Gladstone Capital Reports Results for the First Quarter Ended December 31, 2007
-- Net Investment Income was $7.3 million or $0.43 per common share
-- Net Increase in Net Assets was $1.9 million or $0.11 per common share
MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Gladstone Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:GLAD) (the "Company") today announced earnings for the first quarter ended December 31, 2007. All per share references are per basic and diluted weighted average common shares outstanding, unless otherwise noted.
Net Investment Income for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 was $7,303,285, or $0.43 per share, as compared to $5,162,926 or $0.42 per share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2006, an increase of 2.4% per share. The per share results were impacted by the issuance of 2.875 million new shares in the first quarter ended December 31, 2007.
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 was $1,900,497, or $0.11 per share, as compared to $4,163,603, or $0.34 per share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2006, a decrease of 67.6% per share. The primary difference between the current and prior year periods is the increase in net unrealized depreciation on the Company's investment portfolio as well as the increase of approximately 4.7 million weighted average shares as a result of various offerings during the quarter ended December 31, 2007. The Company recorded net unrealized depreciation on its investments of $5,397,841 for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 as compared to net unrealized depreciation on its investments of $1,004,379 for the quarter ended December 31, 2006.
Total assets were $429,583,916 at December 31, 2007, as compared to $367,729,138 at September 30, 2007. Net asset value was $15.08 per actual common share outstanding at December 31, 2007, as compared to $14.97 per actual common share outstanding at September 30, 2007.
The annualized weighted average yield on the Company's portfolio for the quarter ended December 31, 2007 was 11.0% as compared to 13.7% for the quarter ended December 31, 2006.
For the first quarter ended December 31, 2007, the Company reported the following activity:
-- Funded approximately $73.3 million of new investments;
-- Received scheduled principal repayments of approximately $4.0
million;
-- Received approximately $0.3 million of success fees in
connection with a modification of one investment;
-- Completed a public offering in October 2007 of 2,500,000
shares of common stock at a price of $18.70 per share, less an
underwriting discount of $1.03 per share, and in November, the
underwriter exercised its over-allotment option and the
Company closed on an additional 375,000 shares of common stock
for net proceeds, after offering expenses, of approximately
$50.5 million, all of which were used to repay outstanding
borrowings on the Company's line of credit; and
-- Paid monthly dividends of $0.14 per share for each of the
months of October, November, and December 2007.
At December 31, 2007, the Company had investments in debt and equity securities and syndicated loan participations in 61 private companies with an aggregate cost basis of approximately $425 million and a fair value of approximately $414 million.
"We are very pleased with our production in the first quarter. We are also satisfied with the strong valuation of our portfolio, 97.3% of cost, in light of current market conditions. We continue to have a steady flow of investment opportunities and are pleased with our activity subsequent to the end of the first quarter," said Chip Stelljes, President and Chief Investment Officer. "We expect the strong portfolio performance to continue through our second quarter."
Subsequent to December 31, 2007, the Company:
-- Funded approximately $13.9 million of new investments;
-- Declared monthly cash dividends of $0.14 per common share for
each of the months of January, February, and March 2008; and
-- Completed a public offering in February 2008 of 3,000,000
shares of common stock at a price of $17.00 per share, after
deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering
expenses of an aggregate of $3.2 million, for net proceeds of
approximately $47.8 million, all of which were used to repay
outstanding borrowings under the Company's line of credit.
The financial statements below are without footnotes. The Company has filed a Form 10-Q today for the first quarter ended December 31, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), which can be retrieved from the SEC's website at www.SEC.gov or from the Company's web site at www.GladstoneCapital.com. A paper copy can be obtained free of charge by writing to us at 1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 200, McLean, VA 22102.
The Company will hold a conference call Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 8:30 am EST to discuss first quarter earnings. Please call (877) 407-8031 to enter the conference. An operator will monitor the call and set a queue for the questions. The conference call replay will be available two hours after the call for approximately 30 days. To hear the replay, please dial (877) 660-6853, access playback account 286 and use conference ID code 270209.
The live audio broadcast of Gladstone Capital's quarterly conference call will be available online at www.GladstoneCapital.com and www.investorcalendar.com. The event will be archived and available for replay on the Company's website.
For further information contact Investor Relations at 703-287-5893.
This press release may include statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements," including statements with regard to the future performance of the Company. Words such as "should," "believes," "feel," "expects," "projects," "strive," "goals," and "future" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements inherently involve certain risks and uncertainties, although they are based on the Company's current plans that are believed to be reasonable as of the date of this press release. Factors that may cause the Company's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, among others, those factors listed under the caption "Risk factors" of the Company's Prospectus dated January 23, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 23, 2008. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES
(Unaudited)
December 31, September 30,
2007 2007
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ASSETS
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments
(Cost 12/31/07: $423,933,339; 9/30/07:
$354,835,652) $412,712,262 $348,920,982
Control investments (Cost 12/31/07:
$1,036,681; 9/30/07: $923,548) 945,428 923,548
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Total investments at fair value (Cost
12/31/07: $424,970,200; 9/30/07:
$355,759,200) 413,657,690 349,844,530
Cash and cash equivalents 5,530,949 8,838,658
U.S. Treasury bill 2,484,464 2,484,464
Interest receivable - investments in debt
securities 2,272,634 2,425,555
Interest receivable - employees - 21,417
Due from custodian 4,816,186 3,230,385
Deferred financing fees 132,292 186,270
Prepaid assets 405,643 337,106
Other assets 284,058 360,753
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TOTAL ASSETS $429,583,916 $367,729,138
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LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ 7,257 $ 6,013
Interest payable 595,335 587,514
Administration fee due to Administrator 211,675 237,510
Fees due to Adviser 11,054 708,517
Borrowings under lines of credit 161,831,000 144,440,000
Accrued expenses and deferred liabilities 738,140 790,849
Funds held in escrow 157,268 -
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 163,551,729 146,770,403
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NET ASSETS $266,032,187 $220,958,735
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ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000
shares authorized and 17,637,574 and
14,762,574 shares issued and outstanding,
respectively $ 17,638 $ 14,763
Capital in excess of par value 286,425,698 235,906,665
Notes receivable - employees (9,224,176) (9,230,502)
Net unrealized depreciation on investments (11,312,511) (5,914,670)
Unrealized depreciation on derivative (302,239) (291,686)
Accumulated undistributed net investment
income 427,777 474,165
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TOTAL NET ASSETS $266,032,187 $220,958,735
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NET ASSETS PER SHARE $ 15.08 $ 14.97
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GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
December 31,
2007 2006
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INVESTMENT INCOME
Interest income - investments $11,138,978 $ 7,898,600
Interest income - cash and cash
equivalents 144,485 37,269
Interest income - notes receivable from
employees 118,176 138,191
Prepayment fees and other income - 159,658
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Total investment income 11,401,639 8,233,718
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EXPENSES
Interest expense 2,356,315 1,120,257
Loan servicing 1,381,307 719,152
Base management fee 577,920 476,849
Incentive fee 1,460,657 1,148,483
Administration fee 211,675 126,085
Professional fees 129,253 110,920
Amortization of deferred financing fees 73,799 58,300
Stockholder related costs 119,769 63,728
Directors fees 54,250 54,250
Insurance expense 54,213 62,694
Other expenses 65,131 88,485
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Expenses before credit from Adviser 6,484,289 4,029,203
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Credit to base management and incentive
fees from Adviser (2,385,935) (958,411)
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Total expenses net of credit to base
management and incentive fees 4,098,354 3,070,792
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME 7,303,285 5,162,926
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REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON
INVESTMENTS:
Realized gain on sale of investments - 2,314
Realized gain on settlement of derivative 5,606 12,554
Unrealized depreciation on derivative (10,553) (9,812)
Net unrealized depreciation on
investments (5,397,841) (1,004,379)
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Net loss on investments (5,402,788) (999,323)
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM
OPERATIONS $ 1,900,497 $ 4,163,603
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NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM
OPERATIONS PER COMMON SHARE:
Basic and Diluted $ 0.11 $ 0.34
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OUTSTANDING:
Basic and Diluted 16,953,703 12,294,340
GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORPORATION
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended December
31,
2007 2006
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Per Share Data (1)
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Net asset value at beginning of period $ 14.97 $ 14.02
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Income from investment operations:
Net investment income (2) 0.43 0.42
Net unrealized depreciation on
investments (2) (0.32) (0.08)
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Total from investment operations 0.11 0.34
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Less distributions:
Distributions from net investment income (0.42) (0.42)
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Total distributions (0.42) (0.42)
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Issuance of common stock under shelf
offering 0.44 -
Offering costs (0.02) -
Dilutive effect of share issuance - (0.06)
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Net asset value at end of period $ 15.08 $ 13.88
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Per share market value at beginning of
period $ 19.52 $ 22.01
Per share market value at end of period 17.01 23.86
Total return (3) (4) -10.86% 10.31%
Shares outstanding at end of period 17,637,574 12,249,683
Ratios/Supplemental Data
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Net assets at end of period $266,032,187 $173,083,122
Average net assets (5) $265,360,346 $170,331,785
Ratio of expenses to average net assets-
annualized (6) 9.77% 9.28%
Ratio of net expenses to average net
assets-annualized (7) 6.18% 7.21%
Ratio of net investment income to average
net assets-annualized 11.01% 12.12%
(1) Based on actual shares outstanding at the end of the corresponding period.
(2) Based on weighted average basic per share data.
(3) Total return equals the change in the ending market value of the Company's common stock from the beginning of the period taking into account dividends reinvested in accordance with the terms of our dividend reinvestment plan. Total return does not take into account dividends that may be characterized as a return of capital.
(4) Amounts were not annualized.
(5) Average net assets are computed using the average of the balance of net assets at the end of each month of the reporting period.
(6) Ratio of expenses to average net assets is computed using expenses before credits from Adviser to the base management and incentive fees and including income tax expense.
(7) Ratio of net expenses to average net assets is computed using total expenses net of credits from Adviser to the base management and incentive fees and including income tax expense.
Source: Gladstone Capital Corp.
Released February 5, 2008