PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. (NYSE: PFLT) (TASE:
PFLT), a business development company (the “Company”),
today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell
4,250,000 shares of common stock resulting in net proceeds
exclusive of offering expenses to the Company of approximately
$47.6 million, or $11.20 per share.
The Company's investment adviser, PennantPark
Investment Advisers, LLC, has agreed to pay the underwriters a
supplemental payment of $0.10 per share, which reflects the
difference between the public offering price of $11.10 and the net
proceeds of $11.20 per share to be received by the Company in this
offering. In addition, PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC has
agreed to bear the sales load payable to the underwriters. The
Company is not obligated to repay either the supplemental payment
or the sales load paid by PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC.
The closing of the transaction is subject to
customary closing conditions and the shares are expected to be
delivered on January 26, 2023. The Company has also granted the
underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 637,500
shares of common stock.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from
the offering to reduce outstanding obligations under its existing
indebtedness, to invest in new or existing portfolio companies, to
capitalize a subsidiary or joint venture or for other general
corporate or strategic purposes.
Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Goldman
Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A
Stifel Company, are serving as joint book-running managers for the
Offering. JMP Securities LLC, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc.,
Maxim Group LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. are serving as
co-managers for the offering.
Investors are advised to carefully
consider the investment objectives, risks and charges and expenses
of the Company before investing. The preliminary prospectus
supplement, dated January 23, 2023 and the accompanying prospectus,
dated January 9, 2023, which have been filed with
the Commission, contain this and other information about the
Company and should be read carefully before investing.
This press release does not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor will there be
any sale of the shares referred to in this press release in any
state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under
the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.
The offering may be made only by means
of a prospectus and a related prospectus supplement, copies of
which may be obtained from the joint book-running managers
at: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attn. Prospectus
Department, 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014; UBS Securities
LLC, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10019, Attn:
Prospectus Department; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West
Street, New York, NY 10282; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o
Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood,
NY 11717; and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 787 Seventh
Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019.
About PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
Ltd.
PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. is a business development
company which primarily invests in U.S. middle-market companies in
the form of floating rate senior secured loans, including first
lien secured debt, second lien secured debt and subordinated debt.
From time to time, the Company may also invest in equity
investments. PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. is managed by
PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC.
About PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC
PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC is a leading middle-market
credit platform, managing approximately $6.4 billion of investable
capital, including potential leverage. Since its inception in 2007,
PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC has provided investors access
to middle-market credit by offering private equity firms and their
portfolio companies as well as other middle-market borrowers a
comprehensive range of creative and flexible financing solutions.
PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC is headquartered in Miami and
has offices in New York, Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain “forward-looking statements”
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts
included in this press release are forward-looking statements and
are not guarantees of future performance or results, and involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result
of a number of factors, including those described from time to time
in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company
undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made
herein. You should not place undue influence on such
forward-looking statements as such statements speak only as of the
date on which they are made.
We may use words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,”
“intends,” “seeks,” “plans,” “estimates” and similar expressions to
identify forward-looking statements.
Contacts
Richard T. Allorto, Jr.PennantPark Floating Rate Capital
Ltd.(786) 297-9500
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