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In addition, we may invest a portion of our portfolio in opportunistic investments, which will not be our primary focus, but will be intended to enhance returns to our Shareholders and from time to time, we may evaluate and enter into strategic portfolio transactions which may result in additional portfolio companies which we are considered to control. These investments may include high-yield bonds and broadly-syndicated loans, which are typically originated and structured by banks on behalf of large corporate borrowers with employee counts, revenues, EBITDAs and enterprise values larger than the middle-market characteristics described herein, and equity investments in portfolio companies that make senior secured loans or invest in broadly syndicated loans or structured products, such as life settlements and royalty interests. Our portfolio composition may fluctuate from time to time based on market conditions and interest rates. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Covenants are contractual restrictions that lenders place on companies to limit the corporate actions a company may pursue. Generally, the loans in which we expect to invest will have financial maintenance covenants, which are used to proactively address materially adverse changes in a portfolio company’s financial performance. However, to a lesser extent, we may invest in “covenant- lite” loans. See “Investment Process Overview- Inclusion of Covenants.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our investment objective is to generate current income and, to a lesser extent, capital appreciation by targeting investment opportunities with favorable risk-adjusted returns. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Debt Investments. </div></div></div>The terms of our debt investments are tailored to the facts and circumstances of each transaction. The Adviser negotiates the structure of each investment to protect our rights and manage our risk. We intend to invest in the following types of debt: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">First-lien debt.</div></div> First-lien debt typically is senior on a lien basis to other liabilities in the issuer’s capital structure and has the benefit of a first-priority security interest in assets of the issuer. The security interest ranks above the security interest of any second-lien lenders in those assets. Our first-lien debt may include stand-alone first-lien loans, “unitranche” loans (including “last out” portions of such loans), and secured corporate bonds with similar features to these categories of first-lien loans. As of December 31, 2022, 55.4% of our first lien debt was comprised of unitranche loans. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:10%"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Stand-alone first lien loans.</div></div> Stand-alone first-lien loans are traditional first-lien loans. All lenders in the facility have equal rights to the collateral that is subject to the first-priority security interest. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:10%"> </td> <td style="width:2%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Unitranche loans.</div></div> Unitranche loans (including the “last out” portions of such loans) combine features of first-lien, second-lien and mezzanine debt, generally in a first-lien position. In many cases, we may provide the issuer most, if not all, of the capital structure above their equity. The primary advantages to the issuer are the ability to negotiate the entire debt financing with one lender and the elimination of intercreditor issues. “Last out” first-lien loans have a secondary priority behind super-senior “first out” first-lien loans in the collateral securing the loans in certain circumstances. The arrangements for a “last out” first-lien loan are typically set forth in an “agreement among lenders,” which provides lenders with “first out” and “last out” payment streams based on a single lien on the collateral. Since the “first out” lenders generally have priority over the “last out” lenders for receiving payment under certain specified events of default, or upon the occurrence of other triggering events under intercreditor agreements or agreements among lenders, the “last out” lenders bear a greater risk and, in exchange, receive a higher effective interest rate, through arrangements among the lenders, than the “first out” lenders or lenders in stand-alone first-lien loans. Agreements among lenders also typically provide greater voting rights to the “last out” lenders than the intercreditor agreements to which second-lien lenders often are subject. Among the types of first-lien debt in which we may invest, “last out” first-lien loans generally have higher effective interest rates than other types of first-lien loans, since “last out” first-lien loans rank below standalone first-lien loans. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Second-lien debt.</div></div> Our second-lien debt may include secured loans, and, to a lesser extent, secured corporate bonds, with a secondary priority behind first-lien debt. Second-lien debt typically is senior on a lien basis to unsecured liabilities in the issuer’s capital structure and has the benefit of a security interest over assets of the issuer, though ranking junior to first-lien debt secured by those assets. First-lien lenders and second-lien lenders typically have separate liens on the collateral, and an intercreditor agreement provides the first-lien lenders with priority over the second-lien lenders’ liens on the collateral. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Mezzanine debt.</div></div> Structurally, mezzanine debt usually ranks subordinate in priority of payment to first-lien and second-lien debt, is often unsecured, and may not have the benefit of financial covenants common in first-lien and second-lien debt. However, mezzanine debt ranks senior to common and preferred equity in an issuer’s capital structure. Mezzanine debt investments generally offer lenders fixed returns in the form of interest payments, which could be <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">paid-in-kind,</div></div> and may provide lenders an opportunity to participate in the capital appreciation, if any, of an issuer through an equity interest. This equity interest typically takes the form of an equity <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-investment</div> or warrants. Due to its higher risk profile and often less restrictive covenants compared to senior secured loans, mezzanine debt generally bears a higher stated interest rate than first-lien and second-lien debt. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Broadly syndicated loans</div></div>. Broadly syndicated loans (whose features are similar to those described under “First-lien debt” and “Second-lien debt” above) are typically originated and structured by banks on behalf of large corporate borrowers with employee counts, revenues, EBITDAs, and enterprise values larger than the middle-market characteristics described above. The proceeds of broadly syndicated loans are often used for leveraged buyout transactions, mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations, refinancings, and financing capital expenditures. Broadly syndicated loans are typically distributed by the arranging bank to a diverse group of investors primarily consisting of: CLOs; senior secured loan and high yield bond mutual funds; <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">closed-end</div> funds, hedge funds, banks, and insurance companies; and finance companies. A borrower must comply with various covenants contained in a loan agreement or note purchase agreement between the borrower and the holders of the broadly syndicated loan. The broadly syndicated loans in which we invest may include loans that are considered “covenant-lite” loans, because of their lack of a full set of financial maintenance covenants. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our debt investments are typically structured with the maximum seniority and collateral that we can reasonably obtain while seeking to achieve our total return target. The Adviser seeks to limit the downside potential of our investments by: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">requiring a total return on our investments (including both interest and potential equity appreciation) that compensates us for credit risk; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">negotiating covenants in connection with our investments consistent with preservation of our capital. Such restrictions may include affirmative covenants (including reporting requirements), negative covenants (including financial maintenance covenants), lien protection, limitations on debt incurrence, restrictions on asset sales, downside and liquidation cases, restrictions on dividends and other payments, cash flow sweeps, collateral protection, required debt amortization, change of control provisions and board rights, including either observation rights or rights to a seat on the board under some circumstances; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">including debt amortization requirements, where appropriate, to require the timely repayment of principal of the loan, as well as appropriate maturity dates. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Within our portfolio, the Adviser aims to maintain the appropriate proportion among the various types of first-lien loans, as well as second-lien debt and mezzanine debt, to allow us to achieve our target returns while maintaining our targeted amount of credit risk. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Equity Investments. </div></div></div>Our investment in a portfolio company could be or may include an equity interest, such as common stock or preferred stock, or equity linked interest, such as a warrant or profit participation right. We may make direct and indirect equity investments with or without a concurrent investment in a more senior part of the capital structure of the issuer. Our equity investments are typically not control-oriented investments and we may structure such equity investments to include provisions protecting our rights as a minority-interest holder. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Speciality Financing Portfolio Companies</div></div></div><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">. </div></div>We may make equity investments in portfolio companies that make senior secured loans or invest in broadly syndicated loans or structured products, such as life settlements and royalty interests. Our specialty financing companies include the following: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Amergin, which consists of AAM Series 1.1 Rail and Domestic Intermodal Feeder, LLC and AAM Series 2.1 Aviation Feeder, LLC (collectively, “Amergin AssetCo”) and Amergin Asset Management LLC, which has entered into a Servicing Agreement with Amergin AssetCo. Amergin was created to invest in a leasing platform focused on railcar and aviation assets. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Fifth Season Investment LLC (fka Chapford SMA Partnership, L.P.)(“Fifth Season”), a portfolio company created to invest in life settlement assets. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">ORCIC Senior Loan Fund LLC (“ORCIC SLF”), a Delaware limited liability company, which is a joint venture between us and State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio. ORCIC SLF’s principal purpose is to make investments, primarily in senior secured loans that are made to middle-market companies or in broadly syndicated loans and in senior and subordinated notes issued by collateralized loan obligations. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">LSI Financing 1 DAC (“LSI Financing”), a portfolio company formed to acquire a contractual right to revenue pursuant to an earnout agreement in the life sciences space. </div></td></tr></table> <div id="anxa485191_2" style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Item 1A. Risk Factors </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investing in our common stock involves a number of significant risks. You should consider carefully the following information before making an investment in our common stock. The risks below are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or not presently deemed material by us may also impair our operations and performance. If any of the following events occur, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">An investment in our securities involves risks. The following is a summary of the principal risks that you should carefully consider before investing in our securities. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to the economy. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Global economic, political and market conditions, including uncertainty about the financial stability of the United States, could have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic caused severe disruptions in the U.S. economy and disrupted financial activity in the areas in which we or our portfolio companies operate. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Price declines in the corporate leveraged loan market may adversely affect the fair value of our portfolio, reducing our net asset value through increased net unrealized depreciation and the incurrence of realized losses. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Economic recessions or downturns could impair our portfolio companies and harm our operating results. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Inflation may adversely affect the business, results of operations and financial condition of our portfolio companies. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Terrorist attacks, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may impact the businesses in which we invest and harm our business, operating results and financial condition. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to our business. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The lack of liquidity in our investments may adversely affect our business. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We borrow money, which magnifies the potential for gain or loss and may increase the risk of investing in us. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Defaults under our current borrowings or any future borrowing facility or notes may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">If we are unable to obtain additional debt financing, or if our borrowing capacity is materially reduced, our business could be materially adversely affected. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our ability to achieve our investment objective depends on our Adviser’s ability to manage and support our investment process. If our Adviser were to lose a significant number of its key professionals, or terminate the Investment Advisory Agreement, our ability to achieve our investment objective could be significantly harmed. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Because our business model depends to a significant extent upon Blue Owl’s relationships with corporations, financial institutions and investment firms, the inability of Blue Owl to maintain or develop these relationships, or the failure of these relationships to generate investment opportunities, could adversely affect our business. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may face increasing competition for investment opportunities, which could delay further deployment of our capital, reduce returns and result in losses. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our investment portfolio is recorded at fair value as determined in good faith by our Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by our Board and, as a result, there is and will be uncertainty as to the value of our portfolio investments. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Board may change our operating policies and strategies without prior notice or shareholder approval, the effects of which may be adverse to our shareholders. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We are subject to risks associated with the discontinuation of LIBOR, which will affect our cost of capital and results of operations. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We are subject to risks related to corporate social responsibility. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to our Adviser and its affiliates. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Adviser and its affiliates, including our officers and some of our directors, may face conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with us and our affiliates, which could result in increased risk-taking or speculative investments, or cause our Adviser to use substantial leverage. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The time and resources that individuals associated with our Adviser devote to us may be diverted, and we may face additional competition due to, among other things, the fact that neither our Adviser nor its affiliates is prohibited from raising money for or managing another entity that makes the same types of investments that we target. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Adviser and its affiliates, may face conflicts of interest with respect to services performed for issuers in which we may invest. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Adviser or its affiliates may have incentives to favor their respective other accounts and clients and/or Blue Owl over us, which may result in conflicts of interest that could be harmful to us. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may be obligated to pay our Adviser incentive fees even if we incur a net loss due to a decline in the value of our portfolio and even if our earned interest income is not payable in cash. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our ability to enter into transactions with our affiliates is restricted. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Adviser’s inability to attract, retain and develop human capital in a highly competitive talent market could have an adverse effect on our Adviser, and thus us. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to business development companies. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The requirement that we invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets could preclude us from investing in accordance with our current business strategy; conversely, the failure to invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets could result in our failure to maintain our status as a BDC. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Regulations governing our operation as a BDC and RIC affect our ability to raise capital and the way in which we raise additional capital or borrow for investment purposes, which may have a negative effect on our growth. As a BDC, the necessity of raising additional capital may expose us to risks, including risks associated with leverage. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to our investments. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our investments in portfolio companies may be risky, and we could lose all or part of our investments. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may invest through joint ventures, partnerships or other special purpose vehicles and our investments through these vehicles may entail greater risks, or risks that we otherwise would not incur, if we otherwise made such investments directly. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Defaults by our portfolio companies could jeopardize a portfolio company’s ability to meet its obligations under the debt or equity investments that we hold which could harm our operating results. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Subordinated liens on collateral securing debt investments that we may make to portfolio companies may be subject to control by senior creditors with first priority liens. If there is a default, the value of the collateral may not be sufficient to repay in full both the first priority creditors and us. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We generally will not control the business operations of our portfolio companies and, due to the illiquid nature of our holdings in our portfolio companies, we may not be able to dispose of our interest in our portfolio companies. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We are, and will continue to be, exposed to risks associated with changes in interest rates. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">International investments create additional risks. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our portfolio may be focused on a limited number of portfolio companies or industries, which will subject us to a risk of significant loss if any of these companies defaults on its obligations under any of its debt instruments or if there is a downturn in a particular industry. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to an investment in our common stock. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The net asset value of our common stock may fluctuate significantly. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The amount of any distributions we may make on our common stock is uncertain. We may not be able to pay distributions to shareholders, or be able to sustain distributions at any particular level, and our distributions per share, if any, may not grow over time, and our distributions per share may be reduced. We have not established any limits on the extent to which we may use borrowings, if any, and we may use sources other than cash flows from operations to fund distributions (which may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in portfolio companies). </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to U.S. federal income tax. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at corporate-rates if we are unable to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code or if we make investments through taxable subsidiaries. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may have difficulty paying our required distributions if we recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to general risks. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Changes in laws or regulations governing our operations may adversely affect our business or cause us to alter our business strategy. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Heightened scrutiny of the financial services industry by regulators may materially and adversely affect our business. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We are dependent on information systems and systems failures could significantly disrupt our business, which may, in turn, negatively affect our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Internal and external cybersecurity threats and risks, as well as other disasters, may adversely affect our business or the business of our portfolio companies by impairing the ability to conduct business effectively. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to the Economy </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Global economic, political and market conditions, including uncertainty about the financial stability of the United States, could have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The current worldwide financial markets situation, as well as various social, political, economic and other conditions and events (including political tensions in the United States and around the world, wars and other forms of conflict, terrorist acts, security operations and catastrophic events such as fires, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and global health epidemics), may contribute to increased market volatility, may have long term effects on the United States and worldwide financial markets, and may cause economic uncertainties or deterioration in the United States and worldwide. As global systems, economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, events that once had only local impact are now more likely to have regional or even global effects. Events that occur in one country, region or financial market will, more frequently, adversely impact issuers in other countries, regions or markets, including in established markets such as the United States. These impacts can be exacerbated by failures of governments and societies to adequately respond to an emerging event or threat. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Uncertainty can result in or coincide with, among other things: increased volatility in the financial markets for securities, derivatives, loans, credit and currency; a decrease in the reliability of market prices and difficulty in valuing assets (including portfolio company assets); greater fluctuations in spreads on debt investments and currency exchange rates; increased risk of default (by both government and private obligors and issuers); further social, economic, and political instability; nationalization of private enterprise; greater governmental involvement in the economy or in social factors that impact the economy; changes to governmental regulation and supervision of the loan, securities, derivatives and currency markets and market participants and decreased or revised monitoring of such markets by governments or self-regulatory organizations and reduced enforcement of regulations; limitations on the activities of investors in such markets; controls or restrictions on foreign investment, capital controls and limitations on repatriation of invested capital; the significant loss of liquidity and the inability to purchase, sell and otherwise fund investments or settle transactions (including, but not limited to, a market freeze); unavailability of currency hedging techniques; substantial, and in some periods extremely high rates of inflation, which can last many years and have substantial negative effects on credit and securities markets as well as the economy as a whole; recessions; and difficulties in obtaining and/or enforcing legal judgments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For example, the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic continues to adversely impact global commercial activity and has contributed to significant volatility in financial markets. See “—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic caused severe disruptions in the U.S. economy and disrupted financial activity in the areas in which we or our portfolio companies operate.”</div></div> </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the war between Russia and Ukraine, and resulting market volatility, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In response to the war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and other countries have imposed sanctions or other restrictive actions against Russia. The ongoing war and the measures in response could have a negative impact on the economy and business activity globally and could have a material adverse effect on our portfolio companies and our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations. The severity and duration of the war and its impact on global economic and market conditions are impossible to predict. In addition, sanctions could also result in Russia taking counter measures or retaliatory actions which could adversely impact our business or the business of our portfolio companies, including, but not limited to, cyberattacks targeting private companies, individuals or other infrastructure upon which our business and the business of our portfolio companies rely. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any of the above factors, including sanctions, export controls, tariffs, trade wars and other governmental actions, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations and could cause the market value of our common shares and/or debt securities to decline. We monitor developments and seek to manage our investments in a manner consistent with achieving our investment objective, but there can be no assurance that we will be successful in doing so. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic caused severe disruptions in the U.S. economy and disrupted financial activity in the areas in which we or our portfolio companies operate. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic and restrictive measures taken to contain or mitigate its spread caused business shutdowns, cancellations of events and restrictions on travel, significant reductions in demand for certain goods and services, reductions in business activity and financial transactions, supply chain interruptions and overall economic and financial market instability both globally and in the United States. Despite actions of the U.S. federal government and foreign governments, these events have contributed to unpredictable general economic conditions that are materially and adversely impacting the broader financial and credit markets and reducing the availability of debt and equity capital for the market as a whole. It is uncertain how long this volatility will continue, and as a result, even after the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic subsides, the U.S. economy and most other major global economies may continue to experience a recession. Our business and operations, as well as the business and operations of our portfolio companies, could be materially adversely affected by a prolonged recession in the United States and other major markets. Some economists and major investment banks have expressed concern that the continued spread of the virus globally could lead to a world-wide economic downturn, the impacts of which could last for some period after the pandemic is controlled and/or abated. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic is ongoing as of the filing date of this Annual Report, and its extended duration may have further adverse impacts on our portfolio companies after December 31, 2022, including for the reasons described herein. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Any public health emergency, or the threat thereof, and the resulting financial and economic market uncertainty could have a significant adverse impact on us and the fair value of our investments and our portfolio companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The extent of the impact of any public health emergency, such as the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic, on our and our portfolio companies’ operational and financial performance will depend on many factors, including the duration and scope of such public health emergency, </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the actions taken by governmental authorities to contain its financial and economic impact, the extent of any related travel advisories and restrictions implemented, the impact of such public health emergency on overall supply and demand, goods and services, investor liquidity, consumer confidence and levels of economic activity and the extent of its disruption to important global, regional and local supply chains and economic markets, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. In addition, our and our portfolio companies’ operations may be significantly impacted, or even temporarily or permanently halted, as a result of government quarantine measures, voluntary and precautionary restrictions on travel or meetings and other factors related to a public health emergency, including its potential adverse impact on the health of any of our or our portfolio companies’ personnel. This could create widespread business continuity issues for us and our portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These factors may also cause the valuation of our investments to differ materially from the values that we may ultimately realize. Our valuations, and particularly valuations of private investments and private companies, are inherently uncertain, may fluctuate over short periods of time and are often based on estimates, comparisons and qualitative evaluations of private information. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any public health emergency, pandemic or any outbreak of other existing or new epidemic diseases, or the threat thereof, and the resulting financial and economic market uncertainty could have a significant adverse impact on us and the fair value of our investments and our portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The current period of capital markets disruption and economic uncertainty could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Current market conditions may make it difficult to extend the maturity of or refinance our existing indebtedness or obtain new indebtedness with similar terms and any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business. The debt capital that will be available to us in the future, if at all, may be at a higher cost and on less favorable terms and conditions than what we currently experience, including being at a higher cost in rising rate environments. If we are unable to raise or refinance debt, then our equity investors may not benefit from the potential for increased returns on equity resulting from leverage and we may be limited in our ability to make new commitments or to fund existing commitments to our portfolio companies. An inability to extend the maturity of, or refinance, our existing indebtedness or obtain new indebtedness could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Significant disruption or volatility in the capital markets may also have a negative effect on the valuations of our investments. While most of our investments are not publicly traded, applicable accounting standards require us to assume as part of our valuation process that our investments are sold in a principal market to market participants (even if we plan on holding an investment through its maturity). Significant disruption or volatility in the capital markets may also affect the pace of our investment activity and the potential for liquidity events involving our investments. Thus, the illiquidity of our investments may make it difficult for us to sell such investments to access capital if required, and as a result, we could realize significantly less than the value at which we have recorded our investments if we were required to sell them for liquidity purposes. An inability to raise or access capital could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Price declines in the corporate leveraged loan market may adversely affect the fair value of our portfolio, reducing our net asset value through increased net unrealized depreciation and the incurrence of realized losses. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Conditions in the U.S. corporate debt market may experience disruption or deterioration, such as the disruptions resulting from the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic, current high inflation rates or any future disruptions, which may cause pricing levels to decline or be volatile. As a result, our net asset value could decline through an increase in unrealized depreciation and incurrence of realized losses in connection with the sale or other disposition of our investments, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Economic recessions or downturns could impair our portfolio companies and harm our operating results. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Many of our portfolio companies may be susceptible to economic slowdowns or recessions and may be unable to repay our debt investments during these periods. In the past, instability in the global capital markets resulted in disruptions in liquidity in the debt capital markets, significant write-offs in the financial services sector, the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">re-pricing</div> of credit risk in the broadly syndicated credit market and the failure of major domestic and international financial institutions. In particular, in past periods of instability, the financial services sector was negatively impacted by significant write-offs as the value of the assets held by financial firms declined, impairing their capital positions and abilities to lend and invest. In addition, continued uncertainty surrounding the negotiation of trade deals between Britain and the European Union following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, uncertainty in connection with economic sanctions resulting from the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, and uncertainty between the United States and other countries, including China, with respect to trade policies, treaties, and tariffs, among other factors, have caused disruption in the global markets. There can be no assurance that market conditions will not worsen in the future. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In an economic downturn, we may have <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-performing</div> assets or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-performing</div> assets may increase, and the value of our portfolio is likely to decrease during these periods. Adverse economic conditions may also decrease the value of any collateral securing our loans and the value of our equity investments. A severe recession may further decrease the value of such collateral and result in losses of value in our portfolio and a decrease in our revenues, net income, assets and net worth. Unfavorable economic conditions may require us to modify the payment terms of our investments, including changes in “payment in kind” or “PIK” interest provisions and/or cash interest rates, and also could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us on terms we deem acceptable. These events could prevent us from increasing investments and harm our operating results. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The occurrence of recessionary conditions and/or negative developments in the domestic and international credit markets may significantly affect the markets in which we do business, the value of our investments, and our ongoing operations, costs and profitability. Any such unfavorable economic conditions, including rising interest rates, may also increase our funding costs, limit our access to capital markets or negatively impact our ability to obtain financing, particularly from the debt markets. In addition, any future financial market uncertainty could lead to financial market disruptions and could further impact our ability to obtain financing. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These events could limit our investment originations, limit our ability to grow and negatively impact our operating results and financial condition. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Inflation may adversely affect the business, results of operations and financial condition of our portfolio companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Recent inflationary pressures have increased the costs of labor, energy and raw materials and have adversely affected consumer spending, economic growth and our portfolio companies’ operations. Certain of our portfolio companies may be in industries that have been, or are expected to be, impacted by inflation. If such portfolio companies are unable to pass any increases in their costs along to their customers, it could adversely affect their results and impact their ability to pay interest and principal on our loans. In addition, any projected future decreases in our portfolio companies’ operating results due to inflation could adversely impact the fair value of those investments. Any decreases in the fair value of our investments could result in future unrealized losses and therefore reduce our net assets resulting from operations. Any decreases in the fair value of our investments could result in future realized or unrealized losses and therefore reduce our net assets resulting from operations. Additionally, the Federal Reserve has raised, and has indicated its intent to continue raising, certain benchmark interest rates in an effort to combat inflation. See “—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">We are, and will continue to be, exposed to risks associated with changes in interest rates</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the United States and other developed economies are experiencing higher-than-normal inflation rates, it remains uncertain whether substantial inflation will be sustained over an extended period of time or have a significant effect on the U.S. economy or other economies. Inflation may affect our investments adversely in a number of ways, including those noted above. During periods of rising inflation, interest and dividend rates of any instruments we or our portfolio companies may have issued could increase, which would tend to reduce returns to our investors. Inflationary expectations or periods of rising inflation could also be accompanied by the rising prices of commodities which are critical to the operation of portfolio companies as noted above. Portfolio companies may have fixed income streams and, therefore, be unable to pay their debts when they become due. The market value of such investments may decline in value in times of higher inflation rates. Some of our portfolio investments may have income linked to inflation through contractual rights or other means. However, as inflation may affect both income and expenses, any increase in income may not be sufficient to cover increases in expenses. Governmental efforts to curb inflation often have negative effects on the level of economic activity. In an attempt to stabilize inflation, certain countries have imposed wage and price controls at times. Past governmental efforts to curb inflation have also involved more drastic economic measures that have had a materially adverse effect on the level of economic activity in the countries where such measures were employed. There can be no assurance that continued and more wide-spread inflation in the United States and/or other economies will not become a serious problem in the future and have a material adverse impact on us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia and related sanctions have increased global political and economic uncertainty, which may have a material impact on our portfolio, our business and operations and the value of an investment in us</div></div></div>. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia and related sanctions have increased global political and economic uncertainty. In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine and, in response, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and many other nations announced a broad array of new or expanded economic sanctions, export controls and other measures against Russia, Russian entities and individuals. Because Russia is a major exporter of oil and natural gas, the invasion and related sanctions have reduced the supply, and increased the price, of energy, which is accelerating inflation and may exacerbate ongoing supply chain issues. There is </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">also the risk of retaliatory actions by Russia against countries that have enacted sanctions, including cyberattacks against financial and governmental institutions, which could result in business disruptions and further economic turbulence. Although we have no direct exposure to Russia or Ukraine, the broader consequences of the invasion may have a material adverse impact on our portfolio, our business and operations and the value of an investment in us. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is uncertain and evolving as of the filing date of this Annual Report, and its full impact on our portfolio companies after December 31, 2022 is unknown. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Terrorist attacks, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may impact the businesses in which we invest and harm our business, operating results and financial condition. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Terrorist acts, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may disrupt our operations, as well as the operations of the businesses in which we invest. Such acts have created, and continue to create, economic and political uncertainties and have contributed to global economic instability. Future terrorist activities, military or security operations, global health emergencies or natural disasters could further weaken the domestic/global economies and create additional uncertainties, which may negatively impact the businesses in which we invest directly or indirectly and, in turn, could have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition. Losses from terrorist attacks, global health emergencies and natural disasters are generally uninsurable. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to Our Business </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We have a limited operating history. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We were formed on April 22, 2020 and are subject to all of the business risks and uncertainties associated with any business with a limited operating history, including the risk that we will not achieve or sustain our investment objective and that the value of our common stock could decline substantially. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The lack of liquidity in our investments may adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may acquire a significant percentage of our investments from privately held companies in directly negotiated transactions. Substantially all of these investments are subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or are otherwise less liquid than exchange-listed securities or other securities for which there is an active trading market. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We typically would be unable to exit these investments unless and until the portfolio company has a liquidity event such as a sale, refinancing, or initial public offering. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The illiquidity of our investments may make it difficult or impossible for us to sell such investments if the need arises. In addition, if we are required to liquidate all or a portion of our portfolio quickly, we may realize significantly less than the value at which we have previously recorded our investments, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, investments purchased by us that are liquid at the time of purchase may subsequently become illiquid due to events relating to the issuer, market events, economic conditions or investor perceptions. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We borrow money, which magnifies the potential for gain or loss and may increase the risk of investing in us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The use of borrowings, also known as leverage, increases the volatility of investments by magnifying the potential for gain or loss on invested equity capital. We currently borrow under our credit facilities and have issued or assumed other senior securities, and in the future may borrow from, or issue additional senior securities to, banks, insurance companies, funds, institutional investors and other lenders and investors. Holders of these senior securities have fixed-dollar claims on our assets that are superior to the claims of our shareholders. If the value of our assets decreases, leverage would cause our net asset value to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have if we did not employ leverage. Similarly, any decrease in our income would cause net income to decline more sharply than it would have had we not borrowed. Such a decline could negatively affect our ability to service our debt or make distributions to our shareholders. In addition, our shareholders will bear the burden of any increase in our expenses as a result of our use of leverage, including interest expenses and any increase in the base management or incentive fees payable to our Adviser attributable to the increase in assets purchased using leverage. There can be no assurance that a leveraging strategy will be successful. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our ability to service any borrowings that we incur will depend largely on our financial performance and will be subject to prevailing economic conditions and competitive pressures. Moreover, the management fee will be payable based on our average gross assets excluding cash and cash equivalents but including assets purchased with borrowed amounts, which may give our Adviser an </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">incentive to use leverage to make additional investments. See “—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Our Adviser and its affiliates, including our officers and some of our directors, may face conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with us and our affiliates, which could result in increased risk-taking or speculative investments, or cause our Adviser to use substantial leverage</div></div>.” The amount of leverage that we employ will depend on our Adviser’s and our Board’s assessment of market and other factors at the time of any proposed borrowing. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain credit at all or on terms acceptable to us, which could affect our return on capital. However, to the extent that we use leverage to finance our assets, our financing costs will reduce cash available for distributions to shareholders. Moreover, we may not be able to meet our financing obligations and, to the extent that we cannot, we risk the loss of some or all of our assets to liquidation or sale to satisfy the obligations. In such an event, we may be forced to sell assets at significantly depressed prices due to market conditions or otherwise, which may result in losses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition to having fixed-dollar claims on our assets that are superior to the claims of our common shareholders, obligations to lenders may be secured by a first priority security interest in our portfolio of investments and cash. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a BDC, generally, the ratio of our total assets (less total liabilities other than indebtedness represented by senior securities) to our total indebtedness represented by senior securities plus any preferred stock, if any, must be at least 200%; however, the Small Business Credit Availability Act has modified the 1940 Act by allowing a BDC to increase the maximum amount of leverage it may incur from an asset coverage ratio of 200% to an asset coverage ratio of 150%, if certain requirements are met. The Adviser, as our sole initial shareholder, approved a proposal that allows us to reduce our asset coverage ratio to 150% and, in connection with their subscription agreements, our investors are required to acknowledge our ability to operate with an asset coverage ratio that may be as low as 150%. If this ratio declines below 150%, we cannot incur additional debt and could be required to sell a portion of our investments to repay some indebtedness when it may be disadvantageous to do so. This could have a material adverse effect on our operations, and we may not be able to service our debt or make distributions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table illustrates the effect of leverage on returns from an investment in our common stock assuming various annual returns on our portfolio, net of expenses. Leverage generally magnifies the return of shareholders when the portfolio return is positive and magnifies their losses when the portfolio return is negative. The calculations in the table below are hypothetical, and actual returns may be higher or lower than those appearing in the table below. </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;width:92%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr style="font-size: 0px;"> <td style="width:71%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">-10%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">-5%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">0%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Corresponding return to common shareholder(1)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-26.07</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-15.55</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-5.04</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">5.47</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">15.98</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Assumes, as of December 31, 2022, (i) $11.0 billion in total assets, (ii) $5.5 billion in outstanding indebtedness, (iii) $5.2 billion in net assets and (iv) weighted average interest rate, excluding fees (such as fees on undrawn amounts and amortization of financing costs), of 4.8%. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">ITEM 7 </div></div>— <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS</div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources</div></div>” for more information regarding our borrowings. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Defaults under our current borrowings or any future borrowing facility or notes may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our borrowings may include customary covenants, including certain limitations on our incurrence of additional indebtedness and on our ability to make distributions to our shareholders, or redeem, repurchase or retire shares of stock, upon the occurrence of certain events and certain financial covenants related to asset coverage and liquidity and other maintenance covenants, as well as customary events of default. In the event we default under the terms of our current or future borrowings, our business could be adversely affected as we may be forced to sell a portion of our investments quickly and prematurely at what may be disadvantageous prices to us in order to meet our outstanding payment obligations and/or support working capital requirements under the terms of our current or future borrowings, any of which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. An event of default under the terms of our current or any future borrowings could result in an accelerated maturity date for all amounts outstanding thereunder, and in some instances, lead to a cross-default under other borrowings. This could reduce our liquidity and cash flow and impair our ability to grow our business. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Collectively, substantially all of our assets are currently pledged as collateral under our credit facilities. If we were to default on our obligations under the terms of our credit facilities or any future secured debt instrument the agent for the applicable creditors would be able to assume control of the disposition of any or all of our assets securing such debt, including the selection of such assets to be disposed and the timing of such disposition, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Provisions in our current borrowings or any other future borrowings may limit discretion in operating our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any security interests and/or negative covenants required by a credit facility we enter into or notes we issue may limit our ability to create liens on assets to secure additional debt and may make it difficult for us to restructure or refinance indebtedness at or prior to maturity or obtain additional debt or equity financing. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A credit facility may be backed by all or a portion of our loans and securities on which the lenders will have a security interest. We may pledge up to 100% of our assets and may grant a security interest in all of our assets under the terms of any debt instrument we enter into with lenders. We expect that any security interests we grant will be set forth in a pledge and security agreement and evidenced by the filing of financing statements by the agent for the lenders. In addition, we expect that the custodian for our securities serving as collateral for such loan would include in its electronic systems notices indicating the existence of such security interests and, following notice of occurrence of an event of default, if any, and during its continuance, will only accept transfer instructions with respect to any such securities from the lender or its designee. If we were to default under the terms of any debt instrument, the agent for the applicable lenders would be able to assume control of the timing of disposition of any or all of our assets securing such debt, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, any security interests and/or negative covenants required by a credit facility may limit our ability to create liens on assets to secure additional debt and may make it difficult for us to restructure or refinance indebtedness at or prior to maturity or obtain additional debt or equity financing. In addition, if our borrowing base under a credit facility were to decrease, we may be required to secure additional assets in an amount sufficient to cure any borrowing base deficiency. In the event that all of our assets are secured at the time of such a borrowing base deficiency, we could be required to repay advances under a credit facility or make deposits to a collection account, either of which could have a material adverse impact on our ability to fund future investments and to make distributions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we may be subject to limitations as to how borrowed funds may be used, which may include restrictions on geographic and industry concentrations, loan size, payment frequency and status, average life, collateral interests and investment ratings, as well as regulatory restrictions on leverage which may affect the amount of funding that may be obtained. There may also be certain requirements relating to portfolio performance, including required minimum portfolio yield and limitations on delinquencies and charge-offs, a violation of which could limit further advances and, in some cases, result in an event of default. An event of default under a credit facility could result in an accelerated maturity date for all amounts outstanding thereunder, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition and could lead to cross default under other credit facilities. This could reduce our liquidity and cash flow and impair our ability to manage our business. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility, we have agreed not to incur any additional secured indebtedness other than in certain limited circumstances in which the incurrence is permitted under the Revolving Credit Facility. In addition, if our borrowing base under the Revolving Credit Facility were to decrease, we would be required to secure additional assets or repay advances under the Revolving Credit Facility which could have a material adverse impact on our ability to fund future investments and to make distributions. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we are unable to obtain additional debt financing, or if our borrowing capacity is materially reduced, our business could be materially adversely affected. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may want to obtain additional debt financing, or need to do so upon maturity of our credit facilities, in order to obtain funds which may be made available for investments. Our credit facilities, notes and CLOs currently expire between March 2025 and November 2034. If we are unable to increase, renew or replace any such facilities and enter into new debt financing facilities or other debt financing on commercially reasonable terms, our liquidity may be reduced significantly. In addition, if we are unable to repay amounts outstanding under any such facilities and are declared in default or are unable to renew or refinance these facilities, we may not be able to make new investments or operate our business in the normal course. These situations may arise due to circumstances that we may be unable to control, such as lack of access to the credit markets, a severe decline in the value of the U.S. dollar, an economic downturn or an operational problem that affects us or third parties, and could materially damage our business operations, results of operations and financial condition. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our ability to achieve our investment objective depends on our Adviser’s ability to manage and support our investment process. If our Adviser were to lose a significant number of its key professionals, or terminate the Investment Advisory Agreement, our ability to achieve our investment objective could be significantly harmed. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not have any employees. Additionally, we have no internal management capacity other than our appointed executive officers and will be dependent upon the investment expertise, skill and network of business contacts of our Adviser to achieve our investment objective. Our Adviser will evaluate, negotiate, execute, monitor, and service our investments. Our success will depend to a significant extent on the continued service and coordination of our Adviser, including its key professionals. The departure of a significant number of key professionals from our Adviser could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our ability to achieve our investment objective also depends on the ability of our Adviser to identify, analyze, invest in, finance, and monitor companies that meet our investment criteria. Our Adviser’s capabilities in structuring the investment process, and providing competent, attentive and efficient services to us depend on the involvement of investment professionals of adequate number and sophistication to match the corresponding flow of transactions. To achieve our investment objective, our Adviser may need to retain, hire, train, supervise, and manage new investment professionals to participate in our investment selection and monitoring process. Our Adviser may not be able to find qualified investment professionals in a timely manner or at all. Any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Investment Advisory Agreement has a termination provision that allows the agreement to be terminated by us on 60 days’ notice without penalty by the vote of a Majority of the Outstanding Shares of our common stock or by the vote of our independent directors. The Investment Advisory Agreement generally may be terminated at any time, without penalty, by our Adviser upon 120 days’ notice to us. Furthermore, the Investment Advisory Agreement automatically terminates in the event of its assignment, as defined in the 1940 Act, by the Adviser. If the Adviser resigns or is terminated, or if we do not obtain the requisite approvals of shareholders and our Board to approve an agreement with the Adviser after an assignment, we may not be able to find a new investment adviser or hire internal management with similar expertise and ability to provide the same or equivalent services on acceptable terms prior to the termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement, or at all. If we are unable to do so quickly, our operations are likely to experience a disruption and costs under any new agreements that we enter into could increase. Our financial condition, business and results of operations, as well as our ability to meet our payment obligations under our indebtedness and pay distributions, are likely to be adversely affected, and the value of our common stock may decline. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Because our business model depends to a significant extent upon Blue Owl’s relationships with corporations, financial institutions and investment firms, the inability of Blue Owl to maintain or develop these relationships, or the failure of these relationships to generate investment opportunities, could adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We expect that Blue Owl will depend on its relationships with corporations, financial institutions and investment firms, and we will rely to a significant extent upon these relationships to provide us with potential investment opportunities. The investment management business is intensely competitive, with competition based on a variety of factors, including investment performance, business relationships, quality of service provided to clients, fund investor liquidity, fund terms (including fees and economic sharing arrangements), brand recognition and business reputation. If Blue Owl fails to maintain its reputation it may not be able to maintain its existing relationships or develop new relationships or sources of investment opportunities, and we may not be able to grow our investment portfolio. In addition, individuals with whom Blue Owl has relationships are not obligated to provide us with investment opportunities, and, therefore, there is no assurance that such relationships will generate investment opportunities for us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Negative publicity regarding Blue Owl or its personnel could give rise to reputational risk that could significantly harm our existing business and business prospects. Similarly, events could occur that damage the reputation of our industry generally, such as the insolvency or bankruptcy of large funds or a significant number of funds or highly publicized incidents of fraud or other scandals, any one of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, regardless of whether any of those events directly relate to us or our investments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may face increasing competition for investment opportunities, which could delay further deployment of our capital, reduce returns and result in losses. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may compete for investments with other BDCs and investment funds (including registered investment companies, private equity funds and mezzanine funds), including the Owl Rock Clients or other funds managed by our Adviser or its affiliates comprising </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Owl Rock, the private funds managed by Dyal and the funds and accounts managed by Oak Street (the “Blue Owl Clients”), as well as traditional financial services companies such as commercial banks and other sources of funding. Moreover, alternative investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, continue to increase their investment focus in our target market of privately owned U.S. companies. We may experience increased competition from banks and investment vehicles who may continue to lend to the middle market. Additionally, the U.S. Federal Reserve and other bank regulators may periodically provide incentives to U.S. commercial banks to originate more loans to U.S. middle market private companies. As a result of these market participants and regulatory incentives, competition for investment opportunities in privately owned U.S. companies is strong and may intensify. Many of our competitors are substantially larger and have considerably greater financial, technical, and marketing resources than we do. For example, some competitors may have a lower cost of capital and access to funding sources that are not available to us. In addition, some competitors may have higher risk tolerances or different risk assessments than us. These characteristics could allow our competitors to consider a wider variety of investments, establish more relationships and offer better pricing and more flexible structuring than we are able to do. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Numerous factors increase our competitive risks, including, but not limited to: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">A number of our competitors may have or are perceived to have more expertise or financial, technical, marketing and other resources and more personnel than we do; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may not perform as well as competitors’ funds or other available investment products; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Several of our competitors have raised significant amounts of capital, and many of them have similar investment objectives to ours, which may create additional competition for investment opportunities; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Some of our competitors may have lower fees or alternative fee arrangements; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Some of our competitors may have a lower cost of capital and access to funding sources that are not available to us, which may create competitive disadvantages for us; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Some of our competitors may have higher risk tolerances, different risk assessments or lower return thresholds than us, which could allow them to consider a wider variety of investments and to bid more aggressively than us or to agree to less restrictive legal terms and protections for investments that we want to make; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Some of our competitors may be subject to less regulation or conflicts of interest and, accordingly, may have more flexibility to undertake and execute certain businesses or investments than we do, bear less compliance expense than we do or be viewed differently in the marketplace. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may lose investment opportunities if we do not match our competitors’ pricing, terms, and investment structure criteria. If we are forced to match these competitors’ investment terms criteria, we may not be able to achieve acceptable returns on our investments or may bear substantial risk of capital loss. A significant increase in the number and/or the size of our competitors in our target market could force us to accept less attractive investment terms. Furthermore, many competitors are not subject to the regulatory restrictions that the 1940 Act imposes on us as a BDC or the source of income, asset diversification and distribution requirements we must satisfy to maintain our RIC tax treatment. The competitive pressures we face, and the manner in which we react or adjust to competitive pressures, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, effective yield on investments, investment returns, leverage ratio, and cash flows. As a result of this competition, we may not be able to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities from time to time. Also, we may not be able to identify and make investments that are consistent with our investment objective. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our investment portfolio is recorded at fair value as determined in good faith by our Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by our Board and, as a result, there is and will be uncertainty as to the value of our portfolio investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the 1940 Act, we are required to carry our portfolio investments at market value or, if there is no readily available market value, at fair value as determined in accordance with procedures established by our Adviser and approved by our Board. There is not a public market or active secondary market for many of the types of investments in privately held companies that we hold and intend to make. Our investments may not be publicly traded or actively traded on a secondary market but, instead, may be traded on a privately negotiated <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> secondary market for institutional investors, if at all. As a result, we will value these investments quarterly at fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with valuation policy and procedures approved by our Board. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The determination of fair value, and thus the amount of unrealized appreciation or depreciation we may recognize in any reporting period, is to a degree subjective, and our Adviser has a conflict of interest in determining fair value. We will value our investments quarterly at fair value as determined in good faith by our Adviser, based on, among other things, input of our Audit Committee and independent third-party valuation firm(s) engaged at the direction of our Adviser. The types of factors that may be </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">considered in determining the fair values of our investments include the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the portfolio company’s ability to make payments and its earnings, the markets in which the portfolio company does business, comparison to publicly traded companies, discounted cash flow, current market interest rates and other relevant factors. Because such valuations, and particularly valuations of private securities and private companies, are inherently uncertain, the valuations may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time due to changes in current market conditions. The determinations of fair value in accordance with procedures approved by our Board may differ materially from the values that would have been used if an active market and market quotations existed for such investments. Our net asset value could be adversely affected if the determinations regarding the fair value of the investments were materially higher than the values that we ultimately realize upon the disposal of such investments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Board may change our operating policies and strategies without prior notice or shareholder approval, the effects of which may be adverse to our shareholders. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Board has the authority to modify or waive current operating policies, investment criteria and strategies without prior notice and without shareholder approval. We cannot predict the effect any changes to current operating policies, investment criteria and strategies would have on our business, net asset value, operating results and the value of our securities. However, the effects might be adverse, which could negatively impact our ability to pay distributions to shareholders and cause shareholders to lose all or part of their investment. Moreover, we will have significant flexibility in investing the net proceeds of our offering and may use the net proceeds from our offering in ways with which our investors may not agree. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Any unrealized depreciation we experience on our portfolio may be an indication of future realized losses, which could reduce our income available for distribution. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a BDC, we are required to carry our investments at market value or, if no market value is ascertainable, at the fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by our Board. Decreases in the market values or fair values of our investments relative to amortized cost will be recorded as unrealized depreciation. Any unrealized losses in our portfolio could be an indication of a portfolio company’s inability to meet its repayment obligations to us with respect to the affected loans. This could result in realized losses in the future and ultimately in reductions of our income available for distribution in future periods. In addition, decreases in the market value or fair value of our investments will reduce our net asset value. See “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">ITEM 7 </div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS </div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> Critical Accounting Policies </div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> Investments at Fair Value</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to limited restrictions with respect to the proportion of our assets that may be invested in a single issuer. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to operate as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-diversified</div> management investment company; however, we are currently and may, from time to time, in the future, be considered a diversified management investment company pursuant to the definitions set forth in the 1940 Act. In addition, we are subject to the asset diversification requirements associated with our qualification as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. While we are not targeting any specific industries, our investments may be focused on relatively few industries. To the extent that we hold large positions in a small number of issuers, or within a particular industry, our net asset value may be subject to greater fluctuation. We may also be more susceptible to any single economic or regulatory occurrence or a downturn in particular industry. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks associated with the discontinuation of LIBOR, which will affect our cost of capital and results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is the basic rate of interest used in lending transactions between banks on the London interbank market and is widely used as a reference for setting the interest rate on loans globally. In July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease sustaining LIBOR, by the end of 2021. As of January 1, 2023, USD LIBOR is available in five settings (overnight, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">one-month,</div> three-month, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">six-month</div> and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">12-month).</div> The ICE Benchmark Administration has stated that it will cease to publish all remaining USD LIBOR settings immediately following their publication on June 30, 2023. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In April 2018, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York began publishing its alternative rate, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR. The Bank of England followed suit in April 2018 by publishing its proposed alternative rate, the Sterling Overnight Index Average, or SONIA. Each of SOFR and SONIA significantly differ from LIBOR, both in each actual rate and how each rate is calculated, and therefore it is unclear whether and when markets will adopt either of these rates as a widely accepted replacement for LIBOR. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As such, when LIBOR is discontinued, if a replacement rate is not widely agreed upon or if a replacement rate is significantly different from LIBOR, it could cause a disruption in the credit markets generally. Such a disruption could have an adverse impact on the market value of and/or transferability of any LIBOR-linked securities, loans, and other financial obligations or extensions of credit held by or due to us or on our overall financial condition or results of operations. It is not possible to predict the effect of any of these developments, and any future initiatives to regulate, reform or change the manner of administration of LIBOR could result in adverse consequences to the rate of interest payable and receivable on, market value of and market liquidity for LIBOR-based financial instruments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Since the first quarter of 2022, a majority of our new investments are indexed to SOFR; however we have material contracts that are indexed to LIBOR. Certain contracts have an orderly market transition already in process; however, other contracts, including our credit facilities, will need to be renegotiated to replace LIBOR with an alternative reference rate. If we are unable to renegotiate our credit facilities, amounts drawn thereunder may bear interest at a higher rate which would increase the cost of our borrowings and, in turn, affect our results of operations. Following the replacement of LIBOR, some or all of our credit agreements may bear interest at a lower interest rate, which could have an adverse impact on the value and liquidity of our investment in these portfolio companies and, as a result on our results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the transition from LIBOR to SOFR, SONIA or other alternative reference rates may also introduce operational risks in our accounting, financial reporting, loan servicing, liability management and other aspects of our business. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to corporate social responsibility. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our business faces increasing public scrutiny related to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) activities, which are increasingly considered to contribute to the long-term sustainability of a company’s performance. A variety of organizations measure the performance of companies on ESG topics, and the results of these assessments are widely publicized. In addition, investment in funds that specialize in companies that perform well in such assessments are increasingly popular, and major institutional investors have publicly emphasized the importance of such ESG measures to their investment decisions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We risk damage to our brand and reputation if we fail to act responsibly in a number of areas, such as environmental stewardship, corporate governance and transparency and considering ESG factors in our investment processes. Adverse incidents with respect to ESG activities could impact the value of our brand, the cost of our operations and relationships with investors, all of which could adversely affect our business and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, new regulatory initiatives related to ESG could adversely affect our business. The SEC has proposed rules that, among other matters, would establish a framework for reporting of climate-related risks. At this time, there is uncertainty regarding the scope of such proposals or when they would become effective (if at all). Compliance with any new laws or regulations increases our regulatory burden and could make compliance more difficult and expensive, affect the manner in which we or our portfolio companies conduct our businesses and adversely affect our profitability. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to Our Adviser and Its Affiliates </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser and its affiliates, including our officers and some of our directors, may face conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with us and our affiliates, which could result in increased risk-taking or speculative investments, or cause our Adviser to use substantial leverage. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser and its affiliates will receive substantial fees from us in return for their services. These fees may include certain incentive fees based on the amount of appreciation of our investments and arrangement, structuring or similar fees from portfolio companies in which we invest. These fees could influence the advice provided to us or create an incentive for our Adviser to make investments on our behalf that are risky or more speculative than would be the case in the absence of such incentive fees. Generally, the more equity we sell in public offerings and the greater the risk assumed by us with respect to our investments, including through the use of leverage, the greater the potential for growth in our assets and profits, and, correlatively, the fees payable by us to our Adviser. The way in which the incentive fee is determined may encourage our Adviser to use leverage to increase the leveraged return on our investment portfolio. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the fact that our base management fee is payable based upon our average gross assets (which includes any borrowings used for investment purposes) may encourage our Adviser to use leverage to make additional investments. Such a practice could make such investments more risky than would otherwise be the case, which could result in higher investment losses, particularly during cyclical economic downturns. Under certain circumstances, the use of substantial leverage (up to the limits prescribed by the 1940 Act) may increase the likelihood of our defaulting on our borrowings, which would be detrimental to holders of our securities. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These compensation arrangements could affect our Adviser’s or its affiliates’ judgment with respect to public offerings of equity, incurrence of debt, and investments made by us, which allow our Adviser to earn increased asset management fees. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The time and resources that individuals associated with our Adviser devote to us may be diverted, and we may face additional competition due to, among other things, the fact that neither our Adviser nor its affiliates is prohibited from raising money for or managing another entity that makes the same types of investments that we target. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Blue Owl is not prohibited from raising money for and managing future investment entities, in addition to the Blue Owl Clients, that make the same or similar types of investments as those we target. As a result, the time and resources that our Adviser devotes to us may be diverted, and during times of intense activity in other investment programs they may devote less time and resources to our business than is necessary or appropriate. In addition, we may compete with any such investment entity also managed by our Adviser or its affiliates for the same investors and investment opportunities. Furthermore, certain members of the investment committee or our affiliates are officers of Blue Owl and will devote a portion of their time to the operations of Blue Owl, including with respect to public company compliance, investor relations and other matters that did not apply to Owl Rock prior to the formation of Blue Owl. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser and its affiliates may face conflicts of interest with respect to services performed for issuers in which we may invest. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser and its affiliates may provide a broad range of financial services to companies in which we may invest, including providing arrangement, syndication, origination structuring and other services to portfolio companies, and will generally be paid fees for such services, in compliance with applicable law, by the portfolio company. Any compensation received by our Adviser or its affiliates for providing these services will not be shared with us and may be received before we realize a return on our investment. In addition, we may invest in companies managed by entities in which funds managed by Dyal have acquired a minority interest. Our Adviser and its affiliates may face conflicts of interest with respect to services performed for these companies, on the one hand, and investments recommended to us, on the other hand and could, in certain instances, have an incentive not to pursue actions against a portfolio company that would be in our best interest. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser or its affiliates may have incentives to favor their respective other accounts and clients and/or Blue Owl over us, which may result in conflicts of interest that could be harmful to us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because our Adviser and its affiliates manage assets for, or may in the future manage assets for, other investment companies, pooled investment vehicles and/or other accounts (including institutional clients, pension plans, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-invest</div> vehicles and certain high net worth individuals), including the Blue Owl Clients, and we may compete for capital and investment opportunities with these entities, certain conflicts of interest are present. These include conflicts of interest relating to the allocation of investment opportunities by our Adviser and its affiliates; compensation to our Adviser; services that may be provided by our Adviser and its affiliates to issuers in which we may invest; investments by us and other clients of our Adviser, subject to the limitations of the 1940 Act; the formation of additional investment funds managed by our Adviser; differing recommendations given by our Adviser to us versus other clients; our Adviser’s use of information gained from issuers in our portfolio for investments by other clients, subject to applicable law; restrictions on our Adviser’s use of “inside information” with respect to potential investments by us; the allocation of certain expenses; and cross transactions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For instance, our Adviser and its affiliates may receive asset management performance-based, or other fees from certain accounts that are higher than the fees received by our Adviser from us. In addition, certain members of the Investment Committee and other executives and employees of our Adviser or its affiliates will hold and receive interest in Blue Owl and its affiliates, in addition to cash and carried interest compensation. In these instances, a portfolio manager for our Adviser may have an incentive to favor the higher fee and/or performance-based fee accounts over us and/or to favor Blue Owl. In addition, a conflict of interest exists to the extent our Adviser, its affiliates, or any of their respective executives, portfolio managers or employees have proprietary or personal investments in other investment companies or accounts or when certain other investment companies or accounts are investment options in our Adviser’s or its affiliates’ employee benefit plans or employee offerings. In these circumstances, personnel of our Adviser may have incentive to favor these other investment companies or accounts over us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because our Adviser may have incentive to favor other Blue Owl Clients and we may compete for investments with Blue Owl Clients, our Adviser and its affiliates are subject to certain conflicts of interest in evaluating the suitability of investment opportunities and making or recommending investments on our behalf. To mitigate these conflicts, the Owl Rock Advisers will seek to execute such transactions for all of the participating investment accounts, including us, on a fair and equitable basis and in accordance with the Owl Rock Advisers’ investment allocation policy, taking into account such factors as the relative amounts of capital available for new investments; cash on hand; existing commitments and reserves; the investment programs and portfolio positions of the participating </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">investment accounts, including portfolio construction, diversification and concentration considerations; the investment objectives, guidelines and strategies of each client; the clients for which participation is appropriate’ each client’s life cycle; targeted leverage level; targeted asset mix and any other factors deemed appropriate. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Actions taken by our Adviser and its affiliates on behalf of the Blue Owl Clients as a result of any conflict of interest may be adverse to us, which could harm our performance. For example, we may invest in the same credit obligations as other Blue Owl Clients, although, to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, our investments may include different obligations or levels of the capital structure of the same issuer. Decisions made with respect to the securities held by one of the Blue Owl Clients may cause (or have the potential to cause) harm to the different class of securities of the issuer held by other Blue Owl Clients (including us). While the Owl Rock Advisers and their affiliates have developed general guidelines regarding when two or more funds can invest in different parts of the same company’s capital structure and created a process that they employ to handle those conflicts when they arise, their decision to permit the investments to occur in the first instance or their judgment on how to mitigate the conflict could be challenged or deemed insufficient. If the Owl Rock Advisers and their affiliates fail to appropriately address those conflicts, it could negatively impact their reputation and ability to raise additional funds and the willingness of counterparties to do business with them or result in potential litigation against them. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, fees and expenses generated in connection with potential portfolio investments that are not consummated may be allocable to us and one or more Blue Owl Clients. These expenses will be allocated in a manner that is fair and equitable over time and in accordance with policies adopted by the Owl Rock Advisers and the Investment Advisory Agreement; however, the method for allocation expenses may vary depending on the nature of the expense and such determinations involve inherent discretion. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, from time to time, our Adviser could cause us to purchase a security or other investment from, or sell a security or other investment to, another Blue Owl Client. Such cross transaction would be in accordance with applicable regulations and our and our Adviser’s valuation and cross-trades policies; however, such cross transactions could give rise to additional conflicts of interest. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Board will seek to monitor these conflicts but there can be no assurances that such monitoring will fully mitigate any such conflicts. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The Adviser may have an incentive to delay a liquidity event, which may result in actions that are not in the best interest of our shareholders. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The ongoing servicing fee is payable by us to compensate our affiliated Dealer Manager and its affiliates for services rendered to shareholders, including, among other things, responding to customer inquiries of a general nature regarding the Company; crediting distributions from us to customer accounts; arranging for bank wire transfer of funds to or from a customer’s account; responding to customer inquiries and requests regarding shareholder reports, notices, proxies and proxy statements, and other Company documents; forwarding prospectuses, tax notices and annual and quarterly reports to beneficial owners of our shares; assisting us in establishing and maintaining shareholder accounts and records; assisting customers in changing account options, account designations and account addresses, and providing such other similar services as we may reasonably request to the extent the an authorized service provider is permitted to do so under applicable statutes, rules, or regulations. The ongoing servicing fee will terminate for all Class S and Class D shareholders upon a liquidity event. Although we do not intend to complete a liquidity event within any specific time period, if at all, the Advisor, an affiliate of our Dealer Manager, may have an incentive to delay a liquidity event if such amounts receivable by our Dealer Manager have not been fully paid. A delay in a liquidity event may not be in the best interests of our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The Oak Street division of Blue Owl may enter into sale lease-back transactions with our portfolio companies or with borrowers under our credit facilities. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, companies in which we have invested or may invest, may enter into sale-leaseback transactions with the Oak Street division of Blue Owl. As a result of these arrangements we could be a creditor to, or equity owners of, a company at the same time that company is a tenant of Oak Street. If such a company were to encounter financial difficulty or default on its obligations as a borrower, our Adviser could be required to take actions that may be adverse to those of Oak Street in enforcing our rights under the relevant facilities or agreements, or vice versa. This could lead to actual or perceived conflicts of interest. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our access to confidential information may restrict our ability to take action with respect to some investments, which, in turn, may negatively affect our results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, directly or through our Adviser, may obtain confidential information about the companies in which we have invested or may invest or be deemed to have such confidential information. Our Adviser may come into possession of material, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-public</div> information through its members, officers, directors, employees, principals or affiliates. In addition, funds managed by Dyal may invest in entities that manage our portfolio companies and, as a result, may obtain additional confidential information about our portfolio companies. The possession of such information may, to our detriment, limit the ability of us and our Adviser to buy or sell a security or otherwise to participate in an investment opportunity. In certain circumstances, employees of our Adviser may serve as board members or in other capacities for portfolio or potential portfolio companies, which could restrict our ability to trade in the securities of such companies. For example, if personnel of our Adviser come into possession of material <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-public</div> information with respect to our investments, such personnel will be restricted by our Adviser’s information-sharing policies and procedures or by law or contract from sharing such information with our management team, even where the disclosure of such information would be in our best interests or would otherwise influence decisions taken by the members of the management team with respect to that investment. This conflict and these procedures and practices may limit the freedom of our Adviser to enter into or exit from potentially profitable investments for us, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will be able to fully leverage the resources and industry expertise of our Adviser in the course of its duties. Additionally, there may be circumstances in which one or more individuals associated with our Adviser will be precluded from providing services to us because of certain confidential information available to those individuals or to other parts of our Adviser. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may be obligated to pay our Adviser incentive fees even if we incur a net loss due to a decline in the value of our portfolio and even if our earned interest income is not payable in cash. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Investment Advisory Agreement entitles our Adviser to receive an incentive fee based on our <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pre-incentive</div> fee net investment income regardless of any capital losses. In such case, we may be required to pay our Adviser an incentive fee for a fiscal quarter even if there is a decline in the value of our portfolio or if we incur a net loss for that quarter. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any incentive fee payable by us that relates to the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pre-incentive</div> fee net investment income may be computed and paid on income that may include interest that has been accrued but not yet received or interest in the form of securities received rather than cash <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">(“payment-in-kind”</div></div> or “PIK” income”). PIK income will be included in the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pre-incentive</div> fee net investment income used to calculate the incentive fee to our Adviser even though we do not receive the income in the form of cash. If a portfolio company defaults on a loan that is structured to provide accrued interest income, it is possible that accrued interest income previously included in the calculation of the incentive fee will become uncollectible. Our Adviser is not obligated to reimburse us for any part of the incentive fee it received that was based on accrued interest income that we never receive as a result of a subsequent default. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The quarterly incentive fee on income is recognized and paid without regard to: (i) the trend of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pre-incentive</div> fee net investment income as a percent of adjusted capital over multiple quarters in arrears which may in fact be consistently less than the quarterly preferred return, or (ii) the net income or net loss in the current calendar quarter, the current year or any combination of prior periods. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For federal income tax purposes, we may be required to recognize taxable income in some circumstances in which we do not receive a corresponding payment in cash and to make distributions with respect to such income to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC and/or minimize corporate-level U.S. federal income or excise tax. Under such circumstances, we may have difficulty meeting the Annual Distribution Requirement necessary to maintain RIC tax treatment under the Code. This difficulty in making the required distribution may be amplified to the extent that we are required to pay the incentive fee on income with respect to such accrued income. As a result, we may have to sell some of our investments at times and/or at prices we would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital, or forgo new investment opportunities for this purpose. If we are not able to obtain cash from other sources, we may fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment and thus become subject to corporate-level U.S. federal income tax. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our ability to enter into transactions with our affiliates is restricted. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are prohibited under the 1940 Act from participating in certain transactions with certain of our affiliates without the prior approval of a majority of our independent directors and, in some cases, the SEC. Any person that owns, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of our outstanding voting securities will be our affiliate for purposes of the 1940 Act, and we will generally be prohibited from buying or selling any securities from or to such affiliate on a principal basis, absent the prior approval of our Board and, in some cases, the SEC. The 1940 Act also prohibits certain “joint” transactions with certain of our affiliates, including other funds or clients advised by our Adviser or its affiliates, which in certain circumstances could include investments in the same portfolio company (whether at </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the same or different times to the extent the transaction involves a joint investment), without prior approval of our Board and, in some cases, the SEC. If a person acquires more than 25% of our voting securities, we will be prohibited from buying or selling any security from or to such person or certain of that person’s affiliates, or entering into prohibited joint transactions with such persons, absent the prior approval of the SEC. Similar restrictions limit our ability to transact business with our officers or directors or their affiliates or anyone who is under common control with us. The SEC has interpreted the BDC regulations governing transactions with affiliates to prohibit certain joint transactions involving entities that share a common investment adviser. As a result of these restrictions, we may be prohibited from buying or selling any security from or to any portfolio company that is controlled by a fund managed by either of our Adviser or its affiliates without the prior approval of the SEC, which may limit the scope of investment or disposition opportunities that would otherwise be available to us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On February 7, 2017, the Adviser and certain of our affiliates received exemptive relief from the SEC to permit us to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-invest</div> with other funds managed by the Adviser or its affiliates in a manner consistent with our investment objective, positions, policies, strategies and restrictions as well as regulatory requirements and other pertinent factors. Pursuant to the Order, we generally are permitted to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-invest</div> with certain of our affiliates if a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of our independent directors make certain conclusions in connection with a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-investment</div> transaction, including that (1) the terms of the transaction, including the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to us and our shareholders and do not involve overreaching by us or our shareholders on the part of any person concerned, (2) the transaction is consistent with the interests of our shareholders and is consistent with our investment objective and strategies, (3) the investment by our affiliates would not disadvantage us, and our participation would not be on a basis different from or less advantageous than that on which our affiliates are investing, and (4) the proposed investment by us would not benefit our Adviser or its affiliates or any affiliated person of any of them (other than the parties to the transaction), except to the extent permitted by the Order and applicable law, including the limitations set forth in Section 57(k) of the 1940 Act. In addition, we have received an amendment to our Order to permit us to participate in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investments in our existing portfolio companies with certain affiliates that are private funds, if such private funds did not have an investment in such existing portfolio company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In situations when <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-investment</div> with our Adviser’s or its affiliates’ other clients is not permitted under the 1940 Act and related rules, existing or future staff guidance, or the terms and conditions of the exemptive relief granted to us by the SEC, our Adviser will need to decide which client or clients will proceed with the investment. Generally, we will not be entitled to make a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-investment</div> in these circumstances and, to the extent that another client elects to proceed with the investment, we will not be permitted to participate. Moreover, except in certain circumstances, we will not invest in any issuer in which an affiliate’s other client holds a controlling interest. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may make investments that could give rise to a conflict of interest. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not expect to invest in, or hold securities of, companies that are controlled by an affiliate’s other clients. However, our Adviser or an affiliate’s other clients may invest in, and gain control over, one of our portfolio companies. If our Adviser or an affiliate’s other client, or clients, gains control over one of our portfolio companies, it may create conflicts of interest and may subject us to certain restrictions under the 1940 Act. As a result of these conflicts and restrictions our Adviser may be unable to implement our investment strategies as effectively as they could have in the absence of such conflicts or restrictions. For example, as a result of a conflict or restriction, our Adviser may be unable to engage in certain transactions that it would otherwise pursue. In order to avoid these conflicts and restrictions, our Adviser may choose to exit such investments prematurely and, as a result, we may forego any positive returns associated with such investments. In addition, to the extent that an affiliate’s other client holds a different class of securities than us as a result of such transactions, our interests may not be aligned. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The recommendations given to us by our Adviser may differ from those rendered to their other clients. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser and its affiliates may give advice and recommend securities to other clients which may differ from advice given to, or securities recommended or bought for, us even though such other clients’ investment objectives may be similar to ours, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser’s liability is limited under the Investment Advisory Agreement, and we are required to indemnify our Adviser against certain liabilities, which may lead our Adviser to act in a riskier manner on our behalf than it would when acting for its own account. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser has not assumed any responsibility to us other than to render the services described in the Investment Advisory Agreement (and, separately, under the Administration Agreement), and it will not be responsible for any action of our Board in declining to follow our Adviser’s advice or recommendations. Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, our Adviser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, agents, employees, controlling persons, and any other person or entity affiliated with, or acting on behalf of our Adviser will not be liable to us for their acts under the Investment Advisory Agreement, provided that nothing will be deemed to protect the Adviser in respect of any liability by reason of criminal conduct, willful malfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of their duties. We have also agreed to indemnify, defend and protect our Adviser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, agents, employees, controlling persons and any other person or entity affiliated with, or acting on behalf of our Adviser with respect to all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses resulting from acts of our Adviser not arising out of negligence in the performance of their duties. However, in accordance with Section 17(i) of the 1940 Act, neither our Adviser nor any of its affiliates, directors, officers, members, employees, agents, or representatives may be protected against any liability to us or our investors to which it would otherwise be subject by reason of willful malfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of its office. In addition, the Investment Advisory Agreement provides that we will not indemnify the Adviser nor any of its affiliates, directors, officers, members, employees, agents, or representatives for any loss suffered by for any liability or loss suffered by such party, nor will we provide that such party will be held harmless for any loss or liability we suffer, unless all of the following conditions are met: (i) we have determined in good faith that the conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Company; (ii) we have determined in good faith that such party was acting on behalf of or performing services for the Company; (iii) we have determined, in good faith, that such liability or loss was not the result of (A) negligence or misconduct, in the case that such part is the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser, or (B) gross negligence or willful misconduct, in the case that such party is a director of the Company who is not also an officer of the Company or the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser; and (iv) such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of our net assets and not from our stockholders. In addition, such party will not be indemnified for any losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such party unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged material securities law violations as to such party; (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to such party; or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against such party and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the SEC and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which shares of our stock were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws. These protections may lead our Adviser to act in a riskier manner when acting on our behalf than it would when acting for its own account. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">There are risks associated with any potential merger with or purchase of assets of another fund. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser may in the future recommend to our Board that we merge with or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of one or more funds including a fund that could be managed by our Adviser or its affiliates (including another BDC). We do not expect that our Adviser would recommend any such merger or asset purchase unless it determines that it would be in our best interests, with such determination dependent on factors it deems relevant, which may include our historical and projected financial performance and that of any proposed merger partner, portfolio composition, potential synergies from the merger or asset sale, available alternative options and market conditions. In addition, no such merger or asset purchase would be consummated absent the meeting of various conditions required by applicable law or contract, at such time, which may include approval of the board of directors and common equity holders of both funds. If our Adviser is the investment adviser of both funds, various conflicts of interest would exist with respect to any such transaction. Such conflicts of interest may potentially arise from, among other things, differences between the compensation payable to our Adviser by us and by the entity resulting from such a merger or asset purchase or efficiencies or other benefits to our Adviser as a result of managing a single, larger fund instead of two separate funds. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser’s failure to comply with <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pay-to-play</div></div> laws, regulations and policies could have an adverse effect on our Adviser, and thus, us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A number of U.S. states and municipal pension plans have adopted <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">so-called</div> <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">“pay-to-play”</div></div> laws, regulations or policies which prohibit, restrict or require disclosure of payments to (and/or certain contacts with) state officials by individuals and entities seeking to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">do business with state entities, including those seeking investments by public retirement funds. The SEC has adopted a rule that, among other things, prohibits an investment adviser from providing advisory services for compensation to a government client for two years after the adviser or certain of its executives or employees makes a contribution to certain elected officials or candidates. If our Adviser, any of its employees or affiliates or any service provider acting on its behalf, fails to comply with such laws, regulations or policies, such <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-compliance</div> could have an adverse effect on our Adviser, and thus, us. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser’s inability to attract, retain and develop human capital in a highly competitive talent market could have an adverse effect on our Adviser, and thus us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The success of our business will continue to depend upon our Adviser attracting, developing and retaining human capital. Competition for qualified, motivated, and highly-skilled executives, professionals and other key personnel in asset management firms is significant. Turnover and associated costs of rehiring, the loss of human capital through attrition, death, or disability and the reduced ability to attract talent could impair our Adviser’s ability to maintain its standards of excellence and have an adverse effect on us. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser’s net worth is not available to satisfy our liabilities and other obligations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”), 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 affiliates and Adviser, or our Sponsor under the Omnibus Guidelines, have an aggregate financial net worth, exclusive of home, automobiles and home furnishings, of 5.0% of the first $20 million of both the gross amount of securities currently being offered in our offering and the gross amount of any originally issued direct participation program securities sold by our affiliates and sponsors within the past 12 months, plus 1.0% of all amounts in excess of the first $20 million. Based on these requirements, our Adviser and its affiliates have an aggregate financial net worth in excess of those amounts required by the Omnibus Guidelines. However, no portion of such net worth will be available to us to satisfy any of our liabilities or other obligations. The use of our own funds to satisfy such liabilities or other obligations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to Business Development Companies </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The requirement that we invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets could preclude us from investing in accordance with our current business strategy; conversely, the failure to invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets could result in our failure to maintain our status as a BDC. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a BDC, the 1940 Act prohibits us from acquiring any assets other than certain qualifying assets unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such acquisition, at least 70% of our total assets are qualifying assets. Therefore, we may be precluded from investing in what we believe are attractive investments if such investments are not qualifying assets. Conversely, if we fail to invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets, we could lose our status as a BDC, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Similarly, these rules could prevent us from making additional investments in existing portfolio companies, which could result in the dilution of our position, or could require us to dispose of investments at an inopportune time to comply with the 1940 Act. If we were forced to sell <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-qualifying</div> investments in the portfolio for compliance purposes, the proceeds from such sale could be significantly less than the current value of such investments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Failure to maintain our status as a BDC would reduce our operating flexibility. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we do not remain a BDC, we might be regulated as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment company under the 1940 Act, which would subject us to substantially more regulatory restrictions, including a greater required asset coverage ratio and additional restrictions on transactions with affiliates, and correspondingly decrease our operating flexibility. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Regulations governing our operation as a BDC and RIC affect our ability to raise capital and the way in which we raise additional capital or borrow for investment purposes, which may have a negative effect on our growth. As a BDC, the necessity of raising additional capital may expose us to risks, including risks associated with leverage. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a result of the Annual Distribution Requirement to qualify for tax treatment as a RIC, we may need to access the capital markets periodically to raise cash to fund new investments in portfolio companies. Currently, we may issue “senior securities,” including borrowing money from banks or other financial institutions only in amounts such that the ratio of our total assets (less total liabilities other than indebtedness represented by senior securities) to our total indebtedness represented by senior securities plus preferred stock, if any, equals at least 150% after such incurrence or issuance. If we issue senior securities, we will be exposed to risks associated with leverage, including an increased risk of loss. Our ability to issue different types of securities is also limited. Compliance with RIC distribution requirements may unfavorably limit our investment opportunities and reduce our ability in comparison to other companies to profit from favorable spreads between the rates at which we can borrow and the rates at which we can lend. Therefore, we intend to seek to continuously issue equity securities, which may lead to shareholder dilution. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may borrow to fund investments. If the value of our assets declines, we may be unable to satisfy the asset coverage test under the 1940 Act, which would prohibit us from paying distributions and could prevent us from qualifying for tax treatment as a RIC, which would generally result in a corporate-level U.S. federal income tax on any income and net gains. If we cannot satisfy the asset coverage test, we may be required to sell a portion of our investments and, depending on the nature of our debt financing, repay a portion of our indebtedness at a time when such sales may be disadvantageous. Also, any amounts that we use to service our indebtedness would not be available for distribution to our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, as market conditions permit, we have and may continue to securitize our loans to generate cash for funding new investments. To securitize loans, we have and may continue to create a wholly owned subsidiary, contribute a pool of loans to the subsidiary and have the subsidiary issue primarily investment grade debt securities to purchasers who would be expected to be willing to accept a substantially lower interest rate than the loans earn. We have and may continue to retain all or a portion of the equity in the securitized pool of loans. Our retained equity would be exposed to any losses on the portfolio of loans before any of the debt securities would be exposed to such losses. See “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">—W</div></div>e<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> are subject to certain risks as a result of our interests in the CLO Preferred Shares</div></div>”;<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> </div></div>“<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The subordination of the CLO Preferred Shares will affect our right to payment</div></div>”; and “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The CLO Indentures require </div></div><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">mandatory redemption of the respective CLO Debt for failure to satisfy coverage tests, which would reduce the amounts available for distribution to us.</div></div>” </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to Our Investments </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our investments in portfolio companies may be risky, and we could lose all or part of our investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our strategy focuses primarily on originating and making loans to, and making debt and equity investments in, U.S. middle market companies, with a focus on originated transactions sourced through the networks of our Adviser. Short transaction closing timeframes associated with originated transactions coupled with added tax or accounting structuring complexity and international transactions may result in higher risk in comparison to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-originated</div> transactions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Most debt securities in which we intend to invest will not be rated by any rating agency and, if they were rated, they would be rated as below investment grade quality and are commonly referred to as “high yield” or “junk.” Debt securities rated below investment grade quality are generally regarded as having predominantly speculative characteristics and may carry a greater risk with respect to a borrower’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal. In addition, some of the loans in which we may invest may be “covenant-lite” loans. We use the term “covenant-lite” loans to refer generally to loans that do not have a complete set of financial maintenance covenants. Generally, “covenant-lite” loans provide borrower companies more freedom to negatively impact lenders because their covenants are incurrence-based, which means they are only tested and can only be breached following an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s financial condition. Accordingly, to the extent we invest in “covenant-lite” loans, we may have fewer rights against a borrower and may have a greater risk of loss on such investments as compared to investments in or exposure to loans with financial maintenance covenants. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">First-Lien Debt.</div></div> When we make a first-lien loan, we generally take a security interest in the available assets of the portfolio company, including the equity interests of its subsidiaries, which we expect to help mitigate the risk that we will not be repaid. However, there is a risk that the collateral securing our loans may decrease in value over time, may be difficult to sell in a timely manner, may be difficult to appraise, and may fluctuate in value based upon the success of the business and market conditions, including as a result of the inability of the portfolio company to raise additional capital. In some circumstances, our lien is, or could become, subordinated to claims of other creditors. Consequently, the fact that a loan is secured does not guarantee that we will receive principal and interest payments according to the loan’s terms, or at all, or that we will be able to collect on the loan should we need to enforce our remedies. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Unitranche Loans. </div></div>In addition, in connection with any unitranche loans (including “last out” portions of such loans) in which we may invest, we would enter into agreements among lenders. Under these agreements, our interest in the collateral of the first-lien loans may rank junior to those of other lenders in the loan under certain circumstances. This may result in greater risk and loss of principal on these loans. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Second-Lien and Mezzanine Debt.</div></div> Our investments in second-lien and mezzanine debt generally are subordinated to senior loans and will either have junior security interests or be unsecured. As such, other creditors may rank senior to us in the event of insolvency. This may result in greater risk and loss of principal. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Equity Investments.</div></div> When we invest in first-lien debt, second-lien debt or mezzanine debt, we may acquire equity securities, such as warrants, options and convertible instruments, as well. In addition, we may invest directly in the equity securities of portfolio companies. We may structure such equity investments to include provisions protecting our rights as a minority-interest holder, as well as a “put,” or right to sell such securities back to the issuer, upon the occurrence of specified events. In many cases, we may also seek to obtain registration rights in connection with these equity interests, which may include demand and “piggyback” registration rights, which grants us the right to register our equity interest when either the portfolio company or another investor in the portfolio company files a registration statement with the SEC to issue securities. We seek to dispose of these equity interests and realize gains upon our disposition of these interests. However, the equity interests we receive may not appreciate in value and, in fact, may decline in value. Accordingly, we may not be able to realize gains from our equity interests, and any gains that we do realize on the disposition of any equity interests may not be sufficient to offset any other losses we experience. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may invest through joint ventures, partnerships or other special purpose vehicles and our investments through these vehicles may entail greater risks, or risks that we otherwise would not incur, if we otherwise made such investments directly. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may make indirect investments in portfolio companies through joint ventures, partnerships or other special purpose vehicles (“Investment Vehicles”). See See <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">“ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS —Specialty Financing Portfolio Companies.”.</div></div> In general, the risks associated with indirect investments in portfolio companies through a joint venture, partnership or other special purpose vehicle are similar to those associated with a direct investment in a portfolio company. While we intend to analyze the credit and business of a potential portfolio company in determining whether to make an investment in an Investment Vehicle, we will nonetheless be exposed to the creditworthiness of the Investment Vehicle. In the event of a bankruptcy proceeding against the portfolio company, the assets of the portfolio company may be used to satisfy its obligations prior to the satisfaction of our investment in the Investment Vehicle (i.e., our investment in the Investment Vehicle could be structurally subordinated to the other obligations of the portfolio company). In addition, if we are not the sole investor in an Investment Vehicle, we may be required to rely on our partners in the Investment Vehicle when making decisions regarding such Investment Vehicle’s investments, accordingly, the value of the investment could be adversely affected if our interests diverge from those of our partners in the Investment Vehicle. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Any strategic investments that we pursue are subject to risks and uncertainties. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have pursued and may continue to pursue growth through strategic investments in new businesses. Completion and timing of any such strategic investments may be subject to a number of contingencies, including the uncertainty in reaching a commercial agreement with our counterparty, our ability to obtain required board, shareholder and regulatory approvals, as well as any required financing (or the risk that these are obtained subject to terms and conditions that are not anticipated). The announcement or consummation of any transaction also may adversely impact our business relationships or engender competitive responses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the proposal and negotiation of strategic investments, whether or not completed, as well as the integration of those businesses into our existing portfolio, could result in substantial expenses and the diversion of our Adviser’s time, attention and resources from our <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">day-to-day</div></div> operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our ability to manage our growth through strategic investments will depend, in part, on our success in addressing these risks. Any failure to effectively implement our acquisition or strategic investment strategies could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">To the extent we invest in publicly traded companies, we may be unable to obtain financial covenants and other contractual rights, which subjects us to additional risks. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we invest in instruments issued by publicly-held companies, we may be subject to risks that differ in type or degree from those involved with investments in privately-held companies. Such risks include, without limitation, greater volatility in the valuation of such companies, increased obligations to disclose information regarding such companies, limitations on our ability to dispose of such instruments at certain times, increased likelihood of shareholder litigation against such companies’ board members and increased costs associated with each of the aforementioned risks. In addition, to the extent we invest in publicly traded debt instruments, we may not be able to obtain financial covenants or other contractual rights that we might otherwise be able to obtain when making privately-negotiated investments. We may not have the same access to information in connection with investments in public debt instruments that we would expect to have in connection with privately-negotiated investments. If we or our Adviser were deemed to have material, nonpublic information regarding the issuer of a publicly traded instrument in which we have invested, we may be limited in our ability to make new investments or sell existing investments in such issuer. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Broadly syndicated loans, including “covenant-lite” loans, may expose us to different risks, including with respect to liquidity, price volatility, ability to restructure loans, credit risks and less protective loan documentation, than is the case with loans that contain financial maintenance covenants. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A significant number of high yield loans in the market, in particular the broadly syndicated loan market, may consist of “covenant-lite” loans. Generally, “covenant-lite” loans provide borrower companies more freedom to negatively impact lenders because their covenants are incurrence-based, which means they are only tested and can only be breached following an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s financial condition. Ownership of “covenant-lite” loans may expose us to different risks, including with respect to liquidity, price volatility, ability to restructure loans, credit risks and less protective loan documentation, than is the case with loans that contain financial maintenance covenants. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Downgrades by rating agencies of broadly syndicated loans could adversely impact our financial performance. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ratings agencies have recently undergone reviews of broadly syndicated loans in light of the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic’s adverse impact on the economic market. Such reviews have, in some cases, resulted in downgrades of broadly syndicated loans. To the extent we invest in broadly syndicated loans, such downgrades could adversely impact our financial performance. The full extent of downgrades by ratings agencies of broadly syndicated loans is currently unknown, thereby resulting in a high degree of uncertainty. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may be subject to risks associated with our investments in bank loans. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to invest in bank loans and participations. These obligations are subject to unique risks, including: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">the possible invalidation of an investment transaction as a fraudulent conveyance under relevant creditors’ rights laws, </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">so-called</div> lender-liability claims by the issuer of the obligations, </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">environmental liabilities that may arise with respect to collateral securing the obligations, and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">limitations on our ability to directly enforce its rights with respect to participations. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the illiquidity of bank loans may make it difficult for us to sell such investments to access capital if required. As a result, we could realize significantly less than the value at which we have recorded our investments if we were required to sell them for liquidity purposes. Compared to securities and to certain other types of financial assets, purchases and sales of loans take relatively longer to settle. This extended settlement process can (i) increase the counterparty credit risk borne by us; (ii) leave us unable to timely vote, or otherwise act with respect to, loans it has agreed to purchase; (iii) delay us from realizing the proceeds of a sale of a loan; (iv) inhibit our ability to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">re-sell</div> a loan that it has agreed to purchase if conditions change (leaving us more exposed to price fluctuations); (v) prevent us from timely collecting principal and interest payments; and (vi) expose us to adverse tax or regulatory consequences. To the extent the extended loan settlement process gives rise to short-term liquidity needs, we may hold cash, sell investments or temporarily borrow from banks or other lenders. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In purchasing participations, we generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, nor any rights of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">set-off</div> against the borrower, and we may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which we have purchased the participation. As a result, we will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In analyzing each bank loan or participation, our Adviser compares the relative significance of the risks against the expected benefits of the investment. Successful claims by third parties arising from these and other risks will be borne by us. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If the assets securing the loans that we make decrease in value, then we may lack sufficient collateral to cover losses. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To attempt to mitigate credit risks, we intend to take a security interest in the available assets of our portfolio companies. There is no assurance that we will obtain sufficient collateral to cover losses or properly perfect our liens. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is a risk that the collateral securing our loans may decrease in value over time, may be difficult to sell in a timely manner, may be difficult to appraise and may fluctuate in value based upon the success of the business and market conditions, including as a result of the inability of a portfolio company to raise additional capital. In some circumstances, our lien could be subordinated to claims of other creditors. Consequently, the fact that a loan is secured does not guarantee that we will receive principal and interest payments according to the loan’s terms, or that we will be able to collect on the loan should we be forced to enforce our remedies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may suffer a loss if a portfolio company defaults on a loan and the underlying collateral is not sufficient. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of a default by a portfolio company on a secured loan, we will only have recourse to the assets collateralizing the loan. If the underlying collateral value is less than the loan amount, we will suffer a loss. In addition, we may make loans that are unsecured, which are subject to the risk that other lenders may be directly secured by the assets of the portfolio company. In the event </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">of a default, those collateralized lenders would have priority over us with respect to the proceeds of a sale of the underlying assets. In cases described above, we may lack control over the underlying asset collateralizing our loan or the underlying assets of the portfolio company prior to a default, and as a result the value of the collateral may be reduced by acts or omissions by owners or managers of the assets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of bankruptcy of a portfolio company, we may not have full recourse to its assets in order to satisfy our loan, or our loan may be subject to “equitable subordination.” This means that depending on the facts and circumstances, including the extent to which we actually provided significant “managerial assistance,” if any, to that portfolio company, a bankruptcy court might <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">re-characterize</div> our debt holding and subordinate all or a portion of our claim to that of other creditors. In addition, certain of our loans are subordinate to other debt of the portfolio company. If a portfolio company defaults on our loan or on debt senior to our loan, or in the event of a portfolio company bankruptcy, our loan will be satisfied only after the senior debt receives payment. Where debt senior to our loan exists, the presence of intercreditor arrangements may limit our ability to amend our loan documents, assign our loans, accept prepayments, exercise our remedies (through “standstill” periods) and control decisions made in bankruptcy proceedings relating to the portfolio company. Bankruptcy and portfolio company litigation can significantly increase collection losses and the time needed for us to acquire the underlying collateral in the event of a default, during which time the collateral may decline in value, causing us to suffer losses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Borrowers of broadly syndicated loans may be permitted to designate unrestricted subsidiaries under the terms of their financing agreements, which would exclude such unrestricted subsidiaries from restrictive covenants under the financing agreement with the borrower. Without restriction under the financing agreement, the borrower could take various actions with respect to the unrestricted subsidiary including, among other things, incur debt, grant security on its assets, sell assets, pay dividends or distribute shares of the unrestricted subsidiary to the borrower’s shareholders. Any of these actions could increase the amount of leverage that the borrower is able to incur and increase the risk involved in our investments in broadly syndicated loans accordingly. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the value of collateral underlying our loan declines or interest rates increase during the term of our loan, a portfolio company may not be able to obtain the necessary funds to repay our loan at maturity through refinancing. Decreasing collateral value and/or increasing interest rates may hinder a portfolio company’s ability to refinance our loan because the underlying collateral cannot satisfy the debt service coverage requirements necessary to obtain new financing. If a borrower is unable to repay our loan at maturity, we could suffer a loss which may adversely impact our financial performance. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may not realize any income or gains from our equity investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have invested in and may continue to invest in equity-related securities, including common equity, warrants, preferred stock and convertible preferred securities. These equity interests we acquire may not appreciate in value and, in fact, may decline in value if the company fails to perform financially or achieve its growth objectives. We will generally have little, if any, control over the timing of any gains we may realize from our equity investments since these securities may have restrictions on their transfer or may not have an active trading market. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Equity investments also have experienced significantly more volatility in their returns and may under-perform relative to fixed income securities during certain periods. An adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value. Also, prices of equity investments are sensitive to general movements in the stock market and a drop in the stock market may depress the price of common stock investments to which we have exposure. Equity prices fluctuate for several reasons including changes in investors’ perceptions of the financial condition of an issuer or the general condition of the relevant stock market, or when political or economic events affecting the issuers occur. In addition, common stock prices may be particularly sensitive to rising interest rates, as the cost of capital rises and borrowing costs increase. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we expect to receive current income in the form of dividend payments on any convertible preferred equity investments, a substantial portion of the gains we expect to receive from our investments in such securities will likely be from the capital gains generated from the sale of our equity investments upon conversion of our convertible securities, the timing of which we cannot predict and we cannot guarantee that such sale will happen at all. We do not expect to generate capital gains from the sale of our portfolio investments on a level or uniform basis from quarter to quarter. In addition, any convertible preferred stock instruments will generally provide for conversion upon the portfolio companies’ achievement of certain milestone events, including a qualified public offering and/or a senior exchange listing for their common stock. However, there can be no assurance that our portfolio companies will obtain either a junior or senior exchange listing or, even if a listing is obtained, that an active trading market will ever develop in the common stock of our publicly traded portfolio companies. In addition, even if our portfolio companies obtain an exchange listing, we may be subject to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">lock-up</div> provisions that prohibit us from selling our investments into the public market for specified periods of time after such listing. As a result, the market price of securities that we hold may decline substantially before we are able to sell these securities following an exchange listing. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accordingly, we may not be able to realize gains from our equity interests, and any gains that we do realize on the disposition of any equity interests may not be sufficient to offset any other losses we experience. Furthermore, due to the expected growth of our portfolio companies, we do not generally expect to receive dividend income from our common stock investments. In the case of cumulative preferred stock, there is no assurance that any dividends will ever be paid by a portfolio company. Dividends to any equity holders may be suspended or cancelled at any time. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in equity securities can carry additional risks and may have other characteristics that require investments to be made indirectly through blocker entities or otherwise. In addition, if an issuer of equity securities in which we have invested sells additional shares of its equity securities, our interest in the issuer may be diluted and the value of our investment could decrease. For the foregoing reasons, investments in equity securities can be highly speculative and carry a substantial risk of loss of investment. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The credit ratings of certain of our investments may not be indicative of the actual credit risk of such rated instruments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rating agencies rate debt securities based upon their assessment of the likelihood of the receipt of principal and interest payments. Rating agencies do not consider the risks of fluctuations in market value or other factors that may influence the value of debt securities. Therefore, the credit rating assigned to a particular instrument may not fully reflect the true risks of an investment in such instrument. Credit rating agencies may change their methods of evaluating credit risk and determining ratings. These changes may occur quickly and often. While we may give some consideration to ratings, ratings may not be indicative of the actual credit risk of our investments in rated instruments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Prepayments of our debt investments by our portfolio companies could adversely impact our results of operations and reduce our return on equity. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are subject to the risk that the investments we make in our portfolio companies may be repaid prior to maturity. When this occurs, we will generally reinvest these proceeds in temporary investments, pending their future investment in new portfolio companies. These temporary investments will typically have substantially lower yields than the debt being prepaid and we could experience significant delays in reinvesting these amounts. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any future investment in a new portfolio company may also be at lower yields than the debt that was repaid. As a result, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected if one or more of our portfolio companies elect to prepay amounts owed to us. Additionally, prepayments, net of prepayment fees, could negatively impact our return on equity. This risk will be more acute when interest rates decrease, as we may be unable to reinvest at rates as favorable as when we made our initial investment. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">A redemption of convertible securities held by us could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A convertible security may be subject to redemption at the option of the issuer at a price established in the convertible security’s governing instrument. If a convertible security held by us is called for redemption, we will be required to permit the issuer to redeem the security, convert it into the underlying common stock or sell it to a third party. Any of these actions could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">To the extent original issue discount (OID) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">payment-in-kind</div></div> (PIK) interest income constitute a portion of our income, we will be exposed to risks associated with the deferred receipt of cash representing such income. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our investments may include OID and PIK instruments. To the extent OID and PIK constitute a portion of our income, we will be exposed to risks associated with such income being required to be included in income for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and taxable income prior to receipt of cash, including the following: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Original issue discount instruments may have unreliable valuations because the accruals require judgments about collectability or deferred payments and the value of any associated collateral; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Original issue discount instruments may create heightened credit risks because the inducement to the borrower to accept higher interest rates in exchange for the deferral of cash payments typically represents, to some extent, speculation on the part of the borrower; </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">For U.S. GAAP purposes, cash distributions to shareholders that include a component of OID income do not come from <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">paid-in</div> capital, although they may be paid from the offering proceeds. Thus, although a distribution of OID income may come from the cash invested by the shareholders, the 1940 Act does not require that shareholders be given notice of this fact; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The presence of OID and PIK creates the risk of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-refundable</div> cash payments to our Adviser in the form of incentive fees on income based on <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-cash</div> OID and PIK accruals that may never be realized; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">In the case of PIK, “toggle” debt, which gives the issuer the option to defer an interest payment in exchange for an increased interest rate in the future, the PIK election has the simultaneous effect of increasing the investment income, thus increasing the potential for realizing incentive fees. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our portfolio companies may incur debt that ranks equally with, or senior to, our investments in such companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our strategy focuses on investing primarily in the debt of privately owned U.S. companies with a focus on originated transactions sourced through the networks of our Adviser. Our portfolio companies may have, or may be permitted to incur, other debt that ranks equally with, or senior to, the debt in which we invest. By their terms, such debt instruments may entitle the holders to receive payment of interest or principal on or before the dates on which we are entitled to receive payments with respect to the debt instruments in which we invest. Also, in the event of insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of a portfolio company, any holders of debt instruments ranking senior to our investment in that portfolio company would typically be entitled to receive payment in full before we receive any distribution. After repaying such senior creditors, such portfolio company may not have any remaining assets to use for repaying its obligation to us. In the case of debt ranking equally with debt instruments in which we invest, we would have to share on an equal basis any distributions with other creditors holding such debt in the event of an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant portfolio company and our portfolio company may not have sufficient assets to pay all equally ranking credit even if we hold senior, first-lien debt. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we cannot obtain debt financing or equity capital on acceptable terms, our ability to acquire investments and to expand our operations will be adversely affected. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The net proceeds from the sale of our shares will be used for our investment opportunities, and, if necessary, the payment of operating expenses and the payment of various fees and expenses such as base management fees, incentive fees, other fees and distributions. Any working capital reserves we maintain may not be sufficient for investment purposes, and we may require additional debt financing or equity capital to operate. We are required to 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 shareholders to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC. Accordingly, in the event that we need additional capital in the future for investments or for any other reason we may need to access the capital markets periodically to issue debt or equity securities or borrow from financial institutions in order to obtain such additional capital. These sources of funding may not be available to us due to unfavorable economic conditions, which could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us. Consequently, if we cannot obtain further debt or equity financing on acceptable terms, our ability to acquire additional investments and to expand our operations will be adversely affected. As a result, we would be less able to diversify our portfolio and achieve our investment objective, which may negatively impact our results of operations and reduce our ability to make distributions to our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Defaults by our portfolio companies could jeopardize a portfolio company’s ability to meet its obligations under the debt or equity investments that we hold which could harm our operating results. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A portfolio company’s failure to satisfy financial or operating covenants imposed by us or other lenders could lead to defaults and, potentially, termination of its debt financing and foreclosure on its secured assets, which could trigger cross-defaults under other agreements and jeopardize a portfolio company’s ability to meet its obligations under the debt or equity investments that we hold. We may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms, which may include the waiver of certain financial covenants, with a defaulting portfolio company. In addition, some of the loans in which we may invest may be “covenant-lite” loans. We use the term “covenant-lite” loans to refer generally to loans that do not have a complete set of financial maintenance covenants. Generally, “covenant-lite” loans provide borrower companies more freedom to negatively impact lenders because their covenants are incurrence-based, which means they are only tested and can only be breached following an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s financial condition. Accordingly, to the extent we invest in “covenant-lite” loans, we may have fewer rights against a borrower and may have a greater risk of loss on such investments as compared to investments in or exposure to loans with financial maintenance covenants. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As part of our lending activities, we may in certain opportunistic circumstances originate loans to companies that are experiencing significant financial or business difficulties, including companies involved in bankruptcy or other reorganization and liquidation proceedings. Any such investment would involve a substantial degree of risk. In any reorganization or liquidation proceeding relating to a company that we fund, we may lose all or part of the amounts advanced to the borrower or may be required to accept collateral with a value less than the amount of the loan advanced by us to the borrower. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Subordinated liens on collateral securing debt investments that we may make to portfolio companies may be subject to control by senior creditors with first priority liens. If there is a default, the value of the collateral may not be sufficient to repay in full both the first priority creditors and us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain debt investments that we will make in portfolio companies will be secured on a second priority lien basis by the same collateral securing senior debt of such companies. We also make debt investments in portfolio companies secured on a first priority basis. The first priority liens on the collateral will secure the portfolio company’s obligations under any outstanding senior debt and may secure certain other future debt that may be permitted to be incurred by the portfolio company under the agreements governing the debt. In the event of a default, the holders of obligations secured by the first priority liens on the collateral will generally control the liquidation of and be entitled to receive proceeds from any realization of the collateral to repay their obligations in full before us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the value of the collateral in the event of liquidation will depend on market and economic conditions, the availability of buyers and other factors. There can be no assurance that the proceeds, if any, from the sale or sales of all of the collateral would be sufficient to satisfy the debt obligations secured by the first priority or second priority liens after payment in full of all obligations secured by the first priority liens on the collateral. If such proceeds are not sufficient to repay amounts outstanding under the debt obligations secured by the first priority or second priority liens, then we, to the extent not repaid from the proceeds of the sale of the collateral, will only have an unsecured claim against the portfolio company’s remaining assets, if any. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may also make unsecured debt investments in portfolio companies, meaning that such investments will not benefit from any interest in collateral of such companies. Liens on any such portfolio company’s collateral, if any, will secure the portfolio company’s obligations under its outstanding secured debt and may secure certain future debt that is permitted to be incurred by the portfolio company under its secured debt agreements. The holders of obligations secured by such liens will generally control the liquidation of, and be entitled to receive proceeds from, any realization of such collateral to repay their obligations in full before us. In addition, the value of such collateral in the event of liquidation will depend on market and economic conditions, the availability of buyers and other factors. There can be no assurance that the proceeds, if any, from sales of such collateral would be sufficient to satisfy our unsecured debt obligations after payment in full of all secured debt obligations. If such proceeds were not sufficient to repay the outstanding secured debt obligations, then our unsecured claims would rank equally with the unpaid portion of such secured creditors’ claims against the portfolio company’s remaining assets, if any. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The rights we may have with respect to the collateral securing the debt investments we make in our portfolio companies with senior debt outstanding may also be limited pursuant to the terms of one or more inter-creditor agreements that we enter into with the holders of senior debt. Under such an inter-creditor agreement, at any time obligations that have the benefit of the first priority liens are outstanding, any of the following actions that may be taken in respect of the collateral will be at the direction of the holders of the obligations secured by the first priority liens: the ability to cause the commencement of enforcement proceedings against the collateral; the ability to control the conduct of such proceedings; the approval of amendments to collateral documents; releases of liens on the collateral; and waivers of past defaults under collateral documents. We may not have the ability to control or direct such actions, even if our rights are adversely affected. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Certain of our investments may be adversely affected by laws relating to fraudulent conveyance or voidable preferences. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain of our investments could be subject to federal bankruptcy law and state fraudulent transfer laws, which vary from state to state, if the debt obligations relating to certain investments were issued with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors or, in certain circumstances, if the issuer receives less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in return for issuing such debt obligations. If the debt proceeds are used for a buyout of shareholders, this risk is greater than if the debt proceeds are used for <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">day-to-day</div></div> operations or organic growth. If a court were to find that the issuance of the debt obligations was a fraudulent transfer or conveyance, the court could void or otherwise refuse to recognize the payment obligations under the debt obligations or the collateral supporting such obligations, further subordinate the debt obligations or the liens supporting such obligations to other existing and future indebtedness of the issuer or require us to repay any amounts received by us with respect to the debt obligations or collateral. In the event of a finding that a fraudulent transfer or conveyance occurred, we may not receive any repayment on such debt obligations. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under certain circumstances, payments to us and distributions by us to our shareholders may be reclaimed if any such payment or distribution is later determined to have been a fraudulent conveyance, preferential payment or similar transaction under applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws. Furthermore, investments in restructurings may be adversely affected by statutes relating to, among other things, fraudulent conveyances, voidable preferences, lender liability and the court’s discretionary power to disallow, subordinate or disenfranchise particular claims or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">re-characterize</div> investments made in the form of debt as equity contributions. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">There may be circumstances where our debt investments could be subordinated to claims of other creditors or we could be subject to lender liability claims. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we intend to structure certain of our investments as senior debt, if one of our portfolio companies were to go bankrupt, depending on the facts and circumstances, including the extent to which we provided managerial assistance to that portfolio company or a representative of us or our Adviser sat on the board of directors of such portfolio company, a bankruptcy court might re-characterize our debt investment and subordinate all or a portion of our claim to that of other creditors. In situations where a bankruptcy carries a high degree of political significance, our legal rights may be subordinated to other creditors. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, a number of U.S. judicial decisions have upheld judgments obtained by borrowers against lending institutions on the basis of various evolving legal theories, collectively termed “lender liability.” Generally, lender liability is founded on the premise that a lender has violated a duty (whether implied or contractual) of good faith, commercial reasonableness and fair dealing, or a similar duty owed to the borrower or has assumed an excessive degree of control over the borrower resulting in the creation of a fiduciary duty owed to the borrower or its other creditors or shareholders. Because of the nature of our investments in portfolio companies (including that, as a BDC, we may be required to provide managerial assistance to those portfolio companies if they so request upon our offer), we may be subject to allegations of lender liability. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We generally will not control the business operations of our portfolio companies and, due to the illiquid nature of our holdings in our portfolio companies, we may not be able to dispose of our interests in our portfolio companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not currently, and do not expect in the future to control most of our portfolio companies, although we may have board representation or board observation rights, and our debt agreements may impose certain restrictive covenants on our borrowers. As a result, we are subject to the risk that a portfolio company in which we invest may make business decisions with which we disagree and the management of such company, as representatives of the holders of their common equity, may take risks or otherwise act in ways that do not serve our interests as a debt investor. Due to the lack of liquidity for our investments in private companies, we may not be able to dispose of our interests in our portfolio companies as readily as we would like or at a favorable value. As a result, a portfolio company may make decisions that could decrease the value of our portfolio holdings. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are, and will continue to be, exposed to risks associated with changes in interest rates. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because we borrow money to make investments, our net investment income will depend, in part, upon the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest those funds. As a result, we can offer no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on our net investment income. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A reduction in the interest rates on new investments relative to interest rates on current investments could have an adverse impact on our net investment income. However, an increase in interest rates could decrease the value of any investments we hold which earn fixed interest rates and also could increase our interest expense, thereby decreasing our net income. Also, an increase in interest rates available to investors could make an investment in our common stock less attractive if we are not able to increase our dividend rate, which could reduce the value of our common stock. Further, rising interest rates could also adversely affect our performance if such increases cause our borrowing costs to rise at a rate in excess of the rate that our investments yield. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Many of our debt investments are based on floating interest rates, such as LIBOR, SOFR, SONIA, the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate, that reset on a periodic basis, and that many of our investments will be subject to interest rate floors. A reduction in the interest rates on new investments relative to interest rates on current investments could have an adverse impact on our net investment income, which also could be negatively impacted by our borrowers making prepayments on their loans. On the other hand, an increase in interest rates could increase the interest repayment obligations of our borrowers and result in challenges to their financial performance and ability to repay their obligations. In addition, our cost of funds likely will increase because the interest rates on the majority of amounts we may borrow are likely to be floating, which could reduce our net investment income to the extent any debt investments have fixed interest rates, and the interest rate on investments with an interest rate floor will not increase until interest rates exceed the applicable floor. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Trading prices for debt that pays a fixed rate of return tend to fall as interest rates rise. Trading prices tend to fluctuate more for fixed-rate securities that have longer maturities. Moreover, an increase in interest rates available to investors could make investment in our common stock less attractive if we are not able to increase our dividend rate, which could reduce the value of our common stock. U.S. Federal Reserve policy, including with respect to certain interest rates and the decision to end its quantitative easing policy, may also adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend- and interest-paying securities. In an effort to combat inflation the Federal Reserve has increased the federal funds rate in 2022 and is widely expected to further increase the federal funds rate in 2023. Market volatility, rising interest rates, uncertainty around interest rates and/or a return to unfavorable economic conditions could adversely affect our business. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may enter into certain hedging transactions, such as interest rate swap agreements, in an effort to mitigate our exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates and we may increase our floating rate investments to position the portfolio for rate increases. However, we cannot assure you that such transactions will be successful in mitigating our exposure to interest rate risk or if we will enter into such interest rate hedges. Hedging transactions may also limit our ability to participate in the benefits of lower interest rates with respect to our portfolio investments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not have a policy governing the maturities of our investments. This means that we are subject to greater risk (other things being equal) than a fund invested solely in shorter-term securities. A decline in the prices of the debt we own could adversely affect our net asset value. Also, an increase in interest rates available to investors could make an investment in our common stock less attractive if we are not able to increase our dividend rate. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In periods of rising interest rates, to the extent we borrow money subject to a floating interest rate, our cost of funds would increase, which could reduce our net investment income. Further, rising interest rates could also adversely affect our performance if we hold investments with floating interest rates, subject to specified minimum interest rates (such as a LIBOR floor), while at the same time engaging in borrowings subject to floating interest rates not subject to such minimums. In such a scenario, rising interest rates may increase our interest expense, even though our interest income from investments is not increasing in a corresponding manner as a result of such minimum interest rates. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If general interest rates rise, there is a risk that the portfolio companies in which we hold floating rate securities will be unable to pay escalating interest amounts, which could result in a default under their loan documents with us. Rising interest rates could also cause portfolio companies to shift cash from other productive uses to the payment of interest, which may have a material adverse effect on their business and operations and could, over time, lead to increased defaults. In addition, rising interest rates may increase pressure on us to provide fixed rate loans to our portfolio companies, which could adversely affect our net investment income, as increases in our cost of borrowed funds would not be accompanied by increased interest income from such fixed-rate investments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent that we make floating rate debt investments, a rise in the general level of interest rates would lead to higher interest rates applicable to our debt investments. Accordingly, an increase in interest rates may result in an increase in the amount of the Incentive Fee payable to our Adviser. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">General interest rate fluctuations may have a substantial negative impact on our investments and investment opportunities and, accordingly, may have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective and the rate of return on invested capital. Because we may borrow money to make investments, our net investment income will depend, in part, upon the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest these funds. As a result, there can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on our net investment income. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">International investments create additional risks. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may make investments in portfolio companies that are domiciled outside of the United States. Our investments in foreign portfolio companies are deemed <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">“non-qualifying</div> assets,” which means that, as required by the 1940 Act, such investments, along with other investments in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-qualifying</div> assets, may not constitute more than 30% of our total assets at the time of our acquisition of any such asset, after giving effect to the acquisition. Notwithstanding the limitation on our ownership of foreign portfolio companies, such investments subject us to many of the same risks as our domestic investments, as well as certain additional risks, including the following: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">foreign governmental laws, rules and policies, including those relating to taxation and bankruptcy and restricting the ownership of assets in the foreign country or the repatriation of profits from the foreign country to the United States and any adverse changes in these laws; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">foreign currency devaluations that reduce the value of and returns on our foreign investments; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">adverse changes in the availability, cost and terms of investments due to the varying economic policies of a foreign country in which we invest; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">adverse changes in tax rates, the tax treatment of transaction structures and other changes in operating expenses of a particular foreign country in which we invest; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">the assessment of foreign-country taxes (including withholding taxes, transfer taxes and value added taxes, any or all of which could be significant) on income or gains from our investments in the foreign country; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes that adversely affect the social, political and/or economic stability of a foreign country in which we invest; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">high inflation in the foreign countries in which we invest, which could increase the costs to us of investing in those countries; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">deflationary periods in the foreign countries in which we invest, which could reduce demand for our assets in those countries and diminish the value of such investments and the related investment returns to us; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">legal and logistical barriers in the foreign countries in which we invest that materially and adversely limit our ability to enforce our contractual rights with respect to those investments. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we may make investments in countries whose governments or economies may prove unstable. Certain of the countries in which we may invest may have political, economic and legal systems that are unpredictable, unreliable or otherwise inadequate with respect to the implementation, interpretation and enforcement of laws protecting asset ownership and economic interests. In some of the countries in which we may invest, there may be a risk of nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, which may have an adverse effect on our portfolio companies in those countries and the rates of return that we are able to achieve on such investments. We may also lose the total value of any investment which is nationalized, expropriated or confiscated. The financial results and investment opportunities available to us, particularly in developing countries and emerging markets, may be materially and adversely affected by any or all of these political, economic and legal risks. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We expose ourselves to risks when we engage in hedging transactions. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have entered, and may in the future enter, into hedging transactions, which may expose us to risks associated with such transactions. We may seek to utilize instruments such as forward contracts, currency options and interest rate swaps, caps, collars and floors to seek to hedge against fluctuations in the relative values of our portfolio positions from changes in currency exchange rates and market interest rates and the relative value of certain debt securities from changes in market interest rates. Use of these hedging instruments may include counter-party credit risk. To the extent we have <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> investments, particularly investments denominated in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies, our hedging costs will increase. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hedging against a decline in the values of our portfolio positions would not eliminate the possibility of fluctuations in the values of such positions or prevent losses if the values of such positions were to decline. However, such hedging can establish other positions designed to gain from those same developments, thereby offsetting the decline in the value of such portfolio positions. Such hedging transactions may also limit the opportunity for gain if the values of the underlying portfolio positions were to increase. It also may not be possible to hedge against an exchange rate or interest rate fluctuation that is so generally anticipated that we are not able to enter into a hedging transaction at an acceptable price. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The success of our hedging strategy will depend on our ability to correctly identify appropriate exposures for hedging. In connection with the September 2027 Notes, which bear interest at a fixed rate, we entered into an interest rate swap to continue to align the interest rates of our liabilities with our investment portfolio, which consists of predominately floating rate loans. However, unanticipated changes in currency exchange rates or other exposures that we might hedge may result in poorer overall investment </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">performance than if we had not engaged in any such hedging transactions. In addition, the degree of correlation between price movements of the instruments used in a hedging strategy and price movements in the portfolio positions being hedged may vary, as may the time period in which the hedge is effective relative to the time period of the related exposure. Also, where a put or call option on a particular security is purchased to hedge against price movements in a related security, the price of the put or call option may move more or less than the price of the related security. If restrictions on exercise were imposed, we might be unable to exercise an option we had purchased. If we were unable to close out an option that we had purchased on a security, it would have to exercise the option in order to realize any profit or the option may expire worthless. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For a variety of reasons, we may not seek to (or be able to) establish a perfect correlation between such hedging instruments and the positions being hedged. Any such imperfect correlation may prevent us from achieving the intended hedge and expose us to risk of loss. In addition, it may not be possible to hedge fully or perfectly against currency fluctuations affecting the value of securities denominated in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies because the value of those securities is likely to fluctuate as a result of factors not related to currency fluctuations. Income derived from hedging transactions also is not eligible to be distributed to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> stockholders free from withholding taxes. Changes to the regulations applicable to the financial instruments we use to accomplish our hedging strategy could affect the effectiveness of that strategy. See “—The market structure applicable to derivatives imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the SEC may affect our ability to use <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> (“OTC”) derivatives for hedging purposes” and “We are, and will continue to be, exposed to risks associated with changes in interest rates.” </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The market structure applicable to derivatives imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the SEC may affect our ability to use <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> (“OTC”) derivatives for hedging purposes. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Dodd-Frank Act and the CFTC enacted and the SEC has issued rules to implement broad new regulatory and structural requirements applicable to OTC derivatives markets and, to a lesser extent, listed commodity futures (and futures options) markets. Similar changes are in the process of being implemented in other major financial markets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The CFTC and the SEC have issued final rules establishing that certain swap transactions are subject to CFTC regulation. Engaging in such swap or other commodity interest transactions such as futures contracts or options on futures contracts may cause us to fall within the definition of “commodity pool” under the Commodity Exchange Act and related CFTC regulations. Our Adviser has claimed relief from CFTC registration and regulation as a commodity pool operator with respect to our operations, with the result that we are limited in our ability to use futures contracts or options on futures contracts or engage in swap transactions. Specifically, we are subject to strict limitations on using such derivatives other than for hedging purposes, whereby the use of derivatives not used solely for hedging purposes is generally limited to situations where (i) the aggregate initial margin and premiums required to establish such positions does not exceed five percent of the liquidation value of our portfolio, after taking into account unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such contracts we have entered into; or (ii) the aggregate net notional value of such derivatives does not exceed 100% of the liquidation value of our portfolio. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Dodd-Frank Act also imposed requirements relating to real-time public and regulatory reporting of OTC derivative transactions, enhanced documentation requirements, position limits on an expanded array of derivatives, and recordkeeping requirements. Taken as a whole, these changes could significantly increase the cost of using uncleared OTC derivatives to hedge risks, including interest rate and foreign exchange risk; reduce the level of exposure we are able to obtain for risk management purposes through OTC derivatives (including as the result of the CFTC imposing position limits on additional products); reduce the amounts available to us to make <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-derivatives</div> investments; impair liquidity in certain OTC derivatives; and adversely affect the quality of execution pricing obtained by us, all of which could adversely impact our investment returns. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our ability to enter into transactions involving derivatives and financial commitment transactions may be limited. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In October 2020, the SEC adopted Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> which requires a BDC (or a registered investment company) that uses derivatives to, among other things, comply with a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">value-at-risk</div></div> leverage limit, adopt a derivatives risk management program and implement certain testing and board reporting requirements. Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">18f-4</div> exempts BDCs that qualify as “limited derivatives users” from the aforementioned requirements, provided that these BDCs adopt written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to manage the BDC’s derivatives risks and comply with certain recordkeeping requirements. Under Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> 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, among other things, 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. Collectively, these requirements may limit our ability to use derivatives and/or enter into certain other financial contracts. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may enter into total return swaps that would expose us to certain risks, including market risk, liquidity risk and other risks similar to those associated with the use of leverage. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A total return swap is a contract in which one party agrees to make periodic payments to another party based on the change in the market value of the assets underlying the total return swap, which may include a specified security or loan, basket of securities or loans or securities or loan indices during the specified period, in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate. A total return swap is typically used to obtain exposure to a security, loan or market without owning or taking physical custody of such security or loan or investing directly in such market. A total return swap may effectively add leverage to our portfolio because, in addition to our total net assets, we would be subject to investment exposure on the amount of securities or loans subject to the total return swap. A total return swap is also subject to the risk that a counterparty will default on its payment obligations thereunder or that we will not be able to meet our obligations to the counterparty. In addition, because a total return swap is a form of synthetic leverage, such arrangements are subject to risks similar to those associated with the use of leverage. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our portfolio may be focused on a limited number of portfolio companies or industries, which will subject us to a risk of significant loss if any of these companies defaults on its obligations under any of its debt instruments or if there is a downturn in a particular industry. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Beyond the asset diversification requirements associated with our qualification as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we do not have fixed guidelines for diversification. While we are not targeting any specific industries, our investments may be focused on relatively few industries. As a result, the aggregate returns we realize may be significantly adversely affected if a small number of investments perform poorly or if we need to write down the value of any one investment. Additionally, a downturn in any particular industry in which we are invested could significantly affect our aggregate returns. Further, any industry in which we are meaningfully concentrated at any given time could be subject to significant risks that could adversely impact our aggregate returns. For example, as of December 31, 2022, our investments in internet software and services represented 13.6% of our portfolio at fair value. Our investments in internet software and services are subject to substantial risks, including, but not limited to, intense competition, changing technology, shifting user needs, frequent introductions of new products and services, competitors in different industries and ranging from large established companies to emerging startups, decreasing average selling prices of products and services resulting from rapid technological changes, cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents and various legal and regulatory risks. In addition, as of December 31, 2022, our investments in healthcare providers and services represented 14.4% of our portfolio at fair value. Our investments in healthcare providers and services are subject to a variety of risks, including, but not limited to, additional or changing government regulations and policies that could increase compliance and other costs of doing business, risks related to medical technology, and scarcity of management and other personnel with appropriate training, which may impact the business of such portfolio companies. In addition, as of December 31, 2022, our investments in insurance represented 9.7% of our portfolio at fair value. The U.S. insurance industry is heavily regulated and our investments in insurance are subject to a variety of risks, including, but not limited to, additional or changing government regulations that could increase compliance and other costs of doing business, which may impact the business of such portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain various required licenses in U.S. states or in any other jurisdiction where they may be required in the future. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are required to have and may be required in the future to obtain various state licenses to, among other things, originate commercial loans, and may be required to obtain similar licenses from other authorities, including outside of the United States, in the future in connection with one or more investments. Applying for and obtaining required licenses can be costly and take several months. We cannot assure you that we will maintain or obtain all of the licenses that we need on a timely basis. We also are and will be subject to various information and other requirements to maintain and obtain these licenses, and we cannot assure you that we will satisfy those requirements. Our failure to maintain or obtain licenses that we require, now or in the future, might restrict investment options and have other adverse consequences. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">An investment strategy focused primarily on privately held companies presents certain challenges, including the lack of available information about these companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We invest primarily in privately held companies. Investments in private companies pose certain incremental risks as compared to investments in public companies including that they: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">have reduced access to the capital markets, resulting in diminished capital resources and ability to withstand financial distress; </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">may have limited financial resources and may be unable to meet their obligations under their debt obligations that we hold, which may be accompanied by a deterioration in the value of any collateral and a reduction in the likelihood of our realizing any guarantees we may have obtained in connection with our investment; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">may have shorter operating histories, narrower product lines and smaller market shares than larger businesses, which tend to render them more vulnerable to competitors’ actions and changing market conditions, as well as general economic downturns; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of a small group of persons and, therefore, the death, disability, resignation or termination of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on the company and, in turn, on us; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">generally have less predictable operating results, may from time to time be parties to litigation, may be engaged in rapidly changing businesses with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, and may require substantial additional capital to support their operations, finance expansion or maintain their competitive position. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, investments in private companies tend to be less liquid. The securities of private companies are not publicly traded or actively traded on the secondary market and are, instead, traded on a privately negotiated <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> secondary market for institutional investors. These <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> secondary markets may be inactive during an economic downturn or a credit crisis and in any event often have lower volumes than publicly traded securities even in normal market conditions. In addition, the securities in these companies will be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or will otherwise be less liquid than publicly traded securities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If there is no readily available market for these investments, we are required to carry these investments at fair value as determined by our Board. As a result, if we are required to liquidate all or a portion of our portfolio quickly, we may realize significantly less than the value at which we had previously recorded these investments. We may also face other restrictions on our ability to liquidate an investment in a portfolio company to the extent that we, our Adviser or any of its affiliates have material nonpublic information regarding such portfolio company or where the sale would be an impermissible joint transaction under the 1940 Act. The reduced liquidity of our investments may make it difficult for us to dispose of them at a favorable price, and, as a result, we may suffer losses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Finally, little public information generally exists about private companies and these companies may not have third-party credit ratings or audited financial statements. We must therefore rely on the ability of our Adviser to obtain adequate information through due diligence to evaluate the creditworthiness and potential returns from investing in these companies, and to monitor the activities and performance of these investments. To the extent that we (or other clients of our Adviser) may hold a larger number of investments, greater demands will be placed on our Adviser’s time, resources and personnel in monitoring such investments, which may result in less attention being paid to any individual investment and greater risk that our investment decisions may not be fully informed. Additionally, these companies and their financial information will not generally be subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other rules that govern public companies. If we are unable to uncover all material information about these companies, we may not make a fully informed investment decision, and we may lose money on our investments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Certain investment analyses and decisions by our Adviser may be required to be undertaken on an expedited basis. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investment analyses and decisions by our Adviser may be required to be undertaken on an expedited basis to take advantage of certain investment opportunities. While we generally will not seek to make an investment until our Adviser has conducted sufficient due diligence to make a determination as to the acceptability of the credit quality of the investment and the underlying issuer, in such cases, the information available to our Adviser at the time of making an investment decision may be limited. Therefore, no assurance can be given that our Adviser will have knowledge of all circumstances that may adversely affect an investment. In addition, our Adviser may rely upon independent consultants and others in connection with its evaluation of proposed investments. No assurance can be given as to the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by such independent consultants and we may incur liability as a result of such consultants’ actions, many of whom we will have limited recourse against in the event of any such inaccuracies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may not have the funds or ability to make additional investments in our portfolio companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After our initial investment in a portfolio company, we may be called upon from time to time to provide additional funds to such company or have the opportunity to increase our investment through the exercise of a warrant or other right to purchase common stock. There is no assurance that we will make, or will have sufficient funds to make, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investments. Even if we do have sufficient capital to make a desired <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investment, we may elect not to make a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investment because we may not want to increase our level of risk, we prefer other opportunities, we are limited in our ability to do so by compliance with BDC requirements, or in order to maintain our RIC status. Our ability to make <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investments may also be limited by our Adviser’s </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">allocation policies. Any decision not to make a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investment or any inability on our part to make such an investment may have a negative impact on a portfolio company in need of such an investment, may result in a missed opportunity for us to increase our participation in a successful investment or may reduce the expected return to us on the investment. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to certain risks as a result of our interests in the CLO Preferred Shares. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of the loan sale agreements entered into in connection with our debt securitization transactions with respect to the CLO (the “CLO Transaction”), we contributed to Owl Rock CLO VIII, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “CLO Issuer”) all of the ownership interest in the portfolio loans and participations held by the CLO Issuer on the closing date for the CLO Transaction for the purchase price and other consideration set forth in such loan sale agreements. As a result of the CLO Transaction, we hold all of the preferred shares issued by the CLO Issuer (collectively, the “CLO Preferred Shares”), which comprise 100% of the equity interests (other than certain nominal interests held by a charitable trust for purposes of limiting the ability of the CLO Issuer to file for bankruptcy), in the CLO Issuer. As a result, we expect to consolidate the financial statements of the CLO Issuer in our consolidated financial statements. However, once sold or contributed to a CLO, the underlying loans and participation interests have been securitized and are no longer our direct investment, and the risk return profile has been altered. In general, rather than holding interests in the underlying loans and participation interests, the CLO Transaction resulted in us holding equity interests in the CLO Issuer, with the CLO Issuer holding the underlying loans. As a result, we are subject both to the risks and benefits associated with the equity interests of the CLO Issuer (i.e., the CLO Preferred Shares) and, indirectly, the risks and benefits associated with the underlying loans and participation interests held by the CLO Issuer. In addition, our ability to sell, amend or otherwise modify an underlying loan held by the CLO Issuer is subject to certain conditions and restrictions under the CLO Transaction, which may prevent us from taking actions that we would take if we held such underlying loan directly. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The subordination of the CLO Preferred Shares will affect our right to payment. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The respective CLO Preferred Shares are subordinated to the notes issued and amounts borrowed by the CLO Issuer (collectively, the “CLO Debt”), respectively, and certain fees and expenses. If an overcollateralization test or an interest coverage test is not satisfied as of a determination date, the proceeds from the underlying loans otherwise payable to the CLO Issuer (which the CLO Issuer could have distributed with respect to the CLO Preferred Shares of the CLO Issuer) will be diverted to the payment of principal on the CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer. See “—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The CLO Indentures require mandatory redemption of the respective CLO Debt for failure to satisfy coverage tests, which would reduce the amounts available for distribution to us</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the scheduled maturity of the CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer or if such CLO Debt is accelerated after an event of default, proceeds available after the payment of certain administrative expenses will be applied to pay both principal of and interest on the such CLO Debt until such CLO Debt is paid in full before any further payment will be made on the CLO Preferred Shares of such CLO Issuer. As a <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">result</div></div>, such CLO Preferred Shares would not receive any payments until such CLO Debt is paid in full and under certain circumstances may not receive payments at any time. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, if an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to the CLO Debt of a CLO Issuer, the holders of the CLO Debt will be entitled to determine the remedies to be exercised under the indenture pursuant to which the CLO Debt was issued (the “CLO Indenture”). Remedies pursued by the holders of CLO Debt could be adverse to our interests as the holder of CLO Preferred Shares, and the holders of CLO Debt will have no obligation to consider any possible adverse effect on such our interest or the interest of any other person. See “ —<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The holders of certain CLO Debt will control many rights under the CLO Indentures and therefore, we will have limited rights in connection with an event of default or distributions thereunder</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The CLO Preferred Shares represent leveraged investments in the underlying loan portfolio of the CLO Issuer, which is a speculative investment technique that increases the risk to us as the owner of the CLO Preferred Shares. As the junior interest in a leveraged capital structure, the CLO Preferred Shares will bear the primary risk of deterioration in the performance of the applicable CLO Issuer and its portfolio of underlying loans. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The holders of certain CLO Debt will control many rights under the CLO Indenture and therefore, we will have limited rights in connection with an event of default or distributions thereunder. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under each CLO Indenture, as long as any CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer is outstanding, the holders of the senior-most outstanding class of such CLO Debt will have the right to direct the trustee or the CLO Issuer to take certain actions under the CLO Indenture, subject to certain conditions. For example, these holders will have the right, following an event of default, to direct certain actions and control certain decisions, including the right to accelerate the maturity of applicable CLO Debt and, under certain circumstances, the liquidation of the collateral. Remedies pursued by such holders upon an event of default could be adverse to our interests. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we, as the holder of the CLO Preferred Shares, will have the right, subject to the conditions set forth in the CLO Indenture, to purchase assets in any liquidation of assets by the collateral trustee, if an event of default has occurred and is continuing, we will not have any creditors’ rights against the CLO Issuer and will not have the right to determine the remedies to be exercised under the CLO Indenture. There is no guarantee that any funds will remain to make distributions to us as the holder of the CLO Preferred Shares following any liquidation of assets and the application of the proceeds from such assets to pay the CLO Debt and the fees, expenses, and other liabilities payable by the CLO Issuer. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The CLO Indenture requires mandatory redemption of the respective CLO Debt for failure to satisfy coverage tests, which would reduce the amounts available for distribution to us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the CLO Indenture governing the CLO Transaction, there are two coverage tests applicable to CLO Debt. These tests apply to each CLO Transaction separately. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The first such test, the interest coverage test, compares the amount of interest proceeds received and, other than in the case of defaulted loans, scheduled to be received on the underlying loans held by the CLO Issuer to the amount of interest due and payable on the CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer and the amount of fees and expenses senior to the payment of such interest in the priority of distribution of interest proceeds. To satisfy this test interest received on the portfolio loans held by the CLO Issuer must equal at least 120% of the amount equal to the interest payable on the Class A debt and the Class B Notes of such CLO Issuer plus the senior fees and expenses, and 115% of the Class C Notes plus the senior fees and expenses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The second such test, the overcollateralization test, compares the adjusted collateral principal amount of the portfolio of underlying loans of the CLO Issuer to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer. To satisfy this second test at any time, this adjusted collateral principal amount for CLO VIII must equal at least 138.46% of the outstanding principal amount of the CLO VIII Class A Debt and Class B Notes, and 126.90% of the Class C Notes. In this test, certain reductions are applied to the principal balance of underlying loans in connection with certain events, such as defaults or ratings downgrades to “CCC” levels or below with respect to the loans held by the CLO Issuer. These adjustments increase the likelihood that this test is not satisfied. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If either coverage test with respect to a CLO Transaction is not satisfied on any determination date on which such test is applicable, the CLO Issuer must apply available amounts to redeem its CLO Debt in an amount necessary to cause such test to be satisfied. This would reduce or eliminate the amounts otherwise available to make distributions to us as the holder of the CLO Preferred Shares of the CLO Issuer. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Because we have received the approval of our sole shareholder, we will be subject to 150% Asset Coverage. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Recent legislation has modified the 1940 Act by allowing a BDC to increase the maximum amount of leverage it may incur from an asset coverage ratio of 200% to an asset coverage ratio of 150%, if certain requirements are met. The reduced asset coverage requirement would permit a BDC to double the amount of leverage it can incur. For example, under a 150% asset coverage ratio the Company may borrow $2 for investment purposes of every $1 of investor equity whereas under a 200% asset coverage ratio the Company may borrow only $1 for investment purposes for every $1 of investor equity. Because the Adviser, as our sole shareholder, has approved this proposal, the reduced asset coverage ratio is currently effective. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Leverage magnifies the potential for loss on investments in our indebtedness and on invested equity capital. As we may use leverage to partially finance our investments, you will experience increased risks of investing in our securities. If the value of our assets increases, then leveraging would cause the net asset value attributable to our common stock to increase more sharply than it would have had we not leveraged. Conversely, if the value of our assets decreases, leveraging would cause net asset value to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have had we not leveraged our business. Similarly, any increase in our income in excess of interest payable on the borrowed funds would cause our net investment income to increase more than it would without the leverage, while any decrease in our income would cause net investment income to decline more sharply than it would have had we not borrowed. Such a decline could negatively affect our ability to pay common stock dividends, scheduled debt payments or other payments related to our securities. Leverage is generally considered a speculative investment technique. See “Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business - <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">To the extent that we borrow money, the potential for gain or loss on amounts invested in us will be magnified and may increase the risk of investing in us. Borrowed money may also adversely affect the return on our assets, reduce cash available to service our debt or for distribution to our shareholders, and result in losses.”</div></div> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our investments in portfolio companies may expose us to environmental risks. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may invest in portfolio companies that are subject to changing and increasingly stringent environmental and health and safety laws, regulations and permit requirements and environmental costs that could place increasing financial burdens on such portfolio entities. Required expenditures for environmental compliance may adversely impact investment returns on portfolio companies. The imposition of new environmental and other laws, regulations and initiatives could adversely affect the business operations and financial stability of such portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There can be no guarantee that all costs and risks regarding compliance with environmental laws and regulations can be identified. New and more stringent environmental and health and safety laws, regulations and permit requirements or stricter interpretations of current laws or regulations could impose substantial additional costs on our portfolio companies. Compliance with such current or future environmental requirements does not ensure that the operations of the portfolio companies will not cause injury to the environment or to people under all circumstances or that the portfolio companies will not be required to incur additional unforeseen environmental expenditures. Moreover, failure to comply with any such requirements could have a material adverse effect on a portfolio company, and we can offer no assurance that any such portfolio companies will at all times comply with all applicable environmental laws, regulations and permit requirements. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The effect of global climate change and climate-change related regulation and sustainability concerns could impact the operations of our portfolio companies and adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Global climate change is widely considered to be a significant threat to the global economy. Our portfolio companies face risks associated with climate change, including physical risks such as an increased frequency of extreme weather events and rising seal level temperatures. For some of our portfolio companies, climate change may also impact their profitability and costs, as well as pose systemic risks for their businesses. For example, the needs of customers of energy companies vary with weather conditions, primarily temperature and humidity. To the extent weather conditions are affected by climate change, energy use could increase or decrease depending on the duration and magnitude of any changes. Increases in the cost of energy could adversely affect the cost of operations of our portfolio companies if the use of energy products or services is material to their business. A decrease in energy use due to weather changes may affect some of our portfolio companies’ financial condition through, for example, decreased revenues. Extreme weather conditions in general require more system backup, adding to costs, and can contribute to increased system stresses, including service interruptions. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to an Investment in Our Common Stock </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Investors will not know the purchase price per share at the time they submit their subscription agreements and could receive fewer shares of our common stock than anticipated if our Board determines to increase the offering price to a price that we believe reflects the net asset value per share of the Class S, Class D and Class I shares in accordance with our share pricing policy. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Class S, Class D and Class I shares may, to the extent permitted or required under the rules and regulations of the SEC, be sold at prices necessary to ensure that shares are not sold at prices per share, after deducting the applicable Upfront Sales Load, that are below our net asset value per share for such class, if our net asset value per share: (i) declines more than 10% from the net asset value per share as of the effective date of this registration statement or (ii) increases to an amount that is greater than the net proceeds per share as stated herein. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the Company’s share pricing policy, we will modify our public offering price to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, including the requirement that we not sell our shares at a net offering price below our net asset value per share unless we obtain the requisite approval from our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a result, your purchase price may be higher than the prior subscription closing price per share, and therefore you may receive a smaller number of shares than if you had subscribed at the prior subscription closing price. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we are unable to raise substantial funds in our ongoing, continuous “best efforts” offering, we may be limited in the number and type of investments we may make, and the value of your investment in us may be reduced in the event our assets under- perform. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our continuous offering is being made on a best efforts basis, whereby our Dealer Manager and participating broker-dealers are only required to use their best efforts to sell our shares and have no firm commitment or obligation to purchase any of our shares. To the extent that less than the maximum number of shares is subscribed for, the opportunity for diversification of our investments may be decreased and the returns achieved on those investments may be reduced as a result of allocating all of our expenses among a smaller capital base. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our shares are not listed, and we do not intend to list our shares, on an exchange, nor are our shares quoted through a quotation system. Therefore, our shareholders will have limited liquidity and may not receive a full return of invested capital (including <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">front-end</div> commissions, fees and expenses), upon selling their shares or upon liquidation of our company. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our shares are illiquid investments for which there is not a secondary market nor is it expected that any such secondary market will develop in the future. We do not intend to complete a liquidity event within any specific time period, if at all. A liquidity event could include a merger or another transaction approved by our Board in which our shareholders will receive cash or shares of a listed company, or a sale of all or substantially all of our assets either on a complete portfolio basis or individually followed by a liquidation. We do not intend to list our shares on a national securities exchange. Upon the occurrence of a liquidity event, if any, all Class S and Class D shares will automatically convert into Class I shares and the ongoing servicing fee will terminate. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not know at this time what circumstances will exist in the future and therefore we do not know what factors our Board will consider in determining whether to pursue a liquidity event in the future. Also, since a portion of the public offering price from the sale of shares in our offering will be used to pay offering expenses and recurring expenses, the full offering price paid by our shareholders will not be invested in portfolio companies. As a result, even if we do complete a liquidity event, you may not receive a return of all of your invested capital. If we do not complete a liquidity event, liquidity for your shares will be limited to participation in our share repurchase program, which may not be for a sufficient number of shares to meet your request and which we have no obligation to maintain. In addition, any shares repurchased pursuant to our share repurchase program may be purchased at a price which may reflect a discount from the purchase price shareholders paid for the shares being repurchased. See “Share Repurchase Program” for a detailed description of the share repurchase program. Because investors who participate in our distribution reinvestment plan will receive additional shares of our common stock in lieu of cash distributions, their exposure to the foregoing risks will be increased compared to their exposure if they had elected to receive cash distributions. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Dealer Manager in our continuous offering may be unable to sell a sufficient number of shares of common stock for us to achieve our investment objective. Our ability to conduct our continuous offering successfully is dependent, in part, on the ability of our Dealer Manager to successfully establish, operate and maintain relationships with a network of broker-dealers. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The success of our continuous public offering, and correspondingly our ability to implement our business strategy, is dependent upon the ability of our Dealer Manager to establish and maintain relationships with a network of licensed securities broker-dealers and other agents to sell our shares. If our Dealer Manager fails to perform, we may not be able to raise adequate proceeds through our public offering to implement our investment strategy. If we are unsuccessful in implementing our investment strategy, you could lose all or a part of your investment. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Purchases of shares of our common stock by persons affiliated with us or our Adviser should not influence investment decisions of independent, unaffiliated investors. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except for certain share ownership and transfer restrictions contained in our charter, there is no limit on the number of shares that may be sold to our officers, directors, and Adviser, its affiliates and/or immediate family members. There is no assurance, however, that we will be successful in raising additional funds in our offering. If we are unsuccessful in raising additional funds, we may be unable to diversify our portfolio, and our operating expenses as a percentage of our gross offering proceeds will be higher. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We intend, but are not required, to offer to repurchase your shares on a quarterly basis. As a result you will have limited opportunities to sell your shares. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Beginning with the first full calendar quarter after the date that we sell shares to a person or entity other than our Adviser, our directors, officers and/or other affiliated persons and entities, we may, from time to time, determine to repurchase a portion of the shares of our common stock, and if we do, we expect that only a limited number of shares will be eligible for repurchase. In addition, any such repurchases will be at a price equal to the net offering price per share on each Repurchase Date, except that shares that have not been outstanding for at least one year will be subject to an Early Withdrawal Charge. As a result, the price at which we repurchase shares may be at a discount to the price at which you purchased shares of common stock in our offering. The share repurchase program, if implemented, will include numerous restrictions that limit your ability to sell your shares, and share repurchases may not be available each month. For example, to the extent we choose to repurchase shares in any particular quarter, we intend to limit the number of shares to be repurchased in each quarter to no more than 5.00% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Our Board </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 on a per class basis. Economic events affecting the U.S. economy, such as volatility in the financial markets, inflation, higher interest rates or global or national events that are beyond our control, could cause an increased number of shares to be put to us for repurchase. To the extent that the number of shares put to us for repurchase exceeds the number of shares that we are able to purchase, we will repurchase shares on a pro rata basis, not on a first-come, first-serve basis. Further, we will have no obligation to repurchase shares if the repurchase would violate the restrictions on distributions under federal law or Maryland law. These limits may prevent us from accommodating all repurchase requests made in any month. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will notify our shareholders of such developments: (i) in our quarterly reports or (ii) by means of a separate mailing to you, accompanied by disclosure in a current or periodic report under the Exchange Act. In addition, under the quarterly share repurchase program, if implemented, we will have discretion to not repurchase shares, to suspend the program, and to cease repurchases. Further, the program may have many limitations and should not be relied upon as a method to sell shares promptly and at a desired price. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The timing of our repurchase offers pursuant to our share repurchase program may be at a time that is disadvantageous to our shareholders, and, to the extent you are able to sell your shares under the program, you may not be able to recover the amount of your investment in our shares. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">When we make repurchase offers pursuant to the share repurchase program, we may offer to repurchase shares at a price that is lower than the price that you paid for our shares. As a result, to the extent you paid a price that includes the related Upfront Sales Load and to the extent you have the ability to sell your shares pursuant to our share repurchase program, the price at which you may sell shares, which will be the current net offering price per share for the relevant class in effect on each date of repurchase, may be lower than the amount you paid in connection with the purchase of shares in our offering. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may be unable to invest a significant portion of the net proceeds of our offering on acceptable terms in an acceptable timeframe. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Delays in investing the net proceeds of our offering may impair our performance. We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to identify investments that meet our investment objective or that any investment that we make will produce a positive return. We may be unable to invest the net proceeds of our offering on acceptable terms within the time period that we anticipate or at all, which could harm our financial condition and operating results. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Before making investments, we will invest the net proceeds of our continuous public offering primarily in cash, cash-equivalents, U.S. government securities, repurchase agreements, and/or other high-quality debt instruments maturing in one year or less from the time of investment. This will produce returns that are significantly lower than the returns which we expect to achieve when our portfolio is fully invested in securities and loans meeting our investment objective. As a result, any distributions that we pay while our portfolio is not fully invested may be lower than the distributions that we may be able to pay when our portfolio is fully invested in securities meeting our investment objective. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">A shareholder’s interest in us will be diluted if we issue additional shares, which could reduce the overall value of an investment in us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No class of our common stock grants shareholders preemptive rights to purchase any shares we issue in the future. Our charter authorizes us to issue up to 3 billion shares of common stock. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to our charter, a majority of our entire Board may amend our charter to increase the number of shares of common stock we may issue without shareholder approval. Our Board may elect to sell additional shares in the future or issue equity interests in private offerings. To the extent we issue additional equity interests at or below net asset value, your percentage ownership interest in us may be diluted. In addition, depending upon the terms and pricing of any additional offerings and the value of our investments, you may also experience dilution in the book value and fair value of your shares. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the 1940 Act, we generally are prohibited from issuing or selling our common stock at a price below net asset value per share, which may be a disadvantage as compared with certain public companies. We may, however, sell our common stock, or warrants, options, or rights to acquire our common stock, at a price below the current net asset value of our common stock if our Board and independent directors determine that such sale is in our best interests and the best interests of our shareholders, and our shareholders, including a majority of those shareholders that are not affiliated with us, approve such sale. In any such case, the price at which our securities are to be issued and sold may not be less than a price that, in the determination of our Board, closely </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">approximates the fair value of such securities (less any distributing commission or discount). If we raise additional funds by issuing common stock or senior securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, our common stock, then the percentage ownership of our shareholders at that time will decrease and you will experience dilution. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Certain provisions of our charter and actions of our Board could deter takeover attempts and have an adverse impact on the value of shares of our common stock. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our charter, as well as certain statutory and regulatory requirements, contain certain provisions that may have the effect of discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire us. Our Board is divided into three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms, which could prevent shareholders from removing a majority of directors in any given election. Our Board may, without shareholder action, authorize the issuance of shares in one or more classes or series, including shares of preferred stock; and our Board may, without shareholder action, amend our charter to increase the number of shares of our common stock, of any class or series, that we will have authority to issue. These anti-takeover provisions may inhibit a change of control in circumstances that could give the holders of shares of our common stock the opportunity to realize a premium over the value of shares of our common stock. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The investments we make in accordance with our investment objective may result in a higher amount of risk than alternative investment options, including volatility or loss of principal. Our investments in portfolio companies may be highly speculative and aggressive and, therefore, an investment in our common stock may not be suitable for someone with lower risk tolerance. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The net asset value of our common stock may fluctuate significantly. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The net asset value and liquidity, if any, of the market for shares of our common stock may be significantly affected by numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control and may not be directly related to our operating performance. These factors include: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in the value of our portfolio of investments and derivative instruments as a result of changes in market factors, such as interest rate shifts, and also portfolio specific performance, such as portfolio company defaults, among other reasons; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in regulatory policies or tax guidelines, particularly with respect to RICs or BDCs; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">loss of RIC tax treatment or BDC status; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">distributions that exceed our net investment income and net income as reported according to U.S. GAAP; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in earnings or variations in operating results; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in accounting guidelines governing valuation of our investments; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">any shortfall in revenue or net income or any increase in losses from levels expected by investors; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">departure of our Adviser or certain of its key personnel; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">general economic trends and other external factors; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">loss of a major funding source </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The amount of any distributions we may make on our common stock is uncertain. We may not be able to pay distributions to shareholders, or be able to sustain distributions at any particular level, and our distributions per share, if any, may not grow over time, and our distributions per share may be reduced. We have not established any limits on the extent to which we may use borrowings, if any, and we may use sources other than cash flows from operations to fund distributions (which may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in portfolio companies). </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to our Board’s discretion and applicable legal restrictions, we intend to authorize and declare cash distributions on a monthly or quarterly basis and pay such distributions on a monthly basis. We expect to pay distributions out of assets legally available for distribution. However, we cannot assure you that we will achieve investment results that will allow us to make a consistent targeted level of cash distributions or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">year-to-year</div></div> increases in cash distributions. Our ability to pay distributions might be adversely affected by the impact of the risks described herein. Further, the per share amount of distributions on Class S, Class D and Class I shares may differ because of different allocations of class-specific expenses. For example, distributions on Class S and Class D shares will be lower than on Class I shares because Class S and Class D shares are subject to different ongoing servicing fees. In addition, the </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">inability to satisfy the asset coverage test applicable to us as a BDC under the 1940 Act can limit our ability to pay distributions. Distributions from sources other than cash flows also could reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in debt or equity securities of portfolio companies. We cannot assure you that we will pay distributions to our shareholders in the future. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our distributions to shareholders may be funded from expense reimbursements or waivers of investment advisory fees that are subject to repayment pursuant to our Expense Support Agreement. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Substantial portions of our distributions may be funded through the reimbursement of certain expenses by our Adviser and its affiliates, including through the waiver of certain investment advisory fees by our Adviser. Any such distributions funded through expense reimbursements or waivers of advisory fees will not be based on our investment performance, and can only be sustained if we achieve positive investment performance in future periods and/or our Adviser and its affiliates continue to make such reimbursements or waivers of such fees. Our future repayments of amounts reimbursed or waived by our Adviser or its affiliates will reduce the distributions that shareholders would otherwise receive in the future. There can be no assurance that we will achieve the performance necessary to be able to pay distributions at a specific rate or at all. Our Adviser and its affiliates have no obligation to waive advisory fees or otherwise reimburse expenses in future periods. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Distributions on our common stock may exceed our taxable earnings and profits. Therefore, portions of the distributions that we pay may represent a return of capital to you. A return of capital is a return of a portion of your original investment in shares of our common stock. As a result, a return of capital will (i) lower your tax basis in your shares and thereby increase the amount of capital gain (or decrease the amount of capital loss) realized upon a subsequent sale or redemption of such shares, and (ii) reduce the amount of funds we have for investment in portfolio companies. We have not established any limit on the extent to which we may use offering proceeds to fund distributions. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may pay our distributions from offering proceeds in anticipation of future cash flow, which may constitute a return of your capital and will lower your tax basis in your shares, thereby increasing the amount of capital gain (or decreasing the amount of capital loss) realized upon a subsequent sale or redemption of such shares, even if such shares have not increased in value or have, in fact, lost value. Distributions from offering proceeds also could reduce the amount of capital we ultimately have available to invest in portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The amount of any distributions we may make on our common stock is uncertain. We may not be able to pay distributions to shareholders, or be able to sustain distributions at any particular level, and our distributions per share, if any, may not grow over time, and our distributions per share may be reduced. We have not established any limits on the extent to which we may use borrowings, if any, and we may use sources other than cash flows from operations to fund distributions (which may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in portfolio companies). </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to our Board’s discretion and applicable legal restrictions, we intend to authorize and declare cash distributions on a monthly or quarterly basis and pay such distributions on a monthly basis. We expect to pay distributions out of assets legally available for distribution. However, we cannot assure you that we will achieve investment results that will allow us to make a consistent targeted level of cash distributions or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">year-to-year</div></div> increases in cash distributions. Our ability to pay distributions might be adversely affected by the impact of the risks described herein. Further, the per share amount of distributions on Class S, Class D and Class I shares may differ because of different allocations of class-specific expenses. For example, distributions on Class S and Class D shares will be lower than on Class I shares because Class S and Class D shares are subject to different ongoing servicing fees. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the inability to satisfy the asset coverage test applicable to us as a BDC under the 1940 Act can limit our ability to pay distributions. Distributions from sources other than cash flows from operations also could reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in debt or equity securities of portfolio companies. We cannot assure you that we will pay distributions to our shareholders in the future. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Shareholders will experience dilution in their ownership percentage if they do not participate in our distribution reinvestment plan. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have adopted a distribution reinvestment plan whereby shareholders (other than Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont and Washington investors and clients of certain participating brokers that do not permit automatic enrollment in our distribution reinvestment plan) will have their cash distributions automatically reinvested in additional shares of the same class of our common stock to which the distribution relates unless they elect to receive their distributions in cash. See “Distribution Reinvestment Plan.” Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont and Washington </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">investors, and clients of certain participating brokers that do not permit automatic enrollment in our distribution reinvestment plan, will automatically receive their distributions in cash unless they elect to have their cash distributions reinvested in additional shares of our common stock. As a result, shareholders that do not elect to participate in our distribution reinvestment plan will experience dilution over time. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Preferred stock could be issued with rights and preferences that would adversely affect holders of our common stock. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of our charter, our Board is authorized to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series without shareholder approval, which could potentially adversely affect the interests of existing shareholders. In particular, holders of preferred stock are required to have certain voting rights when there are unpaid dividends and priority over other classes of securities as to distribution of assets or payment of dividends. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we issue preferred stock or convertible debt securities, the net asset value of our common stock may become more volatile. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We cannot assure you that the issuance of preferred stock and/or convertible debt securities would result in a higher yield or return to the holders of our common stock. The issuance of preferred stock or convertible debt would likely cause the net asset value of our common stock to become more volatile. If the dividend rate on the preferred stock, or the interest rate on the convertible debt securities, were to approach the net rate of return on our investment portfolio, the benefit of such leverage to the holders of our common stock would be reduced. If the dividend rate on the preferred stock, or the interest rate on the debt securities, were to exceed the net rate of return on our portfolio, the use of leverage would result in a lower rate of return to the holders of common stock than if we had not issued the preferred stock or convertible debt securities. Any decline in the net asset value of our investment would be borne entirely by the holders of our common stock. Therefore, if the market value of our portfolio were to decline, the leverage would result in a greater decrease in net asset value to the holders of our common stock than if we were not leveraged through the issuance of preferred stock or debt securities. This decline in net asset value would also tend to cause a greater decline in the market price, if any, for our common stock. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is also a risk that, in the event of a sharp decline in the value of our net assets, we would be in danger of failing to maintain required asset coverage ratios, which may be required by the preferred stock or convertible debt, or our current investment income might not be sufficient to meet the dividend requirements on the preferred stock or the interest payments on the debt securities. In order to counteract such an event, we might need to liquidate investments in order to fund the redemption of some or all of the preferred stock or convertible debt. In addition, we would pay (and the holders of our common stock would bear) all costs and expenses relating to the issuance and ongoing maintenance of the preferred stock, convertible debt, or any combination of these securities. Holders of preferred stock or convertible debt may have different interests than holders of common stock and may at times have disproportionate influence over our affairs. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Holders of any preferred stock that we may issue will have the right to elect certain members of the Board and have class voting rights on certain matters. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The 1940 Act requires that holders of shares of preferred stock must be entitled as a class to elect two directors at all times and to elect a majority of the directors if dividends on such preferred stock are in arrears by two years or more, until such arrearage is eliminated. In addition, certain matters under the 1940 Act require the separate vote of the holders of any issued and outstanding preferred stock, including changes in fundamental investment restrictions and conversion to open end status and, accordingly, preferred shareholders could veto any such changes. Restrictions imposed on the declarations and payment of dividends or other distributions to the holders of our common stock and preferred stock, both by the 1940 Act and by requirements imposed by rating agencies, might impair our ability to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Our board of directors has passed a resolution that no preferred stock will be issued that has voting rights that will limit or subordinate voting rights of the holders of our common stock afforded by the Omnibus Guidelines issued by NASAA. However, there can be no assurance that our Board will not issue preferred stock in the future. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">A downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the credit rating assigned by a rating agency to us or our notes, if any, or change in the debt markets, could cause the liquidity or market value of our notes to decline significantly. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our credit ratings are an assessment by rating agencies of our ability to pay our debts when due. Consequently, real or anticipated changes in our credit ratings will generally affect the market value of our notes. These credit ratings may not reflect the potential impact of risks relating to the structure or marketing of our notes. Credit ratings are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security, and may be revised or withdrawn at any time by the issuing organization in its sole discretion. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Compliance with the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest by participating broker-dealers may negatively impact our ability to raise capital in our offering, which would harm our ability to achieve our investment objectives. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Commencing June 30, 2020, broker-dealers must comply with Regulation Best Interest, which, among other requirements, establishes a new standard of conduct for broker-dealers and their associated persons when making a recommendation of any securities transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer. The impact of Regulation Best Interest on participating dealers cannot be determined at this time, and it may negatively impact whether participating dealers and their associated persons recommend our offering to certain retail customers. If Regulation Best Interest reduces our ability to raise capital in our offering, it would harm our ability to create a diversified portfolio of investments and ability to achieve our investment objectives. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to U.S. Federal Income Tax </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We cannot predict how new tax legislation will affect us, our investments, or our stockholders, and any such legislation could adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Legislative or other actions relating to taxes could have a negative effect on us. The laws pertaining to U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department. The Biden administration has enacted significant changes to the existing U.S. tax laws, and there are a number of proposals in Congress that would similarly modify the existing U.S. tax rules. The likelihood of any such legislation being enacted is uncertain. New legislation and any U.S. Treasury regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions interpreting such legislation could have adverse tax consequences, such as significantly and negatively affecting our ability to qualify for tax treatment as a RIC or negatively affecting the U.S. federal income tax consequences applicable to us and our investors as a result of such qualification. Shareholders are urged to consult with their tax advisor regarding tax legislative, regulatory, or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on an investment in our common stock. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at corporate rates if we are unable to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code or if we make investments through taxable subsidiaries. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To maintain RIC tax treatment under the Code, we must meet the following minimum annual distribution, income source and asset diversification requirements. See “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">ITEM 1. BUSINESS </div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Annual Distribution Requirement for a RIC generally will be satisfied if we distribute to our shareholders on an annual basis at least 90% of our “investment company taxable income,” which is generally our net ordinary income plus the excess, if any, of realized net short term capital gains over realized net long term capital losses. In addition, a RIC may, in certain cases, satisfy the Annual Distribution Requirement by distributing dividends relating to a taxable year after the close of such taxable year under the “spillback dividend” provisions of Subchapter M. We would be taxed, at regular corporate rates, on retained income and/or gains, including any short term capital gains or long term capital gains. We also must make distributions to satisfy an additional Excise Tax Avoidance Requirement in order to avoid a 4% excise tax on certain undistributed income. Because we may use debt financing, we are subject to (i) an asset coverage ratio requirement under the 1940 Act and may, in the future, be subject to (ii) certain financial covenants under loan and credit agreements that could, under certain circumstances, restrict us from making distributions necessary to satisfy the distribution requirements. If we are unable to obtain cash from other sources, or choose or are required to retain a portion of our taxable income or gains, we could (1) be required to pay excise taxes and (2) fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment, and thus become subject to corporate level income tax on our taxable income (including gains). </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The income source requirement will be satisfied if we obtain at least 90% of our annual income from dividends, interest, payments with respect to loans of certain securities, gains from the sale of stock or other securities or foreign currencies, net income from certain “qualified publicly traded partnerships,” or other income derived from the business of investing in stock or securities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The asset diversification requirement will be satisfied if we meet certain asset diversification requirements at the end of each quarter of our taxable year. Specifically, at least 50% of the value of our assets must consist of cash, cash equivalents (including receivables), U.S. government securities, securities of other RICs, and other acceptable securities if such securities of any one issuer do not represent more than 5% of the value of our assets or more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer; and no more than 25% of the value of our assets can be invested in (i) the securities, other than U.S. government securities or securities of other RICs, of one issuer, (ii) the securities, other than the securities of other RICs of two or more issuers that are controlled, as determined under applicable Code rules, by us and that are engaged in the same or similar or related trades or businesses, or (iii) the securities of certain “qualified publicly traded partnerships.” Failure to meet these requirements may result in our having to dispose of </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">certain investments quickly in order to prevent the loss of RIC status. Because most of our investments will be in private companies, and therefore will be relatively illiquid, any such dispositions could be made at disadvantageous prices and could result in substantial losses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we fail to qualify for or maintain RIC tax treatment for any reason and are subject to U.S. federal income tax at corporate rates, the resulting taxes could substantially reduce our net assets, the amount of income available for distribution, and the amount of our distributions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may invest in certain debt and equity investments through taxable subsidiaries and the net taxable income of these taxable subsidiaries will be subject to U.S. federal and state corporate income taxes. We may invest in certain foreign debt and equity investments, which could be subject to foreign taxes (such as income tax, withholding, and value added taxes). </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may have difficulty paying our required distributions if we recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For U.S. federal income tax purposes, we may be required to recognize taxable income in circumstances in which we do not receive a corresponding payment in cash. For example, since we will likely hold debt obligations that are treated under applicable tax rules as having OID (such as debt instruments with PIK, secondary market purchases of debt securities at a discount to par, interest or, in certain cases, increasing interest rates or debt instruments that were issued with warrants), we must include in income each year a portion of the OID that accrues over the life of the obligation, regardless of whether cash representing such income is received by us in the same taxable year. We may also have to include in income other amounts that we have not yet received in cash, such as unrealized appreciation for foreign currency forward contracts and deferred loan origination fees that are paid after origination of the loan or are paid in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-cash</div> compensation such as warrants or stock. Furthermore, we may invest in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> corporations (or other <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> entities treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that could be treated under the Code and U.S. Treasury regulations as “passive foreign investment companies” and/or “controlled foreign corporations.” The rules relating to investment in these types of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> entities are designed to limit deferral and generally require the current inclusion of income derived by the entity. In certain circumstances, this could require us to recognize income where we do not receive a corresponding payment in cash. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unrealized appreciation on derivatives, such as foreign currency forward contracts, may be included in taxable income while the receipt of cash may occur in a subsequent period when the related contract expires. Any unrealized depreciation on investments that the foreign currency forward contracts are designed to hedge are not currently deductible for tax purposes. This can result in increased taxable income whereby we may not have sufficient cash to pay distributions or we may opt to retain such taxable income and pay a 4% excise tax. In such cases we could still rely upon the “spillback provisions” to maintain RIC tax treatment. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We anticipate that a portion of our income may constitute OID or other income required to be included in taxable income prior to receipt of cash. Further, we may elect to amortize market discounts with respect to debt securities acquired in the secondary market and include such amounts in our taxable income in the current year, instead of upon disposition, as an election not to do so would limit our ability to deduct interest expenses for tax purposes. Because any OID or other amounts accrued will be included in our investment company taxable income for the year of the accrual, we may be required to make a distribution to our shareholders in order to satisfy the Annual Distribution Requirement, even if we will not have received any corresponding cash amount. As a result, we may have difficulty meeting the Annual Distribution Requirement necessary to maintain RIC tax treatment under the Code. We may have to sell some of our investments at times and/or at prices we would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital, make a partial share distribution, or forgo new investment opportunities for this purpose. If we are not able to obtain cash from other sources, and choose not to make a qualifying share distribution, we may fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment and thus become subject to U.S. federal income tax. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we are not treated as a “publicly offered regulated investment company,” as defined in the Code, certain U.S. shareholders will be treated as having received a dividend from us in the amount of such U.S. shareholders’ allocable share of the base management fee and incentive fees paid to our Adviser and some of our expenses, and these fees and expenses will be treated as miscellaneous itemized deductions of such U.S. shareholders. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A “publicly offered regulated investment company” is a RIC whose shares are either (i) continuously offered pursuant to a public offering within the meaning of Section 4 of the Securities Act, (ii) regularly traded on an established securities market or (iii) held by at least 500 persons at all times during the taxable year. While we anticipate that we will constitute a publicly offered RIC, there can be no assurance that we will in fact so qualify for any of our taxable years. If we are not treated as a publicly offered regulated investment company for any calendar year, each U.S. shareholder that is an individual, trust or estate will be treated as having received a dividend from us in the amount of such U.S. shareholder’s allocable share of the base management fee and incentive fees paid to our Adviser and certain of our other expenses for the calendar year, and these fees and expenses will be treated as miscellaneous itemized deductions of such U.S. shareholder. Miscellaneous itemized deductions generally are deductible by a U.S. shareholder that is an individual, trust or estate only to the extent that the aggregate of such U.S. shareholder’s miscellaneous itemized deductions exceeds 2% of such U.S. shareholder’s adjusted gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes, are not deductible for purposes of the alternative minimum tax and are subject to the overall limitation on itemized deductions under the Code. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">General Risk Factors </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Changes in laws or regulations governing our operations may adversely affect our business or cause us to alter our business strategy. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We and our portfolio companies are subject to regulation by laws at the local, state, and federal levels. These laws and regulations, as well as their interpretation, could change from time to time, including as the result of interpretive guidance or other directives from the U.S. President and others in the executive branch, and new laws, regulations and interpretations could also come into effect. For example, on August 16, 2022, the Biden administration enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which modifies key aspects of the Code, including by creating an alternative minimum tax on certain large corporations and an excise tax on stock repurchases by certain corporations. We are currently assessing the potential impact of these legislative changes. Any new or changed laws or regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, and political uncertainty could increase regulatory uncertainty in the near term. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Changes to the laws and regulations governing our permitted investments may require a change to our investment strategy. Such changes could differ materially from our strategies and plans as set forth in this report and may shift our investment focus from the areas of expertise of our Adviser. Thus, any such changes, if they occur, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the value of your investment in us. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Heightened scrutiny of the financial services industry by regulators may materially and adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The financial services industry has been the subject of heightened scrutiny by regulators around the globe. In particular, the SEC and its staff have focused more narrowly on issues relevant to alternative asset management firms, including by forming specialized units devoted to examining such firms and, in certain cases, bringing enforcement actions against the firms, their principals and employees. In recent periods there have been a number of enforcement actions within the industry, and it is expected that the SEC will continue to pursue enforcement actions against asset managers. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the SEC’s recent lists of examination priorities include such items as cybersecurity compliance and controls and conducting risk-based examinations of investment advisory firms, it is generally expected that the SEC’s oversight of alternative asset managers will continue to focus substantially on concerns related to fiduciary duty transparency and investor disclosure practices. Although the SEC has cited improvements in disclosures and industry practices in this area, it has also indicated that there is room for improvement in particular areas, including fees and expenses (and the allocation of such fees and expenses) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-investment</div> practices. To this end, many investment advisory firms have received inquiries during examinations or directly from the SEC’s Division of Enforcement regarding various transparency-related topics, including the acceleration of monitoring fees, the allocation of broken-deal expenses, outside business activities of firm principals and employees, group purchasing arrangements and general conflicts of interest disclosures. While we believe we have made appropriate and timely disclosures regarding the foregoing, the SEC staff may disagree. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Further, the SEC has highlighted BDC board oversight and valuation practices as one of its areas of focus in investment adviser examinations and has instituted enforcement actions against advisers for misleading investors about valuation. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the SEC were to investigate our Adviser and find errors in its methodologies or procedures, our Adviser could be subject to penalties and fines, which could in turn harm our reputation and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. Similarly, from time to time we or our Adviser could become the subject of litigation or other similar claims. Any investigations, litigation or similar claims could continue without resolution for long periods of time and could consume substantial amounts of our management’s time and attention, and that time and attention and the devotion of associated resources could, at times, be disproportionate to the amounts at stake. Investigations, litigations and other claims are subject to inherent uncertainties, and a material adverse impact on our financial statements could occur for the period in which the effect of an unfavorable final outcome in an investigation, litigation or other similar claims becomes probable and reasonably estimable. In addition, we could incur expenses associated with defending ourselves against investigations, litigation and other similar claims, and these expenses could be material to our earnings in future periods. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Government intervention in the credit markets could adversely affect our business</div></div></div>. </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The central banks and, in particular, the U.S. Federal Reserve, have taken unprecedented steps since the financial crises of 2008-2009 and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> global pandemic. It is impossible to predict if, how, and to what extent the United States and other governments would further intervene in the credit markets. Such intervention is often prompted by politically sensitive issues involving family homes, student loans, real estate speculation, credit card receivables, pandemics, etc., and could, as a result, be contrary to what we would predict from an “economically rational” perspective. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the other hand, recent governmental intervention could mean that the willingness of governmental bodies to take additional extraordinary action is diminished. As a result, in the event of near-term major market disruptions, there might be only limited additional government intervention, resulting in correspondingly greater market dislocation and materially greater market risk. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Bylaws include an exclusive forum selection provision, which could limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other agents. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Bylaws require that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City (or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of any standard of conduct or legal duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other agents to us or to our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the MGCL or the Charter or the Bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This exclusive forum selection provision in our Bylaws will not apply to claims arising under the federal securities laws, including the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such a provision, and investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. In addition, this provision may increase costs for shareholders in bringing a claim against us or our directors, officers or other agents. Any investor purchasing or otherwise acquiring our shares is deemed to have notice of and consented to the foregoing provision. The exclusive forum selection provision in our Bylaws may limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other agents, which may discourage lawsuits against us and such persons. It is also possible that, notwithstanding such exclusive forum selection provision, a court could rule that such provision is inapplicable or unenforceable. If this occurred, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in another forum, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We expend significant financial and other resources to comply with the requirements of being a public entity. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a public entity, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Exchange Act requires that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and financial condition. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, which are discussed below. In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls, significant resources and management oversight are required. We have implemented procedures, processes, policies and practices for the purpose of addressing the standards and requirements applicable to public companies. These activities may divert management’s attention from other business concerns, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may experience fluctuations in our operating results. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may experience fluctuations in our operating results due to a number of factors, including our ability or inability to make investments in companies that meet our investment criteria, interest rates and default rates on the debt investments we make, the level of our expenses, variations in and the timing of the recognition of realized gains or losses, unrealized appreciation or depreciation, the degree to which we encounter competition in our markets, and general economic conditions. These occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, the value of your investment in us and our ability to pay distributions to you and our other shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are dependent on information systems and systems failures could significantly disrupt our business, which may, in turn, negatively affect our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our business is dependent on our and third parties’ communications and information systems. Any failure or interruption of those systems, including as a result of the termination of an agreement with any third-party service providers, could cause delays or other problems in our activities. Our financial, accounting, data processing, portfolio monitoring, backup or other operating systems and facilities may fail to operate properly or become disabled or damaged as a result of a number of factors including events that are wholly or partially beyond our control. There could be: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">sudden electrical or telecommunications outages; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">disease pandemics, including the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">events arising from local or larger scale political or social matters, including terrorist acts; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">outages due to idiosyncratic issues at specific service providers; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">cyber-attacks. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These events, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and negatively affect the net asset value of our common stock and our ability to pay distributions to our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks in using custodians, counterparties, administrators and other agents. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We depend on the services of custodians, counterparties, administrators and other agents to carry out certain transactions and other administrative services, including compliance with regulatory requirements in U.S. and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> jurisdictions. We are subject to risks of errors and mistakes made by these third parties, which may be attributed to us and subject us or our shareholders to reputational damage, penalties or losses. We depend on third parties to provide primary and back up communications and information systems. Any failure or interruption of those systems, including as a result of the termination of an agreement with any third-party service providers, could cause delays or other problems in our activities. Our financial, accounting, data processing, portfolio monitoring, backup or other operating systems and facilities may fail to operate properly or become disabled or damaged as a result of a number of factors including events that are wholly or partially beyond our control. The terms of the contracts with third-party service providers are often customized and complex, and many of these arrangements occur in markets or relate to products that are not subject to regulatory oversight. Accordingly, we may be unsuccessful in seeking reimbursement or indemnification from these third-party service providers. In addition, we rely on a select number of third-party services providers and replacement of any one of our service providers could be difficult and result in disruption and expense. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Internal and external cybersecurity threats and risks, as well as other disasters, may adversely affect our business or the business of our portfolio companies by impairing the ability to conduct business effectively. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cybersecurity incidents and cyber-attacks have been occurring globally at a more frequent and severe level, and will likely continue to increase in frequency in the future. The occurrence of a disaster, such as a cyber-attack against us, any of our portfolio companies, or against a third-party that has access to our data or networks, a natural catastrophe, an industrial accident, failure of our disaster recovery systems, or consequential employee error, could have an adverse effect on our ability to communicate or conduct business, negatively impacting our operations and financial condition. This adverse effect can become particularly acute if those events affect our electronic data processing, transmission, storage, and retrieval systems, or impact the availability, integrity, or confidentiality of our data. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, and our portfolio companies, depend heavily upon computer systems to perform necessary business functions. Despite the implementation of a variety of security measures, our computer systems, networks, and data, like those of other companies, could be </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">subject to cyber-attacks and unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, such as from physical and electronic <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">break-ins</div> or unauthorized tampering. If one or more of these events occurs, it could potentially jeopardize the confidential, proprietary, and other information processed, stored in, and transmitted through our computer systems and networks, or otherwise cause interruptions or malfunctions in our operations, which could result in financial losses, litigation, regulatory penalties, client dissatisfaction or loss, reputational damage, and increased costs associated with mitigation of damages and remediation. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Third parties with which we do business may also be sources of cybersecurity or other technological risk. We outsource certain functions and these relationships allow for the storage and processing of our information, as well as client, counterparty, employee, and borrower information. While we engage in actions to reduce our exposure resulting from outsourcing, ongoing threats may result in unauthorized access, loss, exposure, destruction, or other cybersecurity incidents that adversely affects our data, resulting in increased costs and other consequences as described above. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, the increased use of mobile and cloud technologies due to the proliferation of remote work resulting from the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic could heighten these and other operational risks as certain aspects of the security of such technologies may be complex and unpredictable. Reliance on mobile or cloud technology or any failure by mobile technology and cloud service providers to adequately safeguard their systems and prevent cyber-attacks could disrupt our operations, the operations of a portfolio company or the operations of our or their service providers and result in misappropriation, corruption or loss of personal, confidential or proprietary information or the inability to conduct ordinary business operations. In addition, there is a risk that encryption and other protective measures may be circumvented, particularly to the extent that new computing technologies increase the speed and computing power available. Extended periods of remote working, whether by us, our portfolio companies, or our service providers, could strain technology resources, introduce operational risks and otherwise heighten the risks described above. Remote working environments may be less secure and more susceptible to hacking attacks, including phishing and social engineering attempts. Accordingly, the risks described above, are heightened under the current conditions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have implemented processes, procedures and internal controls to help mitigate cybersecurity risks and cyber intrusions, but these measures, as well as our increased awareness of the nature and extent of a risk of a cyber-incident, do not guarantee that a cyber-incident will not occur and/or that our financial results, operations or confidential information will not be negatively impacted by such an incident </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, cybersecurity has become a top priority for global lawmakers and regulators around the world, and some jurisdictions have proposed or enacted laws requiring companies to notify regulators and individuals of data security breaches involving certain types of personal data. Compliance with such laws and regulations may result in cost increases due to system changes and the development of new administrative processes. If we or our Adviser or certain of its affiliates, fail to comply with the relevant and increasing laws and regulations, we could suffer financial losses, a disruption of our businesses, liability to investors, regulatory intervention or reputational damage. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Increased data protection regulation may result in increased complexities and risk in connection with the operation of our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We operate in businesses that are highly dependent on information systems and technology. The costs related to cyber or other security threats or disruptions may not be fully insured or indemnified by other means. Cybersecurity has become a priority for regulators in the U.S. and around the world. Many jurisdictions in which we operate have laws and regulations relating to data privacy, cybersecurity and protection of personal information, including the California Consumer Privacy Act that went into effect on January 1, 2020, and the New York SHIELD Act, which went into effect on March 1, 2020. In addition, the SEC announced that one of the 2019 examination priorities for the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations was to continue to examine cybersecurity procedures and controls, including testing the implementation of these procedures and controls. Further, the European General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) came into effect in May 2018. Data protection requirements under the GDPR are more stringent than those imposed under prior European legislation. There are substantial financial penalties for breach of the GDPR, including up to the higher of 20 million Euros or 4% of group annual worldwide turnover. <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Non-compliance</div> with any of the aforementioned laws or other similar laws, therefore, represents a serious risk to our business. Some jurisdictions have also enacted laws requiring companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving certain types of personal data. Breaches in security could potentially jeopardize our, our employees’ or our product investors’ or counterparties’ confidential and other information processed and stored in, and transmitted through, our computer systems and networks, or otherwise cause interruptions or malfunctions in our, our employees’, our product investors’, our counterparties’ or third parties’ operations, which could result in significant losses, increased costs, disruption of our business, liability to our product investors and other counterparties, regulatory intervention or reputational damage. Furthermore, if we fail to comply with the relevant laws and regulations, it could result in regulatory investigations and penalties, which could lead to negative publicity and may cause our product investors and clients to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our security measures. </div> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to the economy. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Global economic, political and market conditions, including uncertainty about the financial stability of the United States, could have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic caused severe disruptions in the U.S. economy and disrupted financial activity in the areas in which we or our portfolio companies operate. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Price declines in the corporate leveraged loan market may adversely affect the fair value of our portfolio, reducing our net asset value through increased net unrealized depreciation and the incurrence of realized losses. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Economic recessions or downturns could impair our portfolio companies and harm our operating results. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Inflation may adversely affect the business, results of operations and financial condition of our portfolio companies. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Terrorist attacks, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may impact the businesses in which we invest and harm our business, operating results and financial condition. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to our business. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The lack of liquidity in our investments may adversely affect our business. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We borrow money, which magnifies the potential for gain or loss and may increase the risk of investing in us. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Defaults under our current borrowings or any future borrowing facility or notes may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">If we are unable to obtain additional debt financing, or if our borrowing capacity is materially reduced, our business could be materially adversely affected. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our ability to achieve our investment objective depends on our Adviser’s ability to manage and support our investment process. If our Adviser were to lose a significant number of its key professionals, or terminate the Investment Advisory Agreement, our ability to achieve our investment objective could be significantly harmed. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Because our business model depends to a significant extent upon Blue Owl’s relationships with corporations, financial institutions and investment firms, the inability of Blue Owl to maintain or develop these relationships, or the failure of these relationships to generate investment opportunities, could adversely affect our business. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may face increasing competition for investment opportunities, which could delay further deployment of our capital, reduce returns and result in losses. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our investment portfolio is recorded at fair value as determined in good faith by our Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by our Board and, as a result, there is and will be uncertainty as to the value of our portfolio investments. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Board may change our operating policies and strategies without prior notice or shareholder approval, the effects of which may be adverse to our shareholders. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We are subject to risks associated with the discontinuation of LIBOR, which will affect our cost of capital and results of operations. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We are subject to risks related to corporate social responsibility. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to our Adviser and its affiliates. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Adviser and its affiliates, including our officers and some of our directors, may face conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with us and our affiliates, which could result in increased risk-taking or speculative investments, or cause our Adviser to use substantial leverage. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The time and resources that individuals associated with our Adviser devote to us may be diverted, and we may face additional competition due to, among other things, the fact that neither our Adviser nor its affiliates is prohibited from raising money for or managing another entity that makes the same types of investments that we target. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Adviser and its affiliates, may face conflicts of interest with respect to services performed for issuers in which we may invest. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Adviser or its affiliates may have incentives to favor their respective other accounts and clients and/or Blue Owl over us, which may result in conflicts of interest that could be harmful to us. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may be obligated to pay our Adviser incentive fees even if we incur a net loss due to a decline in the value of our portfolio and even if our earned interest income is not payable in cash. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our ability to enter into transactions with our affiliates is restricted. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our Adviser’s inability to attract, retain and develop human capital in a highly competitive talent market could have an adverse effect on our Adviser, and thus us. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to business development companies. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The requirement that we invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets could preclude us from investing in accordance with our current business strategy; conversely, the failure to invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets could result in our failure to maintain our status as a BDC. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Regulations governing our operation as a BDC and RIC affect our ability to raise capital and the way in which we raise additional capital or borrow for investment purposes, which may have a negative effect on our growth. As a BDC, the necessity of raising additional capital may expose us to risks, including risks associated with leverage. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to our investments. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our investments in portfolio companies may be risky, and we could lose all or part of our investments. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may invest through joint ventures, partnerships or other special purpose vehicles and our investments through these vehicles may entail greater risks, or risks that we otherwise would not incur, if we otherwise made such investments directly. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Defaults by our portfolio companies could jeopardize a portfolio company’s ability to meet its obligations under the debt or equity investments that we hold which could harm our operating results. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Subordinated liens on collateral securing debt investments that we may make to portfolio companies may be subject to control by senior creditors with first priority liens. If there is a default, the value of the collateral may not be sufficient to repay in full both the first priority creditors and us. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:5%"> </td> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We generally will not control the business operations of our portfolio companies and, due to the illiquid nature of our holdings in our portfolio companies, we may not be able to dispose of our interest in our portfolio companies. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We are, and will continue to be, exposed to risks associated with changes in interest rates. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">International investments create additional risks. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Our portfolio may be focused on a limited number of portfolio companies or industries, which will subject us to a risk of significant loss if any of these companies defaults on its obligations under any of its debt instruments or if there is a downturn in a particular industry. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to an investment in our common stock. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The net asset value of our common stock may fluctuate significantly. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The amount of any distributions we may make on our common stock is uncertain. We may not be able to pay distributions to shareholders, or be able to sustain distributions at any particular level, and our distributions per share, if any, may not grow over time, and our distributions per share may be reduced. We have not established any limits on the extent to which we may use borrowings, if any, and we may use sources other than cash flows from operations to fund distributions (which may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in portfolio companies). </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to U.S. federal income tax. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at corporate-rates if we are unable to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code or if we make investments through taxable subsidiaries. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may have difficulty paying our required distributions if we recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to general risks. </div></div></div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Changes in laws or regulations governing our operations may adversely affect our business or cause us to alter our business strategy. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Heightened scrutiny of the financial services industry by regulators may materially and adversely affect our business. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We are dependent on information systems and systems failures could significantly disrupt our business, which may, in turn, negatively affect our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Internal and external cybersecurity threats and risks, as well as other disasters, may adversely affect our business or the business of our portfolio companies by impairing the ability to conduct business effectively. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to the Economy </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Global economic, political and market conditions, including uncertainty about the financial stability of the United States, could have a significant adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The current worldwide financial markets situation, as well as various social, political, economic and other conditions and events (including political tensions in the United States and around the world, wars and other forms of conflict, terrorist acts, security operations and catastrophic events such as fires, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes and global health epidemics), may contribute to increased market volatility, may have long term effects on the United States and worldwide financial markets, and may cause economic uncertainties or deterioration in the United States and worldwide. As global systems, economies and financial markets are increasingly interconnected, events that once had only local impact are now more likely to have regional or even global effects. Events that occur in one country, region or financial market will, more frequently, adversely impact issuers in other countries, regions or markets, including in established markets such as the United States. These impacts can be exacerbated by failures of governments and societies to adequately respond to an emerging event or threat. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Uncertainty can result in or coincide with, among other things: increased volatility in the financial markets for securities, derivatives, loans, credit and currency; a decrease in the reliability of market prices and difficulty in valuing assets (including portfolio company assets); greater fluctuations in spreads on debt investments and currency exchange rates; increased risk of default (by both government and private obligors and issuers); further social, economic, and political instability; nationalization of private enterprise; greater governmental involvement in the economy or in social factors that impact the economy; changes to governmental regulation and supervision of the loan, securities, derivatives and currency markets and market participants and decreased or revised monitoring of such markets by governments or self-regulatory organizations and reduced enforcement of regulations; limitations on the activities of investors in such markets; controls or restrictions on foreign investment, capital controls and limitations on repatriation of invested capital; the significant loss of liquidity and the inability to purchase, sell and otherwise fund investments or settle transactions (including, but not limited to, a market freeze); unavailability of currency hedging techniques; substantial, and in some periods extremely high rates of inflation, which can last many years and have substantial negative effects on credit and securities markets as well as the economy as a whole; recessions; and difficulties in obtaining and/or enforcing legal judgments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For example, the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic continues to adversely impact global commercial activity and has contributed to significant volatility in financial markets. See “—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic caused severe disruptions in the U.S. economy and disrupted financial activity in the areas in which we or our portfolio companies operate.”</div></div> </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the war between Russia and Ukraine, and resulting market volatility, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In response to the war between Russia and Ukraine, the United States and other countries have imposed sanctions or other restrictive actions against Russia. The ongoing war and the measures in response could have a negative impact on the economy and business activity globally and could have a material adverse effect on our portfolio companies and our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations. The severity and duration of the war and its impact on global economic and market conditions are impossible to predict. In addition, sanctions could also result in Russia taking counter measures or retaliatory actions which could adversely impact our business or the business of our portfolio companies, including, but not limited to, cyberattacks targeting private companies, individuals or other infrastructure upon which our business and the business of our portfolio companies rely. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any of the above factors, including sanctions, export controls, tariffs, trade wars and other governmental actions, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows and results of operations and could cause the market value of our common shares and/or debt securities to decline. We monitor developments and seek to manage our investments in a manner consistent with achieving our investment objective, but there can be no assurance that we will be successful in doing so. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic caused severe disruptions in the U.S. economy and disrupted financial activity in the areas in which we or our portfolio companies operate. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic and restrictive measures taken to contain or mitigate its spread caused business shutdowns, cancellations of events and restrictions on travel, significant reductions in demand for certain goods and services, reductions in business activity and financial transactions, supply chain interruptions and overall economic and financial market instability both globally and in the United States. Despite actions of the U.S. federal government and foreign governments, these events have contributed to unpredictable general economic conditions that are materially and adversely impacting the broader financial and credit markets and reducing the availability of debt and equity capital for the market as a whole. It is uncertain how long this volatility will continue, and as a result, even after the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic subsides, the U.S. economy and most other major global economies may continue to experience a recession. Our business and operations, as well as the business and operations of our portfolio companies, could be materially adversely affected by a prolonged recession in the United States and other major markets. Some economists and major investment banks have expressed concern that the continued spread of the virus globally could lead to a world-wide economic downturn, the impacts of which could last for some period after the pandemic is controlled and/or abated. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic is ongoing as of the filing date of this Annual Report, and its extended duration may have further adverse impacts on our portfolio companies after December 31, 2022, including for the reasons described herein. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Any public health emergency, or the threat thereof, and the resulting financial and economic market uncertainty could have a significant adverse impact on us and the fair value of our investments and our portfolio companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The extent of the impact of any public health emergency, such as the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic, on our and our portfolio companies’ operational and financial performance will depend on many factors, including the duration and scope of such public health emergency, </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the actions taken by governmental authorities to contain its financial and economic impact, the extent of any related travel advisories and restrictions implemented, the impact of such public health emergency on overall supply and demand, goods and services, investor liquidity, consumer confidence and levels of economic activity and the extent of its disruption to important global, regional and local supply chains and economic markets, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted. In addition, our and our portfolio companies’ operations may be significantly impacted, or even temporarily or permanently halted, as a result of government quarantine measures, voluntary and precautionary restrictions on travel or meetings and other factors related to a public health emergency, including its potential adverse impact on the health of any of our or our portfolio companies’ personnel. This could create widespread business continuity issues for us and our portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These factors may also cause the valuation of our investments to differ materially from the values that we may ultimately realize. Our valuations, and particularly valuations of private investments and private companies, are inherently uncertain, may fluctuate over short periods of time and are often based on estimates, comparisons and qualitative evaluations of private information. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any public health emergency, pandemic or any outbreak of other existing or new epidemic diseases, or the threat thereof, and the resulting financial and economic market uncertainty could have a significant adverse impact on us and the fair value of our investments and our portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The current period of capital markets disruption and economic uncertainty could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Current market conditions may make it difficult to extend the maturity of or refinance our existing indebtedness or obtain new indebtedness with similar terms and any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business. The debt capital that will be available to us in the future, if at all, may be at a higher cost and on less favorable terms and conditions than what we currently experience, including being at a higher cost in rising rate environments. If we are unable to raise or refinance debt, then our equity investors may not benefit from the potential for increased returns on equity resulting from leverage and we may be limited in our ability to make new commitments or to fund existing commitments to our portfolio companies. An inability to extend the maturity of, or refinance, our existing indebtedness or obtain new indebtedness could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Significant disruption or volatility in the capital markets may also have a negative effect on the valuations of our investments. While most of our investments are not publicly traded, applicable accounting standards require us to assume as part of our valuation process that our investments are sold in a principal market to market participants (even if we plan on holding an investment through its maturity). Significant disruption or volatility in the capital markets may also affect the pace of our investment activity and the potential for liquidity events involving our investments. Thus, the illiquidity of our investments may make it difficult for us to sell such investments to access capital if required, and as a result, we could realize significantly less than the value at which we have recorded our investments if we were required to sell them for liquidity purposes. An inability to raise or access capital could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Price declines in the corporate leveraged loan market may adversely affect the fair value of our portfolio, reducing our net asset value through increased net unrealized depreciation and the incurrence of realized losses. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Conditions in the U.S. corporate debt market may experience disruption or deterioration, such as the disruptions resulting from the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic, current high inflation rates or any future disruptions, which may cause pricing levels to decline or be volatile. As a result, our net asset value could decline through an increase in unrealized depreciation and incurrence of realized losses in connection with the sale or other disposition of our investments, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Economic recessions or downturns could impair our portfolio companies and harm our operating results. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Many of our portfolio companies may be susceptible to economic slowdowns or recessions and may be unable to repay our debt investments during these periods. In the past, instability in the global capital markets resulted in disruptions in liquidity in the debt capital markets, significant write-offs in the financial services sector, the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">re-pricing</div> of credit risk in the broadly syndicated credit market and the failure of major domestic and international financial institutions. In particular, in past periods of instability, the financial services sector was negatively impacted by significant write-offs as the value of the assets held by financial firms declined, impairing their capital positions and abilities to lend and invest. In addition, continued uncertainty surrounding the negotiation of trade deals between Britain and the European Union following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, uncertainty in connection with economic sanctions resulting from the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, and uncertainty between the United States and other countries, including China, with respect to trade policies, treaties, and tariffs, among other factors, have caused disruption in the global markets. There can be no assurance that market conditions will not worsen in the future. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In an economic downturn, we may have <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-performing</div> assets or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-performing</div> assets may increase, and the value of our portfolio is likely to decrease during these periods. Adverse economic conditions may also decrease the value of any collateral securing our loans and the value of our equity investments. A severe recession may further decrease the value of such collateral and result in losses of value in our portfolio and a decrease in our revenues, net income, assets and net worth. Unfavorable economic conditions may require us to modify the payment terms of our investments, including changes in “payment in kind” or “PIK” interest provisions and/or cash interest rates, and also could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us on terms we deem acceptable. These events could prevent us from increasing investments and harm our operating results. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The occurrence of recessionary conditions and/or negative developments in the domestic and international credit markets may significantly affect the markets in which we do business, the value of our investments, and our ongoing operations, costs and profitability. Any such unfavorable economic conditions, including rising interest rates, may also increase our funding costs, limit our access to capital markets or negatively impact our ability to obtain financing, particularly from the debt markets. In addition, any future financial market uncertainty could lead to financial market disruptions and could further impact our ability to obtain financing. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These events could limit our investment originations, limit our ability to grow and negatively impact our operating results and financial condition. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Inflation may adversely affect the business, results of operations and financial condition of our portfolio companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Recent inflationary pressures have increased the costs of labor, energy and raw materials and have adversely affected consumer spending, economic growth and our portfolio companies’ operations. Certain of our portfolio companies may be in industries that have been, or are expected to be, impacted by inflation. If such portfolio companies are unable to pass any increases in their costs along to their customers, it could adversely affect their results and impact their ability to pay interest and principal on our loans. In addition, any projected future decreases in our portfolio companies’ operating results due to inflation could adversely impact the fair value of those investments. Any decreases in the fair value of our investments could result in future unrealized losses and therefore reduce our net assets resulting from operations. Any decreases in the fair value of our investments could result in future realized or unrealized losses and therefore reduce our net assets resulting from operations. Additionally, the Federal Reserve has raised, and has indicated its intent to continue raising, certain benchmark interest rates in an effort to combat inflation. See “—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">We are, and will continue to be, exposed to risks associated with changes in interest rates</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the United States and other developed economies are experiencing higher-than-normal inflation rates, it remains uncertain whether substantial inflation will be sustained over an extended period of time or have a significant effect on the U.S. economy or other economies. Inflation may affect our investments adversely in a number of ways, including those noted above. During periods of rising inflation, interest and dividend rates of any instruments we or our portfolio companies may have issued could increase, which would tend to reduce returns to our investors. Inflationary expectations or periods of rising inflation could also be accompanied by the rising prices of commodities which are critical to the operation of portfolio companies as noted above. Portfolio companies may have fixed income streams and, therefore, be unable to pay their debts when they become due. The market value of such investments may decline in value in times of higher inflation rates. Some of our portfolio investments may have income linked to inflation through contractual rights or other means. However, as inflation may affect both income and expenses, any increase in income may not be sufficient to cover increases in expenses. Governmental efforts to curb inflation often have negative effects on the level of economic activity. In an attempt to stabilize inflation, certain countries have imposed wage and price controls at times. Past governmental efforts to curb inflation have also involved more drastic economic measures that have had a materially adverse effect on the level of economic activity in the countries where such measures were employed. There can be no assurance that continued and more wide-spread inflation in the United States and/or other economies will not become a serious problem in the future and have a material adverse impact on us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia and related sanctions have increased global political and economic uncertainty, which may have a material impact on our portfolio, our business and operations and the value of an investment in us</div></div></div>. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The ongoing invasion of Ukraine by Russia and related sanctions have increased global political and economic uncertainty. In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine and, in response, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and many other nations announced a broad array of new or expanded economic sanctions, export controls and other measures against Russia, Russian entities and individuals. Because Russia is a major exporter of oil and natural gas, the invasion and related sanctions have reduced the supply, and increased the price, of energy, which is accelerating inflation and may exacerbate ongoing supply chain issues. There is </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">also the risk of retaliatory actions by Russia against countries that have enacted sanctions, including cyberattacks against financial and governmental institutions, which could result in business disruptions and further economic turbulence. Although we have no direct exposure to Russia or Ukraine, the broader consequences of the invasion may have a material adverse impact on our portfolio, our business and operations and the value of an investment in us. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is uncertain and evolving as of the filing date of this Annual Report, and its full impact on our portfolio companies after December 31, 2022 is unknown. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Terrorist attacks, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may impact the businesses in which we invest and harm our business, operating results and financial condition. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Terrorist acts, acts of war, global health emergencies or natural disasters may disrupt our operations, as well as the operations of the businesses in which we invest. Such acts have created, and continue to create, economic and political uncertainties and have contributed to global economic instability. Future terrorist activities, military or security operations, global health emergencies or natural disasters could further weaken the domestic/global economies and create additional uncertainties, which may negatively impact the businesses in which we invest directly or indirectly and, in turn, could have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results and financial condition. Losses from terrorist attacks, global health emergencies and natural disasters are generally uninsurable. </div> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to Our Business </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We have a limited operating history. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We were formed on April 22, 2020 and are subject to all of the business risks and uncertainties associated with any business with a limited operating history, including the risk that we will not achieve or sustain our investment objective and that the value of our common stock could decline substantially. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The lack of liquidity in our investments may adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may acquire a significant percentage of our investments from privately held companies in directly negotiated transactions. Substantially all of these investments are subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or are otherwise less liquid than exchange-listed securities or other securities for which there is an active trading market. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We typically would be unable to exit these investments unless and until the portfolio company has a liquidity event such as a sale, refinancing, or initial public offering. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The illiquidity of our investments may make it difficult or impossible for us to sell such investments if the need arises. In addition, if we are required to liquidate all or a portion of our portfolio quickly, we may realize significantly less than the value at which we have previously recorded our investments, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, investments purchased by us that are liquid at the time of purchase may subsequently become illiquid due to events relating to the issuer, market events, economic conditions or investor perceptions. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We borrow money, which magnifies the potential for gain or loss and may increase the risk of investing in us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The use of borrowings, also known as leverage, increases the volatility of investments by magnifying the potential for gain or loss on invested equity capital. We currently borrow under our credit facilities and have issued or assumed other senior securities, and in the future may borrow from, or issue additional senior securities to, banks, insurance companies, funds, institutional investors and other lenders and investors. Holders of these senior securities have fixed-dollar claims on our assets that are superior to the claims of our shareholders. If the value of our assets decreases, leverage would cause our net asset value to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have if we did not employ leverage. Similarly, any decrease in our income would cause net income to decline more sharply than it would have had we not borrowed. Such a decline could negatively affect our ability to service our debt or make distributions to our shareholders. In addition, our shareholders will bear the burden of any increase in our expenses as a result of our use of leverage, including interest expenses and any increase in the base management or incentive fees payable to our Adviser attributable to the increase in assets purchased using leverage. There can be no assurance that a leveraging strategy will be successful. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our ability to service any borrowings that we incur will depend largely on our financial performance and will be subject to prevailing economic conditions and competitive pressures. Moreover, the management fee will be payable based on our average gross assets excluding cash and cash equivalents but including assets purchased with borrowed amounts, which may give our Adviser an </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">incentive to use leverage to make additional investments. See “—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Our Adviser and its affiliates, including our officers and some of our directors, may face conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with us and our affiliates, which could result in increased risk-taking or speculative investments, or cause our Adviser to use substantial leverage</div></div>.” The amount of leverage that we employ will depend on our Adviser’s and our Board’s assessment of market and other factors at the time of any proposed borrowing. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain credit at all or on terms acceptable to us, which could affect our return on capital. However, to the extent that we use leverage to finance our assets, our financing costs will reduce cash available for distributions to shareholders. Moreover, we may not be able to meet our financing obligations and, to the extent that we cannot, we risk the loss of some or all of our assets to liquidation or sale to satisfy the obligations. In such an event, we may be forced to sell assets at significantly depressed prices due to market conditions or otherwise, which may result in losses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition to having fixed-dollar claims on our assets that are superior to the claims of our common shareholders, obligations to lenders may be secured by a first priority security interest in our portfolio of investments and cash. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a BDC, generally, the ratio of our total assets (less total liabilities other than indebtedness represented by senior securities) to our total indebtedness represented by senior securities plus any preferred stock, if any, must be at least 200%; however, the Small Business Credit Availability Act has modified the 1940 Act by allowing a BDC to increase the maximum amount of leverage it may incur from an asset coverage ratio of 200% to an asset coverage ratio of 150%, if certain requirements are met. The Adviser, as our sole initial shareholder, approved a proposal that allows us to reduce our asset coverage ratio to 150% and, in connection with their subscription agreements, our investors are required to acknowledge our ability to operate with an asset coverage ratio that may be as low as 150%. If this ratio declines below 150%, we cannot incur additional debt and could be required to sell a portion of our investments to repay some indebtedness when it may be disadvantageous to do so. This could have a material adverse effect on our operations, and we may not be able to service our debt or make distributions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table illustrates the effect of leverage on returns from an investment in our common stock assuming various annual returns on our portfolio, net of expenses. Leverage generally magnifies the return of shareholders when the portfolio return is positive and magnifies their losses when the portfolio return is negative. The calculations in the table below are hypothetical, and actual returns may be higher or lower than those appearing in the table below. </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;width:92%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr style="font-size: 0px;"> <td style="width:71%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">-10%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">-5%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">0%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Corresponding return to common shareholder(1)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-26.07</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-15.55</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-5.04</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">5.47</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">15.98</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Assumes, as of December 31, 2022, (i) $11.0 billion in total assets, (ii) $5.5 billion in outstanding indebtedness, (iii) $5.2 billion in net assets and (iv) weighted average interest rate, excluding fees (such as fees on undrawn amounts and amortization of financing costs), of 4.8%. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">See “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">ITEM 7 </div></div>— <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS</div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources</div></div>” for more information regarding our borrowings. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Defaults under our current borrowings or any future borrowing facility or notes may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our borrowings may include customary covenants, including certain limitations on our incurrence of additional indebtedness and on our ability to make distributions to our shareholders, or redeem, repurchase or retire shares of stock, upon the occurrence of certain events and certain financial covenants related to asset coverage and liquidity and other maintenance covenants, as well as customary events of default. In the event we default under the terms of our current or future borrowings, our business could be adversely affected as we may be forced to sell a portion of our investments quickly and prematurely at what may be disadvantageous prices to us in order to meet our outstanding payment obligations and/or support working capital requirements under the terms of our current or future borrowings, any of which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. An event of default under the terms of our current or any future borrowings could result in an accelerated maturity date for all amounts outstanding thereunder, and in some instances, lead to a cross-default under other borrowings. This could reduce our liquidity and cash flow and impair our ability to grow our business. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Collectively, substantially all of our assets are currently pledged as collateral under our credit facilities. If we were to default on our obligations under the terms of our credit facilities or any future secured debt instrument the agent for the applicable creditors would be able to assume control of the disposition of any or all of our assets securing such debt, including the selection of such assets to be disposed and the timing of such disposition, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Provisions in our current borrowings or any other future borrowings may limit discretion in operating our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any security interests and/or negative covenants required by a credit facility we enter into or notes we issue may limit our ability to create liens on assets to secure additional debt and may make it difficult for us to restructure or refinance indebtedness at or prior to maturity or obtain additional debt or equity financing. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A credit facility may be backed by all or a portion of our loans and securities on which the lenders will have a security interest. We may pledge up to 100% of our assets and may grant a security interest in all of our assets under the terms of any debt instrument we enter into with lenders. We expect that any security interests we grant will be set forth in a pledge and security agreement and evidenced by the filing of financing statements by the agent for the lenders. In addition, we expect that the custodian for our securities serving as collateral for such loan would include in its electronic systems notices indicating the existence of such security interests and, following notice of occurrence of an event of default, if any, and during its continuance, will only accept transfer instructions with respect to any such securities from the lender or its designee. If we were to default under the terms of any debt instrument, the agent for the applicable lenders would be able to assume control of the timing of disposition of any or all of our assets securing such debt, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, any security interests and/or negative covenants required by a credit facility may limit our ability to create liens on assets to secure additional debt and may make it difficult for us to restructure or refinance indebtedness at or prior to maturity or obtain additional debt or equity financing. In addition, if our borrowing base under a credit facility were to decrease, we may be required to secure additional assets in an amount sufficient to cure any borrowing base deficiency. In the event that all of our assets are secured at the time of such a borrowing base deficiency, we could be required to repay advances under a credit facility or make deposits to a collection account, either of which could have a material adverse impact on our ability to fund future investments and to make distributions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we may be subject to limitations as to how borrowed funds may be used, which may include restrictions on geographic and industry concentrations, loan size, payment frequency and status, average life, collateral interests and investment ratings, as well as regulatory restrictions on leverage which may affect the amount of funding that may be obtained. There may also be certain requirements relating to portfolio performance, including required minimum portfolio yield and limitations on delinquencies and charge-offs, a violation of which could limit further advances and, in some cases, result in an event of default. An event of default under a credit facility could result in an accelerated maturity date for all amounts outstanding thereunder, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition and could lead to cross default under other credit facilities. This could reduce our liquidity and cash flow and impair our ability to manage our business. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility, we have agreed not to incur any additional secured indebtedness other than in certain limited circumstances in which the incurrence is permitted under the Revolving Credit Facility. In addition, if our borrowing base under the Revolving Credit Facility were to decrease, we would be required to secure additional assets or repay advances under the Revolving Credit Facility which could have a material adverse impact on our ability to fund future investments and to make distributions. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we are unable to obtain additional debt financing, or if our borrowing capacity is materially reduced, our business could be materially adversely affected. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may want to obtain additional debt financing, or need to do so upon maturity of our credit facilities, in order to obtain funds which may be made available for investments. Our credit facilities, notes and CLOs currently expire between March 2025 and November 2034. If we are unable to increase, renew or replace any such facilities and enter into new debt financing facilities or other debt financing on commercially reasonable terms, our liquidity may be reduced significantly. In addition, if we are unable to repay amounts outstanding under any such facilities and are declared in default or are unable to renew or refinance these facilities, we may not be able to make new investments or operate our business in the normal course. These situations may arise due to circumstances that we may be unable to control, such as lack of access to the credit markets, a severe decline in the value of the U.S. dollar, an economic downturn or an operational problem that affects us or third parties, and could materially damage our business operations, results of operations and financial condition. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our ability to achieve our investment objective depends on our Adviser’s ability to manage and support our investment process. If our Adviser were to lose a significant number of its key professionals, or terminate the Investment Advisory Agreement, our ability to achieve our investment objective could be significantly harmed. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not have any employees. Additionally, we have no internal management capacity other than our appointed executive officers and will be dependent upon the investment expertise, skill and network of business contacts of our Adviser to achieve our investment objective. Our Adviser will evaluate, negotiate, execute, monitor, and service our investments. Our success will depend to a significant extent on the continued service and coordination of our Adviser, including its key professionals. The departure of a significant number of key professionals from our Adviser could have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our ability to achieve our investment objective also depends on the ability of our Adviser to identify, analyze, invest in, finance, and monitor companies that meet our investment criteria. Our Adviser’s capabilities in structuring the investment process, and providing competent, attentive and efficient services to us depend on the involvement of investment professionals of adequate number and sophistication to match the corresponding flow of transactions. To achieve our investment objective, our Adviser may need to retain, hire, train, supervise, and manage new investment professionals to participate in our investment selection and monitoring process. Our Adviser may not be able to find qualified investment professionals in a timely manner or at all. Any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Investment Advisory Agreement has a termination provision that allows the agreement to be terminated by us on 60 days’ notice without penalty by the vote of a Majority of the Outstanding Shares of our common stock or by the vote of our independent directors. The Investment Advisory Agreement generally may be terminated at any time, without penalty, by our Adviser upon 120 days’ notice to us. Furthermore, the Investment Advisory Agreement automatically terminates in the event of its assignment, as defined in the 1940 Act, by the Adviser. If the Adviser resigns or is terminated, or if we do not obtain the requisite approvals of shareholders and our Board to approve an agreement with the Adviser after an assignment, we may not be able to find a new investment adviser or hire internal management with similar expertise and ability to provide the same or equivalent services on acceptable terms prior to the termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement, or at all. If we are unable to do so quickly, our operations are likely to experience a disruption and costs under any new agreements that we enter into could increase. Our financial condition, business and results of operations, as well as our ability to meet our payment obligations under our indebtedness and pay distributions, are likely to be adversely affected, and the value of our common stock may decline. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Because our business model depends to a significant extent upon Blue Owl’s relationships with corporations, financial institutions and investment firms, the inability of Blue Owl to maintain or develop these relationships, or the failure of these relationships to generate investment opportunities, could adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We expect that Blue Owl will depend on its relationships with corporations, financial institutions and investment firms, and we will rely to a significant extent upon these relationships to provide us with potential investment opportunities. The investment management business is intensely competitive, with competition based on a variety of factors, including investment performance, business relationships, quality of service provided to clients, fund investor liquidity, fund terms (including fees and economic sharing arrangements), brand recognition and business reputation. If Blue Owl fails to maintain its reputation it may not be able to maintain its existing relationships or develop new relationships or sources of investment opportunities, and we may not be able to grow our investment portfolio. In addition, individuals with whom Blue Owl has relationships are not obligated to provide us with investment opportunities, and, therefore, there is no assurance that such relationships will generate investment opportunities for us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Negative publicity regarding Blue Owl or its personnel could give rise to reputational risk that could significantly harm our existing business and business prospects. Similarly, events could occur that damage the reputation of our industry generally, such as the insolvency or bankruptcy of large funds or a significant number of funds or highly publicized incidents of fraud or other scandals, any one of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, regardless of whether any of those events directly relate to us or our investments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may face increasing competition for investment opportunities, which could delay further deployment of our capital, reduce returns and result in losses. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may compete for investments with other BDCs and investment funds (including registered investment companies, private equity funds and mezzanine funds), including the Owl Rock Clients or other funds managed by our Adviser or its affiliates comprising </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Owl Rock, the private funds managed by Dyal and the funds and accounts managed by Oak Street (the “Blue Owl Clients”), as well as traditional financial services companies such as commercial banks and other sources of funding. Moreover, alternative investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, continue to increase their investment focus in our target market of privately owned U.S. companies. We may experience increased competition from banks and investment vehicles who may continue to lend to the middle market. Additionally, the U.S. Federal Reserve and other bank regulators may periodically provide incentives to U.S. commercial banks to originate more loans to U.S. middle market private companies. As a result of these market participants and regulatory incentives, competition for investment opportunities in privately owned U.S. companies is strong and may intensify. Many of our competitors are substantially larger and have considerably greater financial, technical, and marketing resources than we do. For example, some competitors may have a lower cost of capital and access to funding sources that are not available to us. In addition, some competitors may have higher risk tolerances or different risk assessments than us. These characteristics could allow our competitors to consider a wider variety of investments, establish more relationships and offer better pricing and more flexible structuring than we are able to do. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Numerous factors increase our competitive risks, including, but not limited to: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">A number of our competitors may have or are perceived to have more expertise or financial, technical, marketing and other resources and more personnel than we do; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">We may not perform as well as competitors’ funds or other available investment products; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Several of our competitors have raised significant amounts of capital, and many of them have similar investment objectives to ours, which may create additional competition for investment opportunities; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Some of our competitors may have lower fees or alternative fee arrangements; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Some of our competitors may have a lower cost of capital and access to funding sources that are not available to us, which may create competitive disadvantages for us; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Some of our competitors may have higher risk tolerances, different risk assessments or lower return thresholds than us, which could allow them to consider a wider variety of investments and to bid more aggressively than us or to agree to less restrictive legal terms and protections for investments that we want to make; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Some of our competitors may be subject to less regulation or conflicts of interest and, accordingly, may have more flexibility to undertake and execute certain businesses or investments than we do, bear less compliance expense than we do or be viewed differently in the marketplace. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may lose investment opportunities if we do not match our competitors’ pricing, terms, and investment structure criteria. If we are forced to match these competitors’ investment terms criteria, we may not be able to achieve acceptable returns on our investments or may bear substantial risk of capital loss. A significant increase in the number and/or the size of our competitors in our target market could force us to accept less attractive investment terms. Furthermore, many competitors are not subject to the regulatory restrictions that the 1940 Act imposes on us as a BDC or the source of income, asset diversification and distribution requirements we must satisfy to maintain our RIC tax treatment. The competitive pressures we face, and the manner in which we react or adjust to competitive pressures, may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, effective yield on investments, investment returns, leverage ratio, and cash flows. As a result of this competition, we may not be able to take advantage of attractive investment opportunities from time to time. Also, we may not be able to identify and make investments that are consistent with our investment objective. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our investment portfolio is recorded at fair value as determined in good faith by our Adviser in accordance with procedures approved by our Board and, as a result, there is and will be uncertainty as to the value of our portfolio investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the 1940 Act, we are required to carry our portfolio investments at market value or, if there is no readily available market value, at fair value as determined in accordance with procedures established by our Adviser and approved by our Board. There is not a public market or active secondary market for many of the types of investments in privately held companies that we hold and intend to make. Our investments may not be publicly traded or actively traded on a secondary market but, instead, may be traded on a privately negotiated <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> secondary market for institutional investors, if at all. As a result, we will value these investments quarterly at fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with valuation policy and procedures approved by our Board. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The determination of fair value, and thus the amount of unrealized appreciation or depreciation we may recognize in any reporting period, is to a degree subjective, and our Adviser has a conflict of interest in determining fair value. We will value our investments quarterly at fair value as determined in good faith by our Adviser, based on, among other things, input of our Audit Committee and independent third-party valuation firm(s) engaged at the direction of our Adviser. The types of factors that may be </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">considered in determining the fair values of our investments include the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the portfolio company’s ability to make payments and its earnings, the markets in which the portfolio company does business, comparison to publicly traded companies, discounted cash flow, current market interest rates and other relevant factors. Because such valuations, and particularly valuations of private securities and private companies, are inherently uncertain, the valuations may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time due to changes in current market conditions. The determinations of fair value in accordance with procedures approved by our Board may differ materially from the values that would have been used if an active market and market quotations existed for such investments. Our net asset value could be adversely affected if the determinations regarding the fair value of the investments were materially higher than the values that we ultimately realize upon the disposal of such investments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Board may change our operating policies and strategies without prior notice or shareholder approval, the effects of which may be adverse to our shareholders. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Board has the authority to modify or waive current operating policies, investment criteria and strategies without prior notice and without shareholder approval. We cannot predict the effect any changes to current operating policies, investment criteria and strategies would have on our business, net asset value, operating results and the value of our securities. However, the effects might be adverse, which could negatively impact our ability to pay distributions to shareholders and cause shareholders to lose all or part of their investment. Moreover, we will have significant flexibility in investing the net proceeds of our offering and may use the net proceeds from our offering in ways with which our investors may not agree. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Any unrealized depreciation we experience on our portfolio may be an indication of future realized losses, which could reduce our income available for distribution. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a BDC, we are required to carry our investments at market value or, if no market value is ascertainable, at the fair value as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by our Board. Decreases in the market values or fair values of our investments relative to amortized cost will be recorded as unrealized depreciation. Any unrealized losses in our portfolio could be an indication of a portfolio company’s inability to meet its repayment obligations to us with respect to the affected loans. This could result in realized losses in the future and ultimately in reductions of our income available for distribution in future periods. In addition, decreases in the market value or fair value of our investments will reduce our net asset value. See “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">ITEM 7 </div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS </div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> Critical Accounting Policies </div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> Investments at Fair Value</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to limited restrictions with respect to the proportion of our assets that may be invested in a single issuer. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to operate as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-diversified</div> management investment company; however, we are currently and may, from time to time, in the future, be considered a diversified management investment company pursuant to the definitions set forth in the 1940 Act. In addition, we are subject to the asset diversification requirements associated with our qualification as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. While we are not targeting any specific industries, our investments may be focused on relatively few industries. To the extent that we hold large positions in a small number of issuers, or within a particular industry, our net asset value may be subject to greater fluctuation. We may also be more susceptible to any single economic or regulatory occurrence or a downturn in particular industry. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks associated with the discontinuation of LIBOR, which will affect our cost of capital and results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) is the basic rate of interest used in lending transactions between banks on the London interbank market and is widely used as a reference for setting the interest rate on loans globally. In July 2017, the Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease sustaining LIBOR, by the end of 2021. As of January 1, 2023, USD LIBOR is available in five settings (overnight, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">one-month,</div> three-month, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">six-month</div> and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">12-month).</div> The ICE Benchmark Administration has stated that it will cease to publish all remaining USD LIBOR settings immediately following their publication on June 30, 2023. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In April 2018, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York began publishing its alternative rate, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR. The Bank of England followed suit in April 2018 by publishing its proposed alternative rate, the Sterling Overnight Index Average, or SONIA. Each of SOFR and SONIA significantly differ from LIBOR, both in each actual rate and how each rate is calculated, and therefore it is unclear whether and when markets will adopt either of these rates as a widely accepted replacement for LIBOR. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As such, when LIBOR is discontinued, if a replacement rate is not widely agreed upon or if a replacement rate is significantly different from LIBOR, it could cause a disruption in the credit markets generally. Such a disruption could have an adverse impact on the market value of and/or transferability of any LIBOR-linked securities, loans, and other financial obligations or extensions of credit held by or due to us or on our overall financial condition or results of operations. It is not possible to predict the effect of any of these developments, and any future initiatives to regulate, reform or change the manner of administration of LIBOR could result in adverse consequences to the rate of interest payable and receivable on, market value of and market liquidity for LIBOR-based financial instruments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Since the first quarter of 2022, a majority of our new investments are indexed to SOFR; however we have material contracts that are indexed to LIBOR. Certain contracts have an orderly market transition already in process; however, other contracts, including our credit facilities, will need to be renegotiated to replace LIBOR with an alternative reference rate. If we are unable to renegotiate our credit facilities, amounts drawn thereunder may bear interest at a higher rate which would increase the cost of our borrowings and, in turn, affect our results of operations. Following the replacement of LIBOR, some or all of our credit agreements may bear interest at a lower interest rate, which could have an adverse impact on the value and liquidity of our investment in these portfolio companies and, as a result on our results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the transition from LIBOR to SOFR, SONIA or other alternative reference rates may also introduce operational risks in our accounting, financial reporting, loan servicing, liability management and other aspects of our business. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks related to corporate social responsibility. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our business faces increasing public scrutiny related to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) activities, which are increasingly considered to contribute to the long-term sustainability of a company’s performance. A variety of organizations measure the performance of companies on ESG topics, and the results of these assessments are widely publicized. In addition, investment in funds that specialize in companies that perform well in such assessments are increasingly popular, and major institutional investors have publicly emphasized the importance of such ESG measures to their investment decisions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We risk damage to our brand and reputation if we fail to act responsibly in a number of areas, such as environmental stewardship, corporate governance and transparency and considering ESG factors in our investment processes. Adverse incidents with respect to ESG activities could impact the value of our brand, the cost of our operations and relationships with investors, all of which could adversely affect our business and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, new regulatory initiatives related to ESG could adversely affect our business. The SEC has proposed rules that, among other matters, would establish a framework for reporting of climate-related risks. At this time, there is uncertainty regarding the scope of such proposals or when they would become effective (if at all). Compliance with any new laws or regulations increases our regulatory burden and could make compliance more difficult and expensive, affect the manner in which we or our portfolio companies conduct our businesses and adversely affect our profitability. </div> <div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;width:92%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr style="font-size: 0px;"> <td style="width:71%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">-10%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">-5%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">0%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Corresponding return to common shareholder(1)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-26.07</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-15.55</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-5.04</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">5.47</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">15.98</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Assumes, as of December 31, 2022, (i) $11.0 billion in total assets, (ii) $5.5 billion in outstanding indebtedness, (iii) $5.2 billion in net assets and (iv) weighted average interest rate, excluding fees (such as fees on undrawn amounts and amortization of financing costs), of 4.8%. </div></td></tr></table> -0.2607 -0.1555 -0.0504 0.0547 0.1598 <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to Our Adviser and Its Affiliates </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser and its affiliates, including our officers and some of our directors, may face conflicts of interest caused by compensation arrangements with us and our affiliates, which could result in increased risk-taking or speculative investments, or cause our Adviser to use substantial leverage. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser and its affiliates will receive substantial fees from us in return for their services. These fees may include certain incentive fees based on the amount of appreciation of our investments and arrangement, structuring or similar fees from portfolio companies in which we invest. These fees could influence the advice provided to us or create an incentive for our Adviser to make investments on our behalf that are risky or more speculative than would be the case in the absence of such incentive fees. Generally, the more equity we sell in public offerings and the greater the risk assumed by us with respect to our investments, including through the use of leverage, the greater the potential for growth in our assets and profits, and, correlatively, the fees payable by us to our Adviser. The way in which the incentive fee is determined may encourage our Adviser to use leverage to increase the leveraged return on our investment portfolio. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the fact that our base management fee is payable based upon our average gross assets (which includes any borrowings used for investment purposes) may encourage our Adviser to use leverage to make additional investments. Such a practice could make such investments more risky than would otherwise be the case, which could result in higher investment losses, particularly during cyclical economic downturns. Under certain circumstances, the use of substantial leverage (up to the limits prescribed by the 1940 Act) may increase the likelihood of our defaulting on our borrowings, which would be detrimental to holders of our securities. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These compensation arrangements could affect our Adviser’s or its affiliates’ judgment with respect to public offerings of equity, incurrence of debt, and investments made by us, which allow our Adviser to earn increased asset management fees. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The time and resources that individuals associated with our Adviser devote to us may be diverted, and we may face additional competition due to, among other things, the fact that neither our Adviser nor its affiliates is prohibited from raising money for or managing another entity that makes the same types of investments that we target. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Blue Owl is not prohibited from raising money for and managing future investment entities, in addition to the Blue Owl Clients, that make the same or similar types of investments as those we target. As a result, the time and resources that our Adviser devotes to us may be diverted, and during times of intense activity in other investment programs they may devote less time and resources to our business than is necessary or appropriate. In addition, we may compete with any such investment entity also managed by our Adviser or its affiliates for the same investors and investment opportunities. Furthermore, certain members of the investment committee or our affiliates are officers of Blue Owl and will devote a portion of their time to the operations of Blue Owl, including with respect to public company compliance, investor relations and other matters that did not apply to Owl Rock prior to the formation of Blue Owl. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser and its affiliates may face conflicts of interest with respect to services performed for issuers in which we may invest. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser and its affiliates may provide a broad range of financial services to companies in which we may invest, including providing arrangement, syndication, origination structuring and other services to portfolio companies, and will generally be paid fees for such services, in compliance with applicable law, by the portfolio company. Any compensation received by our Adviser or its affiliates for providing these services will not be shared with us and may be received before we realize a return on our investment. In addition, we may invest in companies managed by entities in which funds managed by Dyal have acquired a minority interest. Our Adviser and its affiliates may face conflicts of interest with respect to services performed for these companies, on the one hand, and investments recommended to us, on the other hand and could, in certain instances, have an incentive not to pursue actions against a portfolio company that would be in our best interest. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser or its affiliates may have incentives to favor their respective other accounts and clients and/or Blue Owl over us, which may result in conflicts of interest that could be harmful to us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because our Adviser and its affiliates manage assets for, or may in the future manage assets for, other investment companies, pooled investment vehicles and/or other accounts (including institutional clients, pension plans, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-invest</div> vehicles and certain high net worth individuals), including the Blue Owl Clients, and we may compete for capital and investment opportunities with these entities, certain conflicts of interest are present. These include conflicts of interest relating to the allocation of investment opportunities by our Adviser and its affiliates; compensation to our Adviser; services that may be provided by our Adviser and its affiliates to issuers in which we may invest; investments by us and other clients of our Adviser, subject to the limitations of the 1940 Act; the formation of additional investment funds managed by our Adviser; differing recommendations given by our Adviser to us versus other clients; our Adviser’s use of information gained from issuers in our portfolio for investments by other clients, subject to applicable law; restrictions on our Adviser’s use of “inside information” with respect to potential investments by us; the allocation of certain expenses; and cross transactions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For instance, our Adviser and its affiliates may receive asset management performance-based, or other fees from certain accounts that are higher than the fees received by our Adviser from us. In addition, certain members of the Investment Committee and other executives and employees of our Adviser or its affiliates will hold and receive interest in Blue Owl and its affiliates, in addition to cash and carried interest compensation. In these instances, a portfolio manager for our Adviser may have an incentive to favor the higher fee and/or performance-based fee accounts over us and/or to favor Blue Owl. In addition, a conflict of interest exists to the extent our Adviser, its affiliates, or any of their respective executives, portfolio managers or employees have proprietary or personal investments in other investment companies or accounts or when certain other investment companies or accounts are investment options in our Adviser’s or its affiliates’ employee benefit plans or employee offerings. In these circumstances, personnel of our Adviser may have incentive to favor these other investment companies or accounts over us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because our Adviser may have incentive to favor other Blue Owl Clients and we may compete for investments with Blue Owl Clients, our Adviser and its affiliates are subject to certain conflicts of interest in evaluating the suitability of investment opportunities and making or recommending investments on our behalf. To mitigate these conflicts, the Owl Rock Advisers will seek to execute such transactions for all of the participating investment accounts, including us, on a fair and equitable basis and in accordance with the Owl Rock Advisers’ investment allocation policy, taking into account such factors as the relative amounts of capital available for new investments; cash on hand; existing commitments and reserves; the investment programs and portfolio positions of the participating </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">investment accounts, including portfolio construction, diversification and concentration considerations; the investment objectives, guidelines and strategies of each client; the clients for which participation is appropriate’ each client’s life cycle; targeted leverage level; targeted asset mix and any other factors deemed appropriate. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Actions taken by our Adviser and its affiliates on behalf of the Blue Owl Clients as a result of any conflict of interest may be adverse to us, which could harm our performance. For example, we may invest in the same credit obligations as other Blue Owl Clients, although, to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, our investments may include different obligations or levels of the capital structure of the same issuer. Decisions made with respect to the securities held by one of the Blue Owl Clients may cause (or have the potential to cause) harm to the different class of securities of the issuer held by other Blue Owl Clients (including us). While the Owl Rock Advisers and their affiliates have developed general guidelines regarding when two or more funds can invest in different parts of the same company’s capital structure and created a process that they employ to handle those conflicts when they arise, their decision to permit the investments to occur in the first instance or their judgment on how to mitigate the conflict could be challenged or deemed insufficient. If the Owl Rock Advisers and their affiliates fail to appropriately address those conflicts, it could negatively impact their reputation and ability to raise additional funds and the willingness of counterparties to do business with them or result in potential litigation against them. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, fees and expenses generated in connection with potential portfolio investments that are not consummated may be allocable to us and one or more Blue Owl Clients. These expenses will be allocated in a manner that is fair and equitable over time and in accordance with policies adopted by the Owl Rock Advisers and the Investment Advisory Agreement; however, the method for allocation expenses may vary depending on the nature of the expense and such determinations involve inherent discretion. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, from time to time, our Adviser could cause us to purchase a security or other investment from, or sell a security or other investment to, another Blue Owl Client. Such cross transaction would be in accordance with applicable regulations and our and our Adviser’s valuation and cross-trades policies; however, such cross transactions could give rise to additional conflicts of interest. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Board will seek to monitor these conflicts but there can be no assurances that such monitoring will fully mitigate any such conflicts. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The Adviser may have an incentive to delay a liquidity event, which may result in actions that are not in the best interest of our shareholders. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The ongoing servicing fee is payable by us to compensate our affiliated Dealer Manager and its affiliates for services rendered to shareholders, including, among other things, responding to customer inquiries of a general nature regarding the Company; crediting distributions from us to customer accounts; arranging for bank wire transfer of funds to or from a customer’s account; responding to customer inquiries and requests regarding shareholder reports, notices, proxies and proxy statements, and other Company documents; forwarding prospectuses, tax notices and annual and quarterly reports to beneficial owners of our shares; assisting us in establishing and maintaining shareholder accounts and records; assisting customers in changing account options, account designations and account addresses, and providing such other similar services as we may reasonably request to the extent the an authorized service provider is permitted to do so under applicable statutes, rules, or regulations. The ongoing servicing fee will terminate for all Class S and Class D shareholders upon a liquidity event. Although we do not intend to complete a liquidity event within any specific time period, if at all, the Advisor, an affiliate of our Dealer Manager, may have an incentive to delay a liquidity event if such amounts receivable by our Dealer Manager have not been fully paid. A delay in a liquidity event may not be in the best interests of our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The Oak Street division of Blue Owl may enter into sale lease-back transactions with our portfolio companies or with borrowers under our credit facilities. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, companies in which we have invested or may invest, may enter into sale-leaseback transactions with the Oak Street division of Blue Owl. As a result of these arrangements we could be a creditor to, or equity owners of, a company at the same time that company is a tenant of Oak Street. If such a company were to encounter financial difficulty or default on its obligations as a borrower, our Adviser could be required to take actions that may be adverse to those of Oak Street in enforcing our rights under the relevant facilities or agreements, or vice versa. This could lead to actual or perceived conflicts of interest. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our access to confidential information may restrict our ability to take action with respect to some investments, which, in turn, may negatively affect our results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, directly or through our Adviser, may obtain confidential information about the companies in which we have invested or may invest or be deemed to have such confidential information. Our Adviser may come into possession of material, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-public</div> information through its members, officers, directors, employees, principals or affiliates. In addition, funds managed by Dyal may invest in entities that manage our portfolio companies and, as a result, may obtain additional confidential information about our portfolio companies. The possession of such information may, to our detriment, limit the ability of us and our Adviser to buy or sell a security or otherwise to participate in an investment opportunity. In certain circumstances, employees of our Adviser may serve as board members or in other capacities for portfolio or potential portfolio companies, which could restrict our ability to trade in the securities of such companies. For example, if personnel of our Adviser come into possession of material <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-public</div> information with respect to our investments, such personnel will be restricted by our Adviser’s information-sharing policies and procedures or by law or contract from sharing such information with our management team, even where the disclosure of such information would be in our best interests or would otherwise influence decisions taken by the members of the management team with respect to that investment. This conflict and these procedures and practices may limit the freedom of our Adviser to enter into or exit from potentially profitable investments for us, which could have an adverse effect on our results of operations. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will be able to fully leverage the resources and industry expertise of our Adviser in the course of its duties. Additionally, there may be circumstances in which one or more individuals associated with our Adviser will be precluded from providing services to us because of certain confidential information available to those individuals or to other parts of our Adviser. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may be obligated to pay our Adviser incentive fees even if we incur a net loss due to a decline in the value of our portfolio and even if our earned interest income is not payable in cash. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Investment Advisory Agreement entitles our Adviser to receive an incentive fee based on our <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pre-incentive</div> fee net investment income regardless of any capital losses. In such case, we may be required to pay our Adviser an incentive fee for a fiscal quarter even if there is a decline in the value of our portfolio or if we incur a net loss for that quarter. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any incentive fee payable by us that relates to the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pre-incentive</div> fee net investment income may be computed and paid on income that may include interest that has been accrued but not yet received or interest in the form of securities received rather than cash <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">(“payment-in-kind”</div></div> or “PIK” income”). PIK income will be included in the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pre-incentive</div> fee net investment income used to calculate the incentive fee to our Adviser even though we do not receive the income in the form of cash. If a portfolio company defaults on a loan that is structured to provide accrued interest income, it is possible that accrued interest income previously included in the calculation of the incentive fee will become uncollectible. Our Adviser is not obligated to reimburse us for any part of the incentive fee it received that was based on accrued interest income that we never receive as a result of a subsequent default. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The quarterly incentive fee on income is recognized and paid without regard to: (i) the trend of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pre-incentive</div> fee net investment income as a percent of adjusted capital over multiple quarters in arrears which may in fact be consistently less than the quarterly preferred return, or (ii) the net income or net loss in the current calendar quarter, the current year or any combination of prior periods. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For federal income tax purposes, we may be required to recognize taxable income in some circumstances in which we do not receive a corresponding payment in cash and to make distributions with respect to such income to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC and/or minimize corporate-level U.S. federal income or excise tax. Under such circumstances, we may have difficulty meeting the Annual Distribution Requirement necessary to maintain RIC tax treatment under the Code. This difficulty in making the required distribution may be amplified to the extent that we are required to pay the incentive fee on income with respect to such accrued income. As a result, we may have to sell some of our investments at times and/or at prices we would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital, or forgo new investment opportunities for this purpose. If we are not able to obtain cash from other sources, we may fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment and thus become subject to corporate-level U.S. federal income tax. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our ability to enter into transactions with our affiliates is restricted. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are prohibited under the 1940 Act from participating in certain transactions with certain of our affiliates without the prior approval of a majority of our independent directors and, in some cases, the SEC. Any person that owns, directly or indirectly, 5% or more of our outstanding voting securities will be our affiliate for purposes of the 1940 Act, and we will generally be prohibited from buying or selling any securities from or to such affiliate on a principal basis, absent the prior approval of our Board and, in some cases, the SEC. The 1940 Act also prohibits certain “joint” transactions with certain of our affiliates, including other funds or clients advised by our Adviser or its affiliates, which in certain circumstances could include investments in the same portfolio company (whether at </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the same or different times to the extent the transaction involves a joint investment), without prior approval of our Board and, in some cases, the SEC. If a person acquires more than 25% of our voting securities, we will be prohibited from buying or selling any security from or to such person or certain of that person’s affiliates, or entering into prohibited joint transactions with such persons, absent the prior approval of the SEC. Similar restrictions limit our ability to transact business with our officers or directors or their affiliates or anyone who is under common control with us. The SEC has interpreted the BDC regulations governing transactions with affiliates to prohibit certain joint transactions involving entities that share a common investment adviser. As a result of these restrictions, we may be prohibited from buying or selling any security from or to any portfolio company that is controlled by a fund managed by either of our Adviser or its affiliates without the prior approval of the SEC, which may limit the scope of investment or disposition opportunities that would otherwise be available to us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On February 7, 2017, the Adviser and certain of our affiliates received exemptive relief from the SEC to permit us to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-invest</div> with other funds managed by the Adviser or its affiliates in a manner consistent with our investment objective, positions, policies, strategies and restrictions as well as regulatory requirements and other pertinent factors. Pursuant to the Order, we generally are permitted to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-invest</div> with certain of our affiliates if a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of our independent directors make certain conclusions in connection with a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-investment</div> transaction, including that (1) the terms of the transaction, including the consideration to be paid, are reasonable and fair to us and our shareholders and do not involve overreaching by us or our shareholders on the part of any person concerned, (2) the transaction is consistent with the interests of our shareholders and is consistent with our investment objective and strategies, (3) the investment by our affiliates would not disadvantage us, and our participation would not be on a basis different from or less advantageous than that on which our affiliates are investing, and (4) the proposed investment by us would not benefit our Adviser or its affiliates or any affiliated person of any of them (other than the parties to the transaction), except to the extent permitted by the Order and applicable law, including the limitations set forth in Section 57(k) of the 1940 Act. In addition, we have received an amendment to our Order to permit us to participate in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investments in our existing portfolio companies with certain affiliates that are private funds, if such private funds did not have an investment in such existing portfolio company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In situations when <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-investment</div> with our Adviser’s or its affiliates’ other clients is not permitted under the 1940 Act and related rules, existing or future staff guidance, or the terms and conditions of the exemptive relief granted to us by the SEC, our Adviser will need to decide which client or clients will proceed with the investment. Generally, we will not be entitled to make a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-investment</div> in these circumstances and, to the extent that another client elects to proceed with the investment, we will not be permitted to participate. Moreover, except in certain circumstances, we will not invest in any issuer in which an affiliate’s other client holds a controlling interest. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may make investments that could give rise to a conflict of interest. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not expect to invest in, or hold securities of, companies that are controlled by an affiliate’s other clients. However, our Adviser or an affiliate’s other clients may invest in, and gain control over, one of our portfolio companies. If our Adviser or an affiliate’s other client, or clients, gains control over one of our portfolio companies, it may create conflicts of interest and may subject us to certain restrictions under the 1940 Act. As a result of these conflicts and restrictions our Adviser may be unable to implement our investment strategies as effectively as they could have in the absence of such conflicts or restrictions. For example, as a result of a conflict or restriction, our Adviser may be unable to engage in certain transactions that it would otherwise pursue. In order to avoid these conflicts and restrictions, our Adviser may choose to exit such investments prematurely and, as a result, we may forego any positive returns associated with such investments. In addition, to the extent that an affiliate’s other client holds a different class of securities than us as a result of such transactions, our interests may not be aligned. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The recommendations given to us by our Adviser may differ from those rendered to their other clients. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser and its affiliates may give advice and recommend securities to other clients which may differ from advice given to, or securities recommended or bought for, us even though such other clients’ investment objectives may be similar to ours, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser’s liability is limited under the Investment Advisory Agreement, and we are required to indemnify our Adviser against certain liabilities, which may lead our Adviser to act in a riskier manner on our behalf than it would when acting for its own account. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser has not assumed any responsibility to us other than to render the services described in the Investment Advisory Agreement (and, separately, under the Administration Agreement), and it will not be responsible for any action of our Board in declining to follow our Adviser’s advice or recommendations. Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, our Adviser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, agents, employees, controlling persons, and any other person or entity affiliated with, or acting on behalf of our Adviser will not be liable to us for their acts under the Investment Advisory Agreement, provided that nothing will be deemed to protect the Adviser in respect of any liability by reason of criminal conduct, willful malfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of their duties. We have also agreed to indemnify, defend and protect our Adviser and its directors, officers, shareholders, members, agents, employees, controlling persons and any other person or entity affiliated with, or acting on behalf of our Adviser with respect to all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses resulting from acts of our Adviser not arising out of negligence in the performance of their duties. However, in accordance with Section 17(i) of the 1940 Act, neither our Adviser nor any of its affiliates, directors, officers, members, employees, agents, or representatives may be protected against any liability to us or our investors to which it would otherwise be subject by reason of willful malfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of its office. In addition, the Investment Advisory Agreement provides that we will not indemnify the Adviser nor any of its affiliates, directors, officers, members, employees, agents, or representatives for any loss suffered by for any liability or loss suffered by such party, nor will we provide that such party will be held harmless for any loss or liability we suffer, unless all of the following conditions are met: (i) we have determined in good faith that the conduct that caused the loss or liability was in the best interests of the Company; (ii) we have determined in good faith that such party was acting on behalf of or performing services for the Company; (iii) we have determined, in good faith, that such liability or loss was not the result of (A) negligence or misconduct, in the case that such part is the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser, or (B) gross negligence or willful misconduct, in the case that such party is a director of the Company who is not also an officer of the Company or the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser; and (iv) such indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of our net assets and not from our stockholders. In addition, such party will not be indemnified for any losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws by such party unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged material securities law violations as to such party; (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to such party; or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against such party and finds that indemnification of the settlement and the related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the SEC and of the published position of any state securities regulatory authority in which shares of our stock were offered or sold as to indemnification for violations of securities laws. These protections may lead our Adviser to act in a riskier manner when acting on our behalf than it would when acting for its own account. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">There are risks associated with any potential merger with or purchase of assets of another fund. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Adviser may in the future recommend to our Board that we merge with or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of one or more funds including a fund that could be managed by our Adviser or its affiliates (including another BDC). We do not expect that our Adviser would recommend any such merger or asset purchase unless it determines that it would be in our best interests, with such determination dependent on factors it deems relevant, which may include our historical and projected financial performance and that of any proposed merger partner, portfolio composition, potential synergies from the merger or asset sale, available alternative options and market conditions. In addition, no such merger or asset purchase would be consummated absent the meeting of various conditions required by applicable law or contract, at such time, which may include approval of the board of directors and common equity holders of both funds. If our Adviser is the investment adviser of both funds, various conflicts of interest would exist with respect to any such transaction. Such conflicts of interest may potentially arise from, among other things, differences between the compensation payable to our Adviser by us and by the entity resulting from such a merger or asset purchase or efficiencies or other benefits to our Adviser as a result of managing a single, larger fund instead of two separate funds. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser’s failure to comply with <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">pay-to-play</div></div> laws, regulations and policies could have an adverse effect on our Adviser, and thus, us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A number of U.S. states and municipal pension plans have adopted <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">so-called</div> <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">“pay-to-play”</div></div> laws, regulations or policies which prohibit, restrict or require disclosure of payments to (and/or certain contacts with) state officials by individuals and entities seeking to </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">do business with state entities, including those seeking investments by public retirement funds. The SEC has adopted a rule that, among other things, prohibits an investment adviser from providing advisory services for compensation to a government client for two years after the adviser or certain of its executives or employees makes a contribution to certain elected officials or candidates. If our Adviser, any of its employees or affiliates or any service provider acting on its behalf, fails to comply with such laws, regulations or policies, such <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-compliance</div> could have an adverse effect on our Adviser, and thus, us. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser’s inability to attract, retain and develop human capital in a highly competitive talent market could have an adverse effect on our Adviser, and thus us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The success of our business will continue to depend upon our Adviser attracting, developing and retaining human capital. Competition for qualified, motivated, and highly-skilled executives, professionals and other key personnel in asset management firms is significant. Turnover and associated costs of rehiring, the loss of human capital through attrition, death, or disability and the reduced ability to attract talent could impair our Adviser’s ability to maintain its standards of excellence and have an adverse effect on us. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Adviser’s net worth is not available to satisfy our liabilities and other obligations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”), 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 affiliates and Adviser, or our Sponsor under the Omnibus Guidelines, have an aggregate financial net worth, exclusive of home, automobiles and home furnishings, of 5.0% of the first $20 million of both the gross amount of securities currently being offered in our offering and the gross amount of any originally issued direct participation program securities sold by our affiliates and sponsors within the past 12 months, plus 1.0% of all amounts in excess of the first $20 million. Based on these requirements, our Adviser and its affiliates have an aggregate financial net worth in excess of those amounts required by the Omnibus Guidelines. However, no portion of such net worth will be available to us to satisfy any of our liabilities or other obligations. The use of our own funds to satisfy such liabilities or other obligations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to Business Development Companies </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The requirement that we invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets could preclude us from investing in accordance with our current business strategy; conversely, the failure to invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets could result in our failure to maintain our status as a BDC. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a BDC, the 1940 Act prohibits us from acquiring any assets other than certain qualifying assets unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such acquisition, at least 70% of our total assets are qualifying assets. Therefore, we may be precluded from investing in what we believe are attractive investments if such investments are not qualifying assets. Conversely, if we fail to invest a sufficient portion of our assets in qualifying assets, we could lose our status as a BDC, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Similarly, these rules could prevent us from making additional investments in existing portfolio companies, which could result in the dilution of our position, or could require us to dispose of investments at an inopportune time to comply with the 1940 Act. If we were forced to sell <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-qualifying</div> investments in the portfolio for compliance purposes, the proceeds from such sale could be significantly less than the current value of such investments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Failure to maintain our status as a BDC would reduce our operating flexibility. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we do not remain a BDC, we might be regulated as a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">closed-end</div> investment company under the 1940 Act, which would subject us to substantially more regulatory restrictions, including a greater required asset coverage ratio and additional restrictions on transactions with affiliates, and correspondingly decrease our operating flexibility. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Regulations governing our operation as a BDC and RIC affect our ability to raise capital and the way in which we raise additional capital or borrow for investment purposes, which may have a negative effect on our growth. As a BDC, the necessity of raising additional capital may expose us to risks, including risks associated with leverage. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a result of the Annual Distribution Requirement to qualify for tax treatment as a RIC, we may need to access the capital markets periodically to raise cash to fund new investments in portfolio companies. Currently, we may issue “senior securities,” including borrowing money from banks or other financial institutions only in amounts such that the ratio of our total assets (less total liabilities other than indebtedness represented by senior securities) to our total indebtedness represented by senior securities plus preferred stock, if any, equals at least 150% after such incurrence or issuance. If we issue senior securities, we will be exposed to risks associated with leverage, including an increased risk of loss. Our ability to issue different types of securities is also limited. Compliance with RIC distribution requirements may unfavorably limit our investment opportunities and reduce our ability in comparison to other companies to profit from favorable spreads between the rates at which we can borrow and the rates at which we can lend. Therefore, we intend to seek to continuously issue equity securities, which may lead to shareholder dilution. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may borrow to fund investments. If the value of our assets declines, we may be unable to satisfy the asset coverage test under the 1940 Act, which would prohibit us from paying distributions and could prevent us from qualifying for tax treatment as a RIC, which would generally result in a corporate-level U.S. federal income tax on any income and net gains. If we cannot satisfy the asset coverage test, we may be required to sell a portion of our investments and, depending on the nature of our debt financing, repay a portion of our indebtedness at a time when such sales may be disadvantageous. Also, any amounts that we use to service our indebtedness would not be available for distribution to our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, as market conditions permit, we have and may continue to securitize our loans to generate cash for funding new investments. To securitize loans, we have and may continue to create a wholly owned subsidiary, contribute a pool of loans to the subsidiary and have the subsidiary issue primarily investment grade debt securities to purchasers who would be expected to be willing to accept a substantially lower interest rate than the loans earn. We have and may continue to retain all or a portion of the equity in the securitized pool of loans. Our retained equity would be exposed to any losses on the portfolio of loans before any of the debt securities would be exposed to such losses. See “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">—W</div></div>e<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> are subject to certain risks as a result of our interests in the CLO Preferred Shares</div></div>”;<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> </div></div>“<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The subordination of the CLO Preferred Shares will affect our right to payment</div></div>”; and “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The CLO Indentures require </div></div><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">mandatory redemption of the respective CLO Debt for failure to satisfy coverage tests, which would reduce the amounts available for distribution to us.</div></div>” </div> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to Our Investments </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our investments in portfolio companies may be risky, and we could lose all or part of our investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our strategy focuses primarily on originating and making loans to, and making debt and equity investments in, U.S. middle market companies, with a focus on originated transactions sourced through the networks of our Adviser. Short transaction closing timeframes associated with originated transactions coupled with added tax or accounting structuring complexity and international transactions may result in higher risk in comparison to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-originated</div> transactions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Most debt securities in which we intend to invest will not be rated by any rating agency and, if they were rated, they would be rated as below investment grade quality and are commonly referred to as “high yield” or “junk.” Debt securities rated below investment grade quality are generally regarded as having predominantly speculative characteristics and may carry a greater risk with respect to a borrower’s capacity to pay interest and repay principal. In addition, some of the loans in which we may invest may be “covenant-lite” loans. We use the term “covenant-lite” loans to refer generally to loans that do not have a complete set of financial maintenance covenants. Generally, “covenant-lite” loans provide borrower companies more freedom to negatively impact lenders because their covenants are incurrence-based, which means they are only tested and can only be breached following an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s financial condition. Accordingly, to the extent we invest in “covenant-lite” loans, we may have fewer rights against a borrower and may have a greater risk of loss on such investments as compared to investments in or exposure to loans with financial maintenance covenants. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">First-Lien Debt.</div></div> When we make a first-lien loan, we generally take a security interest in the available assets of the portfolio company, including the equity interests of its subsidiaries, which we expect to help mitigate the risk that we will not be repaid. However, there is a risk that the collateral securing our loans may decrease in value over time, may be difficult to sell in a timely manner, may be difficult to appraise, and may fluctuate in value based upon the success of the business and market conditions, including as a result of the inability of the portfolio company to raise additional capital. In some circumstances, our lien is, or could become, subordinated to claims of other creditors. Consequently, the fact that a loan is secured does not guarantee that we will receive principal and interest payments according to the loan’s terms, or at all, or that we will be able to collect on the loan should we need to enforce our remedies. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Unitranche Loans. </div></div>In addition, in connection with any unitranche loans (including “last out” portions of such loans) in which we may invest, we would enter into agreements among lenders. Under these agreements, our interest in the collateral of the first-lien loans may rank junior to those of other lenders in the loan under certain circumstances. This may result in greater risk and loss of principal on these loans. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Second-Lien and Mezzanine Debt.</div></div> Our investments in second-lien and mezzanine debt generally are subordinated to senior loans and will either have junior security interests or be unsecured. As such, other creditors may rank senior to us in the event of insolvency. This may result in greater risk and loss of principal. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Equity Investments.</div></div> When we invest in first-lien debt, second-lien debt or mezzanine debt, we may acquire equity securities, such as warrants, options and convertible instruments, as well. In addition, we may invest directly in the equity securities of portfolio companies. We may structure such equity investments to include provisions protecting our rights as a minority-interest holder, as well as a “put,” or right to sell such securities back to the issuer, upon the occurrence of specified events. In many cases, we may also seek to obtain registration rights in connection with these equity interests, which may include demand and “piggyback” registration rights, which grants us the right to register our equity interest when either the portfolio company or another investor in the portfolio company files a registration statement with the SEC to issue securities. We seek to dispose of these equity interests and realize gains upon our disposition of these interests. However, the equity interests we receive may not appreciate in value and, in fact, may decline in value. Accordingly, we may not be able to realize gains from our equity interests, and any gains that we do realize on the disposition of any equity interests may not be sufficient to offset any other losses we experience. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may invest through joint ventures, partnerships or other special purpose vehicles and our investments through these vehicles may entail greater risks, or risks that we otherwise would not incur, if we otherwise made such investments directly. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may make indirect investments in portfolio companies through joint ventures, partnerships or other special purpose vehicles (“Investment Vehicles”). See See <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">“ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS —Specialty Financing Portfolio Companies.”.</div></div> In general, the risks associated with indirect investments in portfolio companies through a joint venture, partnership or other special purpose vehicle are similar to those associated with a direct investment in a portfolio company. While we intend to analyze the credit and business of a potential portfolio company in determining whether to make an investment in an Investment Vehicle, we will nonetheless be exposed to the creditworthiness of the Investment Vehicle. In the event of a bankruptcy proceeding against the portfolio company, the assets of the portfolio company may be used to satisfy its obligations prior to the satisfaction of our investment in the Investment Vehicle (i.e., our investment in the Investment Vehicle could be structurally subordinated to the other obligations of the portfolio company). In addition, if we are not the sole investor in an Investment Vehicle, we may be required to rely on our partners in the Investment Vehicle when making decisions regarding such Investment Vehicle’s investments, accordingly, the value of the investment could be adversely affected if our interests diverge from those of our partners in the Investment Vehicle. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Any strategic investments that we pursue are subject to risks and uncertainties. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have pursued and may continue to pursue growth through strategic investments in new businesses. Completion and timing of any such strategic investments may be subject to a number of contingencies, including the uncertainty in reaching a commercial agreement with our counterparty, our ability to obtain required board, shareholder and regulatory approvals, as well as any required financing (or the risk that these are obtained subject to terms and conditions that are not anticipated). The announcement or consummation of any transaction also may adversely impact our business relationships or engender competitive responses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the proposal and negotiation of strategic investments, whether or not completed, as well as the integration of those businesses into our existing portfolio, could result in substantial expenses and the diversion of our Adviser’s time, attention and resources from our <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">day-to-day</div></div> operations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our ability to manage our growth through strategic investments will depend, in part, on our success in addressing these risks. Any failure to effectively implement our acquisition or strategic investment strategies could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">To the extent we invest in publicly traded companies, we may be unable to obtain financial covenants and other contractual rights, which subjects us to additional risks. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we invest in instruments issued by publicly-held companies, we may be subject to risks that differ in type or degree from those involved with investments in privately-held companies. Such risks include, without limitation, greater volatility in the valuation of such companies, increased obligations to disclose information regarding such companies, limitations on our ability to dispose of such instruments at certain times, increased likelihood of shareholder litigation against such companies’ board members and increased costs associated with each of the aforementioned risks. In addition, to the extent we invest in publicly traded debt instruments, we may not be able to obtain financial covenants or other contractual rights that we might otherwise be able to obtain when making privately-negotiated investments. We may not have the same access to information in connection with investments in public debt instruments that we would expect to have in connection with privately-negotiated investments. If we or our Adviser were deemed to have material, nonpublic information regarding the issuer of a publicly traded instrument in which we have invested, we may be limited in our ability to make new investments or sell existing investments in such issuer. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Broadly syndicated loans, including “covenant-lite” loans, may expose us to different risks, including with respect to liquidity, price volatility, ability to restructure loans, credit risks and less protective loan documentation, than is the case with loans that contain financial maintenance covenants. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A significant number of high yield loans in the market, in particular the broadly syndicated loan market, may consist of “covenant-lite” loans. Generally, “covenant-lite” loans provide borrower companies more freedom to negatively impact lenders because their covenants are incurrence-based, which means they are only tested and can only be breached following an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s financial condition. Ownership of “covenant-lite” loans may expose us to different risks, including with respect to liquidity, price volatility, ability to restructure loans, credit risks and less protective loan documentation, than is the case with loans that contain financial maintenance covenants. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Downgrades by rating agencies of broadly syndicated loans could adversely impact our financial performance. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ratings agencies have recently undergone reviews of broadly syndicated loans in light of the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic’s adverse impact on the economic market. Such reviews have, in some cases, resulted in downgrades of broadly syndicated loans. To the extent we invest in broadly syndicated loans, such downgrades could adversely impact our financial performance. The full extent of downgrades by ratings agencies of broadly syndicated loans is currently unknown, thereby resulting in a high degree of uncertainty. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may be subject to risks associated with our investments in bank loans. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to invest in bank loans and participations. These obligations are subject to unique risks, including: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">the possible invalidation of an investment transaction as a fraudulent conveyance under relevant creditors’ rights laws, </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">so-called</div> lender-liability claims by the issuer of the obligations, </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">environmental liabilities that may arise with respect to collateral securing the obligations, and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">limitations on our ability to directly enforce its rights with respect to participations. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the illiquidity of bank loans may make it difficult for us to sell such investments to access capital if required. As a result, we could realize significantly less than the value at which we have recorded our investments if we were required to sell them for liquidity purposes. Compared to securities and to certain other types of financial assets, purchases and sales of loans take relatively longer to settle. This extended settlement process can (i) increase the counterparty credit risk borne by us; (ii) leave us unable to timely vote, or otherwise act with respect to, loans it has agreed to purchase; (iii) delay us from realizing the proceeds of a sale of a loan; (iv) inhibit our ability to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">re-sell</div> a loan that it has agreed to purchase if conditions change (leaving us more exposed to price fluctuations); (v) prevent us from timely collecting principal and interest payments; and (vi) expose us to adverse tax or regulatory consequences. To the extent the extended loan settlement process gives rise to short-term liquidity needs, we may hold cash, sell investments or temporarily borrow from banks or other lenders. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In purchasing participations, we generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement, nor any rights of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">set-off</div> against the borrower, and we may not directly benefit from the collateral supporting the debt obligation in which we have purchased the participation. As a result, we will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the institution selling the participation. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In analyzing each bank loan or participation, our Adviser compares the relative significance of the risks against the expected benefits of the investment. Successful claims by third parties arising from these and other risks will be borne by us. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If the assets securing the loans that we make decrease in value, then we may lack sufficient collateral to cover losses. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To attempt to mitigate credit risks, we intend to take a security interest in the available assets of our portfolio companies. There is no assurance that we will obtain sufficient collateral to cover losses or properly perfect our liens. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is a risk that the collateral securing our loans may decrease in value over time, may be difficult to sell in a timely manner, may be difficult to appraise and may fluctuate in value based upon the success of the business and market conditions, including as a result of the inability of a portfolio company to raise additional capital. In some circumstances, our lien could be subordinated to claims of other creditors. Consequently, the fact that a loan is secured does not guarantee that we will receive principal and interest payments according to the loan’s terms, or that we will be able to collect on the loan should we be forced to enforce our remedies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may suffer a loss if a portfolio company defaults on a loan and the underlying collateral is not sufficient. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of a default by a portfolio company on a secured loan, we will only have recourse to the assets collateralizing the loan. If the underlying collateral value is less than the loan amount, we will suffer a loss. In addition, we may make loans that are unsecured, which are subject to the risk that other lenders may be directly secured by the assets of the portfolio company. In the event </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">of a default, those collateralized lenders would have priority over us with respect to the proceeds of a sale of the underlying assets. In cases described above, we may lack control over the underlying asset collateralizing our loan or the underlying assets of the portfolio company prior to a default, and as a result the value of the collateral may be reduced by acts or omissions by owners or managers of the assets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of bankruptcy of a portfolio company, we may not have full recourse to its assets in order to satisfy our loan, or our loan may be subject to “equitable subordination.” This means that depending on the facts and circumstances, including the extent to which we actually provided significant “managerial assistance,” if any, to that portfolio company, a bankruptcy court might <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">re-characterize</div> our debt holding and subordinate all or a portion of our claim to that of other creditors. In addition, certain of our loans are subordinate to other debt of the portfolio company. If a portfolio company defaults on our loan or on debt senior to our loan, or in the event of a portfolio company bankruptcy, our loan will be satisfied only after the senior debt receives payment. Where debt senior to our loan exists, the presence of intercreditor arrangements may limit our ability to amend our loan documents, assign our loans, accept prepayments, exercise our remedies (through “standstill” periods) and control decisions made in bankruptcy proceedings relating to the portfolio company. Bankruptcy and portfolio company litigation can significantly increase collection losses and the time needed for us to acquire the underlying collateral in the event of a default, during which time the collateral may decline in value, causing us to suffer losses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Borrowers of broadly syndicated loans may be permitted to designate unrestricted subsidiaries under the terms of their financing agreements, which would exclude such unrestricted subsidiaries from restrictive covenants under the financing agreement with the borrower. Without restriction under the financing agreement, the borrower could take various actions with respect to the unrestricted subsidiary including, among other things, incur debt, grant security on its assets, sell assets, pay dividends or distribute shares of the unrestricted subsidiary to the borrower’s shareholders. Any of these actions could increase the amount of leverage that the borrower is able to incur and increase the risk involved in our investments in broadly syndicated loans accordingly. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the value of collateral underlying our loan declines or interest rates increase during the term of our loan, a portfolio company may not be able to obtain the necessary funds to repay our loan at maturity through refinancing. Decreasing collateral value and/or increasing interest rates may hinder a portfolio company’s ability to refinance our loan because the underlying collateral cannot satisfy the debt service coverage requirements necessary to obtain new financing. If a borrower is unable to repay our loan at maturity, we could suffer a loss which may adversely impact our financial performance. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may not realize any income or gains from our equity investments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have invested in and may continue to invest in equity-related securities, including common equity, warrants, preferred stock and convertible preferred securities. These equity interests we acquire may not appreciate in value and, in fact, may decline in value if the company fails to perform financially or achieve its growth objectives. We will generally have little, if any, control over the timing of any gains we may realize from our equity investments since these securities may have restrictions on their transfer or may not have an active trading market. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Equity investments also have experienced significantly more volatility in their returns and may under-perform relative to fixed income securities during certain periods. An adverse event, such as an unfavorable earnings report, may depress the value. Also, prices of equity investments are sensitive to general movements in the stock market and a drop in the stock market may depress the price of common stock investments to which we have exposure. Equity prices fluctuate for several reasons including changes in investors’ perceptions of the financial condition of an issuer or the general condition of the relevant stock market, or when political or economic events affecting the issuers occur. In addition, common stock prices may be particularly sensitive to rising interest rates, as the cost of capital rises and borrowing costs increase. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we expect to receive current income in the form of dividend payments on any convertible preferred equity investments, a substantial portion of the gains we expect to receive from our investments in such securities will likely be from the capital gains generated from the sale of our equity investments upon conversion of our convertible securities, the timing of which we cannot predict and we cannot guarantee that such sale will happen at all. We do not expect to generate capital gains from the sale of our portfolio investments on a level or uniform basis from quarter to quarter. In addition, any convertible preferred stock instruments will generally provide for conversion upon the portfolio companies’ achievement of certain milestone events, including a qualified public offering and/or a senior exchange listing for their common stock. However, there can be no assurance that our portfolio companies will obtain either a junior or senior exchange listing or, even if a listing is obtained, that an active trading market will ever develop in the common stock of our publicly traded portfolio companies. In addition, even if our portfolio companies obtain an exchange listing, we may be subject to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">lock-up</div> provisions that prohibit us from selling our investments into the public market for specified periods of time after such listing. As a result, the market price of securities that we hold may decline substantially before we are able to sell these securities following an exchange listing. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accordingly, we may not be able to realize gains from our equity interests, and any gains that we do realize on the disposition of any equity interests may not be sufficient to offset any other losses we experience. Furthermore, due to the expected growth of our portfolio companies, we do not generally expect to receive dividend income from our common stock investments. In the case of cumulative preferred stock, there is no assurance that any dividends will ever be paid by a portfolio company. Dividends to any equity holders may be suspended or cancelled at any time. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investments in equity securities can carry additional risks and may have other characteristics that require investments to be made indirectly through blocker entities or otherwise. In addition, if an issuer of equity securities in which we have invested sells additional shares of its equity securities, our interest in the issuer may be diluted and the value of our investment could decrease. For the foregoing reasons, investments in equity securities can be highly speculative and carry a substantial risk of loss of investment. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The credit ratings of certain of our investments may not be indicative of the actual credit risk of such rated instruments. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rating agencies rate debt securities based upon their assessment of the likelihood of the receipt of principal and interest payments. Rating agencies do not consider the risks of fluctuations in market value or other factors that may influence the value of debt securities. Therefore, the credit rating assigned to a particular instrument may not fully reflect the true risks of an investment in such instrument. Credit rating agencies may change their methods of evaluating credit risk and determining ratings. These changes may occur quickly and often. While we may give some consideration to ratings, ratings may not be indicative of the actual credit risk of our investments in rated instruments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Prepayments of our debt investments by our portfolio companies could adversely impact our results of operations and reduce our return on equity. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are subject to the risk that the investments we make in our portfolio companies may be repaid prior to maturity. When this occurs, we will generally reinvest these proceeds in temporary investments, pending their future investment in new portfolio companies. These temporary investments will typically have substantially lower yields than the debt being prepaid and we could experience significant delays in reinvesting these amounts. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any future investment in a new portfolio company may also be at lower yields than the debt that was repaid. As a result, our results of operations could be materially adversely affected if one or more of our portfolio companies elect to prepay amounts owed to us. Additionally, prepayments, net of prepayment fees, could negatively impact our return on equity. This risk will be more acute when interest rates decrease, as we may be unable to reinvest at rates as favorable as when we made our initial investment. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">A redemption of convertible securities held by us could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A convertible security may be subject to redemption at the option of the issuer at a price established in the convertible security’s governing instrument. If a convertible security held by us is called for redemption, we will be required to permit the issuer to redeem the security, convert it into the underlying common stock or sell it to a third party. Any of these actions could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">To the extent original issue discount (OID) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">payment-in-kind</div></div> (PIK) interest income constitute a portion of our income, we will be exposed to risks associated with the deferred receipt of cash representing such income. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our investments may include OID and PIK instruments. To the extent OID and PIK constitute a portion of our income, we will be exposed to risks associated with such income being required to be included in income for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and taxable income prior to receipt of cash, including the following: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Original issue discount instruments may have unreliable valuations because the accruals require judgments about collectability or deferred payments and the value of any associated collateral; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Original issue discount instruments may create heightened credit risks because the inducement to the borrower to accept higher interest rates in exchange for the deferral of cash payments typically represents, to some extent, speculation on the part of the borrower; </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">For U.S. GAAP purposes, cash distributions to shareholders that include a component of OID income do not come from <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">paid-in</div> capital, although they may be paid from the offering proceeds. Thus, although a distribution of OID income may come from the cash invested by the shareholders, the 1940 Act does not require that shareholders be given notice of this fact; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The presence of OID and PIK creates the risk of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-refundable</div> cash payments to our Adviser in the form of incentive fees on income based on <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-cash</div> OID and PIK accruals that may never be realized; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">In the case of PIK, “toggle” debt, which gives the issuer the option to defer an interest payment in exchange for an increased interest rate in the future, the PIK election has the simultaneous effect of increasing the investment income, thus increasing the potential for realizing incentive fees. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our portfolio companies may incur debt that ranks equally with, or senior to, our investments in such companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our strategy focuses on investing primarily in the debt of privately owned U.S. companies with a focus on originated transactions sourced through the networks of our Adviser. Our portfolio companies may have, or may be permitted to incur, other debt that ranks equally with, or senior to, the debt in which we invest. By their terms, such debt instruments may entitle the holders to receive payment of interest or principal on or before the dates on which we are entitled to receive payments with respect to the debt instruments in which we invest. Also, in the event of insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of a portfolio company, any holders of debt instruments ranking senior to our investment in that portfolio company would typically be entitled to receive payment in full before we receive any distribution. After repaying such senior creditors, such portfolio company may not have any remaining assets to use for repaying its obligation to us. In the case of debt ranking equally with debt instruments in which we invest, we would have to share on an equal basis any distributions with other creditors holding such debt in the event of an insolvency, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or bankruptcy of the relevant portfolio company and our portfolio company may not have sufficient assets to pay all equally ranking credit even if we hold senior, first-lien debt. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we cannot obtain debt financing or equity capital on acceptable terms, our ability to acquire investments and to expand our operations will be adversely affected. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The net proceeds from the sale of our shares will be used for our investment opportunities, and, if necessary, the payment of operating expenses and the payment of various fees and expenses such as base management fees, incentive fees, other fees and distributions. Any working capital reserves we maintain may not be sufficient for investment purposes, and we may require additional debt financing or equity capital to operate. We are required to 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 shareholders to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC. Accordingly, in the event that we need additional capital in the future for investments or for any other reason we may need to access the capital markets periodically to issue debt or equity securities or borrow from financial institutions in order to obtain such additional capital. These sources of funding may not be available to us due to unfavorable economic conditions, which could increase our funding costs, limit our access to the capital markets or result in a decision by lenders not to extend credit to us. Consequently, if we cannot obtain further debt or equity financing on acceptable terms, our ability to acquire additional investments and to expand our operations will be adversely affected. As a result, we would be less able to diversify our portfolio and achieve our investment objective, which may negatively impact our results of operations and reduce our ability to make distributions to our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Defaults by our portfolio companies could jeopardize a portfolio company’s ability to meet its obligations under the debt or equity investments that we hold which could harm our operating results. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A portfolio company’s failure to satisfy financial or operating covenants imposed by us or other lenders could lead to defaults and, potentially, termination of its debt financing and foreclosure on its secured assets, which could trigger cross-defaults under other agreements and jeopardize a portfolio company’s ability to meet its obligations under the debt or equity investments that we hold. We may incur expenses to the extent necessary to seek recovery upon default or to negotiate new terms, which may include the waiver of certain financial covenants, with a defaulting portfolio company. In addition, some of the loans in which we may invest may be “covenant-lite” loans. We use the term “covenant-lite” loans to refer generally to loans that do not have a complete set of financial maintenance covenants. Generally, “covenant-lite” loans provide borrower companies more freedom to negatively impact lenders because their covenants are incurrence-based, which means they are only tested and can only be breached following an affirmative action of the borrower, rather than by a deterioration in the borrower’s financial condition. Accordingly, to the extent we invest in “covenant-lite” loans, we may have fewer rights against a borrower and may have a greater risk of loss on such investments as compared to investments in or exposure to loans with financial maintenance covenants. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As part of our lending activities, we may in certain opportunistic circumstances originate loans to companies that are experiencing significant financial or business difficulties, including companies involved in bankruptcy or other reorganization and liquidation proceedings. Any such investment would involve a substantial degree of risk. In any reorganization or liquidation proceeding relating to a company that we fund, we may lose all or part of the amounts advanced to the borrower or may be required to accept collateral with a value less than the amount of the loan advanced by us to the borrower. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Subordinated liens on collateral securing debt investments that we may make to portfolio companies may be subject to control by senior creditors with first priority liens. If there is a default, the value of the collateral may not be sufficient to repay in full both the first priority creditors and us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain debt investments that we will make in portfolio companies will be secured on a second priority lien basis by the same collateral securing senior debt of such companies. We also make debt investments in portfolio companies secured on a first priority basis. The first priority liens on the collateral will secure the portfolio company’s obligations under any outstanding senior debt and may secure certain other future debt that may be permitted to be incurred by the portfolio company under the agreements governing the debt. In the event of a default, the holders of obligations secured by the first priority liens on the collateral will generally control the liquidation of and be entitled to receive proceeds from any realization of the collateral to repay their obligations in full before us. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the value of the collateral in the event of liquidation will depend on market and economic conditions, the availability of buyers and other factors. There can be no assurance that the proceeds, if any, from the sale or sales of all of the collateral would be sufficient to satisfy the debt obligations secured by the first priority or second priority liens after payment in full of all obligations secured by the first priority liens on the collateral. If such proceeds are not sufficient to repay amounts outstanding under the debt obligations secured by the first priority or second priority liens, then we, to the extent not repaid from the proceeds of the sale of the collateral, will only have an unsecured claim against the portfolio company’s remaining assets, if any. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may also make unsecured debt investments in portfolio companies, meaning that such investments will not benefit from any interest in collateral of such companies. Liens on any such portfolio company’s collateral, if any, will secure the portfolio company’s obligations under its outstanding secured debt and may secure certain future debt that is permitted to be incurred by the portfolio company under its secured debt agreements. The holders of obligations secured by such liens will generally control the liquidation of, and be entitled to receive proceeds from, any realization of such collateral to repay their obligations in full before us. In addition, the value of such collateral in the event of liquidation will depend on market and economic conditions, the availability of buyers and other factors. There can be no assurance that the proceeds, if any, from sales of such collateral would be sufficient to satisfy our unsecured debt obligations after payment in full of all secured debt obligations. If such proceeds were not sufficient to repay the outstanding secured debt obligations, then our unsecured claims would rank equally with the unpaid portion of such secured creditors’ claims against the portfolio company’s remaining assets, if any. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The rights we may have with respect to the collateral securing the debt investments we make in our portfolio companies with senior debt outstanding may also be limited pursuant to the terms of one or more inter-creditor agreements that we enter into with the holders of senior debt. Under such an inter-creditor agreement, at any time obligations that have the benefit of the first priority liens are outstanding, any of the following actions that may be taken in respect of the collateral will be at the direction of the holders of the obligations secured by the first priority liens: the ability to cause the commencement of enforcement proceedings against the collateral; the ability to control the conduct of such proceedings; the approval of amendments to collateral documents; releases of liens on the collateral; and waivers of past defaults under collateral documents. We may not have the ability to control or direct such actions, even if our rights are adversely affected. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Certain of our investments may be adversely affected by laws relating to fraudulent conveyance or voidable preferences. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain of our investments could be subject to federal bankruptcy law and state fraudulent transfer laws, which vary from state to state, if the debt obligations relating to certain investments were issued with the intent of hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors or, in certain circumstances, if the issuer receives less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in return for issuing such debt obligations. If the debt proceeds are used for a buyout of shareholders, this risk is greater than if the debt proceeds are used for <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">day-to-day</div></div> operations or organic growth. If a court were to find that the issuance of the debt obligations was a fraudulent transfer or conveyance, the court could void or otherwise refuse to recognize the payment obligations under the debt obligations or the collateral supporting such obligations, further subordinate the debt obligations or the liens supporting such obligations to other existing and future indebtedness of the issuer or require us to repay any amounts received by us with respect to the debt obligations or collateral. In the event of a finding that a fraudulent transfer or conveyance occurred, we may not receive any repayment on such debt obligations. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under certain circumstances, payments to us and distributions by us to our shareholders may be reclaimed if any such payment or distribution is later determined to have been a fraudulent conveyance, preferential payment or similar transaction under applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws. Furthermore, investments in restructurings may be adversely affected by statutes relating to, among other things, fraudulent conveyances, voidable preferences, lender liability and the court’s discretionary power to disallow, subordinate or disenfranchise particular claims or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">re-characterize</div> investments made in the form of debt as equity contributions. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">There may be circumstances where our debt investments could be subordinated to claims of other creditors or we could be subject to lender liability claims. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we intend to structure certain of our investments as senior debt, if one of our portfolio companies were to go bankrupt, depending on the facts and circumstances, including the extent to which we provided managerial assistance to that portfolio company or a representative of us or our Adviser sat on the board of directors of such portfolio company, a bankruptcy court might re-characterize our debt investment and subordinate all or a portion of our claim to that of other creditors. In situations where a bankruptcy carries a high degree of political significance, our legal rights may be subordinated to other creditors. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, a number of U.S. judicial decisions have upheld judgments obtained by borrowers against lending institutions on the basis of various evolving legal theories, collectively termed “lender liability.” Generally, lender liability is founded on the premise that a lender has violated a duty (whether implied or contractual) of good faith, commercial reasonableness and fair dealing, or a similar duty owed to the borrower or has assumed an excessive degree of control over the borrower resulting in the creation of a fiduciary duty owed to the borrower or its other creditors or shareholders. Because of the nature of our investments in portfolio companies (including that, as a BDC, we may be required to provide managerial assistance to those portfolio companies if they so request upon our offer), we may be subject to allegations of lender liability. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We generally will not control the business operations of our portfolio companies and, due to the illiquid nature of our holdings in our portfolio companies, we may not be able to dispose of our interests in our portfolio companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not currently, and do not expect in the future to control most of our portfolio companies, although we may have board representation or board observation rights, and our debt agreements may impose certain restrictive covenants on our borrowers. As a result, we are subject to the risk that a portfolio company in which we invest may make business decisions with which we disagree and the management of such company, as representatives of the holders of their common equity, may take risks or otherwise act in ways that do not serve our interests as a debt investor. Due to the lack of liquidity for our investments in private companies, we may not be able to dispose of our interests in our portfolio companies as readily as we would like or at a favorable value. As a result, a portfolio company may make decisions that could decrease the value of our portfolio holdings. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are, and will continue to be, exposed to risks associated with changes in interest rates. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Because we borrow money to make investments, our net investment income will depend, in part, upon the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest those funds. As a result, we can offer no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on our net investment income. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A reduction in the interest rates on new investments relative to interest rates on current investments could have an adverse impact on our net investment income. However, an increase in interest rates could decrease the value of any investments we hold which earn fixed interest rates and also could increase our interest expense, thereby decreasing our net income. Also, an increase in interest rates available to investors could make an investment in our common stock less attractive if we are not able to increase our dividend rate, which could reduce the value of our common stock. Further, rising interest rates could also adversely affect our performance if such increases cause our borrowing costs to rise at a rate in excess of the rate that our investments yield. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Many of our debt investments are based on floating interest rates, such as LIBOR, SOFR, SONIA, the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”), the Federal Funds Rate or the Prime Rate, that reset on a periodic basis, and that many of our investments will be subject to interest rate floors. A reduction in the interest rates on new investments relative to interest rates on current investments could have an adverse impact on our net investment income, which also could be negatively impacted by our borrowers making prepayments on their loans. On the other hand, an increase in interest rates could increase the interest repayment obligations of our borrowers and result in challenges to their financial performance and ability to repay their obligations. In addition, our cost of funds likely will increase because the interest rates on the majority of amounts we may borrow are likely to be floating, which could reduce our net investment income to the extent any debt investments have fixed interest rates, and the interest rate on investments with an interest rate floor will not increase until interest rates exceed the applicable floor. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Trading prices for debt that pays a fixed rate of return tend to fall as interest rates rise. Trading prices tend to fluctuate more for fixed-rate securities that have longer maturities. Moreover, an increase in interest rates available to investors could make investment in our common stock less attractive if we are not able to increase our dividend rate, which could reduce the value of our common stock. U.S. Federal Reserve policy, including with respect to certain interest rates and the decision to end its quantitative easing policy, may also adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of dividend- and interest-paying securities. In an effort to combat inflation the Federal Reserve has increased the federal funds rate in 2022 and is widely expected to further increase the federal funds rate in 2023. Market volatility, rising interest rates, uncertainty around interest rates and/or a return to unfavorable economic conditions could adversely affect our business. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may enter into certain hedging transactions, such as interest rate swap agreements, in an effort to mitigate our exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates and we may increase our floating rate investments to position the portfolio for rate increases. However, we cannot assure you that such transactions will be successful in mitigating our exposure to interest rate risk or if we will enter into such interest rate hedges. Hedging transactions may also limit our ability to participate in the benefits of lower interest rates with respect to our portfolio investments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not have a policy governing the maturities of our investments. This means that we are subject to greater risk (other things being equal) than a fund invested solely in shorter-term securities. A decline in the prices of the debt we own could adversely affect our net asset value. Also, an increase in interest rates available to investors could make an investment in our common stock less attractive if we are not able to increase our dividend rate. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In periods of rising interest rates, to the extent we borrow money subject to a floating interest rate, our cost of funds would increase, which could reduce our net investment income. Further, rising interest rates could also adversely affect our performance if we hold investments with floating interest rates, subject to specified minimum interest rates (such as a LIBOR floor), while at the same time engaging in borrowings subject to floating interest rates not subject to such minimums. In such a scenario, rising interest rates may increase our interest expense, even though our interest income from investments is not increasing in a corresponding manner as a result of such minimum interest rates. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If general interest rates rise, there is a risk that the portfolio companies in which we hold floating rate securities will be unable to pay escalating interest amounts, which could result in a default under their loan documents with us. Rising interest rates could also cause portfolio companies to shift cash from other productive uses to the payment of interest, which may have a material adverse effect on their business and operations and could, over time, lead to increased defaults. In addition, rising interest rates may increase pressure on us to provide fixed rate loans to our portfolio companies, which could adversely affect our net investment income, as increases in our cost of borrowed funds would not be accompanied by increased interest income from such fixed-rate investments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent that we make floating rate debt investments, a rise in the general level of interest rates would lead to higher interest rates applicable to our debt investments. Accordingly, an increase in interest rates may result in an increase in the amount of the Incentive Fee payable to our Adviser. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">General interest rate fluctuations may have a substantial negative impact on our investments and investment opportunities and, accordingly, may have a material adverse effect on our ability to achieve our investment objective and the rate of return on invested capital. Because we may borrow money to make investments, our net investment income will depend, in part, upon the difference between the rate at which we borrow funds and the rate at which we invest these funds. As a result, there can be no assurance that a significant change in market interest rates will not have a material adverse effect on our net investment income. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">International investments create additional risks. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may make investments in portfolio companies that are domiciled outside of the United States. Our investments in foreign portfolio companies are deemed <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">“non-qualifying</div> assets,” which means that, as required by the 1940 Act, such investments, along with other investments in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-qualifying</div> assets, may not constitute more than 30% of our total assets at the time of our acquisition of any such asset, after giving effect to the acquisition. Notwithstanding the limitation on our ownership of foreign portfolio companies, such investments subject us to many of the same risks as our domestic investments, as well as certain additional risks, including the following: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">foreign governmental laws, rules and policies, including those relating to taxation and bankruptcy and restricting the ownership of assets in the foreign country or the repatriation of profits from the foreign country to the United States and any adverse changes in these laws; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">foreign currency devaluations that reduce the value of and returns on our foreign investments; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">adverse changes in the availability, cost and terms of investments due to the varying economic policies of a foreign country in which we invest; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">adverse changes in tax rates, the tax treatment of transaction structures and other changes in operating expenses of a particular foreign country in which we invest; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">the assessment of foreign-country taxes (including withholding taxes, transfer taxes and value added taxes, any or all of which could be significant) on income or gains from our investments in the foreign country; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes that adversely affect the social, political and/or economic stability of a foreign country in which we invest; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">high inflation in the foreign countries in which we invest, which could increase the costs to us of investing in those countries; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">deflationary periods in the foreign countries in which we invest, which could reduce demand for our assets in those countries and diminish the value of such investments and the related investment returns to us; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">legal and logistical barriers in the foreign countries in which we invest that materially and adversely limit our ability to enforce our contractual rights with respect to those investments. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we may make investments in countries whose governments or economies may prove unstable. Certain of the countries in which we may invest may have political, economic and legal systems that are unpredictable, unreliable or otherwise inadequate with respect to the implementation, interpretation and enforcement of laws protecting asset ownership and economic interests. In some of the countries in which we may invest, there may be a risk of nationalization, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, which may have an adverse effect on our portfolio companies in those countries and the rates of return that we are able to achieve on such investments. We may also lose the total value of any investment which is nationalized, expropriated or confiscated. The financial results and investment opportunities available to us, particularly in developing countries and emerging markets, may be materially and adversely affected by any or all of these political, economic and legal risks. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We expose ourselves to risks when we engage in hedging transactions. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have entered, and may in the future enter, into hedging transactions, which may expose us to risks associated with such transactions. We may seek to utilize instruments such as forward contracts, currency options and interest rate swaps, caps, collars and floors to seek to hedge against fluctuations in the relative values of our portfolio positions from changes in currency exchange rates and market interest rates and the relative value of certain debt securities from changes in market interest rates. Use of these hedging instruments may include counter-party credit risk. To the extent we have <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> investments, particularly investments denominated in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies, our hedging costs will increase. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hedging against a decline in the values of our portfolio positions would not eliminate the possibility of fluctuations in the values of such positions or prevent losses if the values of such positions were to decline. However, such hedging can establish other positions designed to gain from those same developments, thereby offsetting the decline in the value of such portfolio positions. Such hedging transactions may also limit the opportunity for gain if the values of the underlying portfolio positions were to increase. It also may not be possible to hedge against an exchange rate or interest rate fluctuation that is so generally anticipated that we are not able to enter into a hedging transaction at an acceptable price. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The success of our hedging strategy will depend on our ability to correctly identify appropriate exposures for hedging. In connection with the September 2027 Notes, which bear interest at a fixed rate, we entered into an interest rate swap to continue to align the interest rates of our liabilities with our investment portfolio, which consists of predominately floating rate loans. However, unanticipated changes in currency exchange rates or other exposures that we might hedge may result in poorer overall investment </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">performance than if we had not engaged in any such hedging transactions. In addition, the degree of correlation between price movements of the instruments used in a hedging strategy and price movements in the portfolio positions being hedged may vary, as may the time period in which the hedge is effective relative to the time period of the related exposure. Also, where a put or call option on a particular security is purchased to hedge against price movements in a related security, the price of the put or call option may move more or less than the price of the related security. If restrictions on exercise were imposed, we might be unable to exercise an option we had purchased. If we were unable to close out an option that we had purchased on a security, it would have to exercise the option in order to realize any profit or the option may expire worthless. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For a variety of reasons, we may not seek to (or be able to) establish a perfect correlation between such hedging instruments and the positions being hedged. Any such imperfect correlation may prevent us from achieving the intended hedge and expose us to risk of loss. In addition, it may not be possible to hedge fully or perfectly against currency fluctuations affecting the value of securities denominated in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> currencies because the value of those securities is likely to fluctuate as a result of factors not related to currency fluctuations. Income derived from hedging transactions also is not eligible to be distributed to <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> stockholders free from withholding taxes. Changes to the regulations applicable to the financial instruments we use to accomplish our hedging strategy could affect the effectiveness of that strategy. See “—The market structure applicable to derivatives imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the SEC may affect our ability to use <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> (“OTC”) derivatives for hedging purposes” and “We are, and will continue to be, exposed to risks associated with changes in interest rates.” </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The market structure applicable to derivatives imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the SEC may affect our ability to use <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> (“OTC”) derivatives for hedging purposes. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Dodd-Frank Act and the CFTC enacted and the SEC has issued rules to implement broad new regulatory and structural requirements applicable to OTC derivatives markets and, to a lesser extent, listed commodity futures (and futures options) markets. Similar changes are in the process of being implemented in other major financial markets. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The CFTC and the SEC have issued final rules establishing that certain swap transactions are subject to CFTC regulation. Engaging in such swap or other commodity interest transactions such as futures contracts or options on futures contracts may cause us to fall within the definition of “commodity pool” under the Commodity Exchange Act and related CFTC regulations. Our Adviser has claimed relief from CFTC registration and regulation as a commodity pool operator with respect to our operations, with the result that we are limited in our ability to use futures contracts or options on futures contracts or engage in swap transactions. Specifically, we are subject to strict limitations on using such derivatives other than for hedging purposes, whereby the use of derivatives not used solely for hedging purposes is generally limited to situations where (i) the aggregate initial margin and premiums required to establish such positions does not exceed five percent of the liquidation value of our portfolio, after taking into account unrealized profits and unrealized losses on any such contracts we have entered into; or (ii) the aggregate net notional value of such derivatives does not exceed 100% of the liquidation value of our portfolio. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Dodd-Frank Act also imposed requirements relating to real-time public and regulatory reporting of OTC derivative transactions, enhanced documentation requirements, position limits on an expanded array of derivatives, and recordkeeping requirements. Taken as a whole, these changes could significantly increase the cost of using uncleared OTC derivatives to hedge risks, including interest rate and foreign exchange risk; reduce the level of exposure we are able to obtain for risk management purposes through OTC derivatives (including as the result of the CFTC imposing position limits on additional products); reduce the amounts available to us to make <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-derivatives</div> investments; impair liquidity in certain OTC derivatives; and adversely affect the quality of execution pricing obtained by us, all of which could adversely impact our investment returns. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our ability to enter into transactions involving derivatives and financial commitment transactions may be limited. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In October 2020, the SEC adopted Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> which requires a BDC (or a registered investment company) that uses derivatives to, among other things, comply with a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">value-at-risk</div></div> leverage limit, adopt a derivatives risk management program and implement certain testing and board reporting requirements. Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">18f-4</div> exempts BDCs that qualify as “limited derivatives users” from the aforementioned requirements, provided that these BDCs adopt written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to manage the BDC’s derivatives risks and comply with certain recordkeeping requirements. Under Rule <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">18f-4,</div> 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, among other things, 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. Collectively, these requirements may limit our ability to use derivatives and/or enter into certain other financial contracts. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may enter into total return swaps that would expose us to certain risks, including market risk, liquidity risk and other risks similar to those associated with the use of leverage. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A total return swap is a contract in which one party agrees to make periodic payments to another party based on the change in the market value of the assets underlying the total return swap, which may include a specified security or loan, basket of securities or loans or securities or loan indices during the specified period, in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate. A total return swap is typically used to obtain exposure to a security, loan or market without owning or taking physical custody of such security or loan or investing directly in such market. A total return swap may effectively add leverage to our portfolio because, in addition to our total net assets, we would be subject to investment exposure on the amount of securities or loans subject to the total return swap. A total return swap is also subject to the risk that a counterparty will default on its payment obligations thereunder or that we will not be able to meet our obligations to the counterparty. In addition, because a total return swap is a form of synthetic leverage, such arrangements are subject to risks similar to those associated with the use of leverage. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our portfolio may be focused on a limited number of portfolio companies or industries, which will subject us to a risk of significant loss if any of these companies defaults on its obligations under any of its debt instruments or if there is a downturn in a particular industry. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Beyond the asset diversification requirements associated with our qualification as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we do not have fixed guidelines for diversification. While we are not targeting any specific industries, our investments may be focused on relatively few industries. As a result, the aggregate returns we realize may be significantly adversely affected if a small number of investments perform poorly or if we need to write down the value of any one investment. Additionally, a downturn in any particular industry in which we are invested could significantly affect our aggregate returns. Further, any industry in which we are meaningfully concentrated at any given time could be subject to significant risks that could adversely impact our aggregate returns. For example, as of December 31, 2022, our investments in internet software and services represented 13.6% of our portfolio at fair value. Our investments in internet software and services are subject to substantial risks, including, but not limited to, intense competition, changing technology, shifting user needs, frequent introductions of new products and services, competitors in different industries and ranging from large established companies to emerging startups, decreasing average selling prices of products and services resulting from rapid technological changes, cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents and various legal and regulatory risks. In addition, as of December 31, 2022, our investments in healthcare providers and services represented 14.4% of our portfolio at fair value. Our investments in healthcare providers and services are subject to a variety of risks, including, but not limited to, additional or changing government regulations and policies that could increase compliance and other costs of doing business, risks related to medical technology, and scarcity of management and other personnel with appropriate training, which may impact the business of such portfolio companies. In addition, as of December 31, 2022, our investments in insurance represented 9.7% of our portfolio at fair value. The U.S. insurance industry is heavily regulated and our investments in insurance are subject to a variety of risks, including, but not limited to, additional or changing government regulations that could increase compliance and other costs of doing business, which may impact the business of such portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain various required licenses in U.S. states or in any other jurisdiction where they may be required in the future. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are required to have and may be required in the future to obtain various state licenses to, among other things, originate commercial loans, and may be required to obtain similar licenses from other authorities, including outside of the United States, in the future in connection with one or more investments. Applying for and obtaining required licenses can be costly and take several months. We cannot assure you that we will maintain or obtain all of the licenses that we need on a timely basis. We also are and will be subject to various information and other requirements to maintain and obtain these licenses, and we cannot assure you that we will satisfy those requirements. Our failure to maintain or obtain licenses that we require, now or in the future, might restrict investment options and have other adverse consequences. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">An investment strategy focused primarily on privately held companies presents certain challenges, including the lack of available information about these companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We invest primarily in privately held companies. Investments in private companies pose certain incremental risks as compared to investments in public companies including that they: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">have reduced access to the capital markets, resulting in diminished capital resources and ability to withstand financial distress; </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">may have limited financial resources and may be unable to meet their obligations under their debt obligations that we hold, which may be accompanied by a deterioration in the value of any collateral and a reduction in the likelihood of our realizing any guarantees we may have obtained in connection with our investment; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">may have shorter operating histories, narrower product lines and smaller market shares than larger businesses, which tend to render them more vulnerable to competitors’ actions and changing market conditions, as well as general economic downturns; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">are more likely to depend on the management talents and efforts of a small group of persons and, therefore, the death, disability, resignation or termination of one or more of these persons could have a material adverse impact on the company and, in turn, on us; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">generally have less predictable operating results, may from time to time be parties to litigation, may be engaged in rapidly changing businesses with products subject to a substantial risk of obsolescence, and may require substantial additional capital to support their operations, finance expansion or maintain their competitive position. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, investments in private companies tend to be less liquid. The securities of private companies are not publicly traded or actively traded on the secondary market and are, instead, traded on a privately negotiated <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> secondary market for institutional investors. These <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">over-the-counter</div></div> secondary markets may be inactive during an economic downturn or a credit crisis and in any event often have lower volumes than publicly traded securities even in normal market conditions. In addition, the securities in these companies will be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or will otherwise be less liquid than publicly traded securities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If there is no readily available market for these investments, we are required to carry these investments at fair value as determined by our Board. As a result, if we are required to liquidate all or a portion of our portfolio quickly, we may realize significantly less than the value at which we had previously recorded these investments. We may also face other restrictions on our ability to liquidate an investment in a portfolio company to the extent that we, our Adviser or any of its affiliates have material nonpublic information regarding such portfolio company or where the sale would be an impermissible joint transaction under the 1940 Act. The reduced liquidity of our investments may make it difficult for us to dispose of them at a favorable price, and, as a result, we may suffer losses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Finally, little public information generally exists about private companies and these companies may not have third-party credit ratings or audited financial statements. We must therefore rely on the ability of our Adviser to obtain adequate information through due diligence to evaluate the creditworthiness and potential returns from investing in these companies, and to monitor the activities and performance of these investments. To the extent that we (or other clients of our Adviser) may hold a larger number of investments, greater demands will be placed on our Adviser’s time, resources and personnel in monitoring such investments, which may result in less attention being paid to any individual investment and greater risk that our investment decisions may not be fully informed. Additionally, these companies and their financial information will not generally be subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and other rules that govern public companies. If we are unable to uncover all material information about these companies, we may not make a fully informed investment decision, and we may lose money on our investments. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Certain investment analyses and decisions by our Adviser may be required to be undertaken on an expedited basis. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investment analyses and decisions by our Adviser may be required to be undertaken on an expedited basis to take advantage of certain investment opportunities. While we generally will not seek to make an investment until our Adviser has conducted sufficient due diligence to make a determination as to the acceptability of the credit quality of the investment and the underlying issuer, in such cases, the information available to our Adviser at the time of making an investment decision may be limited. Therefore, no assurance can be given that our Adviser will have knowledge of all circumstances that may adversely affect an investment. In addition, our Adviser may rely upon independent consultants and others in connection with its evaluation of proposed investments. No assurance can be given as to the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by such independent consultants and we may incur liability as a result of such consultants’ actions, many of whom we will have limited recourse against in the event of any such inaccuracies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may not have the funds or ability to make additional investments in our portfolio companies. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After our initial investment in a portfolio company, we may be called upon from time to time to provide additional funds to such company or have the opportunity to increase our investment through the exercise of a warrant or other right to purchase common stock. There is no assurance that we will make, or will have sufficient funds to make, <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investments. Even if we do have sufficient capital to make a desired <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investment, we may elect not to make a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investment because we may not want to increase our level of risk, we prefer other opportunities, we are limited in our ability to do so by compliance with BDC requirements, or in order to maintain our RIC status. Our ability to make <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investments may also be limited by our Adviser’s </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">allocation policies. Any decision not to make a <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">follow-on</div> investment or any inability on our part to make such an investment may have a negative impact on a portfolio company in need of such an investment, may result in a missed opportunity for us to increase our participation in a successful investment or may reduce the expected return to us on the investment. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to certain risks as a result of our interests in the CLO Preferred Shares. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of the loan sale agreements entered into in connection with our debt securitization transactions with respect to the CLO (the “CLO Transaction”), we contributed to Owl Rock CLO VIII, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “CLO Issuer”) all of the ownership interest in the portfolio loans and participations held by the CLO Issuer on the closing date for the CLO Transaction for the purchase price and other consideration set forth in such loan sale agreements. As a result of the CLO Transaction, we hold all of the preferred shares issued by the CLO Issuer (collectively, the “CLO Preferred Shares”), which comprise 100% of the equity interests (other than certain nominal interests held by a charitable trust for purposes of limiting the ability of the CLO Issuer to file for bankruptcy), in the CLO Issuer. As a result, we expect to consolidate the financial statements of the CLO Issuer in our consolidated financial statements. However, once sold or contributed to a CLO, the underlying loans and participation interests have been securitized and are no longer our direct investment, and the risk return profile has been altered. In general, rather than holding interests in the underlying loans and participation interests, the CLO Transaction resulted in us holding equity interests in the CLO Issuer, with the CLO Issuer holding the underlying loans. As a result, we are subject both to the risks and benefits associated with the equity interests of the CLO Issuer (i.e., the CLO Preferred Shares) and, indirectly, the risks and benefits associated with the underlying loans and participation interests held by the CLO Issuer. In addition, our ability to sell, amend or otherwise modify an underlying loan held by the CLO Issuer is subject to certain conditions and restrictions under the CLO Transaction, which may prevent us from taking actions that we would take if we held such underlying loan directly. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The subordination of the CLO Preferred Shares will affect our right to payment. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The respective CLO Preferred Shares are subordinated to the notes issued and amounts borrowed by the CLO Issuer (collectively, the “CLO Debt”), respectively, and certain fees and expenses. If an overcollateralization test or an interest coverage test is not satisfied as of a determination date, the proceeds from the underlying loans otherwise payable to the CLO Issuer (which the CLO Issuer could have distributed with respect to the CLO Preferred Shares of the CLO Issuer) will be diverted to the payment of principal on the CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer. See “—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The CLO Indentures require mandatory redemption of the respective CLO Debt for failure to satisfy coverage tests, which would reduce the amounts available for distribution to us</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the scheduled maturity of the CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer or if such CLO Debt is accelerated after an event of default, proceeds available after the payment of certain administrative expenses will be applied to pay both principal of and interest on the such CLO Debt until such CLO Debt is paid in full before any further payment will be made on the CLO Preferred Shares of such CLO Issuer. As a <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">result</div></div>, such CLO Preferred Shares would not receive any payments until such CLO Debt is paid in full and under certain circumstances may not receive payments at any time. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, if an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to the CLO Debt of a CLO Issuer, the holders of the CLO Debt will be entitled to determine the remedies to be exercised under the indenture pursuant to which the CLO Debt was issued (the “CLO Indenture”). Remedies pursued by the holders of CLO Debt could be adverse to our interests as the holder of CLO Preferred Shares, and the holders of CLO Debt will have no obligation to consider any possible adverse effect on such our interest or the interest of any other person. See “ —<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">The holders of certain CLO Debt will control many rights under the CLO Indentures and therefore, we will have limited rights in connection with an event of default or distributions thereunder</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The CLO Preferred Shares represent leveraged investments in the underlying loan portfolio of the CLO Issuer, which is a speculative investment technique that increases the risk to us as the owner of the CLO Preferred Shares. As the junior interest in a leveraged capital structure, the CLO Preferred Shares will bear the primary risk of deterioration in the performance of the applicable CLO Issuer and its portfolio of underlying loans. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The holders of certain CLO Debt will control many rights under the CLO Indenture and therefore, we will have limited rights in connection with an event of default or distributions thereunder. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under each CLO Indenture, as long as any CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer is outstanding, the holders of the senior-most outstanding class of such CLO Debt will have the right to direct the trustee or the CLO Issuer to take certain actions under the CLO Indenture, subject to certain conditions. For example, these holders will have the right, following an event of default, to direct certain actions and control certain decisions, including the right to accelerate the maturity of applicable CLO Debt and, under certain circumstances, the liquidation of the collateral. Remedies pursued by such holders upon an event of default could be adverse to our interests. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we, as the holder of the CLO Preferred Shares, will have the right, subject to the conditions set forth in the CLO Indenture, to purchase assets in any liquidation of assets by the collateral trustee, if an event of default has occurred and is continuing, we will not have any creditors’ rights against the CLO Issuer and will not have the right to determine the remedies to be exercised under the CLO Indenture. There is no guarantee that any funds will remain to make distributions to us as the holder of the CLO Preferred Shares following any liquidation of assets and the application of the proceeds from such assets to pay the CLO Debt and the fees, expenses, and other liabilities payable by the CLO Issuer. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The CLO Indenture requires mandatory redemption of the respective CLO Debt for failure to satisfy coverage tests, which would reduce the amounts available for distribution to us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the CLO Indenture governing the CLO Transaction, there are two coverage tests applicable to CLO Debt. These tests apply to each CLO Transaction separately. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The first such test, the interest coverage test, compares the amount of interest proceeds received and, other than in the case of defaulted loans, scheduled to be received on the underlying loans held by the CLO Issuer to the amount of interest due and payable on the CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer and the amount of fees and expenses senior to the payment of such interest in the priority of distribution of interest proceeds. To satisfy this test interest received on the portfolio loans held by the CLO Issuer must equal at least 120% of the amount equal to the interest payable on the Class A debt and the Class B Notes of such CLO Issuer plus the senior fees and expenses, and 115% of the Class C Notes plus the senior fees and expenses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The second such test, the overcollateralization test, compares the adjusted collateral principal amount of the portfolio of underlying loans of the CLO Issuer to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the CLO Debt of the CLO Issuer. To satisfy this second test at any time, this adjusted collateral principal amount for CLO VIII must equal at least 138.46% of the outstanding principal amount of the CLO VIII Class A Debt and Class B Notes, and 126.90% of the Class C Notes. In this test, certain reductions are applied to the principal balance of underlying loans in connection with certain events, such as defaults or ratings downgrades to “CCC” levels or below with respect to the loans held by the CLO Issuer. These adjustments increase the likelihood that this test is not satisfied. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If either coverage test with respect to a CLO Transaction is not satisfied on any determination date on which such test is applicable, the CLO Issuer must apply available amounts to redeem its CLO Debt in an amount necessary to cause such test to be satisfied. This would reduce or eliminate the amounts otherwise available to make distributions to us as the holder of the CLO Preferred Shares of the CLO Issuer. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Because we have received the approval of our sole shareholder, we will be subject to 150% Asset Coverage. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Recent legislation has modified the 1940 Act by allowing a BDC to increase the maximum amount of leverage it may incur from an asset coverage ratio of 200% to an asset coverage ratio of 150%, if certain requirements are met. The reduced asset coverage requirement would permit a BDC to double the amount of leverage it can incur. For example, under a 150% asset coverage ratio the Company may borrow $2 for investment purposes of every $1 of investor equity whereas under a 200% asset coverage ratio the Company may borrow only $1 for investment purposes for every $1 of investor equity. Because the Adviser, as our sole shareholder, has approved this proposal, the reduced asset coverage ratio is currently effective. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Leverage magnifies the potential for loss on investments in our indebtedness and on invested equity capital. As we may use leverage to partially finance our investments, you will experience increased risks of investing in our securities. If the value of our assets increases, then leveraging would cause the net asset value attributable to our common stock to increase more sharply than it would have had we not leveraged. Conversely, if the value of our assets decreases, leveraging would cause net asset value to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have had we not leveraged our business. Similarly, any increase in our income in excess of interest payable on the borrowed funds would cause our net investment income to increase more than it would without the leverage, while any decrease in our income would cause net investment income to decline more sharply than it would have had we not borrowed. Such a decline could negatively affect our ability to pay common stock dividends, scheduled debt payments or other payments related to our securities. Leverage is generally considered a speculative investment technique. See “Risk Factors - Risks Related to Our Business - <div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">To the extent that we borrow money, the potential for gain or loss on amounts invested in us will be magnified and may increase the risk of investing in us. Borrowed money may also adversely affect the return on our assets, reduce cash available to service our debt or for distribution to our shareholders, and result in losses.”</div></div> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our investments in portfolio companies may expose us to environmental risks. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may invest in portfolio companies that are subject to changing and increasingly stringent environmental and health and safety laws, regulations and permit requirements and environmental costs that could place increasing financial burdens on such portfolio entities. Required expenditures for environmental compliance may adversely impact investment returns on portfolio companies. The imposition of new environmental and other laws, regulations and initiatives could adversely affect the business operations and financial stability of such portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There can be no guarantee that all costs and risks regarding compliance with environmental laws and regulations can be identified. New and more stringent environmental and health and safety laws, regulations and permit requirements or stricter interpretations of current laws or regulations could impose substantial additional costs on our portfolio companies. Compliance with such current or future environmental requirements does not ensure that the operations of the portfolio companies will not cause injury to the environment or to people under all circumstances or that the portfolio companies will not be required to incur additional unforeseen environmental expenditures. Moreover, failure to comply with any such requirements could have a material adverse effect on a portfolio company, and we can offer no assurance that any such portfolio companies will at all times comply with all applicable environmental laws, regulations and permit requirements. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The effect of global climate change and climate-change related regulation and sustainability concerns could impact the operations of our portfolio companies and adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Global climate change is widely considered to be a significant threat to the global economy. Our portfolio companies face risks associated with climate change, including physical risks such as an increased frequency of extreme weather events and rising seal level temperatures. For some of our portfolio companies, climate change may also impact their profitability and costs, as well as pose systemic risks for their businesses. For example, the needs of customers of energy companies vary with weather conditions, primarily temperature and humidity. To the extent weather conditions are affected by climate change, energy use could increase or decrease depending on the duration and magnitude of any changes. Increases in the cost of energy could adversely affect the cost of operations of our portfolio companies if the use of energy products or services is material to their business. A decrease in energy use due to weather changes may affect some of our portfolio companies’ financial condition through, for example, decreased revenues. Extreme weather conditions in general require more system backup, adding to costs, and can contribute to increased system stresses, including service interruptions. </div> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to an Investment in Our Common Stock </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Investors will not know the purchase price per share at the time they submit their subscription agreements and could receive fewer shares of our common stock than anticipated if our Board determines to increase the offering price to a price that we believe reflects the net asset value per share of the Class S, Class D and Class I shares in accordance with our share pricing policy. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Class S, Class D and Class I shares may, to the extent permitted or required under the rules and regulations of the SEC, be sold at prices necessary to ensure that shares are not sold at prices per share, after deducting the applicable Upfront Sales Load, that are below our net asset value per share for such class, if our net asset value per share: (i) declines more than 10% from the net asset value per share as of the effective date of this registration statement or (ii) increases to an amount that is greater than the net proceeds per share as stated herein. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the Company’s share pricing policy, we will modify our public offering price to the extent necessary to comply with the requirements of the 1940 Act, including the requirement that we not sell our shares at a net offering price below our net asset value per share unless we obtain the requisite approval from our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a result, your purchase price may be higher than the prior subscription closing price per share, and therefore you may receive a smaller number of shares than if you had subscribed at the prior subscription closing price. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we are unable to raise substantial funds in our ongoing, continuous “best efforts” offering, we may be limited in the number and type of investments we may make, and the value of your investment in us may be reduced in the event our assets under- perform. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our continuous offering is being made on a best efforts basis, whereby our Dealer Manager and participating broker-dealers are only required to use their best efforts to sell our shares and have no firm commitment or obligation to purchase any of our shares. To the extent that less than the maximum number of shares is subscribed for, the opportunity for diversification of our investments may be decreased and the returns achieved on those investments may be reduced as a result of allocating all of our expenses among a smaller capital base. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our shares are not listed, and we do not intend to list our shares, on an exchange, nor are our shares quoted through a quotation system. Therefore, our shareholders will have limited liquidity and may not receive a full return of invested capital (including <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">front-end</div> commissions, fees and expenses), upon selling their shares or upon liquidation of our company. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our shares are illiquid investments for which there is not a secondary market nor is it expected that any such secondary market will develop in the future. We do not intend to complete a liquidity event within any specific time period, if at all. A liquidity event could include a merger or another transaction approved by our Board in which our shareholders will receive cash or shares of a listed company, or a sale of all or substantially all of our assets either on a complete portfolio basis or individually followed by a liquidation. We do not intend to list our shares on a national securities exchange. Upon the occurrence of a liquidity event, if any, all Class S and Class D shares will automatically convert into Class I shares and the ongoing servicing fee will terminate. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not know at this time what circumstances will exist in the future and therefore we do not know what factors our Board will consider in determining whether to pursue a liquidity event in the future. Also, since a portion of the public offering price from the sale of shares in our offering will be used to pay offering expenses and recurring expenses, the full offering price paid by our shareholders will not be invested in portfolio companies. As a result, even if we do complete a liquidity event, you may not receive a return of all of your invested capital. If we do not complete a liquidity event, liquidity for your shares will be limited to participation in our share repurchase program, which may not be for a sufficient number of shares to meet your request and which we have no obligation to maintain. In addition, any shares repurchased pursuant to our share repurchase program may be purchased at a price which may reflect a discount from the purchase price shareholders paid for the shares being repurchased. See “Share Repurchase Program” for a detailed description of the share repurchase program. Because investors who participate in our distribution reinvestment plan will receive additional shares of our common stock in lieu of cash distributions, their exposure to the foregoing risks will be increased compared to their exposure if they had elected to receive cash distributions. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Dealer Manager in our continuous offering may be unable to sell a sufficient number of shares of common stock for us to achieve our investment objective. Our ability to conduct our continuous offering successfully is dependent, in part, on the ability of our Dealer Manager to successfully establish, operate and maintain relationships with a network of broker-dealers. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The success of our continuous public offering, and correspondingly our ability to implement our business strategy, is dependent upon the ability of our Dealer Manager to establish and maintain relationships with a network of licensed securities broker-dealers and other agents to sell our shares. If our Dealer Manager fails to perform, we may not be able to raise adequate proceeds through our public offering to implement our investment strategy. If we are unsuccessful in implementing our investment strategy, you could lose all or a part of your investment. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Purchases of shares of our common stock by persons affiliated with us or our Adviser should not influence investment decisions of independent, unaffiliated investors. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except for certain share ownership and transfer restrictions contained in our charter, there is no limit on the number of shares that may be sold to our officers, directors, and Adviser, its affiliates and/or immediate family members. There is no assurance, however, that we will be successful in raising additional funds in our offering. If we are unsuccessful in raising additional funds, we may be unable to diversify our portfolio, and our operating expenses as a percentage of our gross offering proceeds will be higher. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We intend, but are not required, to offer to repurchase your shares on a quarterly basis. As a result you will have limited opportunities to sell your shares. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Beginning with the first full calendar quarter after the date that we sell shares to a person or entity other than our Adviser, our directors, officers and/or other affiliated persons and entities, we may, from time to time, determine to repurchase a portion of the shares of our common stock, and if we do, we expect that only a limited number of shares will be eligible for repurchase. In addition, any such repurchases will be at a price equal to the net offering price per share on each Repurchase Date, except that shares that have not been outstanding for at least one year will be subject to an Early Withdrawal Charge. As a result, the price at which we repurchase shares may be at a discount to the price at which you purchased shares of common stock in our offering. The share repurchase program, if implemented, will include numerous restrictions that limit your ability to sell your shares, and share repurchases may not be available each month. For example, to the extent we choose to repurchase shares in any particular quarter, we intend to limit the number of shares to be repurchased in each quarter to no more than 5.00% of our outstanding shares of common stock. Our Board </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 on a per class basis. Economic events affecting the U.S. economy, such as volatility in the financial markets, inflation, higher interest rates or global or national events that are beyond our control, could cause an increased number of shares to be put to us for repurchase. To the extent that the number of shares put to us for repurchase exceeds the number of shares that we are able to purchase, we will repurchase shares on a pro rata basis, not on a first-come, first-serve basis. Further, we will have no obligation to repurchase shares if the repurchase would violate the restrictions on distributions under federal law or Maryland law. These limits may prevent us from accommodating all repurchase requests made in any month. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will notify our shareholders of such developments: (i) in our quarterly reports or (ii) by means of a separate mailing to you, accompanied by disclosure in a current or periodic report under the Exchange Act. In addition, under the quarterly share repurchase program, if implemented, we will have discretion to not repurchase shares, to suspend the program, and to cease repurchases. Further, the program may have many limitations and should not be relied upon as a method to sell shares promptly and at a desired price. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The timing of our repurchase offers pursuant to our share repurchase program may be at a time that is disadvantageous to our shareholders, and, to the extent you are able to sell your shares under the program, you may not be able to recover the amount of your investment in our shares. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">When we make repurchase offers pursuant to the share repurchase program, we may offer to repurchase shares at a price that is lower than the price that you paid for our shares. As a result, to the extent you paid a price that includes the related Upfront Sales Load and to the extent you have the ability to sell your shares pursuant to our share repurchase program, the price at which you may sell shares, which will be the current net offering price per share for the relevant class in effect on each date of repurchase, may be lower than the amount you paid in connection with the purchase of shares in our offering. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may be unable to invest a significant portion of the net proceeds of our offering on acceptable terms in an acceptable timeframe. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Delays in investing the net proceeds of our offering may impair our performance. We cannot assure you that we will be able to continue to identify investments that meet our investment objective or that any investment that we make will produce a positive return. We may be unable to invest the net proceeds of our offering on acceptable terms within the time period that we anticipate or at all, which could harm our financial condition and operating results. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Before making investments, we will invest the net proceeds of our continuous public offering primarily in cash, cash-equivalents, U.S. government securities, repurchase agreements, and/or other high-quality debt instruments maturing in one year or less from the time of investment. This will produce returns that are significantly lower than the returns which we expect to achieve when our portfolio is fully invested in securities and loans meeting our investment objective. As a result, any distributions that we pay while our portfolio is not fully invested may be lower than the distributions that we may be able to pay when our portfolio is fully invested in securities meeting our investment objective. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">A shareholder’s interest in us will be diluted if we issue additional shares, which could reduce the overall value of an investment in us. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No class of our common stock grants shareholders preemptive rights to purchase any shares we issue in the future. Our charter authorizes us to issue up to 3 billion shares of common stock. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to our charter, a majority of our entire Board may amend our charter to increase the number of shares of common stock we may issue without shareholder approval. Our Board may elect to sell additional shares in the future or issue equity interests in private offerings. To the extent we issue additional equity interests at or below net asset value, your percentage ownership interest in us may be diluted. In addition, depending upon the terms and pricing of any additional offerings and the value of our investments, you may also experience dilution in the book value and fair value of your shares. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the 1940 Act, we generally are prohibited from issuing or selling our common stock at a price below net asset value per share, which may be a disadvantage as compared with certain public companies. We may, however, sell our common stock, or warrants, options, or rights to acquire our common stock, at a price below the current net asset value of our common stock if our Board and independent directors determine that such sale is in our best interests and the best interests of our shareholders, and our shareholders, including a majority of those shareholders that are not affiliated with us, approve such sale. In any such case, the price at which our securities are to be issued and sold may not be less than a price that, in the determination of our Board, closely </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">approximates the fair value of such securities (less any distributing commission or discount). If we raise additional funds by issuing common stock or senior securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, our common stock, then the percentage ownership of our shareholders at that time will decrease and you will experience dilution. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Certain provisions of our charter and actions of our Board could deter takeover attempts and have an adverse impact on the value of shares of our common stock. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our charter, as well as certain statutory and regulatory requirements, contain certain provisions that may have the effect of discouraging a third party from attempting to acquire us. Our Board is divided into three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms, which could prevent shareholders from removing a majority of directors in any given election. Our Board may, without shareholder action, authorize the issuance of shares in one or more classes or series, including shares of preferred stock; and our Board may, without shareholder action, amend our charter to increase the number of shares of our common stock, of any class or series, that we will have authority to issue. These anti-takeover provisions may inhibit a change of control in circumstances that could give the holders of shares of our common stock the opportunity to realize a premium over the value of shares of our common stock. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The investments we make in accordance with our investment objective may result in a higher amount of risk than alternative investment options, including volatility or loss of principal. Our investments in portfolio companies may be highly speculative and aggressive and, therefore, an investment in our common stock may not be suitable for someone with lower risk tolerance. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The net asset value of our common stock may fluctuate significantly. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The net asset value and liquidity, if any, of the market for shares of our common stock may be significantly affected by numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control and may not be directly related to our operating performance. These factors include: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in the value of our portfolio of investments and derivative instruments as a result of changes in market factors, such as interest rate shifts, and also portfolio specific performance, such as portfolio company defaults, among other reasons; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in regulatory policies or tax guidelines, particularly with respect to RICs or BDCs; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">loss of RIC tax treatment or BDC status; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">distributions that exceed our net investment income and net income as reported according to U.S. GAAP; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in earnings or variations in operating results; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">changes in accounting guidelines governing valuation of our investments; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">any shortfall in revenue or net income or any increase in losses from levels expected by investors; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">departure of our Adviser or certain of its key personnel; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">general economic trends and other external factors; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:3%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">loss of a major funding source </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The amount of any distributions we may make on our common stock is uncertain. We may not be able to pay distributions to shareholders, or be able to sustain distributions at any particular level, and our distributions per share, if any, may not grow over time, and our distributions per share may be reduced. We have not established any limits on the extent to which we may use borrowings, if any, and we may use sources other than cash flows from operations to fund distributions (which may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in portfolio companies). </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to our Board’s discretion and applicable legal restrictions, we intend to authorize and declare cash distributions on a monthly or quarterly basis and pay such distributions on a monthly basis. We expect to pay distributions out of assets legally available for distribution. However, we cannot assure you that we will achieve investment results that will allow us to make a consistent targeted level of cash distributions or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">year-to-year</div></div> increases in cash distributions. Our ability to pay distributions might be adversely affected by the impact of the risks described herein. Further, the per share amount of distributions on Class S, Class D and Class I shares may differ because of different allocations of class-specific expenses. For example, distributions on Class S and Class D shares will be lower than on Class I shares because Class S and Class D shares are subject to different ongoing servicing fees. In addition, the </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">inability to satisfy the asset coverage test applicable to us as a BDC under the 1940 Act can limit our ability to pay distributions. Distributions from sources other than cash flows also could reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in debt or equity securities of portfolio companies. We cannot assure you that we will pay distributions to our shareholders in the future. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our distributions to shareholders may be funded from expense reimbursements or waivers of investment advisory fees that are subject to repayment pursuant to our Expense Support Agreement. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Substantial portions of our distributions may be funded through the reimbursement of certain expenses by our Adviser and its affiliates, including through the waiver of certain investment advisory fees by our Adviser. Any such distributions funded through expense reimbursements or waivers of advisory fees will not be based on our investment performance, and can only be sustained if we achieve positive investment performance in future periods and/or our Adviser and its affiliates continue to make such reimbursements or waivers of such fees. Our future repayments of amounts reimbursed or waived by our Adviser or its affiliates will reduce the distributions that shareholders would otherwise receive in the future. There can be no assurance that we will achieve the performance necessary to be able to pay distributions at a specific rate or at all. Our Adviser and its affiliates have no obligation to waive advisory fees or otherwise reimburse expenses in future periods. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Distributions on our common stock may exceed our taxable earnings and profits. Therefore, portions of the distributions that we pay may represent a return of capital to you. A return of capital is a return of a portion of your original investment in shares of our common stock. As a result, a return of capital will (i) lower your tax basis in your shares and thereby increase the amount of capital gain (or decrease the amount of capital loss) realized upon a subsequent sale or redemption of such shares, and (ii) reduce the amount of funds we have for investment in portfolio companies. We have not established any limit on the extent to which we may use offering proceeds to fund distributions. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may pay our distributions from offering proceeds in anticipation of future cash flow, which may constitute a return of your capital and will lower your tax basis in your shares, thereby increasing the amount of capital gain (or decreasing the amount of capital loss) realized upon a subsequent sale or redemption of such shares, even if such shares have not increased in value or have, in fact, lost value. Distributions from offering proceeds also could reduce the amount of capital we ultimately have available to invest in portfolio companies. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">The amount of any distributions we may make on our common stock is uncertain. We may not be able to pay distributions to shareholders, or be able to sustain distributions at any particular level, and our distributions per share, if any, may not grow over time, and our distributions per share may be reduced. We have not established any limits on the extent to which we may use borrowings, if any, and we may use sources other than cash flows from operations to fund distributions (which may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in portfolio companies). </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to our Board’s discretion and applicable legal restrictions, we intend to authorize and declare cash distributions on a monthly or quarterly basis and pay such distributions on a monthly basis. We expect to pay distributions out of assets legally available for distribution. However, we cannot assure you that we will achieve investment results that will allow us to make a consistent targeted level of cash distributions or <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">year-to-year</div></div> increases in cash distributions. Our ability to pay distributions might be adversely affected by the impact of the risks described herein. Further, the per share amount of distributions on Class S, Class D and Class I shares may differ because of different allocations of class-specific expenses. For example, distributions on Class S and Class D shares will be lower than on Class I shares because Class S and Class D shares are subject to different ongoing servicing fees. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the inability to satisfy the asset coverage test applicable to us as a BDC under the 1940 Act can limit our ability to pay distributions. Distributions from sources other than cash flows from operations also could reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in debt or equity securities of portfolio companies. We cannot assure you that we will pay distributions to our shareholders in the future. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Shareholders will experience dilution in their ownership percentage if they do not participate in our distribution reinvestment plan. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have adopted a distribution reinvestment plan whereby shareholders (other than Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont and Washington investors and clients of certain participating brokers that do not permit automatic enrollment in our distribution reinvestment plan) will have their cash distributions automatically reinvested in additional shares of the same class of our common stock to which the distribution relates unless they elect to receive their distributions in cash. See “Distribution Reinvestment Plan.” Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont and Washington </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">investors, and clients of certain participating brokers that do not permit automatic enrollment in our distribution reinvestment plan, will automatically receive their distributions in cash unless they elect to have their cash distributions reinvested in additional shares of our common stock. As a result, shareholders that do not elect to participate in our distribution reinvestment plan will experience dilution over time. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Preferred stock could be issued with rights and preferences that would adversely affect holders of our common stock. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the terms of our charter, our Board is authorized to issue shares of preferred stock in one or more series without shareholder approval, which could potentially adversely affect the interests of existing shareholders. In particular, holders of preferred stock are required to have certain voting rights when there are unpaid dividends and priority over other classes of securities as to distribution of assets or payment of dividends. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we issue preferred stock or convertible debt securities, the net asset value of our common stock may become more volatile. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We cannot assure you that the issuance of preferred stock and/or convertible debt securities would result in a higher yield or return to the holders of our common stock. The issuance of preferred stock or convertible debt would likely cause the net asset value of our common stock to become more volatile. If the dividend rate on the preferred stock, or the interest rate on the convertible debt securities, were to approach the net rate of return on our investment portfolio, the benefit of such leverage to the holders of our common stock would be reduced. If the dividend rate on the preferred stock, or the interest rate on the debt securities, were to exceed the net rate of return on our portfolio, the use of leverage would result in a lower rate of return to the holders of common stock than if we had not issued the preferred stock or convertible debt securities. Any decline in the net asset value of our investment would be borne entirely by the holders of our common stock. Therefore, if the market value of our portfolio were to decline, the leverage would result in a greater decrease in net asset value to the holders of our common stock than if we were not leveraged through the issuance of preferred stock or debt securities. This decline in net asset value would also tend to cause a greater decline in the market price, if any, for our common stock. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">There is also a risk that, in the event of a sharp decline in the value of our net assets, we would be in danger of failing to maintain required asset coverage ratios, which may be required by the preferred stock or convertible debt, or our current investment income might not be sufficient to meet the dividend requirements on the preferred stock or the interest payments on the debt securities. In order to counteract such an event, we might need to liquidate investments in order to fund the redemption of some or all of the preferred stock or convertible debt. In addition, we would pay (and the holders of our common stock would bear) all costs and expenses relating to the issuance and ongoing maintenance of the preferred stock, convertible debt, or any combination of these securities. Holders of preferred stock or convertible debt may have different interests than holders of common stock and may at times have disproportionate influence over our affairs. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Holders of any preferred stock that we may issue will have the right to elect certain members of the Board and have class voting rights on certain matters. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The 1940 Act requires that holders of shares of preferred stock must be entitled as a class to elect two directors at all times and to elect a majority of the directors if dividends on such preferred stock are in arrears by two years or more, until such arrearage is eliminated. In addition, certain matters under the 1940 Act require the separate vote of the holders of any issued and outstanding preferred stock, including changes in fundamental investment restrictions and conversion to open end status and, accordingly, preferred shareholders could veto any such changes. Restrictions imposed on the declarations and payment of dividends or other distributions to the holders of our common stock and preferred stock, both by the 1940 Act and by requirements imposed by rating agencies, might impair our ability to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Our board of directors has passed a resolution that no preferred stock will be issued that has voting rights that will limit or subordinate voting rights of the holders of our common stock afforded by the Omnibus Guidelines issued by NASAA. However, there can be no assurance that our Board will not issue preferred stock in the future. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">A downgrade, suspension or withdrawal of the credit rating assigned by a rating agency to us or our notes, if any, or change in the debt markets, could cause the liquidity or market value of our notes to decline significantly. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our credit ratings are an assessment by rating agencies of our ability to pay our debts when due. Consequently, real or anticipated changes in our credit ratings will generally affect the market value of our notes. These credit ratings may not reflect the potential impact of risks relating to the structure or marketing of our notes. Credit ratings are not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security, and may be revised or withdrawn at any time by the issuing organization in its sole discretion. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Compliance with the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest by participating broker-dealers may negatively impact our ability to raise capital in our offering, which would harm our ability to achieve our investment objectives. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Commencing June 30, 2020, broker-dealers must comply with Regulation Best Interest, which, among other requirements, establishes a new standard of conduct for broker-dealers and their associated persons when making a recommendation of any securities transaction or investment strategy involving securities to a retail customer. The impact of Regulation Best Interest on participating dealers cannot be determined at this time, and it may negatively impact whether participating dealers and their associated persons recommend our offering to certain retail customers. If Regulation Best Interest reduces our ability to raise capital in our offering, it would harm our ability to create a diversified portfolio of investments and ability to achieve our investment objectives. </div> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Risks Related to U.S. Federal Income Tax </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We cannot predict how new tax legislation will affect us, our investments, or our stockholders, and any such legislation could adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Legislative or other actions relating to taxes could have a negative effect on us. The laws pertaining to U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the IRS and the U.S. Treasury Department. The Biden administration has enacted significant changes to the existing U.S. tax laws, and there are a number of proposals in Congress that would similarly modify the existing U.S. tax rules. The likelihood of any such legislation being enacted is uncertain. New legislation and any U.S. Treasury regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions interpreting such legislation could have adverse tax consequences, such as significantly and negatively affecting our ability to qualify for tax treatment as a RIC or negatively affecting the U.S. federal income tax consequences applicable to us and our investors as a result of such qualification. Shareholders are urged to consult with their tax advisor regarding tax legislative, regulatory, or administrative developments and proposals and their potential effect on an investment in our common stock. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at corporate rates if we are unable to maintain our tax treatment as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code or if we make investments through taxable subsidiaries. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To maintain RIC tax treatment under the Code, we must meet the following minimum annual distribution, income source and asset diversification requirements. See “<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">ITEM 1. BUSINESS </div></div>—<div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;"> Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations</div></div>.” </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Annual Distribution Requirement for a RIC generally will be satisfied if we distribute to our shareholders on an annual basis at least 90% of our “investment company taxable income,” which is generally our net ordinary income plus the excess, if any, of realized net short term capital gains over realized net long term capital losses. In addition, a RIC may, in certain cases, satisfy the Annual Distribution Requirement by distributing dividends relating to a taxable year after the close of such taxable year under the “spillback dividend” provisions of Subchapter M. We would be taxed, at regular corporate rates, on retained income and/or gains, including any short term capital gains or long term capital gains. We also must make distributions to satisfy an additional Excise Tax Avoidance Requirement in order to avoid a 4% excise tax on certain undistributed income. Because we may use debt financing, we are subject to (i) an asset coverage ratio requirement under the 1940 Act and may, in the future, be subject to (ii) certain financial covenants under loan and credit agreements that could, under certain circumstances, restrict us from making distributions necessary to satisfy the distribution requirements. If we are unable to obtain cash from other sources, or choose or are required to retain a portion of our taxable income or gains, we could (1) be required to pay excise taxes and (2) fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment, and thus become subject to corporate level income tax on our taxable income (including gains). </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The income source requirement will be satisfied if we obtain at least 90% of our annual income from dividends, interest, payments with respect to loans of certain securities, gains from the sale of stock or other securities or foreign currencies, net income from certain “qualified publicly traded partnerships,” or other income derived from the business of investing in stock or securities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The asset diversification requirement will be satisfied if we meet certain asset diversification requirements at the end of each quarter of our taxable year. Specifically, at least 50% of the value of our assets must consist of cash, cash equivalents (including receivables), U.S. government securities, securities of other RICs, and other acceptable securities if such securities of any one issuer do not represent more than 5% of the value of our assets or more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer; and no more than 25% of the value of our assets can be invested in (i) the securities, other than U.S. government securities or securities of other RICs, of one issuer, (ii) the securities, other than the securities of other RICs of two or more issuers that are controlled, as determined under applicable Code rules, by us and that are engaged in the same or similar or related trades or businesses, or (iii) the securities of certain “qualified publicly traded partnerships.” Failure to meet these requirements may result in our having to dispose of </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">certain investments quickly in order to prevent the loss of RIC status. Because most of our investments will be in private companies, and therefore will be relatively illiquid, any such dispositions could be made at disadvantageous prices and could result in substantial losses. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we fail to qualify for or maintain RIC tax treatment for any reason and are subject to U.S. federal income tax at corporate rates, the resulting taxes could substantially reduce our net assets, the amount of income available for distribution, and the amount of our distributions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may invest in certain debt and equity investments through taxable subsidiaries and the net taxable income of these taxable subsidiaries will be subject to U.S. federal and state corporate income taxes. We may invest in certain foreign debt and equity investments, which could be subject to foreign taxes (such as income tax, withholding, and value added taxes). </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may have difficulty paying our required distributions if we recognize income before or without receiving cash representing such income. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For U.S. federal income tax purposes, we may be required to recognize taxable income in circumstances in which we do not receive a corresponding payment in cash. For example, since we will likely hold debt obligations that are treated under applicable tax rules as having OID (such as debt instruments with PIK, secondary market purchases of debt securities at a discount to par, interest or, in certain cases, increasing interest rates or debt instruments that were issued with warrants), we must include in income each year a portion of the OID that accrues over the life of the obligation, regardless of whether cash representing such income is received by us in the same taxable year. We may also have to include in income other amounts that we have not yet received in cash, such as unrealized appreciation for foreign currency forward contracts and deferred loan origination fees that are paid after origination of the loan or are paid in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-cash</div> compensation such as warrants or stock. Furthermore, we may invest in <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> corporations (or other <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> entities treated as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that could be treated under the Code and U.S. Treasury regulations as “passive foreign investment companies” and/or “controlled foreign corporations.” The rules relating to investment in these types of <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> entities are designed to limit deferral and generally require the current inclusion of income derived by the entity. In certain circumstances, this could require us to recognize income where we do not receive a corresponding payment in cash. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unrealized appreciation on derivatives, such as foreign currency forward contracts, may be included in taxable income while the receipt of cash may occur in a subsequent period when the related contract expires. Any unrealized depreciation on investments that the foreign currency forward contracts are designed to hedge are not currently deductible for tax purposes. This can result in increased taxable income whereby we may not have sufficient cash to pay distributions or we may opt to retain such taxable income and pay a 4% excise tax. In such cases we could still rely upon the “spillback provisions” to maintain RIC tax treatment. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We anticipate that a portion of our income may constitute OID or other income required to be included in taxable income prior to receipt of cash. Further, we may elect to amortize market discounts with respect to debt securities acquired in the secondary market and include such amounts in our taxable income in the current year, instead of upon disposition, as an election not to do so would limit our ability to deduct interest expenses for tax purposes. Because any OID or other amounts accrued will be included in our investment company taxable income for the year of the accrual, we may be required to make a distribution to our shareholders in order to satisfy the Annual Distribution Requirement, even if we will not have received any corresponding cash amount. As a result, we may have difficulty meeting the Annual Distribution Requirement necessary to maintain RIC tax treatment under the Code. We may have to sell some of our investments at times and/or at prices we would not consider advantageous, raise additional debt or equity capital, make a partial share distribution, or forgo new investment opportunities for this purpose. If we are not able to obtain cash from other sources, and choose not to make a qualifying share distribution, we may fail to qualify for RIC tax treatment and thus become subject to U.S. federal income tax. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">If we are not treated as a “publicly offered regulated investment company,” as defined in the Code, certain U.S. shareholders will be treated as having received a dividend from us in the amount of such U.S. shareholders’ allocable share of the base management fee and incentive fees paid to our Adviser and some of our expenses, and these fees and expenses will be treated as miscellaneous itemized deductions of such U.S. shareholders. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A “publicly offered regulated investment company” is a RIC whose shares are either (i) continuously offered pursuant to a public offering within the meaning of Section 4 of the Securities Act, (ii) regularly traded on an established securities market or (iii) held by at least 500 persons at all times during the taxable year. While we anticipate that we will constitute a publicly offered RIC, there can be no assurance that we will in fact so qualify for any of our taxable years. If we are not treated as a publicly offered regulated investment company for any calendar year, each U.S. shareholder that is an individual, trust or estate will be treated as having received a dividend from us in the amount of such U.S. shareholder’s allocable share of the base management fee and incentive fees paid to our Adviser and certain of our other expenses for the calendar year, and these fees and expenses will be treated as miscellaneous itemized deductions of such U.S. shareholder. Miscellaneous itemized deductions generally are deductible by a U.S. shareholder that is an individual, trust or estate only to the extent that the aggregate of such U.S. shareholder’s miscellaneous itemized deductions exceeds 2% of such U.S. shareholder’s adjusted gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes, are not deductible for purposes of the alternative minimum tax and are subject to the overall limitation on itemized deductions under the Code. </div> <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">General Risk Factors </div></div><div style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Changes in laws or regulations governing our operations may adversely affect our business or cause us to alter our business strategy. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We and our portfolio companies are subject to regulation by laws at the local, state, and federal levels. These laws and regulations, as well as their interpretation, could change from time to time, including as the result of interpretive guidance or other directives from the U.S. President and others in the executive branch, and new laws, regulations and interpretations could also come into effect. For example, on August 16, 2022, the Biden administration enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which modifies key aspects of the Code, including by creating an alternative minimum tax on certain large corporations and an excise tax on stock repurchases by certain corporations. We are currently assessing the potential impact of these legislative changes. Any new or changed laws or regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, and political uncertainty could increase regulatory uncertainty in the near term. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Changes to the laws and regulations governing our permitted investments may require a change to our investment strategy. Such changes could differ materially from our strategies and plans as set forth in this report and may shift our investment focus from the areas of expertise of our Adviser. Thus, any such changes, if they occur, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and the value of your investment in us. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Heightened scrutiny of the financial services industry by regulators may materially and adversely affect our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The financial services industry has been the subject of heightened scrutiny by regulators around the globe. In particular, the SEC and its staff have focused more narrowly on issues relevant to alternative asset management firms, including by forming specialized units devoted to examining such firms and, in certain cases, bringing enforcement actions against the firms, their principals and employees. In recent periods there have been a number of enforcement actions within the industry, and it is expected that the SEC will continue to pursue enforcement actions against asset managers. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While the SEC’s recent lists of examination priorities include such items as cybersecurity compliance and controls and conducting risk-based examinations of investment advisory firms, it is generally expected that the SEC’s oversight of alternative asset managers will continue to focus substantially on concerns related to fiduciary duty transparency and investor disclosure practices. Although the SEC has cited improvements in disclosures and industry practices in this area, it has also indicated that there is room for improvement in particular areas, including fees and expenses (and the allocation of such fees and expenses) and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">co-investment</div> practices. To this end, many investment advisory firms have received inquiries during examinations or directly from the SEC’s Division of Enforcement regarding various transparency-related topics, including the acceleration of monitoring fees, the allocation of broken-deal expenses, outside business activities of firm principals and employees, group purchasing arrangements and general conflicts of interest disclosures. While we believe we have made appropriate and timely disclosures regarding the foregoing, the SEC staff may disagree. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Further, the SEC has highlighted BDC board oversight and valuation practices as one of its areas of focus in investment adviser examinations and has instituted enforcement actions against advisers for misleading investors about valuation. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the SEC were to investigate our Adviser and find errors in its methodologies or procedures, our Adviser could be subject to penalties and fines, which could in turn harm our reputation and our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. Similarly, from time to time we or our Adviser could become the subject of litigation or other similar claims. Any investigations, litigation or similar claims could continue without resolution for long periods of time and could consume substantial amounts of our management’s time and attention, and that time and attention and the devotion of associated resources could, at times, be disproportionate to the amounts at stake. Investigations, litigations and other claims are subject to inherent uncertainties, and a material adverse impact on our financial statements could occur for the period in which the effect of an unfavorable final outcome in an investigation, litigation or other similar claims becomes probable and reasonably estimable. In addition, we could incur expenses associated with defending ourselves against investigations, litigation and other similar claims, and these expenses could be material to our earnings in future periods. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Government intervention in the credit markets could adversely affect our business</div></div></div>. </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The central banks and, in particular, the U.S. Federal Reserve, have taken unprecedented steps since the financial crises of 2008-2009 and the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> global pandemic. It is impossible to predict if, how, and to what extent the United States and other governments would further intervene in the credit markets. Such intervention is often prompted by politically sensitive issues involving family homes, student loans, real estate speculation, credit card receivables, pandemics, etc., and could, as a result, be contrary to what we would predict from an “economically rational” perspective. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the other hand, recent governmental intervention could mean that the willingness of governmental bodies to take additional extraordinary action is diminished. As a result, in the event of near-term major market disruptions, there might be only limited additional government intervention, resulting in correspondingly greater market dislocation and materially greater market risk. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Our Bylaws include an exclusive forum selection provision, which could limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers, or other agents. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our Bylaws require that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City (or, if that court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Northern Division) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of any standard of conduct or legal duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other agents to us or to our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the MGCL or the Charter or the Bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. This exclusive forum selection provision in our Bylaws will not apply to claims arising under the federal securities laws, including the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. There is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such a provision, and investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. In addition, this provision may increase costs for shareholders in bringing a claim against us or our directors, officers or other agents. Any investor purchasing or otherwise acquiring our shares is deemed to have notice of and consented to the foregoing provision. The exclusive forum selection provision in our Bylaws may limit our shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other agents, which may discourage lawsuits against us and such persons. It is also possible that, notwithstanding such exclusive forum selection provision, a court could rule that such provision is inapplicable or unenforceable. If this occurred, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in another forum, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We expend significant financial and other resources to comply with the requirements of being a public entity. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a public entity, we are subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Exchange Act requires that we file annual, quarterly and current reports with respect to our business and financial condition. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting, which are discussed below. In order to maintain and improve the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls, significant resources and management oversight are required. We have implemented procedures, processes, policies and practices for the purpose of addressing the standards and requirements applicable to public companies. These activities may divert management’s attention from other business concerns, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div/><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We may experience fluctuations in our operating results. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may experience fluctuations in our operating results due to a number of factors, including our ability or inability to make investments in companies that meet our investment criteria, interest rates and default rates on the debt investments we make, the level of our expenses, variations in and the timing of the recognition of realized gains or losses, unrealized appreciation or depreciation, the degree to which we encounter competition in our markets, and general economic conditions. These occurrences could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, the value of your investment in us and our ability to pay distributions to you and our other shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are dependent on information systems and systems failures could significantly disrupt our business, which may, in turn, negatively affect our liquidity, financial condition or results of operations. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our business is dependent on our and third parties’ communications and information systems. Any failure or interruption of those systems, including as a result of the termination of an agreement with any third-party service providers, could cause delays or other problems in our activities. Our financial, accounting, data processing, portfolio monitoring, backup or other operating systems and facilities may fail to operate properly or become disabled or damaged as a result of a number of factors including events that are wholly or partially beyond our control. There could be: </div><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">sudden electrical or telecommunications outages; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes and hurricanes; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">disease pandemics, including the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">events arising from local or larger scale political or social matters, including terrorist acts; </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">outages due to idiosyncratic issues at specific service providers; and </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%"> </td> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">•</td> <td style="width:1%;vertical-align:top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">cyber-attacks. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These events, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on our operating results and negatively affect the net asset value of our common stock and our ability to pay distributions to our shareholders. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">We are subject to risks in using custodians, counterparties, administrators and other agents. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We depend on the services of custodians, counterparties, administrators and other agents to carry out certain transactions and other administrative services, including compliance with regulatory requirements in U.S. and <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">non-U.S.</div> jurisdictions. We are subject to risks of errors and mistakes made by these third parties, which may be attributed to us and subject us or our shareholders to reputational damage, penalties or losses. We depend on third parties to provide primary and back up communications and information systems. Any failure or interruption of those systems, including as a result of the termination of an agreement with any third-party service providers, could cause delays or other problems in our activities. Our financial, accounting, data processing, portfolio monitoring, backup or other operating systems and facilities may fail to operate properly or become disabled or damaged as a result of a number of factors including events that are wholly or partially beyond our control. The terms of the contracts with third-party service providers are often customized and complex, and many of these arrangements occur in markets or relate to products that are not subject to regulatory oversight. Accordingly, we may be unsuccessful in seeking reimbursement or indemnification from these third-party service providers. In addition, we rely on a select number of third-party services providers and replacement of any one of our service providers could be difficult and result in disruption and expense. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Internal and external cybersecurity threats and risks, as well as other disasters, may adversely affect our business or the business of our portfolio companies by impairing the ability to conduct business effectively. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cybersecurity incidents and cyber-attacks have been occurring globally at a more frequent and severe level, and will likely continue to increase in frequency in the future. The occurrence of a disaster, such as a cyber-attack against us, any of our portfolio companies, or against a third-party that has access to our data or networks, a natural catastrophe, an industrial accident, failure of our disaster recovery systems, or consequential employee error, could have an adverse effect on our ability to communicate or conduct business, negatively impacting our operations and financial condition. This adverse effect can become particularly acute if those events affect our electronic data processing, transmission, storage, and retrieval systems, or impact the availability, integrity, or confidentiality of our data. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We, and our portfolio companies, depend heavily upon computer systems to perform necessary business functions. Despite the implementation of a variety of security measures, our computer systems, networks, and data, like those of other companies, could be </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">subject to cyber-attacks and unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, such as from physical and electronic <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">break-ins</div> or unauthorized tampering. If one or more of these events occurs, it could potentially jeopardize the confidential, proprietary, and other information processed, stored in, and transmitted through our computer systems and networks, or otherwise cause interruptions or malfunctions in our operations, which could result in financial losses, litigation, regulatory penalties, client dissatisfaction or loss, reputational damage, and increased costs associated with mitigation of damages and remediation. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Third parties with which we do business may also be sources of cybersecurity or other technological risk. We outsource certain functions and these relationships allow for the storage and processing of our information, as well as client, counterparty, employee, and borrower information. While we engage in actions to reduce our exposure resulting from outsourcing, ongoing threats may result in unauthorized access, loss, exposure, destruction, or other cybersecurity incidents that adversely affects our data, resulting in increased costs and other consequences as described above. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, the increased use of mobile and cloud technologies due to the proliferation of remote work resulting from the <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">COVID-19</div> pandemic could heighten these and other operational risks as certain aspects of the security of such technologies may be complex and unpredictable. Reliance on mobile or cloud technology or any failure by mobile technology and cloud service providers to adequately safeguard their systems and prevent cyber-attacks could disrupt our operations, the operations of a portfolio company or the operations of our or their service providers and result in misappropriation, corruption or loss of personal, confidential or proprietary information or the inability to conduct ordinary business operations. In addition, there is a risk that encryption and other protective measures may be circumvented, particularly to the extent that new computing technologies increase the speed and computing power available. Extended periods of remote working, whether by us, our portfolio companies, or our service providers, could strain technology resources, introduce operational risks and otherwise heighten the risks described above. Remote working environments may be less secure and more susceptible to hacking attacks, including phishing and social engineering attempts. Accordingly, the risks described above, are heightened under the current conditions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have implemented processes, procedures and internal controls to help mitigate cybersecurity risks and cyber intrusions, but these measures, as well as our increased awareness of the nature and extent of a risk of a cyber-incident, do not guarantee that a cyber-incident will not occur and/or that our financial results, operations or confidential information will not be negatively impacted by such an incident </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, cybersecurity has become a top priority for global lawmakers and regulators around the world, and some jurisdictions have proposed or enacted laws requiring companies to notify regulators and individuals of data security breaches involving certain types of personal data. Compliance with such laws and regulations may result in cost increases due to system changes and the development of new administrative processes. If we or our Adviser or certain of its affiliates, fail to comply with the relevant and increasing laws and regulations, we could suffer financial losses, a disruption of our businesses, liability to investors, regulatory intervention or reputational damage. </div><div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Increased data protection regulation may result in increased complexities and risk in connection with the operation of our business. </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We operate in businesses that are highly dependent on information systems and technology. The costs related to cyber or other security threats or disruptions may not be fully insured or indemnified by other means. Cybersecurity has become a priority for regulators in the U.S. and around the world. Many jurisdictions in which we operate have laws and regulations relating to data privacy, cybersecurity and protection of personal information, including the California Consumer Privacy Act that went into effect on January 1, 2020, and the New York SHIELD Act, which went into effect on March 1, 2020. In addition, the SEC announced that one of the 2019 examination priorities for the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations was to continue to examine cybersecurity procedures and controls, including testing the implementation of these procedures and controls. Further, the European General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”) came into effect in May 2018. Data protection requirements under the GDPR are more stringent than those imposed under prior European legislation. There are substantial financial penalties for breach of the GDPR, including up to the higher of 20 million Euros or 4% of group annual worldwide turnover. <div style="white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Non-compliance</div> with any of the aforementioned laws or other similar laws, therefore, represents a serious risk to our business. Some jurisdictions have also enacted laws requiring companies to notify individuals of data security breaches involving certain types of personal data. Breaches in security could potentially jeopardize our, our employees’ or our product investors’ or counterparties’ confidential and other information processed and stored in, and transmitted through, our computer systems and networks, or otherwise cause interruptions or malfunctions in our, our employees’, our product investors’, our counterparties’ or third parties’ operations, which could result in significant losses, increased costs, disruption of our business, liability to our product investors and other counterparties, regulatory intervention or reputational damage. Furthermore, if we fail to comply with the relevant laws and regulations, it could result in regulatory investigations and penalties, which could lead to negative publicity and may cause our product investors and clients to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our security measures. </div> <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style: normal; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Senior Securities </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information about our senior securities is shown in the following table as of the end of the fiscal <div style="display:inline;">years </div>ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020. </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:92%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr style="font-size: 0px;"> <td style="width:52%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Class and Period</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Total Amount<br/>Outstanding</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Exclusive of</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Treasury</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Securities(1)</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">($ in millions)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Asset Coverage</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">per Unit(2)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Involuntary</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Liquidating</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Preference per</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Unit(3)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average<br/>Market Value</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">per Unit(4)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Promissory Note (5)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2020</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">10.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">2,226.8</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility I</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">440.4</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">301.3</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,998.5</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility II</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,538.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">446.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,998.5</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility III</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">555.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility IV</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">465.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">CLO VIII</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">290.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Revolving Credit Facility</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">302.3</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">451.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,998.5</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">September 2026 Notes</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">350.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">350.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,998.5</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">February 2027 Notes</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">500.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">September 2027 Notes</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">600.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">March 2025 Notes</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">500.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table><div style="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Total amount of each class of senior securities outstanding at the end of the period presented. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(2)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Asset coverage per unit is the ratio of the carrying value of our total assets, less all liabilities excluding indebtedness represented by senior securities in this table, to the aggregate amount of senior securities representing indebtedness. Asset coverage per unit is expressed in terms of dollar amounts per $1,000 of indebtedness and is calculated on a consolidated basis. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(3)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The amount to which such class of senior security would be entitled upon our involuntary liquidation in preference to any security junior to it. The “—” in this column indicates information that the SEC expressly does not require to be disclosed for certain types of senior securities. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(4)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Average market value per unit not applicable because the senior securities are not registered for public trading. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(5)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Facility was terminated in June 2022. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information about our senior securities is shown in the following table as of the end of the fiscal <div style="display:inline;">years </div>ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020. </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:92%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr style="font-size: 0px;"> <td style="width:52%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); display: table-cell; font-size: 8pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Class and Period</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Total Amount<br/>Outstanding</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Exclusive of</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Treasury</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Securities(1)</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">($ in millions)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Asset Coverage</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">per Unit(2)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Involuntary</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Liquidating</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Preference per</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Unit(3)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Average<br/>Market Value</div></div><br/><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">per Unit(4)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Promissory Note (5)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2020</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">10.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">2,226.8</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility I</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">440.4</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">301.3</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,998.5</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility II</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,538.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">446.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,998.5</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility III</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">555.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility IV</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">465.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">CLO VIII</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">290.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Revolving Credit Facility</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">302.3</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">451.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,998.5</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">September 2026 Notes</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">350.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">350.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,998.5</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">February 2027 Notes</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">500.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">September 2027 Notes</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">600.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">March 2025 Notes</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">500.0</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,927.2</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">N/A</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table><div style="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Total amount of each class of senior securities outstanding at the end of the period presented. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(2)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Asset coverage per unit is the ratio of the carrying value of our total assets, less all liabilities excluding indebtedness represented by senior securities in this table, to the aggregate amount of senior securities representing indebtedness. Asset coverage per unit is expressed in terms of dollar amounts per $1,000 of indebtedness and is calculated on a consolidated basis. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(3)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The amount to which such class of senior security would be entitled upon our involuntary liquidation in preference to any security junior to it. The “—” in this column indicates information that the SEC expressly does not require to be disclosed for certain types of senior securities. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(4)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Average market value per unit not applicable because the senior securities are not registered for public trading. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(5)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Facility was terminated in June 2022. </div></td></tr></table> 0 0 0 0 0 0 10000000 2226.8 0 440400000 1927.2 0 301300000 1998.5 0 1538000000 1927.2 0 446000000 1998.5 0 555000000 1927.2 0 465000000 1927.2 0 290000000 1927.2 0 302300000 1927.2 0 451200000 1998.5 0 350000000 1927.2 0 350000000 1998.5 0 500000000 1927.2 0 600000000 1927.2 0 500000000 1927.2 0 <div style="margin-top: 18pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"><div style="font-style: italic; letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;">Leverage </div></div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The amount of leverage we use in any period depends on a variety of factors, including cash available for investing, the cost of financing and general economic and market conditions. On September 30, 2020, we received shareholder approval that allowed us to reduce our asset coverage ratio to 150% effective October 1, 2020. and in connection with their subscription agreements, our investors are required to acknowledge our ability to operate with an asset coverage ratio that may be as low as 150%. As a result, we generally will be permitted, under specified conditions, to issue multiple classes of indebtedness and one class of stock senior to the common stock if our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, would at least be equal to 150% immediately after each such issuance. This reduced asset coverage ratio permits us to double the amount of leverage we can incur. For example, under a 150% asset coverage ratio we may borrow $2 for investment purposes of every $1 of investor equity whereas under a 200% asset coverage ratio we may only borrow $1 for investment purposes for every $1 of investor equity. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In any period, our interest expense will depend largely on the extent of our borrowing and we expect interest expense will increase as we increase our leverage over time subject to the limits of the 1940 Act. In addition, we may dedicate assets to financing facilities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table illustrates the effect of leverage on returns from an investment in our common stock assuming various annual returns on our portfolio, net of expenses. Leverage generally magnifies the return of shareholders when the portfolio return is positive and magnifies their losses when the portfolio return is negative. The calculations in the table below are hypothetical, and actual returns may be higher or lower than those appearing in the table below. </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt;width:92%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr style="font-size: 0px;"> <td style="width:71%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:2%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">-10%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">-5%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">0%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">5%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">10%</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Corresponding return to common shareholder(1)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-26.07</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-15.55</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">-5.04</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">5.47</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">15.98</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr></table><div style="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">Assumes, as of December 31, 2022, (i) $11.0 billion in total assets, (ii) $5.5 billion in outstanding indebtedness, (iii) $5.2 billion in net assets and (iv) weighted average interest rate, excluding fees (such as fees on undrawn amounts and amortization of financing costs), of 4.8%. </div></td></tr></table> <div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020 were as follows: </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:84%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr style="font-size: 0px;"> <td style="width:74%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="10" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">For the Years Ended December 31,</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"/>($ in thousands)<div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"/></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">2022</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">2021</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;text-align:center;"><div style="letter-spacing: 0px; top: 0px;;display:inline;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">2020 (1)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 0.5pt;"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Initial organization</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">273</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">195</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Offering costs</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">3,661</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">2,972</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Interest expense</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">200,318</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">14,257</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">4</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Management fees</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">42,610</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">3,632</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">14</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Performance based incentive fees</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">48,926</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">5,257</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Professional fees</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">9,297</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,955</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">144</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Directors’ fees</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,099</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,059</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">215</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Shareholder servicing fees</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">12,445</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,292</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Other general and administrative</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">4,874</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">2,780</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">237</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Total operating expenses</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">323,230</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">33,477</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">809</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Management fees waived</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">(52</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">(14</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Expense Support</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">(6,775</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">(2,578</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 1em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;">Recoupment of Expense Support</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">6,775</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">2,578</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 3em; text-indent: -1em; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; line-height: normal;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Net operating expenses</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">323,230</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">33,425</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">795</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; border-top: 3px double rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal;"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr></table><div style="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; text-align: left; line-height: normal;">The Company commenced operations on November 10, 2020. </div></td></tr></table> Class S Common shares Class S Common shares 1000000000 1000000000 196951435 196951435 60700920 60700920 Class D Common shares Class D Common shares 1000000000 1000000000 48895298 48895298 18522331 18522331 Class I Common shares Class I Common shares 1000000000 1000000000 332811718 332811718 90103200 90103200 <div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Note 6. Debt </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the 1940 Act, with certain limitations, the Company is allowed to borrow amounts such that its asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least 150% after such borrowing. The Company’s asset coverage was 193% and 200% as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Debt obligations consisted of the following as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021: </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:92%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:56%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="14" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">December 31, 2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">($ in thousands)</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Aggregate<br/>Principal</div><br/><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Committed</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Outstanding</div><br/><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Principal</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Amount</div><br/><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Available<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;;font-size:6.6px">(1)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Net Carrying</div><br/><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Value<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;;font-size:6.6px">(2)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Revolving Credit Facility <div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;;font-size:8.3px">(3)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,845,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">302,287</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,542,713</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">288,636</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SPV Asset Facility I</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">550,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">440,430</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">72,337</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">437,241</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SPV Asset Facility II</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,800,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,538,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">164,506</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,528,048</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SPV Asset Facility III</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">750,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">555,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">50,764</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">549,851</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SPV Asset Facility IV</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">500,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">465,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">26,911</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">460,869</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CLO VIII</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">290,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">290,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">287,946</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">March 2025 Notes</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">500,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">500,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">495,309</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September 2026 Notes</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">350,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">350,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">344,226</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">February 2027 Notes</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">500,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">500,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">493,735</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September 2027 Notes<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;;font-size:8.3px">(4)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">600,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">600,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">591,550</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Total Debt</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">7,685,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">5,540,717</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,857,231</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">5,477,411</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr></table><div style="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:left">The amount available reflects any limitations related to each credit facility’s borrowing base. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(2)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:left">The carrying values of the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility, SPV Asset Facility I, SPV Asset Facility II, SPV Asset Facility III, SPV Asset Facility IV, CLO VIII, March 2025 Notes, September 2026 Notes, February 2027 Notes, and September 2027 Notes are presented net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $13.6 million, $3.2 million, $10.0 million, $5.1 million, $4.1 million, $2.1 million, $4.7 million, $5.8 million, $6.3 million, and $8.4 million respectively. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(3)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:left">Includes unrealized gain (loss) on translation of borrowings denominated in foreign currencies. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(4)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:left">Inclusive of change in fair market value of effective hedge. </div></td></tr></table><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:92%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:58%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:3%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="14" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">December 31, 2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">($ in thousands)</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Aggregate<br/>Principal</div><br/><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Committed</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Outstanding</div><br/><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Principal</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Amount</div><br/><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Available<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;;font-size:6.6px">(1)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Net Carrying</div><br/><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">Value<div style="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top;display:inline;;font-size:6.6px">(2)</div></div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Promissory Note</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">250,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">  —</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">250,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Revolving Credit Facility</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">750,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">451,170</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">298,830</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">445,188</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SPV Asset Facility I</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">550,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">301,282</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">33,740</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">298,015</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SPV Asset Facility II</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,000,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">446,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">83,678</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">438,637</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September 2026 Notes</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">350,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">350,000</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">343,971</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Total Debt</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">$</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">2,900,000</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">$</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1,548,452</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">$</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">666,248</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">$</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">1,525,811</div></td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;"> </div></td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr></table><div style="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:left">The amount available reflects any limitations related to each credit facility’s borrowing base. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(2)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:left">The carrying values of the Company’s Revolving Credit Facility, SPV Asset Facility I, SPV Asset Facility II, and September 2026 Notes are presented net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $6.0 million, $3.3 million, $7.4 million, and $6.0 million, respectively. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"/><div/><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, the components of interest expense were as follows: </div><div style="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;width:84%;border:0;margin:0 auto"> <tr> <td style="width:71%"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:5%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4%"/> <td/> <td/> <td/></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="10" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">For the Years Ended<br/>December 31,</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">($ in thousands)</td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">2022</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">2021</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:center;"><div style="font-weight:bold;display:inline;">2020 (1)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interest expense</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">190,110</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">12,619</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">4</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amortization of debt issuance costs</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">10,657</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">1,638</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Net change in unrealized (gain) loss on effective interest rate swaps and hedged items (2)</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">(449</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">) </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">—  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Total Interest Expense</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">200,318</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">14,257</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">4</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr> <tr style="font-size:1px"> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"/> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000"> </div></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;background-color:#cceeff"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Average interest rate</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">4.8</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">2.8</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">4.3</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">% </td></tr> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> <td style="vertical-align:top"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Average daily borrowings</div></td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom">  </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">3,879,321</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">447,117</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:bottom"> </td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom">$</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right;">577</td> <td style="white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:bottom"> </td></tr></table><div style="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:11%"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(1)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:left">The Company commenced operations on November 10, 2020. </div></td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;border:0;width:100%"> <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid"> <td style="width:4%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;">(2)</td> <td style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;"><div style=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:left">Refer to the September 2027 Notes for details on the facility’s interest rate swap. </div></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Promissory Note </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October 15, 2020, the Company as borrower, entered into a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Owl Rock Feeder FIC ORCIC Debt LLC (“Feeder FIC Debt”), an affiliate of the Adviser, as lender, to enter into revolving promissory notes (the “Promissory Notes”) to borrow up to an aggregate of $50 million from Feeder FIC Debt. The Loan Agreement was subsequently amended on March 31, 2021, August 26, 2021, September 13, 2021, and March 8, 2022, and amended and restated on May 12, 2021. Prior to June 22, 2022, the aggregate amount that could be borrowed under the Loan Agreement was $250 million and the stated maturity date was February 28, 2023. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The interest rate on amounts borrowed pursuant to the Promissory Notes after March 8, 2022 was based on the lesser of the rate of interest for a SOFR Loan or an ABR Loan under the Credit Agreement dated as of December 7, 2021, as amended or supplemented from time to time, by and among Blue Owl Finance LLC, as Borrower, Blue Owl Capital Holdings LP and Blue Owl Capital Carry LP as Parent Guarantors, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Co-Documentation</div> Agents and MUFG Bank, Ltd., as Administrative Agent. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The interest rate on amounts borrowed pursuant to the Promissory Notes between March 8, 2022 and May 12, 2021 was based on the lesser of the rate of interest for an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan under the Credit Agreement dated as of April 15, 2021, as amended or supplemented from time to time, by and among the Adviser, as borrower, the several lenders from time to time party thereto, MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent and MUFG Bank, Ltd., as Administrative Agent. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The interest rate on amounts borrowed pursuant to Promissory Notes, prior to May 12, 2021, was based on either the rate of interest for a LIBOR-Based Advance or the rate of interest for a Prime-Based Advance as defined in the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2020, as amended from time to time, by and among the Owl Rock Capital Advisors LLC, as borrower, East West Bank, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender, Swingline Lender and a Lender and Investec Bank PLC as a Lender. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The unpaid principal balance of the Revolving Promissory Note and accrued interest thereon was payable by the Company from time to time at the discretion of the Company but immediately due and payable upon 120 days written notice by Owl Rock Feeder FIC ORCIC Debt LLC, and in any event due and payable in full no later than February 28, 2023. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On June 22, 2022, the Company and Feeder FIC Debt entered into a Termination Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”) pursuant to which the Loan Agreement was terminated. At the time the Termination Agreement was executed, there were no amounts outstanding pursuant to the Loan Agreement or the Promissory Notes. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">Revolving Credit Facility </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August 11, 2022, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), which amends and restates in its entirety that certain Senior Secured Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to August 11, 2022). The parties to the Revolving Credit Facility include the Company, as Borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto (each an “Revolving Credit Lender” and collectively, the “Revolving Credit Lenders”) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Administrative Agent. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Revolving Credit Facility is guaranteed by certain domestic subsidiaries of the Company in existence as of the closing date of the Revolving Credit Facility, and will be guaranteed by certain domestic subsidiaries of the Company that are formed or acquired by the Company in the future (collectively, the “Guarantors”). Proceeds of the Revolving Credit Facility may be used for general corporate purposes, including the funding of portfolio investments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The maximum principal amount of the Revolving Credit Facility is $1.845 billion (increased from $1.550 billion to $1.775 billion on September 22, 2022, increased from $1.775 billion to $1.795 billion on October 5, 2022 and subsequently increased from $1.795 billion to $1.845 billion on November 22, 2022), subject to availability under the borrowing base, which is based on the Company’s portfolio investments and other outstanding indebtedness. Maximum capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility may be increased to $2.325 billion through the Company’s exercise of an uncommitted accordion feature through which existing and new lenders may, at their option, agree to provide additional financing. The Revolving Credit Facility includes a $200 million limit for swingline loans and is secured by a perfected first-priority interest in substantially all of the portfolio investments held by the Company and each Guarantor, subject to certain exceptions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The availability period under the Revolving Credit Facility will terminate on August 11, 2026 (the “Revolving Credit Facility Commitment Termination Date”). The Revolving Credit Facility will mature on August 11, 2027 (the “Revolving Credit Facility Maturity Date”). During the period from the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment Termination Date to the Revolving Credit Facility Maturity Date, the Company will be obligated to make mandatory prepayments under the Revolving Credit Facility out of the proceeds of certain asset sales and other recovery events and equity and debt issuances. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may borrow amounts in U.S. dollars or certain other permitted currencies. Amounts drawn under the Revolving Credit Facility in U.S. dollars will bear interest at term SOFR plus any applicable credit adjustment spread plus margin of 2.00% per annum, or the alternative base rate plus margin of 1.00% per annum. With respect to loans denominated in U.S. dollars, the Company may elect either term SOFR or the alternative base rate at the time of drawdown, and such loans may be converted from one rate to another at any time at the Company’s option, subject to certain conditions. Amounts drawn under the Revolving Credit Facility in other permitted currencies will bear interest at the relevant rate specified therein (including any applicable credit adjustment spread) plus margin of 2.00% per annum. The Company will also pay a fee of 0.375% on undrawn amounts under the Revolving Credit Facility. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Revolving Credit Facility includes customary covenants, including certain limitations on the incurrence by the Company of additional indebtedness and on the Company’s ability to make distributions to the Company’s shareholders, or redeem, repurchase or retire shares of stock, upon the occurrence of certain events and certain financial covenants related to asset coverage and other maintenance covenants, as well as customary events of default. The Revolving Credit Facility requires a minimum asset coverage ratio with respect to the consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries to senior securities that constitute indebtedness of no less than 1.50 to 1.00 at any time. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">ORCIC JV WH </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August 24, 2022 (the “ORCIC JV WH Closing Date”), ORCIC JV WH LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ORCIC JV WH”) entered into a $400 million credit facility (the “Credit Agreement”) among the lenders party thereto (the “ORCIC JV WH Lenders”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and BofA Securities, Inc., as sole lead arranger and sole book manager. ORCIC JV WH was a wholly owned subsidiary of ORCIC BC 9 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Collateral Manager”) and the Collateral Manager was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On November 2, 2022 (the “ORCIC SLF Effective Date”), the Company and State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (“OSTRS”) entered into an Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLC Agreement”) to <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">co-manage</div> ORCIC Senior Loan Fund LLC (formerly, ORCIC BC 9 LLC) (“ORCIC SLF”), a Delaware limited liability company. ORCIC SLF is a joint venture that is expected to invest primarily in senior secured loans to middle market companies, broadly syndicated loans and in senior and subordinated notes issued by collateralized loan obligations. Prior to the ORCIC SLF Effective Date, the ORCIC JV WH Lenders consented to the change in control of ORCIC SLF. From and following the ORCIC SLF Effective Date, the Credit Agreement continued as an obligation of ORCIC SLF and its subsidiaries but was no longer indebtedness of the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The proceeds of the loans under the Credit Agreement were to be used for, subject to certain restrictions, acquiring and funding collateral assets, payment of government fees and administrative expenses, the funding of certain accounts and making distributions, contributions and investments. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The maximum principal amount of the revolving loans under the Credit Agreement was $400 million, which could be drawn and redrawn subject to certain conditions, including the borrowing base, which was determined on the basis of the value of the assets from time to time, and an advance rate, for a period of up to three years (less 30 days) after the ORCIC JV WH Closing Date unless the commitments are terminated sooner, as provided in the Credit Agreement. The loans were able to be accelerated upon the occurrence of an event of default. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All loans under the Credit Agreement were able to be prepaid and reborrowed without penalty or premium at any time, subject to certain restrictions. A make-whole fee was due in connection with any reduction or termination of any portion of the commitments under the Credit Agreement within 18 months of the ORCIC JV WH Closing Date. The outstanding principal balance, interest and all other amounts outstanding for all loans were due and payable on the ORCIC SLF Effective Date. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The interest rate on outstanding loans under the Credit Agreement was, at the option of ORCIC JV WH, (A) Term SOFR (which is the one month Term SOFR Screen Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (B) Base Rate (which is the highest of (i) the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50%, (ii) the Prime Rate in effect for such day, (iii) Term SOFR plus 1.00%, and (iv) 1.00%) plus the Applicable Margin, and in each case, subject to interest rate floors set forth in the Credit Agreement. The “Applicable Margin” was 1.45%. Liabilities under the Credit Agreement were limited recourse to ORCIC JV WH. ORCIC JV WH was required to pay a quarterly commitment fee ranging from 0.25% to 1.45%, based on the daily amount of the undrawn portion of the commitments under the Credit Agreement. The commitment fee was initially set at 0.25%. ORCIC JV WH paid the Administrative Agent a customary fee as well as other customary closing fees. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Credit Agreement contained customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of ORCIC JV WH, among other things, grant liens, incur incremental indebtedness, effect certain mergers, make investments, dispose of assets, pay dividends or distributions on capital stock and enter into transactions with affiliates, in each case subject to customary exceptions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Credit Agreement contained customary events of default (with customary grace periods, as applicable), including payment defaults, breaches of covenants, defaults under the related loan documentation, material misstatements, insolvency events, judgement defaults, the invalidity of the Credit Agreement or the related loan documents and certain events related to plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Security Agreement (as defined below), the obligations of ORCIC JV WH under the Credit Agreement were secured by a perfected first priority security interest in all of the assets of ORCIC JV WH and on any payments received by ORCIC JV WH in respect of such assets. Assets pledged to the ORCIC JV WH Lenders were not available to pay the Company’s obligations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the Credit Agreement, ORCIC JV WH (a) entered into a security agreement dated as of the ORCIC JV WH Closing Date (the “Security Agreement”) among ORCIC JV WH and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which ORCIC JV WH granted to the Administrative Agent a first priority lien on all of the collateral assets of ORCIC JV WH, (b) entered into a collateral management agreement among ORCIC JV WH and the Collateral Manager, pursuant to which the Collateral Manager provided collateral management services to ORCIC JV WH with respect to the collateral assets and (c) entered into a master sale and participation agreement among the Borrower and the Company, pursuant to which ORCIC JV WH intended to purchase from the Company participation interests in certain collateral assets (in anticipation of elevating such interests into assignments after the Closing Date) that, upon such purchase, would have become collateral under the Credit Agreement and would have been subject to the first priority lien granted by ORCIC JV WH pursuant to the Security Agreement. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">ORCIC JV WH II </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October 14, 2022 (the “ORCIC JV WH II Closing Date”), ORCIC JV WH II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ORCIC JV WH II”) entered into an up to $500 million revolving loan facility (the “Revolving Loan Agreement”) among the lenders party thereto (the “ORCIC JV WH II Lenders”), and Royal Bank of Canada, as a ORCIC JV WH II Lender and as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ORCIC JV WH II Administrative Agent”). ORCIC JV WH II was a wholly owned subsidiary of ORCIC BC 9 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Collateral Manager”) and the Collateral Manager was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. On the ORCIC SLF Effective Date, the Company and OSTRS entered into the LLC Agreement to <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">co-manage</div> ORCIC SLF. ORCIC SLF is a joint venture that is expected to invest primarily in senior secured loans to middle market companies, broadly syndicated loans and in senior and subordinated notes issued by collateralized loan obligations. Prior to the ORCIC SLF Effective Date, the ORCIC JV WH II Lenders consented to the change in control of ORCIC SLF. From and following the ORCIC SLF Effective Date, the Revolving Loan Agreement continued as an obligation of ORCIC SLF and its subsidiaries but was no longer indebtedness of the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The proceeds of the funded loans under the Revolving Loan Agreement were to be used for, subject to certain restrictions, acquiring and funding collateral assets, payment of government fees and administrative expenses, the funding of certain accounts and making distributions, contributions and investments. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The maximum principal amount of the revolving loans under the Revolving Loan Agreement was $500 million, which could be drawn and redrawn subject to certain conditions, including the borrowing base, which was determined on the basis of the value of the assets from time to time, and an advance rate, for a period of up to three years (less two Business Days) after the ORCIC JV WH II Closing Date (the “ORCIC JV WH II Aggregation Period”) unless the commitments are terminated sooner, as provided in the Revolving Loan Agreement. The loans were able to be accelerated upon the occurrence of an event of default. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All loans under the Revolving Loan Agreement were able to be prepaid and reborrowed without penalty or premium at any time, subject to certain restrictions. A facility termination fee was due in connection with any reduction or termination (other than as expressly permitted under the Revolving Loan Agreement) of any portion of the commitments under the Revolving Loan Agreement, and was calculated as follows: (i) prior to the date that occurs 12 months after the ORCIC JV WH II Closing Date, 0.70% multiplied by the average balance of the outstanding funded loans and (ii) following such date but prior to the end of the ORCIC JV WH II Aggregation Period, the product of 0.50% multiplied by the average balance of the outstanding funded loans. The outstanding principal balance, interest and all other amounts outstanding for all loans were due and payable on the ORCIC SLF Effective Date. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The interest rate on outstanding loans under the Revolving Loan Agreement was, Term SOFR (which is the forward-looking term rate for one month based on the secured overnight financing rate published by the Term SOFR Administrator, provided that no Benchmark Availability Event has occurred (in which case the successor rate provisions set out in the Revolving Loan Agreement shall apply)) plus the Applicable Margin subject to an interest rate floor set forth in the Revolving Loan Agreement. The “Applicable Margin” was 1.55%. Liabilities under the Revolving Loan Agreement were limited recourse to ORCIC JV WH II. A structuring fee equal to U.S.$1,000,000 was payable by ORCIC JV WH II to the ORCIC JV WH II Administrative Agent on the first payment date following the ORCIC JV WH II Closing Date. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Revolving Loan Agreement contained customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of ORCIC JV WH II to, among other things, grant liens, incur incremental indebtedness, effect certain mergers, make investments, dispose of assets, pay dividends or distributions on capital stock and enter into transactions with affiliates, in each case subject to customary exceptions. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Revolving Loan Agreement contained customary events of default (with customary grace periods, as applicable), including payment defaults, breaches of covenants, defaults under the related loan documentation, material misstatements, insolvency events, judgement defaults, the invalidity of the Revolving Loan Agreement or the related loan documents and certain events related to plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The obligations of ORCIC JV WH II under the Revolving Loan Agreement were secured by a perfected first priority security interest in all of the assets of ORCIC JV WH II and on any payments received by ORCIC JV WH II in respect of such assets. Assets pledged to the ORCIC JV WH II Lenders were not be available to pay the Company’s obligations. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the Revolving Loan Agreement, ORCIC JV WH II entered into (a) a securities account control agreement dated as of the ORCIC JV WH II Closing Date among ORCIC JV WH II, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as collateral custodian and secured party on behalf of the other secured parties to the Revolving Loan Agreement and U.S. Bank National Association as securities intermediary, pursuant to which ORCIC JV WH II pledged ORCIC JV WH II’s Secured Accounts (as defined thereunder) as collateral to the securities intermediary for the benefit of the secured parties, (b) a collateral administration agreement among ORCIC JV WH II and U.S. Bank, National Association, in its capacity as collateral administrator, pursuant to which the collateral administrator provided collateral administration services to ORCIC JV WH II with respect to the collateral assets, (c) a master sale and participation agreement among ORCIC JV WH II and the Company, pursuant to which ORCIC JV WH II intended to purchase from the Company participation interests in certain collateral assets (in anticipation of elevating such interests into assignments after the ORCIC JV WH II Closing Date) that, upon such purchase, would have become collateral under the Revolving Loan Agreement and would have been subject to the first priority lien granted by ORCIC JV WH II pursuant to the Revolving Loan Agreement and (d) an equity purchase agreement by and among ORCIC JV WH II and the collateral manager, pursuant to which ORCIC JV WH II was required to issue, and the collateral manager was required to purchase, certain Preference Shares (as defined thereunder), such purchases to constitute capital contributions to be used, among others, in connection with the acquisition by ORCIC JV WH II of collateral assets. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility I </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September 16, 2021 (the “SPV Asset Facility I Closing Date”), Core Income Funding I LLC (“Core Income Funding I”), a Delaware limited liability company and newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company entered into a Credit Agreement ( as amended through the date hereof, “the SPV Asset Facility I”), with Core Income Funding I, as borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto (the “SPV Asset Facility I Lenders”), Natixis, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, State Street Bank and Trust Company as Collateral Agent and Alter Domus (US) LLC as Document Custodian. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On December 27, 2021, the parties to the SPV Asset Facility I amended certain terms of the facility, including increasing the total revolving commitment under the SPV Asset Facility I from $300 million to $350 million and the total term commitment under the SPV Asset Facility I from $0 to $200 million and adding additional parties as lenders. The following describes the terms of SPV Asset Facility I as amended through December 27, 2021. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, the Company expects to sell and contribute certain investments to Core Income Funding I pursuant to a Sale and Contribution Agreement by and between the Company and Core Income Funding I. No gain or loss will be recognized as a result of the contribution. Proceeds from the SPV Asset Facility I will be used to finance the origination and acquisition of eligible assets by Core Income Funding I, including the purchase of such assets from the Company. The Company retains a residual interest in assets contributed to or acquired by Core Income Funding I through its ownership of Core Income Funding I. The maximum principal amount of the Credit Facility is $550 million; the availability of this amount is subject to an overcollateralization ratio test, which is based on the value of Core Income Funding I’s assets from time to time, and satisfaction of certain conditions, including an interest coverage ratio test, certain concentration limits and collateral quality tests. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SPV Asset Facility I provides for the ability to (1) draw term loans and (2) draw and redraw revolving loans under the SPV Asset Facility I for a period of up to two years after the SPV Asset Facility I Closing Date unless the revolving commitments are terminated or converted to term loans sooner as provided in the SPV Asset Facility I (the “ SPV Asset Facility I Commitment Termination Date”). Unless otherwise terminated, the SPV Asset Facility I will mature on September 16, 2031 (the “SPV Asset Facility I Stated Maturity”). Prior to the SPV Asset Facility I Stated Maturity, proceeds received by Core Income Funding I from principal and interest, dividends, or fees on assets must be used to pay fees, expenses and interest on outstanding borrowings, and the excess may be returned to the Company, subject to certain conditions. On the SPV Asset I Facility Stated Maturity, Core Income Funding I must pay in full all outstanding fees and expenses and all principal and interest on outstanding borrowings, and the excess may be returned to the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amounts drawn bear interest at LIBOR (or, in the case of certain lenders that are commercial paper conduits, the lower of their cost of funds and LIBOR plus 0.25%) plus an applicable margin that ranges from 1.55% to 2.15% depending on a ratio of broadly syndicated loans to middle market loans in the collateral. From the SPV Asset I Facility Closing Date to the SPV Asset I Facility Commitment Termination Date, there is a commitment fee that steps up during the year after the SPV Asset I Facility Closing Date from 0.00% to 0.625% per annum on the undrawn amount, if any, of the revolving commitments in the SPV Asset Facility I. The SPV Asset Facility I contains customary covenants, including certain financial maintenance covenants, limitations on the activities of Core Income Funding I, including limitations on incurrence of incremental indebtedness, and customary events of default. The SPV Asset Facility I is secured by a perfected first priority security interest in the assets of Core Income Funding I and on any payments received by Core Income Funding I in respect of those assets. Assets pledged to the SPV Asset Facility I Lenders will not be available to pay the debts of the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Borrowings of Core Income Funding I are considered the Company’s borrowings for purposes of complying with the asset coverage requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility II </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October 5, 2021 (the “SPV Asset Facility II Closing Date”), Core Income Funding II LLC (“Core Income Funding II”), a Delaware limited liability company and our newly formed subsidiary entered into a loan and financing and servicing agreement (as amended through the date hereof, the “SPV Asset Facility II”), with Core Income Funding II, as borrower, us, as equityholder and service provider, the lenders from time to time parties thereto (the “SPV Asset Facility II Lenders”), Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Facility Agent, State Street Bank and Trust Company, as collateral agent, and Alter Domus (US) LLC as collateral custodian. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October 27, 2021, the parties to the SPV Asset Facility II amended certain terms of the facility, including increasing the aggregate commitment of the SPV Asset Facility II Lenders from $500 million to $1 billion. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On December 20, 2021, the parties to the SPV Asset Facility II amended certain terms of the facility, including changes related to the elevation of Assigned Participation Interests. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On February 18, 2022, the parties to the SPV Asset Facility II amended certain terms of the facility including, among other changes, reallocating commitments of the SPV Asset Facility II Lenders and converting the benchmark rate of the facility from LIBOR to term SOFR. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On April 11, 2022, the parties to the SPV Asset Facility II amended certain terms of the facility including, among other changes, increasing the Facility Amount from $1 billion to $1.275 billion, extending the <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Ramp-up</div> Period through December 31, 2022 and adding two additional lenders. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On May 3, 2022, the parties to the SPV Asset Facility II amended certain terms of the facility including, among other changes, increasing the Facility Amount from $1.275 billion to $1.65 billion and adding two additional lenders. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On July 11, 2022, the parties to the SPV Asset Facility II entered into a joinder agreement increasing the Facility Amount from $1.65 billion to $1.69 billion and adding an additional lender. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On August 1, 2022, the parties to the SPV Asset Facility II entered into joinder agreements and amended certain terms of the facility including, among other changes, increasing the Facility Amount from $1.69 billion to $1.8 billion and adding additional lenders. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, the Company expects to sell and contribute certain loan assets to Core Income Funding II pursuant to a Sale and Contribution Agreement by and between the Company and Core Income Funding II. No gain or loss will be recognized as a result of the contribution. Proceeds from the SPV Asset Facility II will be used to finance the origination and acquisition of eligible assets by Core Income Funding II, including the purchase of such assets from the Company. The Company retains a residual interest in assets contributed to or acquired by Core Income Funding II through our ownership of Core Income Funding II. The maximum principal amount of the SPV Asset Facility II is $1.8 billion; the availability of this amount is subject to the borrowing base, which is determined on the basis of the value and types of Core Income Funding II’s assets from time to time, and satisfaction of certain conditions, including interest spread and weighted average coupon tests, certain concentration limits and collateral quality tests. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SPV Asset Facility II provides for the ability to borrow, reborrow, repay and prepay advances under the SPV Asset Facility II for a period of up to three years after the SPV Asset Facility II Closing Date unless such period is extended or accelerated under the terms of the SPV Asset Facility II (the “Revolving Period”). Unless otherwise extended, accelerated or terminated under the terms of the SPV Asset Facility II, the SPV Asset Facility II will mature on the date that is two years after the last day of the Revolving Period (the “Facility Termination Date”). Prior to the Facility Termination Date, proceeds received by Core Income Funding II from principal and interest, dividends, or fees on assets must be used to pay fees, expenses and interest on outstanding advances, and the excess may be returned to the Company, subject to certain conditions. On the Facility Termination Date, Core Income Funding II must pay in full all outstanding fees and expenses and all principal and interest on outstanding advances, and the excess may be returned to the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amounts drawn under the SPV Asset Facility II bear interest at Term SOFR (or, in the case of certain SPV Asset Facility II Lenders that are commercial paper conduits, the lower of (a) their cost of funds and (b) Term SOFR, such Term SOFR not to be lower than zero) plus a spread equal to 2.00% per annum, which spread will increase (a) on and after the end of the Revolving Period by 0.15% per annum if no event of default has occurred and (b) by 2.00% per annum upon the occurrence of an event of default (such spread, the “Applicable Margin”). Term SOFR may be replaced as a base rate under certain circumstances. During the Revolving Period, Core Income Funding II will pay an undrawn fee ranging from 0.00% to 0.25% per annum on the undrawn amount, if any, of the revolving commitments in the SPV Asset Facility II. During the Revolving Period, if the undrawn commitments are in excess of a certain portion (initially 12.5% and increasing in stages to 25%, 50% and 75%) of the total commitments under the SPV Asset Facility II, Core Income Funding II will also pay a make-whole fee equal to the Applicable Margin multiplied by such excess undrawn commitment amount, reduced by the undrawn fee payable on such excess. Core Income Funding II will also pay Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, certain fees (and reimburse certain expenses) in connection with its role as facility agent. The SPV Asset Facility II contains customary covenants, including certain financial maintenance covenants, limitations on the activities of Core Income Funding II, including limitations on incurrence of incremental indebtedness, and customary events of default. The SPV Asset Facility II is secured by a perfected first priority security interest in the assets of Core Income Funding II and on any payments received by Core Income Funding II in respect of those assets. Assets pledged to the SPV Asset Facility II Lenders will not be available to pay the Company’s debts. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Borrowings of Core Income Funding II are considered the Company’s borrowings for purposes of complying with the asset coverage requirements under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility III </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March 24, 2022 (the “SPV Asset Facility III Closing Date”), Core Income Funding III LLC (“Core Income Funding III”), a Delaware limited liability company and newly formed subsidiary of the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “SPV Asset Facility III”), with Core Income Funding III, as borrower, the Adviser, as servicer, the lenders from time to time parties thereto (the “SPV Asset Facility III Lenders”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, State Street Bank and Trust Company, as collateral agent, Alter Domus (US) LLC as collateral custodian and Bank of America, N.A., as sole lead arranger and sole book manager. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, the Company expects to sell and contribute certain investments to Core Income Funding III pursuant to a Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of the SPV Asset Facility III Closing Date, by and between the Company and Core Income Funding III. No gain or loss will be recognized as a result of the contribution. Proceeds from the SPV Asset Facility III will be used to finance the origination and acquisition of eligible assets by Core Income Funding III, including the purchase of such assets from the Company. The Company retains a residual interest in assets contributed to or acquired by Core Income Funding III through the Company’s ownership of Core Income Funding III. The maximum principal amount of the SPV Asset Facility III is $750 million, which can be drawn in multiple currencies subject to certain conditions; the availability of this amount is subject to the borrowing base, which is determined on the basis of the value and types of Core Income Funding III’s assets from time to time, and satisfaction of certain conditions, including certain portfolio criteria. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SPV Asset Facility III provides for the ability to draw and redraw revolving loans under the SPV Asset Facility III for a period of up to three years after the SPV Asset Facility III Closing Date unless the commitments are terminated sooner as provided in the SPV Asset Facility III (the “SPV Asset Facility III Commitment Termination Date”). Unless otherwise terminated, the SPV Asset Facility III will mature on March 24, 2027 (the “SPV Asset Facility III Stated Maturity”). To the extent the commitments are terminated or permanently reduced during the first two years following the SPV Asset Facility III Closing Date, Core Income Funding III may owe a prepayment penalty. Prior to the SPV Asset Facility III Stated Maturity, proceeds received by Core Income Funding III from principal and interest, dividends, or fees on assets must be used to pay fees, expenses and interest on outstanding borrowings, and the excess may be returned to the Company, subject to certain conditions. On the SPV Asset Facility III Stated Maturity, Core Income Funding III must pay in full all outstanding fees and expenses and all principal and interest on outstanding borrowings, and the excess may be returned to the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amounts drawn in U.S. dollars are benchmarked to Daily SOFR, amounts drawn in British pounds are benchmarked to SONIA plus an adjustment of 0.11930%, amounts drawn in Canadian dollars are benchmarked to CDOR, and amounts drawn in Euros are benchmarked to EURIBOR, and in each case plus a spread equal to the Applicable Margin. The “SPV Asset Facility III Applicable Margin” ranges from 1.60% to 2.10% depending on the composition of the collateral. The SPV Asset Facility III also allows for amounts drawn in U.S. dollars to bear interest at an alternate base rate without a spread. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From the SPV Asset Facility III Closing Date to the SPV Asset Facility III Commitment Termination Date, there is a commitment fee, calculated on a daily basis, ranging from 0.25% to 1.25% on the undrawn amount under the SPV Asset Facility III. The SPV Asset Facility III contains customary covenants, including certain limitations on the activities of Core Income Funding III, including limitations on incurrence of incremental indebtedness, and customary events of default. The SPV Asset Facility III is secured by a perfected first priority security interest in the assets of Core Income Funding III and on any payments received by Core Income Funding III in respect of those assets. Assets pledged to the SPV Asset Facility III Lenders will not be available to pay the debts of the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Borrowings of Core Income Funding III are considered the Company’s borrowings for purposes of complying with the asset coverage requirements under the 1940 Act. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">SPV Asset Facility IV </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March 16, 2022 (the “SPV Facility IV Closing Date”), Core Income Funding IV LLC (“Core Income Funding IV”), a Delaware limited liability company and newly formed subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Credit Agreement (the “SPV Asset Facility IV”), with Core Income Funding IV, as Borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto (the “SPV Asset Facility IV Lenders”), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Administrative Agent, State Street Bank and Trust Company, as Collateral Agent, Collateral Administrator and Custodian and Alter Domus (US) LLC as Document Custodian. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, the Company expects to sell and contribute certain investments to Core Income Funding IV pursuant to a Sale and Contribution Agreement, dated as of the SPV Facility IV Closing Date, by and between the Company and Core Income Funding IV. No gain or loss will be recognized as a result of the contribution. Proceeds from the SPV Facility IV will be used to finance the origination and acquisition of eligible assets by Core Income Funding IV, including the purchase of such assets from the Company. The Company retains a residual interest in assets contributed to or acquired by Core Income Funding IV through its ownership of Core Income Funding IV. The maximum principal amount of the SPV Facility IV is $500 million; the availability of this amount is subject to an overcollateralization ratio test, which is based on the value of Core Income Funding IV’s assets from time to time, and satisfaction of certain conditions, including an interest coverage ratio test, certain concentration limits and collateral quality tests. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The SPV Facility IV provides for the ability to (1) draw term loans and (2) draw and redraw revolving loans under the SPV Facility IV for a period of up to three years after the SPV Facility IV Closing Date unless the revolving commitments are terminated or converted to term loans sooner as provided in the SPV Facility IV (the “SPV Facility IV Commitment Termination Date”). Unless otherwise terminated, the SPV Facility IV will mature on March 16, 2033 (the “SPV Facility IV Stated Maturity”). Prior to the SPV Facility IV Stated Maturity, proceeds received by Core Income Funding IV from principal and interest, dividends, or fees on assets must be used to pay fees, expenses and interest on outstanding borrowings, and the excess may be returned to the Company, subject to certain conditions. On the SPV Facility IV Stated Maturity, Core Income Funding IV must pay in full all outstanding fees and expenses and all principal and interest on outstanding borrowings, and the excess may be returned to the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Amounts drawn bear interest at Term SOFR (or, in the case of certain SPV Asset Facility IV Lenders that are commercial paper conduits, the lower of their cost of funds and Term SOFR plus 0.15%) plus an applicable margin that ranges from 1.70% to 2.30% depending on a ratio of broadly syndicated loans to middle market loans in the collateral. From the SPV Facility IV Closing Date to the SPV Facility IV Commitment Termination Date, there is a commitment fee that steps up during the year after the SPV Facility IV Closing Date from 0.00% to 0.50% per annum on the undrawn amount, if any, of the revolving commitments in the SPV Facility IV. The SPV Facility IV contains customary covenants, including certain financial maintenance covenants, limitations on the activities of Core Income Funding IV, including limitations on incurrence of incremental indebtedness, and customary events of default. The SPV Facility IV is secured by a perfected first priority security interest in the assets of Core Income Funding IV and on any payments received by Core Income Funding IV in respect of those assets. Assets pledged to the SPV Asset Facility IV Lenders will not be available to pay the debts of the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Borrowings of Core Income Funding IV are considered the Company’s borrowings for purposes of complying with the asset coverage requirements under the 1940 Act. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">CLO VIII </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On October 21, 2022 (the “CLO VIII Closing Date”), the Company completed a $391.675 million term debt securitization transaction (the “CLO VIII Transaction”), also known as a collateralized loan obligation transaction, which is a form of secured financing incurred by the Company. The secured notes and preferred shares issued in the CLO VIII Transaction and the secured loan borrowed in the CLO VIII Transaction were issued and incurred, as applicable, by the Company’s consolidated subsidiary Owl Rock CLO VIII, LLC, a limited liability organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “CLO VIII Issuer”) and are backed by a portfolio of collateral obligations consisting of middle market loans and participation interests in middle market loans as well as by other assets of the CLO VIII Issuer. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The CLO VIII Transaction was executed by (A) the issuance of the following classes of notes and preferred shares pursuant to an indenture and security agreement dated as of the CLO VIII Closing Date (the “CLO VIII Indenture”), by and among the CLO VIII Issuer and State Street Bank and Trust Company: (i) $152 million of AAA(sf) <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Class A-T</div> Notes, which bear interest at three-month term SOFR plus 2.50%, (ii) $46 million of AAA(sf) <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Class A-F</div> Notes, which bear interest at 6.02%, (iii) $32 million of AA(sf) Class B Notes, which bear interest at three-month term SOFR plus 3.50% and (iv) $30 million of A(sf) Class C Notes, which bear interest at 4.90% (together, the “CLO VIII Secured Notes”) and (B) the borrowing by the CLO VIII Issuer of $30 million under floating rate <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Class A-L</div> loans (the <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">“Class A-L</div> Loans” and together with the CLO VIII Secured Notes, the “CLO VIII Debt”). The <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Class A-L</div> Loans bear interest at three-month term SOFR plus 2.50%. The <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Class A-L</div> Loans were borrowed under a loan agreement (the <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">“A-L</div> Loan Agreement”), dated as of the CLO VIII Closing Date, by and among the CLO VIII Issuer, as borrower, various financial institutions, as lenders, and State Street Bank and Trust Company, as collateral trustee and loan agent. The CLO VIII Debt is secured by middle market loans, participation interests in middle market loans and other assets of the CLO VIII Issuer. The CLO VIII Debt is scheduled to mature on November 20, 2034. The CLO VIII Secured Notes were privately placed by Natixis Securities Americas LLC as placement agent. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Concurrently with the issuance of the CLO VIII Secured Notes and the borrowing under the <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">Class A-L</div> Loans, the CLO VIII Issuer issued approximately $101.675 million of subordinated securities in the form of 101,675 preferred shares at an issue price of U.S.$1,000 per share (the “CLO VIII Preferred Shares”). The CLO VIII Preferred Shares were issued by the CLO VIII Issuer as part of its issued share capital and are not secured by the collateral securing the CLO VIII Debt. The Company purchased all of the CLO VIII Preferred Shares. The Company acts as retention holder in connection with the CLO VIII Transaction for the purposes of satisfying certain U.S. and European Union regulations requiring sponsors of securitization transactions to retain exposure to the performance of the securitized assets and as such is required to retain a portion of the CLO VIII Preferred Shares. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As part of the CLO VIII Transaction, the Company entered into a loan sale agreement with the CLO VIII Issuer dated as of the CLO VIII Closing Date, which provided for the sale and contribution of approximately $143.098 million funded par amount of middle market loans from the Company to the CLO VIII Issuer on the CLO VIII Closing Date and for future sales from the Company to the CLO VIII Issuer on an ongoing basis. Such loans constituted part of the initial portfolio of assets securing the CLO VIII Debt. The remainder of the initial portfolio assets securing the CLO VIII Debt consisted of approximately $113.025 million funded par amount of middle market loans purchased by the CLO VIII Issuer from Core Income Funding I LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, under an additional loan sale agreement executed on the CLO VIII Closing Date between the CLO VIII Issuer and Core Income Funding I LLC. The Company and Core Income Funding I LLC each made customary representations, warranties, and covenants to the CLO VIII Issuer under the applicable loan sale agreement. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Through July 20, 2025, a portion of the proceeds received by the CLO VIII Issuer from the loans securing the CLO VIII Debt may be used by the CLO VIII Issuer to purchase additional middle market loans under the direction of the Adviser in its capacity as collateral manager for the CLO VIII Issuer and in accordance with the Company’s investing strategy and ability to originate eligible middle market loans. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The CLO VIII Debt is the secured obligation of the CLO VIII Issuer, and the CLO VIII Indenture, the <div style="white-space:nowrap;display:inline;">A-L</div> Loan Agreement each include customary covenants and events of default. The CLO VIII Secured Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any state securities (e.g., “blue sky”) laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission or pursuant to an applicable exemption from such registration. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Adviser will serve as collateral manager for the CLO VIII Issuer under a collateral management agreement dated as of the CLO VIII Closing Date. The Adviser is entitled to receive fees for providing these services. The Adviser has waived its right to receive such fees but may rescind such waiver at any time; provided, however, that if the Adviser rescinds such waiver, the management fee payable to Adviser pursuant to the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, dated May 18, 2021, between the Adviser and the Company will be offset by the amount of the collateral management fee attributable to the CLO VIII Issuer’s equity or notes owned by the Company. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold">Unsecured Notes </div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On November 30, 2022, the Company entered into an agreement of removal, appointment and acceptance (the “Tripartite Agreement”), with Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the “Retiring Trustee”) and Truist Bank (the “Successor Trustee”), with respect to the Indenture, dated September 23, 2021 between the Company and the Retiring Trustee (the “Base Indenture”), the first supplemental indenture, dated September 23, 2021 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) between the Company and the Retiring Trustee, the second supplemental indenture, dated February 8, 2022 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”) between the Company and the Retiring Trustee, the third supplemental indenture, dated March 29, 2022 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”) between the Company and the Retiring Trustee, and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 16, 2022 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”) between the Company and the Retiring Trustee. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Tripartite Agreement provided that, effective as of the date thereof, (1) the Retiring Trustee assigns, transfers, delivers and confirms to the Successor Trustee all of its rights, title and interest under the Indenture and all of the rights, power, trusts and duties as trustee, security registrar, paying agent, authenticating agent and depositary custodian under the Indenture; and (2) the Successor Trustee accepts its appointment successor trustee, security registrar, paying agent, authenticating agent and depositary custodian under the Indenture, and accepts the rights, indemnities, protections, powers, trust and duties of or afforded to Retiring Trustee as trustee, security registrar, paying agent, authenticating agent and depositary custodian under the Indenture. The Successor Trustee’s appointment in its capacities as paying agent and security registrar became effective on December 14, 2022. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">September 2026 Notes </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September 23, 2021, the Company issued $350 million aggregate principal amount of 3.125% notes due 2026 (the “September 2026 Notes”) in a private placement in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and for initial resale to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. The September 2026 Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The September 2026 Notes were issued pursuant to the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture (together, the “September 2026 Indenture”). The September 2026 Notes will mature on September 23, 2026 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at our option at any time or from time to time at the redemption prices set forth in the September 2026 Indenture. The September 2026 Notes initially bear interest at a rate of 3.125% per year payable semi-annually on March 23 and September 23 of each year, commencing on March 23, 2022. Concurrent with the issuance of the September 2026 Notes, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “September 2026 Registration Rights Agreement”) for the benefit of the purchasers of the September 2026 Notes. Pursuant to the September 2026 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is obligated to file a registration statement with the SEC with respect to an offer to exchange the September 2026 Notes for a new issue of debt securities registered under the Securities Act with terms substantially identical to those of the September 2026 Notes (except for provisions relating to transfer restrictions and payment of additional interest) and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to consummate such exchange offer on the earliest practicable date after the registration statement has been declared effective but in no event later than 365 days after the initial issuance of the September 2026 Notes. If the Company fails to satisfy its registration obligations under the September 2026 Registration Rights Agreement, it will be required to pay additional interest to the holders of the September 2026 Notes. The Company filed a registration statement with the SEC and, on July 25, 2022, commenced an offer to exchange the September 2026 Notes for newly issued registered notes with substantially similar terms, which expired on August 23, 2022. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The September 2026 Notes are the direct, general unsecured obligations and will rank senior in right of payment to all of the future indebtedness or other obligations that are expressly subordinated, or junior, in right of payment to the September 2026 Notes. The September 2026 Notes rank pari passu, or equal, in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness or other obligations that are not so subordinated, or junior. The September 2026 Notes rank effectively subordinated, or junior, to any of the Company’s future secured indebtedness or other obligations (including unsecured indebtedness that the Company later secures) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The September 2026 Notes rank structurally subordinated, or junior, to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations (including trade payables) incurred by the Company’s subsidiaries, financing vehicles or similar facilities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The September 2026 Indenture contains certain covenants, including covenants requiring the Company to (i) comply with the asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act, whether or not it is subject to those requirements, and (ii) provide financial information to the holders of the September 2026 Notes and the Successor Trustee if the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. These covenants are subject to important limitations and exceptions that are described in the September 2026 Indenture. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, if a change of control repurchase event, as defined in the September 2026 Indenture, occurs prior to maturity, holders of the September 2026 Notes will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash some or all of the September 2026 Notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the September 2026 Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">February 2027 Notes </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On February 8, 2022, the Company issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4.70% notes due 2027 (the “February 2027 Notes”) in a private placement in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and for initial resale to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. The February 2027 Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The February 2027 Notes were issued pursuant to the Base Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture (together, the “February 2027 Indenture”). The February 2027 Notes will mature on February 8, 2027 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at the Company’s option at any time or from time to time at the redemption prices set forth in the February 2027 Indenture. The February </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2027 Notes initially bear interest at a rate of 4.70% per year payable semi-annually on February 8 and August 8 of each year, commencing on August 8, 2022. Concurrent with the issuance of the February 2027 Notes the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “February 2027 Registration Rights Agreement”) for the benefit of the purchasers of the February 2027 Notes. Pursuant to the February 2027 Registration Rights Agreement the Company is obligated to file a registration statement with the SEC with respect to an offer to exchange the February 2027 Notes for a new issue of debt securities registered under the Securities Act with terms substantially identical to those of the February 2027 Notes (except for provisions relating to transfer restrictions and payment of additional interest) and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to consummate such exchange offer on the earliest practicable date after the registration statement has been declared effective but in no event later than 365 days after the initial issuance of the February 2027 Notes. If the Company fails to satisfy its registration obligations under the February 2027 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will be required to pay additional interest to the holders of the February 2027 Notes. The Company filed a registration statement with the SEC and, on July 25, 2022, commenced an offer to exchange the February 2027 Notes for newly issued registered notes with substantially similar terms, which expired on August 23, 2022. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The February 2027 Notes are the Company’s direct, general unsecured obligations and rank senior in right of payment to all of its future indebtedness or other obligations that are expressly subordinated, or junior, in right of payment to the February 2027 Notes. The February 2027 Notes rank pari passu, or equal, in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness or other obligations that are not so subordinated, or junior to the February 2027 Notes. The February 2027 Notes rank effectively subordinated, or junior, to any of the Company’s future secured indebtedness or other obligations (including unsecured indebtedness that we later secure) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The February 2027 Notes rank structurally subordinated, or junior, to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations (including trade payables) incurred by the Company’s subsidiaries, financing vehicles or similar facilities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The February 2027 Indenture contains certain covenants, including covenants requiring the Company to (i) comply with asset coverage requirements of the 1940 Act, whether or not it is subject to those requirements, and (ii) provide financial information to the holders of the February 2027 Notes and the Successor Trustee if the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. These covenants are subject to important limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture. In addition, if a change of control repurchase event, as defined in the February 2027 Indenture, occurs prior to maturity, holders of the February 2027 Notes have the right, at their option, to require us to repurchase for cash some or all of the February 2027 Notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the February 2027 Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">March 2025 Notes </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March 29, 2022, the Company issued $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.500% notes due 2025 (the “March 2025 Notes”) in a private placement in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and for initial resale by the Initial Purchasers to persons they reasonably believe to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. The March 2025 Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The March 2025 Notes were issued pursuant to the Base Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture (together, the “March 2025 Indenture”). The March 2025 Notes will mature on March 21, 2025 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at the Company’s option at any time or from time to time at the redemption prices set forth in the March 2025 Indenture. The March 2025 Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.500% per year payable semi-annually on March 21 and September 21 of each year, commencing on September 21, 2022. Concurrent with the issuance of the March 2025 Notes, the Company In connection with the offering, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 29, 2022 (the “March 2025 Registration Rights Agreement”), for the benefit of the purchasers of the March 2025 Notes. Pursuant to the March 2025 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is obligated to file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to an offer to exchange the March 2025 Notes for a new issue of debt securities registered under the Securities Act with terms substantially identical to those of the March 2025 Notes (except for provisions relating to transfer restrictions and payment of additional interest) and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to consummate such exchange offer on the earliest practicable date after the registration statement has been declared effective but in no event later than 365 days after the initial issuance of the March 2025 Notes. If the Company fails to satisfy its registration obligations under the March 2025 Registration Rights Agreement, it will be required to pay additional interest to the holders of the March 2025 Notes. The Company filed a registration statement with the SEC and, on July 25, 2022, commenced an offer to exchange the March 2025 Notes for newly issued registered notes with substantially similar terms, which expired on August 23, 2022. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman;text-align:center"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The March 2025 Notes are the Company’s direct, general unsecured obligations and rank senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s future indebtedness or other obligations that are expressly subordinated, or junior, in right of payment to the March 2025 Notes. The March 2025 Notes rank pari passu, or equal, in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness or other obligations that are not so subordinated, or junior to the March 2025 Notes. The March 2025 Notes rank effectively subordinated, or junior, to any of the Company’s future secured indebtedness or other obligations (including unsecured indebtedness that the Company later secures) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The March 2025 Notes rank structurally subordinated, or junior, to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations (including trade payables) incurred by the Company’s subsidiaries, financing vehicles or similar facilities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The March 2025 Indenture contains certain covenants, including covenants requiring the Company to (i) comply with Section 18(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act, as modified by Section 61(a) of the 1940 Act, for the period of time during which the March 2025 Notes are outstanding, whether or not it is subject to those requirements, and (ii) provide financial information to the holders of the March 2025 Notes and the Successor Trustee if the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. These covenants are subject to important limitations and exceptions that are described in the March 2025 Indenture. In addition, if a change of control repurchase event, as defined in the March 2025 Indenture, occurs prior to maturity, holders of the March 2025 Notes will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash some or all of the March 2025 Notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the March 2025 Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date. </div><div style="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><div style="font-style:italic;display:inline;">September 2027 Notes </div></div><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September 16, 2022, the Company issued $600 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% notes due 2027 (the “September 2027 Notes”) in a private placement in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and for initial resale to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. The September 2027 Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The September 2027 Notes were issued pursuant to the Base Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture (together, the “September 2027 Indenture”). The September 2027 Notes will mature on September 16, 2027 and may be redeemed in whole or in part at the Company’s option at any time or from time to time at the redemption prices set forth in the September 2027 Indenture. The September 2027 Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.750% per year payable semi-annually on March 16 and September 16 of each year, commencing on March 16, 2023. Concurrent with the issuance of the September 2027 Notes, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “September 2027 Registration Rights Agreement”) for the benefit of the purchasers of the September 2027 Notes. Pursuant to the September 2027 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company is obligated to file a registration statement with the SEC with respect to an offer to exchange the September 2027 Notes for a new issue of debt securities registered under the Securities Act with terms substantially identical to those of the September 2027 Notes (except for provisions relating to transfer restrictions and payment of additional interest) and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to consummate such exchange offer on the earliest practicable date after the registration statement has been declared effective but in no event later than 365 days after the initial issuance of the September 2027 Notes. If the Company fails to satisfy its registration obligations under the September 2027 Registration Rights Agreement, it will be required to pay additional interest to the holders of the September 2027 Notes. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The September 2027 Notes are the Company’s direct, general unsecured obligations and rank senior in right of payment to all of the Company’s future indebtedness or other obligations that are expressly subordinated, or junior, in right of payment to the September 2027 Notes. The September 2027 Notes rank pari passu, or equal, in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future indebtedness or other obligations that are not so subordinated, or junior to the September 2027 Notes. The September 2027 Notes rank effectively subordinated, or junior, to any of the Company’s future secured indebtedness or other obligations (including unsecured indebtedness that the Company later secures) to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The September 2027 Notes will rank structurally subordinated, or junior, to all existing and future indebtedness and other obligations (including trade payables) incurred by the Company’s subsidiaries, financing vehicles or similar facilities. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The September 2027 Indenture contains certain covenants, including covenants requiring the Company to (i) comply with Section 18(a)(1)(A) of the 1940 Act whether or not it is subject to those requirements, and (ii) provide financial information to the holders of the September 2027 Notes and the Successor Trustee if the Company is no longer subject to the reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. These covenants are subject to important limitations and exceptions that are described in the September 2027 Indenture. </div><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, if a change of control repurchase event, as defined in the Indenture, occurs prior to maturity, holders of the September 2027 Notes will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash some or all of the September 2027 Notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the September 2027 Notes being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the repurchase date. </div><div style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt"> </div><div style="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with the issuance of the September 2027 Notes, on October 18, 2022 the Company entered into centrally cleared interest rate swaps. The notional amount of the interest rate swaps is $600.0 million. The Company will receive fixed rate interest at 7.750% and pay variable rate interest based on SOFR plus 3.84%. The interest rate swaps mature on September 16, 2027. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company did not make any periodic payments. The interest expense related to the September 2027 Notes is equally offset by the proceeds received from the interest rate swaps. The swap adjusted interest expense is included as a component of interest expense on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2022, the interest rate swap had a fair value of $0.4 million. Depending on the nature of the balance at period end, the fair value of the interest rate swap is either included as a component of accrued expenses and other liabilities or prepaid expenses and other assets on the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The change in fair value of the interest rate swap is offset by the change in fair value of the September 2027 Notes, with the remaining difference included as a component of interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. </div> 302287000 440430000 1538000000 555000000 465000000 290000000 500000000 350000000 500000000 600000000 5540717000 451170000 301282000 446000000 350000000 1548452000 Total amount of each class of senior securities outstanding at the end of the period presented. Facility was terminated in June 2022. Asset coverage per unit is the ratio of the carrying value of our total assets, less all liabilities excluding indebtedness represented by senior securities in this table, to the aggregate amount of senior securities representing indebtedness. Asset coverage per unit is expressed in terms of dollar amounts per $1,000 of indebtedness and is calculated on a consolidated basis. The amount to which such class of senior security would be entitled upon our involuntary liquidation in preference to any security junior to it. The “—” in this column indicates information that the SEC expressly does not require to be disclosed for certain types of senior securities. Average market value per unit not applicable because the senior securities are not registered for public trading. Includes unrealized gain (loss) on translation of borrowings denominated in foreign currencies. Inclusive of change in fair market value of effective hedge. Assumes, as of December 31, 2022, (i) $11.0 billion in total assets, (ii) $5.5 billion in outstanding indebtedness, (iii) $5.2 billion in net assets and (iv) weighted average interest rate, excluding fees (such as fees on undrawn amounts and amortization of financing costs), of 4.8%.