497 1 tp200248_497.htm SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 DATED FEBRUARY 19, 2020 TO PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Filed pursuant to Rule 497 

File No. 333-230251

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

 

Supplement No. 3 dated February 19, 2020
to
Prospectus dated September 26, 2019

 

This Supplement No. 3 dated February 19, 2020 (this “Supplement”) contains information which amends, supplements or modifies certain information contained in the prospectus of TP Flexible Income Fund, Inc., (the “Company”, “our”, “us” or “we”), dated September 26, 2019 (as previously supplemented and amended, the “Prospectus”). This Supplement is a part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the Prospectus. The Prospectus has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and is available free of charge at www.sec.gov or by calling (877) 822-4276. Capitalized terms used in this Supplement have the same meanings as in the Prospectus, unless otherwise stated herein.

 

Before investing in shares of our common stock, you should read carefully the Prospectus and this Supplement and consider carefully our investment objective, risks, charges and expenses. You should also carefully consider the “Risk Factors” beginning on page 46 of the Prospectus before you decide to invest.

 

FILING OF FORM 10-Q

 

On February 12, 2020, we filed our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2019 (“Form 10-Q”) with the SEC. We have attached the Form 10-Q to this Supplement as Annex A, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 
 

Annex A

 

Our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2019 is available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC’s Internet site at www.sec.gov.

 

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

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

 

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2019

 

OR

 

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

 

Commission File Number 814-00908

 

TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Maryland   45-2460782
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)    
     
10 East 40th Street, 42nd Floor    
New York, NY   10016
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 448-0702

 

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

  

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
None None None

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒    No ☐

 

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

Large accelerated filer ☐  Accelerated filer ☐ 
Non-accelerated filer ☒  Smaller reporting company ☐ 
    Emerging growth company ☐ 

  

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

 

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

 

The number of shares of the issuer’s Common Stock, $.001 par value, outstanding as of February 12, 2020 was 2,341,856.

 

 

 

TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
  Forward-Looking Statements 1
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
Item 1. Financial Statements 2
  Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2019 (unaudited) and June 30, 2019 2
 

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited)

3
  Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited) 4
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 (unaudited) 4
  Consolidated Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2019 (unaudited) 6
  Consolidated Schedule of Investments as of June 30, 2019 10
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) 13
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 47
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 69
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 70
PART II OTHER INFORMATION  
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 70
Item 1A. Risk Factors 70
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 72
Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities 72
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 72
Item 5. Other Information 72
Item 6. Exhibits 72
  Signatures 73

 

 

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Some of the statements in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q constitute forward-looking statements, which relate to future events or our performance or financial condition. The forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, statements as to:

 

our future operating results;

our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies;

changes in the economy;

risk associated with possible disruptions in our operations or the economy generally;

the effect of investments that we expect to make;

our contractual arrangements and relationships with third parties;

actual and potential conflicts of interest with Prospect Flexible Income Management, LLC and its affiliates;

the dependence of our future success on the general economy and its effect on the industries in which we invest;

the ability of our portfolio companies to achieve their objectives;

the use of borrowed money to finance a portion of our investments;

the adequacy of our financing sources and working capital;

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

the ability of Prospect Flexible Income Management, LLC to locate suitable investments for us and to monitor and administer our investments;

the ability of Prospect Flexible Income Management, LLC and its affiliates to attract and retain highly talented professionals;

our ability to qualify and maintain our qualification as a RIC and as a BDC (each as defined herein); and

the effect of changes in laws or regulations affecting our operations or to tax legislation and our tax position.

 

Such forward-looking statements may include statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “trend,” “opportunity,” “pipeline,” “believe,” “comfortable,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “current,” “intention,” “estimate,” “position,” “assume,” “potential,” “outlook,” “continue,” “remain,” “maintain,” “sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may,” or similar expressions. The forward looking statements contained in this quarterly report involve risks and uncertainties and undue reliance should not be placed on them. Our actual results could differ materially from those implied or expressed in the forward-looking statements for any reason, including the factors set forth as “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K and our prospectus, dated September 26, 2019, which was filed with the SEC on September 30, 2019, as supplemented from time to time by prospectus supplements filed with the SEC.

 

We have based the forward-looking statements included in this report on information available to us on the date of this report, and we assume no obligation to update 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. 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, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, annual reports on Form 10- K, and current reports on Form 8-K.

 

As a result of Pathway Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc. (“PWAY”) being the accounting survivor of the Merger (as defined herein), certain financial information and performance of operations regarding PWAY are discussed herein. Such information may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Please see “Risk Factors” and above for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with such statements. You should read this quarterly report on form 10-Q in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere herein.

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.  

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

Assets  December 31, 2019   June 30, 2019 
   (Unaudited)   (Audited) 
Investments at fair value:          
Affiliate investments (cost of $472,357 and $472,357, respectively)  $694,589   $570,816 
Non-control/non-affiliate investments (cost of $39,925,878 and $24,426,013, respectively)   38,428,241    23,448,747 
Total investments (cost of $40,398,235 and $24,898,370, respectively)   39,122,830    24,019,563 
Cash   3,342,807    6,730,743 
Deferred financing costs (Note 11)   551,476    457,651 
Prepaid expenses and other assets   348,724    427,944 
Deferred offering costs   325,823    292,429 
Interest receivable   71,396    46,887 
Receivable for investments sold   65,000    952,631 
Due from Affiliate (Note 4)   2,137    2,137 
Due from Adviser (Note 4)       128,852 
Total Assets   43,830,193    33,058,837 
           
Liabilities          
Revolving Credit Facility (Note 11)   21,000,000    5,500,000 
Payable for shares repurchased   460,786    495,506 
Due to Administrator (Note 4)   288,156    341,235 
Accrued audit fees   195,456    369,762 
Payable for investments purchased   176,250    1,961,399 
Dividends payable   124,569    126,128 
Interest payable   80,902    28,063 
Due to Affiliates (Note 4)   66,824    54,205 
Accrued legal fees   39,270    486,537 
Accrued expenses   26,770    157,873 
Due to Adviser (Note 4)       127,414 
Total Liabilities   22,458,983    9,648,122 
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 10)        
Net Assets  $21,371,210   $23,410,715 
           
Components of Net Assets          
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (75,000,000 shares          
authorized; 2,325,749 and 2,370,011 shares issued and outstanding,          
respectively) (Note 3)  $2,326   $2,370 
Paid-in capital in excess of par (Note 3)   27,489,723    30,105,995 
Total distributable earnings (loss) (Note 6)   (6,120,839)   (6,697,650)
Net Assets  $21,371,210   $23,410,715 
Net Asset Value Per Share (Note 12)  $9.19   $9.88 

   

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

(unaudited)

 

 

   Three Months Ended
December 31,
   Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
    2019 (1)     2018 (1)     2019 (1)     2018 (1)  
Investment Income                    
Interest Income from non-control/non-affiliate investments  $619,251   $142,093   $1,133,160   $315,813 
Interest income from structured credit securities   234,597    142,737    469,332    283,158 
Total Investment Income   853,848    284,830    1,602,492    598,971 
                     
Operating Expenses                    
Base management fees (Note 4)   182,205    50,735    339,614    108,414 
Interest expense and credit facility expenses (Note 11)   175,833    8,434    276,003    19,595 
Administrator costs (Note 4)   173,523    17,125    337,316    85,875 
Amortization of offering costs   151,288    34,054    271,894    64,500 
Legal expense   86,263    141,674    111,621    580,843 
Audit and tax expense   81,050    62,119    136,883    88,619 
Transfer agent’s fees and expenses   39,205    (6,426)   69,758    (10,934)
Insurance expense   38,461    27,856    76,923    56,170 
General and administrative   32,789    6,126    72,369    12,234 
Valuation services (Note 4)   24,852    37,826    48,417    81,771 
Adviser shared service expense (Note 4)       6,342        13,552 
Report and notice to shareholders               5,333 
Total Operating Expenses   985,469    385,865    1,740,798    1,105,972 
Expense limitation payment (Note 4)   (182,205)   (54,178)   (339,614)   (181,029)
Total Net Operating Expenses   803,264    331,687    1,401,184    924,943 
Net Investment Income (Loss)   50,584    (46,857)   201,308    (325,972)
                    
Net Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments                    
Net realized (losses):                    
Non-control/non-affiliate investments   (431,439)   (40,098)   (695,468)   (45,453)
Net realized (losses)   (431,439)   (40,098)   (695,468)   (45,453)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on:                    
Non-control/non-affiliate investments   (16,981)   (807,829)   (520,371)   (945,059)
Affiliate investments   101,175        123,773     
Net change in unrealized gains (losses)   84,194    (807,829)   (396,598)   (945,059)
Net Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments   (347,245)   (847,927)   (1,092,066)   (990,512)
Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations  $(296,661)  $(894,784)  $(890,758)  $(1,316,484)
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations per share (Note 12)   $(0.13)  $(1.12)  $(0.38)  $(1.61)
Distributions declared per share  $0.17   $0.13   $0.34   $0.28 

 

(1) See Notes 1 and 9.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

(unaudited)

 

    Common Stock           
Three Months Ended December 31, 2019   Shares    Par    Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par(1)    Distributable Earnings (Loss)(1)    Total Net Assets 
Balance as of September 30, 2019   2,392,140   $2,392   $29,817,083   $(7,172,462)  $22,647,013 
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations                         
Net investment income               50,584    50,584 
Net realized (losses) on investments               (431,439)   (431,439)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments               84,194    84,194 
Distributions to Shareholders (Note 5)                         
Return of capital distributions -FLEX Class A common shares           (404,093)       (404,093)
Capital Transactions                         
Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends   19,813    20    211,979        211,999 
Repurchase of common shares   (86,204)   (86)   (786,962)       (787,048)
Tax Reclassification of Net Assets (Note 6)          (1,348,284)   1,348,284     
Total Increase (Decrease) for the three months ended December 31, 2019   (66,391)   (66)   (2,327,360)   1,051,623    (1,275,803)
Balance as of December 31, 2019   2,325,749   $2,326   $27,489,723   $(6,120,839)  $21,371,210 

 

(1) See Note 6 - Income Taxes.

 

    

 Common Stock

           
Three Months Ended December 31, 2018   Shares    Par    Paid-in Capital in Excess of Par    Distributable Earnings (Loss)(2)    Total Net Assets 
Balance as of September 30, 2018   630,353   $6,304   $8,390,165   $(928,440)  $7,468,029 
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations                         
Net investment (loss)               (46,857)   (46,857)
Net realized (losses) on investments               (40,098)   (40,098)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments               (807,829)   (807,829)
Distributions to Shareholders (Note 5)                         
Return of capital distributions -PWAY Class A (Previously Class R)           (102,423)       (102,423)
Return of capital distributions -PWAY Class I (Previously Class RIA and I)           (5,697)       (5,697)
Capital Transactions                         
Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends   6,017    60    67,126        67,186 
Repurchase of common shares   (19,180)   (192)   (217,503)       (217,695)
Tax Reclassification of Net Assets           6,096    (6,096)    
Total Increase (Decrease) for the three months ended December 31, 2018   (13,163)   (132)  $(252,401)  $(900,880)  $(1,153,413)
Balance as of December 31, 2018   617,190   $6,172   $8,137,764   $(1,829,320)  $6,314,616 

 

(2) See Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies.

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

(unaudited)

 

    

 Common Stock

           
Six Months Ended December 31, 2019  Shares   Par  

Paid-in Capital

in

Excess of Par(1)

   Distributable Earnings (Loss)(1)  

Total Net

Assets

 
Balance as of June 30, 2019   2,370,011   $2,370   $29,986,710   $(6,578,365)  $23,410,715 
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations                         
Net investment income               201,308    201,308 
Net realized (losses) on investments               (695,468)   (695,468)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments                (396,598)   (396,598)
Distributions to Shareholders (Note 5)                         
Return of capital distributions -FLEX Class A common shares            (810,134)       (810,134)
Capital Transactions                         
Shares issued   2,197    2    24,998         25,000 
Commissions and fees on shares issued           (1,857)       (1,857)
Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends   39,745    40    425,252        425,292 
Repurchase of common shares   (86,204)   (86)   (786,962)       (787,048)
Tax Reclassification of Net Assets (Note 6)           (1,348,284)   1,348,284     
Total Increase (Decrease) for the six months ended December 31, 2019   (44,262)  $(44)  $(2,496,987)  $457,526   $(2,039,505)
Balance as of December 31, 2019   2,325,749   $2,326   $27,489,723   $(6,120,839)  $21,371,210 

 

(1) See Note 6 - Income Taxes.

 

    Common Stock           
Six Months Ended December 31, 2018   Shares    Par    

Paid-in Capital in

Excess of Par

    

Distributable Earnings

 (Loss)(1)

    Total Net Assets 
Balance as of June 30, 2018   657,370   $6,574   $8,853,330   $(506,740)  $8,353,164 
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations                         
Net investment (loss)               (325,972)   (325,972)
Net realized (losses) on investments               (45,453)   (45,453)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on  investments               (945,059)   (945,059)
Distributions to Shareholders (Note 5)                         
Return of capital distributions -PWAY Class A (Previously Class R)           (216,926)       (216,926)
Return of capital distributions -PWAY Class I (Previously Class RIA and I)           (11,904)       (11,904)
Capital Transactions                         
Shares issued through reinvestment of dividends   10,716    107    126,203        126,310 
Repurchase of common shares   (50,896)   (509)   (619,035)       (619,544)
Tax Reclassification of Net Assets           6,096    (6,096)    
Total Increase (Decrease) for the six months ended December 31, 2018   (40,180)  $(402)  $(715,566)  $(1,322,580)  $(2,038,548)
Balance as of December 31, 2018   617,190   $6,172   $8,137,764   $(1,829,320)  $6,314,616 

 

(1) See Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies.

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

(Unaudited)

 

   Six Months Ended December 31, 
   2019   2018 
Cash flows from operating activities:          
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations  $(890,758)  $(1,316,484)
Adjustments to reconcile net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:          
Amortization of offering costs   271,894    64,500 
Purchases of investments   (19,425,198)    
Repayments and sales of portfolio investments   3,275,274    2,068,610 
Net change in unrealized loss on investments   396,598    945,059 
Net realized loss on investments   695,468    45,453 
Accretion of purchase discount on investments, net   (45,357)   (62,766)
Amortization of deferred financing costs   31,175     
Paid-in-kind interest   (58)    
Changes in other assets and liabilities:          
(Increase) Decrease in operating assets          
Receivable for investments sold   887,631     
Interest receivable   (24,509)   43,455 
Due from Adviser (Note 4)   128,852    114,411 
Deferred offering costs (Note 4)   (305,288)    
Prepaid expenses   79,220    22,215 
Due from Affiliate (Note 4)       (843)
Increase (Decrease) in operating liabilities          
Due to Adviser (Note 4)   (127,414)    
Accrued expenses   (131,103)   1,304 
Accrued legal fees   (447,267)    
Accrued audit fees   (174,306)    
Due to Administrator (Note 4)   (53,079)   (22,846)
Payable for investments purchased   (1,785,149)    
Due to Affiliates (Note 4)   12,619    15,798 
Interest payable   52,839    7,112 
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities   (17,577,916)   1,924,978 
Cash flows from financing activities:          
Gross proceeds from shares issued (Note 3)   25,000     
Commissions and fees on shares issued   (1,857)    
Distributions paid to stockholders   (386,395)   (145,088)
Repurchase of common shares   (821,768)   (619,544)
Financing costs paid and deferred   (125,000)    
Borrowings under Revolving Credit Facility (Note 11)   15,500,000     
Repayments under Revolving Credit Facility (Note 11)       (750,000)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   14,189,980    (1,514,632)
Net (decrease) increase in cash   (3,387,936)   410,346 
Cash at beginning of period   6,730,743    587,722 
Cash at end of period  $3,342,807   $998,068 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow financing activities:          
Value of shares issued through reinvestment of dividends  $425,292   $126,310 
Supplemental disclosures:          
Cash paid for interest  $191,989   $12,483 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019 (unaudited)

 

Portfolio Company / Security Type  Industry  Acquisition Date  Coupon/Yield (b)  Floor   Legal Maturity  Principal/ Quantity   Amortized Cost (d)   Fair Value (c)   % of Net Assets
Senior Secured Loans-First Lien                              
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (g)(k)  Hotel, Gaming & Leisure  8/19/2016  6ML+6.00% (7.91%)  1.00  8/23/2022  $338,625    $335,801   $295,493   1.38%
CareerBuilder (g)(k)  Services: Consumer  7/27/2017  3ML+6.75% (8.85%)  1.00  7/31/2023   356,625    347,444    355,288   1.66%
Correct Care Solutions Group Holdings, LLC (g)(k)(l)  Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals  4/2/2019  1ML+5.50% (7.20%)    10/1/2025   2,086,330    2,042,046    2,055,914   9.62%
Digital Room Holdings, Inc(g)(k)(l)  Media: Broadcasting & Subscription  5/14/2019  1ML+5.00% (6.70%)    5/21/2026   1,990,000    1,960,051    1,963,813   9.19%
GK Holdings, Inc.(k)  Media: Broadcasting & Subscription  1/30/2015  3ML+6.0 0% (8.10%)  1.00  1/20/2021   119,063    118,265    92,273   0.43%
Global Tel*Link Corporation (g)(k)(l)  Telecommunications  4/5/2019  1ML+4.2 5% (5.95%)    11/28/2025   1,988,703    1,927,878    1,896,611   8.87%
GoWireless Holdings, Inc. (g)(k)  Retail  12/21/2017  1ML+6.5 0% (8.20%)  1.00  12/22/2024   450,000    445,799    433,874   2.03%
Help/Systems Holdings, Inc. (g)(k)  High Tech Industries  11/14/2019  1ML+4.7 5% (6.52%)  1.00  11/19/2026   1,500,000    1,485,206    1,485,239   6.95%
InfoGroup Inc. (g)(k)  Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing  3/28/2017 

3ML+5.0 0%(6.94%) 

  1.00  4/3/2023   486,250    482,069    457,075   2.14%
Janus International Group, LLC (g)(k)(l)  Construction & Building  7/9/2019  1ML+4.50% (6.20%)    2/12/2025   1,739,362    1,739,362    1,736,101   8.12%
Keystone Acquisition Corp. (g)(k)(l)  Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals  4/10/2019  3ML+5.25% (7.19%)  1.00  5/1/2024   2,087,419    2,058,861    2,045,671   9.57%
LSF9 Atlantis Holdings, LLC (g)(k)  Retail  4/21/2017  1ML+6.00% (7.74%)  1.00  5/1/2023   468,750    464,660    434,180   2.03%
McAfee LLC (g)(j)  High Tech Industries  9/27/2017  1ML+3.75% (5.45%)  1.00  9/30/2024   241,669    239,495    243,028   1.14%
PGX Holdings, Inc. (g)(k)  Services: Consumer  4/2/2019  1ML+5.25% (6.96%)  1.00  9/29/2020   733,077    726,763    659,036   3.08%
Quidditch Acquisition, Inc. (g)(k)  Beverage, Food & Tobacco  3/16/2018  1ML+7.00% (8.70%)  1.00  3/21/2025   491,250    482,332    496,163   2.32%
SCS Holdings I Inc. (g)(j)  Services: Business  5/22/2019  3ML+4.25% (6.35%)    7/1/2026   1,243,750    1,240,850    1,251,536   5.86%
Research Now Group, Inc. (g)(k)  Services: Business  4/2/2019  3ML+5.50% (7.41%)  1.00  12/20/2024   1,991,123    1,991,123    1,991,123   9.32%
Rocket Software, Inc. (g)(k)(l)  High Tech Industries  4/2/2019  1ML+4.25% (5.95%)    11/28/2025   2,086,364    2,067,974    2,035,520   9.52%
Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc.(g)(j)  Telecommunications  7/31/2019  1ML+4.50% (6.20%)  1.00  11/1/2024   1,989,848    1,818,681    1,683,663   7.88%
Shutterfly, Inc.(g)(k)(l)  Media: Diversified and Production  11/14/2019  3ML+6.00% (8.10%)  1.00  9/25/2026   2,000,000    1,818,826    1,860,800   8.71%
Sorenson Communications, LLC (g)(k)  Services: Consumer  4/26/2019  3ML+6.50% (8.60%)  1.00  4/29/2024   464,286    464,286    460,821   2.16%
Staples, Inc.(g)(j)  Wholesale  11/18/2019  3ML+5.00% (6.69%)  1.00  4/16/2026   1,000,000    990,160    988,556   4.63%
Transplace Holdings, Inc. (g)(k)  Transportation: Cargo  4/10/2019  1ML+3.75% (5.55%)  1.00  10/5/2024   1,493,674    1,474,409    1,494,615   6.99%
Upstream Newco, Inc.(g)(k)  Services: Consumer  11/20/2019  1ML+4.50% (6.20%)  1.00  11/20/2026   1,750,000    1,741,373    1,741,355   8.15%
Vero Parent Inc. (Sahara) (g)(k)  High Tech Industries  8/11/2017  3ML+6.25% (8.16%)  1.00  8/16/2024   342,169    339,099    329,337   1.54%
VT Topco, Inc. (g)(k)  Sovereign & Public Finance  7/26/2019  3ML+3.75% (5.85%)    8/1/2025   994,965    992,625    994,035   4.65%
Wirepath LLC (g)(k)  Services: Business  7/31/2017  3ML+4.0 (6.10%) 0%  1.00  8/5/2024   488,822    486,631    425,275   1.99%
Total Senior Secured Loans-First Lien                                  
Senior Secured Loans-Second Lien(k)                                  
Encino Acquisition Partners Holdings, LLC (g)  Energy: Oil & Gas  9/25/2018  1ML+6.75% (8.45%)  1.00  10/29/2025  $500,000   $495,454   $377,500   1.77%
                                   
FullBeauty Brands Holding(f)  Retail  2/7/2019  7.00%   1/31/2025   11,185    9,638    1,063   %
GK Holdings, Inc.  Media: Broadcasting & Subscription  1/30/2015  3ML+10.25% (12.19%)  1.00  1/21/2022   125,000    123,018    90,625   0.42%
Inmar, Inc. (g)  Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing  4/25/2017  3ML+8.00% (10.10%)  1.00  5/1/2025   500,000    493,227    468,908   2.19%
McAfee LLC (g)  High Tech Industries  9/27/2017  1ML+8.50% (10.20%)  1.00  9/29/2025   437,500    434,905    441,438   2.07%
Neustar, Inc. (g)  High Tech Industries  3/2/2017  1ML+8.00% (9.70%)  1.00  8/8/2025   749,792    739,595    643,884   3.01%
Total Senior Secured Loans-Second Lien                $2,295,837   $2,023,418   9.46%

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019 (unaudited)

  

Portfolio Company / Security Type  Industry  Acquisition Date  Coupon/ Yield (b)   Floor     Legal Maturity    Principal/ Quantity   Amortized Cost (d)   Fair Value (c)   % of Net Assets 
Senior Unsecured Bonds (a)(j)                                       
Ace Cash Express, Inc.(l)  Financial  12/15/2017   12.00%  N/A   12/15/2022   $1,000,000   $947,066   $849,700    3.98%
Total Senior Unsecured Bonds                          $947,066   $849,700    3.98%
                                        
Structured subordinated notes (a)(e)(k)                                       
Apidos CLO XXIV  Structured Finance  5/17/2019   23.84%  N/A   10/20/2030   $250,000   $156,567   $161,210    0.75%
Apidos CLO XXVI  Structured Finance  7/25/2019   22.82%  N/A   7/18/2029    250,000    173,269    181,402    0.85%
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO 2014-4-R, Ltd.  Structured Finance  4/12/2017   21.10%  N/A   7/15/2030    250,000    174,745    172,093    0.81%
Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO 2017-5, Ltd.  Structured Finance  1/30/2018   15.34%  N/A   1/22/2030    500,000    485,007    416,578    1.95%
Galaxy XIX CLO, Ltd.  Structured Finance  12/8/2016   14.16%  N/A   7/24/2030    250,000    170,578    121,929    0.57%
GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX, Ltd.  Structured Finance  7/27/2017   14.97%  N/A   10/29/2029    250,000    190,038    146,553    0.69%
Madison Park Funding XIII, Ltd.  Structured Finance  11/12/2015   23.00%  N/A   4/22/2030    250,000    177,308    169,786    0.79%
Madison Park Funding XIV, Ltd.  Structured Finance  11/19/2015   15.66%  N/A   10/22/2030    250,000    181,673    162,334    0.76%
Octagon Investment Partners XIV, Ltd.  Structured Finance  12/6/2017   16.07%  N/A   7/16/2029    850,000    544,910    445,519    2.08%
Octagon Investment Partners XV, Ltd.  Structured Finance  5/23/2019   21.04%  N/A   7/19/2030    500,000    279,099    275,474    1.29%
Octagon Investment Partners XXI, Ltd.(l)   Structured Finance  1/13/2016   15.20%  N/A   2/14/2031    387,538    224,581    187,395    0.88%
Octagon Investment Partners 30, Ltd.  Structured Finance  11/21/2017   14.69%  N/A   3/17/2030    475,000    446,963    383,530    1.79%
Octagon Investment Partners 31, Ltd.  Structured Finance  12/20/2019   34.25%  N/A   7/20/2030    250,000    146,887    151,369    0.71%
Octagon Investment Partners 36, Ltd.  Structured Finance  12/20/2019   26.83%  N/A   4/15/2031    500,000    402,931    405,901    1.90%
OZLM XII, Ltd.  Structured Finance  1/20/2017   6.51%  N/A   4/30/2027    275,000    206,007    145,600    0.68%
Sound Point CLO II, Ltd.  Structured Finance  5/16/2019   18.58%  N/A   1/26/2031    1,500,000    884,843    810,485    3.79%
Sound Point CLO VII-R, Ltd.  Structured Finance  8/23/2019   25.67%  N/A   10/23/2031    150,000    64,029    64,626    0.30%
Sound Point CLO XVIII, Ltd.  Structured Finance  5/16/2019   17.18%  N/A   1/21/2031    250,000    240,380    223,626    1.05%
Symphony CLO IX, Ltd.  Structured Finance  12/13/2019   27.72%  N/A   7/16/2032    500,000    177,856    256,360    1.20%
THL Credit Wind River 2013-1 CLO, Ltd.  Structured Finance  11/3/2017   11.08%  N/A   7/30/2030    325,000    239,118    175,291    0.82%
Venture XXXIV CLO, Ltd.  Structured Finance  7/30/2019   21.49%  N/A   10/15/2031    250,000    214,334    217,384    1.02%
Voya IM CLO 2013-1, Ltd.(l)  Structured Finance  6/14/2016   13.09%  N/A   10/15/2030    278,312    193,112    158,391    0.74%
Voya CLO 2016-1, Ltd.  Structured Finance  2/25/2016   19.28%  N/A   1/21/2031    250,000    217,917    215,892    1.01%
Total Structured subordinated notes(e)                          $6,192,152   $5,648,728    26.43%
                                        
Equity/Other(a)(k)                                       
ACON IWP Investors I, L.L.C. (h)(i)   Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals  4/30/2015   N/A   N/A   N/A   $472,357   $472,357   $694,589    3.25%
FullBeauty Brands Holding, Common  Retail  2/7/2019   N/A   N/A   N/A    72    208,754        %
Total Equity/Other                          $681,111   $694,589    3.25%
                                        
Total Portfolio Investments                          $40,398,235   $39,122,830    183.05%

 

(a)Indicates assets that the Company believes do not represent “qualifying assets” under Section 55(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Under the 1940 Act, we may not acquire any non-qualifying asset unless, at the time such acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of our total assets. Of the Company’s total investments as of December 31, 2019, 16% are non-qualifying assets as a percentage of total assets.

(b)The majority of the investments bear interest at a rate that may be determined by reference to London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR” or “L”) or which reset monthly, quarterly, or semiannually. For each such investment, the Company has provided the spread over LIBOR or Prime and the current contractual interest rate in effect at December 31, 2019. Certain investments are subject to a LIBOR or Prime interest rate floor. As of December 31, 2019, the one-month ("1ML"), two-month ("2ML"), three-month ("3ML"), and six-month ("6ML") LIBOR rates were 1.76%, 1.83%, 1.91%, and 1.91%, respectively.

(c)Fair value and market value are determined by the Company’s board of directors (see Note 2).

(d)See Note 6 for a discussion of the tax cost of the portfolio.

 

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019 (unaudited)

 

(e)The structured subordinated notes and preference/preferred shares are considered equity positions in the Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLOs”), which is referred to as "Subordinated Structured Notes", or "SSN". The CLO equity investments are entitled to recurring distributions which are generally equal to the excess cash flow generated from the underlying investments after payment of the contractual payments to debt holders and fund expenses. The current estimated yield is based on the current projections of this excess cash flow taking into account assumptions which have been made regarding expected prepayments, losses and future reinvestment rates. These assumptions are periodically reviewed and adjusted. Ultimately, the actual yield may be higher or lower than the estimated yield if actual results differ from those used for the assumptions.

(f)This investment has contractual payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest. PIK income computed at the contractual rate is accrued into income and reflected as receivable up to the capitalization date.

(g)The senior secured loan is held as collateral at the SPV, TP Flexible Funding, LLC as of December 31, 2019.

(h)Affiliated investment as defined by the 1940 Act, whereby the Company owns between 5% and 25% of the portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities and the investments are not classified as controlled investments. Affiliated funds that are managed by an affiliate of Triton Pacific Adviser, LLC also hold investments in this security. The aggregate fair value of non-controlled, affiliated investments at December 31, 2019 represented 3.24% of the Company’s net assets. Fair value as of December 31, 2019 along with transactions during the period ended December 31, 2019 in affiliated investments were as follows:

 

Non-controlled, Affiliated Investments  Number of Shares   Fair Value at June 30, 2019   Gross Additions (Cost)*   Gross Reductions (Cost)**   Unrealized Change in FMV   Net Realized Gain (Loss)   Fair Value at December 31, 2019   Interest & Dividends Credited to Income 
ACON IWP Investors I, L.L.C.   472,357   $570,816   $   $   $123,773       $694,589   $ 
Total       $570,816   $   $   $123,773   $   $694,589   $ 

   

*Gross additions include increases in the cost basis of investments resulting from new portfolio investments, PIK interest, the amortization of unearned income, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company into this category from a different category. 

**Gross reductions include decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal collections related to investment repayments or sales, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company out of this category into a different category. 

(i)Represents non-income producing security that has not paid a dividend in the year preceding the reporting date.

(j)Investment is categorized as Level 2 investments in accordance with ASC 820. See Note 2 within the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

(k)Investment(s) is (are) valued using significant unobservable inputs and is (are) categorized as Level 3 investments in accordance with ASC 820. See Notes 2 and 7 within the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

(l)Acquisition date represents the date of FLEX's initial investment. Follow-on acquisitions have occurred on the following dates to arrive at FLEX's current investment (excluding effects of capitalized PIK interest, premium/original issue discount amortization/accretion, and partial repayments):

 

Portfolio Company  Investment  Follow-On Acquisition Dates  Follow-On Acquisitions (Excluding initial investment cost) 
Ace Cash Express, Inc.  Senior Unsecured Bonds  7/15/2019  $493,625 
Correct Care Solutions Group Holdings, LLC  Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  4/10/2019, 7/25/2019   1,327,000 
Digital Room Holdings, Inc  Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  7/16/2019   490,000 
Global Tel*Link Corporation  Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  7/9/2019, 7/16/2019   1,436,250 
Janus International Group, LLC  Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  8/7/2019   1,498,125 
Keystone Acquisition Corp.  Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  4/23/2019, 8/2/2019   1,576,000 
Octagon Investment Partners XXI, Ltd.  Structured subordinated notes  2/14/19   35,015 
Rocket Software, Inc.  Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  6/28/2019, 7/30/2019   1,327,272 
Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc.  Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  8/2/2019   908,750 
Shutterfly, Inc.  Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  11/18/2019, 11/20/2019   1,361,250 
Voya IM CLO 2013-1, Ltd.  Structured subordinated notes  10/17/17   17,553 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.
CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF JUNE 30, 2019 

 

Portfolio Company /Security Type  Industry  Acquisition
Date
   Coupon/Yield(b)   Floor   Legal
Maturity
   Principal/
Quantity
   Amortized
Cost (d)
   Fair Value(c)   % of Net Assets 
Senior Secured Loans-First Lien(k)                                    
LSF9 Atlantis Holdings, LLC (g)  Retail   4/21/2017    1ML+6.00%(8.42%)    1.00    5/1/2023   $475,000   $470,292   $446,597    1.91%
California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. (g)  Hotel, Gaming & Leisure   8/19/2016    6ML+6.00%(8.53%)    1.00    8/23/2022    340,375    337,013    333,568    1.42%
CareerBuilder (g)  Services: Consumer   7/27/2017    3ML+6.75%(9.08%)    1.00    7/31/2023    356,625    346,152    355,734    1.52%
Correct Care Solutions Group Holdings, LLC (g)  Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals   4/2/2019    1ML+5.50% (7.94%)        10/1/2025    1,246,867    1,203,024    1,206,500    5.15%
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc.  Services: Business   10/24/2016    3ML+5.50%(8.08%)    1.00    2/28/2020    326,662    317,103    292,362    1.25%
Digital Room Holdings, Inc  Media: Broadcasting & Subscription   5/14/2019    1ML+5.00%(7.40%)        5/21/2026    1,500,000    1,477,879    1,477,350    6.31%
GK Holdings, Inc.  Media: Broadcasting & Subscription   1/30/2015    3ML+6.0 0%(8.33%)    1.00    1/20/2021    119,375    118,197    101,469    0.43%
Global Tel*Link Corporation (g)  Telecommunications   4/5/2019    1ML+4.2 5%(6.65%)        11/29/2025    498,747    497,513    479,004    2.05%
GoWireless Holdings, Inc. (g)  Retail   12/21/2017    1ML+6.5 0%(8.94%)    1.00    12/22/2024    462,500    457,874    450,746    1.93%
Help/Systems Holdings, Inc. (g)  High Tech Industries   4/2/2019    3ML+3.7(6.08%)        3/28/2025    997,481    983,926    991,247    4.23%
InfoGroup Inc. (g)  Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing   3/28/2017    3ML+5.00%(7.33%)    1.00    4/3/2023    488,750    483,922    477,142    2.04%
J.D Power and Associates (g)  Automotive   4/2/2019    1ML+3.75% (6.19%)    1.00    9/7/2023    498,719    493,911    496,226    2.12%
Keystone Acquisition Corp. (g)  Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals   4/10/2019    3ML+5.2 5%(7.58%)    1.00    5/1/2024    748,096    737,058    731,264    3.12%
McAfee LLC (g)  High Tech Industries   9/27/2017    1ML+3.7 5%(6.15%)    1.00    9/30/2024    242,892    240,488    242,930    1.04%
PGX Holdings, Inc. (g)  Services: Consumer   4/2/2019    1ML+5.2 5%(7.66%)    1.00    9/29/2020    744,359    733,789    744,359    3.18%
Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. (g)  Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals   2/16/2018    1ML+5.50%(7.94%)    1.00    2/22/2024    493,750    483,992    467,416    2.00%
Quidditch Acquisition, Inc. (g)  Beverage, Food & Tobacco   3/16/2018    1ML+7.00%(9.40%)    1.00    3/21/2025    493,750    483,971    498,688    2.13%
SCS Holdings I Inc. (g)  Services: Business   5/22/2019    3ML+4.25% (6.57%)        7/1/2026    1,250,000    1,246,875    1,250,256    5.34%
Research Now Group, Inc. (g)  Services: Business   4/2/2019    3ML+5.50%(8.08%)    1.00    12/20/2024    748,101    748,101    748,101    3.20%
Rocket Software, Inc. (g)  High Tech Industries   4/2/2019    1ML+4.25%(6.69%)        11/28/2025    1,246,875    1,240,028    1,221,938    5.22%
SESAC Holdco II LLC (g)  Media: Diversified & Production   4/16/2019    1ML+3.25%(5.40%)    1.00    2/23/2024    498,724    489,513    489,685    2.09%
Sorenson Communications, LLC  Consumer   4/26/2019    3ML+6.50%(8.83%)    1.00    4/29/2024    500,000    500,000    496,134    2.12%
Transplace Holdings, Inc. (g)  Transportation: Cargo   4/10/2019    1ML+3.75%(6.15%)    1.00    10/5/2024    498,737    496,276    497,181    2.12%
Travel Leaders Group, LLC (g)  Hotel, Gaming & Leisure   1/19/2017    1ML+4.00%(6.38%)    1.00    1/25/2024    495,000    495,029    496,648    2.12%
Vero Parent Inc. (Sahara) (g)  High Tech Industries   8/11/2017    1ML+4.50%(6.90%)    1.00    8/16/2024    343,901    340,497    343,256    1.47%
Wirepath LLC (g)  Services: Business   7/31/2017    1ML+4.00% (6.44%)    1.00    8/5/2024    491,297    488,866    490,069    2.09%
Total Senior Secured Loans-First Lien                              $15,911,289   $15,825,870    67.6%
                                            
Senior Secured Loans-Second Lien(k)                                  
Encino Acquisition Partners Holdings, LLC (g)  Energy: Oil & Gas   9/25/2018    1ML+6.75%(9.19%)    1.00    10/29/2025   $500,000   $495,061   $461,250    1.97%
FullBeauty Brands Holding(l)  Retail   2/7/2019     7.00%       1/31/2025    11,127    9,457    7,677    0.03%
GK Holdings, Inc.  Media: Broadcasting & Subscription   1/30/2015    3ML+10.25%(12.58%)    1.00    1/21/2022    125,000    122,533    96,875    0.41%
Inmar (g)  Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing   4/25/2017    3ML+8.00%(10.60%)    1.00    5/1/2025    500,000    492,587    470,000    2.01%
McAfee LLC (g)  High Tech Industries   9/27/2017    1ML+8.50%(10.90%)    1.00    9/29/2025    437,500    434,677    444,154    1.90%
Neustar, Inc. (g)  High Tech Industries   3/2/2017    1ML+8.00%(10.44%)    1.00    8/8/2025    749,792    738,678    717,146    3.06%

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF JUNE 30, 2019 

 

Portfolio Company /    Acquisition   Coupon/Yield      Legal   Principal/   Amortized   Fair Value   % of Net 
Security Type  Industry  Date   (b)   Floor   Maturity   Quantity   Cost (d)   (c)   Assets 
NPC International, Inc. (g)  Hotel, Gaming &   3/30/2017     1ML+7.50%                                
   Leisure        (9.94%)   1.00    4/18/2025    500,000    497,584    308,125    1.32%
                                            
Total Senior Secured Loans-Second Lien                              $2,790,577   $2,505,227    10.7%
                                            
Senior Unsecured Bonds (a)(j)                                           
Ace Cash Express, Inc.  Financial   12/15/2017    12.00%   N/A    12/15/2022   $450,000   $444,957   $402,163    1.72%
                                            
Total Senior Unsecured Bonds                              $444,957   $402,163    1.72%
                                            
Structured subordinated notes (a)(e)(f)(k)                                           
Apidos CLO XXIV  Structured Finance   5/17/2019    23.23%   N/A    10/20/2030   $250,000   $156,400   $162,383    0.69%
Carlyle Global Market Strategies  Structured Finance   4/12/2017    21.64%   N/A    7/15/2030    250,000    170,233    179,108    0.77%
CLO 2014-4-R, Ltd.                                           
Carlyle Global Market Strategies  Structured Finance   1/30/2018    17.03%   N/A    1/22/2030    500,000    493,001    466,165    1.99%
Galaxy XIX CLO, Ltd.  Structured Finance   12/8/2016    14.11%   N/A    7/24/2030    250,000    170,747    128,700    0.55%
GoldenTree Loan Opportunities IX,  Structured Finance   7/27/2017    15.39%   N/A    10/29/2029    250,000    188,924    154,057    0.66%
Madison Park Funding XIII, Ltd.  Structured Finance   11/12/2015    22.24%   N/A    4/22/2030    250,000    178,423    182,950    0.78%
Madison Park Funding XIV, Ltd.  Structured Finance   11/19/2015    16.25%   N/A    10/22/2030    250,000    188,558    180,119    0.77%
Octagon Investment Partners XIV,  Structured Finance   12/6/2017    18.01%   N/A    7/16/2029    850,000    556,194    479,186    2.05%
Ltd.                                           
Octagon Investment Partners XV,  Structured Finance   5/23/2019    22.82%   N/A    7/19/2030    500,000    270,348    297,326    1.27%
Octagon Investment Partners XXI,  Structured Finance   1/13/2016    16.05%   N/A    2/14/2031    387,538    223,038    206,601    0.88%
Ltd.                                           
Octagon Investment Partners 30,  Structured Finance   11/21/2017    16.18%   N/A    3/17/2030    475,000    456,377    405,248    1.73%
OZLM XII, Ltd.  Structured Finance   1/20/2017    10.59%   N/A    4/30/2027    275,000    219,453    171,524    0.73%
Sound Point CLO II, Ltd.  Structured Finance   5/16/2019    20.73%   N/A    1/26/2031    1,500,000    902,022    881,608    3.77%
Sound Point CLO XVIII, Ltd.  Structured Finance   5/16/2019    19.05%   N/A    1/21/2031    250,000    245,476    246,338    1.05%
Voya IM CLO 2013-1, Ltd.  Structured Finance   6/14/2016    14.81%   N/A    10/15/2030    278,312    188,161    159,683    0.68%
Voya CLO 2016-1, Ltd.  Structured Finance   2/25/2016    20.38%   N/A    1/21/2031    250,000    217,902    221,741    0.95%
THL Credit Wind River 2013-1  Structured Finance   11/3/2017    12.4%   N/A    7/30/2030    325,000    245,179    192,750    0.82%
Total Structured subordinated notes(e)(f)                              $5,070,436   $4,715,487    20.14%
                                            
Equity/Other(a)(k)                                           
ACON IWP Investors I,  Healthcare &                                        
L.L.C. (h)(i)  Pharmaceuticals   4/30/2015    N/A N/A         N/A   $472,357   $472,357   $570,816    2.44%
                                            
FullBeauty Brands Holding,  Retail   2/7/2019    N/A    N/A    N/A    72    208,754        %
Common Stock(i)                                           
Total Equity/Other                              $681,111   $570,816    2.44%
                                            
Total Portfolio Investments                              $24,898,370   $24,019,563    102.6%

 

(a)Indicates assets that the Company believes do not represent “qualifying assets” under Section 55(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Under the 1940 Act, we may not acquire any non-qualifying asset unless, at the time such acquisition is made, qualifying assets represent at least 70% of our total assets. Of the Company’s total investments as of June 30, 2019, 17% are non-qualifying assets as a percentage of assets.
(b)The majority of the investments bear interest at a rate that may be determined by reference to London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR” or “L”) or which reset monthly, quarterly, or semiannually. For each such investment, the Company has provided the spread over LIBOR or Prime and the current contractual interest rate in effect at June 30, 2019. Certain investments are subject to a LIBOR or Prime interest rate floor. As of June 30, 2019, the one-month ("1ML"), two-month ("2ML"), three-month ("3ML"), and six-month ("6ML") LIBOR rates were 2.40%, 2.33%, 2.32%, and 2.20%, respectively.
(c)Fair value and market value are determined by the Company’s board of directors (see Note 2).
(d)See Note 6 for a discussion of the tax cost of the portfolio.

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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(e)The structured subordinated notes and preference/preferred shares are considered equity positions in the Collateralized Loan Obligations (“CLOs”). The CLO equity investments are entitled to recurring distributions which are generally equal to the excess cash flow generated from the underlying investments after payment of the contractual payments to debt holders and fund expenses. The current estimated yield is based on the current projections of this excess cash flow taking into account assumptions which have been made regarding expected prepayments, losses and future reinvestment rates. These assumptions are periodically reviewed and adjusted. Ultimately, the actual yield may be higher or lower than the estimated yield if actual results differ from those used for the assumptions.
(f)All structured subordinated notes are co-investments with other entities managed by an affiliate of the Adviser (see Note 4).
(g)The senior structured loan is held as collateral at the SPV, TP Flexible Funding, LLC as of June 30, 2019.
(h)Affiliated investment as defined by the 1940 Act, whereby the Company owns between 5% and 25% of the portfolio company’s outstanding voting securities and the investments are not classified as controlled investments. Affiliated funds that are managed by an affiliate of Triton Pacific Adviser, LLC also hold investments in this security. The aggregate fair value of non-controlled, affiliated investments at June 30, 2019 represented 2.44% of the Company’s net assets. Fair value as of June 30, 2019 along with transactions during the period ended June 30, 2019 in affiliated investments were as follows:

 

                           Fair Value   Interest & 
   Number   Fair Value at   Gross   Gross   Unrealized   Net   at   Dividends 
Non-controlled, Affiliated  of   March 31,   Additions   Reductions   Change in   Realized   June 30,   Credited to 
Investments  Shares   2019   (Cost)*   (Cost)**   FMV   Gain (Loss)   2019   Income 
ACON IWP Investors I,                                        
L.L.C.   472,357   $507,988   $   $   $62,828       $570,816   $ 
Total       $507,988   $   $   $62,828   $   $570,816   $ 
                                         

*Gross additions include increases in the cost basis of investments resulting from new portfolio investments, PIK interest, the amortization of unearned income, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company into this category from a different category.

**Gross reductions include decreases in the cost basis of investments resulting from principal collections related to investment repayments or sales, the exchange of one or more existing securities for one or more new securities and the movement of an existing portfolio company out of this category into a different category.

(i)Represents non-income producing security that has not paid a dividend in the year preceding the reporting date.

(j)All investments in this category are categorized as Level 2 investments in accordance with ASC 820. See Note 2 within the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

(k)All investments in this category are valued using significant unobservable inputs and are categorized as Level 3 investments in accordance with ASC 820. See Notes 2 and 7 within the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

(l)This investment has contractual payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest. PIK income computed at the contractual rate is accrued into income and reflected as receivable up to the capitalization date.

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) 

 

NOTE 1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS

 

TP Flexible Income Fund, Inc. (f/k/a Triton Pacific Investment Corporation, Inc.) (the “Company”, “our”, “us”, “we”), incorporated in Maryland on April 29, 2011, is an externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Our investment objective is to generate current income and, as a secondary objective, capital appreciation by targeting investment opportunities with favorable risk-adjusted returns. We intend to meet our investment objective by primarily lending to and investing in the debt of privately-owned U.S. middle market companies, which we define as companies with annual revenue between $50 million and $2.5 billion. We expect that at least 70% of our portfolio of investments will consist primarily of syndicated senior secured first lien loans, syndicated senior secured second lien loans, and to a lesser extent, subordinated debt, and that up to 30% of our portfolio of investments will consist of other securities, including private equity (both common and preferred), dividend-paying equity, royalties, and the equity and junior debt tranches of a type of pools of broadly syndicated loans known as collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), which we also refer to as subordinated structured notes (“SSNs”). Pursuant to our Articles of Incorporation, as amended, restated and supplemented, the Company is authorized to issue 75,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. Additionally, the Company is authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. The Company is currently offering for sale a maximum of $300,000,000 of shares of common stock on a “best efforts” basis pursuant to a registration statement on Form N-2 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which was declared effective on September 26, 2019 (the “Offering”). On June 25, 2014, the Company met its minimum offering requirement of $2,500,000 and released all shares held in escrow.

 

On August 10, 2018, we (in our capacity as Triton Pacific Investment Corporation, Inc., which we refer to as “TPIC”) entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Pathway Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc. (“PWAY”) pursuant to which PWAY agreed to merge with and into TPIC (the “Merger”), and, as the combined legal surviving company, we were renamed as TP Flexible Income Fund, Inc. (we were formerly known as Triton Pacific Investment Corporation, Inc.). The agreement and plan of merger was amended and restated effective February 12, 2019. On March 15, 2019 the Merger was approved by the stockholders of TPIC and PWAY and was consummated effective as of March 31, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. eastern time (the “Effective Time”). As part of the Merger, each outstanding Class A and Class I share of PWAY common stock was canceled and retired in exchange for 1.2848 and 1.2884 shares, respectively, of TPIC Class A common stock as consideration for the Merger. From and after the Effective Time, shares of PWAY common stock are no longer outstanding and cease to exist.

 

Although PWAY merged into TPIC in connection with the Merger, PWAY is considered the accounting survivor of the Merger and its historical financial statements are included and discussed in this report, and the Company adopted PWAY’s fiscal year end of June 30. We refer to the surviving merged accounting entity as “FLEX” within these notes that accompany our consolidated financial statements.

 

Prospect Flexible Income Management, LLC, our investment adviser (the “Adviser”), was formed in Delaware as a private investment management firm and is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or the Advisers Act. The Adviser oversees the management of our activities and is responsible for making the investment decisions with respect to our investment portfolio, subject to the oversight of our Board of Directors. Prospect Administration LLC, an affiliate of the Adviser, serves as our administrator.

 

As a result of the Merger several significant changes occurred:

 

New Investment Adviser. Prospect Flexible Income Management, LLC now serves as our investment adviser. The Adviser is an affiliate of PWAY and the investment professionals of PWAY’s investment adviser have investment discretion at the Adviser.

 

Increased Leverage. Following the Merger, our asset coverage ratio requirement was reduced from 200% to 150%, which allows us to incur double the maximum amount of leverage that was previously permitted. As a result, we are able to borrow substantially more money and take on substantially more debt than we had previously been able to. Leverage may increase the risk of loss to investors and is generally considered a speculative investment technique.

 

Special Repurchase Offer. As a condition to being able to increase our leverage, we have offered and will in the future offer to repurchase certain of our outstanding shares pursuant to four quarterly tender offers (the “Special Repurchase Offer”). In connection with the Special Repurchase Offer, stockholders should be aware that:

 

Only former stockholders of TPIC as of March 15, 2019 (the “Eligible Stockholders”), the date of TPIC’s 2019 annual stockholder meeting (the “2019 Annual Meeting”), were and will be allowed to participate in the Special Repurchase Offer, and they may have up to 100% of their shares repurchased. Former stockholders of PWAY

 

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and stockholders who purchased shares in our continuous public offering will not and may not participate in the Special Repurchase Offer.

 

If a substantial number of the Eligible Stockholders take advantage of this opportunity, it could minimize or eliminate the expected benefits of the Merger and it could:

 

significantly decrease our asset size;

 

require us to sell our investments earlier than the Adviser would have otherwise desired, which may result in selling investments at inopportune times or significantly depressed prices and/or at losses; or

 

cause us to incur additional leverage solely to meet repurchase requests.

 

The first of our four quarterly Special Repurchase Offers expired on June 24, 2019, and in that offer we repurchased 49,900 shares of our Class A common stock for gross proceeds of $495,506. Our second Special Repurchase Offer expired on October 4, 2019 and in that offer we repurchased 34,489 shares of our Class A common stock for gross proceeds of $326,262. Our third Special Repurchase Offer expired on December 20, 2019 and in that offer we repurchased 51,715 shares of our Class Acommon stock for gross proceeds of $460,786. See “Note 3 - Share Transactions” for additional information.

 

New Board of Directors. As a result of the Merger, the composition of our board of directors changed and now consists of Craig J. Faggen, TPIC’s former President and Chief Executive Officer, M. Grier Eliasek, PWAY’s former President and Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Cooper, William Gremp and Eugene Stark. Messrs. Cooper, Gremp and Stark are all former independent directors of PWAY.

 

On May 16, 2019, we formed a wholly-owned subsidiary TP Flexible Funding, LLC (the “SPV”), a Delaware limited liability company and a bankruptcy remote special purpose entity, which holds certain of our portfolio loan investments that are used as collateral for the revolving credit facility at the SPV. This subsidiary has been consolidated since operations commenced.

 

NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q, ASC 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies (“ASC 946”), and Articles 6, 10 and 12 of Regulation S-X.Under the 1940 Act, ASC 946, and the regulations pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation S-X, we are precluded from consolidating any entity other than another investment company or an operating company which provides substantially all of its services to benefit us. Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of FLEX and the SPV. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Reclassifications. Certain reclassifications have been made in the presentation of prior consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to conform to the presentation as of and for the six months ended December 31, 2019.

 

Management Estimates and Assumptions. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of income, expenses, and gains and losses during the reported period. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets, creditworthiness of the issuers of our investment portfolio and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ, and these differences could be material.

 

Cash. All cash balances are maintained with high credit quality financial institutions which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The Company maintains cash balances that may exceed federally insured limits.

 

Valuation of Portfolio Investments. The Company determines the fair value of its investment portfolio each quarter. Securities that are publicly-traded are valued at the reported closing price on the valuation date. The fair values of the Company’s investments are determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors. The Company’s board of directors is solely responsible for the valuation of the Company’s portfolio investments at fair value as determined in good faith pursuant to the Company’s valuation policy and consistently applied valuation process.

 

In connection with that determination, the Adviser provides the Company’s board of directors with portfolio company valuations which are based on relevant inputs which may include indicative dealer quotes, values of like securities, recent portfolio company financial statements and forecasts, and valuations prepared by third-party valuation services.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) 

 

We follow guidance under U.S. GAAP, which classifies the inputs used to measure fair values into the following hierarchy:

 

Level 1. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

Level 2. Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities on an inactive market, or other observable inputs other than quoted prices.

 

Level 3. Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

 

In all cases, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to each investment.

 

Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on such exchange on the date of valuation or, if there was no sale on such day, at the mean between the last bid and asked prices on such day or at the last bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price. Securities traded on the Nasdaq market are valued at the Nasdaq official closing price (“NOCP”) on the day of valuation or, if there was no NOCP issued, at the last sale price on such day. Securities traded on the Nasdaq market for which there is no NOCP and no last sale price on the day of valuation are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices on such day or at the last bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price.

 

Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued by an independent pricing agent or more than one principal market maker, if available, otherwise a principal market maker or a primary market dealer. We value over-the-counter securities by using the midpoint of the prevailing bid and ask prices from dealers on the date of the relevant period end, which were provided by an independent pricing agent and screened for validity by such service.

 

For some of our investments, market quotations are not readily available. With respect to such investments, or when such market quotations are deemed not to represent fair value, our board of directors has approved a multi-step valuation process for each quarter, as described below, and such investments are classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy:

 

1.Each portfolio company or investment is reviewed by investment professionals of the Adviser with the independent valuation firms engaged by our board of directors.

2.The independent valuation firms prepare independent valuations based on their own independent assessments and issue their reports.

3.The audit committee of our board of directors (the “Audit Committee”) reviews and discusses with the independent valuation firms the valuation reports, and then makes a recommendation to our board of directors of the value for each investment.

4.Our board of directors discusses valuations and determines the fair value of such investments in our portfolio in good faith based on the input of the Adviser, the respective independent valuation firms and the Audit Committee.

 

Our non-CLO investments are valued utilizing a broker quote, yield technique, enterprise value (“EV”) technique, net asset value technique, liquidation technique, discounted cash flow technique, or a combination of techniques, as appropriate. The yield technique uses loan spreads for loans and other relevant information implied by market data involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. Under the EV technique, the EV of a portfolio company is first determined and allocated over the portfolio company’s securities in order of their preference relative to one another (i.e., “waterfall” allocation). To determine the EV, we typically use a market (multiples) valuation approach that considers relevant and applicable market trading data of guideline public companies, transaction metrics from precedent merger and acquisitions transactions, and/or a discounted cash flow technique. The net asset value technique, an income approach, is used to derive a value of an underlying investment by dividing a relevant earnings stream by an appropriate capitalization rate. The liquidation technique is intended to approximate the net recovery value of an investment based on, among other things, assumptions regarding liquidation proceeds based on a hypothetical liquidation of a portfolio company’s assets. The discounted cash flow technique converts future cash flows or earnings to a range of fair values from which a single estimate may be derived utilizing an appropriate discount rate. The fair value measurement is based on the net present value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts.

 

Generally, our investments in loans are classified as Level 3 fair value measured securities under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”).

 

The types of factors that are taken into account in fair value determination include, as relevant, market changes in expected returns for similar investments, performance improvement or deterioration, security covenants, call protection provisions, and information rights, the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the issuer’s ability to make payments and its earnings and cash flows, the principal markets in which the issuer does business, comparisons to traded securities, and other relevant factors.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

Our investments in CLOs are classified as Level 3 fair value measured securities under ASC 820 and are valued using a discounted multi-path cash flow model. The CLO structures are analyzed to identify the risk exposures and to determine an appropriate call date (i.e., expected maturity). These risk factors are sensitized in the multi-path cash flow model using Monte Carlo simulations, which is a simulation used to model the probability of different outcomes, to generate probability-weighted (i.e., multi-path) cash flows from the underlying assets and liabilities. These cash flows are discounted using appropriate market discount rates, and relevant data in the CLO market as well as certain benchmark credit indices are considered, to determine the value of each CLO investment. In addition, we generate a single-path cash flow utilizing our best estimate of expected cash receipts, and assess the reasonableness of the implied discount rate that would be effective for the value derived from the multi-path cash flows. We are not responsible for and have no influence over the asset management of the portfolios underlying the CLO investments we hold, as those portfolios are managed by non-affiliated third-party CLO collateral managers. The main risk factors are default risk, prepayment risk, interest rate risk, downgrade risk, and credit spread risk.

 

Valuation of Other Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. ASC 825, Financial Instruments, specifically ASC 825-10-25, permits an entity to choose, at specified election dates, to measure eligible items at fair value (the “Fair Value Option”). We have not elected the Fair Value Option to report selected financial assets and financial liabilities.

 

Investment Risks

 

Our investments are subject to a variety of risks. Those risks include the following:

 

Market Risk

 

Market risk represents the potential loss that can be caused by a change in the fair value of the financial instrument.

 

Credit Risk

 

Credit risk represents the risk that we would incur if the counterparties failed to perform pursuant to the terms of their agreements with us.

 

Liquidity Risk

 

Liquidity risk represents the possibility that we may not be able to rapidly adjust the size of our investment positions in times of high volatility and financial stress at a reasonable price.

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

Interest rate risk represents a change in interest rates, which could result in an adverse change in the fair value of an interest-bearing financial instrument.

 

Prepayment Risk

 

Many of our debt investments allow for prepayment of principal without penalty. Downward changes in interest rates may cause prepayments to occur at a faster than expected rate, thereby effectively shortening the maturity of the security and making us less likely to fully earn all of the expected income of that security and reinvesting in a lower yielding instrument.

 

Structured Credit Related Risk

 

CLO investments may be riskier and less transparent to us than direct investments in underlying companies. CLOs typically will have no significant assets other than their underlying senior secured loans. Therefore, payments on CLO investments are and will be payable solely from the cash flows from such senior secured loans.

 

Investment Classification. We are a non-diversified company within the meaning of the 1940 Act. As required by the 1940 Act, we classify our investments by level of control. As defined in the 1940 Act, “Control Investments” are those where there is the ability or power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of a company. Control is generally deemed to exist when a company or individual possesses or has the right to acquire within 60 days or less, a beneficial ownership of more than 25% of the voting securities of an investee company. Under the 1940 Act, “Affiliate Investments” are defined by a lesser degree of influence and are deemed to exist through the possession outright or via the right to acquire within 60 days or less, beneficial ownership of 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of another person. “Non-Control/Non-Affiliate Investments” are those that are neither Control Investments nor Affiliate Investments.

 

As a BDC, we must not acquire any assets other than “qualifying assets” specified in the 1940 Act unless, at the time the acquisition is made, at least 70% of our total assets are qualifying assets (with certain limited exceptions). As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, our qualifying assets as a percentage of total assets, stood at 83.59% and 82.79%, respectively.

 

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Investment Transactions. Investments are recognized when we assume an obligation to acquire a financial instrument and assume the risks for gains or losses related to that instrument. Specifically, we record all security transactions on a trade date basis. Investments are derecognized when we assume an obligation to sell a financial instrument and forego the risks for gains or losses related to that instrument. Amounts for investments traded but not yet settled are reported in Payable for investments purchased and Receivable for investments sold in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Revenue Recognition. The Company records interest income on an accrual basis to the extent it expects to collect such amounts. The Company records dividend income on the ex-dividend date. The Company does not accrue as a receivable interest or dividends on loans and securities if it has reason to doubt its ability to collect such income. Loan origination fees, original issue discount and market discount are capitalized and the Company accretes such amounts as interest income over the respective term of the loan or security. Upon the prepayment of a loan or security, any unamortized loan origination fees and original issue discount are recorded as interest income. Upfront structuring fees are recorded as fee income when earned. The Company records prepayment premiums on loans and securities as fee income when it receives such amounts.

 

Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on an accrual basis. Accretion of such purchase discounts or amortization of such premiums is calculated using the effective interest method as of the settlement date and adjusted only for material amendments or prepayments. Upon the prepayment of a bond, any unamortized discount or premium is recorded as interest income.

 

Interest income from investments in the “equity” positions of CLOs (typically income notes or subordinated notes) is recorded based on an estimation of an effective yield to expected maturity utilizing assumed future cash flows in accordance with ASC 325-40, Beneficial Interest in the Securitized Financial Assets. The Company monitors the expected cash inflows from CLO equity investments, including the expected residual payments, and the estimated effective yield is determined and updated periodically. In accordance with ASC 325-40, Beneficial Interest in Securitized Financial Assets, investments in CLOs are periodically assessed for other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”). When the Company determines that a CLO has OTTI, the amortized cost basis of the CLO is written down to its fair value as of the date of the determination based on events and information evaluated and that write-down is recognized as a realized loss.

 

Due to and from Adviser. Amounts due from the Adviser are for amounts waived under the ELA (as such term is defined in Note 4) and amounts due to the Adviser are for base management fees, incentive fees, operating expenses paid on our behalf and offering and organization expenses paid on our behalf. The due to and due from Adviser balances are presented net on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and are presented gross on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2019. All balances due to and from the Adviser are settled quarterly.

 

Paid-In-Kind Interest. The Company has certain investments in its portfolio that contain a payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest provision, which represents contractual interest or dividends that are added to the principal balance and recorded as income. For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PIK interest included in interest income totaled $29 and $0, respectively. For the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PIK interest included in interest income totaled $58 and $0, respectively. The Company stops accruing PIK interest when it is determined that PIK interest is no longer collectible. To maintain RIC tax treatment, and to avoid corporate tax, substantially all of this income must be paid out to the stockholders in the form of distributions, even though the Company has not yet collected the cash.

 

Offering Costs and Expenses. The Company will incur certain costs and expenses in connection with registering to sell shares of its common stock. These costs and expenses principally relate to certain costs and expenses for advertising and sales, printing and marketing costs, professional and filing fees. Offering costs incurred by the Company are capitalized to deferred offering costs on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized to expense over the 12 month period following such capitalization on a straight line basis. Prior to the Merger, there were offering and organizational costs due to the PWAY’s investment adviser (as such term is defined in Note 4).

 

Dividends and Distributions. Dividends and distributions to common stockholders are recorded on the record date. The amount, if any, to be paid as a monthly dividend or distribution is approved by our Board of Directors quarterly and is generally based upon our management’s estimate of our future taxable earnings. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually.

 

Financing Costs. We record origination expenses related to our Revolving Credit Facility as deferred financing costs. These expenses are deferred and amortized as part of interest expense using the straight-line method over the stated life of the obligation of our Revolving Credit Facility. (See Note 11 for further discussion).

 

Per Share Information. Net increase or decrease in net assets resulting from operations per share is calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period presented. In accordance with ASC 946, convertible securities are not considered in the calculation of net asset value per share. As of December 31, 2019, there were no issued convertible securities.

 

Net Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains or Losses. Gains or losses on the sale of investments are calculated by using the specific identification method. The Company measures realized gains or losses by the difference between the net proceeds

 

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from the repayment or sale and the amortized cost basis of the investment, without regard to unrealized appreciation or depreciation previously recognized, but considering unamortized upfront fees. Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflects the change in portfolio investment values during the reporting period, including any reversal of previously recorded unrealized gains or losses when gains or losses are realized.

 

Federal and State Income Taxes. The Company has elected to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and intends to continue to comply with the requirements of the Code applicable to RICs. As a RIC, the Company is required to distribute at least 90% of its investment company taxable income and intends to distribute (or retain through a deemed distribution) all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain to stockholders; therefore, the Company has made no provision for income taxes. The character of income and gains that the Company will distribute is determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from GAAP. Book and tax basis differences relating to stockholder dividends and distributions and other permanent book and tax differences are reclassified to paid-in capital.

 

If the Company does not distribute (or is not deemed to have distributed) at least 98% of its annual ordinary income and 98.2% of its net capital gains in the calendar year earned, it will generally be required to pay an excise tax equal to 4% of the amount by which 98% of its annual ordinary income and 98.2% of its capital gains exceeds the distributions from such taxable income for the year. To the extent that the Company determines that its estimated current year annual taxable income will be in excess of estimated current year dividend distributions from such taxable income, it accrues excise taxes, if any, on estimated excess taxable income. As of December 31, 2019, the Company does not expect to have any excise tax due for the 2019 calendar year. Thus, the Company has not accrued any excise tax for this period.

 

If the Company fails to satisfy the annual distribution requirement or otherwise fails to qualify as a RIC in any taxable year, it would be subject to tax on all of its taxable income at regular corporate income tax rates. The Company would not be able to deduct distributions to stockholders, nor would it be required to make distributions. Distributions would generally be taxable to the Company’s individual and other non-corporate taxable stockholders as ordinary dividend income eligible for the reduced maximum rate applicable to qualified dividend income to the extent of its current and accumulated earnings and profits, provided certain holding period and other requirements are met. Subject to certain limitations under the Code, corporate distributions would be eligible for the dividends-received deduction. To qualify again to be taxed as a RIC in a subsequent year, the Company would be required to distribute to our shareholders our accumulated earnings and profits attributable to non-RIC years. In addition, if the Company failed to qualify as a RIC for a period greater than two taxable years, then, in order to qualify as a RIC in a subsequent year, it would be required to elect to recognize and pay tax on any net built-in gain (the excess of aggregate gain, including items of income, over aggregate loss that would have been realized if we had been liquidated) or, alternatively, be subject to taxation on such built-in gain recognized for a period of five years.

 

The Company follows ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented, and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing our tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. As of December 31, 2019, the Company did not record any unrecognized tax benefits or liabilities. Management’s determinations regarding ASC 740 may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based upon factors including, but not limited to, an on-going analysis of tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof. Although the Company files both federal and state income tax returns, its major tax jurisdiction is federal. The Company’s federal tax returns for the tax years ended December 31, 2016 and thereafter remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), which amends the financial instruments impairment guidance so that an entity is required to measure expected credit losses for financial assets based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. As such, an entity will use forward-looking information to estimate credit losses. ASU 2016-13 also amends the guidance in FASB ASC Subtopic No. 325-40, Investments-Other, Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets, related to the subsequent measurement of accretable yield recognized as interest income over the life of a beneficial interest in securitized financial assets under the effective yield method. ASU 2016-13 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently evaluating the impact, if any, of adopting this ASU on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The standard will modify the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying, or adding certain disclosures. ASU No. 2018-13 is effective for annual reporting periods

 

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beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted upon issuance of this ASU. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on our consolidated financial statements.

 

SEC Disclosure Update and Simplification 

In August 2018, the SEC adopted the final rule under SEC Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification, amending certain disclosure requirements that were redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated or superseded. The amendments are intended to facilitate the disclosure of information to investors and simplify compliance. We have presented the financial statements for the six months ended December 31, 2019 in accordance with these amendments, and have retrospectively applied the amendments to the presentation of prior financial statement periods.

 

Prior to adoption and in accordance with previous SEC rules, we presented distributable earnings (loss) on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities, as three components: 1) accumulated overdistributed net investment income; 2) accumulated net unrealized gain (loss) on investments; and 3) accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments. We also presented distributions from earnings on the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets as distributions from net investment income. In accordance with the SEC Release, distributable earnings and distributions from distributable earnings are shown in total on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Consolidated Statements of Changesin Net Assets, respectively. The changes in presentation have been retrospectively applied to the prior period statements presented.

 

The following table provides the reconciliation of the components of distributable earnings (loss) to conform to the current period presentation for the six months ended December 31, 2018:

 

   Overdistributed net investment income   Realized gains  (losses)   Net unrealized loss   Distributable earnings (loss) 
Balance as of June 30, 2018  $(187,902)  $37,548   $(356,386)  $(506,740)
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations:                    
Net investment income   (325,972)           (325,972)
Net realized losses       (45,453)       (45,453)
Net change in net unrealized losses           (945,059)   (945,059)
Distributions to Shareholders:                    
Distributions from net investment income                
Tax reclassification   (5,644)   (452)        (6,096)
Balance as of December 31, 2018  $(519,518)  $(8,357)  $(1,301,445)  $(1,829,320)

 

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 

On December 22, 2017, the President signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), which significantly changed the Code, including a reduction in the corporate income tax rate, a new limitation on the deductibility of interest expense, and significant changes to the taxation of income earned from foreign sources and foreign subsidiaries. The Tax Act also authorizes the IRS to issue regulations with respect to the new provisions. We cannot predict how the changes in the Tax Act, or regulations or other guidance issued under it, might affect us, our business or the business of our portfolio companies. However, our portfolio companies may or may not make certain elections under the Tax Act that could materially increase their taxable earnings and profits. Any such increase in the taxable earnings and profits of a portfolio company may result in the characterization of certain distributions sourced from sale proceeds as dividend income, which may increase our distributable taxable income.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

NOTE 3 - SHARE TRANSACTIONS

 

Below is a summary of transactions with respect to shares of common stock of FLEX during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019:

 

   Three Months Ended December 31,2019  Six Months Ended December 31,2019
    FLEX Class A Common Shares    FLEX Class A Common Shares 
    Shares    Amount    Shares    Amount 
Shares issued      $    2,197   $25,000 
Shares issued from reinvestment of distributions   19,813    211,999    39,745    425,292 
Repurchase of common shares   (86,204)   (787,048)   (86,204)   (787,048)
Net increase (decrease) from capital transactions   (66,391)   (575,049)   (44,262)  $(336,756)

  

Below is a summary of transactions with respect to shares of common stock of PWAY during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2018:

 

   Class A Shares  Class I Shares  Total
Three Months Ended December 31, 2018  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount
Shares issued               $         $  
Shares issued from reinvestment of distributions   5,951    66,445    66    741    6,017    67,186 
Repurchase of common shares   (19,180)   (217,695)           (19,180)   (217,695)
Net increase (decrease) from capital transactions   (13,229)  $(151,250)   66   $741    (13,163)  $(150,509)

 

   Class A Shares  Class I Shares  Total
Six Months Ended December 31, 2018  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount
Shares issued     $         $       $  
Shares issued from reinvestment of distributions   10,599    124,927    117    1,383    10,716    126,310 
Repurchase of common shares   (50,554)   (615,194)   (342)   (4,350)   (50,896)   (619,544)
Net increase (decrease) from capital transactions   (39,955)  $(490,267)   (225)  $(2,967)   (40,180)  $(493,234)

  

Status of Continuous Public Offering

 

The proceeds from the issuance of common stock as presented on the accompanying statements of changes in net assets and statements of cash flows are presented net of selling commissions and dealer manager fees as noted in the tables above for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.

 

The net increase (decrease) from capital transactions during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 also includes reinvested stockholder distributions as noted in the tables above.

 

Merger Shares

 

Upon consummation of the Merger, each outstanding Class A and Class I share of PWAY common stock was canceled and retired in exchange for 1.2848 and 1.2884 shares, respectively, of TPIC Class A common stock. This resulted in 775,193 shares of TPIC common stock being issued to former PWAY investors and all outstanding PWAY shares were retired. For financial reporting purposes, the conversion of PWAY shares to TPIC shares was accounted for as a recapitalization of PWAY (see Note 9).

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

Share Repurchase Program

 

The Company intends to continue to conduct quarterly tender offers pursuant to its share repurchase program. The Company’s board of directors will consider the following factors, among others, in making its determination regarding whether to cause the Company to offer to repurchase shares of common stock and under what terms:

 

the effect of such repurchases on the Company’s qualification as a RIC (including the consequences of any necessary asset sales);

the liquidity of the Company’s assets (including fees and costs associated with disposing of assets);

the Company’s investment plans and working capital requirements;

the relative economies of scale with respect to the Company’s size;

the Company’s history in repurchasing shares of common stock or portions thereof; and

the condition of the securities markets.

 

The Company currently intends to limit the number of shares of common stock to be repurchased during any calendar year to the number of shares of common stock it can repurchase with the proceeds it receives from the issuance of shares of common stock under its distribution reinvestment plan. At the discretion of the Company’s board of directors, the Company may also use cash on hand, cash available from borrowings and cash from the liquidation of securities investments as of the end of the applicable period to repurchase shares of common stock. In addition, the Company will limit the number of shares of common stock to be repurchased in any calendar year to 10% of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding in the prior calendar year, or 2.5% in each calendar quarter, though the actual number of shares of common stock that the Company offers to repurchase may be less in light of the limitations noted above.

 

Our board of directors reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to limit the number of shares to be repurchased for each class by applying the limitations on the number of shares to be repurchased, noted above, on a per class basis. We further anticipate that we will offer to repurchase such shares on each date of repurchase at a price equal to 90% of the current offering price on each date of repurchase. If the amount of repurchase requests exceeds the number of shares we seek to repurchase, we will repurchase shares on a pro-rata basis. As a result, we may repurchase less than the full amount of shares that stockholders submit for repurchase. If we do not repurchase the full amount of the shares that stockholders have requested to be repurchased, or we determine not to make repurchases of our shares, stockholders may not be able to dispose of their shares. Any periodic repurchase offers will be subject in part to our available cash and compliance with the 1940 Act.

 

Special Repurchase Offer

 

At the 2019 Annual Meeting of TPIC”s Stockholders (the “2019 Annual Meeting”), TPIC’s stockholders approved a proposal allowing us to modify our asset coverage ratio requirement from 200% to 150%. Because our securities are not listed on a national securities exchange, pursuant to the requirements of the SBCA we are required to conduct four Special Repurchase Offers that, taken together, allow all of the Eligible Stockholders (former stockholders of TPIC as of March 15, 2019, the date of the 2019 Annual Meeting) to have those shares that such Eligible Stockholders held as of that date to be repurchased by us. PWAY stockholders who became our stockholders in connection with the Merger are not eligible to participate in these Special Repurchase Offers. In addition, shares of our common stock acquired after the date of the 2019 Annual Meeting are not eligible for repurchase in these Special Repurchase Offers. These Special Repurchase Offer are separate and apart from our share repurchase program discussed above.

 

The Special Repurchase Offer consists of four quarterly tender offers, the first of which occurred in the second calendar quarter of 2019, the second of which occurred in the third calendar quarter of 2019 and the third of which occurred in the fourth calendar quarter of 2019. The remaining tender offer will occur in the following calendar quarter. Each of the four tender offers that is part of the Special Repurchase Offer allows the Eligible Stockholders to tender for repurchase up to 25% of their shares held as of the date of the 2019 Annual Meeting. The repurchase price for any shares tendered during the Special Repurchase Offer is equal to the net asset value per share of our common stock as of the date of each such repurchase.

 

In connection with each tender offer that is part of the Special Repurchase Offer, we plan to provide notice to all Eligible Stockholders describing the terms of the Special Repurchase Offer and other information such Eligible Stockholders should consider in deciding whether to tender their shares to us in the Special Repurchase Offer. These documents are made available on our website at www.flexbdc.com. Each Eligible Stockholder has not less than 20 business days from the date of that notice to elect to tender their shares back to us.

 

The payment for the eligible shares that are tendered in each Special Repurchase Offer is expected to be paid promptly at the end of the applicable Special Repurchase Offer in accordance with the 1940 Act. At the discretion of our board of directors, we may use cash on hand, cash available from borrowings, cash available from the issuance of new shares of our common stock and cash

 

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from the sale of our investments to fund the aggregate purchase price payable as a result of any Special Repurchase Offer. If substantial numbers of the Eligible Stockholders take advantage of this opportunity, it could significantly decrease our asset size, require us to sell our investments earlier than our Adviser would have otherwise desired, which may result in selling investments at inopportune times or significantly depressed prices and/or at losses, or cause us to incur additional leverage solely to meet repurchase requests.  

 

Below is a summary of transactions with respect to shares of common stock during each tender offer:

 

Quarterly Offer Date  Repurchase Effective Date  Shares Repurchased    Percentage of Shares Tendered That Were Repurchased    Repurchase Price Per Share    Aggregate Consideration for Repurchased Shares  
Three months and Six months ended December 31, 2019               
September 30, 2019(1)  October 8, 2019  34,489   100%  $9.46   $326,262 
December 31, 2019(1)(2)  December 27, 2019  51,715   100%  $8.91    460,786 
Total for Three months and Six months ended December 31, 2019     86,204            $787,048 
                      
Three months ended December 31, 2018                     
September 30, 2018(3)  November 13, 2018  19,180   100%   Class A:$11.35   $217,695 
Total for Three months ended December 31, 2018     19,180            $217,695 
                      
Six months ended December 31, 2018                     
June 30, 2018(3)  August 7, 2018  31,715   100%   

Class A:$12.67

Class I: $12.70

   $401,849 
September 30, 2018(3)  November 13, 2018  19,180   100%   Class A:$11.35    217,695 
Total for Six months ended December 31, 2018     50,895            $619,544 

  

(1)Subsequent to the Merger on March 31, 2019, FLEX Class A common shares were tendered in a Special Repurchase Offer.

 

(2)The repurchase for the three months ended December 31, 2019, was effective prior to December 31, 2019 but paid after December 31, 2019 and therefore is recorded as a payable as of December 31, 2019.

 

(3)As part of the Merger each outstanding Class Aand Class I share of PWAY common stock was canceled and retired in exchange for 1.2848 and 1.2884 shares, respectively, of TPIC Class A common stock as consideration for the Merger. From and after the Merger date of March 31, 2019 (Effective Time), shares of PWAY common stock are no longer outstanding and cease to exist.

 

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NOTE 4 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS

 

Administration Agreement

 

On September 2, 2014, PWAY entered into an administration agreement with Prospect Administration LLC (the “Administrator”), an affiliate of the Adviser. Pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger as amended and restated, between TPIC and PWAY, Prospect Administration LLC became the administrator for the Company pursuant to an administrative agreement, as amended and restated as of June 17, 2019 (the “Administrative Agreement”). The Administrator performs, oversees and arranges for the performance of administrative services necessary for the operation of the Company. These services include, but are not limited to, accounting, finance and legal services. For providing these services, facilities and personnel, the Company reimburses the Administrator for the Company’s actual and allocable portion of expenses and overhead incurred by the Administrator in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent and the Company’s allocable portion of the costs of its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer and her staff. For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, administrative costs incurred by the Company and PWAY to the Administrator were $173,523 and $17,125, respectively. For the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, administrative costs incurred by the Company and PWAY to the Administrator were $337,316 and $85,875, respectively. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, $288,156 and $341,235, respectively, was payable to the Administrator by the Company.

 

Investment Advisory Agreement

 

The Company entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement, dated March 31, 2019, with our Adviser (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”). We pay our Adviser a fee for its services under the Investment Advisory Agreement consisting of two components - a base management fee and an incentive fee. The cost of both the base management fee payable to the Adviser and any incentive fees it earns will ultimately be borne by our stockholders.

 

Base Management Fee. The base management fee is calculated at an annual rate of 1.75% (0.4375% quarterly) of our average total assets, which includes any borrowings for investment purposes. Prior to the Merger, PWAY paid a base management fee to its investment adviser of 2% annually. For the first quarter of our operations commencing with the date of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the base management fee was calculated based on the average value of our total assets as of the date of the Investment Advisory Agreement and at the end of the calendar quarter in which the date of the Investment Advisory Agreement fell, and was appropriately adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the then current calendar quarter. Subsequently, the base management fee is payable quarterly in arrears, and is calculated based on the average value of our total assets at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters, and is appropriately adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the then current calendar quarter. Base management fees for any partial month or quarter is appropriately pro-rated. At the Adviser’s option, the base management fee for any period may be deferred, without interest thereon, and paid to the Adviser at any time subsequent to any such deferral as the Adviser determines. For the three months and six months ended December 31, 2018, PWAY paid routine non-compensation overhead expenses of its investment adviser in an amount up to 0.0625% per quarter (0.25% annualized) of PWAY’s average total assets which totaled $6,342 and $13,552, respectively, which is presented as adviser shared service expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Adviser shares service expense is no longer in effect post Merger.

 

The total base management fee incurred by the Adviser was $182,205 and $339,614 during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019, respectively, which was waived by the Adviser. The total base management fee incurred to the favor of PWAY’s investment adviser was $50,735 and $108,414 during the three months and six months ended December 31, 2018. After the waiver, there were $0 in base management fees due to the Adviser as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019.

 

Incentive Fee- Subordinated Incentive Fee on Income. The first part of the incentive fee, which is referred to as the subordinated incentive fee on income, is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears based upon our “pre-incentive fee net investment income” for the immediately preceding calendar quarter. For this purpose “pre-incentive fee net investment income” means interest income, dividend income and distribution cash flows from equity investments and any other income (including any other fees, such as commitment, origination, structuring, diligence and consulting fees or other fees that we receive) accrued during the calendar quarter, deducted by the operating expenses for the quarter (including the base management fee, expenses payable under the Administration Agreement, any interest expense and dividends paid on any issued and outstanding preferred shares, but excluding the organization and offering expenses and incentive fees on income). Pre-incentive fee net investment income includes, in the case of investments with a deferred interest feature (such as original issue discount, debt instruments with payment-in-kind interest and zero coupon securities), accrued income that we have not yet received in cash. Pre-incentive fee net investment income does not include any realized capital gains, realized capital losses or unrealized capital appreciation or depreciation. Pre-incentive fee net investment income, expressed as a rate of return on the value of our net assets at the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, is compared to a preferred return, or “hurdle,” of 1.5% per quarter (6.0% annualized) and a “catch-up” feature measured as of the end of each calendar quarter as discussed below. The subordinated incentive fee on income for each calendar quarter is paid to our Adviser as follows: (1) no incentive fee is payable to our Adviser in any calendar quarter in which our pre-incentive fee net investment income does not exceed the fixed preferred return rate of 1.5%; (2) 100% of our pre-incentive fee net investment

 

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income with respect to that portion of such pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the fixed preferred return but is less than or equal to 1.875% in any calendar quarter (7.5% annualized); and (3) 20.0% of the amount of our pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds 1.875% in any calendar quarter (7.5% annualized). This reflects that once the fixed preferred return is reached and the catch-up is achieved, 20.0% of all pre-incentive fee net investment income thereafter is allocated to our Adviser. These calculations are appropriately prorated for any period of less than three months and adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the current quarter.

 

Incentive Fee- Capital Gains Incentive Fee. The second part of the incentive fee, which is referred to as the capital gains incentive fee, is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year (or upon termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement, as of the termination date), and equals 20.00% of our realized capital gains for the calendar year, if any, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation at the end of such year. In determining the capital gains incentive fee payable to our Adviser, we calculate the aggregate realized capital gains, aggregate realized capital losses and aggregate unrealized capital depreciation, as applicable, with respect to each investment that has been in our portfolio. For the purpose of this calculation, an “investment” is defined as the total of all rights and claims which may be asserted against a portfolio company arising from our participation in the debt, equity, and other financial instruments issued by that company. Aggregate realized capital gains, if any, equal the sum of the differences between the aggregate net sales price of each investment and the aggregate amortized cost basis of such investment when sold or otherwise disposed. Aggregate realized capital losses equal the sum of the amounts by which the aggregate net sales price of each investment is less than the aggregate amortized cost basis of such investment when sold or otherwise disposed. Aggregate unrealized capital depreciation equals the sum of the differences, if negative, between the aggregate valuation of each investment and the aggregate amortized cost basis of such investment as of the applicable calendar year-end. At the end of the applicable calendar year, the amount of capital gains that serves as the basis for our calculation of the capital gains incentive fee involves netting aggregate realized capital gains against aggregate realized capital losses on a since-inception basis and then reducing this amount by the aggregate unrealized capital depreciation. If this number is positive, then the capital gains incentive fee payable is equal to 20.00% of such amount, less the aggregate amount of any capital gains incentive fees paid since inception. Operating expenses are not taken into account when determining capital gains incentive fees.

 

There were no incentive fees payable as of December 31, 2019 or June 30, 2019. During three months and six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, there were no incentive fees incurred.

 

Co-Investments

 

On January 13, 2019, the parent company of the Adviser received an exemptive order from the SEC (the “Order”),which superseded a prior co-investment exemptive order granted on February 10, 2014, granting the ability to negotiate terms other than price and quantity of co-investment transactions with other funds managed by the Adviser or certain affiliates, including Prospect Capital Corporation (“PSEC”) and Priority Income Fund, Inc. (“PRIS”), where co-investing would otherwise be prohibited under the 1940 Act, subject to the conditions included therein.

 

Under the terms of the order, a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of the Company’s independent directors must make certain conclusions in connection with a co-investment transaction, including that (1) the terms of the proposed transaction, including the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to the Company and its stockholders and do not involve overreaching of the Company or its stockholders on the part of any person concerned and (2) the transaction is consistent with the interests of the Company’s stockholders and is consistent with the Company’s investment objective and strategies. In certain situations where co-investment with one or more funds managed or owned by the Adviser or its affiliates is not covered by the Order, such as when there is an opportunity to invest in different securities of the same issuer, the personnel of the Adviser or its affiliates will need to decide which fund will proceed with the investment. Such personnel will make these determinations based on policies and procedures, which are designed to reasonably ensure that investment opportunities are allocated fairly and equitably among affiliated funds over time and in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Moreover, except in certain circumstances, when relying on the Order, the Company will be unable to invest in any issuer in which one or more funds managed or owned by the Adviser or its affiliates has previously invested.

 

Allocation of Expenses

 

The cost of valuation services for CLOs is initially borne by PRIS, which then allocates to the Company its proportional share of such expense. During the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PRIS incurred $17,862 and $15,033, respectively, in expenses related to valuation services that are attributable to the Company. During the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PRIS incurred $38,655 and $31,284, respectively, in expenses related to valuation services that are attributable to the Company. The Company reimburses PRIS for these expenses and includes them as part of valuation services on the Statement of Operations. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, $56,981 and $32,314, respectively, of expense is due to PRIS, which is presented as part of due to affiliates on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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The cost of filing software is initially borne by PSEC, which then allocates to the Company its proportional share of such expense. During the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PSEC incurred $5,975 and $2,348, respectively in expenses related to the filing services that are attributable to the Company. During the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PSEC incurred $8,326 and $5,467, respectively in expenses related to the filing services that are attributable to the Company. The Company reimburses PSEC for these expenses and includes them as part of general and administrative expenses on the Statement of Operations. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, $8,326 and $2,348 of expense was due to PSEC, respectively, which is presented as part of due to affiliates on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The cost of portfolio management software is initially borne by the Company, which then allocates to PSEC its proportional share of such expense. During the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred $0 and $6,213, respectively, in expenses related to the portfolio management software that is attributable to PSEC. During the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred $0 and $12,861, respectively, in expenses related to the portfolio management software that is attributable to PSEC. PSEC reimburses the Company for these expenses and included them as part of general and administrative expenses on the Statement of Operations. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, $0 of expense is due from PSEC, which is presented as due from affiliate on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Officers and Directors

 

Certain officers and directors of the Company are also officers and directors of the Adviser and its affiliates. There were no fees paid to the independent directors of the Company as the Company did not exceed the minimum net asset value required (i.e., greater than $100 million) to receive a fee for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019. The officers do not receive any direct compensation from the Company.

 

Expense Limitation and Expense Reimbursement Agreements

 

Expense Reimbursement Agreement with TPIC and the Former Adviser

 

Prior to the Merger, Triton Pacific Adviser, LLC served as our investment adviser (the “Former Adviser”). On March 27, 2014, TPIC and the Former Adviser entered into an Expense Reimbursement Agreement. The Expense Reimbursement Agreement was amended and restated effective April 5, 2018. Under the Expense Reimbursement Agreement, as amended, the Former Adviser, in consultation with TPIC, could pay up to 100% of both of TPIC’s organizational and offering expenses and TPIC’s operating expenses, all as determined by TPIC and the Former Adviser. The Expense Reimbursement Agreement stated that until the net proceeds to TPIC from its offering were at least $25 million, the Former Adviser could pay up to 100% of both of TPIC’s organizational and offering expenses and TPIC’s operating expenses. After TPIC received at least $25 million in net proceeds from its offering, the Former Adviser could, with TPIC’s consent, continue to make expense support payments to TPIC in such amounts as was acceptable to TPIC and the Former Adviser. The Expense Reimbursement Agreement terminated on December 31, 2018. The Former Adviser had agreed to reimburse a total of $5,292,192 as of December 31, 2018. However, as part of the Merger, the Former Adviser agreed to waive any amounts owed to it under the Expense Reimbursement Agreement.

 

PWAY’s Expense Support and Expense Limitation Agreement

 

PWAY entered into an expense support and conditional reimbursement agreement (the “Expense Support Agreement”) with Pathway Capital Opportunity Fund Management, LLC (the “PWAY Adviser”), whereby the PWAY Adviser agreed to reimburse PWAY for operating expenses in an amount equal to the difference between distributions to its stockholders for which a record date occurred in each quarter less the sum of PWAY’s net investment income, the net realized capital gains/losses and dividends and other distributions paid to PWAY from its portfolio investments during such period (“Expense Support Reimbursement”). To the extent that there were no dividends or other distributions to PWAY’s stockholders for which a record date had occurred in any given quarter, then the Expense Payment for such quarter was equal to such amount necessary in order for available operating funds for the quarter to equal zero. PWAY had a conditional obligation to reimburse the PWAY Adviser for any amounts funded by the PWAY Adviser under the Expense Support Agreement. Following any calendar quarter in which Available Operating Funds in such calendar quarter exceeded the cumulative distributions to stockholders for which a record date occurred in such calendar quarter (“Excess Operating Funds”) on a date mutually agreed upon by the PWAY Adviser and PWAY (each such date, a “Reimbursement Date”), PWAY paid such Excess Operating Funds, or a portion thereof, to the extent that PWAY had cash available for such payment, to the PWAY Adviser until such time as all Expense Payments made by the PWAY Adviser to PWAY had been reimbursed; provided that (i) the operating expense ratio as of such Reimbursement Date was equal to or less than the operating expense ratio as of the Expense Payment Date attributable to such specified Expense Payment; (ii) the annualized distribution rate, which included all regular cash distributions paid and excluded special distributions or the effect of any stock dividends paid, as of such Reimbursement Date was equal to or greater than the annualized distribution rate as of the Expense Payment Date attributable to such specified Expense Payment; and (iii) such specified Expense Payment Date was not earlier than three years prior to the Reimbursement Date. The Expense Support Agreement including any amendments, terminated on October 31, 2017.

 

The PWAY Adviser and PWAY entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement on October 31, 2017 under which the PWAY Adviser agreed contractually to waive its fees and to pay or absorb the operating expenses of PWAY, including offering expenses,

 

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any shareholder servicing fees, and other expenses described in the Investment Advisory Agreement of PWAY, but not including any portfolio transaction or other investment-related costs (including brokerage commissions, dealer and underwriter spreads, prime broker fees and expenses and dividend expenses related to short sales), interest expenses and other financing costs, distribution fees, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to the extent that they exceeded the expense limitation per class on a per annum basis of PWAY’s average weekly net assets, through October 31, 2018 (the “Expense Limitation”). In consideration of the PWAY Adviser’s agreement to limit PWAY’s expenses, PWAY agreed to repay the PWAY Adviser in the amount of any fees waived and PWAY expenses paid or absorbed, subject to the limitations that: (1) the reimbursement was made only for fees and expenses incurred not more than three years following the end of the fiscal quarter in which they were incurred; and (2) the reimbursement was not made if it would cause the Expense Limitation, or any lower limit had been put in place, to be exceeded. PWAY received Expense Limitation payments from the PWAY adviser of $54,178 and $181,029 for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2018. On October 31, 2018, the Expense Limitation Agreement expired.

 

On May 11, 2018, the PWAY Adviser agreed to permanently waive its right to any reimbursement (the “Waiver”) to which it was entitled pursuant to the Expense Support Agreement, and any amendments, or the Expense Limitation Agreement, between PWAY and the PWAY Adviser, in the event PWAY (i) consummates a transaction (a “Transaction”) in which PWAY (x) merges with and into another company, or (y) sells all or substantially all of its assets to one or more third parties, or (ii) liquidates its assets and dissolves in accordance with PWAY’s charter and bylaws (a “Dissolution” and together with a Transaction, an “Exit Event”). The Waiver was effective on August 10, 2018 which is when PWAY’s board of directors approved an Exit Event via a merger with TPIC. As such, PWAY is no longer obligated to reimburse the PWAY Adviser per the Waiver.

 

Expense Limitation Agreement with the Adviser

 

Concurrently with the closing of the Merger, we entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with our Adviser (the “ELA”). Pursuant to the ELA, our Adviser, in its sole discretion, may waive a portion or all of the investment advisory fees that it is entitled to receive pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement in order to limit our Operating Expenses (as defined below) to an annual rate, expressed as a percentage of our average quarterly net assets, equal to 8.00% (the “Annual Limit”). For purposes of the ELA, the term “Operating Expenses” with respect to the Company, is defined to include all expenses necessary or appropriate for the operation of the Company, including but not limited to our Adviser’s base management fee, any and all costs and expenses that qualify as line item “organization and offering” expenses in the financial statements of the Company as the same are filed with the SEC and other expenses described in the Investment Advisory Agreement, but does not include any portfolio transaction or other investment-related costs (including brokerage commissions, dealer and underwriter spreads, prime broker fees and expenses and dividend expenses related to short sales), interest expenses and other financing costs, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses. Upfront shareholder transaction expenses (such as sales commissions, dealer manager fees, and similar expenses) are not Operating Expenses. As part of the ELA, our Adviser waived its investment advisory fees of $182,205 and $339,614 for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019, respectively.

 

Any amount waived pursuant to the ELA is subject to repayment to our Adviser (an “ELA Reimbursement”) by us within the three years following the end of the quarter in which the waiver was made by our Adviser. If the ELA is terminated or expires pursuant to its terms, our Adviser maintains its right to repayment for any waiver it has made under the ELA, subject to the Repayment Limitations (discussed below).

 

An ELA Reimbursement can be made solely in the event that we have sufficient excess cash on hand at the time of any proposed ELA Reimbursement and shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the excess of the Annual Limit applicable to such quarter over the Company’s actual Operating Expenses for such quarter and (ii) the amount of ELA Reimbursement which, when added to the Company’s expenses for such quarter, permits the Company to pay the then-current aggregate quarterly distribution to its shareholders, at a minimum annualized rate of at least 6.00% (based on the gross offering prices of Company shares) (the “Distribution”) from the sum of (x) the Company’s net investment income (loss) for such quarter plus (y) the Company’s net realized gains (losses) for such quarter (collectively, the “Repayment Limitations”). For the purposes of the calculations pursuant to (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence, any ELA Reimbursement will be treated as an expense of the Company for such quarter, without regard to the GAAP treatment of such expense. In the event that the Company is unable to make a full payment of any ELA Reimbursements due for any applicable quarter because the Company does not have sufficient excess cash on hand, any such unpaid amount shall become a payable of the Company for accounting purposes and shall be paid when the Company has sufficient cash on hand (subject to the Repayment Limitations); provided, that in the case of any ELA Reimbursements, such payment shall be made no later than the date that is three years following the end of the quarter in which the applicable waiver was made by our Adviser.

 

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The following table provides information regarding liabilities incurred by the Adviser pursuant to the ELA:

 

Period Ended  ELA Reimbursement Payable to the Adviser    ELA Reimbursement Payment to the Adviser    Unreimbursed ELA Reimbursement    Operating
Expense Ratio
  Annualized
Distribution
Rate
  Eligible to be Repaid Through
June 30, 2019  $128,852   $   $128,852    5.54%   6.00%  June 30, 2022
September 30, 2019  $157,409   $   $157,409    2.84%   6.00%  September 30, 2022
December 31, 2019  $182,205   $   $182,205    3.68%   6.00%  December 31, 2022
Total  $468,466       $468,466         

 

Dealer Manager Agreement

 

The Company and its Adviser have entered into a dealer manager agreement with Triton Pacific Securities, LLC (“TPS”) pursuant to which the Company will pay the dealer manager a fee of up to 6% of gross proceeds raised in the Company’s offering, some of which will be re-allowed to other participating broker-dealers. TPS is an affiliated entity of the Former Adviser and is partially owned by one of our directors, Craig Faggen.

 

TPIC over reimbursed TPS for related offering costs and general and administrative expenses prior to the Merger. This resulted in a receivable in an amount of $2,137 which is presented as due from affiliates on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, the Company owes TPS $524 and $20,718, respectively, related to offering costs and general and administrative expenses which is included in Due to Affiliate on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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NOTE 5 - DISTRIBUTIONS

 

As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, dividend payable is $124,569 and $126,128, respectively, which is presented as dividends payable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The following table reflects the cash distributions per share that the Company and PWAY declared and paid on its common stock during the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018:

 

  Distributions
For the Six Months Ended  FLEX Class A Common Shares, per share    FLEX Class A Common Shares, Amount Distributed  
December 31, 2019      
July 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2019  $0.0524   $124,512 
August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2019  $0.0655   $156,184 
September 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2019  $0.0524   $125,345 
October 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2019  $0.0524   $124,308 
November 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2019  $0.0655   $155,217 
December 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2019  $0.0524   $124,568 

 

  Distributions
For the Six Months Ended   PWAY Class A Common Shares, per share(1)    PWAY Class A Common Shares, Amount Distributed 
December 31, 2018          
July 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2018  $0.06392   $40,009 
August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2018  $0.06405   $38,180 
September 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2018  $0.06076   $36,312 
October 4, 11, 19 and 26, 2018  $0.05960   $35,707 
November 1, 8, 15, 23 and 29, 2018  $0.05925   $34,900 
December 6, 14, 21 and 28, 2018  $0.05460   $31,826 

 

  Distributions
For the Six Months Ended   PWAY Class I Common Shares, per share(1)    PWAY Class I Common Shares, Amount Distributed 
December 31, 2018          
July 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2018  $0.06404   $2,115 
August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2018  $0.06415   $2,098 
September 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2018  $0.06092   $1,994 
October 4, 11, 19 and 26, 2018  $0.05976   $1,957 
November 1, 8, 15, 23 and 29, 2018  $0.05940   $1,946 
December 6, 14, 21 and 28, 2018  $0.05476   $1,794 

 

(1) As part of the Merger each outstanding Class A and Class I share of PWAY common stock was canceled and retired. From and after the Merger date of March 31, 2019 (Effective Time), shares of PWAY common stock are no longer outstanding and cease to exist.  

 

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The following FLEX distributions were previously declared and have record dates subsequent to December 31, 2019:

 

Record Date  Payment date  FLEX Class A Common Shares, per share  
January 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 2020  February 7, 2020  $0.06986 
February 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2020  March 6, 2020  $0.06112 

  

The Company has adopted an “opt in” distribution reinvestment plan for its stockholders. As a result, if the Company makes a cash distribution, its stockholders will receive distributions in cash unless they specifically “opt in” to the distribution reinvestment plan so as to have their cash distributions reinvested in additional shares of the Company’s common stock. However, certain state authorities or regulators may impose restrictions from time to time that may prevent or limit a stockholder’s ability to participate in the distribution reinvestment plan.

 

The Company may fund its cash distributions to stockholders from any sources of funds legally available to it, including offering proceeds, borrowings, net investment income from operations, capital gains proceeds from the sale of assets, non-capital gains proceeds from the sale of assets, dividends or other distributions paid to the Company on account of preferred and common equity investments in portfolio companies and expense reimbursements from the Adviser. The Company has not established limits on the amount of funds it may use from available sources to make distributions.

 

During the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019, the Company’s officers and directors did not purchase any shares of our stock.

 

NOTE 6 - INCOME TAXES

 

On March 31, 2019, in connection with the Merger, PWAY’s outstanding shares were cancelled and retired in exchange for TPIC common stock. The Merger should qualify as a “tax-free reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and the merger agreement constituted a “plan of reorganization” for such purposes. As such, this transaction was intended to qualify as a nontaxable merger under Section 368 of the Code. Due to this transaction, PWAY dissolved for income tax purposes as of March 31, 2019. As such, PWAY filed a final tax return for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2019. The Company will continue to file its income tax returns using a calendar year end. The Company will reflect all items of income, deduction, gain, and loss generated from the assets obtained from the merger transaction beginning on April 1, 2019. Former PWAY shareholders received a final Form 1099-DIV for the 2019 year reflecting the character of PWAY’s distributions made between January 1, 2019 and March 31, 2019. The Company’s shareholders received a Form 1099-DIV for the 2019 calendar year reflecting TPIC’s distributions made between January 1, 2019 and March 31, 2019 and FLEX’s distributions made between April 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019.

 

The likely and expected tax character of distributions declared and paid to the Company’s shareholders during the tax year ended December 31, 2019 was as follows:

 

   Unaudited TPIC January 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019    Unaudited FLEX April 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019    Unaudited Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2019  
Ordinary income  $48,359   $   $48,359 
Return of capital   113,975    1,221,101    1,335,076 
Total  $162,334   $1,221,101   $1,383,435 

  

Based on updated information, we estimate our distributions of ordinary income to be $48,359 and return of capital to be $113,975 for the three months ended March 31, 2019. We have adjusted prior period information presented accordingly. As a result, total distributable earnings as of September 30, 2019 changed from $(7,291,747) to $(7,172,462), and total distributable earnings as of June 30, 2019 changed from $(6,697,650) to $(6,578,365).

 

The tax character of the distributions declared and paid to the Company’s shareholders during the tax year ended December 31, 2019 are estimates and will not be fully determined until the Company’s tax return is filed.

 

Following the Merger, the Company’s cost basis of investments as of December 31, 2019 for tax purposes was $39,968,371, resulting in an estimated net unrealized loss of $845,856. Following the merger, the gross unrealized gains and losses as of December 31, 2019 were $2,272,241 and $3,118,097, respectively.

 

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Taxable income generally differs from net increase in net assets resulting from operations for financial reporting purposes due to temporary and permanent differences in the recognition of income and expenses, and generally excludes net unrealized gains or losses, as unrealized gains or losses are generally not included in taxable income until they are realized. The following estimates the net decrease in net assets resulting from operations to taxable income, which will be included as part of our tax return for the tax year ended December 31, 2019.

 

   Unaudited TPIC January 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019    Unaudited FLEX April 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019    Unaudited Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2019  
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  $(775,946)  $(1,838,219)  $(2,614,165)
Net realized loss on investments   (1,672)   1,880,542    1,878,870 
Net unrealized (gains) losses on investments   61,423    (522,667)   (461,244)
Other temporary book-to-tax differences       (151,746)   (151,746)
Permanent differences   659,270    372,911    1,032,181 
Taxable income before deductions for distributions  $(56,925)  $(259,179)  $(316,104)

  

In general, we may make certain adjustments to the classification of net assets as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, which may include differences in the book and tax basis of certain assets and liabilities, amortization of offering costs, expense payments, nondeductible federal excise taxes and net operating losses, among other items. For the tax year ended December 31, 2019, we decreased accumulated net investment loss by $1,348,284 and decreased additional paid in capital by $1,348,284.

 

PWAY Income Taxes - Pre-Merger 

As of March 31, 2019, PWAY’s cost basis of investments for tax purposes was $8,993,783 resulting in an estimated net unrealized loss of $811,740. As of March 31, 2019, the gross unrealized gains and losses were $198,628 and $1,010,368, respectively. As a result of the tax-free reorganization on March 31, 2019, PWAY’s tax basis in its assets have been carried over to the Company.

 

For the short tax year ended March 31, 2019, PWAY had no cumulative taxable income in excess of cumulative distributions. For the short tax year ended March 31, 2019, PWAY estimated $100,642 in capital loss carryforwards available for future use. This amount will be available for utilization by the Company beginning with the tax year ended December 31, 2019.

 

TPIC/FLEX Income Taxes - Pre-Merger 

Prior to the merger, the TPIC’s cost basis of investments for tax purposes was $12,106,882 resulting in an estimated net unrealized loss of $675,641. Prior to the merger, the gross unrealized gains and losses were $70,589 and $746,230 respectively.

 

For the tax year ended December 31, 2018, TPIC had no cumulative taxable income in excess of cumulative distributions.

 

For the tax year ended December 31, 2018, TPIC had $1,360,148 capital loss carryforwards available for future use. Combined with PWAY’s capital loss carryforward of $100,642, the Company will have a combined capital loss carryforward of $1,460,790 available for future utilization.

 

The tax character of distributions declared and paid to PWAY’s shareholders during the nine months ended March 31, 2019 was as follows:

 

   Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019(1)  
Ordinary income  $23,732 
Return of capital   300,907 
Total  $324,639 

  

(1) PWAY dissolved for income tax purposes as of March 31, 2019. As such, PWAY filed a final tax return for the nine-month period ended March 31, 2019.

 

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The character of distributions declared and paid to PWAY’s shareholders during the years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 was as follows:

 

   Year Ended June 30, 2018   Year Ended June 30, 2017 
Capital gain   161,753     
Return of capital   403,766    504,515 
Total  $565,519   $504,515 

 

 

Taxable income generally differs from net increase in net assets resulting from operations for financial reporting purposes due to temporary and permanent differences in the recognition of income and expenses, and generally excludes net unrealized gains or losses, as unrealized gains or losses are generally not included in taxable income until they are realized. The following reconciles the net decrease in net assets resulting from operations to taxable income for the tax years ended June 30, 2018, and 2017 as well as the nine months ended March 31, 2019.

 

   Nine Months Ended March 31, 2019   Year Ended June 30, 2018   Year Ended June 30, 2017 
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations  $163,573   $(5,126)  $765,862 
Net realized loss on investments   45,453    (181,007)   (17,839)
Net unrealized (gains) losses on investments   769,197    704,925    (357,968)
Other temporary book-to-tax differences   (83,713)   (230,457)   (133,592)
Permanent differences   (899,819)   (855,526)   (653,844)
Taxable income before deductions for distributions  $(5,309)  $(567,191)  $(397,381)

  

In general, we may make certain adjustments to the classification of net assets as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, which may include differences in the book and tax basis of certain assets and liabilities, amortization of offering costs, expense payments, nondeductible federal excise taxes and net operating losses, among other items. For the year ended June 30, 2019, we increased accumulated net investment loss by $894,510 increased additional paid in capital by $894,510.

 

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NOTE 7 - INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO

 

The following tables summarize the composition of the Company’s investment portfolio at amortized cost and fair value as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019: 

 

   December 31, 2019 
    Investments at
Amortized Cost(1)
    Investments at Fair Value    Fair Value Percentage of Total Portfolio 
Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  $30,282,069   $29,906,395    76%
Senior Secured Loans-Second Lien   2,295,837    2,023,418    5%
Senior Unsecured Bonds   947,066    849,700    2%
Structured Subordinated notes   6,192,152    5,648,728    15%
Equity/Other   681,111    694,589    2%
Total Portfolio Investments  $40,398,235   $39,122,830    100%

 

   June 30, 2019 
    Investments at
Amortized Cost(1)
    Investments at Fair Value    Fair Value Percentage of Total Portfolio 
Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  $15,911,289   $15,825,870    66%
Senior Secured Loans-Second Lien   2,790,577    2,505,227    10%
Senior Unsecured Bonds   444,957    402,163    2%
Structured Subordinated notes   5,070,436    4,715,487    20%
Equity/Other   681,111    570,816    2%
Total Portfolio Investments  $24,898,370   $24,019,563    100%

 

(1) Amortized cost represents the original cost adjusted for the amortization of premiums and/or accretion of discounts, as applicable, on investments.

 

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The table below describes investments by industry classification and enumerates the percentage, by fair value, of the total portfolio assets in such industries as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019:

 

   December 31, 2019 
Industry  Investments at Fair Value   Percentage of Portfolio 
Structured Finance  $5,648,728    15%
High Tech Industries   5,178,446    13%
Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals   4,796,174    12%
Services: Business   3,667,934    9%
Telecommunications   3,580,274    9%
Services: Consumer   3,216,500    8%
Media: Broadcasting & Subscription   2,146,711    6%
Media: Diversified and Production   1,860,800    5%
Construction & Building   1,736,101    4%
Transportation: Cargo   1,494,615    4%
Sovereign & Public Finance   994,035    3%
Wholesale   988,556    3%
Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing   925,983    2%
Retail   869,117    2%
Financial   849,700    2%
Beverage, Food & Tobacco   496,163    1%
Energy: Oil & Gas   377,500    1%
Hotel, Gaming & Leisure   295,493    1%
Total  $39,122,830    100%

 

   June 30, 2019 
Industry  Investments at Fair Value   Percentage of Portfolio 
Structured Finance  $4,715,487    20%
High Tech Industries   3,960,671    15%
Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals   2,975,996    12%
Services: Business   2,780,788    12%
Media: Broadcasting & Subscription   1,675,694    7%
Hotel, Gaming & Leisure   1,138,341    5%
Services: Consumer   1,100,093    5%
Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing   947,142    4%
Retail   905,020    4%
Beverage, Food & Tobacco   498,688    2%
Transportation: Cargo   497,181    2%
Automotive   496,226    2%
Consumer   496,134    2%
Media: Diversified & Production   489,685    2%
Telecommunications   479,004    2%
Energy: Oil & Gas   461,250    2%
Financial   402,163    2%
Total  $24,019,563    100%

 

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NOTE 8 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets measured at fair value as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, respectively:

 

   As of December 31, 2019
   Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total
Portfolio Investments                    
Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  $   $4,166,783   $25,739,612   $29,906,395 
Senior Secured Loans-Second Lien           2,023,418    2,023,418 
Equity/Other           694,589    694,589 
Senior Unsecured Bonds       849,700        849,700 
Structured subordinated notes           5,648,728    5,648,728 
Total Portfolio Investments  $   $5,016,483   $34,106,347   $39,122,830 

 

   As of June 30, 2019
   Level 1  Level 2  Level 3  Total
Portfolio Investments                    
Senior Secured Loans-First Lien  $   $   $15,825,870   $15,825,870 
Senior Secured Loans-Second Lien           2,505,227    2,505,227 
Equity/Other           570,816    570,816 
Senior Unsecured Bonds       402,163        402,163 
Structured subordinated notes           4,715,487    4,715,487 
Total Portfolio Investments  $   $402,163   $23,617,400   $24,019,563 

   

The Company’s investments generally consists of debt securities that are traded on a private over-the-counter market for institutional investors, structured subordinated notes and two equity investments. Generally, the Company valued its debt investments by using the midpoint of the prevailing bid and ask prices from dealers on the date of the relevant period end, which were provided by independent third-party pricing services and screened for validity by such services. The determination of fair market value for the equity positions were determined by considering, among other factors, various income scenarios and multiples of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, cash flows, net income, revenues, market comparables, book value multiples, economic profits and portfolio multiples. Certain investments are valued utilizing a combination of yield analysis and discounted cash flow technique, as appropriate. The yield analysis uses loan spreads and other relevant information implied by market data involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The discounted cash flow technique converts future cash flows or earnings to a range of fair values from which a single estimate may be derived utilizing an appropriate yield, i.e. discount rate. The measurement is based on the net present value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts.

 

The Company may periodically benchmark the bid and ask prices it receives from the third-party pricing services against the actual prices at which the Company purchases and sells its investments. Based on the results of the benchmark analysis and the experience of the Company’s management in purchasing and selling these investments, the Company believes that these prices are reliable indicators of fair value. However, because of the private nature of this marketplace (meaning actual transactions are not publicly reported), the Company believes that these valuation inputs are classified as Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy. The Company’s board of directors reviewed and approved the valuation determinations made with respect to these investments in a manner consistent with the Company’s valuation process.

 

The significant unobservable input used to value our investments based on the yield technique and discounted cash flow technique is the market yield (or applicable discount rate) used to discount the estimated future cash flows expected to be received from the underlying investment, which includes both future principal and interest/dividend payments. Increases or decreases in the market yield (or applicable discount rate) would result in a decrease or increase, respectively, in the fair value measurement. Management and the independent pricing services consider the following factors when selecting market yields or discount rates: risk of default, rating of the investment and comparable company investments, and call provisions.

 

The significant unobservable inputs used in the market approach of fair value measurement of our investments are the market multiples of EBITDA of comparable companies. The Company selects a population of companies for each investment with similar operations and attributes of the portfolio company. Using these guideline companies’ data, a range of multiples of enterprise value

 

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to EBITDA is calculated. The Company selects percentages from the range of multiples for purposes of determining the portfolio company’s estimated enterprise value based on said multiple and generally the latest twelve months’ EBITDA of the portfolio company. Significant increases or decreases in enterprise value may result in increases or decreases in the fair value estimate of the equity investment.

 

Changes in market yields, discount rates, or EBITDA multiples, each in isolation, may change the fair value measurement of certain of our investments. Generally, an increase in market yields, discount rates or capitalization rates, or a decrease in EBITDA (or other) multiples may result in a decrease in the fair value measurement of certain of our investments.

 

In determining the range of values for our investments in CLOs, the independent valuation firm uses a discounted multi-path cash flow model. The valuations were accomplished through the analysis of the CLOs deal structures to identify the risk exposures from the modeling point of view as well as to determine an appropriate call date (i.e., expected maturity). These risk factors are sensitized in the multi-path cash flow model using Monte Carlo simulations to generate probability-weighted (i.e., multi-path) cash flows for the underlying assets and liabilities. These cash flows are discounted using appropriate market discount rates, and relevant data in the CLO market and certain benchmark credit indices are considered, to determine the value of each CLOs investment. In addition, we generate a single-path cash flow utilizing our best estimate of expected cash receipts, and assess the reasonableness of the implied discount rate that would be effective for the value derived from the corresponding multi-path cash flow model.

 

The significant unobservable input used to value the CLOs is the discount rate applied to the estimated future cash flows expected to be received from the underlying investment, which includes both future principal and interest payments. Included in the consideration and selection of the discount rate are the following factors: risk of default, comparable investments, and call provisions. An increase or decrease in the discount rate applied to projected cash flows, where all other inputs remain constant, would result in a decrease or increase, respectively, in the fair value measurement.

 

The Company is not responsible for and has no influence over the management of the portfolios underlying the CLO investments the Company holds as those portfolios are managed by non-affiliated third party CLO collateral managers. CLO investments may be riskier and less transparent to the Company than direct investments in underlying companies. CLOs typically will have no significant assets other than their underlying senior secured loans. Therefore, payments on CLOs are and will be payable solely from the cash flows from such senior secured loans.

 

The Company’s subordinated (i.e., residual interest) investments in CLOs involve a number of significant risks. CLOs are typically very highly levered (10 - 14 times), and therefore the residual interest tranches that the Company invests in are subject to a higher degree of risk of total loss. In particular, investors in CLO residual interests indirectly bear risks of the underlying loan investments held by such CLOs. The Company generally has the right to receive payments only from the CLOs, and generally does not have direct rights against the underlying borrowers or the entity that sponsored the CLOs. While the CLOs the Company targets generally enable the investor to acquire interests in a pool of senior loans without the expenses associated with directly holding the same investments, the Company’s prices of indices and securities underlying CLOs will rise or fall. These prices (and, therefore, the values of the CLOs) will be influenced by the same types of political and economic events that affect issuers of securities and capital markets generally. The failure of a CLO investment to satisfy financial covenants, including with respect to adequate collateralization and/or interest coverage tests, could lead to a reduction in its payments to the Company. In the event that a CLO fails certain tests, holders of debt senior to the Company may be entitled to additional payments that would, in turn, reduce the payments the Company would receive. Separately, the Company may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms with a defaulting CLO or any other investment the Company may make. If any of these occur, it could materially and adversely affect the Company’s operating results and cash flows.

 

The interests the Company has acquired in CLOs are generally thinly traded or have only a limited trading market. CLOs are typically privately offered and sold, even in the secondary market. As a result, investments in CLOs may be characterized as illiquid securities. In addition to the general risks associated with investing in debt securities, CLOs residual interests carry additional risks, including, but not limited to: (i) the possibility that distributions from collateral securities will not be adequate to make interest or other payments; (ii) the quality of the collateral may decline in value or default; (iii) the fact that the Company’s investments in CLO tranches will likely be subordinate to other senior classes of note tranches thereof; and (iv) the complex structure of the security may not be fully understood at the time of investment and may produce disputes with the CLOs investment or unexpected investment results. The Company’s net asset value may also decline over time if the Company’s principal recovery with respect to CLOs residual interests is less than the price that the Company paid for those investments. The Company’s CLOs and/or the underlying senior secured loans may prepay more quickly than expected, which could have an adverse impact on its value.

 

An increase in LIBOR would materially increase the CLOs financing costs. Since most of the collateral positions within the CLOs have LIBOR floors, there may not be corresponding increases in investment income (if LIBOR increases but stays below the LIBOR floor rate of such investments) resulting in materially smaller distribution payments to the residual interest investors.

 

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On July 27, 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced that it will no longer persuade or compel banks to submit rates for the calculation of the LIBOR rates after 2021 (the “FCA Announcement”). Furthermore, in the United States, efforts to identify a set of alternative U.S. dollar reference interest rates include proposals by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee of the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. On August 24, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board requested public comment on a proposal by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in cooperation with the Office of Financial Research, to produce three new reference rates intended to serve as alternatives to LIBOR. These alternative rates are based on overnight repurchase agreement transactions secured by U.S. Treasury Securities. On December 12, 2017, following consideration of public comments, the Federal Reserve Board concluded that the public would benefit if the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published the three proposed reference rates as alternatives to LIBOR (the “Federal Reserve Board Notice”). Recently, the CLOs we have invested in have included, or have been amended to include, language permitting the CLOs investment manager to implement a market replacement rate (like those proposed by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee of the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) upon the occurrence of certain material disruption events. However, we cannot ensure that all CLOs in which we are invested will have such provisions, nor can we ensure the CLOs investment managers will undertake the suggested amendments when able.

 

At this time, it is not possible to predict the effect of the FCAAnnouncement, the Federal Reserve Board Notice, or other regulatory changes or announcements, any establishment of alternative reference rates or any other reforms to LIBOR that may be enacted in the United Kingdom, the United States or elsewhere. As such, the potential effect of any such event on our net investment income cannot yet be determined. The CLOs notes in which the Company is invested generally contemplate a scenario where LIBOR is no longer available by requiring the CLOs administrator to calculate a replacement rate primarily through dealer polling on the applicable measurement date. However, there is uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of the dealer polling processes, including the willingness of banks to provide such quotations, which could adversely impact our net investment income. In addition, the effect of a phase out of LIBOR on U.S. senior secured loans, the underlying assets of the CLOs in which we invest, is currently unclear. To the extent that any replacement rate utilized for senior secured loans differs from that utilized for a CLO that holds those loans, the CLOs would experience an interest rate mismatch between its assets and liabilities which could have an adverse impact on the Company’s net investment income and portfolio returns.

 

If the Company acquires more than 10% of the shares in a foreign corporation that is treated as a CFC (including residual interest tranche investments in a CLO treated as a CFC), for which the Company is treated as receiving a deemed distribution (taxable as ordinary income) each year from such foreign corporation in an amount equal to its pro rata share of the corporation’s income for the tax year (including both ordinary earnings and capital gains), the Company is required to include such deemed distributions from a CFC in its income and the Company is required to distribute such income to maintain its RIC tax treatment regardless of whether or not the CFC makes an actual distribution during such year.

 

The Company owns shares in PFICs (including residual interest tranche investments in CLOs that are PFICs), and may be subject to federal income tax on a portion of any “excess distribution” or gain from the disposition of such shares even if such income is distributed as a taxable dividend to its stockholders. Certain elections may be available to mitigate or eliminate such tax on excess distributions, but such elections (if available) will generally require the Company to recognize its share of the PFICs income for each year regardless of whether the Company receives any distributions from such PFICs. The Company must nonetheless distribute such income to maintain its tax treatment as a RIC.

 

If the Company is required to include amounts in income prior to receiving distributions representing such income, the Company may have to sell some of its investments at times and/or at prices management would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital or forgo new investment opportunities for this purpose. If the Company is not able to obtain cash from other sources, it may fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment and thus become subject to corporate-level income tax.

 

A portion of the Company’s portfolio is concentrated in CLOs, which is subject to a risk of loss if that sector experiences a market downturn. The Company is subject to credit risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Company’s maximum risk of loss from credit risk for the portfolio of CLO investments is the inability of the CLOs collateral managers to return up to the cost value due to defaults occurring in the underlying loans of the CLOs.

 

Investments in CLOs residual interests generally offer less liquidity than other investment grade or high-yield corporate debt, and may be subject to certain transfer restrictions. The Company’s ability to sell certain investments quickly in response to changes in economic and other conditions and to receive a fair price when selling such investments may be limited, which could prevent the Company from making sales to mitigate losses on such investments. In addition, CLOs are subject to the possibility of liquidation upon an event of default of certain minimum required coverage ratios, which could result in full loss of value to the CLOs interests and junior debt investors.

 

The fair value of the Company’s investments may be significantly affected by changes in interest rates. The Company’s investments in senior secured loans through CLOs are sensitive to interest rate levels and volatility. In the event of a significant rising interest rate environment and/or economic downturn, loan defaults may increase and result in credit losses which may adversely affect

 

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the Company’s cash flow, fair value of its investments and operating results. In the event of a declining interest rate environment, a faster than anticipated rate of prepayments is likely to result in a lower than anticipated yield.

 

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Company’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of the Company’s investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values that we may ultimately realize. Further, such investments are generally subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise are less liquid than publicly traded securities. If the Company was required to liquidate a portfolio investment in a forced or liquidation sale, the Company could realize significantly less than the value at which the Company has recorded it.

 

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

 

The following is a reconciliation for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, of investments for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

   Senior Secured Loans - First Lien  Senior Secured Loans - Second Lien  Equity/ Other  Structured Subordinated notes  Total
Fair Value at June 30, 2019  $15,825,870   $2,505,227   $570,816   $4,715,487   $23,617,400 
Net realized (losses) on investments   (264,029)   (432,689)           (696,718)
Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments   (156,976)   12,901    123,773    (188,477)   (208,779)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments   (421,005)   (419,788)   123,773    (188,477)   (905,497)
Purchases of investments   16,778,375            1,163,198    17,941,573 
Payment-in-kind interest       58            58 
Accretion (amortization) of purchase discount and premium, net   66,156    2,921        (41,480)   27,597 
Repayments and sales of portfolio investments   (3,200,211)   (65,000)           (3,265,211)
Transfers within Level 3(1)                    
Transfers in (out) of Level 3(1)   (3,309,573)               (3,309,573)
Fair Value at December 31, 2019  $25,739,612   $2,023,418   $694,589   $5,648,728   $34,106,347 
                          
Net increase in unrealized loss attributable to Level 3 investments still held at the end of the period  $(191,916)  $12,930   $123,773   $(188,477)  $(243,690)

  

(1) Transfer are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the quarter during which the asset was transferred. Transfers out of Level 3 were due to increased observability of the inputs during the quarter ended December 31, 2019.

 

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   Structured
Subordinated
notes
 
Fair Value at June 30, 2018  $3,127,896 
Realized loss on investments   (16,627)
Net change in unrealized gain/loss on investments   (88,129)
Purchases of investments    
Distributions received from investments    
Payment-in-kind interest    
Accretion (amortization) of purchase discount and premium, net   30,230 
Repayments and sales of portfolio investments   (56,437)
Transfers within Level 3(1)    
Transfers in (out) of Level 3(1)    
Fair Value at December 31, 2018  $2,996,933 
      
Net increase in unrealized gain attributable to Level 3 investments still held at the end of the period  $(105,836)
(1) Transfer are assumed to have occurred at the beginning of the quarter during which the asset was transferred. There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the six months ended December 31, 2018.

 

The following table provides quantitative information regarding significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of Level 3 investments as of December 31, 2019:

 

Asset Category  Fair Value   Primary
Valuation
Technique
  Unobservable
Inputs
  Range  Weighted
Average
Senior Secured First Lien Debt  $25,739,612   Market quotes  Indicative dealer quotes  77.50-101.00  97.45
Senior Secured Second Lien Debt   2,023,418   Market quotes  Indicative dealer quotes  9.50-100.90  88.41
Equity/Other   694,589   Market comparables  EBITDA multiples (x)  0.00x-8.00x  8.00x
Subordinated structured notes   5,648,728   Discounted Cash Flow  Discount Rate  17.51%- 32.95%(1)  22.03%(1)
Total  $34,106,347             

(1) Represents the implied discount rate based on our internally generated single-cash flows that is derived from the fair value estimated by the corresponding multi-path cash flow model utilized by the independent valuation firm.

 

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The following table provides quantitative information regarding significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of Level 3 investments as of June 30, 2019:

 

Asset Category  Fair Value   Primary
Valuation
Technique
  Unobservable
Inputs
  Range  Weighted Average
Senior Secured First Lien Debt  $15,825,870   Market quotes  Indicative dealer quotes  85.00-101.00  98.30
Senior Secured Second Lien Debt   2,505,227   Market quotes  Indicative dealer quotes  61.63-101.52  90.79
Equity/Other   570,816   Market comparables  EBITDA multiples (x)  0.00x-8.00x  8.00x
Subordinated structured notes   4,715,487   Discounted Cash Flow  Discount Rate  17.67%- 23.12%(1)  20.57%(1)
Total  $23,617,400             

(1) Represents the implied discount rate based on our internally generated single-cash flows that is derived from the fair value estimated by the corresponding multi-path cash flow model utilized by the independent valuation firm.

 

NOTE 9 - MERGER

 

Effective March 31, 2019, TPIC and PWAY entered into a tax free business combination. Concurrent with the Merger, TPIC, the legal acquirer, was renamed TP Flexible Income Fund, Inc. As a result of the Merger, the Company issued 775,193 shares of the Company’s common stock to the former shareholders of PWAY and all shares of PWAY were retired.

 

For financial reporting purposes, the Merger was treated as a recapitalization of PWAY followed by the reverse acquisition of TPIC by PWAY for a purchase price equivalent to the fair value of TPIC’s net assets.

 

Consistent with tax free business combinations of investment companies, for financial reporting purposes, the reverse merger accounting was recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from TPIC was carried forward to align ongoing financial reporting of the Company’s realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes. Further, the components of net assets of the Company reflect the combined components of net assets of both PWAY and TPIC.

 

In accordance with the accounting and presentation for reverse acquisitions, the historical financial statements of the Company, prior to the date of the Merger reflect the financial positions and results of operations of PWAY, with the exception of the components of net assets described above, with the results of operations of TPIC being included commencing on April 1, 2019. Effective with the completion of the Merger, TPIC, changed its fiscal year end to be the last day of June consistent with PWAY’s fiscal year.

 

In the Merger, common shareholders of PWAY received newly-issued common shares in the Company having an aggregate net asset value equal to the aggregate net asset value of their holdings of PWAY Class A and/or PWAY Class I common shares, as applicable, as determined at the close of business on March 27, 2019, as permitted by the Merger agreement. The differences in net asset value between March 27, 2019 and March 31, 2019 were not material. Relevant details pertaining to the Merger are as follows:

 

   NAV/Share ($)  

Conversion Ratio

 
Triton Pacific Investment Corporation, Inc.  $10.48    N/A 
Pathway Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc.: Class A  $13.46    1.2848 
Pathway Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc.: Class I  $13.50    1.2884 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

Investments

 

The cost, fair value and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the investments of TPIC as of the date of the merger, was as follows:

 

   TPIC 
Cost of investments  $12,106,879 
Fair value of investments   11,431,241 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments  $(675,638)

 

Common Shares

 

The common shares outstanding, net assets applicable to common shares and NAV per common share outstanding immediately before and after the Merger were as follows:

 

Accounting Acquirer - Prior to Merger  PWAY
Class A
   PWAY
Class I
 
Common shares outstanding   570,431    32,834 
Net assets applicable to common shares  $7,679,839   $443,296 
NAV per common share  $13.46   $13.50 
Legal Acquiring Fund - Prior to Merger   TPIC      
Common shares outstanding   1,614,221      
Net assets applicable to common shares  $16,915,592      
NAV per common share  $10.48      
Legal Acquiring Fund - Post Merger   FLEX      
Common shares outstanding   2,403,349      
Net assets applicable to common shares  $25,086,682      
NAV per common share  $10.44      

 

Cost and Expenses

 

In connection with the Merger, PWAY incurred certain associated costs and expenses of approximately $731,000, of which $709,000 of these costs and expenses were expensed by PWAY and $22,000 were expensed by the Company. In connection with the Merger, TPIC incurred certain associated costs and expenses of approximately $682,000, of which $636,000 were expensed by TPIC and $46,000 were expensed by the Company.

 

Purchase Price Allocation

 

PWAY as the accounting acquiror acquired 32% of the voting interests of TPIC. The below summarized the purchase price allocation from TPIC:

 

   PWAY as
acquirer
 
Value of Common Stock Issued  $17,052,546 
Assets acquired:     
Investments   11,431,241 
Cash and cash equivalents   5,055,456 
Other assets   607,163 
Total assets acquired   17,093,860 
Total liabilities assumed   41,314 
Net assets acquired   17,052,546 
Total purchase price  $17,052,546 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

NOTE 10 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

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

 

The Company has a conditional obligation to reimburse the Adviser for any amounts funded by the Adviser under the Expense Limitation Agreement for any payments made by the Adviser. The Expense Limitation Agreement payments are subject to repayment by the Company within the three years following the end of the quarter in which the payment was made by the Adviser; provided that any such repayments shall be subject to the then-applicable expense limitation, if any, and the limit that was in effect at the time when the Adviser made the payment that is subject to repayment.

 

The Company is not currently subject to any material legal proceedings and, to the Company’s knowledge, no material legal proceedings are threatened against the Company. From time to time, the Company may be a party to certain legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business, including proceedings relating to the enforcement of the Company’s rights under contracts with its portfolio companies. While the outcome of any legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company does not expect that any such proceedings will have a material adverse effect upon its financial condition or results of operations.

 

NOTE 11 - CREDIT FACILITY

 

PWAY – Pre-Merger

 

On August 25, 2015, PWAY closed on a credit facility with BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage International, Ltd. (the “Revolving Credit Facility”). The Revolving Credit Facility included an accordion feature which allowed commitments to be increased up to $25,000,000 in the aggregate. Interest on borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility was three-month LIBOR plus 120 basis points with no minimum LIBOR floor. The Revolving Credit Facility closed prior to the Merger.

 

During the three months and six months ended December 31, 2018, PWAY recorded $8,434 and $19,595, respectively, of interest expense related to PWAY’s Revolving Credit Facility.

 

FLEX – Post-Merger

 

On May 16, 2019, the Company established a $50 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Royal Bank of Canada, a Canadian chartered bank, acting as administrative agent. In connection with the Credit Facility, the SPV, as borrower, and each of the other parties thereto entered into a Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019 (the “Loan Agreement”).

 

The Credit Facility matures on May 21, 2029 and generally bears interest at a rate of three-month LIBOR plus 1.55%. The Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the SPV’s properties and assets. Under the Loan Agreement, the SPV has made certain customary representations and warranties and is required to comply with various covenants, including reporting requirements and other customary requirements for similar credit facilities. The Loan Agreement includes usual and customary events of default for credit facilities of this nature.

 

As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, we had $21,000,000 and $5,500,000, respectively outstanding on our Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2019, the investments used as collateral for the Credit Facility had an aggregate fair value of $31,745,852, which represents 81% of our total investments. As permitted by ASC 825-10-25, we have not elected to value our Credit Facility which is categorized as Level 2 under ASC 820 as of December 31, 2019.

 

In connection with the origination of the Credit Facility, we incurred $588,355 fees, all of which are being amortized over the term of the facility in accordance with ASC 470-50. As of December 31, 2019, $551,476 remains to be amortized and is reflected as deferred financing costs on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

During the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019, we recorded $175,833 and $276,003, respectively, of interest costs and amortization of financing costs on the Credit Facility as interest expense.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

NOTE 12- FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

   Three months ended December 31,   Six months ended December 31, 
   2019
(unaudited)
   2018(e)
(unaudited)
   2019
(unaudited)
   2018(e)
(unaudited)
 
Per Share Data(a):                
Net asset value at beginning of period  $9.47   $9.22   $9.88   $9.89 
Net investment income   0.02    (0.06)   0.08    (0.4)
Net realized and unrealized (losses) on investments   (0.15)   (1.06)   (0.46)   (1.21)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (0.13)   (1.12)   (0.38)   (1.61)
Distributions(b)                    
Return of capital distributions   (0.17)   (0.13)   (0.34)   (0.28)
Dividends from net investment income                
Total Distributions   (0.17)   (0.13)   (0.34)   (0.28)
Offering costs                  
Other (c)   0.02    (0.01)   0.03    (0.04)
Net asset value at end of period  $9.19   $7.96   $9.19   $7.96 
Total return based on net asset value (d)   (1.34)%   (11.87)%   (3.95)%   (16.2)%
                     
Supplemental Data:                    
Net assets at end of period  $21,371,210   $6,314,616   $21,371,210   $6,314,616 
Average net assets  $22,009,112   $6,975,814   $22,476,313   $7,466,956 
Average shares outstanding   2,364,411    801,503    2,370,647    815,359 
Ratio to average net assets:                    
Total annual expenses   17.91%   22.13%   15.49%   29.62%
Total annual expenses (after expense limitation agreement)   14.60%   19.02%   12.47%   24.77%
Net investment income (loss)   0.92%   (2.69)%   1.79%   (8.73)%
                     
Portfolio Turnover   0.18%      1.93%   

 

(a) Calculated based on weighted average shares outstanding.

(b) The per share data for distributions is the actual amount of distributions paid or payable per share of common stock outstanding during the year. Distributions per share are rounded to the nearest $0.01.

(c) The amount shown represents the balancing figure derived from the other figures in the schedule, and is primarily attributable to the accretive effects from the sales of the Company’s shares and the effects of share repurchases during the year.

(d) Total return is based upon the change in net asset value per share between the opening and ending net asset values per share during the year and assumes that distributions are reinvested in accordance with the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan. The computation does not reflect the sales load for any class of shares. Total return based on market value is not presented since the Company’s shares are not publicly traded. Total return has not been annualized.

(e) Data presented includes the shareholder activity of PWAY Class A and Class I shares prior to the merger and conversion into shares of the Company. The net asset value per share at beginning of year has been adjusted by the exchange ratio used in the merger.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

   Year Ended
June 30, 2019(e)
   Year Ended
June 30, 2018
Class A
   Year Ended
June 30, 2018
Class I
 
Per Share Data(a):            
Net asset value at beginning of period  $9.89   $13.53   $13.53 
Net investment income   0.91    0.79    0.81 
Net realized and unrealized (losses) on investments   (1.11)   (0.80)   (0.79)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (0.20)   (0.01)   0.02 
Distributions(b)               
Return of capital distributions   (0.54)   (0.62)   (0.62)
Dividends from net investment income   (0.03)   (0.24)   (0.24)
Total Distributions   (0.57)   (0.86)   (0.86)
Offering costs   0.61         
Other (c)   0.15    0.05    0.04 
Net asset value at end of year  $9.88   $12.71   $12.73 
Total return based on net asset value (d)   7.52%   0.18%   0.33%
                
Supplemental Data:               
Net assets at end of year  $23,410,715   $7,933,028   $420,136 
Average net assets  $12,536,923   $8,314,166   $439,787 
Average shares outstanding   1,297,582    622,683    32,914 
Ratio to average net assets:               
Total annual expenses   23.48%   22.69%   22.43%
Total annual expenses (after expense support agreement/expense limitation agreement)   9.11%   8.91%   8.73%
Net investment income   2.15%   5.92%   6.04%
                
Portfolio Turnover   93.42%   37.42%   37.42%

 

(a) Calculated based on weighted average shares outstanding. 

(b) The per share data for distributions is the actual amount of distributions paid or payable per share of common stock outstanding during the year. Distributions per share are rounded to the nearest $0.01. 

(c) The amount shown represents the balancing figure derived from the other figures in the schedule, and is primarily attributable to the accretive effects from the sales of the Company’s shares and the effects of share repurchases during the year. 

(d) Total return is based upon the change in net asset value per share between the opening and ending net asset values per share during the year and assumes that distributions are reinvested in accordance with the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan. The computation does not reflect the sales load for any class of shares. Total return based on market value is not presented since the Company’s shares are not publicly traded. 

(e) Data presented includes the shareholder activity of PWAY Class A and Class I shares prior to the merger and conversion into shares of the Company. The net asset value per share at beginning of year has been adjusted by the exchange ratio used in the merger.

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TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

   Year Ended
June 30, 2017
   Period Ended
June 30, 2016 (a)
 
Per Share Data(b):          
Net asset value, beginning of year or period  $12.81   $13.80 
Net investment income   0.71    1.21 
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments   0.68    (0.03)
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations   1.39    1.18 
Return of capital distributions(c)   (0.92)   (0.75)
Offering costs   0.03    (0.62)
Other(d)   0.22    (0.80)
Net asset value, end of year or period  $13.53   $12.81 
Total return, based on NAV(e)   13.20%   (1.75)%
           
Supplemental Data:          
Net assets, end of year or period  $8,405,744   $5,976,355 
Average net assets  $7,508,410   $3,597,990 
Average shares outstanding   550,843    341,596 
Ratio to average net assets:          
Expenses without expense support payment   22.05%   36.65%
Expenses after expense support payment   10.52%   3.41%
Net investment income   5.19%   11.50%
           
Portfolio turnover   27.54%   4.27%

 

(a) The net asset value at the beginning of the period is the net offering price as of August 25, 2015, which is the date that the Company satisfied its minimum offering requirement by raising over $2.5 million from selling shares to persons not affiliated with the Company or the Adviser (the “Minimum Offering Requirement”), and as a result, broke escrow and commenced making investments. 

(b) Calculated based on weighted average shares outstanding. 

(c) The per share data for distributions is the actual amount of distributions paid or payable per share of common stock outstanding during the year or period. Distributions per share are rounded to the nearest $0.01. 

(d) The amount shown represents the balancing figure derived from the other figures in the schedule, and is primarily attributable to the accretive effects from the sales of the Company’s shares and the effects of share repurchases during the year or period. 

(e) Total return is based upon the change in net asset value per share between the opening and ending net asset values per share during the year or period and assumes that distributions are reinvested in accordance with the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan. The computation does not reflect the sales load for any class of shares. Total return based on market value is not presented since the Company’s shares are not publicly traded. For the period less than one year, total return is not annualized.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

Revolving Credit
Facility
  Total Amount
Outstanding
   Asset Coverage per
Unit(1)
   Involuntary
Liquidating Preference
per Unit(2)
   Average Market
Value per Unit(2)
 
December 31, 2019  $21,000,000   $2,018         
September 30, 2019  $15,500,000   $2,461         
June 30, 2019  $5,500,000   $5,256         

 

(1) The asset coverage ratio is calculated as our consolidated total assets, less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by senior securities, divided by secured senior securities representing indebtedness. This asset coverage ratio is multiplied by $1,000 to determine the Asset Coverage Per Unit. 

(2) This column is inapplicable.

 

NOTE 13 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Management has evaluated all known subsequent events through the date the accompanying financial statements were available to be issued on February 12, 2020 and notes the following:

 

Sales of Common Stock

 

For the period beginning January 1, 2020 and ending February 12, 2020, the Company sold 2,021 shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of $23,000 and issued 14,086 shares pursuant to its distribution reinvestment plan in the amount of $150,726.

 

Investment Activity

 

During the period beginning January 1, 2020 and ending February 12, 2020, the Company made three investments totaling $1,838,111.

 

Tender Offer

 

On January 21, 2020, under our share repurchase program, we made an offer to purchase (the “Tender Offer”) up to the number of shares of our issued and outstanding Class A common stock we can repurchase with the proceeds we receive from the issuance of shares under our distribution reinvestment plan prior to the expiration of the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer is for cash at a price equal to the net offering price per share determined as of February 21, 2020 (“Purchase Price”). The total estimated cost of purchasing the estimated maximum number of shares pursuant to the Tender Offer, assuming a Purchase Price of $10.70 per share (based upon the most recent net offering price as of January 21, 2020), would be approximately $211,246.19. The Tender Offer will expire at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on February 19, 2020 unless extended.

 

Distributions

 

On November 15, 2019, the Company’s board of directors declared distributions for the months of December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020, which reflected an annualized distribution rate of 6.0%. The distributions have weekly record dates as of the close of business of each week in December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020 and equal a weekly amount of $0.01310 per share of common stock.

 

On January 27, 2020, the Company’s board of directors announced an increase in the annualized rate distribution rate from 6.0% to 7.0% based on the current offering price. The 100 basis point annualized increase in the distribution rate is effective as of the January 24, 2020 record date. The distributions have weekly record dates and are payable monthly to the stockholders of record as of the close of business of each week in January 2020 and February 2020. The increased declared distributions equal a weekly amount of $0.01528 per share of common stock, a $0.00218 increase compared to the previously declared distribution weekly amount of $0.01310 per share of common stock. The distributions will be payable monthly to stockholders of record as of the weekly record dates set forth below.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

 

Record Date   Payment Date   Distribution Amount
1/3/2020  2/7/2020  $0.01310  
1/10/2020  2/7/2020  $0.01310  
1/17/2020  2/7/2020  $0.01310  
1/24/2020  2/7/2020  $0.01528  
1/31/2020  2/7/2020  $0.01528  
2/7/2020  3/6/2020  $0.01528  
2/14/2020  3/6/2020  $0.01528  
2/21/2020  3/6/2020  $0.01528  
2/28/2020  3/6/2020  $0.01528  

 

On February 7, 2020, the Company’s board of directors declared distributions for the months of March 2020, April 2020 and May 2020. The distributions will be payable monthly to stockholders of record as of the weekly record dates set forth below.

 

Record Date  Payment Date  Distribution Amount 
3/6/2020  4/3/2020  $0.01528 
3/13/2020  4/3/2020  $0.01528 
3/20/2020  4/3/2020  $0.01528 
3/27/2020  4/3/2020  $0.01528 
4/3/2020  5/1/2020  $0.01528 
4/10/2020  5/1/2020  $0.01528 
4/17/2020  5/1/2020  $0.01528 
4/24/2020  5/1/2020  $0.01528 
5/1/2020  6/5/2020  $0.01528 
5/8/2020  6/5/2020  $0.01528 
5/15/2020  6/5/2020  $0.01528 
5/22/2020  6/5/2020  $0.01528 
5/29/2020  6/5/2020  $0.01528 

 

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

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. In addition to historical information, the following discussion and other parts of this Quarterly Report contain forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ significantly from any results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements due to the factors discussed in Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” appearing elsewhere herein.

 

The terms “FLEX,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean TP Flexible Income Fund, Inc. unless the context specifically requires otherwise.

 

Overview

 

We are an externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company (“BDC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Our investment objective is to generate current income and, as a secondary objective, capital appreciation by targeting investment opportunities with favorable risk-adjusted returns. We intend to meet our investment objective by primarily lending to and investing in the debt of privately-owned U.S. middle market companies, which we define as companies with annual revenue between $50 million and $2.5 billion. We have elected and intend to continue to qualify annually to be taxed for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

 

On August 10, 2018, we (in our capacity as Triton Pacific Investment Corporation, Inc., which we refer to as “TPIC”) entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Pathway Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc. (“PWAY”) (which was amended and restated effective February 12, 2019) (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which PWAY merged with and into TPIC (the “Merger”) and, as the combined surviving company, we were renamed as TP Flexible Income Fund, Inc. (we were formerly known as Triton Pacific Investment Corporation, Inc.). TPIC’s board of directors and PWAY’s board of directors each approved the transaction. Completion of the Merger was subject to a number of conditions, including, among other things, the approval by TPIC’s stockholders and PWAY’s stockholders of the Merger and the Merger Agreement. The Merger was approved by TPIC’s stockholders at their annual meeting of stockholders held on March 15, 2019 (the “2019 Annual Meeting”) and by PWAY’s stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on March 15, 2019. The Merger was completed on March 31, 2019. We refer to the surviving merged accounting entity as “FLEX” throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis herein and in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

As a result of the Merger several significant changes occurred:

 

New Investment Adviser. Prospect Flexible Income Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) now serves as our investment adviser. The Adviser is an affiliate of PWAY and the investment professionals of PWAY’s investment adviser have investment discretion at the Adviser.

 

Increased Leverage. Following the Merger, our asset coverage ratio requirement was reduced from 200% to 150%, which allows us to incur double the maximum amount of leverage that was previously permitted. As a result, we are able to borrow substantially more money and take on substantially more debt than we had previously been able to. Leverage may increase the risk of loss to investors and is generally considered a speculative investment technique.

 

Special Repurchase Offer. As a condition to being able to increase our leverage, we have offered and will in the future offer to repurchase certain of our outstanding shares pursuant to four quarterly tender offers (the “Special Repurchase Offer”). In connection with the Special Repurchase Offer, stockholders should be aware that:

 

Only former stockholders of TPIC as of March 15, 2019 (the “Eligible Stockholders”), the date of TPIC’s 2019 annual stockholder meeting, were and will be allowed to participate in the Special Repurchase Offer, and they may have up to 100% of their shares repurchased. Former stockholders of PWAY and stockholders who purchased shares in our continuous public offering will not and may not participate in the Special Repurchase Offer.

 

If a substantial number of the Eligible Stockholders take advantage of this opportunity, it could minimize or eliminate the expected benefits of the Merger and it could:

 

significantly decrease our asset size;

 

require us to sell our investments earlier than the Adviser would have otherwise desired, which may result in selling investments at inopportune times or significantly depressed prices and/or at losses; or

 

cause us to incur additional leverage solely to meet repurchase requests.

 

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The first of our four quarterly Special Repurchase Offers expired on June 24, 2019, and in that offer we repurchased 49,900 shares of our Class A common stock for gross proceeds of $495,506. Our second Special Repurchase Offer expired on October 4, 2019 and in that offer we repurchased 34,489 shares of our Class A common stock for gross proceeds of $326,262. Our third Special Repurchase Offer expired on December 20, 2019 and in that offer we repurchased 51,715 shares of our Class Acommon stock for gross proceeds of $460,786. See “Note 3 - Share Transactions” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.

 

New Board of Directors. Following the Merger, the composition of our board of directors changed and now consists of Craig J. Faggen, TPIC’s former President and Chief Executive Officer, M. Grier Eliasek, PWAY’s Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Cooper, William Gremp and Eugene Stark. Messrs. Cooper, Gremp and Stark are our independent directors and were formally independent directors of PWAY.

 

Prospect Flexible Income Management, LLC serves as our investment adviser. The engagement of the Adviser was approved by TPIC’s stockholders at the 2019 Annual Meeting, concurrently with the approval of the Merger and the Merger Agreement. Prospect Administration LLC (the “Administrator”), an affiliate of our Adviser, serves as our administrator. We have engaged Triton Pacific Securities, LLC (the “Dealer Manager”) to serve as the dealer manager of our offering. The dealer manager is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of shares but will use its best efforts to sell the shares offered.

 

We are offering for sale a maximum amount of $300,000,000 our shares of common stock on a “best efforts” basis. We are currently offering to sell our Class A Shares up to the maximum offering amount, at an offering price of $11.38 per Class A Share. As of February 12, 2020, we have sold a total of 2,341,856 shares of common stock, including 142,094 shares issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, for gross proceeds of approximately $31,123,333, including the reduction due to ($1,886,571) in shares repurchased pursuant to the Company’s share repurchase program and 14,815 shares of common stock sold to our Former Adviser in exchange for gross proceeds of $200,003. As a result of the Merger, the Company issued 775,193 shares.

 

Our Adviser

 

Our Adviser is a Delaware limited liability company and is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act. Our Adviser is controlled by Prospect Capital Management, who owns a majority of its voting units. Mr. Eliasek is the principal officer of the Adviser.

 

Second Quarter Highlights

 

Investment Transactions

 

We seek to be a long-term investor with our portfolio companies. During the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019, we purchased investment securities (excluding short-term securities) of $8,990,588 and $19,425,198, respectively. During the same three month and six month period, sales and redemptions of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) were $1,652,836 and $3,275,274, respectively, resulting in a total net portfolio growth of $7,337,752 for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and $16,149,924 for the six months ended December 31, 2019.

 

Debt Issuances and Redemptions

 

During the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019, we drew an additional $5,500,000 and $10,000,000, respectively, on our Credit Facility (as defined herein) for a total of $21,000,000 outstanding on our credit facility as of December 31, 2019. See “Credit Facility”.

 

On November 21, 2019, we made an offer to the Eligible Stockholders as part of the Special Repurchase Offer to purchase up to 402,918 shares of the Company’s issued and outstanding Class A common stock, at a price equal to the net asset value per share determined as of December 24, 2019. The offer expired at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on December 20, 2019 and a total of 51,715 shares were validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the offer. In accordance with the terms of the offer, the Company purchased all of the shares validly tendered and not withdrawn at a price equal to $8.91 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $460,786. The repurchase for the three months ended December 31, 2019, was effective prior to December 31, 2019 but paid after December 31, 2019 and therefore is recorded as a payable as of December 31, 2019.

 

Equity Issuances

 

As part of the dividend reinvestment plan, we issued 6,125, 6,102 and 7,587 shares of our common stock on October 4, 2019, October 28, 2019 and December 2, 2019, respectively. On January 3, 2020 we issued 6,054 shares of our common stock in connections with the dividend reinvestment plan for December distributions.

 

Investments

 

We intend to primarily lend to and invest in the debt of privately-owned U.S. middle market companies. We may on occasion invest in smaller or larger companies if an attractive opportunity presents itself, especially when there are dislocations in the capital

 

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markets. We expect to focus primarily on making investments in syndicated senior secured first lien loans, syndicated senior secured second lien loans, and to a lesser extent, subordinated debt, of middle market companies in a broad range of industries. Syndicated secured loans refer to commercial loans provided by a group of lenders that are structured, arranged, and administered by one or several commercial or investment banks, known as arrangers. These loans are then sold (or syndicated) to other banks or institutional investors. Syndicated secured loans may have a first priority lien on a borrower’s assets (i.e., senior secured first lien loans), a second priority lien on a borrower’s assets (i.e., senior secured second lien loans), or a lower lien or unsecured position on the borrower’s assets (i.e., subordinated debt). We expect our target credit investments will typically have initial maturities between three and ten years and generally range in size between $1 million and $100 million, although the investment size will vary with the size of our capital base. We expect that the majority of our debt investments will bear interest at floating interest rates, but our portfolio may also include fixed-rate investments. We also expect to make our investments directly through the primary issuance by the borrower or in the secondary market.

 

We will generally source our investments primarily through our Adviser. We believe the investment management team of our Adviser has a significant amount of experience in the credit business, including originating, underwriting, principal investing and loan structuring. Our Adviser, through Prospect Capital Management, has access to over 106 professionals, including over 51 investments, origination and credit management professionals, and over 55 operations, marketing and distribution professionals, each with extensive experience in their respective disciplines.

 

We expect to dynamically allocate our assets in varying types of investments based on our analysis of the credit markets, which may result in our portfolio becoming more concentrated in particular types of credit instruments (such as senior secured loans) and less invested in other types of credit instruments. The loans in which we intend to invest are often rated by a nationally recognized ratings organization, and generally carry a rating below investment grade (rated lower than “Baa3” by Moody’s Investors Service or lower than “BBB-” by Standard & Poor’s Corporation - also known as “high yield” or “junk bonds”). However, we may also invest in non-rated debt securities.

 

To seek to enhance our returns, we may employ leverage as market conditions permit and at the discretion of our Adviser, but in no event will leverage employed exceed the maximum amount permitted by the 1940 Act.

 

As part of our investment objective to generate current income, we expect that at least 70% of our investments will consist primarily of syndicated senior secured first lien loans, syndicated senior secured second lien loans, and to a lesser extent, subordinated debt. We expect that up to 30% of our investments will consist of other securities, including private equity (both common and preferred), dividend-paying equity, royalties, and the equity and junior debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), which we also refer to as subordinated structured notes (“SSNs”). The senior secured loans underlying our CLO investments are expected typically to be BB or B rated (non-investment grade, which are often referred to as “high yield” or “junk”) and in limited circumstances, unrated, senior secured loans.

 

As a BDC, we are subject to certain regulatory restrictions in making our investments. For example, we have in the past and expect in the future to co-invest on a concurrent basis with certain affiliates, consistent with applicable regulations and our allocation procedures. On January 13, 2019, the parent company of the Adviser received an exemptive order from the SEC granting the ability to negotiate terms, other than price and quantity, of co-investment transactions with other funds managed by our Adviser or certain affiliates, including us, Prospect Capital Corporation and Priority Income Fund, Inc., subject to certain conditions included therein. Under the terms of the Order permitting us to co-invest with other funds managed by our Adviser or its affiliates, a majority of our independent directors who have no financial interest in the transaction must make certain conclusions in connection with a co-investment transaction, including that (1) the terms of the proposed transaction, including the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to us and our stockholders and do not involve overreaching of us or our stockholders on the part of any person concerned and (2) the transaction is consistent with the interests of our stockholders and is consistent with our investment objective and strategies. The Order also imposes reporting and record keeping requirements and limitations on transactional fees. We may only co-invest with certain entities affiliated with our Adviser in negotiated transactions originated by our Adviser or its affiliates in accordance with such Order and existing regulatory guidance. See Note 4 of the Consolidated Financial Statements. These co-investment transactions may give rise to conflicts of interest or perceived conflicts of interest among us and the other participating accounts. To mitigate these conflicts, our Adviser and its affiliates will seek to allocate portfolio transactions for all of the participating investment accounts, including us, on a fair and equitable basis, taking into account such factors as the relative amounts of capital available for new investments, the applicable investment programs and portfolio positions, the clients for which participation is appropriate and any other factors deemed appropriate. We intend to make all of our investments in compliance with the 1940 Act and in a manner that will not jeopardize our status as a BDC or RIC.

 

As a BDC, we are permitted under the 1940 Act to borrow funds to finance portfolio investments. To enhance our opportunity for gain, we intend to employ leverage as market conditions permit. At the 2019 Annual Meeting, TPIC’s stockholders approved a proposal allowing us to modify our asset coverage ratio requirement from 200% to 150%. As a result, we are allowed to increase our leverage capacity. The use of leverage, although it may increase returns, may also increase the risk of loss to our investors, particularly if the level of our leverage is high and the value of our investments declines.

 

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Revenues

 

We generate revenue in the form of dividends, interest and capital gains on the debt securities, equity interests and CLOs that we hold. In addition, we may generate revenue from our portfolio companies in the form of commitment, origination, structuring or diligence fees, monitoring fees, fees for providing managerial assistance and possibly consulting fees and performance-based fees. Any such fees will be recognized as earned.

 

Expenses

 

Our primary operating expenses will be the payment of advisory fees and other expenses under the Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”). The advisory fees will compensate our Adviser for its work in identifying, evaluating, negotiating, executing, monitoring and servicing our investments.

 

We will bear all other expenses of our operations and transactions, including (without limitation) fees and expenses relating to:

 

corporate and organizational expenses relating to offerings of our common stock, subject to limitations included in the investment advisory and management services agreement;

 

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

 

the cost of effecting sales and repurchase of shares of our common stock and other securities;

 

investment advisory fees;

 

fees payable to third parties relating to, or associated with, making investments and valuing investments, including fees and expenses associated with performing due diligence reviews of prospective investments;

 

transfer agent and custodial fees;

 

fees and expenses associated with marketing efforts;

 

federal and state registration fees;

 

federal, state and local taxes;

 

independent directors’ fees and expenses;

 

costs of proxy statements, stockholders’ reports and notices;

 

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

 

direct costs such as printing, mailing, long distance telephone, and staff;

 

fees and expenses associated with independent audits and outside legal costs, including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

 

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

 

brokerage commissions for our investments;

 

legal, accounting and other costs associated with structuring, negotiating, documenting and completing our investment transactions;

 

all other expenses incurred by our Adviser, in performing its obligations, subject to the limitations included in the Investment Advisory Agreement; and

 

all other expenses incurred by either our Administrator or us in connection with administering our business, including payments to our Administrator under the Administration Agreement (as defined herein) that will be based upon our allocable portion of its overhead and other expenses incurred in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent and our allocable portion of the costs of compensation and related expenses of our chief executive officer, chief compliance officer and chief financial officer and their respective staffs.

 

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Reimbursement of our Administrator for Administrative Services

 

We will reimburse our Administrator for the administrative expenses necessary for its performance of services to us. Such costs will be reasonably allocated to us on the basis of assets, revenues, time records or other reasonable methods. However, such reimbursement is made in an amount equal to the lower of the Administrator’s actual costs or the amount that we would be required to pay for comparable administrative services in the same geographic location. We will not reimburse our Administrator for any services for which it receives a separate fee or for rent, depreciation, utilities, capital equipment or other administrative items allocated to a controlling person of our Administrator.

 

Merger

 

Effective March 31, 2019, TPIC and PWAY entered into a tax free business combination. Concurrent with the Merger, TPIC, the legal acquirer, was renamed TP Flexible Income Fund, Inc. As a result of the Merger the Company issued 775,193 shares of the Company’s common stock to the former shareholders of PWAY and all shares of PWAY were retired.

 

After a review of available strategic alternatives, PWAY and TPIC’s board of directors believed the Merger to be in the best interests of the respective companies and their respective stockholders because of FLEX’s expected economies of scale, investment objectives and strategy, investment portfolio, capital structure and increased market capitalization, and the experience and expertise of the FLEX’s new investment adviser.

 

For financial reporting purposes, the Merger was treated as a recapitalization of PWAY followed by the reverse acquisition of TPIC by PWAY for a purchase price equivalent to the fair value of TPIC’s net assets.

 

Consistent with tax free business combinations of investment companies, for financial reporting purposes, the reverse merger accounting was recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from TPIC was carried forward to align ongoing financial reporting of the Company’s realized and unrealized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes. Further, the components of net assets of the Company reflect the combined components of net assets of both PWAY and TPIC.

 

In accordance with the accounting and presentation for reverse acquisitions, the historical financial statements of the Company, prior to the date of the Merger reflect the financial positions and results of operations of PWAY, with the results of operations of TPIC being included commencing on April 1, 2019. Effective with the completion of the Merger, TPIC, changed its fiscal year end to be the last day of June consistent with PWAY’s fiscal year.

 

In the Merger, common shareholders of PWAY received newly-issued common shares in the Company having an aggregate net asset value equal to the aggregate net asset value of their holdings of PWAY Class A and/or PWAY Class I common shares, as applicable, as determined at the close of business on March 27, 2019, as permitted by the Merger Agreement. The differences in net asset value between March 27, 2019 and March 31, 2019 were not material. Relevant details pertaining to the Merger are as follows:

 

 

 

NAV/Share ($)

 

 

Conversion Ratio

 

Triton Pacific Investment Corporation, Inc.

 

$

      10.48

 

 

 

N/A

 

Pathway Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc.: Class A

 

$

                   13.46

 

 

 

1.2848

 

Pathway Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc.: Class I

 

$

13.50

 

 

 

1.2884

 

 

Investments

 

The cost, fair value and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the investments of TPIC as of the date of the Merger, was as follows:

 

 

 

TPIC

 

Cost of investments

 

$

12,106,879

 

Fair value of investments

 

 

11,431,241

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

 

$

(675,638

)

 

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Common Shares

 

The common shares outstanding, net assets applicable to common shares and NAV per common share outstanding immediately before and after the Merger were as follows:

 

 

 

PWAY

 

 

PWAY

 

Accounting Acquirer - Prior to Merger

 

Class A

 

 

Class I

 

Common shares outstanding

 

 

570,431

 

 

 

32,834

 

Net assets applicable to common shares

 

$

7,679,839

 

 

$

443,296

 

NAV per common share

 

$

13.46

 

 

$

13.50

 

Legal Acquiring Fund - Prior to Merger

 

 

TPIC

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares outstanding

 

 

1,614,221

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets applicable to common shares

 

$

16,915,592

 

 

 

 

 

NAV per common share

 

$

10.48

 

 

 

 

 

Legal Acquiring Fund - Post Merger

 

 

FLEX

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares outstanding

 

 

2,403,349

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets applicable to common shares

 

$

25,086,682

 

 

 

 

 

NAV per common share

 

$

10.44

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost and Expenses

 

In connection with the Merger, PWAY incurred certain associated costs and expenses of approximately $731,000, of which $709,000 of these costs and expenses were expensed by PWAY and $22,000 were expensed by the Company. In connection with the Merger, TPIC incurred certain associated costs and expenses of approximately $682,000, of which $636,000 were expensed by TPIC and $46,000 were expensed by the Company.

 

Purchase Price Allocation

 

PWAY as the accounting acquirer acquired 32% of the voting interests of TPIC. The below table summarizes the purchase price allocation from TPIC:

 

 

 

PWAY as
acquirer

 

Value of Common Stock Issued

 

$

17,052,546

 

Assets acquired:

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

11,431,241

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

5,055,456

 

Other assets

 

 

607,163

 

Total assets acquired

 

 

17,093,860

 

Total liabilities assumed

 

 

41,314

 

Net assets acquired

 

 

17,052,546

 

Total purchase price

 

$

         17,052,546

 

 

Portfolio and Investment Activity

 

During the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019, purchases of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) were $8,990,588 and $19,425,198, respectively. During the same three month and six month period, sales and redemptions of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) were $1,652,836 and $3,275,274, respectively, resulting in a total net portfolio growth of $7,337,752 for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and $16,149,924 for the six months ended December 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2019, our investment portfolio, with a total fair value of $39,122,830, consisted of interests in 59 investments (82% in senior secured loans, 2% in senior unsecured bonds, 2% in equity/other and 14% in CLO - subordinated notes).

 

During the three months and six months ended December 31, 2018, there were no purchases of investment securities (excluding short-term securities). During the same period, sales and redemptions of investment securities (excluding short-term securities)

 

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were $1,773,964 and $2,068,610, respectively. During the six months ended December 31, 2018, one of our Subordinated Structured Notes were deemed to have an other-than-temporary loss. In accordance with ASC 325-40, Beneficial Interest in Securitized Financial Assets, we recorded a total loss of $20,261 related to this investment for the amount our amortized cost exceeded fair value as of the respective determination dates. As of December 31, 2018, our investment portfolio, with a total fair value of $7,943,823, consisted of interests in 23 investments (57% in senior unsecured bonds, 5% in senior secured bonds, and 38% in CLO - subordinated notes).

 

Portfolio Holdings

 

As of December 31, 2019, our investment portfolio, with a total fair value of $39,122,830, consisted of interests in 33 portfolio companies and 23 structured subordinated notes. The following table presents certain selected information regarding our portfolio composition and weighted average yields as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019:

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2019

 

 

As of June 30, 2019

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

As Percent of Total Fair Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

As Percent of Total Fair Value

 

Senior Secured Loans-First Lien

 

$

29,906,395

 

 

 

76

%

 

$

15,825,870

 

 

 

66

%

Senior Secured Loans-Second Lien

 

 

2,023,418

 

 

 

5

%

 

 

2,505,227

 

 

 

10

%

Equity/Other

 

 

694,589

 

 

 

2

%

 

 

570,816

 

 

 

2

%

Senior Unsecured Bonds

 

 

849,700

 

 

 

2

%

 

 

402,163

 

 

 

2

%

Structured subordinated notes

 

 

5,648,728

 

 

 

15

%

 

 

4,715,487

 

 

 

20

%

Total

 

$

39,122,830

 

 

 

100

%

 

$

24,019,563

 

 

 

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of portfolio companies

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Structured subordinated notes

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% Variable Rate (based on fair value)(1)

 

 

97

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

98

%

 

 

 

 

% Fixed Rate (based on fair value)(1)

 

 

3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

%

 

 

 

 

% Weighted Average Yield Variable Rate (based on fair value)(1)

 

 

12

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

%

 

 

 

 

% Weighted Average Yield Fixed Rate (based on fair value)(1)

 

 

12

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

%

 

 

 

 

 

(1) The interest rate by type information is calculated using the Company’s debt portfolio and excludes equity and structured subordinated notes.

 

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The table below describes investments by industry classification and enumerates the percentage, by fair value, of the total portfolio assets in such industries as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019:

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Industry

 

Investments at Fair
Value

 

 

Percentage of
Portfolio

 

Structured Finance

 

$

5,648,728

 

 

 

15

%

High Tech Industries

 

 

5,178,446

 

 

 

13

%

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

 

 

4,796,174

 

 

 

12

%

Services: Business

 

 

3,667,934

 

 

 

9

%

Telecommunications

 

 

3,580,274

 

 

 

9

%

Services: Consumer

 

 

3,216,500

 

 

 

8

%

Media: Broadcasting & Subscription

 

 

2,146,711

 

 

 

6

%

Media: Diversified and Production

 

 

1,860,800

 

 

 

5

%

Construction & Building

 

 

1,736,101

 

 

 

4

%

Transportation: Cargo

 

 

1,494,615

 

 

 

4

%

Sovereign & Public Finance

 

 

994,035

 

 

 

3

%

Wholesale

 

 

988,556

 

 

 

3

%

Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing

 

 

925,983

 

 

 

2

%

Retail

 

 

869,117

 

 

 

2

%

Financial

 

 

849,700

 

 

 

2

%

Beverage, Food & Tobacco

 

 

496,163

 

 

 

1

%

Energy: Oil & Gas

 

 

377,500

 

 

 

1

%

Hotel, Gaming & Leisure

 

 

295,493

 

 

 

1

%

Total

 

$

39,122,830

 

 

 

100

%

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

Industry

 

Investments at Fair
Value

 

 

Percentage of
Portfolio

 

Structured Finance

 

$

4,715,487

 

 

 

20

%

High Tech Industries

 

 

3,960,671

 

 

 

15

%

Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals

 

 

2,975,996

 

 

 

12

%

Services: Business

 

 

2,780,788

 

 

 

12

%

Media: Broadcasting & Subscription

 

 

1,675,694

 

 

 

7

%

Hotel, Gaming & Leisure

 

 

1,138,341

 

 

 

5

%

Services: Consumer

 

 

1,100,093

 

 

 

5

%

Media: Advertising, Printing & Publishing

 

 

947,142

 

 

 

4

%

Retail

 

 

905,020

 

 

 

4

%

Beverage, Food & Tobacco

 

 

498,688

 

 

 

2

%

Transportation: Cargo

 

 

497,181

 

 

 

2

%

Automotive

 

 

496,226

 

 

 

2

%

Consumer

 

 

496,134

 

 

 

2

%

Media: Diversified & Production

 

 

489,685

 

 

 

2

%

Telecommunications

 

 

479,004

 

 

 

2

%

Energy: Oil & Gas

 

 

461,250

 

 

 

2

%

Financial

 

 

402,163

 

 

 

2

%

Total

 

$

24,019,563

 

 

 

100

%

 

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We do not “control” any of our portfolio companies, each as defined in the 1940 Act. We are an affiliate of Injured Workers Pharmacy, LLC (held through ACON IWP Investors I, L.L.C.). In general, under the 1940 Act, we would be presumed to “control” a portfolio company if we owned 25% or more of its voting securities and would be an “affiliate” of a portfolio company if we owned 5% or more of its voting securities.

 

The following table shows the composition of our investment portfolio by level of control as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019: 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

Level of Control

 

 

Cost

 

 

% of
Portfolio

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

% of
Portfolio

 

 

Cost

 

 

% of
Portfolio

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

% of
Portfolio

 

Affiliate

 

 

$

472,357

 

 

1

%

 

$

694,589

 

 

2

%

 

$

472,357

 

 

2

%

 

$

570,816

 

 

2

%

Non-Control/Non- Affiliate

 

 

 

39,925,878

 

 

99

%

 

 

38,428,241

 

 

98

%

 

 

24,426,013

 

 

98

%

 

 

23,448,747

 

 

98

%

Total Investments

 

 

$

40,398,235

 

 

100

%

 

$

39,122,830

 

 

100

%

 

$

24,898,370

 

 

100

%

 

$

24,019,563

 

 

100

%

 

Results of Operations - Comparison of the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018

 

Investment Income

 

For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we generated $853,848 and $284,830, respectively, in investment income in the form of interest and fees earned on our debt portfolio. For the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we generated $1,602,492 and $598,971, respectively, in investment income in the form of interest and fees earned on our debt portfolio. Such revenues were primarily cash income and non-cash portions related to the accretion of discounts. For the three months and six months ended December 31, 2019, PIK interest included in interest income totaled $29 and $58, respectively. There was no PIK interest for the three months and six months ended December 31, 2018.

 

Operating Expenses

 

Total operating expenses before expense limitation support and waiver of offering costs totaled $985,469 and $385,865 for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $1,740,798 and $1,105,972 for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. These operating expenses consisted primarily of amortization of offering costs, base management fees, administrator costs, legal expense, audit and tax expense, and adviser shared service expense. The base management fees for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were $182,205 and $50,735. The base management fees for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were $339,614 and $108,414. The amortization of offering costs for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were $151,288 and $34,054. The amortization of offering costs for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were $271,894 and $64,500. The adviser shared service expense for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were $0 and $6,342. The adviser shared service expense for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were $0 and $13,552. The legal expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were $86,263 and $141,674. The legal expenses for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were $111,621 and $580,843. Pursuant to the expense limitation support payment (discussed below), the sponsor reimbursed the Company $(182,205) and $(54,178) for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $(339,614) and $(181,029) for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

Net Investment Income

 

Our net investment income (loss) totaled $50,584 and $(46,857) for the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $201,308 and $(325,972) for the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

Net Realized Gains/Losses from Investments

 

We measure realized gains or losses by the difference between the net proceeds from the disposition and the amortized cost basis of investment, without regard to unrealized gains or losses previously recognized.

 

For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, we received proceeds from sales and repayments on unaffiliated investments of $1,652,836 and $1,773,964, from which we realized net losses of $(431,439) and $(40,098). For the

 

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six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, we received proceeds from sales and repayments on unaffiliated investments of $3,275,274 and $2,068,610, from which we realized net losses of $(695,468) and $(45,453).

 

Net Unrealized Gains/Losses on Investments

 

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments reflects the net change in the fair value of our investment portfolio. For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, net unrealized losses totaled $84,194 and $(807,829), respectively. For the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, net unrealized losses totaled $(396,598) and $(945,059), respectively.

 

Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

We will generate cash primarily from the net proceeds of our offering, and from cash flows from fees (such as management fees), interest and dividends earned from our investments and principal repayments and proceeds from sales of our investments. Our primary use of funds will be investments in companies, and payments of our expenses and distributions to holders of our common stock.

 

The offering of our common stock represents a continuous offering of our shares. The initial offering of our common stock commenced on September 4, 2012 and terminated on March 1, 2016. On March 17, 2016, we commenced the follow-on offering of our common stock, which follow-on offering is currently ongoing. We intend to file post-effective amendments to our registration statement to allow us to continue our offering for three years. On September 26, 2019, we filed with the SEC an amendment to our registration statement, which was declared effective September 26, 2019, in order to continue our continuous public offering of our shares.

 

The Dealer Manager is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of shares but will use its best efforts to sell the shares offered. The minimum investment in shares of our common stock is $5,000.

 

On May 17, 2019, the Company decreased its offering price from $11.43 per share to $11.38 per share. The decrease in the offering price is effective for all closings occurring on or after May 17, 2019. We will sell our shares on a continuous basis at a price of $11.38 per share. To the extent our net asset value increases, we will sell at a price necessary to ensure that shares are not sold at a price per share, after deduction of selling commissions and dealer manager fees, that is below our net asset value per share. In connection with each closing, our board of directors or a committee thereof is required, within 48 hours of the time that each closing and sale is made, to make the determination that we are not selling shares of our common stock at a price per share which, after deducting upfront selling commissions, if any, is below the then-current net asset value per share of the applicable class. Promptly following any such adjustment to the offering price per share, we will file a prospectus supplement with the SEC disclosing the adjusted offering price, and we appropriately publish the updated information.

 

We may borrow funds to make investments at any time, including before we have fully invested the proceeds of our offering, to the extent we determine that additional capital would allow us to take advantage of investment opportunities, or if our board of directors determines that leveraging our portfolio would be in our best interests and the best interests of our stockholders. We have not yet decided, however, whether, and to what extent, we will finance portfolio investments using debt. We do not currently anticipate issuing any preferred stock.

 

The North American Securities Administrators Association, in its Omnibus Guidelines Statement of Policy adopted on March 29, 1992 and as amended on May 7, 2007 and from time to time, requires that our sponsor and its affiliates have an aggregate financial net worth, exclusive of home, automobile and home furnishings, of 5% of the first $20,000 of both the gross amount of securities currently being offered and the gross amount of any originally issued direct participation program sold by our sponsor and its affiliates within the last 12 months, plus 1% of all amounts in excess of the first $20,000. Based on these requirements, our sponsor and its affiliates have an aggregate net worth in excess of those amounts required by the Omnibus Guidelines Statement of Policy.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

We have entered into certain contracts under which we have material future commitments. On March 31, 2019, we entered into the Investment Advisory Agreement with Prospect Flexible Income Management, LLC in accordance with the 1940 Act. The Investment Advisory Agreement became effective upon consummation of the Merger. Prospect Flexible Income Management, LLC serves as our investment adviser in accordance with the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement. Payments under the Investment Advisory Agreement in each reporting period will consist of (i) a management fee equal to a percentage of the value of our gross assets and (ii) income and capital gains incentive fees based on our performance.

 

On March 31, 2019, we entered into the Administration Agreement with Prospect Administration, which was amended and restated effective as of July 17, 2019, pursuant to which Prospect Administration furnishes us with administrative services necessary to

 

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conduct our day-to-day operations. The Administration Agreement with Prospect Administration initially became effective upon consummation of the Merger. We reimburse Prospect Administration for its allocable portion of overhead incurred by Prospect Administration in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent and its allocable portion of the costs of our chief financial officer and chief compliance officer and their respective staffs and other administrative support personnel. We have engaged Bank of New York Mellon and affiliated entities to act as our custodian. We have also contracted with Phoenix American Financial Services to act as our transfer agent, plan administrator, distribution paying agent and registrar.

 

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

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

Other than contractual commitments and other legal contingencies incurred in the normal course of our business, we do not have any off-balance sheet financings or liabilities.

 

Credit Facility

 

On May 16, 2019, we established a $50 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Royal Bank of Canada, a Canadian chartered bank (“RBC”), acting as administrative agent. In connection with the credit facility, our wholly owned financing subsidiary, TP Flexible Funding, LLC (the “SPV”), as borrower, and each of the other parties thereto, entered into a Revolving Loan Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2019 (the “Loan Agreement”). The SPV is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that was formed to facilitate the transactions under the Credit Facility. Under the terms of the Credit Facility, the SPV holds certain of the securities that would otherwise be owned by the Company to be used as the borrowing base and collateral under the Credit Facility. Income paid on these investments is distributed to the Company pursuant to a waterfall after taxes, fees, expenses, and debt service. The lenders under the Credit Facility have a security interest in the investments held by the SPV. Although these investments are owned by the SPV, because the SPV is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, the Company is subject to all of the benefits and risks associated with the Credit Facility and the investments held by the SPV.

 

The Credit Facility matures on May 21, 2029 and generally bears interest at a rate of three-month LIBOR plus 1.55%. The Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the SPV’s properties and assets. Under the Loan Agreement, the SPV has made certain customary representations and warranties and is required to comply with various covenants, including reporting requirements and other customary requirements for similar credit facilities. The Loan Agreement includes usual and customary events of default for credit facilities of this nature.

 

Recent Developments

 

Management has evaluated all known subsequent events through the date the accompanying financial statements were available to be issued on February 12, 2020 and notes the following:

 

Sales of Common Stock

 

For the period beginning January 1, 2020 and ending February 12, 2020, the Company sold 2,021 shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of $23,000 and issued 14,086 shares pursuant to its distribution reinvestment plan in the amount of $150,726.

 

Investment Activity

 

During the period beginning January 1, 2020 and ending February 12, 2020, the Company made three investments totaling $1,838,111.

 

Tender Offer

 

On January 21, 2020, under our share repurchase program, we made an offer to purchase (the “Tender Offer”) up to the number of shares of our issued and outstanding Class A common stock we can repurchase with the proceeds we receive from the issuance of shares under our distribution reinvestment plan prior to the expiration of the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer is for cash at a price equal to the net offering price per share determined as of February 21, 2020 (“Purchase Price”). The total estimated cost of purchasing the estimated maximum number of shares pursuant to the Tender Offer, assuming a Purchase Price of $10.70 per share (based upon the most recent net offering price as of January 21, 2020), would be approximately $211,246.19. The Tender Offer will expire at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time, on February 19, 2020 unless extended.

 

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Distributions

 

On November 15, 2019, the Company’s board of directors declared distributions for the months of December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020, which reflected an annualized distribution rate of 6.0%. The distributions have weekly record dates as of the close of business of each week in December 2019, January 2020 and February 2020 and equal a weekly amount of $0.01310 per share of common stock.

 

On January 27, 2020, the Company’s board of directors announced an increase in the annualized rate distribution rate from 6.0% to 7.0% based on the current offering price. The 100 basis point annualized increase in the distribution rate is effective as of the January 24, 2020 record date. The distributions have weekly record dates and are payable monthly to the stockholders of record as of the close of business of each week in January 2020 and February 2020. The increased declared distributions equal a weekly amount of $0.01528 per share of common stock, a $0.00218 increase compared to the previously declared distribution weekly amount of $0.01310 per share of common stock. The distributions will be payable monthly to stockholders of record as of the weekly record dates set forth below.

 

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Distribution Amount

 

1/3/2020

 

2/7/2020

 

$

0.01310

 

1/10/2020

 

2/7/2020

 

$

0.01310

 

1/17/2020

 

2/7/2020

 

$

0.01310

 

1/24/2020

 

2/7/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

1/31/2020

 

2/7/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

2/7/2020

 

3/6/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

2/14/2020

 

3/6/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

2/21/2020

 

3/6/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

2/28/2020

 

3/6/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

 

On February 7, 2020, the Company’s board of directors declared distributions for the months of March 2020, April 2020 and May 2020. The distributions will be payable monthly to stockholders of record as of the weekly record dates set forth below.

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Distribution Amount

 

3/6/2020

 

4/3/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

3/13/2020

 

4/3/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

3/20/2020

 

4/3/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

3/27/2020

 

4/3/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

4/3/2020

 

5/1/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

4/10/2020

 

5/1/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

4/17/2020

 

5/1/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

4/24/2020

 

5/1/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

5/1/2020

 

6/5/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

5/8/2020

 

6/5/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

5/15/2020

 

6/5/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

5/22/2020

 

6/5/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

5/29/2020

 

6/5/2020

 

$

0.01528

 

 

Distributions

 

General

 

We elected to be treated, beginning with our fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, and intend to qualify annually thereafter, as a RIC under the Code. To obtain and maintain RIC tax treatment, we must, among other things, distribute at least 90% of our net ordinary income and net short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term capital losses, if any, to our stockholders. In order to avoid certain excise taxes imposed on RICs, we must distribute during each calendar year an amount at least equal to the sum of:

 

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(i) 98% of our ordinary income for the calendar year, (ii) 98.2% of our capital gains in excess of capital losses for the one-year period generally ending on October 31 of the calendar year (unless an election is made by us to use our taxable year) and (iii) any ordinary income and net capital gains for preceding years that were not distributed during such years and on which we paid no federal income tax.

 

While we intend to distribute any income and capital gains in the manner necessary to minimize imposition of the 4% U.S. federal excise tax, sufficient amounts of our taxable income and capital gains may not be distributed to avoid entirely the imposition of the tax. In that event, we will be liable for the tax only on the amount by which we do not meet the foregoing distribution requirement.

 

Our board of directors has authorized, and has declared, cash distributions on our common stock on a monthly basis since the second quarter of 2015. The amount of each such distribution is subject to our board of directors’ discretion and applicable legal restrictions related to the payment of distributions. We calculate each stockholder’s specific distribution amount for the month using record and declaration dates, and distributions will begin to accrue on the date we accept subscriptions for shares of our common stock. From time to time, we may also pay interim distributions at the discretion of our board of directors. Each year a statement on Internal Revenue Service Form 1099-DIV (or any successor form) identifying the source of the distribution (i.e., paid from ordinary income, paid from net capital gain on the sale of securities, and/or a return of paid-in capital surplus which is a nontaxable distribution) will be mailed to our stockholders. Our distributions may exceed our earnings, especially during the period before we have substantially invested the proceeds from our offering. As a result, a portion of the distributions we make may represent a return of capital for tax purposes.

 

We have adopted an “opt in” distribution reinvestment plan for our common stockholders. As a result, when we make a distribution, stockholders will receive distributions in cash unless they specifically “opt in” to the distribution reinvestment plan so as to have their cash distributions reinvested in additional shares of our common stock. Any distributions reinvested under the plan will nevertheless remain taxable to U.S. stockholders.

 

Related Party Transactions

 

Investment Advisory Agreement

 

We have entered into the Investment Advisory Agreement with our Adviser. We will pay our Adviser a fee for its services under the Investment Advisory Agreement consisting of two components - a base management fee and an incentive fee. The cost of both the base management fee payable to the Adviser and any incentive fees it earns will ultimately be borne by our stockholders. See “-Investment Advisory Fees.”

 

Certain members of our senior management hold an equity interest in our Adviser. Members of our senior management also serve as principals of other investment managers affiliated with our Adviser that do and may in the future manage investment funds, accounts or other investment vehicles with investment objectives similar to ours.

 

Administration Agreement

 

On September 2, 2014, PWAY entered into an administration agreement with Prospect Administration LLC (the “Administrator”), an affiliate of the Adviser and in which certain members of our senior management hold an equity interest and act as principals. Pursuant to the agreement and plan of merger as amended and restated, between TPIC and PWAY, Prospect Administration LLC became the administrator for the Company pursuant to an administrative agreement, as amended and restated as of June 17, 2019 (the “Administrative Agreement”). The Administrator performs, oversees and arranges for the performance of administrative services necessary for the operation of the Company. These services include, but are not limited to, accounting, finance and legal services. For providing these services, facilities and personnel, the Company reimburses the Administrator for the Company’s actual and allocable portion of expenses and overhead incurred by the Administrator in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent and the Company’s allocable portion of the costs of its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer and her staff. For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, administrative costs incurred by the Company and PWAY to the Administrator were $173,523 and $17,125, respectively. For the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, administrative costs incurred by the Company and PWAY to the Administrator were $337,316 and $85,875, respectively. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, $288,156 and $341,235, respectively, was payable to the Administrator by the Company.

 

Allocation of Expenses

 

The cost of valuation services for CLOs is initially borne by PRIS, which then allocates to the Company its proportional share of such expense. During the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PRIS incurred $17,862 and $15,033, respectively, in expenses related to valuation services that are attributable to the Company. During the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PRIS incurred $38,655 and $31,284, respectively, in expenses related to valuation services that are attributable to the

 

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Company. The Company reimburses PRIS for these expenses and includes them as part of valuation services on the Statement of Operations. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, $56,981 and $32,314, respectively, of expense is due to PRIS, which is presented as part of due to affiliates on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The cost of filing software is initially borne by PSEC, which then allocates to the Company its proportional share of such expense. During the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PSEC incurred $5,975 and $2,348, respectively in expenses related to the filing services that are attributable to the Company. During the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PSEC incurred $8,326 and $5,467, respectively in expenses related to the filing services that are attributable to the Company. The Company reimburses PSEC for these expenses and includes them as part of general and administrative expenses on the Statement of Operations. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, $8,326 and $2,348 of expense was due to PSEC, respectively, which is presented as part of due to affiliates on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The cost of portfolio management software is initially borne by the Company, which then allocates to PSEC its proportional share of such expense. During the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred $0 and $6,213, respectively, in expenses related to the portfolio management software that is attributable to PSEC. During the six months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred $0 and $12,861, respectively, in expenses related to the portfolio management software that is attributable to PSEC. PSEC reimburses the Company for these expenses and included them as part of general and administrative expenses on the Statement of Operations. As of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, $0 of expense is due from PSEC, which is presented as due from affiliate on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Dealer Manager Agreement

 

The Company and its Adviser have entered into a dealer manager agreement with Triton Pacific Securities, LLC pursuant to which the Company will pay the dealer manager a fee of up to 6% of gross proceeds raised in the Company’s offering, some of which will be re-allowed to other participating broker-dealers. Triton Pacific Securities, LLC is an affiliated entity of the Former Adviser and is partially owned by one of our directors, Craig Faggen.

 

Expense Limitation Agreement

 

The Company has entered into an expense limitation agreement with the Adviser pursuant to which the Adviser, in its sole discretion, may waive a portion or all of the investment advisory fees that it is entitled to receive under the Investment Advisory Agreement in order to limit the Company’s operating expenses to an annual rate, expressed as a percentage of the Company’s average quarterly net assets, equal to 8.00%. See “Expense Limitation Agreement” below.

 

Expense Limitation Agreement

 

Expense Reimbursement Agreement with our Former Adviser

 

On March 27, 2014, we and our Former Adviser entered into an Expense Reimbursement Agreement. The Expense Reimbursement Agreement was amended and restated effective April 5, 2018. Under the Expense Reimbursement Agreement, as amended, our Former Adviser, in consultation with the Company, could pay up to 100% of both our organizational and offering expenses and our operating expenses, all as determined by us and our Former Adviser. The Expense Reimbursement Agreement stated that until the net proceeds to us from our offering are at least $25 million, our Former Adviser could pay up to 100% of both our organizational and offering expenses and our operating expenses. After we received at least $25 million in net proceeds from our offering, our Former Adviser could, with our consent, continue to make expense support payments to us in such amounts as are acceptable to us and our Former Adviser. The Expense Reimbursement Agreement terminated on December 31, 2018. Our Former Adviser has agreed to reimburse a total of $5,292,192 as of December 31, 2018. However, as part of the Merger, the Former Adviser agreed to waive any amounts owed to it under the Expense Reimbursement Agreement.

 

Expense Limitation Agreement with the Adviser

 

Concurrently with the closing of the Merger, we entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement with our Adviser (the “ELA”). Pursuant to the ELA, our Adviser, in its sole discretion, may waive a portion or all of the investment advisory fees that it is entitled to receive pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement in order to limit our Operating Expenses (as defined below) to an annual rate, expressed as a percentage of our average quarterly net assets, equal to 8.00% (the “Annual Limit”). For purposes of the ELA, the term “Operating Expenses” with respect to the Company, is defined to include all expenses necessary or appropriate for the operation of the Company, including but not limited to our Adviser’s base management fee, any and all costs and expenses that qualify as line item “organization and offering” expenses in the financial statements of the Company as the same are filed with the SEC and other expenses described in the Investment Advisory Agreement, but does not include any portfolio transaction or other investment-related costs (including brokerage commissions, dealer and underwriter spreads, prime broker fees and expenses and dividend expenses related to short sales), interest expenses and other financing costs, extraordinary expenses and acquired

 

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fund fees and expenses. Upfront shareholder transaction expenses (such as sales commissions, dealer manager fees, and similar expenses) are not Operating Expenses.

 

Any amount waived pursuant to the ELA is subject to repayment to our Adviser (an “ELA Reimbursement”) by us within the three years following the end of the quarter in which the waiver was made by our Adviser. If the ELA is terminated or expires pursuant to its terms, our Adviser maintains its right to repayment for any waiver it has made under the ELA, subject to the Repayment Limitations (discussed below).

 

Any ELA Reimbursement can be made solely in the event that we have sufficient excess cash on hand at the time of any proposed ELA Reimbursement and shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the excess of the Annual Limit applicable to such quarter over the Company’s actual Operating Expenses for such quarter and (ii) the amount of ELA Reimbursement which, when added to the Company’s expenses for such quarter, permits the Company to pay the then-current aggregate quarterly distribution to its shareholders, at a minimum annualized rate of at least 6.00% (based on the gross offering prices of Company shares) (the “Distribution”) from the sum of (x) the Company’s net investment income (loss) for such quarter plus (y) the Company’s net realized gains (losses) for such quarter (collectively, the “Repayment Limitations”). For the purposes of the calculations pursuant to (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence, any ELA Reimbursement will be treated as an expense of the Company for such quarter, without regard to the GAAP treatment of such expense. In the event that the Company is unable to make a full payment of any ELA Reimbursements due for any applicable quarter because the Company does not have sufficient excess cash on hand, any such unpaid amount shall become a payable of the Company for accounting purposes and shall be paid when the Company has sufficient cash on hand (subject to the Repayment Limitations); provided, that in the case of any ELA Reimbursements, such payment shall be made no later than the date that is three years following the end of the quarter in which the applicable waiver was made by our Adviser.

 

Investment Advisory Fees

 

Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, we pay the Adviser a fee for investment advisory and management services consisting of a base management fee and an incentive fee. The cost of both the base management fee payable to the Adviser and any incentive fees it earns will ultimately be borne by our stockholders.

 

Base Management Fee. The base management fee is calculated at an annual rate of 1.75% (0.4375% quarterly) of our average total assets, which includes any borrowings for investment purposes. For the first quarter of our operations following the Merger, the base management fee was calculated based on the average value of our total assets as of the date of the Investment Advisory Agreement and at the end of the calendar quarter in which the date of the Investment Advisory Agreement fell, and was appropriately adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the current calendar quarter. Subsequently, the base management fee is payable quarterly in arrears, and is calculated based on the average value of our total assets at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters, and is appropriately adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the then current calendar quarter. Base management fees for any partial month or quarter is appropriately pro-rated. At the Adviser’s option, the base management fee for any period may be deferred, without interest thereon, and paid to the Adviser at any time subsequent to any such deferral as the Adviser determines.

 

Incentive Fee. The incentive fee consists of two parts: (1) the subordinated incentive fee on income and (2) the capital gains incentive fee.

 

Subordinated Incentive Fee on Income. The first part of the incentive fee, which is referred to as the subordinated incentive fee on income, is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears based upon our “pre-incentive fee net investment income” for the immediately preceding quarter. For purposes of this fee “pre-incentive fee net investment income” means interest income, dividend income and distribution cash flows from equity investments and any other income (including any other fees, such as commitment, origination, structuring, diligence and consulting fees or other fees that we receive) accrued during the calendar quarter, minus our operating expenses for the quarter (including the base management fee, expenses reimbursed under the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Administration Agreement, any interest expense and dividends paid on any issued and outstanding preferred shares, but excluding the organization and offering expenses and subordinated incentive fee on income). Pre-incentive fee net investment income includes, in the case of investments with a deferred interest feature (such as original issue discount, debt instruments with payment-in-kind interest and zero coupon securities), accrued income that we have not yet received in cash. Pre-incentive fee net investment income does not include any realized capital gains, realized capital losses or unrealized capital appreciation or depreciation. The subordinated incentive fee on income is subject to a quarterly fixed preferred return to investors, expressed as a rate of return on the value of our net assets at the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, of 1.5% (6.0% annualized), subject to a “catch up” feature. Operating expenses are included in the calculation of the subordinated incentive fee on income.

 

We will pay our Adviser a subordinated incentive fee on income for each calendar quarter as follows:

 

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No incentive fee will be payable to our Adviser in any calendar quarter in which our pre-incentive fee net investment income does not exceed the preferred return rate of 1.5%.

 

100% of our pre-incentive fee net investment income with respect to that portion of such pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the preferred return but is less than or equal to 1.875% in any calendar quarter (7.5% annualized). We refer to this portion of our pre-incentive fee net investment income (which exceeds the preferred return but is less than or equal to 1.875%) as the “catch-up.” The effect of the “catch-up” provision is that, if our pre-incentive fee net investment income reaches 1.875% in any calendar quarter, our Adviser will receive 20.0% of our pre-incentive fee net investment income as if a preferred return did not apply.

 

20.0% of the amount of our pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds 1.875% in any calendar quarter (7.5% annualized) will be payable to our Adviser. This reflects that once the preferred return is reached and the catch-up is achieved, 20.0% of all pre-incentive fee net investment income thereafter will be allocated to our Adviser.

 

Capital Gains Incentive Fee. The second part of the incentive fee, which is referred to as the capital gains incentive fee, is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year (or upon termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement, as of the termination date), and equals 20.00% of our realized capital gains for the calendar year, if any, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation at the end of such year. In determining the capital gains incentive fee payable to the Adviser, we will calculate the aggregate realized capital gains, aggregate realized capital losses and aggregate unrealized capital depreciation, as applicable, with respect to each investment that has been in our portfolio. For the purpose of this calculation, an “investment” is defined as the total of all rights and claims which may be asserted against a portfolio company arising from our participation in the debt, equity, and other financial instruments issued by that company. Aggregate realized capital gains, if any, equal the sum of the differences between the aggregate net sales price of each investment and the aggregate amortized cost basis of such investment when sold or otherwise disposed. Aggregate realized capital losses equal the sum of the amounts by which the aggregate net sales price of each investment is less than the aggregate amortized cost basis of such investment when sold or otherwise disposed. Aggregate unrealized capital depreciation equals the sum of the differences, if negative, between the aggregate valuation of each investment and the aggregate amortized cost basis of such investment as of the applicable calendar year-end. At the end of the applicable calendar year, the amount of capital gains that serves as the basis for our calculation of the capital gains incentive fee involves netting aggregate realized capital gains against aggregate realized capital losses on a since-inception basis and then reducing this amount by the aggregate unrealized capital depreciation. If this number is positive, then the capital gains incentive fee payable is equal to 20.00% of such amount, less the aggregate amount of any capital gains incentive fees paid since inception. Operating expenses are not taken into account when determining capital gains incentive fees.

 

Asset Coverage

 

In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Company is currently only allowed to borrow amounts such that its “asset coverage,” as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least 150% after such borrowing. “Asset coverage” generally refers to a company’s total assets, less all liabilities and indebtedness not represented by “senior securities,” as defined in the 1940 Act, divided by total senior securities representing indebtedness and, if applicable, preferred stock. “Senior securities” for this purpose includes borrowings from banks or other lenders, debt securities and preferred stock.

 

On March 23, 2018, an amendment to Section 61(a) of the 1940 Act was signed into law to permit BDCs to reduce the minimum “asset coverage” ratio from 200% to 150%, so long as certain approval and disclosure requirements are satisfied. In addition, for BDCs like the Company whose securities are not listed on a national securities exchange, the Company is also required to offer to repurchase its outstanding shares at the rate of 25% per quarter over four calendar quarters. Under the existing 200% minimum asset coverage ratio, the Company is permitted to borrow up to one dollar for investment purposes for every one dollar of investor equity, and under the 150% minimum asset coverage ratio, the Company will be permitted to borrow up to two dollars for investment purposes for every one dollar of investor equity. In other words, Section 61(a) of the 1940 Act, as amended, permits BDCs to potentially increase their debt-to-equity ratio from a maximum of 1 to 1 to a maximum of 2 to 1.

 

At the 2019 Annual Meeting, stockholders approved the application to the Company of the 150% minimum asset coverage ratio set forth in Section 61(a)(2) of the 1940 Act. As a result, and subject to certain additional disclosure requirements and the repurchase obligations described above, the minimum asset coverage ratio applicable to the Company was reduced from 200% to 150%, effective as of March 16, 2019.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies

 

This discussion of our expected operating plans is based upon our expected financial statements, which will be prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements will require our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining such estimates could cause actual results to differ. In addition to the discussion below, we will describe our critical accounting policies in the notes to our future financial statements.

 

Valuation of Portfolio Investments

 

The Company determines the fair value of its investment portfolio each quarter. Securities that are publicly-traded are valued at the reported closing price on the valuation date. The fair values of the Company’s investments are determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors. The Company’s board of directors is solely responsible for the valuation of the Company’s portfolio investments at fair value as determined in good faith pursuant to the Company’s valuation policy and consistently applied valuation process.

 

In connection with that determination, the Adviser provides the Company’s board of directors with portfolio company valuations which are based on relevant inputs which may include indicative dealer quotes, values of like securities, recent portfolio company financial statements and forecasts, and valuations prepared by third-party valuation services.

 

We follow guidance under U.S. GAAP, which classifies the inputs used to measure fair values into the following hierarchy:

 

Level 1. Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access at the measurement date.

 

Level 2. Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities on an inactive market, or other observable inputs other than quoted prices.

 

Level 3. Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

 

In all cases, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to each investment.

 

Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on such exchange on the date of valuation or, if there was no sale on such day, at the mean between the last bid and asked prices on such day or at the last bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price. Securities traded on the Nasdaq market are valued at the Nasdaq official closing price (“NOCP”) on the day of valuation or, if there was no NOCP issued, at the last sale price on such day. Securities traded on the Nasdaq market for which there is no NOCP and no last sale price on the day of valuation are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices on such day or at the last bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price.

 

Securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued by an independent pricing agent or more than one principal market maker, if available, otherwise a principal market maker or a primary market dealer. We value over-the-counter securities by using the midpoint of the prevailing bid and ask prices from dealers on the date of the relevant period end, which were provided by an independent pricing agent and screened for validity by such service.

 

For most of our investments, market quotations are not readily available. With respect to such investments, or when such market quotations are deemed not to represent fair value, our board of directors has approved a multi-step valuation process for each quarter, as described below, and such investments are classified in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy:

 

1.

Each portfolio company or investment is reviewed by investment professionals of the Adviser with the independent valuation firms engaged by our board of directors.

 

2.

The independent valuation firms prepare independent valuations based on their own independent assessments and issue their reports.

 

3.

The audit committee of our board of directors (the “Audit Committee”) reviews and discusses with the independent valuation firms the valuation reports, and then makes a recommendation to our board of directors of the value for each investment.

 

4.

Our board of directors discusses valuations and determines the fair value of such investments in our portfolio in good faith based on the input of the Adviser, the respective independent valuation firms and the Audit Committee.

 

Our non-CLO investments are valued utilizing a broker quote, yield technique, enterprise value (“EV”) technique, net asset value technique, liquidation technique, discounted cash flow technique, or a combination of techniques, as appropriate. The

 

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yield technique uses loan spreads for loans and other relevant information implied by market data involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. Under the EV technique, the EV of a portfolio company is first determined and allocated over the portfolio company’s securities in order of their preference relative to one another (i.e., “waterfall” allocation). To determine the EV, we typically use a market (multiples) valuation approach that considers relevant and applicable market trading data of guideline public companies, transaction metrics from precedent merger and acquisitions transactions, and/or a discounted cash flow technique. The net asset value technique, an income approach, is used to derive a value of an underlying investment by dividing a relevant earnings stream by an appropriate capitalization rate. The liquidation technique is intended to approximate the net recovery value of an investment based on, among other things, assumptions regarding liquidation proceeds based on a hypothetical liquidation of a portfolio company’s assets. The discounted cash flow technique converts future cash flows or earnings to a range of fair values from which a single estimate may be derived utilizing an appropriate discount rate. The fair value measurement is based on the net present value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts.

 

Generally, our investments in loans are classified as Level 3 fair value measured securities under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”).

 

The types of factors that are taken into account in fair value determination include, as relevant, market changes in expected returns for similar investments, performance improvement or deterioration, security covenants, call protection provisions, and information rights, the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the issuer’s ability to make payments and its earnings and cash flows, the principal markets in which the issuer does business, comparisons to traded securities, and other relevant factors.

 

Our investments in CLOs are classified as Level 3 fair value measured securities under ASC 820 and are valued using a discounted multi-path cash flow model. The CLO structures are analyzed to identify the risk exposures and to determine an appropriate call date (i.e., expected maturity). These risk factors are sensitized in the multi-path cash flow model using Monte Carlo simulations, which is a simulation used to model the probability of different outcomes, to generate probability-weighted (i.e., multi-path) cash flows from the underlying assets and liabilities. These cash flows are discounted using appropriate market discount rates, and relevant data in the CLO market as well as certain benchmark credit indices are considered, to determine the value of each CLO investment. In addition, we generate a single-path cash flow utilizing our best estimate of expected cash receipts, and assess the reasonableness of the implied discount rate that would be effective for the value derived from the multi-path cash flows. We are not responsible for and have no influence over the asset management of the portfolios underlying the CLO investments we hold, as those portfolios are managed by non-affiliated third-party CLO collateral managers. The main risk factors are default risk, prepayment risk, interest rate risk, downgrade risk, and credit spread risk.

 

Valuation of Other Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

 

ASC 825, Financial Instruments, specifically ASC 825-10-25, permits an entity to choose, at specified election dates, to measure eligible items at fair value (the “Fair Value Option”). We have not elected the Fair Value Option to report selected financial assets and financial liabilities.

 

Investment Risks

 

Our investments are subject to a variety of risks. Those risks include the following:

 

Market Risk

 

Market risk represents the potential loss that can be caused by a change in the fair value of the financial instrument.

 

Credit Risk

 

Credit risk represents the risk that we would incur if the counterparties failed to perform pursuant to the terms of their agreements with us.

 

Liquidity Risk

 

Liquidity risk represents the possibility that we may not be able to rapidly adjust the size of our investment positions in times of high volatility and financial stress at a reasonable price.

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

Interest rate risk represents a change in interest rates, which could result in an adverse change in the fair value of an interest-bearing financial instrument.

 

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Prepayment Risk

 

Many of our debt investments allow for prepayment of principal without penalty. Downward changes in interest rates may cause prepayments to occur at a faster than expected rate, thereby effectively shortening the maturity of the security and making us less likely to fully earn all of the expected income of that security and reinvesting in a lower yielding instrument.

 

Structured Credit Related Risk

 

CLO investments may be riskier and less transparent to us than direct investments in underlying companies. CLOs typically will have no significant assets other than their underlying senior secured loans. Therefore, payments on CLO investments are and will be payable solely from the cash flows from such senior secured loans.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company records interest income on an accrual basis to the extent it expects to collect such amounts. The Company records dividend income on the ex-dividend date. The Company does not accrue as a receivable interest or dividends on loans and securities if it has reason to doubt its ability to collect such income. Loan origination fees, original issue discount and market discount are capitalized and the Company accretes such amounts as interest income over the respective term of the loan or security. Upon the prepayment of a loan or security, any unamortized loan origination fees and original issue discount are recorded as interest income. Upfront structuring fees are recorded as fee income when earned. The Company records prepayment premiums on loans and securities as fee income when it receives such amounts.

 

Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on an accrual basis. Accretion of such purchase discounts or amortization of such premiums is calculated using the effective interest method as of the settlement date and adjusted only for material amendments or prepayments. Upon the prepayment of a bond, any unamortized discount or premium is recorded as interest income.

 

Interest income from investments in the “equity” positions of CLOs (typically income notes or subordinated notes) is recorded based on an estimation of an effective yield to expected maturity utilizing assumed future cash flows in accordance with ASC 325-40, Beneficial Interest in the Securitized Financial Assets. The Company monitors the expected cash inflows from CLO equity investments, including the expected residual payments, and the estimated effective yield is determined and updated periodically. In accordance with ASC 325-40, Beneficial Interest in Securitized Financial Assets, investments in CLOs are periodically assessed for other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”). When the Company determines that a CLO has OTTI, the amortized cost basis of the CLO is written down to its fair value as of the date of the determination based on events and information evaluated and that write-down is recognized as a realized loss

 

Due to and from Adviser

 

Amounts due from the Adviser are for amounts waived under the ELA (as such term is defined in Note 4) and amounts due to the Adviser are for base management fees, incentive fees, operating expenses paid on our behalf and offering and organization expenses paid on our behalf. The due to and due from Adviser balances are presented net on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and are presented gross on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2019. All balances due to and from the Adviser are settled quarterly.

 

Paid-In-Kind Interest

 

The Company has certain investments in its portfolio that contain a payment-in-kind (“PIK”) interest provision, which represents contractual interest or dividends that are added to the principal balance and recorded as income. For the three months ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, PIK interest included in interest income totaled $29 and $0, respectively. The Company stops accruing PIK interest when it is determined that PIK interest is no longer collectible. To maintain RIC tax treatment, and to avoid corporate tax, substantially all of this income must be paid out to the stockholders in the form of distributions, even though the Company has not yet collected the cash.

 

Offering Costs and Expenses

 

The Company will incur certain costs and expenses in connection with registering to sell shares of its common stock. These costs and expenses principally relate to certain costs and expenses for advertising and sales, printing and marketing costs, professional and filing fees. Offering costs incurred by the Company are capitalized to deferred offering costs on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and amortized to expense over the 12 month period following such capitalization on a straight line basis. Prior to the Merger, there were offering and organizational costs due to the PWAY Adviser (as such term is defined in Note 4).

 

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Dividends and Distributions

 

Dividends and distributions to common stockholders are recorded on the record date. The amount, if any, to be paid as a monthly dividend or distribution is approved by our Board of Directors quarterly and is generally based upon our management’s estimate of our future taxable earnings. Net realized capital gains, if any, are distributed at least annually.

 

Financing Costs

 

We record origination expenses related to our Revolving Credit Facility as deferred financing costs. These expenses are deferred and amortized as part of interest expense using the straight-line method over the stated life of the obligation of our Revolving Credit Facility. (See Note 11 for further discussion).

 

Per Share Information

 

Net increase or decrease in net assets resulting from operations per share is calculated using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period presented. In accordance with ASC 946, convertible securities are not considered in the calculation of net asset value per share. As of December 31, 2019, there were no issued convertible securities.

 

Net Realized and Net Change in Unrealized Gains or Losses

 

Gains or losses on the sale of investments are calculated by using the specific identification method. The Company measures realized gains or losses by the difference between the net proceeds from the repayment or sale and the amortized cost basis of the investment, without regard to unrealized appreciation or depreciation previously recognized, but considering unamortized upfront fees. Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation reflects the change in portfolio investment values during the reporting period, including any reversal of previously recorded unrealized gains or losses when gains or losses are realized.

 

Federal and State Income Taxes

 

The Company has elected to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and intends to continue to comply with the requirements of the Code applicable to RICs. As a RIC, the Company is required to distribute at least 90% of its investment company taxable income and intends to distribute (or retain through a deemed distribution) all of its investment company taxable income and net capital gain to stockholders; therefore, the Company has made no provision for income taxes. The character of income and gains that the Company will distribute is determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from GAAP. Book and tax basis differences relating to stockholder dividends and distributions and other permanent book and tax differences are reclassified to paid-in capital.

 

If the Company does not distribute (or is not deemed to have distributed) at least 98% of its annual ordinary income and 98.2% of its net capital gains in the calendar year earned, it will generally be required to pay an excise tax equal to 4% of the amount by which 98% of its annual ordinary income and 98.2% of its capital gains exceeds the distributions from such taxable income for the year. To the extent that the Company determines that its estimated current year annual taxable income will be in excess of estimated current year dividend distributions from such taxable income, it accrues excise taxes, if any, on estimated excess taxable income. As of December 31, 2019, the Company does not expect to have any excise tax due for the 2019 calendar year. Thus, the Company has not accrued any excise tax for this period.

 

If the Company fails to satisfy the annual distribution requirement or otherwise fails to qualify as a RIC in any taxable year, it would be subject to tax on all of its taxable income at regular corporate income tax rates. The Company would not be able to deduct distributions to stockholders, nor would it be required to make distributions. Distributions would generally be taxable to the Company’s individual and other non-corporate taxable stockholders as ordinary dividend income eligible for the reduced maximum rate applicable to qualified dividend income to the extent of its current and accumulated earnings and profits, provided certain holding period and other requirements are met. Subject to certain limitations under the Code, corporate distributions would be eligible for the dividends-received deduction. To qualify again to be taxed as a RIC in a subsequent year, the Company would be required to distribute to our shareholders our accumulated earnings and profits attributable to non-RIC years. In addition, if the Company failed to qualify as a RIC for a period greater than two taxable years, then, in order to qualify as a RIC in a subsequent year, it would be required to elect to recognize and pay tax on any net built-in gain (the excess of aggregate gain, including items of income, over aggregate loss that would have been realized if we had been liquidated) or, alternatively, be subject to taxation on such built-in gain recognized for a period of five years.

 

The Company follows ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented, and disclosed in the consolidated financial statements. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing our tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. As of December 31, 2019, the Company did not record any unrecognized tax benefits or liabilities. Management’s determinations regarding ASC 740 may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based upon factors including, but not limited to, an on-going analysis of tax laws, regulations and

 

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interpretations thereof. Although the Company files both federal and state income tax returns, its major tax jurisdiction is federal. The Company’s federal tax returns for the tax years ended December 31, 2015 and thereafter remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), which amends the financial instruments impairment guidance so that an entity is required to measure expected credit losses for financial assets based on historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts. As such, an entity will use forward-looking information to estimate credit losses. ASU 2016-13 also amends the guidance in FASB ASC Subtopic No. 325-40, Investments-Other, Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets, related to the subsequent measurement of accretable yield recognized as interest income over the life of a beneficial interest in securitized financial assets under the effective yield method. ASU 2016-13 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We are currently evaluating the impact, if any, of adopting this ASU on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The standard will modify the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by removing, modifying, or adding certain disclosures. ASU No. 2018-13 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted upon issuance of this ASU. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this ASU on our consolidated financial statements.

 

SEC Disclosure Update and Simplification

 

In August 2018, the SEC adopted the final rule under SEC Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification, amending certain disclosure requirements that were redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated or superseded. The amendments are intended to facilitate the disclosure of information to investors and simplify compliance. We have adopted the amendments during six months ended December 31, 2019 and have retrospectively applied the presentation to prior period statements presented.

 

Prior to adoption and in accordance with previous SEC rules, we presented distributable earnings (loss) on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities, as three components: 1) accumulated overdistributed net investment income; 2) accumulated net unrealized gain (loss) on investments; and 3) accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments. We also presented distributions from earnings on the Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets as distributions from net investment income. In accordance with the SEC Release, distributable earnings and distributions from distributable earnings are shown in total on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets, respectively. The changes in presentation have been retrospectively applied to the prior period statements presented.

 

The following table provides the reconciliation of the components of distributable earnings (loss) to conform to the current period presentation for the six months ended December 31, 2018:

 

 

 

Overdistributed net

 

 

Realized gains

 

 

Net unrealized

 

 

Distributable

 

 

 

investment income

 

 

(losses)

 

 

loss

 

 

earnings (loss)

 

Balance as of June 30, 2018

 

 

(187,902

)

 

 

37,548

 

 

 

(356,386

)

 

 

(506,740

)

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

(325,972

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(325,972

)

Net realized losses

 

 

 

 

 

(45,453

)

 

 

 

 

 

(45,453

)

Net change in net unrealized losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(945,059

)

 

 

(945,059

)

Distributions to Shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions from net investment income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax reclassification

 

 

(5,644

)

 

 

(452

)

 

 

 

 

 

(6,096

)

Balance as of December 31, 2018

 

 

(519,518

)

 

 

(8,357

)

 

 

(1,301,445

)

 

 

(1,829,320

)

 

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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

 

On December 22, 2017, the President signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), which significantly changed the Code, including, a reduction in the corporate income tax rate, a new limitation on the deductibility of interest expense, and significant changes to the taxation of income earned from foreign sources and foreign subsidiaries. The Tax Act also authorizes the IRS to issue regulations with respect to the new provisions. We cannot predict how the changes in the Tax Act, or regulations or other guidance issued under it, might affect us, our business or the business of our portfolio companies. However, our portfolio companies may or may not make certain elections under the Tax Act that could materially increase their taxable earnings and profits. Any such increase in the earnings and profits of a portfolio company may result in the characterization of certain distributions sourced from sale proceeds as dividend income, which may increase our distributable taxable income.

 

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Item 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

 

We are subject to financial market risks, including changes in interest rates. As of December 31, 2019, 97% (based on fair value) of our investments paid variable interest rates and 3% paid fixed rates (considering interest rate flows for floating rate instruments, excluding our investments in equity and structured subordinated notes). A rise in the general level of interest rates can be expected to lead to higher interest rates applicable to certain variable rate investments we hold and to declines in the value of any fixed rate investments we may hold in the future.

 

The following table shows the estimated annual impact of changes in interest rates (considering interest rate flows for floating rate instruments, excluding our investments in equity and structured subordinated notes) on our interest income, interest expense and net interest income, assuming no changes in our investment portfolio in effect as of December 31, 2019:

 

LIBOR Basis Point Change

 

 Interest Income

 

 Interest Expense

 

Net Investment Income

 

Up 300 basis points

 

$997,032

 

$630,000

 

$367,032

 

Up 200 basis points

 

$664,688

 

$420,000

 

$244,688

 

Up 100 basis points

 

$332,344

 

$210,000

 

$122,344

 

Down 100 basis points

 

$(295,608)

 

$(210,000)

 

$(85,608)

 

Down 200 basis points

 

$(391,159)

 

$—

 

$(391,159)

 

Down 300 basis points

 

$(393,398)

 

$—

 

$(393,398)

 

 

Because we may borrow money to make investments, our net investment income may be dependent on the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest these funds. In periods of increasing interest rates, our cost of funds would increase, which may reduce our net investment income. 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 may also face risk due to the lack of liquidity in the marketplace which could prevent us from raising sufficient funds to adequately invest in a broad pool of assets. We are subject to other financial market risks, including changes in interest rates. However, at this time, with no portfolio investments, this risk is immaterial.

 

In addition, we may have risk regarding portfolio valuation. See “Part I - Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies—Valuation of Investments.”

 

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Item 4: Controls and Procedures.

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

As of December 31, 2019, we evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the 1934 Act). Based on that evaluation, our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective and provided reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our periodic SEC filings is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such informationis accumulatedand communicatedto our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. However, in evaluating 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 such possible controls and procedures.

 

Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2019, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, we may become involved in various investigations, claims and legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. These matters may relate to intellectual property, employment, tax, regulation, contract or other matters. The resolution of such matters as may arise will be subject to various uncertainties and, even if such claims are without merit, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. We are not aware of any material legal proceedings as of December 31, 2019.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed below and the risk factors in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2019, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in this report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.

 

Changes relating to the LIBOR calculation process may adversely affect the value of the LIBOR-indexed, floating-rate debt securities in our portfolio.

 

In the recent past, concerns have been publicized that some of the member banks surveyed by the British Bankers’ Association, or the “BBA,” in connection with the calculation of LIBOR across a range of maturities and currencies may have been under-reporting or otherwise manipulating the inter-bank lending rate applicable to them in order to profit on their derivatives positions or to avoid an appearance of capital insufficiency or adverse reputational or other consequences that may have resulted from reporting inter-bank lending rates higher than those they actually submitted. A number of BBA member banks entered into settlements with their regulators and law enforcement agencies with respect to alleged manipulation of LIBOR, and investigations by regulators and governmental authorities in various jurisdictions are ongoing.

 

In July 2017, the head of the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority announced the desire to phase out the use of LIBOR by the end of 2021. It is unclear if at that time whether LIBOR will cease to exist or if new methods of calculating LIBOR will be established such that it continues to exist after 2021. In addition, in April 2018, the Federal Reserve System, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, announced the replacement of LIBOR with a new index, calculated by short-term repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, called the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or the SOFR. At this time, it is not possible to predict whether SOFR will attain market traction as a LIBOR replacement tool, and the future of LIBOR is still uncertain. As such, the potential effect of the phase-out or replacement of LIBOR on our cost of capital and net investment income cannot yet be determined.

 

Actions by the BBA, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority or other regulators or law enforcement agencies as a result of these or future events, may result in changes to the manner in which LIBOR is determined. Potential changes, or uncertainty

 

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related to such potential changes may adversely affect the market for LIBOR-based securities, including our portfolio of LIBOR-indexed, floating-rate debt securities. In addition, any further changes or reforms to the determination or supervision of LIBOR may result in a sudden or prolonged increase or decrease in reported LIBOR, which could have an adverse impact on the market for LIBOR-based securities or the value of our portfolio of LIBOR-indexed, floating-rate debt securities.

 

Our ability to enter into transactions involving derivatives and financial commitment transactions may be limited.

 

In November 2019, the SEC published a proposed rulemaking regarding the ability of a BDC (or a registered investment company) to use derivatives and other transactions that create future payment or delivery obligations (except reverse repurchase agreements and similar financing transactions). If adopted as proposed, BDCs that use derivatives would be subject to a value-at-risk (“VaR”) leverage limit, certain other derivatives risk management program and testing requirements and requirements related to board reporting. These new requirements would apply unless the BDC qualified as a “limited derivatives user,” as defined in the SEC’s proposal. A BDC that enters into reverse repurchase agreements or similar financing transactions would need to aggregate the amount of indebtedness associated with the reverse repurchase agreements or similar financing transactions with the aggregate amount of any other senior securities representing indebtedness when calculating the BDC’s asset coverage ratio. Under the proposed rule, a BDC may enter into an unfunded commitment agreement that is not a derivatives transaction, such as an agreement to provide financing to a portfolio company, if the BDC has a reasonable belief, at the time it enters into such an agreement, that it will have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to meet its obligations with respect to all of its unfunded commitment agreements, in each case as it becomes due. If the BDC cannot meet this test, it is required to treat unfunded commitments as a derivatives transaction subject to the requirements of the rule. Collectively, these proposed requirements, if adopted, may limit our ability to use derivatives and/or enter into certain other financial contracts.

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report or hereby incorporated into this report by reference to exhibits previously filed with the SEC (according to the number assigned to them in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):

 

Exhibit No.

 

 

3.1

Fourth Amended Articles of Incorporation(1)

3.2

Articles Supplementary(2)

3.3

Articles Supplementary(3)

3.4

Amended and Restated Bylaws(4)

3.5

Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant(5)

4

Articles of Merger of the Registrant(6)

31.1

Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

31.2

Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 *

32.1

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

32.2

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

 

 

 

*          Filed herewith.

 

(1)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2(a) to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (SEC File No. 333-174873) filed with the SEC on November 1, 2013.

(2)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2(a)(1) to the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (SEC File No. 333-206730) filed with the SEC on March 3, 2016).

(3)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on September 23, 2019.

(4)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2(b) to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (SEC File No. 333-174873) filed with the SEC on March 15, 2013).

(5)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 1, 2019.

(6)

Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on April 1, 2019.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on February 12, 2020.

 

 

TP FLEXIBLE INCOME FUND, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ M. Grier Eliasek

 

 

M. Grier Eliasek

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kristin Van Dask

 

 

Kristin Van Dask

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 

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