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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 

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

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021

OR

 

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

 

Commission file number: 814-01269

BC Partners Lending Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Maryland

 

82-4654271

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

650 Madison Avenue

New York, New York

 

10022

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 891-2880

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

None

N/A

N/A

 

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      No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes      No  

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 the 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

 

  

Accelerated filer

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

  

Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

 

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.  

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

As of May 4, 2021, the registrant had 1,726,867 shares of common stock outstanding.

 

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

3

 

 

 

Item 1.

Consolidated Financial Statements

3

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2020

3

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (Unaudited)

4

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (Unaudited)

5

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (Unaudited)

6

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Schedules of Investments as of March 31, 2021 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2020

7

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

11

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

27

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

39

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

40

 

 

 

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

41

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

41

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

41

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

41

 

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

41

 

 

 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

41

 

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

41

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

42

 

 

Signatures

43

 

1

 


 

 

 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report on Form 10-Q (the “Quarterly Report”) contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and undue reliance should not be placed thereon. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about BC Partners Lending Corporation (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), our current and prospective portfolio investments, our industry, our beliefs and opinions, and our assumptions. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “may,” “continue,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “targets,” “projects,” “outlook,” “potential,” “predicts” and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond our control and difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements, including without limitation:

 

an economic downturn could impair our portfolio companies’ ability to continue to operate, which could lead to the loss of some or all of our investments in such portfolio companies;

 

such an economic downturn could disproportionately impact the companies which we intend to target for investment, potentially causing us to experience a decrease in investment opportunities and diminished demand for capital from these companies;

 

such an economic downturn could also impact availability and pricing of our financing;

 

economic and political instability in the United States and international markets;

 

a contraction of available credit and/or an inability to access the equity markets could impair our lending and investment activities;

 

interest rate volatility could adversely affect our results, particularly if we elect to use leverage as part of our investment strategy;

 

currency fluctuations could adversely affect the results of our investments in foreign companies, particularly to the extent that we receive payments denominated in foreign currency rather than U.S. dollars;

 

the extent to which the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and measures taken in response thereto impact our business, portfolio companies, results of operations and financial condition;

 

an economic downturn, including, as a result of the impact of COVID-19, could have a material adverse effect on our portfolio companies’ results of operations and financial condition, which could lead to a loss on some or all of our investments in such portfolio companies and have a material effect on our results of operations and financial condition;

 

our future operating results;

 

our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies;

 

our contractual arrangements and relationships with third parties;

 

the ability of our portfolio companies to achieve their objectives;

 

competition with other entities and our affiliates for investment opportunities;

 

the speculative and illiquid nature of our investments;

 

the use of borrowed money to finance a portion of our investments as well as any estimates regarding potential use of leverage;

 

the adequacy of our available liquidity, financing sources and working capital;

 

the loss of key personnel;

 

the timing of cash flows, if any, from the operations of our portfolio companies;

 

the ability of BC Partners Advisors L.P. (the “Adviser”) to locate suitable investments for us and to monitor and administer our investments;

 

the ability of the Adviser to attract and retain highly talented professionals;

 

actual and potential conflicts of interest with the Adviser and its affiliates;

 

our ability to qualify and maintain our qualification as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and as a business development company (“BDC”);

 

the effect of legal, tax and regulatory changes on us and our portfolio companies; and

 

other risks, uncertainties and other factors we identify elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 11, 2021.

Although we believe that the assumptions on which these forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, any of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate, and as a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions also could be inaccurate. In light of these and other uncertainties, the inclusion of a projection or forward-looking statement in this Quarterly Report should not be regarded as a representation by us that our plans and objectives will be achieved. These forward-looking statements apply only as of the date of this Quarterly Report. Moreover, we assume no duty and do not undertake to update the forward-looking statements. Because we are an investment company, the forward-looking statements and projections contained in this Quarterly Report are excluded from the safe harbor protection provided by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”).

 

 

2


 

 

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

BC Partners Lending Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments, at fair value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-control/non-affiliate investments (amortized cost of $95,457,122 and $79,607,889, respectively)

 

$

97,059,863

 

 

$

80,150,842

 

Forward contracts, at fair value (cost of $0 and $0, respectively)

 

 

93,433

 

 

 

119,317

 

Cash

 

 

454,149

 

 

 

599,344

 

Restricted cash

 

 

5,787,059

 

 

 

14,103,379

 

Receivable for unsettled trades

 

 

2,988,750

 

 

 

4,975,000

 

Interest and dividends receivable

 

 

419,040

 

 

 

298,569

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

 

 

 

75,220

 

Total assets

 

$

106,802,294

 

 

$

100,321,671

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit facility (net of deferred financing costs of $789,191 and $729,942, respectively)

 

$

49,210,809

 

 

$

49,270,058

 

Payable for unsettled trades

 

 

12,203,270

 

 

 

7,397,500

 

Due to affiliate

 

 

390,714

 

 

 

445,585

 

Management fees payable

 

 

232,726

 

 

 

189,490

 

Incentive fees payable

 

 

441,123

 

 

 

261,513

 

Interest expense payable

 

 

319,417

 

 

 

227,376

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

788,707

 

 

 

802,078

 

Distributions payable

 

 

 

 

 

609,508

 

Total liabilities

 

$

63,586,766

 

 

$

59,203,108

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value, 1,000,000,000 shares authorized; 1,665,129 and 1,652,799 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

$

1,665

 

 

$

1,653

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

40,914,687

 

 

 

40,607,337

 

Total distributable earnings

 

 

2,299,176

 

 

 

509,573

 

Total net assets

 

 

43,215,528

 

 

 

41,118,563

 

Total liabilities and net assets

 

$

106,802,294

 

 

$

100,321,671

 

Net asset value per share

 

$

25.95

 

 

$

24.88

 

 

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

3


 

 

BC Partners Lending Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Investment income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-control/non-affiliate investments

 

$

1,619,156

 

 

$

630,659

 

Fee and other income

 

 

43,591

 

 

 

70,076

 

Total investment income

 

 

1,662,747

 

 

 

700,735

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organization and offering costs

 

 

 

 

 

10,875

 

Management fees

 

 

232,725

 

 

 

101,380

 

Incentive fees

 

 

282,358

 

 

 

(13,428

)

Administrative fees

 

 

117,107

 

 

 

171,090

 

Interest and debt expenses

 

 

380,086

 

 

 

250,235

 

Audit fees

 

 

49,000

 

 

 

 

Legal fees

 

 

74,930

 

 

 

156,920

 

Professional fees

 

 

13,283

 

 

 

28,333

 

Directors' fees

 

 

37,500

 

 

 

 

Insurance fees

 

 

75,220

 

 

 

 

Other expenses

 

 

102,838

 

 

 

78,376

 

Total expenses before expense support

 

 

1,365,047

 

 

 

783,781

 

Expense support from related parties

 

 

(216,726

)

 

 

(345,503

)

Net expenses

 

 

1,148,321

 

 

 

438,278

 

Net investment income

 

 

514,426

 

 

 

262,457

 

Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized gain on investments

 

 

757,730

 

 

 

135,866

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

 

 

1,059,788

 

 

 

(1,356,493

)

Net change in unrealized depreciation on derivatives

 

 

(25,884

)

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

1,791,634

 

 

 

(1,220,627

)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

2,306,060

 

 

$

(958,170

)

Net investment income per share — basic and diluted

 

$

0.32

 

 

$

0.31

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations per share - basic and diluted

 

$

1.39

 

 

$

(1.11

)

Weighted average shares outstanding — basic and diluted

 

 

1,657,956

 

 

 

862,824

 

 

 

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

4


 

 

BC Partners Lending Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

 

Number of

shares

 

 

Par Value

 

 

Additional paid

in capital

 

 

Total

distributable

earnings

 

 

Total net assets

 

Balance as of December 31, 2020

 

 

1,652,799

 

 

$

1,653

 

 

$

40,607,337

 

 

$

509,573

 

 

$

41,118,563

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

514,426

 

 

 

514,426

 

Net realized gain on investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

757,730

 

 

 

757,730

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,033,904

 

 

 

1,033,904

 

Issuance of common shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions declared and payable to stockholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(516,457

)

 

 

(516,457

)

Stock issued in connection with dividend

   reinvestment plan

 

 

12,330

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

307,350

 

 

 

 

 

 

307,362

 

Balance as of March 31, 2021

 

 

1,665,129

 

 

$

1,665

 

 

$

40,914,687

 

 

$

2,299,176

 

 

$

43,215,528

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

 

Number of

shares

 

 

Par Value

 

 

Additional paid

in capital

 

 

Total

distributable

earnings (loss)

 

 

Total net assets

 

Balance as of December 31, 2019

 

 

846,633

 

 

$

847

 

 

$

21,165,041

 

 

$

89,518

 

 

$

21,255,406

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

262,457

 

 

 

262,457

 

Net realized gain on investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

135,866

 

 

 

135,866

 

Net change in unrealized depreciation on

   investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,356,493

)

 

 

(1,356,493

)

Issuance of common stock

 

 

291,400

 

 

 

291

 

 

 

6,774,709

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,775,000

 

Distributions to stockholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(262,457

)

 

 

(262,457

)

Stock issued in connection with dividend

   reinvestment plan

 

 

2,507

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

62,936

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,939

 

Balance as of March 31, 2020

 

 

1,140,540

 

 

$

1,141

 

 

$

28,002,686

 

 

$

(1,131,109

)

 

$

26,872,718

 

 

 

 

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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BC Partners Lending Corporation

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

2,306,060

 

 

$

(958,170

)

Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets from operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to net cash used in operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net realized gain from investments

 

 

(757,730

)

 

 

(135,866

)

Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on investments

 

 

(1,059,788

)

 

 

1,356,493

 

Net change in unrealized depreciation on derivatives

 

 

25,884

 

 

 

 

Net accretion of discount on investments

 

 

(157,192

)

 

 

(14,139

)

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

 

20,751

 

 

 

20,980

 

Payment-in-kind interest income

 

 

(70,277

)

 

 

 

Purchases of investments

 

 

(50,812,368

)

 

 

(20,897,973

)

Sales and repayments of investments

 

 

35,948,334

 

 

 

12,716,953

 

(Increase) decrease in operating assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivable for unsettled trades

 

 

1,986,250

 

 

 

(5,008,584

)

Interest and dividends receivable

 

 

(120,471

)

 

 

(56,460

)

Due from affiliate

 

 

 

 

 

581,560

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

75,220

 

 

 

37,345

 

Increase (decrease) in operating liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payable for unsettled trades

 

 

4,805,770

 

 

 

(5,783,953

)

Due to affiliate

 

 

(54,871

)

 

 

(52,729

)

Management fees payable

 

 

43,236

 

 

 

(21,751

)

Incentive fees payable

 

 

179,610

 

 

 

(13,428

)

Interest expense payable

 

 

92,041

 

 

 

229,256

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(13,371

)

 

 

124,388

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(7,562,912

)

 

 

(17,876,078

)

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of shares of common stock

 

 

 

 

 

6,775,000

 

Stockholder distributions paid

 

 

(818,603

)

 

 

(199,518

)

Proceeds from debt

 

 

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Payments of financing costs

 

 

(80,000

)

 

 

(465,401

)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(898,603

)

 

 

7,110,081

 

Net decrease in cash and restricted cash

 

 

(8,461,515

)

 

 

(10,765,997

)

Cash and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

 

14,702,723

 

 

 

24,499,445

 

Cash and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

6,241,208

 

 

$

13,733,448

 

Reconciliation of cash and restricted cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

 

454,149

 

 

 

5,366,633

 

Restricted cash

 

 

5,787,059

 

 

 

8,366,815

 

Total cash and restricted cash

 

$

6,241,208

 

 

$

13,733,448

 

Supplemental information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid during the period

 

$

267,294

 

 

$

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of dividends

 

$

305,335

 

 

$

62,939

 

Financing costs payable

 

$

 

 

$

274,476

 

 

 

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

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BC Partners Lending Corporation

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Portfolio Company (1) (2) (3)

 

Investment Type

 

Initial

Acquisition

Date

 

Maturity

Date

 

Spread

Above

Index (4)

 

Interest

Rate

 

 

Par / Units

 

 

Amortized

Cost (11) (12)

 

 

Fair

Value

 

 

% of

Net Assets

 

Non-control/Non-affiliate Investments

   - United States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Debt Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Churchill Middle Market CLO IV Ltd., Class E-2 Notes (13) (18)

 

Structured Note

 

12/12/2019

 

1/23/2032

 

3M L+9.00%

 

 

9.48

%

 

 

3,900,000

 

 

 

3,840,000

 

 

 

3,914,820

 

 

 

9.1

%

Halsey Point CLO II Ltd., Class E (8) (13)

 

Structured Note

 

7/7/2020

 

7/20/2031

 

3M L+3.00%

 

 

3.22

%

 

 

333,333

 

 

 

232,533

 

 

 

316,666

 

 

 

0.7

%

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Debt Class Total

 

 

 

4,072,533

 

 

 

4,231,486

 

 

 

9.8

%

Communication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wonder Love Inc (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/18/2019

 

11/18/2024

 

3M L+5.00%

 

 

6.00

%

 

 

875,000

 

 

 

861,934

 

 

 

876,138

 

 

 

2.0

%

Communication Services Total

 

 

 

861,934

 

 

 

876,138

 

 

 

2.0

%

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALCV Purchaser, Inc. (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/19/2021

 

2/26/2026

 

1M L+6.75%

 

 

7.75

%

 

 

3,333,333

 

 

 

3,283,333

 

 

 

3,283,333

 

 

 

7.6

%

Colibri Group, LLC (8) (14) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/31/2020

 

5/1/2025

 

3M L+8.04%

 

 

9.04

%

 

 

172,166

 

 

 

170,875

 

 

 

172,596

 

 

 

0.4

%

Colibri Group, LLC, Second Amendment Term Loan (8) (14) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/31/2020

 

5/1/2026

 

3M L+8.04%

 

 

9.04

%

 

 

233,246

 

 

 

231,497

 

 

 

233,829

 

 

 

0.5

%

Colibri Group, LLC (Delayed Draw) (8) (14) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/31/2020

 

5/1/2026

 

3M L+8.04%

 

 

9.04

%

 

 

1,504,669

 

 

 

1,493,384

 

 

 

1,508,431

 

 

 

3.5

%

Franchise Group, Inc. (13) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/24/2021

 

3/31/2026

 

3M L+4.75%

 

 

5.50

%

 

 

3,500,000

 

 

 

3,465,188

 

 

 

3,465,000

 

 

 

8.0

%

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC (13) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/17/2021

 

10/20/2023

 

3M L+5.00%

 

 

6.00

%

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

3,970,000

 

 

 

3,992,500

 

 

 

9.2

%

Location Services LLC

   (Revolver) (7) (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/7/2019

 

11/7/2022

 

1M L+6.75%

 

 

7.75

%

 

 

916,667

 

 

 

896,651

 

 

 

881,117

 

 

 

2.0

%

Nasco Healthcare Inc. (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

5/22/2020

 

6/30/2021

 

3M L+5.50%

 

 

6.50

%

 

 

1,892,204

 

 

 

1,826,071

 

 

 

1,802,324

 

 

 

4.2

%

NMG Hldco/Neiman Marcus (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/19/2021

 

4/1/2026

 

N/A

 

 

7.13

%

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

4.6

%

TLE Holdings, LLC (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/22/2019

 

6/28/2024

 

6M L+6.00%

 

 

7.00

%

 

 

984,810

 

 

 

981,284

 

 

 

971,318

 

 

 

2.3

%

Consumer Discretionary Total

 

 

 

18,318,283

 

 

 

18,310,448

 

 

 

42.3

%

Consumer Staples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMCP PET HOLDINGS, INC. (7) (8)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/9/2020

 

10/5/2026

 

6M L+6.25%

 

 

7.25

%

 

 

 

 

 

(18,998

)

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

AMCP PET HOLDINGS, INC. (7) (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/9/2020

 

10/5/2026

 

6M L+6.25%

 

 

7.25

%

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

15,500

 

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

0.1

%

AMCP PET HOLDINGS, INC. (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/9/2020

 

10/5/2026

 

6M L+6.25%

 

 

7.25

%

 

 

1,995,000

 

 

 

1,957,281

 

 

 

1,995,000

 

 

 

4.6

%

C. J. FOODS, INC. (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

9/17/2020

 

3/16/2027

 

3M L+6.00%

 

 

7.00

%

 

 

2,745,025

 

 

 

2,623,140

 

 

 

2,690,399

 

 

 

6.2

%

Florida Food Products, LLC (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

8/7/2020

 

9/8/2025

 

3M L+7.25%

 

 

8.25

%

 

 

992,500

 

 

 

930,668

 

 

 

982,972

 

 

 

2.3

%

Consumer Staples Total

 

 

 

5,507,591

 

 

 

5,693,371

 

 

 

13.2

%

Financials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advantage Capital Holdings LLC (8) (16) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

1/29/2020

 

1/9/2025

 

8.00% PIK, 5.00% Cash

 

 

13.00

%

 

 

1,807,908

 

 

 

1,807,908

 

 

 

1,828,338

 

 

 

4.2

%

Advantage Capital Holdings LLC (Delayed Draw) (8) (16) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

1/29/2020

 

1/9/2025

 

8.00% PIK, 5.00% Cash

 

 

13.00

%

 

 

2,036,949

 

 

 

2,036,950

 

 

 

2,059,968

 

 

 

4.8

%

H-CA II T/L

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/16/2021

 

2/16/2024

 

N/A

 

 

19.00

%

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

4.6

%

TA/WEG HOLDINGS, LLC (7)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/11/2020

 

10/2/2025

 

3M L+5.75%

 

 

6.75

%

 

 

621,490

 

 

 

596,830

 

 

 

621,490

 

 

 

1.4

%

Financials Total

 

 

 

6,441,688

 

 

 

6,509,796

 

 

 

15.0

%

Healthcare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Datalink, LLC (Delayed Draw) (7) (8)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/23/2020

 

11/23/2026

 

N/A

 

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Datalink, LLC (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/23/2020

 

11/23/2026

 

1M L+6.25%

 

 

7.25

%

 

 

3,357,500

 

 

 

3,269,558

 

 

 

3,357,500

 

 

 

7.8

%

Gastro Health Holdco, LLC (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/1/2021

 

9/4/2024

 

1M L+7.00%

 

 

8.00

%

 

 

3,031,306

 

 

 

2,971,732

 

 

 

2,970,680

 

 

 

6.9

%

Premier Imaging, LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/25/2021

 

1/2/2025

 

1M L+5.75%

 

 

6.75

%

 

 

1,803,390

 

 

 

1,785,457

 

 

 

1,787,700

 

 

 

4.1

%

Premier Imaging, LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/22/2019

 

1/2/2025

 

1M L+5.75%

 

 

6.75

%

 

 

984,887

 

 

 

978,964

 

 

 

976,318

 

 

 

2.3

%

Premier Imaging, LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/25/2019

 

1/2/2025

 

1M L+5.75%

 

 

6.75

%

 

 

985,000

 

 

 

977,562

 

 

 

976,431

 

 

 

2.3

%

The PromptCare Companies Inc. (Delayed Draw) (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/20/2020

 

12/31/2026

 

1M L+5.25%

 

 

6.25

%

 

 

215,455

 

 

 

213,615

 

 

 

215,455

 

 

 

0.5

%

The PromptCare Companies Inc. (Delayed Draw) (7) (8) (10)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/20/2020

 

12/31/2026

 

1M L+5.25%

 

 

6.25

%

 

 

178,036

 

 

 

177,126

 

 

 

178,036

 

 

 

0.4

%

The PromptCare Companies Inc. (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/28/2020

 

12/31/2026

 

1M L+5.25%

 

 

6.25

%

 

 

1,544,091

 

 

 

1,530,742

 

 

 

1,544,091

 

 

 

3.6

%

Radiology Partners, Inc., Term B Loan (5) (8)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/18/2019

 

7/9/2025

 

12ML+4.25%

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,778

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Healthcare Total

 

 

 

11,921,534

 

 

 

12,006,211

 

 

 

27.9

%

Industrials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.P. Converters, Inc., Seventh Amendment Acquisition Loan (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

6/24/2020

 

6/18/2023

 

3M L+6.50%

 

 

7.50

%

 

 

1,962,500

 

 

 

1,925,411

 

 

 

1,952,688

 

 

 

4.5

%

Deliver Buyer, Inc. (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

7/1/2020

 

5/1/2024

 

3M L+6.25%

 

 

7.25

%

 

 

2,738,120

 

 

 

2,692,306

 

 

 

2,738,120

 

 

 

6.3

%

GI Revelation Acquisition LLC (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/7/2020

 

4/16/2025

 

1M L+5.00%

 

 

5.11

%

 

 

2,984,655

 

 

 

2,909,673

 

 

 

2,994,609

 

 

 

6.9

%

MAG DS CORP. (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

9/21/2020

 

4/1/2027

 

3M L+5.50%

 

 

6.50

%

 

 

2,985,000

 

 

 

2,847,056

 

 

 

2,924,106

 

 

 

6.9

%

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC (5) (18)

 

Bond

 

6/25/2020

 

6/20/2027

 

N/A

 

 

6.50

%

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

3,955,366

 

 

 

4,378,560

 

 

 

10.1

%

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC (5) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

6/25/2020

 

6/25/2027

 

3M L+5.25%

 

 

6.25

%

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

981,933

 

 

 

1,064,145

 

 

 

2.5

%

Teneo Holdings LLC (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/18/2019

 

7/11/2025

 

1M L+5.25%

 

 

6.25

%

 

 

1,994,937

 

 

 

1,979,975

 

 

 

1,996,682

 

 

 

4.6

%

Industrials Total

 

 

 

17,291,720

 

 

 

18,048,910

 

 

 

41.8

%

Information Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dcert Buyer, Inc. (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/16/2021

 

2/16/2029

 

1M L+7.00%

 

 

7.11

%

 

 

3,000,000

 

 

 

2,992,842

 

 

 

3,028,140

 

 

 

7.0

%

Drilling Info Holdings, Inc., 2020 Term Loan (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/10/2020

 

7/30/2025

 

1M L+4.25%

 

 

7.36

%

 

 

1,980,000

 

 

 

1,972,284

 

 

 

1,980,000

 

 

 

4.6

%

Drilling Info Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan (5) (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/22/2019

 

7/30/2025

 

1M L+4.25%

 

 

4.36

%

 

 

984,853

 

 

 

983,141

 

 

 

975,694

 

 

 

2.3

%

Help/Systems Holdings, Inc. (5) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/18/2019

 

11/13/2026

 

3M L+4.75%

 

 

5.75

%

 

 

2,970,000

 

 

 

2,963,844

 

 

 

2,990,419

 

 

 

6.9

%

Idera, Inc. (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/4/2021

 

2/5/2029

 

6M L+6.75%

 

 

7.50

%

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

1,985,157

 

 

 

2,005,000

 

 

 

4.6

%

Ivanti Software, Inc. (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/30/2020

 

12/1/2028

 

1M L+8.50%

 

 

9.50

%

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

3,883,752

 

 

 

3,977,600

 

 

 

9.2

%

Monotype Imaging Holdings Corp., Incremental Tranche A-3 Term Loan (5) (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/12/2019

 

10/9/2026

 

1M L+5.50%

 

 

6.50

%

 

 

3,955,892

 

 

 

3,876,571

 

 

 

3,947,663

 

 

 

9.1

%

MSM Acquisitions, Inc. (7) (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/31/2020

 

12/9/2026

 

3M L+6.00%

 

 

7.00

%

 

 

593,806

 

 

 

596,608

 

 

 

592,631

 

 

 

1.4

%

MSM Acquisitions, Inc. (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/31/2020

 

12/9/2026

 

3M L+6.00%

 

 

7.00

%

 

 

2,816,471

 

 

 

2,782,226

 

 

 

2,813,654

 

 

 

6.5

%

NAVIGA INC. (7) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/1/2021

 

12/29/2022

 

3M L+7.00%

 

 

8.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

(24,141

)

 

 

(25,325

)

 

 

-0.1

%

NAVIGA INC. (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/1/2021

 

12/29/2022

 

1M L+7.00%

 

 

8.00

%

 

 

1,908,659

 

 

 

1,867,007

 

 

 

1,860,942

 

 

 

4.3

%

7

 


 

BC Partners Lending Corporation

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

March 31, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

San Vicente Capital LLC (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

6/10/2020

 

6/10/2025

 

3M L+8.00%

 

 

9.50

%

 

 

1,990,000

 

 

 

1,964,945

 

 

 

2,039,750

 

 

 

4.7

%

Smartronix, Inc, (8) (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

5/1/2020

 

12/19/2025

 

3M L+6.00%

 

 

7.50

%

 

 

1,979,950

 

 

 

1,894,269

 

 

 

1,950,251

 

 

 

4.5

%

Virgin Pulse, Inc. (18)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/30/2021

 

3/30/2029

 

3M L+7.25%

 

 

8.00

%

 

 

3,000,000

 

 

 

2,970,000

 

 

 

2,970,000

 

 

 

7.0

%

Information Technology Total

 

 

 

30,708,505

 

 

 

31,106,419

 

 

 

72.0

%

Total Debt Investments

 

 

 

95,123,788

 

 

 

96,782,779

 

 

 

224.0

%

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Equity Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halsey Point CLO II Ltd., Class Subordinated Notes (8) (13) (15)

 

Subordinated Structured Note

 

7/7/2020

 

7/20/2031

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

277,084

 

 

 

0.6

%

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Equity Class Investments Total

 

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

277,084

 

 

 

0.6

%

Equity Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advantage Capital Holdings LLC (6) (8) (9)

 

Equity/Other

 

3/31/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Total Equity Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Total Investments (12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

95,457,122

 

 

$

97,059,863

 

 

 

224.6

%

Forward contracts (17):

 

Security

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement Date

 

Par

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Halsey Point CLO II, Ltd. Class E

 

Advantage Capital Holdings, LLC

 

7/1/2022

 

 

 

26,767

 

Halsey Point CLO II, Ltd. Class Subordinated Notes

 

Advantage Capital Holdings, LLC

 

7/1/2022

 

 

 

66,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

93,433

 

(1)

All of the Company's investments are issued by eligible portfolio companies, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), unless otherwise noted. All of the Company's investments are issued by U.S. portfolio companies unless otherwise noted.

(2)

All investments are non-controlled/non-affiliated investments as defined by the 1940 Act. The provisions of the 1940 Act classify investments based on the level of control that the Company maintains in a particular portfolio company.

(3)

Except as otherwise noted, certain of the Company’s portfolio company investments are subject to legal restrictions on sales.

(4)

Variable rate loans bear interest at a rate that may be determined by reference to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR” or “L”) or Prime Rate (“P”), which resets monthly, quarterly, or semiannually. For each such investment, the Company has provided the spread and the current contractual interest rate in effect at March 31, 2021. Certain investments may be subject to an interest rate floor, or rate cap.

(5)

Other than the investments noted by this footnote, the fair value of these investments is determined in good faith using significant unobservable inputs by the Company’s board of directors. (See Note 4 in the accompanying notes to the unaudited consolidated financial statements).

(6)

Ownership of equity investments may occur through a holding company.

(7)

All or a portion of this commitment was unfunded at March 31, 2021.

(8)

Represents co-investment made with the Company's affiliates in accordance with the terms of the exemptive relief that the Company received from the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission. (See Note 3 in the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements).

(9)

Non-income producing investment.

(10)

The date disclosed represents the commitment period of the unfunded term loan.

(11)

The amortized cost represents the initial cost adjusted for the accretion of discount or amortization of premium, as applicable, on debt investments using the effective interest method.

(12)

As of March 31, 2021, the estimated cost basis of investments for U.S. federal tax purposes was $95,457,122, resulting in estimated gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $1,842,137 and $(145,963), respectively.

(13)

Investments the Company has determined are not qualifying assets under Section 55(a) of the 1940 Act. The status of these assets under the 1940 Act is subject to change. The Company monitors the status of these assets on an ongoing basis. Under the 1940 Act, the Company may not acquire any non-qualifying asset unless, at the time such acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of total assets. Non-qualifying assets represented 11.2% of total assets as of March 31, 2021.

(14)

The Company is entitled to receive additional interest, in addition to the interest earned based on the stated interest rate of this security, as a result of an arrangement with other lenders in the syndication, whereby the “first out” tranche will have priority over the Company’s “last out” tranche with respect to payments of principal, interest and any other amounts due thereunder from the borrower.

(15)

This investment is in the subordinated note of the collateralized loan obligation security, which is entitled to recurring distributions that are generally equal to the excess cash flow generated from the underlying investments after payment of the contractual payments in debt holders and fund expenses. The current estimated yield, calculated using amortized cost, is based on the current projections of this excess cash flow taking into account assumptions made regarding expected prepayments, losses and future reinvestment rates. These assumptions are periodically reviewed and adjusted. Ultimately, the actual yield may be higher or lower than the estimated yield if actual results differ from those used for the assumptions.

(16)

Investment bears interest at 12% per year with such interest to be paid, at the election of the borrower in cash or paid-in kind (“PIK”) interest. To the extent that any portion of interest is in the form of PIK interest, the interest rate is increased to 13% with a minimum of 5% of the total interest in the form of cash interest (i.e., 5% cash interest and 8% PIK interest).

(17)

The Company may sell any of the referenced securities in whole or in part to any third-party prior to the settlement date of the forward contracts without consent of the counterparty. Upon such sale to a third-party, the Company and counterparty shall have no further obligations in respect of that specific amount of referenced security sold.

(18)

Security, or a portion thereof, is held through Great Lakes BCPL Funding Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary and a bankruptcy remote special purpose entity, and is pledged as collateral supporting the amounts outstanding under the debt financing facility at Great Lakes BCPL Funding Ltd. (See Note 5 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements).

 

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

 

8


 

 

BC Partners Lending Corporation

Consolidated Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2020

 

Portfolio Company (1) (2) (3)

 

Investment Type

 

Initial

Acquisition

Date

 

Maturity

Date

 

Spread

Above

Index (4)

 

Interest

Rate

 

 

Par / Units

 

 

Amortized

Cost (12) (13)

 

 

Fair

Value

 

 

% of

Net Assets

 

Non-control/Non-affiliate Investments

   - United States

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Debt Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Churchill Middle Market CLO IV Ltd., Class E-2 Notes (14)

 

Structured Note

 

12/12/2019

 

1/23/2032

 

3M L+9.25%

 

 

9.48

%

 

 

1,400,000

 

 

 

1,330,000

 

 

 

1,311,519

 

 

 

3.2

%

Halsey Point CLO II Ltd., Class D (9) (14)

 

Structured Note

 

7/7/2020

 

7/1/2031

 

3M L+3.00%

 

 

3.22

%

 

 

333,333

 

 

 

279,800

 

 

 

325,000

 

 

 

0.8

%

Halsey Point CLO II Ltd., Class E (9) (14)

 

Structured Note

 

7/7/2020

 

7/1/2031

 

3M L+3.00%

 

 

3.22

%

 

 

333,333

 

 

 

232,532

 

 

 

311,250

 

 

 

0.8

%

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Debt Class Total

 

 

 

1,842,332

 

 

 

1,947,769

 

 

 

4.8

%

Communication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asurion, LLC (5) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/18/2020

 

12/23/2026

 

1M L+3.25%

 

 

3.40

%

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

987,499

 

 

 

991,250

 

 

 

2.4

%

Wonder Love Inc (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/18/2019

 

11/18/2024

 

3M L+5.00%

 

 

6.00

%

 

 

900,000

 

 

 

885,596

 

 

 

870,750

 

 

 

2.1

%

Communication Services Total

 

 

 

1,873,095

 

 

 

1,862,000

 

 

 

4.5

%

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colibri Group, LLC (7) (9) (15)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/31/2020

 

5/1/2025

 

3M L+8.05%

 

 

9.04

%

 

 

1,508,498

 

 

 

1,497,184

 

 

 

1,508,498

 

 

 

3.7

%

Colibri Group, LLC, Second Amendment Term Loan (7) (9) (15)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/31/2020

 

5/1/2025

 

3M L+8.05%

 

 

9.04

%

 

 

172,602

 

 

 

171,307

 

 

 

172,601

 

 

 

0.4

%

Colibri Group, LLC (Delayed Draw) (7) (9) (15)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

3/31/2020

 

5/1/2025

 

3M L+8.05%

 

 

9.04

%

 

 

233,246

 

 

 

231,496

 

 

 

233,246

 

 

 

0.6

%

Location Services LLC

   (Revolver) (7) (8) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/7/2019

 

5/6/2021

 

1M L+6.75%

 

 

7.75

%

 

 

916,667

 

 

 

893,571

 

 

 

879,167

 

 

 

2.1

%

Nasco Healthcare Inc. (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

5/22/2020

 

6/30/2021

 

3M L+4.50%

 

 

5.50

%

 

 

1,984,252

 

 

 

1,847,318

 

 

 

1,885,634

 

 

 

4.6

%

TLE Holdings, LLC (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/22/2019

 

6/28/2024

 

6M L+6.00%

 

 

7.00

%

 

 

987,342

 

 

 

983,280

 

 

 

983,589

 

 

 

2.4

%

Consumer Discretionary Total

 

 

 

5,624,156

 

 

 

5,662,735

 

 

 

13.8

%

Consumer Staples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMCP PET HOLDINGS, INC. (8) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/9/2020

 

10/6/2026

 

N/A

 

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

(19,857

)

 

 

(20,000

)

 

 

0.0

%

AMCP PET HOLDINGS, INC. (8) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/9/2020

 

10/6/2026

 

N/A

 

 

0.50

%

 

 

 

 

 

(9,924

)

 

 

(10,000

)

 

 

0.0

%

AMCP PET HOLDINGS, INC. (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/9/2020

 

10/6/2026

 

3M L+6.25%

 

 

7.25

%

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

1,960,261

 

 

 

1,960,000

 

 

 

4.8

%

C. J. FOODS, INC. (7)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

9/17/2020

 

3/16/2026

 

1M L+6.00%

 

 

7.00

%

 

 

2,751,957

 

 

 

2,625,781

 

 

 

2,683,158

 

 

 

6.5

%

Florida Food Products, LLC (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

8/7/2020

 

9/6/2025

 

3M L+7.25%

 

 

8.25

%

 

 

995,000

 

 

 

929,763

 

 

 

961,469

 

 

 

2.3

%

Consumer Staples Total

 

 

 

5,486,024

 

 

 

5,574,627

 

 

 

13.6

%

Financials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advantage Capital Holdings LLC (9) (17)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

1/29/2020

 

1/9/2025

 

8.00% PIK, 5.00% Cash

 

 

13.00

%

 

 

1,737,631

 

 

 

1,737,631

 

 

 

1,739,890

 

 

 

4.2

%

Advantage Capital Holdings LLC (Delayed Draw) (8) (9) (17)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

1/29/2020

 

1/9/2025

 

8.00% PIK, 5.00% Cash

 

 

13.00

%

 

 

1,239,556

 

 

 

1,239,556

 

 

 

1,242,133

 

 

 

3.0

%

Alera Group Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/18/2019

 

8/1/2025

 

1M L+4.00%

 

 

4.50

%

 

 

1,974,836

 

 

 

1,995,616

 

 

 

1,969,899

 

 

 

4.8

%

RIVERSIDE FUND V, L.P. (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/2/2020

 

3/2/2021

 

9.45%

 

 

9.45

%

 

 

2,500,000

 

 

 

2,482,516

 

 

 

2,475,000

 

 

 

6.0

%

TA/WEG HOLDINGS, LLC (8)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/11/2020

 

12/11/2025

 

6M L+5.75%

 

 

6.75

%

 

 

365,833

 

 

 

339,892

 

 

 

352,708

 

 

 

0.9

%

Financials Total

 

 

 

7,795,211

 

 

 

7,779,630

 

 

 

18.9

%

Healthcare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Datalink, LLC (Delayed Draw) (8) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/23/2020

 

11/23/2026

 

N/A

 

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,500

)

 

 

0.0

%

Datalink, LLC (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/23/2020

 

11/23/2026

 

3M L+6.25%

 

 

7.25

%

 

 

3,400,000

 

 

 

3,307,691

 

 

 

3,307,183

 

 

 

8.0

%

Pharmalogic Holdings Corp. (7)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/22/2019

 

6/12/2023

 

P+3.00%

 

 

6.25

%

 

 

987,342

 

 

 

986,530

 

 

 

945,380

 

 

 

2.3

%

Premier Imaging, LLC (7)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/22/2019

 

1/2/2025

 

1M L+5.50%

 

 

6.50

%

 

 

987,406

 

 

 

980,850

 

 

 

986,023

 

 

 

2.4

%

Premier Imaging, LLC (7)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/25/2019

 

1/2/2025

 

1M L+5.50%

 

 

6.50

%

 

 

987,500

 

 

 

979,337

 

 

 

986,118

 

 

 

2.4

%

The PromptCare Companies Inc. (Delayed Draw) (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/20/2020

 

12/30/2025

 

1M L+5.25%

 

 

6.25

%

 

 

216,000

 

 

 

214,065

 

 

 

214,380

 

 

 

0.5

%

The PromptCare Companies Inc. (Delayed Draw) (8) (9) (11)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/20/2020

 

12/30/2025

 

N/A

 

 

1.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

(958

)

 

 

(1,091

)

 

 

0.0

%

The PromptCare Companies Inc. (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/28/2020

 

12/30/2025

 

1M L+5.25%

 

 

6.25

%

 

 

1,548,000

 

 

 

1,533,955

 

 

 

1,536,390

 

 

 

3.7

%

Radiology Partners, Inc., Term B Loan (5) (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/18/2019

 

7/9/2025

 

12M L+4.25%

 

 

4.81

%

 

 

4,250,000

 

 

 

4,081,499

 

 

 

4,189,799

 

 

 

10.2

%

Healthcare Total

 

 

 

12,082,969

 

 

 

12,147,682

 

 

 

29.5

%

Industrials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.P. Converters, Inc., Seventh Amendment Acquisition Loan (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

6/24/2020

 

6/18/2023

 

1M L+6.50%

 

 

7.50

%

 

 

1,975,000

 

 

 

1,933,132

 

 

 

1,945,375

 

 

 

4.7

%

Deliver Buyer, Inc. (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

7/1/2020

 

5/1/2024

 

3M L+6.25%

 

 

7.25

%

 

 

1,995,000

 

 

 

1,941,242

 

 

 

1,981,235

 

 

 

4.8

%

GI Revelation Acquisition LLC (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/7/2020

 

4/16/2025

 

1M L+5.00%

 

 

5.15

%

 

 

2,992,327

 

 

 

2,912,694

 

 

 

2,783,164

 

 

 

6.8

%

MAG DS CORP. (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

9/21/2020

 

4/1/2027

 

3M L+5.50%

 

 

6.50

%

 

 

2,992,500

 

 

 

2,848,902

 

 

 

2,852,451

 

 

 

6.9

%

META SPECIAL AEROSPACE LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/3/2020

 

11/16/2022

 

P+4.00%

 

 

7.25

%

 

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

1,485,000

 

 

 

1,485,000

 

 

 

3.6

%

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC (5) (7)

 

Bond

 

6/25/2020

 

6/20/2027

 

N/A

 

 

6.50

%

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

3,953,597

 

 

 

4,175,000

 

 

 

10.2

%

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC (5) (7)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

6/25/2020

 

6/21/2027

 

3M L+5.25%

 

 

6.25

%

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

981,140

 

 

 

1,043,565

 

 

 

2.5

%

Industrials Total

 

 

 

16,055,707

 

 

 

16,265,790

 

 

 

39.5

%

Information Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allied Universal Holdco LLC (5) (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/20/2019

 

7/10/2026

 

1M L+4.25%

 

 

4.40

%

 

 

2,177,866

 

 

 

2,104,266

 

 

 

2,171,866

 

 

 

5.3

%

Barracuda Networks, Inc.

 

Junior Secured Loan

 

10/22/2020

 

10/30/2028

 

3M L+6.75%

 

 

7.50

%

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

990,132

 

 

 

990,000

 

 

 

2.4

%

Barracuda Networks, Inc. (5)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/22/2020

 

2/12/2025

 

3M L+3.75%

 

 

4.50

%

 

 

997,500

 

 

 

991,206

 

 

 

987,525

 

 

 

2.4

%

Drilling Info Holdings, Inc., 2020 Term Loan (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

2/10/2020

 

7/30/2025

 

1M L+4.50%

 

 

4.65

%

 

 

1,985,000

 

 

 

1,976,637

 

 

 

1,895,675

 

 

 

4.6

%

Drilling Info Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan (5) (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/22/2019

 

7/30/2025

 

1M L+4.25%

 

 

4.40

%

 

 

987,378

 

 

 

985,431

 

 

 

958,581

 

 

 

2.3

%

Help/Systems Holdings, Inc. (5) (7)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/18/2019

 

11/19/2026

 

3M L+4.75%

 

 

5.75

%

 

 

2,977,500

 

 

 

2,970,592

 

 

 

2,972,542

 

 

 

7.2

%

Idera, Inc. (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/18/2019

 

6/28/2024

 

6M L+4.00%

 

 

5.00

%

 

 

2,831,147

 

 

 

2,762,395

 

 

 

2,758,103

 

 

 

6.7

%

Ivanti Software, Inc.

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

10/30/2020

 

12/1/2028

 

3M L+8.50%

 

 

9.50

%

 

 

4,000,000

 

 

 

3,880,333

 

 

 

3,880,000

 

 

 

9.4

%

Monotype Imaging Holdings Corp., Incremental Tranche A-3 Term Loan (5) (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

11/12/2019

 

10/9/2026

 

3M L+5.50%

 

 

6.50

%

 

 

981,250

 

 

 

928,630

 

 

 

930,554

 

 

 

2.3

%

MSM Acquisitions, Inc. (8) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/31/2020

 

6/9/2022

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,940

 

 

 

2,941

 

 

 

0.0

%

MSM Acquisitions, Inc. (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

12/31/2020

 

12/9/2026

 

1M L+6.00%

 

 

7.00

%

 

 

2,823,529

 

 

 

2,788,240

 

 

 

2,788,235

 

 

 

6.7

%

San Vicente Capital LLC (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

6/10/2020

 

6/10/2025

 

3M L+8.00%

 

 

9.50

%

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

1,973,008

 

 

 

2,002,599

 

 

 

4.9

%

1A Smart Start LLC (5) (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

8/14/2020

 

8/19/2027

 

3M L+4.75%

 

 

5.75

%

 

 

2,992,500

 

 

 

2,964,287

 

 

 

3,003,108

 

 

 

7.3

%

Smartronix, Inc, (7) (9)

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

5/1/2020

 

12/19/2025

 

3M L+6.00%

 

 

7.50

%

 

 

1,984,962

 

 

 

1,894,882

 

 

 

1,926,208

 

 

 

4.7

%

Information Technology Total

 

 

 

27,212,979

 

 

 

27,267,937

 

 

 

66.2

%

Total Debt Investments

 

 

 

77,972,473

 

 

 

78,508,170

 

 

 

190.8

%

9


 

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Equity Class

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halsey Point CLO II Ltd., Class Subordinated Notes (9) (14) (16)

 

Subordinated Structured Note

 

7/7/2020

 

7/20/2031

 

N/A

 

 

0.00

%

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

270,834

 

 

 

0.7

%

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Equity Class Investments Total

 

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

270,834

 

 

 

0.7

%

Equity Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advantage Capital Holdings LLC (6) (9) (10)

 

Common Equity - Class A Units

 

3/31/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Total Equity Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advantage Capital Holdings LLC, 12%, dated 9/17/2020, repurchase price at 12% IRR, collateralized by STX Financing, LLC 3.19% due 10/7/2021, par $1,371,838 and value $1,371,838 (19)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,302,082

 

 

 

1,371,838

 

 

 

3.3

%

Total Repurchase Agreements

 

 

 

1,302,082

 

 

 

1,371,838

 

 

 

3.3

%

Total Investments (13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

79,607,889

 

 

$

80,150,842

 

 

 

194.8

%

 

Forward contracts (18):

 

Security

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement Date

 

Par

 

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Halsey Point CLO II, Ltd. Class D

 

Advantage Capital Holdings, LLC

 

7/1/2022

 

 

333,333

 

 

$

19,800

 

Halsey Point CLO II, Ltd. Class E

 

Advantage Capital Holdings, LLC

 

7/1/2022

 

 

333,333

 

 

 

27,850

 

Halsey Point CLO II, Ltd. Class Subordinated Notes

 

Advantage Capital Holdings, LLC

 

7/1/2022

 

 

333,333

 

 

 

71,667

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

119,317

 

 

(1)

All of the Company's investments are issued by eligible portfolio companies, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), unless otherwise noted. All of the Company's investments are issued by U.S. portfolio companies unless otherwise noted.

(2)

All investments are non-controlled/non-affiliated investments as defined by the 1940 Act. The provisions of the 1940 Act classify investments based on the level of control that the Company maintains in a particular portfolio company.

(3)

Except as otherwise noted, certain of the Company’s portfolio company investments are subject to legal restrictions on sales.

(4)

Variable rate loans bear interest at a rate that may be determined by reference to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR” or “L”) or Prime Rate (“P”), which resets monthly, quarterly, or semiannually. For each such investment, the Company has provided the spread and the current contractual interest rate in effect at December 31, 2020. Certain investments may be subject to an interest rate floor, or rate cap.

(5)

Other than the investments noted by this footnote, the fair value of these investments is determined in good faith using significant unobservable inputs by the Company’s board of directors. (See Note 4 in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements).

(6)

Ownership of equity investments may occur through a holding company.

(7)

Security, or a portion thereof, is held through Great Lakes BCPL Funding Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary and a bankruptcy remote special purpose entity, and is pledged as collateral supporting the amounts outstanding under the debt financing facility at Great Lakes BCPL Funding Ltd. (See Note 5 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements).

(8)

All or a portion of this commitment was unfunded at December 31, 2020.

(9)

Represents co-investment made with the Company's affiliates in accordance with the terms of the exemptive relief that the Company received from the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission. (See Note 3 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements).

(10)

Non-income producing investment.

(11)

The date disclosed represents the commitment period of the unfunded term loan.

(12)

The amortized cost represents the initial cost adjusted for the accretion of discount or amortization of premium, as applicable, on debt investments using the effective interest method.

(13)

As of December 31, 2020, the estimated cost basis of investments for U.S. federal tax purposes was $79,607,889, resulting in estimated gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of $1,040,535 and $(477,105), respectively.

(14)

Investments the Company has determined are not qualifying assets under Section 55(a) of the 1940 Act. The status of these assets under the 1940 Act is subject to change. The Company monitors the status of these assets on an ongoing basis. Under the 1940 Act, the Company may not acquire any non-qualifying asset unless, at the time such acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of total assets. Non-qualifying assets represented 4.7% of total assets as of December 31, 2020.

(15)

The Company is entitled to receive additional interest, in addition to the interest earned based on the stated interest rate of this security, as a result of an arrangement with other lenders in the syndication, whereby the “first out” tranche will have priority over the Company’s “last out” tranche with respect to payments of principal, interest and any other amounts due thereunder from the borrower.

(16)

This investment is in the subordinated note of the collateralized loan obligation security, which is entitled to recurring distributions that are generally equal to the excess cash flow generated from the underlying investments after payment of the contractual payments in debt holders and fund expenses. The current estimated yield, calculated using amortized cost, is based on the current projections of this excess cash flow taking into account assumptions made regarding expected prepayments, losses and future reinvestment rates. These assumptions are periodically reviewed and adjusted. Ultimately, the actual yield may be higher or lower than the estimated yield if actual results differ from those used for the assumptions.

(17)

Investment bears interest at 12% per year with such interest to be paid, at the election of the borrower in cash or paid-in kind (“PIK”) interest. To the extent that any portion of interest is in the form of PIK interest, the interest rate is increased to 13% with a minimum of 5% of the total interest in the form of cash interest (i.e., 5% cash interest and 8% PIK interest).

(18)

The Company may sell any of the referenced securities in whole or in part to any third-party prior to the settlement date of the forward contracts without consent of the counterparty. Upon such sale to a third-party, the Company and counterparty shall have no further obligations in respect of that specific amount of referenced security sold.

(19)

The Company may elect to early terminate the agreement at par.

 

See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.

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BC Partners Lending Corporation

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

Note 1. Organization

BC Partners Lending Corporation (“BCPL” or the “Company”) is a Maryland corporation formed on December 22, 2017. The Company was formed primarily to invest in the U.S. middle-market credit sector. The Company’s investment objective is to make investments that generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. The Company intends to invest primarily in private middle-market companies in the form of secured debt, unsecured debt, other debt and/or equity securities. In addition, to a lesser extent, the Company may invest in securities of public companies and in structured products. The Company has elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). In addition, the Company has elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and to qualify annually, as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Company is an emerging growth company as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and the Company will take advantage of the extended transition period for complying with certain new or revised accounting standards provided for emerging growth companies in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

The Company commenced operations on October 2, 2019.

On October 25, 2019, the Company formed a wholly-owned, special-purpose, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary, Great Lakes BCPL Funding Ltd. (“BCPL Funding”), a Cayman Islands exempted company, which holds certain of the Company’s portfolio loan investments that are used as collateral for the debt financing facility at BCPL Funding. On January 28, 2020, the Company formed a wholly-owned, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary, BCPL Sub Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which holds the Company’s equity investment.

The Company is managed by BC Partners Advisors L.P. (the “Adviser”), an affiliate of BC Partners LLP (“BC Partners”). BC Partners Management LLC (the “Administrator”), also an affiliate of BC Partners, provides administrative services necessary for the Company to operate.

The Company conducts private offerings (each, a “Private Offering”) of its common stock to accredited investors in reliance on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. At the closing of each Private Offering, each investor makes a capital commitment (a “Capital Commitment”) to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock pursuant to a subscription agreement entered into with the Company. Investors are required to fund drawdowns to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock up to the amount of their respective Capital Commitment on an as-needed basis each time the Company delivers a drawdown notice to its investors. The Company’s initial Private Offering closed on September 26, 2019 (the “Initial Closing”).

On April 20, 2020, the Company submitted to the SEC an application for exemptive relief to initiate one or more transactions intended to provide investors with liquidity options with respect to their investments in shares of the Company’s common stock (each, a “Reorganization”), pursuant to which an investor would have the option to exchange their shares and any remaining commitment, or a portion of their shares and any remaining commitment, in the Company for an interest in an entity (a “Liquidating Company”) that generally would seek to liquidate and distribute the proceeds of its investments, as they are received, to its equity holders over time, such that it would likely substantially complete its liquidation within a reasonable period of time following the date of the Reorganization. It is anticipated that, if initiated, the first Reorganization would occur as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the fiscal year during which the third anniversary of the initial closing date occurs (the “Initial Reorganization”). Immediately following a Reorganization, the applicable Liquidating Company would hold a proportionate share of the assets and liabilities held by the Company immediately prior to the Reorganization based on investor participation levels. The costs of a Reorganization will be borne by the applicable Liquidating Company. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain any required exemptive and/or no-action relief from the SEC or that the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) will authorize the Reorganization. If the Company does not obtain any required exemptive and/or no-action relief, or if the Company does receive the required relief but the Board determines not to proceed with a Reorganization, then the Company will wind down its operations within ten years after the Initial Closing unless the Board and/or stockholders determine to take different action, including listing our common stock on a national securities exchange or periodic repurchases or tender offers.

The Company’s fiscal year ends on December 31.

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X, as appropriate. The unaudited consolidated financial statements (“consolidated financial statements”) reflect adjustments that in the opinion of the Company are necessary for the fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations as of and for the periods presented herein and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto in the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”).”. The Company is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and therefore applies the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of the consolidated financial statements.

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. 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. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and such differences could be material.

Consolidation

In accordance with U.S. GAAP guidance on consolidation, the Company will generally not consolidate its investment in a portfolio 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 accounts of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries in its consolidated financial statements. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Segments

In accordance with U.S. GAAP guidance on segment reporting, the Company has determined that its operations comprise only a single reporting segment.

Cash and Restricted Cash

Cash consists of deposits held at a custodian bank. Restricted cash consists of deposits pledged as collateral. Cash and restricted cash are held at major financial institutions and, at times, may exceed the insured limits under applicable law.

Investments

Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains or losses on investments are calculated using the specific identification method as the difference between the net proceeds received (excluding prepayment fees, if any) and the amortized cost basis of the investment without regard to unrealized appreciation or depreciation previously recognized, and include investments charged off during the period, net of recoveries. Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflects the change in portfolio investment values during the reporting period, including any reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation or depreciation when gains or losses are recognized.

Investments for which market quotations are available are typically valued at those market quotations. To validate market quotations, the Company will utilize a number of factors to determine if the quotations are representative of fair value, including the source and number of the quotations.

Debt that is not publicly traded but for which there are external pricing sources available as of the valuation date is valued using independent broker-dealer, market maker quotations or independent pricing services. The valuation committee, comprised of members of the Adviser, (the “Valuation Committee”) subjects these quotes to various criteria including, but not limited to, the number and quality of quotes, the deviation among the quotes and information derived from analyzing the Company’s own transactions in such investments throughout the reporting period. Generally, such investments are categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, unless the Valuation Committee determines that the quality, quantity or deviation among quotes warrants significant adjustment to the inputs utilized.

Investments that are not publicly traded or whose market prices are not readily available, as is expected to be the case for substantially all of the Company’s investments, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board, based on, among other things, input of the Adviser, the Audit Committee and independent third-party valuation firm(s) engaged at the direction of the Board.

The Board undertakes a multi-step valuation process, which includes, among other procedures, the following:

 

The Company’s quarterly valuation process begins with each portfolio company or investment being initially valued by the investment professionals responsible for the portfolio investment in conjunction with the Company’s portfolio management team. The Company utilizes an independent valuation firm to provide valuation on each material illiquid security at least once every trailing 12-month period;

 

Preliminary valuations are reviewed and discussed with management of the Adviser and investment professionals. Agreed upon valuation recommendations will be presented to the Audit Committee;

 

The Audit Committee will review the valuations presented and recommend values for each investment to the Board; and

 

The Board will review the recommended valuations and determine the fair value of each investment. Valuations that are not based on readily available market quotations will be valued in good faith based on, among other things, the input of the Adviser, the Audit Committee and, where applicable, other third parties.

As part of the valuation process, the Company may consider other information and may use valuation methods including but not limited to (i) market quotes for similar investments, (ii) recent trading activity, (iii) discounting forecasted cash flows of the investment, (iv) models that consider the implied yields from comparable debt, (v) third party appraisal, (vi) sale negotiations and purchase offers received from independent parties and (vii) estimated value of underlying assets to be received in liquidation or restructuring.

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 our investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of such 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 realized. Further, such investments are generally less liquid than publicly traded securities and may be subject to contractual and other restrictions on resale. If the Company were required to liquidate a portfolio investment in a forced or liquidation sale, it could realize amounts that are different from the amounts presented and such differences could be material.

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In addition, changes in the market environment and other events that may occur over the life of the investments may cause the gains or losses ultimately realized on these investments to be different than the unrealized gains or losses reflected herein.

Under existing accounting guidance, fair value is defined as the price that the Company would receive upon selling an investment or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction to a market participant in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment. This accounting guidance emphasizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable market inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

The Company classifies the inputs used to measure these fair values into the following hierarchy as defined by current accounting guidance:

Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible to the Company.

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other observable inputs other than quoted prices.

Level 3: Significant inputs that are unobservable for an asset or liability.

A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Investments for which no external pricing sources are available as of the valuation date are included in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Forward Contracts

The Company may enter into forward purchase contracts primarily to manage credit risk. When entering into a forward purchase contract, the Company agrees to deliver a fixed quantity of securities for an agreed-upon price on an agreed future date. Forward contracts entered into by the Company are not designated as hedging instruments, and as a result, the Company presents changes in fair value through net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivative instruments in the consolidated statements of operations. Realized and unrealized gains and losses of derivative instruments are included in the consolidated statements of operations. These instruments involve market risk, credit risk, or both kinds of risks. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and movements in fair value. The Company attempts to limit counterparty risk by only dealing with well-known counterparties.

 

Revenue Recognition

Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis and includes the accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Discounts from and premiums to par value on debt investments purchased are accreted/amortized into interest income over the life of the respective security using the effective interest method. The amortized cost of debt investments represents the original cost, including origination fees and upfront fees received that are deemed to be an adjustment to yield, adjusted for the accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums, if any.

Loans are generally placed on non-accrual status when there is reasonable doubt that principal or interest will be collected in full. The Company considers many factors relevant to an investment when placing it on or removing it from non-accrual status including, but not limited to, the delinquency status of the investment, economic and business conditions, the overall financial condition of the underlying investment, the value of the underlying collateral, bankruptcy status, if any, and any other facts or circumstances relevant to the investment. Accrued interest is generally reversed when a loan is placed on non-accrual status. Payments received on non-accrual loans may be recognized as income or applied to principal depending upon management’s judgment regarding collectability of the outstanding principal and interest. Non-accrual loans may be restored to accrual status when past due principal and interest is paid current and are likely to remain current based on management’s judgment.

Dividend income on preferred equity securities is recorded on the 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.

Loan origination fees, original issue discount and market discount are capitalized, and the Company amortizes such amounts as interest income over the respective term of the loan or security. Upon the prepayment of a loan or security, any unamortized loan origination fees and original issue discount are recorded as interest income. The Company records prepayment premiums on loans and securities as fee income when it receives such amounts.

Payment-in-Kind Interest

Payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest, computed at the contractual rate specified in each loan agreement, is added to the principal balance of the loan and recorded as interest income and generally becomes due at maturity. To maintain the Company’s status as a RIC, this non-cash source of income must be paid out to stockholders in the form of dividends, even though the Company has not yet collected the cash.

Deferred Financing Costs

Origination and other expenses related to the Company’s borrowings are recorded as deferred financing costs and amortized as part of interest expense using the straight-line method over the stated life of the debt instrument. Unamortized deferred financing costs are presented as a direct deduction to the respective debt instrument.

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Organization and Offering Costs

Organization costs include, among other things, the cost of incorporating, including the cost of legal services and other fees pertaining to the Company’s organization. Costs associated with the organization of the Company are expensed as incurred. Offering costs include, among other things, marketing expenses and printing, legal fees, due diligence fees, and other costs in connection with the Company’s offering of shares of its common stock, including the preparation of the Company’s registration statement, and salaries and direct expenses of the Adviser’s personnel, employees of its affiliates and others while engaged in such activities. Offering costs are capitalized as deferred offering expenses and are amortized over twelve months from incurrence.

Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income or loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated in the same manner, with further adjustments to reflect the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents outstanding.

Income Taxes

The Company has elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and to qualify annually, as a RIC under the Code. So long as the Company maintains its status as a RIC, it will generally not pay corporate-level U.S. federal income or excise taxes on any ordinary income or capital gains that it distributes at least annually to its stockholders as dividends. Any tax liability related to income earned and distributed by the Company represents obligations of the Company’s stockholders and will not be reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

To qualify for and maintain qualification as a RIC, the Company must, among other things, meet certain source-of-income and asset diversification requirements. In addition, to qualify for RIC tax treatment, the Company must distribute to its stockholders, for each taxable year, at least 90% of its “investment company taxable income” for that year, which is generally its ordinary income plus the excess, if any, of its realized net short-term capital gains over its realized net long-term capital losses. In order for the Company not to be subject to U.S. federal excise taxes, it must distribute annually an amount at least equal to the sum of (i) 98% of its net ordinary income (taking into account certain deferrals and elections) for the calendar year, (ii) 98.2% of its capital gains in excess of capital losses for the one-year period ending on October 31 of the calendar year, and (iii) any net ordinary income and capital gains in excess of capital losses for preceding years that were not distributed during such years. The Company, at its discretion, may carry forward taxable income in excess of calendar year dividends and pay a 4% nondeductible U.S. federal excise tax on this income.

The Company evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing its consolidated financial statements to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold are reserved and recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. All penalties and interest associated with income taxes are included in income tax expense. Conclusions regarding tax positions are subject to review and may be adjusted at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, on-going analyses of tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.

Dividends to Common Stockholders

Distributions to the Company’s stockholders are recorded on the record date. The amount to be paid out as a dividend is determined by the Board and is generally based upon earnings estimated by the Adviser. Net realized capital gains, if any, would generally be distributed at least annually, although the Company may decide to retain such capital gains.

The Company has adopted an “opt out” distribution reinvestment plan (“DRP”) for its stockholders. As a result, if the Company makes a cash dividend, its stockholders will have their cash dividends reinvested in additional shares of the Company’s common stock, including fractional shares as necessary, unless they specifically “opt out” of the DRP to receive the distribution in cash. Under the DRP, cash distributions to participating stockholders will be reinvested in additional shares of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price equal to the net asset value per share as of the last day of the calendar quarter immediately preceding the date such distribution was declared.

The Company may distribute taxable dividends that are payable in cash or shares of its common stock at the election of each stockholder. Under certain applicable provisions of the Code and the Treasury regulations, distributions payable in cash or in shares of stock at the election of stockholders are treated as taxable dividends. The Internal Revenue Service has published guidance indicating that this rule will apply even where the total amount of cash that may be distributed is limited to no more than 20% of the total distribution. Under this guidance, if too many stockholders elect to receive their distributions in cash, the cash available for distribution must be allocated among the stockholders electing to receive cash (with the balance of the distribution paid in stock). If the Company decides to make any distributions consistent with this guidance that are payable in part in its stock, taxable stockholders receiving such dividends will be required to include the full amount of the dividend (whether received in cash, shares of the Company’s stock, or a combination thereof) as ordinary income (or as long-term capital gain to the extent such distribution is properly reported as a capital gain dividend) to the extent of the Company’s current and accumulated earnings and profits for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, a U.S. stockholder may be required to pay tax with respect to such dividends in excess of any cash received. If a U.S. stockholder sells the stock it receives in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend, depending on the market price of the Company’s stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect to non-U.S. stockholders, the Company may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividends, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in stock.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”). The guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying generally accepted accounting principles to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transaction, subject to meeting certain criteria, that reference London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. ASU 2020-04 is effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The Company expects that the adoption of this guidance will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 3. Related Party Transactions

Administration Agreement

On April 23, 2018, the Company entered into an Administration Agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) with the Administrator. Under the terms of the Administration Agreement, the Administrator will perform (or oversee, or arrange for, the performance of) the administrative services necessary for the operation of the Company, which includes office facilities, equipment, bookkeeping and recordkeeping services and such other services as the Administrator, subject to review by the Board, shall from time to time determine to be necessary or useful to perform its obligations under this Administration Agreement.

The Company will reimburse the Administrator for services performed under the terms of the Administration Agreement. In addition, pursuant to the Administration Agreement, the Administrator may delegate its obligations under the Administration Agreement to affiliates or third-parties and the Company pays or reimburses the Administrator for certain expenses incurred by any such affiliates or third-parties for work done on its behalf.

The Administration Agreement had an initial term of two years from its effective date and will remain in effect from year-to-year thereafter if approved annually by (i) the vote of the Board, or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, and (ii) the vote of a majority of the Company’s Board who are not parties to the Administration Agreement or “interested persons” of the Company, of the Adviser or of any of their respective affiliates, as defined in the 1940 Act. The Administration Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, upon 60 days’ written notice, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting shares of the Company or by the vote of the Board or by the Administrator.

No person who is an officer, director or employee of the Adviser or its affiliates and who serves as a director of the Company receives any compensation from the Company for his or her services as a director. However, the Company reimburses the Administrator (or its affiliates) for an allocable portion of the compensation paid by the Administrator (or its affiliates) to the Company’s Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial Officer and their respective staffs (based on a percentage of time such individuals devote, on an estimated basis, to the business affairs of the Company).

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred administrative fees of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2021, such amounts were partially offset against amounts due from the Adviser in connection with the Expense Support and Conditional Reimbursement Agreement (the “Expense Support Agreement”), as described below.

Investment Advisory Agreement

On April 23, 2018, the Company entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser which was amended and restated on November 7, 2018 and further amended on July 9, 2019 (as amended, the “Investment Advisory Agreement”). The amendments were each approved at the time by the Company’s sole stockholder. Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Adviser will be responsible for managing the Company’s business and activities, including sourcing investment opportunities, conducting research, performing due diligence on potential investments, structuring its investments, monitoring its portfolio companies and providing managerial assistance to portfolio companies.

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Company will pay the Adviser a base management fee and may also pay to it certain incentive fees.

The base management fee is payable quarterly in arrears at an annual rate of 1.00% (1.50% if an exchange listing occurs) of the Company’s average gross assets, excluding cash and cash equivalents but including assets purchased with borrowed amounts, at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters. The management fee for any partial month or quarter will be appropriately prorated and adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the relevant month or quarter.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred management fees of $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

The incentive fee consists of two parts, as follows:

 

(i)

The first component, the income incentive fee, payable at the end of each quarter in arrears, equals 100% of the pre-incentive fee net investment income in excess of a 1.50% quarterly preferred return but less than 1.76% (1.818% if an exchange listing occurs), the upper level breakpoint, and 15% (17.50% if an exchange listing occurs) of the amount of pre-incentive fee net investment income that exceeds 1.76% (1.818% if an exchange listing occurs) in any calendar quarter. For purposes of determining whether pre-incentive fee net investment income exceeds the hurdle rate, pre-incentive fee net investment income is expressed as a rate of return on the value of the Company’s net assets at the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter.

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(ii)

The second component, the capital gains incentive fee, payable at the end of each calendar year in arrears, equals 15.0% of cumulative realized capital gains from inception through the end of such calendar year, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of any previously paid capital gains incentive fee for prior periods. The Company accrues, but does not pay, a capital gains incentive fee with respect to unrealized capital appreciation because a capital gains incentive fee would be owed to the Adviser if the Company were to sell the relevant investment and realize a capital gain.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred incentive fees of $0.3 million and $(13.4) thousand, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company reversed the previously accrued capital gains incentive fees of $13.4 thousand.

The Investment Advisory Agreement will be in effect for a period of two years from its effective date and will remain in effect from year-to-year thereafter if approved annually by (i) the vote of the Board, or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, and (ii) the vote of a majority of the Company’s Board who are not parties to the Investment Advisory Agreement or “interested persons” of the Company, of the Adviser or of any of their respective affiliates, as defined in the 1940 Act. The Investment Advisory Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, upon 60 days’ written notice and, in certain circumstances, upon 120 days’ written notice, by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting shares of the Company or by the vote of the Board or by the Adviser.

The Adviser may, from time to time, pay amounts owed by the Company to third-party providers of goods or services, including the Board, and the Company will subsequently reimburse the Adviser for such amounts paid on its behalf. Amounts payable to the Adviser are settled in the normal course of business without formal payment terms. Amounts incurred by the Adviser subsequent to the Company’s commencement of operations were offset against amounts due from the Adviser in connection with the Expense Support Agreement, as described below. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Adviser paid operating expenses on behalf of the Company in the amount of $0.4 million and $0.6 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2021, such amounts were included as part of due to affiliate on the consolidated statements of assets and liabilities.

Co-investment Exemptive Relief

As a BDC, the Company is subject to certain regulatory restrictions in making its investments. For example, BDCs generally are not permitted to co-invest with certain affiliated entities in transactions originated by the BDC or its affiliates in the absence of an exemptive order from the SEC. However, BDCs are permitted to, and may, simultaneously co-invest in transactions where price is the only negotiated term. On October 23, 2018, the SEC issued an order granting the Company’s application for exemptive relief to co-invest, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, in certain private placement transactions, with other funds managed by the Adviser or its affiliates, including BCP Special Opportunities Fund I LP, BCP Special Opportunities Fund II LP, Portman Ridge Finance Corporation and any future funds that are advised by the Adviser or its affiliated investment advisers. Under the terms of the exemptive order, in order for the Company to participate in a co-investment transaction a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of the Company’s independent directors must conclude that (i) the terms of the proposed transaction, including the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to the Company and its stockholders and do not involve overreaching with respect of the Company or its stockholders on the part of any person concerned, and (ii) the proposed transaction is consistent with the interests of the Company’s stockholders and is consistent with the Company’s investment objectives and strategies and certain criteria established by the Board.

Organization and Offering Costs

Under the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administrative Agreement, the Company, either directly or through reimbursements to the Adviser or its affiliates, is responsible for its organization and offering costs in an amount up to 1.50% of total capital commitments. Prior to the Company’s commencement of operations, the Adviser funded the Company’s organization and offering costs in the amount of $1.4 million. The Company will have no responsibility for such costs until the Adviser submits such costs, or a portion thereof, for reimbursement, subject to a cap of 1.50% of the Company’s total commitments and provided further that the Adviser or its affiliates may not be reimbursed for payment of excess organization and offering expenses that were incurred more than three years prior to the proposed reimbursement. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company accrued organization and offering costs of $0.0 million and $10.9 thousand.

Amounts due to the Adviser for the expected recoveries of organization, offering and operating expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and amounts due from the Adviser under the Expense Support Agreement for such amounts are reflected on a net basis in amounts due to/from affiliates on the consolidated statements of assets and liabilities.

Expense Support Agreement

On August 22, 2019, the Company entered into the Expense Support Agreement with the Adviser, the purpose of which is to ensure that no portion of distributions made to the Company’s stockholders will be paid from the Company’s offering proceeds or borrowings (the “Distribution Objective”).

Commencing with the fourth quarter of 2019 and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the Adviser will reimburse the Company for operating expenses in an amount sufficient to meet the Distribution Objective. Any payment so required to be made by the Adviser is referred to herein as an “Expense Payment.”

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The Adviser’s obligation to make an Expense Payment becomes a liability of the Adviser, and the right to such Expense Payment becomes an asset of the Company, no later than the last business day of the applicable calendar quarter. The Expense Payment for any calendar quarter shall, as promptly as possible, be: (i) paid by the Adviser to the Company in any combination of cash or other immediately available funds, and/or (ii) offset against amounts due from the Company to the Adviser.

Pursuant to the Expense Support Agreement, “Available Operating Funds” means the sum of (i) the Company’s net investment company taxable income (including net short-term capital gains reduced by net long-term capital losses), (ii) the Company’s net capital gains (including the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses), and (iii) dividends and other distributions paid to or otherwise earned by the Company on account of investments in portfolio companies (to the extent such amounts listed in clause (iii) are not included under clauses (i) and (ii) above.)

Following any calendar quarter in which Available Operating Funds exceed the cumulative distributions paid to the Company’s stockholders in such calendar quarter (the amount of such excess being hereinafter referred to as “Excess Operating funds”), the Company shall pay such Excess Operating Funds, or a portion thereof in accordance with the stipulation below, as applicable, to the Adviser until such time as all Expense Payments made by the Adviser to the Company within three years prior to the last business day of such calendar quarter have been reimbursed or waived. Any payments required to be made by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence are referred to herein as a “Reimbursement Payment.”

The amount of the Reimbursement Payment for any calendar quarter will be equal to the lesser of (i) the Excess Operating Funds in such calendar quarter, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all Expense Payments made by the Adviser to the Company within three years prior to the last business day of such calendar quarter that have not been previously reimbursed by the Company to the Adviser.

The Company’s obligation to make a Reimbursement Payment becomes a liability to the Company, and the right to such Reimbursement Payment becomes an asset of the Adviser, no later than the last business day of the applicable calendar quarter. The Reimbursement Payment for any calendar quarter shall, as promptly as possible, be paid by the Company to the Adviser in any combination of cash or other immediately available funds. Any Reimbursement Payments shall be deemed to have reimbursed the Adviser for Expense Payments in chronological order beginning with the oldest Expense Payment eligible for reimbursement.

The Expense Support Agreement may be terminated at any time, without penalty, by the Company or the Adviser, with or without notice. The Expense Support Agreement automatically terminates in the event of (a) the termination by the Company of the Investment Advisory Agreement, or (b) the Board determines to dissolve or liquidate the Company. Upon termination of the Expense Support Agreement, the Company will be required to pay the Adviser an amount equal to all Expense Payments paid by the Adviser to the Company within three years prior to the date of such termination and that have not been previously reimbursed by the Company to the Adviser. Such repayment shall be made to the Adviser no later than 30 days after such date of termination or the date of such event, as applicable.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the total Expense Payment provided to the Company by the Adviser was $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, which includes the accrual of $0.0 thousand and $10.9 thousand, respectively, of eligible recoveries from the Adviser under the Expense Support Agreement for organization and offering costs paid on behalf of the Company prior to commencement of operations. Management believes that the Reimbursement Payments by the Company to the Adviser are not probable under the terms of the Expense Support Agreement as of March 31, 2021. The following table reflects the Expense Payments that may be subject to reimbursement pursuant to the Expense Support Agreement:

 

Quarter Ended

 

Expense Payment

Received from

Adviser (1)

 

 

Reimbursement

Payment made to

Adviser

 

 

Unreimbursed

Expense Payment (1)

 

 

Eligible for Reimbursement

through (1)

December 31, 2019

 

$

2,165,309

 

 

$

131,935

 

 

$

2,033,374

 

 

December 31, 2022

March 31, 2020

 

 

345,503

 

 

 

 

 

 

345,503

 

 

March 31, 2023

June 30, 2020

 

 

752,142

 

 

 

 

 

 

752,142

 

 

June 30, 2023

September 30, 2020

 

 

67,783

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,783

 

 

September 30, 2023

March 31, 2021

 

 

216,726

 

 

 

 

 

 

216,726

 

 

March 31, 2024

 

 

$

3,547,463

 

 

$

131,935

 

 

$

3,415,528

 

 

 

 

(1)

The actual date that the estimated Expense Payment is eligible for reimbursement will be determined when such Expense Payment is actually made by the Adviser.

Potential Conflicts of Interest

The members of the senior management and investment teams of the Adviser serve or may serve as officers, directors or principals of entities that operate in the same or a related line of business as the Company does, or of investment vehicles managed by the same personnel. In serving in these multiple and other capacities, they may have obligations to other clients or investors in those entities, the fulfillment of which may or may not be in the Company’s best interests or in the best interest of the Company’s stockholders. The Company’s investment objectives may overlap with the investment objectives of such investment funds, accounts or other investment vehicles.

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Note 4. Investments and Fair Value Measurements

The following table summarizes the composition of the Company’s investment portfolio at amortized cost and fair value as of March 31, 2021:

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

Fair

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Portfolio

 

 

Value

 

 

Portfolio

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

87,095,889

 

 

 

91.2

%

 

$

88,172,733

 

 

 

90.8

%

Structured Note

 

 

4,072,533

 

 

 

4.3

%

 

 

4,231,486

 

 

 

4.4

%

Subordinated Structured Note

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

277,084

 

 

 

0.3

%

Bond

 

 

3,955,366

 

 

 

4.1

%

 

 

4,378,560

 

 

 

4.5

%

Total

 

$

95,457,122

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

97,059,863

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

The following table summarizes the composition of the Company’s investment portfolio at amortized cost and fair value as of December 31, 2020:

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

Fair

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Portfolio

 

 

Value

 

 

Portfolio

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

71,186,412

 

 

 

89.5

%

 

$

71,395,401

 

 

 

89.2

%

Structured Note

 

 

1,842,332

 

 

 

2.3

%

 

 

1,947,769

 

 

 

2.4

%

Subordinated Structured Note

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

270,834

 

 

 

0.3

%

Junior Secured Loan

 

 

990,132

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

990,000

 

 

 

1.2

%

Bond

 

 

3,953,597

 

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

4,175,000

 

 

 

5.2

%

Equity/Other

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

0.0

%

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

1,302,082

 

 

 

1.6

%

 

 

1,371,838

 

 

 

1.7

%

Total

 

$

79,607,889

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

80,150,842

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

Generally, under the 1940 Act, the Company would be presumed to “control” a portfolio company if it owned more than 25% of its voting securities or it had the power to exercise control over the management or policies of such portfolio company, and would be an “affiliated person” of a portfolio company if it owned 5% or more of its voting securities. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company did not “control” and was not an “affiliated person” of any of its portfolio companies, each as defined in the 1940 Act.

The following tables summarize the industry and geographic composition of the Company’s investment portfolio based on amortized cost and fair value as of March 31, 2021:

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

Fair

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Portfolio

 

 

Value

 

 

Portfolio

 

Information Technology

 

$

30,708,505

 

 

 

32.2

%

 

$

31,106,419

 

 

 

32.0

%

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

18,318,283

 

 

 

19.2

%

 

 

18,310,448

 

 

 

18.9

%

Industrials

 

 

17,291,720

 

 

 

18.1

%

 

 

18,048,910

 

 

 

18.5

%

Healthcare

 

 

11,921,534

 

 

 

12.5

%

 

 

12,006,211

 

 

 

12.4

%

Financials

 

 

6,441,688

 

 

 

6.7

%

 

 

6,509,796

 

 

 

6.7

%

Consumer Staples

 

 

5,507,591

 

 

 

5.8

%

 

 

5,693,371

 

 

 

5.9

%

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Debt Class

 

 

4,072,533

 

 

 

4.3

%

 

 

4,231,486

 

 

 

4.4

%

Communication Services

 

 

861,934

 

 

 

0.9

%

 

 

876,138

 

 

 

0.9

%

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Equity Class

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

277,084

 

 

 

0.3

%

Total

 

$

95,457,122

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

97,059,863

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

Fair

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Portfolio

 

 

Value

 

 

Portfolio

 

United States

 

$

91,051,255

 

 

 

95.4

%

 

$

92,551,293

 

 

 

95.4

%

International

 

 

4,405,867

 

 

 

4.6

%

 

 

4,508,570

 

 

 

4.6

%

Total

 

$

95,457,122

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

97,059,863

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

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The following tables summarize the industry and geographic composition of the Company’s investment portfolio based on amortized cost and fair value as of December 31, 2020:

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

Fair

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Portfolio

 

 

Value

 

 

Portfolio

 

Information Technology

 

$

27,212,979

 

 

 

34.2

%

 

$

27,267,937

 

 

 

34.0

%

Industrials

 

 

16,055,707

 

 

 

20.1

%

 

 

16,265,790

 

 

 

20.3

%

Healthcare

 

 

12,082,969

 

 

 

15.2

%

 

 

12,147,682

 

 

 

15.2

%

Financials

 

 

7,795,211

 

 

 

9.8

%

 

 

7,779,630

 

 

 

9.7

%

Consumer Discretionary

 

 

5,624,156

 

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

5,662,735

 

 

 

7.1

%

Consumer Staples

 

 

5,486,024

 

 

 

6.9

%

 

 

5,574,627

 

 

 

7.0

%

Communication Services

 

 

3,175,177

 

 

 

4.0

%

 

 

3,233,838

 

 

 

4.0

%

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Debt Class

 

 

1,842,332

 

 

 

2.3

%

 

 

1,947,769

 

 

 

2.4

%

Collateralized Loan Obligation - Equity Class

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

0.4

%

 

 

270,834

 

 

 

0.3

%

Total

 

$

79,607,889

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

80,150,842

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Amortized

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

Fair

 

 

Percentage of

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Portfolio

 

 

Value

 

 

Portfolio

 

United States

 

$

77,432,223

 

 

 

97.3

%

 

$

77,932,239

 

 

 

97.2

%

International

 

 

2,175,666

 

 

 

2.7

%

 

 

2,218,603

 

 

 

2.8

%

Total

 

$

79,607,889

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

80,150,842

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

The following table summarizes the fair value hierarchy of the Company’s investment portfolio as of March 31, 2021:

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

 

 

$

22,019,158

 

 

$

66,153,575

 

 

$

88,172,733

 

Structured Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,231,486

 

 

 

4,231,486

 

Subordinated Structured Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

277,084

 

 

 

277,084

 

Bond

 

 

 

 

 

4,378,560

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,378,560

 

Total

 

$

 

 

$

26,397,718

 

 

$

70,662,145

 

 

$

97,059,863

 

Forward contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93,433

 

 

 

93,433

 

Total

 

$

 

 

$

26,397,718

 

 

$

70,755,578

 

 

$

97,153,296

 

 

The following table summarizes the fair value hierarchy of the Company’s investment portfolio as of December 31, 2020:

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

 

 

$

17,248,790

 

 

$

54,146,611

 

 

$

71,395,401

 

Structured Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,947,769

 

 

 

1,947,769

 

Subordinated Structured Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

270,834

 

 

 

270,834

 

Junior Secured Loan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

990,000

 

 

 

990,000

 

Bond

 

 

 

 

 

4,175,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,175,000

 

Equity/Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,371,838

 

 

 

1,371,838

 

Total

 

$

 

 

$

21,423,790

 

 

$

58,727,052

 

 

$

80,150,842

 

Forward contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

119,317

 

 

 

119,317

 

Total

 

$

 

 

$

21,423,790

 

 

$

58,846,369

 

 

$

80,270,159

 

 

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The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s investment portfolio for which level 3 inputs were used in determining fair value for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

 

 

 

Senior Secured

Loan

 

 

Structured Note

 

 

Subordinated Structured Note

 

 

Junior Secured

 

 

Repurchases Agreement

 

 

Total

Investments

 

 

Forward Contracts

 

Balance as of January 1, 2021

 

$

54,146,611

 

 

$

1,947,769

 

 

$

270,834

 

 

$

990,000

 

 

$

1,371,838

 

 

$

58,727,052

 

 

$

119,317

 

Purchases of investments

 

 

32,404,868

 

 

 

2,510,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,914,868

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from principal repayments and sales of investments

 

 

(23,987,863

)

 

 

(327,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,017,500

)

 

 

(1,371,838

)

 

 

(26,704,701

)

 

 

 

Payment in-kind interest income

 

 

70,277

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70,277

 

 

 

 

Net accretion of discounts (amortization of premiums)

 

 

140,677

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63

 

 

 

1,750

 

 

 

142,490

 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

 

 

551,950

 

 

 

53,517

 

 

 

6,250

 

 

 

132

 

 

 

(69,756

)

 

 

542,093

 

 

 

(25,884

)

Net realized gain on investments

 

 

461,840

 

 

 

47,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,305

 

 

 

68,006

 

 

 

604,851

 

 

 

 

Transfers into level 3

 

 

5,148,379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,148,379

 

 

 

 

Transfers out of level 3

 

 

(2,783,164

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,783,164

)

 

 

 

Balance as of March 31, 2021

 

$

66,153,575

 

 

$

4,231,486

 

 

$

277,084

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

70,662,145

 

 

$

93,433

 

Net change in unrealized depreciation on Level 3 investments still held

 

$

473,274

 

 

$

98,717

 

 

$

6,250

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

578,241

 

 

$

(25,884

)

 

The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s investment portfolio for which level 3 inputs were used in determining fair value for the three months ended March 31, 2020:

 

 

 

Senior Secured

First Lien Debt

 

 

Collateralized

Securities

 

 

Total

Investments

 

Balance as of January 1, 2020

 

$

23,318,973

 

 

$

1,330,000

 

 

$

24,648,973

 

Purchases of investments

 

 

13,059,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,059,500

 

Proceeds from principal repayments and sales of investments

 

 

(4,052,963

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4,052,963

)

Net accretion of discounts (amortization of premiums)

 

 

13,716

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,716

 

Net change in unrealized depreciation on

   investments

 

 

(864,030

)

 

 

(109,760

)

 

 

(973,790

)

Net realized gain on investments

 

 

89,257

 

 

 

 

 

 

89,257

 

Transfers into level 3

 

 

2,987,670

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,987,670

 

Transfers out of level 3

 

 

(3,026,250

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,026,250

)

Balance as of March 31, 2020

 

$

31,525,873

 

 

$

1,220,240

 

 

$

32,746,113

 

Net change in unrealized depreciation on Level 3 investments

   still held

 

$

(858,726

)

 

$

(109,760

)

 

$

(968,486

)

 

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The valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used in the valuation of level 3 investments as of March 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

Asset Category

 

Fair Value

 

 

Valuation

Technique/

Methodology

 

Unobservable

Input

 

Range

(Weighted

Average)

 

Impact to

Valuation

from an Increase

in Input

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

18,524,630

 

 

Recent Transaction

 

Transaction Price

 

97.5 - 100.0 (98.8)

 

Increase

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

47,628,945

 

 

Discounted Cash Flows

 

Market Yield

 

5.9% - 15.6% (8.0%)

 

Decrease

Structured Note

 

 

4,231,486

 

 

Discounted Cash Flows

 

Market Yield

 

7.3% - 11.7% (11.3%)

 

Decrease

Subordinated Structured Note

 

 

277,084

 

 

Discounted Cash Flows

 

Discount Rate

 

11.8% - 12.3% (12.0%)

 

Decrease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Probability of Default

 

1.5% - 2.0% (1.8%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss Severity

 

20.5% - 30.5% (25.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recovery Rate

 

69.5% - 79.5% (74.5%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepayment Rate

 

15.0% - 25.0% (20.0%)

 

 

 

 

$

70,662,145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward Contracts

 

$

93,433

 

 

Option Pricing Model

 

Expected Volatility

 

14.1% - 17.8% (16.0%)

 

Decrease

 

 

 

The valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used in the valuation of level 3 investments as of December 31, 2020 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

Asset Category

 

Fair Value

 

 

Valuation

Technique/

Methodology

 

Unobservable

Input

 

Range

(Weighted

Average)

 

Impact to

Valuation

from an Increase

in Input

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

16,204,567

 

 

Recent Transaction

 

Transaction Price

 

97.0 - 100.3 (98.0)

 

Increase

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

37,942,044

 

 

Discounted Cash Flows

 

Market Yield

 

5.1% - 15.9% (8.3%)

 

Decrease

Structured Note

 

 

1,947,769

 

 

Discounted Cash Flows

 

Market Yield

 

4.8% - 12.8% (10.6%)

 

Decrease

Junior Secured Loan

 

 

990,000

 

 

Recent Transaction

 

Transaction Price

 

99.0 (99.0)

 

Increase

Subordinated Structured Note

 

 

270,834

 

 

Discounted Cash Flows

 

Discount Rate

 

12.3% - 12.8% (12.5%)

 

Decrease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Probability of Default

 

1.5% - 3.0% (2.3%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss Severity

 

20.0% - 30.0% (25.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recovery Rate

 

70.0% - 80.0% (75.0%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepayment Rate

 

0.0% - 25.0% (12.5%)

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

1,371,838

 

 

Recent Transaction

 

Transaction Price

 

100.0 (100.0)

 

Increase

 

 

$

58,727,052

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward Contracts

 

$

119,317

 

 

Option Pricing Model

 

Expected Volatility

 

12.1% - 15.3% (13.7%)

 

Decrease

 

The Company considers the par amounts at March 31, 2021 to be representative of the volume of its derivative activities during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

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As of March 31, 2021, the Company’s open forward contracts were as follows:

 

Security

 

Counterparty

 

Settlement Date

 

Par

 

Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

Halsey Point CLO II, Ltd. Class E

 

Advantage Capital Holdings, LLC

 

7/1/2022

 

 

 

26,767

 

Halsey Point CLO II, Ltd. Class Subordinated Notes

 

Advantage Capital Holdings, LLC

 

7/1/2022

 

 

 

66,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

93,433

 

 

The Company may sell any of the referenced securities in whole or in part to any third-party prior to the settlement date of the forward contracts without consent of the counterparty. Upon such sale to a third-party, the Company and counterparty shall have no further obligations in respect of that specific amount of referenced security sold.

 

The following table identifies the fair value amount of the forward contracts included in the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities at March 31, 2021. The following table also identifies the realized and unrealized gain and loss amounts included in the consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

 

Type of Contract

 

Derivative

Assets

 

 

Derivative

Liabilities

 

 

Realized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

Unrealized Appreciation

 

Forward contracts - credit risk

 

$

93,433

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(25,884

)

 

 

$

93,433

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(25,884

)

 

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, in many countries continues to adversely impact global commercial activity and has contributed to significant volatility in financial markets. The global impact of the outbreak has been rapidly evolving, and as cases of the virus have continued to be identified in additional countries, many countries have reacted by instituting quarantines, restrictions on travel and other measures to mitigate the impact of this pandemic. While many of these measures have been relaxed, spread of the virus continues and restrictions generally remain in place. Such actions have created disruption in global supply chains, and have adversely impacted a number of industries, including, among others, transportation, hospitality and entertainment. The outbreak has had a continued adverse impact on economic and market conditions and has triggered a period of global economic slowdown and continued volatility. The rapid development and fluidity of this situation precludes any prediction as to the duration and extent of this pandemic and its impact on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations, as well as the business, financial condition and results of operations of the Company’s portfolio companies. Nevertheless, the novel coronavirus presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to the Company and the Company’s portfolio companies’ performance and financial results. The Company is actively monitoring developments with respect to this pandemic and its impact as part of the Company’s overall investment objective and strategy. To the extent the Company’s portfolio companies are adversely impacted by the effects of COVID-19, it may have a material adverse impact on the Company’s future net investment income, the fair value of its portfolio investments, its financial condition and the results of operations and financial condition of the Company’s portfolio companies.  

Note 5. Borrowings

In accordance with the 1940 Act, with certain limitations, the Company is allowed to borrow amounts such that its asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least 200% (or 150% if certain conditions are met) after such borrowing. Our Board and initial stockholder have approved our ability to utilize the increased leverage limit, which requires asset coverage of at least 150%. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company’s asset coverage was 186.4% and 182.2%, respectively.

On December 16, 2019, the Company, through BCPL Funding, entered into a debt financing facility with UBS AG, London Branch (“UBS”), pursuant to which up to $50.0 million will be made available to the Company (the “Facility”). On March 12, 2021, the Facility was amended (the “Second A&R Facility”), pursuant to which the amount made available to the Company was increased from $50.0 million to $75.0 million.

Pursuant to the Facility, the Company sold certain loans in its portfolio to BCPL Funding (the “Initial Loans”), in consideration for certain Class A Notes (the “Class A Notes”) issued by BCPL Funding. The Initial Loans secure the obligations of BCPL Funding under the Class A Notes, issued pursuant to an indenture between BCPL Funding and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Indenture”). On March 12, 2021, in connection with the Second A&R Facility, BCPL Funding entered into a Supplemental Indenture with the trustee (the “Second A&R Indenture”). The Second A&R Indenture expands the asset eligibility criteria and allows for the issuance of additional Class A Notes. Pursuant to the Second A&R Indenture, BCPL Funding issued additional Class A Notes which were purchased by the Company pursuant to a Subscription Agreement between the Company and BCPL Funding, dated as of March 12, 2021. The obligations of BCPL Funding under the additional Class A Notes are secured by the Portfolio Assets to be sold by the Company to BCPL Funding from time to time pursuant to the A&R Issuer Sale and Contribution Agreement. Principal on the Class A Notes will be due and payable at maturity on December 18, 2029. The Class A Notes do not provide for interest payments. The Indenture contains events of default customary for similar transactions, including: (a) the failure to make principal payments on the Class A Notes at their stated maturity or redemption date or to make payments with respect to expenses due under the Indenture within three business days of when due; (b) an event of default occurs under the Repurchase Agreement (defined below); and (c) BCPL Funding is required to register as an investment company under the 1940 Act.

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The Company, in turn, entered into a confirmation in respect of a repurchase transaction with UBS (the “Confirmation”), which supplements, forms part of, and is subject to the SIFMA/ICMA Global Master Repurchase Agreement (2011 version), dated as of December 12, 2019 and amended on August 14, 2020 (including any annexes thereto, the “GMRA,” and such GMRA, as supplemented and evidenced by the Confirmation, the “Repurchase Agreement”). In connection with the Second A&R Facility, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Confirmation with UBS, dated as of March 12, 2021 (the “Second A&R Confirmation” and together with the GMRA, the “Second A&R Repurchase Agreement”). Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, UBS purchased the Class A Notes held by the Company for an initial purchase price of $20.0 million, which price may increase from time to time up to an aggregate purchase price of $50.0 million, in exchange for the purchase by UBS of the increased funded outstanding principal amount of the Class A Notes held by the Company. Pursuant to the Second A&R Repurchase Agreement, the Company may transfer to UBS additional Class A Notes for an aggregate purchase price of up to $15.0 million. Such increases in the purchase price under the Repurchase Agreement are conditioned upon the satisfaction of certain criteria with respect to the characteristics and total value of the Portfolio Assets held by BCPL Funding, and composition of the Portfolio Assets, in each case as set forth in the Second A&R Indenture, among others, which criteria are customary for similar transactions. The scheduled Repurchase Date under the Second A&R Confirmation is December 19, 2023. The financing fee under the Facility is equal to the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 2.65% per year for the relevant period. Pursuant to the Repurchase Agreement, the Company has made certain representations and warranties and is required to comply with various covenants, reporting requirements and other requirements customary for similar transactions. In addition to customary events of default included in similar transactions, the Repurchase Agreement also contains the following events of default, among others: (a) the failure to pay the repurchase price upon the applicable payment dates; (b) the failure to make a voluntary contribution of cash to BCPL Funding if the settlement for the commitment the Company made for the voluntary contribution of Portfolio Assets under the Contribution Agreement does not occur, each within the periods as set forth in the Repurchase Agreement, caused by negative changes in the value or composition of the Portfolio Assets that result in a failure to satisfy the criteria with respect thereto set forth in the Indenture; (c) the occurrence of an act by the Company that constitutes fraud or criminal negligence in respect of its investment activity pursuant to the Collateral Management Agreement; and (d) any officer or employee of the Company who has direct responsibility for the management of the Portfolio Assets is indicted for any act constituting fraud or criminal negligence in respect of investment activity and such person fails to be removed from such person’s managing the Portfolio Assets within the period as set forth in the Collateral Management Agreement.

The Company had provided a make-whole guarantee to the lender in the event that the pledged assets were insufficient to satisfy the repayment of the Facility.

 

Debt obligations consisted of the following as of March 31, 2021:

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

Total

Aggregate

Borrowing

Capacity

 

 

Total

Principal

Outstanding

 

 

Less

Deferred

Financing

Costs

 

 

Amount per

Consolidated

Statements of

Assets and

Liabilities

 

Credit Facility

 

$

75,000,000

 

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

(789,191

)

 

$

49,210,809

 

Total Debt

 

$

75,000,000

 

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

(789,191

)

 

$

49,210,809

 

 

Debt obligations consisted of the following as of December 31, 2020:

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Total

Aggregate

Borrowing

Capacity

 

 

Total

Principal

Outstanding

 

 

Less

Deferred

Financing

Costs

 

 

Amount per

Consolidated

Statements of

Assets and

Liabilities

 

Credit Facility

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

(729,942

)

 

$

49,270,058

 

Total Debt

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

(729,942

)

 

$

49,270,058

 

 

 

Due to the short-term nature of the Facility, the outstanding principal balance approximates fair value. The fair value of the credit facility would be categorized as Level 3.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the components of interest expense were as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Interest expense

$

359,335

 

 

$

229,255

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

20,751

 

 

 

20,980

 

Total interest expense

$

380,086

 

 

$

250,235

 

Average debt outstanding

 

50,000,000

 

 

 

20,173,913

 

Weighted average interest rate

 

2.9

%

 

 

4.5

%

 

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Note 6. Share Transactions

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock at $0.001 par value per share.

On April 10, 2018, the Company issued 4,000 shares of common stock to an affiliate of the Adviser for aggregate proceeds of $100,000.

The Company has entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with investors, including the Adviser and its affiliates, providing for the private placement of shares of the Company’s common stock. Under the terms of the Subscription Agreements, investors are required to fund drawdowns to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock up to the amount of their respective capital commitment on an as-needed basis each time the Company delivers a drawdown notice to its investors with a minimum of 10 business days prior notice. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had received capital commitments totaling $40.4 million and $40.4 million, respectively.

There were no capital drawdowns during the three months ended March 31, 2021. The following table summarizes the total shares issued and proceeds received related to capital drawdowns delivered pursuant to the Subscription Agreements during the three months ended March 31, 2020:

 

 

Capital Drawdown Notice Date

 

Common Share

Issuance Date

 

Number of

Common

Shares Issued

 

 

Aggregate

Offering Price

 

March 13, 2020

 

March 27, 2020

 

 

291,400

 

 

$

6,775,000

 

Total

 

 

 

 

291,400

 

 

$

6,775,000

 

 

Distributions

The Company may fund its cash distributions to stockholders from any sources of funds available to it, including offering proceeds, borrowings, net investment income from operations, capital gains proceeds from the sale of assets, non-capital gains proceeds from the sale of assets, dividends or other distributions paid to the Company on account of preferred and common equity investments in portfolio companies and expense reimbursements from the Adviser, which are subject to recoupment. The Company has not established limits on the amount of funds it may use from available sources to make distributions. During certain periods, the Company’s distributions may exceed its taxable earnings. As a result, it is possible that a portion of the distributions the Company makes may represent a return of capital. A return of capital generally is a return of a stockholder’s investment rather than a return of earnings or gains derived from the Company’s investment activities.

The following tables summarize the distribution declarations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

Date Declared

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Amount

Per Share

 

 

Distributions

Declared

 

March 11, 2021

 

March 15, 2021

 

March 22, 2021

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

514,430

 

Total distributions declared

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

514,430

 

 

Date Declared

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Amount

Per Share

 

 

Distributions

Declared

 

February 5, 2020

 

February 18, 2020

 

March 19, 2020

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

262,457

 

Total distributions declared

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

$

262,457

 

 

With respect to distributions, we have adopted an “opt out” DRP for common stockholders. As a result, in the event of a declared distribution, each shareholder that has not “opted out” of the DRP will have their dividends or distributions automatically reinvested in additional shares of our common stock rather than receiving cash distributions. Shareholders who receive distributions in the form of shares of common stock will be subject to the same U.S. federal, state and local tax consequences as if they received cash distributions.

The following tables reflect the common stock issued pursuant to the dividend reinvestment plan during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

Date Declared

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Shares

 

December 11, 2020

 

December 28, 2020

 

January 29, 2021

 

 

6,653

 

March 11, 2021

 

March 15, 2021

 

March 22, 2021

 

 

5,677

 

Total shares issued

 

 

 

 

12,330

 

 

Date Declared

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Shares

 

February 5, 2020

 

February 18, 2020

 

March 19, 2020

 

 

2,507

 

Total shares repurchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,507

 

 

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Note 7. Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations per share - basic and diluted

 

$

2,306,060

 

 

$

(958,170

)

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - basic and diluted

 

 

1,657,956

 

 

 

862,824

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations per share - basic and diluted

 

$

1.39

 

 

$

(1.11

)

 

Note 8. Financial Highlights

The following is a schedule of financial highlights for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Per share data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

24.88

 

 

$

25.11

 

Results of operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (1)

 

 

0.32

 

 

 

0.31

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (6)

 

 

1.06

 

 

 

(1.55

)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (1)

 

 

1.38

 

 

 

(1.24

)

Stockholder distributions: (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income

 

 

(0.31

)

 

 

(0.31

)

Net decrease in net assets resulting from stockholder distributions

 

 

(0.31

)

 

 

(0.31

)

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

25.95

 

 

$

23.56

 

Shares outstanding, end of period

 

 

1,665,129

 

 

 

1,140,540

 

Total return based on net asset value (3)

 

 

7.2

%

 

 

(4.9

)%

Ratio/Supplemental Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period

 

$

43,215,528

 

 

$

26,872,718

 

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (4)

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

4.5

%

Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (4)

 

 

11.2

%

 

 

13.9

%

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets (4)

 

 

9.1

%

 

 

7.9

%

Average debt outstanding

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

20,173,913

 

Portfolio turnover

 

 

42.1

%

 

 

35.7

%

Total amount of senior securities outstanding

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

21,000,000

 

Asset coverage per unit (5)

 

$

1,864

 

 

$

2,283

 

Total committed capital, end of period

 

$

40,438,858

 

 

$

27,938,858

 

Ratio of total contributed capital to total committed capital, end of period

 

 

99.3

%

 

 

100.0

%

 

(1)

The per share data was derived by using the weighted average shares outstanding during the period.

(2)

The per share data for distributions reflects the actual amount of distributions paid during the period.

(3)

Total return based on net asset value is calculated as the change in net asset value per share during the period, assuming dividends and distributions, if any, are reinvested in accordance with the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan divided by the beginning net asset value per share. Total return is not annualized.

(4)

The computation of average net assets during the period is based on averaging net assets for the period reported. Ratio, excluding incentive fees, and nonrecurring expenses, such as organization and offering costs, is annualized.

(5)

Asset coverage per unit is the ratio of the carrying value of the Company’s consolidated total assets, less liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities, to the aggregate amount of senior securities representing indebtedness. Asset coverage per unit is expressed in terms of dollar amounts per $1,000 of indebtedness and is calculated on a consolidated basis.

(6)

The amount shown at this caption is the balancing figure derived from the other figures in the schedule. The amount shown at this caption is derived from total change in net asset value during the period and differs from the amount calculated using average shares because of the timing of issuances of the Company’s shares in relation to changes in net asset value during the period.

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Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification provisions. The Company’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown; however, the Company has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. The Adviser has reviewed the Company’s existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to the Company to be remote.

From time to time, the Company may be a party to certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including proceedings relating to the enforcement of the Company’s rights under contracts with its portfolio companies. As of March 31, 2021, the Company is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation.

The Adviser and its affiliates have incurred organization and offering costs and operating expenses on behalf of the Company in the amount of approximately $1.4 million and $1.2 million, respectively, from December 22, 2017 (inception) to October 2, 2019 (commencement of operations). The Company will have no responsibility for any organization and offering costs, nor operating expenses funded by the Adviser prior to the commencement of operations until the Adviser submits such costs, or a portion thereof, for reimbursement, subject to a cap of 1.50% of the Company’s total commitments for organization and offering costs and provided further that the Adviser or its affiliates may not be reimbursed for payment of excess organization and offering expenses that were incurred more than three years prior to the proposed reimbursement. For the period from October 2, 2019 (commencement of operations) through March 31, 2021, the Company accrued organization and offering costs of $0.6 million and recognized operating expenses funded by the Advisor prior to the Company’s commencement of operations of $1.2 million.

See Note 3 for a discussion of the Company’s conditional reimbursement to the Adviser under the Expense Support Agreement.

The Company may, from time to time, enter into commitments to fund investments. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had the following outstanding commitments to fund investments in current portfolio companies:

Portfolio Company

 

Investment

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Advantage Capital Holdings LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

 

 

$

743,163

 

AMCP PET HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

1,475,000

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Datalink, LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

600,000

 

 

 

600,000

 

Location Services LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

583,333

 

 

 

583,333

 

MSM Acquisitions, Inc.

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

581,176

 

 

 

1,176,471

 

NAVIGA INC.

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

2,025,981

 

 

 

1,653,428

 

TA/WEG HOLDINGS, LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

1,128,510

 

 

 

1,384,167

 

The PromptCare Companies Inc.

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

40,145

 

 

 

218,182

 

Total Unfunded Portfolio Company Commitments

 

$

6,434,146

 

 

$

7,858,744

 

The Company maintains sufficient capacity to cover outstanding unfunded portfolio company commitments that the Company may be required to fund.

 

Note 10. Subsequent Events

On May 6, 2021, the Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share for Company stockholders of record as of May 20, 2021, payable on June 17, 2021.

 

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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 the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. This discussion includes forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties and should be read in conjunction with the “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” set forth on page 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for further information regarding forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise indicated, the terms “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company” and “BCPL” refer to BC Partners Lending Corporation.

Overview

The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland on December 22, 2017. We have elected to be treated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and elected to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and to qualify annually as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). As such, we are required to comply with various regulatory requirements, such as the requirement to invest at least 70% of our assets in “qualifying assets,” source of income limitations, asset diversification requirements, and the requirement to distribute annually at least 90% of our investment company taxable income and tax-exempt interest. Qualifying assets include investments in “eligible portfolio companies.” Under the relevant Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules, the term “eligible portfolio company” includes most private companies, whose principal place of business is the United States, companies whose securities are not listed on a national securities exchange, and certain public companies that have listed their securities on a national securities exchange and have a market capitalization of less than $250 million. These rules also permit us to include as qualifying assets certain follow-on investments in companies that were eligible portfolio companies at the time of initial investment but that no longer meet the definition. In addition, we will not invest more than 30% of our total assets in companies whose principal place of business is outside the United States. The Company is an emerging growth company as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and the Company is taking advantage of the extended transition period for complying with certain new or revised accounting standards provided for emerging growth companies in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Depending on the duration of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, pandemic and the extent of its impact on our portfolio companies’ operations and our net investment income, any future distributions to our stockholders may be for amounts less than our historical distributions, may be made less frequently than historical practices, and may be made in part cash and part stock, subject to a limitation that the aggregate amount of cash to be distributed to all stockholders must be at least 20% of the aggregate declared distribution, or 10% subject to temporary relief from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Our investment objective is to make investments that generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. We intend for our investments primarily to take the form of debt investments, which may include secured debt, unsecured debt, other debt and/or equity in private middle-market companies (we define “middle-market companies” as those with annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) between $10 million and $50 million). In addition, to a lesser extent, we may invest in the securities of public companies and in structured products. While our primary focus will be on investments within the United States, we may, on occasion, invest in securities of non-U.S. entities. The first lien term loans may include traditional first lien senior secured loans or unitranche loans. Unitranche loans combine characteristics of traditional first lien senior secured loans as well as second lien and/or mezzanine debt (“Junior Debt”). Unitranche loans will expose us to the risks associated with first lien loans and Junior Debt. While there is no specific collateral associated with senior unsecured debt, such positions are senior in payment priority over subordinated debt investments.

Our portfolio may include “covenant-lite” loans which generally refer to loans that do not have a complete set of financial maintenance covenants. Generally, “covenant-lite” loans provide borrower companies more freedom to negatively impact lenders because their covenants are incurrence-based, which means they are only tested and can only be breached following an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s financial condition. Accordingly, to the extent we invest in “covenant-lite” loans, we may have fewer rights against a borrower and may have a greater risk of loss on such investments as compared to investments in or exposure to loans with financial maintenance covenants.

We are managed by BC Partners Advisors L.P. (the “Adviser”) and supervised by our board of directors (the “Board”), a majority of whom are not “interested persons” of the Company or the Adviser as defined in the 1940 Act. On April 23, 2018, we entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement which was amended and restated on November 7, 2018 and further amended on July 9, 2019 (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) with the Adviser. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, we have agreed to pay the Adviser a base management fee based on average gross assets, excluding cash and cash equivalents but including assets purchased with borrowed amounts, at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters and an incentive fee based on our performance. We engaged BC Partners Management LLC (the “Administrator”) to act as our administrator. On April 23, 2018, we entered into an Administration Agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) with the Administrator. Under the Administration Agreement, we have agreed to reimburse the Administrator for certain services performed to enable us to operate.

On October 25, 2019, we formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Great Lakes BCPL Funding Ltd. (“BCPL Funding”), a Cayman Islands exempted company, which holds certain of our portfolio loan investments. On December 16, 2019, we, through BCPL Funding, entered into a debt financing facility, pursuant to which up to $50 million is available to us to fund investments and for other general corporate purposes (the “Facility”). See “—Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources-Debt” below. On January 28, 2020, we formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, BCPL Sub Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which holds our equity investment.

Business Environment and Developments/Outlook

The U.S. capital markets are experiencing a period of extreme volatility and disruption. In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (also known as “COVID-19”) surfaced in China and has since been detected in numerous countries, including the United States. COVID-19 has spread quickly and has been identified as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. In response, governmental authorities have imposed restrictions on travel and the temporary closure of many corporate offices, retail stores, restaurants and manufacturing facilities and factories in affected jurisdictions, including, beginning in March 2020, in the United States.

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While we have been carefully monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our business and the business of our portfolio companies, we have continued to fund our existing debt commitments. In addition, we have continued to make, and expect to continue to make, investments in new loans.

We cannot predict the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its duration in the United States and worldwide and the magnitude of the economic impact of the outbreak, including with respect to the travel restrictions, business closures and other quarantine measures imposed on service providers and other individuals by various local, state, and federal governmental authorities, as well as non-U.S. governmental authorities. As such, we are unable to predict the duration of any business and supply-chain disruptions, the extent to which COVID-19 pandemic will negatively affect our portfolio companies’ operating results or the impact that such disruptions may have on our results of operations and financial condition. Depending on the duration and extent of the disruption to the operations of our portfolio companies, we expect that certain portfolio companies will experience financial distress and possibly default on their financial obligations to us and their other capital providers. It is possible that some of our portfolio companies may significantly curtail business operations, furlough or lay off employees and terminate service providers, and defer capital expenditures if subjected to prolonged and severe financial distress, which would likely impair their business on a permanent basis. These developments would likely result in a decrease in the value of our investment in any such portfolio company.

The pandemic and the resulting economic dislocations have had adverse consequences for the business operations of some of our portfolio companies and have adversely affected, and threaten to continue to adversely affect, our operations, even as certain jurisdictions continue, or begin the process of reopening and easing restrictions on social interactions and vaccines become more available. The operational and financial performance of the portfolio companies in which we make investments depends on future developments, including the duration and spread of the pandemic, the availability and effectiveness of vaccines, vaccine hesitancy and the pace of re-opening, and such uncertainty may in turn impact our valuation of the portfolio companies.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the related disruption and financial distress experienced by our portfolio companies may have material adverse effects on our investment income, particularly our interest income received from our investments. In connection with the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we may need to restructure our investments in some of our portfolio companies, which could result in reduced interest payments, an increase in the amount of PIK interest we receive, or result in permanent impairments on our investments.

We are required to carry our investments at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of our Board. Decreases in fair values of our investments are recorded as unrealized depreciation. Depending on market conditions, we could incur substantial losses in future periods, which could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are permitted under the 1940 Act, as a BDC, to borrow amounts such that our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, equals at least 150% after such borrowing. In addition, our outstanding borrowings contain affirmative and negative covenants and events of default relating to minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum obligors’ net worth, minimum asset coverage, minimum liquidity and maintenance of RIC and BDC status, as well as cross-default provisions relating to other indebtedness.

As of March 31, 2021, we are in compliance with our asset coverage requirements under the 1940 Act and we are in compliance with all of the covenants pertaining to all of our borrowings. However, any continued increase in unrealized depreciation of our investment portfolio or further significant reductions in our net asset value as a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, or otherwise, increases the risk of breaching the relevant covenants, including those relating to minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum obligor net worth, and minimum asset coverage. If we fail to satisfy the respective covenants in our borrowings, or are unable to cure any event of default or obtain a waiver from the lender, it could result in foreclosure by the lenders under the credit facility, which would accelerate our repayment obligations under the facility and thereby have a material adverse effect on our business, liquidity, financial condition, results of operations and ability to pay distributions to our stockholders. See “Item 1A - “Risk Factors - Risks Relating to our Business and Structure” included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other risk factors contained therein and in our subsequent filings with the SEC.

As of March 31, 2021, our Board approved the fair value of our investment portfolio in good faith in accordance with our valuation procedures, with input from the Adviser based on information available at the time of approval. We believe that the COVID-19 pandemic represents an extraordinary circumstance that has materially impacted the fair value of our investments. In addition, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fair value of our portfolio investments may be further negatively impacted after March 31, 2021 by circumstances and events that are not yet known.

Subscription Agreement

We are authorized to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock at $0.001 par value per share.

We have entered into subscription agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with investors providing for the private placement of shares of our common stock. Under the terms of the Subscription Agreements, investors are required to fund drawdowns to purchase shares of our common stock up to the amount of their respective capital commitment on an as-needed basis each time we deliver a drawdown notice to our investors with a minimum of 10 business days prior notice. Our initial private offering closed on September 26, 2019 (the “Initial Closing Date”).

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had received capital commitments totaling $40.4 million and $40.4 million, respectively.

 

 

 

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Liquidity

On April 20, 2020, we submitted to the SEC an application for exemptive relief to initiate one or more transactions intended to provide investors with liquidity options with respect to their investments in shares of our common stock (each, a “Reorganization”), pursuant to which an investor would have the option to exchange their shares and any remaining commitment, or a portion of their shares and any remaining commitment, in us for an interest in an entity (a “Liquidating Company”) that generally would seek to liquidate and distribute the proceeds of its investments, as they are received, to its equity holders over time, such that it would likely substantially complete its liquidation within a reasonable period of time following the date of the Reorganization. It is anticipated that, if initiated, the first Reorganization would occur as soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the fiscal year during which the third anniversary of the initial closing date occurs (the “Initial Reorganization”). Immediately following a Reorganization, the applicable Liquidating Company would hold a proportionate share of the assets and liabilities held by the Company immediately prior to the Reorganization based on investor participation levels. The costs of a Reorganization will be borne by the applicable Liquidating Company.

If the SEC grants us the exemptive relief permitting Reorganizations, it is possible that the SEC may impose certain conditions on us and each Reorganization. Our ability to initiate a Reorganization will depend upon applicable legal, tax and other relevant considerations at the time of the Reorganization.

In order to effect the Reorganization and provide stockholders optionality, we expect to, after determining the net asset value per share of our common stock as of the end of the fiscal year in which the third anniversary of the Initial Closing Date occurs, transfer a portion of our assets and liabilities to a Liquidating Company (which may be a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), and thereafter provide stockholders the opportunity to own interests in the Liquidating Company in exchange for all or a portion of their shares of common stock and any remaining commitments.

In establishing a Liquidating Company, all (i) assets, (ii) liabilities and (iii) investors’ uncalled capital commitments would be split pro rata between us and the Liquidating Company, and the pro rata portion would be transferred to the Liquidating Company. Assets may include funded commitments to portfolio companies. Liabilities may include unfunded commitments to portfolio companies, subscription-based financing (in the case of a continuous offering) and asset-based financing. We may need to call some or all of our uncalled capital commitments from stockholders, including stockholders not participating in a Reorganization, in order to pay down some or all of our existing debt prior to the Reorganization. While no assurances can be provided, the Board expects that a Liquidating Company will be treated as a BDC that is taxed as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Following the Initial Reorganization, if initiated, we expect to offer additional liquidity opportunities through corporate action, which may include the creation of additional Liquidating Companies at the end of every third fiscal year following the year of the creation of the initial Liquidating Company (if permitted by applicable law and/or the SEC).

Because the Adviser intends to manage the Liquidating Company, to the extent the 1940 Act continues to prohibit entities under common control from engaging in certain transactions at the time of the Reorganization, we may be required to obtain exemptive and/or no-action relief from the SEC in order to transfer assets to a Liquidating Company. If we do not obtain any required exemptive and/or no-action relief, or if it is determined that no such relief is necessary, our Board will make the determination as to if and when it is appropriate us to undertake the Reorganization.

We may not propose a Reorganization, even if we receive exemptive relief, unless we have been advised by tax counsel or other advisers that effecting the Reorganization will not have material adverse tax consequences for the Company. Stockholders that exchange their shares for interests in a Liquidating Company may, however, recognize taxable gain in connection with the exchange, and all stockholders should consult their tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of any such exchange and the ownership of interests in the Liquidating Company. Even if the Company does receive exemptive relief to pursue a Reorganization, we may determine not to proceed with a Reorganization if the Board determines that it would not be in the best interest of stockholders or there is insufficient Stockholder interest in participating in a Reorganization.

There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any required exemptive and/or no-action relief from the SEC or that the Board will authorize the Reorganization. If we do not obtain any required exemptive and/or no-action relief, or if we do receive the required relief but the Board determines not to proceed with a Reorganization, then we will wind down our operations within ten years after the Initial Closing Date unless the Board and/or stockholders determine to take different action, including listing our common stock on a national securities exchange or periodic repurchases or tender offers.

Our Investment Framework

We are a Maryland corporation organized to invest primarily in private middle-market companies in the form of secured debt, unsecured debt, other debt and/or equity securities. Our investment objective is to make investments that generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation. We define “middle-market companies” as those with EBITDA between $10 million and $50 million.

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the average investment size in each of our portfolio companies was approximately $2.5 million and $2.1 million, respectively, based on fair value.

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Key Components of Our Results of Operations

Investments

We focus primarily on the direct origination and syndication of loans to middle-market companies domiciled in the United States.

Our level of investment activity (both the number of investments and the size of each investment) can and does vary substantially from period to period depending on many factors, including the amount of debt and equity capital generally available to middle-market companies, the level of merger and acquisition activity for such companies, the general economic environment and the competitive environment for the types of investments we make.

In addition, as part of our risk strategy on investments, we may reduce certain levels of investments through partial sales or syndication to additional investors.

We may invest up to 30% of the investment portfolio in “non-qualifying” opportunistic investments, including investments in high-yield bonds, debt and equity securities of collateralized loan obligation funds, foreign investments, joint ventures, managed funds, partnerships and distressed debt or debt and equity securities of large cap public companies. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the total amount of non-qualifying assets to total assets was approximately 5.1% and 4.7%, respectively.

Revenues

The principal measure of our financial performance is net increase or decrease in net assets resulting from operations, which includes net investment income or loss, net realized gain or loss on investments, net realized gain or loss on foreign currency, net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments, and net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency. Net investment income or loss is the difference between our income from interest, dividends, fees and other investment income and our operating and other expenses. Net realized gain or loss on investments is the difference between the proceeds received from dispositions of portfolio investments and their amortized cost, including the respective realized gain or loss on foreign currency for any non-U.S. dollar denominated investment transactions. Net realized gain or loss on foreign currency is the portion of realized gain or loss attributable to foreign currency fluctuations. Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments is the net change in the fair value of our investment portfolio, including the respective unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency for any non-U.S. dollar denominated investments. Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on foreign currency is the net change in the value of receivables or accruals due to the impact of foreign currency fluctuations.

We principally generate revenues in the form of interest income on the debt investments we hold. Our debt investments typically have a term of three to ten years, and bear interest at a floating rate usually determined on the basis of a benchmark, such as London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), or an alternate base rate, such as the Prime Rate. Interest on debt securities is generally payable quarterly or semi-annually. In addition, some of our investments may provide for PIK interest. Such amounts of accrued PIK interest are added to the cost of the investment on the respective capitalization dates and generally become due at maturity of the investment or upon the investment being called by the issuer. To a lesser extent, we may also generate revenues in the form of dividends and other distributions on the equity or other securities we anticipate holding. In addition, we may generate revenues in the form of non-recurring commitment, closing, origination, structuring or diligence fees, fees for providing managerial assistance, consulting fees, prepayment fees and performance-based fees. Any such fees generated in connection with our investments will be recognized when earned.

Expenses

Our primary operating expenses include the payment of management and incentive fees, if any, and other expenses under the Investment Advisory Agreement, interest expense from financing arrangements, and other expenses necessary for our operations. The management and incentive fees will compensate the Adviser for its work in identifying, evaluating, negotiating, executing, monitoring and servicing our investments.

We reimburse the Administrator for expenses necessary to perform services related to our administration and operations, including the Adviser’s portion of the compensation and related expenses for certain personnel who provide administrative services. Such services include, among other things, clerical, bookkeeping and recordkeeping services, investor relations, performing or overseeing the performance of our corporate operations (which includes being responsible for the financial records that we are required to maintain and preparing reports for our stockholders and reports filed with the SEC), assisting us in calculating the net asset value per share, overseeing the preparation and filing of tax returns and the printing and dissemination of reports to our stockholders, and generally overseeing the payment of our expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered to us by others.

We will also bear all other costs and expenses of our operations, administration and transactions, including but not limited to:

 

the cost of our organization and the offering, subject to a cap of 1.50% of the Company’s total capital commitments, and further bound by a time limitation;

 

the cost of calculating our net asset value, including the cost of any third-party valuation services;

 

the cost of effecting any sales and repurchases of our common stock and other securities;

 

fees and expenses payable under any dealer manager or placement agent agreements, if any;

 

administration fees payable under the Administration Agreement and any sub-administration agreements, including related expenses;

 

debt service and other costs of borrowings or other financing arrangements;

 

costs of hedging;

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expenses, including travel expense, incurred by the Adviser, or members of the investment team, or payable to third parties, performing due diligence on prospective portfolio companies and, if necessary, enforcing our rights;

 

transfer agent and custodial fees;

 

fees and expenses associated with marketing efforts;

 

federal and state registration fees, any stock exchange listing fees and fees payable to rating agencies;

 

federal, state and local taxes;

 

independent directors’ fees and expenses including certain travel expenses;

 

costs of preparing financial statements and maintaining books and records and filing reports or other documents with the SEC (or other regulatory bodies) and other reporting and compliance costs, including registration and listing fees, and the compensation of professionals responsible for the preparation of the foregoing;

 

the costs of any reports, proxy statements or other notices to stockholders (including printing and mailing costs), the costs of any stockholder or director meetings and the compensation of personnel responsible for the preparation of the foregoing and related matters;

 

commissions and other compensation payable to brokers or dealers;

 

research and market data;

 

fidelity bond, directors’ and officers’ errors and omissions liability insurance and other insurance premiums;

 

direct costs and expenses of administration, including printing, mailing, long distance telephone and staff;

 

fees and expenses associated with independent audits, outside legal and consulting costs;

 

costs of winding up our affairs;

 

costs incurred by either the Administrator or us in connection with administering our business, including payments under the Administration Agreement;

 

extraordinary expenses (such as litigation or indemnification); and

 

costs associated with reporting and compliance obligations under the 1940 Act and applicable federal and state securities laws.

We are obligated to reimburse the Adviser for expense payments made by the Adviser to us in connection with the Expense Support Agreement following any calendar quarter in which we have available operating funds. The amount of the reimbursement payment for any calendar quarter will be equal to the lesser of (i) the excess operating funds in such calendar quarter, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all expense payments made by the Adviser to us within three years prior to the last business day of such calendar quarter that have not been previously reimbursed by us to the Adviser.

In addition, we and our Administrator have contracted with U.S. Bank N.A. to provide custodial and various accounting and administrative services, including but not limited to, preparing preliminary financial information for review by the Adviser, maintaining accounting and corporate books and records, processing trade information provided by us and performing testing in respect to RIC compliance.

We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in dollar terms during periods of asset growth, but will decline as a percentage of total assets during such periods.

Leverage

The amount of leverage we intend to use in any period depends on a number of factors, including cash on-hand available for investing, the cost of financing and general economic and market conditions. Prior to the Small Business Credit Availability Act being signed into law, a BDC generally was not permitted to incur indebtedness unless immediately after such borrowing it has an asset coverage for total borrowings of at least 200%. The Small Business Credit Availability Act, signed into law on March 23, 2018, contains a provision that grants a BDC the option, subject to certain conditions and disclosure obligations, to reduce the asset coverage requirement to 150%. Our Board and initial stockholder have approved the decreased asset coverage ratio.

Portfolio and Investment Activity

As of March 31, 2021 we had investments in 39 portfolio companies with an aggregate fair value of $97.1 million. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, we invested $50.8 million in 27 portfolio companies and received principal repayments of $35.9 million. As of March 31, 2021, our portfolio was invested 90.8% in first-lien investments and 9.2% in other investments. As of March 31, 2021, the average investment size in each of our portfolio companies was approximately $2.5 million based on fair value.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, we invested $20.9 million in 13 portfolio companies and received principal repayments of $12.7 million. As of March 31, 2020, our portfolio was invested 97.0% in first-lien investments and 3.0% in other investments. As of March 31, 2020, the average investment size in each of our portfolio companies was approximately $1.8 million based on fair value.

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Our investment activity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was as follows (information presented herein is at par value unless otherwise indicated):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Investments made in portfolio companies

 

$

51,361,957

 

 

$

24,074,040

 

Investments sold

 

 

(33,915,781

)

 

 

(11,915,376

)

Net investment activity before investments repaid

 

 

17,446,176

 

 

 

12,158,664

 

Investments repaid

 

 

(4,534,078

)

 

 

(1,107,169

)

Net investment activity

 

$

12,912,097

 

 

$

11,051,495

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio companies at beginning of period

 

38

 

 

 

20

 

New portfolio companies

 

 

14

 

 

 

7

 

Exited portfolio companies

 

 

(13

)

 

 

(4

)

Portfolio companies at end of period

 

 

39

 

 

 

23

 

Number of investments made in existing portfolio companies

 

 

7

 

 

 

6

 

Percentage of investment commitments at floating rates

 

 

87.3

%

 

 

95.9

%

Percentage of investment commitments at fixed rates

 

 

12.7

%

 

 

4.1

%

Weighted average contractual interest rate of investment commitments based on par

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

5.8

%

As of March 31, 2021, our investments consisted of the following:

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

87,095,889

 

 

$

88,172,733

 

Structured Note

 

 

4,072,533

 

 

 

4,231,486

 

Subordinated Structured Note

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

277,084

 

Bond

 

 

3,955,366

 

 

 

4,378,560

 

Total

 

$

95,457,122

 

 

$

97,059,863

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2020, our investments consisted of the following:

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Amortized Cost

 

 

Fair Value

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

71,186,412

 

 

$

71,395,401

 

Structured Note

 

 

1,842,332

 

 

 

1,947,769

 

Subordinated Structured Note

 

 

333,334

 

 

 

270,834

 

Junior Secured Loan

 

 

990,132

 

 

 

990,000

 

Bond

 

 

3,953,597

 

 

 

4,175,000

 

Equity/Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement

 

 

1,302,082

 

 

 

1,371,838

 

Total

 

$

79,607,889

 

 

$

80,150,842

 

 

The following table shows the fair value of our performing and non-accrual investments as of March 31, 2021:

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Percentage

 

Performing

 

$

97,059,863

 

 

 

100.0

%

Non-accrual

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

97,059,863

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

The following table shows the fair value of our performing and non-accrual investments as of December 31, 2020:

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Percentage

 

Performing

 

$

80,150,842

 

 

 

100.0

%

Non-accrual

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

80,150,842

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

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Results of Operations

Our operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Investment income

 

$

1,662,747

 

 

$

700,735

 

Net expenses

 

 

1,148,321

 

 

 

438,278

 

Net investment income

 

 

514,426

 

 

 

262,457

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

 

1,791,634

 

 

 

(1,220,627

)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

2,306,060

 

 

$

(958,170

)

Net investment income per share — basic and diluted

 

$

0.32

 

 

$

0.31

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations per share - basic and diluted

 

$

1.39

 

 

$

(1.11

)

 

Investment Income

We generate revenue in the form of interest income on the debt securities that we own, dividend income on any common or preferred stock that we own, and fees generated from the structuring of new deals. Our investments in debt securities will typically have loan maturities of three to ten years and bear interest at a fixed or floating rate.

As of March 31, 2021, our portfolio, based on fair value, consisted of 90.8% first-lien debt investments and 9.2% other investments. As of December 31, 2020, our portfolio, based on fair value, consisted of 89.2% first-lien debt investments and 10.8% other investments. As of March 31, 2021, we had investments in 39 portfolio companies, with an average investment size of approximately $2.5 million based on fair value. As of December 31, 2020, we had investments in 38 portfolio companies, with an average investment size of approximately $2.1 million based on fair value. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the largest single investment based on fair value represented 4.5% and 5.2%, respectively, of our total investment portfolio. As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, 87.3% and 87.9%, respectively, of the debt investments based on fair value in our portfolio were at floating rates indexed to LIBOR or Prime.

On July 27, 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced that it would phase out the LIBOR as a benchmark by the end of 2021 and the FCA has indicated that market participants should not rely on LIBOR being available after 2021. As an alternative to LIBOR, for example, the U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S. financial institutions, is considering replacing U.S.-dollar LIBOR with the Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"), a new index calculated by short-term repurchase agreements, backed by Treasury securities. Abandonment of or modifications to LIBOR could have adverse impacts on newly issued financial instruments and our existing financial instruments which reference LIBOR. Uncertainty as to the nature of alternative reference rates and as to potential changes or other reforms to LIBOR, or any changes announced with respect to such reforms, may result in a sudden or prolonged increase or decrease in the reported LIBOR rates and the value of LIBOR-based loans and securities, including those of other issuers we or our funds currently own or may in the future own. It remains uncertain how such changes would be implemented and the effects such changes would have on us, issuers of instruments in which we invest and financial markets generally.

The expected discontinuation of LIBOR could have a significant impact on our business. The dollar amount of our outstanding debt investments and borrowings that are linked to LIBOR with maturity dates after the anticipated discontinuation date of 2021 is material. We anticipate significant operational challenges for the transition away from LIBOR including, but not limited to, amending existing loan agreements with borrowers on investments that may have not been modified with fallback language and adding effective fallback language to new agreements in the event that LIBOR is discontinued before maturity. Beyond these challenges, we anticipate there may be additional risks to our current processes and information systems that will need to be identified and evaluated by us. Due to the uncertainty of the replacement for LIBOR, the potential effect of any such event on our cost of capital and net investment income cannot yet be determined. In addition, any further changes or reforms to the determination or supervision of LIBOR may result in a sudden or prolonged increase or decrease in reported LIBOR, which could have an adverse impact on the market value for or value of any LIBOR-linked securities, loans, and other financial obligations or extensions of credit held by or due to us and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Investment income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Interest income

 

$

1,619,156

 

 

$

630,659

 

Fee and other income

 

 

43,591

 

 

 

70,076

 

Total investment income

 

$

1,662,747

 

 

$

700,735

 

Weighted average contractual interest rate on income producing debt investments at par

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

5.8

%

Weighted average contractual interest rate on income producing debt investments (adjusted for non-accrual and partial non-accrual) at par

 

 

7.1

%

 

 

5.8

%

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For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, we have generated interest income of $1.6 million and $0.7 million, respectively. Such revenues represent cash interest earned as well as non-cash portions relating to accretion of discounts. Cash flows related to such non-cash revenues may not occur for a number of reporting periods or years after such revenues are recognized.

The level of interest income we receive is generally related to the principal balance of income-producing investments, multiplied by the contractual interest rates of our investments. Fee income is transaction based, and typically consists of amendment and consent fees, prepayment fees, structuring fees and other non-recurring fees. As such, fee income is generally dependent on new direct origination investments and the occurrence of events at existing portfolio companies resulting in such fees. Any such fees generated will be recognized as earned. We expect the dollar amount of interest and any dividend income that we earn to increase as the size of our investment portfolio increases.

Expenses

Expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Organization and offering costs

 

$

 

 

$

10,875

 

Management fees

 

 

232,725

 

 

 

101,380

 

Incentive fees

 

 

282,358

 

 

 

(13,428

)

Administrative fees

 

 

117,107

 

 

 

171,090

 

Interest and debt expenses

 

 

380,086

 

 

 

250,235

 

Audit fees

 

 

49,000

 

 

 

 

Legal fees

 

 

74,930

 

 

 

156,920

 

Professional fees

 

 

13,283

 

 

 

28,333

 

Directors' fees

 

 

37,500

 

 

 

 

Insurance fees

 

 

75,220

 

 

 

 

Other expenses

 

 

102,838

 

 

 

78,376

 

Total expenses before expense support

 

 

1,365,047

 

 

 

783,781

 

Expense support from related parties

 

 

(216,726

)

 

 

(345,503

)

Net expenses

 

$

1,148,321

 

 

$

438,278

 

 

Total expenses were $1.4 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Management fees were $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. All organization and offering costs since inception through March 31, 2021 were funded by the Adviser and we will have no responsibility for such costs until the Adviser submits such costs, or a portion thereof, for reimbursement, subject to a cap of 1.50% of our total commitments and provided further that the Adviser or its affiliates may not be reimbursed for payment of excess organization and offering expenses that were incurred more than three years prior to the proposed reimbursement. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company accrued organization and offering costs of $0.0 million and $10.9 thousand, respectively.

We expect our operating expenses related to our ongoing operations to increase in the next several quarters because of the anticipated growth in the size of our asset base. We expect operating expenses as a percentage of our total assets to decrease during periods of asset growth.

On August 22, 2019, we entered into an Expense Support Agreement with the Adviser to ensure that no portion of distributions made to our stockholders will be paid from our offering proceeds or borrowings. Commencing with the fourth quarter 2019 and on a quarterly basis thereafter, pursuant to the Expense Support Agreement between us and the Adviser, the Adviser will reimburse us for operating expenses in an amount that is sufficient to ensure that our net investment income and net short-term capital gains are equal to or greater than the cumulative distributions paid to our stockholders in each quarter. This arrangement is designed to ensure that no portion of distributions made to our stockholders will be paid from offering proceeds or borrowings. The specific amount of expenses reimbursed by the Adviser, if any, will be determined at the end of each quarter. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, reimbursements from the Adviser totaled $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

Amounts due to the Adviser for the expected recoveries of organization, offering and operating expenses incurred on behalf of the Company, and amounts due from the Adviser under the Expense Support Agreement for such amounts, are reflected on a net basis in amounts due to/from affiliates on the consolidated statements of assets and liabilities.

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains or Losses

Our investments are generally purchased at a discount to par. We sold and received principal repayments of $35.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021, from which we realized net gains totaling $0.8 million. We sold and received principal repayments of $12.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020, from which we realized net gains totaling $0.1 million. We recognized gains on partial principal repayments we received at par value. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the net change in unrealized appreciation on investments totaled $1.1 million, which was primarily due to the partial recovery from the COVID-19 impact for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

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Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the net increase in net assets resulting from operations was $2.3 million or $1.39 per share. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, the net decrease in net assets resulting from operations was ($1.0) million or ($1.11) per share.

Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our liquidity and capital resources are generated from the net proceeds of capital drawdowns of our private placement offerings of shares of our common stock, as well as from proceeds from principal repayments, income earned on investments and cash equivalents, and borrowings from the Facility. We intend to continue to generate cash primarily from future offerings of shares of our common stock, future borrowings and cash flows from operations. We may from time to time enter into additional debt facilities or increase the size of existing facilities to borrow funds to make investments, including before we have fully invested the net proceeds from our private placement offering, to the extent we determine that additional capital would allow us to take advantage of additional investment opportunities, if the market for debt financing presents attractively priced debt financing opportunities, or if our Board determines that leveraging our portfolio would be in our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders. In accordance with the 1940 Act, with certain limited exceptions, we are allowed to incur borrowings, issue debt securities or issue preferred stock if immediately after the borrowing or issuance our ratio of total assets (less total liabilities other than indebtedness) to total indebtedness plus preferred stock, is at least 150%. As of March 31, 2021, our asset coverage ratio was 186.4%. We seek to carefully consider our unfunded commitments for the purpose of planning our capital resources and ongoing liquidity including our financial leverage. Further, we maintain sufficient borrowing capacity within the 150% asset coverage limitation under the 1940 Act and the asset coverage limitation under our credit facility to cover any outstanding unfunded commitments we are required to fund.

The primary uses of cash, including the net proceeds from our issuance and sale of our common stock, are for investments in portfolio companies, repayment of indebtedness, if any, cash distributions to our stockholders, and the cost of operations. As of March 31, 2021, the Adviser and its affiliates have incurred organization and offering costs on our behalf in the amount $1.4 million. All organization and offering costs, and operating expenses prior to our commencement of operations were funded by the Adviser and we will not have responsibility for such costs until the Adviser submits such costs or a portion thereof for reimbursement, subject to a cap of 1.50% of our total capital commitments for organization and offering costs and provided further that the Adviser or its affiliates may not be reimbursed for payment of excess organization and offering expenses that were incurred more than three years prior to the proposed reimbursement. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company accrued organization and offering costs of $0.0 million and $10.8 thousand, respectively.

As of March 31, 2021 we had $6.2 million in cash and cash equivalents on hand, plus $25.0 million available to us under our borrowing facility, which is expected to be sufficient for our investing activities and to conduct our operations in the foreseeable future. However, as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy and our business evolves, we will continue to assess our liquidity needs. A continued worldwide disruption could materially affect our future access to our sources of liquidity, particularly our cash flows from operations, financial condition, capitalization, and capital investments. In the event of a sustained market deterioration, we may need additional liquidity, which would require us to evaluate available alternatives and take appropriate actions.

Equity

We are authorized to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock at $0.001 par value per share. As of March 31, 2021, we had 1,665,129 shares outstanding.

As of March 31, 2021, we had received capital commitments totaling $40.4 million. On October 2, 2019, pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, we delivered our first capital drawdown notice to investors relating to the issuance of 842,554 common stock for an aggregate offering price of $21.1 million, of which $10.8 million is from the Adviser and its affiliates, executives and employees of the Adviser, and directors of the Company.

The following table summarizes the total shares issued and proceeds received related to capital drawdowns delivered pursuant to the Subscription Agreements for the three months ended March 31, 2020:

 

Capital Drawdown Notice Date

 

Common Share

Issuance Date

 

Number of

Common

Shares Issued

 

 

Aggregate

Offering Price

 

March 13, 2020

 

March 27, 2020

 

 

291,400

 

 

$

6,775,000

 

Total

 

 

 

 

291,400

 

 

$

6,775,000

 

Distributions and Dividend Reinvestment

 

We have elected to be taxed as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code. To maintain our RIC status, we must distribute at least 90% of our ordinary income and realized net short-term capital gains in excess of realized net long-term capital losses, if any, out of the assets legally available for distribution. In order to avoid certain excise taxes imposed on RICs, we currently intend to distribute during each calendar year an amount at least equal to the sum of (1) 98% of our ordinary income for the calendar year, (2) 98.2% of our capital gains in excess of capital losses for the one-year period ending on October 31 of the calendar year and (3) any ordinary income and net capital gains for preceding years that were not distributed during such years. In addition, although we currently intend to distribute realized net capital gains (i.e., net long-term capital gains in excess of short-term capital losses), if any, at least annually, out of the assets legally available for such distributions, we may in the future decide to retain such capital gains for investment.

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We maintain an “opt out” dividend reinvestment plan for our common stockholders. As a result, if we declare a dividend, then stockholders’ cash dividends will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of our common stock, unless they specifically “opt out” of the dividend reinvestment plan so as to receive cash dividends.

We may distribute taxable dividends that are payable in cash or shares of our common stock at the election of each stockholder. Under certain applicable provisions of the Code and the Treasury regulations, distributions payable in cash or in shares of stock at the election of stockholders are treated as taxable dividends. The Internal Revenue Service has published guidance indicating that this rule will apply even where the total amount of cash that may be distributed is limited to no more than 20% of the total distribution. Under this guidance, if too many stockholders elect to receive their distributions in cash, the cash available for distribution must be allocated among the stockholders electing to receive cash (with the balance of the distribution paid in stock). If we decide to make any distributions consistent with this guidance that are payable in part in our stock, taxable stockholders receiving such dividends will be required to include the full amount of the dividend (whether received in cash, shares of our stock, or a combination thereof) as ordinary income (or as long-term capital gain to the extent such distribution is properly reported as a capital gain dividend) to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, a U.S. stockholder may be required to pay tax with respect to such dividends in excess of any cash received. If a U.S. stockholder sells the stock it receives in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend, depending on the market price of our stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect to non-U.S. stockholders, we may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividends, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in stock.

We may not be able to achieve operating results that will allow us to make dividends and distributions at a specific level or to increase the amount of these dividends and distributions from time to time. In addition, we may be limited in our ability to make dividends and distributions due to the asset coverage test for borrowings when applicable to us as a business development company under the 1940 Act and due to provisions in future credit facilities. If we do not distribute a certain percentage of our income annually, we will suffer adverse tax consequences, including possible loss of our status as a regulated investment company. We cannot assure stockholders that they will receive any dividends and distributions or dividends and distributions at a particular level.

With respect to the dividends paid to stockholders, income from origination, structuring, closing, commitment and other upfront fees associated with investments in portfolio companies was treated as taxable income and accordingly, distributed to stockholders.

We declared our first distribution on December 19, 2019. Subject to the Board’s discretion and applicable legal restrictions, our Board intends to continue to authorize and declare a quarterly distribution amount per share of our common stock. On August 22, 2019, we entered into an Expense Support Agreement with the Adviser to ensure that no portion of distributions made to our stockholders will be paid from our offering proceeds or borrowings.

As described above, we may be prohibited by the 1940 Act from making distributions on our common stock if, at the time of declaration, our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, is below 150% (subject to any exemptive relief granted to us by the SEC or no-action relief granted by the SEC to another BDC (or to us if we determine to seek such similar no-action or other relief) permitting the BDC to declare any cash dividend or distribution notwithstanding the prohibition contained in Section 18(a)(1)(B) as modified by Section 61(a)(1) of the 1940 Act in order to maintain its status as a RIC under the Code). In any such event, we would be prohibited from making distributions required in order to maintain our status as a RIC unless made in accordance with any such exemptive or no-action relief granted by the SEC.

The following tables reflect the distributions declared on shares of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

Date Declared

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Distribution per Share

 

March 11, 2021

 

March 15, 2021

 

March 22, 2021

 

$

0.31

 

Total distributions per share

 

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

Date Declared

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Distribution per Share

 

February 5, 2020

 

February 18, 2020

 

March 19, 2020

 

$

0.31

 

Total distributions per share

 

 

 

$

0.31

 

 

With respect to distributions, we have adopted an “opt out” dividend reinvestment plan (“DRP”) for common stockholders. As a result, in the event of a declared distribution, each shareholder that has not “opted out” of the DRP will have their dividends or distributions automatically reinvested in additional shares of our common stock rather than receiving cash distributions. Shareholders who receive distributions in the form of shares of common stock will be subject to the same U.S. federal, state and local tax consequences as if they received cash distributions.

The following tables reflect the common stock issued pursuant to the dividend reinvestment plan during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

 

Date Declared

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Shares

 

December 11, 2020

 

December 28, 2020

 

January 29, 2021

 

 

6,653

 

March 11, 2021

 

March 15, 2021

 

March 22, 2021

 

 

5,677

 

Total shares issued

 

 

 

 

12,330

 

 

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Date Declared

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Shares

 

February 5, 2020

 

February 18, 2020

 

March 19, 2020

 

 

2,507

 

Total shares repurchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,507

 

Debt

On December 16, 2019 and amended on March 12, 2021, we, through BCPL Funding, entered into a debt financing facility with UBS AG, London Branch (“UBS”), pursuant to which up to $75.0 million was be made available to us (the “Facility”). The interest rate applicable to borrowings under the Facility is based on the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 265 basis points. The Facility is secured by a security interest in virtually all of our portfolio investments (including cash), subject to certain exceptions. We have provided a make-whole guarantee to the lender in the event that the pledged assets were insufficient to satisfy the repayment of the Facility. The Facility contains covenants and events of default customary for financings of this type. See “Note 5. Borrowings.”

 

Contractual Obligations

The following table shows the contractual maturities of our debt obligations as of March 31, 2021:

 

 

 

Payments Due by Period

 

Contractual Obligations

 

Total

 

 

Less than

1 Year

 

 

1 to 3

Years

 

 

3 to 5

Years

 

 

More than

5 Years

 

Credit Facility

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Total debt obligations

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

50,000,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

Related-Party Transactions

We have entered into certain contracts under which we have future commitments with affiliated or related parties. We entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser to provide us with investment advisory services under which we will pay our Adviser an annual base management fee based on our average gross assets, excluding cash and cash equivalents, and an incentive fee based on our performance. We also entered into an administrative agreement with the Administrator to perform (or oversee, or arrange for, the performance of) the administrative services necessary to enable us to operate and under which we will reimburse the Administrator for administrative expenses incurred on our behalf. See “Note 3. Related Party Transactions – Administration Agreement” and “– Investment Advisory Agreement” for a description of our obligations under these agreements. We also entered into an Expense Support Agreement with the Adviser, the purpose of which is to ensure that no portion of distributions made to our stockholders will be paid from our offering proceeds or borrowings. We are obligated to reimburse the Adviser for expense payments made by the Adviser to us in connection with the Expense Support Agreement following any calendar quarter in which we have available operating funds. The amount of the reimbursement payment for any calendar quarter will be equal to the lesser of (i) the excess operating funds in such calendar quarter, and (ii) the aggregate amount of all expense payments made by the Adviser to us within three years prior to the last business day of such calendar quarter that have not been previously reimbursed by us to the Adviser.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Portfolio Company Commitments

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had the following outstanding commitments to fund investments in current portfolio companies:

 

Portfolio Company

 

Investment

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Advantage Capital Holdings LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

$

 

 

$

743,163

 

AMCP PET HOLDINGS, INC.

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

1,475,000

 

 

 

1,500,000

 

Datalink, LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

600,000

 

 

 

600,000

 

Location Services LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

583,333

 

 

 

583,333

 

MSM Acquisitions, Inc.

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

581,176

 

 

 

1,176,471

 

NAVIGA INC.

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

2,025,981

 

 

 

1,653,428

 

TA/WEG HOLDINGS, LLC

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

1,128,510

 

 

 

1,384,167

 

The PromptCare Companies Inc.

 

Senior Secured Loan

 

 

40,145

 

 

 

218,182

 

Total Unfunded Portfolio Company Commitments

 

$

6,434,146

 

 

$

7,858,744

 

We maintain sufficient borrowing capacity to cover outstanding unfunded portfolio company commitments that we may be required to fund. We seek to carefully consider our unfunded commitments for the purpose of planning our capital resources and ongoing liquidity including our financial leverage. Further, we maintain sufficient borrowing capacity within the 150% asset coverage limitation under the 1940 Act and the asset coverage limitation under our credit facility to cover any outstanding unfunded commitments we are required to fund.

 

Recent Developments

On May 6, 2021, the Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share for Company stockholders of record as of May 20, 2021, payable on June 17, 2021.

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Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires us 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 statements of assets and liabilities. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets, and any other parameters used in determining such estimates could cause actual results to differ. Critical accounting policies are those that require the application of management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often because of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain and that may change in subsequent periods.

Investments at Fair Value

Investments for which market quotations are available are typically valued at those market quotations. To validate market quotations, we utilize a number of factors to determine if the quotations are representative of fair value, including the source and number of the quotations.

Debt that is not publicly traded but for which there are external pricing sources available as of the valuation date is valued using independent broker-dealer, market maker quotations or independent pricing services. The Valuation Committee subjects these quotes to various criteria including, but not limited to, the number and quality of quotes, the deviation among the quotes and information derived from analyzing our own transactions in such investments throughout the reporting period.

Investments that are not publicly traded or whose market prices are not readily available, as is expected to be the case for substantially all of the Company’s investments, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board, based on, among other things, the input of the Adviser, the Audit Committee and independent third-party valuation firm(s).

The Board undertakes a multi-step valuation process, which includes, among other procedures, the following:

 

The Company’s quarterly valuation process begins with each portfolio company or investment being initially valued by the investment professionals responsible for the portfolio investment in conjunction with the Company’s portfolio management team. The Company utilizes an independent valuation firm to provide valuation on each material illiquid security at least once every trailing 12-month period;

 

Preliminary valuations are reviewed and discussed with management of the Adviser and investment professionals. Agreed upon valuation recommendations will be presented to the Audit Committee;

 

The Audit Committee will review the valuations presented and recommend values for each investment to the Board; and

 

The Board will review the recommended valuations and determine the fair value of each investment. Valuations that are not based on readily available market quotations will be valued in good faith based on, among other things, the input of the Adviser, the Audit Committee and, where applicable, other third parties.

As part of the valuation process, we may consider other information and may use valuation methods including but not limited to (i) market quotes for similar investments, (ii) recent trading activity, (iii) discounting forecasted cash flows of the investment, (iv) models that consider the implied yields from comparable debt, (v) third party appraisal, (vi) sale negotiations and purchase offers received from independent parties and (vii) estimated value of underlying assets to be received in liquidation or restructuring.

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 our investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of such 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 realized. Further, such investments are generally less liquid than publicly traded securities and may be subject to contractual and other restrictions on resale. If the Company were required to liquidate a portfolio investment in a forced or liquidation sale, it could realize amounts that are different from the amounts presented and such differences could be material.

In addition, changes in the market environment and other events that may occur over the life of the investments may cause the gains or losses ultimately realized on these investments to be different than the unrealized gains or losses reflected herein.

We classify the inputs used to measure these fair values into the following hierarchy as defined by current accounting guidance:

Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible to the Company.

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other observable inputs other than quoted prices.

Level 3: Significant inputs that are unobservable inputs for an asset or liability.

A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Revenue Recognition

We record interest income on an accrual basis to the extent that we expect to collect such amounts. For loans and debt securities with contractual PIK interest, which represents contractual interest accrued and added to the loan balance that generally becomes due at maturity, we will not accrue PIK interest if management determines that the PIK interest is not collectible. We do not accrue as a receivable interest on loans and debt securities if we have reason to doubt our ability to collect such interest. Loan origination fees, original issue discount, and market discount are capitalized and then we amortize such amounts as interest income. Upon the prepayment of a loan or debt security, any unamortized loan origination fees are recorded as interest income. We further record prepayment premiums on loans and debt securities as interest income when we receive such amounts.

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Income Taxes

We have elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and to qualify annually, as a RIC under the Code. To qualify for and maintain qualification as a RIC, we must, among other things, meet certain source-of-income and asset diversification requirements, and make minimum distributions to stockholders. We will be subject to a 4% nondeductible U.S. federal excise tax on undistributed income. See “Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies – Income Taxes.”

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are subject to financial market risks, including valuation risk, interest rate risk, and currency risk. Generally, a rise in the general level of interest rates can be expected to lead to higher interest rates applicable to any variable rate investments we may hold and to declines in the value of any fixed rate investments we may hold. However, for those variable rate investments we may hold that provide for an interest rate floor, our interest income will not decrease below a threshold amount. To the extent that a substantial portion of our investments may be in variable rate investments, an increase in interest rates beyond this threshold would make it easier for us to meet or exceed the hurdle rate applicable to the upper level breakpoint of the pre-incentive fee net investment income incentive fee, and may result in a substantial increase in our net investment income and to the amount of incentive fees payable to the Adviser with respect to our increased pre-incentive fee net investment income. Conversely, a decline in the general level of interest rates, including the current environment, can be expected to lead to lower interest rates applicable to any variable rate investments we may hold and to increases in the value of any fixed rate investments we may hold. Such a decrease would make it more difficult for us to meet or exceed the hurdle rate applicable to the upper level breakpoint of the pre-incentive fee net investment income incentive fee, and may result in a substantial decrease in our net investment income and to the amount of incentive fees payable to the Adviser with respect to our decreased pre-incentive fee net investment income.

In addition, we borrow funds in order to make additional investments. Our net investment income will depend, in part, upon the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest those funds. As a result, we will be subject to risks relating to changes in market interest rates. In periods of rising interest rates when we or any future subsidiaries have debt outstanding or financing arrangements in effect, our interest expense will increase, which could reduce our net investment income, especially to the extent we hold fixed rate investments.

We expect that our long-term investments will be financed primarily with equity and debt. If deemed prudent, we may use interest rate risk management techniques in an effort to minimize our exposure to interest rate fluctuations. These techniques may include various interest rate hedging activities to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act. Adverse developments resulting from changes in interest rates or hedging transactions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We invest primarily in illiquid debt of private companies. Most of our investments will not have a readily available market price, and we value these investments at fair value as determined in good faith by our Board, based on, among other things, the input of the Adviser, our Audit Committee and independent third-party valuation firm(s) engaged at the direction of the Board, and in accordance with our valuation policy. There is no single technique for determining fair value. As a result, determining fair value requires that judgment be applied to the specific facts and circumstances of each portfolio investment while employing a consistently applied valuation process for the types of investments we make. If, in the future, we are required to liquidate a portfolio investment in a forced or liquidation sale, we may realize amounts that are different from the amounts presented and such differences could be material.

Valuation Risk

We have invested, and plan to continue to invest, primarily in illiquid debt and equity securities of private companies. Most of our investments do not have a readily available market price, and we value these investments at fair value as determined in good faith by the Board in accordance with our valuation policy. There is no single standard for determining fair value in good faith. As a result, determining fair value requires that judgment be applied to the specific facts and circumstances of each portfolio investment while employing a consistently applied valuation process for the types of investments we make. If we were required to liquidate a portfolio investment in a forced or liquidation sale, we may realize amounts that are different from the amounts presented and such differences could be material.

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate sensitivity refers to the change in earnings that may result from changes in the level of interest rates. We intend to continue to fund portions of our investments with borrowings, and at such time, our net investment income will be affected by the difference between the rate at which we invest and the rate at which we borrow. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on our net investment income.

As of March 31, 2021, 87.3% of the debt investments based on fair value in our portfolio were at floating rates indexed to LIBOR or Prime, as was our outstanding debt.

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The following table shows the estimated annualized impact on net investment income based on hypothetical base rate changes in interest rates on our loan portfolio and outstanding debt as of March 31, 2021, assuming there are no changes in our investment and borrowing structure.

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

Interest

 

 

Net

 

Basis Point Change

 

Income

 

 

Expense

 

 

Investment Income

 

Up 300 basis points

 

$

2,549,068

 

 

$

1,500,000

 

 

$

1,049,068

 

Up 200 basis points

 

 

1,699,379

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

699,379

 

Up 100 basis points

 

 

849,689

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

349,689

 

Down 100 basis points

 

 

(849,689

)

 

 

(500,000

)

 

 

(349,689

)

Down 200 basis points

 

 

(1,699,379

)

 

 

(1,000,000

)

 

 

(699,379

)

Down 300 basis points

 

 

(2,549,068

)

 

 

(1,500,000

)

 

 

(1,049,068

)

 

 

Although we believe that this analysis is indicative of our existing sensitivity to interest rate changes, 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 that could affect our net income. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that actual results would not differ materially from the analysis above.

Currency Risk

From time to time, we may make investments that are denominated in a foreign currency. These investments are translated into U.S. dollars at each balance sheet date, exposing us to movements in foreign exchange rates. We may employ hedging techniques to minimize these risks, but we cannot assure you that such strategies will be effective or without risk to us. We may seek to utilize instruments such as, but not limited to, forward contracts to seek to hedge against fluctuations in the relative values of our portfolio positions from changes in currency exchange rates. As of March 31, 2021, we had no assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the 1934 Act, we evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the 1934 Act) as of March 31, 2021. Based on the foregoing evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of March 31, 2021, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to accomplish their objectives at the reasonable assurance level that we would meet our disclosure obligations.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) under the 1934 Act) that occurred during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

We are not currently subject to any material legal proceedings, nor, to our knowledge, are any material legal proceedings threatened against us. From time to time, we may be party to certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including proceedings relating to the enforcement of our rights under contracts with our portfolio companies. Our business is also subject to extensive regulation, which may result in regulatory proceedings against us. While the outcome of these legal or regulatory proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not expect that any these proceedings will have a material effect upon our financial condition or results of operations.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

There have been no material changes from the risk factors described in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on March 11, 2021.

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

Refer to “Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements—Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements—Note 6. Share Transactions” in this Form 10-Q for issuances of our shares during the quarter. Such issuances were part of a private offering pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act and Regulation D thereunder.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

Not applicable.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report or hereby incorporated by reference to exhibits previously filed with the SEC (and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K):

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description of Document

 

 

  3.1

  

Articles of Amendment and Restatement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form 10 filed on April 23, 2018)

 

 

  3.2

  

Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to Form 10 filed on April 23, 2018)

 

 

  4.1

 

Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 12, 2021, by and among Great Lakes BCPL Funding Ltd. and U.S. Bank National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 the current report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2021)

 

 

 

  4.2

 

Second Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2021, between Great Lakes BCPL Funding Ltd. and U.S. Bank National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 the current report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2021)

 

 

 

  4.3

 

Exhibits to Second Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2021, between Great Lakes BCPL Funding Ltd. and U.S. Bank National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 the current report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2021)

 

 

 

  4.4

 

Rule 144A Global Note Representing Class A Notes Due 2029 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 the current report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2021)

 

 

 

  4.5

 

Regulation S Global Note Representing Class A Notes Due 2029 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 the current report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2021)

 

 

 

10.1

 

Subscription Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 the current report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2021)

 

 

 

10.2

 

Second Amended and Restated Confirmation in respect of Repurchase Transactions, dated as of March 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 the current report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2021)

 

 

 

10.3

 

Amended and Restated Issuer Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 the current report on Form 8-K filed on March 16, 2021)

 

 

 

31.1*

  

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

31.2*

  

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

32.1*

  

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

32.2*

  

Certification of Chief Financial Officer 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 Section 13 or 15(d) 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.

 

 

BC Partners Lending Corporation

 

 

 

Date: May 6, 2021

By:

/s/ Edward Goldthorpe

 

Name:

Edward Goldthorpe

 

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date: May 6, 2021

By:

/s/ Jason Roos

 

Name:

Jason Roos

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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