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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM10-Q

(Mark one):

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

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017

2023

OR

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

FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ______ TO

_______

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER:814-00237

GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland54-2040781
MARYLAND54-2040781

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Fat-the

1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA

22102
McLean, Virginia(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)

(703)287-5800

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,

if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each ClassTrading Symbol(s)Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per shareGLADThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
7.75% notes due 2028GLADZThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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 ý No

o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of RegulationS-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ý No

o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-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 Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated fileroAccelerated filer

o
Non-accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)xSmaller reporting company
o
Emerging growth companyo

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.

o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No

ý

The number of shares of the issuer’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding as of February 2, 20182024 was 26,632,182.

43,508,897.



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Part I. Financial information
Item I Financial Statements (Unaudited)
GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

(UNAUDITED)

   December 31,
2017
  September 30,
2017
 

ASSETS

   

Investments, at fair value:

   

Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments (Cost of$357,481and $318,952, respectively)

  $330,297  $290,860 

Affiliate investments (Cost of$50,036and $49,868, respectively)

   43,856   42,648 

Control investments (Cost of$42,615 and $42,615 respectively)

   18,277   18,865 

Cash and cash equivalents

   4,503   5,012 

Restricted cash and cash equivalents

   228   258 

Interest receivable, net

   2,167   1,699 

Due from custodian

   7,418   3,086 

Deferred financing fees

   668   853 

Other assets, net

   2,308   2,579 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

  $409,722  $365,860 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

   

Borrowings, at fair value (Cost of$130,500 and $93,000, respectively)

  $130,833  $93,115 

Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, $25 liquidation preference per share;5,440,000 and 5,440,000 shares authorized, respectively, and2,070,000 and 2,070,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

   49,870   49,849 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   511   522 

Interest payable

   330   264 

Fees due to Adviser(A)

   1,291   1,292 

Fee due to Administrator(A)

   272   244 

Other liabilities

   898   924 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES

  $184,005  $146,210 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies(B)

   

NET ASSETS

   

Common stock, $0.001 par value,44,560,000 and 44,560,000 shares authorized, respectively, and26,632,182and26,160,684 shares issued and outstanding, respectively

  $27  $26 

Capital in excess of par value

   352,540   348,248 

Cumulative net unrealized depreciation of investments

   (57,702  (59,062

Cumulative net unrealized depreciation of other

   (333  (115

Over distributed net investment income

   (207  (139

Accumulated net realized losses

   (68,608)   (69,308
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS

  $225,717  $219,650 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

NET ASSET VALUE PER COMMON SHARE

  $8.48  $8.40 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(A)Refer to Note 4—Related Party Transactions in the accompanyingNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(B)Refer to Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies in the accompanyingNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

December 31,
2023
September 30,
2023
ASSETS
Investments, at fair value:
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments (Cost of $709,308 and $671,397, respectively)
$708,506 $663,544 
Affiliate investments (Cost of $16,746 and $16,746, respectively)
10,716 10,421 
Control investments (Cost of $33,580 and $34,126, respectively)
30,763 30,850 
Cash and cash equivalents1,498 1,306 
Restricted cash and cash equivalents95 95 
Interest receivable, net6,158 6,100 
Due from administrative agent4,184 2,936 
Deferred financing costs, net1,220 1,335 
Other assets, net3,417 2,911 
TOTAL ASSETS$766,557 $719,498 
LIABILITIES
Line of credit at fair value (Cost of $85,000 and $47,800, respectively)
$85,000 $47,800 
Notes payable, net of unamortized deferred financing costs of $3,641 and $3,886, respectively
253,359 253,114 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses1,065 1,006 
Interest payable4,323 2,956 
Fees due to Adviser(A)
2,995 3,872 
Fee due to Administrator(A)
572 479 
Other liabilities1,315 1,576 
TOTAL LIABILITIES$348,629 $310,803 
Commitments and contingencies(B)
NET ASSETS
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share, 44,000,000 and 44,000,000 shares authorized, respectively, and 43,508,897 and 43,508,897 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
$44 $44 
Capital in excess of par value481,480 481,480 
Cumulative net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments(9,649)(17,454)
Under (over) distributed net investment income5,907 4,741 
Accumulated net realized losses(59,854)(60,116)
Total distributable loss(63,596)(72,829)
TOTAL NET ASSETS$417,928 $408,695 
NET ASSET VALUE PER COMMON SHARE$9.61 $9.39 
(A)Refer to Note 4—Related Party Transactions in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(B)Refer to Note 10—Commitments and Contingencies in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

(UNAUDITED)

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2017  2016 

INVESTMENT INCOME

   

Interest income

   

Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments

  $7,684  $5,809 

Affiliate investments

   1,111   1,162 

Control investments

   687   445 

Cash and cash equivalents

   12   2 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total interest income (excluding PIK interest income)

   9,494   7,418 

PIK interest income

   

Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments

   1,106   997 

Affiliate investments

   70   218 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total PIK interest income

   1,176   1,215 

Total interest income

   10,670   8,633 

Success fee income

   

Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments

   —     391 

Affiliate investments

   —     1,142 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total success fee income

   —     1,533 

Other income

   189   (192
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total investment income

   10,859   9,974 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

EXPENSES

   

Base management fee(A)

   1,676   1,378 

Loan servicing fee(A)

   1,186   983 

Incentive fee(A)

   1,373   1,293 

Administration fee(A)

   272   300 

Interest expense on borrowings

   1,231   556 

Dividend expense on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock

   776   1,029 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

   248   273 

Professional fees

   255   236 

Other general and administrative expenses

   292   401 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Expenses, before credits from Adviser

   7,309   6,449 

Credit to base management fee - loan servicing fee(A)

   (1,186  (983

Credit to fees from Adviser - other(A)

   (841  (699
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total expenses, net of credits

   5,282   4,767 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   5,577   5,207 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

   

Net realized (loss) gain:

   

Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments

   602   3,882 

Affiliate investments

   —     (2,330

Control investments

   (28  (5,000

Other

   (133  —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total net realized gain (loss)

   441   (3,448

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation):

   

Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments

   908   (5,867

Affiliate investments

   1,040   706 

Control investments

   (588  4,106 

Other

   (218  212 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   1,142   (843
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   1,583   (4,291
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $7,160  $916 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,
20232022
INVESTMENT INCOME
Interest income
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments$20,810 $15,786 
Affiliate investments 874 
Control investments751 690 
Cash and cash equivalents27 19 
Total interest income (excluding PIK interest income)21,588 17,369 
PIK interest income
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments1,327 788 
Affiliate investments 139 
Control investments81 71 
Total PIK interest income1,408 998 
Total interest income22,996 18,367 
Dividend income
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments185 507 
Control investments 329 
Total dividend income185 836 
Other income40 91 
Total investment income23,221 19,294 
EXPENSES
Base management fee(A)
3,245 2,829 
Loan servicing fee(A)
2,128 1,874 
Incentive fee(A)
2,984 2,181 
Administration fee(A)
454 403 
Interest expense5,032 4,629 
Amortization of deferred financing costs429 378 
Professional fees230 281 
Other general and administrative expenses495 304 
Expenses, before credits from Adviser14,997 12,879 
Credit to base management fee - loan servicing fee(A)
(2,128)(1,874)
Credits to fees from Adviser - other(A)
(1,582)(436)
Total expenses, net of credits11,287 10,569 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME11,934 8,725 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
Net realized gain (loss):
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments 10,335 
Affiliate investments — 
Control investments259 (1,016)
Other3 253 
Total net realized gain (loss)262 9,572 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation):
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments7,051 (15,225)
Affiliate investments295 2,211 
Control investments459 415 
Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)7,805 (12,599)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)8,067 (3,027)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS$20,001 $5,698 
BASIC AND DILUTED PER COMMON SHARE:
Net investment income$0.27 $0.25 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations$0.46 $0.16 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OUTSTANDING: Basic and Diluted
43,508,897 35,207,208 
(A)Refer to Note 4—Related Party Transactions in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)

THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

BASIC AND DILUTED PER COMMON SHARE:

    

Net investment income

  $0.21   $0.21 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $0.27   $0.04 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions declared and paid per common share

  $0.21   $0.21 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OUTSTANDING:Basic and Diluted

   26,522,788    24,778,970 

(A)Refer to Note 4—Related Party Transactions in the accompanyingNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

20232022
NET ASSETS, SEPTEMBER 30$408,695 $315,487 
OPERATIONS
Net investment income11,934 8,725 
Net realized gain (loss) on investments259 9,319 
Net realized gain (loss) on other3 253 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments7,805 (12,599)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations20,001 5,698 
DISTRIBUTIONS
Distributions to common stockholders from net investment income ($0.25 per share and $0.21 per share, respectively)(A)
(10,768)(7,398)
Net decrease in net assets from distributions(10,768)(7,398)
CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS
Issuance of common stock 10,721 
Discounts, commissions and offering costs for issuance of common stock (182)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital transactions 10,539 
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS9,233 8,839 
NET ASSETS, DECEMBER 31$417,928 $324,326 
(A)Refer to Note 9 – Distributions to Common Stockholders in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGESCASH FLOWS
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN NET ASSETS

(IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2017  2016 

OPERATIONS

   

Net investment income

  $5,577  $5,207 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

   574   (3,448

Realized loss on other

   (133  —   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

   1,360   (1,055

Net unrealized (depreciation) appreciation of other

   (218  212 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   7,160   916 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

   

Distributions to common stockholders from net investment income

   (5,577  (5,207
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets from distributions

   (5,577  (5,207
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS

   

Issuance of common stock

   4,567   17,344 

Discounts, commissions and offering costs for issuance of common stock

   (83  (875
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital transactions

   4,484   16,469 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

   6,067   12,178 

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD

   219,650   201,207 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD

  $225,717  $213,385 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,
20232022
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations$20,001 $5,698 
Adjustments to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Purchase of investments(57,998)(13,379)
Principal repayments on investments21,806 25,563 
Net proceeds from sale of investments263 13,873 
Increase in investments due to PIK interest or other(1,211)(1,194)
Net change in premiums, discounts and amortization37 (14)
Net realized loss (gain) on investments(259)(9,319)
Net realized loss (gain) on other(3)(253)
Net unrealized depreciation (appreciation) of investments(7,805)12,599 
Amortization of deferred financing costs429 378 
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in interest receivable, net(58)(1,376)
Decrease (increase) in funds due from administrative agent(1,248)(805)
Decrease (increase) in other assets, net(506)(387)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses59 86 
Increase (decrease) in interest payable1,367 1,548 
Increase (decrease) in fees due to Adviser(A)
(877)1,052 
Increase (decrease) in fee due to Administrator(A)
93 76 
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities(261)377 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities(26,171)34,523 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from line of credit70,200 14,800 
Repayments on line of credit(33,000)(48,200)
Financing costs(69)(196)
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 10,721 
Discounts, commissions and offering costs for issuance of common stock (161)
Distributions paid to common stockholders(10,768)(7,398)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities26,363 (30,434)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, RESTRICTED CASH, AND RESTRICTED CASH EQUIVALENTS192 4,089 
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, RESTRICTED CASH, AND RESTRICTED CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD1,401 2,107 
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, RESTRICTED CASH, AND RESTRICTED CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD$1,593 $6,196 
CASH PAID FOR INTEREST$3,665 $3,081 
NON-CASH ACTIVITIES(B)
$ $2,416 
(A)Refer to Note 4—Related Party Transactions in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(B)Non-cash activities relate to the October 2022 exit of our investment in Targus Cayman HoldCo Ltd., which was sold for net proceeds of approximately $8.0 million, resulting in a realized gain of approximately $5.9 million. As part of the proceeds, we received $2.4 million in aggregate cost basis of B. Riley Financial, Inc. 6.75% senior notes.

THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2017  2016 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $7,160  $916 

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by operating activities:

   

Purchase of investments

   (56,938  (20,047

Principal repayments on investments

   18,569   42,234 

Net proceeds from sale of investments

   1,274   8,219 

Increase in investments due topaid-in-kind interest or other

   (983  (1,095

Net change in premiums, discounts and amortization

   (45  54 

Net realized (gain) loss on investments

   (574  3,448 

Net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of investments

   (1,360  1,055 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of other

   218   (213

Changes in assets and liabilities:

   

Decrease in restricted cash and cash equivalents

   30   355 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

   248   273 

(Increase) decrease in interest receivable, net

   (468  380 

Increase in due from custodian

   (4,332  (779

Decrease (increase) in other assets, net

   256   (3,495

Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses

   (11  (405

Increase (decrease) in interest payable

   66   (91

Decrease in fees due to Adviser(A)

   (1  (11

Increase in fee due to Administrator(A)

   28   18 

(Decrease) increase in other liabilities

   (26  650 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

   (36,889  31,466 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

   

Proceeds from borrowings

   61,100   24,200 

Repayments on borrowings

   (23,600  (67,300

Deferred financing fees

   (42  —   

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

   4,567   17,344 

Discounts, commissions and offering costs for issuance of common stock

   (68  (875

Distributions paid to common stockholders

   (5,577  (5,207
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

   36,380   (31,838
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

   (509  (372

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD

   5,012   6,152 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD

  $4,503  $5,780 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(A)Refer to Note 4—Related Party Transactions in the accompanyingNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2023
(UNAUDITED)
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(I)
CostFair Value
NON-CONTROL/NON-AFFILIATE INVESTMENTS(M) – 169.5%
Secured First Lien Debt – 126.6%
Aerospace and Defense – 19.1%
Antenna Research Associates, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 10.0%, 15.4% Cash, 4.0% PIK, Due 11/2026)(E)
$30,328 $30,328 $30,328 
Ohio Armor Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 2/2026)(C)
17,444 17,444 17,443 
SpaceCo Holdings, LLC – Line of Credit, $0 available (S + 7.2%, 12.5% Cash, Due 12/2025)(C)(U)
2,000 2,000 2,000 
SpaceCo Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.2%, 12.5% Cash, Due 12/2025)(C)(U)
30,078 29,788 30,074 
79,560 79,845 
Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 16.2%
Café Zupas – Line of Credit, $1,750 available (S + 7.0%, 12.4% Cash, Due 12/2027)(C)
— — — 
Café Zupas – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $9,100 available (S + 7.0%, 12.4% Cash, Due 12/2027)(C)
1,400 1,400 1,400 
Café Zupas – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 12.4% Cash, Due 12/2027)(C)
26,250 26,250 26,250 
Eegee’s LLC – Line of Credit, $0 available (S + 7.8%, 13.1% Cash, Due 6/2026)(C)
1,000 1,000 1,000 
Eegee’s LLC – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $4,500 available (S + 7.8%, 8.0% Cash, 5.1% PIK, Due 6/2026)(C)
3,026 3,026 3,026 
Eegee’s LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.8%, 8.0% Cash, 5.1% PIK, Due 6/2026)(C)
17,146 17,146 17,145 
Salt & Straw, LLC – Line of Credit, $2,000 available (S + 9.1%, 14.5% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
— — — 
Salt & Straw, LLC – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $3,500 available (S + 9.1%, 14.5% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
10,850 10,661 10,250 
Sokol & Company Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 12.4% Cash, Due 8/2027)(C)
8,500 8,500 8,500 
67,983 67,571 
Buildings and Real Estate – 0.5%
GFRC 360, LLC – Line of Credit, $175 available (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 9/2024)(C)
1,275 1,275 1,276 
GFRC 360, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 9/2024)(C)
1,000 1,000 1,001 
2,275 2,277 
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 27.4%
Engineering Manufacturing Technologies, LLC – Line of Credit, $3,000 available (S + 8.3%, 13.6% Cash, Due 10/2026)(C)
— — — 
Engineering Manufacturing Technologies, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.3%, 10.0% Cash, 3.6% PIK, Due 10/2026)(C)
21,630 21,630 21,772 
NeoGraf Solutions LLC – Line of Credit, $4,500 available (S + 7.0%, 11.0% Cash, 1.4% PIK, Due 1/2028)(C)
— — — 
NeoGraf Solutions LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 11.0% Cash, 1.4% PIK, Due 1/2028)(C)
27,245 27,245 25,074 
OCI, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.5%, 12.9% Cash, Due 5/2028)(C)
18,500 18,500 18,870 
Salvo Technologies, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 9.5%, 14.9% Cash, Due 4/2027)(C)
11,738 11,738 11,648 
Unirac Holdings, Inc. – Line of Credit, $1,800 available (S + 6.3%, 11.6% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
422 422 426 
Unirac Holdings, Inc. – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $1,675 available (S + 6.3%, 11.6% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
1,103 1,103 1,114 
Unirac Holdings, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 6.3%, 11.6% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
14,813 14,519 14,961 
Viva Railings, LLC – Line of Credit, $4,000 available (S + 7.1%, 12.5% Cash, Due 5/2027)(C)
— — — 
Viva Railings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.1%, 12.5% Cash, Due 5/2027)(C)
20,529 20,529 20,625 
115,686 114,490 
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 31.3%
Axios Industrial Group, LLC – Term Debt (S + 9.1%, 14.5% Cash, Due 10/2027)(C)
11,324 11,296 11,025 
DKI Ventures, LLC – Line of Credit, $25 available (9.0% Cash, Due 12/2025)(E)(F)
350 350 190 
DKI Ventures, LLC – Term Debt (9.0% Cash, Due 12/2025)(E)(F)
5,915 5,915 3,217 
ENET Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.3%, 13.6% Cash, Due 4/2025)(C)
22,289 22,289 21,867 
Fix-It Group, LLC – Line of Credit, $1,100 available (S + 8.1%, 13.5% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
1,900 1,900 1,900 
Fix-It Group, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.1%, 13.5% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
12,200 12,200 12,318 
Fix-It Group, LLC – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $0 available (S + 8.1%, 13.5% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
6,911 6,911 6,911 
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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Table of ContentsGLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2017

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Y)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
   Cost   Fair
Value
 

NON-CONTROL/NON-AFFILIATE INVESTMENTS(M) – 146.3%

      

Secured First Lien Debt – 74.8%

      

Automobile – 1.5%

      

Meridian Rack & Pinion, Inc. (S) – Term Debt (L + 11.5%, 13.5% Cash, Due 12/2018) (C)

  $4,140   $4,140   $3,312 

Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 3.0%

      

Triple H Food Processors, LLC - Line of Credit, $1,500 available (L + 6.8%, 8.3% Cash, Due 8/2018)(C)

   —      —      —   

Triple H Food Processors, LLC – Term Debt (L + 8.3%, 9.8% Cash, Due 8/2020)(C)

   6,600    6,600    6,666 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,600    6,666 

Buildings and Real Estate – 0.9%

      

GFRC Holdings, LLC – Line of Credit, $165 available (L + 8.0%, 9.6% Cash, Due 9/2018)(E)

   1,035    1,035    1,035 

GFRC Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.6% Cash, Due 9/2018)(E)

   1,000    1,000    1,000 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,035    2,035 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 19.7%

      

IA Tech, LLC – Term Debt (L + 11.0%, 12.6% Cash, Due 6/2021)(C)

   23,000    23,000    23,690 

Travel Sentry, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.7% Cash, Due 12/2021)(C)(U)

   8,902    8,902    9,192 

Vision Government Solutions, Inc. – Line of Credit, $0 available (L + 8.8%, 10.3% Cash, Due 1/2019)(C)

   1,450    1,450    1,431 

Vision Government Solutions, Inc. – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $900 available (10.0% Cash, Due 1/2019)(C)(F)

   1,600    1,600    1,511 

Vision Government Solutions, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.8%, 10.3% Cash, Due 1/2019)(C)

   9,000    9,000    8,531 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     43,952    44,355 

Healthcare, education, and childcare – 8.7%

      

EL Academies, Inc. – Line of Credit, $2,000 available (L + 8.8%, 10.3% Cash, Due 8/2020)(C)

   —      —      —   

EL Academies, Inc. – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $10,000 available (L + 8.8%, 10.3% Cash, Due 8/2022)(C)

   —      —      —   

EL Academies, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.8%, 10.3% Cash, Due 8/2022)(C)

   12,000    12,000    12,030 

TWS Acquisition Corporation – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.6% Cash, Due 7/2020)(C)

   7,353    7,353    7,537 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     19,353    19,567 

Machinery – 3.0%

      

Arc Drilling Holdings LLC – Line of Credit, $1,000 available (L + 8.0%, 9.6% Cash, Due 11/2020)(I)

   —      —      —   

Arc Drilling Holdings LLC – Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 11.1% Cash, Due 11/2022)(I)

   5,880    5,880    5,880 

Precision International, LLC – Term Debt (10.0% PIK, Due 9/2021)(C)(F)

   830    830    822 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,710    6,702 

Oil and Gas – 16.9%

      

Impact! Chemical Technologies, Inc. – Line of Credit, $2,164 available (L + 8.8%, 10.3% Cash, Due 12/2020)(I)

   336    336    336 

Impact! Chemical Technologies, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.8%, 10.8% Cash, Due 12/2020)(I)

   20,000    20,000    20,000 

WadeCo Specialties, Inc. – Line of Credit, $2,425 available (L + 7.0%, 8.6% Cash, Due 4/2018)(C)

   575    575    580 

WadeCo Specialties, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 7.0% 8.6% Cash, Due 3/2019)(C)

   10,191    10,191    10,292 

WadeCo Specialties, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.0%, 12.0% Cash, Due 3/2019)(C)

   7,000    7,000    7,035 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     38,102    38,243 

Personal andNon-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 2.8%

      

Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Line of Credit, $500 available (L + 6.5%, 8.1% Cash, Due 9/2019)(C)

   —      —      —   

Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 11.1% Cash, Due 9/2021)(C)

   6,500    6,500    6,598 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,500    6,598 

Printing and Publishing – 0.0%

      

Chinese Yellow Pages Company – Line of Credit, $0 available (PRIME + 4.0%, 8.5% Cash, Due 2/2015)(E)(V)

   107    107    —   

Telecommunications – 18.3%

      

Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.3%, 10.8% Cash, Due 10/2022)(I)

   11,000    11,000    11,000 

B+T Group Acquisition Inc.(S) – Term Debt (L + 11.0%, 13.0% Cash,
Due 12/2019)(C)

   6,000    6,000    5,978 

NetFortris Corp. – Term Debt (L + 8.4%, 10.0% Cash, Due 2/2021)(C)

   24,000    24,000    24,420 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     41,000    41,398 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured First Lien Debt

    $168,499   $168,876 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 


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(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(I)
CostFair Value
Leadpoint Business Services, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.5%, 13.9% Cash, Due 2/2028)(C)
25,500 25,500 25,500 
MCG Energy Solutions, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.6%, 13.0% Cash, 3.5% PIK, Due 3/2026)(C)
20,180 20,144 19,770 
Quality Environmental Midco, Inc. – Line of Credit, $2,000 available (12.0% Cash, Due 11/2028)(C)(F)
— — — 
Quality Environmental Midco, Inc. – Term Debt (12.0% Cash, Due 11/2028)(C)(F)
9,000 9,000 9,000 
Trowbridge Chicago, LLC – Line of Credit, $2,000 available (S + 7.0%, 12.4% Cash, Due 6/2029)(C)
— — — 
Trowbridge Chicago, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 12.4% Cash, Due 6/2029)(C)
5,750 5,750 5,707 
Trowbridge Chicago, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 12.4% Cash, Due 6/2029)(C)
1,650 1,650 1,669 
WorkforceQA, LLC – Line of Credit, $1,800 available (S + 6.5%, 11.9% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
200 200 197 
WorkforceQA, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.3%, 13.7% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)(H)
10,000 9,972 10,036 
WorkforceQA, LLC – Term Debt (S + 9.2%, 14.5% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)(H)
1,600 1,596 1,606 
134,673 130,913 
Healthcare, Education, and Childcare – 29.6%
ALS Education, LLC – Line of Credit, $3,000 available (S + 7.0%, 12.4% Cash, Due 12/2028)(C)
— — — 
ALS Education, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 12.4% Cash, Due 12/2028)(C)
32,560 32,560 32,560 
HH-Inspire Acquisition, Inc. – Line of Credit, $110 available (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)
1,727 1,727 1,761 
HH-Inspire Acquisition, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)
15,972 15,972 16,292 
HH-Inspire Acquisition, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)
3,217 3,217 3,281 
Pansophic Learning, Ltd. – Term Debt (S + 7.5%, 12.8% Cash, Due 3/2027)(C)(U)
28,000 27,970 27,922 
Pansophic Learning, Ltd. – Term Debt (S + 7.5%, 12.8% Cash, Due 3/2027)(C)(U)
5,000 4,995 4,986 
Technical Resource Management, LLC – Line of Credit, $1,000 available (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)
2,000 2,000 2,051 
Technical Resource Management, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)
23,000 23,000 23,586 
Technical Resource Management, LLC – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $2,500 available (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)
— — — 
Turn Key Health Clinics, LLC – Line of Credit, $1,600 available (S + 7.3%, 12.6% Cash, Due 6/2026)(C)
400 400 397 
Turn Key Health Clinics, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.3%, 12.6% Cash, Due 6/2026)(C)
11,000 11,000 10,927 
122,841 123,763 
Machinery – 1.5%
Arc Drilling Holdings LLC – Line of Credit, $1,000 available (S + 11.5%, 10.5% Cash, 6.4% PIK, Due 2/2024)(C)
— — — 
Arc Drilling Holdings LLC – Term Debt (S + 11.5%, 10.5% Cash, 6.4% PIK, Due 2/2024)(C)
6,023 6,023 6,013 
6,023 6,013 
Oil and Gas – 0.1%
FES Resources Holdings LLC – Term Debt (4.5% Cash, Due 12/2024)(E)(F)
325 325 325 
Telecommunications – 0.9%
B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Line of Credit, $0 available (S + 2.0%, 7.4% Cash, Due 12/2024)(E)
1,200 1,200 634 
B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Term Debt (S + 2.0%, 7.4% Cash, Due 12/2024)(E)
6,000 6,000 3,172 
7,200 3,806 
Total Secured First Lien Debt$536,566 $529,003 
Secured Second Lien Debt – 28.5%
Automobile – 3.9%
Sea Link International IRB, Inc. – Term Debt (11.3% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 12/2025)(C)(F)
$12,144 $12,118 $12,134 
Sea Link International IRB, Inc. – Term Debt (12.0% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 12/2025)(C)(F)
4,018 4,018 4,018 
16,136 16,152 
Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 0.7%
8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 7.9%, 13.2% Cash, Due 10/2026)(D)
3,683 3,683 2,910 
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

DECEMBER 31, 2017

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Y)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
   Cost   Fair
Value
 

Secured Second Lien Debt – 65.1%

      

Automobile – 2.2%

      

Sea Link International IRB, Inc. – Term Debt (11.3% Cash, Due 3/2023)(C)(F)

  $5,000   $4,976   $5,031 

Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 3.0%

      

The Mochi Ice Cream Company – Term Debt (L + 10.5%, 12.1% Cash, Due 1/2021)(C)

   6,750    6,750    6,826 

Cargo Transportation – 5.9%

      

AG Transportation Holdings, LLC. – Term Debt (L + 10.0%, 13.3% Cash, Due 3/2020)(C)

   13,000    13,000    13,098 

Chemicals, Plastics, and Rubber – 0.4%

      

Vertellus Holdings LLC – Term Debt (L + 12.0%, 13.6% Cash, Due 10/2021)(C)

   1,099    1,099    922 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 9.6%

      

Alloy Die Casting Co.(S) – Term Debt (L + 11.5%, 13.5% Cash, Due 4/2021)(C)(H)

   5,235    5,235    3,350 

Alloy Die Casting Co.(S) – Term Debt (L + 11.5%, 13.5% Cash, Due 4/2021)(C)(H)

   75    75    48 

Alloy Die Casting Co.(S) – Term Debt (Due 4/2021)(C)(P)

   390    390    252 

United Flexible, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 11.1% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 2/2022)(C)

   18,085    18,005    18,107 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     23,705    21,757 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 20.5%

      

DigiCert Holdings, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.6% Cash, Due 10/2025)(D)

   5,000    4,975    5,013 

Gray Matter Systems, LLC – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $2,000 available (12.0% Cash, Due 11/2023)(F)(I)

   —      —      —   

Gray Matter Systems, LLC – Term Debt (12.0% Cash, Due 11/2023)(F)(I)

   7,500    7,500    7,500 

Keystone Acquisition Corp. – Term Debt (L + 9.3%, 10.9% Cash, Due 5/2025)(D)(U)

   4,000    3,924    3,980 

LDiscovery, LLC – Term Debt (L + 10.0%, 11.6% Cash, Due 12/2023)(D)

   5,000    4,820    4,000 

Red Ventures, LLC – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.6% Cash, Due 11/2025)(D)

   3,625    3,566    3,625 

TapRoot Partners, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 10.3%, 11.8% Cash, Due 10/2022)(C)

   22,000    22,000    22,220 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     46,785    46,338 

Healthcare, education, and childcare – 8.0%

      

Medical Solutions Holdings, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.3%, 9.8% Cash, Due 12/2023)(D)

   3,000    2,957    2,970 

Merlin International, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 10.0%, 11.6% Cash, Due 8/2022)(C)

   10,000    10,000    10,225 

NetSmart Technologies, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 11.1% Cash, Due 10/2023)(D)

   3,660    3,610    3,660 

New Trident Holdcorp, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 10.0%, 11.7% PIK, Due 7/2020)(D)(U)

   4,000    4,000    1,191 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     20,567    18,046 

Home and Office Furnishings, Housewares and Durable Consumer Products – 4.5%

      

Belnick, Inc. – Term Debt (11.0% Cash, Due 8/2023)(C)(F)

   10,000    10,000    10,150 

Hotels, Motels, Inns, and Gaming – 3.2%

      

Vacation Rental Pros Property Management, LLC – Term Debt (L + 10.0%, 11.6% Cash, 3.0% PIK,
Due 6/2023)(C)

   7,199    7,199    6,938 

Oil and Gas – 7.0%

      

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd. – Term Debt (L + 10.4%, 11.9% PIK, Due 4/2020)(C)

   17,245    17,128    10,766 

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd. – Term Debt (L + 9.3%, 10.8% PIK, Due 4/2020)(C)

   7,945    7,891    4,954 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     25,019    15,720 

Telecommunications – 0.4%

      

Neustar, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.6% Cash, Due 8/2025)(D)

   1,000    1,000    1,008 

Textiles and Leather – 0.4%

      

ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC – Term Debt (L + 7.8%, 9.4% Cash, Due 9/2025)(D)(U)

   1,000    1,000    1,010 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured Second Lien Debt

    $161,100   $146,844 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unsecured Debt – 1.5%

      

Healthcare, education, and childcare – 1.5%

      

Edmentum Ultimate Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (10.0% PIK, Due 6/2020)(C)(F)

  $3,352   $3,352   $3,356 

Preferred Equity – 1.9%

      

Automobile – 0.1%

      

Meridian Rack & Pinion, Inc. (S)– Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   1,449   $1,449   $161 

Buildings and Real Estate – 0.3%

      

GFRC Holdings, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   1,000    1,025    674 

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2023
(UNAUDITED)
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(I)
CostFair Value
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 8.5%
OCI, LLC – Term Debt (7.0% Cash, 7.0% PIK, Due 11/2028)(C)(F)
2,048 2,048 2,048 
Springfield, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 10.1%, 15.5% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
30,000 30,000 29,334 
Tailwind Smith Cooper Intermediate Corporation – Term Debt (S + 9.0%, 14.3% Cash, Due 5/2027)(D)(U)
5,000 4,863 4,222 
36,911 35,604 
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 4.0%
CHA Holdings, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 8.9%, 14.3% Cash, Due 4/2026)(D)(V)
3,000 2,977 2,820 
Gray Matter Systems, LLC – Term Debt (12.0% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 12/2026)(C)(F)
13,714 13,651 13,989 
16,628 16,809 
Healthcare, Education, and Childcare – 6.6%
Giving Home Health Care, LLC – Term Debt (12.5% Cash, Due 2/2028)(C)(F)
28,800 28,800 27,495 
Oil and Gas – 4.8%
Imperative Holdings Corporation – Term Debt (S + 9.8%, 15.1% Cash, Due 8/2028)(C)
20,265 20,130 20,176 
Total Secured Second Lien Debt$122,288 $119,146 
Unsecured Debt – 0.0%
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 0.0%
Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Convertible Debt (6.0%, Due 6/2022)(E)(F)
$198 $198 $23 
Preferred Equity – 5.9%
Automobile – 0.1%
Sea Link International IRB, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
98,039 $98 $192 
Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 1.7%
Salt & Straw, LLC – Preferred Equity(E)(G)
7,000,000 7,000 7,000 
Triple H Food Processors, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
75 75 148 
7,075 7,148 
Buildings and Real Estate – 0.0%
GFRC 360, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
1,000 1,025  
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.1%
Salvo Technologies, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
2,500 2,500 551 
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 2.8%
Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
766 500 — 
Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Preferred Stock Warrant(E)(G)
168 — — 
MCG Energy Solutions, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)
7,000,000 7,000 8,904 
Quality Environmental Midco, Inc. – Preferred Equity(E)(G)
2,000,000 2,000 2,000 
Trowbridge Chicago, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
242,105 750 620 
10,250 11,524 
Healthcare, Education, and Childcare – 0.5%
HH-Inspire Acquisition, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
1,329,054 2,251 2,159 
Oil and Gas – 0.7%
FES Resources Holdings LLC – Preferred Equity Units(E)(G)
6,350 6,350 791 
Imperative Holdings Corporation – Preferred Equity Units(E)(G)
972,569 488 2,224 
6,838 3,015 
Telecommunications – 0.0%
B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
6,130 2,024  
Total Preferred Equity$32,061 $24,589 
Common Equity – 8.5%
Aerospace and Defense – 6.2%
 Antenna Research Associates, Inc. – Common Equity Units(E)(G)
4,283 $4,283 $25,205 
 Ohio Armor Holdings, LLC – Common Equity(E)(G)
100 1,000 756 
5,283 25,961 
Automobile – 0.1%
Sea Link International IRB, Inc.– Common Equity Units(E)(G)
823,333 823 219 
Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 0.7%
Salt & Straw, LLC – Common Warrant(E)(G)
0.4 %— — 
Sokol & Company Holdings, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
1,500,000 1,500 1,615 
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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(UNAUDITED)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Y)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
  Cost   Fair
Value
 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.3%

     

Alloy Die Casting, Co.(S)– Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   2,192   2,192    —   

United Flexible, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   538   538    631 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    2,730    631 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 0.2%

     

Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   766   500    500 

Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Preferred Stock Warrant(E)(G)

   168   —      —   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    500    500 

Oil and Gas – 0.8%

     

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd. – Preferred Equity Units(E)(G)

   1,656   1,215    —   

WadeCo. Specialties, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   1,000   618    2,098 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,833    2,098 

Telecommunications – 0.2%

     

B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Preferred Stock(E)(G)(J)

   5,503   1,799    —   

NetFortris Corp. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   1,250,000   125    375 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,924    375 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Equity

   $9,461   $4,439 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Equity – 3.0%

     

Aerospace and Defense – 0.3%

     

FedCap Partners, LLC – Class A Membership Units ($0 Uncalled
Commitment)(G)(K)(R)

   80  $1,634   $751 

Automobile – 0.2%

     

Sea Link International IRB, Inc. – Common Equity Units(E)(G)

   494,902   495    378 

Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 0.2%

     

The Mochi Ice Cream Company – Common Stock(E)(G)

   450   450    —   

Triple H Food Processors, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)

   250,000   250    442 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    700    442 

Buildings and Real Estate – 0.0%

     

GFRC Holdings, LLC – Common Stock Warrants(E)(G)

   45.0  —      —   

Cargo Transportation – 0.0%

     

AG Transportation Holdings, LLC – Member Profit Participation(E)(G)

   18.0  1,000    —   

AG Transportation Holdings, LLC – Profit Participation Warrants(E)(G)

   12.0  244    —   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,244    —   

Chemicals, Plastics, and Rubber – 0.2%

     

Vertellus Holdings LLC – Common Stock Units(E)(G)

   879,121   3,017    527 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%

     

Alloy Die Casting, Co.(S) – Common Stock(E)(G)

   270   18    —   

United Flexible, Inc. – Common Stock(E)(G)

   1,158   148    —   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    166    —   

Healthcare, education, and childcare – 1.1%

     

Edmentum Ultimate Holdings, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)

   21,429   2,636    —   

EL Academies, Inc. – Common Stock(E)(G)

   500   500    432 

Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P. – Limited Partnership Interest ($986 uncalled capital commitment)(G)(L)(R)

   3.5  2,010    2,098 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    5,146    2,530 

Machinery – 0.7%

     

Arc Drilling Holdings LLC – Common Stock(I)(G)

   16.7  1,500    1,500 

Precision International, LLC – Membership Unit Warrant(E)(G)

   33.3  —      41 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,500    1,541 

Oil and Gas – 0.1%

     

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd. – Common Equity Units(E)(G)

   1,656   1    —   

W3, Co. – Common Equity(D)(G)

   435   499    131 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    500    131 

Personal andNon-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.2%

     

Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Participation Warrant(E)(G)

   1   500    325 

Funko Acquisition Holdings, LLC(S) – Common Units(G)(T)

   67,873   166    157 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    666    482 

Telecommunications – 0.0%

     

NetFortris Corp. – Common Stock Warrant(E)(G)

   1   1    —   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Equity

   $15,069   $6,782 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TotalNon-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments

   $357,481   $330,297 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2023
(UNAUDITED)
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(I)
CostFair Value
Triple H Food Processors, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
250,000 250 1,248 
1,750 2,863 
Buildings and Real Estate – 0.0%
GFRC 360, LLC – Common Stock Warrants(E)(G)
45 %— — 
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%
 Engineering Manufacturing Technologies, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
6,000 3,000 — 
 OCI, LLC – Common Units (E)(G)
306 — — 
 NeoGraf Solutions LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
2,000,000 2,000 — 
5,000  
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 0.1%
 WorkforceQA, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
532 532 338 
Healthcare, Education, and Childcare – 1.4%
Giving Home Health Care, LLC – Warrant(E)(G)
10,667 19 3,563 
GSM MidCo LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
767 767 1,561 
Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P. – Limited Partnership Interest ($843 uncalled capital commitment)(G)(L)(R)
3.5 %— 246 
Technical Resource Management, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
2,000,000 2,000 623 
2,786 5,993 
Machinery – 0.0%
Arc Drilling Holdings LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
15,000 1,500 203 
Oil and Gas – 0.0%
FES Resources Holdings LLC – Common Equity Units(E)(G)
6,233 — — 
Total Safety Holdings, LLC – Common Equity(E)(G)
435 499 146 
499 146 
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.0%
Funko Acquisition Holdings, LLC(S) – Common Units(G)(T)
4,239 22 22 
Telecommunications – 0.0%
B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Common Stock Warrant(E)(G)
1.5 %— — 
Total Common Equity$18,195 $35,745 
Total Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments$709,308 $708,506 
AFFILIATE INVESTMENTS(N) – 2.6%
Secured First Lien Debt – 0.7%
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.7%
Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc.(S) – Term Debt (S + 5.5%, 10.9% Cash, Due 8/2024)(E)(P)
$6,140 $6,140 $2,829 
Preferred Equity – 1.2%
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%
Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc.(S) – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
5,466 $5,466 $ 
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 1.0%
Encore Dredging Holdings, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
3,840,000 3,840 4,210 
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.2%
Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
500,000 500 923 
Total Preferred Equity$9,806 $5,133 
Common Equity – 0.7%
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.7%
Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
1,170,370 $800 $2,754 
Total Affiliate Investments$16,746 $10,716 
CONTROL INVESTMENTS(O) – 7.4%
Secured First Lien Debt – 3.5%
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.9%
Lonestar EMS, LLC – Term Debt (8.0% PIK, Due 6/2027)(E)(F)
$4,007 $4,007 $4,007 
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 2.5%
WB Xcel Holdings, LLC – Line of Credit, $32 available (S + 10.5%, 15.9% Cash, Due 11/2026)(E)
1,468 1,468 1,363 
WB Xcel Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 10.5%, 15.9% Cash, Due 11/2026)(E)
9,800 9,800 9,100 
11,268 10,463 
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2023
(UNAUDITED)
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(I)
CostFair Value
Printing and Publishing – 0.1%
TNCP Intermediate HoldCo, LLC – Line of Credit, $1,700 available (8.0% Cash, Due 10/2024)(E)(F)
300 300 300 
Total Secured First Lien Debt$15,575 $14,770 
Secured Second Lien Debt – 1.8%
Automobile– 1.8%
Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 9.6%, 15.0% Cash, Due 5/2026)(E)
$7,425 $7,425 $7,425 
Preferred Equity – 0.0%
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.0%
WB Xcel Holdings, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
333 $2,750 $ 
Common Equity – 2.1%
Automobile– 0.9%
Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc. – Common Stock(E)(G)
33,321 $580 $3,805 
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.3%
Lonestar EMS, LLC – Common Units(E)(G)
100 %6,750 1,131 
Printing and Publishing – 0.9%
TNCP Intermediate HoldCo, LLC – Common Equity Units(E)(G)
790,000 500 3,632 
Total Common Equity$7,830 $8,568 
Total Control Investments$33,580 $30,763 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 179.5%$759,634 $749,985 
(A)Certain of the securities listed in this schedule are issued by affiliate(s) of the indicated portfolio company. The majority of the securities listed, totaling $678.9 million at fair value, are pledged as collateral under our revolving line of credit, as described further in Note 5—Borrowings in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), we may not acquire any non-qualifying assets unless, at the time such acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of our total assets. As of December 31, 2017

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(UNAUDITED)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Y)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
   Cost   Fair
Value
 

AFFILIATE INVESTMENTS(N)– 19.4%

      

Secured First Lien Debt – 8.9%

      

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 8.9%

      

Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc. (S) – Term Debt (L + 10.5%, 12.5% Cash, Due 2/2019)(C)

  $6,200   $6,200   $5,781 

Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc. (S) – Term Debt (L + 11.8%, 13.8% Cash, Due 2/2019)(C)

   1,600    1,600    1,500 

LWO Acquisitions Company LLC – Line of Credit, $0 available (L + 5.5%. 7.1% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 12/2019)(C)

   2,762    2,761    2,555 

LWO Acquisitions Company LLC – Term Debt (L + 8.5%, 10.1% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 12/2019)(C)

   10,998    10,979    10,173 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     21,540    20,009 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured First Lien Debt

    $21,540   $20,009 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Secured Second Lien Debt – 7.4%

      

Diversified Natural Resources, Precious Metals and Minerals – 7.4%

      

Lignetics, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.0%, 12.0% Cash, Due 11/2022)(C)

  $6,000   $6,000   $5,820 

Lignetics, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.0%, 12.0% Cash, Due 11/2022)(C)

   8,000    8,000    7,760 

Lignetics, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.0%, 12.0% Cash, Due 11/2022)(C)

   3,300    3,300    3,201 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     17,300    16,781 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured Second Lien Debt

    $17,300   $16,781 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unsecured Debt – 0.0%

      

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%

      

LWO Acquisitions Company LLC – Term Debt (Due 12/2019)(C)(P)

  $95   $95   $88 

Preferred Equity – 0.5%

      

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.2%

      

Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc. (S) – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   2,516   $2,516   $385 

Diversified Natural Resources, Precious Metals and Minerals – 0.3%

      

Lignetics, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   40,000    800    837 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Equity

    $3,316   $1,222 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Equity – 2.6%

      

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%

      

LWO Acquisitions Company LLC – Common Units(E)(G)

   921,000   $921   $—   

Diversified Natural Resources, Precious Metals and Minerals – 0.5%

      

Lignetics, Inc. – Common Stock(E)(G)

   152,603    1,855    1,126 

Textiles and Leather – 2.1%

      

Targus Cayman HoldCo, Ltd. – Common Stock(E)(G)

   3,076,414    5,009    4,630 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Equity

    $7,785   $5,756 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Affiliate Investments

    $50,036   $43,856 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

CONTROL INVESTMENTS(O) – 8.2%

      

Secured First Lien Debt – 3.3%

      

Machinery – 1.8%

      

PIC 360, LLC – Term Debt (14.0%, Due 12/2017)(E)(F)

  $4,000   $4,000   $4,000 

Printing and Publishing – 1.5%

      

Sunshine Media Holdings – Line of Credit, $672 available (8.0% Cash, Due 5/2018)(E)(F)

   1,328    1,328    1,328 

Sunshine Media Holdings – Term Debt (8.0% Cash, Due 5/2018)(E)(F)(H)

   5,000    3,525    585 

Sunshine Media Holdings – Term Debt (L + 3.8%, 5.3% Cash, Due 5/2018)(E)(H)

   11,948    8,401    1,397 

Sunshine Media Holdings – Term Debt (L + 4.0%, 5.6% Cash, Due 5/2018)(E)(H)

   10,700    10,700    —   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     23,954    3,310 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured First Lien Debt

    $27,954   $7,310 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Secured Second Lien Debt – 3.6%

      

Automobile – 3.6%

      

Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 11.1% Cash, Due 8/2023)(E)

  $8,065   $8,065   $8,065 

2023, our investments in Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P. (“Leeds”) and Funko Acquisition Holdings, LLC (“Funko”) are considered non-qualifying assets under Section 55 of the 1940 Act. Such non-qualifying assets represent less than 0.1% of total investments, at fair value, as of December 31, 2023.

(B)Unless indicated otherwise, all cash interest rates are indexed to one-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR” or “S”), which was 5.35% as of December 31, 2023. If applicable, paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest rates are noted separately from the cash interest rate. Certain securities are subject to an interest rate floor. The cash interest rate is the greater of the floor or the reference rate plus a spread. Due dates represent the contractual maturity date.
(C)Fair value was based on an internal yield analysis or on estimates of value submitted by a third party valuation firm.
(D)Fair value was based on the indicative bid price on or near December 31, 2023, offered by the respective syndication agent’s trading desk.
(E)Fair value was based on the total enterprise value of the portfolio company, which was then allocated to the portfolio company’s securities in order of their relative priority in the capital structure.
(F)Debt security has a fixed interest rate.
(G)Security is non-income producing.
(H)The Company has entered into an agreement that entitles it to the "last out" tranche of the first lien secured loans, whereby the "first out" tranche will receive priority as to the "last out" tranche with respect to payments of principal, interest, and any other amounts due thereunder.
(I)Represents the principal balance for debt investments and the number of shares/units held for equity investments. Warrants are represented as a percentage of ownership, as applicable.
(J)Where applicable, aggregates all shares of a class of stock owned without regard to specific series owned within such class (some series of which may or may not be voting shares) or aggregates all warrants to purchase shares of a class of stock owned without regard to specific series of such class of stock such warrants allow us to purchase.
(K)Category percentages represent the fair value of each category and subcategory as a percentage of net assets as of December 31, 2023.
(L)There are certain limitations on our ability to withdraw our partnership interest prior to dissolution of the entity, which must occur no later than May 9, 2024 or two years after all outstanding leverage has matured.
(M)Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those that are neither Control nor Affiliate investments and in which we own less than 5.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(N)Affiliate investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those in which we own, with the power to vote, between and inclusive of 5.0% and 25.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(O)Control investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those where we have the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of the portfolio company, which may include owning, with the power to vote, more than 25.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(P)Debt security is on non-accrual status.
(Q)Unless indicated otherwise, all of our investments are valued using Level 3 inputs within the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”) fair value hierarchy. Refer to Note 3—Investments in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
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(R)Fair value was based on net asset value provided by the fund as a practical expedient.
(S)One of our affiliated funds, Gladstone Investment Corporation, co-invested with us in this portfolio company pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(T)Our investment in Funko was valued using Level 2 inputs within the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”) fair value hierarchy. Our common units in Funko are convertible to class A common stock in Funko, Inc. upon meeting certain requirements. Fair value was based on the closing market price of shares of Funko, Inc. as of the reporting date, less a discount for lack of marketability. Funko, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol “FNKO.” Refer to Note 3—Investments in the accompanying Notes toConsolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(U)The cash interest rate on this investment was indexed to 90-day SOFR, which was 5.33% as of December 31, 2017

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Y)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
   Cost   Fair
Value
 

Preferred Equity – 0.0%

      

Printing and Publishing – 0.0%

      

Sunshine Media Holdings – Preferred Stock(E)(G)(J)

   15,270   $5,275   $—   

Common Equity – 1.3%

      

Automobile – 1.2%

      

Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc. – Common Stock(E)(G)

   33,321   $580   $2,643 

Machinery – 0.1%

      

PIC 360, LLC – Common Equity Units(E)(G)

   1    1    259 

Printing and Publishing – 0.0%

      

Sunshine Media Holdings – Common Stock(E)(G)

   1,867    740    —   

Sunshine Media Holdings – Common Stock Warrants(E)(G)

   72    —      —   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     740    —   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Equity

    $1,321   $2,902 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Control Investments

    $42,615   $18,277 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS – 173.9%

    $450,132   $392,430 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A)Certain of the securities listed in this schedule are issued by affiliate(s) of the indicated portfolio company. The majority of the securities listed, totaling $348.9 million at fair value, are pledged as collateral to our revolving line of credit, as described further in Note 5—Borrowings.Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “1940 Act”), we may not acquire anynon-qualifying assets unless, at the time such acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of our total assets. As of December 31, 2017, our investments in FedCap Partners, LLC (“FedCap”), Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P. (“Leeds”), and Funko Acquisition Holdings, LLC (“Funko”) are considerednon-qualifying assets under Section 55 of the 1940 Act. Suchnon-qualifying assets represent 0.8% of total investments, at fair value, as of December 31, 2017.
(B)Unless indicated otherwise, all cash interest rates are indexed to30-day London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR” or “L”), which was 1.56% as of December 31, 2017. If applicable,paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest rates are noted separately from the cash interest rate. Certain securities are subject to an interest rate floor. The cash interest rate is the greater of the floor or LIBOR plus a spread. Due dates represent the contractual maturity date.
(C)Fair value was based on an internal yield analysis or on estimates of value submitted by Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations, Inc. (“SPSE”).
(D)Fair value was based on the indicative bid price on or near December 31, 2017, offered by the respective syndication agent’s trading desk.
(E)Fair value was based on the total enterprise value of the portfolio company, which was then allocated to the portfolio company’s securities in order of their relative priority in the capital structure.
(F)Debt security has a fixed interest rate.
(G)Security isnon-income producing.
(H)Debt security is onnon-accrual status.
(I)New investment valued at cost, as it was determined that the price paid during the quarter ended December 31, 2017 best represents fair value as of December 31, 2017.
(J)Where applicable, aggregates all shares of a class of stock owned without regard to specific series owned within such class (some series of which may or may not be voting shares) or aggregates all warrants to purchase shares of a class of stock owned without regard to specific series of such class of stock such warrants allow us to purchase.
(K)There are certain limitations on our ability to transfer our units owned, withdraw or resign prior to dissolution of the entity, which must occur no later than May 3, 2020.
(L)There are certain limitations on our ability to withdraw our partnership interest prior to dissolution of the entity, which must occur no later than May 9, 2024 or two years after all outstanding leverage has matured.
(M)Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those that are neither Control nor Affiliate investments and in which we own less than 5.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(N)Affiliate investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those in which we own, with the power to vote, between and inclusive of 5.0% and 25.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(O)Control investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those where we have the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of the portfolio company, which may include owning, with the power to vote, more than 25.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(P)Debt security does not have a stated interest rate that is payable thereon.
(Q)Reserved.
(R)Fair value was based on net asset value provided by the fund as a practical expedient.
(S)One of our affiliated funds, Gladstone Investment Corporation,co-invested with us in this portfolio company pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(T)Our investment in Funko was valued using Level 2 inputs within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy. Our common units in Funko are convertible to class A common stock in Funko, Inc. upon the expiration of alock-up agreement and meeting other requirements. Fair value was based on the closing market price of shares of Funko, Inc. as of the reporting date, less a discount for lack of marketability. Funko, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the trading symbol “FNKO.” Refer to Note 3—Investments in the accompanyingNotes toConsolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(U)The cash interest rate on this investment was indexed to90-day LIBOR, which was 1.69% as of December 31, 2017.
(V)The cash interest rate on this investment was indexed to the U.S. Prime Rate (“PRIME”), which was 4.50% as of December 31, 2017.
(W)Unless indicated otherwise, all of our investments are valued using Level 3 inputs within the FASB Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”) fair value hierarchy. Refer to Note 3—Investments in the accompanyingNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(X)Represents the principal balance for debt investments and the number of shares/units held for equity investments. Warrants are represented as a percentage of ownership, as applicable.
(Y)Category percentages represent the fair value of each category and subcategory as a percentage of net assets as of December 31, 2017.
(Z)Investment formerly known as HB Capital Resources, Ltd.

2023.

(V)Investment was exited subsequent to December 31, 2023. Refer to Note 12 – Subsequent Events in the accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.









































THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Z)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
   Cost   Fair
Value
 

NON-CONTROL/NON-AFFILIATE INVESTMENTS(M) – 132.4%

      

Secured First Lien Debt – 67.2%

      

Automobile – 1.7%

      

Meridian Rack & Pinion, Inc. (S) – Term Debt (L + 11.5% 13.5% Cash, Due 12/2018) (C)

  $4,140   $4,140   $3,643 

Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 3.2%

      

Triple H Food Processors, LLC - Line of Credit, $1,500 available (L + 6.8%, 8.0% Cash, Due 8/2018)(C)

   —      —      —   

Triple H Food Processors, LLC – Term Debt (L + 8.3%, 9.5% Cash, Due 8/2020)(C)

   6,800    6,800    6,928 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,800    6,928 

Buildings and Real Estate – 1.0%

      

GFRC Holdings, LLC – Line of Credit, $20 available (L + 8.0%, 9.2% Cash, Due 9/2018)(E)

   1,180    1,180    1,180 

GFRC Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.2% Cash, Due 9/2018)(E)

   1,000    1,000    1,000 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,180    2,180 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 20.1%

      

IA Tech, LLC – Term Debt (L + 11.0%, 12.2% Cash, Due 6/2021)(C)

   23,000    23,000    23,633 

Travel Sentry, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.0%, 10.3% Cash, Due 12/2021)(C)(U)

   8,902    8,902    9,170 

Vision Government Solutions, Inc. – Line of Credit, $0 available (L + 8.8%, 10.0% Cash, Due 1/2019)(C)

   1,450    1,450    1,420 

Vision Government Solutions, Inc. – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $900 available (10.0% Cash, Due 1/2019)(C)(F)

   1,600    1,600    1,485 

Vision Government Solutions, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.8%, 10.0% Cash, Due 1/2019)(C)

   9,000    9,000    8,390 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     43,952    44,098 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 1.6%

      

Alloy Die Casting Co.(S) – Term Debt (L + 11.5%, 13.5% Cash, Due 10/2018)(C)(H)

   5,235    5,235    3,272 

Alloy Die Casting Co.(S) – Term Debt (L + 11.5%, 13.5% Cash, Due 10/2018)(C)(H)

   75    75    47 

Alloy Die Casting Co.(S) – Term Debt (Due 10/2018)(C)(P)

   390    390    246 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     5,700    3,565 

Healthcare, education, and childcare – 9.8%

      

EL Academies, Inc. – Line of Credit (L + 9.5%, 10.7% Cash, Due 8/2020)(I)

   —      —      —   

EL Academies, Inc. – Delayed Draw Term Loan (L + 9.5%, 10.7% Cash, Due 8/2022)(I)

   —      —      —   

EL Academies, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 10.7% Cash, Due 8/2022)(I)

   12,000    12,000    12,000 

TWS Acquisition Corporation – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.2% Cash, Due 7/2020)(C)

   9,432    9,432    9,609 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     21,432    21,609 

Leisure, Amusement, Motion Pictures, Entertainment – 3.6%

      

Flight Fit N Fun LLC – Term Debt (L + 14.0%, 15.2% Cash, Due 9/2020)(Q)(Y)

   7,800    7,800    7,800 

Machinery – 0.4%

      

Precision International, LLC – Term Debt (10.0% PIK, Due 9/2021)(C)(F)

   808    808    798 

Oil and Gas – 9.2%

      

WadeCo Specialties, Inc. – Line of Credit, $425 available (L + 7.0%, 8.2% Cash, Due 4/2018)(E)

   2,575    2,575    2,575 

WadeCo Specialties, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 7.0%, 8.2% Cash, Due 3/2019)(E)

   10,441    10,427    10,440 

WadeCo Specialties, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.0%, 12.0% Cash, Due 3/2019)(E)

   7,000    7,000    7,000 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     20,002    20,015 

Personal andNon-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 3.0%

      

Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Line of Credit, $500 available (L + 6.5%, 7.7% Cash, Due 9/2019)(C)

   —      —      —   

Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 10.7% Cash, Due 9/2021)(C)

   6,600    6,600    6,616 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,600    6,616 

Printing and Publishing – 0.0%

      

Chinese Yellow Pages Company – Line of Credit, $0 available (PRIME + 4.0%, 8.0% Cash, Due 2/2015)(E)(V)

   107    107    —   

Telecommunications – 13.6%

      

B+T Group Acquisition Inc.(S) – Term Debt (L + 11.0%, 13.0% Cash, Due 12/2019)(C)

   6,000    6,000    5,955 

NetFortris Corp. – Line of Credit, $2,000 available (L + 8.4%, 9.6% Cash, Due 11/2017)(C)

   —      —      —   

NetFortris Corp. – Term Debt (L + 8.4%, 9.6% Cash, Due 2/2021)(C)

   24,000    24,000    24,240 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     30,000    30,195 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured First Lien Debt

    $149,521   $147,447 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(I)(J)
CostFair Value
NON-CONTROL/NON-AFFILIATE INVESTMENTS(M) – 162.4%
Secured First Lien Debt – 120.3%
Aerospace and Defense – 19.3%
Antenna Research Associates, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 10.0%, 15.3% Cash, 4.0% PIK, Due 11/2026)(E)
$30,048 $30,048 $30,048 
Ohio Armor Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.3% Cash, Due 2/2026)(C)
17,738 17,738 17,294 
SpaceCo Holdings, LLC – Line of Credit, $550 available (S + 7.2%, 12.5% Cash, Due 12/2025)(C)(U)
1,450 1,450 1,434 
SpaceCo Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.2%, 12.5% Cash, Due 12/2025)(C)(U)
30,284 29,961 29,944 
79,197 78,720 
Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 17.8%
Café Zupas – Line of Credit, $1,500 available (S + 6.8%, 12.1% Cash, Due 12/2024)(C)
— — — 
Café Zupas – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $2,070 available (S + 6.8%, 12.1% Cash, Due 12/2024)(C)
7,970 7,970 7,850 
Café Zupas – Term Debt (S + 6.8%, 12.1% Cash, Due 12/2024)(C)
23,460 23,460 23,108 
Eegee’s LLC – Line of Credit, $1,000 available (S + 7.8%, 13.1% Cash, Due 6/2026)(C)
— — — 
Eegee’s LLC – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $4,500 available (S + 7.8%, 13.1% Cash, Due 6/2026)(C)
3,000 3,000 2,865 
Eegee’s LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.8%, 13.1% Cash, Due 6/2026)(C)
17,000 17,000 16,235 
Salt & Straw, LLC – Line of Credit, $2,000 available (S + 9.1%, 14.4% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
— — — 
Salt & Straw, LLC – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $1,300 available (S + 9.1%, 14.4% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
10,200 10,133 9,715 
Sokol & Company Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 12.3% Cash, Due 8/2027)(C)
13,500 13,500 13,095 
75,063 72,868 
Buildings and Real Estate – 0.5%
GFRC 360, LLC – Line of Credit, $175 available (S + 8.0%, 13.3% Cash, Due 9/2024)(C)
1,275 1,275 1,205 
GFRC 360, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.3% Cash, Due 9/2024)(C)
1,000 1,000 945 
2,275 2,150 
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 27.9%
Engineering Manufacturing Technologies, LLC – Line of Credit, $3,000 available (S + 8.3%, 13.6% Cash, Due 10/2026)(C)
— — — 
Engineering Manufacturing Technologies, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.3%, 13.6% Cash, Due 10/2026)(C)
21,500 21,500 19,726 
NeoGraf Solutions LLC – Line of Credit, $4,500 available (S + 7.0%, 11.0% Cash, 1.3% PIK, Due 1/2028)(C)
— — — 
NeoGraf Solutions LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 11.0% Cash, 1.3% PIK, Due 1/2028)(C)
27,154 27,154 26,000 
OCI, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.5%, 12.8% Cash, Due 5/2028)(C)
20,000 20,000 19,800 
Salvo Technologies, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 9.5%, 14.8% Cash, Due 4/2027)(C)
11,768 11,768 10,900 
Unirac Holdings, Inc. – Line of Credit, $1,244 available (S + 6.5%, 11.8% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
978 978 980 
Unirac Holdings, Inc. – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $1,669 available (S + 6.5%, 11.8% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
1,108 1,108 1,111 
Unirac Holdings, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 6.5%, 11.8% Cash, Due 9/2027)(C)
14,888 14,577 14,925 
Viva Railings, LLC – Line of Credit, $4,000 available (S + 7.1%, 12.4% Cash, Due 5/2027)(C)
— — — 
Viva Railings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.1%, 12.4% Cash, Due 5/2027)(C)
20,747 20,747 20,436 
117,832 113,878 
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 25.5%
Axios Industrial Group, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.6%, 13.9% Cash, Due 10/2027)(C)
11,550 11,519 11,291 
DKI Ventures, LLC – Line of Credit, $170 available (9.0% Cash, Due 12/2025)(C)(F)
205 205 113 
DKI Ventures, LLC – Term Debt (9.0% Cash, Due 12/2025)(C)(F)
5,915 5,915 3,253 
ENET Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.3%, 13.6% Cash, Due 4/2025)(C)
22,289 22,289 21,397 
Fix-It Group, LLC – Line of Credit, $2,500 available (S + 8.1%, 13.4% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
500 500 499 
Fix-It Group, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.1%, 13.4% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
12,200 12,200 12,170 
Fix-It Group, LLC – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $0 available (S + 8.1%, 13.4% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
6,911 6,911 6,894 
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Z)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
   Cost   Fair
Value
 

Secured Second Lien Debt – 59.1%

      

Automobile – 2.2%

      

Sea Link International IRB, Inc. – Term Debt (11.3%, Due 11/2021)(C)(F)

  $5,000   $4,975   $5,025 

Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 3.1%

      

The Mochi Ice Cream Company – Term Debt (L + 10.5%, 11.7% Cash, Due 1/2021)(C)

   6,750    6,750    6,809 

Cargo Transportation– 6.0%

      

AG Transportation Holdings, LLC. – Term Debt (L + 10.0%, 13.3% Cash, Due 3/2020) (C)

   13,000    13,000    13,081 

Chemicals, Plastics, and Rubber – 0.4%

      

Vertellus Holdings LLC – Term Debt (L + 12.0%, 13.2% Cash, Due 10/2021)(D)

   1,099    1,099    929 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 16.4%

      

DataPipe, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.2% Cash, Due 9/2019)(D)(Y)

   2,000    1,966    2,005 

HB Capital Resources, Ltd. – Term Debt (L + 10.3%, 11.5% Cash, Due 10/2022)(C)

   22,000    22,000    22,110 

Keystone Acquisition Corp.– Term Debt (L + 9.3%, 10.5% Cash, Due 5/2025)(D)

   4,000    3,922    3,960 

LDiscovery, LLC – Term Debt (L + 10.0%, 11.2% Cash, Due 12/2023)(D)

   5,000    4,815    4,550 

PSC Industrial Holdings Corp.– Term Debt (L + 8.3%, 9.5% Cash, Due 12/2021)(Q)(Y)

   3,500    3,452    3,500 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     36,155    36,125 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 8.2%

      

United Flexible, Inc.– Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 10.7% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 2/2022)(C)

   17,993    17,909    17,903 

Healthcare, education, and childcare – 8.8%

      

Medical Solutions Holdings, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.3%, 9.5% Cash, Due 12/2023)(D)

   3,000    2,956    2,970 

Merlin International, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 10.0%, 11.2% Cash, Due 8/2022)(C)

   10,000    10,000    10,150 

NetSmart Technologies, Inc.– Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 10.7% Cash, Due 10/2023)(D)

   3,660    3,609    3,678 

New Trident Holdcorp, Inc.– Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 10.7% Cash, Due 7/2020)(D)

   4,000    4,000    2,412 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     20,565    19,210 

Home and Office Furnishings, Housewares and Durable Consumer Products – 4.6%

      

Belnick, Inc. – Term Debt (11.0%, Due 8/2023)(C)(F)

   10,000    10,000    10,100 

Hotels, Motels, Inns, and Gaming – 3.2%

      

Vacation Rental Pros Property Management, LLC – Term Debt (L + 10.0%, 11.2% Cash, 3.0% PIK, Due 6/2023)(C)

   7,145    7,145    7,136 

Oil and Gas – 5.7%

      

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd. – Term Debt (L + 10.4%, 11.9% PIK, Due 4/2020)(C)

   16,739    16,611    8,626 

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd. – Term Debt (L + 9.3% 10.8% PIK, Due 4/2020)(C)

   7,733    7,673    3,931 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     24,284    12,557 

Telecommunications – 0.5%

      

Neustar, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 8.0%, 9.2% Cash, Due 8/2025)(D)

   1,000    1,000    1,015 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured Second Lien Debt

    $142,882   $129,890 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unsecured Debt – 1.5%

      

Healthcare, education, and childcare – 1.5%

      

Edmentum Ultimate Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (10.0% PIK, Due 6/2020)(C)(F)

  $3,324   $3,324   $3,324 

Preferred Equity – 2.6%

      

Automobile – 0.1%

      

Meridian Rack & Pinion, Inc. (S)– Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   1,449   $1,449   $133 

Buildings and Real Estate – 0.3%

      

GFRC Holdings, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   1,000    1,025    824 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 0.2%

      

Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Preferred Stock(I)(G)

   766    500    500 

Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Preferred Stock Warrant(I)(G)

   168    —      —   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     500    500 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.3%

      

Alloy Die Casting, Co.(S)– Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   2,192    2,192    —   

United Flexible, Inc.– Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   538    538    554 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,730    554 

Leisure, Amusement, Motion Pictures, Entertainment – 0.6%

      

Flight Fit N Fun LLC – Preferred Stock(G)(Q)(Y)

   700,000    700    1,425 

Table of Contents

GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(I)(J)
CostFair Value
Leadpoint Business Services, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.5%, 13.8% Cash, Due 2/2028)(C)
13,500 13,500 13,399 
MCG Energy Solutions, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.6%, 12.9% Cash, 3.5% PIK, Due 3/2026)(C)
20,146 20,107 17,628 
Trowbridge Chicago, LLC – Line of Credit, $2,000 available (S + 7.0%, 12.3% Cash, Due 6/2029)(C)
— — — 
Trowbridge Chicago, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 12.3% Cash, Due 6/2029)(C)
5,750 5,750 5,664 
WorkforceQA, LLC – Line of Credit, $1,600 available (S + 6.5%, 11.8% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
400 400 400 
WorkforceQA, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.4%, 13.7% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)(H)
10,000 9,971 9,987 
WorkforceQA, LLC – Term Debt (S + 9.3%, 14.6% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)(H)
1,600 1,595 1,598 
110,862 104,293 
Healthcare, Education, and Childcare – 26.5%
ALS Education, LLC – Line of Credit, $3,000 available (S + 7.0%, 12.3% Cash, Due 5/2025)(C)
— — — 
ALS Education, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.0%, 12.3% Cash, Due 5/2025)(C)
18,700 18,700 18,700 
HH-Inspire Acquisition, Inc. – Line of Credit, $478 available (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)(U)
1,359 1,359 1,347 
HH-Inspire Acquisition, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)(U)
16,013 16,013 15,872 
HH-Inspire Acquisition, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.4% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)(U)
3,225 3,225 3,197 
Pansophic Learning, Ltd. – Term Debt (S + 7.5%, 12.9% Cash, Due 3/2027)(C)(U)
28,000 27,968 27,965 
Pansophic Learning, Ltd. – Term Debt (S + 7.5%, 12.9% Cash, Due 3/2027)(C)(U)
5,000 4,994 4,994 
Technical Resource Management, LLC – Line of Credit, $1,000 available (S + 8.0%, 13.3% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)
2,000 2,000 1,970 
Technical Resource Management, LLC – Term Debt (S + 8.0%, 13.3% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)
23,000 23,000 22,655 
Technical Resource Management, LLC – Delayed Draw Term Loan, $2,500 available (S + 8.0%, 13.3% Cash, Due 4/2028)(C)
— — — 
Turn Key Health Clinics, LLC – Line of Credit, $1,500 available (S + 7.3%, 12.6% Cash, Due 6/2026)(C)
500 500 499 
Turn Key Health Clinics, LLC – Term Debt (S + 7.3%, 12.6% Cash, Due 6/2026)(C)
11,000 11,000 10,986 
108,759 108,185 
Machinery – 1.4%
Arc Drilling Holdings LLC – Line of Credit, $1,000 available (S + 11.5%, 10.5% Cash, 6.3% PIK, Due 2/2024)(C)
— — — 
Arc Drilling Holdings LLC – Term Debt (S + 11.5%, 10.5% Cash, 6.3% PIK, Due 2/2024)(C)
5,928 5,928 5,724 
5,928 5,724 
Telecommunications – 1.4%
B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Line of Credit, $0 available (S + 2.0%, 7.3% Cash, Due 12/2024)(C)
1,200 1,200 978 
B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Term Debt (S + 2.0%, 7.3% Cash, Due 12/2024)(C)
6,000 6,000 4,890 
7,200 5,868 
Total Secured First Lien Debt$507,116 $491,686 
Secured Second Lien Debt – 29.5%
Automobile – 3.8%
Sea Link International IRB, Inc. – Term Debt (11.3% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 12/2025)(C)(F)
12,083 12,053 11,675 
Sea Link International IRB, Inc. – Term Debt (12.0% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 12/2025)(C)(F)
4,000 4,000 4,000 
16,053 15,675 
Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 0.6%
8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 7.9%, 13.2% Cash, Due 10/2026)(D)
3,683 3,683 2,495 
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 8.9%
OCI, LLC – Term Debt (7.0% Cash, 7.0% PIK, Due 11/2028)(C)(F)
2,012 2,012 1,992 
Springfield, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 10.1%, 15.4% Cash, Due 12/2026)(C)
30,000 30,000 29,850 
Tailwind Smith Cooper Intermediate Corporation – Term Debt (S + 9.0%, 14.4% Cash, Due 5/2027)(D)(U)
5,000 4,856 4,294 
36,868 36,136 
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 4.0%
CHA Holdings, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 9.0%, 14.4% Cash, Due 4/2026)(D)(U)
3,000 2,974 2,820 
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Z)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
  Cost   Fair
Value
 

Oil and Gas – 0.9%

     

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd. – Preferred Equity Units(E)(G)

  

 

1,656

 

  1,215    —   

WadeCo. Specialties, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   1,000   618    2,000 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      1,833   2,000 

Personal andNon-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.1%

     

Funko Acquisition Holdings, LLC(S) – Preferred Equity Units(E)(G)

   260   167    159 

Telecommunications – 0.1%

     

B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Preferred Stock(E)(G)(J)

   5,503   1,799    140 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Equity

   $10,203   $5,735 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Equity – 2.0%

     

Aerospace and Defense – 0.3%

     

FedCap Partners, LLC – Class A Membership Units ($0 Uncalled Commitment)(G)(K)(R)

   80  $1,634   $751 

Automobile– 0.2%

     

Sea Link International IRB, Inc.– Common Equity Units(E)(G)

   494,902   495    362 

Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 0.2%

     

The Mochi Ice Cream Company – Common Stock(E)(G)

   450   450    —   

Triple H Food Processors, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)

   250,000   250    366 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      700   366 

Buildings and Real Estate – 0.0%

     

GFRC Holdings, LLC – Common Stock Warrants(E)(G)

   45.0  —      —   

Cargo Transportation – 0.0%

     

AG Transportation Holdings, LLC – Member Profit Participation(E)(G)

   18.0  1,000    —   

AG Transportation Holdings, LLC – Profit Participation Warrants(E)(G)

   12.0  244    —   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      1,244   —   

Chemicals, Plastics, and Rubber – 0.2%

     

Vertellus Holdings LLC – Common Stock Units(E)(G)

   879,121   3,018    442 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%

     

Alloy Die Casting, Co.(S) – Common Stock(E)(G)

   270   18    —   

United Flexible, Inc. – Common Stock(E)(G)

   1,158   148    —   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      166   —   

Healthcare, education, and childcare – 0.9%

     

Edmentum Ultimate Holdings, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)

   21,429   2,636    —   

EL Academies, Inc. – Common Stock(G)(I)

   500   500    500 

Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P. – Limited Partnership Interest ($1,581 uncalled capital commitment)(G)(L)(R)

   3.5  1,628    1,645 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      4,764   2,145 

Machinery – 0.0%

     

Precision International, LLC – Membership Unit Warrant(E)(G)

   33.3  —      —   

Oil and Gas – 0.1%

     

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd. – Common Equity Units(E)(G)

   1,656   1    —   

W3, Co. – Common Equity(D)(G)

   435   499    139 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      500   139 

Personal andNon-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.1%

     

Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Participation Warrant(E)(G)

   1   500    259 

Funko Acquisition Holdings, LLC(S) – Common Stock(E)(G)

   975   —      —   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 
      500   259 

Telecommunications – 0.0%

     

NetFortris Corp.– Common Stock Warrant(E)(G)

   1   1    —   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Equity

   $13,022   $4,464 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

TotalNon-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments

   $318,952   $290,860 
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(I)(J)
CostFair Value
Gray Matter Systems, LLC – Term Debt (12.0% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 12/2026)(C)(F)
13,645 13,578 13,645 
16,552 16,465 
Healthcare, Education, and Childcare – 7.1%
Giving Home Health Care, LLC – Term Debt (12.5% Cash, Due 2/2028)(C)(F)
28,800 28,800 28,800 
Oil and Gas – 5.1%
Imperative Holdings Corporation – Term Debt (S + 9.8%, 15.1% Cash, Due 8/2028)(C)
21,015 20,871 20,858 
Total Secured Second Lien Debt$122,827 $120,429 
Unsecured Debt – 0.0%
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 0.0%
Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Convertible Debt (6.0% Cash, Due 6/2022)(E)(F)
198 198 24 
Preferred Equity – 5.3%
Automobile – 0.0%
Sea Link International IRB, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
98,039 98 183 
Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 0.0%
Triple H Food Processors, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
75 75 141 
Buildings and Real Estate – 0.1%
GFRC 360, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
1,000 1,025 253 
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.3%
Salvo Technologies, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
2,500 2,500 1,225 
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 2.4%
Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
766 500 — 
Frontier Financial Group Inc. – Preferred Stock Warrant(E)(G)
168 — — 
MCG Energy Solutions, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
7,000,000 7,000 8,904 
Trowbridge Chicago, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
242,105 750 750 
8,250 9,654 
Healthcare, Education, and Childcare – 0.8%
HH-Inspire Acquisition, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
1,329,054 2,251 3,451 
Oil and Gas – 1.7%
FES Resources Holdings LLC – Preferred Equity Units(E)(G)
6,350 6,350 4,508 
Imperative Holdings Corporation – Preferred Equity Units(E)(G)
972,569 488 2,318 
6,838 6,826 
Telecommunications – 0.0%
B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
6,130 2,024  
Total Preferred Equity$23,061 $21,733 
Common Equity – 7.3%
Aerospace and Defense – 4.7%
 Antenna Research Associates, Inc. – Common Equity Units(E)(G)
4,283 4,283 18,436 
 Ohio Armor Holdings, LLC – Common Equity(E)(G)
100 1,000 680 
5,283 19,116 
Automobile – 0.1%
Sea Link International IRB, Inc.– Common Equity Units(E)(G)
823,333 823 340 
Beverage, Food, and Tobacco – 0.8%
Salt & Straw, LLC – Common Warrant(E)(G)
0.4 %— 31 
Sokol & Company Holdings, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
1,500,000 1,500 1,612 
Triple H Food Processors, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
250,000 250 1,641 
1,750 3,284 
Buildings and Real Estate – 0.0%
GFRC 360, LLC – Common Stock Warrants(E)(G)
45.0 %  
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%
 Engineering Manufacturing Technologies, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
6,000 3,000 — 
 OCI, LLC – Common Units (E)(G)
306 — — 
 NeoGraf Solutions LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
2,000,000 2,000 — 
5,000  
Diversified/Conglomerate Service – 0.1%
 WorkforceQA, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
532 532 359 
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Z)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
   Cost   Fair Value 

AFFILIATE INVESTMENTS(N)– 19.4%

      

Secured First Lien Debt – 8.6%

      

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 8.6%

      

Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc. (S) – Term Debt (L + 10.5%, 12.5% Cash, Due 2/2019)(C)

  $6,200   $6,200   $5,704 

Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc. (S) – Term Debt (L + 11.8%, 13.8% Cash, Due 2/2019)(C)

   1,600    1,600    1,480 

LWO Acquisitions Company LLC – Line of Credit, $0 available (L + 5.5%, 6.7% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 3/2018)(C)

   2,748    2,746    2,336 

LWO Acquisitions Company LLC – Term Debt (L + 8.5%, 9.7% Cash, 2.0% PIK, Due 12/2019)(C)

   10,942    10,921    9,301 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     21,467    18,821 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured First Lien Debt

    $21,467   $18,821 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Secured Second Lien Debt – 7.8%

      

Diversified Natural Resources, Precious Metals and Minerals – 7.8%

      

Lignetics, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.0%, 12.0% Cash, Due 2/2021)(C)

  $6,000   $6,000   $5,998 

Lignetics, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.0%, 12.0% Cash, Due 2/2021)(C)

   8,000    8,000    7,997 

Lignetics, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.0%, 12.0% Cash, Due 2/2021)(C)

   3,300    3,300    3,299 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     17,300    17,294 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured Second Lien Debt

    $17,300   $17,294 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Equity – 0.4%

      

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%

      

Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc. (S) – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   2,516   $2,516   $—   

Diversified Natural Resources, Precious Metals and Minerals – 0.4%

      

Lignetics, Inc. – Preferred Stock(E)(G)

   40,000    800    826 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Equity

    $3,316   $826 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Equity – 2.6%

      

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%

      

LWO Acquisitions Company LLC – Common Units(E)(G)

   921,000   $921   $—   

Diversified Natural Resources, Precious Metals and Minerals – 0.4%

      

Lignetics, Inc. – Common Stock(E)(G)

   152,603    1,855    828 

Textiles and Leather – 2.2%

      

Targus Cayman HoldCo, Ltd. – Common Stock(E)(G)

   3,076,414    5,009    4,879 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Equity

    $7,785   $5,707 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Affiliate Investments

    $49,868   $42,648 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

CONTROL INVESTMENTS(O) – 8.6%

      

Secured First Lien Debt – 3.5%

      

Machinery – 1.8%

      

PIC 360, LLC – Term Debt (14.0%, Due 12/2017)(E)(F)

  $4,000   $4,000   $4,000 

Printing and Publishing – 1.7%

      

Sunshine Media Holdings – Line of Credit, $672 available (8.0% Cash, Due 5/2018)(E)(F)

   1,328    1,328    1,328 

Sunshine Media Holdings – Term Debt (8.0% Cash, Due 5/2018)(E)(F)(H)

   5,000    3,525    679 

Sunshine Media Holdings – Term Debt (L + 3.8%, 5.0% Cash, Due 5/2018)(E)(H)

   11,948    8,401    1,621 

Sunshine Media Holdings – Term Debt (L + 4.0%, 5.5% Cash, Due 5/2018)(E)(H)

   10,700    10,700    —   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     23,954    3,628 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Secured First Lien Debt

    $27,954   $7,628 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Secured Second Lien Debt – 3.7%

      

Automobile – 3.7%

      

Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc. – Term Debt (L + 9.5%, 11.0% Cash, Due 2/2019)(E)

  $8,065   $8,065   $8,065 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(I)(J)
CostFair Value
Healthcare, Education, and Childcare – 1.5%
Giving Home Health Care, LLC – Warrant(E)(G)
10,667 19 2,794 
GSM MidCo LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
767 767 1,562 
  Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P. – Limited Partnership Interest ($843 uncalled capital commitment)(G)(L)(R)
3.5 %— 231 
Technical Resource Management, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
2,000,000 2,000 1,415 
2,786 6,002 
Machinery – 0.1%
Arc Drilling Holdings LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
15,000 1,500 403 
Oil and Gas – 0.0%
FES Resources Holdings LLC – Common Equity Units(E)(G)
6,233 — — 
Total Safety Holdings, LLC – Common Equity(E)(G)
435 499 146 
499 146 
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.0%
Funko Acquisition Holdings, LLC(S) – Common Units(G)(T)
4,239 22 22 
Telecommunications – 0.0%
B+T Group Acquisition, Inc.(S) – Common Stock Warrant(E)(G)
1.5 %  
Total Common Equity$18,195 $29,672 
Total Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments$671,397 $663,544 
AFFILIATE INVESTMENTS(N) – 2.6%
Secured First Lien Debt – 0.7%
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.7%
Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc. (S) – Term Debt (S + 5.5%, 10.8% Cash, Due 8/2024)(E)(P)
6,140 6,140 2,895 
Preferred Equity – 1.3%
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%
Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc.(S) – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
5,466 5,466 $ 
Diversified/Conglomerate Service– 1.1%
Encore Dredging Holdings, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
3,840,000 3,840 4,265 
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.2%
Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
500,000 500 857 
Total Preferred Equity$9,806 $5,122 
Common Equity – 0.6%
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.6%
Canopy Safety Brands, LLC – Common Stock(E)(G)
1,170,370 800 2,404 
Total Affiliate Investments$16,746 $10,421 
CONTROL INVESTMENTS(O) – 7.5%
Secured First Lien Debt – 3.9%
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.9%
Lonestar EMS, LLC – Term Debt (8.0% PIK, Due 6/2027)(E)(F)
3,927 3,927 3,927 
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 2.8%
WB Xcel Holdings, LLC – Line of Credit, $32 available (S + 10.5%, 15.8% Cash, Due 11/2026)(E)
1,468 1,468 1,468 
WB Xcel Holdings, LLC – Term Debt (S + 10.5%, 15.8% Cash, Due 11/2026)(E)
9,825 9,825 9,825 
11,293 11,293 
Printing and Publishing – 0.2%
TNCP Intermediate HoldCo, LLC – Line of Credit, $1,100 available (8.0% Cash, Due 10/2024)(E)(F)
900 900 900 
Total Secured First Lien Debt$16,120 $16,120 
Secured Second Lien Debt – 1.8%
Automobile – 1.8%
Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc. – Term Debt (S + 9.6%, 14.9% Cash, Due 5/2026)(E)
7,425 7,425 7,425 
Preferred Equity – 0.0%
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) – 0.0%
WB Xcel Holdings, LLC – Preferred Stock(E)(G)
333 2,750 $ 
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
Company and Investment(A)(B)(K)(Q)
Principal/
Shares/
Units(I)(J)
CostFair Value
Common Equity – 1.8%
Automobile – 1.0%
Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc. – Common Stock(E)(G)
33,321 580 3,948 
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing – 0.0%
Lonestar EMS, LLC – Common Units(E)(G)
100.0 %6,750  
Machinery – 0.1%
PIC 360, LLC – Common Equity Units(E)(G)
750 1 284 
Printing and Publishing – 0.7%
TNCP Intermediate HoldCo, LLC – Common Equity Units(E)(G)
790,000 500 3,073 
Total Common Equity$7,831 $7,305 
Total Control Investments$34,126 $30,850 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS(V) – 172.5%
$722,269 $704,815 
(A)Certain of the securities listed in this schedule are issued by affiliate(s) of the indicated portfolio company. The majority of the securities listed, totaling $628.3 million at fair value, are pledged as collateral under our revolving line of credit, as described further in Note 5—Borrowings in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Under the 1940 Act, we may not acquire any non-qualifying assets unless, at the time such acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of our total assets. As of September 30, 2017

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)

Company and Investment(A)(B)(W)(Z)

  Principal/
Shares/
Units(J)(X)
   Cost   Fair
Value
 

Preferred Equity – 0.0%

      

Printing and Publishing – 0.0%

      

Sunshine Media Holdings – Preferred Stock(E)(G)(J)

   15,270   $5,275   $—   

Common Equity – 1.4%

      

Automobile– 1.3%

      

Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc. – Common Stock(E)(G)

   33,321   $580   $2,856 

Machinery – 0.1%

      

PIC 360, LLC – Common Equity Units(E)(G)

   1    1    316 

Printing and Publishing – 0.0%

      

Sunshine Media Holdings – Common Stock(E)(G)

   1,867    740    —   

Sunshine Media Holdings – Common Stock Warrants(E)(G)

   72    —      —   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     740    —   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Equity

    $1,321   $3,172 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Control Investments

    $42,615   $18,865 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS(T) – 160.4%

    $411,435   $352,373 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A)Certain of the securities listed in this schedule are issued by affiliate(s) of the indicated portfolio company. The majority of the securities listed, totaling $317.4 million at fair value, are pledged as collateral to our revolving line of credit, as described further in Note 5—Borrowings.Under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “1940 Act”), we may not acquire anynon-qualifying assets unless, at the time such acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of our total assets. As of September 30, 2017, our investments in FedCap and Leeds are considerednon-qualifying assets under Section 55 of the 1940 Act. Suchnon-qualifying assets represent 0.7% of total investments, at fair value, as of September 30, 2017.
(B)Unless indicated otherwise, all cash interest rates are indexed to30-day London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR” or “L”), which was 1.23% as of September 30, 2017. If applicable,paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest rates are noted separately from the cash interest rate. Certain securities are subject to an interest rate floor. The cash interest rate is the greater of the floor or LIBOR plus a spread. Due dates represent the contractual maturity date.
(C)Fair value was based on an internal yield analysis or on estimates of value submitted by Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations, Inc. (“SPSE”).
(D)Fair value was based on the indicative bid price on or near September 30, 2017, offered by the respective syndication agent’s trading desk.
(E)Fair value was based on the total enterprise value of the portfolio company, which was then allocated to the portfolio company’s securities in order of their relative priority in the capital structure.
(F)Debt security has a fixed interest rate.
(G)Security isnon-income producing.
(H)Debt security is onnon-accrual status.
(I)New investment valued at cost, as it was determined that the price paid during the quarter ended September 30, 2017 best represents fair value as of September 30, 2017.
(J)Where applicable, aggregates all shares of a class of stock owned without regard to specific series owned within such class (some series of which may or may not be voting shares) or aggregates all warrants to purchase shares of a class of stock owned without regard to specific series of such class of stock such warrants allow us to purchase.
(K)There are certain limitations on our ability to transfer our units owned, withdraw or resign prior to dissolution of the entity, which must occur no later than May 3, 2020.
(L)There are certain limitations on our ability to withdraw our partnership interest prior to dissolution of the entity, which must occur no later than May 9, 2024 or two years after all outstanding leverage has matured.
(M)Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those that are neither Control nor Affiliate investments and in which we own less than 5.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(N)Affiliate investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those in which we own, with the power to vote, between and inclusive of 5.0% and 25.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(O)Control investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those where we have the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of the portfolio company, which may include owning, with the power to vote, more than 25.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(P)Debt security does not have a stated interest rate that is payable thereon.
(Q)Fair value was based on the expected exit or payoff amount, where such event has occurred or is expected to occur imminently.
(R)Fair value was based on net asset value provided by the fund as a practical expedient.
(S)One of our affiliated funds, Gladstone Investment Corporation,co-invested with us in this portfolio company pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(T)Cumulative gross unrealized depreciation for federal income tax purposes is $71.7 million; cumulative gross unrealized appreciation for federal income tax purposes is $7.5 million. Cumulative net unrealized depreciation is $64.3 million, based on a tax cost of $416.6 million.
(U)The cash interest rate on this investment was indexed to90-day LIBOR, which was 1.33% as of September 30, 2017.
(V)The cash interest rate on this investment was indexed to the U.S. Prime Rate (“PRIME”), which was 4.25% as of September 30, 2017.
(W)Unless indicated otherwise, all of our investments are valued using Level 3 inputs within the FASB Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”) fair value hierarchy. Refer to Note 3—Investments in the accompanyingNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(X)Represents the principal balance for debt investments and the number of shares/units held for equity investments. Warrants are represented as a percentage of ownership, as applicable.
(Y)Investment was exited subsequent to September 30, 2017. Refer to Note 15—Subsequent Eventsin the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(Z)Category percentages represent the fair value of each category and subcategory as a percentage of net assets as of September 30, 2017.

2023, our investments in Leeds and Funko are considered non-qualifying assets under Section 55 of the 1940 Act. Such non-qualifying assets represent less than 0.1% of total investments, at fair value, as of September 30, 2023.

(B)Unless indicated otherwise, all cash interest rates are indexed to one-month SOFR, which was 5.32% as of September 30, 2023. If applicable, PIK interest rates are noted separately from the cash interest rate. Certain securities are subject to an interest rate floor. The cash interest rate is the greater of the floor or SOFR plus a spread. Due dates represent the contractual maturity date.
(C)Fair value was based on an internal yield analysis or on estimates of value submitted by a third party valuation firm.
(D)Fair value was based on the indicative bid price on or near September 30, 2023, offered by the respective syndication agent’s trading desk.
(E)Fair value was based on the total enterprise value of the portfolio company, which was then allocated to the portfolio company’s securities in order of their relative priority in the capital structure.
(F)Debt security has a fixed interest rate.
(G)Security is non-income producing.
(H)The Company has entered into an agreement that entitles it to the "last out" tranche of the first lien secured loans, whereby the "first out" tranche will receive priority as to the "last out" tranche with respect to payments of principal, interest, and any other amounts due thereunder.
(I)Represents the principal balance for debt investments and the number of shares/units held for equity investments. Warrants are represented as a percentage of ownership, as applicable.
(J)Where applicable, aggregates all shares of a class of stock owned without regard to specific series owned within such class (some series of which may or may not be voting shares) or aggregates all warrants to purchase shares of a class of stock owned without regard to specific series of such class of stock such warrants allow us to purchase.
(K)Category percentages represent the fair value of each category and subcategory as a percentage of net assets as of September 30, 2023.
(L)There are certain limitations on our ability to withdraw our partnership interest prior to dissolution of the entity, which must occur no later than May 9, 2024 or two years after all outstanding leverage has matured.
(M)Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those that are neither Control nor Affiliate investments and in which we own less than 5.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(N)Affiliate investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those in which we own, with the power to vote, between and inclusive of 5.0% and 25.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(O)Control investments, as defined by the 1940 Act, are those where we have the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of the portfolio company, which may include owning, with the power to vote, more than 25.0% of the issued and outstanding voting securities.
(P)Debt security is on non-accrual status.
(Q)Unless indicated otherwise, all of our investments are valued using Level 3 inputs within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy. Refer to Note 3—Investments in the accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(R)Fair value was based on net asset value provided by the fund as a practical expedient.
(S)One of our affiliated funds, Gladstone Investment Corporation, co-invested with us in this portfolio company pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
(T)Our investment in Funko was valued using Level 2 inputs within ASC 820 of the fair value hierarchy. Our common units in Funko are convertible to class A common stock in Funko, Inc. upon meeting certain requirements. Fair value was based on the closing market price of shares of Funko, Inc. as of the reporting date, less a discount for lack of marketability. Funko, Inc. is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol “FNKO.” Refer to Note 3—Investments in the accompanying Notes toConsolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
(U)The cash interest rate on this investment was indexed to 90-day SOFR, which was 5.40% as of September 30, 2023.
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(V)Cumulative gross unrealized depreciation for federal income tax purposes is $56.9 million; cumulative gross unrealized appreciation for federal income tax purposes is $33.7 million. Cumulative net unrealized depreciation is $23.2 million, based on a tax cost of $728.0 million.



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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

DECEMBER 31, 2017

2023

(DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN TABLES IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA AND AS OTHERWISE INDICATED)

NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION

Gladstone Capital Corporation was incorporated under the Maryland General Corporation Law on May 30, 2001 and completed an initial public offering on August 24, 2001. The terms “the Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” all refer to Gladstone Capital Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries. We are an externally managed,closed-end,non-diversified management investment company that has elected to be treated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and isare applying the guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”(“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946Financial “Financial Services-Investment Companies(“Companies” (“ASC 946”). In addition, we have elected to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). We were established for the purpose of investing in debt and equity securities of established private businesses operating in the United States (“U.S.”). Our investment objectives are to: (1) achieve and grow current income by investing in debt securities of established lower middle market companies (which we generally define as companies with annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) of $3 million to $15$25 million) in the U.S. that we believe will provide stable earnings and cash flow to pay expenses, make principal and interest payments on our outstanding indebtedness and make distributions to stockholders that grow over time; and (2) provide our stockholders with long-term capital appreciation in the value of our assets by investing in equity securities, of established businessesin connection with our debt investments, that we believe can grow over time to permit us to sell our equity investments for capital gains.


Gladstone Business Loan, LLC (“Business Loan”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ours, was established on February 3, 2003, for the sole purpose of owning a portion of our portfolio ofholding certain investments in connection withpledged as collateral under our line of credit. The financial statements of Business Loan are consolidated with ours.those of Gladstone Capital Corporation. We may also have significant subsidiaries (as defined under Rule1-02(w)(2) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) RegulationS-X) whose financial statements are not consolidated with ours. Refer to Note 12 –Unconsolidated Significant Subsidiaries for additional information regarding ourWe did not have any unconsolidated significant subsidiaries.

subsidiaries that met any of the significance conditions under Rule 1-02(w)(2) of the SEC’s Regulation S-X as of or during the three month periods ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

We are externally managed by Gladstone Management Corporation (the “Adviser”), a Delaware corporationan affiliate of ours and an SEC registered investment adviser, and an affiliate of ours, pursuant to an investment advisory and management agreement (the(as amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Advisory Agreement”). Administrative services are provided by our affiliate, Gladstone Administration, LLC (the “Administrator”), a Delaware limited liability company,an affiliate of ours and the Adviser, pursuant to an administration agreement (the “Administration Agreement”). Refer to Note 4—Related Party Transactions for additional information regarding these arrangements.

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Unaudited Interim Financial Statements and Basis of Presentation

We prepare our interim financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the requirements for reporting onForm 10-Q and Articles 6, 10 and 1012 of RegulationS-X. Accordingly, we have not included in this quarterly report all of the information and notes required by GAAP for annual financial statements. The accompanyingConsolidated Financial Statements include our accounts and those of our wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In accordance with Article 6 of RegulationS-X, we do not consolidate portfolio company investments. Under the investment company rules and regulations pursuant to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”) Audit and Accounting Guide for Investment Companies, codified in ASC 946, we are precluded from consolidating any entity other than another investment company, except that ASC 946 provides for the consolidation of a controlled operating company that provides substantially all of its services to the investment company or its consolidated subsidiaries. In our opinion, all adjustments, consisting solely of normal recurring accruals, necessary for the fair statement of financial statements for the interim periods have been included. The results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023 are not necessarily indicative of results that ultimately may be achieved for the fiscal year.year ending
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September 30, 2024 or any future interim periods. The interim financial statements and notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2023, as filed with the SEC on November 20, 2017.

Our accompanying fiscalyear-endConsolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP.

13, 2023.

Use of Estimates

Preparing financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes.these Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

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Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation in the Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes. Reclassifications did not impact net increase in net assets resulting from operations, total assets, total liabilities or total net assets, or Statement of Changes in Net Assets and Statement of Cash Flows classifications.

Investment Valuation Policy

Accounting Recognition

We record our investments at fair value in accordance with the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationASC Topic 820, Fair“Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”) and the 1940 Act. Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains or losses are generally measured by the difference between the net proceeds from the repayment or sale and amortizedthe cost basis of the investment, without regard to unrealized depreciationappreciation or appreciationdepreciation previously recognized, and include investments charged off during the period, net of recoveries. Unrealized depreciationappreciation or appreciationdepreciation primarily reflects the change in investment fair values, including the reversal of previously recorded unrealized depreciationappreciation or appreciationdepreciation when gains or losses are realized.

Board Responsibility

Our board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) has approved investment valuation policies and procedures pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act (the “Policy”) and, in July 2022, designated the Adviser to serve as the Board of Directors’ valuation designee ("Valuation Designee") under the 1940 Act.
In accordance with the 1940 Act, our Board of Directors has the ultimate responsibility for reviewing and approving, inthe good faith the fair value determination of our investments for which market quotations are not readily available based on our investment valuation policy, which has been approved by our Board of Directors (the “Policy”).Policy and for overseeing the Valuation Designee. Such review occurs in three phases. First, prior to its quarterly meetings, our Board of Directors receivesand oversight includes receiving written valuation recommendationsfair value determinations and supporting materials provided by professionals of the AdviserValuation Designee, in coordination with the Administrator and Administrator with the oversight and direction from ourby the Company's chief valuation officer who reports directly to our Board of Directors (the(collectively, the “Valuation Team”). Second, theThe Valuation Committee of our Board of Directors comprised(comprised entirely of independent directors,directors) meets to review the valuation recommendationsdeterminations and supporting materials, presenteddiscusses the information provided by the chiefValuation Team, determines whether the Valuation Team has followed the Policy, and reviews other facts and circumstances, including current valuation officer. Third, afterrisks, conflicts of interest, material valuation matters, appropriateness of valuation methodologies, back-testing results, price challenges/overrides, and ongoing monitoring and oversight of pricing services. After the Valuation Committee concludes its meeting, it and ourthe chief valuation officer, representing the Valuation Designee, present the Valuation Committee’s findings on the Valuation Designee's determinations to the entire Board of Directors and, after discussion,so that the full Board of Directors ultimately approvesmay review the valueValuation Designee's determined fair values of our portfolio ofsuch investments in accordance with the Policy.

There is no single methodstandard for determining fair value (especially for privately-held businesses), as fair value depends upon the specific facts and circumstances of each individual investment. In determining the fair value of our investments, the Valuation Team, led by ourthe chief valuation officer, uses the Policy, and each quarter the Valuation Committee and Board of Directors reviewsreview the Policy to determine if changes thereto are advisable and also reviews whether the Valuation Team has applied the Policy consistently.

Use of Third Party Valuation Firms

The Valuation Team engages third partythird-party valuation firms to provide independent assessments of fair value of certain of our investments.

Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluation, Inc. (“SPSE”), a

A third-party valuation specialist,firm generally provides estimates of fair value on our proprietary debt investments. The Valuation Team in accordance with the Policy, generally assigns SPSE’sthe third-party valuation firm’s estimates of fair value to our debt investments where we do not have the ability to effectuate a sale of the applicable portfolio company. The Valuation Team corroborates SPSE’sthis third-party valuation firm’s estimates of fair value using one or more of the valuation techniques discussed below. The Valuation Team’s estimate of value on a specific debt investment may significantly differ from SPSE’s.the third-party valuation firm’s. When this occurs, theour Valuation Committee and Board of Directors review whether the Valuation Team has followed the Policy and the Valuation Committee reviews whether the Valuation Team’s recommendedDesignee’s determined fair value is reasonable in light of the Policy and other relevant facts and circumstances and then votes to accept or reject the Valuation Team’s recommended fair value.

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We may engage other independent valuation firms to provide earnings multiple ranges, as well as other information, and evaluate such information for incorporation into the total enterprise value (“TEV”) of certain of our investments. Generally, at least once per year, we engage an independent valuation firm to value or review ourthe valuation of each of our significant equity investments, which includes providing the information noted above. The Valuation Team evaluates such information for incorporation into our total enterprise value,TEV, including review of all inputs provided by the independent valuation firm. The Valuation Team then makespresents a recommendationdetermination to our Valuation Committee and Board of Directors as to the fair value. Our Board of DirectorsValuation Committee reviews the recommendeddetermined fair value and whether it is reasonable in light of the Policy as well asand other relevant facts and circumstances and then votes to accept or reject the Valuation Team’s recommended fair value.

circumstances.

Valuation Techniques

In accordance with ASC 820, the Valuation Team uses the following techniques when valuing our investment portfolio:

Total Enterprise Value — In determining the fair value using a total enterprise value (“TEV”), the Valuation Team first calculates the TEV of the portfolio company by incorporating some or all of the following factors: the portfolio company’s ability to make payments and other specific portfolio company attributes; the earnings of the portfolio

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company (the trailing or projected twelve month revenue or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”)); EBITDA or revenue multiples obtained from our indexing methodology whereby the original transaction EBITDA or revenue multiple at the time of our closing is indexed to a general subset of comparable disclosed transactions and EBITDA or revenue multiples from recent sales to third parties of similar securities in similar industries; a comparison to publicly traded securities in similar industries, inputs provided by an independent valuation firm, if any, and other pertinent factors. The Valuation Team generally reviews industry statistics and may use outside experts when gathering this information. Once the TEV is determined for a portfolio company, the Valuation Team generally allocates the TEV to the portfolio company’s securities based on the facts and circumstances of the securities, which typically results in the allocation of fair value to securities based on the order of their relative priority in the capital structure. Generally, the Valuation Team uses TEV to value our equity investments and, in the circumstances where we have the ability to effectuate a sale of a portfolio company, our debt investments.

Total Enterprise Value — In determining the fair value using a TEV, the Valuation Team first calculates the TEV of the portfolio company by incorporating some or all of the following factors: the portfolio company’s ability to make payments and other specific portfolio company attributes; the earnings of the portfolio company (the trailing or projected twelve month revenue or EBITDA); EBITDA multiples obtained from our indexing methodology whereby the original transaction EBITDA multiple at the time of our closing is indexed to a general subset of comparable disclosed transactions; and EBITDA multiples from recent sales to third parties of similar securities in similar industries; a comparison to publicly traded securities in similar industries; and other pertinent factors. The Valuation Team generally reviews industry statistics and may use outside experts when gathering this information. Once the TEV is determined for a portfolio company, the Valuation Team generally allocates the TEV to the portfolio company’s securities based on the facts and circumstances of the securities, which typically results in the allocation of fair value to securities based on the order of their relative priority in the capital structure. Generally, the Valuation Team uses TEV to value our equity investments and, in the circumstances where we have the ability to effectuate a sale of a portfolio company, our debt investments.
TEV is primarily calculated using EBITDA or revenueand EBITDA multiples; however, TEV may also be calculated using revenue and revenue multiples or a discounted cash flow (“DCF”) analysis whereby future expected cash flows of the portfolio company are discounted to determine a net present value using estimated risk-adjusted discount rates, which incorporate adjustments for nonperformance and liquidity risks. Generally, the
Yield Analysis — The Valuation Team usesgenerally determines the DCF to calculate the TEV to corroborate estimatesfair value of valueour debt investments for our equity investments wherewhich we do not have the ability to effectuate a sale of athe applicable portfolio company using the yield analysis, which includes a DCF calculation and assumptions that the Valuation Team believes market participants would use, including, estimated remaining life, current market yield, current leverage, and interest rate spreads. This technique develops a modified discount rate that incorporates risk premiums including increased probability of default, increased loss upon default and increased liquidity risk. Generally, the Valuation Team uses the yield analysis to corroborate both estimates of value provided by our third party valuation firm and market quotes.
Market Quotes — For our investments for which a limited market exists, we generally base fair value on readily available and reliable market quotations which are corroborated by the Valuation Team (generally by using the yield analysis described above). In addition, the Valuation Team assesses trading activity for similar investments and evaluates variances in quotations and other market insights to determine if any available quoted prices are reliable. Typically, the Valuation Team uses the lower indicative bid price (“IBP”) in the bid-to-ask price range obtained from the respective originating syndication agent’s trading desk on or near the valuation date. The Valuation Team may take further steps to consider additional information to validate that price in accordance with the Policy. For securities that are publicly traded, we generally base fair value on the closing market price of the securities we hold as of the reporting date. For restricted securities that are publicly traded, we generally base fair value on the closing market price of the securities we hold as of the reporting date less a discount for debtthe restriction, which includes consideration of credit impaired portfolio companies.

Yield Analysis — The Valuation Team generally determines the fair value of our debt investments (where we do not have the ability to effectuate a sale of a portfolio company) using the yield analysis, which includes a DCF calculation and assumptions that the Valuation Team believes market participants would use, including, but not limited to, estimated remaining life, current market yield, current leverage, and interest rate spreads. This technique develops a modified discount rate that incorporates risk premiums including, among other things, increased probability of default, increased loss upon default and increased liquidity risk. Generally, the Valuation Team uses the yield analysis to corroborate both estimates of value provided by SPSE and market quotes.

Market Quotes — For our syndicate investments for which a limited market exists, fair value is generally based on readily available and reliable market quotations which are corroborated by the Valuation Team (generally by using the yield analysis explained above). In addition, the Valuation Team assesses trading activity for similar syndicated investments and evaluates variances in quotations and other market insights to determine if any available quoted prices are reliable. Typically, the Valuation Team uses the lower indicative bid price (“IBP”) in thebid-to-ask price range obtained from the respective originating syndication agent’s trading desk on or near the valuation date. The Valuation Team may take further steps to consider additional information to validate that price in accordance with the Policy.

Investments in Funds — For equity investments in other funds, where we cannot effectuate a sale, the Valuation Team generally determines the fair value of our uninvested capital at par value and of our invested capital at the net asset value (“NAV”) provided by the fund. The Valuation Team may also determine fair value of our investments in other investment funds based on the capital accounts of the underlying entity.

the nature and term to expiration of the restriction and the lack of marketability of the security.

Investments in Funds — For equity investments in other funds for which we cannot effectuate a sale of the fund, the Valuation Team generally determines the fair value of our invested capital at the net asset value (“NAV”) provided by the fund. Any invested capital that is not yet reflected in the NAV provided by the fund is valued at par value. The Valuation Team may also determine fair value of our investments in other investment funds based on the capital accounts of the underlying entity.
In addition to the above valuation techniques listed above, the Valuation Team may also consider other factors when determining the fair valuesvalue of our investments, including, but not limited to:including: the nature and realizable value of the collateral, including external parties’ guaranties;guaranties, any relevant offers or letters of intent to acquire the portfolio company;company, timing of expected loan repayments;repayments, and the markets in which the portfolio company operates. If applicable, new andfollow-on debt and equity investments made during the current reporting quarter are generally valued at our original cost basis, as near-measurement date transaction value is a reasonable indicator
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Fair value measurements of our investments may involve subjective judgments and estimates and due to the uncertainty inherent uncertaintyin valuing these securities, the determinations of determining these fair values, the fair value of our investments may fluctuate from period to period and may differ materially from the values that could be obtained if a ready market for these securities existed. Our NAV could be materially affected if the determinations regarding the fair value of our investments are materially different from the values that we ultimately realize upon our exitdisposal of such securities. Additionally, changes in the market environment and other events that may occur over the life of the investment may cause the gains or losses ultimately realized on these investments to be different than the valuations currently assigned. Further, such investments are generally subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise are less liquid than publicly traded securities. If we were required to liquidate a portfolio investment in a forced or liquidation sale, we could realize significantly less than the value at which it is recorded.

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Revenue Recognition

Interest Income Recognition

Interest income, including the amortization of premiums, acquisition costs and amendment fees, the accretion of original issue discounts (“OID”), andpaid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest, is recorded on the accrual basis to the extent that such amounts are expected to be collected. Generally, when a loan becomes 90 days or more past due or if our qualitative assessment indicates that the debtor is unable to service its debt or other obligations, we will place the loan onnon-accrual status and cease recognizing interest income on that loan for financial reporting purposes until the borrower has demonstrated the ability and intent to pay contractual amounts due. However, we remain contractually entitled to this interest. Interest payments received onnon-accrual loans may be recognized as income or applied to the cost basis depending upon management’s judgment. Generally,non-accrual loans are restored to accrual status when past due principal and interest are paid and, in management’s judgment, are likely to remain current, or due to a restructuring such that the interest income is deemed to be collectible. AtAs of December 31, 2017, certain loans2023, our loan to two portfolio companies, Sunshine MediaEdge Adhesives Holdings, and Alloy Die Casting Corp., wereInc. was onnon-accrual status with an aggregate debta cost basis of approximately $27.9$6.1 million, or 6.8%0.9% of the cost basis of all debt investments in our portfolio, and an aggregatea fair value of approximately $5.4$2.8 million, or 1.5%0.4% of the fair value of all debt investments in our portfolio. AtAs of September 30, 2017, certain loans2023, our loan to two portfolio companies, Sunshine MediaEdge Adhesives Holdings, and Alloy Die Casting Corp., wereInc. was onnon-accrual status with an aggregate debta cost basis of approximately $27.9$6.1 million, or 7.5%0.9% of the cost basis of all debt investments in our portfolio, and an aggregatea fair value of approximately $5.6$2.9 million, or 1.7%0.5% of the fair value of all debt investments in our portfolio.

We currently hold, and we expect to hold in the future, some loans in our portfolio that contain OID or PIK provisions. We recognize OID for loans originally issued at discounts and recognize the income over the life of the obligation based on an effective yield calculation. PIK interest, computed at the contractual rate specified in a loan agreement, is added to the principal balance of a loan and recorded as income over the life of the obligation. Thus, the actual collection of PIK income may be deferred until the time of debt principal repayment. To maintain our ability to be taxed as a RIC, we may need to pay out both of our OID and PIKnon-cash income amounts in the form of distributions, even though we have not yet collected the cash on either.

As of each of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, we had sixheld four OID loans, primarily from the syndicated loans in our portfolio.loans. We recorded OID income of $0.1 million$52 thousand and $20 for$49 thousand during the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016,December 31, 2022, respectively. The unamortized balance of OID investments as of both December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 20172023 totaled $0.4$0.7 million. As of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, we had seventen and sixeight investments which had a PIK interest component, respectively. We recorded PIK interest income of $1.2$1.4 million for each ofand $1.0 million during the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023 and 2016.December 31, 2022, respectively. We collected $0 and $1.0$0.4 million of PIK interest in cash forduring the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016,December 31, 2022, respectively.

Success Fee Income Recognition

We record success fees as income when earned, which often occurs upon receipt of cash. Success fees are generally contractually due upon a change of control in a portfolio company, typically resulting from an exit or sale.

sale, and are non-recurring.

Dividend Income Recognition

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Related Party Fees
We are party to the year ended September 30, 2017, we recharacterized $0.2 million of dividend income from our investment in Behrens Manufacturing, LLC recorded during our fiscal year ended September 30, 2016 as a return of capital.

Deferred Financing and Offering Costs

Deferred financing and offering costs consist of costs incurred to obtain financing, including lender fees and legal fees. Costs associated with our revolving line of credit are deferred and amortized using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the term of the revolving line of credit. Costs associatedAdvisory Agreement with the issuance ofAdviser, which is indirectly owned and controlled by our mandatorily redeemable preferred stock are presented as discounts to the liquidation value of the mandatorily redeemable preferred stockchairman and are amortized using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method, over the terms of the respective financings. See Note 5 —BorrowingsandNote 6 —Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock for further discussion.

Related Party Fees

chief executive officer. In accordance with the Advisory Agreement, we pay the Adviser fees as compensation for its services, consisting of a base management fee and an incentive fee. Additionally, we pay the Adviser a loan servicing fee as compensation for its services as servicer under the terms of our Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreementrevolving line of credit with KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”), as administrative agent, lead arranger and a lender (our(as amended and/or restated from time to time, our “Credit Facility”). These fees are accrued at the end of the quarter when the services are performed and generally paid the following quarter.

We are also party to the Administration Agreement with the Administrator, which is indirectly owned and controlled by our chairman and chief executive officer, whereby we pay separately for administrative services pursuant to the Administration Agreement. These administrative fees are accrued at the

end of the quarter when the services are performed and generally paid the following quarter.services. Refer to Note 4—4 Related Party Transactions for additional information regarding these related party fees and agreements.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update2016-18, “Restricted Cash (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force)” (“ASU2016-18”), which requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. We are currently assessing the impact of ASU2016-18 and do not anticipate a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.ASU 2016-18 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted.

In August 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update2016-15, “Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force)”(“ASU 2016-15”), which is intended to reduce diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. We are currently assessing the impact ofASU 2016-15 and do not anticipate a material impact on our cash flows. ASU2016-15 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted.

In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update2016-06,Contingent Put and Call Options in Debt Instruments(“ASU 2016-06”), which clarifies the requirements for assessing whether contingent call (put) options that can accelerate the payment of principal on debt instruments are clearly and closely related. The adoption ofASU 2016-06 did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. ASU2016-06 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and we adopted ASU2016-06 effective October 1, 2017.

In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update2016-01,“Financial Instruments–Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”(“ASU 2016-01”), which changes how entities measure certain equity investments and how entities present changes in the fair value of financial liabilities measured under the fair value option that are attributable to instrument-specific credit risk. We are currently assessing the impact ofASU 2016-01 and do not anticipate a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. ASU2016-01 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted for certain aspects ofASU 2016-01 relating to the recognition of changes in fair value of financial liabilities when the fair value option is elected.

In February 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update2015-02,Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis(“ASU 2015-02”), which amends or supersedes the scope and consolidation guidance under existing GAAP. The adoption ofASU 2015-02 did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.ASU 2015-02 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods within those years, and we adoptedASU 2015-02 effective April 1, 2016. In October 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update2016-17,Interests Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control” (“ASU2016-17”), which amends the consolidation guidance inASU 2015-02 regarding the treatment of indirect interests held through related parties that are under common control. The adoption ofASU 2016-17 did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. ASU2016-17 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those years, and we adopted ASU2015-02 effective October 1, 2017.

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers(“ASU 2014-09”), which was amended in March 2016 by FASB Accounting Standards Update2016-08,“Principal versus Agent Considerations”(“ASU 2016-08”), in April 2016 by FASB Accounting Standards Update2016-10,“Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing”(“ASU2016-10”), in May 2016 by FASB Accounting Standards Update2016-12,“Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients”(“ASU 2016-12”), and in December 2016 by FASB Accounting Standards Update2016-20,“Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606”(“ASU2016-20”). ASU2014-09, as amended, supersedes or replaces nearly all GAAP revenue recognition guidance. The new guidance establishes a new control-based revenue recognition model, changes the basis for deciding when revenue is recognized over time or at a point in time and will expand disclosures about revenue. In July 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update2015-14,Deferral of the Effective Date,” which deferred the effective date ofASU 2014-09.ASU 2014-09, as amended byASU 2015-14,ASU 2016-08,ASU 2016-10,ASU 2016-12, andASU 2016-20, is now effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those years. We continue to assess the impact ofASU 2014-09, as amended, and expect to identify similar performance obligations as compared to existing guidance. As a result, we do not anticipate a material change in the timing of revenue recognition or a material impact on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows from adopting this standard.

NOTE 3. INVESTMENTS

Fair Value

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definition focuses on exit price in the principal, or most advantageous, market and prioritizes, within a measurement of fair value, the use of market-based inputs over entity-specific inputs. ASC 820 also establishes the following three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of a financial instrument as of the measurement date.

Level 1 — inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical financial instruments in active markets;

Level 2— inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar financial instruments in active or inactive markets, and inputs that are observable for the financial instrument, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 2 inputs are in those markets for which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, little public information exists or instances where prices vary substantially over time or among brokered market makers; and

Level 3— inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. Unobservable inputs are those inputs that reflect assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the financial instrument and can include the Valuation Team’s assumptions based upon the best available information.

Level 1 — inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical financial instruments in active markets;
Level 2 — inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar financial instruments in active or inactive markets, and inputs that are observable for the financial instrument, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 2 inputs are in those markets for which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, little public information exists or instances where prices vary substantially over time or among brokered market makers; and
Level 3 — inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. Unobservable inputs are those inputs that reflect assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the financial instrument and can include the Valuation Team’s assumptions based upon the best available information.
When a determination is made to classify our investments within Level 3 of the valuation hierarchy, such determination is based upon the significance of the unobservable factors to the overall fair value measurement. However, Level 3 financial instruments typically include, in addition to the unobservable, or Level 3, inputs, observable inputs (or components that are actively quoted and can be validated to external sources). The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

Investments in funds measured using NAV as a practical expedient are not categorized within the fair value hierarchy.

As of December 31, 2017,2023 and September 30, 2023, all of our investments were valued using Level 3 inputs within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy, except for our investment in Funko Acquisition Holdings, LLC (“Funko”), which was valued using Level 2 inputs, and our investmentsinvestment in FedCap and Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P. (“Leeds”), which werewas valued using net asset valueNAV as a practical expedient. As of September 30, 2017, all of our investments were valued using Level 3 inputs within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy, except for our investments in FedCap and Leeds, which were valued using net asset value as a practical expedient.

We transfer investments in and out of Level 1, 2, and 3 of the valuation hierarchy as of the beginning balance sheet date, based on changes in the use of observable and unobservable inputs utilized to perform the valuation for the period. During the three months ended December 31, 2017, we transferred our investment in Funko from Level 3 to Level 2 as a result of the initial public offering of Funko, Inc. in November 2017 due to convertibility of our investment into shares of Funko, Inc. During the three months ended December 31, 2016,2023 and 2022, there were no investments transferred into or out of Levels 1, 2 or 3 of the valuation hierarchy.

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As of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, our investments, by security type, at fair value were categorized as follows within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy:

      Fair Value Measurements 
   Fair Value  Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets

(Level 1)
   Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
 

As of December 31, 2017:

      

Secured first lien debt

  $196,195  $—     $—    $196,195 

Secured second lien debt

   171,690   —      —     171,690 

Unsecured debt

   3,444   —      —     3,444 

Preferred equity

   5,661   —      —     5,661 

Common equity/equivalents

   12,591 (B)   —      157 (A)   12,434 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Investments at December 31, 2017

  $389,581  $—     $157  $389,424 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 
      Fair Value Measurements 
   Fair Value  Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets

(Level 1)
   Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
 

As of September 30, 2017:

      

Secured first lien debt

  $173,896  $—     $—    $173,896 

Secured second lien debt

   155,249   —      —     155,249 

Unsecured debt

   3,324   —      —     3,324 

Preferred equity

   6,561   —      —     6,561 

Common equity/equivalents

   13,343 (B)   —      —     13,343 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Investments at September 30, 2017

  $352,373  $—     $—    $352,373 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

(A)Fair value was determined based on the closing market price of shares of Funko, Inc. (our units in Funko can be converted into shares of Funko, Inc.) at the reporting date less a discount for lack of marketability as our investment was subject to a180-daylock-up period, which expires in May 2018, and other restrictions.
(B)Excludes our investments in FedCap and Leeds with fair values of $0.8 million and $2.1 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2017 and fair values of $0.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2017. FedCap and Leeds were valued using net asset value as a practical expedient.

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Fair Value Measurements
Fair Value
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
As of December 31, 2023:
Secured first lien debt$546,602 $— $— $546,602 
Secured second lien debt126,571 — — 126,571 
Unsecured debt23 — — 

23 
Preferred equity29,722 — — 

29,722 
Common equity/equivalents46,821 (A)— 22 (B)46,799 
Total Investments as of December 31, 2023$749,739 $ $22 $749,717 
Fair Value Measurements
Fair Value
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
As of September 30, 2023:
Secured first lien debt$510,701 $— $— $510,701 
Secured second lien debt127,854 — — 127,854 
Unsecured debt24 — — 

24 
Preferred equity26,855 — — 

26,855 
Common equity/equivalents39,150 (A)— 

22 (B)39,128 
Total Investments as of September 30, 2023$704,584 $ $22 $704,562 
(A)Excludes our investment in Leeds with a fair value of $0.2 million and $0.2 million as of December 31, 2023 and September 30, 2023, respectively. Leeds was valued using NAV as a practical expedient.
(B)Fair value was determined based on the closing market price of shares of Funko, Inc. (our units in Funko can be converted into common shares of Funko, Inc.) at the reporting date less a discount for lack of marketability as our investment was subject to certain restrictions.
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The following table presents our portfolio investments, valued using Level 3 inputs within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy and carried at fair value as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, by caption on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and by security type:

  Total Recurring Fair Value Measurements Reported in 
  Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities Using
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
 
  December 31, 2017  September 30, 2017 

Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments

  

Secured first lien debt

 $168,876  $147,447 

Secured second lien debt

  146,844   129,890 

Unsecured debt

  3,356   3,324 

Preferred equity

  4,439   5,735 

Common equity/equivalents

  3,776  (A)   2,068  (B) 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments

 $327,291  $288,464 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Affiliate Investments

  

Secured first lien debt

 $20,009  $18,821 

Secured second lien debt

  16,781   17,294 

Unsecured debt

  88   —   

Preferred equity

  1,222   826 

Common equity/equivalents

  5,756   5,707 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Affiliate Investments

 $43,856  $42,648 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Control Investments

  

Secured first lien debt

 $7,310  $7,628 

Secured second lien debt

  8,065   8,065 

Common equity/equivalents

  2,902   3,172 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Control Investments

 $18,277  $18,865 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Investments at Fair Value Using Level 3 Inputs

 $389,424  $349,977 
 

 

 

  

 

 

 

(A)Excludes our investments in FedCap, Leeds, and Funko with fair values of $0.8 million, $2.1 million, and $0.2 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2017. FedCap and Leeds were valued using net asset value as a practical expedient and Funko was valued using Level 2 inputs.
(B)Excludes our investments in FedCap and Leeds with fair values of $0.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2017, which were valued using net asset value as a practical expedient.

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Total Recurring Fair Value Measurements Reported in
Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
December 31, 2023September 30, 2023
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments
Secured first lien debt$529,003 $491,686 
Secured second lien debt119,146 120,429 
Unsecured debt23 24 
Preferred equity24,589 21,733 
Common equity/equivalents35,477 (A)29,419 (B)
Total Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments$708,238 $663,291 
Affiliate Investments
Secured first lien debt$2,829 $2,895 
Preferred equity5,133 5,122 
Common equity/equivalents2,754 2,404 
Total Affiliate Investments$10,716 $10,421 
Control Investments
Secured first lien debt$14,770 $16,120 
Secured second lien debt7,425 7,425 
Common equity/equivalents8,568 7,305 
Total Control Investments$30,763 $30,850 
Total Investments at Fair Value Using Level 3 Inputs$749,717 $704,562 

(A)Excludes our investments in Leeds and Funko with fair values of $0.2 million and $22 thousand, respectively, as of December 31, 2023. Leeds was valued using NAV as a practical expedient, and Funko was valued using Level 2 inputs.
(B)Excludes our investments in Leeds and Funko with fair values of $0.2 million and $22 thousand, respectively, as of September 30, 2023. Leeds was valued using NAV as a practical expedient, and Funko was valued using Level 2 inputs.
In accordance with ASC 820, the following table provides quantitative information about our Level 3 fair value measurements of our investments as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017.2023. The table below is not intended to beall-inclusive, but rather provides information on the significant Level 3 inputs as they relate to our fair value measurements.
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The weighted average calculations in the table below are based on the principal balances for all debt related calculations and on the cost basis for all equity related calculations for the particular input.

  Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
            Range / Weighted Average as of
  December 31,
2017
  September 30,
2017
  Valuation
Techniques/
Methodologies
 Unobservable
Input
 December 31,
2017
 September 30,
2017

Secured first lien debt(A)

 $186,850  $136,272  Yield Analysis Discount Rate 7.6% - 22.9% /11.6% 8.0% - 25.0% / 12.5%
  9,345   37,624  TEV EBITDA multiple 3.1x – 3.1x /3.1x 3.2x – 10.1x / 8.2x
    EBITDA $1,408 - $1,408 / $1,408 $1,378 - $9,420 / $6,676
    Revenue multiple 0.3x – 0.4x / 0.3x 0.3x – 0.4x / 0.3x
    Revenue $6,219 - $11,035 /$10,719 $6,934 - $12,094 / $11,733

Secured second lien
debt(B)

  137,168   122,165  Yield Analysis Discount Rate 10.7% - 23.9% /14.4% 10.8% - 23.3% /14.0%
  25,266   22,607  Market Quote IBP 80.0% - 101.0% / 96.1% 84.5% - 101.5% /97.2%
  9,256   10,477  TEV EBITDA multiple 4.6x – 6.4x /5.2x 4.8x – 6.6x /5.4x
    EBITDA $3,004 - $70,276 / $25,308 $3,000 - $73,650 / $26,424

Unsecured debt

  3,444   3,324  Yield Analysis Discount Rate 10.0% - 13.9% /10.1% 10.0% - 10.0% /10.0%

Preferred and common equity /
equivalents(C)(D)

  17,964   17,370  TEV EBITDA multiple 3.1x – 9.7x / 6.0x 3.2x – 10.1x / 6.1x
    EBITDA $301 -$30,531 /$12,270 $890 -$84,828/ $12,835
    Revenue multiple 0.3x – 1.7x / 0.5x 0.3x – 6.5 x /0.7x
    Revenue $6,219 -$513,299 /$130,351 $2,317 -$503,620/ $128,819
  131   138  Market Quotes IBP 26.2% - 26.2% /26.2% 27.9% - 27.9% /27.9%
 

 

 

  

 

 

     

Total Level 3 Investments, at Fair Value

 $389,424  $349,977     
 

 

 

  

 

 

     

(A)Fair value as of December 31, 2017 includes three new proprietary debt investments totaling $37.2 million, which were valued at cost, using the transaction price as the unobservable input. Fair value as of September 30, 2017 includes one new proprietary debt investment totaling $12.0 million, which was valued at cost, using the transaction price as the unobservable input, and one proprietary debt investment totaling $7.8 million, which was valued at the expected payoff amount as the unobservable input.
(B)Fair value as of December 31, 2017 includes one new proprietary debt investment totaling $7.5 million, which was valued at cost, using the transaction price as the unobservable input. Fair value as of September 30, 2017 includes one proprietary debt investment totaling $3.5 million which was valued at the expected payoff as the unobservable input.
(C)Fair value as of December 31, 2017 includes one new proprietary investment totaling $1.5 million, which was valued at cost, using transaction price as the unobservable input. Fair value as of September 30, 2017 includes two new proprietary investments totaling $1.0 million, which were valued at cost, using transaction price as the unobservable input, and one proprietary investment totaling $1.4 million, which was valued at the expected payoff amount as the unobservable input.
(D)Fair value as of December 31, 2017 excludes our investments in FedCap, Leeds and Funko with fair values of $0.8 million, $2.1 million, and $0.2 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2017. FedCap and Leeds were valued using net asset value as a practical expedient and Funko was valued using Level 2 inputs as of December 31, 2017. Fair value as of September 30, 2017 excludes our investments in FedCap and Leeds with fair values of $0.8 million and $1.6 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2017, which were valued using net asset value as a practical expedient.

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Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

Range / Weighted Average as of

December 31,
2023
September 30,
2023
Valuation
Techniques/
Methodologies
Unobservable
Input
December 31,
2023
September 30,
2023


Secured first lien debt$491,137 $461,638 Yield AnalysisDiscount Rate
11.4% - 17.6%
/ 13.4%
11.8% - 29.9%
/ 14.8%

55,465 49,063 TEVEBITDA multiple
4.5x – 6.4x
/ 6.4x
4.7x – 6.8x
/ 6.7x


EBITDA
$1,068 - $18,154
/ $17,860
$995 - $14,002
/ $13,624


Revenue multiple
0.3x – 0.8x
/ 0.6x
0.3x – 0.8x
/ 0.6x


Revenue
$9,675 - $33,040
/ $17,731
$14,934 - $16,283
/ $15,361


Secured second lien debt109,194 110,820 Yield AnalysisDiscount Rate
12.3% - 16.4%
/ 14.8%
12.5% - 15.6%
/ 14.5%

9,952 9,609 Market QuoteIBP
79.0% - 94.0%
/ 85.2%
67.8% - 94.0%
/ 82.2%

7,425 7,425 TEVEBITDA multiple
5.3x – 5.3x
/ 5.3x
5.6x – 5.6x
/ 5.6x


EBITDA
$3,798 - $3,798
/ $3,798
$3,690 - $3,690
/ $3,690


Unsecured debt23 24 TEVRevenue multiple
1.0x – 1.0x
/ 1.0x
1.0x – 1.0x
/ 1.0x


Revenue
$4,752 - $4,752
/ $4,752
$5,044 - $5,044
/ $5,044


Preferred and common equity / equivalents(A)
76,521 65,983 TEVEBITDA multiple
4.5x – 13.1x
/ 7.4x
4.7x – 13.0x
/ 6.9x


EBITDA
$1,068 -$127,874
/ $11,049
$995 -$112,841
/ $10,570


Revenue multiple
0.3x – 3.0x
/ 1.2x
0.3x– 3.0x
/ 1.2x


Revenue
$4,493 -$33,040
/ $16,517
$4,213 -$16,283
/ $14,959
Total Level 3 Investments, at Fair Value$749,717 $704,562 
(A)Fair value as of December 31, 2023 excludes our investments in Leeds and Funko with fair values of $0.2 million and $22 thousand, respectively. Fair value as of September 30, 2023 excludes our investments in Leeds and Funko with fair values of $0.2 million and $22 thousand, respectively. Leeds was valued using NAV as a practical expedient and Funko was valued using Level 2 inputs as of both December 31, 2023 and September 30, 2023.

Fair value measurements can be sensitive to changes in one or more of the valuation inputs. Changes in market yields, discountsdiscount rates, leverage, EBITDA or EBITDA multiples (or revenue or revenue multiples), each in isolation, may change the fair value of certain of our investments. Generally, an increase or decreaseincrease/(decrease) in market yields, discount rates, or leverage or a decrease(decrease)/increase in EBITDA or EBITDA multiples (or revenue or revenue multiples) may result in a corresponding decrease or (decrease)/increase, respectively, in the fair value of certain of our investments.

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Changes in Level 3 Fair Value Measurements of Investments

The following tables provide the changes in fair value, broken out by security type, during the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 20162022 for all investments for which the Adviser determineswe determine fair value using unobservable (Level 3) factors.

inputs.


Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

Three months ended December 31, 2017

  Secured
First Lien
Debt
  Secured
Second
Lien Debt
  Unsecured
Debt
  Preferred
Equity
  Common
Equity/
Equivalents
  Total 

Fair Value as of September 30, 2017

  $173,896  $155,249  $3,324  $6,561  $10,947  $349,977 

Total gains (losses):

       

Net realized gain (loss)(A)

   —     —     —     602   (28  574 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(B)

   1,115   445   (3  558   (12  2,103 

Reversal of prior period net (appreciation) depreciation on realization(B)

   —     (87  —     (725  —     (812

New investments, repayments and settlements: (C)

       

Issuances/originations

   37,426   18,365   123   125   1,500   57,539 

Settlements/repayments

   (12,677  (5,847  —     —     —     (18,524

Net proceeds from sales

   —     —     —     (1,301  27   (1,274

Transfers

   (3,565  3,565   —     (159  —     (159
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Fair Value as of December 31, 2017

  $196,195  $171,690  $3,444  $5,661  $12,434  $389,424 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Three months ended December 31, 2016

  Secured
First Lien
Debt
  Secured
Second
Lien Debt
  Unsecured
Debt
  Preferred
Equity
  Common
Equity/
Equivalents
  Total 

Fair Value as of September 30, 2016

  $198,721  $100,320  $3,012  $10,262  $7,755  $320,070 

Total gains (losses):

       

Net realized (loss) gain(A)

   (4,899  25   —     1,426   —     (3,448

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(B)

   2,656   (3,220  1   1,116   (3,246  (2,693

Reversal of prior period net depreciation (appreciation) on realization(B)

   2,210   66   —     (1,059  370   1,587 

New investments, repayments and settlements: (C)

       

Issuances/originations

   548   19,358   75   394   344   20,719 

Settlements/repayments

   (38,865  (3,426  3   —     —     (42,288

Net proceeds from sales

   (101  (25  —     (7,724  (370  (8,220

Transfers

   (3,940  923   —     —     3,017   —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Fair Value as of December 31, 2016

  $156,330  $114,021  $3,091  $4,415  $7,870  $285,727 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(A)Included in net realized gain (loss) on investments on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
(B)Included in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments on our accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
(C)Includes increases in the cost basis of investments resulting from new portfolio investments, accretion of discounts, PIK, and othernon-cash disbursements to portfolio companies, as well as decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal repayments or sales, the amortization of premiums and acquisition costs and other cost-basis adjustments.

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Three months ended December 31, 2023Secured
First Lien
Debt
Secured
Second Lien
Debt
Unsecured
Debt
Preferred
Equity
Common
Equity/
Equivalents
Total
Fair Value as of September 30, 2023$510,701 $127,854 $24 $26,855 $39,128 $704,562 
Total gains (losses):
Net realized gain (loss)(A)
— — — — 259 259 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(B)
6,996 (744)(1)(6,133)7,955 8,073 
Reversal of prior period net depreciation (appreciation) on realization(B)
— — — — (283)(283)
New investments, repayments and settlements: (C)
Issuances/originations50,024 185 — 9,000 — 59,209 
Settlements/repayments(21,119)(724)— — — (21,843)
Net proceeds from sales— — — — (260)(260)
Transfers— — — — — — 
Fair Value as of December 31, 2023$546,602 $126,571 $23 $29,722 $46,799 $749,717 

Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022Secured
First Lien
Debt
Secured
Second
Lien Debt
Unsecured
Debt
Preferred
Equity
Common
Equity/
Equivalents
Total
Fair Value as of September 30, 2022$463,858 $115,928 $55 $27,046 $36,273 $643,160 
Total gains (losses):
Net realized gain (loss)(A)
— — (95)— 4,995 4,900 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(B)
(455)(544)(10)(906)(784)(2,699)
Reversal of prior period net depreciation (appreciation) on realization(B)
103 — 95 — (4,995)(4,797)
New investments, repayments and settlements: (C)
Issuances/originations11,475 182 — — 500 12,157 
Settlements/repayments(24,738)(811)— — — (25,549)
Net proceeds from sales— — — — (7,978)(7,978)
Transfers— — — — — — 
Fair Value as of December 31, 2022$450,243 $114,755 $45 $26,140 $28,011 $619,194 
(A)Included in net realized gain (loss) on investments on our accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for the corresponding period.
(B)Included in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments on our accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations for the corresponding period.
(C)Includes increases in the cost basis of investments resulting from new portfolio investments, accretion of discounts, PIK, and other non-cash disbursements to portfolio companies, as well as decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal repayments or sales, the amortization of premiums and acquisition costs and other cost-basis adjustments.
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Investment Activity

Proprietary Investments

As of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, we held 38 and 3547 proprietary investments with an aggregate fair value of $356.4$739.9 million and $318.6$695.1 million, or 90.8%98.7% and 90.4%98.6% of the total aggregateinvestment portfolio at fair value, respectively. The following significant proprietary investment transactions occurred during the three months ended December 31, 2017:

2023:

In October 2017, we sold our investment in Flight Fit N Fun LLC for a realized gain of $0.6 million. In connection with the sale, we received net cash proceeds of approximately $9.4 million, including the repayment of our debt investment of $7.8 million at par.

In October 2017,November 2023, we invested $11.0 million in Applied Voice & Speech Technologies,Quality Environmental Midco, Inc. through secured first lien debt.

In November 2017, we invested $7.5 million in Arc Drilling Holdings, LLC(“Quality”) through secured first lien debt and preferred equity. We also extended Quality a $2.0 million secured first lien line of credit commitment, which was unfunded as of December 31, 2023.

In November 2017,2023, we extended Cafe Zupas, an existing portfolio company, a new $10.5 million secured first lien delayed draw term loan commitment, which was unfunded at close. We funded $1.4 million on the delayed draw term loan in December 2023. In addition, our existing term loan was paid down by $7.3 million.
In November 2023, our remaining investment in PIC 360, LLC was sold resulting in a net realized gain of $0.3 million.
In December 2023, we invested $7.5an additional $14.3 million in Gray Matter Systems,ALS Education, LLC, through secured second lien debt.

In December 2017, we invested $20.0 million in Impact! Chemical Technologies, Inc.an existing portfolio company, through secured first lien debt.

In December 2023, we invested an additional $12.0 million in Leadpoint Business Services, LLC, an existing portfolio company, through secured first lien debt.
In December 2023, we invested an additional $7.0 million in Salt & Straw, LLC, an existing portfolio company, through preferred equity. We also increased our delayed draw term loan commitment to Salt & Straw, LLC by $2.9 million.
Syndicated Investments

As of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, we held 13 and 12four syndicated investments with an aggregate fair value of $36.0$10.1 million and $33.8$9.7 million, or 9.2%1.3% and 9.6%1.4% of the total investment portfolio at fair value, respectively. The following significant syndicated investment transactions occurred during the three months ended December 31, 2017:

In October 2017, PSC Industrial Holdings, LLC paid off at par for net proceeds of $3.5 million.

In November 2017, DataPipe, Inc. paid off at par for net proceeds of $2.0 million.

In November 2017, we invested $5.0 million in DigiCert Holdings, Inc. through secured second lien debt.

In November 2017, we invested $4.0 million in Red Ventures, LLC through secured second lien debt.

In November 2017, we invested $1.0 million in ABG Intermediate Holdings 2, LLC through secured second lien debt.

Investment Concentrations

As of December 31, 2017,2023, our investment portfolio consisted of investments in 51 portfolio companies located in 24 states in 1812 different industries, with an aggregate fair value of $392.4$750.0 million. The five largest investments at fair value as of December 31, 2023 totaled $111.0$185.7 million, or 28.3%24.8% of our total investment portfolio, as compared to the five largest investments at fair value as of September 30, 20172023 totaling $110.9$176.9 million, or 31.5%25.1% of our total investment portfolio. As of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 20172023, our average investment by obligor was $8.8$14.9 million and $14.2 million at cost.

cost, respectively.

The following table outlines our investments by security type atas of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017:

   December 31, 2017  September 30, 2017 
   Cost  Fair Value  Cost  Fair Value 

Secured first lien debt

  $217,993    48.4 $196,195    50.0 $198,942    48.4 $173,896    49.4

Secured second lien debt

   186,465    41.4   171,690    43.7   168,247    40.9   155,249    44.1 

Unsecured debt

   3,447    0.8   3,444    0.9   3,324    0.8   3,324    0.9 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total debt investments

   407,905    90.6   371,329    94.6   370,513    90.1   332,469    94.4 

Preferred equity

   18,052    4.0   5,661    1.5   18,794    4.5   6,561    1.9 

Common equity/equivalents

   24,175    5.4   15,440    3.9   22,128    5.4   13,343    3.7 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity investments

   42,227    9.4   21,101    5.4   40,922    9.9   19,904    5.6 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $450,132    100.0 $392,430    100.0 $411,435    100.0 $352,373    100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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2023:

December 31, 2023September 30, 2023
CostFair ValueCostFair Value
Secured first lien debt$558,281 73.5 %$546,602 72.9 %$529,376 73.3 %$510,701 72.5 %
Secured second lien debt129,713 17.1 126,571 16.9 130,252 18.1 127,854 18.1 
Unsecured debt198 0.0 23 0.0 198 0.0 24 0.0 
Total debt investments688,192 90.6 673,196 89.8 659,826 91.4 638,579 90.6 
Preferred equity44,617 5.9 29,722 3.9 35,617 4.9 26,855 3.8 
Common equity/equivalents26,825 3.5 47,067 6.3 26,826 3.7 39,381 5.6 
Total equity investments71,442 9.4 76,789 10.2 62,443 8.6 66,236 9.4 
Total Investments$759,634 100.0 %$749,985 100.0 %$722,269 100.0 %$704,815 100.0 %
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Our investments at fair value consisted of the following industry classifications atas of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017:

   December 31, 2017  September 30, 2017 

Industry Classification

  Fair Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments
  Fair Value   Percentage
of Total
Investments
 

Diversified/Conglomerate Service

  $91,193    23.2 $80,723    22.9

Oil and gas

   56,192    14.3   34,712    9.9 

Healthcare, education and childcare

   43,499    11.1   46,288    13.1 

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing

   42,870    10.9   40,843    11.6 

Telecommunications

   42,781    10.9   31,350    8.9 

Automobile

   19,590    5.0   20,082    5.7 

Diversified natural resources, precious metals and minerals

   18,744    4.8   18,949    5.4 

Beverage, food and tobacco

   13,934    3.6   14,103    4.0 

Cargo Transportation

   13,098    3.3   13,081    3.7 

Machinery

   12,502    3.2   5,114    1.4 

Home and Office Furnishings, Housewares and Durable Consumer Products

   10,150    2.6   10,100    2.9 

Personal andnon-durable consumer products

   7,080    1.8   7,035    2.0 

Hotels, Motels, Inns, and Gaming

   6,938    1.8   7,136    2.0 

Textiles and leather

   5,640    1.4   4,879    1.4 

Printing and publishing

   3,310    0.8   3,628    1.0 

Leisure, Amusement, Motion Pictures, Entertainment

   —      —     9,225    2.6 

Other, < 2.0%

   4,909    1.3   5,125    1.5 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $392,430    100.0 $352,373    100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

2023:

December 31, 2023September 30, 2023
Industry ClassificationFair ValuePercentage of
Total
Investments
Fair ValuePercentage of
Total
Investments
Diversified/Conglomerate Service$163,817 21.8 %$135,060 19.2 %
Healthcare, Education, and Childcare159,410 21.3 146,438 20.8 
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing158,612 21.1 158,061 22.4 
Aerospace and Defense105,806 14.1 97,836 13.9 
Beverage, Food, and Tobacco80,492 10.7 78,788 11.2 
Automobile27,793 3.7 27,571 3.9 
Oil and Gas23,662 3.2 27,830 3.9 
Personal and Non-Durable Consumer Products14,162 1.9 14,576 2.1 
Machinery6,216 0.9 6,411 0.9 
Other, < 2.0%10,015 1.3 12,244 1.7 
Total Investments$749,985 100.0 %$704,815 100.0 %
Our investments at fair value were included in the following U.S. geographic regions atas of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017:

   December 31, 2017  September 30, 2017 

Geographic Region

  Fair Value   Percentage of
Total
Investments
  Fair Value   Percentage of
Total
Investments
 

South

  $163,988    41.8 $150,727    42.8

West

   128,806    32.8   116,302    33.0 

Midwest

   66,481    17.0   58,915    16.7 

Northeast

   33,155    8.4   26,429    7.5 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $392,430    100.0 $352,373    100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

2023:

December 31, 2023September 30, 2023
LocationFair Value
Percentage of
Total
Investments
Fair Value
Percentage of
Total Investments
South$289,458 38.6 %$273,181 38.8 %
West242,651 32.4 224,235 31.8 
Midwest154,155 20.5 145,122 20.6 
Northeast63,721 8.5 62,277 8.8 
Total Investments$749,985 100.0 %$704,815 100.0 %
The geographic regioncomposition indicates the location of the headquarters for our portfolio companies. A portfolio company may have a number of other businessadditional locations in other geographic regions.

Investment Principal Repayments

The following table summarizes the contractual principal repayment and maturity of our investment portfolio by fiscal year, assuming no voluntary prepayments, as of December 31, 2017:

      Amount(A) 

For the remaining nine months ending September 30:

  2018  $33,643 

For the fiscal years ending March 31:

  2019   53,920 
  2020   82,103 
  2021   81,813 
  2022   45,022 
  Thereafter   117,154 
    

 

 

 
  

Total contractual repayments

  $413,655 
  Adjustments to cost basis of debt investments   (5,750
  Investments in equity securities   42,227 
    

 

 

 
  

Investments held as of December 31, 2017 at Cost:

  $450,132 
    

 

 

 

2023:

Amount
For the remaining nine months ending September 30:
2024(A)
$21,950 
For the fiscal years ending September 30:202542,960 

2026140,846 

2027253,699 

2028185,178 

Thereafter44,847 

Total contractual repayments$689,480 

Adjustments to cost basis of debt investments(1,288)

Investments in equity securities71,442 

Investments held as of December 31, 2023 at cost:$759,634 
(A)Includes debt investments with contractual principal amounts totaling $0.2 million for which the maturity date has passed as of December 31, 2023.
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Receivables from Portfolio Companies

Receivables from portfolio companies representnon-recurring costs incurred on behalf of such portfolio companies and are included in other assets on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.Liabilities. We generally maintain an allowance for uncollectible receivables from portfolio companies when the receivable balance becomes 90 days or more past due or if it is determined, based upon management’s judgment, that the portfolio company is unable to pay its obligations. Wewrite-off write off accounts receivable when we have exhausted collection efforts and have deemed the receivables uncollectible. As of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, we had gross receivables from portfolio companies of $0.4$0.9 million and $0.5$0.8 million, respectively. The allowance

for uncollectible receivables was $32$14 thousand and $44 at$9 thousand as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, respectively.

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NOTE 4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with the Adviser

We have been externally managed by the Adviser pursuant to the Advisory Agreement since October 1, 2004 pursuant to which we pay the Adviser a base management fee and an incentive fee for its services. The Advisory Agreement originally included administrative services; however, it was amended and restated on October 1, 2006. Simultaneously, we entered into the Administration Agreement with the Administrator (discussed further below) to provide those services. With the unanimous approval of our Board of Directors, the Advisory Agreement was later amended in October 2015 to reduce the base management fee payable under the agreement from 2.0% per annum to 1.75% per annum, effective July 1, 2015, with all other terms remaining unchanged. On July 11, 2017,2023, our Board of Directors, including a majority of the directors who are not parties to the Advisory Agreement or interested persons of such party,us or the Adviser, unanimously approved the annual renewal of the Advisory Agreement through August 31, 2018.

2024.

We also pay the Adviser a loan servicing fee for its role of servicer pursuant to our Credit Facility. The entire loan servicing fee paid to the Adviser by Business Loan isnon-contractually, unconditionally and irrevocably credited against the base management fee otherwise payable to the Adviser, since Business Loan is a consolidated subsidiary of ours, and overall, the base management fee (including any loan servicing fee) cannot exceed 1.75% of total assets (as reduced by(including investments made with proceeds of borrowings, less any uninvested cash andor cash equivalents pledged to creditors)resulting from borrowings) during any given fiscal year pursuant to the Advisory Agreement.

Two of our executive officers, David Gladstone (our chairman and chief executive officer) and Terry Lee Brubaker (our vice chairman and chief operating officer), serve as directors and executive officers of the Adviser, which is 100% indirectly owned and controlled by Mr. Gladstone. Robert Marcotte (our president) also serves as an executive managing directorvice president of private equity (debt) of the Adviser.

Michael LiCalsi, our general counsel and secretary (who also serves as the Administrator’s president, general counsel and secretary), is also the executive vice president of administration of our Adviser.

The following table summarizes the base management fee, incentive fee, and loan servicing fee and associatednon-contractual, unconditional and irrevocable credits reflected in our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Operations:

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2017  2016 

Average total assets subject to base management fee(A)

  $383,086  $315,000 

Multiplied by prorated annual base management fee of 1.75%

   0.4375  0.4375
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Base management fee(B)

  $1,676  $1,378 

Portfolio company fee credit

   (664  (649

Senior syndicated loan fee credit

   (92  (13
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Base Management Fee

  $920  $716 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Loan servicing fee(B)

   1,186   983 

Credit to base management fee - loan servicing fee(B)

   (1,186  (983
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Loan Servicing Fee

  $—    $—   
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Incentive fee(B)

   1,373   1,293 

Incentive fee credit

   (85  (37
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Incentive Fee

  $1,288  $1,256 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Portfolio company fee credit

   (664  (649

Senior syndicated loan fee credit

   (92  (13

Incentive fee credit

   (85  (37
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Credits to Fees From Adviser - other(B)

  $(841 $(699
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(A)Average total assets subject to the base management fee is defined as total assets, including investments made with proceeds of borrowings, less any uninvested cash or cash equivalents resulting from borrowings, valued at the end of the applicable quarters within the respective periods and adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases during the periods.
(B)Reflected, on a gross basis, as a line item, on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Operations.

Three Months Ended
December 31,
20232022
Average total assets subject to base management fee(A)
$741,714 $646,629 
Multiplied by prorated annual base management fee of 1.75%0.4375 %0.4375 %
Base management fee(B)
$3,245 $2,829 
Portfolio company fee credit(1,551)(404)
Syndicated loan fee credit(31)(32)
Net Base Management Fee$1,663 $2,393 
Loan servicing fee(B)
2,128 1,874 
Credit to base management fee - loan servicing fee(B)
(2,128)(1,874)
Net Loan Servicing Fee$ $— 
Incentive fee(B)
2,984 2,181 
Incentive fee credit — 
Net Incentive Fee$2,984 $2,181 
Portfolio company fee credit(1,551)(404)
Syndicated loan fee credit(31)(32)
Incentive fee credit — 
Credits to Fees From Adviser - other(B)
$(1,582)$(436)
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(A)Average total assets subject to the base management fee is defined in the Advisory Agreement as total assets, including investments made with proceeds of borrowings, less any uninvested cash or cash equivalents resulting from borrowings, valued at the end of the two most recently completed quarters within the respective years and adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases during the period.
(B)Reflected as a line item on our accompanying Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Base Management Fee

The base management fee is payable quarterly to the Adviser pursuant to our Advisory Agreement and is assessed at an annual rate of 1.75%, computed on the basis of the value of our average total assets at the end of the two most recently-completed quarters (inclusive of the current quarter), which are total assets, including investments made with proceeds of borrowings, less any uninvested cash or cash equivalents resulting from borrowings and adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases during the period.

Additionally, pursuant to the requirements of the 1940 Act, the Adviser makes available significant managerial assistance to our portfolio companies. The Adviser may also provide other services to our portfolio companies under certain agreements and may

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receive fees for services other than managerial assistance. Such services may include, but are not limited to:include: (i) assistance obtaining, sourcing or structuring credit facilities, long term loans or additional equity from unaffiliated third parties; (ii) negotiating important contractual financial relationships; (iii) consulting services regarding restructuring of the portfolio company and financial modeling as it relates to raising additional debt and equity capital from unaffiliated third parties; and (iv) taking a primary role in interviewing, vetting and negotiating employment contracts with candidates in connection with adding and retaining key portfolio company management team members. The Advisernon-contractually, unconditionally, and irrevocably credits 100% of theseany fees for such services against the base management fee that we would otherwise be required to pay to the Adviser; however, pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreement, a small percentage of certain of such fees, totaling $8 and $28 for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, was retained by the Adviser in the form of reimbursement, at cost, for tasks completed by personnel of the Adviser primarily for the valuation of portfolio companies.

Adviser.

Our Board of Directors accepted anon-contractual, unconditional, and irrevocable credit from the Adviser to reduce the annual base management fee on syndicated loan participations to 0.5%, to the extent that proceeds resulting from borrowings were used to purchase such syndicated loan participations, for each of the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016.

2022.

Loan Servicing Fee
The Adviser also services the loans held by Business Loan (the borrower under the Credit Facility), in return for which the Adviser receives a 1.5% annual fee payable monthly based on the aggregate outstanding balance of loans pledged under our Credit Facility. As discussed in the notes to the table above, we treat payment of the loan servicing fee pursuant to the Credit Facility as a pre-payment of the base management fee under the Advisory Agreement. Accordingly, these loan servicing fees are 100% non-contractually, unconditionally and irrevocably credited back to us by the Adviser.
Incentive Fee

The incentive fee consists of two parts: an income-based incentive fee and a capital gainsgains-based incentive fee. The income-based incentive fee rewards the Adviser if our quarterly net investment income (before giving effect to any incentive fee) exceeds 1.75% (2.0% during the period from April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2023) of our net assets, which we define as total assets less indebtedness and before taking into account any incentive fees payable or contractually due but not payable during the period, at the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases during the period (the “hurdle rate”). The income-based incentive fee with respect to ourpre-incentive fee net investment income is generally payable quarterly to the Adviser and is computed as follows:

no incentive fee in any calendar quarter in which ourpre-incentive fee net investment income does not exceed the hurdle rate (7.0% annualized);rate;

100.0% of ourpre-incentive fee net investment income with respect to that portion of suchpre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the hurdle rate but is less than 2.1875% (2.50% from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023) of our net assets, adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases during the period, in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized);quarter; and

20.0% of the amount of ourpre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds 2.1875% (2.50% from April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2023) of our net assets, adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases during the period, in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized).quarter.

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The second part of the incentive fee is a capital gains-based incentive fee that will beis determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each fiscal year (or upon termination of the Advisory Agreement, as of the termination date) and equals 20.0% of our “net realized capital gainsgains” (as defined herein) as of the end of the fiscal year. In determining the capital gains-based incentive fee payable to the Adviser, we calculate the cumulative aggregate“net realized capital gains andgains” at the end of each applicable year by subtracting the sum of our cumulative aggregate realized capital losses sinceand our inception, and the entire portfolio’s aggregate unrealized capital depreciation if any and excluding any unrealizedfrom our cumulative aggregate realized capital appreciation, as of the date of the calculation.gains. For this purpose, cumulative aggregate realized capital gains, if any, equals the sum of the differences between the net sales price of each investment, when sold, and the original cost of such investment since inception. Cumulative aggregate realized capital losses equals the sum of the amounts by which the net sales price of each investment, when sold, is less than the original cost of such investment since inception. The entire portfolio’s aggregate unrealized capital depreciation, if any, equals the sum of the difference between the valuation of each investment as of the applicable calculation date and the original cost of such investment. At the end of the applicable fiscal year, the amount of capital gains that serves as the basis for our calculation of the capital gains-based incentive fee equals the cumulative aggregate realized capital gains less cumulative aggregate realized capital losses, less the entire portfolio’s aggregate unrealized capital depreciation, if any. If this number is positive at the end of such fiscal year, then the capital gains-based incentive fee for such year equals 20.0% of such amount, less the aggregate amount of any capital gains-based incentive fees paid in respect of our portfolio in all prior years. No capital gains-based incentive fee has been recorded or paid since our inception through December 31, 2017,2023, as cumulative unrealized capital depreciation has exceeded cumulative realized capital gains net of cumulative realized capital losses.

In accordance with GAAP, a capital gains-based incentive fee accrual is calculated using the aggregate cumulative realized capital gains and losses and aggregate cumulative unrealized capital depreciation included in the calculation of the capital gains-based incentive fee.appreciation and depreciation. If such amount is positive at the end of a period, then GAAP requires us to record a capital gains-based incentive fee equal to 20.0% of such amount, less the aggregate amount of actual capital gains-based incentive fees paid in all prior years. If such amount is negative, then there is no accrual for such period. GAAP requires that the capital gains-based incentive fee accrual consider the cumulative aggregate unrealized capital appreciation in the calculation, as a capital gains-based incentive fee would be payable if such unrealized capital appreciation were realized. There can be no assurance that such unrealized capital appreciation will be realized in the future. No GAAP accrual for a capital gains-based incentive fee has been recorded or paid from our inception through December 31, 2017.

Our Board of Directors acceptednon-contractual, unconditional and irrevocable credits from the Adviser to reduce the income-based incentive fee to the extent net investment income did not 100.0% cover distributions to common stockholders for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

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Loan Servicing Fee

The Adviser also services the loans held by Business Loan (the borrower under the Credit Facility), in return for which the Adviser receives a 1.5% annual fee payable monthly based on the aggregate outstanding balance of loans pledged under our Credit Facility. As discussed in the notes to the table above, we treat payment of the loan servicing fee pursuant to our line of credit as apre-payment of the base management fee under the Advisory Agreement. Accordingly, these loan servicing fees are 100%non-contractually, unconditionally and irrevocably credited back to us by the Adviser.

2023.

Transactions with the Administrator

We payhave entered into the Administration Agreement with the Administrator to provide administrative services. We reimburse the Administrator pursuant to the Administration Agreement for the portion of expenses the Administrator incurs while performing services for us. The Administrator’s expenses are primarily rent and the salaries, benefits and expenses of the Administrator’s employees, including, but not limited to,including: our chief financial officer and treasurer, chief compliance officer, chief valuation officer, and general counsel and secretary (who also serves as the Administrator’s president, general counsel and secretary) and their respective staffs. Two of our executive officers, David Gladstone (our chairman and chief executive officer) and Terry Lee Brubaker (our vice chairman and chief operating officer) serve as members of the board of managers and executive officers of the Administrator, which, as of December 31, 2023, is 100% indirectly owned and controlled by Mr. Gladstone.

Another of our officers, Michael LiCalsi (our general counsel and secretary), serves as the Administrator’s president as well as the executive vice president of administration for the Adviser.

Our allocable portion of the Administrator’s expenses areis generally derived by multiplying the Administrator’s total expenses by the approximate percentage of time during the current quarter the Administrator’s employees performed services for us in relation to their time spent performing services for all companies serviced by the Administrator. These administrative fees are accrued at the end of the quarter when the services are performed and recorded on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Operations and generally paid the following quarter to the Administrator. On July 11, 2017,2023, our Board of Directors, including a majority of the directors who are not parties to the Administration Agreement or interested persons of sucheither party, approved the annual renewal of the Administration Agreement through August 31, 2018.

2024.

Other Transactions

Gladstone Securities, LLC (“Gladstone Securities”), a privately-held broker-dealer registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and insured by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, which is 100% indirectly owned and controlled by Mr. Gladstone, our chairman and chief executive officer, has provided other services, such as investment banking and due diligence services, to certain of our portfolio companies, for which Gladstone Securities receives a fee. Any such fees paid by portfolio companies to Gladstone Securities do not impact the fees we pay to the Adviser or thenon-contractual, unconditional and irrevocable credits against the base management fee or incentive fee. Gladstone Securities
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received fees from portfolio companies totaling $0.5 million$55 thousand and $0.1 million$16 thousand during the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively.

Related Party Fees Due

Amounts due to related parties on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities were as follows:

   December 31,
2017
   September 30,
2017
 

Base management fee due (from) to Adviser

  $(267  $45 

Loan servicing fee due to Adviser

   270    242 

Incentive fee due to Adviser

   1,288    1,005 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fees due to Adviser

   1,291    1,292 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fee due to Administrator

   272    244 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Related Party Fees Due

  $1,563   $1,536 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

December 31, 2023September 30, 2023
Base management fee due to (from) Adviser$(464)$670 
Loan servicing fee due to Adviser475 455 
Incentive fee due to Adviser2,984 2,747 
Total fees due to Adviser2,995 3,872 
Fee due to Administrator572 479 
Total Related Party Fees Due$3,567 $4,351 
In addition to the above fees, other operating expenses due to the Adviser as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023 totaled $16$22 thousand and $12,$65 thousand, respectively. In addition, net expenses payable to Gladstone Investment Corporation (for reimbursement purposes), which includes certainco-investment expenses, totaled $24$22 thousand and $55$19 thousand as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, respectively. These amounts are generally settled in the quarter subsequent to being incurred and have beenare included in other assets, net and other liabilities as appropriate, on the accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilitiesas of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017.

2023.

NOTE 5. BORROWINGS

Revolving Line of Credit Facility


On May 1, 2015,13, 2021, we, through Business Loan, entered into a sixth amended and restated credit agreement with KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”) as administrative agent, lead arranger, managing agent and lender, the Adviser, as servicer, and certain other lenders party thereto (the “Credit Facility”).
As of December 31, 2023, our Credit Facility with KeyBank, which increased thehad a total commitment amount from $137.0of $233.7 million with an “accordion” feature that permits us to $140.0 million, extendedincrease the size of the facility to $350.0 million. The Credit Facility has a revolving period end date by three years to January 19, 2019, decreased the marginal interest rate added to30-day LIBOR from 3.75% to 3.25% per annum, set the unused commitment fee at 0.50% on all

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undrawn amounts, expanded the scope of eligible collateral,October 31, 2025, and amended certain other terms and conditions. If our Credit Facility is not renewed or extended by January 19, 2019,a final maturity date of October 31, 2027 (at which time all principal and interest will be due and payable on or before April 19, 2020 (fifteen months afterif the Credit Facility is not extended by the revolving period end date). Subject to certain terms and conditions, our Credit Facility may be expanded up to a total of $250.0 million through additional commitments of new or existing lenders. We incurred fees of approximately $1.1 million in connection with this amendment, which are being amortized through our Credit Facility’sThe interest rate margin is 3.00% during the revolving period end date of January 19, 2019.

and 3.50% thereafter (in each case plus a 10 basis point SOFR credit spread adjustment).

On June 19, 2015,December 12, 2023, we, through Business Loan, entered into certain joinder and assignment agreements with three new lendersAmendment No. 5 to the Credit Facility to increase borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility by $30.0the commitment amount from $223.7 million to $170.0$233.7 million. We incurred fees of approximately $0.6 million in connection with this expansion, which are being amortized through our Credit Facility’s revolving period end date of January 19, 2019.

On October 9, 2015, August 18, 2016, and August 24, 2017, we entered into Amendments No. 1, 2 and 3 to our Credit Facility, respectively, each of which clarified or modified various constraints on available borrowings.

The following tables summarize noteworthy information related to our Credit Facility:
December 31, 2023September 30, 2023
Commitment amount$233,659$223,659
Line of credit outstanding, at cost85,00047,800 
Availability(A)
130,302169,060 
For the Three Months Ended
December 31,
20232022
Weighted average borrowings outstanding, at cost$48,582 $129,062 
Weighted average interest rate(B)
12.7 %6.9 %
Commitment (unused) fees incurred$437 $156 
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(A)    Available borrowings are subject to various constraints imposed under our Credit Facility, (at cost):

   December 31,
2017
   September 30,
2017
 

Commitment amount

  $170,000   $170,000 

Borrowings outstanding, at cost

   130,500    93,000 

Availability(A)

   28,940    58,576 

   For the Three Months
Ended December 31,
 
   2017  2016 

Weighted average borrowings outstanding, at cost

  $98,228  $39,278 

Weighted average interest rate(B)

   5.0  5.7

Commitment (unused) fees incurred

  $92  $166 

(A)Available borrowings are subject to various constraints imposed under our Credit Facility, based on the aggregate loan balance pledged by Business Loan, which varies as loans are added and repaid, regardless of whether such repayments are prepayments or made as contractually required.
(B)Includes unused commitment fees and excludes the impact of deferred financing fees.

based on the aggregate loan balance pledged by Business Loan, which varies as loans are added and repaid, regardless of whether such repayments are prepayments or made as contractually required.

(B)     Includes unused commitment fees and excludes the impact of deferred financing costs.
Our Credit Facility also requires that any interest or principal payments on pledged loans be remitted directly by the borrower

into a lockbox account with KeyBank. KeyBank is also the trustee of the account and generally remits the collected funds to us once aeach month.

Amounts collected in the lockbox account with KeyBank are presented as Due from administrative agent on the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2023 and September 30, 2023.

Our Credit Facility contains covenants that require Business Loan to maintain its status as a separate legal entity, prohibit certain significant corporate transactions (such as mergers, consolidations, liquidations or dissolutions), and restrict material changes to our credit and collection policies without the lenders’ consent. Our Credit Facility also generally limits distributions to our stockholders on a fiscal year basis to the sum of our net investment income, net capital gains and amounts elected to have been paid during the prior year in accordance with Section 855(a) of the Code. Business Loan is also subject to certain limitations on the type of loan investments it can apply as collateral towards the borrowing base to receive additional borrowing availability under our Credit Facility, including restrictions on geographic concentrations, sector concentrations, loan size, payment frequency and status, average life and lien property. Our Credit Facility further requires Business Loan to comply with other financial and operational covenants, which obligate Business Loan to, among other things, maintain certain financial ratios, including asset and interest coverage and a minimum number of 25 obligors required in the borrowing base.

Additionally, we are subject to a performance guaranty that requires usrequired to maintain (i) a minimum net worth (defined in our Credit Facility to include ourany outstanding mandatorily redeemable preferred stock) of $205.0$325.0 million plus 50.0% of all equity and subordinated debt raised after May 1, 201513, 2021 less 50% of any equity and subordinated debt retired or redeemed after May 1, 2015,13, 2021, which equates to $224.1$408.9 million as of December 31, 2017,2023, (ii) asset coverage with respect to “senior securities representing indebtedness” of at least 200%,150% (or such percentage as may be set forth in accordance with SectionsSection 18 andof the 1940 Act, as modified by Section 61 of the 1940 Act,Act), and (iii) our status as a BDC under the 1940 Act and as a RIC under the Code.

As of December 31, 2017,2023, and as defined in the performance guaranty of our Credit Facility, we had a net worth of $274.9$670.1 million, asset coverage on our “senior securities representing indebtedness” of 310.4%219.3%, calculated in complianceaccordance with the requirements of Section 18 and 61 of the 1940 Act, and an active status as a BDC and RIC. In addition, we had 3536 obligors in our Credit Facility’s borrowing base as of December 31, 2017.2023. As of December 31, 2017,2023, we were in compliance with all of our Credit Facility covenants.

Fair Value

We elected to apply the fair value option of ASC 825, “Financial Instruments,” specifically for the Credit Facility, which was consistent with our application of ASC 820 to our investments. Generally, the fair value of our Credit Facility is determined using a yield analysis which includes a DCF calculation and the assumptions that the Valuation Team believes market participants would use, including but not limited to, the estimated remaining life, counterparty credit risk, current market yield and interest rate spreads of

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similar securities as of the measurement date. As of December 31, 2017,2023, the discount rate used to determine the fair value of our Credit Facility was30-day LIBOR, one-month Term SOFR, plus 3.00%3.10% per annum, plus a 0.50%0.75% unused commitment fee. As of September 30, 2017,2023, the discount rate used to determine the fair value of our Credit Facility was30-day LIBOR, one-month Term SOFR, plus 3.15%3.10% per annum, plus a 0.50%1.00% unused commitment fee. Generally, an increase or decrease in the discount rate used in the DCF calculation may result in a corresponding increasedecrease or decrease,increase, respectively, in the fair value of our Credit Facility. As of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, our Credit Facility was valued using Level 3 inputs and any changes in its fair value are recorded in net unrealized depreciation (appreciation) of other on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Operations.

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The following tables present our Credit Facility carried at fair value as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities for Level 3 of the hierarchy established by ASC 820 and the changes in fair value of our Credit Facility during the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016:

   Total Recurring Fair Value Measurement Reported in 
   Consolidated Statements of Assets and LiabilitiesUsing
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
 
   December 31, 2017   September 30, 2017 

Credit Facility

  $130,833   $93,115 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Data Inputs (Level 3)

 
   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2017   2016 

Fair value as of September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively

  $93,115   $71,300 

Borrowings

   61,100    24,200 

Repayments

   (23,600   (67,300

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(A)

   218    (213
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair Value as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively

  $130,833   $27,987 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A)Included in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of other on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

2022:

Total Recurring Fair Value Measurement Reported in
Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
December 31, 2023September 30, 2023
Credit Facility$85,000 $47,800 
Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Data Inputs (Level 3)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
20232022
Fair value as of September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively$47,800 $141,800 
Borrowings70,200 14,800 
Repayments(33,000)(48,200)
Net unrealized appreciation — 
Fair Value as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively$85,000 $108,400 
The fair value of the collateral under our Credit Facility totaled approximately $348.8$678.9 million and $317.4$628.3 million as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, respectively.

NOTE 6. MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK

Notes Payable

In September 2017,August 2023, we completed a publican offering of approximately 2.1$57.0 million sharesaggregate principal amount of 6.00% Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock”7.75% Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), at a public offering price of $25.00 per share. Gross proceeds totaled $51.8 million and for net proceeds of approximately $55.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses borne by us, were approximately $49.8 million. We incurred approximately $1.9 million in total underwriting discounts and offering costs related to the issuance of the Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock, which have been recorded as discounts to the liquidation value on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and are being amortized from issuance through September 30, 2024, the mandatory redemption date.us. The proceeds plus borrowings under our Credit Facility were used to voluntarily redeem all 2.4 million outstanding shares of our then existing 6.75% Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock”). In connection with the voluntary redemption of our Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock, we incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2017, which is primarily comprised of the unamortized deferred issuance costs at the time of redemption.

The shares of our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock2028 Notes are traded under the ticker symbol “GLADN”“GLADZ” on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Our Series 2024 Term Preferred StockThe 2028 Notes will mature on September 1, 2028 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at our option on or after September 1, 2025.The 2028 Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.75% per year. Interest is not convertible into our common stock or any other securitypayable quarterly on March 1, June 1, September 1, and provides for a fixed dividend equal to 6.00% perDecember 1 of each year payable monthlybeginning December 1, 2023 (which equates in total to approximately $3.1$4.4 million per year). We are required


In November 2021, we completed a private placement of $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”) for net proceeds of approximately $48.5 million after deducting initial purchasers’ costs, commissions and offering expenses borne by us. The 2027 Notes will mature on May 1, 2027 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time or from time to redeemtime at the Company’s option prior to maturity at par plus a “make-whole” premium, if applicable.The 2027 Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.75% per year. Interest is payable semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year (which equates to approximately $1.9 million per year).

In April 2022, pursuant to the registration rights agreement we entered into in connection with the 2027 Notes, we conducted an exchange offer through which we offered to exchange all of our then outstanding 2027 Notes (the “Restricted Notes”) that were issued on November 4, 2021, for an equal aggregate principal amount of our new 3.75% Notes due 2027 (the “Exchange Notes”) that had been registered with the outstanding Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock on September 30, 2024 for cash at a redemption price equal to $25.00 per share plus an amount equal to all unpaid dividends and distributions on such share accumulated to (but excluding)SEC under the dateSecurities Act of redemption (the “Redemption Price”). We may additionally be required to mandatorily redeem some or all1933, as amended. The terms of the sharesExchange Notes are identical to those of our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock early, at the Redemption Price,Restricted Notes, except that the transfer restrictions and registration rights relating to the Restricted Notes do not apply to the Exchange Notes, and the Exchange Notes do not provide for the payment of additional interest in the event of the following: (1) upon the occurrence of certain events that would constitute a change in control, and (2) if we fail to maintain an asset coverage of at least 200% on our “senior securities that are stock” (which is currently only our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock) and the failure remains for a period of 30 days following the filing date of our next SEC quarterly or annual report. The asset coverage on our “senior securities that are stock” as ofregistration default.

In December 31, 2017 was 222.4%, calculated in accordance with Sections 18 and 61 of the 1940 Act.

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time after September 30, 2019. If we fail to redeem our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock pursuant to the mandatory redemption date of September 30, 2024, or in any other circumstance in which we are required to mandatorily redeem our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock, then the fixed dividend rate will increase by 4.0% for so long as such failure continues. As of December 31, 2017, we have not redeemed, nor have we been required to redeem, any shares of our outstanding Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock.

In May 2014,2020, we completed a publican offering of approximately 2.4$100.0 million sharesaggregate principal amount of Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock, at a public offering price of $25.00 per share. Gross proceeds totaled $61.0 million and5.125% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) for net proceeds of approximately $97.7 million after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses borne by us, wereus. In March 2021, we completed an offering of an additional $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes for net proceeds of approximately $58.5$50.6 million after adding premiums and deducting underwriting costs, commissions and offering expenses borne by us. The 2026 Notes will mature on January 31, 2026 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at the Company’s option prior to maturity at par plus

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a portion“make-whole” premium, if applicable. The 2026 Notes bear interest at a rate of which was used5.125% per year. Interest is payable semi-annually on January 31 and July 31 of each year (which equates to voluntarily redeem all 1.5approximately $7.7 million outstandingper year).
The indenture relating to the 2028 Notes, the 2027 Notes, and the 2026 Notes contains certain covenants, including (i) an inability to incur additional debt or issue additional debt or preferred securities unless the Company’s asset coverage meets the threshold specified in the 1940 Act after such borrowing, (ii) an inability to declare any dividend or distribution (except a dividend payable in our stock) on a class of our capital stock or to purchase shares of our then existing 7.125% Series 2016 Term Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per sharecapital stock unless the Company’s asset coverage meets the threshold specified in the 1940 Act at the time of (and giving effect to) such declaration or purchase, and (iii) if, at any time, we are not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, we will provide the holders of the 2028 Notes, the 2027 Notes, and the remainder was used to repay a portion of outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility. We incurred $2.5 million in total2026 Notes, as applicable, and the trustee with audited annual consolidated financial statements and unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.
The 2028 Notes, 2027 Notes, and 2026 Notes are recorded at the principal amount, plus applicable premiums, less discounts and offering costs, related to the issuance of our Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock, which were recorded as discounts to the liquidation value on our accompanying Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and were amortized over the redemption period ending June 30, 2021. In September 2017, when we voluntarily redeemed all of our outstanding Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock, the remaining unamortized costs were fully written off as part of the realized loss discussed above.

We paid the following monthly distributions on our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock for the three months ended December 31, 2017:

Fiscal Year

  

Declaration Date

  

Record Date

  

Payment Date

  Distribution per
Series 2024 Term
Preferred Share(A)
 

2018

  

October 10, 2017

  

October 20, 2017

  

October 31, 2017

  $0.141667 
  

October 10, 2017

  

November 20, 2017

  

November 30, 2017

   0.125 
  

October 10, 2017

  

December 19, 2017

  

December 29, 2017

   0.125 
        

 

 

 
    Three Months Ended December 31, 2017:  $0.391667 
      

 

 

 

(A)The dividend paid on October 31, 2017 included thepro-rated period from and including the issuance date of September 27, 2017 to and including September 30, 2017, and the full month of October 2017.

We paid the following monthly distributions on our Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock for the three months ended December 31, 2016:

Fiscal Year

  

Declaration Date

  

Record Date

  

Payment Date

  Distribution per
Series 2021 Term
Preferred Share
 

2017

  

October 11, 2016

  

October 21, 2016

  

October 31, 2016

  $0.1406250 
  

October 11, 2016

  

November 17, 2016

  

November 30, 2016

   0.1406250 
  

October 11, 2016

  

December 20, 2016

  

December 30, 2016

   0.1406250 
        

 

 

 
    Three Months Ended December 31, 2016:  $0.4218750 
      

 

 

 

The federal income tax characteristics of dividends paid to our preferred stockholders generally constitute ordinary income to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits and is reported after the end of the calendar year based on tax information for the full fiscal year. Estimates of tax characterization made on a quarterly basis may not be representative of the actual tax characterization of dividends for the full year. Estimates made on a quarterly basis are updated as of each interim reporting date. The tax characterization of dividends paid to our preferred stockholders during the calendar years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 was 100% from ordinary income.

In accordance with ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” mandatorily redeemable financial instruments should be classified as liabilities in the balance sheet and we have recorded our mandatorily redeemable preferred stock as a liability at cost, as of December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017. The related dividend payments to our mandatorily redeemable preferred stockholders are treated as dividend expense on our statement of operations as of theex-dividend date. Aggregate preferred stockholder dividends declared and paid on our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock for the three months ended December 31, 2017 was $0.8 million. Aggregate preferred stockholder dividends declared and paid on our Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock for the three months ended December 31, 2016 was $1.0 million.

For disclosure purposes, the fair value, based on the last quoted closing price, for our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock as of December 31, 2017 was approximately $53.5 million. Liabilities.

The fair value, based on the last quoted closing price, for our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stockof the 2028 Notes as of September 30, 2017December 31, 2023 was approximately $52.7$57.4 million. We consider our mandatorily redeemable preferred stockthe trading price of the 2028 Notes to be a Level 1 liabilityinput within the ASC 820 hierarchy.

The fair value, based on a DCF analysis, of the 2027 Notes as of December 31, 2023 was $45.9 million. The fair value, based on a DCF analysis, of the 2026 Notes as of December 31, 2023 was $145.9 million. We consider the 2027 Notes and 2026 Notes to be Level 3 within the ASC 820 fair value hierarchy.

NOTE 6. CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK OFFERING
In May 2023, we entered into a Dealer Manager Agreement pursuant to which we may sell a maximum of 6,000,000 shares of 6.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), par value $0.001 per share, on a “reasonable best efforts” basis through our affiliated dealer manager, Gladstone Securities, at a public offering price of $25.00 per share (the “Series A Offering”). As of December 31, 2023, no shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been issued.

Under the Dealer Manager Agreement, Gladstone Securities will provide certain sales, promotional and marketing services to us in connection with the Series A Offering, and we will pay Gladstone Securities (i) selling commissions of up to 7.0% of the gross proceeds from sales of Series A Preferred Stock in the Series A Offering, and (ii) a dealer manager fee of up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from sales of Series A Preferred Stock in the Series A Offering. Gladstone Securities may, in its sole discretion, reallow a portion of the dealer manager fee to participating broker-dealers in support of the Series A Offering. Pursuant to the Dealer Manager Agreement, the offering of the Series A Preferred Stock will terminate on the date that is the earlier of (1) December 31, 2026 (unless earlier terminated or extended by our Board of Directors) and (2) the date on which all 6,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock offered are sold.
NOTE 7. REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND COMMON EQUITY OFFERINGS AND SHARE REPURCHASES

We filed Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to our current universal

Our shelf registration statement on FormN-2 (our “Registration Statement”) on FormN-2 (FileNo. 333-208637) with the SEC on December 19, 2017, which was declared effective by the SEC on February 1, 2018. Our Registration Statement permits us to issue, through one or more transactions, up to an aggregate of $300.0 million in securities, consisting of common stock, preferred stock, subscription rights, debt securities and warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock or debt securities.stock. As of December 31, 2017,2023, we havehad the ability to issue up to $220.0an additional $151.1 million in

securities under the Registration Statement.

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registration statement.


Common Stock At-the-Market Offerings

Pursuant to our prior registration statement, in October 2016, we completed a public offering of 2.0 million shares of our common stock at a public offering price of $7.98 per share, which was below our then current NAV per share.


In November 2016, the underwriters partially exercised their overallotment option to purchase an additional 173,444 shares of our common stock. Gross proceeds totaled $17.3 million and net proceeds, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering costs borne by us, were approximately $16.4 million.

In February 2015,May 2021, we entered into an equity distribution agreements (commonly referred to as“at-the-market agreements” oragreement with Jefferies LLC (as amended and restated, the “Sales Agreements”Agreement”) with KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., each a “Sales Agent,” under which we hadhave the ability to issue and sell, from time to time, through the Sales Agents, up toshares of our common stock with an aggregate offering price of $50.0up to $100.0 million shares of our common stock.in an “at the market offering” (the “ATM Program”). In May 2017,July 2023, we terminatedamended and restated the Sales Agreement with KeyBanc Capital Marketsto add Huntington Securities, Inc. and amendedas a sales agent under the ATM Program. We did not issue any shares under the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. to reference our current registration statement. All other material terms of the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. remained unchanged. Duringduring the three months ended December 31, 2017, we sold 471,498 shares of our common stock under the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., at a weighted-average price of $9.69 per share and raised $4.6 million of gross proceeds. Net proceeds, after deducting commissions and offering costs borne by us, were approximately $4.5 million.2023. As of December 31, 2017,2023, we had a remaining capacity to sell up to $37.9an additional $0.4 million of our common stock under the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. We did not sell any shares under the Sales Agreements during the three months ended December 31, 2016.

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NOTE 8. NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations per weighted average common share for the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016:

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2017   2016 

Numerator for basic and diluted net increase in net  assets
resulting from operations per common share

  $7,160   $916 

Denominator for basic and diluted weighted average
common shares

   26,522,788    24,778,970 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net increase in net assets resulting  from
operations per common share

  $0.27   $0.04 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
2022:
Three Months Ended
December 31,
20232022
Numerator: basic and diluted net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations per common share$20,001 $5,698 
Denominator: basic and diluted weighted average common share43,508,897 35,207,208 
Basic and diluted net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations per common share$0.46 $0.16 

NOTE 9. DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS

To qualify to be taxed as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code, we must generally distribute to our stockholders, for each taxable year, at least 90% of our taxable ordinary income plus the excess of our net short-term capital gains over net long-term capital losses (“Investment Company Taxable Income”). The amount to be paid out as distributions to our stockholders is determined by our Board of Directors quarterly and is based on management’s estimate of the fiscal year earnings.Investment Company Taxable Income. Based on that estimate, our Board of Directors declares three monthly distributions to common stockholders each quarter.

The federal income tax characteristics of all distributions will be reported to stockholders on the IRS Form 1099 atafter the end of each calendar year. Estimates of tax characterization made on a quarterly basis may not be representative of the actual tax characterization of cash distributions for the full year. Estimates made on a quarterly basis are updated as of each interim reporting date.
For the calendar yearsyear ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, 100%2023, 100.0% of distributions to common stockholders during these periods were deemed to be paid from ordinary income for 1099 stockholder reporting purposes.

For the calendar year ended December 31, 2022, 93.2% of distributions to common stockholders were deemed to be paid from ordinary income and 6.8% of distributions were deemed to be return of capital for 1099 stockholder reporting purposes.

We paid the following monthly distributions to common stockholders for the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016:

Fiscal Year

  

Declaration
Date

  

Record Date

  

Payment Date

  Distribution
per Common
Share
 

2018

  

October 10, 2017

  

October 20, 2017

  

October 31, 2017

  $0.07 
  

October 10, 2017

  

November 20, 2017

  

November 30, 2017

   0.07 
  

October 10, 2017

  

December 19, 2017

  

December 29, 2017

   0.07 
        

 

 

 
    Three Months Ended December 31, 2017:  $0.21 
      

 

 

 

2017

  

October 11, 2016

  

October 21, 2016

  

October 31, 2016

  $0.07 
  

October 11, 2016

  

November 17, 2016

  

November 30, 2016

   0.07 
  

October 11, 2016

  

December 20, 2016

  

December 30, 2016

   0.07 
        

 

 

 
    Three Months Ended December 31, 2016:  $0.21 
      

 

 

 

2022:

Fiscal YearDeclaration DateRecord DatePayment DateDistribution per Common Share
2024October 10, 2023October 20, 2023October 31, 2023$0.0825 
October 10, 2023November 20, 2023November 30, 20230.0825 
October 10, 2023December 18, 2023December 29, 20230.0825 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2023:$0.2475 
Fiscal YearDeclaration DateRecord DatePayment DateDistribution per Common Share
2023October 11, 2022October 21, 2022October 31, 2022$0.07 
October 11, 2022November 18, 2022November 30, 20220.07 
October 11, 2022December 20, 2022December 30, 20220.07 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022:$0.21 
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Aggregate distributions declared and paid to our common stockholders were approximately $5.6$10.8 million and $5.2$7.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016,2022, respectively, and were declared based on estimates of investment company taxable

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income for the respective fiscal years.Investment Company Taxable Income. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2023, our current and accumulated earnings and profits (after taking into account our mandatorily redeemable preferred stock dividends), exceeded common stock distributions declared and paid, and, in accordance with Section 855(a) of the Code, we elected to treat $0.3$5.0 million of the first common distributions paid to common stockholders in the subsequent fiscal year 2018 as having been paid in the respective prior year.

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For the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2023, we recorded the following adjustments forbook-tax differences to reflect tax character.

   Three Months Ended
December 31, 2017
   Year Ended
September 30, 2017
 

Over distributed net investment income

  $(68  $(4,416

Accumulated net realized losses

   260    6,541 

Capital in excess of par value

   (192   (2,125
Results of operations, total net assets, and cash flows were not affected by these adjustments.
Three Months Ended
December 31, 2023
Year Ended
September 30, 2023
Undistributed net investment income$$(373)
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)373 
Capital in excess of par value— 

NOTE 10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

We are party to certain legal proceedings incidental to the normal course of our business. We are required to establish reserves for litigation matters where those matters present loss contingencies that are both probable and estimable. When loss contingencies are not both probable and estimable, we do not establish reserves. Based on current knowledge, we do not believe that loss contingencies, if any, arising from pending investigations, litigation or regulatory matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Additionally, based on our current knowledge, we do not believe such loss contingencies are both probable and estimable and therefore, as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, we have nothad no established reserves for such loss contingencies.

Escrow Holdbacks

From time to time, we will enter into arrangements as it relatesrelating to exits of certain investments whereby specific amounts of the proceeds are held in escrow in order to be used to satisfy potential obligations, as stipulated in the sales agreements. We record escrow amounts in restrictedRestricted cash and cash equivalents, if received in cash but subject to potential obligations or other contractual restrictions, or as escrow receivables in Other assets, net, if not yet received in cash, on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities. We establish a reservereserves and holdbacks against the escrow amounts if we determine that it is probable and estimable that a portion of the escrow amounts will not ultimately be ultimatelyreleased or received at the end of the escrow period. There were no aggregate reserves recordedReserves and holdbacks against the escrow amounts were $0.6 million as of each of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017.

2023.

Financial Commitments and Obligations

We have lines of credit, delayed draw term loans, and an uncalled capital commitment with certain of our portfolio companies that have not been fully drawn. Since these commitments have expiration dates and we expect many will never be fully drawn, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. We estimate the fair value of the combined unused lines of credit, the unused delayed draw term loans and the uncalled capital commitment as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 20172023 to be immaterial.

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The following table summarizes the amounts of our unused lines of credit, delayed draw term loans and uncalled capital commitment, at cost, as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, which are not reflected as liabilities in the accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

   December 31,   September 30, 
   2017   2017 

Unused line of credit commitments

  $10,426   $7,517 

Delayed draw term loans

   12,900    10,900 

Uncalled capital commitment

   986    1,367 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $24,312   $19,784 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

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December 31,
2023
September 30,
2023
Unused line of credit commitments(A)
$32,592 $32,349 
Delayed draw term loans(A)
21,275 12,039 
Uncalled capital commitment843 843 
Total$54,710 $45,231 
(A)    There may be specific covenant requirements that temporarily limit a portfolio company’s availability to draw on an unused line of credit commitment or a delayed draw term loan.

NOTE 11. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2017  2016 

Per Common Share Data(A):

   

Net asset value at beginning of period(A)

  $8.40  $8.62 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income from operations(B)

   

Net investment income(B)

   0.21   0.21 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

   0.07   (0.18

Net realized and unrealized (loss) gain on other

   (0.01  0.01 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total from operations

   0.27   0.04 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Distributions to common stockholders from(B)(C)

   

Net Investment Income

   (0.21  (0.21
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total distributions

   (0.21  (0.21
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Capital share transactions(B)

   

Offering costs for issuance of common stock

   —     (0.04

Anti-dilutive (dilutive) effect of common stock issuance(D)

   0.02   (0.06
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total capital share transactions

   0.02   (0.10
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other, net(B)(E)

   —     0.01 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net asset value at end of year(A)

  $8.48  $8.36 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Per common share market value at beginning of period

  $9.50  $8.13 

Per common share market value at end of period

   9.21   9.39 

Total return(F)

   (0.91)%   18.40

Common stock outstanding at end of year(A)

   26,632,182   25,517,866 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Data:

   

Net assets at end of year

  $225,717  $213,385 

Average net assets(G)

   225,202   214,052 

Senior securities Data:

   

Borrowings under Credit Facility, at cost

  $130,500  $28,200 

Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock

   51,750   61,000 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

   

Ratio of net expenses to average net assets(H)(I)

   9.38   8.91 

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

   9.90   9.73 

(A)Based on actual shares outstanding at the end of the corresponding period.
(B)Based on weighted average basic per share data.
(C)The tax character of distributions are determined based on taxable income calculated in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from amounts determined under GAAP.
(D)During the three months ended December 31, 2017, the anti-dilution was a result of issuing common shares during the period at a price above the then current NAV per share. During the three months ended December 31, 2016, the dilution was a result of issuing common shares during the period at a price below the then current NAV per share.
(E)Represents the impact of the different share amounts (weighted average shares outstanding during the fiscal year and shares outstanding at the end of the fiscal year) in the per share data calculations and rounding impacts.
(F)
Three Months Ended December 31,
20232022
Per Common Share Data:
Net asset value at beginning of period(A)
$9.39 $9.08 
Income from operations(B)
Net investment income0.27 0.25 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments0.19 (0.10)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on other 0.01 
Total from operations0.46 0.16 
Distributions to common stockholders from(B)(C)
Net investment income(0.25)(0.21)
Return of capital — 
Total distributions(0.25)(0.21)
Capital share transactions(B)
Anti-dilutive effect of common stock issuance(D)
 0.03 
Total capital share transactions 0.03 
Other, net0.01 — 
Net asset value at end of period(A)
$9.61 $9.06 
Per common share market value at beginning of period$9.64 $8.49 
Per common share market value at end of period10.70 9.62 
Total return(E)
13.74 %15.77 %
Common stock outstanding at end of period(A)
43,508,897 35,814,602 
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Data:
Net assets at end of period$417,928 $324,326 
Average net assets(F)
412,965 326,934 
Senior Securities Data:
Borrowings under line of credit, at cost85,000 108,400 
Notes payable257,000 200,000 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets – annualized(G)(H)
10.93 %12.93 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets – annualized(I)
11.56 %10.68 %
(A)    Based on actual shares outstanding at the end of the corresponding period.
(B)    Based on weighted average basic per share data.
(C)    The tax character of distributions is determined based on taxable income calculated in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from amounts determined under GAAP.
(D)    During the three months ended December 31, 2022, the anti-dilution was a result of issuing common shares during the period at a price above the then current NAV per share.
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(E)    Total return equals the change in the ending market value of our common stock from the beginning of the fiscal year, taking into account distributions reinvested in accordance with the terms of our dividend reinvestment plan. Total return does not take into account distributions that may be characterized as a return of capital. For further information on the estimated character of our distributions to common stockholders, refer to Note 9—Distributions to Common Stockholders.
(G)Computed using the average of the balance of net assets at the end of each month of the reporting period.
(H)Ratio of net expenses to average net assets is computed using total expenses, net of credits from the Adviser, to the base management, loan servicing and incentive fees.
(I)Had we not received any voluntary, unconditional and irrevocable credits of the incentive fee due to the Adviser, the ratio of net expenses to average net assets would have been 9.53% and 8.98% for the quarters ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
(J)Had we not received any voluntary, unconditional and irrevocable credits of the incentive fee due to the Adviser, the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 9.76% and 9.66% for the quarters ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

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NOTE 12. UNCONSOLIDATED SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES

In accordance with the SEC’s RegulationS-X, we doterms of our dividend reinvestment plan. Total return does not consolidate portfolio company investments. Further, in accordance with ASC 946, we are precludedtake into account distributions that may be characterized as a return of capital. For further information on the estimated character of our distributions to common stockholders, refer to Note 9—Distributions to Common Stockholders.

(F)    Computed using the average of the balance of net assets at the end of each month of the reporting period.
(G)    Ratio of net expenses to average net assets is computed using total expenses, net of credits from consolidating any entity other than another investment company, except that ASC 946 provides for the consolidation of a controlled operating company that provides substantially all of its servicesAdviser, to the investment company or its consolidated subsidiaries.

We had three unconsolidated subsidiaries, Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc., PIC 360, LLCbase management, loan servicing and Sunshine Media Holdings, that met at least oneincentive fees.

(H)    Had we not received any non-contractual, unconditional and irrevocable credits of fees from the significance conditions under Rule1-02(w)Adviser, the ratio of the SEC’s RegulationS-X as of or during at least one of the three month periods ended December 31, 2017net expenses to average net assets would have been 14.57% and 2016. Accordingly, summarized, comparative financial information, in aggregate, is presented below15.79% for the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 20162022, respectively.
(I)    Had we not received any non-contractual, unconditional and irrevocable credits of fees from the Adviser, the ratio of net investment income to average net assets would have been 7.99% and 7.87% for our unconsolidated significant subsidiaries.

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 

Income Statement

  2017   2016 

Net sales

  $8,822   $8,648 

Gross profit

   1,877    2,172 

Net loss

   40    (702
the three months ended
December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.



NOTE 13.12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Portfolio Activity


In January 2018, we invested $8.12024, our investment in CHA Holdings, Inc. paid off at par for net cash proceeds of $3.0 million.
Registration Statement

Our new shelf registration statement was declared effective on January 17, 2024 and permits us to issue, through one or more transactions, up to an aggregate of $700.0 million in XMedius Solutions Inc. through secured first lien debt.

securities, consisting of common stock, preferred stock, subscription rights, debt securities and warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock.

Distributions and Dividends

In

On January 2018,9, 2024, our Board of Directors declared the following monthly distributions to common stockholders and monthly dividends to preferred stockholders:

Record Date

  

Payment Date

  Distribution
per Common
Share
   Distribution per
Series 2024
Term Preferred
Share
 

January 22, 2018

  January 31, 2018  $0.07   $0.125 

February 16, 2018

  February 28, 2018   0.07    0.125 

March 20, 2018

  March 30, 2018   0.07    0.125 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  Total for the Quarter:  $0.21   $0.375 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

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Record DatePayment DateDistribution per Common Share
January 23, 2024January 31, 2024$0.0825 
February 21, 2024February 29, 20240.0825 
March 21, 2024March 29, 20240.0825 
Total for the Quarter:$0.2475
Record DatePayment Date
Distribution per Series A Preferred Stock(A)
January 25, 2024February 5, 2024$0.130208 
February 27, 2024March 5, 20240.130208 
March 26, 2024April 5, 20240.130208 
Total for the Quarter:$0.390624
(A)    As of February 2, 2024, there were 14,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding.

New Investment Advisory Agreement
On January 24, 2024, we reconvened our Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) that was adjourned on December 11, 2023 and again on January 4, 2024. Our stockholders voted and approved the new investment advisory agreement between us and the Adviser (the “New Advisory Agreement”).
The New Advisory Agreement is the result of an anticipated change in control of the Adviser. From inception, the Adviser has been 100% indirectly owned and controlled by David Gladstone. David Gladstone owns 100% of the voting and
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economic interests of The Gladstone Companies, Ltd., which in turn owns 100% of the voting and economic interests of The Gladstone Companies, Inc., which in turn owns 100% of the voting and economic interests of the Adviser. Immediately after approval at the Special Meeting, the Adviser entered into a voting trust agreement (the “Voting Trust Agreement”), among David Gladstone, Lorna Gladstone, Laura Gladstone, Kent Gladstone, and Jessica Martin, each as a trustee and collectively, as the board of trustees of the voting trust (the “Voting Trust Board”), the Adviser and certain stockholders of the Adviser, pursuant to which David Gladstone deposited all of his indirect interests in the Adviser, which represented 100% of the voting and economic interests thereof, with the voting trust.
Pursuant to the Voting Trust Agreement, prior to its Effective Date (as defined below) David Gladstone has, in his sole discretion, the full, exclusive and unqualified right and power to vote in person or by proxy all of the shares of common stock of the Adviser deposited with the voting trust at all meetings of the stockholders of the Adviser in respect of any and all matters on which the stockholders of the Adviser are entitled to vote under the Adviser’s certificate of incorporation or applicable law, to give consents in lieu of voting such shares of common stock of the Adviser at a meeting of the stockholders of the Adviser in respect of any and all matters on which stockholders of the Adviser are entitled to vote under its certificate of incorporation or applicable law, to enter into voting agreements, waive notice of any meeting of
stockholders of the Adviser in respect of such shares of common stock of the Adviser and to grant proxies with respect to all such shares of common stock of the Adviser with respect to any lawful corporate action (collectively, the “Voting Powers”).
Commencing on the Effective Date, the Voting Trust Board shall have the full, exclusive and unqualified right and power to exercise the Voting Powers. Each member of the Voting Trust Board shall hold 20% of the voting power of the Voting Trust Board as of the Effective Date. The “Effective Date” shall occur on the earliest of (i) the death of David Gladstone, (ii) David Gladstone’s election (in his sole discretion), and (iii) one year from the date the Voting Trust Agreement is entered into. Following entry into the Voting Trust Agreement, the current members of senior management of the Adviser will continue to manage the day-to-day aspects of the Adviser.
There are no changes to the terms of the Advisory Agreement currently in effect (the "Original Advisory Agreement") in the New Advisory Agreement, including the fee structure and services to be provided, other than the date and term of the New Advisory Agreement as compared to the Original Advisory Agreement. In addition to there being no changes to the fee structure, no other fees or expenses currently paid by us will change as a result of entry into the New Advisory Agreement. There will be no changes to our principal investment objective, investment strategies, fundamental investment restrictions, or principal risks as a result of entry into the Voting Trust Agreement or New Advisory Agreement.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

All statements contained herein, other than historical facts, may constitute “forward-looking statements.” These statements may relate to, among other things, our future operating results, our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies, actual and potential conflicts of interest with Gladstone Management Corporation (the “Adviser”), our investment adviser, and its affiliates, the use of borrowed money to finance our investments, the adequacy of our financing sources and working capital, and our ability toco-invest, among other factors. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “estimate,” “may,” “might,” “believe,” “will,” “provided,” “anticipate,” “future,” “could,” “growth,” “plan,” “project,” “intend,” “expect,” “should,” “would,” “if,” “seek,” “possible,” “potential,” “likely” or the negative or variations of such terms or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to:include: (1) the recurrence or impact of adverse eventschanges in the economy and the capital markets, including stock price volatility;volatility, inflation, rising interest rates and risks of recession; (2) risks associated with negotiation and consummation of pending and future transactions; (3) the loss of one or more of our executive officers, in particular David Gladstone, Terry Lee Brubaker or Robert L. Marcotte; (4) changes in our investment objectives and strategy; (5) availability, terms (including the possibility of interest rate volatility) and deployment of capital; (6) changes in our industry, interest rates, exchange rates or the general economy; (7) our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies; (8) the degree and nature of our competition; (8)(9) changes in governmental regulation, tax rates and similar matters; (10) our ability to exit investments in a timely manner; (11) our ability to maintain our qualification as a RICregulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and as a business development company;company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”); and (9)(12) those factors described herein, including Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in the “Risk Factors” sectionssection of our Annual Report on Form10-K (our “Annual Report”) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 20, 2017.13, 2023. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on any such forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance. We have based forward-looking statements on information available to us on the date of this report. Except as required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise or any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q. Although we undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, you are advised to consult any additional disclosures that we may make directly to you or through reports that we have filed or in the future may file with the SEC from time to time, including annual reports on Form10-K, quarterly reports on Form10-Q and current reports on Form8-K.

The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are excluded from the safe harbor protection provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The following analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our accompanyingConsolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q and in our Annual Report. Historical financial condition and results of operations and percentage relationships among any amounts in the financial statements are not necessarily indicative of financial condition or results of operations for any future periods. Except per share amounts, dollar amounts in the tables included herein are in thousands unless otherwise indicated.

OVERVIEW

General

We were incorporated under the Maryland General Corporation Law on May 30, 2001. We operate as an externally managed,closed-end,non-diversified management investment company, and have elected to be treated as a business development company (“BDC”)BDC under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (the “1940 Act”).Act. In addition, for federal income tax purposes we have elected to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”)RIC under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).Code. To continue to qualify as a RIC for federal income tax purposes and obtain favorable RIC tax treatment, we must meet certain requirements, including certain minimum distribution requirements.

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We were established for the purpose of investing in debt and equity securities of established private businesses operating in the U.S. Our investment objectives are to: (1) achieve and grow current income by investing in debt securities of established businesseslower middle market companies in the U.S. that we believe will provide stable earnings and cash flow to pay expenses, make principal and interest payments on our outstanding indebtedness and make distributions to stockholders that grow over time; and (2) provide our stockholders with long-term capital appreciation in the value of our assets by investing in equity securities, of established businessesin connection with our debt investments, that we believe can grow over time to permit us to sell our equity investments for capital gains. To achieve our investment objectives, our primary investment strategy is to invest in several categories of debt and equity securities, with each investment generally ranging from $8 million to $30$40 million, although investment size may vary, depending upon our total assets or available capital at the time of investment. We expect that our investment portfolio over time will consist of approximately 90.0% debt investments and 10.0% equity investments, at cost. As of December 31, 2017,2023, our investment portfolio was made up of approximately 90.6% debt investments and 9.4% equity investments, at cost.

We focus on investing in lower middle market companies (which we generally define as companies with annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $3 million to $15$25 million) in the U.S. that meet certain criteria, including but not limited to, the following: the sustainability of the business’ free cash flow and its ability to grow it over time, adequate assets for loan

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collateral, experienced management teams with a significant ownership interest in the borrower, reasonable capitalization of the borrower, including an ample equity contribution or cushion based on prevailing enterprise valuation multiples and, to a lesser extent, the potential to realize appreciation and gain liquidity in our equity position, if any. We lend to borrowers that need funds for growth capital or to finance acquisitions or recapitalize or refinance their existing debt facilities. We seek to avoid investing in high-risk, early-stage enterprises. Our targeted portfolio companies are generally considered too small for the larger capital marketplace.

We invest by ourselves or jointly with other funds and/or management of the portfolio company, depending on the opportunity and have opportunistically made severalco-investmentsopportunity. In July 2012, the SEC granted us an exemptive order (the “Co-Investment Order”) that expanded our ability to co-invest, under certain circumstances, with certain of our affiliateaffiliates, including Gladstone Investment Corporation, a BDC also managed by our Advisor,the Adviser, and any future BDC or registered closed-end management investment company that is advised (or sub-advised if it controls the fund) by the Adviser, or any combination of the foregoing, subject to the conditions in the Co-Investment Order. Since 2012, we have opportunistically made several co-investments with Gladstone Investment Corporation pursuant to an exemptive order granted by the SEC.Co-Investment Order. We believe this ability toco-investthe Co-Investment Order has enhanced and will continue to enhance our ability to further our investment objectives and strategies. If we are participating in an investment with one or moreco-investors, our investment is likely to be smaller than if we were investing alone.

We are externally managed by Gladstone Management Corporation (the “Adviser”),the Adviser, an investment adviser registered with the SEC and an affiliate of ours, pursuant to an investment advisory and management agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”).agreement. The Adviser manages our investment activities. We have also entered into an administration agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) with Gladstone Administration, LLC (the “Administrator”), an affiliate of ours and the Adviser, whereby we pay separately for administrative services.

Additionally, Gladstone Securities, LLC (“Gladstone Securities”), a privately-held broker-dealer registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and insured by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, which is 100% indirectly owned and controlled by Mr. Gladstone, our chairman and chief executive officer, has provided other services, such as investment banking and due diligence services, to certain of our portfolio companies, for which Gladstone Securities receives a fee.

Business

Portfolio and Investment Activity

In general, our investments in debt securities have a term of no more than seven years, accrue interest at variable rates (generally based on theone-month LIBOR) Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) and, to a lesser extent, at fixed rates. We seek debt instruments that pay interest monthly or, at a minimum, quarterly, may have a success fee or deferred interest provision and are primarily interest only, with all principal and any accrued but unpaid interest due at maturity. Generally, success fees accrue at a set rate and are contractually due upon a change of control of a portfolio company, typically from an exit or sale. Some debt securities have deferred interest whereby some portion of the interest payment is added to the principal balance so that the interest is paid, together with the principal, at maturity. This form of deferred interest is often called PIKpaid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest.

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Typically, our equity investments consist of common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests, or warrants to purchase the foregoing. Often, these equity investments occur in connection with our original investment, recapitalizing a business, or refinancing existing debt.

During the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023, we invested $56.3$11.0 million in sevenone new portfolio companiescompany and extended $1.6$47.0 million ofin investments to existing portfolio companies. In addition, we exited oneportfolio company during the three months ended December 31, 2017, we exited three portfolio companies through sales and early payoffs.2023. We received a total of $19.8$22.1 million in combined net proceeds and principal repayments from the aforementioned portfolio company exitsexit, as well as principal repayments by existing portfolio companies, during the three months ended December 31, 2017. This activity resulted in a net increase in our2023. Our overall portfolio by fourconsists of 51 portfolio companies to 51as of December 31, 2023 and a net increase of $38.7increased by $37.4 million in our portfolio at cost since September 30, 2017.2023. From our initial public offering in August 2001 through December 31, 2017,2023, we have made 481646 different loans to, or investments in, 224274 companies for a total of approximately $1.7$2.7 billion, before giving effect to principal repayments on investments and divestitures.

During the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023, the following significant transactions occurred:

Proprietary Investments

In October 2017, we sold our investment in Flight Fit N Fun LLC for a realized gain of $0.6 million. In connection with the sale, we received net cash proceeds of approximately $9.4 million, including the repayment of our debt investment of $7.8 million at par.

In October 2017,November 2023, we invested $11.0 million in Applied Voice & Speech Technologies,Quality Environmental Midco, Inc. through secured first lien debt.

In October 2017, PSC Industrial Holdings, LLC paid off at par for net proceeds of $3.5 million.

In November 2017, we invested $7.5 million in Arc Drilling Holdings, LLC(“Quality”) through secured first lien debt and preferred equity. We also extended Quality a $2.0 million secured first lien line of credit commitment, which was unfunded at close.

In November 2017,2023, we extended Cafe Zupas, an existing portfolio company, a new $10.5 million secured first lien delayed draw term loan commitment, which was unfunded at close. We funded $1.4 million on the delayed draw term loan in December 2023. In addition, our existing term loan was paid down by $7.3 million.
In November 2023, our remaining investment in PIC 360, LLC was sold resulting in a net realized gain of $0.3 million.
In December 2023, we invested $7.5an additional $14.3 million in Gray Matter Systems,ALS Education, LLC, through secured second lien debt.

In November 2017, DataPipe, Inc. paid off at par for net proceeds of $2.0 million.

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In November 2017, we invested $5.0 million in DigiCert Holdings, Inc. through secured second lien debt.

In November 2017, we invested $4.0 million in Red Ventures, LLC through secured second lien debt.

In November 2017, we invested $1.0 million in ABG Intermediate Holdings 2, LLC through secured second lien debt.

In December 2017, we invested $20.0 million in Impact! Chemical Technologies, Inc.an existing portfolio company, through secured first lien debt.

Refer

In December 2023, we invested an additional $12.0 million in Leadpoint Business Services, LLC, an existing portfolio company, through secured first lien debt.
In December 2023, we invested an additional $7.0 million in Salt & Straw, LLC, an existing portfolio company, through preferred equity. We also increased our delayed draw term loan commitment to Note 13—Subsequent Events in the accompanyingConsolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for portfolio activity occurring subsequent to December 31, 2017.

Salt & Straw, LLC by $2.9 million.

Capital Raising

We have been able to meet our capital needs through extensions of and increasesamendments to the Credit Facilityour line of credit with KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”), as administrative agent, lead arranger and lender (as amended and/or restated from time to time, our “Credit Facility”) and by accessing the capital markets in the form of public equity offerings of common stock and preferred stock.public and private debt offerings. We have successfully extended the Credit Facility’s revolving period multiple times, most recently to January 2019,October 2025, and currently have a total commitment amount of $170.0$233.7 million. Additionally,In August 2023, we issued 2.1completed an offering of $57.0 million shares of our 6.00% Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock”) at a public offering price of $25 per share, for gross proceeds of $51.8 million in September 2017, inclusiveaggregate principal amount of the overallotment and approximately 2.22028 Notes. In November 2021, we completed a private placement of $50.0 million shares of our common stock for gross proceeds of $17.3 million in October 2016, inclusiveaggregate principal amount of the November 2016 overallotment. Additionally, during the three months ended December 31, 2017, we sold 471,498 shares of our common stock under ourat-the-market program at a weighted-average price of $9.69 per share and raised $4.6 million of gross proceeds.2027 Notes. Refer to Liquidity and Capital Resources — Revolving Line of Credit,”Liquidity and Capital Resources — Equity — Common Stock, and Liquidity and Capital Resources — Equity — Term Preferred StockNotes Payable” for further discussion of our common stock and mandatorily redeemable preferred stock and “Liquidity and Capital Resources — Revolving Credit Facility” for further discussion of the Credit Facility.

discussion.

Although we werehave been able to access the capital markets historically and in recent years, we believe uncertain market conditions couldmay affect the trading price of our capital stock and thus may inhibit our ability to finance new investments through the issuance of equity.equity in the future. When our common stock trades below NAVnet asset value (“NAV”) per common share, as it has often done in previous years, our ability to issue equity is constrained by provisions of the 1940 Act, which generally prohibits the issuance and sale of our common stock below NAV per common share without first obtaining approval from our stockholders and our independent directors, other than through sales to our then-existing stockholders pursuant to a rights offering. We did not request that our stockholders approve the Company’s ability to issue shares of common stock at a price below NAV at our annual meeting of stockholders held on February 9, 2017. We are not requesting that our stockholders approve the Company’s ability to issue shares of common stock at a price below NAV at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on February 8, 2018. Should we decide to issue shares of common stock at a price below NAV in the future, we will seek the requisite approval of our stockholders at such time.

On February 2, 2018,December 31, 2023, the closing market price of our common stock was $9.09 a 7.2%$10.70 per share, an 11.3% premium to our December 31, 20172023 NAV per share of $8.48.

$9.61.

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Regulatory Compliance

Our ability to seek external debt financing, to the extent that it is available under current market conditions, is further subject to the asset coverage limitations of the 1940 Act, which require us to have an asset coverage (as defined in Sections 18 and 61 of the 1940 Act) of at least 200%150% on our “senior securities representing indebtedness” and our “senior securities that are stock.”
On April 10, 2018, our Board of Directors, including a “required majority” (as such term is defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) thereof, approved the modified asset coverage requirements set forth in Section 61(a)(2) of the 1940 Act. As a result, the Company’s asset coverage requirements for senior securities changed from 200% to 150%, effective April 10, 2019.
As of December 31, 2017,2023, our asset coverage on our “senior securities representing indebtedness” was 310.4% and our asset coverage on our “senior securities that are stock” was 222.4%219.3%.

Recent Developments

Portfolio and Investment Activity

In January 2018, we invested $8.1 million in XMedius Solutions Inc. through secured first lien debt.

Distributions

On January 9, 2018,2024, our Board of Directors declared the following monthly cash distributions to common and preferred stockholders:

Record Date

  

Payment Date

  Distribution
per Common
Share
   Distribution per
Series 2024 Term
Preferred Share
 

January 22, 2018

  January 31, 2018  $0.07   $0.125 

February 16, 2018

  February 28, 2018   0.07    0.125 

March 20, 2018

  March 30, 2018   0.07    0.125 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
  Total for the Quarter  $0.21   $0.375 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

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Record DatePayment DateDistribution per Common Share
January 23, 2024January 31, 2024$0.0825 
February 21, 2024February 29, 20240.0825 
March 21, 2024March 29, 20240.0825 
Total for the Quarter:$0.2475
Record DatePayment Date
Distribution per Series A Preferred Stock(A)
January 25, 2024February 5, 2024$0.130208 
February 27, 2024March 5, 20240.130208 
March 26, 2024April 5, 20240.130208 
Total for the Quarter:$0.390624
(A)    As of February 2, 2024, there were 14,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding.
Impact of Inflation

We believe the effects of inflation on our historical results of operations and financial condition have not been significant. During the three months ended December 31, 2023, general inflationary pressures and certain commodity price volatility have impacted our portfolio companies to varying degrees; however, the broad based impact of these pricing changes have largely been mitigated by price adjustments without adverse sales implications, and thus, have not materially impacted our portfolio companies’ ability to service their indebtedness, including our loans. Notwithstanding the results to date, the cumulative effect of these inflationary pressures may, in the future, impact the profit margins or sales of certain portfolio companies and their ability to service their debts. We continue to monitor the current inflationary environment to anticipate any impact on our portfolio companies, including their ability to pay interest on our loans. We cannot assure you that our results of operations and financial condition or that of our portfolio companies will not be materially impacted by inflation in the future.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Comparison of the Three Months Ended December 31, 2017,2023 to the Three Months Ended December 31, 2016

   Three Months Ended December 31, 
   2017   2016   $ Change   % Change 

INVESTMENT INCOME

        

Interest income

  $10,670   $8,633   $2,037    23.6

Other income

   189    1,341    (1,152   (85.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investment income

   10,859    9,974    885    8.9 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

        

Base management fee

   1,676    1,378    298    21.6 

Loan servicing fee

   1,186    983    203    20.7 

Incentive fee

   1,373    1,293    80    6.2 

Administration fee

   272    300    (28   (9.3

Interest expense on borrowings

   1,231    556    675    121.4 

Dividend expense on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock

   776    1,029    (253   (24.6

Amortization of deferred financing fees

   248    273    (25   (9.2

Other expenses

   547    637    (90   (14.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses, before credits from Adviser

   7,309    6,449    860    13.3 

Credit to base management fee – loan servicing fee

   (1,186   (983   (203   (20.7

Credits to fees from Adviser - other

   (841   (699   (142   (20.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses, net of credits

   5,282    4,767    515    10.8 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   5,577    5,207    370    7.1 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

        

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and other

   441    (3,448   3,889    112.8 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

   1,360    (1,055   2,415    228.9 

Net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of other

   (218   212    (430   (202.8
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) from investments and other

   1,583    (4,291   5,874    136.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $7,160   $916   $6,244    681.7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NM = Not Meaningful

2022

Three Months Ended December 31,
20232022$ Change% Change
INVESTMENT INCOME
Interest income$22,996 $18,367 $4,629 25.2 %
Success fee, dividend, and other income225 927 (702)(75.7)
Total investment income23,221 19,294 3,927 20.4 
EXPENSES
Base management fee3,245 2,829 416 14.7 
Loan servicing fee2,128 1,874 254 13.6 
Incentive fee2,984 2,181 803 36.8 
Administration fee454 403 51 12.7 
Interest expense on line of credit and notes payable5,032 4,629 403 8.7 
Amortization of deferred financing costs429 378 51 13.5 
Other expenses725 585 140 23.9 
Expenses, before credits from Adviser14,997 12,879 2,118 16.4 
Credit to base management fee – loan servicing fee(2,128)(1,874)(254)13.6 
Credits to fees from Adviser – other(1,582)(436)(1,146)262.8 
Total expenses, net of credits11,287 10,569 718 6.8 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME11,934 8,725 3,209 36.8 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
Net realized gain (loss) on investments259 9,319 (9,060)(97.2)
Net realized gain (loss) on other3 253 (250)(98.8)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments7,805 (12,599)20,404 (161.9)
Net gain (loss) from investments and other8,067 (3,027)11,094 (366.5)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS$20,001 $5,698 $14,303 251.0 %
Investment Income

Interest income increased by 23.6%25.2% for the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023, as compared to the prior year. This increase was due primarilyyear period. Generally, the level of interest income from investments is directly related to an increase in the weighted average yield on and an increase inprincipal balance of our interest-bearing investment portfolio outstanding during the period multiplied by the weighted-average yield. The weighted average principal balance of our interest bearing portfolio.interest-bearing investment portfolio for the three months ended December 31, 2023 was $657.6 million, compared to $589.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022, an increase of $68.0 million, or 11.5%. The weighted average yield on our interest-bearing investments is based on the current stated interest rate on interest-bearing investments, which increased to 12.0%13.9% for the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023, compared to 11.3%12.3% for the three months ended December 31, 2016, 2022, inclusive of any allowances on interest receivables made during those periods. The increase in the weighted average principal balance of our interest-bearing investment portfolio during the three months ended December 31, 2017,yield was $353.4 million, compared to $298.8 million for the prior year, an increase of $54.6 million, or 18.3%.

driven mainly by increases in interest rates.

As of December 31, 2017, two portfolio companies, Sunshine Media2023, our loan to Edge Adhesives Holdings, (“Sunshine”) and Alloy Die Casting Co. were either fully or partiallyInc. was onnon-accrual status with an aggregate debt cost basis of approximately $27.9$6.1 million, or 6.8%0.9% of the cost basis of all debt investments in our portfolio, and an aggregate fair value of $2.8 million, or 0.4% of the fair value of all debt investments in our portfolio. As of December 31, 2016, one portfolio company, Sunshine,September 30, 2023, our loan to Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc. was partially onnon-accrual status with an aggregate debt cost basis of approximately $19.1$6.1 million, or 6.1%0.9% of the cost basis of all debt investments in our portfolio, and an aggregate fair value of $2.9 million, or 0.5% of the fair value of all debt investments in our portfolio.

Other income decreased by 85.9%75.7% during the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023, as compared to the prior year. This decrease wasyear period, primarily due to a $1.5 million decrease in success fees recognizeddividend income period over period. For the three months ended
As of December 31, 2017, other income consisted primarily 2023 and September 30, 2023, no single investment represented greater than 10%of prepayment fees received. For the three months ended December 31, 2016, other income consisted primarily of success fees recognized.

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The following tables list thetotal investment income for our five largest portfolio company investments at fair value during the respective periods:

   As of December 31, 2017  Three Months Ended December 31, 2017 

Company

  Fair Value   % of Portfolio  Investment Income   % of Total
Income
 

NetFortris Corp.

  $24,795    6.3 $663    6.1

IA Tech, LLC

   23,690    6.0   722    6.7 

TapRoot Partners, Inc.

   22,220    5.7   649    6.0 

Impact! Chemical Technologies, Inc. (A)

   20,336    5.2   45    0.4 

WadeCo Specialties, Inc.

   20,005    5.1   500    4.6 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal—five largest investments

   111,046    28.3   2,579    23.8 

Other portfolio companies

   281,384    71.7   8,268    76.2 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio

  $392,430    100.0 $10,847    100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A)New investment during applicable period.

   As of December 31, 2016  Three Months Ended December 31, 2016 

Company

  Fair Value   % of Portfolio  Investment Income   % of Total
Income
 

IA Tech, LLC

  $23,345    8.1 $705    7.1

WadeCo Specialties, Inc.

   18,443    6.4   477    4.8 

United Flexible, Inc.

   18,196    6.3   568    5.7 

Lignetics, Inc.

   13,809    4.8   429    4.3 

AG Transportation Holdings, LLC

   13,130    4.6   440    4.4 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal—five largest investments

   86,923    30.2   2,619    26.3 

Other portfolio companies

   201,323    69.8   7,351    73.7 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio

  $288,246    100.0 $9,970    100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

value.

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Expenses

Expenses, net of any non-contractual, unconditional and irrevocable credits to fees from the Adviser, increased by 10.8%$0.7 million, or 6.8%, for the three months ended December 31, 20172023, as compared to the prior year.year period. This increase was primarily due to a $0.7$0.8 million increase in the incentive fee earned by the Adviser and a $0.4 million increase in interest expense, and a $0.2 million increase in our net base management and incentive fees to the Advisor, partially offset by a $0.3$0.7 million decrease in dividendthe net base management fee earned by the Adviser.
Total interest expense on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock.

Interest expenseborrowings and notes payable increased by 121.4%$0.4 million, or 8.7%, during the three months ended December 31, 2017, as compared2023 driven by a shift in the composition of our debt outstanding and changes in interest rates. Interest expense on notes payable increased by $1.1 million period over period with the issuance of our 2028 notes in August 2023. Interest expense on our Credit Facility decreased by $0.7 million due primarily to the prior year, due to an increasea significant decrease in the weighted average balance outstanding on our Credit Facility. The weighted average balance outstandingwhich was $48.6 million during the three months ended December 31, 2017, was $98.2 million,2023, as compared to $39.3$129.1 million in the prior year period, an increasea decrease of 149.9%62.4%. The effective interest rate on our Credit Facility, including unused commitment fees incurred, but excluding the impact of deferred financing costs, was 5.0%12.7% during the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023, compared to 5.7%6.9% during the prior year period. The decreaseincrease in the effective interest rate was driven primarily by the decreasea $0.3 million increase in unused commitment fees paid induring the currentthree months ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the prior year period due to the greater weighted average balance outstanding on our Credit Facility.

Netas well as an increase in interest rates.

The net base management fee earned by the Adviser increaseddecreased by $0.2$0.7 million, or 12.0%30.5%, duringfor the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023, as compared to the prior year period, resulting from an increase in total assets year over year.

Our Board of Directors acceptednon-contractual, unconditional and irrevocable credits to the base management fee from the Adviser to reduce the income-based incentive feefor new deal origination fees period over period, partially offset by an increase in average total assets subject to the extent net investment income did not cover 100.0% of our distributions to common stockholders during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, which credits totaled $0.1 million and $37, respectively.

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base management fee.

The base management, loan servicing and incentive fees, and associatednon-contractual, unconditional and irrevocable credits, are computed quarterly, as described under“Transactions with the Adviser” in Note 4—Related Party Transactions of the accompanyingNotes toConsolidated Financial Statements and are summarized in the following table:

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2017  2016 

Average total assets subject to base management fee(A)

  $383,086  $315,000 

Multiplied by prorated annual base management fee of 1.75%

   0.4375  0.4375
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Base management fee(B)

  $1,676  $1,378 

Portfolio company fee credit

   (664  (649

Senior syndicated loan fee credit

   (92  (13
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Base Management Fee

  $920  $716 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Loan servicing fee(B)

   1,186   983 

Credit to base management fee - loan servicing fee(B)

   (1,186  (983
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Loan Servicing Fee

  $—    $—   
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Incentive fee(B)

   1,373   1,293 

Incentive fee credit

   (85  (37
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net Incentive Fee

  $1,288  $1,256 
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Portfolio company fee credit

   (664  (649

Senior syndicated loan fee credit

   (92  (13

Incentive fee credit

   (85  (37
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Credits to Fees From Adviser - other(B)

  $(841 $(699
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(A)

Three Months Ended
December 31,
20232022
Average total assets subject to base management fee(A)
$741,714 $646,629 
Multiplied by prorated annual base management fee of 1.75%0.4375 %0.4375 %
Base management fee(B)
$3,245 $2,829 
Portfolio company fee credit(1,551)(404)
Syndicated loan fee credit(31)(32)
Net Base Management Fee$1,663 $2,393 
Loan servicing fee(B)
2,128 1,874 
Credit to base management fee - loan servicing fee(B)
(2,128)(1,874)
Net Loan Servicing Fee$ $— 
Incentive fee(B)
2,984 2,181 
Incentive fee credit — 
Net Incentive Fee$2,984 $2,181 
Portfolio company fee credit(1,551)(404)
Syndicated loan fee credit(31)(32)
Incentive fee credit — 
Credits to Fees From Adviser - other(B)
$(1,582)$(436)
(A)Average total assets subject to the base management fee is defined as total assets, including investments made with proceeds of borrowings, less any uninvested cash or cash equivalents resulting from borrowings, valued at the end of the applicable quarters within the respective periods and adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases during the periods.
(B)Reflected, on a gross basis, as a line item on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Operations.

Dividend expense on mandatorily redeemable preferred stock decreased by $0.3 million, or 24.6%, due to the redemptionbase management fee is defined as total assets, including investments made with proceeds of allborrowings, less any uninvested cash or cash equivalents resulting from borrowings, valued at the end of the applicable quarters within the respective periods and adjusted appropriately for any share issuances or repurchases during the periods.

(B)Reflected, on a gross basis, as a line item on our $61.0 million 6.75% Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock and the issuanceConsolidated Statements of $51.8 million 6.00% Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock in September 2017.

Operations.

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Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments

For the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023, we recorded a net realized gain on investments of $0.6$0.3 million, which resulted primarily from a $0.3 million realized gain recognized on the sale of our investment in Flight Fit N FunPIC 360, LLC in October 2017 for a $0.6 million realized gain.

November 2023.

For the three months ended December 31, 2016,2022, we recorded a net realized lossgain on investments of $3.4$9.3 million, which resulted primarily from the sale of substantially all the assets of RBC Acquisition Corp (“RBC”) for a $2.3$5.9 million realized loss andgain recognized on thewrite-off of $5.0 million sale of our investment in Sunshine, partially offset by the sale of Behrens Manufacturing, LLC (“Behrens”) forTargus Cayman HoldCo, Ltd. in October 2022 and a $2.5$4.4 million realized gain and a $1.3 million realized gain related to an additionalearn-out from Funko, LLC, which was exitedrecognized on our investment in the prior year.

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Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P. in November 2022.

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investments

During the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023, we recorded net unrealized appreciation of investments in the aggregate amount of $1.4$7.8 million. The net realized gain (loss) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) across our investments for the three months ended December 31, 2017,2023 were as follows:

   Three Months Ended December 31, 2017 

Portfolio Company

  Realized
Gain
(Loss)
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Reversal of
Unrealized
(Appreciation)

Depreciation
   Net
Gain
(Loss)
 

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd.

  $—     $2,429   $—     $2,429 

LWO Acquisitions Company LLC

   —      1,012    —      1,012 

Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc.

   —      482    —      482 

NetFortris Corp.

   —      430    —      430 

WadeCo Specialties, Inc.

   —      227    —      227 

United Flexible, Inc.

   —      186    —      186 

Vision Government Solutions, Inc.

   —      178    —      178 

Canopy Safety Brands, LLC

   —      147    —      147 

TapRoot Partners, Inc.

   —      110    —      110 

Alloy Die Casting, Co.

   —      86    —      86 

Flight Fit N Fun LLC

   582    —      (725   (143

Lignetics, Inc.

   —      (206   —      (206

Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc.

   —      (212   —      (212

Targus Cayman HoldCo, Ltd.

   —      (249   —      (249

Vacation Rental Pros

   —      (252   —      (252

Meridian Rack & Pinion, Inc.

   —      (303   —      (303

Sunshine Media Holdings

   —      (318   —      (318

L Discovery

   —      (555   —      (555

New Trident Holdcorp, Inc.

   —      (1,221   —      (1,221

Other, net (<$250)

   (8   201    (87   106 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total:

  $574   $2,172   $(812  $1,934 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31, 2023
Portfolio CompanyRealized Gain
(Loss)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Reversal of
Unrealized
(Appreciation)
Depreciation
Net
Gain (Loss)
Antenna Research Associates, Inc.$— $6,769 $— $6,769 
MCG Energy Solutions, LLC— 2,105 — 2,105 
Engineering Manufacturing Technologies, LLC— 1,916 — 1,916 
Lonestar EMS, LLC— 1,131 — 1,131 
Eegee's LLC— 899 — 899 
OCI, LLC— 590 — 590 
TNCP Intermediate HoldCo, LLC— 559 — 559 
Ohio Armor Holdings, LLC— 519 — 519 
Café Zupas— 472 — 472 
ENET Holdings, LLC— 470 — 470 
Canopy Safety Brands, LLC— 416 — 416 
8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc.— 415 — 415 
Sokol & Company Holdings, LLC— 408 — 408 
Viva Railings, LLC— 407 — 407 
Springfield, Inc.— (516)— (516)
Giving Home Health Care, LLC— (536)— (536)
HH-Inspire Acquisition, Inc.— (693)— (693)
WB Xcel Holdings, LLC— (805)— (805)
NeoGraf Solutions, LLC— (1,017)— (1,017)
B+T Group Acquisition Inc.— (2,062)— (2,062)
FES Resources Holdings LLC— (3,717)— (3,717)
Other, net (<$500)259 358 (283)334 
Total:$259 $8,088 $(283)$8,064 

The primary driver of net unrealized appreciation of $7.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 20172023 was improvementthe
increase in the financial and operational performance of certainseveral of our portfolio companies, most notably Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd. (“FDF”) of $2.4 million and LWO Acquisitions Company LLC of $1.0 million. This appreciation was partially offset by the decrease in comparable transaction multiples used to estimate the fair value of certain of our other portfolio companies, and the decline in the financial and operational performance of New Trident Holdcorp, Inc.certain of $1.2 million.

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During the three months ended December 31, 2016,2022, we recorded net unrealized depreciation of investments in the aggregate amount of $1.1$12.6 million. The net realized gain (loss) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) across our investments for the three months ended December 31, 2016,2022 were as follows:

   Three Months Ended December 31, 2016 

Portfolio Company

  Realized
Gain
(Loss)
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Reversal of
Unrealized
(Appreciation)

Depreciation
   Net
Gain
(Loss)
 

Funko, LLC

  $1,251   $53   $—     $1,304 

Edge Adhesives Holdings, Inc.

   —      666    —      666 

Meridian Rack & Pinion, Inc.

   —      605    —      605 

Mikawaya

   —      276    —      276 

New Trident Holdcorp, Inc.

   —      (281   —      (281

Sunshine Media Holdings

   (5,000   983    3,613    (404

Vertellus Specialties Inc.

   109    (574   —      (465

Behrens Manufacturing, LLC

   2,505    —      (3,211   (706

Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc.

   —      (710   —      (710

Lignetics, Inc.

   —      (1,011   —      (1,011

RBC Acquisition Corp.

   (2,330   —      1,119    (1,211

Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd.

   —      (3,797   —      (3,797

Other, net (<$250)

   17    1,148    66    1,231 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total:

  $(3,448  $(2,642  $1,587   $(4,503
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


Three Months Ended December 31, 2022
Portfolio CompanyRealized Gain
(Loss)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Reversal of
Unrealized
(Appreciation)
Depreciation
Net
Gain (Loss)
Encore Dredging Holdings, LLC$— $2,277 $— $2,277 
ENET Holdings, LLC— 446 103 549 
Circuitronics EMS Holdings LLC(921)— 921 — 
Targus Cayman HoldCo, Ltd.5,916 — (5,916)— 
Antenna Research Associates, Inc.— (545)— (545)
Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P.4,406 — (5,018)(612)
8th Avenue Food & Provisions, Inc.— (1,022)— (1,022)
Defiance Integrated Technologies, Inc.— (1,076)— (1,076)
Salvo Technologies, Inc.— (1,479)— (1,479)
B+T Group Acquisition Inc.— (1,858)— (1,858)
Other, net (<$500)(82)473 95 486 
Total:$9,319 $(2,784)$(9,815)$(3,280)

The primary driver of net unrealized depreciation of $12.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 20162022 was athe reversal of unrealized appreciation associated with the exit of our investment in Targus Cayman HoldCo, Ltd. and the sale of underlying assets within Leeds Novamark Capital I, L.P as well as the decrease in comparable transaction multiples used to estimate the fair value of certain of our other portfolio companies, and the decline in the financial and operational performance of certain of our other portfolio companies, most notably FDF of $3.8 million, Lignetics, Inc. of $1.0 million, the reversal of previously recorded depreciation on our investment in Sunshine upon partialwrite-off and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation on our investment in Behrens upon exit. This depreciation was partially offset by the reversal of previously recorded unrealized depreciation on RBC upon exit and an additionalearn-out receivable earned and included in the realized gain on the sale of Funko, LLC.

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Net Unrealized (Appreciation) Depreciation of Other

During the three months ended December 31, 2017, we recorded $0.2 million of unrealized appreciation on our Credit Facility at fair value. During the three months ended December 31, 2016, we recorded $0.2 million of unrealized depreciation on our Credit Facility at fair value.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Operating Activities

Our cash flows from operating activities are primarily generated from the interest payments on debt securities that we receive from our portfolio companies, as well as net proceeds received through repayments or sales of our investments. We utilize this cash primarily to fund new investments, make interest payments on our Credit Facility, make distributions to our stockholders, pay management and administrative fees to the Adviser and Administrator, and for other operating expenses.
Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended December 31, 20172023 was $36.9$26.2 million, as compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $31.5$34.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2016.2022. The change was primarily due to an increase in purchases of investments and a decrease in principal repayments, on investments and net proceeds from sale of investments period over period. Purchases of investments were $56.9$58.0 million during the three months ended December 31, 20172023, compared to $19.8$13.4 million during the three months ended December 31, 2016.2022. Repayments and net proceeds from sales were $19.8$22.1 million during the three months ended December 31, 20172023 compared to $50.5$39.4 million during the three months ended December 31, 2016.

2022.

As of December 31, 2017,2023, we had loans to, syndicated participations in or equity investments in 51 private companies, with an aggregate cost basis of approximately $450.1$759.6 million. As of December 31, 2016,September 30, 2023, we had loans to, syndicated participations in or equity investments in 44 private51 companies, with an aggregate cost basis of approximately $349.0$722.3 million.

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The following table summarizes our total portfolio investment activity during the three months ended December 31, 20172023 and 2016:

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
   2017   2016 

Beginning investment portfolio, at fair value

  $352,373   $322,114 

New investments

   56,336    17,240 

Disbursements to existing portfolio companies

   602    2,807 

Scheduled principal repayments on investments

   (2,529   (1,683

Unscheduled principal repayments on investments

   (16,040   (40,551

Net proceeds from sale of investments

   (1,274   (8,219

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

   2,172    (2,642

Reversal of prior period (appreciation) depreciation of investments on realization

   (812   1,587 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments or other

   574    (3,448

Increase in investments due to PIK(A)

   983    1,095 

Net change in premiums, discounts and amortization

   45    (54
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment Portfolio, at Fair Value

  $392,430   $288,246 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A)Paid-in-kind (“PIK”) interest is anon-cash source of income and is calculated at the contractual rate stated in a loan agreement and added to the principal balance of a loan.

2022:


Three Months Ended December 31,

20232022
Beginning investment portfolio, at fair value$704,815 $649,615 
New investments11,000 2,416 
Disbursements to existing portfolio companies46,998 10,963 
Scheduled principal repayments on investments(2,460)(2,048)
Unscheduled principal repayments on investments(19,346)(23,515)
Net proceeds from sale of investments(260)(13,620)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments8,088 (2,784)
Reversal of prior period depreciation (appreciation) of investments on realization(283)(9,815)
Net realized gain (loss) on investments259 9,319 
Increase in investments due to PIK(A)
1,211 1,194 
Net change in premiums, discounts and amortization(37)14 
Investment Portfolio, at Fair Value$749,985 $621,739 
(A)PIK interest is a non-cash source of income and is calculated at the contractual rate stated in a loan agreement and added to the principal balance of a loan.
The following table summarizes the contractual principal repayment and maturity of our investment portfolio by fiscal year, assuming no voluntary prepayments, as of December 31, 2017:

      Amount(A) 

For the remaining nine months ending September 30:

  2018  $33,643 

For the fiscal years ending March 31:

  2019   53,920 
  2020   82,103 
  2021   81,813 
  2022   45,022 
  Thereafter   117,154 
    

 

 

 
  

Total contractual repayments

  $413,655 
  Adjustments to cost basis of debt investments   (5,750
  Investments in equity securities   42,227 
    

 

 

 
  

Investments held as of December 31, 2017 at Cost:

  $450,132 
    

 

 

 

2023:

Amount
For the remaining nine months ending September 30:
2024(A)
$21,950 
For the fiscal years ending September 30:202542,960 

2026140,846 

2027253,699 

2028185,178 

Thereafter44,847 

Total contractual repayments$689,480 

Adjustments to cost basis of debt investments(1,288)

Investments in equity securities71,442 

Investments held as of December 31, 2023 at cost:$759,634 
(A)Includes debt investments with contractual principal amounts totaling $0.2 million for which the maturity date has passed as of December 31, 2023.
Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for the three months ended December 31, 20172023 was $36.4$26.4 million, which consisted primarily of $37.5$37.2 million in net borrowings on our Credit Facility, and $5.6partially offset by $10.8 million in distributions to our common stockholders, partially offset by $4.5 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock, net of underwriting costs.

shareholders.

Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended December 31, 20162022 was $31.8$30.4 million, which consisted primarily of $43.1$33.4 million in net repayments on our Credit Facility and $5.2$7.4 million in distributions to our common stockholders,shareholders, partially offset by $16.4$10.7 million in gross proceeds from the issuance of common stock netunder our equity distribution agreement with Jefferies LLC.
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Distributions and Dividends to Stockholders

Common Stock Distributions

To qualify to be taxed as a RIC and thus avoid corporate level federal income tax on the income we distribute to our stockholders, we are required to distribute to our stockholders on an annual basis at least 90.0% of our investment company taxable income.Investment Company Taxable Income. Additionally, our Credit Facility has a covenant that generally restricts the amount of distributions to stockholders that we can pay out to be no greater than our aggregate net investment income, net capital gains and amounts elected to have been paid during the prior year in accordance with Section 855(a) of the Code. In accordance with these requirements, we paid monthly cash distributions of $0.0825 per common share for each month for the three months ended December 31, 2023, and $0.07 per common share for each month duringfor the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, which2022. These distributions totaled an aggregate of $5.6$10.8 million and $5.2$7.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. In January 2018,2024, our Board of Directors declared a monthly distribution of $0.07$0.0825 per common share for each of January, February, and March 2018.2024. Our Board of Directors declared these distributions to our stockholders based on our estimates of our investment company taxable incomeInvestment Company Taxable Income for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018.

2024. From inception through December 31, 2023, we have paid distributions to common stockholders totaling approximately $469.8 million or $23.02 per share.

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2023, our current and accumulated earnings and profits (after taking into account mandatorily redeemable preferredexceeded common stock dividends) exceeded
distributions declared and paid, and, in accordance with Section 855(a) of the Code, we elected to treat $0.3$5.0 million of the
first common distributions paid to common stockholders in the subsequent fiscal year 2017 as having been paid in the respective prior year.

The characterization of the common stockholder distributions declared and paid for the fiscal year ending September 30, 20182024 will be determined at fiscalyear-end year end, based upon our investment company taxable income for the full fiscal year and distributions paid during the full fiscal year. Such a characterization made on a quarterly basis may not be representative of the actual full fiscal year characterization.

Preferred Stock Dividends

In October 2017,

Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Our common stockholders who hold their shares through our Boardtransfer agent, Computershare, Inc. (“Computershare”), have the option to participate in a dividend reinvestment plan offered by Computershare, as the plan agent. This is an “opt in” dividend reinvestment plan, meaning that common stockholders may elect to have their cash distributions automatically reinvested in additional shares of Directors declared a combined dividend forour common stock. Common stockholders who do make such election will receive their distributions in cash. Common stockholders who receive distributions in thepro-rated period from and including the issuance date, September 27, 2017, to and including September 30, 2017 and the full month form of October 2017, which totaled $0.141667 per share,stock will be subject to the holders of our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stocksame federal, state and monthly cash dividends of $0.125 per sharelocal tax consequences as stockholders who elect to holders of our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock for each of November and December 2017. Thesereceive their distributions totaledin cash. The common stockholder will have an aggregate of $0.8 million. Our Board of Directors declared and we paid monthly cash dividends of $0.140625 per share to holders of our Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock for each month duringadjusted basis in the three months ended December 31, 2016, which totaled an aggregate of $1.0 million. In January 2018, our Board of Directors declared monthly cash dividends of $0.125 per share to holders of our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock for each of January, February, and March 2018.

In accordance with GAAP, we treat these monthly dividends as an operating expense. For federal income tax purposes,additional common shares purchased through the dividends paid by us to preferred stockholders generally constitute ordinary incomeplan equal to the extentamount of our current and accumulated earnings and profits.

the reinvested distribution. The additional shares will have a new holding period commencing on the day following the date on which the shares are credited to the common stockholder’s account. Computershare purchases shares in the open market in connection with the obligations under the plan.

Equity

Registration Statement

We filed Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to our current universal

Our shelf registration statement on FormN-2 (our “Registration Statement”) (FileNo. 333-208637) with the SEC on December 19, 2017, which was declared effective by the SEC on February 1, 2018. Our Registration Statement permits us to issue, through one or more transactions, up to an aggregate of $300.0 million in securities, consisting of common stock, preferred stock, subscription rights, debt securities and warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities. As of December 31, 2017,2023, we havehad the ability to issue up to $220.0an additional $151.1 million in securities under the Registration Statement.

registration statement.

Common Stock

In February 2015, we entered into equity distribution agreements (commonly referred to as“at-the-market agreements” or the “Sales Agreements”) with KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., each a “Sales Agent,” under which we had the ability to issue and sell, from time to time, through the Sales Agents, up to an aggregate offering price of $50.0 million shares of our common stock. In May 2017, we terminated the Sales Agreement with KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and amended the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. to reference our current registration statement. All other material terms of the Sales Agreement remained unchanged. During the three months ended December 31, 2017, we sold 471,498 shares of our common stock under the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., at a weighted-average price of $9.69 per share and raised $4.6 million of gross proceeds. Net proceeds, after deducting commissions and offering costs borne by us, were approximately $4.5 million. As of December 31, 2017, we had a remaining capacity to sell up to $37.9 million of common stock under the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. We did not sell any shares under the Sales Agreements during the three months ended December 31, 2016.

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Pursuant to our prior registration statement, in October 2016, we completed a public offering of 2.0 million shares of our common stock at a public offering price of $7.98 per share, which was below our then current NAV per share. In November 2016, the underwriters partially exercised their overallotment option to purchase an additional 173,444 shares of our common stock. Gross proceeds totaled $17.3 million and net proceeds, after deducting underwriting discounts and offering costs borne by us, were approximately $16.4 million. The net proceeds of this offering were used to repay borrowings under our Credit Facility.

We anticipate issuing equity securities to obtain additional capital in the future. However, we cannot determine the timing or terms of any future equity issuances or whether we will be able to issue equity on terms favorable to us, or at all. To the extent that our common stock trades at a market price below our NAV per share, we will generally be precluded from raising equity capital through public offerings of our common stock, other than pursuant to stockholder and independent director approval or a rights offering to existing common stockholders. We did not request that our stockholders approve the Company’s ability to issue shares
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Table of common stock at a price below NAV at our annual meeting of stockholders held on February 9, 2017. We are not requesting that our stockholders approve the Company’s ability to issue shares of common stock at a price below NAV at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on February 8, 2018.

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On February 2, 2018,December 31, 2023, the closing market price of our common stock was $9.09 a 7.2%$10.70 per share, an 11.3% premium to our December 31, 20172023 NAV per share of $8.48.

Term Preferred Stock

Pursuant to our Registration Statement, in September 2017, we completed a public offering$9.61.

Revolving Line of approximately 2.1 million shares of our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock at a public offering price of $25.00 per share. Gross proceeds totaled $51.8 million and net proceeds, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses borne by us, were approximately $49.8 million. We incurred approximately $1.9 million in total underwriting discounts and offering costs related to the issuance of the Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock, which have been recorded as discounts to the liquidation value on our accompanyingConsolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and are being amortized over the period from issuance through September 30, 2024, the mandatory redemption date. The proceeds plus borrowings under our Credit Facility were used to voluntarily redeem all 2.4 million outstanding shares of our then existing 6.75% Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share. In connection with the voluntary redemption of our Series 2021 Term Preferred Stock, we incurred a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.3 million, which has been reflected in Realized loss on other in our accompanying Consolidated Statement of Operations and which is primarily comprised of the unamortized deferred issuance costs at the time of redemption.

The shares of our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock are traded under the ticker symbol “GLADN” on the Nasdaq. Our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock is not convertible into our common stock or any other security and provides for a fixed dividend equal to 6.00% per year, payable monthly (which equates in total to approximately $3.1 million per year). We are required to redeem all of the outstanding Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock on September 30, 2024 for cash at a redemption price equal to $25.00 per share plus an amount equal to all unpaid dividends and distributions on such share accumulated to (but excluding) the date of redemption (the “Redemption Price”). We may additionally be required to mandatorily redeem some or all of the shares of our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock early, at the Redemption Price, in the event of the following: (1) upon the occurrence of certain events that would constitute a change in control, and (2) if we fail to maintain an asset coverage of at least 200% on our “senior securities that are stock” (which is currently only our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock) and the failure remains for a period of 30 days following the filing date of our next SEC quarterly or annual report. The asset coverage on our “senior securities that are stock” as of September 30, 2017 was 249.6%, calculated in accordance with Sections 18 and 61 of the 1940 Act.

We may also voluntarily redeem all or a portion of the Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock at our option at the Redemption Price at any time after September 30, 2019. If we fail to redeem our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock pursuant to the mandatory redemption required on September 30, 2024, or in any other circumstance in which we are required to mandatorily redeem our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock, then the fixed dividend rate will increase by 4.0% for so long as such failure continues. As of December 31, 2017, we have not redeemed, nor have we been required to redeem, any shares of our outstanding Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock.

Revolving Credit Facility

On May 1, 2015,13, 2021, we, through Business Loan, entered into a Fifth Amendedsixth amended and Restated Credit Agreementrestated credit agreement with KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”) as administrative agent, lead arranger, managing agent and lender, the Adviser, as servicer, and certain other lenders party thereto (the “Credit Facility”).
As of December 31, 2023, our Credit Facility had a lender, which increased thetotal commitment amount of our$233.7 million with an “accordion” feature that permits us to increase the size of the facility to $350.0 million. The Credit Facility from $137.0 million to $140.0 million, extended thehas a revolving period end date by three years to January 19, 2019, decreased the marginal interest rate added to30-day LIBOR from 3.75% to 3.25% per annum, set the unused commitment fee at 0.50% on all undrawn amounts, expanded the scope of eligible collateral,October 31, 2025, and amended other terms and conditions to among other items. If our Credit Facility is not renewed or extended by January 19, 2019,a final maturity date of October 31, 2027 (at which time all principal and interest will be due and payable on or before April 19, 2020. Subject to certain terms and conditions, ourif the Credit Facility may be expanded up to a total of $250.0 million through additional commitments of new or existing lenders. We incurred fees of approximately $1.1 million in connection with this amendment, which are being amortized through our Credit Facility’sis not extended by the revolving period end date of January 19, 2019. date). The interest rate margin is 3.00% during the revolving period and 3.50% thereafter (in each case plus a 10 basis point SOFR credit spread adjustment).
On June 19, 2015,December 12, 2023, we, through Business Loan, entered into certain joinder and assignment agreements with three new lendersAmendment No. 5 to the Credit Facility to increase borrowing capacity on our Credit Facility by $30.0the commitment amount from $223.7 million to $170.0$233.7 million. We incurred fees of approximately $0.6 million in connection with this expansion, which are being amortized through our Credit Facility’s revolving period end date of January 19, 2019.

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On October 9, 2015, August 18, 2016, and August 24, 2017, we entered into Amendments No. 1, 2 and 3 to our Credit Facility, respectively, each of which clarified or modified various constraints on available borrowings.

Interest is payable monthly during the term of our Credit Facility. Available borrowings are subject to various constraints imposed under our Credit Facility, based on the aggregate loan balance pledged by Business Loan, which varies as loans are added and repaid, regardless of whether such repayments are prepayments or made as contractually required. Our Credit Facility also requires that any interest or principal payments on pledged loans be remitted directly by the borrower into a lockbox account with KeyBank and with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as custodian. KeyBank, which also serves as the trustee of the account, generally remits the collected funds to us once a month.

Our Credit Facility also requires that any interest or principal payments on pledged loans be remitted directly by the borrower into a lockbox account with KeyBank. KeyBank is also the trustee of the account and generally remits the collected funds to us once each month. Amounts collected in the lockbox account with KeyBank are presented as Due from administrative agent on the accompanying Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2023 and September 30, 2023.
Our Credit Facility contains covenants that require Business Loan to maintain its status as a separate legal entity, prohibit certain significant corporate transactions (such as mergers, consolidations, liquidations or dissolutions), and restrict material changes to our credit and collection policies without the lenders’ consents.consent. Our Credit Facility also generally limits distributions to our stockholders on a fiscal year basis to the sum of our net investment income, net capital gains and amounts elected to have been paid during the prior year in accordance with Section 855(a) of the Code. Business Loan is also subject to certain limitations on the type of loan investments it can apply as collateral towards the borrowing base to receive additional borrowing availability under our Credit Facility, including restrictions on geographic concentrations, sector concentrations, loan size, payment frequency and status, average life, portfolio company leverage and lien property. Our Credit Facility further requires Business Loan to comply with other financial and operational covenants, which obligate Business Loan to, among other things, maintain certain financial ratios, including asset and interest coverage and a minimum number of 25 obligors required in the borrowing base.
Additionally, we are subject to a performance guaranty that requires usrequired to maintain (i) a minimum net worth (defined in our Credit Facility to include ourany outstanding mandatorily redeemable preferred stock) of $205.0$325.0 million plus 50%50.0% of all equity and subordinated debt raised after May 1, 201513, 2021 less 50% of any equity and subordinated debt retired or redeemed after May 1, 2015,13, 2021, which equates to $224.1$408.9 million as of December 31, 2017,2023, (ii) asset coverage with respect to “senior securities representing indebtedness” of at least 200%,150% (or such percentage as may be set forth in accordance with SectionsSection 18 andof the 1940 Act, as modified by Section 61 of the 1940 ActAct), and (iii) our status as a BDC under the 1940 Act and as a RIC under the Code.

As of December 31, 2017,2023, and as defined in the performance guaranty of our Credit Facility, we had a net worth of $274.9$670.1 million, asset coverage on our “senior securities representing indebtedness” of 310.4%219.3%, calculated in accordance with the requirements of Section 18 and 61 of the 1940 Act, and an active status as a BDC and RIC. In addition, we had 3536 obligors in our Credit Facility’s borrowing base as of December 31, 2017.2023. As of December 31, 2017,2023, we were in compliance with all of our Credit Facility covenants. Refer to Note 5—Borrowings of the notes to our accompanyingConsolidated Financial Statementsincluded elsewhere in this quarterly reportQuarterly Report for additional information regarding our Credit Facility.

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Notes Payable
In August 2023, we completed an offering of $57.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.75% Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”) for net proceeds of approximately $55.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses borne by us. The 2028 Notes are traded under the ticker symbol “GLADZ” on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The 2028 Notes will mature on September 1, 2028 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at our option on or after September 1, 2025.The 2028 Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.75% per year. Interest is payable quarterly on March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1 of each year beginning December 1, 2023 (which equates to approximately $4.4 million per year).

In November 2021, we completed a private placement of $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.75% Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”) for net proceeds of approximately $48.5 million after deducting initial purchasers’ costs, commissions and offering expenses borne by us. The 2027 Notes will mature on May 1, 2027 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at the Company’s option prior to maturity at par plus a “make-whole” premium, if applicable.The 2027 Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.75% per year. Interest is payable semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year (which equates to approximately $1.9 million per year).

In April 2022, pursuant to the registration rights agreement we entered into in connection with the 2027 Notes, we conducted an exchange offer through which we offered to exchange all of our then outstanding 2027 Notes (the “Restricted Notes”) that were issued on November 4, 2021, for an equal aggregate principal amount of our new 3.75% Notes due 2027 (the “Exchange Notes”) that had been registered with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The terms of the Exchange Notes are identical to those of the Restricted Notes, except that the transfer restrictions and registration rights relating to the Restricted Notes do not apply to the Exchange Notes, and the Exchange Notes do not provide for the payment of additional interest in the event of a registration default.

In December 2020, we completed an offering of $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.125% Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) for net proceeds of approximately $97.7 million after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses borne by us. In March 2021, we completed an offering of an additional $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes for net proceeds of approximately $50.6 million after adding premiums and deducting underwriting costs, commissions and offering expenses borne by us. The 2026 Notes will mature on January 31, 2026 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at the Company’s option prior to maturity at par plus a “make-whole” premium, if applicable. The 2026 Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.125% per year. Interest is payable semi-annually on January 31 and July 31 of each year (which equates to approximately $7.7 million per year).
The indenture relating to the 2028 Notes, the 2027 Notes, and the 2026 Notes contains certain covenants, including (i) an inability to incur additional debt or issue additional debt or preferred securities unless the Company’s asset coverage meets the threshold specified in the 1940 Act after such borrowing, (ii) an inability to declare any dividend or distribution (except a dividend payable in our stock) on a class of our capital stock or to purchase shares of our capital stock unless the Company’s asset coverage meets the threshold specified in the 1940 Act at the time of (and giving effect to) such declaration or purchase, and (iii) if, at any time, we are not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, we will provide the holders of the 2028 Notes, the 2027 Notes, and the 2026 Notes, as applicable, and the trustee with audited annual consolidated financial statements and unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.
The 2028 Notes, 2027 Notes, and 2026 Notes are recorded at the principal amount, plus applicable premiums, less discounts and offering costs, on our Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We generally recognize success fee income when the payment has been received. As of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, we hadoff-balance sheet success fee receivables on our accruing debt investments of $5.6$4.5 million and $4.6$4.0 million (or approximately $0.21$0.10 per common share and $0.18$0.09 per common share), respectively, that would be owed to us, based on our currentgenerally upon a change of control of the portfolio if fully paid off.companies. Consistent with GAAP, we generally have not recognized our success fee receivables and related income in ourConsolidated Financial Statements until earned. Due to the contingent nature of our success fees, there are no guarantees that we will be able to collect all of these success fees or know the timing of such collections.

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Contractual Obligations

We have lines of credit, delayed draw term loans, and an uncalled capital commitment with certain of our portfolio companies that have not been fully drawn. Since these commitments have expiration dates and we expect many will never be fully drawn, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements. We estimate the fair value of the combined unused lines of credit, the unused delayed draw term loans, and the uncalled capital commitment as of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 20172023 to be immaterial.
The following table shows our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2017,2023, at cost:

   Payments Due by Period 

Contractual Obligations(A)

  Less than
1 Year
   1-3 Years   3-5 Years   More than 5
Years
   Total 

Credit Facility(B)

  $—     $130,500   $—     $—     $130,500 

Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock

   —      —      —      51,750    51,750 

Interest expense on debt obligations(C)

   7,258    11,506    6,210    3,105    28,079 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $7,258   $142,006   $6,210   $54,855   $210,329 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A)Excludes our unused line of credit commitments, an unused delayed draw term loan and uncalled capital commitments to our portfolio companies in an aggregate amount of $24.3 million, at cost, as of December 31, 2017.
(B)Principal balance of borrowings outstanding under our Credit Facility, based on the current contractual revolver period end date to the revolving nature of the facility.
(C)Includes estimated interest payments on our Credit Facility and dividend obligations on our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock. The amount of interest expense calculated for purposes of this table was based upon rates and balances as of December 31, 2017. Dividend payments on our Series 2024 Term Preferred Stock assume quarterly dividend declarations and monthly dividend distributions through the date of mandatory redemption.

Payments Due by Period
Contractual Obligations(A)
Less than
1 Year
1-3 Years3-5 YearsMore than 5
Years
Total
Credit Facility(B)
$— $— $85,000 $— $85,000 
Notes Payable— 150,000 107,000 — 257,000 
Interest expense on debt obligations(C)
22,406 37,766 17,510 — 77,682 
Total$22,406 $187,766 $209,510 $ $419,682 
(A)Excludes our unused line of credit commitments, unused delayed draw term loans, and uncalled capital commitments to our portfolio companies in an aggregate amount of $54.7 million, at cost, as of December 31, 2023.
(B)Principal balance of borrowings outstanding under our Credit Facility, based on the maturity date following the current contractual revolver period end date.
(C)Includes estimated interest payments on our Credit Facility, 2028 Notes, 2027 Notes, and 2026 Notes. The amount of interest expense calculated for purposes of this table was based upon rates and balances as of December 31, 2023.
Critical Accounting Policies

Estimates

The preparation of financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported consolidated amounts of assets and liabilities, including disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and revenues and expenses during the period reported. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We have identified our investment valuation policy (which has been approved by our Board of Directors) as our most critical accounting policy, which is described in Note 2— Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the accompanyingNotes notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.Additionally, refer to Note 3—Investments in theour accompanyingNotes toConsolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report for additional information regarding fair value measurements and our application of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.” We have also identified our revenue recognition policy as a critical accounting policy, which is described in Note 2— Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in theour accompanyingNotes to Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.

Investment Valuation

Credit Monitoring and Risk Rating

The Adviser monitors a wide variety of key credit statistics that provide information regarding our portfolio companies to help us assess credit quality and portfolio performance and, in some instances, used as inputs in our valuation techniques. Generally, we, through the Adviser, participate in periodic board meetings of our portfolio companies in which we hold board seats and also require them to provide annual audited and monthly unaudited financial statements. Using these statements or comparable information and board discussions, the Adviser calculates and evaluates certain credit statistics.

The Adviser risk rates all of our investments in debt securities. The Adviser does not risk rate our equity securities. For syndicated loans that have been rated by an SEC registered Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”), the Adviser generally uses the average of two corporate level NRSRO’s risk ratings for such security. For all other debt securities, the Adviser uses a proprietary risk rating system. While the Adviser seeks to mirror the NRSRO systems, we cannot provide any assurance that the Adviser’s risk rating system will provide the same risk rating as an NRSRO would for these securities. The Adviser’s risk rating system is used to estimate the probability of default on debt securities and the expected loss if there is a default. The Adviser’s risk rating system uses a scale of 0 to >10, with >10 being the lowest probability of default. It is the Adviser’s understanding that most debt securities ofmedium-sized
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companies do not exceed the grade of BBB on an NRSRO scale, so there would be no debt securities in the middle market that would meet the definition of AAA, AA or A. Therefore, the Adviser’s scale begins with the designation >10 as the best risk rating which may be equivalent to a BBB from an NRSRO; however, no assurance can be given that a >10 on the Adviser’s scale is equal to a BBB or Baa2 on an NRSRO scale. The Adviser’s risk rating system covers both qualitative and quantitative aspects of the business and the securities we hold.

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The following table reflects risk ratings for all proprietary loans in our portfolio atas of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, representing approximately 91.6%98.3% and 91.9%98.2%, respectively, of the principal balance of all debt investments in our portfolio at the end of each period:

   

As of

December 31,

   

As of

September 30,

 

Rating

  2017   2017 

Highest

   9.0    9.0 

Average

   5.8    5.7 

Weighted Average

   6.0    5.8 

Lowest

   1.0    1.0 

Rating
As of
December 31,
2023
As of
September 30,
2023
Highest10.010.0
Average7.27.1
Weighted Average7.67.5
Lowest3.03.0
The following table reflects the risk ratings for all syndicated loans in our portfolio that were rated by an NRSRO atas of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, representing approximately 7.3%1.3% and 6.9%1.3%, respectively, of the principal balance of all debt investments in our portfolio at the end of each period:

   

As of

December 31,

   

As of

September 30,

 

Rating

  2017   2017 

Highest

   6.0    6.0 

Average

   3.8    4.4 

Weighted Average

   4.2    4.6 

Lowest

   1.0    3.0 

Rating
As of
December 31,
2023
As of
September 30,
2023
Highest5.05.0
Average3.53.5
Weighted Average4.24.2
Lowest3.03.0
The following table reflects the risk ratings for all syndicated loans in our portfolio that were not rated by an NRSRO atas of December 31, 20172023 and September 30, 2017,2023, representing approximately 1.1%0.4% and 1.2%0.5%, respectively, of the principal balance of all debt investments in our portfolio at the end of each period:

   

As of

December 31,

   

As of

September 30,

 

Rating

  2017   2017 

Highest

   3.0    3.0 

Average

   2.5    3.0 

Weighted Average

   2.3    3.0 

Lowest

   2.0    3.0 

Rating
As of
December 31,
2023
As of
September 30,
2023
Highest5.05.0
Average5.05.0
Weighted Average5.05.0
Lowest5.05.0
Tax Status

We intend to continue to maintain our qualification as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code for federal income tax purposespurposes. As a RIC, we generally are not subject to federal income tax on the portion of our taxable income and alsogains distributed to limitour stockholders. To maintain our qualification as a RIC, we must maintain our status as a BDC and meet certain source-of-income and asset diversification requirements. In addition, in order to qualify to be taxed as a RIC, we must distribute to stockholders at least 90% of our Investment Company Taxable Income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction. Our policy generally is to make distributions to our stockholders in an amount up to 100% of our Investment Company Taxable Income. We may retain some or all of our net long-term capital gains, if any, and designate them as deemed distributions, or distribute such gains to stockholders in cash.
To avoid a 4% federal excise taxestax on undistributed amounts of income, we must distribute to stockholders, 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 gain net income (both long-term and short-term) for the one-year period ending on October 31 of the calendar year, and (3) any income realized, but not distributed, in the preceding year (to the extent that income tax was not imposed on RICs. such amounts) less certain over-distributions in prior years. Under the RIC Modernization Act, we are permitted to
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carryforward any capital losses that we may incur for an unlimited period, and such capital loss carryforwards will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 9—Distributions to Common Stockholders2Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to our accompanyingConsolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this report for additional information regarding our tax status.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies in the notes to our accompanyingConsolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this reportQuarterly Report for a description and our application of recent accounting pronouncements.

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pronouncements, if any.
ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market risk includes risks that arise from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes that affect market sensitive instruments. The prices of securities held by us may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the companies whose securities are owned by us; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes;changes, including inflation; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and interest rate fluctuations.

The primary risk we believe we are exposed to is interest rate risk. Because we borrow money to make investments, our net investment income is dependent upon the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest those funds. As a result, there can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on our net investment income. We use a combination of debt and equity capital to finance our investing activities. We may use interest rate risk management techniques from time to time to limit our exposure to interest rate fluctuations. Such techniques may include various interest rate hedging activities to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act.

All of our variable-rate debt investments have rates generally associated with either the current LIBOR or prime rate. SOFR rate. As of December 31, 2017,2023, our portfolio of debt investments on a principal basis consisted of the following:

Variable rates88.3 %

VariableFixed rates

11.7 90.6%

Fixed rates

Total:
100.0 9.4

Total:

100.0%

There have been no material changes in the quantitative and qualitative market risk disclosures for the three months ended December 31, 20172023 from that disclosed in our Annual Report.

ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of December 31, 20172023 (the end of the period covered by this report), our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness and design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, our management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level in timely alerting management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of material information about us required to be included in periodic SEC filings. However, in evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in internal controls for the three months ended December 31, 20172023 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.

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
From time to time, we may become involved in various investigation, claims and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. Furthermore, third parties may try to seek to impose liability on us in connection with the activities of our portfolio companies. While we do not expect that the resolution of these matters, if they arise, would materially affect our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, resolution of these matters will be subject to various uncertainties and could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. Neither we, nor any of our subsidiaries are currently subject to any material legal proceeding, nor, to our knowledge, is any material legal proceeding pending or threatened against us or any of our subsidiaries.

ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORS.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.
Our business is subject to certain risks and events that, if they occur, could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and the trading price of our securities.  For a discussion of these risks, please refer to this section and the section captioned “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in Part I of our Annual Report.Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023, as filed with the SEC on November 13, 2023. The risks described below and in our Annual Report are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

The recently enacted legislation informally titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and other legislative, regulatory and administrative developments may adversely affect the Company or its stockholders.

On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law P.L.115-97, informally titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act makes major changes to the Code, including a number of provisions of the Code that affect the taxation of RICs and their stockholders. Certain provisions of the Tax Act that may impact us and our stockholders include:

temporarily reducing individual U.S. federal income tax rates on ordinary income; the highest individual U.S. federal income tax rate will be reduced from 39.6% to 37% (through taxable years ending in 2025);

reducing the maximum corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%;

permitting a deduction for certain pass-through business income, which generally will allow individuals, trusts, and estates to deduct up to 20% of such amounts, resulting in an effective maximum U.S. federal income tax rate of 29.6% on such dividends (through taxable years ending in 2025);

limiting the deduction for net operating losses to 80% of taxable income (prior to the application of the dividends paid deduction);

amending the limitation on the deduction of net interest expense for all businesses, other than certain electing businesses; and

eliminating the corporate alternative minimum tax.

The individual and collective impact of these provisions and other provisions of the Tax Act on the Company and its stockholders is uncertain, and may not become evident for some period of time. In addition, other legislative, regulatory or administrative changes may be enacted or promulgated, either prospectively or with retroactive effect, and may adversely affect the Company or its stockholders. The Company’s stockholders should consult their individual tax advisors regarding the implications of the Tax Act and other potential legislative, regulatory or administrative changes on their investment in GLAD’s securities.

ITEM 2.UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.
Sales of Unregistered Securities

Not applicable.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Not applicable.

ITEM 3.DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.
Not applicable.

ITEM 4.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.
Not applicable.

ITEM 5.OTHER INFORMATION.

Not applicable.

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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION.
During the three months ended December 31, 2023, none of our officers or directors adopted or terminated any contract,
instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of our securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense
conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.”

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.
ITEM 6.EXHIBITS.

Exhibit

Description

Description

3.1
3.2
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3.3Articles Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Term Preferred Shares, 6.75% Series  2021, including Appendix A thereto, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Form8-A (File No. 001-35332), filed May 15, 2014.
3.4Certificate of Correction to Articles  Supplementary Establishing and Fixing the Rights and Preferences of Term Preferred Shares, 6.75% Series 2021, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Quarterly Report on Form10-Q (File  No. 811-000000), filed July 30, 2014.
3.5
3.4
3.6
3.5
3.7
3.6
3.8
3.7
3.9
3.8
3.10
3.9
3.11
3.10
3.12
3.11
4.1
4.2
4.24.3
4.4
11
4.5
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
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10.6
10.7
31.1
31.2
32.1
32.2
101.INSXBRL Instance Document
101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEFXBRL Definition Linkbase
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in iXBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

*Filed herewith
+Furnished herewith

______________________
* Filed herewith
+ Furnished herewith

Attached as Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the following materials, formatted in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2023 and September 30, 2023, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, (v) the Consolidated Schedules of Investments as of December 31, 2023 and September 30, 2023, and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

All other exhibits for which provision is made in the applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission are not required under the related instruction or are inapplicable and therefore have been omitted.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION

By:
/s/ Nicole Schaltenbrand
Nicole Schaltenbrand
By:

/s/ Nicole Schaltenbrand

Nicole Schaltenbrand
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Date: February 5, 2018

(principal financial and accounting officer)

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