Base Management Fee Reduction
On November 1, 2023, the Company’s board of directors approved a permanent reduction in the base management fee rate the Company pays to the Investment Adviser. The base management fee rate was reduced to 1.75% per annum from 2.00% per annum and remains based on the Company’s consolidated gross assets (including cash and cash equivalents and assets purchased with borrowed funds); provided, however, the base management fee will be calculated at an annual rate equal to 1.25% of the Company’s consolidated gross assets (including cash and cash equivalents and assets purchased with borrowed funds), that exceed the product of (i) 200% and (ii) the value of the Company’s total net assets, at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters. The new base management fee rate is effective January 1, 2024.
Distributions
The Company's board of directors has declared a distribution of $0.385 per share with respect to the quarter ending December 31, 2023. The distribution will be payable on January 3, 2024 to stockholders of record as of December 20, 2023.
On August 8, 2023, the Company declared a distribution of $0.37 per share for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, with distributions declared at or above $0.355 for the forty-fourth consecutive quarter since the Company’s initial public offering. The distribution was paid on October 3, 2023 to stockholders of record as of September 19, 2023.
Distributions are paid from taxable earnings and may include return of capital and/or capital gains. The specific tax characteristics of the distributions will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099-DIV after the end of the calendar year and in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Conference Call
WhiteHorse Finance will host a conference call to discuss its third quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 9, 2023. To access the teleconference, please dial 800-343-5172 (domestic and international) approximately 10 minutes before the teleconference’s scheduled start time and reference ID #WHFQ323. Investors may also access the call on the investor relations portion of the Company’s website www.whitehorsefinance.com.
If you are unable to access the live teleconference, a replay will be available beginning approximately two hours after the call’s completion through November 16, 2023. The teleconference replay can be accessed by dialing 800-839-3736 (domestic and international). A webcast replay will also be available on the investor relations portion of the Company’s website at www.whitehorsefinance.com.
About WhiteHorse Finance, Inc.
WhiteHorse Finance is a business development company that originates and invests in loans to privately held, lower middle market companies across a broad range of industries. The Company’s investment activities are managed by H.I.G. WhiteHorse Advisers, LLC, an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, LLC, (“H.I.G. Capital”). H.I.G. Capital is a leading global alternative asset manager with $59 billion of capital under management(3) across a number of funds focused on the small and mid-cap markets. For more information about H.I.G. Capital, please visit http://www.higcapital.com. For more information about the Company, please visit http://www.whitehorsefinance.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute 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. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
(1) “Core net investment income” is a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company believes that core net investment income provides useful information to investors and management because it reflects the Company’s financial performance excluding (i) the net impact of costs associated with the refinancing of the Company’s indebtedness, (ii) the accrual of the capital gains incentive fee attributable to net realized and unrealized gains and losses, and (iii) excise and other income taxes related to such net realized gains and losses (net of incentive fees). The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Additional information on core net investment income and a reconciliation of core net investment income to its most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, net investment income, are set forth in Schedule 1 hereto.