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12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

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NOTE 11 — NOTES

The Notes Payable are institutional, non-traded notes. The Notes Payable are carried at cost. At the measurement date, the estimated fair value of the Notes Payable as prepared for disclosure purposes was $126,000,000. See Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion regarding the fair value measurements and hierarchy.

In connection with the issuance and maintenance of the Notes Payable, the Company incurred $2,327,835 of fees, which are being amortized over the term of the Notes Payable, of which $0 and $555,645 remains to be amortized as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. These financing costs are presented on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a deduction from the debt liability.

On January 14, 2021, the Company issued $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.875% fixed-rate notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes Payable”). On September 30, 2025, the Company prepaid $50,000,000 in aggregate principal of the 2026 Notes Payable. On December 31, 2025, the Company prepaid the remaining $50,000,000 in aggregate principal of the 2026 Notes Payable in full. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company recorded a make-whole payment of $54,000 and accelerated $172,095 of unamortized upfront fees which are recognized as a loss on debt extinguishment in the Consolidated Statemements of Operations.

The 2026 Notes Payable were redeemable in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at the Company’s option on or after December 31, 2025, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Interest on the 2026 Notes Payable was payable semi-annually beginning September 30, 2021.

The Company used the net proceeds from the 2026 Notes Payable offering to fully redeem the Company’s 5.75% fixed-rate notes due September 15, 2022 (the “2022 Notes Payable”) and repay a portion of the amount outstanding under the Credit Facility.

On April 1, 2025 and September 25, 2025, the Company issued $75,000,000 and $50,000,000, respectively, in aggregate principal amount of 7.250% fixed-rate notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes Payable” and together with the 2026 Notes Payable, the “Notes Payable”). The 2030 Notes Payable will mature on April 1, 2030 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at any time or from time to time at the Company’s option on or after October 1, 2029, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Interest on the 2030 Notes Payable is payable semi-annually beginning October 1, 2025. As of December 31, 2025, the aggregate carrying amount of the 2030 Notes Payable was approximately $122,671,409.

In connection with the issuance and maintenance of the 2030 Notes Payable, the Company incurred $2,696,803 of fees, which are being amortized over the term of the 2030 Notes Payable. As of December 31, 2025, $2,328,591 of prepaid financing costs had yet to be amortized. These financing costs are presented on the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a deduction from the debt liability.

The following is a summary of the 2026 Notes Payable, net of deferred financing costs:

	December 31, 2025		December 31, 2024
2026 Notes Payable	$	—	$	100,000,000
Deferred financing costs		—		(555,645)
2026 Notes Payable, net of deferred financing costs and discount	$	—	$	99,444,355

The following table summarizes the interest expense and deferred financing costs on the 2026 Notes Payable for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023:

	For the year ended
	December 31, 2025			December 31, 2024			December 31, 2023
Interest expense	$	4,258,083		$	4,881,000		$	4,881,000
Deferred financing costs		390,420			447,943			446,720
Total interest and financing expenses	$	4,648,503		$	5,328,943		$	5,327,720
Weighted average interest rate		5.7	%		4.9	%		4.9	%
Effective interest rate (including fee amortization)		6.2	%		5.3	%		5.3	%
Average debt outstanding	$	74,657,534		$	100,000,000		$	100,000,000
Cash paid for interest	$	5,490,375		$	4,881,000		$	4,881,000

The following is a summary of the 2030 Notes Payable, net of deferred financing costs:

	December 31, 2025
2030 Notes Payable	$	125,000,000
Deferred financing costs		(2,272,580)
Premium on 2030 Notes Payable		618,145
Discount on 2030 Notes Payable		(674,156)
2030 Notes Payable, net of deferred financing costs and discount	$	122,671,409

The following table summarizes the interest expense and deferred financing costs on the 2030 Notes Payable for the year ended December 31, 2025:

	For the year ended
	December 31, 2025
Interest expense	$	5,059,792
Deferred financing costs		301,973
Discount amortization		96,093
Premium amortization		(29,856)
Total interest and financing expenses	$	5,428,002
Weighted average interest rate		7.2	%(1)
Effective interest rate (including fee amortization)		7.8	%(1)
Average debt outstanding	$	92,818,182	(1)
Cash paid for interest	$	2,794,167

(1) Calculated for the period from April 1, 2025, the date of the first issuance of the 2030 Notes Payable, through December 31, 2025.

The indenture and supplements thereto relating to the Notes Payable contain certain covenants, including but not limited to (i) a requirement that the Company comply with the asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act or any successor provisions, and (ii) a requirement to provide financial information to the holders of the notes and the trustee under the indenture if the Company should no longer be subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. As of December 31, 2025, the Company was in compliance with these covenants.