03/31/2024
M I A M I • N E W Y O R K • C H I C A G O • H O U S T O N • L O S A N G E L E S • A M S T E R D A M
Important Notice
This presentation contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual outcomes and results could differ materially from those suggested by this presentation due to the impact of many factors beyond the control of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd. ("PFLTˮ), including those listed in the "Risk Factorsˮ section of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SECˮ). Any such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions available under applicable securities laws and PFLT assumes no obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statements.
Certain information discussed in this presentation (including information relating to portfolio companies) was derived from third party sources and has not been independently verified and, accordingly, PFLT makes no representation or warranty in respect of this information.
The following slides contain summaries of certain financial and statistical information about PFLT. The information contained in this presentation is summary information that is intended to be considered in the context of our SEC filings and other public announcements that we may make, by press release or otherwise, from time to time. We undertake no duty or obligation to publicly update or revise the information contained in this presentation. In addition, information related to past performance, while helpful as an evaluative tool, is not necessarily indicative of future results, the achievement of which cannot be assured. You should not view the past performance of PFLT, or information about the market, as indicative of PFLT's future results. This presentation does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of PFLT.
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Established Credit Platform
$7.2 billion total Investable Capital Under Management1
- | NYSE: "PFLT" | - | NYSE: "PNNT" |
- IPO Date: April 2011 | - IPO Date: April 2007 | ||
- | 87% Secured Debt | - | 63% Secured Debt |
- | $1.5 billion, total investments | - | $1.2 billion, total investments2 |
Established Investment Platform
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PennantPark Investment Advisers founded 17 years ago before the Global
Financial Crisis ("GFC") - Independent middle market credit platform providing strategic capital to growing companies in the core middle market
- Cohesive, experienced team
- Culture of building long-term trust
- Funded $20.3 billion in 674 companies
First Lien Senior | First Lien Senior |
Secured Debt | Secured Debt |
58% | |
87% | |
Subordinated Debt
14%
Preferred and Common
Equity
23%
Second Lien Senior | ||||
Secured Debt and | Preferred and Common | Second Lien Senior | ||
Secured Debt | ||||
Subordinated Debt | ||||
Equity 13% | ||||
5% | ||||
<1% | ||||
- As of March 31, 2024
- This amount is inclusive of $59.7 million of U.S. government issued treasury bills held in the portfolio which is not reflected in the chart below
PFLT
- Primary focus: first lien senior secured debt
- Steady and stable dividend stream since inception in 2011
- Goal of capital preservation with a lower risk portfolio
- Approximately 100% of debt portfolio is first lien senior secured loans
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Investment Strategy Overview
Why PennantPark?
Core Middle | Senior secured loans made to U.S. | |
companies with earnings of | ||
Market Focus | ||
$10 to $50 million | ||
Stable and | Target profitable companies with | |
leading market positions, strong | ||
Growing | ||
management teams, and steady cash | ||
Borrowers | ||
flows | ||
Stable and | 12 senior investment professionals average | |
26+ years of industry experience and 12+ years | ||
Experienced | together at PennantPark | |
Leadership Team | ||
Emphasis on | Conservative underwriting targeting loans | |
Core Middle Market Potential Advantage:
- Less competition as other lenders have moved up market
- More time to conduct thorough diligence
- Consistent yield premium over upper middle market and broadly-syndicated loans1
- Lower average leverage multiples
- Stronger covenant packages with tighter cushions
- Monthly financial reporting
- Improved control of downside outcomes with greater recovery rates
Capital | with low leverage multiples, substantial | |
Preservation | sponsor equity, and protective covenants | |
Upside | Selectively negotiate equity | |
co-investments to benefit from role as a | ||
Participation | ||
strategic lending partner | ||
Extensive | Long-term relationships with hundreds of | |
middle market private equity sponsors; | ||
Sourcing | closed deals with over 230 sponsors | |
Network | ||
Lower Leverage2,3
5.9x | ||
4.2x | 4.2x | |
UMM / | Core Middle | PennantPark |
BSL | Market |
Higher Spreads2,3
S + 6.30% | ||
S + 5.39% | ||
S + 3.88% | ||
UMM / | Core Middle | PennantPark |
BSL | Market |
Note: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Invested capital is at risk. Estimates regarding future investments are subject to change based upon market conditions and other factors.
- Please refer to slide entitled "Core Middle Market Potential Advantage" for additional detail.
- Source: LSEG. Data as of December 2023. Core Middle Market defined as issuers with revenues of $500M and below, and total loan package of less than or equal to $500M. Upper Middle Market ("UMM") and Broadly Syndicated Loans ("BSL") are defined as syndicated or direct/clubbed deals that have either revenues or total loan package of $500M or greater. Please refer to slide entitled "The Core Middle Market Offers a Yield Premium with Lower Risk" for additional detail.
- Represents the arithmetic average of leverage multiples and spreads for PennantPark's newly direct originated loans in 2023.
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Providing Value-Added Capital to Middle Market Borrowers
We target profitable, growing, and cash-flowing companies with $10 - $50 million of EBITDA In many cases, PennantPark participates in a company's first round of institutional investment
Seek to act as a strategic partner to drive growth, and participate in upside through equity co-investments
Target Positive
Credit
Characteristics:
- Leading market positions and significant competitive advantages
- Established sponsors with track record of supporting portfolio companies
- Proven management team with appropriate incentives
- Low debt multiples and conservative loan-to- value ratios
Avoid Negative
Credit
Characteristics:
- Asset-intensiveoperations requiring capital expenditures
- Cyclical end markets or exposure to commodity price volatility
- Volatile or lumpy cash flows, or highly concentrated customer base
- Undifferentiated product or services with low profit margins
Five Key Industries of Expertise:
Healthcare
- High quality providers and low-cost outcomes
- Favorable reimbursement environment
- Solid infrastructure and IT systems
- Sustained organic growth and accretive M&A
Government | Software & | Consumer | Business | |||||||
Services | Technology | Services | ||||||||
• | Diverse government | • | Tailwinds from digital | • | Essential goods and services | • | Integral to customers' | |||
contract portfolio | transformation | with stable pricing | business processes | |||||||
• | Mission critical services | • | Value-added functions with | • Strong brands with leading | • | Demonstrable value added | ||||
• | Alignment with government | high switching costs | market positions | for customers | ||||||
funding | • Recurring cash flows models | • | Differentiated value | • | Leading technologies with | |||||
• | Track record of winning new | • | Accretive acquisition | proposition | increasing adoption | |||||
business and re-compete | opportunities | • | Avoidance of fad risk | • | Capitalize on increasing | |||||
contracts | outsourcing trends |
Note: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Invested capital is at risk.
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Second Quarter 2024 Highlights
- NAV per share up 1.8%
- Monthly dividend remained consistent at $0.1025 per share
Highlights
• Net investment income (NII) of $0.31 per share
• Approximately 100% of the debt portfolio is first lien senior secured
Expansive Relationship
Strong
Credit Performance
of Portfolio
- 4.2x debt to EBITDA
- 2.1x interest coverage ratio
- Only 1 company out of 146 on non-accrual
- 0.4% of portfolio at cost, 0.3% at fair market value
- PIK income remained low at 1.7% of total investment income, one of the lowest among BDCs
Capital Base
• Targeting $1 billion of assets from $870 million | ||
Growing | • | One investment on non-accrual |
PSSL1 | • Enhances return on equity and NII at PFLT | |
• | LTM return on invested capital of approximately 14% |
Diversified Financing
Note: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Invested capital is at risk.
1. PSSL refers to PennantPark Senior Secured Loan Fund LLC, a joint venture between PFLT and Kemper Corporation that invests in first lien middle market loans
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Why is PFLT Well Positioned?
Strong Capital Base
Attractive and Diversified
Financing
Experienced Team
Expansive Relationship
Network
- Permanent equity capital of $721 million
- Diversified funding sources
- Senior loan joint venture, PSSL, has $1 billion of investment capacity
- $436 million revolving credit facility due August 2026 at SOFR + 236 bps
- $185 million notes due April 2026 at 4.25%
- $226 million of securitized asset backed debt financing at a weighted average spread to SOFR of 2.11%, final maturity of October 2031
- $287 million of securitized asset backed debt financing at a weighed average spread to SOFR of 2.79%, final maturity of April 2036
- Decades of experience in middle market credit through multiple cycles
- Stable, consistent investment team
- Headquarters in Miami with offices in New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and Amsterdam
- Known as a provider of strategic capital to growing companies in the core middle market
- Focus on building long-term trust
- Brand recognition with 230+ private equity sponsors
- Independent capital provider with established institutionalized relationships
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Extensive Sourcing Network
Robust Origination Platform
Actively cover | Closed deals with | Existing lender to | Selective underwriting, only |
770+ | 230+ | 180+ | 5.6% |
middle market PE sponsors in the | PE sponsors; majority repeat | portfolio companies across 90+ PE | |
of deals closed from 2018 to 2023 | |||
U.S. | transactions1 | sponsors | |
Origination Volume with Repeat PE Sponsors1
Since 2018, over 75% of PennantPark's deals have been with repeat PE sponsors
- PE sponsors typically give PennantPark early and last looks because of our reliability, experience, market leadership, and flexible capital solutions offerings
PennantPark maintains a diversified flow, the top repeat sponsor represents only 4% of investments since inception1
88.4% | Top 5 | Active Investments | 1 | Since | ||||||
Sponsors | Inception1 | |||||||||
86.5% | ||||||||||
82.5% | 82.0% | No. 1 | 6% | 4% | ||||||
80.8% | No. 2 | 5% | 3% | |||||||
76.5% | No. 3 | 5% | 3% | |||||||
No. 4 | 4% | 3% | ||||||||
No. 5 | 3% | 3% | ||||||||
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||
Note: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Invested capital is at risk. Data as of 12/31/2023. PE stands for Private Equity.
1. Percentage of total origination volume. Origination volume refers to the dollar value of all financing commitments to middle market companies. Repeat sponsors are private equity firms that had previously completed a financing transaction with PennantPark. Based on invested capital for active investments and investments made since inception.
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Core Middle Market Potential Advantage
The U.S. middle market includes nearly 200,000 companies, generates $10 trillion of annual revenue (1/3 of the U.S. economy), and is the world's fifth largest economy on a standalone basis1
The core middle market presents attractive investment opportunities
- Lower leverage and higher yields
- Strong covenant packages
- Greater recovery rates
EBITDA
New Issue
Pricing
Leverage
Covenants
Equity Contribution
Due Diligence Process
Reporting
Lender Group Size
Equity Co- Investments
Core Middle Market
$10 to $50 million
First Lien: SOFR + 5.50% to 7.00%
Second Lien: SOFR + 8.00% to 10.00%
First Lien: 4.0x to 5.5x
Second Lien: 5.5x to 6.5x
Usually stronger; total net leverage, interest coverage, etc.
45% or more
In-depth and comprehensive; typically 6 - 8 weeks
Usually monthly
1 to 4 lenders
Common
Upper Middle Market
$50 million and greater
First Lien: SOFR + 4.00% to 6.00%
Second Lien: SOFR + 6.50% to 8.00%
First Lien: 5.0x to 7.5x
Second Lien: 6.0x to 9.0x
Covenant lite or one covenant set at wide levels
35% or more
More limited information; typically 2 weeks or less
Usually quarterly
5 or more lenders
Less common
Note: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Invested capital is at risk. Statements herein concerning financial market trends or other financial market commentary are based on the current market conditions, which will fluctuate. In addition, such
statements constitute the Manager's current opinion, which is subject to change in the future without notice. Refer to the Important Notices at the end of this presentation for additional information.
1. National Center For the Middle Market, 4Q 2023 Middle Market Indicator Report.
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The Core Middle Market Offers a Yield Premium with Lower Risk
Core Middle Market vs. Upper Middle Market/BSL1
Credit Spread
Leverage
L+586 | S+558 | ||||||||||||||
L+540 | S+539 | ||||||||||||||
L+515 | L+529 | L+511 | L+514 | ||||||||||||
L+501 | L+507 | ||||||||||||||
L+469 | L+497 | L+478 | |||||||||||||
L+463 | L+455 | ||||||||||||||
L+436 | |||||||||||||||
L+479 | |||||||||||||||
L+315 | L+444 | L+434 | S+422 | ||||||||||||
L+409 | |||||||||||||||
L+392 | L+394 | L+394 | |||||||||||||
L+405 | L+383 | S+388 | |||||||||||||
L+365 | L+380 | L+370 | |||||||||||||
L+338 | |||||||||||||||
L+329 | |||||||||||||||
L+258 | |||||||||||||||
7.1x | 6.9x | 7.0x | 7.1x | ||||||||||||
6.7x | |||||||||||||||
6.6x | 6.5x | ||||||||||||||
6.4x | 6.2x | ||||||||||||||
6.2x | 6.1x | 6.2x | 6.1x | ||||||||||||
5.9x | 6.0x | 6.0x | 5.9x | ||||||||||||
5.7x | |||||||||||||||
5.5x | 5.5x | 5.6x | 5.4x | 5.7x | 5.3x | ||||||||||
5.3x | |||||||||||||||
5.1x | 5.1x | ||||||||||||||
4.8x | |||||||||||||||
4.5x | 4.3x | 4.6x |
4.2x | ||
3.8x |
0.0x
N/A
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Upper Middle Market/BSL | Core Middle Market | |||||||||||||||
Note: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Invested capital is at risk. Source: LSEG as of December 2023.
1. Core Middle Market is defined as Issuers with revenues of $500M and below, and total loan package of less or equal to $500M. Upper Middle Market and BSL are defined as syndicated or direct/clubbed deals that have either revenues or total loan package of $500M or greater. Broadly Syndicated Loans are denoted as "BSL". For 2020 LSEG does not hav e sufficient observations at this time to provide data for MM.
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