Following any calendar year in which Available Operating Funds (defined below) exceed the cumulative distributions accrued to the Company’s stockholders based on distributions declared with respect to record dates occurring in such calendar year (the amount of such excess, “Excess Operating Funds”), the Company shall pay Excess Operating Funds, or a portion thereof, to the Advisor until such time as all Expense Payments made by the Advisor to or on behalf of the Company within three years prior to the last business day of such calendar year have been reimbursed. Any payments required to be made by the Company shall be referred to herein as a “Reimbursement Payment.” “Available Operating Funds” means the sum of (i) the Company’s net “investment company taxable income”, as defined by the Code, which generally includes net ordinary income and net short-term taxable gains reduced by net long-term capital losses, (ii) the Company’s net capital gains (including the excess of net long-term capital gains over net short-term capital losses) and (iii) distributions and other distributions paid to the Company on account of investments in portfolio companies (to the extent such amounts listed in clause (iii) are not included under clauses (i) and (ii) above). No Reimbursement Payment for any calendar year will be made if the Company’s Operating Expense Ratio (defined below) at the time of such Reimbursement Payment is greater than the Operating Expense Ratio at the time the expense payment was made to which such Reimbursement Payment relates. The “Operating Expense Ratio” is calculated by dividing all of the Company’s operating costs and expenses incurred, as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP for investment companies, less organizational and offering expenses, base management fees owed to the Advisor, and interest expense, by the Company’s average net assets.
The Expense Reimbursement Agreement may require the Company to repay the Advisor for previously waived reimbursement of Expense Payments under certain circumstances. The previously waived expenses are potentially subject to repayment by the Company, if at all, within a period not to exceed three years from the date of the relevant waiver.
For the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company waived organization costs of $0 and $0, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Company waived organization costs of $0 and $0, respectively.
For the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Advisor recouped $86 and $100, respectively (amounts in thousands), from the Company for prior expenses paid and were recorded as “Recoupment of prior expenses paid by the Advisor” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, the Advisor recouped $172 and $199, respectively (amounts in thousands), from the Company for prior expenses paid and were recorded as “Recoupment of prior expenses paid by the Advisor” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.
The Company compensates each of its Independent Directors for their services. Their compensation is included in Directors fee on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Independent Directors also receive reimbursement of
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred in connection with attending each meeting, which are included as components of Other expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The Company has received exemptive relief from the SEC that, to the extent the Company relies on such relief, permits it to (among other things)
co-invest
with certain other persons, including certain affiliates of the Advisor and certain public or private funds managed by the Advisor and its affiliates, subject to certain terms and conditions. The exemptive relief from the SEC with respect to
co-investments
imposes extensive conditions on any
co-investments
made in reliance on such relief.
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for other related party transactions.
The Company is permitted to borrow amounts such that its asset coverage ratio, as defined in the 1940 Act, is at least 150% after such borrowing (if certain requirements are met). As of June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company did not have any borrowings outstanding and, therefore, the asset coverage ratio is not applicable.
On June 19, 2023, Amber CS LLC (the “Subsidiary”), as borrower and portfolio asset servicer, a wholly-owned financing subsidiary of the Company, Topaz CS LLC, as equity holder of Subsidiary, and Opal CS LLC and Quartz CS LLC, as Subsidiary guarantors, entered into a loan servicing agreement (the “Credit Facility”) with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, as initial lender, administrative agent, facility servicer, and collateral custodian, and MassMutual Ascend Life Insurance Company, as initial lender. Under the Credit Facility, the maximum aggregate committed borrowing amount is $150,000 (amount in thousands) (the “Maximum Facility Amount”) with a scheduled maturity date of June 19, 2032. On
June 10, 2024
, the maximum aggregate committed borrowing amount was reduced to $100,000 (amount in thousands).
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