market discount or premium are capitalized, and we accrete or amortize such amounts as interest income. We record prepayment premiums on loans as fee income. For additional details on revenues, see “Critical Accounting Policies - Revenue Recognition.”

We recognize realized gains or losses on investments based on the difference between the net proceeds from the disposition and the amortized cost basis of the investment, without regard to unrealized gains or losses previously recognized. We record current period changes in fair value of investments that are measured at fair value as a component of the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Expenses: Our primary operating expenses include the payment of fees to GC Advisors under the Investment Advisory Agreement and interest expense on our outstanding debt. We bear all out-of-pocket costs and expenses of our operations and transactions, including:

reimbursement to GC Advisors of organizational and offering expenses up to an aggregate amount of $700,000;
calculating our NAV (including the cost and expenses of any independent valuation firm);
fees and expenses incurred by GC Advisors payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors, in monitoring financial and legal affairs for us and in monitoring our investments and performing due diligence on our prospective portfolio companies or otherwise relating to, or associated with, evaluating and making investments, which fees and expenses may include, among other items, due diligence reports, appraisal reports, any studies that may be commissioned by GC Advisors and travel and lodging expenses;
expenses related to unsuccessful portfolio acquisition efforts;
administration fees and expenses, if any, payable under the Administration Agreement (including payments based upon our allocable portion of the Administrator’s overhead in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent and the allocable portion of the cost of our chief compliance officer, chief financial officer and their respective staffs);
fees payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisors, relating to, or associated with, evaluating and making investments in portfolio companies, including costs associated with meeting financial sponsors;
transfer agent, dividend agent and custodial fees and expenses;
U.S. federal and state registration and franchise fees;
U.S. federal, state and local taxes;
independent directors’ fees and expenses;
costs of preparing and filing reports or other documents required by the SEC or other regulators;
costs of any reports, proxy statements or other notices to stockholders, including printing costs;
costs associated with individual or group stockholders;
costs associated with compliance under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;
our allocable portion of any fidelity bond, directors and officers/errors and omissions liability insurance, and any other insurance premiums;


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direct costs and expenses of administration, including printing, mailing, long distance telephone, copying, secretarial and other staff, independent auditors and outside legal costs;
proxy voting expenses; and
all other expenses incurred by us or the Administrator in connection with administering our business.

We expect our general and administrative expenses to be relatively stable or decline as a percentage of total assets during periods of asset growth and to increase during periods of asset declines.

Recent Developments

On May 4, 2018 and August 7, 2018, the Board declared distributions to holders of record as set forth in the table below:
Record Date
 
Payment Date
 
Amount Per Share
July 19, 2018
 
September 28, 2018
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations earned by us (if positive) as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, or GAAP, for the period July 1, 2018 through July 31, 2018 per share
August 31, 2018
 
November 27, 2018
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations earned by us (if positive) as determined in accordance with GAAP for the period August 1, 2018 through August 31, 2018 per share
September 21, 2018
 
November 27, 2018
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations earned by us (if positive) as determined in accordance with GAAP for the period September 1, 2018 through September 30, 2018 per share
October 17, 2018
 
December 28, 2018
 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations earned by us (if positive) as determined in accordance with GAAP for the period October 1, 2018 through October 31, 2018 per share

On July 1, 2018, we received additional stockholder capital subscriptions totaling $46,125,000 in the aggregate.

On July 24, 2018, the Company issued 41,371.36 shares of common stock through the DRIP.

We issued a capital call to stockholders that was due on August 13, 2018, which is summarized in the following table:
 
 
Date
 
Shares Issued
 
NAV ($) per share
 
Proceeds
Issuance of shares
 
8/13/2018
 
1,254,480.015

 
$
15.00

 
$
18,817,200




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Consolidated Results of Operations

Consolidated operating results for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 are as follows:
 
For the three months ended June 30, 2018
 
For the nine months ended June 30, 2018
Interest income
$
1,266,383

 
$
2,007,561

Income from accretion of discounts and origination fees
50,866

 
80,801

Fee income

 
1,359

Total investment income
1,317,249

 
2,089,721

Net expenses
730,736

 
1,149,335

Net investment income - before excise tax
586,513

 
940,386

Excise tax

 
853

Net investment income - after excise tax
586,513

 
939,533

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
610,858

 
1,012,444

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
$
1,197,371

 
$
1,951,977

Average earning portfolio company investments, at fair value
$
55,669,913

 
$
30,598,036


As we commenced operations on October 2, 2017, no income was earned during the periods prior to September 30, 2017.

Expenses

The following table summarizes our expenses for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018:
 
For the three months ended June 30, 2018
 
For the nine months ended June 30, 2018
Interest expense
$
193,570

 
$
259,665

Amortization of debt issuance costs
31,230

 
36,349

Base management fee, net of waiver
145,654

 
231,530

Income Incentive Fee
73,823

 
79,764

Capital gain incentive fee accrued under GAAP
68,791

 
94,713

Professional fees, net of waiver
180,810

 
389,817

Administrative service fee
24,900

 
40,860

General and administrative expenses
11,958

 
16,637

Net expenses - before excise tax
730,736

 
1,149,335

Excise tax

 
853

Net expenses - after excise tax
$
730,736

 
$
1,148,482

Average debt outstanding
$
21,080,220

 
$
11,115,201


As we commenced operations on October 2, 2017, no expenses were incurred during the periods prior to September 30, 2017.



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Net Realized and Unrealized Gains and Losses

The following table summarizes our net realized and unrealized gains (losses) for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018:
 
For the three months ended June 30, 2018
 
For the nine months ended June 30, 2018
Unrealized appreciation on investments
$
642,690

 
$
1,030,110

Unrealized (depreciation) on investments
(31,832
)
 
(17,666
)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
$
610,858

 
$
1,012,444


During the three months ended June 30, 2018, we had $642,690 in unrealized appreciation on 26 portfolio company investments, which was partially offset by $31,832 in unrealized depreciation on 23 portfolio company investments. During the nine months ended June 30, 2018, we had $1,030,110 in unrealized appreciation on 35 portfolio company investments, which was partially offset by $17,666 in unrealized depreciation on 10 portfolio company investments. Unrealized appreciation during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 resulted from an increase in fair value primarily due to the rise in market prices of portfolio company investments. Unrealized depreciation primarily resulted from the amortization of discounts that caused a reduction in fair value of portfolio company investments during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

For the nine months ended June 30, 2018, we experienced a net increase in cash and cash equivalents of $9,415,867. During the period we used $86,854,793 in operating activities, primarily as a result of fundings of portfolio investments of $87,807,777. During the same period, cash provided by financing activities was $96,270,660, primarily driven by borrowings on debt of $127,550,000 and proceeds from the issuance of common shares of $67,024,900 that were partially offset by repayments of debt of $97,550,000.

As of June 30, 2018, we had cash and cash equivalents of $9,426,367. Cash and cash equivalents are available to fund new investments, pay operating expenses and pay distributions.

As of June 30, 2018, we had investor capital subscriptions totaling $424,315,500 of which $67,105,400 had been called and contributed, leaving $357,210,100 of uncalled investor capital subscriptions.

As of June 30, 2018, our revolving credit facility with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation as administrative agent, sole lead arranger and sole manager, or the SMBC Revolver, allowed us to borrow up to $70,000,000 at any one time outstanding, subject to leverage and borrowing base restrictions. As of June 30, 2018, we had $30,000,000 outstanding under the SMBC Revolver. As of June 30, 2018, subject to leverage and borrowing base restrictions, we had $40,000,000 of remaining commitments and $40,000,000 of availability under the SMBC Revolver.

As of June 30, 2018, we were permitted to borrow up to $40,000,000 at any one time outstanding, under the terms of our unsecured revolving credit facility, or Revolver, with GC Advisors. As of June 30, 2018, we had no amounts outstanding under the Revolver.

In accordance with the 1940 Act, with certain limited exceptions, we are currently only allowed to borrow amounts such that our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least 200% after such borrowing. The Small Business Credit Availability Act, or SBCAA, which was signed into law on March 23, 2018, among other things, amended Section 61(a) of the 1940 Act to add a new Section 61(a)(2) that reduces the asset coverage requirement applicable to business development companies from 200% to 150% so long as the business development company meets certain disclosure requirements, obtains certain approvals and, in the case of unlisted business development companies, makes an offer to repurchase the shares of its stockholders. The reduced asset coverage requirement would permit a business development company to have a ratio of total consolidated assets to outstanding indebtedness of 2:1 as compared to a maximum of 1:1 under the 200% asset coverage requirement. Effectiveness of the reduced asset coverage requirement to a business development company requires approval by either (1) a


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“required majority,” as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act, of such business development company’s board of directors with effectiveness one year after the date of such approval or (2) a majority of votes cast at a special or annual meeting of such business development company’s stockholders at which a quorum is present, which is effective the day after such stockholder approval. We are still evaluating the merits of operating with a higher leverage ratio, and have not sought or obtained either approval and, as a result, remain subject to the 200% asset coverage requirement under Section 61(a)(1) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2018, our asset coverage for borrowed amounts was 324.6%.

As of June 30, 2018, we had outstanding commitments to fund investments totaling $44,611,841. This amount may or may not be funded to the borrowing party now or in the future. The unfunded commitments relate to loans with various maturity dates, but the entire amount was eligible for funding to the borrowers as of June 30, 2018, subject to the terms of each loan’s respective credit agreement. As of June 30, 2018, we believe that we had sufficient assets and liquidity to adequately cover future obligations under our unfunded commitments based on historical rates of drawings upon unfunded commitments and cash balances that we maintain, availability under our SMBC Revolver and Revolver, ongoing principal repayments on debt investments assets and uncalled investor capital subscriptions.

Although we expect to fund the growth of our investment portfolio through net proceeds from capital calls on existing and future investor capital subscriptions and through our dividend reinvestment plan as well as future borrowings, to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, we cannot assure you that our efforts to raise capital will be successful. In addition to capital not being available, it also may not be available on favorable terms. To the extent we are not able to raise capital on what we believe are favorable terms, we will focus on optimizing returns by investing in capital generated by repayments into new investments we believe are attractive from a risk/reward perspective. Furthermore, to the extent we are not able to raise capital and are at or near our targeted leverage ratios, we may receive smaller allocations, if any, on new investment opportunities under GC Advisors’ allocation policy.

Portfolio Composition, Investment Activity and Yield

As of June 30, 2018, we had investments in 42 portfolio companies with a total fair value of $89,117,105.

The following table shows the asset mix of our new investment commitments for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018:
  
Three months ended June 30, 2018
 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
  
New Commitments
 
Percentage of
Commitments
 
New Commitments
 
Percentage of
Commitments
Senior secured
$
8,534,725

 
12.7
%
 
$
16,850,725

 
12.5
%
One stop
57,459,829

 
85.8

 
115,858,562

 
86.3

Subordinated debt
81,718

 
0.1

 
81,718

 
0.1

Equity
887,343

 
1.4

 
1,484,195

 
1.1

Total new investment commitments
$
66,963,615

 
100.0
%
 
$
134,275,200

 
100.0
%


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The following table shows the principal, amortized cost and fair value of our portfolio of investments by asset class:
 
As of June 30, 2018 (1)
  
Principal
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Fair
Value
Senior secured:
  

 
  

 
  

Performing
$
12,142,701

 
$
11,937,345

 
$
12,078,000

Non-accrual(2)

 

 

One stop:
  

 
  

 
  

Performing
75,821,939

 
74,601,402

 
75,439,038

Non-accrual(2)

 

 

Subordinated debt:
 
 
 
 
 
Performing
81,718

 
81,718

 
81,718

Non-accrual(2)

 

 

Equity
N/A

 
1,484,196

 
1,518,349

Total
$
88,046,358

 
$
88,104,661

 
$
89,117,105

 
(1) 
Four of our loans included a feature permitting a portion of the interest due on such loan to be PIK interest as of June 30, 2018.
(2) 
We refer to a loan as non-accrual when we cease recognizing interest income on the loan because we have stopped pursuing repayment of the loan or, in certain circumstances, it is past due 90 days or more on principal and interest or our management has reasonable doubt that principal or interest will be collected. See “— Critical Accounting Policies — Revenue Recognition.”
The annualized income yield by debt security type for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018 was as follows:
 
Three months ended June 30, 2018
 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
Senior secured
7.1%
 
6.8%
One stop
9.5%
 
9.3%
Subordinated debt
8.1%
 
8.1%

As of June 30, 2018, the fair value of our debt investments as a percentage of the outstanding principal value was 99.5%.

The following table shows the weighted average rate, spread over the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, of floating rate and fees of investments originated during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018:
  
Three months ended June 30, 2018
 
Nine months ended June 30, 2018
Weighted average rate of new investment fundings
7.9%
 
8.0%
Weighted average spread over LIBOR of new floating rate investment fundings
5.6%
 
6.0%
Weighted average fees of new investment fundings
1.1%
 
1.1%
Weighted average annualized income yield
9.1%
 
8.7%

As of June 30, 2018, 100.0% and 100.0% of our debt portfolio at fair value and at amortized cost, respectively, had interest rate floors that limit the minimum applicable interest rates on such loans.
As of June 30, 2018, the portfolio median earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, for our portfolio companies was $26,832,000. The portfolio median EBITDA is based on the most recently reported trailing twelve-month EBITDA received from the portfolio company.



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As part of the monitoring process, GC Advisors regularly assesses the risk profile of each of our investments and rates each of them based on an internal system developed by Golub Capital and its affiliates. This system is not generally accepted in our industry or used by our competitors. It is based on the following categories, which we refer to as GC Advisors’ internal performance ratings:
 
 
 
Internal Performance Ratings
Rating
 
Definition
5
 
Involves the least amount of risk in our portfolio. The borrower is performing above expectations, and the trends and risk factors are generally favorable.
4
 
Involves an acceptable level of risk that is similar to the risk at the time of origination. The borrower is generally performing as expected, and the risk factors are neutral to favorable.
3
 
Involves a borrower performing below expectations and indicates that the loan’s risk has increased somewhat since origination. The borrower may be out of compliance with debt covenants; however, loan payments are generally not past due.
2
 
Involves a borrower performing materially below expectations and indicates that the loan’s risk has increased materially since origination. In addition to the borrower being generally out of compliance with debt covenants, loan payments may be past due (but generally not more than 180 days past due).
1
 
Involves a borrower performing substantially below expectations and indicates that the loan’s risk has substantially increased since origination. Most or all of the debt covenants are out of compliance and payments are substantially delinquent. Loans rated 1 are not anticipated to be repaid in full and we will reduce the fair market value of the loan to the amount we anticipate will be recovered.

Our internal performance ratings do not constitute any rating of investments by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization or represent or reflect any third-party assessment of any of our investments.

For any investment rated 1, 2 or 3, GC Advisors will increase its monitoring intensity and prepare regular updates for the investment committee, summarizing current operating results and material impending events and suggesting recommended actions.

GC Advisors monitors and, when appropriate, changes the internal performance ratings assigned to each investment in our portfolio. In connection with our valuation process, GC Advisors and our board of directors review these internal performance ratings on a quarterly basis.

The following table shows the distribution of our investments on the 1 to 5 internal performance rating scale at fair value as of June 30, 2018:
 
 
As of June 30, 2018
Internal
Performance
Rating
 
Investments
at Fair Value
(In thousands)
 
Percentage of
Total
Investments
5
 
$
3,448,114

 
3.9
%
4
 
85,668,991

 
96.1

3
 

 

2
 

 

1
 

 

Total
 
$
89,117,105

 
100.0
%



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Contractual Obligations and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

A summary of our significant contractual payment obligations as of June 30, 2018 is as follows:
 
Payments Due by Period
  
Total
 
Less Than
1 Year
 
1 – 3 Years
 
3 – 5 Years
 
More Than
5 Years
SMBC Revolver
$
30,000,000

 
$

 
$
30,000,000

 
$

 
$

Revolver

 

 

 

 

Unfunded commitments (1)
44,611,841

 
44,611,841

 

 

 

Total contractual obligations
$
74,611,841

 
$
44,611,841

 
$
30,000,000

 
$

 
$

 
(1) 
Unfunded commitments represent unfunded commitments to fund investments as of June 30, 2018. These amounts may or may not be funded to the borrowing party now or in the future. The unfunded commitments relate to loans with various maturity dates, but we are showing this amount in the less than one year category as this entire amount was eligible for funding to the borrowers as of June 30, 2018, subject to the terms of each loan’s respective credit agreement.
We may become a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk in the normal course of our business to meet the financial needs of our portfolio companies. These instruments may include commitments to extend credit and involve, to varying degrees, elements of liquidity and credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the balance sheet. As of June 30, 2018, we had outstanding commitments to fund investments totaling $44,611,841.

We have certain contracts under which we have material future commitments. We have entered into the Investment Advisory Agreement with GC Advisors in accordance with the 1940 Act. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, GC Advisors provides us with investment advisory and management services.

Under the Administration Agreement, the Administrator furnishes us with office facilities and equipment, provides us with clerical, bookkeeping and record keeping services at such facilities and provides us with other administrative services necessary to conduct our day-to-day operations. The Administrator also provides on our behalf managerial assistance to those portfolio companies to which we are required to offer to provide such assistance.

If any of the contractual obligations discussed above is terminated, our costs under any new agreements that we enter into may increase. In addition, we would likely incur significant time and expense in locating alternative parties to provide the services we receive under our Investment Advisory Agreement and our Administration Agreement. Any new investment advisory agreement would also be subject to approval by our stockholders.

Distributions

We intend to make periodic distributions to our stockholders as determined by our board of directors. For additional information on distributions, see “Critical Accounting Policies - Income Taxes.”

We may not be able to achieve operating results that will allow us to make distributions at a specific level or to increase the amount of our distributions from time to time. In addition, we may be limited in our ability to make distributions due to the asset coverage requirements applicable to us as a business development company under the 1940 Act. If we do not distribute a certain percentage of our income annually, we will suffer adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences, including the possible loss of our ability to be subject to tax as a RIC. We cannot assure stockholders that they will receive any distributions.

To the extent our taxable earnings fall below the total amount of our distributions for any tax year, a portion of those distributions may be deemed a return of capital to our stockholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Thus, the source of a distribution to our stockholders may be the original capital invested by the stockholder rather than our income or gains. Stockholders should read any written disclosure accompanying a distribution payment carefully and should not assume that the source of any distribution is our ordinary income or gains.



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We have adopted an “opt out” dividend reinvestment plan for our common stockholders. As a result, if we declare a distribution, our stockholders’ cash distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of our common stock unless a stockholder specifically “opts out” of our dividend reinvestment plan. If a stockholder opts out, that stockholder will receive cash distributions. Although distributions paid in the form of additional shares of our common stock will generally be subject to U.S. federal, state and local taxes in the same manner as cash distributions, stockholders participating in our dividend reinvestment plan will not receive any corresponding cash distributions with which to pay any such applicable taxes.

Related Party Transactions

We have entered into a number of business relationships with affiliated or related parties, including the following:

We entered into the Investment Advisory Agreement with GC Advisors. Each of Mr. Lawrence Golub, our chairman, and Mr. David Golub, our president and chief executive officer, is a manager of GC Advisors, and each of Messrs. Lawrence Golub and David Golub owns an indirect pecuniary interest in GC Advisors.

Pursuant to a letter agreement to the Investment Advisory Agreement, GC Advisors voluntarily and irrevocably waived reimbursement to GC Advisors for professional fees incurred on our behalf during the quarter ended December 31, 2017. During the three months ended December 31, 2017, the professional fee reimbursement irrevocably waived by GC Advisors was $111,783.

Golub Capital LLC provides us with the office facilities and administrative services necessary to conduct day-to-day operations pursuant to our Administration Agreement.

We have entered into a license agreement with Golub Capital LLC, pursuant to which Golub Capital LLC has granted us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the name “Golub Capital.”

Under a staffing agreement, or the Staffing Agreement, Golub Capital LLC has agreed to provide GC Advisors with the resources necessary to fulfill its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement. The Staffing Agreement provides that Golub Capital LLC will make available to GC Advisors experienced investment professionals and provide access to the senior investment personnel of Golub Capital LLC for purposes of evaluating, negotiating, structuring, closing and monitoring our investments. The Staffing Agreement also includes a commitment that the members of GC Advisors’ investment committee will serve in such capacity. Services under the Staffing Agreement are provided on a direct cost reimbursement basis.

We have entered into the Revolver with GC Advisors in order to have the ability to borrow funds on a short-term basis.

GC Advisors also sponsors or manages, and may in the future sponsor or manage, other investment funds, accounts or investment vehicles (together referred to as “accounts”) that have investment mandates that are similar, in whole and in part, with ours. For example, GC Advisors presently serves as the investment adviser to Golub Capital BDC, Inc., a publicly-traded business development company (Nasdaq: GBDC), and Golub Capital Investment Corporation, an unlisted business development company, both of which focus on investing primarily in one stop and other senior secured loans of U.S. middle-market companies. In addition, our officers and directors serve in similar capacities for Golub Capital BDC, Inc. and Golub Capital Investment Corporation. GC Advisors and its affiliates may determine that an investment is appropriate for us and for one or more of these other accounts. In such event, depending on the availability of such investment and other appropriate factors, and pursuant to GC Advisors’ allocation policy, GC Advisors or its affiliates may determine that we should invest side-by-side with one or more other accounts. We do not intend to make any investments if they are not permitted by applicable law and interpretive positions of the SEC and its staff, or if they are inconsistent with GC Advisors’ allocation procedures.

In addition, we have adopted a formal code of ethics that governs the conduct of our and GC Advisors’ officers, directors and employees. Our officers and directors also remain subject to the duties imposed by both the 1940 Act and the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland.


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Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and revenues and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. We have identified the following items as critical accounting policies.

Fair Value Measurements

We value investments for which market quotations are readily available at their market quotations. However, a readily available market value is not expected to exist for many of the investments in our portfolio, and we value these portfolio investments at fair value as determined in good faith by our board of directors under our valuation policy and process.

Valuation methods may include comparisons of the portfolio companies to peer companies that are public, determination of the enterprise value of a portfolio company, discounted cash flow analysis and a market interest rate approach. The factors that are taken into account in fair value pricing investments include: available current market data, including relevant and applicable market trading and transaction comparables; applicable market yields and multiples; security covenants; call protection provisions; information rights; the nature and realizable value of any collateral; the portfolio company’s ability to make payments, its earnings and discounted cash flows and the markets in which it does business; comparisons of financial ratios of peer companies that are public; comparable merger and acquisition transactions; and the principal market and enterprise values. When an external event such as a purchase transaction, public offering or subsequent equity sale occurs, we will consider the pricing indicated by the external event to corroborate the private equity valuation. Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a readily available market value existed for such investments and may differ materially from values that may ultimately be received or settled.

Our board of directors is ultimately and solely responsible for determining, in good faith, the fair value of investments that are not publicly traded, whose market prices are not readily available on a quarterly basis or any other situation where portfolio investments require a fair value determination.

With respect to investments for which market quotations are not readily available, our board of directors undertakes a multi-step valuation process each quarter, as described below:

Our quarterly valuation process begins with each portfolio company investment being initially valued by the investment professionals of GC Advisors responsible for credit monitoring.
Preliminary valuation conclusions are then documented and discussed with our senior management and GC Advisors.
The audit committee of our board of directors reviews these preliminary valuations.
At least once annually, the valuation for each portfolio investment is reviewed by an independent valuation firm.
The board of directors discusses valuations and determines the fair value of each investment in our portfolio in good faith.

In connection with each sale of shares of our common stock, we make a determination that we are not selling shares of our common stock at a price below the then-current net asset value per share of common stock at the time at which the sale is made or otherwise in violation of the 1940 Act.  GC Advisors will consider the following factors, among others, in making such determination:

The net asset value of our common stock disclosed in the most recent periodic report filed with the SEC; 
Its assessment of whether any change in the net asset value per share of our common stock has occurred (including through the realization of gains on the sale of portfolio securities) during the period beginning on the date of the most recently disclosed net asset value per share of our common stock and ending two days prior to the date of the sale; and


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The magnitude of the difference between the sale price of the shares of common stock and management’s assessment of any change in the net asset value per share of our common stock during the period discussed above.

Determination of fair values involves subjective judgments and estimates. Under current accounting standards, the notes to our consolidated financial statements refer to the uncertainty with respect to the possible effect of such valuations, and any change in such valuations, on our consolidated financial statements.

We follow Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 - Fair Value Measurement for measuring fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received in the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Where available, fair value is based on observable market prices or parameters, or derived from such prices or parameters. Where observable prices or inputs are not available, valuation models are applied. These valuation models involve some level of management estimation and judgment, the degree of which is dependent on the price transparency for the assets or liabilities or market and the assets’ or liabilities’ complexity. Our fair value analysis includes an analysis of the value of any unfunded loan commitments. Assets and liabilities are categorized for disclosure purposes based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their value. The valuation hierarchical levels are based upon the transparency of the inputs to the valuation of the asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.
Level 2: Inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and inputs that are observable for the assets or liabilities, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3: Inputs include significant unobservable inputs for the assets or liabilities and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the assets or liabilities. The inputs into the determination of fair value are based upon the best information available and may require significant management judgment or estimation.

In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an asset’s or a liability’s categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and we consider factors specific to the asset or liability. We assess the levels of assets and liabilities at each measurement date, and transfers between levels are recognized on the actual date of the event or change in circumstances that caused the transfers. There were no transfers among Level 1, 2 and 3 of the fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities during the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018. The following section describes the valuation techniques used by us to measure different assets and liabilities at fair value and includes the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the assets and liabilities are categorized.

Valuation of Investments

Level 1 investments are valued using quoted market prices. Level 2 investments are valued using market consensus prices that are corroborated by observable market data and quoted market prices for similar assets and liabilities. Level 3 investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by our board of directors, based on input of management, the audit committee and independent valuation firms that have been engaged at the direction of our board of directors to assist in the valuation of each portfolio investment without a readily available market quotation at least once during a trailing twelve-month period under a valuation policy and a consistently applied valuation process. This valuation process is conducted at the end of each fiscal quarter, with approximately 25% (based on the number of portfolio companies) of our valuations of debt and equity investments without readily available market quotations subject to review by an independent valuation firm. As of June 30, 2018, with the exception of money market funds included in cash and cash equivalents (Level 1 investments), all investments were valued using Level 3 inputs of the fair value hierarchy.

When determining fair value of Level 3 debt and equity investments, we may take into account the following factors, where relevant: the enterprise value of a portfolio company, the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the portfolio company’s ability to make payments and its earnings and discounted cash flows, the markets in which


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the portfolio company does business, comparisons to publicly traded securities, and changes in the interest rate environment and the credit markets generally that may affect the price at which similar investments may be made and other relevant factors. The primary method for determining enterprise value uses a multiple analysis whereby appropriate multiples are applied to the portfolio company’s EBITDA. A portfolio company’s EBITDA may include pro-forma adjustments for items such as acquisitions, divestitures, or expense reductions. The enterprise value analysis is performed to determine the value of equity investments and to determine if debt investments are credit impaired. If debt investments are credit impaired, we will use the enterprise value analysis or a liquidation basis analysis to determine fair value. For debt investments that are not determined to be credit impaired, we use a market interest rate yield analysis to determine fair value.

In addition, for certain debt investments, we may base our valuation on indicative bid and ask prices provided by an independent third party pricing service. Bid prices reflect the highest price that we and others may be willing to pay. Ask prices represent the lowest price that we and others may be willing to accept. We generally use the midpoint of the bid/ask range as our best estimate of fair value of such investment.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of Level 3 investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values that may ultimately be received or settled. Further, such investments are generally subject to legal and other restrictions or otherwise are less liquid than publicly traded instruments. If we were required to liquidate a portfolio investment in a forced or liquidation sale, we may realize significantly less than the value at which such investment had previously been recorded.

Our investments are subject to market risk. Market risk is the potential for changes in the value due to market changes. Market risk is directly impacted by the volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the investments are traded.

Valuation of Other Financial Assets and Liabilities

Fair value of our debt is estimated using Level 3 inputs by discounting remaining payments using comparable market rates or market quotes for similar instruments at the measurement date, if available.

Revenue Recognition:

Our revenue recognition policies are as follows:

Investments and Related Investment Income: Interest income is accrued based upon the outstanding principal amount and contractual interest terms of debt investments. Premiums, discounts, and origination fees are amortized or accreted into interest income over the life of the respective debt investment. For investments with contractual PIK interest, which represents contractual interest accrued and added to the principal balance that generally becomes due at maturity, we do not accrue PIK interest if the portfolio company valuation indicates that the PIK interest is not likely to be collectible. In addition, we may generate revenue in the form of amendment, structuring or due diligence fees, fees for providing managerial assistance, consulting fees and prepayment premiums on loans and record these fees as fee income when received. Loan origination fees, original issue discount and market discount or premium are capitalized, and we accrete or amortize such amounts as interest income. We record prepayment premiums on loans as fee income. Dividend income on preferred equity securities is recorded as dividend income on an accrual basis to the extent that such amounts are payable by the portfolio company and are expected to be collected. Dividend income on common equity securities is recorded on the record date for private portfolio companies or on the ex-dividend date for publicly traded portfolio companies. Distributions received from limited liability company, or LLC, and limited partnership, or LP, investments are evaluated to determine if the distribution should be recorded as dividend income or a return of capital. Generally, we will not record distributions from equity investments in LLCs and LPs as dividend income unless there are sufficient accumulated tax-basis earnings and profits in the LLC or LP prior to the distribution. Distributions that are classified as a return of capital are recorded as a reduction in the cost basis of the investment.


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We account for investment transactions on a trade-date basis. Realized gains or losses on investments are measured by the difference between the net proceeds from the disposition and the cost basis of investment, without regard to unrealized gains or losses previously recognized. We report changes in fair value of investments from the prior period that is measured at fair value as a component of the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Non-accrual: Loans may be left on accrual status during the period we are pursuing repayment of the loan. Management reviews all loans that become past due 90 days or more on principal and interest or when there is reasonable doubt that principal or interest will be collected for possible placement on non-accrual status. We generally reverse accrued interest when a loan is placed on non-accrual. Additionally, any original issue discount and market discount are no longer accreted to interest income as of the date the loan is placed on non-accrual status. Interest payments received on non-accrual loans may be recognized as income or applied to principal depending upon management’s judgment. We restore non-accrual loans to accrual status when past due principal and interest are paid and, in our management’s judgment, are likely to remain current. As of June 30, 2018, we had no portfolio company investments on non-accrual status.

Income taxes: We intend to elect to be treated as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code and operate in a manner so as to qualify for the tax treatment applicable to RICs. In order to be subject to tax as a RIC, we are required to meet certain source of income and asset diversification requirements, as well as timely distribute to our stockholders dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes of an amount generally at least equal to 90% of investment company taxable income, as defined by the Code and determined without regard to any deduction for dividends paid, for each tax year. We have made and intend to continue to make the requisite distributions to our stockholders, which will generally relieve us from U.S. federal income taxes.

Depending on the level of taxable income earned in a tax year, we may choose to retain taxable income in excess of current year dividend distributions and would distribute such taxable income in the next tax year. We may then be required to incur a 4% excise tax on such income. To the extent that we determine that our estimated current year annual taxable income, determined on a calendar year basis, could exceed estimated current calendar year dividend distributions, we accrue excise tax, if any, on estimated excess taxable income as taxable income is earned. For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2018, $0 and $853, respectively, was incurred for U.S. federal excise tax.

Because federal income tax regulations differ from GAAP, distributions in accordance with tax regulations may differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for financial reporting purposes. Differences may be permanent or temporary. Permanent differences are reclassified within capital accounts in the financial statements to reflect their tax character. For example, permanent differences in classification may result from the treatment of distributions paid from short-term gains as ordinary income dividends for tax purposes. Temporary differences arise when certain items of income, expense, gain or loss are recognized at some time in the future.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are subject to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates. Many of the loans in our portfolio have floating interest rates, and we expect that our loans in the future may also have floating interest rates. These loans are usually based on a floating LIBOR and typically have interest rate reset provisions that adjust applicable interest rates under such loans to current market rates on a quarterly basis. The loans that are subject to floating LIBOR are also subject to a minimum base rate, or floor, that we charge on our loans if the current market rates are below the respective floors. As of June 30, 2018, the weighted average LIBOR floor on the loans subject to floating interest rates was 1.00%. In addition, SMBC Revolver has a floating interest rate provision based on the one-month LIBOR that resets monthly, and the Revolver has a floating interest rate provision equal to the short-term Applicable Federal Rate. We expect that other credit facilities into which we enter in the future may have floating interest rate provisions.



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Assuming that the interim and unaudited Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition as of June 30, 2018 were to remain constant and that we took no actions to alter our interest rate sensitivity as of such date, the following table shows the annualized impact of hypothetical base rate changes in interest rates.
Change in interest rates
 
Increase (decrease) in
interest income
 
Increase (decrease) in
interest expense
 
Net increase
(decrease) in
 investment income
Down 25 basis points
 
$
(211,006
)
 
$
(75,000
)
 
$
(136,006
)
Up 50 basis points
 
422,012

 
150,000

 
272,012

Up 100 basis points
 
844,025

 
300,000

 
544,025

Up 150 basis points
 
1,266,037

 
450,000

 
816,037

Up 200 basis points
 
1,688,050

 
600,000

 
1,088,050


Although we believe that this analysis is indicative of our sensitivity to interest rate changes as of June 30, 2018, it does not adjust for changes in the credit market, credit quality, the size and composition of the assets in our portfolio and other business developments, including borrowings under the SMBC Revolver, the Revolver or other borrowings, that could affect net increase in net assets resulting from operations, or net income. Accordingly, we can offer no assurances that actual results would not differ materially from the analysis above.

We may in the future hedge against interest rate fluctuations by using standard hedging instruments such as interest rate swaps, futures, options and forward contracts to the limited extent permitted under the 1940 Act and applicable commodities laws. While hedging activities may insulate us against adverse changes in interest rates, they may also limit our ability to participate in the benefits of lower interest rates with respect to the investments in our portfolio with fixed interest rates.

Item 4: Controls and Procedures.

As of June 30, 2018 (the end of the period covered by this report), management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act). Based on that evaluation, our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that, at the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and provided reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our periodic SEC filings is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that it will detect or uncover failures within the Company to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company’s periodic reports. There has not been any change in our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

Part II - Other Information

Item 1: Legal Proceedings.

We, GC Advisors and Golub Capital LLC may, from time to time, be involved in legal and regulatory proceedings arising out of their respective operations in the normal course of business or otherwise. While there can be no assurance of the ultimate disposition of any such proceedings, each of us, GC Advisors and Golub Capital LLC do not believe it is currently subject to any material legal proceedings.



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Item 1A: Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes during the three months ended June 30, 2018 to the risk factors discussed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in our amended registration statement on Form 10, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28, 2017 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.

Item 2: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Previously disclosed on Form 8-K filings.

Item 3: Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4: Mine Safety Disclosures.

None.

Item 5: Other Information.

None.

Item 6: Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
 
 
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Note, dated as of June 26, 2018 from Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc. to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 814-01244), filed on June 28, 2018.)
 
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.*
 
  
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.*
 
  
Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.*
 
_________________
* Filed herewith



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.


 
Golub Capital BDC 3, Inc.
 
 
 
Dated: August 13, 2018
By
/s/ David B. Golub
 
 
David B. Golub
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
 
 
Dated: August 13, 2018
By
/s/ Ross A. Teune
 
 
Ross A. Teune
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)



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