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Management Fees, Incentive Fees and Other Expenses
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Management Fees Incentive Fees And Other Expenses [Abstract]  
Management Fees Incentive Fees And Other Expenses

3. Management Fees, Incentive Fees and Other Expenses

On February 8, 2019, the stockholders of the Company approved an amended investment management agreement to be effective on February 9, 2019 between the Company and the Advisor which (i) reduced the management fee on total assets (excluding cash and cash equivalents) that exceed an amount equal to 200% of the net asset value of the Company from 1.5% to 1.0%, (ii) reduced the incentive compensation on net investment income and net realized gains (reduced by any net unrealized losses) from 20% to 17.5% and (iii) reduced the cumulative total return hurdle from 8% to 7%.

Accordingly, the Company’s management fee is calculated at an annual rate of 1.5% on total assets (excluding cash and cash equivalents) up to an amount equal to 200% of the net asset value of the Company, and 1.0% thereafter. The management fee is calculated on a consolidated basis as of the beginning of each quarter and is payable to the Advisor quarterly in arrears.

Incentive compensation is only incurred to the extent the Company’s cumulative total return (after incentive compensation) exceeds a 7% annual rate on daily weighted-average contributed common equity. Subject to that limitation, incentive compensation is calculated on ordinary income (before incentive compensation) and net realized gains (net of any unrealized depreciation) at rates of 17.5% on income since the fee reduction on February 8, 2019 and 20% previously. Incentive compensation is computed as the difference between incentive compensation earned and incentive compensation paid, subject to the total return hurdle, on a cumulative basis since January 1, 2013, and is payable quarterly in arrears. Accordingly, the incentive compensation for any period may include amounts not earned in prior periods (due to the Company’s cumulative total return falling below the total return hurdle in such period), but subsequently earned when the Company’s cumulative total return again exceeds the total return hurdle (such amount, a “Catchup Amount”). During the three months ended June 30, 2020, the Company incurred a Catchup Amount of approximately $3.9 million, comprised of amounts related to net investment income for the three months ended March 31, 2020 but not paid in such period due to a temporary decline in asset valuations (the “First Quarter Catchup Amount”). However, rather than receiving all incentive compensation earned as of June 30, 2020, the Advisor voluntarily deferred 5/6 of the First Quarter Catchup Amount to subsequent quarters such that 1/6 of the First Quarter Catchup Amount was paid in each subsequent quarter as the Company’s cumulative performance exceeded the total return hurdle in such quarter. As of December 31, 2021, the Company's cumulative performance continued to exceed the total return hurdle, and as such the incentive fee for the year ended December 31, 2021 included $1.9 million, or the final (3/6) of the 2020 First Quarter Catchup Amount.

A reserve for incentive compensation is accrued based on the amount of any additional incentive compensation that would have been payable to the Advisor assuming a hypothetical liquidation of the Company at net asset value on the balance sheet date. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, no such reserve was accrued.

The Company bears all expenses incurred in connection with its business, including fees and expenses of outside contracted services, such as custodian, administrative, legal, audit and tax preparation fees, costs of valuing investments, insurance costs, brokers’ and finders’ fees relating to investments, and any other transaction costs associated with the purchase and sale of investments.