Related Party Agreements and Transactions |
12 Months Ended |
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| Related Party Agreements and Transactions | Related Party Agreements and Transactions Investment Advisory Agreement We have entered into an investment advisory and management agreement with the Investment Adviser (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) under which the Investment Adviser, subject to the overall supervision of our Board of Directors, manages the day-to-day operations of, and provides investment advisory services to, us. Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Investment Adviser: (i) determines the composition of our portfolio, the nature and timing of the changes to our portfolio and the manner of implementing such changes, (ii) identifies, evaluates and negotiates the structure of the investments we make (including performing due diligence on our prospective portfolio companies), and (iii) closes and monitors investments we make. The Investment Adviser’s services under the Investment Advisory Agreement are not exclusive, and it is free to furnish similar services to other entities so long as its services to us are not impaired. For providing these services the Investment Adviser receives a fee from us, consisting of two components: a base management fee and an incentive fee. The base management fee is calculated at an annual rate of 2.00% on our total assets. For services currently rendered under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the base management fee is payable quarterly in arrears. The base management fee is calculated based on the average value of our gross assets at the end of the two most recently completed calendar quarters and appropriately adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the current calendar quarter. The total gross base management fee incurred to the favor of the Investment Adviser was $130,934, $145,756, and $157,001 during the years ended June 30, 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. The incentive fee has two parts. The first part, the income incentive fee, is calculated and payable quarterly in arrears based on our pre-incentive fee net investment income for the immediately preceding calendar quarter. For this purpose, pre-incentive fee net investment income means interest income, dividend income and any other income (including any other fees (other than fees for providing managerial assistance), such as commitment, origination, structuring, diligence and consulting fees and other fees that we receive from portfolio companies) accrued during the calendar quarter, minus our operating expenses for the quarter (including the base management fee, expenses payable under the Administration Agreement described below, and any interest expense and dividends paid on any issued and outstanding preferred stock, but excluding the incentive fee). Pre-incentive fee net investment income includes, in the case of investments with a deferred interest feature (such as original issue discount, debt instruments with payment-in-kind interest and zero coupon securities), accrued income that we have not yet received in cash. Pre-incentive fee net investment income does not include any realized capital gains, realized capital losses or unrealized capital gains or losses. Pre-incentive fee net investment income, expressed as a rate of return on the value of our net assets at the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, is compared to a “hurdle rate” of 1.75% per quarter (7.00% annualized). The net investment income used to calculate this part of the incentive fee is also included in the amount of the gross assets used to calculate the 2.00% base management fee. We pay the Investment Adviser an income incentive fee with respect to our pre-incentive fee net investment income in each calendar quarter as follows: •No incentive fee in any calendar quarter in which our pre-incentive fee net investment income does not exceed the hurdle rate; •100.00% of our pre-incentive fee net investment income with respect to that portion of such pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds the hurdle rate but is less than 125.00% of the quarterly hurdle rate in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized assuming a 7.00% annualized hurdle rate); and •20.00% of the amount of our pre-incentive fee net investment income, if any, that exceeds 125.00% of the quarterly hurdle rate in any calendar quarter (8.75% annualized assuming a 7.00% annualized hurdle rate). These calculations are appropriately prorated for any period of less than three months and adjusted for any share issuances or repurchases during the current quarter. The second part of the incentive fee, the capital gains incentive fee, is determined and payable in arrears as of the end of each calendar year (or upon termination of the Investment Advisory Agreement, as of the termination date), and equals 20.00% of our realized capital gains for the calendar year, if any, computed net of all realized capital losses and unrealized capital depreciation at the end of such year. In determining the capital gains incentive fee payable to the Investment Adviser, we calculate the aggregate realized capital gains, aggregate realized capital losses and aggregate unrealized capital depreciation, as applicable, with respect to each investment that has been in our portfolio. For the purpose of this calculation, an “investment” is defined as the total of all rights and claims which may be asserted against a portfolio company arising from our participation in the debt, equity, and other financial instruments issued by that company. Aggregate realized capital gains, if any, equal the sum of the differences between the aggregate net sales price of each investment and the aggregate amortized cost basis of such investment when sold or otherwise disposed. Aggregate realized capital losses equal the sum of the amounts by which the aggregate net sales price of each investment is less than the aggregate amortized cost basis of such investment when sold or otherwise disposed. Aggregate unrealized capital depreciation equals the sum of the differences, if negative, between the aggregate valuation of each investment and the aggregate amortized cost basis of such investment as of the applicable calendar year-end. At the end of the applicable calendar year, the amount of capital gains that serves as the basis for our calculation of the capital gains incentive fee involves netting aggregate realized capital gains against aggregate realized capital losses on a since-inception basis and then reducing this amount by the aggregate unrealized capital depreciation. If this number is positive, then the capital gains incentive fee payable is equal to 20.00% of such amount, less the aggregate amount of any capital gains incentive fees paid since inception. The total income incentive fee incurred was $26,508, $40,772, and $80,548 during the years ended June 30, 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. No capital gains incentive fee was incurred during the years ended June 30, 2026, 2025, and 2024. Administration Agreement We have also entered into an administration agreement (the “Administration Agreement”) with Prospect Administration under which Prospect Administration, among other things, provides (or arranges for the provision of) administrative services and facilities for us. For providing these services, we reimburse Prospect Administration for our allocable portion of overhead incurred by Prospect Administration in performing its obligations under the Administration Agreement, including rent and our allocable portion of the costs of our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer and her staff. Under this agreement, Prospect Administration furnishes us with office facilities, equipment and clerical, bookkeeping and record keeping services at such facilities. Prospect Administration also performs, or oversees the performance of, our required administrative services, which include, among other things, being responsible for the financial records that we are required to maintain and preparing reports to our stockholders and reports filed with the SEC. In addition, Prospect Administration assists us in determining and publishing our net asset value, overseeing the preparation and filing of our tax returns and the printing and dissemination of reports to our stockholders, and generally oversees the payment of our expenses and the performance of administrative and professional services rendered to us by others. Under the Administration Agreement, Prospect Administration also provides on our behalf managerial assistance to certain portfolio companies (see Managerial Assistance to Portfolio Companies section below). The Administration Agreement may be terminated by either party without penalty upon 60 days’ written notice to the other party. Prospect Administration is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Investment Adviser. The Administration Agreement provides that, absent willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of its duties and obligations, Prospect Administration and its officers, managers, partners, agents, employees, controlling persons, members and any other person or entity affiliated with it are entitled to indemnification from us for any damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) arising from the rendering of Prospect Administration’s services under the Administration Agreement or otherwise as administrator for us. Our payments to Prospect Administration are reviewed quarterly by our Board of Directors. In December 2025, Prospect Administration finalized a litigation settlement related to a portfolio company owned by the Company that provided $20,500 in proceeds to Prospect Administration. During the year ended June 30, 2026, Prospect Administration sent $2,369 of the proceeds to the Company for reimbursement of external legal fees previously incurred by us related to the litigation, which is recorded within the reimbursement of administrative expenses presented in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. From the remaining proceeds, $3,375 was sent to the portfolio company involved in the litigation settlement, and $14,756 was used to offset the below allocations of overhead expense from Prospect Administration to the Company during the year ended June 30, 2026. The gross allocation of overhead expense from Prospect Administration to the Company was $22,095, $22,257, and $25,781 for the years ended June 30, 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. The $17,125 in litigation settlement proceeds discussed above was recorded in the year ended June 30, 2026 to offset this allocation of overhead expense and is presented as a reimbursement of administrative expenses to arrive at the total net operating expenses reported in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Prospect Administration received estimated payments of $1,534, $2,615, and $4,435 directly from our portfolio companies for legal, tax, and other administrative services during the years ended June 30, 2026, 2025, and 2024, respectively. We were given a credit for these payments as a reduction of the administrative services cost payable by us to Prospect Administration. Had Prospect Administration not received these payments during the years ended June 30, 2026, 2025, and 2024, Prospect Administration’s charges for its administrative services during the respective periods would have increased by this amount. Managerial Assistance As a BDC, we are obligated under the 1940 Act to make available to certain of our portfolio companies significant managerial assistance. “Making available significant managerial assistance” refers to any arrangement whereby we provide significant guidance and counsel concerning the management, operations, or business objectives and policies of a portfolio company. We are also deemed to be providing managerial assistance to all portfolio companies that we control, either by ourselves or in conjunction with others. The nature and extent of significant managerial assistance provided by us to controlled and non-controlled portfolio companies will vary according to the particular needs of each portfolio company. Examples of such activities include (i) advice on recruiting, hiring, management and termination of employees, officers and directors, succession planning and other human resource matters; (ii) advice on capital raising, capital budgeting, and capital expenditures; (iii) advice on advertising, marketing, and sales; (iv) advice on fulfillment, operations, and execution; (v) advice on managing relationships with unions and other personnel organizations, financing sources, vendors, customers, lessors, lessees, lawyers, accountants, regulators and other important counterparties; (vi) evaluating acquisition and divestiture opportunities, plant expansions and closings, and market expansions; (vii) participating in audit committee, nominating committee, board and management meetings; (viii) consulting with and advising board members and officers of portfolio companies (on overall strategy and other matters); and (ix) providing other organizational, operational, managerial and financial guidance. Prospect Administration arranges for the provision of such managerial assistance arrangement on our behalf. When doing so, Prospect Administration utilizes its own personnel and primarily personnel of our Investment Adviser. We may bear the administrative expense of managerial assistance or, on behalf of Prospect Administration, may invoice portfolio companies receiving and paying for contractual managerial assistance, and we remit to Prospect Administration its cost of providing such services, including the charges deemed appropriate by our Investment Adviser for providing such managerial assistance. No income is recognized by Prospect. During the years ended June 30, 2026, 2025, and 2024 we received payments of $11,021 ,$9,286, $10,459, respectively, from our portfolio companies for contractual managerial assistance and subsequently remitted these amounts to Prospect Administration. Co-Investments On January 6, 2026, we, our Investment Adviser and certain affiliates received an exemptive order from the SEC (the “Order”), which superseded a prior co-investment exemptive order granted on January 13, 2020 (and amended on August 2, 2022), that permits us, among other things, to participate with other funds managed by the Investment Adviser or certain affiliates, including Priority Income Fund, Inc., Prospect Floating Rate and Alternative Income Fund, Inc. and Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund, in certain co-investment transactions, where co-investing would otherwise be prohibited under the 1940 Act, subject to the conditions included therein. Under the terms of the Order, we generally are permitted to co-invest with certain of our affiliates if such co-investments are done on the same terms and at the same time, as further detailed in the Order. The Order requires that a “required majority” (as defined in Section 57(o) of the 1940 Act) of our Board of Directors make certain findings (1) in most instances when we co-invest with our affiliate in an issuer where our affiliate has an existing investment in the issuer, and either (i) we do not have an existing investment in the issuer or (ii) we do have an existing investment in the issuer, but we are not co-investing on a pro-rata basis with our affiliate, and (2) if we dispose of an asset acquired in a transaction under the Order unless the disposition is done on a pro rata basis. Pursuant to the Order, our Board of Directors oversees our participation in the co-investment program. As required by the Order, we have adopted, and our Board of Directors has approved, policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with the terms of the Order, and the Investment Adviser and our Chief Compliance Officer will provide reporting to the Board of Directors. In certain situations where a co-investment with one or more funds managed by the Investment Adviser or its affiliates is not covered by the Order, such as when there is an opportunity to invest in different securities of the same issuer, the personnel of the Investment Adviser or its affiliates will need to decide which fund will proceed with the investment. Such personnel will make these determinations based on policies and procedures, which are designed to reasonably ensure that investment opportunities are allocated fairly and equitably among affiliated funds over time and in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations. We reimburse CLO investment valuation services fees initially incurred by Priority Income Fund, Inc. During the years ended June 30, 2026, 2025, and 2024, we recognized expenses related to valuation services of $32, $89, and $80, respectively. Additionally, we both incur and reimburse for expenses related to marketing, insurance, legal fees, offering costs and general and administrative expenses that are allocated between Prospect, Priority Income Fund, Inc., Prospect Floating Rate and Alternative Income Fund, Inc., Prospect Enhanced Yield Fund and Prospect Credit REIT, LLC. During the year ended June 30, 2026, the net amount reimbursed to us for these expenses was $203 and during the years ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, the net amount reimbursed from us for these expenses was $51 and $177, respectively.
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