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NEW YORK and LONDON, July 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc. (NYSE: PDCC) (the "Company") today announced the closing of its previously announced initial public offering of 2.2 million shares of common stock at a public offering price of $20.00 per share and the full exercise of the overallotment option of 330,000 shares for total net proceeds to the Company of $50.6 million. Pearl Diver Capital LLP ("Pearl Diver Capital"), the Company's investment adviser, or its affiliates will pay the full amount of the sales load in connection with this initial public offering and all of the Company's organizational and offering expenses.
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the capital raised to build a diversified portfolio of senior secured U.S. corporate loans through investments in equity tranches of collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).
Shares of the Company's common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PDCC" on July 18, 2024. As of the close of trading on July 19, 2024, the Company's market capitalization was approximately $136 million.
Kingswood Capital Partners, LLC acted as the sole bookrunner for the offering.
Investors should consider the Company's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The preliminary prospectus, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), contains this and other information about the Company and should be read carefully before investing. The information in the preliminary prospectus and this press release is not complete and may be changed. The preliminary prospectus and this press release are not offers to sell these securities and are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where such offer or sale is not permitted.
A registration statement relating to these securities is on file with and has been declared effective by the SEC. Copies of the preliminary prospectus (and the final prospectus, when available) may be obtained by writing to Kingswood Capital Partners, LLC, 126 East 56th Street, Suite 22S, New York, NY 10022, or by calling 212-487-1080. Copies may also be obtained by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
About Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc.
Pearl Diver Credit Company Inc. (NYSE: PDCC) is a newly organized, externally managed, non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to maximize its portfolio's total return, with a secondary objective of generating high current income. The Company seeks to achieve these objectives by investing primarily in equity and junior debt tranches of CLOs collateralized by portfolios of sub-investment grade, senior secured floating-rate debt issued by a large number of distinct US companies across several industry sectors. The Company will be externally managed by Pearl Diver Capital LLP. The Company's public filings are available free of charge by writing to the Company at 747 3rd Avenue, Level 36, New York, NY, Attention: Investor Relations.