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TICC Announces Results of Operations for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2010
and Announces Distribution of $0.22 per share
GREENWICH, CT – 8/5/2010 – TICC Capital Corp. (NASDAQ: TICC) announced today its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010 and a distribution of $0.22 per share for the third quarter of 2010.
HIGHLIGHTS
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For the quarter ended June 30, 2010, we recorded net investment income of approximately $6.3 million, or approximately $0.24 per share, net unrealized appreciation on investments of approximately $2.1 million and net realized gains on investments of approximately $1.2 million. In total, we had a net increase in net assets resulting from operations of approximately $0.36 per share for the second quarter.
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Total investment income for the second quarter of 2010 amounted to approximately $8.7 million, up approximately 77.4% from the second quarter of 2009 due largely to a higher return on our investment portfolio of approximately $7.8 million and distribution income from our securitization vehicle investments of approximately $950,000.
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Expenses for the second quarter of 2010 were approximately $2.4 million. The primary components of our expenses were approximately $1.7 million in investment advisory fees, $239,000 in compensation expense and approximately $166,000 in professional fees for valuation, legal and auditing services.
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During the quarter ended June 30, 2010, we recorded net unrealized appreciation of approximately $2.1 million, comprised of $9.5 million in gross unrealized appreciation, $7.0 million in gross unrealized depreciation and approximately $0.4 million relating to the reversal of prior period net unrealized appreciation upon the realization events associated with certain investments.
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For the quarter ended June 30, 2010, we had net realized gains on investments of approximately $1.2 million due largely to gains associated with the repayment of our debt investment held in Stratus Technologies, Inc. of approximately $0.8 million and the repayment of our debt investment in Punch Software, LLC of approximately $0.4 million.
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Our Board of Directors has declared a distribution of $0.22 per share for the third quarter of 2010.
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Payable Date: September 30, 2010
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Record Date: September 10, 2010
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During the second quarter, we deployed approximately $13.5 million in six new investments and $1.5 million in an existing investment. These investments are comprised of notes and collateralized loan obligation positions with a face amount of approximately $23.9 million for an aggregate discount of approximately 37.2% from par.
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During the second quarter of 2010, the Company invested approximately $9.9 million in the junior capital of five different collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) vehicles, bringing our total cash investment in this strategy to approximately $30.2 million in 14 different CLO investments. For the quarter ending June 30, 2010, we received approximately $524,000 in interest payments, $746,000 in principal payments at par and $950,000 in CLO equity distributions. In total, since we began investing in this asset class, we received approximately $975,000 in interest payments, $1.1 million in principal payments at par and $1.7 million in CLO equity distributions.
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Portfolio realizations amounted to $17.2 million during the second quarter of 2010 (which had previously been carried at an aggregate book value of $16.2 million).
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At June 30, 2010, the weighted average yield of our debt investments (excluding cash equivalents and assuming no interest income from any investments on non-accrual status) was approximately 13.0%, up from approximately 10.8% at March 31, 2010.
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During the second quarter, no additional loans were placed on non-accrual status.
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At June 30, 2010, the weighted average yield of our debt investments (excluding cash equivalents and excluding our investment on non-accrual status as of June 30, 2010) was approximately 13.9%, up from approximately 12.8% at March 31, 2010.
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At June 30, 2010, net asset value per share was $9.03 compared with the net asset value per share at June 30, 2009 of $7.66 and at December 31, 2009 of $8.36.
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