Form: 8-K

Current report filing

August 9, 2007

 

Exhibit 99.1
3600 Glenwood Ave., Ste. 104
Raleigh, NC 27612
(Triangle Capital Logo)
TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION REPORTS SECOND
QUARTER RESULTS, ANNOUNCES TRANSACTION CLOSING, AND
INCREASES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND TO $0.26 PER SHARE
RALEIGH, NC — AUGUST 8, 2007, Triangle Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: TCAP) (“Triangle” or “the Company”), a leading specialty finance company that provides customized financing solutions to lower middle market companies located throughout the United States, today announced its results for the second quarter of 2007, announced a transaction closing in the amount of $5.1 million, and increased its quarterly dividend to $0.26 per share.
Second Quarter 2007 Results
Total investment income during the second quarter of 2007 was $3.3 million, compared to total investment income of $2.1 million for the first quarter of 2007, representing an increase of 55.6%. The Company’s increase in total investment income is primarily attributed to four investments totaling approximately $29.4 million in the aggregate which were funded during the second quarter.
Net investment income during the second quarter of 2007 was $1.6 million, compared to net investment income of $0.8 million for the first quarter of 2007, representing an increase of 104.3%. Net investment income per share during the second quarter of 2007 was $0.25, compared to $0.12 during the first quarter of 2007.
The Company’s net increase in net assets resulting from operations was $2.2 million during the second quarter of 2007, as compared to $1.1 million during the first quarter of 2007. The Company’s net increase in net assets resulting from operations was $0.33 per share during the second quarter of 2007 as compared to $0.16 per share during the first quarter of 2007.
The Company’s net asset value per share at June 30, 2007, was $13.75 as compared to the Company’s net asset value per share at March 31, 2007, of $13.57. As of June 30, 2007, the Company’s weighted average yield on all of its outstanding debt investments was approximately 14.2%.
In describing the Company’s second quarter performance, President and CEO, Garland S. Tucker, III, stated, “During the second quarter of 2007 we increased our net interest income per share by more than 100% as compared to the first quarter of 2007. Our strong operating performance has been driven by our ability to source and close high quality investment opportunities in the underserved lower middle market.”

 


 

Dividend Information
Triangle’s board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.26 per share for the second quarter of 2007. The dividend will be payable as follows:
     
Record Date:
  August 30, 2007
Payment Date:
  September 27, 2007
Commenting on the Company’s dividend, Chief Financial Officer, Steven C. Lilly stated, “Our second quarter dividend of $0.26 per share equates to an annualized dividend yield of 8.0% based on today’s closing price. We are pleased to have achieved such an attractive dividend yield in our first full quarter of operation as a publicly traded company.”
Triangle has adopted a dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”) that provides for reinvestment of dividends on behalf of its shareholders, unless a shareholder elects to receive cash. As a result, when the Company declares a cash dividend, shareholders who have not opted out of the DRIP will have their cash dividends automatically reinvested in additional shares of the Company’s common stock, rather than receiving cash dividends.
Recent Portfolio Investments
The Company made investments during the second quarter totaling $29.4 million, of which $1.5 million was senior debt, $23.2 million was subordinated debt, and $4.7 million was equity. Subsequent to quarter end, the Company invested $5.1 million, of which $4.3 million was first lien senior debt and $0.9 million was second lien senior debt. Investments since March 31, 2007 were as follows:
On April 2, 2007, the Company invested $4.25 million in subordinated debt of APO Newco LLC (“APO”), a niche provider of commercial and consumer marketing products based in Bartlett, Tennessee. Under the terms of the investment, APO will pay 14.0% interest per annum. The Company also received a warrant to purchase up to 5.5% of APO’s common units.
On April 18, 2007, the Company invested $6.0 million in subordinated debt of Equisales, LLC (“Equisales”), a niche provider of energy products and services based in Houston, Texas. Under the terms of the investment, Equisales will pay 15.0% interest per annum. In addition, the Company invested $0.5 million in exchange for a 9.0% equity interest in Equisales.
On May 1, 2007, the Company invested $8.4 million in subordinated debt of Fischbein LLC (“Fischbein”), a global manufacturer of flexible packaging and materials handling equipment based in Statesville, North Carolina. Under the terms of the investment, Fischbein will pay 16.5% interest per annum. In addition, the Company invested $4.2 million in exchange for a 37.4% equity interest in Fischbein.
On June 16, 2007, the Company invested $1.5 million and $4.5 million in senior and subordinated debt, respectively, of Twin Star International (“Twin Star”). Twin Star, based in Delray Beach, Florida, is a leading producer of high quality home furnishings, including electric fireplaces and decorative bathroom vanities. Under the terms of the investments, Twin Star will pay interest on the senior debt at a floating rate of LIBOR plus 300 basis points per annum and will pay interest on the subordinated debt at a rate of 13.0% per annum.

 


 

On July 20, 2007, the Company invested approximately $4.3 million and $0.9 million in first lien and second lien senior debt, respectively, of Cyrus Networks, LLC (“Cyrus Networks”), a provider of data center services based in Houston, Texas. Under the terms of the investments, Cyrus Networks will pay interest on the first lien senior debt at a floating rate of LIBOR plus 400 basis points per annum and will pay interest on the second lien senior debt at a floating rate of LIBOR plus 725 basis points per annum.
Important Disclosures Relating to Financial Statement Presentation
Certain financial data for prior periods, including data for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, are included in this press release. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141, Business Combinations (“SFAS 141”), the Company’s results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, are presented as if the Company’s initial public offering and related formation transactions had occurred as of January 1, 2007. In addition, in accordance with SFAS 141, the results of the Company’s operations and its cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, and the Company’s financial position as of December 31, 2006, have been presented on a combined basis in order to provide comparative information with respect to prior periods.
About Triangle Capital Corporation
Triangle Capital Corporation (www.TCAP.com) is a specialty finance company organized to provide customized financing solutions to lower middle market companies located throughout the United States. Our investment objective is to seek attractive returns by generating current income from our debt investments and capital appreciation from our equity related investments. Our investment philosophy is to partner with business owners, management teams and financial sponsors to provide flexible financing solutions to fund growth, changes of control, or other corporate events.
Triangle has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”). We are required to comply with a series of regulatory requirements under the 1940 Act as well as applicable NASDAQ, federal and state laws and regulations. We intend to elect to be treated as a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Failure to comply with any of the laws and regulations that apply to Triangle could have a material adverse effect on Triangle and its shareholders.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are likely to be affected by other unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the Company’s control, and that the Company may or may not have considered; accordingly, such statements cannot be guarantees or assurances of any aspect of future performance. Actual developments and results are highly likely to vary materially from these estimates and projections of the future. Such statements speak only as of the time when made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any such statement now or in the future.
Contacts
Sheri B. Colquitt
Vice President, Investor Relations
919-719-4784
scolquitt@tcap.com
Steven C. Lilly
Chief Financial Officer
919-719-4789
slilly@tcap.com
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TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION
Balance Sheets
                 
    June 30,     December 31,  
    2007     2006  
    (Consolidated)     (Combined)  
     
    (Unaudited)          
Assets
               
Investments at fair value:
               
Non—Control / Non—Affiliate investments (cost of $48,270,780 and $40,592,972 at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively)
  $ 51,656,727     $ 42,370,348  
Affiliate investments (cost of $16,044,523 and $9,453,445 at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively)
    17,393,567       10,011,145  
Control investments (cost of $15,366,248 and $2,614,935 at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively)
    15,277,748       2,614,935  
     
Total investments at fair value
    84,328,042       54,996,428  
Deferred loan origination revenue
    (1,172,366 )     (774,216 )
Cash and cash equivalents
    45,148,032       2,556,502  
Interest and fees receivable
    129,207       134,819  
Prepaid expenses
    50,637       —  
Receivable from Triangle Capital Partners, LLC
    18,687       —  
Deferred offering costs
    —       1,020,646  
Deferred financing fees
    1,027,261       985,477  
Property and equipment, net
    21,497       —  
     
Total assets
  $ 129,550,997     $ 58,919,656  
     
 
               
Liabilities
               
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 470,460     $ 794,983  
Interest payable
    677,866       606,296  
Partners tax distribution payable
    —       531,566  
Payable to Triangle Capital Partners, LLC
    —       30,000  
SBA guaranteed debentures payable
    35,800,000       31,800,000  
     
Total liabilities
    36,948,326       33,762,845  
 
               
Net Assets
               
General partner’s capital
    —       100  
Limited partners’ capital
    —       21,250,000  
Common stock, $0.001 par value per share (150,000,000 shares authorized, 6,732,862 and 100 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively)
    6,733       —  
Additional paid-in capital
    86,617,869       1,500  
Accumulated undistributed net realized earnings
    1,331,578       1,570,135  
Net unrealized appreciation of investments
    4,646,491       2,335,076  
     
Total net assets
    92,602,671       25,156,811  
     
 
               
Total liabilities and net assets
  $ 129,550,997     $ 58,919,656  
     
 
               
Net asset value per share
  $ 13.75       N/A  
 
             

 


 

TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION
Unaudited Statements of Operations
                                 
    Three Months     Three Months     Six Months     Six Months  
    Ended     Ended     Ended     Ended  
    June 30, 2007     June 30, 2006     June 30, 2007     June 30, 2006  
    (Consolidated)     (Combined)     (Consolidated)     (Combined)  
     
Investment income:
                               
Loan interest, fee and dividend income:
                               
Non-Control / Non-Affiliate investments
  $ 1,349,014     $ 1,302,937     $ 2,504,636     $ 2,216,457  
Affiliate investments
    519,000       —       793,614       —  
Control investments
    408,023       265,420       483,741       475,292  
     
Total loan interest, fee and dividend income
    2,276,037       1,568,357       3,781,991       2,691,749  
 
                               
Paid-in-kind interest income:
                               
Non-Control / Non-Affiliate investments
    202,009       219,918       376,805       389,879  
Affiliate investments
    66,292       —       95,542       —  
Control investments
    108,365       51,346       151,313       100,039  
     
Total paid-in-kind interest income
    376,666       271,264       623,660       489,918  
 
                               
Interest income from cash and cash equivalent investments
    634,521       58,922       993,689       118,841  
     
Total investment income
    3,287,224       1,898,543       5,399,340       3,300,508  
     
 
                               
Expenses:
                               
Interest expense
    521,026       462,259       1,020,717       918,990  
Amortization of deferred financing fees
    28,108       24,796       55,216       49,239  
Management fees
    —       398,439       232,423       792,191  
General and administrative expenses
    1,094,092       18,338       1,642,256       39,739  
     
Total expenses
    1,643,226       903,832       2,950,612       1,800,159  
     
Net investment income
    1,643,998       994,711       2,448,728       1,500,349  
 
                               
Net realized gain (loss) on investments — Non-Control / Non-Affiliate
    —       5,977,109       (1,464,224 )     5,977,109  
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
    586,086       (2,781,500 )     2,311,415       (2,781,500 )
     
Total net gain on investments
    586,086       3,195,609       847,191       3,195,609  
     
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
  $ 2,230,084     $ 4,190,320     $ 3,295,919     $ 4,695,958  
     
 
                               
Net investment income per share — basic and diluted
  $ 0.25       N/A     $ 0.37       N/A  
     
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations per share — basic and diluted
  $ 0.33       N/A     $ 0.49       N/A  
     
 
                               
Dividends declared per common share
  $ 0.15       N/A     $ 0.15       N/A  
     
Weighted average number of shares outstanding — basic and diluted
    6,687,773       N/A       6,687,269       N/A  
     
 
                               
Allocation of net increase in net assets resulting from operations to:
                               
General partner
    N/A     $ 838,064       N/A     $ 939,192  
Limited partners
    N/A       3,352,256       N/A       3,756,766  
     
 
    N/A     $ 4,190,320       N/A     $ 4,695,958  
     

 


 

TRIANGLE CAPITAL CORPORATION
Unaudited Statements of Cash Flows
                 
    Six Months     Six Months  
    Ended     Ended  
    June 30,     June 30,  
    2007     2006  
    (Consolidated)     (Combined)  
     
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
  $ 3,295,919     $ 4,695,958  
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash used in operating activities:
               
Purchases of portfolio investments
    (29,413,602 )     (14,453,478 )
Repayments received/sales of portfolio investments
    1,534,111       9,725,609  
Loan origination and other fees received
    642,125       438,795  
Net realized loss on investments
    1,464,224       (5,977,109 )
Net unrealized appreciation of investments
    (2,311,415 )     2,781,500  
Paid—in—kind interest accrued, net of payments received
    (498,684 )     (344,225 )
Amortization of deferred financing fees
    55,216       49,239  
Recognition of loan origination and other fees
    (243,975 )     (340,167 )
Accretion of loan discounts
    (106,248 )     (75,345 )
Depreciation expense
    2,064       —  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Interest and fees receivable
    5,612       49,583  
Prepaid expenses
    (50,637 )     —  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    (324,523 )     (9,037 )
Interest payable
    71,570       50,277  
Receivable from / payable to Triangle Capital Partners, LLC
    (48,687 )     —  
     
Net cash used in operating activities
    (25,926,930 )     (3,408,400 )
     
 
               
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Purchases of property and equipment
    (23,561 )     —  
     
Net cash used in investing activities
    (23,561 )     —  
     
 
               
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Borrowings under SBA guaranteed debentures payable
    4,000,000       —  
Financing fees paid
    (97,000 )     —  
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of expenses
    64,728,037       —  
Change in deferred offering costs
    1,020,646       —  
Partners’ capital contributions
    —       10,625,000  
Cash dividends paid
    (358,049 )     —  
Tax distribution to partners
    (751,613 )     —  
     
Net cash provided by financing activities
    68,542,021       10,625,000  
     
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    42,591,530       7,216,600  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    2,556,502       6,067,164  
     
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 45,148,032     $ 13,283,764  
     
 
               
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
               
Cash paid for interest
  $ 949,148     $ 868,713