Pre-incentive fee net investment income means interest income, dividend income and any other income (including any other fees (other than fees for providing managerial assistance), such as commitment, origination, structuring, diligence and consulting fees or other fees that the Company receives from portfolio companies) accrued during each calendar quarter, minus operating expenses for such quarter (including the base management fee , expenses payable under the Administration Agreement and any interest expense and distributions paid on any issued and outstanding debt or preferred stock, but excluding the incentive fee). Pre-incentive fee net investment income includes, in the case of investments with a deferred interest feature (such as market discount, original issue discount, debt instruments with PIK interest, preferred stock with PIK dividends and zero coupon securities), accrued income that the Company has not yet received in cash. Pre-incentive fee net investment income does not include any realized capital gains, realized capital losses or unrealized capital appreciation or depreciation. Pre-incentive fee net investment income will be compared to a “Hurdle Amount” equal to the product of (i) the Hurdle rate of 1.50% or 1.75% per quarter, 6.0% or 7.0% annualized, prior to and effective February 1, 2020, respectively, and (ii) our net assets (defined as total assets less indebtedness, before taking into account any incentive fees payable during the period), at the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, subject to a “catch-up” provision incurred at the end of each calendar quarter.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company incurred income incentive fees of $1,732 and $1,732, which are net of waived amounts, of $931 and $5,796 respectively, of which $1,732 was payable at September 30, 2021. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company incurred income incentive fees of $0, which are net of waived amounts of $2,136 and $6,335, respectively, of which $0 was payable at September 30, 2020.
GAAP Incentive Fee on Cumulative Unrealized Capital Appreciation
The Company accrues, but does not pay, a portion of the incentive fee based on capital gains with respect to net unrealized appreciation. Under GAAP, the Company is required to accrue an incentive fee based on capital gains that includes net realized capital gains and losses and net unrealized capital appreciation and depreciation on investments held at the end of each period. In calculating the accrual for the incentive fee based on capital gains, the Company considers the cumulative aggregate unrealized capital appreciation in the calculation, since an incentive fee based on capital gains would be payable if such unrealized capital appreciation were realized, even though such unrealized capital appreciation is not permitted to be considered in calculating the fee payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement. This accrual is calculated using the aggregate cumulative realized capital gains and losses and aggregate cumulative unrealized capital appreciation or depreciation. If such amount is positive at the end of a period, then the Company records a capital gains incentive fee equal to 15% (prior to February 3, 2020) or 17.5% (effective February 3, 2020) of such amount, minus the aggregate amount of actual incentive fees based on capital gains paid in all prior periods. If such amount is negative, then there is no accrual for such period. There can be no assurance that such unrealized capital appreciation will be realized in the future.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded capital gains incentive fees on unrealized capital appreciation of $757 and $6,150, respectively, of which $6,150 was accrued and unpaid at September 30, 2021. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded no incentive fee on cumulative unrealized capital appreciation.
Other Related Party Transactions
From time to time, the Administrator may pay amounts owed by the Company to third-party providers of goods or services, including the Board, and the Company will subsequently reimburse the Administrator for such amounts paid on its behalf. Amounts payable to the Administrator are settled in the normal course of business without formal payment terms.
In conjunction with the closing of Alcentra Capital merger, the Company and the Adviser executed a Transaction Support Agreement, as described in Note 13.
A portion of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock is owned by Crescent. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, Crescent and other related parties owned 2.28% and 2.11%, respectively, of the outstanding common shares of the Company. Crescent is also the majority member of the Adviser and sole member of the Administrator. The Company has entered into a license agreement with Crescent under which Crescent granted the Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use the name “Crescent Capital”. The Adviser has entered into a resource sharing agreement with Crescent. Crescent will provide the Adviser with the resources necessary for the Adviser to fulfill its obligations under the Investment Advisory Agreement. On January 5, 2021, Sun Life acquired a majority interest in Crescent. Consummation of the Sun Life Transaction resulted in a change of control of Crescent. There were no changes to the Company’s investment objective, strategies and process or to the Crescent team responsible for the investment operations of the Company as a result of the Sun Life Transaction.
Sun Life is the sole lender of the Company’s 2023 Unsecured Notes and a $10,000 participating lender in the Company’s 2026 Unsecured Notes, both described further in Note 6.
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