BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital Senior Floating, Ltd. ('ACSF' or the 'Company') (NASDAQ: ACSF) today reported net investment income of $3.0 million, or $0.30 per share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 and net asset value ('NAV') of $124.5 million, or $12.45 per share, as of June 30, 2016.

SECOND QUARTER 2016 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

  • Actively managed portfolio through periods of volatility
    • Invested $32.1 million into 23 new loan obligors
    • Sold $14.2 million of investments and received $15.6 million of repayments, including distributions received from our CLO Portfolio
  • $0.30 per share net investment income, or $3.0 million
    • Increased $0.01 per share from Q1 2016 net investment income of $0.29 per share
  • $1.03 per share net earnings, or $10.3 million
    • $0.81 per share improvement from Q1 2016 net earnings of $0.22 per share, primarily driven by $7.7 million net unrealized appreciation on the Investment Portfolio for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 as compared to $0.2 million net unrealized appreciation for the quarter ended March 31, 2016
  • $12.45 NAV per share as of June 30, 2016, or $124.5 million
    • $0.73 per share increase from March 31, 2016 NAV per share of $11.72
    • 8.8% economic return on NAV for Q2 2016, or 35.2% annualized
      • Comprised of $0.291 per share cash distributions to stockholders and $0.73 increase in NAV per share
  • $0.097 per share monthly cash distributions to stockholders, which equates to $0.291 per quarter
    • 9.3% annualized yield on the June 30, 2016 NAV per share
    • 11.3% annualized yield on the June 30, 2016 closing market price of $10.26 per share
  • $227.4 million Investment Portfolio at fair value as of June 30, 2016
    • $173.9 million, or 77%, in first lien floating rate loans
    • $16.5 million, or 7%, in second lien floating rate loans
    • $37.0 million, or 16%, of equity in collateralized loan obligations ('CLOs')
  • 6.59% Investment Portfolio yield at cost as of June 30, 2016
    • 19 basis point increase from 6.40% yield at cost as of March 31, 2016 driven by our CLO portfolio
  • 2.65% cost of funds as of June 30, 2016
    • 5 basis point increase from 2.60% cost of funds as of March 31, 2016 due to increased unused facility fees
    • Includes 2.23% interest expense, 0.33% unused facility fees and 0.09% amortization of debt financing costs
  • 0.78x debt to equity ratio as of June 30, 2016
    • Decreased 0.06x from 0.84x as of March 31, 2016 due primarily to an increase in the fair value of the portfolio

'Our performance this quarter was strong as a result of better market technicals,' said Mark Pelletier, President and Chief Investment Officer. 'Despite fears around Brexit, pricing in the loan market improved during the quarter which in turn benefited CLO equity values.'

Malon Wilkus, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer commented, 'Today we declared the next three months' dividends for August, September and October, which aggregate to $0.291 per share for the quarter. Our current annualized dividend represents a 9.3% annualized yield on our June 30, 2016 NAV and an 11.3% annualized yield on our June 30, 2016 closing share price of $10.26 per share.'

PORTFOLIO AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

As of June 30, 2016, the fair market value of ACSF's portfolio totaled $227.4 million and was comprised of $173.9 million, or 77%, of first lien floating rate loans, $16.5 million, or 7%, of second lien floating rate loans (collectively, the 'Loan Portfolio') and $37.0 million (or 16%) of CLO equity (the 'CLO Portfolio' and, together with the Loan Portfolio, the 'Investment Portfolio'). The Investment Portfolio had a yield at cost of 6.59% as of June 30, 2016.

As of June 30, 2016, ACSF's Loan Portfolio was diversified across 134 issuers and 46 industries and its CLO Portfolio was invested in 22 issuers and 16 collateral managers. The Investment Portfolio was actively managed during the quarter with $32.1 million of purchases and $29.8 million of sales and repayments. The following table depicts the Investment Portfolio activity by investment type for the quarter ended June 30, 2016:

First Lien

Second Lien

CLO Equity

Common Equity

Total

$ in millions

Amount

Yield

(at cost)

Amount

Yield
(at cost)

Amount

Yield
(at cost)

Amount

Yield
(at cost)

Amount

Yield
(at cost)

March 31, 2016 - FV

$

164.2

5.1

%

$

17.9

8.0

%

$

33.8

9.9

%

$

0.1

n/a

$

216.0

6.4

%

Purchases

29.9

5.1

%

2.2

9.3

%

-

n/a

-

n/a

32.1

5.1

%

Sales

(14.2)

(5.3)

%

-

n/a

-

n/a

-

n/a

(14.2)

(5.1)

%

Repayments

(8.1)

(6.2)

%

(4.4)

(7.4)

%

(3.1)

(15.0)

%

-

n/a

(15.6)

(8.3)

%

Net realized and unrealized
gain / (loss)

2.0

n/a

0.8

n/a

4.6

n/a

(0.1)

n/a

7.3

n/a

Other

0.1

n/a

-

n/a

1.7

n/a

-

n/a

1.8

n/a

June 30, 2016 - FV

$

173.9

5.1

%

$

16.5

8.3

%

$

37.0

11.2

%

$

-

n/a

$

227.4

6.6

%

CLO equity repayments reflect the amount of cash distributions received during the three months ended June 30, 2016.

Other includes amortization of discount/premium on the Loan Portfolio and income recognized on CLO equity using the effective interest method during the three months ended June 30, 2016.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Net Investment Income

Net investment income totaled $3.0 million, or $0.30 per share, for the three months ended June 30, 2016. Gross investment income was $4.3 million for the quarter, with $2.6 million, or 61%, generated from the Loan Portfolio and $1.7 million, or 39%, generated from the CLO Portfolio. Net expenses totaled $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2016, with interest and other debt related costs of $0.6 million, management fees of $0.5 million and $0.3 million of other operating expenses, net of the expense waiver.

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain / (Loss) From Investments

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments for the three months ended June 30, 2016 totaled $7.3 million and was comprised of $(0.4) million of net realized losses on sales of investments and $7.7 million of net unrealized appreciation on the Investment Portfolio. The $7.7 million of net unrealized appreciation on the Investment Portfolio was driven by $3.1 million of net unrealized appreciation in the Loan Portfolio and $4.6 million of net unrealized appreciation in the CLO Portfolio. The increase in fair value of the CLO Portfolio was a result of a number of factors, including a rise in loan prices since March 31, 2016, increased trading in CLO equity and an enhancement of the LIBOR floor benefit as a downward shift in the forward LIBOR curve improved and lengthened the expected benefit of the LIBOR floors. The primary driver for the increase in fair value of the Loan Portfolio was higher prices in the broadly syndicated U.S. loan market.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

As of June 30, 2016, ACSF's wholly-owned consolidated financing subsidiary, ACSF Funding I, LLC ('ACSF Funding'), had $97.1 million outstanding on its $135.0 million revolving credit facility, resulting in a debt to equity ratio of 0.78x. As of June 30, 2016, ACSF had $41.1 million of available liquidity consisting of $3.2 million of cash and cash equivalents and $37.9 million of available capacity on the ACSF Funding revolving credit facility.

DISTRIBUTIONS TO STOCKHOLDERS

On August 3, 2016, the Company announced the declaration of monthly cash distributions to stockholders of $0.097 per share for each of August, September and October 2016. This cash distribution rate represents a 9.3% annualized yield on the June 30, 2016 NAV per share of $12.45 and an 11.3% annualized yield on the June 30, 2016 closing market price per share of $10.26. The monthly cash distributions will be paid to common stockholders of record as set forth in the table below:

Distributions to
Stockholders

per Share

Record Date

Ex-Dividend Date

Payment Date

August 2016

$0.097

August 23, 2016

August 19, 2016

September 2, 2016

September 2016

$0.097

September 22, 2016

September 20, 2016

October 4, 2016

October 2016

$0.097

October 21, 2016

October 19, 2016

November 2, 2016

Since its January 2014 IPO, the Company has declared a total of $31.6 million in cash distributions to stockholders, or $3.16 per share.

ACSF's Board of Directors considers estimated taxable income, GAAP income and economic performance when determining distributions to stockholders. Actual taxable income may differ from GAAP income due to temporary and permanent differences in income and expense recognition and changes in unrealized appreciation and depreciation on investments. The Company currently expects distributions to stockholders for 2016 to be from ordinary taxable income. The specific tax characteristics will be reported to stockholders on Form 1099 after the end of the calendar year. For additional detail, please visit the Company's website at www.ACSF.com.

AMERICAN CAPITAL SENIOR FLOATING, LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

(in thousands, except per share data)

As of

June 30,
2016 (unaudited)

March 31,
2016 (unaudited)

December
31, 2015

September
30, 2015

(unaudited)

June 30,
2015

(unaudited)

Assets:

Investments, fair value

$

227,417

$

216,018

$

229,056

$

257,732

$

272,191

Cash and cash equivalents

3,181

2,607

2,474

2,247

2,458

Receivable for investments sold

3,675

-

3,096

2,007

3,812

Other assets

1,605

1,420

1,179

1,227

1,215

Total assets

$

235,878

$

220,045

$

235,805

$

263,213

$

279,676

Liabilities:

Credit facility payable

$

97,100

$

98,800

$

110,200

$

124,800

$

123,800

Payable for investments purchased

11,872

2,150

5,437

995

8,400

Distributions to stockholders payable

970

970

970

970

970

Management fee payable

1,008

497

536

558

563

Other liabilities

383

441

733

634

580

Total liabilities

111,333

102,858

117,876

127,957

134,313

Net Assets:

Common stock, par value $0.01 per

share, 10,000,100 issued and

outstanding, 300,000,000

authorized

100

100

100

100

100

Paid-in capital in excess of par

150,903

150,903

150,903

151,131

151,131

Undistributed net investment income

1,586

1,528

1,560

1,037

602

Accumulated net realized loss from

investments

(3,114)

(2,705)

(1,815)

(986)

(981)

Net unrealized depreciation on

investments

(24,930)

(32,639)

(32,819)

(16,026)

(5,489)

Total net assets

124,545

117,187

117,929

135,256

145,363

Total liabilities and net assets

$

235,878

$

220,045

$

235,805

$

263,213

$

279,676

Net asset value per share

$

12.45

$

11.72

$

11.79

$

13.53

$

14.54

AMERICAN CAPITAL SENIOR FLOATING, LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

Three Months Ended

June 30,
2016

March 31,
2016

December 31,
2015

September 30,
2015

June 30,
2015

Investment income:

Interest

$

4,272

$

4,345

$

4,636

$

4,987

$

4,880

Total investment income

4,272

4,345

4,636

4,987

4,880

Expenses:

Interest and other debt related costs

640

664

690

766

758

Management fee

511

497

536

558

563

Other operating expenses

733

517

510

479

510

Total expenses

1,884

1,678

1,736

1,803

1,831

Expense waiver

(455)

(238)

(234)

(193)

(227)

Net expenses

1,429

1,440

1,502

1,610

1,604

Net investment income before
taxes

2,843

2,905

3,134

3,377

3,276

Income tax benefit / (provision)

125

(27)

(68)

(33)

(57)

Net investment income

2,968

2,878

3,066

3,344

3,219

Net realized and unrealized gain /
(loss) on investments:

Net realized (loss) / gain on
investments

(409)

(890)

(690)

(5)

78

Net unrealized appreciation /
(depreciation) on investments

7,709

180

(16,793)

(10,537)

(150)

Income tax benefit

-

-

-

-

11

Net realized and unrealized gain
/ (loss) on investments

7,300

(710)

(17,483)

(10,542)

(61)

Net increase / (decrease) in net assets

resulting from operations

('Net Earnings (Loss)')

$

10,268

$

2,168

$

(14,417)

$

(7,198)

$

3,158

Net investment income per share

$

0.30

$

0.29

$

0.31

$

0.33

$

0.32

Net Earnings (Loss) per share

$

1.03

$

0.22

$

(1.44)

$

(0.72)

$

0.32

Distributions to stockholders per
share

$

0.29

$

0.29

$

0.29

$

0.29

$

0.29

Weighted average shares outstanding

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

10,000

AMERICAN CAPITAL SENIOR FLOATING, LTD.

KEY PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

As of

June 30,
2016

March 31,
2016

December 31,
2015

September 30,
2015

June 30,
2015

Investment Portfolio at FV

First Lien Floating Rate Loans

$

173,898

$

164,186

$

169,580

$

186,950

$

190,427

Second Lien Floating Rate Loans

16,463

17,868

22,575

25,510

27,914

Total Loan Portfolio

190,361

182,054

192,155

212,460

218,341

CLO Equity

37,021

33,817

36,854

45,272

53,850

Common Equity

35

147

47

n/a

n/a

Total Investment Portfolio at FV

$

227,417

$

216,018

$

229,056

$

257,732

$

272,191

Investment Portfolio at Cost

First Lien Floating Rate Loans

$

180,259

$

172,965

$

181,367

$

191,863

$

192,480

Second Lien Floating Rate Loans

18,375

20,543

24,910

26,821

28,681

Total Loan Portfolio

198,634

193,508

206,277

218,684

221,161

CLO Equity

53,713

55,149

55,599

55,074

56,519

Common Equity

-

-

-

n/a

n/a

Total Investment Portfolio at Cost

$

252,347

$

248,657

$

261,876

$

273,758

$

277,680

Asset Yield at Cost

First Lien Floating Rate Loans

5.06%

5.11%

5.03%

4.90%

4.90%

Second Lien Floating Rate Loans

8.27%

8.02%

7.90%

7.85%

7.79%

Total Loan Portfolio

5.35%

5.42%

5.38%

5.26%

5.27%

CLO Equity

11.16%

9.85%

10.04%

12.95%

14.69%

Total Investment Portfolio

6.59%

6.40%

6.37%

6.81%

7.19%

Quarterly Investment Activity

Investment Purchases

$

32,138

$

8,995

$

17,984

$

13,913

$

38,904

Investment Sales

$

(14,154)

$

(8,415)

$

(11,641)

$

(7,954)

$

(19,725)

Investment Repayments

$

(15,608)

$

(14,624)

$

(19,330)

$

(11,889)

$

(21,363)

Loan Portfolio Statistics

Number of Obligors

134

128

128

127

127

Number of Industries

46

46

46

46

43

Largest Exposure as a % of Total Portfolio
at FV

2.0%

1.6%

1.5%

1.4%

1.3%

Average Exposure as a % of Total Portfolio
at FV

0.6%

0.7%

0.7%

0.6%

0.6%

% with LIBOR Floor

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

Weighted-average LIBOR Floor

1.0%

1.0%

1.0%

1.0%

1.0%

CLO Portfolio Statistics

Number of Issuers

22

22

20

19

19

CLO Managers

16

16

15

14

14

Largest Exposure as a % of Total Portfolio
at FV

1.4%

1.4%

1.5%

1.6%

1.8%

Average Exposure as a % of Total Portfolio
at FV

0.7%

0.7%

0.8%

0.9%

1.0%

Minimum % of Collateral in First Lien
Loans

90.9%

90.8%

91.0%

91.0%

91.0%

Cumulative Cash Receipts as a % of
Original Cost

43.7%

39.2%

34.9%

31.1%

26.1%

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Debt

Amount Available on Credit Facility

$

135,000

$

135,000

$

135,000

$

140,000

$

140,000

Amount Drawn on Credit Facility

$

97,100

$

98,800

$

110,200

$

124,800

$

123,800

Interest Rate on Debt as of Period-end

2.23%

2.21%

2.02%

2.00%

1.99%

Cost of Funds as of Period-end

2.65%

2.60%

2.32%

2.41%

2.40%

Equity

NAV

$

124,545

$

117,187

$

117,929

$

135,256

$

145,363

NAV Per Share

$

12.45

$

11.72

$

11.79

$

13.53

$

14.54

Debt to Equity Ratio

0.78x

0.84x

0.93x

0.92x

0.85x

Quarterly Cash Distributions to
Stockholders Per Share

$

0.291

$

0.291

$

0.291

$

0.291

$

0.291

Economic Return

35.2%

7.4%

(10.2%)

(19.6%)

8.7%

(1) Investment repayments include the distributions received from CLO equity investments.

(2) Represents the weighted-average minimum percent of assets as allowed by each CLO's indenture to be invested in first lien floating rate loans.
Actual amounts invested in first lien floating rate loans may be higher.

(3) Original cost included only for CLOs that have begun to make quarterly distributions to ACSF and are held at each period-end reporting date.
The average holding period (in years) for the CLOs that have begun to make quarterly distributions is 2.0 as of June 30, 2016, 1.8 as of March
31, 2016, 1.6 as of December 31, 2015, 1.4 as of September 30, 2015, and 1.2 as of June 30, 2015.

(4) Cost of funds includes interest cost, amortization of upfront fees and unfunded commitment fees.

(5) Economic return defined as the distributions to stockholders paid in the quarter, plus the change in NAV per share for the quarter, over the starting
NAV per share. Quarterly returns have been annualized and are unaudited.

STOCKHOLDER CALL
ACSF invites stockholders, prospective stockholders and analysts to attend the ACSF stockholder call on August 4, 2016 at 11:00 am ET. Callers who do not plan on asking a question and have access to the internet are encouraged to utilize the free live webcast at www.ACSF.com. Those who do plan on participating in the Q&A or do not have the internet available may access the call by dialing (877) 274-0811 (U.S. domestic) or (412) 902-6607 (international). Please advise the operator you are dialing in for the American Capital Senior Floating stockholder call.

A slide presentation will accompany the stockholder call and will be available at www.ACSF.com. Select the Q2 2016 Earnings Presentation link to download and print the presentation in advance of the stockholder call.

An archived audio replay of the stockholder call combined with the slide presentation will be made available on the ACSF website after the call on August 4, 2016. In addition, there will be a phone recording available one hour after the live call on August 4, 2016 through August 19, 2016. If you are interested in hearing the recording of the presentation, please access it for free on the ACSF website or dial (877) 344-7529 (U.S. domestic) or (412) 317-0088 (international). The access code for both domestic and international callers is 10089919.

For further information, please contact Investor Relations at (301) 968-9310 or IR@ACSF.com.

ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL SENIOR FLOATING, LTD.
American Capital Senior Floating, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACSF) is a non-diversified closed-end investment management company that invests primarily in senior first lien and second lien floating rate loans to large-market U.S. based companies ('Senior Floating Rate Loans') and in debt and equity tranches of collateralized loan obligations collateralized by Senior Floating Rate Loans. The Company has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company is externally managed by American Capital ACSF Management, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of American Capital Asset Management, LLC, a wholly-owned portfolio company of American Capital, Ltd. For further information, please refer to www.ACSF.com.

ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL, LTD.
American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) is a publicly traded private equity firm and global asset manager. American Capital, both directly and through its asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance and structured products. American Capital manages $10 billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers. Through a wholly-owned affiliate, American Capital manages publicly traded American Capital Senior Floating, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACSF) with $117 million of total net book value. American Capital and its affiliates operate out of six offices in the U.S. and Europe. For further information, please refer to www.americancapital.com.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking information and statements. Forward-looking statements give the Company's current expectations and projections relating to its financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as 'anticipate,' 'estimate,' 'expect,' 'project,' 'plan,' 'intend,' 'believe,' 'confident,' 'may,' 'should,' 'can have,' 'likely,' 'future' and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance or results, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Company's control), assumptions and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, the Company's actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in any forward-looking statements. A detailed discussion of these and other factors that may affect future results is contained in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statement made by the Company in this press release speaks only as of the date on which it is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

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