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Submitted on 2009-01-14
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
þ
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended November 30, 2008
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from
to
Commission File No. 001-33376
GSC Investment Corp.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-8700615
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
888 Seventh Ave
New York, New York 10019
(Address of principal executive offices)
(212) 884-6200
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days: YES
þ
NO
o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). YES
o
NO
þ
The number of outstanding common shares of the registrant as of January 9, 2009 was 8,291,384.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of November 30, 2008 (unaudited) and February 29, 2008
3
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007 (unaudited)
4
Consolidated Schedule of Investments as of November 30, 2008 (unaudited) and February 29, 2008
5
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007 (unaudited)
10
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007 (unaudited)
11
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as of November 30, 2008 (unaudited)
12
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
21
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
32
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
33
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
33
Item 1A. Risk Factors
34
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
34
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
34
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
34
Item 5. Other Information
34
Item 6. Exhibits
35
SIGNATURES
36
EX-31.1: CERTIFICATION
EX-31.2: CERTIFICATION
EX-32.1: CERTIFICATION
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GSC Investment Corp.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of
November 30, 2008
February 29, 2008
(unaudited)
ASSETS
Investments at fair value
Non-control/non-affiliate investments (amortized cost of $136,743,255 and $162,888,724, respectively)
$
111,140,209
$
143,745,269
Control investments (cost of $29,905,194 and $30,000,000, respectively)
25,027,279
29,075,299
Affiliate investments (cost of $0 and $0, respectively)
7,022
16,233
Total investments at fair value (amortized cost of $166,648,449 and $192,888,724, respectively)
136,174,510
172,836,801
Cash and cash equivalents
4,499,339
1,072,641
Cash and cash equivalents, securitization accounts
7,325,700
14,580,973
Outstanding interest rate cap at fair value (cost of $131,000 and $131,000, respectively)
46,988
76,734
Interest receivable
3,231,155
2,355,122
Due from manager
940,903
Deferred credit facility financing costs, net
590,373
723,231
Management fee receivable
236,449
215,914
Other assets
204,741
39,349
Receivable from unsettled trades
1,600,000
Total assets
$
153,909,255
$
192,841,668
LIABILITIES
Revolving credit facility
$
66,250,000
$
78,450,000
Payable for unsettled trades
11,329,150
Dividend payable
3,233,640
Management and incentive fees payable
2,499,569
943,061
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
844,434
713,422
Interest and credit facility fees payable
220,507
292,307
Due to manager
11,048
Total liabilities
$
69,814,510
$
94,972,628
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
Common stock, par value $.0001 per share, 100,000,000 common shares authorized, 8,291,384 and 8,291,384 common shares issued and outstanding, respectively
829
829
Capital in excess of par value
116,218,966
116,218,966
Accumulated undistributed net investment income
4,526,281
455,576
Accumulated undistributed net realized gain/(loss) from investments and derivatives
(6,093,382
)
1,299,858
Net unrealized depreciation on investments and derivatives
(30,557,949
)
(20,106,189
)
Total stockholders equity
84,094,745
97,869,040
Total liabilities and stockholders equity
$
153,909,255
$
192,841,668
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE
$
10.14
$
11.80
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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GSC Investment Corp.
Consolidated Statement of Operations
For the three months ended
For the nine months ended
November 30
November 30
2008
2007
2008
2007
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
INVESTMENT INCOME
Interest from investments
Non-Control/Non-Affiliate investments
$
4,269,985
$
5,777,855
$
12,873,546
$
15,184,683
Control investments
1,452,237
3,198,626
Total interest income
5,722,222
5,777,855
16,072,172
15,184,683
Interest from cash and cash equivalents
38,377
104,143
141,074
280,140
Management fee income
517,875
1,529,762
383,562
Other income
82,189
164,683
17,298
Total investment income
6,360,663
5,881,998
17,907,691
15,865,683
EXPENSES
Interest and credit facility financing expenses
693,830
1,371,155
2,150,639
3,542,790
Base management fees
653,995
854,750
2,108,026
2,133,395
Professional fees
272,196
345,131
932,785
1,209,425
Administrator expenses
241,317
384,000
750,661
384,000
Incentive management fees
542,231
232,744
1,289,365
573,566
Insurance
173,353
155,678
518,001
431,107
Directors fees
72,490
63,000
212,375
241,840
General & administrative
65,289
52,887
208,230
228,792
Cost of acquiring management contract
144,000
Organizational expense
26,674
49,542
Expenses before manager expense waiver and reimbursement
2,714,701
3,486,019
8,170,082
8,938,457
Expense reimbursement
(241,317
)
(674,276
)
(800,376
)
(1,257,718
)
Total expenses net of expense waiver and reimbursement
2,473,384
2,811,743
7,369,706
7,680,739
NET INVESTMENT INCOME
3,887,279
3,070,255
10,537,985
8,184,944
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:
Net realized gain/(loss) from investments
(7,293,875
)
1,674,981
(7,423,694
)
3,120,236
Net realized gain from derivatives
30,454
Net unrealized depreciation on investments
(4,142,827
)
(3,607,622
)
(10,422,015
)
(7,225,881
)
Net unrealized depreciation on derivatives
(1,419
)
(76,166
)
(29,745
)
(120,213
)
Net loss on investments
(11,438,121
)
(2,008,807
)
(17,845,000
)
(4,225,858
)
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
$
(7,550,842
)
$
1,061,448
$
(7,307,015
)
$
3,959,086
WEIGHTED AVERAGE BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
$
(0.91
)
$
0.13
$
(0.88
)
$
0.52
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON STOCK OUTSTANDING BASIC AND DILUTED
8,291,384
8,291,384
8,291,384
7,588,040
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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GSC Investment Corp.
Consolidated Schedule of Investments
November 30, 2008
(Unaudited)
Investment
% of
Interest
Fair
Stockholders
Company (a, c)
Industry
Rate/Maturity
Principal
Cost
Value
Equity
Non-control/Non-affiliated investments 132.2% (b)
GFSI Inc (d)
Apparel
Senior Secured Notes
10.50%, 6/1/2011
$
7,082,000
$
7,082,000
$
6,683,992
7.9
%
Legacy Cabinets, Inc. (d)
Building Products
First Lien Term Loan
8.06%, 8/18/2012
1,441,241
1,423,353
1,094,767
1.3
%
Legacy Cabinets, Inc. (d)
Building Products
Second Lien Term Loan
12.06%, 8/18/2013
1,862,420
1,827,044
1,485,466
1.8
%
Total Building Products
3,303,661
3,250,397
2,580,233
3.1
%
Lyondell Chemical Company (d)
Chemicals
First Lien Term Loan
5.27%, 12/20/2013
1,975,676
1,678,519
931,136
1.1
%
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation (d)
Consumer Products
Second Lien Term Loan
9.21%, 1/26/2012
3,250,000
3,246,605
2,805,075
3.3
%
Targus Group International, Inc. (d)
Consumer Products
First Lien Term Loan
6.34%, 11/22/2012
3,122,943
2,883,461
2,552,381
3.0
%
Targus Group International, Inc. (d)
Consumer Products
Second Lien Term Loan
10.67%, 5/22/2013
5,000,000
4,768,476
3,988,500
4.7
%
Total Consumer Products
11,372,943
10,898,542
9,345,956
11.0
%
CFF Acquisition LLC (d)
Consumer Services
First Lien Term Loan
7.55%, 7/31/2013
381,203
381,203
302,980
0.4
%
M/C Communications, LLC (d)
Education
First Lien Term Loan
13.15%, 12/31/2010
1,672,887
1,551,546
859,028
1.0
%
Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. (d)
Electronics
Second Lien Term Loan
6.00%, 6/1/2014
2,000,000
1,760,733
1,640,400
2.0
%
Group Dekko (d)
Electronics
Second Lien Term Loan
8.18%, 1/20/2012
6,670,000
6,670,000
5,994,329
7.1
%
IPC Systems, Inc. (d)
Electronics
First Lien Term Loan
6.01%, 5/31/2014
46,332
42,152
22,392
0.0
%
Total Electronics
8,716,332
8,472,885
7,657,121
9.1
%
USS Mergerco, Inc. (d)
Environmental
Second Lien Term Loan
8.01%, 6/29/2013
5,960,000
5,841,783
4,588,008
5.5
%
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. (d)
Financial Services
Second Lien Term Loan
8.21%, 7/31/2013
4,900,000
4,869,245
4,082,190
4.9
%
Big Train, Inc. (d)
Food and Beverage
First Lien Term Loan
5.94%, 3/31/2012
2,528,492
1,660,315
1,748,705
2.1
%
IDI Acquisition Corp. (d)
Healthcare Services
Senior Secured Notes
10.75%, 12/15/2011
3,800,000
3,611,764
2,467,720
2.9
%
PRACS Institute, LTD (d)
Healthcare Services
Second Lien Term Loan
9.13%, 4/17/2013
4,093,750
4,044,654
3,560,334
4.3
%
Total Healthcare Services
7,893,750
7,656,418
6,028,054
7.2
%
McMillin Companies LLC (d)
Homebuilding
Senior Secured Notes
9.53%, 4/30/2012
7,700,000
7,269,871
3,916,990
4.7
%
Asurion Corporation (d)
Insurance
First Lien Term Loan
5.73%, 7/3/2014
2,000,000
1,694,390
1,374,000
1.6
%
Worldwide Express Operations, LLC (d)
Logistics
First Lien Term Loan
6.94%, 6/30/2013
2,828,423
2,822,947
2,343,914
2.8
%
Jason Incorporated (d)
Manufacturing
Unsecured Notes
13.00%, 11/1/2010
12,000,000
12,000,000
9,243,600
11.0
%
Jason Incorporated (d)
Manufacturing
Unsecured Notes
13.00%, 11/1/2010
1,700,000
1,700,000
1,309,510
1.6
%
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Investment
% of
Interest
Fair
Stockholders
Company (a, c)
Industry
Rate/Maturity
Principal
Cost
Value
Equity
Specialized Technology Resources, Inc. (d)
Manufacturing
Second Lien Term Loan
8.44%, 12/15/2014
5,000,000
4,762,301
4,725,000
5.6
%
Total Manufacturing
18,700,000
18,462,301
15,278,110
18.2
%
Blaze Recycling & Metals, LLC (d)
Metals
Senior Secured Notes
10.88%, 7/15/2012
2,500,000
2,494,021
2,061,000
2.5
%
Elyria Foundry Company, LLC (d)
Metals
Senior Secured Notes
13.00%, 3/1/2013
5,000,000
4,844,379
3,869,000
4.5
%
Elyria Foundry Company, LLC
Metals
Warrants
243,450
0.3
%
Total Metals
7,500,000
7,338,400
6,173,450
7.3
%
Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada (d, e)
Natural Resources
First Lien Term Loan
11.50%, 3/30/2009
2,948,640
2,913,487
2,427,615
2.9
%
Grant U.S. Holdings LLP (d, e)
Natural Resources
Second Lien Term Loan
9.44%, 9/20/2013
5,989,316
5,989,144
4,202,703
5.0
%
Total Natural Resources
8,937,956
8,902,631
6,630,318
7.9
%
Edgen Murray II, L.P. (d)
Oil and Gas
Second Lien Term Loan
8.24%, 5/11/2015
3,000,000
2,811,473
2,675,400
3.2
%
Energy Alloys, LLC (d)
Oil and Gas
Second Lien Term Loan
11.75%, 10/5/2012
6,200,000
6,200,000
5,909,840
7.0
%
Total Oil and Gas
9,200,000
9,011,473
8,585,240
10.2
%
Stronghaven, Inc. (d)
Packaging
Second Lien Term Loan
13.00%, 10/31/2010
2,500,000
2,500,000
2,345,500
2.8
%
Terphane Holdings Corp. (d, e)
Packaging
Senior Secured Notes
12.50%, 6/15/2009
4,850,000
4,851,891
3,844,110
4.6
%
Terphane Holdings Corp. (d, e)
Packaging
Senior Secured Notes
12.50%, 6/15/2009
5,087,250
5,090,551
4,032,154
4.7
%
Terphane Holdings Corp. (d, e)
Packaging
Senior Secured Notes
12.83%, 6/15/2009
500,000
499,391
396,300
0.5
%
Total Packaging
12,937,250
12,941,833
10,618,064
12.6
%
Custom Direct, Inc. (d)
Printing
First Lien Term Loan
6.51%, 12/31/2013
2,054,897
1,605,846
1,431,646
1.7
%
Advanstar Communications Inc. (d)
Publishing
First Lien Term Loan
6.01%, 5/31/2014
1,975,000
1,543,486
1,022,853
1.2
%
Affinity Group, Inc. (d)
Publishing
First Lien Term Loan
5.91%, 6/24/2009
477,504
463,494
461,794
0.5
%
Affinity Group, Inc. (d)
Publishing
First Lien Term Loan
5.92%, 6/24/2009
513,550
498,482
496,654
0.6
%
Brown Publishing Company (d)
Publishing
Second Lien Term Loan
10.11%, 9/19/2014
1,203,226
1,198,176
952,715
1.1
%
Network Communications, Inc. (d)
Publishing
Unsecured Notes
10.75%, 12/1/2013
5,000,000
5,087,185
3,864,000
4.7
%
Penton Media, Inc. (d)
Publishing
First Lien Term Loan
5.64%, 2/1/2013
4,910,113
3,677,971
2,373,058
2.8
%
Total Publishing
14,079,393
12,468,794
9,171,074
10.9
%
GXS Worldwide, Inc. (d)
Software
Second Lien Term Loan
11.56%, 9/30/2013
1,000,000
881,916
810,000
1.0
%
Sub Total Non-control/Non-affiliated investments
136,743,255
111,140,209
132.2
%
Control investments 29.7% (b)
GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP (h)
Financial Services
100% General Partnership interest
60,469
0.1
%
GSC Investment Corp. CLO
2007 LTD. (f, h)
Structured Finance Securities
Other/Structured Finance Securities
19.20%, 1/21/2020
30,000,000
29,905,194
24,966,810
29.6
%
Sub Total Control investments
29,905,194
25,027,279
29.7
%
Affiliate investments 0.0% (b)
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Investment
% of
Interest
Fair
Stockholders
Company (a, c)
Industry
Rate/Maturity
Principal
Cost
Value
Equity
GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP (g)
Financial Services
6.24% Limited
Partnership interest
7,022
0.0
%
TOTAL INVESTMENT ASSETS 161.9% (b)
$
166,648,449
$
136,174,510
161.9
%
% of
Fair
Stockholders
Outstanding interest rate cap
Interest rate
Maturity
Notional
Cost
value
Equity
Interest rate cap
8.0
%
2/9/2014
$
40,000,000
$
87,000
$
31,967
0.0
%
Interest rate cap
8.0
%
11/30/2013
29,967,408
44,000
15,021
0.0
%
Sub Total Outstanding interest rate cap
$
131,000
$
46,988
0.1
%
(a)
All of the Funds equity and debt investments are issued by eligible portfolio companies, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, except Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada, Grant U.S. Holdings LLP, GSC Investment Corp. CLO 2007, Terphane Holdings Corp., and GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP.
(b)
Percentages are based on net assets of $84,094,745 as of November 30, 2008.
(c)
Fair valued investment (see Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements).
(d)
All or a portion of the securities are pledged as collateral under a revolving securitized credit facility (see Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements).
(e)
Non-U.S. company. The principal place of business for Terphane Holdings Corp is Brazil, and for Abitibi-Consolidated Company of Canada and Grant U.S. Holdings LLP is Canada.
(f)
19.20% represents the modeled effective interest rate that is expected to be earned over the life of the investment.
(g)
As defined in the Investment Company Act, we are an Affiliate of this portfolio company because we own 5% or more of the portfolio companys outstanding voting securities. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was an Affiliate are as follows:
Interest
Management
Net Realized
Net unrealized
Company
Purchases
Redemptions
Sales (cost)
Income
fee income
gains/(losses)
gains/(losses)
GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
(9,211
)
(h)
As defined in the Investment Company Act, we are an Affiliate of this portfolio company because we own 5% or more of the portfolio companys outstanding voting securities. In addition, as defined in the Investment Company Act, we Control this portfolio company because we own more than 25% of the portfolio companys outstanding voting securities. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was both an Affiliate and a portfolio company that we Control are as follows:
Interest
Management
Net Realized
Net unrealized
Company
Purchases
Redemptions
Sales (cost)
Income
fee income
gains/(losses)
gains/(losses)
GSC Investment Corp. CLO 2007 LTD.
$
$
$
$
3,198,626
$
1,529,762
$
$
(3,853,530
)
GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
(99,684
)
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
GSC Investment Corp.
Consolidated Schedule of Investments
February 29, 2008
Investment
% of
Interest
Fair
Stockholders
Company (a, c)
Industry
Rate/Maturity
Principal
Cost
Value
Equity
Non-control/Non-affiliated investments 146.9% (b)
EuroFresh Inc. (d)
Agriculture
Unsecured Notes
11.50%, 1/15/2013
$
7,000,000
$
6,890,639
$
3,850,000
3.9
%
GFSI Inc (d)
Apparel
Senior Secured Notes
10.50%, 6/1/2011
8,425,000
8,421,760
8,003,750
8.2
%
Key Safety Systems (d)
Automotive
First Lien Term Loan
6.68%, 3/8/2014
2,500,000
1,837,500
1,875,000
1.9
%
SILLC Holdings, LLC (d)
Automotive
Second Lien Term Loan
9.86%, 5/24/2011
23,049,210
22,865,049
20,283,305
20.7
%
Total Automotive
25,549,210
24,702,549
22,158,305
22.6
%
Legacy Cabinets, Inc. (d)
Building Products
First Lien Term Loan
8.56%, 8/18/2012
1,871,500
1,847,290
1,403,625
1.4
%
Legacy Cabinets, Inc. (d)
Building Products
Second Lien Term Loan
12.31%, 8/18/2013
2,400,000
2,354,989
1,560,000
1.6
%
Total Building Products
4,271,500
4,202,280
2,963,625
3.0
%
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation (d)
Consumer Products
Second Lien Term Loan
11.82%, 1/26/2012
3,250,000
3,245,793
3,152,500
3.2
%
Targus Group International, Inc. (d)
Consumer Products
First Lien Term Loan
7.61%, 11/22/2012
3,408,271
3,095,060
2,851,701
2.9
%
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Investment
% of
Interest
Fair
Stockholders
Company (a, c)
Industry
Rate/Maturity
Principal
Cost
Value
Equity
Targus Group International, Inc. (d)
Consumer Products
Second Lien Term Loan
13.35%, 5/22/2013
5,000,000
4,743,768
4,016,500
4.1
%
Total Consumer Products
11,658,271
11,084,621
10,020,701
10.2
%
Affinity Group, Inc. (d)
Consumer Services
First Lien Term Loan
5.62%, 6/24/2009
481,233
449,953
444,371
0.4
%
Affinity Group, Inc. (d)
Consumer Services
First Lien Term Loan
5.74%, 6/24/2009
518,767
485,047
479,859
0.5
%
CFF Acquisition LLC (d)
Consumer Services
First Lien Term Loan
8.77%, 7/31/2013
406,228
406,228
365,605
0.4
%
Total Consumer Services
1,406,228
1,341,228
1,289,835
1.3
%
M/C Communications, LLC (d)
Education
First Lien Term Loan
5.54%, 12/31/2010
1,736,766
1,571,773
1,545,721
1.6
%
Group Dekko (d)
Electronics
Second Lien Term Loan
9.38%, 1/20/2012
6,670,000
6,670,000
6,336,500
6.5
%
IPC Systems, Inc. (d)
Electronics
First Lien Term Loan
7.09%, 5/31/2014
49,750
44,647
40,497
0.0
%
Total Electronics
6,719,750
6,714,647
6,376,997
6.5
%
USS Mergerco, Inc. (d)
Environmental
Second Lien Term Loan
9.08%, 6/29/2013
5,960,000
5,827,121
5,066,000
5.2
%
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. (d)
Financial Services
Second Lien Term Loan
9.37%, 7/31/2013
4,937,500
4,902,101
3,555,000
3.6
%
Realogy Corp. (d)
Financial Services
First Lien Term Loan
6.11%, 10/10/2013
21,106
19,693
17,746
0.0
%
Realogy Corp. (d)
Financial Services
First Lien Term Loan
7.51%, 10/10/2013
78,394
73,147
65,733
0.1
%
Total Financial Services
5,037,000
4,994,941
3,638,479
3.7
%
CCM Merger Inc. (d)
Gaming
First Lien Term Loan
6.35%, 7/13/2012
2,000,000
1,670,000
1,730,000
1.8
%
IDI Acquisition Corp. (d)
Healthcare Services
Senior Secured Notes
10.75%, 12/15/2011
3,800,000
3,574,228
3,040,000
3.1
%
PRACS Institute, LTD (d)
Healthcare Services
Second Lien Term Loan
11.41%, 4/17/2013
3,000,000
3,000,000
3,000,000
3.1
%
Total Healthcare Services
6,800,000
6,574,228
6,040,000
6.2
%
McMillin Companies LLC (d)
Homebuilding
Senior Secured Notes
9.53%, 4/30/2012
7,700,000
7,194,636
5,912,060
6.0
%
Asurion Corporation (d)
Insurance
First Lien Term Loan
6.10%, 7/3/2014
2,000,000
1,665,000
1,699,600
1.7
%
Worldwide Express Operations, LLC (d)
Logistics
First Lien Term Loan
7.89%, 6/30/2013
2,973,362
2,966,658
2,687,919
2.7
%
Jason Incorporated (d)
Manufacturing
Unsecured Notes
13.00%, 11/1/2008
12,000,000
12,000,000
11,712,000
12.0
%
Jason Incorporated (d)
Manufacturing
Unsecured Notes
13.00%, 11/1/2008
3,400,000
3,400,000
3,318,400
3.4
%
Total Manufacturing
15,400,000
15,400,000
15,030,400
15.4
%
Blaze Recycling & Metals, LLC (d)
Metals
Senior Secured Notes
10.88%, 7/15/2012
2,500,000
2,493,087
2,218,750
2.3
%
Elyria Foundry Company, LLC (c, d)
Metals
Senior Secured Notes
13.00%, 3/1/2013
3,000,000
2,893,873
2,910,000
3.0
%
Total Metals
5,500,000
5,386,960
5,128,750
5.3
%
Grant U.S. Holdings LLP (d, e)
Natural Resources
Second Lien Term Loan
12.75%, 9/20/2013
5,365,592
5,365,393
4,167,456
4.3
%
Edgen Murray II, L.P. (d)
Oil and Gas
Second Lien Term Loan
9.32%, 5/11/2015
2,000,000
1,947,348
1,600,000
1.6
%
Energy Alloys, LLC (d)
Oil and Gas
Second Lien Term Loan
12.15%, 10/5/2012
6,200,000
6,200,000
6,138,000
6.3
%
Total Oil and Gas
8,200,000
8,147,348
7,738,000
7.9
%
Atlantis Plastics Films, Inc. (d)
Packaging
First Lien Term Loan
8.71%, 9/22/2011
6,516,244
6,491,835
4,298,114
4.4
%
Stronghaven, Inc. (d)
Packaging
Second Lien Term Loan
11.00%, 10/31/2010
2,500,000
2,500,000
2,500,000
2.6
%
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Investment
% of
Interest
Fair
Stockholders
Company (a, c)
Industry
Rate/Maturity
Principal
Cost
Value
Equity
Terphane Holdings Corp. (d, e)
Packaging
Senior Secured Notes
12.50%, 6/15/2009
4,850,000
4,853,648
4,447,450
4.5
%
Terphane Holdings Corp. (d, e)
Packaging
Senior Secured Notes
12.50%, 6/15/2009
5,087,250
5,094,096
4,665,008
4.8
%
Terphane Holdings Corp. (d, e)
Packaging
Senior Secured Notes
15.11%, 6/15/2009
500,000
498,536
459,500
0.5
%
Total Packaging
19,453,494
19,438,114
16,370,073
16.8
%
Advanstar Communications Inc. (d)
Publishing
First Lien Term Loan
7.09%, 5/31/2014
1,990,000
1,516,878
1,492,500
1.5
%
Brown Publishing Company (d)
Publishing
Second Lien Term Loan
11.09%, 9/19/2014
1,203,226
1,197,520
1,070,871
1.1
%
Network Communications, Inc. (d)
Publishing
Unsecured Notes
10.75%, 12/1/2013
5,000,000
5,095,198
4,400,000
4.5
%
Penton Media, Inc. (d)
Publishing
First Lien Term Loan
5.37%, 2/1/2013
2,962,500
2,134,841
2,325,563
2.4
%
Total Publishing
11,155,726
9,944,437
9,288,934
9.5
%
QCE LLC (d)
Restaurants
First Lien Term Loan
7.03%, 5/5/2013
992,443
804,673
859,456
0.9
%
Claire's Stores, Inc. (d)
Retail
First Lien Term Loan
6.47%, 5/29/2014
2,786,000
2,579,717
2,179,209
2.2
%
Sub Total Non-control/Non-affiliated investments
162,888,724
143,745,269
146.9
%
Control investments 29.7% (b)
GSC CDO III, LLC (g)
Financial Services
100% General
Partnership interest
160,153
0.2
%
GSC Investment Corp. CLO
2007 LTD. (g)
Structured Finance Securities
Other/Structured
Finance Securities
20.36%, 1/21/2020
30,000,000
30,000,000
28,915,146
29.5
%
Sub Total Control investments
30,000,000
29,075,299
29.7
%
Affiliate investments 0.0% (b)
GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP (f)
Financial Services
6.24% Limited
Partnership interest
16,233
0.0
%
TOTAL INVESTMENT ASSETS 176.6% (b)
$
192,888,724
$
172,836,801
176.6
%
% of
Outstanding interest rate cap
Interest rate
Maturity
Notional
Cost
Fair value
Stockholders Equity
Interest rate cap
8.0
%
2/9/2014
$
40,000,000
$
87,000
$
50,703
0.1
%
Interest rate cap
8.0
%
11/30/2013
46,637,408
44,000
26,031
0.0
%
Sub Total Outstanding interest rate cap
$
131,000
$
76,734
0.1
%
(a)
All of the Funds equity and debt investments are issued by eligible portfolio companies, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, except Atlantis Plastics Films, Inc., Grant U.S. Holdings LLP, GSC Investment Corp. CLO 2007, Terphane Holdings Corp., and GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP.
(b)
Percentages are based on net assets of $97,869,040 as of February 29, 2008.
(c)
Fair valued investment (see Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements).
(d)
All or a portion of the investment is pledged as collateral under a revolving securitized credit facility (see Note 7 to the consolidated financial statements).
(e)
Non-U.S. company. The principal place of business for Terphane Holdings Corp is Brazil, and for Grant U.S. Holdings LLP is Canada.
(f)
As defined in the Investment Company Act, we are an Affiliate of this portfolio company because we own 5% or more of the portfolio companys outstanding voting securities. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was an Affiliate are as follows:
Interest
Management
Net Realized
Net unrealized
Company
Purchases
Redemptions
Sales (cost)
Income
fee income
gains/(losses)
gains/(losses)
GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP
$
2,045,067
$
2,084,214
$
$
$
$
39,147
$
16,233
(g)
As defined in the Investment Company Act, we are an Affiliate of this portfolio company because we own 5% or more of the portfolio companys outstanding voting securities. In addition, as defined in the Investment Company Act, we Control this portfolio company because we own more than 25% of the portfolio companys outstanding voting securities. Transactions during the period in which the issuer was both an Affiliate and a portfolio company that we Control are as follows:
Interest
Management
Net Realized
Net unrealized
Company
Purchases
Redemptions
Sales (cost)
Income
fee income
gains/(losses)
gains/(losses)
GSC Investment Corp. CLO 2007 LTD.
$
30,000,000
$
$
$
262,442
$
215,914
$
$
(1,084,854
)
GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP
$
13,574,694
$
14,003,367
$
$
$
$
428,673
$
160,153
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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GSC Investment Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets
For the nine months ended
For the nine months ended
November 30, 2008
November 30, 2007
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
OPERATIONS:
Net investment income
$
10,537,985
$
8,184,944
Net realized gain/(loss) from investments
(7,423,694
)
3,120,236
Net realized gain from derivatives
30,454
Net unrealized depreciation on investments
(10,422,015
)
(7,225,881
)
Net unrealized depreciation on derivatives
(29,745
)
(120,213
)
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations
(7,307,015
)
3,959,086
SHAREHOLDER DISTRIBUTIONS:
Distributions declared
(6,467,280
)
(8,125,556
)
Net decrease in net assets from shareholder distributions
(6,467,280
)
(8,125,556
)
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS:
Issuance of common stock, net
116,301,011
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions
116,301,011
Total increase/(decrease) in net assets
(13,774,295
)
112,134,541
Net assets at beginning of period
97,869,040
(129,163
)
Net assets at end of period
$
84,094,745
$
112,005,378
Net asset value per common share
$
10.14
$
13.51
Common shares outstanding at end of period
8,291,384
8,291,384
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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GSC Investment Corp.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the nine months ended
For the nine months ended
November 30, 2008
November 30, 2007
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
Operating activities
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS
$
(7,307,015
)
$
3,959,086
ADJUSTMENTS TO RECONCILE NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS TO NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Paid-in-kind interest income
(623,724
)
(191,706
)
Net accretion of discount on investments
(1,012,971
)
(663,468
)
Amortization of deferred credit facility financing costs
132,858
162,704
Net realized (gain) loss from investments
7,423,694
(3,120,236
)
Net unrealized depreciation on investments
10,422,015
7,225,881
Unrealized depreciation on derivatives
29,745
71,682
Proceeds from sale and redemption of investments
48,713,273
117,992,569
Purchase of investments
(28,259,995
)
(291,368,015
)
(Increase) decrease in operating assets and liabilities:
Cash and cash equivalents, securitization accounts
7,255,273
(5,549,171
)
Cash, restricted
(3,104,293
)
Interest receivable
(876,033
)
(3,973,870
)
Due from manager
940,903
(885,132
)
Management fee receivable
(20,535
)
Other assets
(165,392
)
(277,494
)
Receivable from unsettled trades
(1,600,000
)
Deferred offering costs
808,617
Payable for unsettled trades
(11,329,150
)
1,940,400
Management and incentive fees payable
1,556,508
1,089,805
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
131,012
693,756
Interest and credit facility fees payable
(71,800
)
420,363
Due to manager
(11,048
)
7,758
Accrued offering costs
(760,000
)
NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
25,327,618
(175,520,764
)
Financing activities
Issuance of shares of common stock
100,681,250
Borrowings on debt
7,800,000
145,908,119
Paydowns on debt
(20,000,000
)
(61,532,858
)
Credit facility financing cost
(1,225,699
)
Payments of cash dividends
(9,700,920
)
(4,974,830
)
NET CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES
(21,900,920
)
178,855,982
CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
3,426,698
3,335,218
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD
1,072,641
1,030
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD
$
4,499,339
$
3,336,248
Supplemental Information:
Interest paid during the period
$
2,089,581
$
2,959,723
Supplemental non-cash information
Issuance of common stock for acquisition of investments in GSC CDO III, LLC and GSC Partners CDO GP III, L.P.
$
$
15,619,761
Paid-in-kind interest income
$
623,724
$
191,706
Net accretion of discount on investments
$
1,012,971
$
663,468
Amortization of deferred credit facility financing costs
$
132,858
$
162,704
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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GSC INVESTMENT CORP.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
GSC Investment Corp. (the Company, we and us) is a non-diversified closed end management investment company incorporated in Maryland that has elected to be treated and is regulated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act). We commenced operations on March 23, 2007 and completed our initial public offering (IPO) on March 28, 2007. We have elected to be treated as a regulated investment company (RIC) under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. We expect to continue to qualify and to elect to be treated for tax purposes as a RIC. Our investment objectives are to generate both current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments by primarily investing in private middle market companies and select high yield bonds.
GSC Investment, LLC (the LLC) was organized in May 2006 as a Maryland limited liability company. As of February 28, 2007, the LLC had not yet commenced its operations and investment activities.
On March 21, 2007, the Company was incorporated and concurrently, the LLC was merged with and into the Company in accordance with the procedure for such merger in the LLCs limited liability company agreement and Maryland law. In connection with such merger, each outstanding common share of the LLC was converted into an equivalent number of shares of common stock of the Company and the Company is the surviving entity.
We are externally managed and advised by our investment adviser, GSCP (NJ), L.P. (individually and collectively with its affiliates, GSC Group or the Manager), pursuant to an investment advisory and management agreement.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and include the accounts of the Company and its special purpose financing subsidiaries, GSC Investment Funding, LLC and GSC Investment Funding II, LLC. The consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments and reclassifications which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the operations and financial condition for the periods presented. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. All references made to the Company, we, and us in the financial statements encompassing of these consolidated subsidiaries, except as stated otherwise.
Interim consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and pursuant to the requirements for reporting on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, certain disclosures accompanying annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP are omitted. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting solely of normal recurring accruals, necessary for the fair presentation of financial statements for the interim period have been included. The current periods results of operations are not necessarily indicative of results that ultimately may be achieved for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2009.
Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements
The preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and revenues and expenses during the period reported. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include short-term, liquid investments in a money market fund. Cash and cash equivalents are carried at cost which approximates fair value.
Cash and cash equivalents, Securitization Accounts
Cash and cash equivalents, securitization accounts include amounts held in designated bank accounts in the form of cash and short-term liquid investments in money market funds representing payments received on securitized investments or other reserved amounts associated with the Companys securitization facilities. The Company is required to use a portion of these amounts to pay interest expense, reduce borrowings, or pay other amounts in accordance with the related securitization agreements. Cash held in such accounts may not be available for the general use of the Company.
Risk Management
In the ordinary course of its business, the Company manages a variety of risks, including market risk and credit risk. Market risk is the risk of potential adverse changes to the value of investments because of changes in market conditions such as interest rate movements and volatility in investment prices. Credit risk is the risk of default or non-performance by portfolio companies equivalent to the investments carrying amount.
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The Company is also exposed to credit risk related to maintaining all of its cash and cash equivalents including those in securitization accounts at a major financial institution and credit risk related to the derivative counterparty.
The Company has investments in lower rated and comparable quality unrated high yield bonds and bank loans. Investments in high yield investments are accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk. The risk of loss due to default by the issuer is significantly greater for holders of high yield securities, because such investments are generally unsecured and are often subordinated to other creditors of the issuer.
Investment Classification
The Company classifies its investments in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act. Under the 1940 Act, Control Investments are defined as investments in companies in which we own more than 25% of the voting securities or maintain greater than 50% of the board representation. Under the 1940 Act, Affiliated Investments are defined as those non-control investments in companies in which we own between 5% and 25% of the voting securities. Under the 1940 Act, Non-affiliated Investments are defined as investments that are neither Control Investments or Affiliated Investments.
Investment Valuation
The fair value of the Companys assets and liabilities which qualify as financial instruments under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 107,
Disclosure About Fair Value of Financial Instruments,
approximates the carrying amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheet.
Investments for which market quotations are readily available are fair valued at such market quotations obtained from independent third party pricing services and market makers subject to any decision by our board of directors to make a fair value determination to reflect significant events affecting the value of these investments. We value investments for which market quotations are not readily available as stated above at fair value as determined in good faith by our board of directors based on input from our Manager, our audit committee and, if our board or audit committee so request, a third party independent valuation firm. Determinations of fair value may involve subjective judgments and estimates. The types of factors that may be considered in a fair value pricing include the nature and realizable value of any collateral, the portfolio companys ability to make payments, yield trend analysis, the markets in which the portfolio company does business, comparison to publicly traded companies, discounted cash flow and other relevant factors.
We undertake a multi-step valuation process each quarter when valuing investments for which market quotations are not readily available, as described below:
Each investment is initially valued by the responsible investment professionals and preliminary valuation conclusions are documented and discussed with our senior management; and
An independent valuation firm engaged by our board of directors reviews at least one quarter of these preliminary valuations each quarter so that the valuation of each investment for which market quotes are not readily available is reviewed by the independent valuation firm at least annually.
In addition, all our investments are subject to the following valuation process.
The audit committee of our board of directors reviews each preliminary valuation and our investment adviser and independent valuation firm (if applicable) will supplement the preliminary valuation to reflect any comments provided by the audit committee; and
Our board of directors discuss the valuations and determine the fair value of each investment in good faith based on the input of our investment adviser, independent valuation firm (if applicable) and audit committee.
Our equity investment in GSC Investment Corp. CLO 2007, Ltd. (GSCIC CLO) is carried at fair value, which is based on a discounted cash flow model that utilizes prepayment, re-investment and loss assumptions based on historical experience and projected performance, economic factors, the characteristics of the underlying cash flow, and comparable yields for similar CLO equity, when available, as determined by our investment advisor and recommended to our board of directors.
Because such valuations, and particularly valuations of private investments and private companies, are inherently uncertain, they may fluctuate over short periods of time and may be based on estimates. The determination of fair value by our board of directors may differ materially from the values that would have been used if a ready market for these investments existed. Our net asset value could be materially affected if the determinations regarding the fair value of our investments were materially higher or lower than the values that we ultimately realize upon the disposal of such investments.
Income Recognition
Purchases and sales of investments and the related realized gains or losses are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on an accrual basis to the extent that such amounts are expected to be collected. The Company stops accruing interest on its investments when it is determined that interest is no longer collectible. If any cash is received after it is determined that interest is no longer collectible, we will treat the cash as payment on the principal balance until the entire principal balance has been repaid, before any interest income is recognized. Discounts and premiums on investments purchased are accreted/amortized over the life of the respective investment using the effective yield method. The amortized cost of investments represents the original cost adjusted for the accretion of discounts and amortizations of premium on investments.
Loans are generally placed on non-accrual status when there is reasonable doubt that principal or interest will be collected. Accrued interest is generally reversed when a loan is placed on non-accrual status. Interest payments received on non-accrual loans may be recognized as principal depending upon managements judgment regarding collectability. Non-accrual loans are restored to accrual status when past due principal and interest is paid and, in managements judgment, are likely to remain current. The Company may make exceptions to this if the loan has sufficient collateral value and is in the process of collection. As of November 30, 2008, no investments were on non-accrual status.
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Interest income on our investment in GSCIC CLO is recorded using the effective interest method in accordance with the provision of EITF 99-20, based on the anticipated yield and the estimated cash flows over the projected life of the investment. Yields are revised when there are changes in actual or estimated cash flows due to changes in prepayments and/or re-investments, credit losses or asset pricing. Changes in estimated yield are recognized as an adjustment to the estimated yield over the remaining life of the investment from the date the estimated yield was changed.
Paid-in-Kind Interest
The Company includes in income certain amounts that it has not yet received in cash, such as contractual paid-in-kind interest (PIK), which represents contractually deferred interest added to the investment balance that is generally due at maturity. We stop accruing PIK if we do not expect the issuer to be able to pay all principal and interest when due.
Organizational Expenses
Organizational expenses consist principally of professional fees incurred in connection with the organization of the Company and have been expensed as incurred.
Deferred Credit Facility Financing Costs
Financing costs incurred in connection with each respective credit facility have been deferred and are being amortized using the straight line method over the life of each respective facility.
Indemnifications
In the ordinary course of its business, the Company may enter into contracts or agreements that contain indemnifications or warranties. Future events could occur that lead to the execution of these provisions against the Company. Based on its history and experience, management feels that the likelihood of such an event is remote.
Income Taxes
The Company has filed an election to be treated for tax purposes as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code and, among other things, intends to make the requisite distributions to its stockholders which will relieve the Company from federal income taxes. Therefore, no provision has been recorded for federal income taxes.
In order to qualify as a RIC, among other requirements, the Company is required to timely distribute to its stockholders at least 90% of its investment company taxable income, as defined by the Code, for each fiscal tax year. The Company will be subject to a nondeductible U.S. federal excise tax of 4% on undistributed income if we do not distribute at least 98% of our investment company taxable income in any calendar year and 98% of our capital gain net income for each one-year period ending on October 31.
Depending on the level of taxable income earned in a tax year, we may choose to carry forward taxable income in excess of current year dividend distributions into the next tax year and pay a 4% excise tax on such income, as required. To the extent that the Company determines that its estimated current year annual taxable income will be in excess of estimated current year dividend distributions, the Company accrues excise tax, if any, on estimated excess taxable income as taxable income is earned.
Dividends
Dividends to common stockholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The amount to be paid out as a dividend is determined by the board of directors. Net realized capital gains, if any, are generally distributed at least annually, although we may decide to retain such capital gains for reinvestment.
The Company has adopted a dividend reinvestment plan that provides for reinvestment of our dividend distributions on behalf of our stockholders unless a stockholder elects to receive cash. As a result, if our board of directors authorizes, and we declare, a cash dividend, then our stockholders who have not ''opted out of our dividend reinvestment plan will have their cash dividends automatically reinvested in additional shares of our common stock, rather than receiving the cash dividends. If the Companys common stock is trading below net asset value at the time of valuation, the plan administrator will receive the dividend or distribution in cash and will purchase common stock in the open market, on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere, for the account of each Participant.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (FAS 159), which provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. The objective of FAS 159 is to reduce both complexity in accounting for financial instruments and the volatility in earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently. FAS 159 establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between companies that choose different measurement attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities and to more easily understand the effect of the companys choice to use fair value on its earnings. FAS 159 also requires entities to display the fair value of the selected assets and liabilities on the face of the balance sheet. FAS 159 does not eliminate disclosure requirements of other accounting standards, including fair value measurement disclosures in FAS 157. This statement is effective as of the beginning of an entitys first fiscal year beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company does not intend to elect fair value measurement for assets or liabilities other than portfolio investments, which are already measured at fair value, therefore, the Company does not believe the adoption of this statement will have a significant effect on the Companys financial position or its results of operations.
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In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161,
Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
(FAS 161). The objective of FAS 161 is to improve financial reporting about derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures to enable investors to better understand their effects on an entitys financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. FAS 161 improves transparency about the location and amounts of derivative instruments in an entitys financial statements; how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under FAS 133; and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect its financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. FAS 161 achieves these improvements by requiring disclosure of the fair values of derivative instruments and their gains and losses in a tabular format. It also provides more information about an entitys liquidity by requiring disclosure of derivative features that are credit risk related. Finally, it requires cross-referencing within footnotes to enable financial statement users to locate important information about derivative instruments. FAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. We did not early adopt FAS 161. Management is currently evaluating the enhanced disclosure requirements and the impact on our consolidated financial statements of adopting FAS 161.
In October 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) No. 157-3,
Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active
. FSP No. 157-3 clarifies the application of FAS No. 157 in a market that is not active. More specifically, FSP No. 157-3 states that significant judgment should be applied to determine if observable data in a dislocated market represents forced liquidations or distressed sales and are not representative of fair value in an orderly transaction. FSP No. 157-3 also provides further guidance that the use of a reporting entitys own assumptions about future cash flows and appropriately risk-adjusted discount rates is acceptable when relevant observable inputs are not available. In addition, FSP No. 157-3 provides guidance on the level of reliance of broker quotes or pricing services when measuring fair value in a non active market stating that less reliance should be placed on a quote that does not reflect actual market transactions and a quote that is not a binding offer. The guidance in FSP No. 157-3 is effective upon issuance for all financial statements that have not been issued and any changes in valuation techniques as a result of applying FSP No. 157-3 are accounted for as a change in accounting estimate.
Note 3. Investments
The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (FAS 157) as of March 1, 2008, which among other matters, requires enhanced disclosures about investments that are measured and reported at fair value. As defined in FAS 157, fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. FAS 157 establishes a hierarchal disclosure framework which prioritizes and ranks the level of market price observability used in measuring investments at fair value. Market price observability is affected by a number of factors, including the type of investment and the characteristics specific to the investment. Investments with readily available active quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices generally will have a higher degree of market price observability and a lesser degree of judgment used in measuring fair value.
Based on the observability of the inputs used in the valuation techniques the Company is required to provide the following information according to the fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy ranks the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values. Investments carried at fair value will be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:
Level 1 Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access.
Level 2 Valuations based on inputs other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable.
Level 3 Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. The inputs into the determination of fair value may require significant management judgment or estimation. Even if observable-market data is available, such information may be the result of consensus pricing information or broker quotes which include a disclaimer that the broker would not be held to such a price in an actual transaction. The non-binding nature of consensus pricing and/or quotes accompanied by disclaimer would result in classification as Level III information, assuming no additional corroborating evidence.
In addition to using the above inputs in investment valuations, we continue to employ the valuation policy approved by our board of directors that is consistent with FAS 157 (see Note 2). Consistent with our valuation policy, we evaluate the source of inputs, including any markets in which our investments are trading, in determining fair value.
The following table presents fair value measurements of investments as of November 30, 2008 (dollars in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements Using
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Non-control/non-affiliate investments
$
$
$
111,140
$
111,140
Control investments
25,028
25,028
Affiliate investments
7
7
Total investments at fair value
$
$
$
136,175
$
136,175
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for investments that use Level 3 inputs for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 (dollars in thousands):
Level 3
Balance as of February 29, 2008
$
172,837
Net unrealized losses
(10,422
)
Purchases and other adjustments to cost
22,473
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Level 3
Sales and redemptions
(48,713
)
Net transfers in and/or out
Balance as of November 30, 2008
$
136,175
Purchases and other adjustments to cost include new investments at cost, effects of refinancing/restructuring, accretion income from discount on debt securities, and PIK.
Sale and redemptions represent net proceeds received and realized gains and losses from investments sold during the period.
Net transfers in and/or out represent existing investments that were either previously categorized as a higher level and the inputs to the model became unobservable or investments that were previously classified as the lowest significant input became observable during the period. These investments are recorded at their end of period fair values.
The composition of our investments as of November 30, 2008, at amortized cost and fair value was as follows (dollars in thousands):
Fair Value
Investments at
Investments at
Percentage of
Amortized Cost
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
First lien term loans
$
24,841
$
19,443
14.3
%
Second lien term loans
57,371
49,766
36.6
Senior secured notes
35,744
27,271
20.0
Unsecured notes
18,787
14,417
10.6
Structured Finance Securities
29,905
24,967
18.3
Equity/limited partnership interest
311
0.2
Total
$
166,648
$
136,175
100.0
%
The composition of our investments as of February 29, 2008, at amortized cost and fair value was as follows (dollars in thousands):
Fair Value
Investments at
Investments at
Percentage of
Amortized Cost
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
First lien term loans
$
29,660
$
26,362
15.3
%
Second lien term loans
70,819
62,446
36.1
Senior secured notes
35,024
31,657
18.3
Unsecured notes
27,386
23,281
13.5
Structured Finance Securities
30,000
28,915
16.7
Equity/limited partnership interest
176
0.1
Total
$
192,889
$
172,837
100.0
%
Note 4. Investment in GSC Investment Corp. CLO 2007, Ltd.
On January 22, 2008, we invested $30 million in all of the outstanding subordinated notes of GSC Investment Corp. CLO 2007, Ltd., (the GSCIC CLO), a $400 million CLO managed by us that invests primarily in senior secured loans. Additionally, we entered into a collateral management agreement with GSCIC CLO pursuant to which we will act as collateral manager to it. In return for our collateral management services, we are entitled to a senior collateral management fee of 0.10% and a subordinate collateral management fee of 0.40% of the outstanding principal amount of GSCIC CLOs assets, to be paid quarterly to the extent of available proceeds. We are also entitled to an incentive management fee equal to 20% of excess cash flow to the extent the GSCIC CLO subordinated notes receive an internal rate of return equal to or greater than 12%. For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008, we accrued $0.5 and $1.5 million in management fees and $1.5 and $3.2 million in interest income. We did not accrue any amounts related to the incentive management fee as the 12% hurdle rate has not yet been achieved.
Note 5. Agreements
On March 21, 2007, the Company entered into an investment advisory and management agreement (the Management Agreement) with GSC Group. The initial term of the Management Agreement is two years, with automatic, one-year renewals at the end of each year subject to certain approvals by our board of directors and/or our stockholders. Pursuant to the Management Agreement, our investment adviser implements our business strategy on a day-to-day basis and performs certain services for us, subject to oversight by our board of directors. Our investment adviser is responsible for, among other duties, determining investment criteria, sourcing, analyzing and executing investments transactions, asset sales, financings and performing asset management duties. Under the Management Agreement, we have agreed to pay our investment adviser a management fee for investment advisory and management services consisting of a base management fee and an incentive fee.
The base management fee of 1.75% is calculated based on the average value of our total assets (other than cash or cash equivalents but including assets purchased with borrowed funds) at the end of the two most recently completed fiscal quarters, and appropriately adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the applicable fiscal quarter.
The incentive fee consists of the following two parts:
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The first, payable quarterly in arrears, equals 20% of our pre-incentive fee net investment income (not including excise taxes), expressed as a rate of return on the value of the net assets at the end of the immediately preceding quarter, that exceeds a 1.875% quarterly (7.5% annualized) hurdle rate measured as of the end of each fiscal quarter. Under this provision, in any fiscal quarter, our investment adviser receives no incentive fee unless our pre-incentive fee net investment income, as defined above, exceeds the hurdle rate of 1.875%. Amounts received as a return of capital are not included in calculating this portion of the incentive fee. Since the hurdle rate is based on net assets, a return of less than the hurdle rate on total assets may still result in an incentive fee.
The second, payable at the end of each fiscal year equals 20% of our net realized capital gains, if any, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation, in each case on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of such incentive fees paid to the investment adviser through such date.
We will defer cash payment of any incentive fee otherwise earned by our investment adviser if, during the most recent four full fiscal quarter period ending on or prior to the date such payment is to be made, the sum of (a) our aggregate distributions to our stockholders and (b) our change in net assets (defined as total assets less liabilities) (before taking into account any incentive fees payable during that period) is less than 7.5% of our net assets at the beginning of such period. These calculations will be appropriately pro rated for the first three fiscal quarters of operation and adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the applicable period. Such incentive fee will become payable on the next date on which such test has been satisfied for the most recent four full fiscal quarters.
For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008, we incurred $0.7 and $2.1 million in base management fees and $0.5 and $1.3 million in incentive fees related to pre-incentive fee net investment income. For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008, we incurred no incentive management fees related to net realized capital gains. As of November 30, 2008, $0.7 million of base management fees and $1.8 million of incentive fees were unpaid and included in management and incentive fees payable in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2007, we incurred $0.9 and $2.1 million in base management fees, $0.2 and $0.6 million in incentive fees related to pre-incentive fee net investment income.
As of November 30, 2008, the end of the third quarter of fiscal year 2009, the sum of our aggregate distributions to our stockholders and our change in net assets (defined as total assets less liabilities) (before taking into account any incentive fees payable during that period) was less than 7.5% of our net assets at the beginning of the third fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2008. Accordingly, the payment of the incentive fee for the quarter ended November 30, 2008 will be deferred. The total deferred incentive fee payable at November 30, 2008 is $1.8 million.
On March 21, 2007, the Company entered into a separate administration agreement (the Administration Agreement) with GSC Group, pursuant to which GSC Group, as our administrator, has agreed to furnish us with the facilities and administrative services necessary to conduct our day-to-day operations and provide managerial assistance on our behalf to those portfolio companies to which we are required to provide such assistance. Our allocable portion is based on the proportion that our total assets bears to the total assets or a subset of total assets administered by our administrator.
For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008, we accrued $0.2 and $0.8 million of administrator expenses pertaining to bookkeeping, record keeping and other administrative services provided to the Company in addition to our allocable portion of rent and other overhead related expenses. During the initial two year term of the Administration Agreement, GSC Group has agreed not to be reimbursed by the Company for any expenses incurred in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement until the Companys total assets exceeds $500 million. Additionally, the Companys requirement to reimburse GSC Group is capped such that the amounts payable, together with the Companys other operating expenses, will not exceed an amount equal to 1.5% per annum of the Companys net assets attributable to the Companys common stock. Accordingly, for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008, we have recorded $0.2 and $0.8 million in expense waiver and reimbursement under the Administration Agreement in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
On March 23, 2007, the Manager provided the Company with a Notification of Fee Reimbursement (the Expense Reimbursement Agreement). The Expense Reimbursement Agreement provides for the Manager to reimburse the Company for operating expenses to the extent that our total annual operating expenses (other than investment advisory and management fees, interest and credit facility expenses, and organizational expense) exceed an amount equal to 1.55% of our net assets attributable to common stock. The Manager is not entitled to recover any reimbursements under this agreement in future periods. The term of the Expense Reimbursement Agreement is for a period of 12 months beginning March 23, 2007 and for each twelve months period thereafter unless otherwise agreed by the Manager and the Company. For the nine months ended November 30, 2008, we have recorded $49,715 in expense waiver and reimbursement under the Expense Reimbursement Agreement in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. On April 15, 2008, the Manager and the Company agreed not to extend the agreement for an additional twelve month period and terminated the Expense Reimbursement Agreement as of March 23, 2008.
Note 6. Borrowings
As a BDC, we are only allowed to employ leverage to the extent that our asset coverage, as defined in the 1940 Act, equals at least 200% after giving effect to such leverage. The amount of leverage that we employ at any time depends on our assessment of the market and other factors at the time of any proposed borrowing.
On April 11, 2007, we formed GSC Investment Funding LLC (GSC Funding), a wholly owned consolidated subsidiary of the Company, through which we entered into a revolving securitized credit facility (the Revolving Facility) with Deutsche Bank AG, as administrative agent, under which we may borrow up to $100 million. A significant percentage of our total assets have been pledged under the Revolving Facility to secure our obligations thereunder. Under the Revolving Facility, funds are borrowed from or through certain lenders at prevailing commercial paper rates or, if the commercial paper market is at any time unavailable, at prevailing LIBOR rates, plus 0.70% payable monthly. We also pay an unused commitment fee equal to 0.225% payable monthly. As of November 30, 2008, there was $66.3 million outstanding under the Revolving Facility and the Company continues to be in compliance with all of the limitations and requirements of the Revolving Facility. For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008, we recorded $0.6 and $2.0 million of interest expense and $43,964 and $132,858 of amortization of deferred financing costs related to the Revolving Facility and the interest rates on the
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outstanding borrowings ranged from 2.61% to 4.29%. As of November 30, 2007, there was $78.1 million outstanding under the Revolving Facility. For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2007, we recorded $1.2 and $2.8 million of interest expense and $43,964 and $111,982 of amortization of deferred financing costs related to the Revolving Facility and the interest rates on the outstanding borrowings ranged from 5.14% to 5.73%.
On May 1, 2007, we formed GSC Investment Funding II LLC (GSC Funding II), a wholly owned consolidated subsidiary of the Company, through which we entered into a $25.7 million term securitized credit facility (the Term Facility and, together with the Revolving Facility, the Facilities) with Deutsche Bank AG, as administrative agent, which was fully drawn at closing. A significant percentage of our total assets were pledged under the Term Facility to secure our obligations thereunder. The Term Facility bears interest at prevailing commercial paper rates or, if the commercial paper market is at any time unavailable, at prevailing LIBOR rates, plus 0.70%, payable quarterly. As of November 30, 2007, there was $6.3 million outstanding under the Term Facility. For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2007, we recorded $0.1 and $0.6 million of interest expense and $21,569 and $50,722 of amortization of deferred financing costs related to the Term Facility.
Each of the Facilities contain limitations as to how borrowed funds may be used, such as restrictions on industry concentrations, asset size, payment frequency and status, average life, collateral interests and investment ratings. The Facilities also include certain requirements relating to portfolio performance the violation of which could result in the early amortization of the Facilities, limit further advances (in the case of the Revolving Facility) and, in some cases, result in an event of default, allowing the lenders to accelerate repayment of amounts owed thereunder.
On December 12, 2007, the Company consolidated its Facilities by using the proceeds of a draw under the Revolving Facility to repay and terminate the Term Facility and transferring all assets in GSC Funding II to GSC Funding. The Companys aggregate indebtedness and cost of funding were unchanged as a result of this consolidation.
At February 29, 2008, we had $78.5 million in borrowings under the Revolving Facility and $21.5 million of undrawn commitments remaining. At November 30, 2008, we had $66.3 million in borrowings under the Revolving Facility and $33.7 million of undrawn commitments remaining. The actual amount that may be outstanding at any given time (the Borrowing Base) is dependent upon the amount and quality of the collateral securing the Revolving Facility. Our Borrowing Base was $68.1 million at November 30, 2008 versus $83.6 million at February 29, 2008. The decline in our Borrowing Base during this period is mainly attributable to the decline in the value of the pledged collateral and the downgrade of certain public ratings or private credit estimates of the pledged collateral.
For purposes of determining the Borrowing Base, most assets are assigned the values set forth in our most recent quarterly report filed with the SEC. Accordingly, the November 30, 2008 Borrowing Base relies upon the valuations set forth in the quarterly report for the quarter ended August 31, 2008. The valuations presented in this quarterly report will not be incorporated into the Borrowing Base until after this report is filed with the SEC. If the November 30, 2008 valuations were used to calculate the Borrowing Base at November 30, 2008, the collateral balance would have been $114.2 million versus $117.8 million when using the August 31, 2008 valuations. At November 30, 2008, the Company had $2.4 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents that could be pledged under the Revolving Facility to increase the Borrowing Base or to repay outstanding borrowings.
A Borrowing Base violation will occur if our outstanding borrowings exceed the Borrowing Base at any time. We can cure a Borrowing Base violation by reducing our borrowing below the Borrowing Base (by, e.g., selling collateral and repaying borrowings) or pledging additional collateral to increase the Borrowing Base. If we fail to cure a Borrowing Base violation within the specified time, a default under the Revolving Facility shall occur.
Note 7. Stockholders Equity
On May 16, 2006, GSC Group capitalized the LLC, by contributing $1,000 in exchange for 67 shares, constituting all of the issued and outstanding shares of the LLC.
On March 20, 2007, the Company issued 959,955 and 81,362 shares of common stock, priced at $15.00 per share, to GSC Group and certain individual employees of GSC Group, respectively, in exchange for the general partnership interest and a limited partnership interest in GSC Partners CDO III GP, LP, collectively valued at $15.6 million. At this time, the 67 shares owned by GSC Group in the LLC were exchanged for 67 shares of GSC Investment Corp.
On March 28, 2007, the Company completed its IPO of 7,250,000 shares of common stock, priced at $15.00 per share, before underwriting discounts and commissions. Total proceeds received from the IPO, net of $7.1 million in underwriters discount and commissions, and $1.0 million in offering costs, were $100.7 million.
Note 8. Earnings Per Share
The following information sets forth the computation of the weighted average basic and diluted net increase (decrease) in net assets per share from operations for the nine months ended November 30, 2008, and November 30, 2007 (dollars in thousands except per share amounts):
Basic and diluted
November 30,
2008
November 30,
2007
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets from operations
$
(7,307
)
$
3,959
Weighted average common shares outstanding
8,291,384
7,588,040
Earnings per common share-basic and diluted
$
(0.88
)
$
0.52
Note 9. Dividend
The following table summarizes dividends declared during the nine months ended November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007 (dollars in thousands except per share amounts):
Date Declared
Record Date
Payment Date
Amount Per Share *
Total Amount
May 22, 2008
May 30, 2008
June 13, 2008
$
0.39
$
3,234
August 20, 2008
August 29, 2008
September 15, 2008
0.39
3,234
Total dividends declared
$
0.78
$
6,468
Date Declared
Record Date
Payment Date
Amount Per Share *
Total Amount
May 21, 2007
May 29, 2007
June 6, 2007
$
0.24
$
1,990
August 14, 2007
August 24, 2007
August 31, 2007
0.36
2,985
November 15, 2007
November 30, 2007
December 3, 2007
0.38
3,151
Total dividends declared
$
0.98
$
8,126
*
Amount per share is calculated based on the number of shares outstanding at the date of declaration.
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Note 10. Financial Highlights
The following is a schedule of financial highlights for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007 and for the year ended February 29, 2008:
Per share data:
November 30, 2008
November 30, 2007
February 29, 2008
Public offering cost at IPO, March 23, 2007
$
$
15.00
$
15.00
Sales load
(0.85
)
(0.85
)
Offering cost
(0.12
)
(0.12
)
Net asset value at beginning of period/IPO
11.80
14.03
14.03
Net investment income (1)
1.27
0.99
1.30
Net realized gains (losses) on investments and derivatives
(0.89
)
0.38
0.47
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and derivatives
(1.26
)
(0.91
)*
(2.45
)*
Net increase (decrease) in stockholders equity
(0.88
)
0.46
(0.68
)
Distributions declared from net investment income
(0.78
)
(0.98
)
(1.37
)
Distributions declared from net realized capital gains
(0.18
)
Total distributions to stockholders
(0.78
)
(0.98
)
(1.55
)
Net asset value at end of period
$
10.14
$
13.51
$
11.80
Net assets at end of period
$
84,094,745
$
112,005,378
$
97,869,040
Shares outstanding at end of period
8,291,384
8,291,384
8,291,384
Per share market value at end of period
$
1.55
$
11.05
$
11.04
Total return based on market value (2)
(78.89
)%
(19.80
)%
(16.07
)%
Total return based on net asset value (3)
(7.46
)%
1.03
%
(11.00
)%
*
Net unrealized depreciation on investments and derivatives per share amount includes the net loss incurred prior to the IPO.
Ratio/Supplemental data:
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (5)
13.93
%
8.90
%
8.11
%
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets (4) (5)
6.77
%
6.20
%
5.91
%
Ratio of incentive management fees to average net assets (5)
1.84
%
0.74
%
0.64
%
Ratio of credit facility related expenses to average net assets (5)
3.08
%
4.55
%
4.51
%
Ratio of total expenses to average net assets (4) (5)
11.69
%
11.49
%
11.05
%
(1)
Net investment income excluding expense waiver and reimbursement equals $1.17 and $0.84 per share for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 and November 30, 2007, respectively.
(2)
For the nine months ended November 30, 2008, the total return based on market value equals the decrease in market value at November 30, 2008, of $9.49 per share over the price per share at February 29, 2008, of $11.04, plus the declared dividends of $0.39 per share for stockholders of record on May 30, 2008, and $0.39 per share for stockholders of record on August 29, 2008, divided by the February 29, 2008 price per share. For the nine months ended November 30, 2007, the total return based on market value equals the decrease in market value at November 30, 2007 of $3.95 per share over the IPO offering price per share at March 23, 2007 of $15.00, plus the declared dividend of $0.24 per share for stockholders of record on May 29, 2007, the declared dividend of $0.36 per share for stockholders of record on August 24, 2007, and the declared dividend of $0.38 per share for stockholders of record on November 30, 2007, divided by the IPO offering price per share. Total return based on market value is not annualized.
(3)
For the nine months ended November 30, 2008, the total return based on net asset value equals the change in net asset value during the period plus the declared dividend of $0.39 per share for stockholders of record on May 30, 2008, and $0.39 per share for stockholders of record on August 29, 2008, divided by the beginning net asset value during the period. For the nine months ended November 30, 2007, the total return based on net asset value equals the change in net asset value during the period plus the declared dividend of $0.24 per share for stockholders of record on May 29, 2007, the declared dividend of $0.36 per share for stockholders of record on August 24, 2007, and the declared dividend of $0.38 per share for stockholders of record on November 30, 2007,divided by the beginning net asset value during the period. Total return based on net asset value is not annualized.
(4)
For the nine months ended November 30, 2008, incorporating the expense waiver and reimbursement arrangement, the ratio of net investment income, operating expenses, total expenses to average net assets is 15.08%, 5.62%, and 10.54%, respectively. For the nine months ended November 30, 2007, incorporating the expense waiver and reimbursement arrangement, the ratio of net investment income, operating expenses, total expenses to average net assets is 10.52%, 4.58%, and 9.87%.
(5)
Annualized.
Note 11. Related Party Transaction
On March 20, 2007, the Company issued 959,955 and 81,362 shares of common stock, priced at $15.00 per share, to GSC Group and certain individual employees of GSC Group, respectively, in exchange for the general partnership interest and a limited partnership interest in GSC Partners CDO III GP, LP, collectively valued at $15.6 million. Additionally, GSC Group assigned its rights to act as collateral manager for GSC Partners CDO Fund III, Limited (CDO III) to the Company. The Company paid GSC Group $0.1 million to acquire the rights to act as collateral manager and expected to receive collateral
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management fees of $0.2 million. For the year ended February 29, 2008 we received $0.4 million of management fee income from CDO III and received distributions of $16.1 million from our partnership interests resulting in a realized gain of $0.5 million. As of November 30, 2008, the fair value of the general partnership interest and limited partnership interest is $67,491.
On January 10, 2008, GSC Group notified our Dividend Reinvestment Plan Administrator that it was electing to receive dividends and other distributions in cash (rather than in additional shares of common stock) with respect to all shares of stock held by it and the investment funds under its control. For the year ended February 29, 2008, GSC Group received 35,911 of additional shares under the dividend reinvestment plan. As of November 30, 2008, GSC Group and its affiliates own approximately 12% of the outstanding common shares of the Company.
On January 22, 2008, we entered into a collateral management agreement with GSCIC CLO pursuant to which we will act as collateral manager to it. In return for our collateral management services, we are entitled to a senior collateral management fee of 0.10% and a subordinate collateral management fee of 0.40% of the outstanding principal amount of GSCIC CLOs assets, to be paid quarterly to the extent of available proceeds. We are also entitled to an incentive management fee equal to 20% of excess cash flow to the extent the GSCIC CLO subordinated notes receive an internal rate of return equal to or greater than 12%. We do not expect to enter into additional collateral management agreements in the near future.
Note 12. Subsequent Events
In January 2009, we notified the lender under the Revolving Facility that we were electing to terminate the revolving period of the Revolving Facility effective January 14, 2009. Accordingly, as of January 14, 2009, the Revolving Facility will begin a two-year amortization period during which all principal proceeds from the collateral will be used to repay outstanding borrowings. At the end of the two year amortization period, all advances will be due and payable.
One of our portfolio companies, Lyondell Chemical Company, filed for bankruptcy on January 6, 2009. Subsequent to this date, our debt investment in such company will be accounted for on a non-accrual basis.
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and related notes and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report. In addition to historical information, the following discussion and other parts of this quarterly report contain forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated by such forward-looking information due to the factors discussed in Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008, Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 31, 2008 and Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended November 30, 2008.
The forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance, taking into account all information currently available to us. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us or are within our control. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report include statements as to:
our future operating results;
our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies;
the impact of investments that we expect to make;
our contractual arrangements and relationships with third parties;
the dependence of our future success on the general economy and its impact on the industries in which we invest;
the ability of our portfolio companies to achieve their objectives;
our expected financings and investments;
our regulatory structure and tax treatment, including our ability to operate as a business development company and a regulated investment company;
the adequacy of our cash resources and working capital;
the timing of cash flows, if any, from the operations of our portfolio companies;
the ability of our investment adviser to locate suitable investments for us and to monitor and effectively administer our investments; and
continued access to our Revolving Facility.
You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made in this quarterly report relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this quarterly report.
Overview
GSC Investment Corp. is a Maryland corporation that has elected to be treated as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act). Our investment objectives are to generate current income and capital appreciation through debt and equity investments by primarily investing in middle market companies and select high yield bonds. We have elected to be treated as a regulated investment company (RIC) under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. We commenced operations on March 23, 2007, and completed our initial public offering (IPO) on March 28, 2007. We are externally managed and advised by our investment adviser, GSCP (NJ), L.P.
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We used the net proceeds of our IPO to purchase approximately $100.7 million in aggregate principal amount of debt investments from GSC Partners CDO Fund III, Limited (CDO Fund III), a collateralized loan obligation (CLO) fund managed by our investment adviser. We used borrowings under our credit facilities to purchase approximately $115.1 million in aggregate principal amount of debt investments in April and May 2007 from CDO Fund III and GSC Partners CDO Fund Limited (CDO Fund I), a collateralized debt obligation fund managed by our investment adviser. As of November 30, 2008, our portfolio consisted of $136.2 million, principally invested in 35 portfolio companies and one CLO.
Our portfolio is comprised primarily of investments in leveraged loans (comprised of both first and second lien term loans) issued by middle market companies and high yield bonds. We seek to create a diversified portfolio by investing up to 5% of our total assets in each investment, although the investment sizes may be more or less than the targeted range. These investments are sourced in both the primary and secondary markets through a network of relationships with commercial and investment banks, commercial finance companies and financial sponsors; due to unfavorable conditions in the credit market, the majority of our trading activity over the last several quarters has been in the secondary market. The leveraged loans and high yield bonds that we purchase are generally used to finance buyouts, acquisitions, growth, recapitalizations and other types of transactions. Leveraged loans are generally senior debt instruments that rank ahead of subordinated debt of the portfolio company. Leveraged loans also have the benefit of security interests on the assets of the portfolio company, which may rank ahead of, or be junior to, other security interests. High yield bonds are typically subordinated to leveraged loans and generally unsecured, though a substantial amount of the high yield bonds that we currently own are secured. Substantially all of the debt investments held in our portfolio hold a non-investment grade rating by Moodys Investors Service (Moodys) and/or Standard & Poors or, if not rated, would be rated below investment grade if rated. High yield bonds rated below investment grade are commonly referred to as junk bonds. As part of our long term strategy, we also anticipate purchasing mezzanine debt and making equity investments in middle market companies. Mezzanine debt is typically unsecured and subordinated to senior debt of the portfolio company. For purposes of this quarterly report, we generally use the term middle market to refer to companies with annual EBITDA of between $5 million and $50 million. EBITDA represents earnings before net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Investments in middle market companies are generally less liquid than equivalent investments in companies with larger capitalizations.
While our primary focus is to generate current income and capital appreciation through investments in debt and equity securities of middle market companies and high yield bonds, we intend to invest up to 30% of our total assets in opportunistic investments. Opportunistic investments may include investments in distressed debt, debt and equity securities of public companies, credit default swaps, emerging market debt, and structured finance vehicles, including CLOs. As part of this 30%, we may also invest in debt of middle market companies located outside the U.S. Given our primary investment focus on first and second lien term loans issued by middle market companies and high yield bonds, we believe our opportunistic investments will allow us to supplement our core investments with other investments that are within our investment advisers expertise that we believe offer attractive yields and/or the potential for capital appreciation. As of November 30, 2008, our investment in the subordinated notes of GSC Investment Corp. CLO 2007, Ltd. (GSCIC CLO), a CLO we manage, constitutes 16.2% of our total assets. We do not expect to manage and purchase all of the equity in another CLO transaction in the near future. We may, however, invest in CLO securities issued by other investment managers.
As a BDC, we are required to comply with certain regulatory requirements. For instance, we have to invest at least 70% of our total assets in qualifying assets, including securities of private U.S. operating companies, public U.S. companies whose securities are not listed on a national securities exchange registered under the Exchange Act (i.e., New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange and The NASDAQ Global Market), U.S. companies whose securities are listed on a securities exchange that have market capitalizations of less than $250 million, cash, cash equivalents, U.S. government securities and high-quality debt investments that mature in one year or less. In addition, we are only allowed to borrow money such that our asset coverage, which, as defined in the 1940 Act, measures the ratio of total assets less total liabilities (excluding borrowings) to total borrowings, equals at least 200% after such borrowing, with certain limited exceptions. The amount of our borrowing will depend on our investment advisers assessment of market conditions and other factors.
Revenues
We generate revenue in the form of interest income and capital gains on the debt investments that we hold and capital gains, if any, on equity interests that we may acquire. We expect our debt investments, whether in the form of first and second lien term loans, mezzanine debt or high yield bonds, to have terms of up to ten years, and to bear interest at either a fixed or floating rate. Interest on debt will be payable generally either quarterly or semi-annually. In some cases our debt investments may provide for a portion of the interest to be paid-in-kind (PIK). To the extent interest is paid-in-kind, it will be payable through the increase of the principal amount of the obligation by the amount of interest due on the then-outstanding aggregate principal amount of such obligation. The
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principal amount of the debt and any accrued but unpaid interest will generally become due at the maturity date. In addition, we may generate revenue in the form of commitment, origination, structuring or diligence fees, fees for providing managerial assistance or investment management services and possibly consulting fees. Any such fees will be generated in connection with our investments and recognized as earned. We may also invest in preferred equity securities that pay dividends on a current basis.
Pursuant to an agreement with our investment adviser entered into on October 17, 2006, prior to becoming a BDC, we acquired the right to act as investment adviser to CDO Fund III and collect the management fees related thereto from March 20, 2007 until the liquidation of the CDO Fund III assets. We paid our investment adviser a fair market price of $0.1 million for the right to act as investment advisor to CDO Fund III.
On January 22, 2008, we entered into a collateral management agreement with GSCIC CLO pursuant to which we act as its collateral manager and receive a senior collateral management fee of 0.10% and a subordinate collateral management fee of 0.40% of the outstanding principal amount of GSCIC CLOs assets, paid quarterly to the extent of available proceeds. We are also entitled to an incentive management fee equal to 20% of excess cash flow to the extent the GSCIC CLO subordinated notes receive an internal rate of return equal to or greater than 12%.
We recognize interest income on our investment in the subordinated notes of GSCIC CLO using the effective interest method, based on the anticipated yield and the estimated cash flows over the projected life of the investment. Yields are revised when there are changes in actual or estimated cash flows due to changes in prepayments and/or re-investments, credit losses or asset pricing. Changes in estimated yield are recognized as an adjustment to the estimated yield over the remaining life of the investment from the date the estimated yield was changed.
Expenses
Our primary operating expenses include the payment of investment advisory and management fees, professional fees, directors and officers insurance, fees paid to independent directors and administrator expenses, including our allocable portion of our administrators overhead. Our allocable portion is based on the ratio of our total assets to the total assets administered by our administrator. Our investment advisory and management fees compensate our investment adviser for its work in identifying, evaluating, negotiating, closing and monitoring our investments. We bear all other costs and expenses of our operations and transactions, including those relating to:
organization;
calculating our net asset value (including the costs and expenses of any independent valuation firm);
expenses incurred by our investment adviser payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisers, in monitoring our financial and legal affairs and in monitoring our investments and performing due diligence on our prospective portfolio companies;
interest payable on debt, if any, incurred to finance our investments;
offerings of our common stock and other securities;
investment advisory and management fees;
administration fees;
fees payable to third parties, including agents, consultants or other advisers, relating to, or associated with, evaluating and making investments;
transfer agent and custodial fees;
registration and listing fees;
taxes;
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independent directors fees and expenses;
costs of preparing and filing reports or other documents with the SEC;
the costs of any reports;
proxy statements or other notices to stockholders, including printing costs;
to the extent we are covered by any joint insurance policies, our allocable portion of the insurance premiums for such joint policies;
direct costs and expenses of administration, including auditor and legal costs; and
all other expenses incurred by us or our administrator in connection with administering our business.
The amount payable to GSC Group as administrator under the administration agreement is capped to the effect that such amount, together with our other operating expenses, does not exceed an amount equal to 1.5% per annum of our net assets attributable to common stock. In addition, during the initial two year term of the administration agreement (which will expire in March 2009), GSC Group has waived our reimbursement obligation under the administration agreement until our total assets exceed $500 million.
Pursuant to the investment advisory and management agreement, we pay GSC Group as investment adviser a quarterly base management fee of 1.75% of the average value of our total assets (other than cash or cash equivalents but including assets purchased with borrowed funds) at the end of the two most recently completed fiscal quarters, and appropriately adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the applicable fiscal quarter, and an incentive fee.
The incentive fee has two parts:
A fee, payable quarterly in arrears, equal to 20% of our pre-incentive fee net investment income, expressed as a rate of return on the value of the net assets at the end of the immediately preceding quarter, that exceeds a 1.875% quarterly (7.5% annualized) hurdle rate measured as of the end of each fiscal quarter. Under this provision, in any fiscal quarter, our investment adviser receives no incentive fee unless our pre-incentive fee net investment income exceeds the hurdle rate of 1.875%. Amounts received as a return of capital are not included in calculating this portion of the incentive fee. Since the hurdle rate is based on net assets, a return of less than the hurdle rate on total assets may still result in an incentive fee.
A fee, payable at the end of each fiscal year, equal to 20% of our net realized capital gains, if any, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation, in each case on a cumulative basis, less the aggregate amount of capital gains incentive fees paid to the investment adviser through such date.
We will defer cash payment of any incentive fee otherwise earned by our investment adviser if, during the most recent four full fiscal quarter period ending on or prior to the date such payment is to be made, the sum of (a) our aggregate distributions to our stockholders and (b) our change in net assets (defined as total assets less liabilities) (before taking into account any incentive fees payable during that period) is less than 7.5% of our net assets at the beginning of such period. These calculations will be appropriately pro rated for the first three fiscal quarters of operation and adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the applicable period. Such incentive fee will become payable on the next date on which such test has been satisfied for the most recent four full fiscal quarters. We commenced deferring cash payment of incentive fees during the quarterly period ending August 31, 2007, and have continued to defer such payments through the current quarterly period; we have recorded a payable in respect of such deferred fees in the amount of $1.8 million as of November 30, 2008.
To the extent that any of our leveraged loans are denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, we may enter into currency hedging contracts to reduce our exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. We may also enter into interest rate hedging agreements. Such hedging activities, which will be subject to compliance with applicable legal requirements, may include the use of interest rate caps, futures, options and forward contracts. Costs incurred in entering into or settling such contracts will be borne by us.
From the commencement of operations until March 23, 2008, GSC Group reimbursed us for operating expenses to the extent that our total annual operating expenses (other than investment advisory and management fees and interest and credit facility expenses) exceeded an amount equal to 1.55% of our net assets attributable to common stock.
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Portfolio and Investment Activity
Corporate Debt Portfolio Overview
(1)
At November 30, 2008
At February 29, 2008
($ in millions)
Number of investments
42
43
Number of portfolio companies
35
36
Average investment size
$
2.6
$
3.3
Weighted average maturity
3.5 years
3.8 years
Number of industries
22
23
Average investment per portfolio company
$
3.2
$
4
Non-Performing or delinquent investments
(2)
Fixed rate debt (% of interest bearing portfolio)
$
43.9 (39.5
%)
$
57.0 (39.6
%)
Weighted average current coupon
11.7
%
11.6
%
Floating rate debt (% of interest bearing portfolio)
$
67.3 (60.5
%)
$
86.8 (60.4
%)
Weighted average current spread over LIBOR
5.9
%
5.6
%
(1)
Excludes our investment in the subordinated notes of GSCIC CLO and GSC Partners CDO GP III, LP.
(2)
In January 2009, the Companys $0.9 million investment in Lyondell Chemical Company became non-performing as a result of the obligors bankruptcy filing.
During the three months ended November 30, 2008, we made 2 investments in an aggregate amount of $3.0 million in new portfolio companies and no investments in existing portfolio companies. Also during the three months ended November 30, 2008, we had $10.0 million in aggregate amount of exits and repayments, resulting in net repayments of $7.0 million for the period.
For the equivalent period in fiscal year 2008, we made 7 investments in an aggregate amount of $13.1 million, consisting of $8.1 million in investments in new portfolio companies and $5.0 million in investments existing portfolio companies. Also during the three months ended November 30, 2007, we had $19.9 million in exits and repayments, resulting in net repayments of $6.8 million for the period.
Our portfolio composition at November 30, 2008 and February 29, 2008 was as follows:
Portfolio composition
At November 30, 2008
At February 29, 2008
Percentage of
Weighted Average
Percentage of
Weighted Average
Total Portfolio
Current Yield
Total Portfolio
Current Yield
First lien term loans
14.3
%
8.5
%
15.3
%
8.1
%
Second lien term loans
36.6
9.6
36.1
10.8
Senior secured notes
20.0
11.6
18.3
11.5
Unsecured notes
10.6
12.3
13.5
12.2
GSCIC CLO subordinated notes
18.3
19.2
16.7
8.4
Equity/limited partnership interests
0.2
N/A
0.1
N/A
Total
100.0
%
11.9
%
100.0
%
10.3
%
Our investment in the subordinated notes of GSCIC CLO represents a first loss position in a portfolio that, at November 30, 2008, was composed of $416.6 million in aggregate principal amount of predominantly senior secured first lien term loans. This investment is subject to unique risks. (See Part I, Item 1A Risk FactorsRisks related to our investmentsOur investment in GSCIC CLO constitutes a leveraged investment in a portfolio of predominantly senior secured first lien term loans and is subject to additional risks and volatility of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008) and we do not consolidate the GSCIC CLO portfolio on our financial statements. Accordingly, the metrics below do not include the underlying GSCIC CLO portfolio investments. However, at November 30, 2008, no GSCIC CLO portfolio investment was in payment default or delinquent on any payment obligations and over 83% of the GSCIC CLO portfolio investments had a CMR numerical debt score of less than 2.99 and a corporate letter rating of A or B.
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GSC Group normally grades all of our investments using an internally developed credit and monitoring rating system (CMR). The CMR rating consists of two components: (i) a numerical debt score and (ii) a corporate letter rating. The numerical debt score is based on the objective evaluation of six risk categories: (i) leverage; (ii) seniority in the capital structure; (iii) fixed charge coverage ratio; (iv) debt service coverage/liquidity; (v) operating performance; and (vi) business/industry risk. The numerical debt score ranges from 1.00 to 5.00, which can generally be characterized as follows:
1.00-2.00 represents investments that hold senior positions in the capital structure and, typically, have low financial leverage and/or strong historical operating performance;
2.00-3.00 represents investments that hold relatively senior positions in the capital structure, either senior secured, senior unsecured, or senior subordinate, and have moderate financial leverage and/or are performing at or above expectations;
3.00-4.00 represents investments that are junior in the capital structure, have moderate financial leverage and/or are performing at or below expectations; and
4.00-5.00 represents investments that are highly leveraged and/or have poor operating performance.
The numerical debt score is designed to produce higher scores for debt positions that are more subordinate in the capital structure. Therefore, second lien term loans, high-yield bonds and mezzanine debt will generally be assigned scores of 2.25 or higher.
The CMR also consists of a corporate letter rating whereby each credit is assigned a letter rating based on several subjective criteria, including perceived financial and operating strength and covenant compliance. The corporate letter ratings range from (A) through (F) and are characterized as follows: (A) equals strong credit; (B) equals satisfactory credit; (C) equals special attention credit; (D) equals payment default risk; (E) equals payment default; and (F) equals restructured equity security.
The CMR distribution of our investments at November 30, 2008 and February 29, 2008 were as follows:
Portfolio CMR distribution
At November 30, 2008
At February 29, 2008
Investments at
Percentage of
Investments at
Percentage of
Numerical Debt Score
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
($ in thousands)
1.00 - 1.99
$
8,775
6.4
%
$
11,863
6.9
%
2.00 - 2.99
57,353
42.1
87,423
50.6
3.00 - 3.99
41,096
30.2
44,459
25.7
4.00 - 4.99
3,917
2.9
5.00
N/A(1)
25,034
18.4
29,092
16.8
Total
$
136,175
100.0
%
$
172,837
100.0
%
At November 30, 2008
At February 29, 2008
Investments at
Percentage of
Investments at
Percentage of
Corporate Letter Rating
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
($ in thousands)
A
$
4,725
3.5
%
$
0
0.0
%
B
58,559
43.0
112,019
64.8
C
38,625
28.3
31,726
18.4
D
9,231
6.8
E
F
N/A(1)
25,035
18.4
29,092
16.8
Total
$
136,175
100.0
%
$
172,837
100.0
%
(1)
Predominantly comprised of our investment in the subordinated notes of GSCIC CLO.
At November 30, 2008, 48.5% of our investments had a CMR debt score of less than 2.99, a decline of 9.0% from February 29, 2008. The decline is mainly due to deterioration in leverage ratios and interest coverage ratios in our investments as of their latest
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quarterly financials and, in some cases, a decline in EBITDA as compared to a prior period. Additionally, at November 30, 2008, 46.5% of our investments were assigned a CMR letter rating of A or B, a decline of 18.3% from February 29, 2008. The reassignment of our investments from A/B to C/D is mainly attributable to deterioration in credit metrics as compared to the covenant tests in the applicable credit agreement or indenture.
The following table shows the portfolio composition by industry grouping at fair value at November 30, 2008 and February 29, 2008.
Portfolio composition by industry grouping at fair value
At November 30, 2008
At February 29, 2008
Investments at
Percentage of
Investments at
Percentage of
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
($ in thousands)
Structured Finance Securities(1)
$
24,967
18.3
%
$
28,915
16.7
%
Manufacturing
15,278
11.2
15,030
8.7
Packaging
10,618
7.8
16,370
9.5
Consumer Products
9,346
6.9
10,021
5.8
Publishing
9,171
6.7
9,289
5.4
Oil and Gas
8,585
6.3
7,738
4.5
Electronics
7,657
5.6
6,377
3.7
Apparel
6,684
4.9
8,004
4.6
Natural Resources
6,630
4.9
4,167
2.4
Metals
6,174
4.5
5,129
3.0
Healthcare Services
6,028
4.4
6,040
3.5
Environmental
4,588
3.4
5,066
2.9
Financial Services
4,150
3.1
3,815
2.2
Homebuilding
3,917
2.9
5,912
3.4
Building Products
2,580
1.9
2,964
1.7
Logistics
2,344
1.7
2,688
1.6
Food and Beverage
1,749
1.3
Printing
1,432
1.1
Insurance
1,374
1.0
1,700
1.0
Chemicals
931
0.7
Education
859
0.6
1,546
0.9
Software
810
0.6
Consumer Services
303
0.2
1,290
0.7
Agriculture
3,850
2.2
Automotive
22,158
12.8
Retail
2,179
1.3
Gaming
1,730
1.0
Restaurants
859
0.5
Total
$
136,175
100.0
%
$
172,837
100.0
%
(1)
Comprised of our investment in the subordinated notes of GSCIC CLO.
The following table shows the portfolio composition by geographic location at fair value at November 30, 2008 and February 29, 2008. The geographic composition is determined by the location of the corporate headquarters of the portfolio company.
Portfolio composition by geographic location at fair value
At November 30, 2008
At February 29, 2008
Investments at
Percentage of
Investments at
Percentage of
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
($ in thousands)
Midwest
$
34,174
25.1
%
$
40,109
23.2
%
Southeast
27,645
20.3
33,685
19.5
Other(1)
25,034
18.4
29,092
16.8
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At November 30, 2008
At February 29, 2008
Investments at
Percentage of
Investments at
Percentage of
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
Fair Value
Total Portfolio
($ in thousands)
West
19,060
14.0
24,450
14.2
International
14,903
10.9
13,739
7.9
Northeast
14,549
10.7
11,395
6.6
Mid-Atlantic
810
0.6
20,367
11.8
Total
$
136,175
100.0
%
$
172,837
100.0
%
(1)
Predominantly comprised of our investment in the subordinated notes of GSCIC CLO.
Results of Operations
Investment Income
Total investment income was $6.4 million for the three months ended November 30, 2008 versus $5.9 million for the three months ended November 30, 2007, an increase of $0.5 million, or 8.5%. The increase is predominantly attributable to the management fee earned from GSCIC CLO during the three months ended November 30, 2008.
Total investment income was $17.9 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 versus $15.9 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2007, an increase of $2.0 million, or 12.6%. The increase is predominantly attributable to the management fee earned from GSCIC CLO during the nine months ended November 30, 2008 and the Companys being operational for only eight months during the nine months ended November 30, 2007.
The composition of our investment income in each period was as follows:
Investment Income
Three months ended
Nine months ended
November 30, 2008
November 30, 2007
November 30, 2008
November 30, 2007
($ in thousands)
Interest from investments
$
5,722
$
5,778
$
16,072
$
15,185
Management of GSCIC CLO
518
1,530
Management of CDO III
384
Interest from cash and cash equivalents and other income
121
104
306
297
Total
$
6,361
$
5,882
$
17,908
$
15,866
For the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008, total PIK income was $0.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively. For the equivalent periods in fiscal year 2008, total PIK income was $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively.
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses before manager reimbursement were $2.7 million for the three months ended November 30, 2008 versus $3.5 million for the three months ended November 30, 2007, a decrease of $0.8 million, or 22.9%. Total operating expenses before manager reimbursement were $8.2 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 versus $8.9 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2007, a decrease of $0.7 million, or 7.9%. The composition of our operating expenses in each period was as follows:
Operating Expenses
Three months ended
Nine months ended
November 30, 2008
November 30, 2007
November 30, 2008
November 30, 2007
($ in thousands)
Interest and credit facility expense
$
694
$
1,371
$
2,151
$
3,543
Base management fees
654
855
2,108
2,133
Professional fees
272
345
933
1,209
Incentive management fees
542
233
1,289
574
Administrator expenses
241
384
751
384
Insurance expenses
174
156
518
431
Directors fees
73
63
212
242
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Three months ended
Nine months ended
November 30, 2008
November 30, 2007
November 30, 2008
November 30, 2007
($ in thousands)
General and administrative expenses
65
53
208
229
Other
26
193
Total
$
2,715
$
3,486
$
8,170
$
8,938
The decrease in interest and credit facility expense for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008 versus the equivalent periods in fiscal year 2008 was due to decreased borrowing under the Revolving Facility (please see Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources below for more information). The increase in Administrator expenses for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 versus the equivalent period in fiscal year 2008 was due to a change in the financial statement presentation of these expenses (gross versus net). Administrator expenses are fully offset by an expense waiver and reimbursement from GSC Group. The increase in incentive management fee for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2008 versus the equivalent period in fiscal year 2008 resulted from the combination of higher net investment income and lower operating expenses between the two periods.
For the three months ended November 30, 2008, we recorded $0.2 million in expense waiver and reimbursement from the administrator and Manager versus $0.7 million for the three months ended November 30, 2007. For the nine months ended November 30, 2008, we recorded $0.8 million in expense waiver and reimbursement from the administrator and Manager versus $1.3 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2007. In each case, the decline was due to the termination of the expense reimbursement agreement as of March 23, 2008, pursuant to which GSC Group had reimbursed the Company for operating expenses (other than investment advisory and management fees and interest and credit facility expenses) in excess of 1.55% of net assets attributable to common stock.
Net Realized Gains/Losses from Investments
For the three months ended November 30, 2008, the Company had $7.3 million of net realized losses versus $1.7 million of net realized gains for the three months ended November 30, 2007. For the nine months ended November 30, 2008, the Company had $7.4 million of net realized losses versus $3.1 million of net realized gains for the nine months ended November 30, 2007. The most significant gains and losses for the nine months ending November 30, 2008 were the following:
Net Realized
Issuer
Asset Type
Gross Proceeds
Cost
Gain/(Loss)
($ in thousands)
Key Safety Systems
First Lien Term Loan
$
2,063
$
1,857
$
206
SILLC Holdings, LLC
Second Lien Term Loan
23,049
22,878
171
CCM Merger, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan
1,758
1,670
88
EuroFresh, Inc.
Unsecured Notes
2,880
6,900
(4,020
)
Atlantis Plastics Films, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan
2,987
6,230
(3,243
)
Claires Stores, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan
2,105
2,586
(481
)
Jason Incorporated
Unsecured Notes
1,581
1,700
(119
)
Decrane Aircraft Holdings, Inc
Second Lien Term Loan
3,620
3,710
(90
)
GFSI, Inc.
Senior Secured Notes
925
997
(72
)
The most significant losses for the period are attributable to the bankruptcy of Atlantis Plastics Films, Inc. and the sale of EuroFresh Inc. Atlantis Plastics filed for bankruptcy during our second quarter and was auctioned in two separate asset sales transactions during our third quarter. One of the asset sales transactions was completed during the third quarter with gross proceeds to the Company of $3.0 million. We have fair valued our remaining Atlantis Plastics investment based on the additional gross proceeds we expect to receive from the remaining sale. Due to deteriorating performance and increased leverage, we liquidated our investment in EuroFresh, Inc. during the quarter.
Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on Investments
For the three months ended November 30, 2008, the Companys investments had an increase in net unrealized depreciation of $4.1 million versus an increase in net unrealized depreciation of $3.6 million for the three months ended November 30, 2007. For the nine months ended November 30, 2008, the Companys investments had an increase in net unrealized depreciation of $10.4 million versus an increase in net unrealized depreciation of $7.2 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2007. The most significant cumulative changes in unrealized appreciation and depreciation for the nine months ended November 30, 2008, were the following:
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Total Unrealized
YTD Change in Unrealized
Issuer
Asset Type
Cost
Fair Value
Depreciation
Appreciation/(Depreciation)
($ in thousands)
Legacy Cabinets, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan
$
3,250
$
2,580
$
(670
)
$
568
Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc.
Second Lien Term Loan
4,869
4,082
(787
)
560
Edgen Murray II, L.P.
Second Lien Term Loan
2,811
2,675
(136
)
211
GSCIC CLO
Other/Structured Finance Securities
29,905
24,967
(4,938
)
(3,854
)
Jason Incorporated
Unsecured Notes
13,700
10,553
(3,147
)
(2,777
)
McMillin Companies, LLC
Unsecured Notes
7,270
3,917
(3,353
)
(2,070
)
Penton Media, Inc.
First Lien Term Loan
3,678
2,373
(1,305
)
(1,496
)
Terphane Holdings Corp.
Senior Secured Notes
10,442
8,273
(2,169
)
(1,295
)
The $3.9 million net unrealized depreciation in our investment in the GSCIC subordinated notes was due to an increase in the assumed portfolio default rate and present value discount rate in our discounted cash flow model. These changes were made to reflect the current market environment for CLO equity investments and not as a result of any change in the underlying GSCIC portfolio. The reasons for changes in the fair value of other portfolio investments must be considered on a case-by-case basis. However, two factors that we believe have had a significant impact on our portfolio overall are the market wide increase in interest yield as a result of risk re-pricing and the profusion of forced liquidations as loan buyers are forced to raise capital. For example, the Merrill Lynch High Yield Index increased from an average yield of 11.50% to 21.63% from the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2008 to the fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2008 and the S&P Flow Name Index decreased from an average price of 88.32% to 66.65% from August 28, 2008 to November 25, 2008. While we believe that these indices effectively illustrate the adverse general market conditions, we believe that market-wide movements are not necessarily indicative of any changes in the condition or prospects of the affected portfolio investments. Nonetheless, our valuation process requires us to take account of such conditions in determining the fair value of our portfolio.
Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on Derivatives
For the three months ended November 30, 2008, changes in the value of the interest rate caps resulted in an unrealized depreciation of $1,419 versus an unrealized depreciation of $76,166 for the three months ended November 30, 2007. For the nine months ended November 30, 2008, changes in the value of the interest rate caps purchased pursuant to the credit facilities resulted in an unrealized depreciation of $0.03 million versus an unrealized depreciation of $0.1 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2007.
Changes in Net Asset Value from Operations
For the three months ended November 30, 2008, we recorded a net decrease in net assets resulting from operations of $7.6 million versus a net increase in net assets resulting from operations of $1.1 million for the three months ended November 30, 2007. The difference is attributable to the negative effects of the swing from a net realized gain to a net realized loss and the increase in unrealized depreciation in our portfolio between the two periods, which outweighed the positive effects of an increase in total investment income and decrease in operating expenses between the two periods. Based on 8,291,384 weighted average common shares outstanding as of November 30, 2007 and November 30, 2008, our per share net decrease in net assets resulting from operations was $0.91 for the three months ended November 30, 2008 versus a per share net increase of $0.13 for the three months ended November 30, 2007.
For the nine months ended November 30, 2008, we recorded a net decrease in net assets resulting from operations of $7.3 million versus a net increase in net assets resulting from operations of $4.0 million for the nine months ended November 30, 2007. The difference is attributable to the negative effects of the swing from a net realized gain to a net realized loss and the increase in unrealized depreciation in our portfolio between the two periods, which outweighed the positive effects of an increase in total investment income and decrease in operating expenses between the two periods. Based on 8,291,384 weighted average common shares outstanding as of November 30, 2008, our per share net decrease in net assets resulting from operations was $0.88 for the nine months ended November 30, 2008 versus a per share net increase resulting from operations of $0.52 for the nine months ended November 30, 2007 (based on 7,588,040 weighted average common shares outstanding as of November 30, 2007).
Financial condition, liquidity and capital resources
The Companys liquidity and capital resources have been generated primarily from the net proceeds of its IPO, advances from the Revolving Facility, as well as cash flows from operations. On March 28, 2007, we completed our IPO and issued 7,250,000 common shares and received net proceeds of $100.7 million.
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On April 11, 2007, we entered into a revolving securitized credit facility (the Revolving Facility) pursuant to which we may borrow up to $100 million. In response to the market wide decline in financial asset prices, which has negatively affected the value of our portfolio, in January 2009, we notified the lender under the Revolving Facility that we were electing to terminate the revolving period of the Revolving Facility effective January 14, 2009. Accordingly, as of January 14, 2009 the Revolving Facility will begin a two-year amortization period during which all principal proceeds from the collateral will be used to repay outstanding borrowings. At the end of the two year amortization period, all advances will be due and payable. During the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 we expect to pay down $8.25 million of outstanding borrowings. As a result of these transactions, we expect to have additional cushion under our Borrowing Base (as defined below) that will allow us to better manage our capital in times of declining asset prices and market dislocation. If we are not able to obtain new sources of financing, however, we expect our portfolio will gradually de-lever as principal payments are received, which may negatively impact our net investment income and ability to pay dividends. Please see Part II, Item 1A Amortization of our Revolving Credit Facility may negatively affect our NAV and ability to pay dividends for more information.
Advances under the Revolving Facility were initially used to purchase $55.8 million in aggregate principal amount of debt investments from CDO Fund III. A significant percentage of our total assets have been pledged under the Revolving Facility to secure our obligations thereunder. Funds borrowed under the Revolving Facility incur interest at prevailing commercial paper rates or, if the commercial paper market is at any time unavailable, at prevailing LIBOR rates, plus 0.70%, payable monthly.
At February 29, 2008, we had $78.5 million in borrowings under the Revolving Facility and $21.5 million of undrawn commitments remaining. At November 30, 2008, we had $66.3 million in borrowings under the Revolving Facility and $33.7 million of undrawn commitments remaining. The actual amount that may be outstanding at any given time (the Borrowing Base) is dependent upon the amount and quality of the collateral securing the Revolving Facility. Our Borrowing Base was $68.1 million at November 30, 2008 versus $83.6 million at February 29, 2008. The decline in our Borrowing Base during this period is mainly attributable to the decline in the value of the pledged collateral and the downgrade of certain public ratings or private credit estimates of the pledged collateral.
For purposes of determining the Borrowing Base, most assets are assigned the values set forth in our most recent quarterly report filed with the SEC. Accordingly, the November 30, 2008 Borrowing Base relies upon the valuations set forth in the quarterly report for the quarter ended August 31, 2008. The valuations presented in this quarterly report will not be incorporated into the Borrowing Base until after this report is filed with the SEC. If the November 30, 2008 valuations were used to calculate the Borrowing Base at November 30, 2008, the collateral balance would have been $114.2 million versus $117.8 million when using the August 31, 2008 valuations. At November 30, 2008, the Company had $2.4 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents that could be pledged under the Revolving Facility to increase the Borrowing Base or to repay outstanding borrowings.
A Borrowing Base violation will occur if our outstanding borrowings exceed the Borrowing Base at any time. We can cure a Borrowing Base violation by reducing our borrowing below the Borrowing Base (by, e.g., selling collateral and repaying borrowings) or pledging additional collateral to increase the Borrowing Base. If we fail to cure a Borrowing Base violation within the specified time, a default under the Revolving Facility shall occur. Please see Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors-Ratings downgrades in our portfolio could require us to liquidate assets or face a default under the Revolving Facility in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 31, 2008 for more information and risks related to the Revolving Facility.
Our asset coverage ratio, as defined in the 1940 Act, was 227% at November 30, 2008 versus 225% at February 29, 2008.
At November 30, 2008 and February 29, 2008, the fair value of investments, cash and cash equivalents and cash and cash equivalents, securitization accounts was as follows:
At November 30, 2008
At February 29, 2008
Fair
Percent
Fair
Percent
Value
of Total
Value
of Total
($ in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents
$
4,499
3.0
%
$
1,073
0.6
%
Cash and cash equivalents, securitization accounts
7,326
5.0
14,581
7.7
First lien term loans
19,443
13.1
26,362
14.0
Second lien term loans
49,766
33.6
62,446
33.1
Senior secured notes
27,271
18.5
31,657
16.8
Unsecured notes
14,417
9.7
23,280
12.4
Other/structured finance securities
24,967
16.9
28,915
15.3
Equity/limited partnership interests
311
0.2
176
0.1
Total
$
148,000
100.0
%
$
188,490
100.0
%
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On December 8, 2008, our Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.25 per share payable on December 29, 2008, to common stockholders of record on December 18, 2008. At the same time, in order to better manage its capital in light of continuing volatility in the credit markets, the Board determined that it would determine the amount and timing of dividends, if any, upon review of the financial results of the quarter, beginning with the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 (which ends February 28, 2009). Accordingly, the Board will consider payment of a dividend for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2009 at its regularly scheduled May 2009 meeting. The timing and amount of dividends remains within the Boards discretion.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
At November 30, 2008 and February 29, 2008, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Our business activities contain elements of market risk. We consider our principal market risks to be fluctuations in interest rates and the inherent difficulty of determining the fair value of our investments that do not have a readily available market value. Managing these risks is essential to our business. Accordingly, we have systems and procedures designed to identify and analyze our risks, to establish appropriate policies and thresholds and to continually monitor these risks and thresholds by means of administrative and information technology systems and other policies and processes.
Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk is defined as the sensitivity of our current and future earnings to interest rate volatility, including relative changes in different interest rates, variability of spread relationships, the difference in re-pricing intervals between our assets and liabilities and the effect that interest rates may have on our cash flows. Changes in the general level of interest rates can affect our net interest income, which is the difference between the interest income earned on interest earning assets and our interest expense incurred in connection with our interest bearing debt and liabilities. Changes in interest rates can also affect, among other things, our ability to acquire leveraged loans, high yield bonds and other debt investments and the value of our investment portfolio.
Our investment income is affected by fluctuations in various interest rates, including LIBOR and the prime rate. A large portion of our portfolio is, and we expect will continue to be, comprised of floating rate investments that utilize LIBOR. Our interest expense is affected by fluctuations in the commercial paper rate or, if the commercial paper market is unavailable, LIBOR. At November 30, 2008, we had $66.3 million of borrowings outstanding at a floating rate tied to the prevailing commercial paper rate plus a margin of 0.70%.
In April and May 2007, pursuant to the Revolving Facility, the Company entered into two interest rate cap agreements with notional amounts of $34.0 million (increased to $40.0 million in May 2007) and $60.9 million. These agreements provide for a payment to the Company in the event LIBOR exceeds 8%, mitigating our exposure to increases in LIBOR. At November 30, 2008, the aggregate interest rate cap agreement notional amount was $70.0 million.
We have analyzed the potential impact of changes in interest rates on interest income from investments net of interest expense on the Revolving Facility. Assuming that our investments at November 30, 2008 were to remain constant for a full fiscal year and no actions were taken to alter the existing interest rate terms, a hypothetical change of 1% in interest rates would cause a corresponding change of approximately $0.2 million to our interest income net of interest expense.
Although management believes that this measure is indicative of our sensitivity to interest rate changes, it does not adjust for potential changes in credit quality, size and composition of the assets on the balance sheet and other business developments that could magnify or diminish our sensitivity to interest rate changes, nor does it account for divergences in LIBOR and the commercial paper rate, which have historically moved in tandem but, in times of unusual credit dislocations, have experienced periods of divergence. Accordingly, no assurances can be given that actual results would not materially differ from the potential outcome simulated by this estimate.
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Portfolio Valuation
We carry our investments at fair value, as determined in good faith by our Board of Directors. Investments for which market quotations are readily available are fair valued at such market quotations. We value investments for which market quotations are not readily available at fair value as determined in good faith by our Board under our valuation policy and a consistently applied valuation process. For investments that are thinly traded, we review the depth and quality of the available quotations to determine if market quotations are readily available. If the available quotations are indicative only, we may determine that market quotations are not readily available. Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of our investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments, and the differences could be material. In addition, changes in the market environment and other events that may occur over the life of the investments may cause the gains or losses ultimately realized on these investments to be different than the valuations that are assigned.
The types of factors that we may take into account in fair value pricing of our investments include, as relevant, the nature and realizable value of any collateral, third party valuations, the portfolio companys ability to make payments and its earnings, the markets in which the portfolio company does business, yield trend analysis, comparison to publicly-traded securities, recent sales of or offers to buy comparable companies, and other relevant factors. The fair value of our investment in the subordinated notes of GSCIC CLO is based on a discounted cash flow model that utilizes prepayment, re-investment and loss assumptions based on historical experience and projected performance, economic factors, the characteristics of the underlying cash flow, and comparable yields for similar CLO subordinated notes or equity, when available.
The table below describes the primary considerations used by the board of directors in determining the fair value of our investments at November 30, 2008 for which market quotations are not readily available:
Percent of Total
Fair Value
Investments
($ in thousands)
Third party independent valuation firm
$
32,226
23.7
%
Market maker, broker quotes
8,961
6.6
Discounted cash flows model
24,967
18.3
Interest rate yield trend analysis
69,953
51.4
Other
68
0.0
Total fair valued investments
$
136,175
100.0
%
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
Our CEO and CFO have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Based upon that evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that our current disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report.
Changes in internal controls over financial reporting
There have been no changes in the Companys internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Neither we nor any of our subsidiaries are currently subject to any material legal proceedings, nor, to our knowledge, are any material legal proceedings threatened against us or our subsidiaries.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our business is subject to certain risks and events that, if they occur, could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and the trading price of our common stock. For a discussion of these risks, please refer to Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2008 and Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 31, 2008. In addition, please consider the following:
Amortization of our Revolving Credit Facility may negatively affect our NAV and ability to pay dividends.
Our Revolving Facility will enter its amortization period effective January 14, 2009. During the amortization period, all principal proceeds of our pledged investments will be used to reduce the outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility. On the second anniversary of the amortization period, all remaining outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility will become due and payable. As a result of these mandatory repayments, our investment portfolio will begin to de-lever commencing with the payment of the first principal proceeds on our portfolio, and must be completely deleveraged in two years, unless we can obtain an alternative source of financing. Given the unfavorable conditions in the credit markets, there is no guarantee we will be able to secure new financing in the immediate future or, if we are able to obtain financing, that the terms of such financing will be commensurate with the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility. Because our ability to generate net investment income is based, in part, on the use of relatively inexpensive financing available under the Revolving Credit Facility to purchase portfolio assets, the amortization of the Revolving Credit Facility may have a negative effect on our NAV and our ability to generate net investment income (even if our portfolio does not suffer any adverse credit events) and may reduce our ability to pay dividends in the future.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Sales of unregistered securities
We did not sell any securities during the period covered by this report that were not registered under the Securities Act.
Issuer purchases of equity securities
In September 2008, as part of our dividend reinvestment plan for our common stockholders, we purchased 51,405 shares of our common stock for $0.5 million in the open market in order to satisfy the reinvestment portion of our dividends. The following chart outlines repurchases of our common stock during the quarter ended November 30, 2008.
Total Number
Maximum Number
of Shares
(or Approximate
Purchased as
Dollar Value) of
Part of Publicly
Shares that May
Total Number
Average
Announced
Yet be Purchased
of Shares
Price Paid
Plans or
Under the Plans or
Period
Purchased
per Share
Program
Programs
($ in thousands, except per share numbers)
September 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008
51
(1)
$
10.30
Total
51
$
10.30
(1)
Pursuant to our dividend reinvestment plan, we directed our plan administrator to purchase the indicated quantity of shares in the open market in order to satisfy our obligations to deliver share of common stock to our stockholders with respect to our dividend for the quarter ended August 31, 2008.
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
None.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
31.1
Chief Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2
Chief Financial Officer Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14 of the Securities Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
GSC
Investment
CORP.
Date: January 14, 2009
By
/
s
/ Seth M. Katzenstein
Seth M. Katzenstein
Director, Chief Executive Officer and President, GSC
Investment Corp.
By
/
s
/ richard t. allorto, jr.
Richard T. Allorto, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer, GSC Investment Corp.
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