Saratoga Investment Corp. Increases Quarterly Dividend by $0.01, or 1.4%, to $0.70 per Share for the Fiscal First Quarter Ended May 31, 2023
22 Mai 2023 - 2:30PM
Saratoga Investment Corp. (NYSE:SAR) (“Saratoga Investment” or “the
Company”), a business development company, today announced that its
Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.70 per
share for the fiscal first quarter ended May 31, 2023, an increase
of $0.01 from $0.69 per share in the prior fiscal fourth quarter,
and the thirteenth quarterly dividend increase in a row. This
dividend is payable on June 29, 2023, to all stockholders of record
at the close of business on June 13, 2023.
“Our largely floating rate assets, resilient
portfolio performance and largely fixed rate liabilities in the
current rate and improving spread environment have resulted in
record earnings,” said Christian L. Oberbeck, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Saratoga Investment. “The BDC
industry in general has benefitted from this environment,
increasing quarterly dividends on average approximately 14% over
the past year. Saratoga’s first quarter dividend of 70c per share
reflects an approximately 32% increase year-over-year. Annualizing
this dividend rate, coupled with our last reported adjusted net
investment income of 98c per share, imply an 10.6% dividend yield
and importantly 14.8% earnings yield based on Saratoga’s recent
stock price of $26.52 per share on May 19, 2023”
This is the first dividend declared in fiscal
year 2024. The Company previously declared in fiscal 2023 a
quarterly dividend of $0.69 per share for the quarter ended
February 28, 2023, $0.68 per share for the quarter ended November
30, 2022, $0.54 per share for the quarter ended August 31, 2022 and
$0.53 per share for the quarter ended May 31, 2022. During fiscals
2022 and 2021 the Company declared a total dividend of $2.45 per
share and $1.23 per share, respectively.
Shareholders will have the option to receive
payment of the dividend in cash or receive shares of common stock
pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan (“DRIP”).
Saratoga Investment shareholders who hold their shares with a
broker must affirmatively instruct their brokers prior to the
record date if they prefer to receive this dividend, and future
dividends, in common stock. The number of shares of common stock to
be delivered shall be determined by dividing the total dollar
amount by 95% of the average of the market prices per share at the
close of trading on the ten (10) trading days immediately preceding
(and including) the payment date.
About Saratoga Investment
Saratoga Investment is a specialty finance
company that provides customized financing solutions to U.S.
middle-market businesses. The Company invests primarily in senior
and unitranche leveraged loans and mezzanine debt, and, to a lesser
extent, equity to provide financing for change of ownership
transactions, strategic acquisitions, recapitalizations and growth
initiatives in partnership with business owners, management teams
and financial sponsors. Saratoga Investment’s objective is to
create attractive risk-adjusted returns by generating current
income and long-term capital appreciation from its debt and equity
investments. Saratoga Investment has elected to be regulated as a
business development company under the Investment Company Act of
1940 and is externally-managed by Saratoga Investment Advisors,
LLC, an SEC-registered investment advisor focusing on credit-driven
strategies. Saratoga Investment owns three SBIC-licensed
subsidiaries and manages a $650 million collateralized loan
obligation (“CLO”) and a joint venture (“JV”) fund that owns
a $400 million collateralized loan obligation (“JV CLO”)
fund. It also owns 52% of the Class F and 100% of the subordinated
notes of the CLO, 87.5% of both the unsecured loans and membership
interests of the JV and 87.5% of the Class E notes of the JV CLO.
The Company’s diverse funding sources, combined with a permanent
capital base, enable Saratoga Investment to provide a broad range
of financing solutions.
Forward Looking Statements
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“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal
securities laws, which relate to future events or our future
performance or financial condition. Forward-looking statements can
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“will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “predicts,” “intends,”
“plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates” or negative versions of those
words, other comparable words or other statements that do not
relate to historical or factual matters. The forward-looking
statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations
of future events and our future performance, taking into account
all information currently available to us. These statements are not
guarantees of future events, performance, condition or results and
involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results may
differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a
result of a number of factors, including but not limited to the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pandemic’s impact on the
U.S. and global economy, as well as those described from time to
time in our filings with the SEC. Any forward-looking statement
speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Saratoga Investment
Corp. undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements
made herein, whether as a result of new information, future
developments or otherwise, except as required by law.
Contact: Henri
SteenkampSaratoga Investment Corp.212-906-7800
Saratoga Investment (NYSE:SAR)
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