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Exhibit 99.1
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Contacts: MSC Income Fund, Inc. Dwayne L. Hyzak, CEO, dhyzak@mainstcapital.com Cory E. Gilbert, CFO, cgilbert@mainstcapital.com 713-350-6000 Dennard Lascar Investor Relations Ken Dennard / ken@dennardlascar.com Zach Vaughan / zvaughan@dennardlascar.com 713-529-6600 |
MSC INCOME FUND ANNOUNCES
FIRST QUARTER 2025 RESULTS
First Quarter 2025 Net Investment Income of $0.38 Per Share
Net Asset Value of $15.35 Per Share
HOUSTON, May 12, 2025 – MSC Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: MSIF) (“MSC Income”) is pleased to announce
its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. Unless otherwise noted or the context otherwise
indicates, the terms the “Company” and the “Fund” refer to MSC Income and its consolidated subsidiaries.
First Quarter 2025 Highlights(1)
•Net investment income of $16.8 million (or $0.38 per share)
•Total investment income of $33.2 million
•Net increase in net assets resulting from operations of $15.9 million (or $0.36 per share)
•Return on equity(2) of 9.5% on an annualized basis for the quarter and 9.7% for the trailing twelve-month
period ended March 31, 2025
•Net asset value of $15.35 per share as of March 31, 2025
•Declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.35 per share and a supplemental quarterly dividend of $0.01 per
share, both payable in the second quarter of 2025, resulting in total dividends declared in the first quarter of
2025 of $0.36 per share
•Completed $137.5 million in total private loan portfolio investments, which after aggregate repayments of
several private loan portfolio debt investments, return of invested equity capital from several private loan
portfolio equity investments and a decrease in cost basis due to realized losses on several private loan
portfolio investments resulted in a net increase of $88.8 million in the total cost basis of the private loan
investment portfolio
•Net decrease of $25.7 million in the total cost basis of the middle market investment portfolio
•Further diversified the Fund’s capital structure and enhanced its liquidity position by (i) amending the
Corporate Facility to increase total commitments to $245.0 million (from $165.0 million), increase the
accordion feature to up to a total of $300.0 million and expand and diversify the lender group to seven
participants and (ii) amending the SPV Facility to decrease the interest rate to the applicable Secured
Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus 2.20% (from 3.00%), extend the revolving period through
February 2029 (from February 2027) and extend the final maturity date to February 2030 (from February
2028), with the Corporate Facility and SPV Facility each as defined in the Liquidity and Capital Resources
section below
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•Entered into an amended advisory agreement effective upon the listing of the Fund’s common stock on the
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) during January 2025 (the “Listing”) to, among other things, (i) reduce
the annual base management fees payable by the Company to 1.5% of its average total assets (with
additional future contractual reductions based upon changes to the Company’s investment portfolio
composition), (ii) reduce to 17.5% the subordinated incentive fee on income payable by the Company,
subject to a 50% / 50% catch-up feature, (iii) reduce to 17.5% and reset the incentive fee on cumulative net
realized capital gains payable by the Company and (iv) establish a cap on the amount of expenses payable
by the Company relating to certain internal administrative services, which varies based on the value of the
Company’s total assets
In commenting on the Company’s operating results for the first quarter of 2025, Dwayne L. Hyzak, MSC
Income’s Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We are pleased with the Fund’s performance in the first quarter,
which delivered favorable results and a return on equity of just under 10%. We believe that the first quarter
performance provides visibility to the opportunity for continued favorable performance and the potential for
increased net investment income and dividends in the future as we work to grow the Fund’s investment
portfolio in 2025 and 2026 and achieve increased investment portfolio diversification through the increased
current liquidity and the path to additional debt capacity obtained through the Fund’s successful listing on the
New York Stock Exchange and the related equity offering in January 2025.”
First Quarter 2025 Operating Results(1)
The following table provides a summary of the Fund’s operating results for the first quarter of 2025:
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
2025 | 2024 | Change ($) | Change (%) | ||||
(in thousands, except per share amounts) | |||||||
Interest income | $27,424 | $29,059 | $(1,635) | (6)% | |||
Dividend income | 5,142 | 2,472 | 2,670 | 108% | |||
Fee income | 661 | 2,419 | (1,758) | (73)% | |||
Total investment income | $33,227 | $33,950 | $(723) | (2)% | |||
Net investment income | $16,788 | $14,546 | $2,242 | 15% | |||
Net investment income per share | $0.38 | $0.36 | $0.02 | 5% | |||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $15,875 | $10,589 | $5,286 | 50% | |||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations per share | $0.36 | $0.26 | $0.10 | 38% | |||
The $0.7 million decrease in total investment income in the first quarter of 2025 from the comparable period of
the prior year was principally attributable to (i) a $1.8 million decrease in fee income, primarily due to
decreased exit, prepayment and amendment activity and (ii) a $1.6 million decrease in interest income,
primarily due to an increase in investments on non-accrual status and a decrease in interest rates on floating rate
investment portfolio debt investments primarily resulting from decreases in benchmark index rates, partially
offset by higher average levels of income producing investment portfolio debt investments. The decrease in
total investment income was partially offset by a $2.7 million increase in dividend income, primarily due to an
increase in dividend income from the Fund’s lower middle market (“LMM”) portfolio investments. The $0.7
million decrease in total investment income in the first quarter of 2025 includes the impact of a net decrease of
$1.3 million in certain income considered less consistent or non-recurring, primarily related to a $1.6 million
decrease in such fee income, partially offset by small increases in such dividend income and interest income
when compared to the same period in 2024.
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Total expenses, net of waivers, decreased by $3.0 million, or 15.3%, to $16.4 million in the first quarter of 2025
from $19.4 million for the same period in 2024. This decrease was principally attributable to (i) a $1.6 million
decrease in incentive fees and (ii) a $1.3 million decrease in interest expense. The decrease in incentive fees was
primarily attributable to the transition to the amended advisory agreement effective upon the Listing. The
decrease in interest expense is primarily related to decreased weighted-average interest rates on the Fund’s
Credit Facilities (as defined in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section below) based upon the decreases in
benchmark index rates for these floating rate debt obligations and reductions to the spreads since the first
quarter of 2024, partially offset by an increase in weighted-average outstanding borrowings used to fund the
growth in the Fund’s investment portfolio.
The Fund’s ratio of total non-interest operating expenses, excluding incentive fees, as a percentage of quarterly
average total assets, or the Operating Expenses to Assets Ratio, decreased to 1.9% on an annualized basis for
the first quarter of 2025, from 2.2% for the first quarter of 2024, primarily as a result of the decreased base
management fee percentage under the amended advisory agreement effective upon the Listing.
The $2.2 million increase in net investment income in the first quarter of 2025 from the comparable period of
the prior year was principally attributable to decreased expenses, partially offset by the decrease in total
investment income, each as discussed above. Net investment income increased by $0.02 per share for the first
quarter of 2025 as compared to the first quarter of 2024, to $0.38 per share. The per share increase in net
investment income was after the impact of an 11.3% increase in the weighted-average shares outstanding
compared to the first quarter of 2024 primarily due to new shares issued in the Fund’s follow-on equity offering
in January 2025. Net investment income on a per share basis in the first quarter of 2025 is also after a net
decrease of $0.04 per share resulting from a decrease in investment income considered less consistent or non-
recurring in nature compared to the first quarter of 2024, as discussed above.
The $15.9 million net increase in net assets resulting from operations in the first quarter of 2025 represents a
$5.3 million increase from the first quarter of 2024. This increase was primarily the result of (i) a $19.9 million
increase in net unrealized appreciation from portfolio investments (including the impact of accounting reversals
relating to realized gains/income (losses)), (ii) a $2.3 million increase in income tax benefit and (iii) a $2.2
million increase in net investment income, partially offset by a $19.2 million increase in net realized loss from
investments resulting from a net realized loss of $21.1 million in the first quarter of 2025 compared to a net
realized loss of $1.9 million in the first quarter of 2024. The $21.1 million net realized loss from investments for
the first quarter of 2025 was primarily the result of (i) a $13.5 million realized loss on the full exit of a middle
market portfolio investment, (ii) $7.7 million of realized losses on the restructures of two private loan portfolio
investments, (iii) a $5.5 million realized loss on the partial exit of a middle market portfolio investment and (iv)
a $1.2 million realized loss on the restructure of a middle market portfolio investment, partially offset by $6.0
million of realized gains on the full exits of two private loan portfolio investments.
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The following table provides a summary of the total net unrealized appreciation of $18.8 million for the first
quarter of 2025:
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 | |||||||||
Private Loan | LMM (a) | Middle Market | Other | Total | |||||
(dollars in millions) | |||||||||
Accounting reversals of net unrealized (appreciation) depreciation recognized in prior periods due to net realized (gains / income) losses recognized during the current period | $1.3 | $(0.2) | $20.1 | $— | $21.2 | ||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) relating to portfolio investments | (3.8) | 4.5 | (3.1) | — | (2.4) | ||||
Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) relating to portfolio investments | $(2.5) | $4.3 | $17.0 | $— | $18.8 | ||||
(a)Includes unrealized appreciation on 24 LMM portfolio investments and unrealized depreciation on 12 LMM
portfolio investments.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2025, the Fund had aggregate liquidity of $163.5 million, including (i) $39.5 million in cash
and cash equivalents and (ii) $124.0 million of aggregate unused capacity under the Fund’s corporate revolving
credit facility (the “Corporate Facility”) and the Fund’s special purpose vehicle revolving credit facility (the
“SPV Facility” and, together with the Corporate Facility, the “Credit Facilities”), which are maintained to
support the Fund’s investment and operating activities.
Several details regarding the Fund’s capital structure as of March 31, 2025 are as follows:
•The SPV Facility included $300 million in total commitments plus an accordion feature that allows the Fund
to request an increase in the total commitments under the facility to up to $450 million.
•$260.7 million in outstanding borrowings under the SPV Facility, with an interest rate of 6.5% based on the
applicable SOFR effective for the contractual reset date of April 1, 2025.
•The Corporate Facility included $245 million in total commitments from a diversified group of seven
lenders plus an accordion feature that allows the Fund to request an increase in the total commitments under
the facility to up to $300 million.
•$160.0 million in outstanding borrowings under the Corporate Facility, with an interest rate of 6.4% based
on the applicable SOFR effective for the contractual reset date of April 1, 2025.
•$150 million of notes outstanding that bear interest at a rate of 4.04% per year (the “Series A Notes”). The
Series A Notes mature on October 30, 2026.
•The Fund maintains an investment grade rating from Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC of BBB- with a stable
outlook.
•The Fund’s net asset value totaled $718.9 million, or $15.35 per share.
•The Fund’s debt-to-equity ratio was 0.79x as of March 31, 2025, with the decline from the Fund’s target
leverage levels primarily attributable to the follow-on equity offering executed during the first quarter of
2025.
In January 2025, the Fund listed its shares of common stock on the NYSE and completed a follow-on equity
offering which generated net proceeds of $90.5 million in connection therewith, providing the Fund a
significant increase in liquidity and expanding the Fund’s ability to utilize additional leverage under its existing
regulatory asset coverage requirements, which effectively limit the Fund’s current total debt capacity to an
amount equal to the Fund’s net asset value.
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On January 29, 2025, the Fund’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the application of modified
regulatory asset coverage requirements, which will increase the Fund’s total leverage capacity on January 29,
2026 to an amount effectively equal to two times the Fund’s current total leverage capacity.
Investment Portfolio Information as of March 31, 2025(3)
The following table provides a summary of the investments in the Fund’s private loan portfolio and LMM
portfolio as of March 31, 2025:
As of March 31, 2025 | ||||
Private Loan | LMM (a) | |||
(dollars in millions) | ||||
Number of portfolio companies | 84 | 57 | ||
Fair value | $767.8 | $439.7 | ||
Cost | $790.0 | $356.3 | ||
Debt investments as a % of portfolio (at cost) | 93.5% | 67.7% | ||
Equity investments as a % of portfolio (at cost) | 6.5% | 32.3% | ||
% of debt investments at cost secured by first priority lien | 99.9% | 99.9% | ||
Weighted-average annual effective yield (b) | 11.6% | 13.1% | ||
Average EBITDA (c) | $32.3 | $11.0 | ||
(a)The Fund had equity ownership in all of its LMM portfolio companies, and the Fund’s average fully diluted
equity ownership in those portfolio companies was 9%.
(b)The weighted-average annual effective yields were computed using the effective interest rates for all debt
investments as of March 31, 2025, including amortization of deferred debt origination fees and accretion of
original issue discount but excluding fees payable upon repayment of the debt instruments and any debt
investments on non-accrual status, and are weighted based upon the principal amount of each applicable
debt investment as of March 31, 2025.
(c)The average EBITDA is calculated using a weighted-average for the private loan portfolio and a simple
average for the LMM portfolio. These calculations exclude certain portfolio companies, including four
private loan portfolio companies and four LMM portfolio companies as EBITDA is not a meaningful
valuation metric for the Fund’s investments in these portfolio companies, and those portfolio companies
whose primary purpose is to own real estate and those portfolio companies whose primary operations have
ceased and only residual value remains.
The Fund’s total investment portfolio at fair value consists of approximately 61% private loan, 35% LMM, 2%
middle market and 2% other portfolio investments.
The fair value of the Fund’s LMM portfolio company equity investments was 182% of the cost of such equity
investments, and the Fund’s LMM portfolio companies had a median net senior debt (senior interest-bearing
debt through the Fund’s debt position less cash and cash equivalents) to EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest,
Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) ratio of 2.8 to 1.0 and a median total EBITDA to senior interest expense
ratio of 2.9 to 1.0. Including all debt that is junior in priority to the Fund’s debt position, these median ratios
were each 2.9 to 1.0.(3)(4)
As of March 31, 2025, the Fund’s investment portfolio also included:
•Middle market portfolio investments in eight portfolio companies, collectively totaling $30.8 million in fair
value and $40.6 million in cost basis, which comprised 2.4% and 3.4% of the Fund’s investment portfolio at
fair value and cost, respectively; and
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•Other portfolio investments in six entities, spread across four investment managers, collectively totaling
$22.6 million in fair value and $16.5 million in cost basis, which comprised 1.8% and 1.4% of the Fund’s
investment portfolio at fair value and cost, respectively.
As of March 31, 2025, non-accrual investments comprised 2.8% of the total investment portfolio at fair value
and 6.1% at cost, and the Fund’s total portfolio investments at fair value were 105% of the related cost basis.
First Quarter 2025 Financial Results Conference Call / Webcast
MSC Income has scheduled a conference call for Tuesday, May 13, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss
the first quarter 2025 financial results.
You may access the conference call by dialing 412-902-0030 at least 10 minutes prior to the start time. The
conference call can also be accessed via a simultaneous webcast by logging into the investor relations section of
the Company’s website at https://www.mscincomefund.com.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available through Tuesday, May 20, 2025 and may be
accessed by dialing 201-612-7415 and using the passcode 13752815#. An audio archive of the conference call
will also be available on the investor relations section of the Company’s website at https://
www.mscincomefund.com shortly after the call and will be accessible until the date of MSC Income’s earnings
release for the next quarter.
For a more detailed discussion of the financial and other information included in this press release, please refer
to the MSC Income Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025 to be filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov) and MSC Income’s First Quarter 2025
Investor Presentation to be posted on the investor relations section of the MSC Income website at https://
www.mscincomefund.com.
ABOUT MSC INCOME FUND, INC.
The Company (www.mscincomefund.com) is a principal investment firm that primarily provides debt capital to
private companies owned by or in the process of being acquired by a private equity fund. The Company’s
portfolio investments are typically made to support leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings,
refinancings and acquisitions of companies that operate in diverse industry sectors. The Company seeks to
partner with private equity fund sponsors and primarily invests in secured debt investments within its private
loan investment strategy. The Company also maintains a portfolio of customized long-term debt and equity
investments in lower middle market companies, and through those investments, the Company has partnered
with entrepreneurs, business owners and management teams in co-investments with Main Street Capital
Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) (“Main Street”) utilizing the customized “one-stop” debt and equity financing
solution provided in Main Street’s lower middle market investment strategy. The Company’s private loan
portfolio companies generally have annual revenues between $25 million and $500 million. The Company’s
lower middle market portfolio companies generally have annual revenues between $10 million and $150
million.
ABOUT MSC ADVISER I, LLC
MSC Adviser I, LLC (“MSCA”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Main Street that is registered as an investment
adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. MSCA serves as the investment adviser and
administrator of the Company in addition to several other advisory clients.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
MSC Income cautions that statements in this press release which are forward‑looking and provide other than
historical information, including but not limited to MSC Income’s ability to successfully source and execute on
new portfolio investments and deliver future financial performance and results, are based on current conditions
and information available to MSC Income as of the date hereof and include statements regarding MSC
Income’s goals, beliefs, strategies and future operating results and cash flows. Although its management
believes that the expectations reflected in those forward‑looking statements are reasonable, MSC Income can
give no assurance that those expectations will prove to be correct. Those forward-looking statements are made
based on various underlying assumptions and are subject to numerous uncertainties and risks, including, without
limitation: MSC Income’s continued effectiveness in raising, investing and managing capital; adverse changes
in the economy generally or in the industries in which MSC Income’s portfolio companies operate; the impacts
of macroeconomic factors on MSC Income and its portfolio companies’ businesses and operations, liquidity and
access to capital, and on the U.S. and global economies, including impacts related to pandemics and other
public health crises, global conflicts, risk of recession, inflation, supply chain constraints or disruptions and
changes in market index interest rates; changes in laws and regulations or business, political and/or regulatory
conditions that may adversely impact MSC Income’s operations or the operations of its portfolio companies; the
operating and financial performance of MSC Income’s portfolio companies and their access to capital; retention
of key investment personnel by MSCA; competitive factors; and such other factors described under the captions
“Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” included in MSC
Income’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). MSC Income undertakes
no obligation to update the information contained herein to reflect subsequently occurring events or
circumstances, except as required by applicable securities laws and regulations.
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MSC INCOME FUND, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except shares and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||
2025 | 2024 | ||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | |||
Interest, fee and dividend income: | |||
Control investments | $1,442 | $811 | |
Affiliate investments | 9,335 | 6,929 | |
Non‑Control/Non‑Affiliate investments | 22,450 | 26,210 | |
Total investment income | 33,227 | 33,950 | |
EXPENSES: | |||
Interest | (8,243) | (9,549) | |
Base management fees | (4,972) | (5,028) | |
Incentive fees | (2,023) | (3,637) | |
Internal administrative services expenses | (174) | (2,267) | |
General and administrative | (1,027) | (1,034) | |
Total expenses before expense waivers | (16,439) | (21,515) | |
Waiver of internal administrative services expenses | — | 2,111 | |
Total expenses, net of expense waivers | (16,439) | (19,404) | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 16,788 | 14,546 | |
NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | |||
Control investments | 9 | 10 | |
Non‑Control/Non‑Affiliate investments | (21,075) | (1,894) | |
Total net realized loss | (21,066) | (1,884) | |
NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION): | |||
Control investments | (833) | 422 | |
Affiliate investments | 2,836 | (19) | |
Non‑Control/Non‑Affiliate investments | 16,780 | (1,536) | |
Total net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 18,783 | (1,133) | |
INCOME TAXES: | |||
Federal and state income, excise and other taxes | (483) | (329) | |
Deferred taxes | 1,853 | (611) | |
Total income tax benefit (provision) | 1,370 | (940) | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $15,875 | $10,589 | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME PER SHARE—BASIC AND DILUTED (1) | $0.38 | $0.36 | |
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS PER SHARE— BASIC AND DILUTED (1) | $0.36 | $0.26 | |
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING—BASIC AND DILUTED (1) | 44,680,084 | 40,129,395 | |
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MSC INCOME FUND, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |||
(Unaudited) | ||||
ASSETS | ||||
Investments at fair value: | ||||
Control investments | $69,273 | $69,878 | ||
Affiliate investments | 367,260 | 351,360 | ||
Non‑Control/Non‑Affiliate investments | 824,320 | 756,269 | ||
Total investments | 1,260,853 | 1,177,507 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | 39,459 | 28,375 | ||
Interest and dividend receivable | 12,578 | 11,925 | ||
Receivable for securities sold | 4 | 141 | ||
Deferred financing costs | 3,775 | 1,985 | ||
Prepaids and other assets | 3,329 | 4,113 | ||
Deferred tax asset, net | 2,478 | 625 | ||
Total assets | $1,322,476 | $1,224,671 | ||
LIABILITIES | ||||
Credit Facilities | $420,688 | $415,688 | ||
Series A Notes due 2026 (par: $150,000 as of both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024) | 149,528 | 149,453 | ||
Accounts payable and other liabilities | 1,745 | 4,723 | ||
Interest payable | 7,715 | 6,909 | ||
Dividend payable | 16,866 | 14,487 | ||
Management and incentive fees payable | 6,994 | 8,508 | ||
Total liabilities | 603,536 | 599,768 | ||
NET ASSETS | ||||
Common stock | 47 | 40 | ||
Additional paid‑in capital | 784,601 | 689,580 | ||
Total overdistributed earnings | (65,708) | (64,717) | ||
Total net assets | 718,940 | 624,903 | ||
Total liabilities and net assets | $1,322,476 | $1,224,671 | ||
NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE | $15.35 | $15.53 |
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Endnotes
(1) All prior quarter per share amounts have been retrospectively adjusted for a 2-for-1 reverse stock split
completed by the Company, effective as of December 16, 2024.
(2) Return on equity equals the net increase in net assets resulting from operations divided by the average
quarterly total net assets.
(3) Portfolio company financial information has not been independently verified by MSC Income.
(4) These credit statistics exclude portfolio companies on non-accrual status and portfolio companies for which
EBITDA is not a meaningful metric.