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Management Fees, Incentive Fees and Other Expenses
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
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 shareholders 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 base 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 1.50% to 1.00%, (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 base management fee was calculated at an annual rate of 1.50% on total assets (excluding cash and cash equivalents) up to an amount equal to 200% of the net asset value of the Company, and 1.00% thereafter. The base management fee is calculated on a consolidated basis as of the beginning of each quarter and is payable to the Advisor quarterly in arrears.

In connection with the Merger, the Company and the Advisor entered into an amended and restated investment advisory agreement (the “Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement”) that became effective at the Closing, pursuant to which the Advisor reduced its base management fee rate for managing the Company from 1.50% to 1.25% on assets equal to or below 200% of the net asset value of the Company with no change to the basis of calculation. Prior to the Closing, the Advisor's base management fee rate for managing the Company was 1.50% on assets equal to or below 200% of the net asset value of the Company. The base management fee rate on assets that exceed 200% of the net asset value of the Company remains 1.00%. The base management fee is calculated on a consolidated basis as of the beginning of each quarter and is payable to the Advisor quarterly in arrears.

In connection with the Merger, the Company also entered into a fee waiver agreement with the Advisor (the “Fee Waiver Agreement”). The Fee Waiver Agreement provides that the Advisor will waive all or a portion of its advisory fees to the extent the adjusted net investment income of the Company on a per share basis (determined by dividing the adjusted net investment income of the Company by the weighted average outstanding shares of the Company during the relevant quarter) is less than $0.32 per share in any of the first four (4) fiscal quarters ending after the Closing (the first of which will be the quarter in which the Closing occurred) to the extent there are sufficient advisory fees to cover such deficit (the waiver amount in a given quarter cannot exceed the total advisory fees for such quarter). For the quarter ended September 30, 2024, no advisory fee waiver was required.

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.

3. Management Fees, Incentive Fees and Other Expenses — (continued)

In connection with the Merger, the Company and the Advisor agreed that, for the purposes of calculating adjusted net investment income and for purposes of incentive fee calculations under the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement, any amortization of original issue discount to interest income or any gains and losses resulting solely from accounting adjustments to the cost basis of the BCIC assets acquired in the Merger as required under applicable accounting guidance under ASC 805 will be excluded.

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 September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, 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.