NEW YORK, May 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (NASDAQ:PFLT) announced today financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2017.
| HIGHLIGHTS | |||
| Quarter ended March 31, 2017 | |||
| ($ in millions, except per share amounts) | |||
| Assets and Liabilities: | |||
| Investment portfolio | $ | 731.5 | |
| Net assets | $ | 456.2 | |
| Net asset value per share | $ | 14.05 | |
| Credit Facility | $ | 300.4 | |
| Yield on debt investments at quarter-end | 7.9 | % | |
| Operating Results: | |||
| Net investment income | $ | 8.0 | |
| Net investment income per share | $ | 0.27 | |
| Distributions declared per share | $ | 0.285 | |
| Portfolio Activity: | |||
| Purchases of investments | $ | 146.3 | |
| Sales and repayments of investments | $ | 71.5 | |
| Number of new portfolio companies invested | 9 | ||
| Number of existing portfolio companies invested | 10 | ||
| Number of portfolio companies at quarter-end | 96 | ||
CONFERENCE CALL AT 10:00 A.M. ET ON MAY 10, 2017
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (“we,” “our,” “us” or “Company”) will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 to discuss its financial results. All interested parties are welcome to participate. You can access the conference call by dialing (877) 857-6163 approximately 5-10 minutes prior to the call. International callers should dial (719) 325-4934. All callers should reference PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. An archived replay of the call will be available through May 24, 2017 by calling (888) 203-1112. International callers please dial (719) 457-0820. For all phone replays, please reference conference ID #3258333.
PORTFOLIO AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
As of March 31, 2017, our portfolio totaled $731.5 million and consisted of $682.3 million of senior secured debt, $33.2 million of second lien secured debt and $16.0 million of subordinated debt, preferred and common equity. Our debt portfolio consisted of 98% variable-rate investments (including 98% with a floor) and 2% fixed-rate investments. As of March 31, 2017, we had one company on non-accrual, representing 0.4% and 0.2% of our overall portfolio on a cost and fair value basis, respectively. Overall, the portfolio had net unrealized appreciation of $0.8 million. Our overall portfolio consisted of 96 companies with an average investment size of $7.6 million, had a weighted average yield on debt investments of 7.9%, and was invested 93% in senior secured debt, 5% in second lien secured debt and 2% in subordinated debt, preferred and common equity.
As of September 30, 2016, our portfolio totaled $598.9 million and consisted of $548.4 million of senior secured debt, $36.6 million of second lien secured debt and $13.9 million of subordinated debt, preferred and common equity. Our debt portfolio consisted of 99% variable-rate investments (including 94% with a floor) and 1% fixed-rate investments. As of September 30, 2016, we had one company on non-accrual, representing 0.2% and 0.1% of our overall portfolio on a cost and fair value basis, respectively. Overall, the portfolio had net unrealized appreciation of $1.0 million. Our overall portfolio consisted of 98 companies with an average investment size of $6.1 million, had a weighted average yield on debt investments of 7.8%, and was invested 92% in senior secured debt, 6% in second lien secured debt and 2% in subordinated debt, preferred and common equity.
For the three months ended March 31, 2017, we invested $146.3 million in nine new and 10 existing portfolio companies with a weighted average yield on debt investments of 7.8%. Sales and repayments of investments for the three months ended March 31, 2017 totaled $71.5 million. For the six months ended March 31, 2017, we invested $271.1 million in 21 new and 23 existing portfolio companies with a weighted average yield on debt investments of 7.7%. Sales and repayments of investments for the six months ended March 31, 2017 totaled $141.9 million.
For the three months ended March 31, 2016, we invested $57.3 million in five new and five existing portfolio companies with a weighted average yield on debt investments of 8.7%. Sales and repayments of investments for the three months ended March 31, 2016 totaled $29.9 million. For the six months ended March 31, 2016, we invested $156.5 million in 15 new and 10 existing portfolio companies with a weighted average yield on debt investments of 8.6%. Sales and repayments of investments for the six months ended March 31, 2016 totaled $56.8 million.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Set forth below are the results of operations for the three and six months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.
Investment Income
Investment income for the three and six months ended March 31, 2017 was $13.2 million and $25.9 million, respectively, and was attributable to $12.0 million and $23.3 million from senior secured loans and $1.2 million and $2.6 million from second lien secured debt and subordinated debt. This compares to investment income for the three and six months ended March 31, 2016, which was $11.3 million and $20.1 million, respectively, and was attributable to $9.7 million and $17.0 million from senior secured loans and $1.6 million and $3.1 million from second lien secured debt and subordinated debt. The increase in investment income compared to the same periods in the prior year was primarily due to the growth of our portfolio.
Expenses
Expenses for the three and six months ended March 31, 2017 totaled $5.2 million and $11.0 million, respectively. Base management fee for the same periods totaled $1.7 million and $3.3 million, incentive fee totaled $0.5 million (including $(0.1) million on unrealized gains accrued but not payable) and $1.9 million (including $0.5 million on unrealized gains accrued but not payable), our multi-currency, senior secured revolving credit facility, or the Credit Facility, expenses totaled $2.0 million and $3.8 million, general and administrative expenses totaled $0.9 million and $1.9 million and provision for taxes totaled $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively. This compares to expenses for the three and six months ended March 31, 2016, which totaled $4.1 million and $7.8 million, respectively. Base management fee for the same periods totaled $1.2 million and $2.3 million, incentive fee totaled $0.8 million and $0.8 million, Credit Facility expenses totaled $1.1 million and $3.0 million (including $0.9 million of amendment expenses) and general and administrative expenses totaled $1.0 million and $1.7 million, respectively. The increase in expenses compared with the same periods in the prior year was primarily due to increases in base management and incentive fees as a result from the growth of our portfolio.
Net Investment Income
Net investment income totaled $8.0 million and $14.9 million, or $0.27 and $0.53 per share, for the three and six months ended March 31, 2017, respectively. Net investment income totaled $7.3 million and $12.4 million, or $0.27 and $0.46 per share, for the three and six months ended March 31, 2016, respectively. The increase in net investment income compared to the same period in the prior year was primarily due to the growth of our portfolio.
Net Realized Gains or Losses
Sales and repayments of investments for the three and six months ended March 31, 2017 totaled $71.5 million and $141.9 million and net realized gains totaled $2.0 million and $2.5 million, respectively. Sales and repayments of investments totaled $29.9 million and $56.8 million and realized gains (losses) totaled $1.1 million and $(2.2) million for the three and six months ended March 31, 2016, respectively. The change in realized gains/losses was primarily due to changes in the market conditions of our investments and the values at which they were realized.
Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation on Investments and Credit Facility
For the three and six months ended March 31, 2017, we reported a net change in unrealized depreciation on investments of $2.7 million and $0.2 million, respectively. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2016, we reported a net change in unrealized depreciation on investments of $5.5 million and $6.2 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016, our net unrealized appreciation on investments totaled $0.8 million and $1.0 million, respectively. The net change in unrealized appreciation on our investments was driven primarily by changes in capital market conditions, the financial performance of certain portfolio companies and the reversal of unrealized depreciation (appreciation) on investments that were sold.
For the three and six months ended March 31, 2017, our Credit Facility had a net change in unrealized depreciation (appreciation) of less than $0.1 million and $(1.0) million, respectively. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2016, our Credit Facility had a net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation of $(0.4) million and $0.2 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016, net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on our Credit Facility totaled $(0.5) million and $0.5 million, respectively. The change in net unrealized depreciation compared to the same periods in the prior year was primarily due to changes in the capital markets.
Net Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
Net change in net assets resulting from operations totaled $7.3 million and $16.1 million, or $0.25 and $0.57 per share, respectively, for the three and six months ended March 31, 2017. This compares to a net change in net assets resulting from operations which totaled $2.4 million and $4.2 million, or $0.09 and $0.16 per share, respectively, for the three and six months ended March 31, 2016. The increase in the net change in net assets from operations compared to the same periods in the prior year was primarily due to changes in portfolio investment values during the reporting periods.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our liquidity and capital resources are derived from public offerings, our Credit Facility, cash flows from operations, including investment sales and repayments, and income earned. Our primary use of funds from operations includes investments in portfolio companies and payments of fees and other operating expenses we incur. We have used, and expect to continue to use, our Credit Facility, the rotation of our portfolio and proceeds from public and private offerings of securities to finance our investment objectives.
In February 2017, we completed a follow-on public offering of 5,750,000 shares of common stock, which resulted in proceeds to us of $14.08 per share, including the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares, for gross proceeds of $81.0 million and net proceeds of $80.5 million after offering expenses. Our Investment Adviser paid $5.0 million in connection with this offering, which included the sales load and an additional supplemental payment.
As of March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016, we had $299.9 million and $232.9 million of outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility, respectively. The Credit Facility had an interest rate of 2.93% and 2.57%, as of March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively, excluding the undrawn commitment fees of 0.375%. The annualized weighted average cost of debt for the six months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, inclusive of the fee on the undrawn commitment and amendment costs on the Credit Facility, was 2.91% and 5.73%, respectively.
As of March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016, we had $50.1 million and $117.1 million of unused borrowing capacity under our Credit Facility, respectively, subject to the regulatory restrictions.
At March 31, 2017 and September 30, 2016, we had cash equivalents of $44.0 million and $28.9 million, respectively, available for investing and general corporate purposes. We believe our liquidity and capital resources are sufficient to take advantage of market opportunities.
Our operating activities used cash of $116.7 million for the six months ended March 31, 2017, and our financing activities provided cash of $131.7 million for the same period. Our operating activities used cash primarily for our investment activities and our financing activities provided cash primarily from our recent equity offering and net borrowings under the Credit Facility.
Our operating activities used cash of $91.5 million for the six months ended March 31, 2016, and our financing activities provided cash of $83.4 million for the same period. Our operating activities used cash primarily for our investment activities and our financing activities provided cash primarily from net borrowings under the Credit Facility.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
On May 9, 2017, we and Trinity Universal Insurance Company ("Trinity"), a subsidiary of Kemper Corporation (NYSE: KMPR) formed a joint venture: PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund I, LLC (“SSLF”). We and Trinity have committed to provide $100 million of subordinated notes and equity to the joint venture, with us providing $87.5 million and Trinity providing $12.5 million. In addition, SSLF intends to seek up to $200 million in third party financing. SSLF is expected to invest primarily in middle market and other corporate debt securities consistent with our strategy.
DISTRIBUTIONS
During the three and six months ended March 31, 2017, we declared distributions of $0.285 and $0.570 per share, respectively, for total distributions of $8.7 million and $16.3 million, respectively. For the same periods in the prior year, we declared distributions of $0.285 and $0.570 per share, respectively, for total distributions of $7.6 million and $15.2 million, respectively. We monitor available net investment income to determine if a tax return of capital may occur for the fiscal year. To the extent our taxable earnings fall below the total amount of our distributions for any given fiscal year, common stockholders will be notified of the portion of those distributions deemed to be a tax return of capital. Tax characteristics of all distributions will be reported to stockholders subject to information reporting on Form 1099-DIV after the end of the calendar year and in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company makes available on its website its report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC and stockholders may find the report on its website at www.pennantpark.com.
| PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CAPITAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| March 31, 2017 | September 30, 2016 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Investments at fair value | ||||||||
| Non-controlled, non-affiliated investments (cost—$730,704,555 and $597,910,267, respectively) | $ | 731,482,714 | $ | 598,887,525 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents (cost—$43,966,306 and $28,903,359, respectively) | 43,974,053 | 28,910,973 | ||||||
| Interest receivable | 3,216,920 | 2,480,406 | ||||||
| Receivable for investments sold | 1,421,888 | — | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | 1,006,615 | 1,141,191 | ||||||
| Total assets | 781,102,190 | 631,420,095 | ||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||
| Distributions payable | 3,085,607 | 2,539,357 | ||||||
| Payable for investments purchased | 16,745,000 | 14,935,970 | ||||||
| Credit Facility payable (cost—$299,909,500 and $232,907,500, respectively) | 300,420,904 | 232,389,498 | ||||||
| Interest payable on Credit Facility | 689,983 | 531,926 | ||||||
| Base management fee payable | 1,731,418 | 1,458,625 | ||||||
| Performance-based incentive fee payable | 2,202,588 | 3,454,914 | ||||||
| Accrued other expenses | — | 202,977 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 324,875,500 | 255,513,267 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | — | — | ||||||
| Net assets | ||||||||
| Common stock, 32,480,074 and 26,730,074 shares issued and outstanding, respectively Par value $0.001 per share and 100,000,000 shares authorized | 32,480 | 26,730 | ||||||
| Paid-in capital in excess of par value | 451,705,066 | 371,194,366 | ||||||
| Undistributed net investment income | 3,081,419 | 4,559,646 | ||||||
| Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments | 1,133,223 | (1,376,788 | ) | |||||
| Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 785,906 | 984,872 | ||||||
| Net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on Credit Facility | (511,404 | ) | 518,002 | |||||
| Total net assets | $ | 456,226,690 | $ | 375,906,828 | ||||
| Total liabilities and net assets | $ | 781,102,190 | $ | 631,420,095 | ||||
| Net asset value per share | $ | 14.05 | $ | 14.06 | ||||
| PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CAPITAL LTD. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, | Six Months Ended March 31, | |||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||
| Investment income: | ||||||||||||
| From non-controlled, non-affiliated investments: | ||||||||||||
| Interest | $ | 12,917,094 | $ | 9,626,583 | $ | 24,868,929 | $ | 18,239,445 | ||||
| Other income | 303,804 | 1,676,582 | 983,237 | 1,779,267 | ||||||||
| From controlled, affiliated investments: | ||||||||||||
| Interest | — | 43,140 | — | 84,073 | ||||||||
| Total investment income | 13,220,898 | 11,346,305 | 25,852,166 | 20,102,785 | ||||||||
| Expenses: | ||||||||||||
| Base management fee | 1,731,417 | 1,181,116 | 3,327,144 | 2,258,856 | ||||||||
| Performance-based incentive fee | 453,666 | 841,880 | 1,923,035 | 838,944 | ||||||||
| Interest and expenses on the Credit Facility | 1,998,347 | 1,122,893 | 3,799,072 | 2,062,575 | ||||||||
| Administrative services expenses | 561,250 | 200,001 | 1,122,500 | 400,001 | ||||||||
| Other general and administrative expenses | 357,500 | 735,698 | 715,000 | 1,284,012 | ||||||||
| Expenses before provision for taxes and amendment costs | 5,102,180 | 4,081,588 | 10,886,751 | 6,844,388 | ||||||||
| Provision for taxes | 90,000 | — | 115,000 | — | ||||||||
| Credit Facility amendment costs | — | — | — | 907,722 | ||||||||
| Total expenses | 5,192,180 | 4,081,588 | 11,001,751 | 7,752,110 | ||||||||
| Net investment income | 8,028,718 | 7,264,717 | 14,850,415 | 12,350,675 | ||||||||
| Realized and unrealized (loss) gain on investments and Credit Facility: | ||||||||||||
| Net realized gain (loss) on investments | 1,960,610 | 1,068,288 | 2,510,011 | (2,163,720 | ) | |||||||
| Net change in unrealized depreciation on: | ||||||||||||
| Non-controlled, non-affiliated investments | (2,744,991 | ) | (5,510,037 | ) | (198,966 | ) | (6,218,983 | ) | ||||
| Credit Facility depreciation (appreciation) | 38,808 | (386,792 | ) | (1,029,406 | ) | 215,083 | ||||||
| Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments and Credit Facility | (2,706,183 | ) | (5,896,829 | ) | (1,228,372 | ) | (6,003,900 | ) | ||||
| Net realized and unrealized (loss) gain from investments and Credit Facility | (745,573 | ) | (4,828,541 | ) | 1,281,639 | (8,167,620 | ) | |||||
| Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 7,283,145 | $ | 2,436,176 | $ | 16,132,054 | $ | 4,183,055 | ||||
| Net increase in net assets resulting from operations per common share | $ | 0.25 | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.57 | $ | 0.16 | ||||
| Net investment income per common share | $ | 0.27 | $ | 0.27 | $ | 0.53 | $ | 0.46 | ||||
ABOUT PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CAPITAL LTD.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. is a business development company which primarily invests in U.S. middle-market companies in the form of floating rate loans, which may consist of senior secured debt, mezzanine debt, and, to a lesser extent, equity investments. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. is managed by PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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