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NEW YORK, May 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carlyle Secured Lending, Inc. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “we,” “us,” “our,” “CGBD” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CGBD) today announced its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2025. Justin Plouffe, CGBD’s Chief Executive Officer, said, “Following successful completion of the merger with CSL III at the end of March, CGBD remains focused on driving stable income, consistent credit performance, and disciplined execution of our strategy.
Complementing our conservative investing approach, we continue to optimize the capital structure of CGBD, increasing total commitments on our credit facility and exchanging the preferred stock for common stock in the first quarter. Despite tariff- and trade-driven uncertainty, we believe the quality of our existing portfolio positions us to deliver attractive returns in this environment while maintaining a dynamic approach to origination in response to market volatility.”
Net investment income for the first quarter of 2025 was $0.40 per common share. Adjusted Net Investment Income Per Common Share, a Non-GAAP financial measure described below, for the first quarter of 2025 was $0.41.
Net asset value per common share decreased by 1.0% for the first quarter to $16.63 from $16.80 as of December 31, 2024. The total fair value of our investments increased to $2.2 billion as of March 31, 2025 mainly driven by the successful completion of the merger of Carlyle Secured Lending III (“CSL III”) with and into the Company.
Dividends
On April 29, 2025, the Board of Directors declared a base quarterly common dividend of $0.40 per share. The dividend is payable on July 17, 2025 to common stockholders of record on June 30, 2025.
On March 12, 2025, the Company declared a cash dividend on the Preferred Stock for the period from January 1, 2025 to March 26, 2025 in the amount of $0.413 per Preferred Share to the holder of record on March 26, 2025. The Preferred Stock was exchanged for common stock at net asset value per share in connection with the completion of the merger of CSL III with and into the Company, which eliminated a substantial dilutive overhang.
Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 to discuss these quarterly financial results. The conference call will be available via public webcast via a link on our website and will also be available on our website soon after the call’s completion.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
On a supplemental basis, we are disclosing Adjusted Net Investment Income Per Common Share, which is calculated and presented on a basis other than in accordance with GAAP (“non-GAAP”). We use this non-GAAP financial measure internally to analyze and evaluate financial results and performance, and we believe this non-GAAP financial measures is useful to investors as an additional tool to evaluate our ongoing results and trends and to review our performance without giving effect to (i) the amortization/accretion resulting from the new cost basis of the investments acquired and accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805 and (ii) the purchase one-time or non-recurring investment income and expense events, including the effects on incentive fees. In addition, Company’s management uses the non-GAAP financial measure described above internally to analyze and evaluate financial results and performance and to compare its financial results with those of other business development companies that have not had similar one-time or non-recurring events. The presentation of this non-GAAP measure is not intended to be a substitute for financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered in isolation.